Well, I just got back from Vegas with Wilma and Bruno. Once again it was a fab trip!
We met so many people this time. Some knotheads. Some genuine, sweet people.
The knotheads were from Canada and Austrailia. I was actually embarrassed that these asses were from Canada, however they were not from Saskatchewan and we are all nice here!
There were some fine folks that we met from Ontario, who found beer and clam in a can! Yay! Good on them. It was very hard to find Clamato. Bloody Marys are too thick and you can not pour tomato juice in beer....speaking of.....we went to a little martini bar, well actually it wasnt little but where we sat, it was quaint and Bartender Corrin was fabulous. What a nice lady.
There was also our cab driver Wally who was also just as great. We had music blaring and he too was singing along with us to Lady Gaga! When he picked us up for the ride back to the hotel, it was Thriller that was coming out of his stereo!!
The room was nice and the company was lovely! We giggled and guffawed til the wee hours in the morning....well, except for Friday....we ordered room service for supper and watched Star Trek movies....it was nice.
The shopping was superb, there were so many deals...I had a tough time keeping my hands in my pockets. The place I was hoping to get to was Victoria Secret and was about to give up hope when we stumbled on to it on our way to the Martini Bar. I did get some treats from there but the best deal I got was from Ann Taylor. I just love the clothes from there. They are girlie and the colours are so rich.
I am looking forward to another little excursion with Wilma and Bruno....always smiles and laughs.
Only Child Syndrome
- Fairy Mae
- The fact is this...I am a LATE thirty-something, an only child with one living parent and I hate, by the way, being an only child.
I am a drama queen and I know it, and I love it and I won't change it!
I am finally in a career that I love and I finally found someone special, just for me and my dramatic nature!
I am a horse lover. I love and ride Appaloosa horses.
I am and artsy-farts and love all aspects of the Arts and Culture. I am an Independent Stylist for Stella & Dot and love the jewels.
I have a dog who is my four legged baby, her name is Effie and I have another three legged baby and her name is Daisy.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Ramblings
The gremlin was in my office again this morning. She left me a timmy's tea. What a treat!
Nothing like the Christmas spririt. Speaking of.....
I was a little ticked off yesterday when one of the former people-that-I-hate brought in home made chocolates and gave everyone a little gift but me. I thought this person and I were getting along quite well since our talk over the summer. We discovered that the one person that I hate is actually hated by alot of people and my three then became two after our chat...I was wrong. It's back to three again.
I was quite hurt and disappointed, not that I didn't get something but, it told me that he still has a problem with me and that all the joking, and laughing or talking to me is all a facade, I know he still doesn't like me....once again, I guess we have separated the men from the cowboys. Now, I feel I have to be guarded again and I hate that.
On a happier note, I see Buster today and Wilma and Bruno tomorrow. Its pay day today from both places and I am all done Christmas shopping except for stuffers and that can wait til I get back from Vegas.
What are we gonna do in Vegas? Who are we gonna see? I hear a martini calling off way in the distance.....FAIRY MAE??? LILY????
What is my name gonna be? Any suggestions? I'm open for options.....
Did I pack enough? Whats the weather gonna be like?...Did I...
Nothing like the Christmas spririt. Speaking of.....
I was a little ticked off yesterday when one of the former people-that-I-hate brought in home made chocolates and gave everyone a little gift but me. I thought this person and I were getting along quite well since our talk over the summer. We discovered that the one person that I hate is actually hated by alot of people and my three then became two after our chat...I was wrong. It's back to three again.
I was quite hurt and disappointed, not that I didn't get something but, it told me that he still has a problem with me and that all the joking, and laughing or talking to me is all a facade, I know he still doesn't like me....once again, I guess we have separated the men from the cowboys. Now, I feel I have to be guarded again and I hate that.
On a happier note, I see Buster today and Wilma and Bruno tomorrow. Its pay day today from both places and I am all done Christmas shopping except for stuffers and that can wait til I get back from Vegas.
What are we gonna do in Vegas? Who are we gonna see? I hear a martini calling off way in the distance.....FAIRY MAE??? LILY????
What is my name gonna be? Any suggestions? I'm open for options.....
Did I pack enough? Whats the weather gonna be like?...Did I...
Monday, December 14, 2009
The countdown
Well, only one more sleep til Buster gets home and two more sleeps til I see Wilma and Bruno and hop the plane for Vegas.
Actually, as presents go, these three people are pretty fantastic presents to have. I don't really want anything for Christmas. I have it all right here around me.
I will be spending a pre-Christmas with my two best friends and once Christmas does hit, I will be surrounded by a new family and their traditions PLUS heading home to my own.
