Oops, I did it again

Forgot to blog. Didn't finish my photo interview. Oops. I don't think I have enough readers that it really matters, hehehe. I'll get around to it someday, eventually.

But for today I want to share a cute dog video. Cracked me up!

More photo interview

two. who knows me best?

three. how old am i? (or how old do i feel?)

four. the most important thing in my life is _____________
five. i always carry _____________________

Who am I?

I am Bonnie ... there is a silly person that resides in my normally quiet exterior!

Photo Interview

Erin has challenged us to complete this interview ... with pictures only! I will try and do one every day or so, so that it will all be complete by the end of October. Anyone want to join me?

one. who am i?
two. who knows me best?
three. how old am i? (or how old do i feel?)
four. the most important thing in my life is _____________
five. i always carry _____________________
six. something i always do
seven. i'm at my happiest when _____________________
eight. on a monday morning, you can find me ____________
nine. my favourite mode of transport
ten. my eyes are _____________________
eleven. my favourite material posession
twelve. to relax, i like to _____________________
thirteen. the town i live in is _____________________
fourteen. my worst habit
fifteen. my guilty pleasure
sixteen. when i look at someone, the first thing i see is _______
seventeen. i think _____________________ is beautiful
eighteen. one thing i can live without
nineteen. one thing most people don't know about me
twenty. my life is ___________________

Monday, Monday ...

Monday Monday, so good to me ..... (anyone remember the Mama's & the Papa's? B4 my time too *wink*).

I hope Monday is good for me today! Today is the first day of the month, so that means I head into my client's to work. I only work in her office 2-3 days a month, so I shouldn't complain ... but it's getting harder and harder to get myself motivated to go in. I guess I like being 'retired' so much more! LOL. John thinks it wouldn't make a difference if I didn't work for her, but she does pay me a significant amount for part-time work. And it funds most of my crafting/golfing/bowling ... so it does matter. Plus I've worked for her for 11 years now (wow!) and we've become good friends. Would be hard now to quit. She's moving offices the end of the month, this will be the 4th time since I've worked for her. She is downsizing, so we'll be sharing the space and I'll be working on a laptop now. Now I work in the storage 'closet' - a room without windows, phone, internet that I share with a bank of file cabinets ... so in some ways this will probably be better. But in other ways it will probably be a bit more complicated, and I don't like change. Why I'm worrying about this now, I don't know - I won't have to deal with it until next month, November 1st to be precise. LOL

Well - off to work I go ....

Houston, we have a Sock!

Back by popular demand (well, from Shannon & Lawanda anyway) - here is a new blog entry. Don't say I don't ever do anything for you *wink*



I have been back into knitting .... as the leaves start to turn colors - I turn to yarn! And I've been wanting to learn how to knit socks for a while now, every since Rosemary did her first pair about 2 years ago! So, in August or July I went to the yarn store and bought the yarn, a pattern and the needles. And then put the bag away and forgot about them. So, when John came home and we spent a week at the trailer, I brought the bag with me and started the process of knitting the first sock. And I just finished sock #1. Five weeks for one sock, at this rate I can knit a wardrobe in about 20 years, heheh. And even though I did swatch, it came out a little on the large size. But I'm pretty excited and can't wait to start sock #2. Maybe I'll be done with that one by Thanksgiving *grin*

*closed due to lack of activity*

That's what I should call this blog - closed! LOL I have almost completely forgotten about it, which is obvious since I haven't posted in 4 months!

I find it ironic that I don't update this blog, considering how much time I do spend online.

SPS

A day late, yet again. Yesterday was my niece's 19th birthday party - I still remember when she was born! Time is fleeting, that is for sure.

So here we are - I'm such a midget next to her ... she's very tall!

I'm a bad blogger!

I think my life is just to dull for me to keep up with this blogging stuff, lol! Hard to believe it's been over a month since I last wrote anything. I did have a fun week last week, spent 3 days visiting a friend in Vancouver, BC. I've turned her onto scrapbooking, so we had a blast shopping and spending all her money, heheheheh.

While this wasn't taken today, I figure it's close enough to qualify for SPS as it was at least taken within the past couple of days. This is Cheryl and I at Granville Island - isn't the sky and water so blue? Next day was pouring rain, so I'm glad we got to enjoy a little of the sunshine.

Self Portrait Sunday

I finally remembered!! I'm over at our property in the mountains, and woke up to snow falling. There is nothing prettier, in my mind, than freshly falling snow. However, I am a bit freaked about driving over the mountain pass in it, as people tend to drive to fast and follow too close.

Anyway, here I am, putting on my snowshoes to go out to the shed and start packing up for the trip home. I'm quite the mountain woman! LOL Sorry the pic is blurry - hard to use that self-timer feature!

