The puppy formerly known as Ringo

*in best announcer voice*

And now, ladies & gents, I bring you the amazing Bauer. This feisty little pup is eleven weeks old, yet he already knows how to sit AND shake a paw. He hails from Viking, Alberta, but don't let his small stature fool you...he can headbutt his mom along with the best of them, giving her a bleeding nose in the process.

He's only had a few accidents in the house, and he chows down his kibbles like a true champ. He goes absolutely crazy for treats of any kind, even when mom hides medicine inside of them!

A trained leash walker he is not, but he does enjoy his long walks on the beach...er, around the block.

Stay tuned for many more exciting updates on little Bauer and his antics!




He's here, he's finally here! We spent a great weekend getting to know each other. I'm proud to say he already knows that I am his mom, and he's settled in amazingly well. The cat is warming up to him...SLOWLY. I pretty much love his guts already and can't wait for this day to be over so that I can go home and squish his little face!

Also, for those of you wondering about his name...yes, he was named after Jack Bauer and my love of all things '24'. ;O)

Eureka, I have found it!!!

About two months ago, my clock radio woke me up with this great song...I remember hearing it vaguely through my sleep hazed ears, but once I woke up and it came to finding out what the damn song was, I had absolutely no luck whatsoever.

I googled lyrics, I sang it for friends and co-workers alike, I even went so far as to call the radio station and sing it to them. Nada. I've had the frigging song stuck in my head since that day, and quite frankly, it's been pissing me off. Pisses me off even more that I had the song in my possession all of this time. Read on.

Today, grooving away at work, iPod on shuffle, and what song comes on?? MY SONG!! I squealed with excitement and ran into my neighbour's office. He didn't think it was as important as I did, but this was a huge event in my mundane day.

Check it out...The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies).

Might not be your style, but you gotta admit, it is pretty darn catchy.

Hours of Bauer

Not this past weekend, but the weekend before that, I may or may not have watched 11.5 hours of ‘24’.

OK, I admit, I absolutely did, and I loved every second of it. I can’t stop, it’s like an addiction.

Last February, BoyAtTheTime (BATT) was told by a friend that we absolutely HAD to watch this show called ‘24’. So, with a long weekend ahead of us, I went out and bought the first season. We watched it all, the entire 24 episodes, in 2.5 days. We became addicted in an instant…Jack Bauer and CTU became our crack. We would answer our phones barking out “Bauer!” or “Almeida!”, and we even tried to get the CTU ringtone for our cell phones (shut it).

By the time summer came along, we had caught up on the first four seasons, and then we were done. Just like that. It felt like a breakup…we had no more Jack Bauer to look forward to. We were junkies coming off of our high, and let me tell you…cold turkey sucks ass.

After five long months of withdrawal, my dear younger brother presented me with Season 5 at Christmas. I was ecstatic. The day after Christmas, I had an unexpected houseguest, which was super awesome as I love her to death and loved every second of having her there, but my plans for a week long Bauer marathon were put on hold. Finally, the day before I was due back to work, I couldn’t take it any longer. Eight hours later, we’d gotten through the first two discs. Cross eyed and not wanting it to end, I moped my way to bed, where I had dreams of CTU and saving the world.

The week and a half that I had left before the Season 6 premiere was jam packed, and I was literally fretting about not being caught up on Season 5 before the new season began. The Sunday that Season 6 was starting, I woke up bright and early and popped the discs into the DVD player. Ten hours later, with a VERY clean house (what, you think I just sat on my ass ALL day? Actually, I would have, but thankfully I can see my TV from every angle in my place so it worked to my advantage!) my eyes were sore and I was seriously overloaded with all of the drama that had occurred…and I still had to watch the first half of the four hour premiere!! Needless to say, I showed up at work the next day slightly bleary eyed from lack of sleep, with a head full of nuclearbombBauerChloeCTUOMGTonyAlmeidaisdead!!

When I first started writing this, there was a point…and now I’m just coming across as slightly deranged. Hmmm…where the hell was I going with this?

OH! I remember…I was thinking about the fact that I could never work at CTU (IF CTU were an actual place and Jack Bauer was a real person**) because whenever they have phone conversations, they don’t say bye. They just hand out orders to one another and then hang up. I would get a major complex over that.

Also, I would like to have Jack Bauer’s babies.

That is all.

**I'm pretty sure I screwed up the was/were grammar rules here. For the life of me I cannot think of the proper usage. Frig.

Edit I forgot to mention, while on a kindasortablindatesetup a few weekends ago, the guy in question made the mistake of bringing up '24'. After about five minutes of discussing it, he told me that every time I mentioned Jack Bauer's name, my eyebrows shot up and my eyes got all sparkly. Now, although kind of sweet that he noticed, why has no one else ever told me this before?!?! He probably thought I was a real nut job. I most likely am. Whatever.

