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Random thoughts, photos, movie reviews and other things!
Contents:
My Autobiography - the condensed version
Part 1: The Birth of You:
Were you a planned baby?: That is a big N-O!!
Were you the first?: No - the last
Who was present at your birth?: my Mom and Dad I guess - maybe my sisters and brother - not too sure
Were your parents married when you were born?: Yes
What is your birthdate?: July 221978
Part 2: The Family
How would you describe your family?: very complicated.
Are your parents married? no.
Siblings or an only child?: technically, I'm both - I like that answer Adrienne. Me too
If you have siblings are you oldest, middle, or youngest?: Youngest
What are your siblings names and ages?: Susan (15 yrs older), Tracy (18 yrs older), Paul (16 yrs older) - (you figure it out)
Which parent do you get along with best?: no comment
What do you fight about?: fight with siblings or parents?
Do you have step parents?: No
Part 3: The Friends
Do you have more than one best friend?: Yes
Who are your best friends?: Danna, Jocie
What do you like to do when you are together?: Hang out and chat and laugh. Doesn't happen a lot anymore but it's alway s fun
Do you share the same interests?: Yes
Which friend can you tell anything to?: I keep a lot of stuff to myself
Part 4: Your Personality
How high/low is your self esteem?: depends on the day - somedays it's really good - somedays it's really bad
Are you an extrovert or an introvert?:a cross between both
Are you happy?: for the most part
Do you live life to the fullest?: no - I think there could be much much more - but fear is a good holder-back
Part 5: Appearance
Are you comforable with the way you look?: somedays I am - somedays I'm not
Do you have any piercings besides your ears?: no.
Describe your hair.: medium length and dark.
What make-up do you wear?: None
How do you dress?: Casual
Part 6: The Past
Were you a strange child?: I think so - I could be oddly quiet.
What did you use to love that you no longer do?: being innocent
Do you have the same friends?: some of them - found a few more through the wonders of FB.
Was there anything in your past that was traumatizing?: yes
Part 7: The Future
What is your ambition?: to be happy and know that I've done all I should do with my life.
Are you scared of growing old?: a bit - I fear I'll realize one day that I have grown old and that I haven't done what I need to do
Do you want to get married?: depends - has to be the right man.
Part 8: The Outdoors
Do you prefer indoors or outdoors?: I like the outdoors at home in Nova Scotia - it's peaceful there but I hate the sound of bugs.
What is your favorite season: cross between spring when it's just warm out and fall when the leaves turn colours but haven't started to fall yet.
Do you like walking in the rain?: sometimes
Part 9: Food
Are you a vegetarian?: no
What is your favorite fruit?: apples and strawberries
What food makes you want to gag?: liver
What is your favorite dessert?: caramel eruption
What is your favorite restaurant?: Thai Food
Are you a fussy eater?: yes!
Part 10: Relationships and Love
Are you single or taken?: Single as always
If taken who is the lucky guy/girl?: whoever gets me will be lucky I chose them!!
Do you think love is the best feeling in the world?: I'll let you know when I feel it.
Do you believe in love at first sight?: I'd like to say yes... but I really don't think so.
Part 11: Experiences
What was one of your greatest experiences? Going to the Netherlands
What was one of your worst?: Most who know me would be able to tell what it was
Have you ever done drugs?: nothing hard core
Have you ever thought you were going to die?: no
Have you ever suffered from depression?: yes - it was a bizarre time.
 
Maddie is six weeks old!
Well - it's so hard to believe that little Maddie already six weeks old. I was over to visit her, Shanna and Cody on Sunday, February 4th and we had a little photo shoot. It's been something me and Shanna have been attempting for a little while now but as everyone knows you work with the baby's schedule - the baby doesn't work on your schedule! It was quite a fun photo shoot - I took a LOT of pictures - around 160 of them - and that was after deleting a lot of the blurry ones. Maddie was very well behaved through the whole thing - even after having my lens in her face and Cody and Shanna behind me snapping away! And even after going through 3 costume changes and multiple poses. Even Oscar the kitty got into the action - although he mainly watched from the sidelines.
The pictures are in the photo album over on the side. While I love ALL of the shots (yes- I'm biased) my favorites are below.
Enjoy! 
The Thirteenth Tale
I
picked this book up at Indigo right before Christmas. It was displayed
at the counter as Heather's pick and the girl at the counter told me
that it was really good and that because it was "Heather's Pick", if I
didn't like it I could return it to Indigo for a full refund. The last
"Heather's Pick" I read was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and it is one of my all time favorite books so I decided to take a chance.
