I know I haven't been around in a while, but I couldn't let Remembrance Day go by without acknowledging it here on my blog.Let's all take time at 11am today for a moment of silence. Not sure if they do that in other countries but it's what we do here in Canada.The silence is usually followed by a trumpeter playing the Last Post and then the saying of the poem, In Flanders Fields, written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae in 1915.IN FLANDERS FIELDSIn Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween th... Read Full Story

Yeah ... I've been wondering if all my meditation classes have taken away my edge. Made me too balanced to blog. I'm not all tense and angry ... well, yeah okay I'm still a bit of those but not enough to blog about it. Perhaps I need to rethink this self awareness journey. Oh god ... I used the word "journey". I hate when people say stuff like that it really irritates me.Huh ... perhaps I'm not as balanced as I thought.Anyway ... the meditation classes are going well. Much better than m... Read Full Story

Thought I'd take this Mellow Yellow Monday (yes, I know it's Sunday) to give you a brief update on the birdies.As you can see in this photo, Bobby & Betty love each other and Buddy is still the lone wolf. Bobby is the blue bird ... and turned out to be a girl for those wondering. Betty is the white bird who turned out to be a boy. And Buddy is the green bird who turned out to be a girl ... a very bossy girl who doesn't really appreciate living with other birds. But when I gave her her... Read Full Story

So, it's 1:30 am and here I am watching a re-run of Star Trek Next Generation ... and it's a good one too. The one where they engage the Borg, "Best of Both Worlds". It's a 2-parter, so that means I'll be here watching it again tomorrow night.Anyway, as I sit here enjoying great American TV ... a great American commercial comes on.I laughed, and laughed. Then wondered if I'd hit the remote by mistake and was now watching Saturday Night Live - but nope. It's a real commercial, they even ha... Read Full Story

It's a long weekend and I have a cold and fever ... again! This bug is annoying. It kind of went away but now it's back and I have laryngitis. Me without my voice is just not me.But luckily I can share my words through my blog. Phew.So other than this annoying cold bug which has taken up residence inside of me ... I am actually thankful for a lot of things in my life.I'm thankful for my family. They're amazing and we're all very close - which I'm finding is rare. I'm very grateful that we... Read Full Story

Yeah. Not me. My laundry.Oh how I miss having my own washer & dryer ... having to use the community one in the building can be trying at times. It's definitely better than going out to a laundromat that's for sure. I really detest dragging my dirty laundry all around town to sit amongst others with dirty laundry for an hour or so.Anyway, the laundry room in the basement of my building isn't too bad. It's kept very clean and was one of the deciding factors for me moving there. Well,... Read Full Story

I've never smoked but I know it's bad for you and hard to kick the habit, so I get why people would do pretty much anything to quit. But smoke a tampon?This commercial has been running on Canadian TV lately. Only here it's with a Canadian voice-over and they call it an "inhaler". Whatever - dude, you're puffin' on a tampon. ....................... Hello Feed Readers. Don't forget the Penguins. Read Full Story

Thank you to Faerie Kat for this snazzy award :) I really appreciate it! Plus, like she said in a previous comment, it's this kind of support that will help me through the loss of my TV husband ;)So part of receiving this award is sharing 7 things about myself that most people don't know. That's a bit tough with me being anonymous and all ... and also given that I've done a few of these before ... so let me think ... hmmm.1. I've never considered myself short. But apparently I am, being ... Read Full Story

So I was at a conference this weekend. On my way I stopped for some gum and meant to buy a bottle of water but forgot. Once I got back in the car and on my way I thought "darn" but then figured hey, it's a conference, surely they'll have lots of bottled water available.Wrong.The conference took place in a city building downtown Toronto where bottled water is considered contraband. And why is bottled water not sold or allowed on city property? Well, they'd like you to believe it's because t... Read Full Story

Oh noes!Vincent D'Onofrio is leaving Law & Order CI. I'm sad but not really. I haven't been too happy since he went part-time anyway.I will be needing some support through this difficult time though. Of course I still have Christopher Meloni from SVU, he just signed on for 2 more years. But without Vincent, TV fantasy land just won't be the same.I guess the up-side is I'll always have re-runs, 6 & 11 pm Monday to Friday ... and 5pm weekends. Sigh ... I should be alright.Anyway - than... Read Full Story