What a crazy life... part 2
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Posted:Aug 6, 2016 7:03 am
Last Updated:Oct 3, 2016 6:28 pm
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I know I have not been very active with my blog as of late; the reason is that there has been a lot going on in my life over the last few weeks. There have been some major changes in my life as well. And I guess I have worried a couple of my fellow bloggers. So much so that a couple reached out to me by email to make sure everything was okay. Thanks for your concern; it was greatly appreciated to know I was missed.
I may not have been active in my blog or in keeping up on the ones I follow, I was still around. I was just taking more in then I was giving. I was listening and observing, and hopefully growing as a person. Sometimes we have to just take a step back and readjust our priorities. That is one of the things I worked on during my quiet time.
I am in a new position at work; I will really enjoy the challenge of the job once I figure out all the new systems. I have had to learn four new systems in order to do my job properly. My brain feels like it is about to explode with all this information. I have another week of training, and I think one more system to learn. Then they throw me to the wolves… lol. Not really, I will have plenty of support and others to ask when I need assistance. We really do work as a team in this department. With this position change, I will have better hours and better pay, both great things. Lol. There will be parts of my old position I will miss. That being said, the pros far outweigh the cons.
I am doing more writing again and it is starting to make sense. I just have been having a rough time with a couple of personal things and am not ready to share those issues. I have been working on accomplishing a few goals. Of which I have completed a couple and still have a couple left.
I am finding it hard to believe that August 17 will mark one year of not smoking. This is a goal I really felt, at the beginning, I would not accomplish. And in that time I have saved almost $4000. That is a lot of money to throw away on smoking. I didn’t see it when I was smoking, now I do. I may not have saved it in a tin can; however, I have made some nice purchases I would not have been able to afford. My camera, tripod, and other camera gear being one, which took approximately half of that. I have enjoyed the time I have spent out taking photos with it. I am still learning, although I do see progress. As does a photographer friend who checks my work and gives me advise.
I wish the weather was a little nicer today. It is very foggy here. I wanted to get out with the camera and get some shots. Maybe the weather will be nicer later today, early evening would be best. Maybe Mother Nature is telling me to get out of the city for the day.
It is time to get behind the wheel and see where the road leads and what adventures are in store for the day. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and I will share my adventures later, maybe… lol
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Realizing something is out of whack is the first step to fixing it.
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Posted:Jul 3, 2016 11:54 am
Last Updated:Aug 6, 2016 7:27 pm
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I noticed the last few weeks I have become very reclusive. I was going through some things today and noticed, in the last few weeks, I have not sent one text message that has not been a reply to one sent to me. Yes, even to my . I did not wish everyone my normal "Happy Canada Day" or my normal "Happy July 4th" to my American friends and family on fb. Not that I post a ton of things on fb, however, usually once every couple of weeks I post something about what is going on. I am not certain why I am being like this; it is not me being my usual self. Nowhere close to who I usually am. Now that I think about it, I have been the same in chat. I have become one of the lurkers… lol. Sometimes I am attempting to multi task, other times I am doing nada. I have not been writing either. Well I have attempted to write, it has been coming out as gibberish and makes no sense at all.
This has to stop. I have to get back to who I am. I have to figure out why I am thinking the things I am thinking, because this sure as fuck does not make sense. And no I am not a danger to myself or anyone else.
Sometimes fixing it is just getting out and doing the things you normally do, even if you have to force yourself the first couple of times.
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What a crazy life...
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Posted:Jun 29, 2016 6:46 am
Last Updated:Aug 6, 2016 7:29 pm
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This is how my brain is working these days. I just wrote a post to add and instead of posting it, I hit the back button and deleted everything I had just written.
There has been a lot going on in my life this past couple of weeks and I just can not get anything to come out the way I intend it to. Therefore, I have not been able to post anything.
It seems my brain is all over the place in my thinking and I am unable to keep one thought in my head for more than a few minutes at a time.
There have been a lot of changes in my life this past few weeks, of which some are good and others, well, let's just say the jury is still out and it is undecided. So for you who follow my blog, I am well, just a little, or maybe a lot, scatter brained these days and am working on getting back to my old self as soon as possible.