I am nervous when I go with Buster to his family's get-together. I am not sure what to expect. Are they a loud family? Are they a sit-around-on-the-couch-and-watch-kids-play family? Are they a kitchen table family? Are they a games family? What kind of questions are they going to ask me? Will I be able to answer them all?
My family, well, we eat, play Mexican Train, eat, play Mexican Train, eat, go to church, eat, open presents, eat.....and so on. We are a semi-loud family. We laugh alot.
As the count down to Christmas draws near, I am looking forward to it all, and a new beginning to a new year.
Actually, as presents go, these three people are pretty fantastic presents to have. I don't really want anything for Christmas. I have it all right here around me.
I will be spending a pre-Christmas with my two best friends and once Christmas does hit, I will be surrounded by a new family and their traditions PLUS heading home to my own.
I am nervous when I go with Buster to his family's get-together. I am not sure what to expect. Are they a loud family? Are they a sit-around-on-the-couch-and-watch-kids-play family? Are they a kitchen table family? Are they a games family? What kind of questions are they going to ask me? Will I be able to answer them all?
My family, well, we eat, play Mexican Train, eat, play Mexican Train, eat, go to church, eat, open presents, eat.....and so on. We are a semi-loud family. We laugh alot.
As the count down to Christmas draws near, I am looking forward to it all, and a new beginning to a new year.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
They're WHAT?
Yes, they are lost.
My scripts are lost!
The order was placed in New York, which was then transferred to Los Angeles then the order was sent to British Columbia and now....vanished into thin air!
They say 4-6 weeks! WHAT?
If I didn't have bad luck, I would have no luck.
Sigh.
My scripts are lost!
The order was placed in New York, which was then transferred to Los Angeles then the order was sent to British Columbia and now....vanished into thin air!
They say 4-6 weeks! WHAT?
If I didn't have bad luck, I would have no luck.
Sigh.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
On the Phone
I was trying to log in to the new banking system at my bank on line, and was getting very frustrated because I could not get my password to log in.
Now, really whats the point in getting mad, its your own stupidity that you can't remember a simple password! I mean we have passwords for everything and I normally use just one for all, but there is that one log in that you need to use a number with your normal password and that my friends is where I get stumped.
Just having to remember which number goes with which site! Its crazy....so, I call my 1 -800 banker and he laughed at me! I phoned, said hello, the usual weather chit chat and then I told him the new site sucked and he laughed! Course, I laughed too, but the bubbly man got me through my little tantrum, told me I was a rare customer who didn't verbally abuse him and was told I made his day....and he made mine too!
Moral of the story, a little kindness with a dose of laughter goes a long way! Laughter truly is the best medicine!
Now, really whats the point in getting mad, its your own stupidity that you can't remember a simple password! I mean we have passwords for everything and I normally use just one for all, but there is that one log in that you need to use a number with your normal password and that my friends is where I get stumped.
Just having to remember which number goes with which site! Its crazy....so, I call my 1 -800 banker and he laughed at me! I phoned, said hello, the usual weather chit chat and then I told him the new site sucked and he laughed! Course, I laughed too, but the bubbly man got me through my little tantrum, told me I was a rare customer who didn't verbally abuse him and was told I made his day....and he made mine too!
Moral of the story, a little kindness with a dose of laughter goes a long way! Laughter truly is the best medicine!
Favourite Things
It's cold.
Ya, I know that it's winter, but holy hell, we went from -5 to -35 overnight?
Yes, I know even God has a sense of humour but jeezzzz Louise!
5 Favourite Winter Activities
1). Going out to count horsey noses, then standing in the middle of the herd sucking in their body heat and horsey smell.
2). Cross country skiing with my pooch...she is so much fun, you don't even know its cold out.
3). Ice Fishing...but don't ask me to touch it or gut it after I have caught it! Yuk! I will however, eat it once its cooked!
4). Down hill skiing...woohoo! What a rush!
5). Vacationing in a warm spot in Mexico, playing Tequila volleyball!
Ya, I know that it's winter, but holy hell, we went from -5 to -35 overnight?
Yes, I know even God has a sense of humour but jeezzzz Louise!
5 Favourite Winter Activities
1). Going out to count horsey noses, then standing in the middle of the herd sucking in their body heat and horsey smell.
2). Cross country skiing with my pooch...she is so much fun, you don't even know its cold out.
3). Ice Fishing...but don't ask me to touch it or gut it after I have caught it! Yuk! I will however, eat it once its cooked!
4). Down hill skiing...woohoo! What a rush!
5). Vacationing in a warm spot in Mexico, playing Tequila volleyball!
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
1/2 mile high club
Last night was once again a school Christmas concert. All learning lessons and all different from the one previous.