First Day of a New Month

I made myself a pledge that I would try and take a picture on the first day of each month, to use for a calendar for next year. So today is February 1st and I'm trying to decide what I will be photographing, lol. Guess I'd better be sure to take my camera with me today, in case a good photo op happens. I like scenery pictures, so undoubtedly it will be something of that nature. We have been having unbelievably gorgeous weather - sunny, bright blue skies - but a bit nippy in the mornings. Currently 32F, so that means I'll be scraping ice off my car windows before heading to work. Brr. Anyway, today is supposed to be the last day of sunshine for a while so I'd better take advantage of it! I'll post my pic later tonight.

On another note - I'm still feeling a bit blue, but think I'm getting a bit better. I had a fabulous time scrapping on Whidbey, my friends are so wonderful and understanding. I am truly blessed, I need to keep remembering that!

Edited to add: Okay, I finally got around to taking my picture at sunset yesterday - taken from my car window as I was stuck in traffic! These are the Cascade Mountains - look at that moon rising!

I'm Normal?

Now, I know there are many out there that probably wouldn't agree with that statement, lol ... but after meeting the therapist, he reassured me that what I am feeling is 'normal'. However, he said that there is no time line for grief, and I need to just accept that I will feel this way while I work through it, and he'll help me from falling into a big pit of despair. I think that's my biggest fear, that I'll fall into a dark place and I won't come back. So, while it was exhausting (and yes, I did sob during most of the session *wink*) it left me feeling a little bit better this morning. Last night, not so good - but today, better.

Anyway, I don't have time to dwell on my sorrows - this weekend is Scrapping at Whidbey!! There will be 9 of us at the cabin this time, so it will be a full house. I still need to grocery shop for a few things, but the food is going to be very simple this time. Coscto lasagna, that sort of thing. I hope to get all my 3-Day walk pictures done, gonna scrap them ala CM - very, very simple pages - I hope!

Depression

It's been 6 weeks since my Dad died and I'm not doing well. I have come to the conclusion that what I'm feeling isn't normal grief, it's depression. I found this list online, it states if you have 4 or more of the following symptoms you should seek professional help. I have almost everything listed!

• Noticeable change of appetite, with either significant weight loss not attributable to dieting or weight gain.
  
• Noticeable change in sleeping patterns, such as fitful sleep, inability to sleep, early morning awakening, or sleeping too much.
• Loss of interest and pleasure in activities formerly enjoyed.
• Loss of energy, fatigue.
• Feelings of worthlessness.
• Persistent feelings of hopelessness.
• Feelings of inappropriate guilt.
• Inability to concentrate or think, indecisiveness.
• Recurring thoughts of death or suicide, wishing to die, or attempting suicide. (Note: People suffering this symptom should receive treatment immediately!)
• Melancholia (defined as overwhelming feelings of sadness and grief), accompanied by waking at least two hours earlier than normal in the morning, feeling more depressed in the morning, and moving significantly more slowly.
• Disturbed thinking, a symptom developed by some severely depressed persons. For example, severely depressed people sometimes have beliefs not based in reality about physical disease, sinfulness, or poverty.
• Physical symptoms, such as headaches or stomachaches.

I have an appointment with a therapist this afternoon. I am hoping I can do this without medication, but obviously I will do whatever he suggests. I just am a bad pill taker, I forget to take them!

Anyway, since making the appointment - I am feeling better. Almost relieved. But scared too - not knowing what to expect. Worried I'll just sob for the entire appointment - paying $125/hr to have him watch me cry will probably finish me off, since I'm so cheap! LOL

Brrrrrrr!

Well, I've been an absent blogger for a while now - thought I'd do better, especially having a new laptop and wireless internet in my house! LOL. We've had some bad weather, snow and cold ... finally back to normal weather in that department - and my heater broke! So I've been without heat for 3 1/2 days, it's been 50F inside my house since Saturday morning. Brrrrrrrr!

I woke up Friday morning and the house was cold. Yet I heard the furnace running - strange. After a little investigating, it appeared that my furnace wasn't lighting, so I figured an igniter switch, they go out about every 5 years it seems. Took me several hours to find someone who could come out today and fix it ... only to find out it wasn't the igniter - it was some main circuit board. $750 part, $200 labor. For a furnace that is 18 years old - just didn't seem smart to me. Especially when they told me the same furnace, actually a bit better because it's more efficient now, will only cost me $2500. But I'm not thrilled that I have to get a new furnace, and I'm not really in a position to shop around. Kind of hard to go without heat in January (if it was April, well I'd be looking a holding off). Sigh. It's only money, right? And I knew that the furnace would need to be replaced in the near future, they don't last much more than 15-20 years. I just hate unexpected expenses. Anyway, the furnace guys are here installing the new one ... and let me tell you, I can't wait to fire that puppy up! Gonna park myself on the heater vent once it gets going, lol!

Here's a digi layout from our snow day last week - I'm grateful my furnace didn't break then, as it was 18F at night!