"And I'm pissed that I'm not getting younger. Getting pretty, getting loved, getting laid"

In 6 days I turn 27.
For the first time in my life, I am freaked about getting older.
Partly due to what is going on in my life (no kids, infertility) partly because of my job situation (still not sure if I can do this for the next 40 years) and partly because of my relationship with Danny (Will I have to ask him for the next 60 years to clean up after himself?)I get sad when I think about everything I haven't accomplished. I get even more sad when I look at other people my age and what they have accomplished, the places they've been and seen. I have lots to be thankful for, but I guess I am just wanting more for myself. I look back and everything I have gone through (somethings self-induced, some not) and I wonder how I made it this far. I guess we have to make some time for things and stop waiting for everything to happen on it's own.
I am hoping for very good things in the next 27.

Now bring me some cake !

Clever

"History is made by stupid people
Clever people wouldn't even try
If you want a place in the history books
Then do something dumb before you die"

Van-Nasty Birthday Extraordinaire !

Van-Nasty & Mindola
Originally uploaded by Skittlesjoss.

Happy Birthday to my "Kate"

I love you girlie ! Have a fantasmical birthday and a wicked time at your Lebowski party.

Love Mindy

Blind or Dumb?

And my Hawksley obsession continues....
I read this article this morning. Now these people either need new glasses or are borderline retarded.

Lukas Rossi is more Marilyn Manson than Hawksley Workman..."startling resemblance" I think not. Maybe a cracked out second-cousin resemblance but I think they look nothing alike. Look for yourself.











* thanks to b4refo0tmu5ic's flickr page for the Hawksley pic. It's a beaut

Another reason to love your childhood.....

When I was in elementary school and the temperatures were much like they have been the last few weeks (+30C), our teachers would pack us all up (chairs and all) and move us all outside and teach us. It was awesome but I thought every school did the same thing. Apparently not.


I wish my boss would do the same thing. This gal needs some sunshine :)

Miss me?

I went to Folk Fest
I volunteered
I Coordinated a Volunteer-Crew for the first time
I saw very little music
I met a lot of cool people
I had fun
I was psycho-stressed for 60% of the weekened
I was 40% relaxed and enjoying it
I am still exhausted
I have the hugest crush on Mr. Workman
I bought a new camera
I posted my pictures I took with it on my flickr


I will try and write a re-cap of this years festival.......or I may just want to forget all about it and look forward to next years.

It's a hot one kids.......stay cool!

So much excitement !!!!

-Tango had her kittens on friday (Danny was SO excited) you can check out some pics on my flickr account.
-Spent the entire day in Winnipeg on Saturday, culture-ifying Danny. It was fun but I am not sure it worked.
-Went riding all day Sunday and went for a dip in Monominto Pits. It was gorgeous!
-a huge tree broke in our yard during a crazy storm on Sunday night.
-Folk Fest starts Thursday and it's my first year coordinating the Transportation to Site crew, wish me luck !!!!

Mr. Spencer

"Tread neat so small those little feet
Amid the morning his small heart beats
So much excitement yesterday
That must be rewarded must be displayed"

Repave

and how have i become the
rough cobblestone beneath your feet
scraped and abused
yet forgiven
and repaved at the next second
i’ve become the reliable one
the one you can count on
but when have i been able to count
on you?

been on my own without the comforting
word of a friend for too long
only brief little coffees to try to
reel us back from the brink
but some how i think we are too
far beyond the edge
i’ve always held on,
but will you hold on?

spit out your abuse
you know i won’t return it
you know i will stay the same
quiet and broken
at home alone
it’s always his and never my own
impairing the image of myself
that i see everyday
that the person i once was
has now sunk into the
earth of my marriage
consuming and completely
till there is nothing left
of me

Dear Mr. President.......

sorry for the lack of posts .....

got back from holidays and have not felt well since. I am over stressed and today is not much better. I hear this morning that one of my mom's close friends had had a son injured seriously in Kandahar. He lost both his legs (but thankfully not his life) in a roadside explosion. 5 others were injured.


