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Construction on my street – again!

October 17, 2006 by Tricia

I’ve lived in this house for five years now and do you know how many times they’ve either dug up my lawn, the sidewalk in front of my street, the street in front of my house or the street directly across from my house? Six times!

I started to become suspicious that they were going to dig up my sidewalk again as early as last spring. I’d come out of my house and see orange symbols painted on either my snow covered lawn or newly growing grass. I was worried but nothing happened and the mysterious orange symbols stopped appearing in June or so.

Then in August I noticed pink lines and symbols marked out on the sidewalk in front of my house. Well actually on the sidewalk between my tiny little lawn and my planted boulevard. Oh gawd no! They aren’t going to tear up my lawn or my lovely little planted boulevard again are they?

The pink lines are still there – they probably mark the gas or water line, but so far there’s been no digging.

Unfortunately digging has resumed on the sidewalk on the street that is directly across from my house. They had a big machine there yesterday drilling and breaking up the sidewalk – the sidewalk they just put in last year after a digging session.

It’s so noisy! I hate it!

And why is the city or various companies digging up roads and sidewalks around here so often? Why can’t they coordinate their work? I’m sure it’s costing the Taxpayers of Toronto extra money to have a new sidewalk or roadway put in the SAME place every single year.

Update- you know what they were doing? Tearing out the sidewalks they put in last year and replacing them with new ones! I think I need to talk to my representative about this. Crazy!





Filed Under: Home and Lifestyle, The Neighborhood Tagged With: Canada, construction, construction every year, costing tax payers money, house, tearing up sidewalk, Toronto

62 Questions

October 16, 2006 by Tricia

I saw this on my friend Mr. Fabulous’s site and thought it might be interesting enough to steal. I’ve certainly sent him enough Lemur photos to feed his obsession with them that I should be entitled to snatch and idea from his site.

Sixty-Two Question Meme

1. How old do you wish you were? I don’t know, I’m happy with my current age. It might be nice to hit 30 again and do a few things differently, but over all I’m ok where I am.

2. Where were you when 9/11 happened? I was working as a nurse in a private clinic. We all hoped that it was just a tragic accident when we heard about the first plane hitting one of the towers, but then when the second plane hit we knew it wasn’t an accident. I left work shortly after that and took the subway home. My husband was still at work, being informed of an upcoming lay off. He worked near the airport and they could see all the planes landing and landing. Toronto international looked like a parking lot for jets.

3. What do you do when vending machines steal your money? Move on to another vending machine or store and try to remember not to use that one again.

4. Do you consider yourself kind? Yes, I’m usually kind, even if I’m angry inside, you’d likely never know it.

5. If you had to get a tattoo, where and what would it be? Well, If I wanted to get one, it would probably be some kind of dragon and it would probably go on a hip/ upper buttock, or perhaps shoulder blade area.

6. If you could be fluent in any other language what would it be? I already speak French and Spanish. Perhaps an Asian language such as Chinese so I’d be able to communicate with some of my patients in the hospital better … or at least finally find out if they are talking about me behind my back! LOL

7. Do you know your neighbors? Oh my gosh, do I know my neighbors? Yes, every single one of them reach two blocks west of us and four blocks east of us thanks to my hubby Sir talk A Lot.

8. What do you consider a vacation? I haven’t had a real vacation in more than a decade, I don’t even know what that is anymore.

9. Do you follow your horoscope? No not really. If I see it and read it it’s usually fun to see if I can match any of the it to what happened that day.

10. Would you move for the person you loved? Absolutely.

11. Are you touchy feely? Not really, although when I’m doing my work in the ER I seem to reach out and hug people (patients) or rub and arm or brush hair from a forehead more often than I would have ever thought I would.

12. Do you believe that opposites attract? Yes, to some degree. I think a successful couple needs to have some things in common, but sometimes it’s the differences that keeps it interesting or helps it work.

13. Dream job? I always wanted to be a veterinarian.

14. Favorite channels? I don’t watch much T.V. My favorite shows are on different channels or stations. Perhaps the Comedy channel as I hit that one regularly.

15. Favorite place to go on a weekend? The beach, winter or summer. I love it there.

16. Showers or Bath? A shower wins hands down, baths are too boring unless you have company. come to think of it showers are more interesting with company too.

17. Do you paint your nails? Yep.

18. Do you trust people easily? No. I take a long time to form an opinion of someone and even longer to fully trust. Lying is one of the worst things someone can do to me. Lose my trust- lose me.

19. What are your phobias? I don’t really care for heights, but if I have to climb or be somewhere high, perhaps someones balcony on the 25th floor, I can do it for a while.

20. Do you want kids? Yes, but it might not happen.

21. Do you keep a handwritten journal? No, I kept a diary when I was a teen, but no hand written accounts of day to life since then. Besides, my hand writing is atrocious!

