176 posts tagged “random”

we were sitting in the living room, doug and i, while chaeli was playing pinball on the wii with my aunt.

out of nowhere, we hear chaeli yell out, "ALRIGHT! ROCK 'N ROLL!"

rock. and. roll.

i have no idea where she got that from

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at the zoo, chaeli went up to the educational table, which are always manned by volunteers.

she stood there for a few seconds and then asked the lady, very loudly i might add, "DID YOU KILL ALL THESE BUTTERFLIES AND BUGS? JUST TO SHOW IT ON THIS TABLE???"

ack!

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for such little person, she clogs up the toilet the MOST in our household.

• the only problem with having my closet now clean and organized is that i find myself wanting to sit in it. for no particular reason. i want to just go in and plop myself in the middle of the floor. just to marvel at the beauty of how being clean and organized really revitalizes me. of course, there is still that half of a shelf and my cd collection that needs to be done. maybe i'll get some of it down tonight.

• we went to cathy's little M's 5yr birthday party yesterday. it was fun! the kids had such a blast. cath had hired a clown. and when the invitation first mentioned about a clown, i was a bit concerned. i have an irrational fear of clowns. not a phobia, per se. but they have always given me the creeps. i was happy with this clown, though. she was whimsical and cute and really knew how to create good chemistry with the kids. and the children did love her! not only did they get a ballon twisted into something they loved, she put on a great magic show that starred a cute rabit in the end. the kids got to sit on a chair have hold the rabbit on their lap for about 30 seconds each. and then, after lunch, each of them got to have their face painted of their choice. chaeli was so crazy about the clown that she said, before going to bed, that she hopes she will meet the clown again someday.

• i'm hungry. it's a weird kind of hunger. i feel like i can eat a lot today. which isn't good, really. because i know that if i allow myself to go nuts, i'll feel like complete crap at the end of the day. but, i have brought some healthy snacks so hopefully, i can stay good.

actually, the peppermient mocha at starbucks is a tad too sweet for my taste. but i love the minty flavour so it's hard to resist.

the heaven part really isn't just the drink. it's that i took the day off, got the house cleaning done in the morning (so i know it's out of the way for the weekend), gone for a very good, strength-circuit class from hell, had a very yummy turkey sandwich with sparkling water and am now listing to tunes while surfing at starbucks (god bless 2 hour free hotspot a day here).

the mocha latte is my dessert.

and i have about 2.5 hrs more before i have to go pick up little miss.

i'm loving it!

watch 'The Proposal' but of course. yes... it was predictable. and yes, it wasn't amazing. so why watch it? because ryan renolds is a cutie:

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it's weird to be happy about something like this. except that it's been well over a year (maybe two?) where i wanted to replace our really ugly napkin holder. it was this tacky, silver holder in a shame of a napkin, folded over with a bow on one side. it didn't even hold the napkins very well because the height was just half the size it was suppose to me. all the napkins, then, would flop over. and then when we would take one out, the whole pile would come out at the same time, for whatever reason. probably because they were all bent over.

it was so ugly that i can't even bother to take a photo of it.

anyway, i finally got around to replacing it yesterday with one that takes up little room, works and is, if i do say so mysefl, very pretty. :)

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• when i went to university for the first time, mom started to give me (as a side gift) a care package for christmas. this would basically cover the 2nd part of my school year in terms of supplies - shampoo, soap, tooth paste, etc. of course, after i moved home, this all stopped. but now that i'm living in my own home with my own family, she still continues to do this. it was a bit strange at first - after all, i'm now taking care of my own family and can afford to buy my own toothpaste. but still, there's something sweet about it. i've come to look forward to my care package. it's not what's inside it that matters - but the symbolic representation it offers from a mother that still looks after her daughter. as we get closer to christmas, i remind doug that we don't have to stock up too much on things that i know we'll be getting from mom soon enough.

