haven't blogged in quite a while, it's been a crazy few weeks.

Let me just vent for a few minutes ...

work makes me crazy sometimes, or more specific some of the people make me crazy. I am amazed at the lack of work ethic in people, and the lack of common sense, and the childishness. Maybe I'm part to blame since I am a supervisor, and I tend to shy away from confrontation. I am also a laid back, fun loving kinda gal so I let people get away with a lot more than they should, I also think I maybe expect too much but I sort of figured that people working in an office environment all being adults really shouldn't need to be told what I think are no brainers, should they? I think I need to change my ways, learn to toughen up. Anyone know where I can get some balls? lol

oh and while I'm venting can I just mention that some men are REALLY stupid! Being a single working girl I find it incredibly hard to meet new people, especially single men my age that are decent and normal. Ok, normal is a very questionable word but when I say normal I just mean not a complete freak show. Pretty much all the men I've met in the last couple years have been just that ... a freak show. I really think I could right some sort of comedy memoir on my dating life the last couple years. Mostly it's been non-existent but when I do decide to try and do something about it I meet real winners. Let me just give you one example. So maybe a year and a half ago I met what I thought was a nice guy named Steve. We met online in some weird facebook application. He seemed nice, we chatted a lot and then decided to meet in person. We met for coffee and again he seemed like a real gentleman. So then we saw each other a few times over a few weeks. He came to my house for a movie, I went to his house for dinner. We made out a bit but by no means was I thinking about sleeping with him. So over a text message one morning as he was saying something about it I said I didn't know if I wasn't ready and quite frankly I wasn't sure I ever did ... something was starting to become a little creepy about him. He tried to hard was the main thing. He came to my house for I think it was our 2nd our 3rd meeting to just hang out and watch a movie ... he brought me flowers, a stuffed teddy bear (sorry what grown woman wants that?), a bunch of beer like he was moving in, a perfume sample, some candles, oh yeah and my own pink tool belt ... he was going to help me hang up a shelf that I needed hanging but I said I didn't feel like it. Anyways so back to the text message and he is not impressed by my announcement of no nookie for him so he told me ever so kindly to "f off fatty". So my response was no response. I'm not going to waste my breath on some piece of crap that talks to me like that. Well a few months ago I got a message from him saying hi, and now again tonight he sent me a message "hi, how have you been?" ... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! Are you really that stupid that you think I will ever talk to you again? You are wrong, I am not that desperate for a man!

Ok, enough of my bitching! lol So far this summer has been pretty good, the weather has been fairly decent and my ball is going well. We're not necessarily doing well but I'm doing pretty good and I'm having fun and that's what's most important! My Tuesday night league was a double header last night. It was tiring but fun. It was hotter than stink and according to my best friend Steph ... so was I! lol I made a few really nice catches that I felt damn good about and she said to me as I came off the field "thank goodness the fire dept is so close 'cause you are on fire!" lol Tomorrow I have an early game thankfully as I have to pack up my gear to head south for the weekend! Just going to spend the weekend with my folks and do some work on some projects I've got on the go. Should be fun!

I had a great weekend last weekend with my family. Went to my brother's Friday night and watched my nieces soccer games, then went to walk around the car show in town. Saturday was more soccer for most of the day ... hot, hot, hot! Oh and I ended up with a smurf for a dog ... Macy stepped in blue paint and had it all over her paws! lol Luckily most of it wore off by the time we got home. Saturday late afternoon my nieces, Dad and sister in law went to the fair and did a few rides. Back at home we had a bbq with my parents, grandparents, Aunt & Uncle. Sunday we went out for breakfast for fathers day, then we went bowling/played some arcade games. After that we were relaxing at home. My brother and I played catch with my Dad which was fun. Still after all these years and being an adult I still love playing catch with my Dad. It's one of my fondest childhood memories. I used to torment him, I wanted to play every day. He would come home tired from a long day at work and all I wanted to do was play catch. Still love it!

The weekend before last I was in Chatham and had a crazy time. Got there Saturday afternoon and the madness began. 3 dogs and 2 kids! The dogs were crazy, running around and playing ... even at 4 am! Had dinner with my friend who was actually one of my high school teachers. She and her husband both and they are a riot! Caught up with a few friends ... and then the drama happened! My friend Gigi (who is one of my best friend's daughters) was on the top of her swing set playing (because that is a good place to play!) when she fell off. I thought she jumped but she fell. She was waving her arms saying she couldn't move her arms so I laughed at her. Shannon and I both figured she just shocked herself and was ok. We put her to bed with ice on her arms/wrists and checked on her a few times. By the time I left Shannon was taking her to emergency to get checked out ... the poor kid broke both her wrists!! Yikes! Guess that's the last time she'll play on top of the swing set!

Well I'm off to walk Mace and then call it a night!

Today's Lesson ... The Dangers of Not Proof Reading ...

today I had a huge laugh ... and a bit of concern.
So my boss and I had been working on a program for a conference he was going to in Vegas for probably the whole month of May. We'd get ads in and I'd have to set them in place in the program, and at times reset/fix them if they were of poor quality. The programs were printed and sent out as the conference was this past weekend. I got an email from my boss this morning telling me to take a look at one of the ads again to see if I noticed anything weird. OH NO! What did I type wrong?!?! Sure enough there it was staring at me .... "Orange Cunty" instead of "Orange County"! OMG!! Why couldn't I have missed the O, or T or pretty much anything else?!?! My poor boss was there at the conference and everyone knew that he was responsible for the printing ... and I made that huge mistake! Once I stopped laughing hysterically I felt awful! Hopefully he's not too mad, couldn't tell by the tone of the email.
On a similar note we found out one of our clients made a huge error on a very important piece. We are trying to think of ways to fix it without having to rerun the whole thing. See proof readers ... VERY important!!

