I just want to wish everyone who celebrates, a Happy Halloween!







And for those of us who like The Monster Mash...

First, Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! I hope you eat lots of turkey. We had our Thanksgiving dinner last night at my uncle's house, and as usual, it was just ok. I don't mind though because everyone knows that the fun Thanksgiving is at our place for American Thanksgiving! *brushes off apron* lol

Anyway, I'm in the midst of guest chaos, but I wanted to post a quick picture of our unwanted snow storm we got on Friday. All I can say is that I am very thankful that it melted.

I don't think I have ever seen this before... *waves to lauratnz*

Remember how yesterday I promised the only Christmas thing I would do for a long time would be the Christmas cards (if you want one, email me! *pokes*)? Remember how it was all about being organized? Well, I think that tonight may have pushed me beyond the sane line on this whole thing. When I was at Costco I bought Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas ornaments for our bookshelf. *facepalm*

Help me! I think I may need some sort of intervention here! *g*

Ok, so maybe saga is a little strong of a term, but in many ways, that is what it feels like.

A little while back (I think it may have been when I asked how people put books on their bookcase *is a dork*), I mentioned that getting a bookcase was a whole other post. It appears that it is post time.

We have needed a new bookcase for awhile now. We have several shelves around the house and a bookcase in the basement, but everything is packed full. So full in fact that the bookcase has had a few unfortunate accidents over the past year. We need a new bookcase! The only place we have space for it is the living room, so ever since we got our furniture I have been looking for one. I had originally wanted a Billy one from Ikea, but when I saw that the medium brown was almost 1/3 more than the other colors, I wanted to look around some more. So we went to about 5 furniture stores here. Two of the five actually had one, and by one, I mean one! Ok, well Sears Homestore, had about 3 but, still... We actually liked the first one we found. It was similar to the Billy bookcase I had found, but it was real wood. The only thing was that it was quite expensive, and it appeared that it came in one of those gigantic boxes and since we know no one with a truck, it would cost another $50 or $60. Since the next few stores we looked at didn't even have bookcases, we decided to look at the Ikea one again. Even if it was more than the other colors (which annoyed me on principle alone), it was cheaper than the other one. So I go to the website to order it (because right now we don't have an Ikea here, but that is another story...don't ask lol), and the shipping came to more than the bookcase!

As you can imagine, we were not ok with this, so we decided to go shopping once again. This time we ended up at the Sears Homestore, where they did have a few to choose from. Again, we found one we liked, and it was cheaper than the other one we saw, but we weren't sure of a few things so we talked to one of the sales associates. One of the things I wanted to know was how much weight each shelf could hold. After saying he had no idea, the sales associate asked what we were planning on putting on it. After a moment, I answered. I'm kind of curious as to what he thought we may put on it. Anyway, one of the questions hubby asked was whether it was real wood or not since it was similarly priced to the other one we found at the other store that was. We were actually prepared to buy it at this point, but the guy laughed. Let's just say that that put an end to that buy.

So where did that leave us? Back at Ikea of course. I was going to see if I could get someone who lives in the US (because the bookcase which is still 1/3 more of the cost, is a lot cheaper there), to buy it and ship it to us which I know would be cheaper than getting it through the website here. I hadn't had a chance to consider my options since most of hubby's family live in states far from us before I talked to a friend of mine who gave me a great idea. Her dad is one of the main people in a custom broker company and they have a US address at the border. From there I just pay the fee for them to bring it over. I loved this idea! So yesterday I went to see what the exact shipping would be so that I can tell her dad and to order from the US site I have to have a US billing address! Where does that put us? Back at square one. We are in need of a bookcase and we have no bookcase. Who knew that getting something as common and simple as a bookcase would turn out to be this difficult?


Also, I want to wish all my American friends a Happy Independence Day, and a belated Canada Day to all my fellow Canadian friends! *g*

In 2 hours and 26 minutes it will officially be 2009, at least here in my part of the world that is. So I want to wish everyone on my flist....


Happy New Year!

I hope you all have a wonderful 2009. *hugs*

I know mine is looking like it will at least start well. Tomorrow morning hubby and I fly off to Dallas at 6am *cringes* for a belated Christmas and wedding reception with hubby's family. We are there until Sunday and I know we will have a great (and hopefully somewhat relaxing) time. After we get back home we are right back into the routine since I am back at school bright and early Monday morning. Scarily enough, I'm looking forward to going to class because I think it might actually mean I will get more rest! lol

I have other things on my upcoming 2009 agenda as well. I plan on volunteering Monday afternoons at an elementary school's resource program and I plan on taking on a large redecorating project in my house. The first thing to be changed.....the moss green walls in the dining room and kitchen. After three plus years, I think it's time we waved good-bye to those.

Now, I ask you what you have planned for 2009? Any upcoming projects or plans that you plan on undertaking?

Once again, I hope you all have a great upcoming year and thank you for helping to make this past one very enjoyable for me. *g*

When Sunday night arrived, I was incredibly happy that I had somehow made it through my practicum block without getting sick. That was Sunday. Today is Friday and I feel awful! My throat hurts, my head is filled with some sort of heavy cotton, and I cannot breathe. In other words, I am sick.

This started on Tuesday, so this week has been a long one. It does not help that Christmas is now less than two weeks away, so the kids were absolutely bonkers. I mean this in the most loving way however. lol Really I do. Today was my last day and as we sat at our compliment meeting, and they had all written them for me, I kept chanting to myself, do not cry, do not cry, do not cry. I didn't cry, but I did get to keep all of their pages and I got so many hugs. I love hugs! They may be a handful, but I am going to miss my kiddies! That said, I am definitely happy that I will not have to pull off 60 hour weeks anymore. Working the equivalent of a job and a half sucks!

Working those many hours also means that I am incredibly behind with my Christmas planning this year. I am not even finished shopping, never mind uploading pictures onto digital frames (I have 2 to do this for), or wrapping. I have a few of my Christmas cards ready to go and that is about it. At least we decorated really early this year, otherwise I have no idea when I would do it. I also volunteered myself to make green bean casserole and cheesecake for Christmas dinner. Apparently I felt that I would have way too much free time on my hands, or rather that I do not need to sleep. My cotton filled head might disagree with this however. *g*

Oh...I would like to conduct an unofficial poll. If you had to suggest a present idea to someone and you had to choose between a season of Six Feet Under or a season of The Wire, which would you choose?

EDA: I completely forgot to mention why this post is titled as such.  There is that cotton for you! lol  Last night I made rice crispie squares for my kiddies and I did not cover them for some reason.  This morning I went to cut them and they were not exactly soft. *g*

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I want to wish everyone on my flist who celebrates....a Happy Halloween!

I have to do school work, go to the doctor, then work today, but I hope everyone else can dress up and eat lots of candy! After all, it's not just for the kids. *g*

Oh and for your Halloween viewing pleasure...