happy birthday

to my lil brother dylan.

confessions

there is only one thing i hate as much or more than teaching, and that is cleaning my bathroom. pretty much, i only ever clean my bathroom when someone is coming to visit and will be staying in the guest bedroom, thereby sharing my bathroom. don’t get too grossed out, we have visitor’s enough, that my cleaning is on a sort of reqular cycle. however, it may be a little longer than most. i would rather do any household chore than clean my bathroom. vacuuming? fine. dishes? fine. you name it pretty much, and it’s all good. except the bathroom.

see the bathroom, once it’s clean, is immediately dirty again. especially if you are a girl with long hair. i can spend hours scrubbing tub and toilet and sink. and by the time i walk back in to lay the rugs down, all i can see is hair. it just seems so fruitless, this cleaning of the bathroom thing. when asked what i would to with ten million dollars, my first response would be to hire someone to tell me what to do with it, and my second, to hire someone to clean the bathroom. i’ll do the rest, just not the bathroom.

so why the bathroom tirade you ask? because again, we are having company. which means sometime in the next two days i have to clean my bathroom which, and by the time the guest arrives, will be inexplicably dirty again anyway. oh yeah, and i also have to put together my lesson for sunday in the next couple of days.

ah, the two things i hate most in life, simulaneously destroying my otherwise peaceful state of mind. oh joy.

i guess it's a good thing i'll be going soon..

You Belong in London

A little old fashioned, and a little modern. A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock. A unique woman like you needs a city that offers everything. No wonder you and London will get along so well.

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reflections on my wedding day

most of you know that today was supposed to be my wedding day, and obviously, that didn’t quite work out. it seems strange that ten months have passed, and i find that not much has changed in that time. i guess i take comfort in knowing that i am not willing to settle on the wrong relationship just to get out of singlehood, but i don’t know what is sadder, thinking that my ‘goal’ was possible, or the reality that it was.

determined not to let that get me down, angela, steve, steve’s sister katie, and i headed out to markham to pick some apples and enjoy a beautiful fall day.

upon arriving, we were a little disappointed to find that the apples had all fallen, but our disappointment was quickly replaced by awe, as we marveled at the amazing colors dotting the blue ridge mountains. we could not have asked for a more gorgeous day, and took some time to enjoy caramel apples(holy cow, were they good) while purchasing some pre-picked apples and acoutrements (fresh apple butter-yum!!)

all in all it was the perfect way to soak in the fall, and to distract me from other thoughts. the new wedding date is 7-7-07, and i feel pretty good about that. even though i am sort of anti-dating at this point, i’m not convinced dating is required for marriage;) so here’s hoping that lucky 7’s are lucky indeed!

click here for more apple photos.

baby swap

since i have begun referring to my gadgets in a way that calls children to mind, i thought you might be interested to know that i have willingly baby swapped my new exilim camera for a black one! i didn't know they made it in black until my technically challenged friend deb found it. yes, i am ashamed.

so the silver one is on it's way back to amazon and the black one on it's way to me!