i was patiently waiting as is the norm in west vancouver for a parking spot in the village of course next to the liquor store. i was there for at least a minute, probably longer, when the ridiculous woman reversed and backed into my passenger side car door. she then proceeded to tell me that i should have warned her and that the damage on my car was old. i told her she was a ridiculous woman and she should re-take her driving test.
i then proceeded to do some shopping therapy, and sat down for a nice meal with the kidlets.
i happened to have a nice b-day dinner with a few of the specials and haven't seens in my life a while back and happened to bump into rachel, paul, aaron and cate at the same restaurant, we somehow invited ourselves to paul & rachels and proceeded to have a wonderful time playing the Wii and making mini Mi's i think it's called.
sweet rachel surprised me with flowers, the best sister in the world surprised flowers at work. i was shining.
work surprised me with a barbacue, my fav cake and b-day favours. i was spoilt.
i've been to the spa twice that is almost double my life-time of spa experiences.
humans are getting married again and we have five weddings this year...crazy...
people are also multiplying and we have babies to visit.
showers are also in the works.
did i mentioned we are moving?
i like my life filled & complicated.
for this year.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
the strike, a ridiculous woman, & other happenings
the strike was a nightmare that turned into a dream. i get to work from home most days.
one day i had to go to the office and brought my gems along. they were very good for more than 7 hours. we played the last day of the soccer clinic, they met all of the five persons i work with at HQ, brought back lunch, Jim entertained them with the 'magic board', and i worked and worked until it was time to go. we went to the village to have dinner. this is where i met the ridiculous woman.
one day i had to go to the office and brought my gems along. they were very good for more than 7 hours. we played the last day of the soccer clinic, they met all of the five persons i work with at HQ, brought back lunch, Jim entertained them with the 'magic board', and i worked and worked until it was time to go. we went to the village to have dinner. this is where i met the ridiculous woman.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
In the mist of chaos
and seemingly loving it.
today is a nice day. sun is peeking, the house is in a mess, it's a lazy sunday afternoon, done lots of nice unrememberable doings, but somehow it has been very satisfying.
i did not mention that we are moving. we are moving to north burnaby where apparently there is a nice neighbourhood for the kidlets and a suburban breed of lifestyle that we are looking for. I want to know my neighbours damn it!
i grew up a while back (so i think), where we lived in a neighbour on top of a hill, where us kids roamed free, our parents knew each other, moms had women type gatherings, parties and tea chit chats, dads worked crazy hours but had men things they did, we had big events, like new years and christmas had neighbourhood parties held by individuals who liked hosting them ( my parents were one of them) where the whole neighbourhood and relatives from everywhere would get together, catch up on each other, socialize and basically enjoy and experience each other. Some of us would go on vacations together, it was a very enjoyable, interesting and living time. Of course, there are cons to this, where everyone knew everyone's downfalls, and people are nosy, privacy is definitely scarce. There was a lady I remember who had an affair with a man down her street, both had families, although probaby not to her, it was a very interesting story that unfolded that speaks to our tolerance and non, and just the flaws and lovliness of being human. as a child, there are lessons and observations that were quite remarkable especially for her own children.
i read a book by M Gladwell, that implies that parents may having an influence on their kids, but most studies are showing that the people they meet daily, the neighbourhood, schools, and encounters are far far more influential in shaping what they actually do, their choices, their personality....
this lack of control is sometimes quite frightening to me as a mom, but more so as an adult. An example he gave, was something as simple as j walking. a person may decide to j walk but sees that no one else is, so he is a bit undecided, then someone does, and he follows...just a few days ago i we were trying to find parking downtown but it wasn't 6pm, sis mentioned hey if there are cars there and usually there are, we can follow....i didn't want to take the risk because i have a series of parking tickets and am trying to turn into a new leave:) anyway, we observed that cars were parked in a collective, sitting in their cars waiting, no one got out as it wasn't six yet.
simple gestures, may even be insignificant, coincidences at times, but read the book things to ponder anyway. basically we subconsciously do a lot of unexplained, illogical things. there are other concepts as well that are quite worth thinking about...
ok rambling, not exactly what i set out to blog about but now i'm hungry...so this is it for now:)
today is a nice day. sun is peeking, the house is in a mess, it's a lazy sunday afternoon, done lots of nice unrememberable doings, but somehow it has been very satisfying.
i did not mention that we are moving. we are moving to north burnaby where apparently there is a nice neighbourhood for the kidlets and a suburban breed of lifestyle that we are looking for. I want to know my neighbours damn it!
i grew up a while back (so i think), where we lived in a neighbour on top of a hill, where us kids roamed free, our parents knew each other, moms had women type gatherings, parties and tea chit chats, dads worked crazy hours but had men things they did, we had big events, like new years and christmas had neighbourhood parties held by individuals who liked hosting them ( my parents were one of them) where the whole neighbourhood and relatives from everywhere would get together, catch up on each other, socialize and basically enjoy and experience each other. Some of us would go on vacations together, it was a very enjoyable, interesting and living time. Of course, there are cons to this, where everyone knew everyone's downfalls, and people are nosy, privacy is definitely scarce. There was a lady I remember who had an affair with a man down her street, both had families, although probaby not to her, it was a very interesting story that unfolded that speaks to our tolerance and non, and just the flaws and lovliness of being human. as a child, there are lessons and observations that were quite remarkable especially for her own children.
i read a book by M Gladwell, that implies that parents may having an influence on their kids, but most studies are showing that the people they meet daily, the neighbourhood, schools, and encounters are far far more influential in shaping what they actually do, their choices, their personality....
this lack of control is sometimes quite frightening to me as a mom, but more so as an adult. An example he gave, was something as simple as j walking. a person may decide to j walk but sees that no one else is, so he is a bit undecided, then someone does, and he follows...just a few days ago i we were trying to find parking downtown but it wasn't 6pm, sis mentioned hey if there are cars there and usually there are, we can follow....i didn't want to take the risk because i have a series of parking tickets and am trying to turn into a new leave:) anyway, we observed that cars were parked in a collective, sitting in their cars waiting, no one got out as it wasn't six yet.
simple gestures, may even be insignificant, coincidences at times, but read the book things to ponder anyway. basically we subconsciously do a lot of unexplained, illogical things. there are other concepts as well that are quite worth thinking about...
ok rambling, not exactly what i set out to blog about but now i'm hungry...so this is it for now:)
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