You caught me on a bad night. I don't like living here. Again. It's dark and lonely. The house is so well insulated that you can't even hear a car go by. I can hear the garbage trucks because they are loud. That is about it. When we lived at the other house...the city was alive...and I could hear air planes...ambulances, fire trucks ... trains...cars...trucks ...everything. I could hear the school buzzer buzzing accross the street when school started. None of it ever bothered me... I was so used to the noise.....and made me feel safe. Not that I don't feel safe here...but I miss the NOISE.
I met an old friend at the store yesterday and she asked me how I liked living where we are....and I told her it was like living in a vacumn..... nothing happens here....deer roam freely... so fucking what...you see one...you have seen them all. Maybe once spring comes around and I can work outside this might change my mind.
Penny's lump...Lipoma has grown larger again.... it always seems to do that around December. I am so stressed out about taking her to the vet. If they have to do an operation it might kill her....because I have left it for so long hoping it would stop growing. It was for a year or two...but now it's getting in her way of walking. She still runs...but it's on her shoulder and had gone down to her right leg.
I cannot imagine living in this huge house without her. She is my pal. We read each others minds...Strange as that seems. I have never felt more connected to anyone. It will be a very sad day when we have to part ways. Then I will have to make some hard core decisions on how I will decide to spent the rest of my life. Gord is never home....and is still doing his thing....with the business....and his brother....all the time....
I thought retirement meant .... having a good time at the end of your life cycle... I guess it takes two to tango.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
Multi Tasking
I'm playing my pun game on facebook and blogging at the same time. Yessss I like a little pressure in my life. Just like going to work.
It's been a cold cold week here in Canuckville....so cold my dog had no more paws to put up while she ventured through the snow....she levittated to the door....it was a miracle!
Don't have much to report or bullshit about. Well I could bullshit for hours but how much of it would you believe?
I did however have an altercation with another driver on the road. I saw him coming up like the speed of lightning in my rear view mirror and he was right on my bumper....looking right and left on how he could pass me. He couldn't because other responsible drivers in the lanes beside me were going the speed limit. He tried 3 times before he snuck in and almost caused and accident. I honked my horn.....he gave me the finger....then I watched him go up the ramp on the perimeter with cop car on his tail......asshole... I just don't get it....the roads are like a skating rink and these fuckers want to die. Good...just don't take me with you.
BRB...gotta put another pun in facebook.
Phew ... let's see if anyone likes this one. My friend Terry ...who I met through Kat years ago... seems to like this. I will humour her for awhile. I've been thinking about Kat the last month or so. I miss that kid so much. If Kat was still alive....she would totally take me out for the shit I do on the interweb. She used to correct my English/spelling....drove me crazy to no end.....all in love.....and so much fun and we always knew where we stood. I always wish I could have been at the bar in Calgary where all her friends said their goodbyes.
Okay ...back to punning hope she likes it...if not...what's she going to do? ey?....
It's been a cold cold week here in Canuckville....so cold my dog had no more paws to put up while she ventured through the snow....she levittated to the door....it was a miracle!
Don't have much to report or bullshit about. Well I could bullshit for hours but how much of it would you believe?
I did however have an altercation with another driver on the road. I saw him coming up like the speed of lightning in my rear view mirror and he was right on my bumper....looking right and left on how he could pass me. He couldn't because other responsible drivers in the lanes beside me were going the speed limit. He tried 3 times before he snuck in and almost caused and accident. I honked my horn.....he gave me the finger....then I watched him go up the ramp on the perimeter with cop car on his tail......asshole... I just don't get it....the roads are like a skating rink and these fuckers want to die. Good...just don't take me with you.
BRB...gotta put another pun in facebook.
Phew ... let's see if anyone likes this one. My friend Terry ...who I met through Kat years ago... seems to like this. I will humour her for awhile. I've been thinking about Kat the last month or so. I miss that kid so much. If Kat was still alive....she would totally take me out for the shit I do on the interweb. She used to correct my English/spelling....drove me crazy to no end.....all in love.....and so much fun and we always knew where we stood. I always wish I could have been at the bar in Calgary where all her friends said their goodbyes.
Okay ...back to punning hope she likes it...if not...what's she going to do? ey?....
Monday, January 14, 2013
It's baby talk
I had a whole bunch a stuff to say today (that I did not write down) surprise....it's all gone. In yee olden days of blogging I used to make mental notes all day of what I would talk about. That ship has sailed.
I'm still looking for my shoes....
But just to keep you all on track....I am a new grand auntie...to Rylan Taylor ... 9 foot baby....oops not 9 feet.... 9 pounds 4 ozs. This shit about pounds ounces and length gits me a little bumfuzzled. Anyway I think he is cute.....but we can't see him because there is ban on visitors to the hospital because of the flu scare around here. Lisa, Jordan and leeeetttle babooshka are doing well. She had to stay in the hospital an extra day because that little arsehole ripped her apart. Lisa now has a twin... heh... Anyway all is well.
Just found out today my niece.. her sister Cheri....is having a BOY.... two boys!! In our first try at having babies evar in our family .... it has to be all men. Never cared for them much... I'll see if I can warm up to them.
Oh yeah....
A new generation..... It is so awesome. It really is.
I'm still looking for my shoes....
But just to keep you all on track....I am a new grand auntie...to Rylan Taylor ... 9 foot baby....oops not 9 feet.... 9 pounds 4 ozs. This shit about pounds ounces and length gits me a little bumfuzzled. Anyway I think he is cute.....but we can't see him because there is ban on visitors to the hospital because of the flu scare around here. Lisa, Jordan and leeeetttle babooshka are doing well. She had to stay in the hospital an extra day because that little arsehole ripped her apart. Lisa now has a twin... heh... Anyway all is well.
Just found out today my niece.. her sister Cheri....is having a BOY.... two boys!! In our first try at having babies evar in our family .... it has to be all men. Never cared for them much... I'll see if I can warm up to them.
A new generation..... It is so awesome. It really is.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Hope Floats
In the olden days before I was retired I never watched movies. Now I can't stop. I have watched this stupid movie 456,678 times .... and never get tired of watching little Bernice run after her dad crying her little heart out after her dad left. I'm going to have to get over this.
Colorado low is approaching .... much snow is predicted. I stocked up on groceries and wine. Unfortunately I don't have enough of my home brew to see me through. Christmas depleted my stock. I hope it's not going to be a huge snow storm....just a blizzard I can deal with that.
Spent most of my day trying to figure out my new Android Galaxy phone.... you know the cheap IPhone knock off? Well I never had a "Smart" phone before so this is a new experience. My old cell phone...only phoned. It rang... I said hello...or I phoned and the other party said hello. Shit like that. Now I can type a message instead of talking....well my fingers are too big. Nobody knows what I'm talking about ...
iH .. howd you r? gottd a neW phooonE far xmus Jeast tRyig It ouut. Bye bYi. Crazy.... it took me two days to enter my wifi password.
