Not quite Thirstday.

Firstly, it's Movember. That means that you guys should be getting your 'stache on, and you ladies should be tolerant if you start seeing a bit more upper lip lint in the days to come. (I can't put in hyper links here-so go to www.movember.com ). (or go over to www.themikestand.com and he'll give you the correct link). (and while you're over there, sponsor Mike-he tries hard to grow his and though the results are sparse it's the effort and the money that count. So pledge big, and pledge often!). (this is the last set of brackets-i just felt like adding one more. Just for kicks.)

I went to see Where The Wild Things Are tonight and it was lovely. Fun story, good adaptation, great puppets, and excellent company. Billy and I went tonight because I'm tied up tomorrow and we both wanted to see it. Funnily enough, it's the first time we've ever gone to the movies together. We laughed and laughed. Good show.

The Princess of The Universe is in Halifax this week, and I'm hoping to meet up with her before she has to head back to Winterpeg. We shall see. I'll have to add the link in tomorrow with the edit, because again with the lack of hyper links that shout-out is somewhat lame.

Bedtime for now. Work at 7. Court at 7pm. Fun times.

Have a happy day, my lovelies! :)


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Halloween

We went to a costume party in Cole Harbour on Saturday night. And while the costumes were great, the party turned out to be a bit lame. (J-you didn't miss anything!)



D came down, and was such a great sport! I came up with a billion (quite literally) costume ideas, some great, some notsomuch with the greatness. He chose for himself, and I made him his costume. He dressed up as the toilet-paper barbie. You know the one-everybody's grandmother had one keeping the spare roll cozy.



I have to say, it turned out quite well. Nobody guessed right away-many said 'southern belle?' Which was close-ish. But the second you said 'TP barbie' they all roared with laughter and said it was perfect. So I was happy. :)



Overall it was a lovely weekend. Too much of it involved my boss, but that's okay. He's been feeling lonely lately, so we included him in a lot of our weekend. The problem with that is that the more he is included, the more difficult it becomes to disentangle him when you would prefer some private time. Oh well.



Thirstday was a lot of fun. We went to the Triangle for a change, and it was lovely. The service sucked though, and the beer was pretty expensive. Makes me appreciate the Celtic Corner that much more! But the company was good, and the music was fine :)



I think I have finally gotten my Christmas vacation sorted out. I still have 2 full weeks of vacation time left. If I take 5 days in December leading up to Christmas, I can be off from the 11th to the 26th. Pretty slick, if I can get it approved!



Anyway, closing tonight and tomorrow, court Wednesday. Then hopefully all this car bullshit will be sorted out. Cross your fingers, folks.



Have a lovely Monday-the weather's spectacular!





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oh my.

Firstly, don't put too much pepper in your scall0ped potatoes. Trust me. There's a point, when you're shaking the pepper shaker over top of the milky-onion mixture, making a roux, when you say to yourself: "Self! That is too much pepper! Be careful!" and you say "Self, shut up. You don't know what you're saying! You know I love pepper!" I'm saying--LISTEN TO YOUR SELF. IT'S TOO MUCH PEPPER!

Secondly, life sucks sometimes.

Thirdly, don't spend 2 days stuck inside your own head. It's dangerous for your mental health. I mean it. Trust me on this one too. I'm smart, I can be trusted. Besides which, the voice of experience should always be heeded. (Harkened to?)

Fouthly, Fuck. It's raining outside.

Fifthly, at least it's not fucking snowing.

Sixthly, Thirstdays are the best day ever.

Seventhly, I'm an awful girlfriend and you should never date me. I'm filled, nay riddled, with angst. And questions. And confusion. I'm not to be dated. Trusted? Sure. I'm waaaaay trustworthy. But dates are out of the question.

Eighthly, I think I'm drunk. Otherwise I'm confused as to why the monitor is so difficult to manoeuvre.

Ninthly, I can't be that drunk--I spelled manoeuvre correctly. Twice. Rock on.

Tenthly, go me!

Eleventhly, is it wrong that the only person you feel you can talk to in the whole wide world is either a) your ex-boyfriend or b) a bunch of strangers on the interweb?

(i'm running out of the ability to count--just sayin'...)

Twelvthly, (or twelvethly?) Biggest Loser Australia? WTF?

Thirteenthly, it is apparent that eventually spellcheck gives up on you. It feels that you are incorrigible and don't deserve suggestive underlines. Well, I have one thing to say. Fuck you, Spell Check. I do too know how to spell my name. And what's more, I know how to spell colour. That U is important to me, dammit. And you, are not. So there. Take that. Now CRY, BABY!

Fourteenthly, It's okay. I think I'm fine now that I got that off my chest. Thanks for listening.

Fifteenthly, Thirstday is awesome. Particularly when Roger is playing solo. He's amazing. I Heart him muchly.

Brrrr.

It's getting to be winter out, and I am not a fan.

