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Is blood thicker than water?

2009-11-24T12:00:09+01:00

Mr doesn't think so.

He thinks that a relationship is based on the bond you form with another person who may or may not be related by the same blood line.

I tend to agree.

xxx

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it's over

2009-11-24T06:00:00+01:00

She's gone.

Died earlier Monday morning.

Bizarre to think that you can go through a whole day wondering how someone is doing and they are already dead.

We will always be grateful for the love, affection and kindness she showered upon the one we love.

She made him happy and to that we owe a debt of gratitude.

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open wide sezs he

2009-11-24T01:00:40+01:00

There are not too many things I would open my mouth wide for (shurrup you in the back >" class="middle" border="0"> ) but as I sat in the dentist chair for the second time this weekend past, I thought, no, I am not opening wide so you can jam needle number four into my tender gums.

Kiss.My.Not-so-fluffy.White.Ass

Long story short...went to the dentist Saturday to get that permanent filling on my tooth, four hours later it cracked and broke off. Went back Sunday and thankfully, the chuffing thing is still intact.

*prays to the Tooth Gawds*

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why I need to wear a helmet when inside the house now

2009-11-23T12:01:29+01:00

See this picture?

And from another angle...

I had placed my Nintendo DS right beside the vase of carnations a few days ago. Mr and I was gabbing at one another, I was flying by, bent down to yoink the DS from the table and as I lifted my head up, I planted my forehead right smack dab into the sharp edge where the two walls meet.

I have no idea why I am not retarded right now because I walloped my frickity forehead a good one. The lump is turning a very nice shade of blue thank you.

Mr thinks I should wear a helmet inside the house as I am forever walking, bumping, falling all over the place. He also thinks I should wear a helmet outside the house too.

Pfft!

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the plant update

2009-11-23T01:00:12+01:00

So I am now up to these many plants plus a few more scattered about the house....

...looking good says I!

You can't go wrong with plants now can you?

BTW, Mr finally noticed the extra plants about the house...only took him a couple of weeks. hahahahaha

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4, 449 kilometers to be exact

2009-11-22T18:56:43+01:00

I don't know what to say. Worse still, I am not sure how to say it.

Soooo....

Someone close to us has someone close to them and they are dying. A matter of time really before that happens.

What makes it difficult is the one we love, lives on the other side of Canada, a mere 4, 449 kilometers to be exact and that is the difficult part.

We can only offer supportive, encouraging words from afar and when the time comes, then we can go and be there to offer the support and encouraging words in person.

I find it is beyond description to share what the person sees as the one they love lay unconscious before their very eyes.

There is nothing you can do but stand by them, be there when the moment comes and push forward when need be.

Mr and I don't feel helpless or frustrated but recognize that there is nothing we can do to change the inevitable outcome.

We sit here resigned to the fact that we are separated by distance which sucks really.

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an animal's life in MalaLand

2009-11-22T12:00:45+01:00

Here are some glimpses at the life of my animals here in MalaLand.

Pampered aren't they?

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she missed her daddy

2009-11-22T01:00:43+01:00

We all missed him it seems.

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my Christmas cake

2009-11-21T12:00:22+01:00

I added some champagne cognac to the fruit mixture. It tastes damn fine too.

Wanna slice?

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fresh flowers

2009-11-21T01:00:22+01:00

There is something to be said for fresh flowers.

Every second week, Mr and I pickup a bouquet of fresh flowers that are plonked into several vases around the house.

I pass them a gazillion times a day and loves to look at them. Kinda brings me closer to nature in a daft, roundabout way and especially during the cooler and downright cold weather!

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the sweary Mala

2009-11-20T12:00:56+01:00

I am trying verrrrrrrrrrrrry hard not to swear on my blog but in real life my mouth is a naughty one.

Surely there are other words in the English language that would make my point and yet I default to the sweary ones.

Pfft!

Obviously, I need to be retrained, reprogrammed, rewired or something!

Or do I?

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the typer

2009-11-20T01:00:25+01:00

I am a fast typer.

No doubt.

But.....I do not type 'properly' as I taught myself how to type and my fingers go wonky every now and again so my spelling is crap but I get the job done.

I look at the keyboard and glance up every now and again at the words on the screen.

Mr is a proper typer and types looking at the computer screen.

*impressed*

One day I will learn how to properly type and that will be around the same time I grow up which will be never!

Ta da!

