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Not that anyone but me is keeping track, or actually cares for that matter, but, i have been remiss with the Daily Chuck for a couple of days. My bad. 1109/Chucks221114.jpg0 . . .
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This summer, a trainee was fired. She had a sweet job position. It was Monday through Friday, 8:45am to 2:45pm. Within a week of her termination, i asked my boss what was going to happen with her s0 . . .
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Due to the specialness of the day, i wore fancy chucks. 1009/Chucks111031.jpg And, it turns out, i was not the only one today. It's a chuckyhallowedding! 1009/Chuckswedding1031.jpg (0 . . .
No, the chucks are not orange and white stripes, they are see through. And the rubber bits and the trim are glow in the dark. 1009/Chucks101031.jpg0 . . .
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Yeah. I barely left the house today. Did laundry. Cleaned. But, when we left the house for me to go pick up something at the dry cleaners, i was too lazy to put on a pair of chucks. Too lazy for0 . . .
The Daily Chuck is a bit late today... so i took the snap on the road. 1009/Chucks71027.jpg0 . . .
1009/Chucks61026.jpg Note from e:uncutsaniflush : Alas the lovely e:leetee was unable to post her daily chuck because she got a call asking her to come to work immediately this afternoon. Of cou0 . . .
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I've been wearing this pair for a few days in a row. Maybe because the clear gum rubber won't be good in bad weather (slippery when wet!) and i suspect it won't be much longer of no sn0 . . .
Is anyone interested in an old gas range? I had the far fetched idea that we would spruce it up and i would use it and love it... but that was back when we bought the house. Four years later, and i0 . . .
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We decided to be one of the many e:strippers to try Tokyo Shanghai Bistro. Yesterday for lunch. Sorry, no pics (i totally need to remember to bring my camera more often). We both ate Chinese. e:Un0 . . .
Onion rings. Do you remember when they were made by cutting up an onion, dipping the rings in batter and deep frying them? Not frozen minced onion bits covered in some sort of breading? Well, of all0 . . .
Gee, i almost don't know where to begin with this week. We need a new roof. ASAP. It's not an emergency in the oh-my-god-half-our-roof-just-blew-off kinda way. It's the kinda of0 . . .
As you all know, i am very close with my friend, Kirsten and her goofy lovable pugs. Sadly, this past weekend, Taj died of liver failure from eating something poisonous in his own back yard. He had 0 . . .
So, due to a day in which we both had time off, e:uncutsaniflush and i decided to go on one of our "mini-adventures" to Rochester. This post helped me a bit, too... Thanks, e:Zobar,49663 0 . . .
Why can i not find a good hairdresser in Buffalo? I have had more bad hair days here than anywhere else. I thought i found a new one that i liked... I went to him last week. Picked out the col0 . . .
We have an old house with a crappy hot water tank that the previous owners put in with the "whatever is cheapest to sell the house" logic. To avoid the issue that we have had come winter0 . . .
Does anyone at my work see my bright orange bumper magnet and think about looking up what e:strip.org would be? Do they ever accidentally put in estrip.com and become confused thinking i am selli0 . . .
As you all enjoy your day with picnics and grills and fun laying on a blanket on the grass in the sun, think of me, stuck at work for 16 hours with some individuals that hate holidays and how much the0 . . .
We have had 3 renters living in the small house next door to us since we purchased this house. First, was Rosa. I liked her. She was friendly, talkative sometimes, her dog was a bit loud, but s0 . . .
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Linus 0609/Introducinglinus0613.jpg We got him on Thursday from the Tonawanda SPCA. He's about 7 months, and a big, friendly, inquisitive boy. :o)0 . . .
What i forgot to tell you in my last post is how amazing the food experiences were in Detroit and how lame i am for not taking more food pictures. In one of those "here's what we have to of0 . . .
It's been close to a month since we got back. And just now, i got round to getting a coupla snaps up... 0609/Detroit10611.jpg Isn't this what comes to mind when we think of Detroi0 . . .
Look away, work again. Refresher SCIP-R class tonight. Scheduled to be done with my boss and a long time staffer. While there, boss' iphone tells her that an individual is making accusatio0 . . .
We got back late last night. Had a lovely time in Detroit. Yes, i said lovely. Hard to believe one could have a lovely time there, huh? I will probably post a few pictures once i get all the u0 . . .
.. and all other e:peeps who like to take some pretty snaps now and then. And yeah, that totally includes you, e:Libertad! Botanical Gardens has a photo contest. You both should enter some pic0 . . .
I smell a rat When i left work on Saturday evening at 11pm, it was with the realization that i would not have to step foot into that unit for 10 whole days. Felt so liberating! I think, howev0 . . .
She started off with the name "uh-oh" e:LeeTee,43805 Then, we named her and her "sister" Tux and Tofu e:LeeTee,43858 Tux, sadly, did not live very long with us e:LeeTee,44380 . . .
Lately, all i do is write about work. So here is a brief break... Still have train or carousel ride tickets for the Buffalo Zoo if anyone wants some. I sent half of them to e:Lauren.... 0 . . .
I know we have an e:strip Buffalo Zoo connection here now in e:MrMike, but e:uncutsaniflush and i renewed our membership and got 20 coupons for Free Train or Carousel rides -- 10 that expire in 2010 a0 . . .
I thought i worked a lot before... but now that vacation season has started, i think i could work 60 hours a week. I may be a bit off my nut, but i am not that far off.... Nice to get the overt0 . . .
In an odd twist of fate, e:Uncutsaniflush has been working a lot of afternoons and i have a few days in a row off. We did, however, get some time together today to do something fun and get away f0 . . .
Don't forget that daylight savings starts tonight, e:peeps! For a lot of you, it may not matter until Monday, but for those of us not fortunate enough to have a Monday to Friday 9 to 5 gig, it m0 . . .
some days at work i just feel it wish i had more to blog about lately than work... 0 . . .
On top of recently loosing my sunglasses and both my Buffalo Zoo and e:strip bumpber magnets, i have now, after searching everywhere and even calling Weggies to see if some nice soul turned it in, los0 . . .
Happy Valentine's Day, e:peeps. I wish you all could find the kind of love that i am fortunate enough to have in my life. Simple & uncomplicated, trustworth and solid, yet full of passion a0 . . .
I am getting texts from coworkers about the craziness of my job. NOW i totally understand why i got what i called the "26-2 face" of shock and horror during my training last summer. I may 0 . . .
It is bad enough they have one of the world's worst tv ads. I get off work at 11pm. Last evening's shift was a hellish one full of SKIP-R, calls to nurses, emergencies and drama. Full0 . . .
Ha! Made you look. Nope. Not what you think. Nothing as interesting as a human without clothes. Friday (could have been Thursday, but it wasn't until Friday that i noticed), i lost my su0 . . .
Kinda funny what gets into my head sometimes. I want to go and get my hair coloured. Goldwell has these amazingly cool "fun" colours from a line called Elumen. http://www.elumenhairco0 . . .
You make me want to have blue hair. http://www.coraline.com/0 . . .
Since there is almost nothing new or exciting going on in my life besides the usual work, never ceasing head cold and hatred of driving in the snow, i give you... a cat youtube video. http://www0 . . .
e:Uncutsaniflush and i had a rare day off together. We decided to go do something fun and touristy and, as we call them, one of our mini-adventures. First stop, lunch at our favorite Mexican pla0 . . .
Or in this case, a condesending bitchy nurse practitioner. Heaven forbid i see an actual doctor. Yeah, ok, so, i got the labs done in September. Got a call that freaked me out. Shit, least the0 . . .
I find it interesting in a mildly frustrating way how a person can easily get tangled in red tape. Now that i work for the state of New York, i am in a union. That union gives me and my spouse d0 . . .
I am totally bummed that my coat got torn by my neighbour's fence. They put up a gate a few years back and twisted some metal wire to keep one side attatched. Those 3 metal twisted bits stick o0 . . .
It started out innocently enough. It was the "hey these are a cute colour (uhm, orange, does anyone even NOT think they would be orange?!) i wonder if they will fit my fat flat feet any better n0 . . .
This time of year makes me emotional.... And it took me round to thinking about 2008 and what a ride it has been. Last year at this time, i worked a crappy retail job. I took the bus to work 0 . . .
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OK, so i am a day late. We had to have our American Thanksgiving on Black Friday because i worked yesterday (and OH what a day it was!!). I guess we had a Black Thanksgiving? Here is the Tofurk0 . . .
The holidays are stressful. I wonder why it is that i am prestressed thinking about schedules and how we are going to manage to balance e:Uncutsaniflush's, mine and my family's so that i ca0 . . .
I am so boring, Lately, my life consists of working, sleeping and eating. I try to slide chores in there, too, when there is time. Oddly enough, i am not working tons of hours, but my hours are a0 . . .
To the asshat tailgating me all the way from Filmore to Richmond on Best/Summer this morning around 7.30am, i just want you to know that since me driving 40 in a 30 wasn't enough for you, i thoug0 . . .
Yesterday, e:Uncutsaniflush and i decided to celebrate the nice day with naturey kinds of things. Our camera was in my purse and i took a few snaps. 1008/Botanicalgardenswaterfall21024.jpg 100 . . .
I can't remember if i have posted this, or someone else did. But, it has been a while and cuteoverload http://www.cuteoverload.com/ (thanks for the addiction, e:Hodown) reminded me about it. 0 . . .
So, the Hepatitis B vacination is a series of three that has to be done over a period of time. After many calls, i finally got myself in to see the nurse at the clinic at work so i can get my second 0 . . .
I swear, i colour my hair red just as an excuse to be a hothead bitch.... BUT YOU would be cranky too if your neighbour's wee dog barked you awake on a regular basis and today it happened f0 . . .
I took the e:strip bumpber magnet from the side of my 'fridge so i would have one on my car. Getting two when they were first made was a good idea, 'cause who knows when i will have the cha0 . . .
Since we both had the afternoon off and wanted to enjoy some warm weather, e:Uncutsaniflush and i headed east for the day to outrun the rain. Rochester's Park Avenue http://www.park-avenue.o0 . . .
It sounds good. Almost like you get to date a man. Mandated. Ain't nothing of the sort. What it really means, ultimately, is feeling like shit for a few days because you cannot leave work0 . . .
