Little update

Several things:

Nova Scotia - I learned yesterday that the @%&*! doctor's office that did my medical exam on APRIL 6TH, didn't mail it to Candadian Immigration till APRIL 25TH!! I told them that it needed to reach the Canadian consulate within 30 days of my application (made on April 2nd). So I ask myself...



So, on the advice of the attorney, I have faxed an explanation to the consulate. Let's all cross our fingers.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch - Easel got tagged to run in the 4 X 400 at her meet yesterday. After taking 2 minutes to learn how to pass and receive the baton, she ran in the third slot on her team. They didn't win that event but they won the meet overall. Yea!

Seems like the prom was big fun. Rake looked beautiful and I hope to get some pics out to the family. Maybe we'll upload them tonight. (?) She came home around 10am Sunday - they have a supervised post-prom event that goes till 5 or 6, then she and some friends had a sunrise picnic - and slept for about 5 hours. Then more rehearsals for the musical.


The BACH society concert is this weekend and I heard our folks rehearsing yesterday. Sandbox sounds lovely. He's decided to test for his bronze medal this June. Should be a piece of cake for him. He's an excellent sight reader and has a terrific ear. And the voice is angelic.

grumpy

Seems like a lot of you blog on the weekdays and take the weekends off. I, however, find that Saturday is a good day to sit down with the computer and post something without worrying that I am taking too much time away from the scalps that always await the busy phrenologist.

Rake is off to get ready for the prom. Or as she reminds me, "just prom, not ~the~ prom." OK. We get to go over at 6:15 and take pictures of her and the others she's going with to dinner. She told me she has been waiting for this big weekend, then she'll blog about it. So next week, check out www.creativebrick.blogspot.com.

Polio has been packing up his room and Sandbox has been hanging around waiting for a chance to have some Polio time to himself. Easel had a track meet today. She's pissed cuz she thinks she had the best distances in both events but got second place. I don't know why they had some girl from a rival school helping document the results either. Mmm...

For those who don't know, I am really bummed these days. The stinkin' work permit is taking forever and this whole process has taken a financial and emotional toll on most of us. Gas prices are going up. We had the clutch worked on last week. I mean, glad we got to do it before it went out on the drive to NS or something, but lousy timing. Allergies, packing, constant questions about when I am actually leaving are combining to make me a grump.


harumph.

My pirate name is:

Captain Bess Kidd

Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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I'm kinda boring as a pirate. Guess I'll stick to phrenology and the mesmer. Nevertheless, thanks Q - I like quizzes.

Question of the Day

If you were an idiot savant, what would you want you special talent to be?

I'm in Trouble Now!

This blog stuff is addicting. I'm not really into random searching for things. Instead, I like to check out those who comment here and on my brother's, click on blogs they've said they like, and so on, and so on ...

And now look what I've found

http://2007.bloggies.com/

- a whole bunch of new ones to check out! I may never come up for air!

Something strange is afoot on I-74

On the way to work this morning, I saw a semi bearing the logo for York Casket Company barrelling down the highway. This is like the fourth casket truck I've seen in less than a week. They've all been heading east. They've all been driving fast. What's your theory?

p.s. I don't know yet how to put photos on here but, in trying to find something relevent, I found funeraldepot.com. Check it out. Also the button at the bottom of my computer screen says,
"caskets - Yahoo!"

Boundaries

People who annoy the crap out of me because they share their personal stuff with the whole world despite its inappropriate content or mind-numbing boringness, or said person's obnoxious voice or the fact that the whole world is not interested and is doing other things:

• grocery store bag boy chatting with another bag boy about some chick they hate
• toothless lady on her cell phone at Goodwill
• loud people on the bus
• large girl planning her wedding at Borders Cafe hyped up on bridal magazines and coffee
• bad parents giving out parenting advice in our waiting room
• recently hired co-worker sharing the woes of dating a guy with a micropenis
• anyone who wants to tell me about their love of NASCAR
• Britney Spears

My 19-yr old son has warned me not to become a "blog ho." Is that one who will read anyone's blog indiscriminately or one who writes a lot? I am discriminating when it comes to reading them. There's so much to choose from, why waste my time on people's boring online journals and blather? Writing a lot myself? We'll see. . .

Sitting here watching the Oscars. Love the comedians' lament, Forrest Whitaker's speech, and Gwyneth Paltrow's dress. Ellen rocks by the way. Helen Mirren is beautiful and Clooney is freakin' hot. Can we just retire Jack Nicholson? Why is he there handing out the Oscar for Best Picture? He must have dirt on a bunch of people. Diane Keaton sure looks good though. "Bout time Pilobolus got on TV! Gawd, remember when Debbie Allen used to choreograph those tired dance numbers to all the nominated songs? We've come a long way baby.

The 15 yr old wants to go to NYU film school. That's before she heard it mentioned on the show tonight too. I think it would be awesome. She promised to thank me when she wins her own statuette. You heard it here.