My mouse batteries just died on my computer..WHAT... I just bought it a year ago:). I didn't have any on hand so I had to use the one's from my toothbrush. So tomorrow I may have to brush my teeth with my mouse. Might just as well use his tail instead of floss! Scratch that idea...I forgot .. it's cordless. ahhh technology....ain't it grand.
It was storming out there today ... so I just cuddled up to the computer and annoyed people on facebook. Found PikMonkey which I had forgot about.....spent way to much time uploading pictures nobody cares about...but that is why I pay the big buck for the Internet...to amuse myself ...so fuck it.
I met an older gentleman at Superstore the other day. I would say he was around 75 or 80. He was handsome even in his older years....and he was obviously an immigrant to our country. He had a accent I couldn't define. He was kind and generous to the clerks as he put his groceries on the belt. So many are not. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I almost felt I had known him from somewhere. After his groceries went through ... mine were piling up on my side (because we bag them ourselves at Superstore) and there are two belts and he had already loaded his into his cart. ... he started to help me with mine. What a nice man. I found out he was from Italy and his family had moved here in the late 1970's. We talked for a bit as we loaded up my cart and he knew what I had bought....and he looked at me...with his worn but beautiful brown eyes... and said that I should never buy Pasta Sauce at Superstore. Datza shit he said. You makked you self. Lordy....I know how to make it "youself." But I get lazy sometime. He said....your start in the morning....by supper it's good. With that....he took his leave. I thought he was going to hit on me for awhile....because you know those Italians...but no.... it was all about the pasta sauce.
I must be old..........80 year old men don't even hit on me.
Balonie...retiring to her chambers.
Colorado low is approaching .... much snow is predicted. I stocked up on groceries and wine. Unfortunately I don't have enough of my home brew to see me through. Christmas depleted my stock. I hope it's not going to be a huge snow storm....just a blizzard I can deal with that.
Spent most of my day trying to figure out my new Android Galaxy phone.... you know the cheap IPhone knock off? Well I never had a "Smart" phone before so this is a new experience. My old cell phone...only phoned. It rang... I said hello...or I phoned and the other party said hello. Shit like that. Now I can type a message instead of talking....well my fingers are too big. Nobody knows what I'm talking about ...
iH .. howd you r? gottd a neW phooonE far xmus Jeast tRyig It ouut. Bye bYi. Crazy.... it took me two days to enter my wifi password.
My mouse batteries just died on my computer..WHAT... I just bought it a year ago:). I didn't have any on hand so I had to use the one's from my toothbrush. So tomorrow I may have to brush my teeth with my mouse. Might just as well use his tail instead of floss! Scratch that idea...I forgot .. it's cordless. ahhh technology....ain't it grand.
It was storming out there today ... so I just cuddled up to the computer and annoyed people on facebook. Found PikMonkey which I had forgot about.....spent way to much time uploading pictures nobody cares about...but that is why I pay the big buck for the Internet...to amuse myself ...so fuck it.
I met an older gentleman at Superstore the other day. I would say he was around 75 or 80. He was handsome even in his older years....and he was obviously an immigrant to our country. He had a accent I couldn't define. He was kind and generous to the clerks as he put his groceries on the belt. So many are not. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I almost felt I had known him from somewhere. After his groceries went through ... mine were piling up on my side (because we bag them ourselves at Superstore) and there are two belts and he had already loaded his into his cart. ... he started to help me with mine. What a nice man. I found out he was from Italy and his family had moved here in the late 1970's. We talked for a bit as we loaded up my cart and he knew what I had bought....and he looked at me...with his worn but beautiful brown eyes... and said that I should never buy Pasta Sauce at Superstore. Datza shit he said. You makked you self. Lordy....I know how to make it "youself." But I get lazy sometime. He said....your start in the morning....by supper it's good. With that....he took his leave. I thought he was going to hit on me for awhile....because you know those Italians...but no.... it was all about the pasta sauce.
I must be old..........80 year old men don't even hit on me.
Balonie...retiring to her chambers.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Okay suckers....I'm back!!
So, how have youse guys been doing the last two years?
I've been hanging around facebook just a little too much so I thought I would give blogger another crack. Whore... I know. Blogger is like an old boyfriend you dumped when you found someone new. With my new boyfriend Facebook I didn't hardly even have to touch my keys to talk with him ... all I had to say was "I saw a squirrel." And the people COMMENTED. Yes they did ... they wanted to know all about him! Gone were the days with boyfriend Blogger where I had to stay up to all hours of the night pouring out my guts. For what? One comment? I was easily swayed away because I'm all for not putting any effort into anything I do. So yeah, I had a "short" chat with Facebook and I explained I'm all about cat pictures, three word sentences and all...but dammit I couldn't remember the alphabet anymore. So I told him I would call him now and again when I didn't feel so wordy.
The last couple of years have been busy to say the least.
I retired early: (I'm sure I have mentioned my displeasure on that here somewhere before) ... but now my displeasurement has evaporated). I don't know what in the hell I was thinking. What is so bad about doing sweet dick all? Or doing whatever the hell you want.
We moved: (I'm sure I have mentioned my displeasure on that here somewhere before) ... but now my displeasurement has evaporated). I don't know what the hell I was thinking. What is so bad about moving into a brand new house with 3 bathrooms? Or checking out the Bambi's in the forrest.
I turned 65: (I'm sure I have mentioned my displeasure on that here somewhere before) ... but now my displeasurement has evaporated). I don't know what the hell I was thinking. What is so bad about collecting over a grand a month for doing sweet dick all? Other than the fact gravity is no longer my friend because all my body parts are hanging an inch or two lower.
Cool beans... I actually remember how to copy and paste! It's been a long time.
A lot has changed in blogger ... I wonder if I can remember how to post a picture...let's see.
Balonie
I've been hanging around facebook just a little too much so I thought I would give blogger another crack. Whore... I know. Blogger is like an old boyfriend you dumped when you found someone new. With my new boyfriend Facebook I didn't hardly even have to touch my keys to talk with him ... all I had to say was "I saw a squirrel." And the people COMMENTED. Yes they did ... they wanted to know all about him! Gone were the days with boyfriend Blogger where I had to stay up to all hours of the night pouring out my guts. For what? One comment? I was easily swayed away because I'm all for not putting any effort into anything I do. So yeah, I had a "short" chat with Facebook and I explained I'm all about cat pictures, three word sentences and all...but dammit I couldn't remember the alphabet anymore. So I told him I would call him now and again when I didn't feel so wordy.
The last couple of years have been busy to say the least.
I retired early: (I'm sure I have mentioned my displeasure on that here somewhere before) ... but now my displeasurement has evaporated). I don't know what in the hell I was thinking. What is so bad about doing sweet dick all? Or doing whatever the hell you want.
We moved: (I'm sure I have mentioned my displeasure on that here somewhere before) ... but now my displeasurement has evaporated). I don't know what the hell I was thinking. What is so bad about moving into a brand new house with 3 bathrooms? Or checking out the Bambi's in the forrest.