And she's not blue this time, but red, and slightly less old. 0908/Neon20930.jpg Of course, if she does not cough up the Morrissey and New York Dolls cds stuck in her supposed 4 cd change0 . . .
But it thrilled me to no end today to get a text from an old workmate saying this one simple sentence -- "rita got fired". About time. Worst manager ever. I know no details... just that 0 . . .
I am Canadian, and i hate hockey. Last night, i was reminded why. In person, at the HSBC Arena. Of course, i did not volunteer to go. In fact, i tried desperately to get out of it. Not only becau0 . . .
The good news is that i finally got some numbers today that i can live with. Allstate is going to give me about 50 bucks less than i paid for my car. Minus towing fees to take away my poor smashed u0 . . .
I really thought life was progressing well.. But lately, i feel as though i take one step forward and two steps backwards. I was finally brave enough to learn to drive. It mostly had to do with lan0 . . .
I can't believe how angry i am. Sitting here with my morning tea, a car that is not driveable and wee little black and blue and/or tender bits all over my arms and chest. When i think about the0 . . .
Well, it took less than 6 months. My first car accident. Nowhere near my fault, thank goodness. I was stopped waiting for someone who was waiting for someone to make a left hand turn into his own d0 . . .
If anyone saw a redheaded chick driving a stuttering blue Saturn with bandaids all over her arms around the Buffalo General/Roswell Park area late this morning, then you had an e:peep sighting. H0 . . .
Today, e:Uncutsaniflush and i decided to go for a walk at the new Greenway park at the waterfront (Buffalo News http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/415200.html ). When we got ther0 . . .
Today, while on my way home from a Day Hab on Millersport, my car started acting up -- AGAIN. Damn it. Unfortunately, i was on Millersport in a 45 MPH zone, but my car would not go over 25 safe0 . . .
I am cranky today. I should be happy go lucky, but i am not. I have a headache and i feel sorry for my husband, who got shit on almost the moment he walked in the house. You might be right, e:Vycio0 . . .
Well, now that we have health insurance, i want to go to a doctor. Still have not seen anyone about that high blood sugar reading i got the other day. But, i would rather have a doctor, rather t0 . . .
OK, i should be studying. I am rewriting so much.. right now, on the differences and the different kinds of seizures... partial, simple and complex; general, tonic clonic, absence, myoclonic and at0 . . .
When i am not in training or studying for an exam or sleeping, lately, i am at Wegmans. Since i am a "non-participating" staff member (not fully trained to be fully engaged with the ind0 . . .
Thanks for the encouragement, e:peeps; the last exam went well. I got 90%, which i am totally not complaining about... but it is the lowest score i have since starting this training. Next Tues0 . . .
This week's exam is tomorrow morning... on The Cardiovascular System, the Respiratory System and Vital Signs. For some reason, i find myself unfocused and unable to absorb all this information.0 . . .
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i am up at 4am not because i was out having fun, but because i am sick. been sick for a while and i thought, like it has in the past, my body would heal itself. i no longer think this cold is just a0 . . .
I did ok on my first exam, meds I, II and III (but do NOT ask me what the Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 is until the finals, pleeease); got 94%. BUT, we had over a week to study. Now, i hav0 . . .
For over 20 years, i have had 14 silver sleeper style hoops in my ears -- 6 on one side and 8 on the other. The idea was to eventually get 6 on one side and 9 on the other since i was born in '60 . . .
I should be studying. I should be studying. But, i thought i would take this time, while i hear the laundry bouncing around in the dryer downstairs, while papers are scattered all over my desk to...0 . . .
Protocol. Procedure. Policy. New York State has it all. After a long day 8 hour day of sitting, pushing papers around and taking notes, i came home to another coupla hours of preparing things.0 . . .
.. i am a bureaucrat, a member of a union, a government employee. First day of 9 days of orientation was today. What i found the most interesting is that today was all about what i get, not wha0 . . .
All cars look the same to me... and this one is lacking a rectangular orange thing on the back... but here she is, my new car. 0608/Newcar10601.jpg 0608/Newcar20601.jpg Times, they are a 0 . . .
Yesterday, e:Uncutsaniflush and i both had the day off. We decided to spend it in Canada. Our plans were slightly delayed (more on that shortly), so we went directly from Buffalo to lunch. We 0 . . .
In every other city i have lived in, if the roads are going to be closed for any reason, there are signs ahead of time, warning of just such a closure. Every year in Hamilton, there's a cycl0 . . .
Now that i have a license and a job that will take me out to West Seneca every day, e:Uncutsaniflush and i are wondering if we should add a vehicle to our family. So, the next question arises. D0 . . .
For my new job, i need to accomplish several tasks so that they can make sure i have been an upstanding citizen. On Monday, i was fingerprinted. Cool. Got that done when i moved to this country.0 . . .
Yesteday, Tux, one of the rats we adopted from the SPCA died. I was expecting it. The vet told us to be on guard with her, that she might develop pneumonia and gave us the specifics of the symptoms,0 . . .
I just finished writing a letter to the manager of Sally Beauty Supply. Confirming our conversation of yesterday. That i gave my 2 week notice. I got the state job. I still need to do some leg0 . . .
Now, i realize i am not a parent, so i may not fully understand the incredible work and sacrifice it is to care for a child 24 hours a day. When i think about it, i am amazed that had i not been 0 . . .
I wonder if the cycle of frustration with my teeth and dentists will ever end? Perhaps in a few years when i need to get dentures? *sigh* I spent Sunday night with a searing toothache. Monday, t0 . . .
Yep, ya'll guessed it right. I got my license. I am legally able to drive. The road test itself was so short, it felt like we were driving for about 30 seconds. One bad thing i did wa0 . . .
I just logged on to the DMV Road Test Scheduling System site. I put in my zip code, and it gave me all the nearest test sites including as far away as East Aurora and Niagara Falls. Most of the 0 . . .
I did the 5 hour pre-licensing course today. One more thing checked off my to do list. The class itself was kinda lame. Mostly, what i got out of it was that the Tonawanda road test site is0 . . .
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Some of you might be following the saga of me and the state job. I reckon most of you don't give a shit, and that is a-ok with me. Right now, i am trying to figure out what i want. I got a0 . . .
A while back, e:Uncutsaniflush and i saw a review in the Buffalo News about this restaurant. Unfortunately, my stomach was at a point in which i could eat so little and one of the trigger foods when 0 . . .
We just renewed our Buffalo Zoo membership and since we did it early, we got some coupons. Some we will use, others, we won't. So, i thought i would ask if anyone here would be interested in th0 . . .
Well, we finally figured out names for our girls, e:LeeTee,43805. The more outgoing but less dominate one was called Decca before; she is dark brown and has a white chin and belly. So, we named0 . . .
Not too long ago, i got a letter letting me know that i got a perfect score of 100 on the civil service test (e:Leetee,43764) i wrote back in early February. I got another letter. This one is fo0 . . .
We don't like the names they already had, so we have been trying to think of new ones... while waiting for them to be less afraid and see some personality come out. One of them is far more timi0 . . .
OK, we decided, much to my heartbreak, that we cannot have a dog. Our lives are just that much too busy to house train a dog right now. Plus, we aren't home as much as i would like for a new pu0 . . .
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I have been a bit of a disgruntled worker lately. I seriously think my manager has a personality disorder. One minute calling me a bitch, and the next, wanting to chat about what i am doing after wo0 . . .
A big thank you to everyone who expressed their sympathies and condolences regarding the death of my grandfather in my last post. Thanks, too, to those that wanted to say something and didn't...0 . . .
This afternoon. I got an email from my mom today telling me that he had pneumonia. The docs were saying that although it is always hard to say when, he probably would not have much longer. 0 . . .
Disgruntled. Its not just for postal workers anymore. I know, old theme for me. Least, it is getting to be. I post about pugs and how much i hate work these days... There are so many ways i0 . . .
e:uncutsaniflush and i went to the Tops on Jefferson yesterday. The Tops is actually nicer than the one near us on Grant at Amherst, even if it was smaller. Everything was tidy and well stocked. Un0 . . .
Ava had another litter of pups. On the 12th of February. Last night, i went to see them. OMG, they are so freakin adorable!!! Here they all are, lined up in a row... 0308/Pugsinarow0301.jpg0 . . .
Ah, of course there was bad weather as we were leaving... 0208/CruiseBadweatherleaving0226.jpg Not sure why, but i am kinda obsessed about Tudor's Biscuit World. We have only seen them0 . . .
I have to talk a lot at work. It's a tough thing to do when you've lost your voice. I sound like Mini Mouse on helium with a stuffed nose. Fun. Been working every day since we got ba0 . . .
Hardeeville, South Carolina. Yesterday, we made it down 1-77 all the way through West Virginia, the little bit of Virginia, then North Carolina and South Carolina, to I-26, then 1-95 and here -- near0 . . .
... from Morgantown, WV. We left Buffalo before any bad weather hit. Heavy Rain between Erie and Pittsburgh. Had a few moments of dense fog near Pittsburgh (are people from Pittsburgh called P0 . . .
I had to lie. I hate doing it, but i had to. First, i told my boss that i needed from the 4th to the 20th off for our trip. Then, we made our plans on how we were going to get from Buffalo to M0 . . .
Let's face it, as we age, gravity no longer remains a friend of ours. Never really has been a friend to me because, well, i tend to drop things. If there was no gravity, that thing i just drop0 . . .
Not just a monthly phenomena http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owF1iSVi8KA0 . . .
About an hour ago, my mom called. She had a consult with my grandfather's g.p. this morning. The ct scan shows cloudy areas in his brain. Right now, they are saying the clouds are tumors. So,0 . . .
I wonder if all retail is as huge a clusterfuck as my place of employment... The staff meeting on Sunday was... uhm... interesting. It is facinating to watch your boss lie her ass off to save 0 . . .
I confess. I love Graham Norton. I forgot how naughty he is... and what presenters on the telly in Blighty can get away with. If there is a way for Graham to make a joke dirty, he will manage it. 0 . . .
This time of year can bum me out. Working retail doesn't help. The mad rush should be over, but now is the time of the mad returns and exchanges. And i truly am sorry that we run out of things0 . . .