22. Where would you rather be right now? Right here, at home.

23. What makes you feel warm and safe? Being with my husband, perhaps being cuddled by him at home, but just being with him makes me feel secure.

24. Heavy or light sleep? Sleep? What is that anyway? Usually light.

25. Are you paranoid? No, not really.

26. Are you impatient? To some degree. I’d rather do things for myself than wait for someone else to do it.

27. Who can you relate to? I really don’t know. No one stands out in particular. Honest, confident people are ones that I’m usually drawn to.

28. How do you feel about interracial couples? I don’t have any problem with interracial couples. I would hope that we are beyond that by now.

29. Have you been burned by love? Yes my hearts been broken in the past but I survived.

30. What’s your life motto? Live life to the fullest and don’t have any regrets. Also work to live, don’t live to work.

31. What’s your main ringtone on your mobile? Play that funky music by Wild Cherry.

32. What were you doing at midnight last night? Very unusually for me but I was actually asleep – on the couch, I fell asleep watching TV.

33. Who was your last text message from? My mobile provider.

34. Whose bed did you sleep in last night? Uh the couch at first, then my own bed. Why, do you think I sleep around?

35. What color shirt are you wearing? White T-shirt.

36. Most recent movie you watched? Watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean on DVD last week.

37. Name five things you have on you at all times? My purse, cell phone, keys … oh you said on? What do you think I have on?

38. What color are your bed sheets? Light blue.

39. How much cash do you have on you right now? Why, is this a stick up?

40. What is your favorite part of chicken? The part with the best meat, the breast.

41. What’s your favorite town/city? I’ve got to say the town that I’m in right now – Toronto. It’s a great city.

42. I can’t wait till… I finally get over this crohns flare and get my life back.

43. Who got you to join MySpace? No one … I checked it out on my own.

44. What did you have for dinner last night? Left over Japanese noodles and terriyaki veggies.

45. How tall are you barefoot? 5′ 10 1/2″ and I’ve been almost that tall since I was 12!

46. Have you ever smoked crack? Are you implying that I sound like I’m on crack or something? Nah, I’ve never smoked crack so that doesn’t explain my weird behaviour.

47. Do you own a gun? Nope. It’s not common for Canadians to own guns unless they use them for hunting.

48. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? I like to have a coffee but I usually have some water first.

49. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? A lure? I don’t need a lure! LOL hmmm I get lots of compliments on my eyes and my smile so I guess either one of those works just fine.

50. Do you have A.D.D.? I don’t think so but I have trouble paying attention long enough to figure it out.

51. What time did you wake up today? Uh, the first or the second time? I awoke from my nap on the couch at almost 3 a.m. then I stayed up until 8 a.m. then I went to my bed and slept for another two hours.

52. Current worry? I guess I worry most often about my health, but I try not to worry about things too often. I’d rather work at solving problems than worrying about them.

53. Current hate? There’s not much that I actually hate. Hate is such a strong word. But we’ve had a lot of gun violence and senseless murders happening in Toronto and I’d have to say that I hate that.

54. Favorite place to be? In my garden with my husband.

55. Where would you like to travel? Lots of places! Australia, Costa Rica, Russia, Ireland, most any Caribbean island, Greece …

56. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 yrs? I’d like to be happy and healthy. If we happen to have a bit more money that would be nice too.

57. Last thing you ate? A bowel of Cheerios with some wild blueberries in it for breakfast.

58. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t usually sing in the shower, but I sing in the living room. I often sing along with whatever I’m listening to as long as I actually like the tune.

59. Last person that made you laugh? My husband.

60. Worst injury you’ve ever had? LOL well I’ve had two good ones this year alone! I fell on my chin in March and split the tissues to the bone and could barely chew for a month, then in July I fell on my right knee and my whole leg was bruised and swollen with what appeared to be a second knee cap on my right knee … so take your pick, their up their with the best of them.

61. Does someone have a crush on you? I don’t know. I think my neighbor Sofies 20 something year old grandson might have a bit of crush … he always knocks on our door when he’s visiting and seems especially happy to see me when he’s around, but he might just be a nice guy.

62. What is your favorite candy? Easy one. Chocolate, always chocolate. I don’t eat it very often but when I do I savor it. mmmmm chocolate.

Filed Under: Home and Lifestyle, Humor, Meme Tagged With: 62 things, facts about me, Meme

Notice some changes?

October 13, 2006 by Tricia

You’ve probably noticed a few changes on my blog in the past couple of days. I’ve increased the number of posts that I’ve been doing and that will probably continue for some time, well unless I burn out!

You see, I’ve been writing opinion posts for Pay/PerP0st so that I can make a little bit of extra cash. As my regular readers probably know, I’ve been stuck at home for 10+ months due to illness. I’m an emergency room nurse but I’ve been too sick to work thanks to my having Crohn’s disease.

