last night's dinner

last night jason and i managed to pull off a pretty decent toad in the hole....mum's recipe...thanks mum. i'd make it again.

yuummmm...


:)

this is why will miss frankie

here's an awesome example of frankie's spirit....lindyfest 2008



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RIP Frankie Manning

frankie manning...the grandfather of lindyhop and the inventor of the very first arial move at the savoy ballroom, died early this morning, just a month shy of his big 95th birthday bash. he was a huge inspiration to all lindyhoppers including myself and will be sadly missed

http://www.frankiemanning.com/bio.php

my favorite memorys with frankie was always storytime....
http://domesticallydisabled-cantbe.blogspot.com/search?q=frankie

we love you frankie...may you be dancing forever in the stars....

:)

the ani kyd blues experience

tonight ani was playing with her new band at chopper's dinner. they have a blues jam every sunday night now. it had a pretty good turn out for a cold and rainy sunday, partly b/c of a nice little blurb and pic in the georgia straight.


:)

happy birthday wade and danielle

yesterday night was wade and danielle's annual birthday bash at boneta. this year was a big one for wade....big 4 0!! way to go wade!

wade, his sister and friend sara. i had to put this pic up b/c wade is smiling. he never smiles in photos...


:)

what's in a dream...?

the other night i had a dream....or a nightmare...not sure which.

i've been off work for almost 2 weeks and i'm still having stress dreams about it. in this one i dreamt that i went back to work because i needed to pick up dog shit! seriously...that what i dreamt!! that's gotta mean something....

:)

happy easter!

it was a full day today starting with the easter bunny visit.

then after a great breaky of eggs and chocolate we braved the rain and headed to the antique car easter parade. i usually find easter parades pretty lame...but the idea of having a bunch of old cars ride by was a good one for sure.

a 1929 fire engine lead the parade with the easter bunny. apparently new westminster used this truck up until 1960... unbelievable!!


line up of cars on columbia st






before the parade started we entertained ourselves drinking our london fog lattes and watching cars being towed off of columbia st. it looks like someone messed up and didn't put up the event signs. they were hauling away car ofter car. not sure there allowed to do that....hmmm....


this was my favorite car of the day, and vauxhal victor


later in the day we went on a nice walk by city hall and fed the ducks and squirrels then headed home for an awesome lamb dinner :):)


:)

i'm free!!!!

today was the last day for me on supernatural season 4!!! it's a beautiful day :):):)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM :)

i was looking threw my photos tonight with jason and the kids....we were looking for a nice picture to put up in celebration of mum's birthday.

we came across this one and owen thought i should put it up....so sorry mum....i'm blaming this on a 6yr old's sense of humour


hope it was a wonderful day!!!

:)

opening day

opening day for the new west little league was today and what a nice day we had for it.

owen, liam, coach kelly ;) and team mates getting ready to go on the field


it seems were there are trees...there are little boys climbing them....





:)

happy spring!!

today was the first day of spring....


also here's a progress report on the computer centre. jason installed a fancy swing arm for the key board. here he is giving a demonstration...



:)

creating space.....

we have lots of plans for our little apt...and some are already on there way to fruition.

here jason's making this little computer centre...making use of a seemingly useless space...


looking good
:)

after a short hiatus....

...i'm back!

life had just gotten too busy the last while with the move an' all. but i'm unpacked...sort of. hopefully i'll get back on track now.

last night we celebrated st patty's day with a guinness at the local. jason wore his kelly's beer and brawn tshirt i bought him. thought it was appropriate since his last name is kelly.


here are my new glasses....yes i said glasses....i'm officially old ;)


:)

count down begins...

less than one week 'till my big move to new west!!! now, i got lots ta do...and in case anyone's wondering....it's move # 29!

:)

more hazards on the Coquihalla

for the last few days jason’s been fixing his car. he took 3 days holiday time and is held up in his friend Jim's garage putting a new transmission in...among other things. the poor old thing got hit by something that put a big hole in it when he was on the Coquihalla sunday.

the old tranny...


another mishap this last weekend. his door handle froze then snapped off in britten creek. next thing on the list to fix


jason and liam taking a break...


jim has a nice garage....he also has a huge collection of hot wheels and some fancy looking tools in there


:)

family day update

apparently the BC government thinks we can't afford a holiday....

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080215/BC_family_day_080215?s_name=&no_ads=

think BC is hard done by....what's going on in nova scotia? they only have 5 stats a year! that can't be right.