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Cloudy day at the beach is still a good day...
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Posted:Jun 12, 2016 8:55 am
Last Updated:Mar 12, 2017 4:51 pm
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Even though it was not a nice sunny day for the beach, the wind was a little on the cooler side and the tide was almost out, I still found peace in watching the waves and hearing the sound of the surf. I took my camera even though I was unsure if I would get any shots and took a walk up the beach. Below are a few of the shots I took.
Now I feel refreshed to start a new week...
Hope everyone had a good weekend. Did you do anything exciting?
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I am bit of crazy!!
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Posted:Jun 4, 2016 4:57 pm
Last Updated:Mar 12, 2017 4:45 pm
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I refuse to change who I am for anyone. I am who I am. I enjoy fun times with great friends filled with laughter.
My wish I would grow up sometimes, then where is the fun in that??
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Freddy Party - May 28th
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Posted:Jun 2, 2016 6:24 pm
Last Updated:Mar 12, 2017 4:42 pm
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So the Freddy Parties are over until after the summer break. Well, I can say I had a great time with some wonderful friends.
I booked an extra day off after the Freddy Party weekend and am so very glad I did. I needed it to recover from the crazy weekend. Not just because of the party either. I drove 520 km or 323 miles, 400 km or 248 miles on Sunday alone. I also had a family event in Moncton on Sunday afternoon and my NASCAR race was on Sunday evening, and I very rarely miss a race, it is really the only reason I have a television. Ok maybe the odd movie here and there and I do enjoy a couple of television series.
The Freddy Parties usually begin, for some, on Friday evening with a supper. I was unable to attend the supper due to my work schedule. So my friend and hotel roommate, Cassy, decided we would announce a coffee meet for after the supper for those who were not attending the party on Saturday so that I could maybe put a couple more faces to names from those we chat with regularly. For something that was not well broadcast, I think we had a good turnout, ten. I got to meet some new faces who would not be at the party, and I think we had a pretty good time. I know one who will not joke about dancing with a feather boa again. He also will remember that when my has her baby next month, he is not to call me Grammy. That or be punched in the arm, hard!! We laughed and had a good time. Thank you to those who took the time to come. I enjoyed meeting the ones I had not met yet. After that, Cassy and I had to go pick up a few last minute items. I forgot coffee and one does not want to be around me without caffeine… it is not pretty. Cassy and I chatted until almost 4 am; I think and wanted to go to the market before 10. So we set the alarm for 8 am.
On Saturday, since neither Cassy nor I had shopped at the Fredericton Market, our friend Nick volunteered to show us around. We picked up some treats and had a lunch then back to the hotel. We enjoyed our treats and decided we needed a nap before the evening events, that or be toast by 10 pm. And the party started at 9 pm.
We were chatting a bit while we laid there trying to go to sleep and I realized I needed to go to the mall before the party. Cassy commented she wished she had found shoes she wanted to wear. So instead of the nap, we went shopping. Cassy found her shoes and I found what I was looking for and a couple extra items I was not.
Now seriously we need to get some rest before the party. We set alarms to get up in time to get ready.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Freddy Parties, they are closed, meaning you have to be on the invention list in order to attend. Friends of mine wanted to attend as well and needed someone to vouch for them and knowing them as well as I do I had no issue with doing so (not something I would do for very many).
We had set it up that they would arrive around 7:30 so we could get ready for the party at the hotel. They were to text me so I could meet them and bring them up to our room. I get the text and as I am heading out to meet them the hubby of another couple I know pokes his head out his room door. "I need some help setting something up for tonight". I explained I was on a mission and would return; I bring my friends back to the room and explain I need to go assist other friends down the hall and will be right back. Off I go again, run down the hall and knock. His wife comes and lets me in. The assistance he needed was to set up bed restraints. He already had it done. Good man. I spoke with them for a couple minutes and headed back to my room to get ready for the party.
I settled on my black lace blouse and denim skirt with stockings and 3" heels. Everyone dresses as they wish. Some change several times throughout the evening.