My sick pay ran out last March or April, so then I applied for medical leave pay through our government unemployment office. No I’m not unemployed, not yet anyway. The medical leave pay only lasted for 15 weeks and that ran out in early July. Since then we’ve been living on my husbands Part-Time job’s pay and our savings. In July I had contacted our medical insurance company (we have medical insurance coverage through our employer) and they started the process of deciding whether I’m eligible for short term disability pay. I’m still waiting for their decision and our funds are running out.

I hope to go back to work soon but I’m still not well so I have no idea when I may return. Soon I hope because I fear that if I don’t get back soon they may decide not to hold my job any longer.

So, I’m busy trying to find some ways to make money while I’m at home. And no, I’m not going to do anything kinky! LOL

Right now I’m trying out the P Post postings on my site. I hope that my regular readers will put up with this for a while. I’m trying to find interesting ads to write about that might be of interest to some of my readers, and I’m trying to find items that fit in with this site. The posts will probably blend in a bit better once I get used to writing them.

If anyone has any other ideas on how I can make some extra money from home let me know. I need some ideas to help keep us afloat.

Thanks!

Filed Under: Finance, Health Fitness and Beauty, Make Money, Money, Web and Technology Tagged With: changes on site, Make Money, make money from home, Money, paid, regular readers, work from home

Friday the 13th

October 13, 2006 by Tricia

It’s Friday the 13th today and I’m wondering how many of you have superstitions about this supposedly unlucky day?

When I first started writing this I was going to tell you that I’m not a superstitious person, but that was before I lost my post! I had finished the whole post and I clicked the “Save and Continue Editing” button. Nothing much happened for a while, then I got the dreaded WordPress White Screen telling me that something was wrong with my wordpress files or perhaps my server. My bet is that it was the servers that host my sites since they seem to go down for a few minutes each night lately.

Having lost my original post has made me a little bit superstitious. You see, I have never ever lost a post before. Yet, on a Friday the 13th I end up losing my first post. I don’t think this is a coincidence, do you?

I was going to tell you that I wasn’t going to be careful today. That I wouldn’t care if a black cat crossed my path, or if I broke a mirror. But I’m not going to say that now. No, no. Not now. I’ve already had one unlucky happening today! What else could happen if I’m not careful? Anything!

I think maybe I’ll just take my cue and stay in today. Well, it’s really cold outside anyways – it’s 0 Celsius, or for you Americans that’s 32 F. I can’t believe how cold it is for this time of year. Oh it just occurred to me that since that’s unusual that it must be another bad luck occurrence right?

What are you going to do today? Are you going to be a extra careful or just go about your day as you normally would? Do you have any favorite things that you do on a Friday the 13th such as going out to see the latest horror movie release or watching some scary movies at home? Maybe a Friday the 13th party?

I decided to go looking for some information about Friday the 13th and I found out that our superstitions about Friday the 13th might have come about because a number of tragic events in history have occurred on Fridays.

Wikipedia:

There have been a number of events known as “Black Fridays“ in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the “Black Friday” was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into admitting heresy.

Is Friday the 13th really an unlucky day?

Strangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day (see nocebo effect). The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because some people will not travel or go to work.

The date is also well-known in the motorcycle (biker) community: since 1981, motorcycle enthusiasts and vendors gather every Friday the 13th in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. This tradition started on November 13, 1981 by Chris Simons as a gathering of approximately 25 friends. The event has grown substantially, with an estimated 100,000 people attending in August 2004, as well as music bands, vendors, a bike show, etc.

In the Spanish-speaking world, it is Tuesday the 13th (as well as Tuesdays in general) that brings bad luck; a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (on Tuesday, neither get married nor start a journey).

I’m generally not a superstitious person, nor am I anxious, but given the information that I’ve found perhaps I will be just a bit more careful today. After all, I’ve had two very bad falls this year and I’m probably due for another one before the year ends. How ironic would it be if it happened today?

Tell me how you feel about Friday the 13th and if you have any superstitions or if you’ve had any odd or unlucky things happen to you on previous Friday the 13ths. Maybe I’ll make another post with the results of your replies.

Have a safe Friday!

Filed Under: Entertainment, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation Tagged With: 13th, accident, Bad Luck, cat, Chris, facts, friday the 13th history, Friday the thirteenth, superstition, superstitious, unlucky

Buying Real estate in Dallas or Austin?

October 12, 2006 by Tricia

Austin Real estate has brokerages in Dallas and Austin and they’re offering anyone that purchases a home through them a 1.5% rebate.

If you think that paying a 6% commission to your Real Estate company is too high, then visit Austin real estate because they want to change the old fashioned system by offering half their commission to their customers.

New home owners are always looking for a way to lower expenses when buying a new home and using Austin Real Estate will save you money.

Filed Under: Home and Lifestyle, Moving or Organizing, Real Estate Tagged With: 1.5 rebate, Austin, austin real estate, Dallas

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