TANGIBLE

Begins this Sunday!

I have volunteered to man the exhibit along with some other members this Sunday. I can hardly wait to see what people have submitted to show! Two years ago when Nadia and I organized the last one, we had the coolest graffiti and wall hangings. Amazing stuff to see in this computer generate age we live in.

I think Calligraphy gets a bad wrap. It really isn't about the stuff you see lettered on certificates or wedding invitations.To me it is more about that some scribe touched it, put thought into letter placement form and design and most of all drew meaning from the words. That you can be just as creative with a pen and nib as you can with a paint brush is amazing! If you love the written word and can appreciate the effort and hours that go into hand lettered items, please help support this art form and take some time to check out the exhibit.

Big Money..

was spent between Sunday and today. Too much.

Cabrio Top-Load Washer & Matching Electric Dryer

Morgan and I bought a beautiful washer and dryer set that came highly recommended by the better housekeeping crew at Nadia's house. Lucky for Morgan the hot dogs he ate while I ran the plastic through and did the paper work...were free.

 

 

THEN MONDAY

I bought an iphone...and accessories..cause it needed them..

TUESDAY

I found some jeans that no longer gave people the impression that I was in transition for my sex change. Good bye baggy crotch.

WEDNESDAY

checks for the orthodontist..AND the new dentist..

High fives that tomorrow is payday....phew...

Speak of the Devil..

 

Opening soon!

Opening June 2009!

I think it was way back in December when I met this lady at that fun and funky alternative craft show we talked about. Well, now it turns out she was teaching some classes at the Paint Spot..which  BTW, I totally would have taken.. but now I have missed them. crap.

But then I found her blog, along with a link to the Quirky Art Cafe. This could become my new favourite hangout. I can just picture the pics and inspiration hanging on every wall -adorning every surface. Not only that, but it brings me back to the days, years ago when I was part of journaling group that hung out in the coffee shops up and down Whyte Ave. Sigh...I am finding I am missing those days.

I really hope she is able to open and give her creative mojo a good workout. I know I will definitely try and track her down and see what she is up to. Maybe she will even allow me to sit and soak up some of that good old fashioned funkified art.

Like a Sombrero not a Toque

Thanks to Oprah, we have had a month of rehashing what my children know about sex. We all sat together and watched  the Oprah episodes about talking to your kids about sex. 3 different episodes -the last one ending in the one where they were interviewing the 2 kids who thought they were ready for their first time. How brave these families were to put themselves in the spot light.  Personally, I felt every single parent interviewed  had done an awesome job with their children. The kids were all so mature and well spoken, even the 10 year old from episode 1!

The  problem..getting our heads around how mature they really are. Gone are the days of too much information. Tell them everything and leave your personal judgements at the door seemed to be the biggest message. I am all over that one.

In years past, in our house, we have had our "talks" -but they were always with the lights off. Literally. So surreal to have these teenagers sitting beside me calmly in full light, talking to me during the commercial breaks about what is going on in the bushes and parties they hear about at school. I was the one in the cold sweat not them. What happened to the days of when I was just trying to make sure they understood what the physiology around sex was about?  Where everything was located, how to be prepared for Aunty Flo, and yes even how those darn babies are made. It was so much easier back when they were Elementary age. Now they just know so damn much and I have to keep a straight face and try to act matter of fact.

I will say though that we are now learning and talking more about the emotions behind sex. I know I certainly felt an emotion when Sarah turned to me after I asked her if she knew how to put on a condom and she said...."ya..Taryn taught me...like a Sombrero not a toque..."

What School?

I am seriously starting to think our kids have it WAY too freakin easy. Sarah is yet again having another short week. In fact, I just realized that in the month of April she will attend school only 17 days.... Tomorrow is another day off for her. Hello? she just had Monday off and now she gets a Thursday off? WTH! I do not remember having this good a time while in High School. So far she has plans to go bowling, shopping and if I have any say...Costco.

I can't be too terribly hard on her. Since being diagnosed with epilepsy, she has had to say no to a lot of activities. First to go was Swim Team. Apparently you can drown while having a seizure at a pool...point taken. We watched roller skating, tobogganing, skiing and even walking  pass her by if there was ice. It has been a boring winter for her. Soon though her medications will let her get back in the game. Hopefully. If not there is always gardening and ant farming.

FLASH BACK ALERT

 back in the day.. Spring time meant having to wear my rubber boots to get down the 1/4 mile muddy driveway. We usually ditched them in the bushes and pulled out the anti bully footwear as soon as we were out of sight of the house. Don't even get me started on riding the yellow school bus while living in the country. An 80 minute ride people!!!! Then there were the really bad days. The ones where my mother parents forgot we had a day off school. They usually just thought we had missed the bus and made us call neighbours who might be driving by to drop us off at an empty school...Good times...Great Memories...

