JT: "Feels like the Cottage..... or something" 2010

Heeey Freaks (Featuring Baby Daliza) 2010

Button Flicker (2010)

Cecil in the car circa 2010(?)

Worst. Blogger. ever.

That is me!

hmm OK so what's new in like a dog's age?

Well it is coming up on "Winter" here in Toronto:

Anyone dreaming of a White Christmas better keep dreaming.
Although I guess anything is possible.

What else?
Oh well THIS happened:

I missed that last stair and went RIGHT down.  Twisty McTwisterson.  Went to the walk-in clinic and the doc said it was not broken.  I never did get that x-ray though, and I am still limping about a tad.  Perhaps I see some physio in my future!

Corey has been hard at work on his ART as there is a shindig this Sunday at the SUPERJET:

Should be fun.  Last year was pretty epic.  We have Michael Coughlan coming in to head up the MUSIC.

And I will be making SNICKY SNACKS a-plenty!

Hmm what else?  OH YEAH, that thing I did.
QUIT SMOKING!

Week 1

 

Week 2

 

 

Week 3 (today!!!)

 

 

Get through today

Dear Conservative Party,

What part of "no flyers" do you not understand?

No worries though, i found a use for it.

Heave Steve

Stepped off my porch this morning to head off to work and noticed a large fishbowl-like container full of FREE BUTTONS.  Upon getting a closer look I realized "YES I want one of them buttons".

Moral of the story?  My neighbors rule.

HEAVE STEVE, people.

JOOOOOOEL

Today was one for the history books, 'round the workplace.

My dear friend Joel has left the building.... literally.  he is moving on to bigger and better things and I am VERY excited and proud of him.

It leaves me in the dust though- one more person I am used to seeing DAILY who has flown the coop.

Joel and I worked together for 7 years.  
We're both turning 37 next month.  
That means that we have been 9-5 comrades for 18.92% of our LIVES (who's counting?)

I first introduced this blog's 1.5 readers to Joel back when it began. 
We were freshly 30 years old and looking like this:

We've grown up a lot since then........... riiiight?

Does my head look creepily Photoshopped onto the second image?

For Joel's final send-off we got some friends together last night.Co-workers from the past and present showed up for some fun.

He came.
He saw.
He conquered.




He will be missed.





Also he's just going to a new company down the street so we can still have lunch.  And who am I kidding I will probably see him at least every week or two.

PHEW!

Working from home..... with kitty

One Month of Giles

Well folks, it has been one month since we adopted our boy Giles.

He is quickly becoming "one of us".

Giles and Jenny

My main men

Giles and his buddy, Noodle

Stretching out

Nap time

Nina, Leigh, Giles and Kris

Snuggling up

Question mark tail

Curled up

Bright-eyed (and bushy tailed)

Giles, the ball

Scratch attack

He has also grown about twice in size since we first got him.

Well it's official, I'm in love. 

Skeeter Syndrome strikes againan!

5 years later

Grapes!

No big deal.  Just hanging out with the Hooper brothers from Grapes of Wrath.



Grapes of Wrath? More like Sangria of Wrath.  Those boys were sauced.

Thanks to my pal Michele (formerly of LAVA HAY) for the invite.

Teenage goal accomplished!

#DeadRaccoonTO

Only in this city:


http://www.cbc.ca/1.3146036

Yogurt for breakfast today

"yogurt"

Wednesday, 11:58 AM, Office

I CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE

In the past few years, the noise in the building where I reside has been pretty... tolerable.  More than tolerable in fact.  C and I were just referencing this the other day.  Well I should have known it was too good to be true.  Last night was a shit show.  CONGRATULATIONS ON FAILING YOUR EXAMS, STUDENTS!

In between stints of (I'm guessing) drinking copious amounts of moonshine and dabbling in some methaqualone, they would descend into the courtyard and talk over one other for 10-15 minutes a time.  I swear to GAH it sounded like a huge pack of morons were standing in my bedroom.  Noise tends to travel through courtyards into open windows.

I woke up (one of the many times) and thought- why is C not raging? 

I peer over to his side of the bed:

NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES

Knowing it would be too cruel to peel them off his pretty head and slip onto my own, I lay there helpless.  At one point there was a guy FLIPPING OUT.  Like for reals LOSING HIS SHIT (must be the ludes?):

 "I wanna go home. *INAUDIBLE, INCOHERENT NOISE* Yaaaaaaar" 

Then I HEAR SOMETHING BREAK WITHIN THE BUILDING.  I am now willing the police to come.  Or the superintendent to wake up.   

ANY-thing to stop this fucking racket.

And then I hear it.  The pleasant sounds of radio dispatch and the voice of police people.

The noise is over, and I am finally... falling... asleep.....

and then

Moral of the story?  SEE TITLE

Tell me

What makes you THIS angry??

my famous frock

i love watching random Upworthy videos and spotting one of my own outfits

Steps to making two PERFECT back to back dinners

First night

Step one:  Call these guys

Step two: Order some of this shizzle
 


Step three (important):  Eat some but NOT ALL of the above mentioned shizzle

___________________ GO TO SLEEP____________ 

Next night

Step four:  Buy this stuff

 


Step five:  Create delicious burritos using BOTH the above ingredients AND the leftover Indian Food

Step six: EAT
Result:

We performed the first three steps last night and I am more than excited to continue steps 4 through 6 later on!