So on a totally unrelated note I'm happy to say that I am now part of two ball teams this summer. I bailed on my original Thursday night team this year because I was trying to save some money & not be away from Macy Grey too much but also because I just didn't really feel like I gelled with the team ... well some of the other girls in our Tuesday league approached me tonight about playing on their team. Honestly their team is the team that I totally wanted to be on, I know and like everyone on the team so I'm looking forward to it. I'm also feeling pretty darned special that the even asked me! They must have been desperate! lol I don't care, I'll take it!

It was decided at work today that all the people in the office were going to go in on lottery tickets for the big Lotto Max draw ... let's hope we win!!!

Gardens, and Paper and Ticks Oh My!

It's been a busy few weeks in my little world. I finally got my butt in gear and did some gardening. I pulled mass amounts of weeds and then planted some flowers to try to distract from the remaining weeds. I think it worked pretty well! My favourite flower is a daisy, I love every kind and this year I found a new favourite. It's called the Livingstone daisy and it's from England. It is bright, like almost flourescent ... so cool! Here's a few shots ...


I'm particularly liking the peeled paint on the pole in this shot!



Last week my Mom, my friend Sheree and I had the pleasure of taking a tour of a really cool paper mill. http://www.frenchpaper.com/Index.asp check them out! They are a family run mill and have been around for 140 years. They 6th generation of French's - Brian was kind enough to take the time to show us around. It was very cool to see how they make the paper and all the history of the company. They still are in the original buildings and they have been recycling a lot longer than a lot of mills, plus they power themselves with hydro power from the damn that is right beside them. They have their own water treatment facility on site and they pump water back in to the river. They're definitely a green way of thinking company and have been for a very long time. Very cool is all I can say. Thanks Brian!

This past weekend Macy and I went to a dog park in St Catharines, my Aunt was having a fundraiser for her Weimeraner Rescue group. It was a lot of fun, it was our first time at a dog park and Macy loved running around with all the other dogs. Then we were off to visit my Grandparents for a short visit. On our way home we stopped at my friends Karen & Alf's to drop off their wedding invitations I had made for them. They loved them so I was very happy about that. They also spoiled me by buying me a new travel tote & matching smaller tote for my scrapbooking stuff ... lord knows I've got enough of it! Thanks Guys! Can't wait to fill it up with stuff! lol

So before all the good stuff on Saturday I had discovery on Friday that creeped me out! Macy and I went to Steph & Sean's for dinner. They were bbq'ing and we were without power so it was a good excuse! While I was there I thought I would ask them about the bump I had found on the back of Macy's neck on Thursday night. Sean thought maybe a bee sting since I couldn't find it again. Then when Steph came downstairs I thought I'd ask her and I managed to find it .... she told me it was a tick!!! EWWWWW!! We then got the low down from her Dad on how to remove it ... and I told Walker he had to do it. Luckily he is a good guy and he did it for me while I held Macy's head. CREEPY! It was a successful operation though and it's gone. I realized then that I screwed up the timing for her Revolution medicine so I came home and gave it to her! Hopefully that will keep the ticks away. I have been itchy ever since! I'm taking her for grooming & daycare tomorrow. I'll feel better after that! lol

This weekend coming up I get to have a slumber party with my 2 nieces Kaitlyn & Kylie. Should be fun, I'm thinking of taking them to the drive in to see Shrek Forever After.

Superhero freaks ...

since it has been so hot this week I thought I would do a flashback to a baaaad sunburn! It was maybe 8 or 9 years ago on a May weekend. My Grandma & Aunt were in a show in Aberfoyle (antique show) so I went to spend the day helping them out. It was not super hot out so the idea of sun screen never dawned on me ... until the next day. I went in to work and my forehead was incredibly hot and burned. The more I sat at my computer the more my head started to feel weird and my eyes felt puffy ... my forehead was swelling and it was getting worse by the minute. I ended up leaving and going to a walk in clinic it was getting so bad. The doctor told me I had sun poisoning and could either go back to work and then every 1/2 hour find somewhere to lie down with a cold compress on my head ... or take the afternoon off and go home and lie down with the cold compress. He suggested taking the afternoon off was the better plan as if I remained veritcal and didn't do as he suggested ... my eyes would swell shut!! Crazy business! I went home and lied down for a while but soon was bored. I thought I'll outsmart this doctor, if I out on a frozen/cold gel mask which straps right around my head then I can still sit upright! I did this and had anyone seen me they would have seen what looked to be some freakish super hero ... basically like this ...

Luckily the afternoon with cold took care of it, the swelling went away and I was just left with a sunburn. So the lesson here is always put sunscreen on!

It's Like a Heat Wave ...

burning in my heart ... and nostrils! It's been hotter than stink for the last few days. I'm not going to complain though, it's nice and sunny and better than being cold. What I will complain about though is the stench that lingered in my nose today. I came home at lunch to find the sanitation guys in the ground not only in the driveway beside my house but in my backyard. The smell that was coming out of there ... the worst smell, it almost made me vomit. I was astonished that none of the men working were wearing any type of mask. I don't know how they work in not only the heat but the smell. I still cannot get the smell of hot stinky rotten poo out of my nose. blech! As a bonus tomorrow is garbage day so I'm sure there will be more fun smells in the hot air! But it's Friday so woo hoo! My friend Sean is having his birthday this weekend. I'm sure he will appear on here some day, he wants to be a guest blogger ... that could be rather entertaining ... and frightening all at the same time! Happy Birthday Walker!

A New Home for Not So Famous Amos

here I am at my new page ... just trying it out to get all the settings right ...