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August, 2008

  1. fall

    August 22, 2008 by Louise

    I have one week of summer vacation left.

    Blah.

    I know it’s more than most people get but I just really wish it was longer.

    That is all.

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  2. Our kitchen is haunted by spray ghosts!

    August 21, 2008 by Louise

    This afternoon I was cleaning up the kitchen; basically I was scrubbing down the counters and the stovetop, and doing a couple of dishes. As I washed the dishes, I noticed that there was… something… dripping out of the cupboard to my left. Whatever it was, was foamy, and smelled like some kind of propellant. And, when I touched it, it felt weirdly greasy.

    I basically emptied the entire cupboard onto the counter, trying to figure out what it was. And I couldn’t. And I’m tall, but not tall enough to see high up in the cupboards, so I wiped up what I could reach, and left it for when Rob came home. When he did get home, he cleaned up the rest, but we still couldn’t quite figure out what was going on there.

    Much later, I was putting the stuff back in the cupboard. I had taken everything out of the cupboard and put it on the same spot on the counter. So I finished putting that stuff away, then started to leave the kitchen. I noticed something out of place. A can of Pam cooking spray (which we’ve used once for the barbecue) was on top of the fridge. The cap was on and everything. I picked it up to put it away and noticed it was really light. Turns out it was completely empty.

    So somehow all the Pam spray got sprayed in our cupboard, and the can was completely across the kitchen. Maybe I did that in some mental moment, but I don’t think so.

    Ah well!

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  3. Questions about things I’ve never quite understood but feel really stupid asking because I probably should know this stuff.

    by Louise

    1) How come they changed the Olympics? It used to be that the summer and winter Olympics were in the same year. Like I remember when the ’88 Summer Olympics were in Seoul, and the ’88 WINTER Olympics were in Calgary. They were both in 1988. Why did that change?

    2) What is the difference between term life insurance and regular life insurance? Is there a difference at all? I ask this because when insuring that van, the lady asked something about my life insurance and at the same time there was a commercial on TV for that insurance that old people can buy and they kept calling it term life insurance.

    3) My province’s waste management division won’t let us use black garbage bags. We have to use clear ones. BUT, we could fill a clear garbage bag with black garbage bags and that’s okay? Because we have black garbage bags in the house and we’re not allowed to use them so we have to get rid of them somehow. How about if we had a full (black) garbage bag, and just put that inside a clear one? No? AND, if the entire province isn’t allowed to use black garbage bags, how come they’re still being sold in stores? I realize that this is not a question that anyone can really answer.

    4) Fruit flies. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
    I mean, I understand where they come from. There are fruitfly eggs on your fruit and veg., and if they’re allowed to hatch (ie if you don’t wash your fruit and veg before they hatch/don’t refrigerate stuff) then here come the nasty beasties.
    But we wash EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. Because I don’t want to eat fruit fly eggs and tend to leave the peel on most produce that I eat. Plus, everything was in the fridge. So how does this happen? I used a tin of diced tomatoes in our spaghetti the other night. I forgot to rinse the tin, and left it on the counter. Twenty minutes later? FRUITFLIES! Where did they come from? There was no exposed fruit anywhere. Everything that came from the grocery store had been washed and put away. There were no fruitflies in the house until those ones showed up. Are they INSIDE CANS now (no I don’t really think that).
    Luckily I know how to get rid of them fairly quickly but still they are assholes and I hate them.

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  4. The Story of Stuff

    by Louise

    We have so much stuff.
    I don’t know where it all came from… but we have it. Like, clothes. Books. That kind of thing. SO MUCH STUFF. And half of it we don’t use. Which means it’s just clutter.

    If I weren’t so lazy, I would get a truck rental (actually, don’t need to now that we have the van!) and carry this stuff to the local Salvation Army. Of course at the same time – the second I got rid of something, we would be like “Hey, where is that thing? I could really use it right about now!”

    I had such big plans for this summer – and I know, it was “only” two weeks extra that we weren’t home, but two weeks is a big deal sometimes – that aren’t getting done because now that I’m finally home I just want to enjoy the little time I have left of vacation. De-cluttering was one of them.

    But, Rob and I are thinking of moving next summer to a bigger place in the same area, and I have resolved that we are NOT bringing anything with us that we don’t need.

    Also: We need more bookshelves. Yes we do.

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  5. Update on my face because you are interested I swear.

    August 20, 2008 by Louise

    With the reinstatement of weekly glycolic acid peels into my facial routine, my acne is kind of clearing up a little bit.
    Also I found tweezers so the chin hairs are a bit sparser, as well.