:)

everyone should get a holiday...

did you know that it’s family day today in alberta, ontario and saskatchewan? it’s also presidents day down in the US. what about the rest of us poor slobs? we should get a holiday too.

oh well...i’m off sick today anyway...i can’t believe how sick i am...flu i guess...not fun and worrisome since i really need to be getting ready for my move.

some good news to report today....we're doing a season 5...and the studio's not moving!! so that means when i move to jason's i'll be doing a 5 min commute for at least a year!! good news indeed.

ok..i'm gonna put another ice pack on my head...it actually helps.

:)

happy valentine's day!!!

i hope everyone's having a nice valentine's day.

tonight i'll go for dinner with jason at la bodega in yaletown. spanish tapas...yummy. i'll be looking forward to it after a day of packing. it'll be an early night b/c i've come down with a terrible cold...oh well.

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have you seen these?

flying barstools....
http://www.flyingbarstools.com/flyingbarstools/index.shtml

and cooler croozers...
http://www.flyingbarstools.com/CoolerCroozer/index.shtml

apparently theve been around for a a while....first i ever heard of them. big with the redneck crowd i guess.

:)

january 30th 2009...

I have the hugest urge to write tonight.it just came over me while in a nice relaxing lavender Epson salts bath.

not sure why.I can't Jason's computer to work right now and I can't find any paper in his house...so I'm tapping this out on my blackberry

I'm waiting for them....them being Jason and his kids (Liam and Owen)... from what has turned into their bi-weekly drive to hope and back for seemingly no reason.

Jason piles them into his 91 jetta....a shit box really....cracks in the window...juice box stuffed into the air intake valve, fresh dent in the back from last week’s rear endender. the front grill zap zapped strapped on and his headliner in his bedroom. at almost 400k this car is a real mess. But he loves it....and his is in the process of fixing it up....give him that if your judging. At least he knows how to fix his own car. A thing I was very glad of on that snowy boxing day when he pulled a McGiver on the side of highway 1. somewhere between hope and Vancouver... He stuffed the juice box in and a piece of wood in the grill....and off we went.

So I guess your wondering why he goes to hope for no reason....sounds kind of foolish...and it is...his ex Michelle is suppose to meet them there every other weekend...but bc she's basically, for lack of a better word.... insaine....she doesn't always show. The court says he has to go...so he does...and so it goes.

And here I am....writing, hanging out...hoping Jason's computer goes back on...eating a chicken and mash potato sandwhich...which is surprisingly good actually...and Listening 80s tunes on the TV radio station....the headpins.."don't it make ya feel"....hmmm....not so good ;)

:)

shepard fairey

i have a couple of signed limited addition prints by shepard fairey...wonder if they've gone up in value.....?



:)

January = Busy

busy busy busy.....

sorry my post have be few and far between....and sorta lame of late.

i have lots of stuff on the go this month.

tax deadline...yes i'm late again surprise! ;) also i'm downsizing....by quite a bit...trying to get ride of stuff i don't need or want. the plan is to move to new west with my man jason and his wee men owen and liam march 1st. i have alot of crap...and his place is pretty small so we'll see how i do.

i've also been looking at cars i've had it with the blind spots and back aches i get from my element and thinking of trading in. probably won't happen until my hiatus...but it take a long time to do test drives etc....so i fugure i should start now.

we shall see how it all on folds....

:)

a different take on sushi

thought this was funny....



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cool stuff

thought this was kinda cool....



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charlie has a new fan

i've been taking charlie to a new day care in new west when i stay at jason's. i guess the photographer they use took a shine to her.


check out her blog at...
http://off-leash.ca/blog/?feed=rss2

:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

.....2009

where's the time go?

anyway, i've been frantically getting rid of stuff in the last few days. a new years clean out i suppose. trying to get rid of all the clothes and stuff i don't want. there's alot....i have 4 bags for salvation army...at least two for consignment and there's more. thats just the winter stuff!! eeekkk

this will obviously continue into the new year...

:)

hope everyone had a merry xmas!

i know i did....one of the best i've had in awhile. :)

here's the charlie box jason made me for my vespa. pretty awesome...


the aftermath of gift opening


jason puting the gifts under the tree xmas eve


the stocking all ready to go


...and now it's the post xmas chill. which is the best part really.

:)

it's 3 days till christmas....

.....and we have snow and lots of it!! it may just be a white one :)


it was a great day for christmas shopping today. the snow scared all the vancouverites in doors. i got lots done.

:)

i can't be good all the time...