I have 2 grandparents still alive -- my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather. Both have not been doing well lately, emotionally, mentally, and physically. But the news i got today wa0 . . .
My lovely spouse, e:Uncutsaniflush,42611 recently journaled about how incosiderate Canadians can be while here. Working retail in this area, i have experienced the rudest people to serve have eit0 . . .
Or a jinx? Since i have had my job in late September: one employee had a panic and mild heart attack at work and was hospitalized for a week another employee fainted and fell another em0 . . .
Busy at Sally's yesterday... does everyone think that once the snow hits they will not be able to be out again until after xmas day? I heard Weggies was a zoo... Which made me think of t0 . . .
Yet, i am feeling beat down. How many times can my work schedule or weather get in the way of holiday plans? My work and e:Uncutsaniflush's work schedules must have been planned... my boss0 . . .
That's the name of this month's colour. Last month, e:LeeTee,42112 i used Red Hot. It was good, but a bit too much of a violet base for me, since my hair tends to pull blues easily. So, t0 . . .
Saw this film this afternoon.... fucking amazing. Even though i knew what would happen in the end, i still cried. Surprisingly, i also laughed at bits of it. I wasn't expecting that. http0 . . .
Damn, that man is so hard to buy for.... It would be difficult enough if there was just the one holiday. But his birthday is January 7th, so i have always purchased 2 gifts during the holiday sh0 . . .
I don't actually have my own mutt... so Ava will have to do. They posted the pics i sent in of her.. tee hee hee... http://www.stuffonmymutt.com/index.php?itemid=12790 . . .
Poor e:Uncutsaniflush had to work on his birthday. The only good thing about it was that i have baked him a cake as a surprise when he gets home from work. Hope to hear from him soon letting me 0 . . .
It's funny what people will do in cars when they don't think people can see them. Standing at the corner of Elmwood and Delavan waiting for the bus to work today around 1.30pm, it was inter0 . . .
'Cause that's what is most important to give thanks for, right? I have seen Kirsten in so long now that she's moved down to Little Summer. I miss having her and the pugs and her kit0 . . .
I woke up this morning with the thought that my hair is not red enough. So, as i write this, my hair is processing a colour called Red Hot... In about 40 minutes, i will know if it is red enough. 0 . . .
Well, i got a reprimand at work. I told the manager that although i meant no harm, i understand how my actions could be interpreted as such. I also told her that i understood how much work this inci0 . . .
The video is kinda cute... but the song... oh, my gut hurts from laughing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdp9xxpOtU0 . . .
I made my monthly call to Time Warner Cable today. It brings such a light to my life to listen to bad Musak (is there such a thing as 'good' Musak) and explain the same issue over and over 0 . . .
No, sorry, e:Mike, this isn't about Britney or any celebrity gossip. This one is about me.... Ever have one of those days that turns into something you never thought it would? How somethin0 . . .
I wanted to come to the party this weekend. I really did. I was even going to bring the rice cooker for you, e:Libertad. I totally need to call you so i can give it to you! I probably would have0 . . .
Returning from a vacation is exhausting. I need a vacation from my vacation. Being able to do laundry before leaving, while chillaxing on the last night makes the unpacking process so much more 0 . . .
I know you are missing the colours, so i thought this would be nice for you. Let me know if you want me to mail you some... ha ha ha. 1007/Leaves11014.jpg 1007/Leaves21014.jpg 1007/Leaves0 . . .
Anyone want a rice cooker? We have an extra one. My sister in law gave us one for xmas a few years back. Then, two years later, gave us another one. I think she forgot she already got us one. 0 . . .
Today is mine and e:Uncutsaniflush's 6th wedding anniversary. We met, in person, for the first time on Friday, 6 October, 2000 and were married exactly one year later. We were married on the de0 . . .
I've been using the nickname LeeTee since i got married. Thing is, my real full name is Leette and so few people can pronouce it when they read it and i get called LeeTee when they do, so why no0 . . .
As i mentioned in a previous post (see below or e:LeeTee,41260), i am now in possession of my late maternal grandmother's rings. I have been trying to get a decent picture of them... but this w0 . . .
This weekend, my parents came to visit. Of course they did, there were e:peep happenings.... I decided, earlier in the week, since it had been getting colder, i would make some cabbage rolls for0 . . .
So, yesterday one of the reasons i went with e:Uncutsaniflush to Lockport is that i needed a distraction. Sure, i could have occupied myself around the house, but i had already done most of the t0 . . .
I saved a 13" beagle bitch from getting run over today. She was wandering along the sidewalk, in downtown Lockport on the sidewalk of N Transit in front of Walgreens. Almost as soon as i not0 . . .
As i have mentioned before, e:LeeTee,25699 i make my mom a specialized calendar every year for xmas. I used to do it all by hand -- measuring every calendar grid, writing in every number. Th0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12BSJ6HIa8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdEaklpw4ts0 . . .
For those of you with dogs and wheels that don't know yet, the dog park in Lasalle Park rocks. Kirsten and i went there last night with her 3 pug brood (yep, not just Ava and Nolan, she kept one0 . . .
To the person that stole the horn on my bike, i give you a big raspberry. It was locked up at the Co-op this morning and you separated the bulb from the tube of the horn and left the metal bit that 0 . . .
Thanks to some leg work today, i have a job interview Monday afternoon. Unlike the application process with Petsmart, e:LeeTee,40592 i didn't have to answer if i agree, strong agree, disagree0 . . .
As i mentioned in my previous post, e:LeeTee,40815 my parent's old dog, Ralphie, now has kidney disease. The vet said he should be kept at the animal hospital for a week, but both of my parent� . . .
e:Uncutsaniflush and i, thanks to the generosity of my parents, are going on a cruise in February. It will be a birthday and xmas gift from them to both of us. My cousin, Rob, and his bride to b0 . . .
Taking a shower made this sting like crazy. 0807/Knee0829.jpg (see previous post for explanation)0 . . .
Today, i went for my second driving lesson. I figured i would need a few lessons -- maybe 3 or 4 -- and a lot of practice. I think i am an ok driver, considering i have been behind the wheel for ab0 . . .
The Butterfly Conservatory http://www.niagaraparks.com/garden/butterfly.php 0807/Butterfliesonmoss0825.jpg 0807/Butterflies2upsidedown0825.jpg 0807/Butterflieseating0825.jpg 0807/Butterfliesora0 . . .
Sunday mmm.. nice, lazy day. Made giant sandwiches and had corn on the cob. Saturday As e:Uncutsaniflush,40618 mentioned, we had a very nice day on one of our "mini adventures"0 . . .
I just applied for a job at the new PetSmart location on Elmwood. Their online application was interesting. It was more a personality test than anything else, asking if i strongly agree, agree, 0 . . .
For all those times i am feeling downtrodden, unloved or just plain blah, i need to remind myself, or have a perma-link in my brain to the great things i have. Simple and complex, i am fortunate. 0 . . .
I'm looking for a place to practice driving. Somewhere that doesn't have a lot of busy traffic (yeah, Elmwood on the strip isn't an option -- YET!), maybe some light traffic, open spac0 . . .
I think we are going to take e:Theecarey,40396's advice -- a trip to Lewiston's Art Festival http://www.artcouncil.org/fineart.htm is on tap for the day. And yesterday afternoon, e:Uncutsan0 . . .
And i heart his humans for the video and taking care of him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQG6V1MOVY0 . . .
Today, i got up and thought to myself, "this is the day". So, i did the online quiz while eating some breakfast, got ready and caught the bus downtown. e:Uncutsaniflush was calling me 0 . . .
Caffeine is the devil. E:Uncutsaniflush and i went to his company picnic yesterday afternoon. All they had to drink was Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, water and Labatt Blue (ewww). It was0 . . .
I consider going out to eat our entertainment since neither e:Uncutsaniflush and i are big partiers. Besides, we really do have to keep our pleasantly plump shapes, well, pleasantly plump. Buffa0 . . .
She's not an e:stripper, but i think she reads my journals. She's a dear friend from Knoxville that i cherish.. and miss. She rocks. She is so much the sublime combination of a fun, friv0 . . .
Not Snakes On a Plane! Although both are dreadful. As mentioned in my previous post, e:LeeTee,40268 we had a mishap with the direction of water flow through the drains in our basement this mor0 . . .
Right now, i am so frustrated with our basement... that i would sell our house if anyone offered us a mere dollar over what we paid for it. Not sure e:Uncutsaniflush would agree. Poor guy is at0 . . .
I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. Guess i haven't had much to say.... or much ya'll would be interested in. The sale we just finished went well, i think. But i don't k0 . . .
Today, at the yard sale, a grown woman stopped at the table of books out front. She said, "hey, look, someone made a book about the t.v. show!" while holding a Grey's Anatomy volume. 0 . . .
OK, among all the other things i am phobic about (yeah, so i am afraid of escalators... whatcha gonna do about it, huh?), i am most scareded of bees. Anything that flies about, buzzes (*shudder*) an0 . . .
Which e:peep drives a maroon car with a billion and one bumper stickers on the back, including an e:strip magnet on the right hand side of the trunk? Well, whomever you are, i waved at you, as we0 . . .
I promise i will not continue to use my journal as a place to find homes for unwanted kittens, e:Paul... Well, not for too much longer anyway. In case you didn't know already, a neighbour fou0 . . .
Look away cat haters or allergy sufferers! I wanted to go over to the neighbours to play with the kittens today (see my last post, e:LeeTee,39790 ) and instead found myself with a kitten roaming ar0 . . .
a neighbour just knocked on our door. she came home with a box of abandoned kittens. found on the road out in the country somewhere. they look like they are about 4 - 5 weeks old. very cute. one 0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs0 . . .
I wish i could blame this round of insomnia on my RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome). This time, even though the RLS is there, i have to blame my restless brain. If i could turn off the "what ifs&quo0 . . .
.. but i can't help it. Ever since e:Hodown mentioned Cute Overload http://www.cuteoverload.com/ many moons ago, i find myself checking it regularly. That site lead me to another site that0 . . .
I'm the first to admit, my life is pretty boring. But, i like the lack of drama in my life. I had enough not knowing which end was up when i was younger... My morning routine consists of w0 . . .
As if my userpic isn't childish enough... Yesterday, we went to Dollar Tree for something and i got a 3 pack of bubbles. Mint, grape and apple. Totally fun to sit on the porch and blow bub0 . . .
