What have I been doing?
1) Still working on the Great Border Debacle. Sarnia has become a short term, and not so often meeting place. I'll leave messages with some when things turn on a different keel.
2) Life has been extremely hectic and interesting. I can't go into all of it, but I can say that:
Dad is getting worse, he is officially a quadriplegic. He had some fluid on his brain, and last I heard they were going to try to remove some to see if it would give him a bit of his sensibilities back. He rarely follows when he is being spoken to, and he's at one or two word answers when he does. The gangrene has slowed, and his doctor said his feet are doing well (last I heard - not so easy to get mom in a time where she can talk).
My brother continues to be an idiot and a thorn in the backside of humanity. I try to ignore as much as possible.
Hilary had major surgery on the 20th, and is recuperating at home. She kind of over did it today, but she promises to be quieter tomorrow. She looks great, however. I waited the day out with John - I love them, where else would I be? And she was awake enough by 8 to watch American Idol... she's a rabid fan.
She came home Friday, and I've been over a few times. Hopefully she can soon go out for a meal. I'm not going to push her.
I made a house for Bunny in Sims. She is ... wait, I'll start at the beginning...
Bunny wants to be a writer, that is her career choice. To facilitate some flow of ideas I starter her on a story thusly:
A teen-aged girl moves with her mother and little brother (and any other family you want) into a big old house. Thing is, she discovers that the house is haunted. GO! So, Bunny comes up with ideas. I offered to make her a house to let her play out some ideas she may have, keep the juices flowing. She finds a pic online. Took me TWO weeks to build then test. The house was so cool I couldn't wait to upload it. Turns out I just couldn't upload it. I think it was too big, so I made it smaller, but it refused. Finally I took out all the inside furnishings except the kit5chen and bath fixtures and the alarms, then it uploaded. Sad, but it happens. If you area Sims 2 player I am LavvieJones9 on the exchange. Come visit my houses and leave a message in the GB. For the rest of you, this link shows the house and a few of the pictures of the grounds.
http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/LavvieJones9/Lapin%20Manor%20in%20Sims2/ Someone was snotty enough to down-star on me (rate it low) I don't think it deserves a low rating, so I have decided I don't care in the most mature of ways..
Boy is taking drumming lessons, and I'm SO proud of him. He's doing really well. I, on the other hand, had Bunny yell at me that my singing sucked. My confidence (and there wasn't much of it) is shot.
I have, since November, discovered LUSHOooooooohhhh mama that stuff is good. I'm heavily addicted to Karma Kream and the scrubs. They have a lip scrub.. sugar with flavour, you rub it on your lips, lick it off and voila, you are even more tasty! I like the "Mint Julips" flavour.
Genealogy has been going well, I'm working on my MARCOUX line at present (I flop around and dabble in the others every so often, but this one is the most rewarding right now). There is a MARCOUX family site, and association. I was proud to be able to give them some information they didn't yet have. YAY!! It's a lot of work, but Le Drouin ROCKS. Having Quebec Catholique ancestry is like being part of a lemming race. You know it's going to end at some point, but while you are in it there are brethren EVERYWHERE!
Went for a sleep study last night, and it turns out the probable reason for my memory being in the toilet is sleep apnea. Imagine stopping breathing for longer than 10 seconds at a time while sleeping.. several times an hour. My brain cells are dying! I thought it was my Elavil - I take 250mg to sleep. *sigh* Not sure what we will do about that.
Nemo has been working his music chops, the goal being to record - all him on drums, bass and guitar. It's going to be amazing!
I haven't been on here, or read my f-list in ages, but many of you are on my mind often. I don't really care if you know who you are, you are stuck with it regardless.
I have received a few interesting emails in my old rogers account, so I will share one here and the other one might need a hugs and kisses entry... it's odd. The first one needs a bit of a pre-amble. About 8 years ago I was using a messenger, the name of which escapes me. One day I got a message from someone and I was in a disturbing mood, so I started to play along. Turned out she was real, and was looking for friends. Her name was Azar. She seemed harmless at first, but as time went on she started telling her friends (in Iran) that she knew someone in "America" who could help them get out of the country. now I can understand if you want to leave a place, but I had these people emailing me and messaging me a LOT.. I had moved over to Yahoo and had made the colossal mistake of telling that to Azar. As we all know I have NO say in what "America" does, so I don't get it. I blocked her because she refused to stop telling her friends about me, and kept sending me weird messages. I can accept crazy, I happen to BE crazy, but there is a line, you know? She crossed it a long time ago. I just went into an old email account I have which I still use for certain things, and I found this:
From:
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"azar sarlak"
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a_sarlak@xxx.com
How are you doing? I am writing you this message with tears in my eyes because of what I'm going through. Am in a great sorrow writing you this note, I could barely type or think straight right now, I hope you come to my aid.something very terrible is happening to me now, I need a favor from you urgently, I had a trip here to UK for a Seminar. Unfortunately for me I got robbed on my way to the hotel where i lodged along with my Cell phone, my bag where all my money was and since then i have been without any money, I am even owing the hotel here. So i have limited access to emails for now, I urgently need your financial assistance. The total sum of money that i would need would be 1550 Pounds or any amount you can lend me to sort-out the bills so can make arrangements and return back, I'm in a panic now, I will return the money back to you as soon as i get home, I am so confused right now. I wasn't hurt because I complied immediately waiting for you reply please.
Regards,
Azar
Seriously???? She can send me, what amounts to over 3K when she gets home, but can't access the money from where she is? Yeaaah. *sigh*
OK, more another time, if you read to the end, go get yourself a cookie.
