The funny things...

I know I am not the brightest person here....I KNOW THAT! Really.

With saying that....

5 stupid things I have done:

1). Broke my collar bone by getting out of the car to go to band practice. Yes folks! I turned wrong and SNAP! (I am a genius baritone player!)

2). Broke my little finger on my left hand. How did I do that you ask? Well, I was at a horse show and I was changing in the horse trailer for my next class. My WONDERFUL family gathered by sitting on lawn chairs just outside of the door that I come out of after changing. They left to go to watch me and I heard my class being called. I bailed out of the horse trailer only to trip over not one, but three of the chairs, go flying into my horse who was tied next to everything, and managed to break my hand in the process. Writing was a doozie.

3). Drive the old International truck (my grapa was on the passenger side) into and over a boulder, while slamming into the boulder we both flew into the dash, grapa lost his teeth and I broke my glasses. Explain that one to grama!!!

4). Getting chased by a bull in a pasture full of cows that were inheat! I was stranded in that tree for quite some time! Need I say more?!

5). Riding my bike down a steep hill full of rocks and boulders. Had a fantastic wipe out. I was black with dirt from head to toe. No broken teeth, but a really bent up bike. Man, did I get hell for that one!

There are many more but those stories always get told around the supper table. Those little incidents happened many, many years ago but still we laugh like hell.

They are right....laughter is the best medicine.

Meetings

Why is it that some people can commit to meetings and some people say they can and just don't show up. Don't they know that there are other people that depend on them. If you have too much on your plate then just say so. Why waste other peoples' time? Why not let them find someone who can do the job?

If you say you are coming then do so. If something comes up, spur of the moment, then call. I am guessing you have a cell phone that is connected to your hip for a reason. I am guessing that cell phone is hooked up to Sasktel, or Telus! WTF??!! It's not like the rest of us have nothing to do.

It's a rotten thing to do.

So you say you are coming and the rest of us wait....and wait...and wait...making the meeting start late, therefore end late, and you still don't show up! PLEASE be kind and considerate of others. Is it too much to ask?

She'sa comin'

The Taz is coming, the Taz is coming!!

The Taz from Turonna is coming!! YAY!

She's flyin' in to see her Fairy Mae!!! YAY!!!

Fairy Mae is a happy gurl!

Oh Dear....

I freeeeeked out this morning at work.

I have been trying to get a hold of the contractor who is doing the inside of our house. I wasn't having much luck then put in a call to him again this morning and low and behold he called back...with this news.....

By Monday....
I am to have the following:
Colours of the walls
Cupboards picked out (style, wood grain, colour)
Flooring
Countertops
Closets
Stain colours for feature log walls
Sinks
EVERYTHING!!!
AND the blueprints!!!! excuse me did you say blueprints???

I am a transient. This settling down stuff is really starting to rattle me.
PLUS!!!
I have not been able to connect with Legs since last Tuesday. We keep playing phone tag as he is on the tractor and can only hear the engine/seeder type stuff going. ARRGGHHH.

I know what we both want but I am needing a bit of back up here!

scared as all get out.

First of all, those who know me, know I am deathly afraid of two things:

Sharks and the Dark.

Sharks, I can avoid. If a shark is on the telly, then I usually give out a yelp, turn my head, tear up and get goose bumps. I have never seen Jaws...don't ever want to, and it was really hard for me to see Wilma put her leg into the mouth of "Jaws" at Universal let alone walk by the damn thing. As well as to walk under them with Bruno in San Diego!! He saw me flip.

The dark...ahhh the dark, it is unavoidable. When I go to bed at night, there is a street lamp on just outside my window to alluminate my little abode. When I am at any of the farms, whether it is at my mommy's or farm sitting, there is always a light on in the house. When I am at Legs' house the bathroom light is left on for me.

I am afraid of the dark because of ghosts. Yes it is silly but its the God's honest truth. When I was little I saw "her" in my Great Grandmothers house and when we lived in the house in Estercrazy both the "bad man" and my grandfather were there. My grandfather, I could deal with, but not the "bad man". He was evil.