Once I got home though, I turned on the boob tube and promptly dialed Buster to "check in". Of course I woke him up and wondered once I hung up if he would remember the conversation, and how many times could I get away with talking to him during sleep if I could ask for anything I wanted in the future....this morning he remembered talking to me so there goes that out the window! No sparkly trinkets for me!
After I hung up from Buster, I turned on the computer and headed over to facebook. I discovered that Wilma was on, so she then called me and we drooled together over the hotel room...scratch that...suite, a-hem a 750 square foot suite that we are staying in when we jet to Las Vegas!
I think we will be joining the 1/2 mile high club when we get there.
We giggled and exchanged stories, ok, gossip and are ready for the trip.
Hmmmm, I wonder what kind of trouble we will all get into when we are there?
Once I got home though, I turned on the boob tube and promptly dialed Buster to "check in". Of course I woke him up and wondered once I hung up if he would remember the conversation, and how many times could I get away with talking to him during sleep if I could ask for anything I wanted in the future....this morning he remembered talking to me so there goes that out the window! No sparkly trinkets for me!
After I hung up from Buster, I turned on the computer and headed over to facebook. I discovered that Wilma was on, so she then called me and we drooled together over the hotel room...scratch that...suite, a-hem a 750 square foot suite that we are staying in when we jet to Las Vegas!
I think we will be joining the 1/2 mile high club when we get there.
We giggled and exchanged stories, ok, gossip and are ready for the trip.
Hmmmm, I wonder what kind of trouble we will all get into when we are there?
Monday, December 07, 2009
Reflection
As Christmas draws near, the more I pine for my grandparents.
If I could spend just one day each with them just one more, I would, well, I don't know what I would sell to have just one more day with them but I know something would go.
Christmas was always at Grama's house and when she got older, I would take days off, come home and help her start cooking, all the prep that needed to be done before everyone, even Santa came to the house.
I would prep and she would tell me what to add, if something needed a little more of this or to whip the meringue to that consistency.
I miss that so much. If I had just one more day with her I would ask her to give me the Sour Cream Raisin Pie recipie and to help me make her cheese bread and to go over one more time just who all were in those family pictures from way back when.
I miss her telling me what a good girl I am. I miss her smell, her smile and her wisdom.
Grapa, well if I had just one more day with him, I would ask how he could always turn a dollar into a hundred, I would ask him to show me just one more time how to build that frame for the chicken house stronger, what kind of shingles and to show me how to keep the oil shed and garage from falling down. I miss playing crib with him, the fake arm wrestling and most of all I miss dancing the polka, and waltz with him while Lawrence Welk repeats were on.
I miss going to church every Christmas eve with the family, drunk uncles or not. Grama oblivious to them and grapa looking at them with his eyebrows knitted together and my cousins and I giggling at them all.
I had three very important people in my life, my mom, my grapa and my grama, and now, now I am down to one very important person in my life and thats my mom. I went from three to one in such a short time. My mom is still so very important to me and love her dearly...eventhough she drives me nutty sometimes! I wouldn't miss it.
Christmas time is a bitter sweet time. Eventhough, I have lost two very important people in my life, my prolific cousin now has three kids, the youngest is nine months the middle one is 5 and the oldest 14. I must say that it is kinda fun to have young ones in the house excited for Santa and I am looking forward to seeing the nine month old as he has me wrapped around his little finger.
This Christmas I will be spending with Buster, his little girl and his family until the 27th, then home I go to my dear family. I am looking forward to it, as it is new chapter in my life and I am hoping it will be a chapter that lasts for a long, long time, one that when I am old and gray and nodding by the fire will think about fondly and smile.
If I could spend just one day each with them just one more, I would, well, I don't know what I would sell to have just one more day with them but I know something would go.
Christmas was always at Grama's house and when she got older, I would take days off, come home and help her start cooking, all the prep that needed to be done before everyone, even Santa came to the house.
I would prep and she would tell me what to add, if something needed a little more of this or to whip the meringue to that consistency.
I miss that so much. If I had just one more day with her I would ask her to give me the Sour Cream Raisin Pie recipie and to help me make her cheese bread and to go over one more time just who all were in those family pictures from way back when.
I miss her telling me what a good girl I am. I miss her smell, her smile and her wisdom.
Grapa, well if I had just one more day with him, I would ask how he could always turn a dollar into a hundred, I would ask him to show me just one more time how to build that frame for the chicken house stronger, what kind of shingles and to show me how to keep the oil shed and garage from falling down. I miss playing crib with him, the fake arm wrestling and most of all I miss dancing the polka, and waltz with him while Lawrence Welk repeats were on.
I miss going to church every Christmas eve with the family, drunk uncles or not. Grama oblivious to them and grapa looking at them with his eyebrows knitted together and my cousins and I giggling at them all.
