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Yummy Abs

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The other night my husband and I watched an episode of The Hour on CBC. I wanted to watch the interview with Jake Gyllenhaal …. man have you seen his abs? I don’t know that kind of abs workout he did, but it worked and it worked well!

I haven’t seen the movie Prince of Persia and I probably won’t – at least not in a movie theater as it’s not really my kind of movie. Maybe I’ll wait until it’s on the movie network so I can watch it at home.

Anyway .. Jake seems like a really nice down to earth guy. He did a great interview with George Stroumboulopoulos (say that 10 times fast).

There’s always great guests on that show. Since it’s taped in Toronto I put my husband and I’s name in for free tickets. Maybe we’ll get some tickets on a day when a star or musciain that we’re really interested in is being interviewed.





Rainy days

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It’s raining raining raining! I’m not going to complain about the rain though – we need it! This has been one of the driest years here in Toronto in a long time and my garden is loving all the rain.

Actually as I said in some of my recent posts we spent ALL of this last weekend tidying up the garden and planting new plants. We also spent a good portion of the weekend before last working on the garden, setting up the outdoor furniture and putting in the solar lights so now that it’s raining cats and dogs I’m happy that my new plants are being watered.

The last week of May was really hot here too and we were starting to water every evening so this rain is going to save us some money on our water bill too.

How’s the weather in your area? Are you happy sometimes when it rains or do you hate it? I just hope that the rain stops by the weekend .. I’d like to get out and enjoy the slightly cooler weather we’re having if I can. I think this summer’s going to be a really hot one!

Missing out on a great opportunity

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I’m disappointed today. As I said in my previous posts I threw my back out again and it’s really aching.

Unfortunately this means that I probably can’t do something tomorrow that I’ve been looking forward to for about a week.

I was invited to go to the Google Canada offices tomorrow for lunch to discuss my experiences with Adsense and possibly give some suggestions as to how they could make it better.

I was lucky enough to have been invited to the first Canada Google Partner day last October and I was surprised to have been invited to what sounded like a smaller and possibly even more informal gathering at Google so soon (or at all!).

I really want to go, but I don’t think that I can sit for very long with my back the way it is. Hmmm maybe they’d let me lie on the floor? LOL Nah, not going to do that!

Instead of going to Google Canada tomorrow I guess I’ll spend some time working on my websites and blogs and perhaps start searching for unique gifts for dad since Father’s day is coming up soon.

Hopefully I’ll get another invite to Google sometime in the future. Perhaps they’ll have another Partner day this fall? Sigh …

The garden is a lot of work at this time of year!

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I’ll bet that some of you have been wondering where I disappeared to these last two weeks. Well, I can’t say that I went far! I guess I’ve been in the garden – trimming, tidying and planting, planting, planting!

Oh and recovering from each and every garden outing for a day or two! My back is acting up again and all the bending involved with taking care of a garden is just aggravating things.

It’s so bad today that I can barely get up and walk around. I dreaded taking the dog out a few times today because she tends to pull on the leash … and that makes my back scream!

At least the garden looks fantastic. Almost all of our roses (60 + rose bushes) are in bloom. The lavender is also starting to bloom as is one of our Peony plants and several of our Clematis. Everything looks great.

Our vegetables (well most of them) are planted as well, and with all the hot weather we’ve been having I expect to be eating a lot of salads and using several tomatoes in our meals sometime soon.

Now I have to get to work and do a search for a good price on some Branson tickets for the end of July. Chris’ brother wants to meet us there for a family get together. So we’ll see what I can find.

Ok time to take some Advil and put a heating pad on my back!

I can’t believe he did that!

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I’m starting to wonder if my neighborhood is going downhill.

I live in a nice middle class area where most people seem to take care of their homes and there’s very few break ins or other crime … but still … it’s changed since we moved in almost 9 years ago.

I mean, the other day, after I had taken our dog outside to do her business for the last time that evening – around 11:30 pm, I saw a car stop in front of our house. As I was starting to close our front door I saw a man get out of the drivers side of the car and walk around to the back door on the passenger side.

The man sort of bent over a little bit and I wondered if he was talking to someone in the backseat or if he was leaning in the back window to get something.

I don’t know why I paused at the door to watch him, but I did. Little did I know that my husband who’d just gone upstairs to get ready for bed was watching from the bedroom window as well.

The man stood at the side of the car for a few moment and then walked around the car, got in, and drove off.

My husband called down from upstairs “Did you see what that guy DID?”

I said “no … I just thought he was talking to someone in the backseat.”

Then my husband said:

“That guy just PEED ON HIS CAR!”

“What?”

“He was peeing on his car!”

Who does that? Who pees on their own car … or well, I don’t know if the man owned the car, but still, who pees on the car they’re driving around?

Plus it’s not like I live on a quite side street. It’s fairly busy with cars going by 24 hours a day.

I know sometimes you just have to pee and you might not be in a place where you can easily get to a washroom … but why did the guy pee on his car? Why didn’t he walk into my neighbors yard and pee behind his big maple tree or walk down the side street that’s just beside our house?

Would you ever do that? Pee on your own car I mean?

Anyway … now you can see why I’m wondering if my neighborhood is going downhill. LOL

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