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2 things I have, 1 thing I want

December 27, 2007 · Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, clothes, exercise, family, fashion, footwear, friendship, health, lust inducing, shopping, the blog, weight loss

So D and I hit the mall early today for some Boxing Day shopping. We had fun together, but there was really not much to buy. There were no spring/summer clothes on sale, and the winter stuff was very picked over and mostly stuff that had already been on sale for weeks. Also,  I don’t really need anymore winter clothes and have gained about 6lbs in the past few months (hello writer’s strike good-bye elliptical) and just don’t feel like trying on clothes until I feel better about myself again. There wasn’t even anything to buy for the girl, as she only wears dresses and there were tonnes of girl’s separates on sale, but only holiday dresses which she does not need. I looked for the man too, but all the nice men’s stuff was either super big or super small  (though I admit, I didn’t look too hard for him!).

I did score a pair of boots though. I decided I need flat(ish) boots as I have been wearing a lot of leggings and long sweaters/short sweater dresses this winter, and it looks sorta…um…trashy with high heel boots, and wrong with shoes. I avoided the dreaded hideous Uggs(yes M, I know they are comfy, but I just cannot do it! They belong in the Hell I normally reserve for Crocs) and scored these instead. Cute, eh:

DSC00890.jpg picture by botterflylover

I also have swollen, pus filled, scarred tonsils. I took a picture for ya’ll, but it is scary, so click here if you dare. I am feeling better though, the fever and sick feeling are almost gone, just another day or so of sore throat, and another 7 days of anti-biotics to contend with.

As for what I want. I WANT A Wii! NOW! I played it for the first time at my cousin’s house today, and let me just say, it is like crack. I would drop those 6lbs like nobodies business if just I had a Wii. As it is, I’ll just have to invite myself to my cousin’s house every day, until I score a Wii for myself. Cousins, listen here: Sorry, but I will not return the favour and invite you to my home for lunch.  I’ll cook for you. I’ll clean for you. I’ll even baby-sit you kids and walk your dog. But any future get-togethers will be at the house with the Wii. And that’s your house. Deal with it. Or give us the Wii. It’s up to you (see ya at 9am tomorrow, k? I’ll phone at 6 to make sure you are awake).

P.S. I know that there are some cute Uggs online, but I have never actually seen them. Luckily, I have never seen these in real life either. It is a good thing, as I think if I did I would have to gouge my eyes out:

P.S. S. Sorry I have been not around much lately. Between being sick and being very busy at home and work right now, I have been rather remiss in my blogging duties. I’ll try to be around more in the New Year! I know how much you all must suffer when I am not here for you…

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Fancy Pantsy Fasting

September 22, 2007 · Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, food, friendship, religion

It is Yom Kippur today. I have been fasting since 6:30pm yesterday. I am tired and grumpy and headachy and most of all, HUNGRY.

Even though I am not very religious, fasting on Yom Kippur is one rule I always keep (when I can, health-wise…I did not fast while pregnant or Breast-feeding, which is the true reason I BF my little darling until she was 28 months!!!). I am not sure if it makes a difference to G-d or not, but it feels right to me…to abstain from food and drink for one day and focus my mind on things I have done wrong in the past year, and things I can do better in the next year.

Here are some of the things I am sorry for from the past year:

1. Not being kind and patient enough with my daughter.

2. Often being grumpy and distracted with my parents.

3. Spending far too much time seeing my husband’s short-comings, and far too little time seeing his strengths, which are far greater.

4. Holding grudges against friends. Grudges they don’t even know about, since I tend to avoid confrontation, yet that have remained in my heart. Now is the time to drop them and start anew.

There, that was cleansing.

One thing that I both love and hate about Yom Kippur is that it is the one time a year we always entertain, inviting friends and family over to break the fast;

I love that because I enjoy entertaining, because it is nice to have friends and family over, and because it is one of the few times a year my house looks good. Maybe I can maintain it this year?

I hate it though because it is difficult to spend the day cooking and cleaning while I am tried and hungry from fasting. That said, it makes my satisfaction and pride all the greater when it comes time to eat.

Tonight I am serving:

*Bagels with a variety of spreads

*Lasagna

*Salmon with a soy/brown sugar glaze (thanx C !)

*A green salad

*A tomato salad from my MIL

*That yummy Nilla Wafer Banana thingy

*A chocolate Bubka

*Brownies from my MIL

*Fruit from my mother

and since it is Saturday night..I picked up a bottle of  Starbucks Cream Liqueur  for myself those that wish to indulge.

I hope all my Jewish friends and family had a easy fast.

UPDATE: THE LASAGNA ENDED UP ON THE DINING ROOM FLOOR, TO BE HASTILY REPLACED BY ROTINI WITH ROSEE AND MUSHROOM SAUCE. THE HOSTESS CAN BE FOUND, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING,  IN THE CORNER CRYING OVER HER LASAGNA.

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Internet friends

July 12, 2007 · Filed under a day in the life, friendship

Sometimes people make me feel like it is silly to be involved in internet communities, or have “internet friends” that I really care about. Sometimes, I wonder if they are right, if it is crazy to become invested in people I meet on a computer monitor.

Today, I learned that they are wrong.

Recently a young woman I know, with little money and few supports, had a baby. She called me yesterday to tell me that her baby is having trouble nursing, and she is trying to pump for the baby. She has a hand pump, but it is very slow and not getting much milk. She asked if I knew where she could buy a cheap used electric pump. I immediately though of Hailea, an internet friend of mine who lives in the same small city as this young woman, and whom I have met in person only once before. I knew Hailea breastfeeds and has a new baby, so I figured she would have some knowledge in this area.  I e-mailed Hailea for some advice I could pass on. Not only was Hailea able eager to provide me with list of local resources to help with breastfeeding difficulties, she told me that she had an electric pump she no longer used and offered it to the young woman. Today, she trusted me enough to allow me to come to her home and pick it up on my way to visit the young woman.

When I got to the young woman’s house with the pump, tears came to her eyes. She had expected me to arrive with a some phone numbers, maybe a list of hospitals where she could rent a pump. Instead, I arrived with just what she wanted most in the world, the ability to give her baby the gift of her milk. Hailea enabled me to give that gift to this young woman.

Thank You Hailea. You are a wonderful person and a wonderful friend. Meeting people like you  makes me so proud to be an internet addict!

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