I have not been sleeping well lately and so I lay awake in bed looking up in the corner of my bedroom where my stuffed animals are in my hammock. They make me happy.

Friday night was the night that I had the hell scared out of me. I awoke to see "her" beside me. She was standing next to me, at my right shoulder, when I turned my head to see what was going on because I could "feel" something, she stood up and just stayed there "looking" at me eventhough she has/had no face. She still looked the same. All dressed in black with lace cuffs and lace at her throat with her grey hair pulled into a severe bun...but no face.

What the hell does she want and why after 30 some years did she come back to see me? I started to cry and grabbed my pillow and threw them all over my head and was breathing so hard that I thought my athsma was going to kick in, then what, I would sooner die then put my arm out and reach for my inhaler!! Are you nuts!!??? I calmed down enough to lift the covers and squint through my eyes to see if she was still there, she wasn't, thank heaven!!

Needless to say, I have been a little freaked out since this has happened and have been camped out on the couch with Gigi my hampster, with the telly on, and with the lights on. I know it has only been one night, but one was enough. Maybe I'll go to my bed tonight and leave the hall light on. All I know is that I know what I saw, I have seen "her" before and don't want to see "her" anymore. I can tell you that when I first saw her all those years ago, she has always crossed my mind on a regular basis and there has been talk of her being an aunt way back when, but nobody really knows for sure.

Maybe it's her way of telling me that she thinks of me too. Maybe she is my guardian angel or my spirit guide. I don't know.

random thoughts..

I was awake at 5:34am. Sheesh!

I'm grateful it is Friday. I am planning on heading to the greenhouse this weekend to get some plants and such for the farm. Sr.-in-law thought that it would be nice to have some flowers in the forlorn planters. I agreed. Hey, he's trying.

I am also going to get some lattice to put underneath the deck to hide all the crap that is there. I think I will plant some hops to crawl up it as well.

The farm yard looks like an explosion. There is machinery everywhere and what gets fixed doesn't get cleaned up. It drives me nuts. Sr. complains about what its going to be like once I get the animals up there, but ya know, they well be penned up. I never knew a wrench had legs and could walk across the yard and camp out underneath the seeder!! Who knew!!?? I never knew a hammer could turn up by the gate on its own unless someone had put it there. Then the yelling starts....where is this...where is that....well...my guess is that if you put things back where you found them a person would not have to yell about where what was put. Did that make sense??!!

Should be interesting once my life gets started out there. I have a feeling I am gonna have to get think skin and a backbone when I get out there otherwise I will be eaten ALIVE!!

The Trip

Stifler's Mom and I headed to Edmonton Saturday morning. Her sister BonBon was working so we had to shop (sigh) until she was done. I hate with a white hot passion, trying on clothes. HATE IT! But since we had time on our hands we stopped at Winners. I managed to get two blouses and a couple of skirts. This was after trying on....oh so many clothes. I was starting to get grouchy and was in dire need of a drink.

Stifler's Mom saw my sense of ha-ha leaving and suggested that we do need a drink. We hopped in the car and looked for the closest watering hole. I thought we should go somewhere different, someplace we have never been to before. Low and behold there right infront of us was a pub.

Oscar's Pub.
A nice little English pub.
We were the only ones in there with no accent.

We walked in, and there was about 25 men.....no women....just us.....talk about awkward! We noticed a patio so we headed for it. Two men then sauntered out and about three hours later Stifler's Mom had a phone number and I was drunk!

I had a hang-over. She has a date next Friday.

all done

It is Tuesday and the piano has a new home, I was able to go to Edmonton and have a martini or 5 and do a wee bit of shopping. I made 5.75 on the slots so all in all it was a good long weekend. Tonight I am heading out to Legs' to cover the piano and make it all cozy in its new but temporary home.

Yay!

The piano

Don't get me wrong....I'm quite happy NOW that Grama forced me to take piano lessons and bought a piano for me many years ago but this huge monstrocity, this huge 800-1000 pound pile of wood is really starting to be a pain in the rump for me. I am guessing Grama is stirring up a dust storm in her urn with all the commotion going on as well.

