Each year my husband and I each get our own gifts, but we also decide on one large combined gift that we share. Either something we want for the house, an activity we’d like to try or something we really need that both of us will use and enjoy. This year we have been undecided and Christmas passed us by …
Read More »It’s 5:48am and I’m awake. Well, awake might be a bit of a stretch but I’m out of bed. I got out of bed for yucky girl reasons I’d explain but I fear it would make the boys never come back. It sucks being one of those people who can’t get up and go back to bed. If I have …
Read More »en vy n. pl. en vies 1. A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another. 2. The object of such feeling: Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors. One of the Seven Deadly Sins and something I suffer from terribly/ (yes my period key is still busted) …
Read More »Three blogs this month, oh yeah.. somebody stop me! This month has been spent doing a lot of soul searching. I haven’t found anything so the search is still on.. I’ve been thinking about life, as usual. All the things that come with it, what I want to do with mine. You know, the usual. Having two people roughly my …
Read More »We’ve all had jobs we hated.. Like in my previous story of the eggrolls and the small town Chinese mafia… but is it really common that people have jobs they love? I look at the people I know and the work they do. Everyone moans and complains about their job and I can’t think of a single person who does …
Read More »… until I get to see my parents again!! By that time it will have been 2 years since I’ve seen them. Again, far far too long. They will be here from May 3rd – May 17th and I absolutely cannot wait. It’s nice having something to look forward to like this. It also gives me some motivation to get …
Read More »It’s 2006, how the hell did that happen. I moved to NL in 1999, that sounds like forever ago, but feels like it was just last year. That’s how much has really gone on in my life since I moved here. Sad huh? I have about 7 months worth of experiences all stretched across almost 7 years and all the …
Read More »*Yawn* It’s 7:15am now and I’m still tired but I can’t sleep. Wow, see how long it takes me to get just this far, from “Time” in the list above to writing this. I’m such a multitasker. The last week or so has been strange for me. After speaking to this Dutch guy who is living in Halifax and asking …
Read More »I’m stocked up to my eyeballs with doubt about moving home. I’m sure anyone who knows me and is reading this is thinking “FFS MAKE UP YOUR MIND!” but I’m really really confused. I’ve been back and forth like a ping-pong ball about the whole stay in Holland/move to Canada issue. I thought I was 100% sure about moving home, …
Read More »Today was awesome. It was the first day my mother was off work since we’ve been home and we went shopppinnnng! Xander got some new clothes, my mom got a really nice wine colored leather jacket and I got a digital camera! (Ok it’s Xander’s too but I’ll use it way more than he will!) It’s our anniversary tomorrow and …
Read More »Forgiveness is between them and God. It’s my job to arrange the meeting. That’s my favorite line from the movie I saw yesterday (Man on Fire). It’s what Denzel tells an old couple who’s apartment he barged into to use their window to shoot up a bunch of cars after they tell him something about forgiveness. I thought that was …
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