I feel disrespected. I don't want to. And i hate how it feels. There doesn't seem to be much i can do about it, either. Do i beg someone to treat me well? I know i am not perfect, by an0 . . .
Why the fuck don't people just say what they mean and mean what they say? Why the social dances? So that i can be disappointed later rather than sooner? What's the point in that? Cowards0 . . .
That's what i call it when i take pictures of my lunch. I will always think of it as something e:Paul does. Today, we ate lunch at Zhang's Buffet on Union, between Walden and George Ur0 . . .
Loo As i mentioned in my two previous journals, spent last week painting and recaulking my parent's bathroom. It took 5 days. They even paid me, which was appreciated, but totally unecessary0 . . .
I am ever so grateful for the turn in the weather. We more or less get the same weather in Hamilton and in Buffalo, with a few exceptions (Hamilton gets more snow, despite the "reputation for sn0 . . .
My parents needed their bathroom painted. When my mom asked me about it, i wasn't working, so we made tentative arrangements. Once the estate sale at the tavern was over, i took a bit of ti0 . . .
How do people do it? How is it possible to function while sleep deprived? I feel like my head is going to pop off it's wee little neck. My ass is dragging -- and for those of you that have0 . . .
Sunday After some other fun outings, we decided to go to Bird Island to hang out, watch the water and wave to Canada (yeah, i actually do that). When we arrived, someone in a car next to us as0 . . .
This is one of those recipes i invented, and super easy. But, it took 3 tries to get the right combination of sweet and tart for our tastes. ************************* Raspberry Sorbet III 0 . . .
I think i have posted a journal with this exact name before... but i am way too tired to look that up. The Good Someone called me "an incredible woman". Felt good. Thank you, ki0 . . .
Got home Monday night. The trip to Tennessee was wonderful and fun and exhausting. I was very happy to see two people very much in love and very well matched get married. I was teary when Chris sai0 . . .
e:Uncutsaniflush and i arrived here in Knoxville yesterday afternoon. It's so nice to be back here. We haven't done much sightseeing yet -- we will do most of that today. Right now, i0 . . .
Now that i have completed the promised order of informing -- myself, my husband, my mother, specific friends -- i can let you all know my news. Every morning as of exactly 3 weeks after i wrote t0 . . .
Talk about being a valued employee!! Thanks so very much for my wonderful new car, e:heidismadhouse and e:britian ! 0507/Minimini0506.jpg Now, as well as shouting it when i see them on the st0 . . .
John from Salon Now can kiss my ass. When i called a week or so ago and told him i not only needed a colour, but probably a colour correction , he booked me in at 2.30 today, knowing they close at0 . . .
Since you have moved from food to trash, e:Paul, i thought i would take and post a couple of pictures of the very full dumpster at the estate sale building for you. 0507/Dumpster0504.jpg 0500 . . .
I have a few things i need to clear up. I don't think it's a big deal, but i just don't want ya'll to get the wrong idea. My mean and evil bosses are not really mean and/or e0 . . .
Today i finally did it. I gave up on my wellies. I loved them, but alas, they let me down. The brown flowery ones i wore often this past autumn and winter, but come spring, they sprung. A mere0 . . .
Today started off on bit of a chaotic note. My mean and evil bosses and i forgot to arrange a time for me to get picked up to go to work. Guess that's what happens when we take a day off. 0 . . .
My mean and evil bosses allowed me one measly day off yesterday. Well, mostly because they had stuff to do, too. e:Britian needed to celebrate his birthday. e:Heidismadhouse needed the chiropract0 . . .
Happy Birthday, e:Britian! I hope the next 50 years are better than the first 50!0 . . .
My cousin, Rob, recently moved to Texas from Detriot when he got promoted in the audit firm he works for. I was surprised to find out his girlfriend was going with him. He hadn't been seeing he0 . . .
Yesterday Throwing things out of upper storey windows is satisfying. Things that bang and hiss when they hit the bottom of the dumpster or something else in the dumpster are delightfully satisfyin0 . . .
For the past 2 days i have been washing dishes. As i mentioned a couple of days ago, e:LeeTee,38962 i am odd job girl for Ian and Heidi. When we arrived yesterday, i helped fill up part of a dumpste0 . . .
Yep... i gots me some class.... with a capital K. 0407/Meandava0420.jpg0 . . .
Them I actually heard someone complain about the weather today. e:Uncutsaniflush and i were walking out of Weggies and i overheard a young woman say, "it's soooooo hot out today." whi0 . . .
Just wanted to say thanks to the supportive comments from all you kind e:peeps. I appreciate it. It's so difficult to think of someone as mortal... I spoke with my father. He says he 0 . . .
Last night, my dad woke my mom at 2.30am complaining of sharp pain in his back and pressure in his chest. It seems as though it was intermittent, but they called 911 anyway. Medics weren't sure0 . . .
So, this morning at 7.25am i am laying in bed and i wake to my cell phone ringing in another part of the house. Too far for me to want to go get it. It feels like it has been ringing for a long time0 . . .
Travel Over the Easter weekend, my parents decided to go away on a holiday. They haven't been anywhere besides here to visit us, to Michigan to visit my Aunt and Uncle and up north to see my 0 . . .
Nowhere near the talet of some e:peeps, but i like to take a snap or two here and there. Here's what was in our wee lil digital camera up until about an hour ago... 0407/Snooziebear0409.jpg 0 . . .
e:Uncutsaniflush and i just updated and upgraded our membership for the Buffalo Zoo. In the envelope with our new membership cards and parking passes, we got tickets for 5 free train rides and 5 free0 . . .
I haven't posted a journal in almost 3 weeks. Huh. Wonder why. Maybe i haven't had anything to say. Myabe i thought my life was too boring. Who knows. Hair I have been needing0 . . .
Not that i have been everywhere there is to be, but i have travelled a little bit. The UK, France, Germany, East and West coasts of Canada... and i have to say, so far, my favorite city of them all 0 . . .
It must be srping, the traffic cones are starting to bloom!! Today would be a good day to have a dog. Not that i need the excuse to go and take a walk. Maybe i can borrow Ava and Nolan...0 . . .
We feed birds in our yard, even a raven or two. 0307/Ravensatthefeeder0302.jpg We like the idea of having somewhere outside we can keep a bag of birdseed. We had a few mice in the autumn this0 . . .
I am still waiting for the results of my Predictor test. It was a week ago today my teacher, Mark, called me to tell me i scored a 12.9 on the maths TABE and was eligible to write the Predictor. 0 . . .
Which is totally not news to anyone that knows me. But now, i have a grey rubber braclet that proves it, that i heart elephants. I got it at the zoo today. I am happy to know the elephants 0 . . .
AARP?!? Please, you're not THAT old!! I changed my usersound. To Everybody's Happy Nowadays by the Buzzcocks. Yes, the very same song that is being used for an AARP advertisement0 . . .
Last night, just around or after midnight, the cops knocked on our door and rang our bell. I was online with a friend and the sound of the doorbell and very sharp door knocking made me jump. I was w0 . . .
I was surfin' aboot (all Canucks say "aboot", eh) while waiting for the laundry today (Oh, don't get jealous, ya'll, i know my life is too exciting!) and found a few sites i t0 . . .
When i could not find the information i needed (where to purchase tokens for the bus) on their website, i called NFTA. I was transfered a few times, i got the information, then i mentioned having the0 . . .
I am just taking a small break from dusting. We have quite a bit of dark wood furniture and the dust really shows. In our dinning room, a place with lots of dark wood, i have a birthday gift dis0 . . .
1) Sometimes, friends and complications of friendships make me cry. When i find out i have unintentionally hurt a friend and the only way they can find to mention it is to be bitter, i feel twice as 0 . . .
For more reasons that i can count, i'm fortunate. More than anything, it's because of who loves me. I am married to someone who rarely makes a big fuss for me on my birthday, during xm0 . . .
CNN just reported Anna Nicole Smith died http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/anna.nicole.collapses/ Seems she collapsed in her hotel in Florida... 0 . . .
I am trying my damnest to use this thing, this NFTA Trip Planner online. http://www.nfta.com/metro/trip_planner.asp#plan Very interesting results. Seems i have to be 45 minutes early for my appoint0 . . .
69 confession questions 1. The phone rings. Who do you want it to be? someone with good news 2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart? yes, of course 3. In a socia0 . . .
Leezie was my nickname in highschool. Then, amongst the crowd i hung with, pig latin became popular (oh, i know, we were the coolest), and i did my best to drop the nickname Leezie! Those of you tha0 . . .
Thanks for hosting another house party, e:PMT ! Here are my snaps... in no particular order, even if i was trying to keep them cronological. e:Terry was delicate most of the night 0107/Del0 . . .
So, what is a girl to do if she doesn't have a need or desire to go out during a rainy/snowy/icey day? Make ice cream!! My first try was ok. Raspberry sorbet for my beloved. I didn't h0 . . .
It's supposed to snow or ice or be cold and icky out... so... what better thing to do but look for ice cream recipes online!!??! Since i got my ice cream maker, i have been itching to use it0 . . .
e:Paul .. i love you and i so appreciate all the work you do on e:strip. Hell, i wouldn't be bitching about this if i didn't love this place, right? My posts keep disappearing from th0 . . .
This GED stuff is... often exhasting. I just finished a GED Supplimental Package of Social Studies and i feel... worn out. My brain is so not used to thinking and it is complaining. No, Brain0 . . .
Can't decide between a Pug and a Boston Terrier? Well, why not get a Bugg! http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/buggsphotos.htm ***** I wanted to post a picture from this site, one of the very f0 . . .
This weekend, we are going to Canada... yes, AGAIN. Sunday is my dad's birthday, so we are going to take him out to dinner Saturday evening. I used to always bake him a blueberry cheesecake, b0 . . .
I know ya'll might be anxious to see the pictures from the e:PMT New Year's Eve bash last night... and some of you may be cringing. But i had other pics i wanted to post too, so i thought i0 . . .
I stuck it in the bottom the freezer we have in our basement yesterday after a wash and a thorough dry. The bowl was ready to go. Since e:jenks suggested it, i asked my parents for an ice cream make0 . . .