I turned 65: (I'm sure I have mentioned my displeasure on that here somewhere before) ... but now my displeasurement has evaporated). I don't know what the hell I was thinking. What is so bad about collecting over a grand a month for doing sweet dick all? Other than the fact gravity is no longer my friend because all my body parts are hanging an inch or two lower.
Cool beans... I actually remember how to copy and paste! It's been a long time.
A lot has changed in blogger ... I wonder if I can remember how to post a picture...let's see.
Yup ... just throwing a little Facebook crap atcha ... old habits die hard.
How's Balonie you ask:
Well to tell the truth she has mellowed some. Still drinks and swears too much but she has stopped jumping into my head when I least expect it. I do on occasion have to don my welders cap to keep her out but for the most time I can keep her a bay. Remember that god awful post I did with that welders cap on? Good grief what an ass. I deleted it.
I'm still having to deal with tradesmen every week or two coming in to fix or refix stuff. The painters were in today doing touch ups that needed tending to. I sort of missed them. Or missed looking at them. heh.
I was just on my ex's web site...facebook...We are not done...we are on a short break lol. We have a family baby coming up and she is past due .. and all the family is guessing her due date and trying to win a prize..which is changing the kid's first diaper. Well fart.... I'm guessing next year.
I think when I posted last Lisa was pregnant....but so is Cheri her sister.....so the famdamily is growing. Those whippersnappers can't wait to see what gender is going to come out of the chute...they both are like kid's at Christmas and try to open the presents in July. We know Lisa's is a boy...and Cheri is chomping at the bit for her next ultrasound. It's great...really...to have little one's again. I might even hold one. If they wiggle too much I pass em on. How can you tell I have never been a mom?
Well it was nice shooting the shit with you....sorry for my absence and I will make a honest effort to keep my blog alive. I feel so guilty ... I read about 20 blogs a day and get pissed if they miss one. Do I comment? Not most of the time. Times are a changing.
Balonie
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Today is our 40th. Anniversary plus Gord's 68th. Birthday.... I thought is was 39 years married...but apparently all my years of accounting experience went to shit.. I still count on my fingers...and if there isn't a calculator on hand I am kerfuffled.
Friends and family were over last night....so tonite we will just make some faux chinese food. Mostly shrimp....yum and a chicken stir fry with all the good veggies... and Basmati rice with pineapple sauce.
It's been a long hard road ...these 40 years. Sometimes I didn't think I would make it. It has been a roller coaster ride.... for both of us. It's not easy being married to a Scorpio...when you are a Libra. That should never happen. A balanced person such as I should never marry a person who is a risk taker, crazy in the head, never gives up, and really never tells you how he feels.
Today he did.... in a Anniversary card..... I cried.
Friends and family were over last night....so tonite we will just make some faux chinese food. Mostly shrimp....yum and a chicken stir fry with all the good veggies... and Basmati rice with pineapple sauce.
It's been a long hard road ...these 40 years. Sometimes I didn't think I would make it. It has been a roller coaster ride.... for both of us. It's not easy being married to a Scorpio...when you are a Libra. That should never happen. A balanced person such as I should never marry a person who is a risk taker, crazy in the head, never gives up, and really never tells you how he feels.
Today he did.... in a Anniversary card..... I cried.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Things I never said
I never told youse guys that I will be a great Auntie for real. My niece Lisa will be having a little boy in Feb.... I am a great Aunt to all Gord's sisters kids....but never one of my own.
It makes me so happy. Finally the Kehler name or part of it will live on. Also I am so grateful that my brother is still doing well after all the crap he went through with his heart and other stuff last year. He thought he wouldn't live to see Lisa's social....then he did...and then he thought he wouldn't live to walk her down the isle on her wedding...then he did. Now I hope he will be well enough to see the new baby boy. He will be so thrilled. He loves kids like nobodys business.
I have a problem with Lisa...she doesn't want to name the little baboshka after my father.....Erdman....huh...what is wrong with that name? Yeah...in school you could be called Erd the turd..... She is going for Jackson........well there you go...Jack Ass...is what they will be calling him. You have to be very careful naming your kids because sooner or later their names will be related to body functions. Think Peter....etc....
My problem was Joanie.....balonie...full of macaroni .. ahhhh yes...they will find a way to make your life miserable no matter what your name is. I have come to love this name...because it sort of makes me feel special. People like pasta.
This is the little kiddo Lisa that will bring us that little bundle of joy to us soon....
He made it...without his cane.
And he danced with his princess.
Something we never thought would happen last year..............we are blessed.
It makes me so happy. Finally the Kehler name or part of it will live on. Also I am so grateful that my brother is still doing well after all the crap he went through with his heart and other stuff last year. He thought he wouldn't live to see Lisa's social....then he did...and then he thought he wouldn't live to walk her down the isle on her wedding...then he did. Now I hope he will be well enough to see the new baby boy. He will be so thrilled. He loves kids like nobodys business.
I have a problem with Lisa...she doesn't want to name the little baboshka after my father.....Erdman....huh...what is wrong with that name? Yeah...in school you could be called Erd the turd..... She is going for Jackson........well there you go...Jack Ass...is what they will be calling him. You have to be very careful naming your kids because sooner or later their names will be related to body functions. Think Peter....etc....
My problem was Joanie.....balonie...full of macaroni .. ahhhh yes...they will find a way to make your life miserable no matter what your name is. I have come to love this name...because it sort of makes me feel special. People like pasta.
This is the little kiddo Lisa that will bring us that little bundle of joy to us soon....
Something we never thought would happen last year..............we are blessed.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
It's raining
Made a few changes to the old gal. Tried a few tricks with the new blogger. Almost got myself in gear to blog again. But I can't promise anything.
It is so beautiful tonight with the light rain. We haven't had rain for so long. When we moved in here last October 1st. we never had rain until it started to snow.
A lot of changes in our life with building a new house. Some good, some not so good. You have to deal with shit that wasn't done right the first time...and finally it seems everything has to been done twice.
In the next weeks we will have our hardwood flooring replaced because it is lifting. You have to fight for every stinking thing....but the good news is that it will be done....but it takes a toll...and you finally want to roll over and say ..... fuck this crap....but you can't.
I never wanted to move... OH>>> I guess you knew this....but I have to say that I don't really miss the old house and all the work I had to do with the back 40. That was a total bitch. I was so amazed this fall when all I had to do was sweep up leaves from the back patio. Next year will be a little different when we get some sod in the front and in the rear....but the wind actually takes all the oak leaves and blows them back in the forest. I like dat....
Not missing the waterbed ...one bit. I never realized I was always on the hard side because Gord is twice as heavy as me...and brought my side up. I was sleeping on a hill. I missed the warmth...but that is why you have electric mattress heaters in real beds. This mattress we have now...is kind of stupid....only because we took the box springs out...and just laid the mattress on the bed frame...that came with a whole bunch of slats on the bottom. With the box springs it was like 5,678 feet high. Who likes falling out of bed and doing face plants for no reason at all. So.... even tho our mattress had a pad on it for comfort...but I decided to put a memory foam slab on top of that.
