Monthly Archives: April 2006
The Moving News
| April 29, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
Plans have changed mainly due to cats.
Yesterday we drove down with a fairly good car load of stuff, mostly books, clothes and cleaning supplies. They are all still in the car. The apartment will be nice, it even has a fancy heated floor. There is still some work to be done to finish up a few things, which I knew ahead of time. I did look over the place and though it’s small it’s not miniscule and I will be fine there, once I can actually move in.
The people who rent upstairs have been using the basement apartment as a cat toilet for their cat and it’s kittens. So, the apartment stinks of cat and cat byproducts. I’m allergic to cats and get asthma from them as well. I couldn’t leave any of the things I brought down there as they would be cat infested. I don’t know how long it will take to air out that basement apartment, it only has one door and two smallish windows. However, this is not a sign of great things to come as far as me getting along with the other tenants. My brother has emailed them about the cats and cat stench. Even if they throroughly clean it up I doubt it will be free of them for a long time.
So, I’m kind of disappointed. It’s not Grahams fault. He left them with a key for the downstairs apartment while he was away in Florida. He trusted them and they abused that.
Anyway, that’s the news. Other stuff happened, good and bad, but I’m still tired this morning.
Online dating
| April 28, 2006 | Posted by ThatGrrl at StumbleUpon under Writing |
http://www.desperatedating.net/
A guy exploring online dating. Humour.
The Complimenting Commenter
| April 26, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
Changing the world through compliments.
One Week Left
| April 25, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
Sort of the grand final sale.
I have one week to do this whole move and job getting thing. Ick, ugg.
Too bad I can’t just skip ahead a week, or two. I’d like to get to that part where I have done all the moving, I have settled in and I have a bed and my computer set up. I have a job, one that I actually like and feel good about. I’d like to be past all the muckitty muck about selling the car and the unknown lovelies which seem to trip me up, namely the insurance and expired plate which they say you should not be driving around without or with.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a fast forward button? I know we are supposed to enjoy the journey as well as the destination. I do that, really I do. But, couldn’t I just skip this bit of the journey, just this one time? I’ve had a bit too much journey and not any destination this whole winter.
I am looking forward to having a place of my own again, finally, maybe. It’s renting, yet I can have a lock with the only key, in theory. I can be the one who decides where things are put and how they are put there. No one will tell me how messy I am, other than me. I’m pretty quiet when I’m alone so I won’t boss myself around too much.
I may not post much here this next week. I am working very hard at job hunting, you know. How I hate it, the whole thing of setting yourself up to be found lacking, yet again. If I was one of those perfect magazine people with wallets bulging with credit cards, life would be fine, all maxed out.
I feel like I’m even getting my period today, dammit. I’ll be making squishing noises while I move. At least I have a fair supply of Midol and I won’t be the one operating any heavy machinery. So, you’re all safe on the highways and biways.
The Blog Studio
It seems I am going to be moving near to The Blog Studio. I wish I knew enough of the code side of web design to offer myself up for the job they have posted there.
It would have been a nice job, creative and evolving with new ideas and technology. Though I have been thinking blogs are going to have some kind of implosion soon. Someone is going to realize blogs are content management after all and they have pretty much spammed out the community that used to exist.
What will come next? The first thing will come from the indie publishers, not the business typhoons. They will just try to buy it later.
I Like My Horoscope This Week
| April 25, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
Sagittarius Horoscope for week of April 20, 2006
In contemplating your astrological omens, I’m reminded of Terence McKenna’s comment about a friend who “hurled herself into the abyss and discovered that it was a feather bed.” If you can summon the courage to dive into the scary depths, Sagittarius, I do believe you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the comfy, luxurious digs that await you at the end of your descent. Now go ahead and yell “Geronimo!”, which the dictionary defines as an exclamation used to express exhilaration when leaping from a great height.
My Mom at her Pink Party in Florida
| April 22, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
This is my Mom, the Florida snowbird. She had friends from the Park over for a party where they drank pink wine and all the ladies wore something pink. This is her big smile picture. How can you look at that and not smile back?
This was taken a few months ago. She says she isn’t too interested in meeting another guy. But she is a widow and she could use companionship. I’d like to see my Mom having at least a few dates, someone to converse with over coffee.
AA Independent Press Guide
| April 22, 2006 | Posted by ThatGrrl at StumbleUpon under Writing |
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/su_bainbridge/aaipg.html
Guide to Indie Press (small publishers) includes UK, US, Canada, Oz and the rest of the world. Looks like they are keeping it updated pretty well too. No easy feat I’m sure.
The Word is a Force
| April 20, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
“The word is not just a sound or written symbol. The word is a force, it is the power you have to express and communicate, to think, and thereby to create the events of your life” – Don Miguel Ruiz
I found this at Meditations for Women. But, I don’t want to register to use another site and get spammed for it later. This was a nice quote though, I would have liked to see more.
ReConnecting and ReBuilding
First of all, I had an email from John this morning. He is living in a bachelor apartment in Hamilton and discovered that his past employer has been bad mouthing him each time someone calls her to check on him. So that was certainly why he got the cold shoulder from everyone he had an interview with. So that’s how things are with John. I emailed him back and said he is a work in progress and not to get discouraged. (Progress being the key word).
For myself, I am pretty decided on the move thing. I’m not keen about moving and I’m really going to hugely miss having a car (poor thing had an exhaust leak and could not pass the emissions test) but even I should be able to find a job in Toronto. I’m applying to the temp agencies for now. If I can find something to start right away I can find something else while making rent payments and supporting my computer habit.
I may blab more here later. I want to get the work of job hunting done this morning. I did begin but was distracted by email.
Independent Publishing News
| April 19, 2006 | Posted by thatgrrl under Uncategorized |
Welcome to the Frontpage
| April 19, 2006 | Posted by ThatGrrl at StumbleUpon under Writing |
http://www.childlessstepmoms.org/
A site for childless stepmoms. Brings up ideas I had not thought of. If the relationship gets serious I will remember this site and join for more resources and a better idea of what I may be getting into.