I finally got around to reading it this week when I was sent to Ottawa
for a meeting. From the time I cracked it on the plane, I was
enthralled - the entire book had me hooked right until the end. It's a
hard book to describe - but if I had to categorize it I would place it
under the mystery category.
My only complaint about it was that at times I found it just a bit hard
to follow as it was written in the first person and the sub-plot was
also told in the first person. The first time it switched to the
sub-plot I had to go back and re-read and make sure I knew who it was
that was talking.
Since I generally suck at summaries - below is the summary from the Indigo site.
It's a good read - and something a little different - I recommend checking it out!
From the indigo site:
Biographer Margaret Lea returns one
night to her apartment above her father''s antiquarian bookshop. On her
steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written request from one of
Britain’s most prolific and well-loved novelists. Vida Winter, gravely
ill, wants to recount her life story before it is too late, and she
wants Margaret to be the one to capture her history. The request takes
Margaret by surprise–she doesn’t know the author, nor has she read any
of Miss Winter’s dozens of novels.
Late one night, while pondering whether to accept the task of
recording Miss Winter’s personal story, Margaret begins to read her
father’s rare copy of Miss Winter’s Thirteen Tales of Change and
Desperation. She is spellbound by the stories and confused when she
realizes the book only contains twelve stories. Where is the thirteenth
tale? Intrigued, Margaret agrees to meet Miss Winter and act as her
biographer.
As Vida Winter unfolds her story, she shares with Margaret the
dark family secrets that she has long kept hidden as she remembers her
days at Angelfield, the now burnt-out estate that was her childhood
home. Margaret carefully records Miss Winter’s account and finds
herself more and more deeply immersed in the strange and troubling
story. In the end, both women have to confront their pasts and the
weight of family secrets. As well as the ghosts that haunt them still.
A New Year
And so a new year begins today. Jaunary 1st 2007 - what will the new year bring? There could be happiness and joy. It could be a time of change for a lot of us. Change is a good thing - when approached properly.
Folks will be makinig resolutions for the coming year - I'm not sure if I will or not - I know it's something you're supposed to BEFORE the first of January, but it is something I need to think on. There are standard resolutions that everyone says they are making - the old regulars - lose weight and get out of debt - which are two things I should do - but I prefer my resolutions to be more fun in nature. Like this year I would like to explore photography more - learn more about it and take more pictures.
I also want to have more contentment in my life - I mean I am pretty content now but things throw me for a loop. It happens much too easily. I guess I need to grow a thicker skin - being a cancer though it's hard for that to happen. We crabs are very sensitive. It's been something that I've had a problem with all my life. I know I can't get rid of being sensitive all the time but I need to control it better.
But then I also need to start speaking my mind better - but of course picking and choosing when to say things - there is moments for anything.
Ah - well I guess there are a few resolutions in there - but I still have to mull things over. Decide if I want to change anything this year.
My Year in Review
My Year in Review
1.What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
- won a photo contest - no big prize - beyond fame and recognition that is!
- went to the United States of America - Lewiston, Maine to be exact
- bought my first D-SLR Camera - I'm a serious amateur now!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No,
I always tend to break my resolutions. But I will probably make more for this coming year - I'm a sucker for punishment
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes - Shanna and Cody had a beautiful baby girl on Friday, December 22nd. She is already a heartbreaker.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Two of my uncles died this year - I wasn't close to them but it was still sad.
5. What countries did you visit? What trips did you take?
I didn't venture far - just to Moncton, Halifax, Saint John, Bathurst and Lewiston, ME --- all for hockey roadies! And they were all memorable! Tanya's right - we find fun wherever we go!
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
In general - I'd like to have more contentment in my life. And more motivation to make changes for myself.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
hmmm..... I have no particular date that will stay in my memory. There have been no earth shattering moments last year.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
hmmmm - winning the PEI Humane Society Pet photo contest - What can I say - it was exciting!!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Hmmm - I suppose there are no failures - just experiences.... although I wish I could speak up for myself more.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope - just my regular SARS cough
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My D-SLR - it's my baby and I really like it - I have gotten some wicked shots with it.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Hmmm - well I'll be celebrating my new baby niece or nephew (I'll be an honourary Aunt) on Friday! A baby's birth always merits a celebration!!
