Saturday, October 13, 2001

Woohoo! Canucks *WHOOPED* the Avs... now that's what the playoffs should have been like last year! I'm sure Roi was a little upset that he had the flu. ;-) I never did get to pie makin'... but I did talk on the phone with Tusker - she'd be calling the penalties before the refs did... and I was SO impressed! Then she realized why I was so amazed by her Goddess-like reffing ability... her TV was 2 seconds ahead of mine! Unfortunately my portable phone battery died so I couldn't talk to her for the whole game... but WHEE! Cloutier is my hero.

At any rate. I'm beat... heading to bed... up early to bake pies tomorrow. =)

Note to self: Don't eat the entire bag of Kettle Chips Honey Dijon. No matter how good they taste. Just don't.
Thanksgiving Dinner (one week late) here tomorrow. My parents and my brother, my sweetie's parents and his brother... going to be a full house. I began preparations today... the potatoes, something called a "turnip puff" and the cranberry sauce are all done, so far... Now I'm starting to make a couple of pies... one Pumpkin Chiffon and one Apple (for those who don't like pumpkin pie <-- !??!!). My sweetie's family doesn't like it. I don't know why.

Got up at the ungodly hour of 8am this morning.... but hell.. that's sleeping in over THREE HOURS for me. ;-)

Went to my parents' house last night after work to try to find the missing place setting of china. No luck. I don't know what's happened to it. :-/ Mom's upset... but she'll get over it. We then went over to my aunt and uncle's house - who I haven't seen since my Dad was in the hospital last year - and my Grandmother on my Dad's side. Haven't seen her in a long time, either. She's 89. Lives on her own. Gets taken advantage of by nasty men who ask her if they can mow her lawn and then steal her lawn mower. I wish humans weren't like that. She doesn't look 89, more like 70. She wants me to write to her, and I'm going to...

I recently lost my Great Uncle... and it made me realize how old that generation of our family is getting... they won't be around much longer... and I'm going to miss my Great Uncle so much. He was such a sweet and wonderful man. Always a gentleman, an avid photographer, a loving husband, a veteran of the Armed Forces in WWII, born in Vancouver in 1916.. how things must have changed around here in his lifetime! My mother was exceptionally close to her Uncle, and to her Aunt -- and now they are support for each other in their time of loss. Losing my Great Uncle made me closer to my mom, too. Closer than I've ever felt. I love you mom, even though you'll never read this...

So much to do before tomorrow. After I bake the pies, I'm going to take a nap!!

Tell someone you love them. Show them how much.

Friday, October 12, 2001

Amazing. I can actually update this thing from work... or I'll find out if I can in the next few minutes...

Drove my car in to work today for the first time this week... been a good girl riding my bike. My excuse today is that I have to drive out to my parents' house (50 minutes away) and be there by 4:00PM. Wouldn't make it on time by bike. ;-) Don't think I'd make it at all by bike!

Hmmmm... what to tell y'all about lil' ol' me.... well. I work at a job I love -- doing remote administration of Radiology PACS systems that our company sells and services in hospitals all over Canada and the U.S. On my desk is a wee fish tank with way too many fish in it. I have to tell you, Marineland Eclipse System Six works *great*. I haven't lost a fish or frog, yet and I have been rather remiss in changing the water... must get to that next week. I have a bit of an algae problem, but I really can't afford to add yet another fish to the mix to clean it up any more.

Currently living in the tank: 2 male dwarf gouramis (who like to posture and mildly beat on each other), four lemon tetras, one Oto Catfish, one Bronze Corydoras Catfish and two hilarioius acquatic frogs. I'll get some pictures one day and show you the whole community.

I also have a really cool Spawn figurine on top of my compter to scare away anyone who is thinking about bugging me... problem is, the fish kind of counterbalance the evilness of the Spawn and I end up neutral and bugged. Ah well. Such is the price of having diverse interests. There is a horse calendar (of course) and the cover of a program from the Spruce Meadows Masters (Oooh! They redisgned their site! Very nice!) that DeeAy took me to! (Her site even has pictures!) That was a highlight of my summer, definitely.

There are a few miscellaneous comics and work-related phone lists and schedules... all in all it's a very rewarding place to work. I love the guys that I work with - they're all hard-working, fun and very supportive - and the manager is the same way. It's a high intensity, yet relaxed atmosphere that I enjoy coming to every day. I'll post more later... but for now I have to get back to work!

Thursday, October 11, 2001

Introducing, the Long Awaited Debut of the Much Requested Epona BLOG! (For all 3 of you who may read this and the One person who actually requested it) ;-)

My first attempt didn't save correctly.... and so all that witty banter and lively literature is now lost and gone forever... relegated to the recesses of my sleep-deprived mind.

Someday, I'll resurrect it. And someday I'll confirm the spelling of that word.

At any rate... tis late... I love Trillian and DeeAy and maybe that Ed-biatch. Sup Biatch?

Epona for the Celtic Goddess of Horses -- and Rain for the rain of Vancouver where I love, live and work. My dog's name is also "Rain Dancer", so it fits in that way, too. That, and the name "Epona" was already taken. Biatch. Give me my name back.

It's late. I'm off to bed and crossing my fingers that this works, because if it doesn't, I'm not doing it until tomorrow! HAH!