I love my family, but we are so damn disfunctional. I try my best to do what i think is right and not model the behaviour of my parents. I wonder if it is possible for the group of us to get toget0 . . .
Menstral cramps are the worst. So is getting up about every hour in the middle of the night to stumble into a cold bathroom to change one soggy bloody mess and change it out for something that will j0 . . .
Well, i gone done did it. Last night, i went to my first GED pre class. Thanks again, e:Ladycroft for dropping off that brochure to me. I called yesterday to see when classes start and i was to0 . . .
We ate at the Red Pepper on Maple today and i ordered off the menu -- Vegetarian Pho. Damn good. And here it is, after what e:Uncutsaniflush and i presume was about 10 minutes of eating. 1206/p0 . . .
Because it has pictures of your xmas gift. Every year for well over 10 years i have been making my mom the same gift. The first year i did it, she opened it, gasped and told me i would never again0 . . .
Yesterday, we headed into Canada. Our main purpose was to return a birthday gift my parents got e:Uncutsaniflush and since they still had the reciept, we had to go all the way into Hamilton, not just0 . . .
I admit it. I love going to the mailbox and finding a letter or a card. I like paper, stationery, fancy pens and cards. I know i am a dying breed... no one cares much for anything as slow as s0 . . .
Not that it is his fault my filling cracked and crumbled in my mouth today. It's actually the fault of a previous dentist, i am sure; he knew i was totally broke and only patched up my teeth, instea0 . . .
What actually happens to socks that get lost in the laundry process? I used to loose socks in the dryer. I thought those coin op ones had it in for me and my manly black socks. Then, one here and t0 . . .
e:Uncutsaniflush and i decided to eat lunch off our usual beaten path today. Since it was a nice day, we thought eating on the strip and a stroll would be a good thing. My only request was anywh0 . . .
Is it cheating if we saw e:lilho at Weggies instead of e:Mrmike ? 0 . . .
I'm way too lazy to look up the many times i have complained here that i have been having issues with my stomach and digestion. The lovely doctor of the house, e:jenks has confabed with me via email 0 . . .
Yesterday was the 2 year anniversary of e:Uncutsaniflush and i moving to Buffalo. Time flies... yet it feels like we have been here forever (in a good way, not in a 'gee, this feels like a prison se0 . . .
One thing i know for sure, is that the word shit sometimes sneaks by on radios. Would that happen here, i asked e:Uncutsaniflush ? He said no. I remember we watching a CityTV film when he was vis0 . . .
No... not bragging about my abilities at, well, anything. We got a rocking chair yesterday, that's all. Here it is... 1006/rockingchair3357.jpg And here it is in our space... 1000 . . .
The early snow storm a few weeks ago notwithstanding... Whenever my mom decides to visit us for the weekend, the weather turns bad. It's been a little while, but the last time she was here it wa0 . . .
Thanks e:Uncutsaniflush for the help and eye. Thanks, too, of course, to e:Paul for all of your help -- adding the bats, your touches here and there... and liking it enough to not change much at all0 . . .
As i mentioned in e:LeeTee,232 the end of the era of me having to walk to get a morning paper is over. Sad thing is the beginning of the new era of me just going to the front porch to get the paper i0 . . .
I won second second place ("no third place awards here!") at Gay Bingo last night for wearing this.. 1006/eeyorestanding5559.jpg ... and got a bag full of candy and some other fun Hal0 . . .
My lovely husband, e:Uncutsaniflush likes reading the morning newspaper while he drinks his morning coffee. Back before we were married, he came to visit me in Hamilton from Knoxville and i order0 . . .
Trees Here's what the opposite side of our street looks like right now, after the neighbours cleaned out the tree branches from their yard... piles talller than i am! 1006/treecleanuppile3305.j0 . . .
This morning, i got to try out my new wellies and attempt to get a newspaper. I tried a couple of closer places before i got to Wilson Farms on Grant and Forrest and was told they are only doing home0 . . .
Not always fun or funny when emotions catch up with me. I try to be the brave soldier, but, hell, maybe my mom was right that i am just too sensitive and care too much. Today has been better. 0 . . .
i feel that way today. overwhelmingly. 0 . . .
Doing my best to get over the crappy Friday i had. e:Leetee,226 Fortunately, i have a supportive and wonderful husband who brings up my sprits just when i need them. Thanks again for the lovely0 . . .
Not that i want to get involved with all the drama... but the sentiment made my heart sink. No matter how mad and hurt someone is, why would they wish an innocent group of people a bad day? Not0 . . .
I completed my first day on the job... a 5 hour shift. I'm not too tired, but yeah, my feet are a bit sore. Despite wearing the new Chucks. Been over 5 years since i have had a job. And this is t0 . . .
I think for the first time ever, i went to a cleaning and check up at the dentist and had no cavities. Freaky. Quitting smoking, needing fewer cough candies because of quitting and not drinking as m0 . . .
Looks like i got myself a part time job. It's no glam job, but it will be a start. Pray for my feet on Tuesday! Oh, and i forgot one pic from the party... Bad me! 1006/pmthwmespanked09480 . . .
Thanks for hosting yet another stellar event, e:PMT ! The house is, of course, beautiful. I had no doubt that ya'll would make it so. e:Twisted ... thank you for making the trip to come to this0 . . .
Yesterday, the sirens didn't even wake me. But my phone ringing downstairs did. I ran to get it. Kirsten, i thought... oh, no, something is wrong with the healing of her wisdom teeth extractions!0 . . .
...my husband rocks. 0906/tulipsfromw1501.jpg 0906/tulipsfromw21515.jpg 0906/tulipsfromw31527.jpg 0 . . .
While yesterday's leftover curry cauliflower soup heats up, i have a moment to tell ya'll that it finally happened! While there purchasing bread to go with previously mentioned soup, we saw him... 0 . . .
What an interesting week... between my sickies and Kirsten's. Of course, i would take mine over hers anyday! On Friday, Kirsten had 3 wisdom teeth pulled. *shudder* She is doing well... not to0 . . .
I've been busy working on little things here and there lately. Nothing that would take up a lot of time, individually, but together, seem to make me busier than usual. Activities involving our h0 . . .
I am chagrinned that i did not recognize my Nana when we went to Hamilton to visit her in the hospital yesterday. She didn't look that different... more frail, yes, but not different. E:Uncutsanifl0 . . .
Yesterday was one of those days for me that could almost be magical. So many little things happened that would make a normally ok kinda day pleasant. But having all those little things happen all on0 . . .
Happy Birthday, e:Mike !!! 0 . . .
Happy Birthday, e:Terry !! 0 . . .
I don't know why i haven't posted in a couple of weeks. Last night, e:Paul was mentioning that it can be difficult to convince e:lurkers to post... and since i haven't in a bit, i thought i woul0 . . .
I do not know what i am eating that is making me sick. I felt better yesterday after a week of stomach cramps and digestive issues. And today, they are back again. I guess it is time to go back to 0 . . .
This is the way i imagine it. The conversation may have gone something like this: Mom, "Move that damn car!" Teenage Son, "Yeah, OK, whatever. I will, Mom, i will." 0 . . .
Been feeling a bit blah lately. Spent too much time crying yesterday. My body and spirit feel downtrodden. I either had/have a flu bug, or the heat was making me sick and i'm not getting better0 . . .
Yep, everyone knows it's hot right now. My turn to complain about it. Often, i think to myself that i am fortunate that i now live in Buffalo and not Knoxville anymore, where the heat is worse. B0 . . .
I have returned from my grand road trip e:LeeTee,206 to Franklin Furnace, Ohio http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=franklin+furnace+ohio&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=39.121537,-82.265625&am0 . . .
Kirsten, Ava and i are headed off on a road trip to pick up a wee lil baby pug. All the way down to Franklin Furnace, Ohio, right on the Kentuky border. E:Uncutsaniflush isn't coming along... h0 . . .
Thanks for the input, e:Folks! e:LeeTee,204 and e:Twisted,414 OK, here's what i did. I called my mom. Moral support from my sweetie, e:Uncutsaniflush and my Mom was most excellent. Mom agreed w0 . . .
I can't sleep right now. I have something on my mind. I need to vent. I take promises very seriously. Even ones that could be casual. If i say i am going to do something, i do it.... even if0 . . .
I like rain. I like to dance and play in the rain. But, today, i wish it weren't raining. We had plans to go sailing with our neighbour, Deb. She wants Kirsten and i to be "rail meat"0 . . .
Your post got me thinking, e:Krayner03,3 . I have thought about commenting, but i figured i might be too long winded (as usual) and opted for my own post with a link to yours. I think that often0 . . .
Not that anyone but me gives a rat's ass, but I have a new usersound. I put it on gather before i uploaded it as a usersound... only to find out it was too big to be a usersound. Only now did i fin0 . . .
Last night's Buzzcocks show was great. I sweated up a storm, and the railing snapped the underwire in my bra. I still say it ain't a good punk rock show unless something comes home bruised. This ti0 . . .
'nother new user sound. Yes, sorry bore ya'll, but it is, once again, a Buzzcocks song. 0 . . .
I had the whim to be more of a redhead agin, so while the colour processes on my hair, i thought i would take the time to post... Not that anyone (but me, and maybe e:Uncutsaniflush and/or e:Twis0 . . .
Tickets! 0706/tixonfridge3919.jpg 0706/tixonfridgecloseup3935.jpg (Yes, e:Twisted , i think there are still some left if you have a last minute desire to fly to Buffalo... and that is the "0 . . .
Sadly, today was lost pug day in our humble hood.... It all started when Kirsten knocked on our door. Seems her neighbour's brother found a pug last light and their dog wasn't getting along with h0 . . .
Quite some time ago, my 'rents got a corporate gift from a supplier that came in a hat box. Something about it i liked, and since then, i have been keeping my hairdressing stuff in it. But it is rea0 . . .
The same basic topic has been coming up in my life lately. Perhaps i have just been more observant. Maybe i have just been feeling things differently lately. I wonder if i am searching out the subj0 . . .
Anyone know what these guys are? 0606/castellanibugcloseup0324.jpg 0606/castellanibugs2closeup0338.jpg Today, e:Uncutsaniflush and i went to the Casellani Art Museum of Niagara University htt0 . . .