Now....our bed looks like two canoes.....his and hers.... That sucker remembers all our pressure points and apparently it doesn't give it up. Because when I want to make the bed....there is a huge lift in the middle ... (king size bed) and our little body outlines look like a scene out of a detective story.
Gone on a little too much about BEDS.....I miss writing.
I edited some of the F Bombs I dropped...what is wrong with me?
It is so beautiful tonight with the light rain. We haven't had rain for so long. When we moved in here last October 1st. we never had rain until it started to snow.
A lot of changes in our life with building a new house. Some good, some not so good. You have to deal with shit that wasn't done right the first time...and finally it seems everything has to been done twice.
In the next weeks we will have our hardwood flooring replaced because it is lifting. You have to fight for every stinking thing....but the good news is that it will be done....but it takes a toll...and you finally want to roll over and say ..... fuck this crap....but you can't.
I never wanted to move... OH>>> I guess you knew this....but I have to say that I don't really miss the old house and all the work I had to do with the back 40. That was a total bitch. I was so amazed this fall when all I had to do was sweep up leaves from the back patio. Next year will be a little different when we get some sod in the front and in the rear....but the wind actually takes all the oak leaves and blows them back in the forest. I like dat....
Not missing the waterbed ...one bit. I never realized I was always on the hard side because Gord is twice as heavy as me...and brought my side up. I was sleeping on a hill. I missed the warmth...but that is why you have electric mattress heaters in real beds. This mattress we have now...is kind of stupid....only because we took the box springs out...and just laid the mattress on the bed frame...that came with a whole bunch of slats on the bottom. With the box springs it was like 5,678 feet high. Who likes falling out of bed and doing face plants for no reason at all. So.... even tho our mattress had a pad on it for comfort...but I decided to put a memory foam slab on top of that.
Now....our bed looks like two canoes.....his and hers.... That sucker remembers all our pressure points and apparently it doesn't give it up. Because when I want to make the bed....there is a huge lift in the middle ... (king size bed) and our little body outlines look like a scene out of a detective story.
Gone on a little too much about BEDS.....I miss writing.
I edited some of the F Bombs I dropped...what is wrong with me?
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Testing
Testing.... is this thing on?
Everyone was complaining that blogger was down so I had to come and see for myself. Seems okay to me? Probably just a trick to see if I would post something lol. Yes, I have self importance issues!!!
Let's see if pic's work:
There you go...it works...whatta you talking about Donna?
As you can see I have a drinking problem. I also have enough crap in my nose and lungs to cover a driveway. That particular bottle of Buckleys was brutal...man I could feel it go straight down to me toes.
Stairway to heaven.... which goes up to
the theatre ... or in laymans terms...the TV room:)
Just a bunch of junk pic's to convince you that BLOGGER works!!!
Music things I put up on the TV Room wall. Gord said they cost too much and I should take them back. I guess he did not see the cuteness factor in them .. or maybe he thought they should PLAY music??? Either which way...they are not going back ... because I SAID so. If I were him I would keep my suggestions to myself, because I am really in no mood to be told what to do today.
See..Donna ... it's still working.
So ... yeah I guess my work here is done....it works! Maybe ya'all got big brother watching you lol.
Everyone was complaining that blogger was down so I had to come and see for myself. Seems okay to me? Probably just a trick to see if I would post something lol. Yes, I have self importance issues!!!
Let's see if pic's work:
As you can see I have a drinking problem. I also have enough crap in my nose and lungs to cover a driveway. That particular bottle of Buckleys was brutal...man I could feel it go straight down to me toes.
Stairway to heaven.... which goes up to
the theatre ... or in laymans terms...the TV room:)
Just a bunch of junk pic's to convince you that BLOGGER works!!!
See..Donna ... it's still working.
Cute table I scored at a thrift shop...got two of them for 20.00 bucks.
Funky vase...3.95 at the thrift shop. Apparently I did not center it...nevermind.
Actually it is kinda scary looking.
So ... yeah I guess my work here is done....it works! Maybe ya'all got big brother watching you lol.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
dis & dat
I have six bucks in my pocket...so I can go to the $ store ...ummm ...counting my fingers...6 TIMES. So now that my dance card is full for the rest of the week I shall plan my days around going to the $ store.
In reality I haven't been able to leave the house for any length of time because this house WILL NEVER BE FINISHED. Last week I spent 3 days while two young men turned our quite little home into a mix between a movie theatre and a Rolling Stones sound stage. I have no eyes and ears left. Just when I think it is safe to sit outside ... someone cranks up the patio speakers. On Thursday the guy came to check the AC. Monday the window guy came and installed 6 new windows. The old windows had marks on them where the tinting bled through and had to replaced. We didn't expect him so early in the morning 9:00 AM ... heh..and we were still in bed when he came. Gord got up and let him in ... and I thought oh well I will just have a little snooze because Gord was home. Yeah? Gord told him to start in the bedroom...yikes I was STILL in bed fortheloveofmike! I had to hide under the covers. The guy was pretty cool...all he said was ... well I guess I leave these windows for last ...lol
Tomorrow the electrician is coming over because the under counter lights are falling off...yup one by one they just drop. Gord fixed the first one because my computer was under it and it almost hit my screen. The other one landed on my canisters in the kitchen. So there are 3 more in the house that I will make him check that haven't bit the dust YET. He must have used the shortest screws on earth to put them up...what a dink. Thursday a guy is coming to finish putting baseboards in the garage...oy.
I had to change my hair appointment twice because people just keep coming and coming. My bangs are so long I'm snorting them up my nose. Not to mention my roots...gahhh I look like a skunk.
I was going to go in and get new tires for my truck but I can't seem to fit it in. We have to fill them every couple of weeks. It's real pain in the ass because because my truck wobbles around when I drive. The air pressure in the tires are never the same on each tire. And when I go over 60 km. my steering wheel has a life of it's own. I am considering driving the garden tractor instead.
Well better be off to the $ store that looney is burning a hole in my pocket.
In reality I haven't been able to leave the house for any length of time because this house WILL NEVER BE FINISHED. Last week I spent 3 days while two young men turned our quite little home into a mix between a movie theatre and a Rolling Stones sound stage. I have no eyes and ears left. Just when I think it is safe to sit outside ... someone cranks up the patio speakers. On Thursday the guy came to check the AC. Monday the window guy came and installed 6 new windows. The old windows had marks on them where the tinting bled through and had to replaced. We didn't expect him so early in the morning 9:00 AM ... heh..and we were still in bed when he came. Gord got up and let him in ... and I thought oh well I will just have a little snooze because Gord was home. Yeah? Gord told him to start in the bedroom...yikes I was STILL in bed fortheloveofmike! I had to hide under the covers. The guy was pretty cool...all he said was ... well I guess I leave these windows for last ...lol
Tomorrow the electrician is coming over because the under counter lights are falling off...yup one by one they just drop. Gord fixed the first one because my computer was under it and it almost hit my screen. The other one landed on my canisters in the kitchen. So there are 3 more in the house that I will make him check that haven't bit the dust YET. He must have used the shortest screws on earth to put them up...what a dink. Thursday a guy is coming to finish putting baseboards in the garage...oy.
