Nothing really new lately, I just noticed it has been awhile since I made an entry so ‘ta da!’ here it is. But I can share a conversation I had with my son (who is three years old and just gets funnier all the time)

Title: S the teacher (he asks the question like he is teaching me something new)

S: *holds up animal cracker* What animal is this?

Me: *looks closely* Ummm… a bear

S: Are bears big and have sharp teeth?

Me: Some of them

S: Where do bears live?

Me: In caves?

S: That’s right, bears live in caves!

Hope I look as good when I am 43. Anyway, I am going to the Canadian National Science Fiction Expo next Saturday and will get a chance to meet him and get his autograph. I have always liked him and his character Spike from Angel/Buffy and didn’t find out until about a year ago that we have the same birthday. Cool.

I spent a couple of days traipsing about cemeteries around central Ontario. No, not a fetish or goth thing..lol. I was doing some geneology research with my mother and taking pictures of headstones of various family members who passed away in the 1800’s and 1900’s. That portion of my family lived quite a long time. Most of them were in their 80’s and 90’s when they passed on. Good to know. Someday, when I am not so terrified of flying and have bundles of cash lying around, I will get to England to do some of the research there.

Today I am off to a comic book store to see what goodies they might have and tomorrow it is to Toronto for a volunteer meeting for the Expo.

The diet is going very well and I am 50% of the way to my target. Yay. A lot of people will be quite suprised when I go back to school. Oh ya, and I had laser surgery for my eyes and the results are awesome!!!!

I decided to surprise my mother today by taking her to a summer solstice celebration. I haven’t been to one before but have been interested for some time. I’ve looked to see if there are any local groups as many offer classes but so far have not found a truly established circle. The Wiccan Church of Canada has a Temple a short enough drive away so we are joining their celebration and might attend some of their classes on other weekends.

I might even run into some of my university friends that are wiccan and/or pagan.

Okay, so an update on me since it has been quite awhile….

I am back at work after my wonderful matenity leave. I really like my job and the people I work with but I would much rather be at home with my kids. In fact, I would much rather be stinking rich and never have to work again. Okay, keep the rich and leave out the stinking.

My littlest one had bronchiolitis and was on ventilin every four hours for a week. I ended up getting bronchitis from it all and passing that on to one of my friends. At least no one can say I don’t give.

I just finished my drama course at university and have enrolled in a spring course. A psychology course about learning, particularly learning in non-human animals. This means I will have a better understanding of half the people I come across each day.

My allergy to fragrances which started during my pregnancy has not gone away and in fact has gotten worse. At least I have an understanding boss who is trying to help in anyway he can. We now have a sign on our office door which basically says ‘if you are wearing perfume etc.. then bugger off’. Of course it is worded in a much more PC way than that.

I bought a new plant. It is called a money tree. So far it is not living up to its promise. Hopefully this one won’t die the horrible, horrible death all my other plants have. Plants truly fear me. I once got a mini cactus and it died in a week. Cacti are supposed to be one of the sturdiest plants. I took care of it exactly as instructed and it still died. Maybe it knew it belonged to me and decided dying would be easier. Some people have green thumbs, I have the black thumb of death.

Well that is it for now, I am sure I will think of something I left out later and post again when I remember.

Still anxiously awaiting the newest edition to my family who is 10 days overdue. I guess he just takes after his sister…lol.

Good news, looks like D is going to be a big sister. When this five year old tyke was asked what she would like a brother to be named her first answer was “Money” and her second was “Dufus”. At least she was kind to a potential sister and chose “Princess”.