I’m jumping on the bandwagon with Friglet, Some Girl and Miss Prissy, and I’m going to do my best to post every day for a year. I haven’t posted much lately, and not for any good reason either.

About 2 months ago, my cousin Shirley (63 years old - I’m the youngest female cousin on my Dad’s side, so they’re all getting “old”) hadn’t been feeling real well.  Cramps, intestinal distress, headaches, etc.  Her co-workers finally called her sister-in-law to see if she could get her to go to a doctor.  She successfully got her in to a doctor, and they discovered almost instantly that she was full of cancer, with pretty much no treatment options.  Within 3 weeks she died.  So, 2 weeks ago, I went down to go to her funeral.  It was really nice!  She’d worked at the college there for 38 years!!  So the president of the college gave a eulogy, as did her co-worker.  They did a great job… very humerous and touching.  They also had her collection of Edmonton Eskimo, and Edmonton Oiler souvenirs there too.  She would have really liked it. She never married.

I’ve been on the hopeless quest of trying to find a dress to wear to the wedding.  Sarah and I spent the whole afternoon of my birthday in the largest mall in North America and had next to no luck finding me anything to wear.  I found a sage green one, that Sarah loved, but it was too beaded on the top.  I felt like Old Mother Barbie in it.  Near the end of the day, I found pretty much exactly what I was looking for, except it was a deep plum, and I hated the color!  Too “dark and depressing” for a summer wedding.

We went out for dinner later that night with hubby, Ben and Jay.  We had a nice meal, and a great time!

I’ve ordered a few things online to see if I can find something that fits.  Check out Shops For Fun  to see some of the things I’ve ordered.

I was interviewed by Miss Prissy.

1.How, when, where, did you meet your husband?

I met my husband in 1977 at work, and then later at a party that some of us from work were attending. I worked with 2 of his childhood buddies, who were quite a bit older than us. I was the youngest in the company at that time (18 or 19), and I was joking around about him being another “youngster”. Of course our big mouth mutual friends told him, and made it sound like I was interested in him. A few weeks later, we hooked up at a Grey Cup (Canadian Superbowl) party, and we’ve been together ever since. This was at the end of November. We got engaged in April of ‘78, and married in December of 1978, so we will celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary, and hubby’s 50th birthday (2 days later) this December!

2.What advice have you, or will you give Sarah about marriage?

I doubt that I will be giving her any specific advice. We’ve always talked about anything and everything through all her teenage “romances” and heartbreaks, so those types of words of “wisdom” have just been talked about all along. The main thing I’ve been saying lately, is that even if we don’t like a couple of things that the “in-laws” are doing in regards to the wedding, that it’s not at all worth saying anything! I think her and Jay will do great! They both come from stable, basic families, and they have a really solid relationship. They rarely quarrel, and they’ve known pretty much all along that farming, home, community, family and church will be very important in their lives.

3.What would your readers be surprised, to find out about you?

That I’m a hermit, and a bit of a recluse, and tend to deal with some depression problems, particularily when I’m not working. I can stay holed up in my house for days on end, and I wish I’d “get over it”.
4.List 5 words, to describe each of your children .

Sarah - beautiful, gentle, kind, compassionate, funny,

Ben - sweet, musical, athletic, loving, funny

5. If you could go back and talk to yourself at age 15, what advice would you give?

Don’t start smoking!! If you do, you’ll end up replacing nicotine, with food, and your skinny minny body is going to be the size of a barn when you hit mid-life! Never, ever, EVER date or have anything to do with guys named Jet, or Brad!!
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I met Sarah and Kerri for dinner tonight, and then we went to the bridal shop for her first fitting! The dress required NO alterations!! No hemming, no nothing! All the seamstress has to do is put in the hooks so that it can be bustled, and sew in the bra cups. They still charge her $130! I can’t imagine how much it must be for someone who needs major fixing!

