anyone actually read this anymore?

Happy Anniversary Hun! The past two years have certainly been an adventure, but one I wouldn't want to have embarked on with anyone else. Here's to many more years of fun, laughter, love, and adventure.

I am long overdue for an entry. I know this. Must recap parental visit. I promise to do this soon...or at least, once Edwards 10 is up.

It's going to be sunny and 22 today; sunny and 23 tomorrow; and it was sunny and 21 yesterday.

Heaven!

Outside. Me. Now...

We're still waiting on the arrival of our niece/nephew....my poor sister-in-law has been in the hospital since Thursday mid-day...enough said.

To completely change the topic:

Edwards 9 was put up yesterday!

Go read now....and talk about it...on the new Edwards Facebook Group (yup, I'm a geek, but I don't care -- I'm getting more readers and writers this way!).

www.edwardsmagazine.ca

I need your help. The next issue of Edwards is scheduled to come out tomorrow. I am house sitting and forgot to pack the chord that connects my digital camera to my computer.

I need photos!

Can somebody PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a few snaps of the following and send them to me here: editor [at] edwardsmagazine [dot] ca? I will give you photo credit and an undying appreciation!

1. food -- fruit, healthy grains, etc to complement an article on Canada's new Food Guide

2. beauty salon props -- hairdryer, brush, curling iron, etc.

I am totally stuck and am counting on someone to help me out. Thank you!

SO I created a Facebook Group for Edwards. As geeky as that may be, it's getting the word out, and within 12 hours, I had 50 members join. Woo hoo! I've also secured a new writer with amazing experiences working in a woman's shelter. Yes!

Keep spreading the word people!

Note to Tim Horton's: the plural of TV is not TV's, but TVs.

Thank you.

(also, please don't seriously piss me off before I've had a chance to have my morning coffee when it's still dark outside!)

Today when I arrived at work, someone else got to the main door just ahead of me. Instead of holding the door for me, she let the door close behind her. I wasn't right behind her, but I was close enough that holding the door wouldn't have put her out. This really wasn't a big deal though, until this woman who was already inside saw it happening, came out, held the door open for me, and said "Happy International Women's Day."

Awesome. On so many levels.

Happy International Women's Day everyone!

Snow day!

An actual legit snow day for me folks.

One of the sweetest sounds to hear when facing a 2 hr + drive in freezing rain: "Due to inclement weather, Oxford University Press will be closed all day."

Woo hoo!

Best part is, this mess is supposed to clear by afternoon. Methinks I'll get in a nice long workout this afternoon....


For now, back to bed with my book...

Has anyone else heard the new song out by Akon called "I got you" (I think)?

Has anyone else noticed that the refrain "cause I got you" (hence the song's name) sounds a lot like it could be sung by those little green alien dudes from Toy Story?

Did anyone else crack up laughing when they first heard this song and thought of that?


Ummmm, so my drives to and from work can be a little dull and I need to entertain myself sometimes ok?

Wonderful! I got an email from my close Newfie friend and god bless her she used the word "skeety." I haven't heard that word in ages!

Def. made my day.

This year, is gonna be incredible
This year, is gonna be the one
All the planets are lining up for me
This year, I'm gonna have fun

This year, I'll paint my masterpiece
This year, I'll be recognized
I can feel like I'll fall in love for real
This year, this year

January, I'll learn to fly
February, love's gonna find me
March, April, May, I'll get carried away
Oh, oh...

This year, I'll reach the pinnacle
This year, I'll get to the top
People will ask where she get that energy
This year, I'm never gonna stop

January, I'll learn to fly
February, love's gonna find me
March, April, May, I'll get carried away
Oh, oh, oh, oh...

This year, is gonna be incredible
This year, is gonna be the one
All the planets are lining up for me
This year, I'm gonna have fun

I'm gonna have fun
Just watch me now
This year
This year
This year

Chantal Kreviazuk "This Year"

Last night I slept with my socks on.

Enough said.

Hey, I realized I forgot to mention that a good friend of mine back home sent me a voucher to use at the Stratford Festival! A and I were thinking of going in June to celebrate our 2-yr wedding anniversary...now, with this well-intended and greatly appreciated kick-in-the-butt, we will have to.

yes! I have always wanted to go to the Festival and will finally get the chance!

