New Blog!

I have started a new blog called Diary of my Furry Family, it's all about my adorable little fuzzbutts. I figured that they deserved to have a little bit of there own internet fame! Check it out, I am sure that as long as you love all things furry, fuzzy, scaly and adorable you'll love it!

You can find the link to the new blog HERE! Hit the follow button to get updates when I post new videos, links, photos and stories!

Hammie!

So just an update.... Hammie is absolutely wonderful. My beloved baby squirrel is doing wonderful and seems to be completely healthy... I have started him on Esbilac formula and he is taking in about 9ml per feeding. I have to schedule a vet check up for him to have a parasite check and just an overall wellness exam. Thank goodness I already know a wonderful vet for small animals...

He has become so wonderfully affection and loves to sleep in my hands. He hasn't bit anyone but he definitely loves to make himself heard. When it is feeding time, he shrieks as loud as he can so that we don't forget him (How could we?!) and he has also taken to rattling his cage bars like a little inmate.

I've noticed that he has got his bottom teeth and his top teeth are definitely coming in. He is attempting to drink from a dish but I haven't seen him take in any solid foods. I'm sure he will get there... The little booger is alert and very playful. While he was waiting for me to make up his formula this morning he was playing around in my hair.

I'll have to grab some really good photos with my camera, but for now you will have to make due with what I've got on my facebook.

Fear & Loathing by Moira, Darling

Check out Moira, Darling's newest song and video Fear & Loathing!



This is a pretty sick video and I'm hoping that this blows up and gets some serious views for them. The solo towards the end is amazing and the camera work is great! I'm so proud of these guys and the music they make!

Check the rest of their stuff out on Facebook

What's New?

Well I'll tell you, I have been working my little tail off. Marra has started her new job at loyalist and I will hopefully being applying to Fleming very shortly.

I'm also excited to announce that shortly I will be the proud big cousin to the newest addition to the McKinnon family, little Josie is due in like a week and I'm so stoked it's ridiculous. Although I have no desire of any sort to be trapped in the delivery room with my aunt. God knows I adore the woman and she is one of my best friends but the profanity that is going to spill forth from her will probably be enough to make satan cringe. Her date to be induced is next Monday. I'm scrambling to get the day off from work but who knows if I'll actually get it.

I have been baking up a storm this past weekend. I made mini apple pies in my muffin tin and I also made brownies and cinnamini buns (Get it? Tiny cinnamon buns so they are called cinnamini?! hahaha.) Everything turned out fantastic. I am thinking I am going to make some lemon cake this weekend but who knows.

I sent off an email to my landlords today giving them notice that I am filing to the Landlord & Tenant Board. I have had enough of the shitty ass condition that my apartment is in. Marra and I both decided this morning that enough is enough. I have moldy ceilings and no rent receipts for anything. I am so peeved that they keep promising that they will fix everything and never do. Literally we have been told again and again that it will be there to fix it. They even came by once with a camera and took NO pictures. WTF?! It's just not worth my time to fight with them anymore.

In other news, I am thinking about heading to the mall this weekend and pick myself up some new underwear and clothing. Now that Marra has her new job I will have lots more to spend and plenty more to play with as far as money goes. I need a new pair of shoes and at least a few more pretty things to wear. Once spring really rolls around I will be grabbing up a tonne of new dresses to wear and even more shorts. This summer I plan to start looking amazing.

I've also made plans to go to Palmer, Moose's and Rosie's this year if I get my bike. I am also going to go exploring different cities this summer and I want to make a few trips to Ottawa to scout out some new places for when I move up there. I figure if I make a few trips up there I will have a chance to set down some roots and make some friends. That way if Marra decides not to come with me to Ottawa, I'll have a support system.

Anymawho, I am going to go and hang around at work some more! Cheers!

Some Photo's of the new place =)

Just a few pictures of the happening in the new apartment =)

Interesting....

So I have a date on valentine day... I met a guy at work named Jesse and after chit chatting for a while he asked me if I would like to catch a movie. I agreed to go on a date with him and we made plans for next tuesday without really even thinking about the day was. Turns out I have Valentine plans after all...

I am just dating though... Not anything serious or exclusive. I'm not getting in to deep with anything because I want to take time to consider my options and explore myself. I think that going on dates with a few guys is a good learning experience for me. This way I can see what's out there for me.. I think I know what I want but you never know when minds can change.

In other news I have gone baby crazy. All my friends, with the exception of Marra, are having or have had babies. I want an adorable pink bundle of joy/poop machine to love. I can't wait to be a mum some day. I think that my mum taught me well enough that if I did have a baby, I would be a great momma bear.

What I know now.