I had to change my hair appointment twice because people just keep coming and coming. My bangs are so long I'm snorting them up my nose. Not to mention my roots...gahhh I look like a skunk.
I was going to go in and get new tires for my truck but I can't seem to fit it in. We have to fill them every couple of weeks. It's real pain in the ass because because my truck wobbles around when I drive. The air pressure in the tires are never the same on each tire. And when I go over 60 km. my steering wheel has a life of it's own. I am considering driving the garden tractor instead.
Well better be off to the $ store that looney is burning a hole in my pocket.
epic fail
Thursday, June 21, 2012
I won an award
Poolie sent me a Sunshine Award...thanks kiddo.
Protocol as part of my acceptance of this award is to do the following:
1. Link the award to the person who gave it to me.
2. Answer questions about myself.
3. Nominate up to 10 bloggers for this award, and link my nominees to the post and comment on their blog, letting them know about the award.
The Questions:
1. Favorite number: 3,479 for obvious reasons
2. Favorite non-alcoholic drink: None...if ain't got any booze in it...I don't drink it.
3. Favorite animal: Sloth. It takes one to know one.
4. Facebook or Twitter?. Facebook! only because Twitter sounds so gay.
5. My passion: To see how long I can sleep in ... I think I broke a record this morning. (see Bednesday #6)
6. Favorite days of the week: Dunday Honday Nuesday Bednesday Fhursday Priday and Katurday
7. Favorite flower: Ham
I may not link up my nominees to this post...because a lot of them don't even know who the hell I am. They would just be sitting around going....wha..some Canuck sent me a flower!
So, in that spirit here are a few I like to read on a daily basis or whenever they post. Poolie included.
I also read all the others on my sidebar when they post...I just threw a dart at it and chose them randomly because I love them all.
Plain Jane
Sundry
Chickens In the Road
Anchor Struck
Brighton The Corner Where You Are
Kitchenblogic
Whispering Hope
Zen & Chocolate
Bumfuzzle
Frogs in my Formula
While I'm here I may as well post a picture. This in Angel Man's cousin Snow Angel.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Got some flowers
But I don't know where to put them just yet. Most will be on the porch because....no landscaping has been done just yet. Apparently I have no luck mit anythink.
Today I tried to take a video of my noodles moving around in a frying pan. It was hilarious....I grabbed my camera.. of course I had the camera card stuck in my computer...I grabbed it out of there..stuck it in the camera...AND...took a pic of the noodles jumping around ...when the camera said . YOUR CARD IS FULL. Sonofabitch...all I wanted to do was start blogging again and technology fucked me up. But those noodles were hilarious...they had a life of there own. They were just left over noodles and I decided to fry them up in butter a little onion...and add an egg at the end. I love that stuff. Add a little pepper and salt...and it's great. Bacon fat would be good instead of butter lol. THEN...take your ketchup bottle and put a dab on the end of your plate...and dunk the goodness in it.
I just plugged in my camera...because sure as shooting the battery will be dead next time I decide to make you watch noodles jump.
Today I tried to take a video of my noodles moving around in a frying pan. It was hilarious....I grabbed my camera.. of course I had the camera card stuck in my computer...I grabbed it out of there..stuck it in the camera...AND...took a pic of the noodles jumping around ...when the camera said . YOUR CARD IS FULL. Sonofabitch...all I wanted to do was start blogging again and technology fucked me up. But those noodles were hilarious...they had a life of there own. They were just left over noodles and I decided to fry them up in butter a little onion...and add an egg at the end. I love that stuff. Add a little pepper and salt...and it's great. Bacon fat would be good instead of butter lol. THEN...take your ketchup bottle and put a dab on the end of your plate...and dunk the goodness in it.
I just plugged in my camera...because sure as shooting the battery will be dead next time I decide to make you watch noodles jump.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Food Bloggers
They are a nice bunch. I love that they take the time to put up good recipes for us to follow. Some do it for the $...but that's okay I don't mind. Everyone should be able to find a little business of their own. I would do it too if I was any good at cooking. I'm not! Yes I cook ... and cook and it's old. But the reason I brought this up was...............comments on the food blogs.
After the kind person makes a beautiful meal...takes 1000 pictures of it..and then the comments come in. First they start with ... I love it...I have to make this...I will be making this tonight...this is the best recipe ever...you are the greatest cook.... we will put this our rotation....(huh) are they in the army? on and on....then wait for it:
** can I substitute beef with cat poo?
**All my children are allergic to grains, dairy, pineapple, dirt, dog feces and rain....will your recipe still work for us?
** I tried your lasagna recipe and made a few changes ... instead of using anything in it ...it tasted like shit.
** Does it have gluten in it? ... My son, and his brother..and his cousins brothers are allergic. And I think my great grandmother was too.
After the kind person makes a beautiful meal...takes 1000 pictures of it..and then the comments come in. First they start with ... I love it...I have to make this...I will be making this tonight...this is the best recipe ever...you are the greatest cook.... we will put this our rotation....(huh) are they in the army? on and on....then wait for it:
** can I substitute beef with cat poo?
**All my children are allergic to grains, dairy, pineapple, dirt, dog feces and rain....will your recipe still work for us?
** I tried your lasagna recipe and made a few changes ... instead of using anything in it ...it tasted like shit.
** Does it have gluten in it? ... My son, and his brother..and his cousins brothers are allergic. And I think my great grandmother was too.
** We don't have any of those ingredients you showed on your web site here in our town. Can we use herbs from our garden?
** Can we use canned tomatoes instead of the real one's?
** Son has allergies to cheese...can we use Kraft Slices instead.
** We were going to make the salad you suggested...but it has dairy in the dressing and it would kill my son.
** I am allergic to mushrooms...can I substitute another fungus?
** Can we use canned tomatoes instead of the real one's?
** Son has allergies to cheese...can we use Kraft Slices instead.
** We were going to make the salad you suggested...but it has dairy in the dressing and it would kill my son.
** I am allergic to mushrooms...can I substitute another fungus?
People are so fucking stupid.
Have a good weekend!
Have a good weekend!
Friday, May 18, 2012
Let me say something about this blog
It is totally obvious to me that I have to either "shit" or get off the "pot." Too much whining. Who wants to read that shit.? Not me. Either I come back to my old self or put this baby to bed. I'm not saying this for anyone to comment about it...don't. I have to make a choice whether to go or to stay.
It all started with losing my job..then selling our old house and building this house. I won't go into all my concerns because that is private...and I am told on a daily basis I have no reason to worry because financially we are fine. But I worry about the "what ifs." They keep me up at night. Health issues etc. But that comes with age. Taxes are higher here...I just can't seem to fit in . I worry and worry.