Quick update:
*there are now base board heaters in my apartment
*only one of them currently leaks
*the mould in the bathroom is moderately under 'control'
*I'm an awful dog owner and am riddled with guilt re: same.
*apple picking last weekend netted me 20 pounds of apples which means lots of ours in my immediate future
*i still hate the bus, and am still relegated to it
*i would make a terrible enviro-friendly commuter
*i don't enjoy plumbing crises as they stress me the Fuck out
*i enjoy swearing far too much for the good of myself and society in general
*it's too cold to text and walk-as indicated at the top of this post.

That's all for now!

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Why...

...is it that you always need another 10 minutes of sleep? It's never 'just enough', but one never saYs "just 6.5 more minutes"
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Thursday Thirteen

**wow folks--this post has been sitting in the drafts folder since January 31, 2006. All but number 1 is still true. So I guess that's something! Enjoy! :) **

-sadie


So I've decided to be unique this week, just like everybody else. I am doing this more so that I can have confidence in my own ability to cut and paste code than anything else. I'm planning, at some point in the future, to learn something about Blogger so I can spruce this place up. This is a beginning.

So, Thursday Thirteen, here I come. Don't hate me because I'm a copy-cat.

Thirteen Things about Canadian Sadie 1…. I'm a single, fairly attractive, (surprisingly humble) 30-something female. 2. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia but was born in Peterborough, Ontario and grew up in Port Colborne, On. 3. My best friend has a blog, and that's how I decided to start one too. 4. When I started my blog, I didn't tell anybody. 5. I got outed by accident, because I was too stupid to comment anonymously on my BF's daughter's blog. 6. Being outed as a Blogger has turned out for the better--I love having the daily contact with Chris, as well as with the other amazing bloggers to whose lives I've become addicted. 7. I hate necessary mundane life tasks like filing taxes, renewing drivers licences, and paying parking tickets. To the extent that I put them off until I am threatened with legal action. 8. Then I put them off some more. 9. I was issued a $1000 fine for failing to produce my car insurance because it was too much of a hassle to drive to the police station and show them my proof of insurance. Which I had, but couldn't find because it was in a box of stuff after I moved. 10. I am NOT independently wealthy. And doing stupid shit like #9 means that I never will be. 11. I pay all my bills automatically online, because it means I never have to be bothered to remember to do it when the invoice arrives at the house. 12. I need to marry someone who is incredibly good with money so that I don't retire as a bag lady. I want to retire as someone with a home, nice stuff, and the ability to travel. 13. I am incredibly independent and self-sufficient, but I miss having someone in my life every day to love. And if you repeat that to anyone, I'll have you killed.

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Hmmm.

The concept of Twit*ter annoys me, and yet that seems to be how I'm blogging these days-140 characters at a time.

I've been looking half-heartedly for a new apartment as mine is too tiny for words. But now I need to get serious about it. Mainly because winter is coming, and with no entry way for shaking off/dripping the snow and rain, so the apartment will be a big sopping mess for 4 months straight. But now, because I found mould in my bathroom this morning.

When the washer fills/drains water comes up through the bathroom floor. Apparently stopping that from happening was not enough. Mould, people. I see major construction in the not so distant future. Bah.

The high-school ex (HSX) continues to message me, and while it's nice to be in touch, it's a bit odd just how MUCH he's in touch. It's funny, too, how odd a thing it is to know someone so very well with regards to their personality and behaviour and yet know nothing about their life for the last 15 years. For instance, who knew that his 'passion' was for cooking?! And he's opening a catering company on the side? Boggles me, it does.

I'm very quick to anger lately, and I don't like that. I've been frustrated and bored at work. I need to get off my butt and start looking for something different, but the motivation isn't there. So I guess that means things aren't that bad! :). I DO need a vacation, but cannot afford one right now, so that's out. I am not the type of person that can take days off and just hang out at home and come out feeling relaxed. That makes me depressed that I didn't do anything productive with my time. Anybody want to win the lottery and cut me in on the proceeds? I didn't think so. Oh well--back to the drawing board.

I've been trying to come up with some sort of plan to make money on the side myself, and I have to say I'm not doing so well with it. Well, that's not true, it's just that I require more free time than I currently have to put the plans into action.

Plan A: gluten free Christmas baking. Cookies and squares platters for people who think there's nothing for them to eat at Christmas fests. I could do this at home and put up signs at the grocery store and on Kijiji.

Plan B: event planning. I have quite a lot of experience with this, as I used to arrange and coordinate company picnics for a living. I'll plan, arrange, set up, serve at, and clean up your private event in your home.

Plan C: errand running. I.e. Picking up groceries, dropping off and fetching dry-cleaning, Christmas gift shopping for people who hate malls but have not yet embraced the interweb. The problem with this is not knowing how many people would use such a service, and how much to charge for convenience. I'd have to play it by ear and see-standing in line at Toys R Us has to be worth A LOT! :)

Anyway, I'm open to suggestions and limited in saleable skills.

I guess I had more than 140 characters worth of stuff after all. Lucky you! *tee-hee!*

Have a lovely day, Poppets!

P.s. For those of you in the know, my baby sis got engaged on Tuesday night! :) no date for a while, but quite a lovely ring.

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