The case of the missing post

This is very odd...I lost a post. I created a new post last night and once i edited it and saved, the previous post went POOF! Anyone ever have that happen before?

Well not a lot to report here. Mister Christmas and I plan on spending a quiet weekend doing nothing as he has worked his butt off this past week and I just want to spend two days in a row relaxing. That means no cleaning. Lets see how long that plan lasts!

We had 5 hours of training today at work. It is a course we are taking for 5 weeks in order to be certified. Imagine that, certified to do a job that you have been doing for almost 5 years:) After the training I had to create a report for my client then made arrangements to leave work early as I had to make it to the license bureau before it closed as well as the pool to buy my membership. Yes, I did it! I bought the membership and will start swimming at 6:30am Monday morning. Its been almost a year since I swam there, so no doubt I will be sore afterwards. But I need to do this. I need to get active so I wont be feeling so lethargic.

So...the disappearing post. I cant remember what was said in it...only that I wanted to name my tree for my friend Shayne. Maybe U2 could name their next Cd the Snoshi-wah Tree!

Tomorrow is Friday!!!

and a payday friday to boot:) well, i just need to pay a few bills and i will be broke again.
so since bryce and dorrie left, the cats have been celebrating their freedom. billy bought them a few new tiys and a new scratched board with catnip. here is a picture i took last weekend of jethro and emmy 'playing?'

jethro is almost as wide as he is long now...guess he takes after the rest of the family:)

Billy took me for a drive on Sunday and I made him pull over so I could jump out and take this picture of a scarey old abandonded house. the blue sky behind acentuates its beautiful old features.

For some reason, we have been having awesome sunrises and sunsets this month. I realize that they are just poluted air, but they sure do brighten things up on a bleak winter evening: (all 3 of these pictures were taken from the same spot, 10 mins apart)



Im toying with the idea of going to see Tom Green next week at the elixir. Maybe I will get lucky and win tickets.
Ok...lets bring on FRYDAY!!!!!

Im coming back here

As part of an experiment...Im coming back here to try something:

(i cut and pasted the rest of this post from the new site that will not allow me to cut and paste):
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I Cant believe that a 1 nasty piece of spyware took my system down! Well, maybe 200+ pieces of spyware....and a downloaded backgammon game that allowed access to every file and operating system registry file it wanted. Regardless...I now know how to do a full backup and reinstall of my programs and device drivers. Damn...I spent the majority of today on the phone to Dell but now its all good and my life can return to normal!

Due to the fact that I had to take today off as New Years Day fell on my regular day off, I thought that I could afford to go out on Thursday night to see James McKenty and the Spades at the ELIXIR. What a wise choice that was:) This three-man band has an undeniable bond that was obvious from the time they hit the stage. They studied each others movements and moved together like the three were one. Winchesters smile and the boyish grin on Chachi's face only seemed to compliment the pride worn by James throughout the show.




I think my resolution this year should be to attend more local shows. Live music has a way of making you feel good for days on end. What a cheap high:)
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Alright.....I like this site better...I can cut and paste in here. Yes for anyone who has never tried to set up a blog, you will think Im insane...anyone who has tried to do things they are not intellectually capable of, will understand.

So Im staying here...it works better and I know how to cut and paste pictures over here:)

Half way through january my friends...and 125 days till May 24 weekend:)

Werd

Catx has left this BlogSite!

As I have explained on my new blog.....which you will probably read there....

http://catfrombath2006.blogspot.com/

I will leave this one up as it has lots of pretty pictures but they are large and people with dialup want to kill me! I am starting the new site with smaller images and (hopefully) less of them.

Lets see how long they will leave this free site up without any traffic:)

Cat

My laptop is on a holiday now...

And I miss it terribly! My house is getting clean and stuff is getting done around here.

Well, I think I need to go back and add some pictures to my last post as it looks so bare without cooler! I would add pics to this entry but I cant find my friggin usb cord for my camera. i have a feeling it just went back to Stratford with Bryce. Now i have to buy a new one or just buy a new camera and get a new cord for free. (think i can justify that?)

Well, best be getting back to cleanin da house before my hubby gets home:)

Happy New year everyone...looks like i may be sitting at home for the night, watching the hockey game! WOOT!

Here is a picture of Bryce and Dorrie at our friend Sue and Johns house on Christmas Eve:)

And now its boxing day ...

