Remember the great basement flood of '06? The flood of '07 is no where near as bad, thank god. This morning my son went down stairs and came back up complaining of wet socks so down I went to investigate. Yup carpet at one end of the basement soaked, steady stream of water coming form lord knows where trickling down the drain. The water is coming from the vicinity of the hot water tank but isn't hot thank god. I went and got the super, she took a look and said she would call the plumber right away. She told me about 15 mins later that he would be here before 9am TOMORROW. The really crappy thing about that is I will have to wait till tomorrow to even bother trying to clean it up grrrrrrrrr. Of course it is hotter than hell and really humid again for this mini flood. We are leaving Fri morning so that won't give me much time to dry it all out. On the bright side it happened before I left not after we had gone.
Counting down till vacation and taking out flood insurance
ju

but I think I may take the habit up over the next few days. My son likes to google random stuff, pretty much anything that interests him. Tonight he found something on ebay of all places that he would KILL to own. Some of you that know me/us well might be able to take a guess what sort of thing it is. Anyway I placed a bid. I am not at all familiar with ebay but am sitting on the edge of my seat chewing my nails for the next 2 days 23 hrs hoping to not be out bid. I did tell him we might not get it and I think even if I do I will tell him we didn't and stash it away for Christmas (always thinking ahead).
Wish me luck and pass me some prozac I'm gonna need it,
ju

I would have put it off til it was cooler, ok to be honest forever but cap is coming Thurs and is going to take a look at the car for me so I had to at least find it under all the mess. Garage cleaning led to basement cleaning. Four garbage bags later I can honestly say I do have a lower level. I hadn't really seen it in a bit. Freecycle ppl have come and gone to get the junk we didn't want but was still in good condition for others to use.
Combine cleaning with staying up till 4:30 this morning and I am one tired puppy!
Trying to keep my eyes open untill at least one kid goes to bed,
ju

sometimes for the better sometimes for the worst. In this case it is definitly for the better. Most of you know of my affinity for the north country and know that I was planning to go spend some time with bng (aka captal) and nita, who are fortunate enough to live in the near north. Most of you non canucks will be wondering wtf is the near north?
It is the last bit of civilization, it is within the the last area roads reach in this country, even railroads do not cover most of this country, the true north is only accessable by air, and in many cases you need special permits to visit these locations because they want to keep track of the dead, gotta pay your taxes you know
Anyway the original plan was for the kids and I to go for a week which we were totally psyched for! We are now leaving next Fri and will be back the last day of July.
To say I am hyped is a total understatement!! Not only do I get to go to my beloved north country I will also get to spend some time with 2 of the coolest people I have ever met!
Packing and ready to go!!!
ju

to all those who are still here that signed up on this day 4 years ago, when membership first became an otption. Boy have things changed since then!!
I will be celebrating my 4th aNNiversary in 23 more days. I need to figure out how I am going to do it
To many more!
Cheers NNers!

That in and of it self is another blog, I won't go into it now.
I did however spend several July 4th's in the USA. I have to admit that it was totally overwhelming! More so than Christmas in many ways. There is an almost mind numbing patriotism in the US that I will never really understand but damn you guys know how to celebrate!!!
Happy 4th to my neighbours to the south!
ju

and I said I would post her blog for her.

Hi Big Sis, Great talking with you.Thanks for offering to post my blog.I have pasted it below.Lots of love - Benjie The Boxer June 23 2007 It might have happened at the airport. Perhaps it was on the plane. It was a simple question. A question asked millions of times a day and meant to make conversation, not to make a person exam their life. Their being. “Where do you come from?” And I hesitated, and realized I didn’t know. It wasn’t upsetting and it didn’t make me sad. It made me think and wonder. There was actually a funny moment when I thought of a story I had heard. A story of a boxer. He was in the ring, bloodied and bruised and battered and eventually the knockout punch landed. It took sometime to revive him. When that was finally accomplished, in an effort to determine whether he was clear headed or not, he was asked, “Where are you?” He replied, in a groggy voice, “Never mind where I am, WHO am I?” I smiled when I thought of that and realized that I would have to answer the question with a “but.” “I am Thai, but I live in the USA,” I said. I thought of languages and how monumentally important the word “but” is. I thought of the word “live” and realized its direct relationship to the word “life.” Finally, I thought of songs. And I knew I was a song. Songs like “Real Live Woman,” “True Colors,” the “World” is round and of course it rains everyday, “Home Again,” “Now and Then,” “I Still Remember,” “Mid Winter’s Night,” “You Turn Me on, I’m a Radio,” “Let Me Touch You for Awhile.” I love you Mom.I love you Big Sis.I love YOU.


I will email your comments to her.
The messenger,
ju

Sounds like an almost interesting made for TV movie, the secrets of all will be revealled after 10 spine tinglinging minutes of commercials.
Seriously though folks, most of us are well beyond those torturous high school years, thank god.
There are circles of friends and most I would hope wouldn't be static. Life isn't static, people come and go for a variety of reasons. In internet life, much like real life these circles are ever expanding, changing, shrinking and growing very much like a kalidascope. Each day like each turn of the kalidascope is new and facinating and should be treasured for what it is, totally unique. No one should feel included to the the point of exclusion of others and neither should anyone feel excluded from this journey we call life. Take it for what it is, some circles I will never get to join, which is ok with me, some circles I will have a natural affinity for. We all have a place and we shouldn't be content with that, we should be grateful for it.
Belonging in my own lil corner of the planet,
ju

For the first time since December I am without kids!!! My son went with his dad and I convinced him to keep him for the night. My daughter had gone north with friends they just arrived home but I convinced both my daughter and my friend that she should stay there for the night.
I'm free!!
Not that I am doing much, it just feels good to be on my own!
I have been slumming around the house in my fave sweatshirt which I am afraid now is more hole than shirt.



I am going to miss this shirt when it finally disintigrates.
Enoying some alone time,
ju

waiting for that rican bitch to blog cause damn it we have some asses to kick!!
lalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,
ju