I treasure each and every one of you more than you can imagine.
I always knew you were special and yet you went out of your way to show me once again how truely blessed I am to know you.
I am one lucky woman,
ju

many of you in southern climates will not understand this at all but my northern friends will immediately know what I mean.
Warm weather means pasty faces you haven't seen since last fall (unless you caught a glimpse of eyes all bundled up in lord knows what to keep you warm.) have resurfaced. Spring really is a time of renewal. It is a time to get reaquainted with those you haven't seen in the past 6 months, unless they were a shadowy figure out shovelling in the dark at the same time you were.
Spring and warm days are a chance to get reaquainted, to pick up where you left off and to share stories that you just didn't have time to share in sub zero temps.
Today was the first "hot" day of the season (31C) and I got caught up with all of my neighbours.
Loving the warm for now and dreading the hot which will send us all back into hibernation (this time with AC)
ju

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Spring has sprung!
ju

yes it is all about give and take but I have a favour to ask. I know in the winter we Canucks send you Americans totally unwanted arctic air and in the summer you send us totally unwanted gulf air. All of that would be fair play EXCEPT we send you clean cold air and you send us untold amounts of pollution resulting in huge numbers of smog days.
Tomorrow is the second or third smog day this season and it isn't even the end of May yet.
Can you clean up your act a bit?
please?
ju

and he was lamenting the fact that his name doesn't appear on the lifers list. Being the nosey parker I am I had to go for a look. Home page here I come, scroll down to the lifers link and that is where I stopped and cracked right up!

"All Life Members are involved in occasional promotional draws such as the XMAS camera draw (read more here)"

Those draws sure are occasional cause I only remember ONE in the past 2 years or so.
NN did you forget us?? Have we ceased to matter? Going life was supposed to bring us wonderful benefits, where are they?
Wanting my damn lifers shield at least!!
ju

And I am in a really good mood!! I had use of a car today and got everything I needed to done. I have so much food I had to tell my son he couldn't have any watermelon because there is no room in the fridge to store it once it is cut. Perhaps what I am most excited about is a job possibility very close to home, it would only be part time but a great way to ease back into the labour force after so many years. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!!
Hoisting a beer and enjoying the first official long weekend of summer.
two four ju!

dig in!!!



there is a ton of shit going on with me, I can't blog at the moment.

eat well!
ju

I hate having a shit load of PMs, but when I finally answer them and haven't posted I hate having 0 too.
Contrary,
ju

bus o'clock. As usual I went out to stand on my corner to meet a kids bus. My daughter came home and my neighbour was on her way out to meet her daughter (they ride the same bus) and this white work van comes screaming around the corner. It pulled in about 20' away from me narrowly missing killing us all. Out jumps this guy arms wide open, I knew him right away we had a bone crushing hung, my ribs still hurt. It was well after that that my friend and daughter recognized him. An old neighbour, I have missed them so much. I did get to see her and the kids last summer but this is the first I have seen him in many years.
In the broken english we are accustomed to speaking he is going to keep in touch and come take us away or bring the whole family here because we need to connect.
He was staring at my daughter and was amazed at how tall she is and he remembered that she cried when she found out they were moving.
vive la memories and thank god for friends,
ju

I'm sitting here with tears of frustration running down my face, playing with her bracelet trying to figure out what she would say to me right now. Some I can imagine easily, others would be her own unique perspective.
Teary,
ju