Love and hugs,
Me
2) Life has been extremely hectic and interesting. I can't go into all of it, but I can say that:
Dad is getting worse, he is officially a quadriplegic. He had some fluid on his brain, and last I heard they were going to try to remove some to see if it would give him a bit of his sensibilities back. He rarely follows when he is being spoken to, and he's at one or two word answers when he does. The gangrene has slowed, and his doctor said his feet are doing well (last I heard - not so easy to get mom in a time where she can talk).
My brother continues to be an idiot and a thorn in the backside of humanity. I try to ignore as much as possible.
Hilary had major surgery on the 20th, and is recuperating at home. She kind of over did it today, but she promises to be quieter tomorrow. She looks great, however. I waited the day out with John - I love them, where else would I be? And she was awake enough by 8 to watch American Idol... she's a rabid fan.
She came home Friday, and I've been over a few times. Hopefully she can soon go out for a meal. I'm not going to push her.
I made a house for Bunny in Sims. She is ... wait, I'll start at the beginning...
Bunny wants to be a writer, that is her career choice. To facilitate some flow of ideas I starter her on a story thusly:
A teen-aged girl moves with her mother and little brother (and any other family you want) into a big old house. Thing is, she discovers that the house is haunted. GO! So, Bunny comes up with ideas. I offered to make her a house to let her play out some ideas she may have, keep the juices flowing. She finds a pic online. Took me TWO weeks to build then test. The house was so cool I couldn't wait to upload it. Turns out I just couldn't upload it. I think it was too big, so I made it smaller, but it refused. Finally I took out all the inside furnishings except the kit5chen and bath fixtures and the alarms, then it uploaded. Sad, but it happens. If you area Sims 2 player I am LavvieJones9 on the exchange. Come visit my houses and leave a message in the GB. For the rest of you, this link shows the house and a few of the pictures of the grounds.
http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/LavvieJones9/Lapin%20Manor%20in%20Sims2/ Someone was snotty enough to down-star on me (rate it low) I don't think it deserves a low rating, so I have decided I don't care in the most mature of ways..
Boy is taking drumming lessons, and I'm SO proud of him. He's doing really well. I, on the other hand, had Bunny yell at me that my singing sucked. My confidence (and there wasn't much of it) is shot.
I have, since November, discovered LUSHOooooooohhhh mama that stuff is good. I'm heavily addicted to Karma Kream and the scrubs. They have a lip scrub.. sugar with flavour, you rub it on your lips, lick it off and voila, you are even more tasty! I like the "Mint Julips" flavour.
Genealogy has been going well, I'm working on my MARCOUX line at present (I flop around and dabble in the others every so often, but this one is the most rewarding right now). There is a MARCOUX family site, and association. I was proud to be able to give them some information they didn't yet have. YAY!! It's a lot of work, but Le Drouin ROCKS. Having Quebec Catholique ancestry is like being part of a lemming race. You know it's going to end at some point, but while you are in it there are brethren EVERYWHERE!
Went for a sleep study last night, and it turns out the probable reason for my memory being in the toilet is sleep apnea. Imagine stopping breathing for longer than 10 seconds at a time while sleeping.. several times an hour. My brain cells are dying! I thought it was my Elavil - I take 250mg to sleep. *sigh* Not sure what we will do about that.
Nemo has been working his music chops, the goal being to record - all him on drums, bass and guitar. It's going to be amazing!
I haven't been on here, or read my f-list in ages, but many of you are on my mind often. I don't really care if you know who you are, you are stuck with it regardless.
I have received a few interesting emails in my old rogers account, so I will share one here and the other one might need a hugs and kisses entry... it's odd. The first one needs a bit of a pre-amble. About 8 years ago I was using a messenger, the name of which escapes me. One day I got a message from someone and I was in a disturbing mood, so I started to play along. Turned out she was real, and was looking for friends. Her name was Azar. She seemed harmless at first, but as time went on she started telling her friends (in Iran) that she knew someone in "America" who could help them get out of the country. now I can understand if you want to leave a place, but I had these people emailing me and messaging me a LOT.. I had moved over to Yahoo and had made the colossal mistake of telling that to Azar. As we all know I have NO say in what "America" does, so I don't get it. I blocked her because she refused to stop telling her friends about me, and kept sending me weird messages. I can accept crazy, I happen to BE crazy, but there is a line, you know? She crossed it a long time ago. I just went into an old email account I have which I still use for certain things, and I found this:
From:
This sender is DomainKeys verified
"azar sarlak"
Add sender to Contacts
To:
a_sarlak@xxx.com
How are you doing? I am writing you this message with tears in my eyes because of what I'm going through. Am in a great sorrow writing you this note, I could barely type or think straight right now, I hope you come to my aid.something very terrible is happening to me now, I need a favor from you urgently, I had a trip here to UK for a Seminar. Unfortunately for me I got robbed on my way to the hotel where i lodged along with my Cell phone, my bag where all my money was and since then i have been without any money, I am even owing the hotel here. So i have limited access to emails for now, I urgently need your financial assistance. The total sum of money that i would need would be 1550 Pounds or any amount you can lend me to sort-out the bills so can make arrangements and return back, I'm in a panic now, I will return the money back to you as soon as i get home, I am so confused right now. I wasn't hurt because I complied immediately waiting for you reply please.
Regards,
Azar
Seriously???? She can send me, what amounts to over 3K when she gets home, but can't access the money from where she is? Yeaaah. *sigh*
Click to viewOK, more another time, if you read to the end, go get yourself a cookie.
Love and hugs,
Me