Despite having a version of Dreamweaver that only likes to do so much before conking out, and despite having received articles very close to the deadline (my fault here), and despite having limbs not function b/c of the extreme cold, and despite having lightening bolts occur across my shoulder blades and down my spine for sitting too long...

EDWARDS 8 IS LIVE! Whoo hoo!

Ok, there are a few formatting issues that result from working on a Mac and not viewing on a PC until the next day...but these are minor and will be fixed in the
day(s) to come.

Anyway, check it out!

www.edwardsmagazine.ca

Also, please re-post, forward, whatever -- pimp this message!

Holy crap it's cold out.

Seriously.

I went to bed cold; I woke up cold. I started my car wheezing from the cold; it took me the better part of my hour-long drive to warm up both myself and my poor little car.

On the radio today: "I don't remember the last time Toronto had a windchill warning."

Yes, that would occur the year we move here!

Damn it's cold. I have my portable heater blasting my feet now. I don't care if I blow a fuse -- it's so worth it!

So....




and...




Basically, THIS is ours:




We spent a large portion of the weekend buying things for our new home too! We got drapes (chocolate brown) and a headboard/footboard and nightstands (we have matching nightstands for the very first time ever!) and fancy hand towels! I'm slightly perturbed by how excited I am over the fancy hand towels as I always used to consider that a "domestic old lady" thing, but my worry fades fast when I remember how pretty they are -- blue and brown with stripes and a daisy...hmmm, maybe I should post a picture?

A Letter to the Editor written by moi appeared today in PEI's Guardian. I address the growing concern the Island is having over young people fleeing the province. You can read it here:

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=6988&sc=104

So I'm beginning to be known as the "PEI girl" around work. This is mostly to do with the fact that we still have PEI plates on our car (we managed to get through the system for one more year -- huzzah!) and it's a small parking lot so people see me.

I don't mind in the least claiming a part of PEI for myself. While I do have issues with the place, mostly economical, it is a gorgeous little province. However, am I from there? No!

Even though a large part of who I am is the responsibility of PEI (going to university, meeting wonderful friends, meeting my husband, getting married, starting my career), I still only lived there 9 years. I was on Newfoundland for 18 -- twice as long! (For those of you trying to do the math, I was in the UK for 1 yr.)

This whole thing would be so much easier had my parents stayed on Newfoundland and not moved to PEI. Also, my brother lives on PEI. So in that respect, I've lost my connection to my birth place as my "family" now lives on PEI. But, funny enough, I find I am claiming more of my Newfoundland background since moving to TO -- I have no idea why this is -- maybe it's b/c I'm meeting more Newfs.

So freaking confusing. Where am I from? I do tend to tell people that I am from Newfoundland originally if they bring up the PEI connection, but should I care? It does tend to get confusing considering I seem to have more ties to the Island now than to the Rock. Saying that, however, I am more "me" on the Rock -- my husband has often remarked during our trips back how relaxed and happy I seem. It's true. I am. BUT, is this b/c we are on vacation and enjoying seeing people I haven't seen in a while? Would I feel this way if we lived there? Would PEI then become the place where I was more "me"?

To add to this long-winded ramble, where do I now call home? Where my family are? Ok, PEI is home. But that doesn't sit well with me. Is Newfoundland home? That sounds funny, too, since I left in 1997 along with every family member I have (we have a small family and most extended are still in the UK). But that is where I was born and raised. At what point will I start calling Ontario home? The province that has adopted us for the time being. We will soon have a house here and in most likelihood we will probably have at least one of our children here. Heck, we may choose to live here forever (even though I still am considering the possibility of moving to Nova Scotia in 5 yrs time depending on work prospects).

I don't really know what the point of this entry is. I guess I'm lucky to have embraced so many cultures and places; however, I do find I am a tad envious of people who have a simplier background, where "home" is non-negotiatable, not-questioned, and not confusing in any way!

Anyone else feeling that their identity is displaced?

Or, am I overthinking this issue way too much?