Our neighbour knocked on our door last night around 8pm and asked if we wanted to go for a walk around Hoyt Lake. e:Uncutsaniflush wanted to chill at home, so she and i headed out with the ever adora0 . . .
No probs, e:Paul . Here it is e:News,874 . People: 1. How did you find out about/why did you become of estrip? I found out about e:strip through my husband, e:Uncutsaniflush . He joined seve0 . . .
Happy Dad's Day to all e:strip dads, and of course, to all the dads of e:strippers. :O) For fathert's day, i baked my dad cookies. I did my cake mix cookies he loves so much. Used 3 cake mixes a0 . . .
Does anyone know a good place to eat anywhere in the city or 'burbs that would accomodate me, an ovo-lacto vegetarian as well as someone who wants to eat seafood? Our neighbour asked us if we wanted 0 . . .
Wow... i had too many on my long suffering digital camera. I need to upload them to our comp more often. Going back to the beginning of the month, there was my 2 day helping e:Ladycroft move ad0 . . .
Now, i thought i was weird.... but this chick takes the cake. 0606/treesweater0546.jpg Outside our building is a sorry little sidewalk tree. At the height of summer, it had about five leaves. A 0 . . .
e:Uncutsaniflush and i went for a walk last night to cool down. I'm so with other e:peeps who've posted kvetching about the heat. I have never been a fan of hot weather. Anything over 75F, and i'm 0 . . .
e:enknot starts off his evening with a shout out... 0506/14425.jpg e:imk2 multitasks with a phone, a pen and a fork... now there is some dedication! 0506/24514.jpg e:Metalpeter chugs one0 . . .
First, there was the anniversary of my cat, Diamond's birthday e:Leetee,15 . She would have been 20 years old on the 21st (for some reason, in my previous jounal entry, i said it was the 23rd.. i du0 . . .
From e:LeeTee,182 , e:mrdt wrote: This comment has no relevance to your post but rather your user sound. I know you think U2 sucks for whatever reason but I have to say that I think a three year ol0 . . .
Now, smokers no longer have to go outside for a quick drag. Forget about freezing your arse off when you are drinking and need to leave and go out on the patio for a smoke! A Frosty Brew to Help0 . . .
We hate out bank. I would like to say that the time some dude on the phone called me a fucking bitch was the last staw, but no, it was just the beginning. There was also the monthly call for about 60 . . .
Last time we were in Toronto, i picked up a brochure for the Toronto Vegetarian Assoctiation. http://veg.ca/index.html Thought it would come in handy next time we are in the city and looking for new 0 . . .
Are you still looking for a rocking chair, e:Matthew ? E:Uncutsaniflush and i saw this one today and i didn't know if you would be interested or not. It's an unusual chair, and of course my photo ha0 . . .
Today at lunch, i mentioned to e:Uncutsaniflush that i would be ok with making something for dinner that requires use of the oven. Since we don't have a/c, i tend to make dishes that don't heat up th0 . . .
Everyone is doing it, so why not me? I wanted this song as a user sound, but my ripped mp3 was too big *pout* so i thought i would put it in gather, for those who are interested. One of my favies. 0 . . .
isn't really a whole lot. i have been told my whole life that i am too sensitive. recently, i was told that i am too sensitive for my own good. even more sensitive than the person telling me thi0 . . .
Oh, how i hate to quote Bono (sorry, U2 fans out there.. can't help it, i think they suck, but i hear they are really nice guys), but it is such a great day out today. Nice cool breeze with a warm s0 . . .
As i mentioned in my last journal, e:LeeTee,173 i pug sat today... her human isn't home yet, but the poor thing just couldn't relax here, so i brought her back home so she could nap. Anyhoo, her0 . . .
I'm deliriously happy a neighbour asked me to dog sit her pug this afternoon. Shame it's raining, or i would be out walking her now. Instead, i am off to the neighbour's to hang out inside with her.0 . . .
Toronto rocks. Every time we go, i remember how much i love that city. Not sure if i remembered how white the Danforth is. The train over the DVP still freaks me out. I suspect Mark will move once0 . . .
I had the bravery to get my camera out at Wegmans and take a coupla pics today. My motivation? I just had to share this with a certain someone who loves this stuff. You want your housewarming gift 0 . . .
OK, all of this started out as a comment... until i realized it's too long for that, and better suited to a post. I love those waffle thingies, too, e:Paul,4319 . Aren't they yummy? I used to wo0 . . .
Yesterday and today left me coughing and gasping for breath.... Stuck on the sofa, feeling like crap, watching the nice days go by wishing i could be outside. Or maybe that's why i am sick in the fir0 . . .
So yum yum yummie! Today, we went to Wegmans and got our first corn on the cob of the season.. So sweet and juicy.... gave me the sugar energy for this post! I also went for my first bike ride0 . . .
Just thought i would post the pic i took of Rosie, my brother's dog. I haven't seen her since she was a puppy, a few years ago. Last summer, she barked loudly, freaking out, while my brother slept a0 . . .
Correction -- Just goes to show i know so little about plants and trees. That one there is not a pear tree... our neighbour has one... i think... and maybe, if i got the conversation right (never0 . . .
oh, how i wish i could sleep normally. i wish... that i didn't have to be so tired i can barely make it up the stairs just to fall asleep. that i could just be tired, or assign myself a bed time 0 . . .
I haven't posted much about our house in quite some time. I reckon that means we have been lazy... But, in our defense, sometimes, you have to live somewhere for a while to figure out what you reall0 . . .
Happy Big Three-Oh, e:imk2 !!!0 . . .
Today, e:Uncutsaniflush and i decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and go for a short day trip. I was in a picture snapping mood... The dash screen of our lovely Toyota Prius, a mere 10 . . .
Thanks, e:Theecarey,139 for reminding me how much i adore British comedy. So, i started surfing. Got sucked into the BBC Blackadder site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/ I found the0 . . .
Much appreciated, all the fussing about you did to get me some Wesley Willis, e:Jenks,106. Once the gather number was corrected, i managed to scoop it up just fine and boggied the night away... 0 . . .
On our way back from visiting my parents last weekend, e:Uncutsaniflush and i were listening to Alan Cross' The Ongoing History Of New Music http://www.edge.ca/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm0 . . .
Today, at the Boulevard Mall, something horrible happened to me. Here i am, blissfully unaware, thinking i am a moderately hip kinda chick... ok, a complete geek, but not totally out of touch. Then0 . . .
Have ya ever had a mental image of something that is just a wee bit wacky? Whenever we drive by the Ford Buffalo Stamping Plant, i have this well formed mental image: a huge room jam-packed full o0 . . .
Oh damn. Can't fall asleep because of this cough. How annoying is that? Speaking of annoying... most times, noises and beeps and clicks and shit like that on computers don't interest me. I got 0 . . .
Physically As i have mentioned a few times before, i quit smoking. I smoked for almost 25 years. The hacking cough i got used to. The smell of smoke in my clothes and hair were normal for me. B0 . . .
Today, while we were eating dinner, e:Uncutsaniflush exclaimed, "Look!! A rainbow!" Out our back door we went. I did my best to snap a couple of pictures; it's nowhere near e:Matthew sta0 . . .
This started off as a comment to your journal, e:Twisted,354. Then i got to rambling and made it into a post... Thanks so much for the good luck with the job, e:Twisted. Means a lot to me. It'0 . . .
e:LeeTee,151 I lied. I did it. Bugs me. But i want this job. I will admit to lying if they ask me directly. Dropped off the application today. Hope to hear soon. Will keep you updated... if a0 . . .
Right now, i am filling out a job application. In the past, i have always been totally, 100% honest. When i have mentioned it to others, they have told me to lie. I don't know if i want to. Do i s0 . . .
I switched my userpic to Eeyore today... feels like that kinda day. For me, at least. I try to remain possitive. Couldn't sleep well last night. I couldn't get a thought out of my head. 0 . . .
Yeah, that is so you, E:Twisted,346... Harmony In My Head is a great song. One of the 3 that i like by Diggle. As much as i love the Buzzcocks, i just think Steve Diggle is a weenie. He handed0 . . .
Today, when i emerged, e:Uncutsaniflush said i was smiling! Smiling?!?! After being in a chair at a dental office? The hygenist is really nice... she was quick and gentle. She even told me a few 0 . . .
Oh, wait, i know why. Flash doesn't like us wild and wiley Linux users. They are skipping a... uhm... whatchamacallit... version, ya, i think that's the lingo knowlegeable computer people would u0 . . .
Happy Birthday, e:Matthew!! Happy Belated St. Paddy's Day! Today, i did my usual. I went to the store and got a newspaper (part of me is very much looking forward to the day in which the Buffal0 . . .
I don't make much of a secret that one of my favie bands is the Buzzcocks. http://www.buzzcocks.com/site/index.html I got the new album... oops... they are cd's nowadays, flat-pack philosophy ...0 . . .
Need to know the time and just do not want to bother to turn around or look up from your computer or to another part of your computer to consult a clock? Well, then this site was made for you... 0 . . .
RIP Maimie On Saturday, a dear friend from Knoxville, Chris, sent e:Uncutsaniflush and i an email letting us know about the passing of another dear friend of ours. Maimie the african elephant 0 . . .
E:Hodown's post the other day hodown,223 that included Cute Overload :) http://www.cuteoverload.com/ lead me to Kitten War. http://kittenwar.com/. I am hooked. May the cutest kitties win!0 . . .
The Sonnet Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLDf) Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed? Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're consci0 . . .
It is funny how life turns out sometimes. I decided to make a Cornbread Casserole the other day when we had some leftover Veggie ChiliMac i made the night before. I hadn't made the casserole in a wh0 . . .
E:Dragonfire's post entitled Hotel Shmotel Reply dragonfire1024,22 Possibly, but he has owned these properties for twenty years. For twenty years, he has not made a single major repair to any of th0 . . .
In a comment to e:Jenk's journal, jenks,86, e:Dragonfire1024 wrote: Well again, we would not be where we are today if Hans Mobius would have kept his peoperties to code...ok so fine build the hotel. 0 . . .
Some of ya'll are getting sick and tired of the "Hotel on Elmwood" debate... heck, i think some of ya'll got sick of it before it really got started. *waves to e:Paul* I thought i was g0 . . .