Oh and my car is paid off!! Whoo hoo!! I'm the proud owner of a Kia Rio - it only took six years!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The human race in general can make leaps and bounds in improving their state of affairs.
14. Where did most of your money go?
It went to paying bills..... lots of bills - and my NEW CAMERA!!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Photography always gets me excited. I love taking pictures and looking at pictures - it makes me happy!
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Any INXS song from their alubum Switch - went to their concert in HFX in May - lord JD is fine!!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
happier
b) thinner or fatter?
the same.
c) richer or poorer?
the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
being happy - speaking my mind when I really should and taking pictures.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
being lazy and being cranky
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas hasn't happened yet - but I'll actually be spending it in Charlottetown in my apartment.
22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Nope - didn't fall in and didn't fall out... didn't fall either way
23. How many one-night stands?
Ah - isn't this an interesting question - I'll go with almost one - but it didn't happen.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
LOST, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, ER, Big Brother, Ugly Betty, Cold Case
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't HATE anyone. There are some people that have had my opinion of them changed. It's always interesting when it happens.....
26. What was the best book you read?
Hmmm - gosh I read too much to have a BEST book - I guess I could count Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - as I re-read it this summer and enjoyed it!
27. What was your greatest musical rediscovery?
Hmmm - I didn't rediscover anything this year
.28. What did you want and get?
A digital SLR!
29. What did you want and not get?
hmmmm - besides riches and fame - the D-SLR is all I wanted really and got it
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Holiday, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 28 this year - went to see Canada Rocks the night before and then to the Drive-In the actual night of my birthday
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- to be able to say what I really wanted to. I fear the unknown and to say what I want is unknown.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I have no personal fashion concept - if it matches and it's clean - I wear it.
34. What kept you sane?
taking pictures, writing and being able to vent to friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
JD Fortune and Toby Rand
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
hmmmm - none really
37. Who did you miss?
the most? my Mom. I wish she was still here. I always do - and my Dad - I wish he was closer
38. Who was the best new person you met?
hmmm.... best new person - there wasn't really any new people this year.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Stress can always resurface in your life. Always be prepared and able to own up to the fact that you are stressed when you are.
And don't count your chickens before they hatch.... the eggs can be taken away extremely quickly.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
It ain't pretty after the show... it ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go.
PEI Humane Society Photo Contest - I won!
Back at the end of November - I entered a picture of my sister's dog Hershey in a photo contest for the PEI Humane Society. Well I won! Hershey took the honour in the category of best outdoor pic. But come on - how could she NOT have won? She is one cute puppy!!
You can check out the other winners at the PEIHS web site at:
http://www.peihumanesociety.com/
Favorite Christmas TV special
'Tis the season for reruns on TV and the time for those Christmas specials to be aired on various channels across the dial. Every year there are the new shows that try to find a place in the hearts of many - but every year there are also the old stand-bys - the classics that most everyone loves despite their age. Which favorite is yours? Perhaps it's Charlie Brown, or Rudolph or even Frosty the Snowman. But mine has to be Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Even today - at the ripe old age of 28 - when December rolls around I get a niggling feeling in my brain that it's the season for the Grinch.
For as long as I can remember I've loved the Grinch. I expect it started with the book first - my favorite childhood author was Dr. Seuss and I had all of his classics - including the Grinch who Stole Christmas. I mean - I also enjoyed the Garfield Christmas and Merry Christmas Charlie Brown but nothing holds a candle to the Grinch. I'm not sure why - but it's now the only Christmas special that I make sure I find out when it is on and try to watch it. I've toyed with the idea of getting it on DVD so that I am not tied to the schedule of CBC but I can't bring myself to do it. There is just something special for me about settling in and watching it on CBC - it always has to be on that channel as well because as a kid we only had the two channels and it was always on CBC - can't break with tradition now can I?
I love when the Grinch creeps into the houses down in Whoville and starts to take everything. I hold my breath when Cindy Lou Who finds him, and grumble when he doesn't even leave the crumb for the mouse. And then inevitably at the end I get all verklemped when his heart grows three sizes that day. When he realizes that Christmas can still come without ribbons and tags and it can come without packages, boxes or bags! And having the voice talents of Boris Karloff as the grinch and singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - I love it!
Ah the childhood memories flood back each time I watch the Grinch - it is one of the best parts of Christmas for me without a doubt.
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Author: Dr. Seuss
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.
You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.
You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
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