    God, you must think I’m some kind of crazy ugly person… here’s the deal: I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). I know that some of you reading this also have PCOS so forgive my very quick rudimentary explanation of the whole thing.

    (more…)

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  6. motorin’ (what’s your price for flight)

    by Louise

    So I’m really enjoying the van. Of course it’s used, and there are a couple of things that need fixing; we need a new ac compressor in order for the air conditioning to work, but seriously it’s not hot enough anymore that I would want A/C anyway, until at least May or June.
    Also, yesterday I took it for an oil change and for them to check things out. They did check things out, as I mentioned in yesterday’s post. Then as soon as I started driving it this morning, the “Check Engine” light came on.
    This is not a great thing, but since I’m not driving (hardly at all) at the moment, it will have to wait until we’ve recovered financially from our month-long two-week trip before whatever THAT is gets fixed. Although my brother’s telling me that it might be as simple as unhooking the battery for a while and hooking it up again. Which he will do on Saturday while he repairs some cosmetic stuff (there is a tiny rust bubble on the front fender, and he’s got to weld something else, I don’t know).

    Is anyone still reading? CAR POSTS ARE SO LAST WEEK.

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  7. Just sayin’

    by Louise

    Isle = an island

    Aisle = what’s in the grocery store

    So if you’re headed to the “tampon isle”… yeah that brings up whole new mental images now, doesn’t it?

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  8. Apple Saws

    by Louise

    I think they might be a distant cousin of the chainsaw… or they could be this stuff. Anyway my nephews are on their third (and, I’ve decreed, final) bowl of the stuff since lunchtime and I’m worried that they are going to start pooping all over the place or something.
    It’s weird because they are 3 and 4 and they have eaten SO MUCH! The 4 year old had 2 eggs plus toast for breakfast. The 3 y.o had cereal, toast, and juice. And a banana. Actually they both had a banana. Then they had half an apple each. Then I gave them some cheese and crackers although one of them ate only the cheese and the other one ate only the crackers. Then we had lunch (they had alphaghetti, I had chicken tagine – yes I tried to get them to have some couscous but there was no way that was happening). Now it’s 2:30, and as I said, the applesauce is being shoveled into their faces.

    I think it’s because they are such good runners. We went outside for an hour, and they ran the whole time. And then we came inside, and they ran around alot. Then we watched videos of puppies on YouTube. But they had to be videos of puppies with music. And, preferably, the puppies should be swimming. Amazingly enough, I was able to find several of these. And then there was more running. Now they are watching Sesame Street and the youngest just came to tell me that there is a guy on TV and “He’s not being nice! He’s being a bad bad boy!” so I have to go check.

    Yeah, it was Oscar. I suppose Oscar isn’t the nicest guy, yeah.

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  9. Re: Your brains

    by Louise

    A zombie. I am one.

    So last night I went to bed at around 11… but Rob and I ended up talking until probably 12:30 or 1. And then I had to get up at 6:30. I’m wondering if these kids still take naps. Also I’m wondering if there’s a way for me to prevent their little dog from being able to pull on the cabinet knobs because yesterday I went over there for a few minutes and he was getting in to all the cupboards. And I don’t want to have to deal with that.

    Anyway here’s a zombie song (watch it, it’s hilarious):

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  10. Happy Anniversary…

    August 19, 2008 by Louise

    We got a text message from Rob’s parents to tell us Happy Anniversary, this morning.
    My mom and dad remembered after I reminded Mom (“I didn’t even know today’s date!”).

    And you know what? I’m pretty much fine with that. Hey, at least they showed up for the wedding itself, eh?

    So… here’s what happened today: I took the new used car van (heretofore known as “the van” or a derivation thereof) in for an oil change. The mechanics at Crappy Tire said that there was an oil leak and some other kind of leak… so as soon as I left there I had another mechanic – type – person check it, and he said “There’s no leak… they splattered oil there”.

    Fine by me.

    When I got home I put on some sexy shoes (ha! flip flops actually… but they were pink, does that count?) and cooked a yummy supper for Rob and I. It involved vegetables from our own garden! Now I’m actually kind of tired, and it’s not quite 8 pm yet. I suppose it’s okay for me to go to sleep now though because I have to get up early-ish tomorrow. Bleh earlyish. My nephew has been pretty sick the past two days, and my mom babysits my brother’s kids so she’s caught it too. I will be babysitting tomorrow from 7:30 am – I think probably around 3 pm. It will be fantastic. Half the time Mom can’t convince them to change out of their pyjamas so I’m not sure how I’ll do with them. I suppose if we’re all alive by the end of the day, that means good things, right?

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