Yesterday went by in a blur. We went out to a friends house on Saturday night for a fondue...didnt get home till 2am on christmas morning. Then I had to get up at 8 and go pick my brother and his fiancee up. After they packed up my car with gifts and food and stuff, off we went to grannies house. Bills Mom actually, she was coming for breakfast and gift-ripping.!Then back home by 10:30. We tore through the gifts in record time then had a quick bite for breakfast at lunch time!I played a trick on bryce by telling him that I couldn't afford a portable playstation (PSP) as he requested...he was kewl about it but I know he was kind of bummed about it. Can you imagine his surprise when I handed him 2 more gifts long after the last of the gifts had been opened. He just threw his hands in the air and yelled YES! when he opened the Grand Theft Auto game. It was worth it just have reaction in digital format!

My hubby bought me a really nice moto camera/mp3/bluetooth/cellphone. I have yet to figure it out, but I will. Steve and Steph cooked a fantastic meal which consisted of roasted red pepper soup, turkey, garlic mashed potatoes, glazed asparagus & baby carrots and some crazy delicious stuffing that Steve concocted. We were so full, we couldn't eat dessert. It is still in the fridge.
Today I took down the tree and decorations and vacuumed for over an hr. I had to get it done today as I have to go back to work tomorrow...Pooh! Billy took Bryce to the Y to workout and that was 4 hrs ago. heheheh I think they got lost.
So here are a few pics from the last few days of this chicks life:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v294/cchristmas/October%202005/December/xmas%20eve%20and%20xmas%20day/?

and click on slideshow:)

More Snow

It just never seems to end! It just seems like yesterday that I was taking pictures of a beautiful sunrise...actually it was:


And then, just as the liars network predicted, we got dumped on! What a great excuse for Billy to get out the door at 5:20am to save the neighbourhood! He plowed and plowed and before he knew it, it was noon-hour! These pictures were taken around 6am:


Here are a few pics I took on the way to work this morning. I went through the city as the 401 didn't sound like a safe place to be:




When I got to work there were only 5 of us, out of a department of 25! Damn I cant believe that people who live a mile or two down the road cant make it to work when I live over 50 kms away and almost make it there on time! So I got kindda pissy, did my required work and then went home at 1:30. When I got out of the building, the sun had popped out for a short bit so I pulled over and took some pictures of the new fallen snow. I was shocked by the size of this snowbank behind the building that I work in:


When I got home I found Jethro taking dancing lessons with a string of beads:

Then the sun went down in a pink flame:

Tomorrow will be spent cleaning and wrapping gifts.....so I really don't care if it snows anymore:)
One week till Christmas....Brycearoni is scheduled to arrive home next Thursday...I cant wait to see him and Dorrie again!

Let it snow

Yes, I'm actually in a holiday mood this year. It must have something to do with this snowy environment we have been forced into dealing with:) Here is a picture I took from the back patio door...

I took half a day off on Friday to be here when the cogeco dude came to replace my modem. Naturally Bill had to race home to save all the neighbourhood ladies from lower backache caused by pushing a snow shovel. Here he is playing on his very expensive snow plow.



Instead of playing in the snow, I spent the weekend cleaning, shopping, wrapping gifts and putting up that damn tree. Jethro helped, so it wasn't that bad:)

And when I got finally got the tree decorated on Sunday, it looked alright! (IMHO)

In my next life I want to come back as either a cat or a man...either way, I will get to nap all weekend long:)

I've done my Penance

I had no internet service since last week.

Well, it was 5 days but that still constitutes a week, right? So this nice Cogeco technician came to my house today and replaced my old tired blue modem with a shiny white RCA version. And all is good. I think even mister christmas was happy to have our lifeline back even though his house is cleaner that it has been in a long time. What the heck else do you do when your computer has no function?

Christmas is fast approaching and I think this weekend I will have to finish the rest of shopping. Damn, my list is bigger than my budget again this year. But I don't care, its all worth it to have my family here and enjoying each others company during the holiday season. It will be great to have our son and his puppy home for a few days as well as my brother and his fiancee here for christmas dinner:)

Ok, 6 days left till Chris Koster plays at the Elixir!!!

I want to know

When the heck is the 10th annual Weeping Tile and friends Salvation Army Benefit show this year? Last year it was on December 13th at AJ's Hangar. I guess I need to let Sarah Harmer know that I would prefer it to be at Stages this year !(as they have a kickin sound system now) Also, it cant be December 15th as Chris Koster is playing at The Elixir...Or December 22nd as our friend Derek Downham is also playing at the Elixir. hahaha !!! Like I am in any position to make a request to someone as regal as Ms Harmer!

Seeing as it is now December 1st, I guess I had better start christmas shopping....sigh

On the good news front...Tomorrow *is* Fryday...Yeah!