Get it through your thick head

When we talk and I tell you that it hurts me too much to talk to you, that I need you to stay far away until things are sorted out, what gives you the idea that you should e-mail me first thing Monday morning? Did it sound like an even BETTER idea to call me twice after I ignored your e-mail?!?!?!

I don't understand your logic in this one, sweetie, I really don't.
For the love of all things logical, please, just put down the phone and leave me be.

The next time I hear from you, I want it to be when it's time, and not a peep until then. M'kay?

New addition

Oh my god, I am going to be a mom.

Wait, hold on, not the I-peed-on-a-stick-and-it-turned-blue kinda mom, but a mom nonetheless.

Here is my new addition:



I am picking him up a week today. He is so cute I can barely stand it.
I'll give more details tomorrow, I just couldn't keep it a secret any longer!

You know you're (almost) a grown up when...

...a lady catches her heel on the slick tile floor in front of you and falls, hard, face first, scattering her belongings all around her, and you help her up and ask her if she's ok. You don't point and laugh, and even after you walk away, you still don't giggle over it.

Yay me.

(However, J, had you been with me, I most likely would have snickered just a little.)

A day late, a dollar short

So, yeah...last week was National Delurking Week. I delurked where I had to, but kind of sort of forgot to say anything about it here.

I'm a procrastinator, what can I say?
Dammit...I guess that means I just broke ANOTHER resolution. Frig.

Anyways, delurk, would ya? Say hello. It makes me feel all warm and squishy inside.

Ho Hum

Monday's go rrrrreeeeeaaaaalllllyyyy slow when my American counterparts have a long weekend and aren't blogging.

Just so you know.

Do the stars really know/

My horoscope today:

The vibration from the planets is bringing you a deeper understanding of why someone close tends to behave in a certain way. Up until now you may have been puzzled by their attitude, which seemed to show a combination of genuine affection and indifference. As you allow your mind to drift over this issue, a realization will dawn that will help you to see just what is going on.

It's been bang on all week, and today is more of the same. I have been so extremely puzzled by the IloveyouIloveyouIloveyoubutamnotsurewhattodoaboutit attitude, and last night, for whatever reason, it all started to make a little bit more sense to me.

Freaky.

Sitting, waiting, wishing

My song lyric posting was a bit dramatic, I just felt those exact feelings at that exact moment so up they went. You know…woe is me and all that jazz.

Things have been a bit of a gong show lately. It’s been really tough for me, and there are some days I do not deal with it well at all. I try my hardest, but I’ve never really been involved in a situation such as this. It’s not a case of unrequited love by any means…things are out in the open and we both know how the other feels. There are just extenuating circumstances right now that keep us from being together. Quite frankly, it sucks donkey balls, because I am the one on the shit end of the stick, so to speak. The ball is never in my court…it’s always on his schedule, and it’s finally caused me to snap a little bit inside.

I wrote to him last night and spilled my guts. I love you, I want you, but the way things are right now…that’s not gonna work for me at all. As it sits, you’ve got too much baggage for me to handle, and there’s no room in my budget for my own personal porter. It was really hard to do, as we’d had a really good night…talking about things we were gonna do in the summer, singing songs together, talking about trips…just general lovey dovey crap. I just came to realize afterwards that the way things are right now, things are not ever going to work out. There needs to be some very major changes, changes that I cannot make, changes that can only come from him. If I keep giving him love and everything that comes with it, he’ll just keep floating along, blissfully unaware of the heartache he’s causing me. I’ve expressed my feelings time and time again, and while he says the right things, I think that’s really all he’s doing…saying the right things. Somehow, I can’t help but think that my hurts fall on deaf ears, and that’s not kosher.

It kills me to think that once I step away that I’ll lose him forever, but if that’s what the final result is, then was he really ever worth it? Probably not.
So, for now, I sit and wait to see what comes of this star-crossed love of mine. Actually, wait, I take that back. I’m not going to sit and wait. I’m too good for that. I’m going to go about my life, and if he ever gets his shit together, then we’ll see where I am. Let’s just hope he doesn’t wait too long, because he’ll kick himself in the ass if he lets this one go.

Pieces

I sure find a lot of solace in song lyrics lately...


From the moment that we met
My world was turned around, upside down
To some degree I still regret my memory
For keeping you around
Girl, Boy, I thought that you were mine
But my broken heart’s been shattered
One too many times

And I don’t wanna see you anymore
I’m just not that strong
I love it when you’re here
But I’m better when you’re gone
I’m certain that I’ve given
And oh how you can take
There’s no use in you lookin’
There’s nothin’ left for you to break
Baby, please release me
Let my heart rest in pieces, in pieces

Someone let you down again
So you turn to me, your convenient friend
Oh, but I know what you’re doin’ and what you hope to find
I’ve seen it a thousand times
All the fire we had before
Are now just bitter ashes
Left scattered on the floor

We both know that you don’t need me
Let my heart rest in pieces, in pieces
Let it rest

-Rascal Flatts "Pieces"

Happy New Year!