When you get out on your own, you get bored really fast, and after a while you figure out it's because you spent 90% of your time doing shit for other people... So then you fill your time with stuff that seems pointless, but then you suddenly realize, that pointless stuff is actually the stuff you love, like painting, reading, dancing, and brushing cats.... Then you get happy.

Gonna be okay.

Today I realized my ex and I are going to be okay.

You know when you have a moment where everything breaks apart and you feel like everything is going to shit? I had one of those moments this morning. I got so frustrated and that turned into stress. When I couldn't process anymore, I broke down and cried. I literally cried uncontrollably for about 45 minutes, including in the car. About 30 minutes in, I started getting severe flashes of anger. I actually punched my ex in the arm and called him all kinds of names. I felt badly and apologized repeatedly in between sobs.

Then later on tonight, we talked. I mean really talked. We both talked, and apologized. We even admitted we didn't hate each other, that it was more of a "two different people" thing. I think we both knew it wasn't going to work out. There is hope for him yet. I was pleased to hear him agree that I wasn't a bad person, and really I don't think he is either.

We even shared a laugh or two over me needing to show him how to change his relationship status and the douche bag that was hitting on me. I firmly believe that one day we can be okay... maybe friends. Who knows.

Friends

I was watching Grey's Anatomy and Teddy's husband said he started coughing up blood to win an argument to make a joke out of being sick.

I started crying my eyes out. It made me think of my best friend, Danni. He died when I was 16 in a motorcycle accident. We were planning on getting together and celebrating my birthday, he was driving up to see me when he crashed.

This episode made me think of him. I felt terrible because I had forgotten him. Then in that instant I remembered how he smelled, the sound of his voice and the shape of his eyes. I miss him.

I just needed to talk about it to someone. Anyone.
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I ♥ RWJ

So offensive, but so my new favourite song....

The night sky

I managed to snap a few pictures from a friends apartment balcony. I got some nice pictures with my cellie. Obviously it is shitty quality but it was pretty nonetheless.

A moving tribute.

Listening to this man speak about his two loving mothers makes me feel so much pride and hope. He is a part of the generation that will soon be the vast majority of adults on this planet. A generation that, I hope, will be understanding and diverse. One that has learned not just tolerance, but has developed a natural level of curiosity to expand their minds and a heart that has evolved to be big enough to love everyone....

If you watch this and it doesn't move you, then honestly, I can't even begin to understand you... this made me so proud and I almost cried with joy. It also reminded me of my parents and what amazing people they are. I don't know if I will marry a man or a woman, but I don't really care. I know I will marry a good person. I don't believe the sex of the person you are with matters, nor do I think it matters when raising a child.

Zach Wahls, I am proud of you. I am proud of your mums. I am glad you have the courage to speak about love to what seems to be a somewhat ignorant body of politicians.

Never stop loving and never underestimate what love can do.

Best House Quotes =)

Collected a few House quotes that I love *heart* If you see a mistake, leave me a comment.

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Nate: This isn't a medical test... this is about Dukie making me eat garbage!

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House:What the hell are those?

Cameron:Candy canes.

House:Candy canes? Are you mocking me?

Cameron:No. I just... Its christmas.... and I thought....

House: relax. Its a joke.

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House : It's never lupus.
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House: When you talk to god you're religious, when god talks to you its psychosis.

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Dr. Eric Foreman: I think your argument is specious.
Dr. Gregory House: I think your tie is ugly.

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Cameron: He's black.
House: What?
Cameron: Foreman's black!
House: Really? How long have you been withholding that information?

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Dr. Cameron: Do you have any idea what it feels like to have a 6’ hose shoved into your large intestine?

House: No. But I now have a much greater respect for whatever basketball player you dated in college.
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House: It's a very sad thing, an uncalibrated centrifuge. It makes me cry too.

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Dr. Foreman: I wasn't ready!
Dr. Taub: What were you going to do? Flex your goatee muscles?!

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CUDDY: Are you being intentionally dense?

HOUSE: HUH??

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Foreman: You assaulted that man!
House: Fine. I'll never do it again.
Foreman: Yes you will!
House: All the more reason why this debate is pointless.

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House: Oh no! You take Alpha Centauri, Foreman can look on
Tatooine, and Cameron can set up an intergalactic checkpoint. Let's
pray he hasn't gone into hyperdrive – we'll never catch him.

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House: There is something called blewd in the pleural effusion... oh wait no, that's blood.

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-House: Do a stool sample to check for parasites, blood culture to rule out infection, and ANA for lupus.

Cameron: Because he screamed?

Chase: It could also be an environmental reaction... an allergy, dust, weed, pollen, something he ate...