I had three very important people in my life, my mom, my grapa and my grama, and now, now I am down to one very important person in my life and thats my mom. I went from three to one in such a short time. My mom is still so very important to me and love her dearly...eventhough she drives me nutty sometimes! I wouldn't miss it.
Christmas time is a bitter sweet time. Eventhough, I have lost two very important people in my life, my prolific cousin now has three kids, the youngest is nine months the middle one is 5 and the oldest 14. I must say that it is kinda fun to have young ones in the house excited for Santa and I am looking forward to seeing the nine month old as he has me wrapped around his little finger.
This Christmas I will be spending with Buster, his little girl and his family until the 27th, then home I go to my dear family. I am looking forward to it, as it is new chapter in my life and I am hoping it will be a chapter that lasts for a long, long time, one that when I am old and gray and nodding by the fire will think about fondly and smile.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Scrooging at work
I feel a rant coming on!
There are two things that I am not fond of and that is dance season and school xmas concert season. These two times bring out the best in parents.
Its always that one parent that is a nightmare which makes me lump them all together as "get your shit together parents".
One parent last night was pissed off because she couldnt get a seat. 548 seats in this venue and you cant get your shit together enough to get your butt over here to stand in line and wait. Your kid got here on time? Oh, you have to work....lets see, most bosses will let off early to get your kid on time to these things....excuse after excuse and then the verbal abuse starts...when did it become ok to verbally abuse anyone, anywhere? WHEN? I stepped in at that point when she satrted in on one of our elderly volunteers....I told her if she couldn't be nice, she had to leave and how proud would her son or daughter be if they found out you were kicked out for verbal abuse? What is going on here?
I went over to get my H1N1/flu shot yesterday over at the clinic and there is a big bold sign..."verbal abuse of any kind will not be tolerated". I see these signs posted everywhere, in retail stores, in restaurants, in the clinics...what the hell? Why can't anyone be polite anymore? Why does everyone have to be so angry? Why the chip on the shoulder?
Go get some help. Please!
Ahhh, I feel better now.
There are two things that I am not fond of and that is dance season and school xmas concert season. These two times bring out the best in parents.
Its always that one parent that is a nightmare which makes me lump them all together as "get your shit together parents".
One parent last night was pissed off because she couldnt get a seat. 548 seats in this venue and you cant get your shit together enough to get your butt over here to stand in line and wait. Your kid got here on time? Oh, you have to work....lets see, most bosses will let off early to get your kid on time to these things....excuse after excuse and then the verbal abuse starts...when did it become ok to verbally abuse anyone, anywhere? WHEN? I stepped in at that point when she satrted in on one of our elderly volunteers....I told her if she couldn't be nice, she had to leave and how proud would her son or daughter be if they found out you were kicked out for verbal abuse? What is going on here?
I went over to get my H1N1/flu shot yesterday over at the clinic and there is a big bold sign..."verbal abuse of any kind will not be tolerated". I see these signs posted everywhere, in retail stores, in restaurants, in the clinics...what the hell? Why can't anyone be polite anymore? Why does everyone have to be so angry? Why the chip on the shoulder?
Go get some help. Please!
Ahhh, I feel better now.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Leaving on a jet plane
Well, Vegas is a hop, skip and a jump away. I am heading to Sin City with Wilma and Bruno.
I am flat busted broke and can barely afford my plane fare, but I am going.
Who can pass up spending a few days with your best friends to catch up on gossip and giggles while sipping on a martini? I mean seriously. Its only money. I can't take it with me when I die and I have no one to pass it on to...so I'm going.
I am also going in January to Mexico with Buster. We are waiting on his passport and then Hola bound. I do plan on swimming, drinking free tequila, and laying in the sun...maybe not all in that particular order, but its gonna happen. This pastey white girl is gonna sit under the palapa with her hat, sunglasses, wrap and bathing suit with a margarita in her hand getting waited on hand and foot by the cute little Mexican men, with of course, Buster by my side.
Now, what to pack for Vegas?
I am flat busted broke and can barely afford my plane fare, but I am going.
Who can pass up spending a few days with your best friends to catch up on gossip and giggles while sipping on a martini? I mean seriously. Its only money. I can't take it with me when I die and I have no one to pass it on to...so I'm going.
I am also going in January to Mexico with Buster. We are waiting on his passport and then Hola bound. I do plan on swimming, drinking free tequila, and laying in the sun...maybe not all in that particular order, but its gonna happen. This pastey white girl is gonna sit under the palapa with her hat, sunglasses, wrap and bathing suit with a margarita in her hand getting waited on hand and foot by the cute little Mexican men, with of course, Buster by my side.
Now, what to pack for Vegas?
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