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| Happenings |
- In Nomine with Cheruby
- Low Life with Drang
- Cheruby's Irish Music Sessions
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- AFI's Top 100 Movies Night
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| Books On The Go |
- Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
- Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
- The Once and Future King by T.H. White
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| Awesome Games |
- Blue Moon
- Descent
- Puerto Rico
- Fury of Dracula
- Mystery of the Abbey
- Scrabble
- Backgammon
- Crib
- Kaiser
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- Planning Surprises for Cheruby
- Christmas
- GenCon!
- Every Day with Cheruby
- Costumes
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| Fabulous TV Shows |
- Gilmore Girls - it's over!!
- Battlestar Galactica
- Invader Zim
- Six Feet Under
- Hex
- Heroes
- Supernatural
- Fraggle Rock
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| Movie Ratings |
- Bringing Up Baby ***1/2
- 12 Angry Men ****
- Juno *****
- P.S. I Love You *****
- Easy Ride *
- Stardust *****
- Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ***1/2
- Enchanted ***1/2
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| Tagged By Rilla (A Looooooong Time Ago) |
| Sunday, June 14, 2009 |
Rules, schmules. I choose only to follow #3.
1) I love Lego. I remember just building and building and building when I was a kid. I also remember building a mostly 2-dimensional man about two feet tall and taking it to school for show and tell. I loved show and tell too. [grin] Anyway, I just received a new piece of jewelry that shows just how much I love it.
2) Gremlins was the first movie I remember seeing in a theatre. I recall sitting on my mom's lap, but in my memory, it was because there weren't two seats left together in the theatre and that was the only way I could sit with her. It couldn't possibly have been because I was scared.
3) I am more creative than I give myself credit for. This is random about me because *I* didn't know I was as creative as I am until recently. I considered most of my creative endeavours as hobbies and not creative. I am a silly girl sometimes. Of course, I like to surround myself with people who I consider to be incredibly creative and intelligent and I have measured my creations against theirs. Again, silly Suzi.
4) My cats in my life bring me great joy - especially in the morning. The first thing they do is come visit me in the bathroom. One talks and tries to be held or just intervene between my attention and another cat, one wants to be picked up and held but not enough to quit moving from surface to surface throughout the bathroom, one circles my feet to gain my attention and pets, and the last one waits not-so-patiently for it to be his turn for affection. Sometimes this is all going on at once.
5) My favourite things to do are things that will make other people happy and in that I can find some enjoyment. Such as putting together an after game snack so that people can relax, making the effort to see, to email, or to talk with someone that I respect and with whom I enjoy spending time, making chainmaille something-or-others for my friends and family, etc. These things are even better if I can share.
6) My favourite call of good luck is, "Have fun storming the castle!" said by Miracle Max in the Princess Bride. That movie has many spectacular quote like, "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something," said by Wesley as the Man in Black. That was my email signature for quite a while when I was :oh, dear god!: 18. In fact, it was my first email signature. |
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| Small World |
| Wednesday, June 03, 2009 |
When my Cheruby and I met, it became a game with us to figure out how many people we knew in common. I think at last count there were about a dozen or so. I just threw out the piece of paper that had all the names listed. One more could have been added this past weekend, actually.
I've made a great new friend here in Calgary. I met him through work and we knew one person in common, but just through my previous employer and his being two places that she had worked so it wasn't that big a deal. But in my Crackbook surfing, I discovered that someone he knows through his art is the sister of someone I know from my gaming in Saskatoon. I even have a necklace with a glass bead that was made by her boyfriend I think. Anyway, the world is a small place sometimes.
In other news, I'm still working hard away from home most of the time. Life is good though because I've got my wonderful Cheruby to look after me and help me through the rough spots. This weekend, he helped me to clean my office. I think it's been close to a year since it was truly clean and that feels great. I'm still noticing the absence of stress over that task on my to do list. I had my one year anniversary with my temporary rebound job too.
We got a new black cat who is just about the most talkative cat I have ever met. He needs lots of attention or he does stuff like crawl into the ducts in the basement. What a silly boy! He and the not-so-fat one have become good friends in very short order.
PSA: A cousin of mine recently had a house fire and has lost pretty much every material good. Luckily no one was home at the time so everyone is okay. She has four kids, one of which is a newborn. Things are going to be rough for her, but through the support of family and friends, I know everything will be just fine. Having said that, if you have any clothes for boys sizes 5/6, clothes for girls size adult small or girls 12/14, or baby clothes for a new baby boy that you could give, it would be appreciated. You can just drop me a line at piratebuttercup at gmail dot com and I'll be more than happy to be a conduit of good will.