Where is that fucking "balonie" asshole when I need her? I need her to take over my life again.
I have an idea about writing stuff I know about....not the daily life stuff. But things that I remember from my youth and and up. You might be surprised what I did in the 60's.
Thanks for lending an ear......
Let me ponder on this for a day or so.
Joan
It all started with losing my job..then selling our old house and building this house. I won't go into all my concerns because that is private...and I am told on a daily basis I have no reason to worry because financially we are fine. But I worry about the "what ifs." They keep me up at night. Health issues etc. But that comes with age. Taxes are higher here...I just can't seem to fit in . I worry and worry.
Where is that fucking "balonie" asshole when I need her? I need her to take over my life again.
I have an idea about writing stuff I know about....not the daily life stuff. But things that I remember from my youth and and up. You might be surprised what I did in the 60's.
Thanks for lending an ear......
Let me ponder on this for a day or so.
Joan
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Yearning
Lonely day...I almost drove to my old house to see if the apple trees were blooming...the trees here are lovely...but they don't have any history I can relate to. I yearn for my little pond..and the pond people...and the flowers around it. This too shall pass.
I am so out of my element.
I have days that are so full of doing things and getting things done around here...and then there is nothing. It's all pretty much done. As much as I can get done without doing any landscaping and planting. That may have to wait until next year. I watch the weeds grow. In the front of the house and in the back...and get really fucking mad. I could take "round up" to the weeds that are growing up from the landfill placed around the house..but then it would even look more depressing. At least the weeds are green...and some of them are pretty interesting. I have a huge one with the largest leaves ever...growing under my picnic table. It almost looks like a hosta...but is not....and and some stink weed...clover... weird looking grasses... and not one dandelion!! I'm guessing we only get those guys when you get a REAL lawn.
But I have to admit the forest behind us is impressive. I can now see the ferns and all the little stuff that grows all by itself in the wild. The old leaves I saw in October disappear....and make way for so many new plants.
Being a city dweller for so many years I find myself a little overwhelmed. I`ll be back..................
I am so out of my element.
I have days that are so full of doing things and getting things done around here...and then there is nothing. It's all pretty much done. As much as I can get done without doing any landscaping and planting. That may have to wait until next year. I watch the weeds grow. In the front of the house and in the back...and get really fucking mad. I could take "round up" to the weeds that are growing up from the landfill placed around the house..but then it would even look more depressing. At least the weeds are green...and some of them are pretty interesting. I have a huge one with the largest leaves ever...growing under my picnic table. It almost looks like a hosta...but is not....and and some stink weed...clover... weird looking grasses... and not one dandelion!! I'm guessing we only get those guys when you get a REAL lawn.
But I have to admit the forest behind us is impressive. I can now see the ferns and all the little stuff that grows all by itself in the wild. The old leaves I saw in October disappear....and make way for so many new plants.
Being a city dweller for so many years I find myself a little overwhelmed. I`ll be back..................
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday the 13th.
Nothing really bad happened...so far. Touch wood. Except for the part where I went grocery shopping.
I should explain something first: The warning "beep" that tells me my lights are on when I exit the vehicle no longer works. I put on all the lights when it's snowing or raining really heavy like it was today. Twice this winter I had to get Gord to "boost" me at different locations of city. He kept on saying we should get this fixed.. never did. Today....while it was raining I was well aware of NOT turning on the lights....because sure as hell I would forget to turn them off. I had three different stops to make .. and at the last one at Safeway I turned off my windshield wipers before I went in ... or so I thought. I have no idea why I would turn off the windshield wipers because ...hey they stop all on there own when you turn the truck off. Fudge..... I turned the stinking lights on. Wrong switch...
Almost an hour in at Safeway .... I hear someone on the intercom telling us that a Black Ford Explorer with licence plates "RUSTUPID" you have your lights on. I just about freaked. I left my cart...and ran back outside........... just as I was wheezing up to my truck I realized I left my stinking purse in the cart. I ran back inside ...grabbed my purse from the cart...and ran back outside ...in the rain...and wheezed some more. Got to the truck...lights were still on...and prayed it would start...I really didn't want to call Gord for a third time....it was nip and tuck... I turned off the lights...I turned her over...and she went...umph umph...and then it caught.........I almost cried with relief... I know Gord would have come and boosted me again... I didn't want to be that dumbass again. Dodged that bullet..heh.
I'm bringing the truck in on Monday to get it fixed... I have other problems...only my left blinker works and I am getting kind of tired of only going to places where I only have to make a left turn. Your world gets so much smaller. And you sort of go in circles.
I should explain something first: The warning "beep" that tells me my lights are on when I exit the vehicle no longer works. I put on all the lights when it's snowing or raining really heavy like it was today. Twice this winter I had to get Gord to "boost" me at different locations of city. He kept on saying we should get this fixed.. never did. Today....while it was raining I was well aware of NOT turning on the lights....because sure as hell I would forget to turn them off. I had three different stops to make .. and at the last one at Safeway I turned off my windshield wipers before I went in ... or so I thought. I have no idea why I would turn off the windshield wipers because ...hey they stop all on there own when you turn the truck off. Fudge..... I turned the stinking lights on. Wrong switch...
Almost an hour in at Safeway .... I hear someone on the intercom telling us that a Black Ford Explorer with licence plates "RUSTUPID" you have your lights on. I just about freaked. I left my cart...and ran back outside........... just as I was wheezing up to my truck I realized I left my stinking purse in the cart. I ran back inside ...grabbed my purse from the cart...and ran back outside ...in the rain...and wheezed some more. Got to the truck...lights were still on...and prayed it would start...I really didn't want to call Gord for a third time....it was nip and tuck... I turned off the lights...I turned her over...and she went...umph umph...and then it caught.........I almost cried with relief... I know Gord would have come and boosted me again... I didn't want to be that dumbass again. Dodged that bullet..heh.
I'm bringing the truck in on Monday to get it fixed... I have other problems...only my left blinker works and I am getting kind of tired of only going to places where I only have to make a left turn. Your world gets so much smaller. And you sort of go in circles.
Sunday, April 08, 2012
I'm liking the new changes in blogger
My biggest beef has always been the actual posting area. It looked so crappy and old. Now it looks a little more streamlined. I give it a two thumbs up. They also did some work on the rest of the stuff too. Nice.
Old boss man showed up at our door last night. I was so happy to see him. He has been transferred to another Province and came back here to visit his kids...and grands for Easter. We caught up in all the company stuff. I hate to say it...but they are doing what they did to me...to him....just a matter of time.
He really wanted to see the new house...so we took him for a tour. Man I hate it when people don't phone first....but he said he was just in and out.. and my house was in a mess...but what I call a mess .. nobody would notice. ummm I didn't mop the floors and there was a lot dog hair...that kind of stuff.
I feel really bad for him...since I left the company... his wife left him...he has been transferred to another province...sold his house....he has three kids here and 9 grand kids....(and he is only 58) Those Mennonite kids really procreate once it's legal... his daughter didn't even kiss her husband before they were married. Now they can't seem to keep their pee pee's in their pants.