At 9 we went down to register and get our stamps. The dance floor was pretty empty so we started to go from room to room and see who all was around. I introduced my friends to a few people I knew. They introduced me to some they knew.
We ran in to one of the people from the coffee meet the night before and she has bought a nice feather boa for my friend to wear… so his girlfriend and I come up with the idea he is not to lose any feathers. If he drops any he has to retrieve them and keep them all together or he will be in trouble. So as we are dancing a feather drops and he has to pick it up and keep it. Well we have to help him lose the feathers. So we pluck a few and he has to try to get them back. We are hiding them on him. I stuff a couple down my bra and he has no issue trying to retrieve them. We are room hopping and chatting, then back to the dance floor and dance for a bit. Laughing and plucking feathers. He is very carefully picking them all up.
At one point we go back to the room to take a break and sit down for a bit. He starts taking feathers out of his pocket and puts them in a cup on the desk. The cup is almost full and he doesn’t have all the feathers. I have some hidden,  We refill our water bottles and head back to the party floor. Do a little more room hopping and back to the dance floor.
We are hanging out in the hall and joking about the plucking feathers, I grab a handful of feathers, he grabs my arm to get them back to add to his pocket and I slide one way and my feet go the other. Down I go on the floor and down he comes on top of me. He quickly jumps back up and asks if I am ok, I can’t answer him. I am laughing too hard. I drop the feather and he grabs it and stuffs it in his pocket, bugger. He helps me up but refuses to give me the feather back. Well, I will just have to pluck some more.
Back to room hopping, in one room they have the paddles and floggers out. In another room they have the wax. We go along and check everything out. I am leaning up against the wall having a drink of my water and a guy is standing there and asks what I am drinking. I tell him water. “You drink that straight?” he asks. “Yes all the time, I rarely drink alcohol” I reply. From across the hall Nick says, “She sometimes drinks it on the rocks”. Which is true, I do add ice on occasion.
The dance was winding down and people were starting to wonder off to bed, so we went back to our room and chatted for a bit and then said our good night to everyone. All and all, everyone had a good time.
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Oh sleep, why do you elude me??
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Posted:May 30, 2016 1:29 am
Last Updated:Dec 22, 2016 6:34 pm
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I am so tired I could not think of the word elude. It was right there on the tip of my tongue and would not come out, even when I stuck out my tongue. I was hoping it would drop off the tip of my tongue and a fall on my fingers so I could type the word.
I hate when that happens!!!
I had a great party weekend, which is one of the reasons for my exhaustion, or sleep, what is that word?  , oh there it is, deprivation (I am impressed, I even spelled it correctly first try) 
I will post about the party after I have either consumed very large amounts of coffee or slept. Of which sleep will be my first option....  PLEASE!!!!
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I just could not get that
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Posted:May 14, 2016 12:57 pm
Last Updated:May 26, 2016 12:48 am
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I wanted to get out of the house today and get some photos. I went for a drive and couldn't think of one place I wanted to be. How sad is that?
For a day that was supposed to be rain, rain, and more rain. It actually turned out pretty nice. And I feel lost; I guess that is the only way to describe it. I don't want to be home, I also don't know where I want to be.
I know I should be home doing housework, since the weekend is really the only time to do most of it so not to disturb my landlord. This is because I work such weird hours.
So I end up at old faithful, my favorite beach while I listen to the sound of the tide coming in. As I sit here there are other people all around coming and going. I look out at the water with the layer of fog and the few scattered clouds. And my mind is thinking of all the things I should be doing at home and not of the beauty of the beach.
So I am sitting at the beach texting with a friend who is giving me a list of places to get some nice shots and I all of a sudden I needed to leave. Not sure why, not sure what is propelling me to feel this urgency. I just had a feeling I had to be somewhere else.
I knew before I went home I had to stop at the store and pick up milk, so I stop at the mall. I run in to pick up the milk and as I walk by the store where my niece works, I look in and she is working and from the look on her face I can tell not having a good day. I walk in the store and she jumps up comes towards me. “I need a hug Aunty” I give her a hug and she starts crying. Good thing the store was not busy. We talk for a few minutes and she is telling me what had just happened between her and her boyfriend. She doesn’t know what to do. I told her that sometimes we need to just step back and try to look at the situation from the outside. As if what is happening, is happening to a friend. What would be your advice to your friend?
