Tag Archives: Family

The grandfather I never knew died today. This morning I was speaking to my mother on the phone and she told me he was dying, that they’d heard it through my father’s cousin who didn’t want my father to just see it in the paper or something. Not that I think it would make any difference, as my father always …

I have been having some really weird and horrible dreams lately. A few different nights I had dreams about my family, that I was home again and all kinds of weirdness was going on. I can only remember two of them vividly though. Friday night I had a dream that me and my parents were driving to my nana’s house …

Overnight I have become my parents.. my parents have become their parents.. and it scares me to death. On March 25, 2005 at approximately 3pm in the afternoon, my aunt Pearly took her last breath. She was in her early 80’s and until this past year they had all been healthy. I was sure she’d live to be 100 years …

Today is my friend Jolynn’s birthday, Happy Birthday Jolynn!! Hope you have a great one! :)My husband is a genius. Now I know you all have heard me talk about how geeky he is, maybe some of you have even read his blog and seen for yourselves. He’s so incredibly intelligent! Yesterday he really proved it to me though. While …

Well I’m sitting here wrapped in my Toronto Blue Jays towel after the most dreamy shower ever. I swear there’s nothing that feels better than a shower just after doing something exercisey (Is exercisey a word?). It’s funny because my head gets so hot, when I get in the shower the water will be really nice and hot on my …

Yup, the washer can’t be fixed. So now we have to buy a new one, which SUCKS!! We actually had a new washer that we bought when I moved over here, but when we moved to our new apartment the guy who lived here before us was selling his appliances. They were a better make than ours but we didn’t …

Man, what a world we live in. Am I the only one who thinks about the world and how fucked up it really is? OK so I don’t think about it all the time, actually I try to avoid thinking about it at all. I don’t read the paper, I don’t watch the news, I’m certainly not glued to CNN …

*BIG HUG* going out to my great-aunt Pearly.  A few days ago she became ill and was taken to the hospital. She is diabetic and has heart problems, while she was there they found out she was anemic and have given her blood. They also found a mass on her bowel, which she will have removed in bowel reduction surgery. …

I didn’t miss Father’s Day, I just didn’t get around to writing yesterday. I was too busy being lazy. I did remember to call my dad though, even though I spent more time on the phone with my mother. I swear I’ve never seen two people who can talk for so long about nothing as me and my mother. I’m …

Congratulations Kathy and Dave! If you’re wondering who Kathy and Dave are, it’s my sister and her husband, as of today! They are getting married this evening back in Nova Scotia, just one more event I’m missing while living over here. Mom will take lots of pics though, if she remembers the camera… which she better! Went camera crazy again …

BLEEEEEH!! I’ve gained 10 freakin pounds since I’ve been home! It’s all this delicious North American food that I missed so much. Toaster Strudels, Wendy’s, etc.. I never thought I’d say this but I’ll be so glad to get back to Holland to my stable diet of chicken and rice. Good grief! I mean ok I know I am not …