The Lord seen some sinning and it gave Him pain and He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain"

The rain continues and I am very glad this year I own a pair of rubber boots (thanks again MumU!)

Friday was my day off so I actually decided to be productive, go to the passport office and renew (no getting sick or having accidents ever over seas family, or at least for the next ten business days or so...) It feels really strange being passport less even if it is only for ten days. This passport photo is as bad as the last, instead of getting a better one taken with my new haircut I used the previous one thanks to my sexy face hives (which are going away but they take the photo so close to your face I wasn't taking any chances. I am using that Malcolm Harker healing balm I bought in NZ, it actually works quite well for me.)

Friday night we held an UNbirthday celebration for me, this is something I used to do every year in Ottawa because of the way my birthday landed right after Christmas/stressful examinations. I decided to bring it back this year and it was a lot of fun. Although I do know now that our place can only really hold about 10 adults, some of which will need to sit on our wooden dining room chairs.
I bought Daniel a Rockband pack accessory pack for his birthday, the mullet was very popular, along with Laurens brownies and Vickis truffles. We partied like Rock Stars, good thing our place is in the corner, there was little harassing of the neighbours during the heavy metal set.

Wow

I have been protected from most commercials since Daniel bought me the PVR for my birthday two years ago.. sometimes I watch crap TV I just can't bear to have recorded in case I die and someone finds you know 'The Biggest Loser' all lined up as a taped show on my tv show list... Anyway last night I was indulging in some crap TV and the commercial below came on, it gave me brain herpes it was so bad. They are selling a car to grown up women using a character from a super crappy tween novel... oh the embarrassment I feel as a member of the uterus carrying club when I know this commercial is aimed towards my age demographic!

Vote Jenny She's Trendy

This year I have two decorating contests to win, the window decorating contest in our building and the cube decorating contest at work.

This is where I admit I have NEVER won the contest in our building, BUT I did take home first place in the cube decorating contest in 06.

I think my main problem with the window decorating contest was that I didn't have the lights on during the judging because either the lights died OR there was too much condensation in the window and I didn't want to mix some electricity in with that. This year I went out and bought some outdoor lights so I am less worried about our sweaty window problem.

Tonight I came home from work (and dollarstore shopping) and realized that Daniel had sent out the BR packages and prepared part of dinner at noon. This gave me a 'oh crap' moment given that Globex is bringing in the Cmas season with mass layoffs. Way to be pessimistic I said to myself when I called his office and he answered the phone. He had come home at lunch to post the packages and decided to be very productive. I had expressed concern because Kyles birthday gift is in the Cmas box and he turns FIVE soon and I wanted to make sure it made it in time for his party.

I am cleaning out the office of diablo porko and broke out in hives because of the dust, I feel pretty. Just in time to update my passport.

Brrrrr

Vancouver is beginning to feel alot like winter, well as winter as Vancouver gets anyway. I have lived here long enough now to be very wimpy to cold weather.

Last night I met up with some of the girls for dinner and drinks to celebrate the recent changes in my work place (they all worked with me at one point in time but quit because of management issues...). It was cold enough I had pulled out my sweater tights AND my suede boots. I also had some fashionable imported marsupial gloves, how I love to tell people I am wearing marsupial gloves!

Daniel is now playing Modern Warfare Two, he went to buy it today and says that most people in line were also buying it. I suggested that he instead borrow it from a friend, which he then said he has to support his industry... It is again one of those crazy violent blood splatter games, and he says the TV I watch is morbid.

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