She wants to know how I did it on my own when my were small. I told her I just made it work. I was very fortunate to have a good support system from friends and a few family members. I told her that I had decided being in a bad marriage was not giving my a proper base to learn from. I told her she is a strong woman, a wonderful mother and I trust she will make the right decision for her and her . No one else's opinion matters. The store started to get busy so I told her that I was only a text away. If she needed anything, I am a good sounding board and a great listener.
I picked up my milk and came home. I am feeling grateful. I ended up where I needed to be when I needed to be there. All things happen for a reason, the reason I felt lost earlier in the day was because the event which needed my attention had not happened yet. Now I feel settled. I can focus on something else.
Does anyone else ever get that feeling like I did?
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No luck like bad luck... Part 2
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Posted:May 6, 2016 7:06 pm
Last Updated:Jun 4, 2019 6:30 pm
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By the time I got home I was very hungry. I decide to cook up this very expensive chicken and make a chicken burger out of a piece of it. I put the rest in the oven to bake. I make my chicken burger and sit down to eat it. I am going to really enjoy this food. I picked up a book and started reading. Two hours later the damn light bulb goes off and I remember the chicken in the oven. You guessed it, it is over cooked. I really don’t care I am going to eat it. I put it in the fridge and wonder if the sauce from the chicken pot pie will soften the crusty parts any. I went back to my book.
Monday:
So that means a trip to city center, I decide to park in the mall lot down the street and walk up to Motor Vehicle. I walk in to MV and am hit by a wall of people, OMG this place is packed today. I go up to the counter and tell he clerk why I am there. She asks for my proof of Insurance. I sink. I forgot it in the car. I can call my insurance company and have a copy faxed in. That will work; save me walking all the way back to my car. I called and sure no problem, I will fax that right away. I stand there and wait. And wait, and wait some more. Fifteen minutes later it still has not come in so I call the insurance company again. Yes it shows it was received from this end. So I wait some more. Ten minutes later I call the insurance company back and ask to have it resent. I give the number to send it to again and what would you know… this is not the same number she sent the last one to. So somewhere out there is a copy of my proof of insurance. Finally my proof of insurance comes by fax, I get my number and go to sit in the mob of people and wait. And wait, and wait some more.
I am checking my clock, I have to be to work in two hours and I am a long way down the list of numbers. Will I have time? I start chatting with the lady beside me, she is next after me, and the guy on the other side is after her. We are joking and laughing about how slow it is. And bing bing bing… a huge jump in the numbers. I might make it to work after all. They call my number; well it appears on the screen with the window number I am to go to. Whoohooo, I go up to the window and sign here, and here, and pay this. Ok go have your picture taken for the driver’s license and you are done. Over to the photo booth I go and she takes the picture. It will only be a minute. Good I am thinking I have to go to work. So I am standing there waiting for my driver’s license. And I wait, ten minutes later, I am still waiting. The clerk says there is a glitch in the printer. It should only be a minute. I just smile and nod my head. Another ten minutes, I wait…. My name is called and I have a new driver’s license.
I walk back to my car, timing the walk, and figure I could have walked back to the car and retrieved my insurance card in a third of the time I waited. DUH!!!
I arrive at work to find only part of our systems operational. Oh joy, I think; the hits just keep on coming!! I am thinking at this point this would have been a good day to stay in bed and sleep the day away. However, I will work through this system outage as I always do. It does happen often lately. I think because we are in the process of switching over to a new system and they are not fully compatible.
Finally the work day is over and I can go home. I get home and decide to make another chicken sandwich from this crispy chicken. Add cheese to soften the crispy parts. I take a bit and crunch. FFS, broke a piece off my tooth. I have had it with this chicken, in the garbage it goes. Now I need to see the dentist.
Moral of the story: Do not allow your driver’s license and registration run out. You end up paying way more in the end!!!
PS, now all I need is my safety inspection done and I will be fully legal again...
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