I hate this war. I hate that we are even participating in this illegal war.
I feel sick right now.
How many more have to die or have life altering injuries before this has to stop.


oh yeah and there was a murder(?) down the street from my parents last night.
Any one have a valium prescription they want to share?

Hourayyyy!!!

I am a proud pseudo-auntie !

Chloe Adele Fisher made her debut on June 10th weighing 7lbs 6 oz.

Check her out in action here


Congratulations Brooke & Julian. We love you !
I can't wait to see her!!!!!!

Out of the mouths of babes......

reading things like this makes me rethink the whole having kids thing

Oh Happy Day.........

I am on holidays in t-minus 6 hrs.

YAY !!!!!!

Hopefully I will post up some pics on flickr of my farming adventures !!!

I will be MIA for the next week. Not that anyone reads this crap. :)

My own blood is much too dangerous.....

More love for Neko, this time on CNN

Check it out here

I.....

- am suddenly very afraid of storms
- am on holidays as of friday
- am kind of weirded out that today is 6/6/06
- killed a cricket with a broom last night and it came back to life and is now MIA
- am married to a guy that is covered in poison ivy....AGAIN
- am married to a guy that stayed out late last night, but brought me maple walnut ice cream.
- wish my baby could have a soother like this but my kid will probably just get a rock to suck on.
- haven't seen my two best friends in months.
- am going to the farm on friday and going quading !!!!
- am having Casa Grande pizza for lunch today ...yay!!
- am suddenly a celebrity gossip sucker! All thanks to Heather and her love of PerezHilton
- miss Vanessa....lots.
- lost interest in this 4 minutes ago.
- hope my girly insides are working...... go ovaries.
- am going to stop now.

Quoting

"On the same web forum, it was suggested that Nouvel may be Brad Pitt's tribute to French architect Jean Nouvel, which solves, or at least skirts, the grammatical issue. In any case, names needn't conform to foreign orthographic strictures. Brad and Angelina can call their baby whatever they want, although if they'd chosen France Fat Racist Whore of Nation States Jolie-Pitt, they might have had a little difficulty checking into the Ritz. How would you translate that, just out of interest?"

-Tim Dowling
The Guardian


Hilarious......poor Brad and Angie

Big Red

"Ian was over at Manon's place on the weekend. He stayed over cause he had been drinking, although she had been spiking everyone's drinks with grenadine. She likes grenadine."

"Ian stayed over cause he was drinking grenadine?"

"No, she was drinking grenadine. He asked her if she thought she was a hummingbird"

Countdown to Neko

Any one up for a disgusting giraffe story, turn up the speaks and let er rip.....

Check it out here


god i can't wait for her to come to the Festival. I am so psyched.

It rains and pours

Please know that I am happy for you
and wish you all my best
but that I hide away at home
with my sickness and jealously
in guard of my heart
in protection of my good humor
in dealing
and maintenance of my already
hurt feelings
for something I can’t have
right now
or at all

Suffering from Kitchen Sink

After almost having a complete breakdown in the copy department today at work, (after picking up the 100th copy paper ream packaging just causally left on the table, knowing fully well that I would come and clean up after them) I booked a week of holidays.

I didn't care when they would be, didn't care if I was going anywhere but I had to book them.

When a copy paper ream packaging makes the tears well up, it's time to go.

On a further note, I read an article on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (which I have) today that was scary/amusing. My favorite part is the "classic symptoms" which all but include the kitchen sink.
They are as follows:

drastic weight gain, hair loss, depression, fatigue, thyroid problems, high cholesterol, panic attacks, headaches, dizzy spells, poor memory or muddled mind, sleeping disorders, constant thirst, extreme cravings, insulin resistance, cystic acne, cystic ovaries, menstrual cycles without ovulation, irregular cycles, severe mood swings, high testosterone levels, infertility problems, excess facial and body hair, not to mention a seven times greater risk than an average woman for four major health concerns affecting women in the United States today including heart disease, diabetes, endometrial cancer and stroke.

And all this time I thought I was a hypochondriac !!!