I knew I'd been gone from LJ for awhile, but I have to admit I was shocked to see that my last post was in October! So many changes since then. In November, I returned to work after being off for a variety of reasons for about ten years. It was supposed to be part-time, around 20 hours a week, but within 2 weeks I was working fulltime and stayed ( Read more... )

I have friends and family who can't understand why I re-read some books, and I think I'm ready to give up trying to explain it to them. It's not complicated; I do it because, first, these are books that I really enjoyed and I get that same joy every time I read them and second, because I seem to find it hard to find really good books that are new ( Read more... )

My husband is driving me nuts. Over and over and over we discuss the trip to Scotland. I thought it was all planned and booked over a week ago. Now I find out he's been booking hotels all over the place because he "might" decide to go there. So, they leave in 8 days and he is STILL undecided about where to stay and how many nights. This is not ( Read more... )

I have to conclude that passportcanada is piss-poor at giving instructions. The ones that are supposed to tell you how to fill out the passport application don't do that at all. Example: bBeside Birth Certificate it asks for 2 pieces of information - Registration Number and Date of Issue. The reg. # is fine, but there is one date of issue for ( Read more... )

So many things I've been trying to do lately. Visit LJ more regularly (preferably daily) because I enjoy it so much. Sort through the confusion that is Revenue Canada's tax information. Do more cleaning. Avoid prescription painkillers. I can't say I've had total success, but I can say I've made progress in all areas, so that's a positive thing ( Read more... )

Yes, it's time to start thinking about taxes. Normally it's not a big deal for us, except it is for my daughter. A couple of years ago she claimed tuition from 4 different universities (they were all legit; her main university, two universities from which she took one online course each, and the university in Poland where she did her field school ( Read more... )

Today had been the first (relatively) quiet day I've had since I don't remember when. If you don't count that my phone went off at 7 a.m. with a message from my daughter who forgot that a) it might be 12 noon in Scotland, but it's 7 a.m. in Canada, and b) I'm a night owl, so I am NEVER up at 7 a.m. unless I have to be. Later on we Skyped and got ( Read more... )

I'm feeling more my usual self today, so much so I went out and did a bunch of errands I'd been putting off. It's such a nice day today too, so it was nice to get out of the house for a bit ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's been 3 months since I posted! Real Life just got in the way (pesky thing, that Real Life). Hopefully life will behave now and I can get back to things I miss (like LJ ( Read more... )

As I mentioned earlier, my daughter hiked Ben Nevis mountain in Scotland on Sunday. One of the cardinal rules of hiking is to stay with your partner. Unless, apparently, you're my daughter's partner, who shortly after the hike started decided she wanted to go faster and left my daughter behind. So L wound up hiking a 5 hour climb up a mountain ( Read more... )