"dude you update less than i do"

words from gish, encouraging me to blah blah blah... even though she texts me at ungodly hours and i talk to her almost everyday...

well to be fair, i do that to people too.

i'm sitting at my desk at the bright and early hour of 0830, hgtv is on in the background, i have my coffee and cigarette and the dogs have been out.

day off.

i'm feeling guilty about not going to see dad and debbie as frequent as i did when she was in the hospital. i always feel selfish for some reason when i have time off and plan to do nothing with it.

i do the regular mundane chores around the house, which make me feel productive. sometimes i just walk the dogs or read a book and feel completely satiated. i like my alone time.

i especially like mornings like this when the sky is overcast and there is a smell of imminent rain.. that's when i like sitting in my comfy chair sipping coffee the best. my living room is really cozy and gives me a feeling of home. it's comforting.

i spent the weekend with ross in ottawa. it rained on saturday but we ventured downtown to a few comic book shops, and even attempted the rideau centre... both ross and i get agitated around crowds, so once i found out that sephora didn't carry my now favourite thing (carol's daughter - hair milk) we left.

i urged ross to go to ikea so we could get him a bistro table and chairs for his balcony and he reluctantly agreed... again, crowds aplenty. we found what we wanted quickly and he even bought a glass display for his living room and returned home.

sunday was cool, but no rain so we went to the dog park. the girls had a great time as always and so did we. i love taking them out on the trails... no matter what city i'm in, i don't think i would grow tired of either places.

monday i spent the day playing wii while ross worked, and then he took me out to dinner.

tuesday i worked, and now i sit here blah blah blah'ing

so that sums up my week pretty well.

ok i got hair pics... i'm trying to grow my hair out, so i figured i'd take a couple of pics along the way...

i look horrible but whatever.

i'm being hassled to update. so here goes...

not much to say!! surprise surprise... with facebook and text messaging blogging seems to be passe. it's not as fun as it used to be when i only talked to people occasionally and had fun and exciting stuff to write about. i've fallen into a pretty mundane routine.. not that i don't enjoy it, i truly do. i love nothing better than curling up and reading a book or taking the dogs for a walk, just not sure i want to write about it all the time.

not many hours at work right now, hopefully things start to pick up.

i am excited about an upcoming camping trip with ross's family in june. his parents have a hunting camp aka: bare essentials to survive the wilderness in trois rivieres quebec. we're all going up mid june for a weekend. his parents keep telling me "its nothing much" but i've never been the high maintenance kind of girl, so i can deal with squatting in the bush, and not bathing for two days.... that's what baby wipes were invented for!

i'll be going for another long walk with the dogs today on the new trails we've found. we went for another 2 hour jaunt yesterday and the dogs are eating it up. stella especially since she can roam around off leash. gracie isn't so lucky because she takes off like a bat out of hell and doesn't come back. she's done this to me twice and i'll be damned if there'll be a third time.

so other than laundry and getting a few food items at the grocery store, my two days off will probably consist of me reading, playing scrabble on facebook and updating my twitter...


gracie, she's so fucking cute i can't stand it



the girls going for a swim

and with that, i'm outta here!

My Carol's Daughter package is already here!! well, not in my hands yet, but ups was here yesterday to deliver it while i was at work, so they will be dropping it off today.... hopefully before 2pm

i'm excited!!

Trying to get in the mood to clean...

so far, not much luck. so i'm wasting time on twitter and attempting to update my blog and not be in a shitty mood.

i'm also going crazy because i'm trying to grow my hair out.... ordered some hair products from carol's daughter online.. maybe it will help my dried out curls and i won't have to use gel anymore! if it can nourish a black woman's hair, maybe i'll have some luck with it.

my bangs now touch my nose, and i don't have anymore spikes.... bring on the afro! we'll see how long i can hold out.

other than that, i have the day off, and i'm back on evenings tomorrow through to monday.

been on the go for the last couple of weeks. many trips to see ross, and we had my nephew last weekend while ross and isaiah were down for a visit.

just got back from ottawa this morning and now i'm on a stretch of evenings until monday....

not sure if it's the weather or if i'm pms'ing... but i'm pretty down the last couple of days.

hopefully i cheer the fuck up before i can't stand being around myself.

oh, best comeback of the week:

old hag to me: "with a dog that big, you BETTER have it on a leash!"

me to old hag: "ya? and with a mouth that big, you should wear a MUZZLE!"

ignorant bitch. she's lucky i didn't bite her.

It's been a few days since adopting Gracie, and so far so good. Stella and Gracie have been getting along, no accidents, no chewing... thumbs up in my book.

They came with me yesterday to see my Dad and his dog Max and everyone got along. I'm not letting Gracie off the leash yet, because beagles are known for running, and until I can trust her like i trust Stella, she's leashbound.

I worked a 12 hour day on saturday and heard from my superintendent that they were well behaved and quiet. Of course i came home at lunch to let them out, and I'll be anxious to see how they do tonight when i work 3-11, and can't come home to let them out for a pee break.

I guess i'll be worried about them for the first little while, but for now, they seem to be adjusting well.

Easter weekend is coming up and i'll be leaving for Ottawa to spend it with Ross probably thursday. dad already said he didn't have any plans for making supper so i won't feel guilty running off and not spending the weekend with him and debbie.

anyhow, time to get ready for work. the rain has let off for a little while, so i better use the time wisely and take the dogs for a little jaunt.