As e:Uncutsaniflush mentioned uncutsaniflush,174 our Sunday morning paper did not arrive. I made a quick phone call and it was all sorted. Cortney at the Buffalo News told me it should have been the0 . . .
Mucus. Holy crap, i didn't think so much could actually come out of a single skull. How many boxes of tissues can one person use? My head feels like it is made of some of that pastel Easter cotton 0 . . .
... to all the new e:peeps that have been signing up lately. 0 . . .
Lee - Full of bees OMG... doesn't it know i am so afraid of bees??!!?? Thanks for the chuckles, e:Theecarey! theecarey,1120 . . .
I wish i could remember exactly where those song lyrics come from, but i can't. My guess is that it is some strange and mediocre Hamilton band i used to like. Probably the Dik Van Dykes http://www.p0 . . .
It's not life that matters; it's the courage we bring to it. This is printed on the paper tab of "Throat Comfort" tea i am drinking right now. I really do not feel like this cold i h0 . . .
Wow. A year. I didn't think i could or would ever do it. A year ago tomorrow i had my last cigarette. It was about 11pm. I was sick. We had just come back from 10 days in Toronto, cat sittin0 . . .
When e:Uncutsaniflush and i announced to friends and family that we were going to be moving to Buffalo, we got a similar reaction from most. "Buffalo?!?" was overwhelming, but we also got a0 . . .
Here's a picture of my lunch today. 0206/lunchfeb08062542.jpg Green beans were nice and yummy. The sesame bun was too doughy for me. The spring rolls were good. So were the pineapple tempura. 0 . . .
Every year, round the time of my birthday, i get down. I used to not understand why, exactly. But, thanks to the patience of my wonderful husband and some introspection, i have come to the conclusio0 . . .
OK, folks, i got a food question for ya'll. As i sit and wait for my favie pizza to arrive, i wonder what you guys like. Where's your favie place? What's your favie toppings? Give me all the dirt!0 . . .
Yesterday was such a nice day, we thought we would take advantage of it and spend some time with the animals at the zoo. I'm glad we did. There was a lot of activity. Funny how most of us end up at0 . . .
Or as we used to call it in my family, my brother's hangover day, since February 1 is his birthday. He turned 40 yesterday. According to the CBC http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/02/00 . . .
Got the nicest silver elephant braclet in the mail today. It came from my friend, Linda, in Knoxville. Took these pics of them to email her my thanks, and thought i would share with ya'll. Here0 . . .
That was one of the first things i heard this morning. Luckily, before the phone rang, i had a chance to pee, 'cause sometimes, when i wake up in the morning, the walk from our bedroom, down the stai0 . . .
Just a short note to wish you a very Happy Birthday, e:Jessika! Did you know you share your birthdate with Mozart? 0 . . .
... MATH? E:Paul's post paul,4143 got me thinking. No single person should bear the brunt of the financial burden for our beloved e:strip alone. If we all take a day, or 2, or 3.. or even a 0 . . .
OMG. Guess who we saw at Wegmans today? Johnny Depp! 0106/johnnyatwegmansshocked1910.jpg 0106/johnnyatwegmans1942.jpg We even bought some. Ah, but i am not eating that Kelloggs crap (tha0 . . .
Yesterday, i finally got round to uploading some pictures that were in our digital camera for quite some time. Squirrels are too damn smart... 0106/squirrelonthefeeder2107.jpg And a beautif0 . . .
As it stands right now, at almost 11pm, it appears as though Steven Harper will become the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. E:Uncutsaniflush and i have been glued to the CBC all night, me hiding behind0 . . .
At 4.30am? I am awakened from a sound sleep with hiccups?!? Well, %@#&*$%@!!!!!!!!0 . . .
First, the good.. OK, i know this is going to be early. But that is just so me. Happy Birthday, e:Paul!! I hope you have fun whatever it is you end up doing tonight and that your birthd0 . . .
Sometimes, i have no idea where my brain is. Today is one of those days. Call it PMS. Call it a brain fart. Call it me being a self centered bitch. I had an emotional hissy fit. Deleted all my p0 . . .
This Saturday is my father's 60th birthday. I really want to visit him, but because of car problems, we might not be able to make it. Only yesterday did i fully realize that me feeling a wee bit of 0 . . .
.. SUN! For a while when i was dusting today, i saw the sun come out!! I went outside, too, and the air had a spring smell. I love that. The sun was out only for a little while, but it was there..0 . . .
I promised ya'll there would be more on the holidays with my crazy ass familyleetee,103, so here it be. We were fortunate that on the morning of the 24th, the Peace Bridge wasn't particularly busy0 . . .
I think this might go down as one of my most proud moments of 2005.... Today, when i was outside to shovel, i heard a neighbor screech the name "EVA!!" in the most paniced way i have ever0 . . .
When we picked up the mail we had held at the Post Office while we were away, among it was a envelope from the BCIS (Beareau of Citizenship and Immigration Services). Took 5 years, but we finally did0 . . .
Good Morning! I just wanted to send out a note to everyone to have a happy holiday -- Happy Christmas, Happy Xmas, Happy Chanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa... and for e:Terry and Jehovah's Witnesses have a n0 . . .
So, today we got the drum kit all set up. Took a couple of hours, but we got the hang of it ok. Thank goodness e:Uncutsaniflush remembered some of the basics that were not in the instructions. I ne0 . . .
All my life, i have been a tapper, a thrummer, a fidget monster. When i was a kid, i wasn't allowed to have tic tacs 'cause the sound of me shaking them drove my mom crazy. She was always screaming 0 . . .
Every year for many years now, i have made my mom a calendar for xmas. Last year was the exception. I just didn't have the time after we moved, and finding the file from the year before and getting 0 . . .
It was the 3rd day of December when he was born. This man i love so much. The man who decided to open his heart and his home to me, a weird vegetarian, non driving, emotionally stunted Canadian chic0 . . .
Thanks e:Ladycroft for your comment to my journal. I know, i should be a pro by now, but i am not. I am still a withering blithering coward. It seems as though my dentist, in his 32 years of de0 . . .
I am in such a bad mood. I have to go to the dentist... in less than an hour. 0 . . .
Well, e:Ladycroft was finaly brave enough. We even documented it all... Who has better hair? The dude pictured on the cup, or the girl holding it? Hmm... 1105/timikashaireinstein2423.0 . . .
So, we decided we were going to have a small thanksgiving meal of our own. We went to the Co-Op and got ourselves a tofurkey. Not too long ago, i saw a recipe for ginger glazed carrots i wanted to t0 . . .
I have been threatening it for the longest time. At first, i thought it was just some sort of freaky fad. Now, years later, it is still popular. Just like moving to Buffalo, it started as a joke. 0 . . .
Have i mentioned recently how much i hate going to the dentist? I am sure somewhere along the line i must have. Ahem. Well. Ok, then. Today's dental appointment was no fun. Oh, don't get me 0 . . .
When i was talking to my dad yesterday, he told me about a new cross breed of dog that might be interesting to me. I have always loved pugs... i think they are the cutest dogs ever http://www.pu0 . . .
Today, before the wicked weather the weather critters are promising happened, e:Uncutsaniflush and i thought we would go for a walk at Tifft. We thought the colours would be nice, and we have a track0 . . .
Is anyone in need of a dinning room set? A table, and 4 chairs -- 3 chairs without arms and 1 chair with arms? You see, we were going to have a quiet day at home today. Maybe go out for dinner.0 . . .
Who just happen to be myself and e:Uncutsaniflush. Yes folks, it has been a whole year since we moved to Buffalo. We arrived at about 4pm a year ago today, afer a 2 days in the car (i don't drive0 . . .
Today was a very nice day outside. I do love this time of year... and the wind just seems to add to it all. It was a blustery day. We went to the zoo. I even remembered to take a couple of pictur0 . . .
... in the basement doing laundry. But i have news. News that means oh so very much to me. Some of you guys might not care, but i have been waiting years and years for this. Kate Bush is rele0 . . .
Tomorrow morning, we are off to Knoxville. I am very much looking forward to it. Seeing good friends. I am already obligated to do 1 haircut... I am charging my clippers as i write this, Chris0 . . .
I was in a rare mood to go for a hike today. The weather seemed good for it... it was sunny and warm, but windy. By the time i showered and got ready, it was threatening a thunderstorm. It was rea0 . . .
Teeth I have to go to the dentist again tomorrow. I even tried to go today. Sadly, no openings for me today. Another day of naproxen and generic orajel. I have a damn tooth that bothered me al0 . . .
I love Halloween. That doesn't necessarily mean i love to get dressed up in weird clothes or spend time giving out candy. I just like the cool stuff i can get at the stores this time of year. I gue0 . . .
I am sure more is going on right now. But my mom needed to get the old folks that are myself and e:Uncutsaniflush home... we need our rest at this age. e:Ladycroft gets the night started out ju0 . . .
We are going to Cleveland tomorrow... we were trying to think of somewhere neither myself or e:Uncutsaniflush had been before that wasn't too far of a drive. Cleveland won. I wonder if Devo is in t0 . . .
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Shortly, we will be off to Hamilton to see my 'rents. E:Uncutsaniflush expects to see the Hamilton TIgerCats loose with my father tonight, while my mom and i go of0 . . .
We saw it again. At Walmart instead of Target. 0905/911caragain13305.jpg And for e:Paul, here's the plate... confirmation this person doesn't live on Elmwood. Or, if they do, they are new..0 . . .
I've been in the mood to take some snaps lately. E:Uncutsaniflush said today that it is e:Paul's fault. I reckon that means we all know i took the pictures specifically to post on my journal. I am 0 . . .
go see the film Corpse Bride with me? http://corpsebridemovie.warnerbros.com/ I wore my much desired (several people have told me they know someone who would "kill" for it) Jack Skelling0 . . .
Let There Be Light As e:Uncutsaniflush mentioned uncutsaniflush,114 he replaced a light fixture in our bathroom. I decided to document the proceedure. Here is the dreaded before light. The o0 . . .
I hate going to the dentist. I have never gone voluntarily, or at a time when it was not an emergency. Until recently. Not too long ago, i told my dentist saga of 2004 leetee,24 and gave ya'll 0 . . .
