tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043832010-01-31T20:16:03.846-04:00Jallápennonoreply@blogger.comBlogger951125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-12456675446890409022010-01-26T15:31:00.002-04:002010-01-26T15:46:47.282-04:00

it's been a really long time. lots going on, but no time to sit down and report it all. also I got an iPod touch for Christmas, so most of my free time is dedicated to downloading apps and playing Bejeweled. Sorry. Kids are lovely, house is good, the man and I are still on speaking terms. No big emergencies or excitements in the last little while, although the boy did fall and smash his face

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-51961292185709938392009-11-15T20:50:00.003-04:002009-11-15T21:23:50.709-04:00

this back to work stuff is really cutting into my blogging time. There's lots going on, teaching grad 7 and a little bit of grade 6, the drama that goes along with that, and trust me, there is drama. I was actually a little suprised to find out that there is drama at every grade level. I have duty outside with the primary (k, 1, 2) kids twice a week and it's mostly swing pushing and shoe tying

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-28080424426168607512009-09-01T20:59:00.004-03:002009-09-02T12:32:44.150-03:00

here you go folks, the fall tv premieres! I know, it's exciting, right? It's my list, so I'll keep everyithing on it, but I'm crossing shit out and bolding the good stuff.also, some stuff has already premiered, like Mad Men, so this is just the stuff that's starting after today. apparently nothing for a whole week, gasp! I do apologize that the channels are US, you'll have to do a little

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-39884246167019706542009-08-19T14:51:00.001-03:002009-08-19T14:52:58.063-03:00

at the cottage. Everyone was here yesterday, but Dad had to go back into town today for the night, so it's a girls (plus the boy) night, wooh! Right now though, the girl is napping, the boy is down at the beach with his grannie, my sister and her wee lass have gone for a drive to get some air conditioning and see if that makes wee lass feel a bit better, and I'm up here, all by myself. It's

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-55184928341338171512009-08-12T21:23:00.002-03:002009-08-12T21:25:31.393-03:00

I've been posting for 7 years on this site. It's moved around a bit, had different names, but 7 years nonetheless. And in that entire time, I've posted at least once a month save for 3 months. I find that very impressive. And I am not easily impressed.That's not true, I'm actually really easily impressed. And amused. But I like that about myself, it keeps things interesting.

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-48681621079243702152009-08-11T08:40:00.002-03:002009-08-11T08:50:22.386-03:00

I knew 3 was, which is why we didn't put the boy in soccer last summer, but all of his friends had played, so we decided he could this year. Or should, whatever. Anyway, he mostly had a great time running around "playing soccer", but the last few games he would get really sour when he didn't get the ball or didn't score a goal. We tried explaining to him that everybody is trying to get the

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-1249151390638099492009-08-10T10:00:00.002-03:002009-08-10T10:20:07.118-03:00

June? Really? I'm sorry. It's not like I've been busy working or anything. The minutae of my daily grind just haven't inspired me to keep a journal, you know? July was absolutely gross, as far as "summer" weather goes. I don't think we had more than an hour of sunshine the whole month. The first day of summer was decidedly un-summery, and it continued from there. We've had a few nice days

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-20704241410713034142009-06-23T20:57:00.002-03:002009-06-23T21:12:56.762-03:00

yeah, so I haven't been running since then. Whatter ya gonna do, hey? It just isn't meant to be. Or I hate waking up early, and just don't have time to go in the evenings, since the man is much more committed to his workout routines, and that's when he goes. I did get a really good start with the wii Active, which I do recommend, I think. I got about halfway through the 30 day challenge, and

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-24959330631808449642009-05-05T15:06:00.002-03:002009-05-05T15:18:41.035-03:00

The boy is now officially proficient in riding his bicycle without training wheels.  of course, the 3 times he's fallen off, he's cried like a wee lass and protested that he needs his training wheels back on, but I just remind him that he sometimes falls down when standing still, so putting the training wheels back on may or may not be the solution.  Anyway.  This theoretically allows us more

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-76018937365421640082009-04-16T21:16:00.004-03:002009-04-19T09:45:21.286-03:00

The man has been away this week, but should be home around 3am. Awesome! Anyway, hanging out with 2 kids all day with no grown-up time at the end of the day for conversation or help with the aforementioned kids is...tiring. Makes days long. But today, day 4 of just us, was a really good day. Started out ominously, with the little one pooping herself awake after only about 20 minutes of nap,

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-58587442372310475612009-04-12T09:54:00.003-03:002009-04-12T10:08:14.430-03:00

I think maybe Facebook. I'm getting a bit over it, you know? I've become sort of dependent on it, I'm constantly checking for updates and comments and notifications, but it's mostly become a collection of status updates, random photos from people I'm really not that close to, and quiz results. My god, the quiz results. That combined with the fact that they apparently want to own any pictures I

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-90994432287275745822009-02-03T15:46:00.002-04:002009-02-03T16:25:15.907-04:00

Sorry, loyal reader. Not that I've been depriving you of much really, we had a lovely Christmas, save for the storm that prevented my dad from coming up Christmas eve, and the power outage that made us drive the turkey all over hell's half acre...or at least the city, trying to figure out a way to cook it. It was just perfect, the way I'd imagined our first family Christmas at home to be.