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goodbye jazz.....

jazz went to fight with chloe in kitty heaven last thurday night...it was time...

the place feels wierd with no cats. makes me miss chloe a bit more too....those guys were connected in my mind i think.

:)

i have to say....

poor old jazz is on her last legs. turns out she does have cancer...on her face. the doctor says it's a fast spreading one. i looks a bit bigger every day. i'm just watching her to see how she is everyday.

day by day :(

:)

4 more days of work!!

:):)

friday's the last day before xmas hiatus!!! whoooo hoooooo!!!!

ok.....now i have to come down from the sugar and caffine high i have from drinking a cane cola...so i can go to bed.

:)

more xmas events....and snow...yes snow! :)

yes a little snow graced us this weekend and as usual the people of vancouver are acting like they've never seen any before....

i love it. :) makes puts me in a very xmas-y frame of mind.


also this weekend was the worse scooter rally ever club's xmas party. jason had his kids so i went on my own. it was a fairly tame party for the scooter gang...but fun never the less.




elves rob and mike keeping it real with hip hop santa kahuna


:)

it's starting to look a lot like christmas....

except for the snow that is....we ARE in vancouver after all.


the dogs helping decorate the tree....


it wasn't all xmas stuff this weekend. jason i managed to have a nice dinner at zakkushi...my favourite japanese restaurant in town. did a little shopping...droped by jim cumming art show. jason bought a nice little piece. sorry...i forgot to take a picture. stay tuned on that one




sunday we drove to pick up the kids at his ex’s grandmas place in langley. we had missed the xmas parade that day but were treated to our own parade on the 99. i guess the floats were going “home” ....



looks like it's going to be a nice christmas....

:)

low key is the word

fairly low key weekend really.... especially for a long weekend...but that was the plan.

i took this weekend as a catch up on life's stuff as well as relax a little.

got lots done....which makes me feels better. lots more to do...but at least it doesn't all seem so impossible. that's the main thing really.

now i'm making myself a nice little lamb chop and lentil dinner. yummmm...

fyi...i still have no results on jazz. they will get the biopsy results on tues. so more on that later.

:)

gotta love a handy man ;)

since i had the day off today for american thanksgiving. thought i'd take the opportunity to visit jay at work. kinda nice to get to see where he spends his days.



:)

jazz update....

jazz had her operation, which went well...but sadly it looks like she may have kidney failure...maybe even cancer. nothings for sure yet. i will no more in a few days.

:( poor jazzykins

:)

jazzykins goes to the vet

poor old jazz had to go to the vet tonight...and let me tell you....she was super unhappy about it! bit and scratched the vet.
it looks like she might have an infected tooth that's causing an abscess.

lets face it...jazz is old. i'm not sure how old...lost track along time ago. i figure she's about 17....that's my best guess. she doesn't really clean herself so much anymore...so she smells pretty bad. she crys at 6am everyday to be fed...even though i feed her in the evening. i think she may be senile. also...she doesn't always make it to the kitty litter...so i have to put down puppy pads all around it. a bit of a pain....but oh well...that's what you do when your cats old.


anyway because she's so old they will do a blood test first to see if she is healthy enough to have it operated on. i'll find out tomorrow....


keep your fingers crossed for the old gal...

:)

eating toast

it's a beautiful crisp fall day in vancouver and i'm at home in my robe listening to the blues and eating toast...

it's a wonderful thing. :)

now i'm off to ani's for some tea and let the doggies play

:)

finally a moment....

finally have a lull in a very busy...very stressful week.

work has been insane. a pace i just don’t feel i can keep up. then when the weekend comes and i have a million and one things to catch up on.

oh boy...

next week thank good...is a short 3-dayer for me. we have thursday and friday off for american thanksgiving. i’ll be a catch up weekend for sure.

:)

go ani!!

ani's home...and we're all glad for it!! :)

ani's on the mend :)

had my daily visit with ani at the hospital and she's seems alot better!! tubes are gone...she was out of bed...walking around w/ a smile on her face. :)

doctors say she might be able to go home tomorrow or the next day....yippie!!!

:)

get better dear ani....

ani's back in the hospital.

last night i went for a little visit with her and ended up taking her to emerg. she didn't want to go...but she had to.

more later....

pumpkins and all things halloween :)

here are some halloween pics for ya....














:)

the ani update...

ani had her surgery the day before yesterday and is on the slow road to recovery. she's most likely going to be in the hospital for 4 more days to a week.

speedy recovery ani oxoxox

:)