I just wanted to thank e:Theecarey for hosting a stellar 30th Birthday party last night. Thanks, too, e:Ladycroft for all her sweat (and yes, thank you very much for showering!!!) in preparations. A0 . . .
I know tonight is the big party, but i didn't know if today is your birthday, or just the celebration of it. Either way... Happy Happy 30th Birthday, e:Theecarey! I just read your journal, 0 . . .
Ok, so who is going to e:Theecarey's birthday blowout? theecarey,11 If anyone needs a ride, i am volunteering e:Uncutsaniflush. I would say i am volunteering us, but i don't drive and i reckon 0 . . .
I like rain. When i got up this morning and saw that it was raining, i looked forward to my walk to get the paper this morning. Much better than the extreme heat, if you ask me. But our basemen0 . . .
Because tonight, i will be parked in front of the tv and there would be very little that will pry me away. Some of my favies start again tonight. I am so addicted to Gilmore Girls. http://www.th0 . . .
I have nothing to complain about. My life is wonderful. I have nothing to complain about. My life is wonderful. I have nothing to complain about. My life is wonderful. I have nothing to complain0 . . .
I had a great time last night. I am very much looking forward to seeing all the pics you smart e:peeps with cameras took. HINT HINT. Silly me, i didn't bring our camera. Thank you, e:Ladycroft0 . . .
Gay Marriage Thank you, e:Uncutsaniflush for you post about gay marriage in California uncutsaniflush,110 As ya'll may have noticed, i am not very political, but i do have a few issues i stand fir0 . . .
Welcome to your 30's!! Hope you have a very happy birthday without one single problem from a student or a parent today, just as an added bonus! 0 . . .
Today, i reckon i woke up feeling sorta like a domestic godess? I haven't done the house cleaning i intended on doing (big house, big dust), but i did 4 loads of laundry (just finished!). And di0 . . .
Birthdays First of all, i would like to wish e:Terry a very happy belated birthday. I hope it was all you wanted it to be and you got all the goodies and treats you wanted to get. Next, i wou0 . . .
Well, today is the big tattoo day for me. I've been talking about doing this for so long now, it seems a slight dream it is happening. It's as though my crazy mind is sayng "what do you mean Di0 . . .
e:Ladycrfoft left our humble abode not too long ago and she brought over the most yummy looking veggies... ok, so there was an eggplant, which i have never been a fan of, but i am sure i can watch an0 . . .
Thanks to e:Jason, e:Joshua and e:alicia for their input about my tattoo.... i really appreciate it. That said, i spoke with and made an appointment at Strange Brew. This Thursday at noon, i will b0 . . .
I've made a decision. Thanks to Anthony Bourdain and his travel/food show No Reservations http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/bourdain/bourdain.html He got a tattoo on last night's show and i guess0 . . .
e:Alison mentioned e:Matthew in her post today, which made me think that i wanted to take yet another look at e:Matthew's beautiful photos and all that was there was a default face and a no posts. Yo0 . . .
Today, my best friend Mark had to have his 18 year old cat, Emo put to sleep. Emo had kidney failure and needed to have pills every day and injections every other day. More recently, Emo had trouble0 . . .
Today, i had to stay at home to wait for a package to come, as delivered by UPS. I decided, since it was after 2pm, to track it online. Well, glory be, the package that was due to arrive on the 17th0 . . .
We went to the fair today. When we lived in Knoxville, we went to the Tennessee Valley Fair http://www.tnvalleyfair.org and i guess i expected most fairs to be the same. I was happily surprised0 . . .
Both e:Jason and e:Maureen have written about relationships recently, and both entries lead me to think about the subject of being in a relationship and marriage... As ya'll know, e:cutsaniflush is0 . . .
the wind blowing a sudden cool breeze through my hair on a hot day new and interesting cloud patterns in the sky rain puddles and bare feet hearing my husband speak my name with love and affe0 . . .
... that i had pet peeves when it came to driving that made sense, even if i don't drive myself. Yes, i am closer to 40 than 30, and i do not drive, nor have i ever.. odd, i know. I find it annoyi0 . . .
I am so grateful the nights are cooler. Or else this e:stripper would be in a puddle on the floor right now, ruining the beautuful "diamond in the square" rug we have for this here study. 0 . . .
...as some Southerners would say, that is. I used to have long hair with the messy look and now i have much shorter hair with the messy look. It's been a long time since my hair looked like 0 . . .
Yesterday and today, e:uncutsaniflush and i went for a short bike ride on our new bikes.. 0805/newbikes5611.jpg Yesterday, we were on them for about 30 to 45 minutes and i am pleased to report m0 . . .
As some of you may or may not know, my wonderful husband e:uncutsaniflush and i purchased an old victorian on the upper west side. We love this house, despite the fact that is it way to big for the 20 . . .
Thank you very much to e:Paul e:Ladycroft and e:Shawnr for thier comments to my tattoo post. I appreciate any and all comments. You can bet i will indeed have the work reviewed online, e:Paul...0 . . .
I'm looking for some input, ya'll...so, if you have an opinion, please speak up. :) As some of you may remember, we lost our beloved cat, Diamond, last October leetee,15. Since then, i have had 0 . . .
Looking for opinions again, friends, so feel free to speak your mind... As well as think about tattoos leetee,30, i was also thinking about bikes. Since i don't like hiking or walking as much as0 . . .
Despite the Morrissey quote, i hardly feel dreary today. Looks like it might rain any second, but i love that feeling. I love the rain too.. in the summertime, i think it's grand to take a walk in 0 . . .
Today is my parent's 40th wedding anniversary... i am surprised they lasted this long, to be honest. I love them both dearly, but i do not understand why they are still married to each other. Oh, i0 . . .
Today, e:uncutsaniflush and i went to see the film March of the Penguins http://wip.warnerbros.com/marchofthepenguins/ and we both enjoyed it. I highly recommend it. I'm such a big kid, and i ended 0 . . .
Yay! It arrived. Finally. And it is beautiful. Everything i dreamed of. As e:uncutsaniflush mentioned a while ago uncutsaniflush,66 i have always wanted to have my very own rolltop desk. And not0 . . .
I would like to wish e:Paul, e:Matthew and e:Terry much luck in obtaining financing to purchasing the mini mansion!! matthew,594 paul,3550 This mini mansion e:uncusaniflush and i own is my firs0 . . .
I've yet to meet anyone that likes the dentist. I know someone who became a hygenist that loves the feeling after her teeth are cleaned and doesn't mind having other work done, but even she admits sh0 . . .
My Mom would NOT take no for an answer. She was going to buy us chairs for the porch for a housewarming gift if it killed me to find ones i liked. e:uncutsaniflush said he wasn't picky and if it0 . . .
As e:Paul has posted about,paul,3490 Guercio's is a wonderful Italian grocery on Grant. e:uncutsanilfush and i get all our produce there. Thier prices are fantastic and the quality is top notch. 0 . . .
Sorry guys, i know this is a subject a lot of you cringe at.. but most of us women deal with it once a month. Every month, i try not to let it affect me, but every month is different.. One month0 . . .
As they would say in the south, we gone done done it. We went to a Taste of Buffalo, too. I want to thank all the e:peeps that journaled about it, since we weren't sure if we wanted to go or not. 0 . . .
I just read your post, e:Ladycroft http://www.elmwoodstrip.com/elmwood/blogDisplay/index.php?u=ladycroft&id=14 and i can so relate. I, too, have an unusual name, and i remember waiting to hear my0 . . .
This morning, i got working on cleaning house fairly early. I'm not much of a morning person, but as i age, i find myself less able to stay up late and no longer able to sleep 'til 3 in the afternoon0 . . .
This weekend, my mom is coming to visit. She hasn't been here since the wekend we moved, when she and my dad helped us move in some boxes and the last minute odds and ends after the movers had brough0 . . .
Yesterday, e:uncutaniflush and i were disappointed to find out that OLN channel wasn't a part of cable here the way it was when we lived in Knoxville. Then, we were even more disappointed to find out0 . . .
I saw her birth, and i saw her death. I miss my cat, Diamond, sometimes more than i think i still should after 8 months. She was born in my friend Tracey's apartment on the corner of Spring and 0 . . .
We had a very nice day yesterday. I would like to think it's because it was Canada Day and this here Canuck was wearing a t-shirt that had a Canadian flag above the words "girls kick ass", 0 . . .
Seems we will not be getting our tables again today. Oh well. The delivery guy called us, at least, to let us know his truck is still not fixed. He said it is supposed to be fixed sometime today, b0 . . .
So, here is what i wanted to comment to your comment.: http://www.elmwoodstrip.com/elmwood/blogDisplay/index.php?u=jason&id=178 Sorry you feel shitty today, e:Jason. I understand those kind0 . . .
As i learn how to use this cool and grooovy system e:Paul has set up for us all, e:uncutsaniflush tells me to "think like e:Paul" when i can't figure something out. Oddly enough, so far, th0 . . .
We decided to do chinese take out for lunch while waiting to see if they would call us to let us know they are coming with our tables... No luck on the tables. The truck won't start and we were ad0 . . .
I am a big supporter of the right of all consenting adults to be in the relationship they want to be in. I don't care if someone is gay or straight, into open relationships or tensomes, so long as it0 . . .
At this very moment, e:uncutsaniflush and i are awaiting the arrival of the coffee and end table we ordered. At a place called "Sofas and Chairs", of all places... talk about ironic? Not 0 . . .
Sorry, e:peeps, I'm just talking about the weather. What the hell is going on? We moved here so i could get away from the heat of the south. I know in Eastern Tennessee it wasn't that hot, but0 . . .
When i was about a year old, my very forthcoming and direct grandmother looked at me and asked my mom, "What the hell is wrong with her eyes... they're goin' all over the fuckin' place." No0 . . .
How can it be? How can Gary Oldman, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/, the quintessential villain be in the role of a "good guy"? So sayeth e:uncutsaniflush this afternoon to an amazed m0 . . .
Every morning, sometimes before i have had my first sip of my morning tea, i go get the paper for my husband. It used to be an excuse to have a smoke, since he doesn't smoke and i wouldn't think of s0 . . .
First of all, i would like to thank Paul for his work in helping me get here (and while i am at it, creating a here to be here at). Who knew i used such a finickety email? *shrug* Thank you, too, u0 . . .