While my ex and I were dividing things up and as I was moving out, I had no place to store my beloved piano. Millertime suggested leaving it there at the house til his transfer came in. His transfer came and he made arrangements with the new Sarj to keep it in the MP garage until I could find a place to move it. HOWEVER....it never did get moved to the garage but was left in the Sarj's house. SO...a new Sarj has been transferred and I received a call 3 days ago...yes...3....letting me know that the new Sarj is moving into the house and I must get it out of there by today!

SO...let me just say that I am not going home on my 3 day trail ride!!!! But rather am hiring a moving company to move my piano!!!

Ahhh, thank heaven for the long weekend. Good thing Stifler's Mom suggested Edmonton!

I could use a good stiff drink.

Where can I go for a Good Martini??

A Few Changes

So I have been hit with a few curve balls this week and I have discovered a new saying. Well, it's not new, but it is for me and I have been saying it ALOT!!

"WTF???"

That's it. That's my saying. Yes, I have had potty mouth for the last week.

I was supposed to go home this May long weekend but due to my car smoking and NOW my piano removal things have changed. Stress has been my friend this week, which has come in kinda handy with weight loss. I have now lost yet another 2 pounds. It's not the best way to do it, but it is done.

I am done.

Legs is also giving me grief with the piano removal and I am almost at my breaking point. Someone or something just needs to happen one more time and thats it. I'm gonna lose it Berlene!!!

Stifler's Mom has been my sounding board...gotta love her....so she thought it would be a good idea to go to Edmonton to see her sister.

I got grief from Legs cuz they need a chief cook and bottle washer since they have just started seeding. But ya know, I took a stand and said NO!! I'm going to Edmonton.

We're gonna hit the bright lights and take a walk on the wild side!

Where are my spurs???

Mondays

I have come to the conclusion that eventhough it is kinda gory, it is also quite funny.

I watched Bones last night and the show is fast growing on me. So much so that I hate missing it. I was like that with Survivor but this last one didn't amuse me at all so I got out of watching it. Hell, I couldn't even tell you what time it starts!

But, Bones I know is Monday nights. Plain and simple.

I like Mondays, for me its a prediction for the rest of the week. If it starts out good the rest of the week is almost always clear sailing, but if it starts out a little shaky, I'm cautious for the remainder.

Most Mondays are fairly simple here at work too. I slowly ease my way in to the week. I don't do too much computer work on Mondays, it is mostly call backs and set up times for upcoming events. After that then I compile my work for the following days ahead.

Yup, I like Mondays.

not a good day

So yesterday could have been better.

I went to "the wall" to get money and when I tilted my steering wheel up to reach out to get the money, smoke proceeded to fill the interior of my car.

I looked down and smoke was indeed coming out of my steering wheel!

Of course, the French in me took over and I had a fit (those of you who know me have seen me do this), started to hyper ventilate and promptly threw it into drive and drove to the closest auto shop which was a block and a half.

By this time the steering wheel stopped smoking and when I got to the auto shop Dave told me to leave the steering wheel as is and take it to the place who installed my command start!

Well, when I called the place who installed it, they told me that a steering wheel has NEVER caught fire, not to worry. I then went to work.

With work day done, I went out to my car to start it, only to find that it was running....not a good sign to me.

I drove it over to Agland where Legs works, and he disabled the command start, called the place who installed it, ripped them a new you-know-what and this morning I dropped the car off at the command start place. They are fixing the car for me.

Oh, the smoking steering wheel was caused by the terrible sautering job when the command start was installed....did I mention that when the car was at Agland, it started again on its own and then promptly blew the fuse for the ignition!!! Yah, guess I forgot that part.

Needless to say, that when it rains, it pours!

Let's hope it gets fixed today......free of charge!!!

Stifler's Mom

Well, now that Stifler's Mom is single...and on the hunt! Those Cougars!!!

Her criteria is the following:
Must have all teeth and pearly white
Must be at least 5'9" or taller
Must have secure job
Must be settled, Must commit
Must be kind & generous
Must have own vehicle

She is fine if he is divorced, she is fine if he has children from a previous marriage.