And now back to your regularly scheduling Suzi-ing. [grin] |
| posted by Suz @ 12:23 AM |
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| Not Quite As Planned |
| Saturday, May 23, 2009 |
So my last post didn't exactly predict the future.
I'm still working for the same company and spending too much time away from home although it's not all week every week anymore. It'll go there again soon but not yet. I'm standing up for myself more which is AWESOME and really hard for me to do. And of course, having my cat with me in Calgary in totally fantastic and good for my sanity. He's turning into a diabetic, spondylosis-ridden, and hairless wonder, but he's still my fat cat and he's great.
I've spent all day today with cartoons on the television. I like cartoons.
And soon, there will be gaming. Mmmm... gaming. |
| posted by Suz @ 5:45 PM |
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| A New Beginning |
| Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
Time to start over.
My job is finally going to be done. I need to be at home again. I need to focus on the important things.
You might see more of me as I find time to think about things other than myself. |
| posted by Suz @ 8:34 PM |
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| Feeling Good Update |
| Sunday, February 08, 2009 |
It seems that I've been out of touch for a while. Things have been going well.
Let's see. I got to spend an amazing amount of time with my niece and nephew over the Christmas holidays. The only unfortunate part was that it was mostly because my mom broke a vertebra while tobogganing. She's on the mend and the doctor said that if one has to break a vertebra, she broke the best one as it was a stable fracture. In her recovery time, she has become quite good at Zelda on the Wii.
I would like to take this opportunity to say that my brother and sister-in-law have done a fabulous job raising their children thus far. They know how to behave and what is their responsibility. I can say this because when I told them that there were no rules except "when you get grumpy or tired, you sleep", they were fantastic children to be around. My niece was awesome at taking care of us. I can't recall any sibling spats that needed intervention. I was even very proud of myself for not getting extremely frustrated with either of them and they were with Cheruby and I for 6 days! This is a personal best for me and I was happy to have them with us the whole time. Of course, this meant that their parents had to do some re-programming, but then, that's the joy of being an auntie!!
In the seven weeks off, I worked a bit, but only as much as my sanity would allow. After the holidays, we stayed around Saskatoon for a bit to be there for Cheruby's mom. I love her to bits and things are progressing. I just wish she wasn't in pain anymore. Too long of that and it can really dampen a person's spirits.
Then Cheruby and I were off to Vancouver and San Jose for some visiting. Two weeks is a long time to be away from home, but it was exactly what I needed. Time away with good friends and no obligation. My time in Vancouver with the talented and lovely brilliance that is EAM was fabulous. I had a great time just hanging out and shopping and being with her. I love her to bits and she is looking so frakin' amazing that I had to bite my knuckle behind her back while hugging her. I don't think I've ever seen her look more beautiful.
Cheruby and I played copious amounts of boardgames with his friends who were kind enough to put us up for most of our stay in Vancouver. They make me laugh and it makes Cheruby so happy to be around them. As well, Cheruby was able to meet his agent in Vancouver which was really great. It's so exciting to have him always moving forward toward his dream. Little steps are all you can do until that really big step comes. You just have to keep going on the little ones and I admire his perseverance toward his dream. He's always inspired me that way.
We were back home for a week before I had to head back to work. That week was really, really good and exactly what I needed before getting back to it. Cheruby and I had some really good time together. And we met our goal of really cleaning one room in the house each day that week. The basement even got clean which pleased both of us very much. We got to watch some awesome movies with friends on their projector TV. [le sigh]
And Cheruby's dad came to visit to practice the song he wrote for the CBC Galleria that happened on February 6th in Regina. Apparently things went really well and people were very pleased by the performance. I wish I could have been there.
My first week back at work has been really, really great. Things have just gotten better as big, great changes have happened and soon, we'll be on top of the world with a perfect payroll - very soon. It's taken a long time, but it's finally going to happen. And of course, the awesomeness of this week could not have been accomplished without the company of my very tall friend, Tall One. He has been a major influence on my spirits being kept up. And the phone calls with my very busy Dramatic friend have been exactly what I needed as well. I hope I get to actually see her this week.
Things that I still NEED to do is go to Edmonton for a spell to visit friends and family. I haven't spent near enough time showing people how much they mean to me, but you know who you are. You all mean a lot to me even if I don't tell you enough. |
| posted by Suz @ 2:05 PM |
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| La-la-la-la!! |
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
La-la-la-la!!