I didn't do a damn thing today... I watched movies...not sitting down... I can't do that. I have to be doing 3 things at once then glance at it every now and again. I didn't fool myself for a bit...I cleaned out the pantry....and stayed busy...doing little shit...like facebook, blogs, and pininterest. Then preparing supper...Mushroom meatballs and noodles....and yeah....just screwing around. Nice day.
Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Let's see if I can publish in this new format.
Old boss man showed up at our door last night. I was so happy to see him. He has been transferred to another Province and came back here to visit his kids...and grands for Easter. We caught up in all the company stuff. I hate to say it...but they are doing what they did to me...to him....just a matter of time.
He really wanted to see the new house...so we took him for a tour. Man I hate it when people don't phone first....but he said he was just in and out.. and my house was in a mess...but what I call a mess .. nobody would notice. ummm I didn't mop the floors and there was a lot dog hair...that kind of stuff.
I feel really bad for him...since I left the company... his wife left him...he has been transferred to another province...sold his house....he has three kids here and 9 grand kids....(and he is only 58) Those Mennonite kids really procreate once it's legal... his daughter didn't even kiss her husband before they were married. Now they can't seem to keep their pee pee's in their pants.
I didn't do a damn thing today... I watched movies...not sitting down... I can't do that. I have to be doing 3 things at once then glance at it every now and again. I didn't fool myself for a bit...I cleaned out the pantry....and stayed busy...doing little shit...like facebook, blogs, and pininterest. Then preparing supper...Mushroom meatballs and noodles....and yeah....just screwing around. Nice day.
Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Let's see if I can publish in this new format.
Friday, April 06, 2012
What a beautiful day!
Incredible for this time of year.
Spent the major portion cleaning out our garages ... in which we dumped everything we didn't need at the time we moved. Then winter came.. and it stayed that way. We had so many....Ohhhh there it is! Damn I thought I had lost that forever moments. I'm still looking my pond froggie....I think I left him beside my old pond....I loved him...but he might turn up because a lot of stuff has. My friend Hippy Chick gave me a clay big ole carp which I had in the garden....and I saw he lost part of his big mouth missing ... I will see if I can glue it back on.
We are getting quotes now for a deck and landscaping and I still want to put in another pond and was looking for all my old friends. I have been watching the sun lately...and wondering if I should put in a little garden in the back. I'm not sure if there will enough sun out there. I really would like too.
Last night Gord and I witnessed full moon from our sofa. We have these huge windows towering up to the sky...we turned off all the lights...and sat and watched it come over the trees...and then clouds would come over and just shadow it for awhile and it would come back full force. It took only an hour for it to move from one window to the next...which I thought was fast. It was amazing. And the stars!!!
Gord and Penny are sitting in the porch...gotta join them and take in this wonderful place.
Spent the major portion cleaning out our garages ... in which we dumped everything we didn't need at the time we moved. Then winter came.. and it stayed that way. We had so many....Ohhhh there it is! Damn I thought I had lost that forever moments. I'm still looking my pond froggie....I think I left him beside my old pond....I loved him...but he might turn up because a lot of stuff has. My friend Hippy Chick gave me a clay big ole carp which I had in the garden....and I saw he lost part of his big mouth missing ... I will see if I can glue it back on.
We are getting quotes now for a deck and landscaping and I still want to put in another pond and was looking for all my old friends. I have been watching the sun lately...and wondering if I should put in a little garden in the back. I'm not sure if there will enough sun out there. I really would like too.
Last night Gord and I witnessed full moon from our sofa. We have these huge windows towering up to the sky...we turned off all the lights...and sat and watched it come over the trees...and then clouds would come over and just shadow it for awhile and it would come back full force. It took only an hour for it to move from one window to the next...which I thought was fast. It was amazing. And the stars!!!
Gord and Penny are sitting in the porch...gotta join them and take in this wonderful place.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
April Fool...I bet you didn't think I was going to post today
I'm making Shepherds Pie tonight for supper. I have been hungering for that for about two weeks now.
I didn't get to prank Gordon today. SOB.... prime time opportunity and I blew it. Apparently according to him.....if you prank after 12 PM ...it's over. Well, I beg to differ....I prank any damn time I want to on AFD. So he never took anything I said seriously this afternoon. I fell over and played dead, I said.. check the back tires on your truck ..they look flat... I think I am pregnant with the neighbours dog...nuttin... Well this just gives me another reason to live another year ..to think up something better.
The new neighbours are coming out there houses now that it is spring. We wave. There are six of us now and one more house to be built on the cul de sac and that is it. I am a real mouth piece on my blog, but in reality I am really shy with people I don't know... I think I will be doing the "wave" here for sometime to come. It's a little lonely. But spring might just bring this hood together ... I will give it a chance.
I'm still a little worried about my Penny. She has this Lipoma on her shoulder .. and it keeps on getting bigger. Do they ever stop growing? I know it's not cancerous...but still. She looks stupid. She runs around and doesn't even know she has a 1 pound piece of fat hanging from her shoulder. Vet says leave it alone. Anyone got some input on this?
The mud around here this spring...would make you want to buy rubber boots...but I don't. I walk around in my slippers ... just goes to show how smart I am.
Balonie
taking time to eat that Sheep Hearders Pie...right now!!
I didn't get to prank Gordon today. SOB.... prime time opportunity and I blew it. Apparently according to him.....if you prank after 12 PM ...it's over. Well, I beg to differ....I prank any damn time I want to on AFD. So he never took anything I said seriously this afternoon. I fell over and played dead, I said.. check the back tires on your truck ..they look flat... I think I am pregnant with the neighbours dog...nuttin... Well this just gives me another reason to live another year ..to think up something better.
The new neighbours are coming out there houses now that it is spring. We wave. There are six of us now and one more house to be built on the cul de sac and that is it. I am a real mouth piece on my blog, but in reality I am really shy with people I don't know... I think I will be doing the "wave" here for sometime to come. It's a little lonely. But spring might just bring this hood together ... I will give it a chance.
I'm still a little worried about my Penny. She has this Lipoma on her shoulder .. and it keeps on getting bigger. Do they ever stop growing? I know it's not cancerous...but still. She looks stupid. She runs around and doesn't even know she has a 1 pound piece of fat hanging from her shoulder. Vet says leave it alone. Anyone got some input on this?
The mud around here this spring...would make you want to buy rubber boots...but I don't. I walk around in my slippers ... just goes to show how smart I am.
Balonie
taking time to eat that Sheep Hearders Pie...right now!!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
I did get my hair done again
It was kind of weird. It took me a bit to find her house...only to find that is about 5 minutes from mine...duh.
First impression when I found her house...was...OH NO.... there were three cars parked in a little driveway and I didn't know where to park. Cul De Sac horror. If you know thee culdesac there be no room to park on the street from one driveway to thee next. Ahh I thought screw that and parked as close as I could between the houses. I didn't block anyone off. The area she lives in is exactly the same as the one we moved out of. I felt very much at home as I drove down the streets to her house.