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-53431236830017672392008-12-19T16:54:00.004-04:002008-12-19T17:05:07.872-04:00

and I feel totally justified in using the batman line, because the boy is slightly obsessed with all things superhero. I just realized that there are only 6 days until Christmas. In 6 days, we'll be done with presents and almost eating a giant turkey with all the trimmings. Mmm, stuffing and gravy....I'm basically done, I just have one more thing to get for the man. We realized today that we

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-3641892390450319622008-12-17T11:10:00.003-04:002008-12-17T11:25:05.604-04:00

not even a little. Well, ok, maybe a little, but definitely not entirely. I haven't even made my scotch cakes yet, although we did make some pretty fine gingerbread men last week. We've got the kid big presents taken care of, but might need a few last minute stocking stuffers. Not sure about a stocking for the wee girl, she's so little she won't notice, but the little boy might. We told him

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-74774279320163811422008-11-17T16:46:00.003-04:002008-11-17T16:54:43.348-04:00

I swear, if anyone actually understood how that works, they'd be a fricking billionaire. Cause mostly everyone is going to have to deal with a 3.5 year old at some point in their life, and it is not easy going, let me tell you. We just came from returning (tried to exchange for a bigger size, but there wasn't one) a snowsuit at Co Op. I'm not a member, so all I could do was the exchange, and I

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-64161322207021658632008-11-16T20:29:00.002-04:002008-11-16T20:52:27.159-04:00

I'm teaching the boy to say that, cause it's funny. I just had to tell you all about my having too much poop experience yesterday. We went to the park by my parents' house. Playground, I guess. Regardless, we went. I brought a towel because it had rained so the equipment was all wet. So, we get there, I dry off the swing and a slide, and I go up to the top of the bigger slide to dry it off

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-11979786725802539972008-11-13T10:11:00.003-04:002008-11-13T10:14:00.617-04:00

We fared not well, I have to say. I can't blame people, I guess, for not voting Dion in, but it's just disappointing, to say the least, to have all that money gone for no reason. Maybe next time the NDP will win! Here's hoping. At least the Americans finally figured out that things are just NOT working, and made a change for the better. I'm excited for that, and interested to see what

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-63771860929156580762008-11-13T09:34:00.003-04:002008-11-13T10:08:02.234-04:00

there may be 2, or even 3, but I'd be surprised if there were more. What's new, you ask? Well, there's a reason I haven't been posting. Nothing's going on. I'm home with my lovely children, and we do not very exciting things. We play outside a lot, unless it rains for 5 days straight like it did last weekend (I wasn't sure we were going to survive that one, seriously), we go for bike rides

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-29874081023927642662008-10-02T10:19:00.002-03:002008-10-02T10:37:37.131-03:00

How to vote in the upcoming federal election. How to *register* to vote in the upcoming federal election. Ok. If you haven't gotten your little beige and maroon card in the mail yet, or if it's not the right information, then here's what you need to do. It's not complicated, I promise. But you need to do it before next Tuesday (October 7) at 6pm. Especially if you're wanting to vote by mail

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-42249807544758253092008-10-02T10:13:00.003-03:002008-10-02T10:39:02.684-03:00

but first you have to register. Please, if you have a website, post this link. If you have friends, tell them to register. You tell 5 people, they each tell 5 people, you get the idea. Just go to this website: www.maps.google.com/vote As Sarah Silverman says on the ad, you can literally like, do it while you're pooping. If you have a laptop.Also, you can tell them to watch this video.That's

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-13365520599384861982008-09-14T20:32:00.000-03:002008-09-14T20:34:14.384-03:00

I have added a link to the fall premieres on the sidebar over to the left there. It's important to me to know when my shows are on. I've also watched the first episode of True Blood, which airs Sundays at 9eastern, and is pretty sweet. It's on the movie network here, so you'll have to subscribe. You also get Californication and Dexter, so that alone makes it worth the extra $$.

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-66444115450822058192008-09-10T16:07:00.001-03:002008-09-10T16:09:13.782-03:00

I know, politics again! But please, read this if you're going to be voting in the US election, and bear in mind that John McCain is old and sickly.clicky click!

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-74103880494290169092008-09-10T10:10:00.002-03:002008-09-10T10:17:57.064-03:00

I should have bolded Fringe in my list of premieres. I'm sorry. I'm more sorry if you missed it. It's on again Sunday at 8 eastern, on Fox, and you should definitely watch it. It seems to have all the good parts of a JJ Abrahms show, but without the "well since I missed the first episode, clearly I can never watch it" aspect.

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-52165304848885072692008-09-02T22:09:00.003-03:002008-09-02T22:16:01.091-03:00

you were wrong.Health Canada's recall site. Updated pretty well. I even found a toy that I have which is unsafe due to higher than acceptable levels of barium. Barium? Sure. I haven't opened it yet, thankfully, and have emailed the lovely folks at Alex toys to see what I should do with it. Hopefully they send me a pile of money for my troubles.

Jallápennonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3604383.post-59537245914296746162008-09-02T21:32:00.003-03:002008-09-02T21:36:26.698-03:00

I mean, wait. What? I'm not that into politics really, even though it's hard to avoid with the 2-year long bombardment of ads and trash campaigns, but this latest move has me a bit baffled. So, let's choose someone who nobody has heard of to be the potential VP. We'll have people saying everything from "oh, she's great, so brave with her son who has Down syndrome!" (but of course, the wee boy

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