Check out these pictures of my company Christmas party. I think I looked like I'm in pain when I'm dancing, but trust me, I was having a really good time. [grin]
Heading to visit my folks and family for Christmas. It's going to be awesome!! |
| posted by Suz @ 1:10 PM |
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| Christmas is Coming!! |
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
I'm so looking forward to Christmas this year. It's an amazing thing to not have to worry about work at the end of Christmas holidays. Sure, work is out there, but not for me until February. Mua-ha-ha-ha!
I have two and a half weeks of work left. Not very long now and I'm pretty pleased. I have a lot to accomplish in between now and then, but it's going to be so great. My boss and I had a great talk today about how a few people freaked a bit about my being off for so long. Meh. The world will keep turning. I may not have a job when I return, but it's really not bugging me. I'll call my boss the last week in January just to make sure, but it's all good.
I went to Fort McSnowy this week. Just for a day. I don't think I like doing that. It's hard on me and I don't get any work done. My time there is important, but lots of things were left until the last minute today and my head was so not in the game. But everything that NEEDED to get done was done. Hurrah for people bending the rules.
I get to be a very good friend's date for his Christmas party in a week and a half. I'm looking forward to that. Cheruby is coming with me to Calgary next week. Does anyone want to come stay at my house and feed my kiddenz while we're gone? Not that I'm worried about getting burgled again or anything...
So just a little bit longer of me being unavailable and non-existant. Thanks for still showing up here once in a while to check on me. I don't know what I'd do without all my fabulous friends and family.
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| posted by Suz @ 5:48 AM |
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| What is a Glass? |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 |
When you ponder drinking from a glass, what do you think of?
A. A handleless drinking container.
B. A handleless drinking container made of glass.
C. Other - please explain.
I'd love to read your thoughts on this riveting subject if you would grace me with your words in my comments section. |
| posted by Suz @ 10:14 PM |
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| First Things |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
So cheesy!
I feel like I've fallen for some corporate buzzword, but it's really hard to argue with common sense.
Last week, I took a seminar through work about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. There's a reason why it's a popular book. It makes sense. I don't remember all the habits right at this moment, but I'm going to be doing my homework to make small, but significant changes.
On the weekend, I made myself truly listen to my Cheruby. It was so hard not to interject my own opinions and thoughts in. I had to keep telling my brain to be quiet coming up with responses and just listen. You know what I heard? That my job with all the traveling is just as hard, if not harder, on him than it is on me! I truly hadn't considered it. I knew he wasn't having an easy time of it, but I just assumed that my life was harder than his and it's not. I felt like a weight had been lifted because I no longer felt the need to explain myself. I really don't know how that worked, but I have less to say now that I've started just listening from time to time.
We've had some really revealing conversations ever since that incident that have been amazing and so open and not so afraid to say hard stuff that it doesn't get said. I know that everyone else in the world has feelings too, but actively listening sure does put that into perspective.
Next, I started up with my weight loss support group again. I took a hiatus when I thought life was too hard to deal with trying to lose weight too. You know what? That's just silly. Why would I compromise looking after myself to do a job or wallow in my own stress? I think most people do it from time to time, but it's such a silly decision. It was hard to tell them that I'd gained weight back, but I did it and of course, they didn't really care. They are just as supportive as ever. Countdown Chrissy is totally fabulous!
And then last weekend, I went to get this new age treatment called BodyTalk. My mom has gone for several treatments and after 20 years of not being able to sleep well, she has been sleeping through the night easily and consistently. And she can make finally make her own brain stop whirling. She says that she has a clarity now that is so peaceful. I can tell how happy she is. She told me that I amaze her every time that we have a chance to sit down and really talk, just the two of us. That makes me happy.
So, anyway, the treatment - I think it's kind of like neuro-linguistic programming but works on the premise that your body knows what's wrong with itself and knows how to fix it but just needs a little direction. I know, I know - beware of charlatans. The way I see it, if my mom paid money to be able to sleep through the night, that's money well spent. I'll tell you more about it if you ask, but after my treatment, I laughed for 15 minutes straight for no reason at all. That's not even an exaggeration as I watched the clock on the desk.
Cheruby and I have decided that I should work through November and then I will have Christmas and all of January off. I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be wonderful. I don't know what we are going to do yet, but I'm sure it's going to be GREAT!!! |
| posted by Suz @ 10:28 PM |
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| Feeling Great!! |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
Need I say more? |
| posted by Suz @ 10:49 PM |
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| About Me |
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Name: Suz
Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Me: I'm quirky, confident and happy. My friends say I'm generous, warm, reliable, and dependable. My mom, dad, and angel say I'm beautiful. I'm not perfect, but that makes me human.
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