Below are the 9 most recent journal entries recorded in angintoronto's LiveJournal:

Saturday, January 20th, 2007
12:14 pm	Better late than never.... New Year, new goals, new approaches to life.   I'm doing some housecleaning in my life. Getting rid of the rift raft.   K and I just hit our 8th yr. together. It feels soooo much longer. Not sure if that is good or bad. It is what it is though. We are as opposite as 2 people can be but strangely it works for US.   Instead of making lofty goals that I completely give up on, I'm making changes to make it an easier transition to meet those goals. Permanent changes. I realize that I have very little will power and discipline. Rather than allowing that to be an excuse every time I give up on something I'm actually making changes to my thinking and approach to those changes.   I feel good about 2007. I feel better about me in general. I have a long way to go but I am feeling that everything is achieveable. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 2nd, 2006
7:41 pm	I am reluctantly becoming a handy woman. In the last 2 days I have: -pulled off all the trim in my kitchen. I actually bought a five piece wrecking set to do the job. It came with a 12 and 24" pry bar, 13" flat bar and 18" wrecking bar. I had to look at the box for the actual name of these tools as I kept referring to them as thingies. It took me about 2 hours to do. I had to hammer out the nails from the trim because the garbage guys won't take it. More work for me. pfft. -mowed the front and back lawn. I bought a lawnmower about a month ago. I thought it would be a good time to use it since we are headed into fall season and the grass is reaching jungle proportions. A word to the wise...don't cut your grass with the lawnmower if it is wet. just saying. -carried out 2 tvs and 2 microwaves to the front lawn.  -put 2 new locks on the garage door.  -refastened the bathroom cupboard door. Had to put wood putty on first and then drill new holes. Our house requires so much work. I'm attempting to try and do at least 4-5 little jobs a  week. Old houses are a pain in the ass to upkeep.  I"m not handy at all. Neither is my partner. She's a great cook and actually enjoys doing laundry but to try and get her to pick up a power tool, forget it. I'm more or less forced to do it. We hire people to do the big jobs but I feel that I should at least attempt the small jobs. We'll see how long that lasts. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
7:30 pm	mellow yellow jean jacket with faded dying rose yellow blouse a sunny bright yellow skirt pukey yellow tube socks and my favourite part...blinding dazzling yellow crocs. This is what one of my annoying co-workers was wearing yesterday.  I pinkie swear it.  Apparently I missed the memo that said it was dress like Big Bird day. I'm all for matching your shoes with your jacket/shirt but methinks she went just a tad overboard. The fact that I even noticed what she was wearing is truly a miracle because I tend not to notice anything.  It took me 2 weeks to notice that my bestest co-worker friend changed her hair colour (from blondish to dark brown).  It just dawned on me one day that she looked different. She smacked me acrossed the head when she realized I was serious about not noticing before. oh well, I'm working on colour coordinating an outfit. I'm not sure  I can top my annoying co-worker but I shall try my best. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
6:13 pm	Is it wrong to want to buy my wee guy one of these? bling bling I almost bought one last week at some doggie boutique but they were asking over $30.00. How can I possibly resist now at such a low price. ebay is evil. Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Monday, September 25th, 2006
7:49 pm	Vacation blues I just came back from a 7 day cruise in the Eastern Caribbean. I now need a vacation from my vacation. The relaxing cruise turned into a 'I had to do everything that the cruise ship offered'. I was up at the crack of dawn and went to bed in the wee hours of the night. Damn party on the sea. Far too much to do and so little time to do it all in. I had a fabulous time though and if I wasn't so drained from all the fun I'd show much more enthusiasm. hard life i lead. On a side note, I realize that only 1 or 2 people will read this so I"ll be going on a recruiting spree. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, March 24th, 2006
7:18 pm	I need a break from reality. Time is flying by and I cannot keep up. Where is the pause button? My life is a blur. I'm on a repetitive pattern and I need to break it. I need a mental holiday. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, December 9th, 2005
9:19 am	Trying to be a good Samaritan My 2 attempts at being a good samaritan yesterday: I was patronizing the local Walmart when I was approached by a woman carrying what looked like a cake pan. She waved the pan in my face asking if I knew if it could be used for a pound cake. I gave her that blank look stare hoping she would understand that she is wasting her time asking me anything to do with baking. It didn't work. She asked again. A pound cake? I told her I think pound cakes are made with oblong pans. I used my hands of course to describe said pan. Her turn for the blank look stare. I repeated myself. Oblong pan for the pound cake, I think. No, she says, I want to make a cake that weighs a pound. Ok, so now I'm not caring at all. My mind has already turned off because I don't know anything about pans or baking or cakes. Just that I like to eat them (i mean the cakes of course). Apparently my description of the oblong pan wasn't working. I looked at her and gave her the shoulder shrug. I told her I only knew about the pound cake made in the oblong pans. I gave it my best. I told her good luck and walked away. Is there such a pan? I'll have to ask K. 2nd situation: I was driving along the road and came to a light. I hear a car honk their horn. I generally never look to see who it was because naturally I feel they are not honking at me. I happen to turn to look at the car to my left and the guy in the front seat had his window rolled down. In this cold weather I could only assume he had a question for me so I rolled down my window. He asked which way the highway was. They were in the left turn lane so I assume they wanted to make sure before they took that route. I told him go south. He nodded. I realized then I didn't know what street I was on. I asked him. He told me Sheppard. Yep, then, you head south. He just shook his head. He must of been thinking I'm taking directions from someone that doesn't even know what street they are on. South was the correct way to the highway. Twice in one day. Pay it forward folks, pay it forward. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 8th, 2005
5:50 pm	The other half Last week my partner received her 2 week lay off notice. I've never seen anyone so excited about being laid off. Granted she has known that it was going to happen for the last 7 months but come on, she was literally jumping for joy. She even sent out a mass mailing to celebrate. I even believe she spent the better part of last night trying to set up a celebration dinner with some close friends. We are very different people, her and I. I suppose it is a nice time to be off. Christmas time can get very hectic around here. We'll actually get to spend some time together in the month of December. As it stands right now, K and I, if we are lucky, have 2 days a month where we can spend the day together. I suppose all that will change now. The dog will be the happiest. He will love that his favourite mommy is home all the time now. Wow, she'll be home ALL the time now. I'll have my own little housebutch. Lucky me! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
11:20 am	Out of lurk mode I've been surfing livejournal for awhile now and decided it was time to jump in and actually participate. I tend to lurk on most sites. I often don't post. I'm not exactly sure why. I think it is perhaps that I am just too lazy to do so. Things are a changing though. I need to work on creating a friend list. No point in posting away if no one is going to read it. See, this is already turning into too much work :) (2 Comments |Comment on this)