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the silly Santa request

2009-11-19T12:00:54+01:00

The stoooopidest, silliest giftee I asked Santa for was a pony!

The look on Santa's face when my request reached his ears was priceless. Even as a young child, I knew that I had asked for something unreasonable.

After a brief hesitation, he gently advised that a pony might not fit in his sleigh and suggested I ask for something else.

The stories that Santa must hear!

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Thoughts?

2009-11-19T01:00:06+01:00

What....

....is going through this fellow's wee brain?

Or is it just a big, old vacuous place?

Thoughts?

Does he have them?

Surely he must...

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living life in the fast lane

2009-11-18T12:00:36+01:00

Obviously, I am a high flyer *coughs* but most week nights I hit the Mala sack between 10-10:30pm, play a little DS gaming and then lights out waaaay before 12am.

Last weekend saw me going to bed even earlier than that!

I must be getting mellow in my old age which is not old. I needs my beauty sleep and considering when I bolt out of bed during the week (6am) and on the weekends (7am), my body screams to go to bed at the time that it does.

*yawns*

I needs a cup of java.

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housework

2009-11-18T01:00:13+01:00

I used to work with a lady that would spend all week working her butt off and then go home on Friday night and do all of her housework so she could have both Saturday and Sunday free.

Try as I might, I simply can't get IT together to do that. I just don't have the oomph to take that on after working all week.

So I spend most of Saturday doing all those evil but necessary chores. But Sundays are set aside for me to kick back and relax. As best as one can in a Mala house.

Kisses!

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the default

2009-11-17T12:00:16+01:00

Mr and I were walking and talking *as you do* when we got on the subject of assumptions and people.

I can't remember exactly his words but we both agree that our natural default when meeting people is not necessarily to assume the best in a person but we certainly don't assume the worst either.

We both have learned to sit and watch how one behaves and then form an opinion as to the character of the individual.

What is your default?

Do you automatically assume the worst and become pleasantly surprised when you don't see that? Or do you automatically assume the best and then are disappointed when that falls through?

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the death march

2009-11-17T01:00:09+01:00

Mr and I walk the Trio along this path...

..and this path...

...which makes for a great, long walk.

Take another look at those pictures and note the absence of any mature trees or buildings that would block the howling Canadian winter wind and that bastid snow storms that graces the Canadian landscape.

We.Are.Going.To.Perish.

Or we need to find a new route that protects us from the wrath of winter.

I will take pictures of the winter in these very same spots and you will feels my pain!

Gah!

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the jury is in

2009-11-16T12:01:44+01:00

I took it upon myself to seek out the perfect snack not only for me to enjoy but also for you folks as well.

After many a crunch and munching my way through various snacks, chips and other yummy foody type things, I am pleased to announce my verdict.

This...

...is the perfect snack.

With only 280 calories for a 5 cup serving, this cheesey, crunchy, cheddary popcorn snack is my number one choice. It has 5 grams of fibre in one serving and you don't feel gross after scarfing it. A bag of this popcorn costs just under $3 so it is an inexpensive snack as well.

Yum!

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my blog advisor

2009-11-16T01:00:06+01:00

As you can see, I blog with my blog advisor sitting nearby and guiding me all the way.

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Where ever you are and whatever you may be doing, have a great time doing it!

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manners...a lost art?

2009-11-15T12:00:26+01:00

My friend lyndlj and I have talked at length about how the young kids of today do not seem to have any manners.

Not linking all the young apples in the same barrel but it does seem to me that some young folks do not use basic manners as part of their everyday language.

Whatever happened to 'please' and 'thank-you'?

Who is to blame for the lack of manners? The parents? The kids? Both?

I recognize that some parents have taught their children to say 'please' and 'thank you' and their children do not respect what their parents have taught then and do not use those words.

Sad now isn't it when basic manners seem to be a thing of the past.

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social isolation

2009-11-15T01:00:15+01:00

There is something to be said for getting up, getting dressed and trundling off to your place of work. And there is also something to be said for interacting with people at your work.

Both of those activities fulfil a basic human need or desire for interaction and connection with others.

For the past eighteen months, Mr has been working on his own for the most part with three weeks at the customer's office and the fourth week back here with him working out of his home office.

During that team, he truly missed the daily interaction of working in an office setting with colleagues and as part of a team.

However, he has just closed a deal to build a team to work on the project he has been working on for the past eighteen months and he couldn't be happier.

Go him!