Me thinks that these are not alot to ask. Neither does she.

Being new to the Border Town she has no idea where the good places to scope these kinda things are, so last night we went to a little bar to have beer and wings. Personally my idea is not to use the bar as a pick up joint if you are seriously looking and she agrees. The beer was wet and the wings were good. We had an enjoyable evening and are thinking about doing it again sometime.

I went over to her place afterwards for a cup of tea and we discussed our options.

There weren't many.

In the meantime though, we have put on our thinking caps and will wait.

The tea was most satisfying!

Dumped

Stifler's Mom dumped him! Hallelujah!!!!

I am happy about that.....he was weird! He had serious problems...I mean really does God want you to go around with no place to call yours?? There were many families in the Bible that had homes....This dude was weird. I am happy Stifler's Mom realized this guy was "different"!!

Stifler's Mom is on the hunt again...we are trying to steer her clear of severly religious men!!

Don't get me wrong, I believe in it all! But seriously, the dude had to settle....just not with Stifler's Mom.

Whew!

Pet Peeves + 100

100!!!! This is my 100th blog! I'm impressed that I have kept it up that long. I really am impressed...now if could just be this faithful with my dieting!!! Hmmmmm....


One of my biggest pet peeves is being reprimanded by someone or seeing someone being reprimanded infront of people. Save it for a closed door session.

There are many reasons why I hate it:

• It is VERY unprofessional on the part of the person who is giving hell
• It makes that person getting hell feel like an 8 year old
• It is embarrassing for that person getting hell.
• It makes the people around you uncomfortable
• It makes the person giving it to you look like an ass (and they probably are)
• I think it makes the person giving hell to someone look like he/she has little man syndrome (and they probably do)

Which is exactly what happened to me last night...and this is not the first time this has happened and it ends today. I decided to tell the boss about itbecause he asked how the performance went last night. Now our tech and light dudes are nothing but bullies and they bully two of us all the time and I am tired of it. I decied to tell the boss and he flies of the handle at me, telling me I have to learn to put "egos" aside. This has nothing to do with egos....nothing, it has to do with respect and communication. I can kiss anyone's ass in this entertainment business. I know how to kiss up to people and how to stroke their ego. But I sure as hell am not doing it to staff! No way! WTF!

So from now on, I am not gonna say anything to anyone, if the boss wants to know anything he can ask the cry babies, I am clamming up. But....heaven help them when I do get asked and you can bet, the crap they give to me, I most certainly will be giving right back to them!!

FYI: What I find astonishing is that these two men are over 50!!! That's right, over 50!

Madame!

Here is a blast from the past....I miss the "old" programs...like, smurfs, the muppets, Captain Caveman, The Walton's...just to name a few...

Madame

Something a little different

Finally!

Something new tonight...its the trailer park boys.....wilma, never fear I have the posters printed and ready to go for your friend!!

I am excited, because it is something other than DANCE!!!!

What the hell am I doing??!

OK...so I did it....I made the big step! I'm nervous as hell, but I feel that it is right. I feel it in my gut.

Being married into the RCMP you become a transient. No place to call home, you are up-rooted every 2-5 years unless you have children...ahhem....then you stay longer in places.

I had been on the move until 3 years ago when I divorced the RCMP...oh, I mean my husband...now ex of course, but really, let's be honest, it was the RCMP I divorced. I have been living in the Border Town for three years.

I met a handsome young man, dated, now that the honey moon stage is over and have moved in together, we are now building a house, yup, a house.

It is a log house built by Whisper Creek Homes. Sundance #4.

Kinda excited, kinda crapping my pants. But more kinda excited.

Band Festival

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Favourites

Top 5 Fave T.V. Commercials

5. Polysporin - the dad water sliding

4. A&W - most of them make me giggle

3. Dairy Queen - they too make me giggle

2. Canadian Tire - they all make me laugh.

1. Ford - where the humans turn into a car

yawn....

Well.....here I am......it's now 7:30 am and I am at work waiting.....I am not very wide awake, but here I am. Wait, where am I? Oh ya, work.