House: Check the house and run a lung ventilation scan... the lungs are in the chest too, right?

Foreman: I had a date last night, she screamed! Should we spend $100,000 testing her?

House: Course not... this isn't a veterinary hospital. ZING!

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-House: See that, they all assume I'm a patient because of the cane.

Wilson: Then why don't you put on a white coat like the rest of us?

House: Then they'll think I'm a doctor.

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Nurse Wendy: I've planned a surprise getaway.
House: Get away.
Nurse Wendy: Ummm hmm.
House: Get away.
(Wendy stares)
House: Get. Away.

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Cuddy: Would you describe it as a shooting pain? A throbbing pain? Or maybe an imaginary pain because you don't want to go back to prison?

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Chase: Yo mamma so fat that when her beeper goes off people think she's backing up.

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"The world is such a complicated place if you've got higher reasoning skills. I'm often jealous of small animals and retarded children." -- House

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House~ (To Chase)"She's got pictures of YOU in here....... Just you, it's like some kind of weird shrine-"
Chase~ "You're kidding."
House~ "Yeah." (slides drawer shut)

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Wilson: I'm not on anti-depressants, I'm on SPEED!

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Dr. Foreman: There are ways to getting to know people without committing felonies.

House: People interest me, conversations don't.

Dr. Foreman: Because conversations go both ways.

House and Dr. Foreman: Like Thirteen.

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House: I need sleeping pills. I was gonna hit up Wilson but he's not answering his phone.

Dr. Cuddy: He must have left it in his pants, which he wasn't wearing when the police found him trying to walk home… oddly, from his own apartment.

Lunch Date

So today I woke up to a message or seven from my aunt. She was headed into town near where I lived and decided that it would be nice if her, I and my grandmother went out to lunch. When I called her back to say I would love to she happened to be only 20 minutes away.

So after much scrambling to get showered, dressed and put my face on, I met them at my lobby and to my delight my Aunt definitely has a preggo belly. I don't know If I have mentioned it before but we found out earlier this year that she was having a baby and it turns out (Like I predicted!) that she will be having a baby girl. I couldn't be more pleased. However, my aunt already is a little bit high strung and now with the whole baby thing, she is a little strange too. Not that I mind, my whole life is filled with weird people... but apparently if you do not feed my aunt when she is hungry she turns into a raging she-devil who threatens to eat the poor waitress.

We ended up at Boston Pizza for lunch, and we had some cactus cut fries (which were delicious.) and I ordered a NY strip-loin steak with prawns and scallops and some french fries. My aunt got ravioli and lobster and my grandmother got a porkchop and linguine. I think my only complaint was I asked for my steak medium rare and ended up with a bleeding hunk of meat that was somewhere between blue rare and rare. I honestly tried to eat it and at times I love a good blue rare steak, but just not that early in the afternoon. I ended up asking my waitress if we could cook it a touch more and to my delight they brought me back a perfectly seasoned delicious medium rare steak and gave us 25% off the bill. The manager even came to make sure it was alright. I couldn't have asked for better service to be honest. My aunt absolutely hated her lobster, but that we can chalk up to the fact that the dish itself was not a well designed meal... the intense flavour of the spicy sauce and the cheese stuffed ravioli overpowered the delicate taste of the lobster.

My grandmothers meal was good, however the pasta could have been cooked a touch better. The bite I had of her pork was heavenly. Honestly, one of the best pork chops I have ever had and we spent the better part of the meal trying to figure out what this delectable yellow vegetable they served her was. We finally gave up and asked the waitress who informed us that it was yellow carrot. I made a mental note to buy some next time I am at the grocery store.

Other than that I spent my day folding laundry and putting on the last load to wash. I also decided to neglect my workout for tonight to give me the chance to ease back into the routine. However, come hell or high water, I will be doing Yoga tomorrow night!

I also am making big big plans to attend fleming college, I have made up a list of all the programs that I would like to take and there is well over 30 that I can complete. Most of them can even be done online in some fashion. It should be an interesting experience and I look forward to keeping everyone updated on my progress.

As for my relationship, it is still on the rocks.... I am not sure if or how it can be fixed. At this point, I am trying to work on me, I will worry about the rest later.

Book Crossing.

BTW..... made a page a while back for Book Crossing Canada.

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Day of the Dead inspiration.

Again my best friend and I were hanging out and I have been having a bad pain day. She graciously allowed me to paint her again.... This time I was inspired by a Mexican celebration, Day of the Dead. The results were jaw dropping and it ended up being a great distraction. <3 my Emmie

This week for show and tell.....