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the missing body fat

2009-11-14T12:00:03+01:00

Since dropping those oodles of body fat last January to April, I can tell you that I am sensitive to the cooler temperatures cropping up here in MalaLand and egads, I get cold quickly.

Where's a hot flash when ya needs it?

I can't believe I said that.

Moving on....

I do notice that I get colder quickly now. But, I sure don't regret losing that body fat as I can always pull on a sweater but as my bony arse aches on a wooden chair I could use a pillow thank you very muchly.

I used to have a built-in fluffy pillow and all I have now is a flat arse.

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the no-breeding contract

2009-11-14T01:00:49+01:00

I was looking at a dog breeder's ad for a pure breed pup they were trying to sell (hey, I was just looking! I am not getting another pup! >" class="middle" border="0"> ) and the breeder is insisting the purchaser of the dog agree to a no breeding clause whereby the owner will have the dog sterilized and not use the dog to breed.

I sezs to Mr...'just how can the seller (breeder) insist the buyer adhere to this condition?'

Mr sezs the seller can not enforce this.

I agree.

But why would they insert that clause if they can not legally enforce it?

Bizarro world now isn't it?

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that's how I move

2009-11-13T12:00:00+01:00

Soooooo....what I would do if I was in charge of a team schedule and there were empty spots to be filled for one thing or another (namely more work), I would rather take on the extra work myself as opposed to having less work assigned to me and piling more on my colleagues.

But then that is just me.

Now picture the scene when I am sat in a meeting where a colleague prepared such a schedule and assigns me and another colleague thrice the work she has.

So I glances at the schedule, glances up at my colleague and sezs, 'Soooooo, why is your name down only once whereas my name is down three times?'

'Oh that must have been an oversight and do remember that this is not a final schedule.'

'Oh I will remember, no worries there.'

I am constantly amazed at the energy people put into getting out fulfilling their job duties as opposed to actually doing the dang job.

Lazy is as lazy does.

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the doggy camera

2009-11-13T01:00:57+01:00

Initially I thought it would be uber fabulous to have a video camera installed in the house to watch the Trio throughout the day (no worries mates as Mr would never spend a penny on that hare brained idea) but then I decided that it would be utterly fantastic to strap a doggy camera around one of my dog's neck that would be programmed to take pictures at regular intervals.

I mean that would be great to see where and what they were up to during the day while I am at work.

Imagine a camera like this...

...strapped to Molly, my chocolate lab dog, detailing her every move throughout the day.

That is if she didn't eat the camera before a picture was taken!

Wot?

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Kisses!

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technical prowess aka do you look at the manuals?

2009-11-12T12:00:55+01:00

When ever I buy a new doodad or need to learn something new such as a software program, a new video game or maybe even a shiny new appliance *woohoooo* I rarely look at the How-To manual that accompanies it as I figure that playing around and moving through the task or game provides more of an opportunity to learn than reading the manual.

Mostly I am right.

But there is the odd occasion when the manual does come in handy for a quick reference and rather than wandering around in circles, common sense knocks at my door and I decide that I best get my butt in gear and look at the bleeding thing.

Pfft!

I find some manuals difficult to read and understand if you know what I mean. Errr, you do know what I mean don't you?

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Kisses!

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speaking of soup....

2009-11-12T01:00:01+01:00

...this is the pot of soup I made last Sunday.

It is chocked full of vegetables and has a tomatoey broth.

With a nice crusty bun and a bit of cheese...this is so yummy.

Who wants a bowl?

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the lengthy soup

2009-11-11T12:00:31+01:00

Every Sunday, I get out my soup pot, open the fridge, place a load of veg on the counter and start chopping.

I make a potful of soup that lasts for the week and then some. The last bit of soup lasted for ten days and that was about 2 days too many.

Pfft!

By the tenth day, I had enough. I couldn't bring myself to eat any more and chucked the rest out in the bin.

It will be another six months before I will be making that bit of soup again I tells you.

*squishy hugs*

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the heebeegeebees

2009-11-11T01:00:11+01:00

Don't you just wish you would either get full blown sick and have that over in a few days as opposed to feeling up and then down, day in and day out for the past couple of weeks?

Blah!

I do find that if I take my herbs and continue to work out (sweating that bastid bug out of my system) it does make me feel better.

Thankfully, I only have to look after me, Mr and the Crew (animals) and work during the week. If I had to look after a child in this state, that would be far worse.

*has a lie down*

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