• i'm looking forward to fall this year. and i'm hoping that fall will stay a little while before winter hits. it's such a shame that my favourite season of the year is so short. but i do love fall. i love it's smell, the breeze and it's colours. it's also full of fun activities - hiking, apple-picking, farmer's market (during harvest time), thanksgiving and halloween. there's just so much to look forward to but unfortunately, not enough weekends to do them all.

• we're having thanksgiving at my parents' place this year. usually, my aunt and uncle always hosts both thanksgiving and christmas but we've decided that thanksgiving should be at my parents' place. they just bought a deep turkey fryer. i'm excited about that alone! mmm... deep fried turkey. for those who've tried this, you'll agree that it's not at all greasy. the skin is crisp and there's no grease clinging on the outer skin part only, but because it fries up so quickly, it seals the meaty area from getting greasy inside and locking in the juices.

• there is so much to do in the next couple of months, including a live reading-performance from one of my favourite canadian author, stuart mclean. ada got us tickets and i'm psyched to go - especially as her and i have been talking about it for the past two years.

• christmas seems far away but really, it is just around the corner. i've started christmas shopping. in fact, i'm nearly done all my stocking stuffers (except for doug's) and need to focus on just the main gifts. the only person i've finished the main gift shopping is for chaeli. and that's only because when it comes to toys, especially popular ones, there's too much of a risk for it being sold out before christmas. plus, i bought her collector item toys from transformers, revenge of the fallen. some of them are already sold out. anyway, as usual, i plan to finish my shopping by early november so i have time to mail it to my in-laws. i have a great list this year and am excited to see how my ideas are received.

• christmas activities are also really high on my list which is part of the reason why i like to get the shopping done early and out of the way. this year, i'm wondering if i want to do the nutcracker ballet again. i didn't think i would want to do it every year but i feel like it again. it is such a great treat to experience. and of course, especially as this will be ada and hoa's last year in toronto, before moving out west, i do hope to go the the 'sleeping children around the world' charity concert. it's held eary december and kick-starts our christmas holiday season.

shoulder pads? really? is that really coming back? shoulder pads???

i can do with the big, clunky ear rings. i can do with the ankle boots with heels. i might do with the 'boyfriend blazer' though i don't know yet - depends on how it looks on me. oh wait, i won't be able to pull it off because they will have, yes, you guessed it - shoulder pads!

my problem - my shoulders are pretty broad as they are.

and once a trend comes back, good luck in finding a blazer or sweater or blouse without the pads.

ugh.

some things are better left in the past.

aren't we suppose to be learning from our past faux-pas?

i do. i really, really do.

i love how real she is. and how stylish she is. i even love the photos she puts up of her dogs. not just because she's a mad photographer but because her dogs are so cute and beautiful and i swear, they have the best expressions.

i love how she can make me cry in one post, make me really think in another and then make me laugh hysterically and in the next.

and believe me, i have never said anything negative about her before. in fact, i'm feeling a huge amount of guilt for even bringing this up.

but for the dooce.com readers, do you find that she is yelling a lot in her posts? way more then before?

or is it my imagination?

i'll admit that i'm being too picky. after all, she just had a baby. a woman with post partum hormones has the right to yell. a lot.

so i'll just shut up now.

even though i know she will be on the other side of the country come 2010, i can always trust that i can send her random emails at any time.

like the one i sent this morning:

ada,
 
remember back in season 2 where ross and rachel kiss for the very first time? and then rachel was telling phoebe and monica... and then monica made this 'ohhh' sound while rolling her eyes back, as if to say, "oh my god that is so hot!"
 
and everytime i see that episode i can't help but to think... dude! that's like your BROTHER!
 
were the writers twisted? did they forget the blood relations?
 
then again, i don't have a brother. maybe i'm over-reacting.
 
it just grosses me out a little. like when princess leia and luke skywalker kiss but then find out in the last movie that they're twins. eww.
 
shy.