Schadenfreude

Globex laid off even more people, so far Chez Sewcoeur has not been affected (knock on wood and all that jazz).

There has been changes at my work place that are making me so happy, I like my coffee black, black like my heart! Specifics can not be discussed, however we are all doing a happy dance. I so content at the moment and living in my schadenfreude honeymoon phase.

It is getting cold in BC, my balcony flowers are blooming in happiness, they always do this time of year.

Dad (from the River) is healing well after his surgery, even thou he has to deal with Noahs toddler criticism that his hands are yucky. He had this rare tendon disorder that is hereditary, sometimes it makes me abit uncomfortable I look so much like my Dad... does this mean I get his jankey genetics as well, only time will tell. Anyway he had to get his hand operated on because it was becoming fairly useless. Noah is with my parents because poor Kyle has been hit by the flu hard this season, poor little monkey. I send the both boys a card and some stickers ( I didn't want to leave Noah out even though he has been pretty healthy this season)so now my sisters house and furniture is covered in stickers... at least I haven't bought them drums yet!

I must brag --- My Christmas shopping is done!!! All I need to do is bring the boxes to the post for Ontario (actually Daniel points out that Daniel brings it to the post, that is our thing I pick out, buy,wrap and prepare the mailing box for the pressies he posts them).

But you can never leave...

Waaaay back in the day, when I was 21, I met Rick Mercer. Well I guess I didn't really meet him, but we were totally standing in the same room in the Parliament Hill press core while he made Jean Chretien walk his invisible dog.

The same day though I talked to Pierre Trudeau on the phone,that is STILL thrilling to this day. Well it may not have been the same day, but it was the same job in the same summer...

Rick Mercer visited the Globex complex and was allowed in, unlike me who was not allowed in, here is the video. Cool digs eh?

Not Interested

I forgot how annoying it is to shop at the G@p... I went there tonight to find a decent ie - non polyester blend dress shirt. I noticed that all my dress shirts were short sleeved and I needed some longer ones for the winter meetings. Anyway after searching all other stores I walked into the G@p. How I do not heart the G@p.

I prepared myself by sticking my ear buds in my ears and my Ipood on my Johnny Cash album (there is something about Johnny Cash that just makes me get stuff done, it works wonder scrubbing the grout listening to Ring of Fire). I headed into the belly of the beast and towards the wall of white dress shirts. This woman with a straggly mono brow approached, she didn't look like the normal Gap employee so I broke down my defenses and pulled one year bud out. She wanted to tell me about a promotion, I said 'No thanks I am not interested.' I then went over to the cardigans, another G@p employee approached, I tried to ignore him, he got into my line of vision, I had to again pull out my ear bud to hear about the newest promotion. Again I say I am not interested. I then head to the cash with my white dress shirt, I wait in line while the one employee who is acting as cashier works very slowly. Again straggly mono brow comes up to me and asks if I want a card, I again say I am not interested. Finally after ten minutes of waiting (for the cashier to help one customer) it is my turn, the cashier then asks me if I want a card, even though she observed straggly mono brow trying to make me sign up.

Next time I stick to my guns and let Johnny sing about the boy named Sue uninterrupted as he was meant to be

wicked part deux

Pumpkins before the slaughter

So one of the pumpkins in the enclosed balcony didn't make it to last night, we took it out of its plastic bag to find some nice mold. Out with the old and in with the new I say! While I was out to lunch with a few friends today (oh how I heart every second Friday off) I picked up another one. Let the pumpkin carving begin! We will get some costumed photos up on Flickr, I think Daniel looks rather handsome in his 'pimp hat'. We bought a pimp hat instead of a gangster hat because it was $8 cheaper and the only difference was that the pimp hat had a leopard print band on it.

For now enjoy some of my Halloween decorating tasticness. I decided to decorate with less dollar store items this year, while we were cleaning out the storage room I came across some cute stuff I bought a while back on a 75% clearance after Halloween that I stored and forgot about, so it was used this year.



My super gay pimpkin, dig his gold tooth and eye bling no?



More pumpkins, some Jack, a bowl of Halloween candy mixed among our other things




My Nightmare Before Christmas Characters



There is a ghost in the kitchen!

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Halloween weekend is coming up, my favorite holiday of the year!

Daniel and I bought some Halloween costumes last weekend, he has a decked out gangster costume and I have a flapper costume. We won't be trick or treating but it is awesome to dress up anyway.

Thursday night we are planning to pull out the wine and carve the pumpkins, this year we bought one for each of ours. This means there will be steep competition in the Sewcoeur compound.

We are headed to Evil Dead the musical on Halloween night, I've read good reviews so I am excited to see it. This year has been our year of musicals, which is awesome.

I Wants These

If I only had some sewing talent I would try to make

- this dress

and

- this dress

Years Ahead of Our Time

In 1999 I met a boy on a 13 hour bus trip from Ottawa to Northern Ontario, I was years ahead of my time apparently.

Hey singles in NZ, you can meet your mate and visit Daniel and I!

Parenting 101

I was in the mall yesterday shopping in one of the bigger department stores there and came across a frazzled dad and his child from hell erm little boy.

The kid was just not listening to his father, weaving in and out of the woman's underwear racks. Finally the father says 'You come here right now and hold my hand' and then in a menacing tone 'or else I will call the police to come pick you up'. The kid continued to ignore his father, so the father flipped open his cell phone and said 'Hello police, I need you to come to the mall, my son is misbehaving'. The kid then becomes frantic 'No Dad!!! nooooo I will listen!' Dad then says 'OK then' and flips his cell phone close. Savvy right?

I am then waiting to pay for purchases, the kid and father are behind me and the kid is misbehaving again. I was so close to pretending I was the police coming to pick this kid up, what a little nightmare!

Being in the mall reminded me of my pet peeve, it is not even Halloween yet and the Christmas decorations are choking out the Halloween decor.

Dinner with Johnson, Craig, Iain and Vicki last night was an enjoyable night out despite the rain. Johnson just missed two weeks of fabulous weather before he arrived, the rain seems to not be dampening his spirits though.