Duty Calls

So...sh!tty start to an otherwise GORGEOUS day. Yesterday's plumbing problems turned out to be slightly more complicated than originally foreseen....had to get an emergency septic pump...I was jumping to conclusions thinking we were going to have to install a whole new septic tank worth tens of thousands of dollars..ACK!!...come to find out...the problem is significantly less poopy than that....now all we need to do is dig out three trees to get to the 'root' of the problem and replace part of a pipe...phew!!

Now...enough with the crap talk...I'm struggling a bit getting back into 'creative writing' but I have sooo much to say....with a 5 month old the stories are endless.....ooops...she just woke up...duty calls.

Walkin' on the Sunny Side of the Street

So my kitchen sink and dishwasher are backing up into my shower and overflowing onto the floor...ACK!! Looking for a 'sunny side' of such a thing can be trying...however...I ask myself 'what will getting my panties in a bunch do about it?'....then I breathe....and sop up the water with the dogs towels....try plunging the sinks....to no avail....currently I'm waiting for the water to drain below the shower door at which time I will attempt plunging in the shower....oh the joys of home ownership.....even with these little molehills that need not be made into mountains...I continue to love every minute of it.

Hello Again

Wow...it's been over THREE years since I've visited this blog. To be honest...I had forgotten about it until recently when a friend of mine started blogging and directed me to his blogspot blog. Once I visited his blog it all came rushing back that I had been here before. Now...I have no intentions of completely filling in the blank of the past THREE years...but funnily enough as I read what I wrote back then...a lot of it pertains to today. First....I still dread laundry...although...I'm A LOT better at staying on top of it... It should be mentioned that I am now doing laundry for three...me...my beau...and our babe....four if you count our pup. I'm on maternity leave right now which allows for time to get all of these clothes washed...dried...folded....and put away (sometimes that's the hard part-rephrase-MOST times that the hard part). I've moved from the city of many things to do to the country with endless chores to do....and I'm lovin' every minute of it. I'm going to try to keep this blog as a running journal of my adventures on our 'farm' with my lil family...

Laundry Day

Why is it that laundry is such a dreaded chore? I mean..it's so easy...separate the clothes...carry them to the washer...add detergent...hit a button...leave...wait...do something else..go back...remove clothes from washer..place in dryer...hit a button...leave...wait...do something else...go back..remove clothes from dryer...FOLD...that's the part that gets me is the folding and putting away.. But every time I actually think about it...it seems so simple...yet I always wait until I have a mountain of clothes before I finally do the laundry and then it becomes an all day event... I feel like I need to improve in areas such as this before I get married...or have children.. Other areas that could probably use some improvement are general household cleaning....and cooking..you know the basics... My mother spoiled me as a child..and my ex spoiled me as an adult...I'm not blaming them..but it is taking some adjusting for me to get into domestic mode.. Slowly...I'm figuring it all out...getting a routine.......growing up!!!

So I went ice fishing last weekend...or shall I call it ice drinking.. I can totally see why men enjoy this 'sport'.. For all you do is sit in a tiny shed/shack/shanty with little holes cut out in the corners lower your line into one of the holes and tada...that's it..now there's time to drink and smoke and whatever else your choose while you wait.. AND there's a wood stove in there...not sure what more one could ask for.. Of course one day of this was enough for me until next time which will probably be next year..

Saw a couple cute movies recently....namely: Martian Child & Heartbreak Kid..

A little inspiration..

So in light of my lack of creativity and adventure in the past few days I've decided to pass along something I have found to be quite inspiring over the past few years. A brief history of what I'm about to plagerize (well, I'll foot note it..so it's not really plagerizing)...a couple of good friends of mine moved in together in a cute, cozy little home a few years back... Now...I spent a lot of time there and every day walked past this poster in their kitchen...not even noticing it...let alone stopping to read it.. Then one day...when they were going through a rough time...I was there and finally noticed this poster...and read it....and read it again aloud..... Before I get to typing it...I think I should mention..that the poster was there when they moved in.....left there by previous tenants.... I later went home...grabbed my laptop and typed it and saved it to my computer...yes I could have googled it...but I wasn't thinking...

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly: and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant: they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons: they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans, keep interested in your own career, however humble, it is a real possession in the chaning fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is: many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself.

Expecially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love: for in the face of all aridity and disenchatment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years. Gracefully surrendering the things as youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars: you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with god, whatever you conceive him to be. And whatever
your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann

For You...

I'm not sad...but you are...
You want me to accept your past...but you haven't...
I want to be strong for you...but am scared of getting dragged down...
I see so much potential in you...but you're stuck...
You want fine things...but I see the beauty in simplicity...
You're lonely...and so am I...

I'm not sad...but you are...
You want to be a writer...and I think you should be...
I want to be a listener for you...but am scared of getting dragged down...
I see so much potential in you...but you're lost...
You want love...but you need more...
You're lonely...and so am I...

Appreciation....part one..

I have noticed in the past few years I've not been taking so much for granted and appreciating things great and small. For instance this wild snow storm we just had..some people see it simply as a mess...but I think it's beautiful...I feel lucky to live in Canada...this part of Canada for that matter where we get to experience the ever changing seasons and weather patterns.. I look out my bedroom window at night and the snow lights up the sky...at 11:00 at night..it looks like it's 7:00 in the morning.. There's something magical about the snow as it falls from the sky....as my mom says...it's like fairy dust... Some thing that I've come to appreciate more recently is birds...I mean..they ARE pretty amazing..but for some reason, I can think of a few, I've had a bird phobia for some years... I have decided to try to overcome this phobia...so the other day I went outside to the river that flows behind my apartment...I took my camera...there're these ducks that live in and around the river...and they're pretty familiar with people...so as soon as I walk over there...all of the ducks take flight and are coming towards me....I'm talking 30 or 40 maybe even 50 ducks....now..for me..this was quite overwhelming at first.. But then they landed and it sounded like some of them were laughing at me.. I spent a good while out there...chillin' peacefully one on one (or one on 40) with the ducks..all the while snappin' pics.. Now..I wouldn't say that I've overcome my phobia of birds and the like...but I realize that they're nothing to be scared of....and I'm gonna continue to work on that one..