Saturday, February 2, 2008
Spot the Mii's
I've got some friends and family all immortalized on our Wii. See if you can spot anyone you know! LOL
Stupid phone calls
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's getting annoying telemarketer calls, or 'courtesy calls' during the day...evening...night, you name it (and they don't leave messages or are just a dead line). I came across this tonight:
https://cornerstonewebmedia.com/cma/submit.asp
It only works for companies in Canada registered with the CMA, so it might not do much. Like those stupid 'Bloomingdales, Macy's and other stores...you've won a vacation!' calls that come from the States. But it's a little glimmer of hope.
https://cornerstonewebmedia.com/cma/submit.asp
It only works for companies in Canada registered with the CMA, so it might not do much. Like those stupid 'Bloomingdales, Macy's and other stores...you've won a vacation!' calls that come from the States. But it's a little glimmer of hope.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Car-less again... (or still)
Well Trevor's car (okay, OUR car, but the one Trevor mostly drives) has gone for shit again. (That's the best way I can put it.) We went to run down into Langley on Tuesday night and it wouldn't even start. It did a chugga-chugga-wheeeeze. So we thought it was the battery (that would make sense?). So off to Crappy Tire we went to get a new battery. Came back (and in the freezing cold) put the battery in the car. Trevor went to start it...chugga-chugga-wheeeeze AGAIN. So Trevor has to drive my car back and forth to work now (with me also missing yet another day of class at the rec center). And I've been stuck in the house for going on 65 hours straight now. Not that I don't have things to do around here, but you know.
Last night Trevor checked the car again (we plugged in the block heater, thinking that maybe that would do the trick) and still a no go. But he did find that the car gives you a diagnostic code on the odometer if you fiddle with the keys in the ignition a certain way. And he looked up the code on the internet and it's something to do with an oil sensor, which is a $16 part. And with this problem, the car will not let itself start up. Smart car...too smart. So this weekend we're headed to the Chrysler dealership to see if we can get the part. *fingers crossed* Trevor's beginning to think that his car was built on a Monday.
Now, if we're going to look on the positive side, at least the car died in the garage, and not out in Chilliwack...or at a store parking lot...or on the freeway. Isn't it great how we luck out like that? LOL.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
The renaissance year?
Talk about a month of changes! If someone were to tell me that the first month of 2008 was going to be as crazy as it has been I would been in disbelief. First and foremost, I'm a proud auntie. And I'm so thankful that our nephew is healthy and growing, and that my sister and her hubby are finally able to celebrate what they made (lol!). I can't wait to go and shake his little hand :).
On another note, things with work have been an absolute roller coaster this month. There were times I felt as though someone was purposely holding my head in the deep end to see if I would still come up for air at the end. Not happy times there, and I haven't been as stressed and angry as I was...well, ever I think. To make a long (LONG) story short, I'm no longer going to be involved with one of my big clients (that just happen to be family, go figure), and it's taken a couple of weeks to come to terms with it, and take that big box of rage and pack it up and move it to a dusty corner shelf in my head. Even though it wasn't my choice (although there were many times I wanted to jump ship and tell them where to go), I think it's one of the best things that could have happened, work-wise. I'm going to have a lot less stress, and a lot less grief -- which is a nice prospect (albeit without the cheque at the end of the day!).
I think of that saying 'when one door closes, another one opens' and I think that the person who said it was one smart cookie. Just when the dust was settling from all that, I've had one of my best clients come to me to do more work, possibly on a much more consistent basis. The great thing is that these are people who listen to me and respect what I have to say, which is a breath of fresh air...and makes me wonder why I put up with so much of the opposite in the past.
So that's where the renaissance part comes in, kind of a rebirth, a new motivation. Sure I still have some bitterness to work through, but that's where some space and time helps. But, I think it was a good kick in the bum to get some priorities sorted out and create a better balance.
On another note, (a more fun one) we have rearranged our big trip to Europe from this May to October now. There's a cruise in October that has a better itinerary than the one in May, plus there's some $avings. :) The new ports are in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia...and Tunisia (AFRICA!). lol! I never thought I would ever be able to say that I've been to Africa, but now I will be über-worldly. It's a nice thing to look forward to.
Phew, well that was all deep and enlightening of me. Self-therapy by blogging is the cheapest you know. :)
Bring on February!
On another note, things with work have been an absolute roller coaster this month. There were times I felt as though someone was purposely holding my head in the deep end to see if I would still come up for air at the end. Not happy times there, and I haven't been as stressed and angry as I was...well, ever I think. To make a long (LONG) story short, I'm no longer going to be involved with one of my big clients (that just happen to be family, go figure), and it's taken a couple of weeks to come to terms with it, and take that big box of rage and pack it up and move it to a dusty corner shelf in my head. Even though it wasn't my choice (although there were many times I wanted to jump ship and tell them where to go), I think it's one of the best things that could have happened, work-wise. I'm going to have a lot less stress, and a lot less grief -- which is a nice prospect (albeit without the cheque at the end of the day!).
I think of that saying 'when one door closes, another one opens' and I think that the person who said it was one smart cookie. Just when the dust was settling from all that, I've had one of my best clients come to me to do more work, possibly on a much more consistent basis. The great thing is that these are people who listen to me and respect what I have to say, which is a breath of fresh air...and makes me wonder why I put up with so much of the opposite in the past.
So that's where the renaissance part comes in, kind of a rebirth, a new motivation. Sure I still have some bitterness to work through, but that's where some space and time helps. But, I think it was a good kick in the bum to get some priorities sorted out and create a better balance.
On another note, (a more fun one) we have rearranged our big trip to Europe from this May to October now. There's a cruise in October that has a better itinerary than the one in May, plus there's some $avings. :) The new ports are in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia...and Tunisia (AFRICA!). lol! I never thought I would ever be able to say that I've been to Africa, but now I will be über-worldly. It's a nice thing to look forward to.
Phew, well that was all deep and enlightening of me. Self-therapy by blogging is the cheapest you know. :)
Bring on February!
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