Friday night I went out to a huge Ladies Night fundraiser dinner, and silent auction. 19 of us went from work. It’s been like forever since I’ve gone to anything like that. Let’s just say, I’m no prude, but the way many of the women acted there was DISGUSTING!!! (not our group - strangers) Not just the fact that they were grossly drunk, but they were so WEIRD! Dirty dancing with “each other”, kissing each other. Sticking drink tickets out of their zippers, and another woman pulling them out with her teeth, It was NASTY! And could someone explain to me, why woman would dress really “smutty”, to go out with other women?? I thought women mostly did that when they were out prowling?? I guess I’m just old…. now I know why I never go out! Hmmmph

Sarah phoned me an hour ago, excited as hell!! Her dress is in! She was SO relieved!! We have an appointment to go for her first fitting one week from tonight! Yay! That’s the last “big thing” we had to worry about. It’s such a relief. It came in, in 3 months, and they had said it would take 6-8 months! *gulp*

This is Sarah’s dress, except hers is white, and she won’t be wearing that big necklace, or carrying a pet! Check out Flickr to see the back of her gown. It fits her like a glove, except in the hips. They’ll have to take it in a LOT. I told her I’d happily give her a butt transplant, or some reverse liposuction! Heh

WE WERE DRUGGED…  The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ”Why didn’t we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?” I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning.  I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.

I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.  I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.  I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn’t put forth my best effort ineverything that was asked of me.

I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity.  I was drug out to pull weeds in mom’s garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad’s fields.  I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.

Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think.  They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today’s children had this kind of drug problem, Canada would be a better place.  God bless the parents who “drugged” us.

The bridesmaids’ dresses arrived yesterday. When I first opened the box, I was absolutely shocked at the color. At school (where they were delivered), under the florescent lights they looked very dark dusty rose, and I about fainted! Then Sarah came out to pick them up, and she tried one on. It looked so fugly that we were really getting concerned!

Fortunately, when Keri, came over to Sarah’s house to try it on, they LOVED them! As you can see it looks awesome on Kerri! They were thrilled with them.

All I have to say, is “Whew!”

My hell! Today got off to a rough start, and it really didn’t get any better!!

First of all, I slept, maybe 3 hours last night, so this morning, I was groaning fairly loudly when the unfamiliar sound of my alarm clock rang! So, I stumbled out of bed, and looked out the window, only to discover that we were having yet another blizzard! In 2 short weeks, we will have had snow on the ground for 6 months STRAIGHT! If you think that doesn’t make a person pissy, you obviously live in LA, and have never had to deal with the “s word” ! *hint nudge* The roads were lousy, slippery, and it’s damn COLD out too!

My jeep got all washed and polished up this weekend, and now it’s a filthy mess with icicles hanging from the undercarriage.

Our morning was about 10 minutes underway, when out of the corner of my eye, I spot one of the ladies make a wild leap for the garbage can. I also shifted my gaze just in time to see G vomit for about 3 minutes straight, before taking a breath! I don’t know what his Mom fed him for breakfast, but EWWWW!

Most of the kids were “bratty” from having a week off from school, so that was awesome as well!

I haven’t blown my nose more than 2-3 times during the week that I was off. As soon as I walked back in the building, I had a kleenex constantly affixed to my nose. Hmmmph

I stopped and picked up a salad for myself for supper, and some other things for the guys, and there were black olives EWWWW EWWWWW in it! I fail to see what anyone likes about them! They have the most unpleasant and distinctive taste. I thought, this is a very mixed salad, so I’m sure I won’t taste them if I toss them way under there. WRONG! I’m like the Princess and the Olive! I can taste just the slightest piece of an olive, no matter how much other stuff, or how much dressing in on the salad! I picked the rest of them off to the side of the bowl. When I put the bowl down, the cats licked it clean (it’s plastic… so classy), and I can guarandamntee you that that scrawny cat will yak them up before the night’s over, and I will be cleaning up cat yak on top of it all! Grrrrrrr….

Today is Sarah’s 24th birthday!

She and Jay were out tonight for her birthday dinner, and to pick up her gifts. We got her one of the pink ladies’ Oiler jerseys which she absolutely LOVED, and a gift certificate for her hair salon for manicure/pedicures, etc for the wedding. Sarah also streaked mine and Jay’s hair while we all watched “On Golden Pond”. We watched the movie, because we’d gone to the play 2 weeks ago, so we laughed our asses off watching the original. We had a really nice afternoon.

Jay is a true romantic, cause he bought Sarah a bouquet of flowers for her birthday. While this doesn’t sound too exciting, he bought her a bouquet of the sorbonne lilies that her wedding bouquet is going to be made of. He even picked the “filler” to go in it. How sweet is that!??