So this has been an interesting week so far... I have been dealing with a lot of morons on the phones lately and trying unsuccessfully to sell toner. Unfortunately I don't seem to be having much luck. Normally I could sell ice to an Eskimo but not this month. I have been distracted with the upcoming holidays and trying to get my mind into the holiday spirit.

This time of year is always hard for me, I hate Christmas with a passion and it is very apparent. The only thing I really enjoy is spending time with my family. I love the way everyone crowds into someones house and we have the time to spend together, mingle if you will. I believe this year we are having it at my Aunts place, not a bad idea... saves my grandparents the stress of hosting and cleaning up.

In other news, I have disowned yet another friend.... I am really trying to take this "No Debbie Downers" thing seriously. He was just another to not make the cut. It didn't help that he couldn't keep him trap shut about me and keep his nose out of my business. I guess he didn't approve of my relationship with the hubby and was not above telling lies to try to get him to end it with me. So, yeah, he quickly was told where to go and how to get there, then dumped in the abyss of failed friendships. Sad though, I liked his kids well enough. Happy talkative little things, completely normal considering how the father is >.< Yes, I am aware that that was an inappropriate and likely only mildly warranted low blow, however, I am still pissed at this moment so I don't really give a shit. =)

In other news, I have been invited to my friends lovely abode in BC sometime in the new year and I am pretty sure that I am going to go. I just have to save enough for airfare and a week or two of food and what not over there and I'll hop a plane as soon as humanely possible. I have always wanted to see BC again since I first went as a child and this will be an amazing chance to see it properly and to visit one of the most amazing people I have ever had in my life. We met a totally random way and our lives intertwined even more randomly. I ended up having to use an alias to call her house! She is wonderful though, high spirited, laid back and incredibly funny and smart. Not to mention gorgeous. ^.^ She is one of the people I hold in high regard and find I could spend and immeasurable amount of time with. That is saying something.

In other news I am getting a shirt painted by Chris Cromwell and I definitely want a button as well. I need to add it to the front of my ugly, vomit green bag. It is the bag of all bags and I love it because it is just too hideous to be called a purse and can fit 1/2 of china inside it. I'll have to get a picture to show you guys... it's pretty amazing.

Anymawho.... I have started taking baby steps towards weight loss. I have started with doing yoga stretches at my desk at work and eating veggies as a snack. I have also made muffins that are probably 10x lower in fat than the ones I use to get from Timmies in the morning. OH! How can I forget, I've started eating a correctly portioned breakfast of Shreddies with no extra sugar. I am beginning to feel healthier already. Plus, 3 squares a day has the benefit of making me feel full longer. I can see now why I have been skipping something important. Guess I'll be stocking up on high fiber cereals.

But I must bid you good day as I have to get this apartment sparkling for my dinner guests tomorrow night! I hope it turns out as well as I've planned! Cheers!

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The Book Sale Project

For a long time I have wanted to make a difference in my community and my workplace, it was just a matter of finding out how to contribute. When asked for suggestions in my workplace, I began thinking of ways to better both my place of employment and a worthy cause. My idea came when I found myself wanting for something new to read and upon looking in the Cyber Lounge, I was amazed at some of the books there. Self help, business relations and information on plenty of technical subjects; a self improvement fanatic’s wildest dream. It was then that I realized I could put my love of books and my drive to assist others to use by creating “The Book Sale Project.” In the following few pages I will put together a simplified version of my goals and outline ways that I hope the project can fund a good cause while bettering my fellow employees.





Plan Outline

Place “Donation Bins” in areas that both the public and stream employees can access. A place I would suggest would be by security or in the lobby.
Collect books from the bins each month and add them to the selection available in the cyber lounge. This would prevent facilities from having to make room to store them, as well as giving employees a chance to utilize them.

Every 6 months to 1 year, a book sale could be held in the lobby and all the proceeds from the books sold could go to the selected charity.
To promote our book sales we could send out mass emails to the site encouraging book donation and sales. Other than that we could rely on the word of mouth or social networking to provoke interest.

Another time that may be appropriate to hold a book sale may be during “Family Fun Day” during which time, children's books could sold easily during this event.
We could also include puzzles and other assorted items with the sale. Puzzles could be put together by employees to ensure no pieces are missing.



Suggested Projects

Junior Diabetes Research Foundation
Humane society
Community After School Programs
Local Food Banks
The Brain Injury Association of Canada
The Water Project


I would love to hear from everyone out there as to what they think could improve my idea and what could charities and projects I should be considering! If you think of anything, please leave me a comment! I can't wait to hear some opinions, and if you want to hear more about my project, please click "Follow"

Book of Random Pt 2

Here is a second set of Book of Random posts.... enjoy =) (BTW if you click on the image and then click on "View Original" you can zoom in and read our nonsense!)