Where's my chicken??

A few months back I had in my office, a bird that you squeezed and he chirped. Well, someone here at the college swiped him.

When I came back from Christmas holidays a couple of days ago, I had hanging on my wall a chicken calendar....it too is gone.

If someone is playing a joke, it is no longer funny. If someone is in my office when I am not here, it is scary.

Maybe its a ghost...highly unlikely, maybe its a gremlin, thought I doubt it, maybe its a fairy, I don't see any fairy dust...I don't know who or what it is but I would like it to stop now, cuz its starting to freak me out.

Gold 4 Cash - CROOKS!

I decided to send in my engagement ring and band to Gold 4 Cash. I took them in to Peoples to get them appraised and they were worth over $2200.00

I emailed this company for the package AND you have the option of sending $10 in the package if you want them to call you with a quote. If you don't like what they quote you, then they will send your gold back to you. I didn't bother with this option because I thought if they send me even $500 I would be happy.....they sent me $100.00 cheque!!! I was stunned AND in the memo it read "scrap". I was sick.

I immediately called them and asked them WTF? The dude on the phone told me that they are a scrap metal company and I was lucky to get the 100.00! I offered to send the cheque back to them and/or tear it up and would they send my rings back to me and I would pay for it. NOPE! Not an option. Did I mention I am just sick about this.....

Yup, another learning curve in life, if it sounds to good to be true, just keep walkin' cuz it is!

So, if you plan on using this company in the future...DO NOT. You would be better off to go to your local pawn shop to hawk your valuables because this company, this Gold4Cash Company, they are nothing but crooks, and con artists!

$1800.00 back....my ass!

Bringing in 2010

2009, was quite a year. It is bitter sweet. I ended a terrible, unhealthy relationsip to a boy who is and always will be a bully, manipulator and a controller. Out of that crazy time, I realized just how much a person can go through, just how much a soul can endure before the breaking point.

I have been lucky enough to have family and friends to haul me outta that mess and get me help and support.

By the end of 2009, my luck changed for the better. In August, I joined Eharmony and met Buster Brown and haven't looked back since. He makes me happy, and I am smiling all the time, which I haven't done in quite awhile. My family and friends are still there for me and now know when to give me a pep talk and when to give me a pat on the back.

Now, I am surrounded by good people, I have rid myself of any bad karma and have now started to listen to "that gut feeling".

This Christmas I spent it with Buster and his family and enjoyed myself immensely. I met all sorts of relatives and neighbours with good hearts and great humour side by side. I then went home and had a belated Christmas with my family and celebrated the New Year with my cousin and her hubby and a best friend (that I have known since kindergarten) at a dance in another little town 40 minutes away.

I think the "2009: The Year of Being Me" was a good year. I discovered many things about myself....and I like me.

Weekend in Vegas

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.

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...

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.

Laughs

Winter Fun.

Ouch! Thought it was kinda funny though....