Anywho.... her house was much different than our old one... it had two side doors and no front door. The door going to the house along the driveway had a fence in front of it ...with a "beware of dog" sign on it....so I opted for door number #2 on the other side of the house. I rang the door bell. More than once...and finally she came out door #1 and found me there in distress ...with my grey roots showing for all her neighbours to see. She kindly guided me back to door #1 and promised me her dogs would not eat me for lunch. They did not...they fell into my arms like big bowls of fur jello.
She told me she had just taken two more appointments before mine. Two mom's who needed a haircut..but of course the two mom's brought along their two little kidlets (each). Hence all those cars in the driveway. That makes 4 kids right? No....Hairdresser has two little one's too. That makes...ummm let me count on my fingers .... 6 kids under the age of 5. Yes you are reading this right.
At this point I still had my shit together...loved the dogs...then we went into the house .. and down the stairs to her salon..slash family room. She had just finished cutting the ladies hair and they were all about to leave as I got down there. Little tykes were abundant. They were running, they were crying, they were hungry, they needed naps...they were fighting. Finally she got all of them out of there...not before the cutest little boy came up to me while I was in my chair and said...I bumped my haid...I said I know sweetie I saw you fall down. He just grinned back up at me and ...and said ... it dwint ert...and kept on trying the catch the dog's tail...yes there was a dog in the salon. lol. Apparently he was the little tyke that escaped upstairs while his mom was getting her hair cut...and ate toothpaste in the bathroom..
Chris...the hairdresser was getting a little crazy because I think she was wondering if I could fit in this situation...and kept on apologizing...blah blah... I told her I was very comfortable....All the mom's and kids left...and she started on my hair....then her kids started to fight in the family room. But fortunately her husband came home a few minutes later and all that was taken care of by daddy and left us to our own.
So after that it was a cake walk. I had two dogs laying beside me as my hair was processing....we talked a bit and told her to go upstairs and have some lunch as she didn't have time to do it before. She is a very nice person... and a little crazy like me... we will get along just great.
She is just making a living.... and no... I noticed she used a totally different product for my hair than she used in her workplace. So I don't think she would have taken it from there. I feel comfortable. She only works at the other salon two nights a week and one day shift.. and only took it on because her husband had been laid off. But now he is working full time again she might just shut that down and continue working from home.
She did my hair good again...so no question about that and it only cost me 45 bucks for the colour and cut. So I am happy. I rather enjoyed being there.
I had to laugh..to myself...because she is still trying to figure me out because she doesn't really know me that well and when she brought out 3 editions of "The Enquirer" for me to read while my roots were rooting ... and tentatively gave them to me to peruse..and said her mother in law loves to read this stuff and thought I might too. I didn't bust a gut out laughing...I just said...no this is fine normally I just read the covers at the check stand at the store. Haa...if I continue to go there she will get me soon enough. She has a great sense of humour...but I can see she is playing the dance.
I know it is probably difficult for a younger person to relate to someone she might think as old. Her mother in laws age I'm guessing. Well then...she hasn't really met me. I will change that. So yeah it was all good ... at my age it is always good to make new younger friends because I don't have kids...and I might just need one of them to drive me to Safeway when I get older... or help me chase children off my lawn with a rake. So much to look forward to.
First impression when I found her house...was...OH NO.... there were three cars parked in a little driveway and I didn't know where to park. Cul De Sac horror. If you know thee culdesac there be no room to park on the street from one driveway to thee next. Ahh I thought screw that and parked as close as I could between the houses. I didn't block anyone off. The area she lives in is exactly the same as the one we moved out of. I felt very much at home as I drove down the streets to her house.
Anywho.... her house was much different than our old one... it had two side doors and no front door. The door going to the house along the driveway had a fence in front of it ...with a "beware of dog" sign on it....so I opted for door number #2 on the other side of the house. I rang the door bell. More than once...and finally she came out door #1 and found me there in distress ...with my grey roots showing for all her neighbours to see. She kindly guided me back to door #1 and promised me her dogs would not eat me for lunch. They did not...they fell into my arms like big bowls of fur jello.
She told me she had just taken two more appointments before mine. Two mom's who needed a haircut..but of course the two mom's brought along their two little kidlets (each). Hence all those cars in the driveway. That makes 4 kids right? No....Hairdresser has two little one's too. That makes...ummm let me count on my fingers .... 6 kids under the age of 5. Yes you are reading this right.
At this point I still had my shit together...loved the dogs...then we went into the house .. and down the stairs to her salon..slash family room. She had just finished cutting the ladies hair and they were all about to leave as I got down there. Little tykes were abundant. They were running, they were crying, they were hungry, they needed naps...they were fighting. Finally she got all of them out of there...not before the cutest little boy came up to me while I was in my chair and said...I bumped my haid...I said I know sweetie I saw you fall down. He just grinned back up at me and ...and said ... it dwint ert...and kept on trying the catch the dog's tail...yes there was a dog in the salon. lol. Apparently he was the little tyke that escaped upstairs while his mom was getting her hair cut...and ate toothpaste in the bathroom..
Chris...the hairdresser was getting a little crazy because I think she was wondering if I could fit in this situation...and kept on apologizing...blah blah... I told her I was very comfortable....All the mom's and kids left...and she started on my hair....then her kids started to fight in the family room. But fortunately her husband came home a few minutes later and all that was taken care of by daddy and left us to our own.
So after that it was a cake walk. I had two dogs laying beside me as my hair was processing....we talked a bit and told her to go upstairs and have some lunch as she didn't have time to do it before. She is a very nice person... and a little crazy like me... we will get along just great.
She is just making a living.... and no... I noticed she used a totally different product for my hair than she used in her workplace. So I don't think she would have taken it from there. I feel comfortable. She only works at the other salon two nights a week and one day shift.. and only took it on because her husband had been laid off. But now he is working full time again she might just shut that down and continue working from home.
She did my hair good again...so no question about that and it only cost me 45 bucks for the colour and cut. So I am happy. I rather enjoyed being there.
I had to laugh..to myself...because she is still trying to figure me out because she doesn't really know me that well and when she brought out 3 editions of "The Enquirer" for me to read while my roots were rooting ... and tentatively gave them to me to peruse..and said her mother in law loves to read this stuff and thought I might too. I didn't bust a gut out laughing...I just said...no this is fine normally I just read the covers at the check stand at the store. Haa...if I continue to go there she will get me soon enough. She has a great sense of humour...but I can see she is playing the dance.
I know it is probably difficult for a younger person to relate to someone she might think as old. Her mother in laws age I'm guessing. Well then...she hasn't really met me. I will change that. So yeah it was all good ... at my age it is always good to make new younger friends because I don't have kids...and I might just need one of them to drive me to Safeway when I get older... or help me chase children off my lawn with a rake. So much to look forward to.
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