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before? Took part in a company takeover; fell in love with someone younger than me; lived on my very own; got into my very first car accident

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I didn’t make any last year…at least none that I remember. I did make a few for this year, and promptly broke 2 of them last night

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 4 friends; 3 co-workers…it’s all babies, all the time lately…my mom has even been asking me when I am going to give her grandbabies…um, should probably be in a relationship for that first, non?

4. Did anyone close to you die? My great aunt in Scotland (we miss you dearly, Jessie); a close family friend, Norman (hope you’re tending bar up there!!); a friend I had met through an ex (Dog, we miss you); and my best friend’s grandmother

5. What countries did you visit? The States, and that is all, as I worked way too damn much

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? True happiness, and someone special to share it with

7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? April 15 – a very romantic, surprise dinner with man at the time; August 17 – Auntie Jessie passed away; August 21 – got my heart broken, but realize now that it wasn’t really all that bad; October 17 – my first meaningful encounter with someone who has really captured my heart; November 5 – being told that someone was in love with me; December 24 – saying goodbye for now to someone who is in love with me and who I love back with a fervor I’ve never felt before

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? My promotion at work

9. What was your biggest failure? Not keeping in touch with family and friends most of the year; not saving money AT ALL; getting involved in a situation that should not ever have been because I know better

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Screwed up back; concussion; sprained ankle; pneumonia

11. What was the best thing you bought? My new Canon XTi Digital Rebel

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My family and friends for being so supportive while I worked my ass off

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My old company for ditching their efforts to start the new program a WEEK before it was due to begin…the project that a lot of us worked diligently on for the first 6 months of the year and gave up our lives for

14. Where did most of your money go? I have no idea. Actually, yes I do…shopping in frigging Houston

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? When I first heard I’d be working in Houston (but that only lasted for about the first 2 weeks); my new camera; being asked to be a bridesmaid in 2 very dear friends’ weddings this year

16. What song will always remind you of 2006? “Lips of an Angel” by Hinder – it has special meaning that I am not going to go into; “This Year’s Love” by David Grey – same as the first one; “I will Follow You Into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie – the ex learned how to play it for me on the guitar and did so on our one year anniversary…and then broke it off 6 days later; “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol – the lyrics kill me, and it applies to a lot of what’s going on in my life

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? A) happier B) thinner – 4 weeks of pneumonia does that to a person C) slightly richer, but not much

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Relaxing; talking to friends; keep better track of finances; look after myself

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Drinking, shopping

20. How will you be spending Christmas? Already did this…with my family

21. Did you fall in love in 2006? I did, very hard…still am…not sure what’s going on with it right now though, and that’s a very hard thing to deal with

22. How many one-night stands? Oh god, do I have to answer this? Ok, fine I will, but only because I promised I would be more honest in my blog…2…but they were with guys that I had previously dated for extended periods of time, so they weren’t really one night stands

23. What was your favorite TV program? Grey’s Anatomy; 24; How I Met Your Mother…watch it if you have not…it is priceless

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? no

25. What was the best book you read? The Red Tent; and Wilbur Smith’s Egyptian series

26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Death Cab for Cutie

27. What did you want and get? My new camera; a promotion; a new attitude towards life

28. What did you want and not get? An actual relationship with the one that I love

29. What was your favorite film of this year? Oh frig…I have to pick one? I guess it would have to be Little Miss Sunshine

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 28…on December 30th…we went rollerskating (yes, I said rollerskating, the old school, four wheel type) and then to the pub near my place…got too drunk, threw up in the bathroom, (so classy, I know, but I hadn’t had drinks in 3 weeks because of the whole pneumonia thing) and then went home

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Less work

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? I stopped trying to be too trendy…I will never be, I am more of a casual, basics kinda girl

33. What kept you sane? My girls…and running…and sadly, drinking copious amounts of vino

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Jack Bauer/Kiefer Sutherland

35. What political issue stirred you the most? Too many to count…everything seems so sad these days

36. Who did you miss? Bird; Double J; BPM – every second that I wasn’t with him

37. Who was the best new person you met? Robinson…he is like a brother to me after 6 short months…the really annoying, fun to drink with brother

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006. Work is not life. Take more time for myself, appreciate the little things.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Ok, it doesn't sum up my year, but it's a song that has meaning to me right now, and I think it always will..."Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol

We'll do it all
Everything On our own

We don't need
Anything Or anyone

If I lay here If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much They're not enough

If I lay here If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's burstin’ into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars Around our heads


Forget what we're told Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am All that I ever was
It’s here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all