wendykh

Halloween Q

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:49:27 GMT

So every year Halloween is on a Sunday, we hear about people wanting to move it. Sometimes it is indeed moved, by city ordinance even.

But here's my question.

If Halloween is something one doesn't feel comfortable celebrating on a Sunday due to Christian Issues... why would you feel comfortable celebrating Halloween at ALL?

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Wolverine

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:40:39 GMT

I'm supposed to be writing a report RIGHT NOW on wolverines, that is due TONIGHT and which I must do now before a dinner I have to go to and before we head out of town for the weekend.

I am bringing procrastination to a new level.

By Wolverine, I mean the cousin of the weasels (it technically is a weasel) and not the hot X-Men character nor the Michigan mascot. I need to write about it.

Once you have photos, video or audio, please include a 500 word written text describing your selected species and the adaptive strategies they employ and discuss what you have learned through your examination. Please properly reference any material that you have sourced.

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today is going to be awesome!

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:14:30 GMT

it's bright and sunny out (which means we can go exercise!) and I get to watch K-State and the Leafs get their asses kicked on the same day by my respective hometown teams! Now if only I can find a tv channel here showing the football game...

Also, today would be my mama colleague Katie's son Henry's 19th birthday. In celebration we're doing random acts of kindness. On my walk today I will say hello to every single homeless person I see, and at least today I will not walk quickly by and pretend I do not see someone down and out on their luck. Happy Birthday Henry.

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Meh Day

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:00:26 GMT

I had a really draining stupid discussion with Pat last night and a not much better night and nothing better this morning either. This bookshelf next to me which is reminiscent of something out of Hoarders is going to feel the brunt of my grumpiness today. Much will be purged. I would throw the entire shelf out as is I think if I could but I'm sure there's some sort of important paper in there somewhere.

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I guess it's a good sign

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:37:24 GMT

you know your diet must have seriously improved when eating McD's at 4am because it's the only cheap and quick option available causes unending gastro-intestinal drama the next day, worse drama than you've ever had from even the worst hangover. Ugh.

Want Salad.

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sports

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:14:51 GMT

So baseball season ended (they got knocked out of the playoffs in round 2).

Due to enjoying physical fitness my husband has now joined a dodgeball league. I had no idea grownups played dodgeball. I mean I knew they did pick up games but LEAGUES? Really?

Fascinating.

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giggles

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:45:35 GMT

CJ really likes to shower with Pat in the mornings now. If I don't wash him at night, which sometimes happens due to him rearranging his sleep schedule lately, we make sure to pop him in with Daddy in the morning.

This morning I heard him whining a bit and sounding upset, and Pat apologizing. I went in with the towel and asked if he was ready to get out. He was and Pat explained CJ didn't like having his hair rinsed and getting some suds in his eyes. I was a bit confused by this until Pat handed my my baby and I took a whiff of him.

Hee hee. He'd washed the baby with grownup soap. So my baby boy smells like that grownup man clean smell today LOL! It makes me giggle every time I smell his hair.

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BLOWOUT

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:10:49 GMT

So ever since we got the car back in May, and even before actually, I was all "man this car has shit tires, this car needs new tires." But I didn't insist and I kept meaning to go look (I could feel they were shit from driving) and I never got around to it.

So tonight I drop Pat and his good buddy Chris off at their baseball game (they're in round 2, game 1 of the playoffs) and go pick up the Junior from his Day with Grandma. We head home and about 10 minutes into the 30 minute drive home I hear this awful noise and my left front just drops about several inches and OW the noise and holy crap SPARKS and oh shit clearly I've blown a tire.

I am in the far left lane on the 40 between St. Charles and St. Jean, for you locals. Yeah I got the Loblaws on the right and Petro Canada on my left. I try to steer right knowing if I can get over it's safer but a glance in my rear view says "un uh" and the steering wheel isn't cooperating anyway. I pull to the left and get on the left shoulder, the median.

In retrospect this was actually probably technically safer since that shoulder exposed the (unoccupied) passenger side to traffic as opposed to the (occupied) driver's side. CJ sits right behind the driver.

I breathed for a minute and composed myself, then looked around for the towing signs where they tell you who to call and it depends where you are. I see none, and then I remember I have no cash anyway. Pat is not going to answer, his baseball uniform has no pants pockets so he has no cell phone. I call my in laws and my mother in law sends my father in law.

But there was something lost in translation. They somehow couldn't fathom I was RIGHT IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF A HUGE ASS BUSY 6-8 LANE HIGHWAY. So he drove by my 3-4 times looking for me on the right shoulder.

Finally he found me and told me to stay put while he changed my tire.

A tow truck showed up just to check on us and make sure we were okay. He stayed to make sure all was well. A second tow truck showed up since there were two parked cars and only one truck. This ended up being a good thing as one truck blocked traffic and the other helped me and FIL out after we (he) was done with the tire changing.

What a scary dramatic night!

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Sad

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:24:13 GMT

This is really sad. A dog was shot by a trigger happy cowboy cop for NO reason at an adoption event in front of thousands of people in DC.

http://community.livejournal.com/allthingsdog/607779.html

I hate cops.

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Oh yeah, and this is what I've been up to

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:18:19 GMT

http://montrealtattoo.dreamwidth.org/

:-)

Yes, I have exactly one entry. I have more in mind. And I wanted you all to come see it first!

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I decided to come over here

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:12:55 GMT

the facebook/twitter drama option on private protected entries was my last straw with LJ. I'll be deleting that entire journal shortly.

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