Do kids still wear the clothes their mother approved to school and change in the bathroom once they get there? Do they still pierce each others ears during spares? What ever happened to cafeteria fries with gravy and ketchup shared between 8 people?

BACK TO REALITY...

Currently we are all taking walks while the sun is out and Lola is wandering around the house grinning. You truly know Spring is here when the dog starts smiling!

Alert the Border Patrol

So the Dentist visit this morning was a complete bust. I was revisiting a dentist we had  many many moons ago. APPARENTLY...due to a mistake over 10 years ago by our insurance company where they mistakenly sent the moola to us instead of the dentist...where we WALKED the money into the office..we have been flagged as a FLIGHT RISK. Told this morning I needed to cough up a thou in order to be seen. So I left. Was too weird and I am not doing weird anymore with Dentists, Doctors or any one else. Came home without any treatment and then went on Rate your MD. My criteria...10 or more references and you had to be 5 star. Made a few calls, interviewed and questioned perspective clinics and am now going to take my chances yet again...but in as educated a way possible. Get me?  No Weirdness people!!

Last night it snowed..ugh. Even worse I can't wear my new work out capris to the pool tonight cause it is too cold. At least the Easter bunny was nice to us all this weekend. My fluffy little friend brought me the coolest digital scale that now not only tells me to 2 decimal points what my weight is, but that yes -I am still dehydrated, fat, my  bone density is low  AND that I have less muscle mass than my great grandmother. Good times, thanks bunny dude... Really though the new scale is really fun. Weighed my self before I peed...then after..

Easter dinner was a South African Cous cous recipe. yum...not traditionally Easter- but still good. We watched this funny movie called Ping Pong Playah..Had some of the folks from Queer as Folk..Emmett was the bad boy rival ping ponger.  We laughed.

Macking..on Mac

These may actually make me  reconsider a Mac purchase...

 

These are eco friendly  (100% recyclable materials) laptop bags made especially for Mac users...see more here

I made an executive decision to forgo the Calligraphy meeting tonight to go back to the pool. All about making me a priority. Soon though I will be wanting another gym membership and maybe even a go at Pilates...hello have you seen how freakin ripped Madonna is? It just HAS to be better than Yoga...ugh.yoga..

Easter dinner is looking like it may be Vietnamese food . yum pass the salad rolls.. I will be the sole adult in charge of the egg/spring underwear and new toothbrush hunt. No my children will not be deprived of chocolate- but they will only get a taste! We did decorate eggs the other night for the first time since the little's were in grade school. For some reason, as they get older, things like decorating Easter eggs, birthday parties at Mac Donald's and even going bowling rates high on their fun scale. My children are so easy...please stay that way!

Have a happy Easter!

Pats on the back!

Last night I made it back into the pool for the first time in 6 years to an Aquasize class. I only had ONE teeny tiny moment that involved a brief period of ...OMG I think I may drown..then it passed. I definitely worked as hard as I possibly could and judging by what the other participants were doing, my best was pretty darn good! The bad news...I really really HATE the bathing suit I dug out of a drawer to wear. It will have to do though for at least another month. {Note to self....do not buy swim suits online}

This morning I woke up waiting to feel the burn.

No burn detected...damn...

Today was kinda a catch up day. Did some left over executor duties for my father in laws estate- or at least tried to. Welcome to the world of a rural cemeteries and small town business..ugh! Next I need to go to his bank and drop off some paperwork. Can I go to the Bay instead? I need some new underwear....please?

Heads up. New Blog Prize here...

From Baths to Bathing Suits

So today I started bargaining with myself. It really started with the alarm clock. Deal #1 was that if I got up at 6 am I was going to get to have the longest bathe and shave session. The kind of bath where the water is so hot you feel light headed. The kind where it is the kind of cleanse that only the chance opportunity of wearing Capri's in April can bring. Yes...I shaved my legs for the first time in like...2 months..

Sarah however, informed me last week that she hadn't shaved since gym ended in like November..but I digress...

8ish I rolled my now pudding like body out of my steam enclosure and made deal #2. Get supper planned and ready and I get to make some dark chocolate mousse for a treat. Don't get too excited. It is a no sugar, skim mousse...yummy for those of us non eaters..

Deal #3 was pure hell...Try on my  bathing suits, find one that will let you breath and then  go book a pedicure...