File under Huh????

Ok.
Let's just start this by saying we live in the Greater Vancouver Area in British Columbia Canada. I made some books with iphoto on my mac last week and placed an order. Yesterday I got my tracking number saying they had shipped. Yay.
I just logged into fed ex to see where they were at and this is what I saw.

I had to google OR to make sure it was Oregon and TN to make sure it was Tennessee. It is.
Just in case you aren't familiar with Vancouver BC, Medford OR or Memphis TN I checked in with google maps to check the driving directions.


Memphis 40 hours!!!!!!! with possible road closures....
Medford 10 hour drive - esy peasy straight up the highway.

If I knew how to contact someone at apple who cared I would definitely ask them why they are sending my books 40 hours away instead of straight up to me? Here I thought they would be here within 24 hours... Sigh.
Dummies.....

I'm posting this every where. Forgive me. I love it and it makes me smile (ok it makes me cry too!) I want to get married again next year. I don't need a new dress - I love that one - I'll wear it again!

Me in T - 4 days...
(what does" T -" mean anyways?)

I bought the Tron Legacy Reconfigured album on itunes Thursday. YAY! I love it - it has all the stuff I wanted on the original. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Adagio for tron remix. Best car dancing song, best work out song, best jumping up and down acting like an idiot song.


I'm trying to attach it here - but don't know if it will work - never been good at putting music on the internet. Had to make it into a little 'movie' - the image doesn't change so don't bother watching it - just get up and dance.
1:15 is where it gets GOOD! and then again at 4:39..... JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP!!!!

From hipstamatic on the iphone

Sorry. We are busy these days. Work has mostly taken over 12 hours a day 6 days a week. And then there has been a cold. Oh yah and did we mention a wedding is less then 2 months away and the dress still isn't done?

http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-05-katie-holmes-visits-tom-cruise-on-set
I'm not saying that happened Thursday night at work. I'm just saying that happened Thursday night at work.

Yup. She was there.

Check.

Definitely there.

Just saying...
Ya know.

Today sucks.
First my cramps start in the wee hours of the morning so I didn't sleep great. Now I'm functioning in a drugged haze which is never great.

I finally get moving and decide to get something done so I head up to my sewing room. I turn on my laptop happy to watch some tv shows while I sew.
But NOOOO...

I had the icon of death.
The file folder with the question mark in the middle. DEAD HARD DRIVE.

And in this drugged haze what upsets me more then the dead laptop. The fact that I can't watch the $4.00 worth of 30 rock episodes I downloaded last night. HOW UNFAIR. Itunes I hate you. I then proceed to spend 30 minutes on the phone with apple - not to fix my computer - but to find out how I can get my $4 back OR download the tv shows again. I still don't have the solution to this.

So.
I get over that and now I decide to go pay our utility bill. YAY FUN. but Oh the mail is here. and OH a letter for me from my car dealership. OH YIPPEE! A safety recall on my car!!!! YIPPEE!! Oh yah and did I mention it is trying to snow? YIPPEE YIPPEE YAY!

Groan.

I took my computer in. All is lost but I can get a new harddrive for $200. Safety recall I'll deal with tomorrow.

I'm going back to bed before something else goes wrong today.

Not much to report. Unemployed - hopefully not for too long...
Working on the wedding dress. Wish I could post pictures but that would ruin the secret. I sort of had the skirt part on today and decided I need to take the whole thing apart. BLAH. Not fun. It takes me 3 hours to sew one layer together. There is 7 layers. It is simple but because it is simple I can tell when it is WRONG.
I did lose 10lbs just before Valentines day so I decided to reward myself by taking it easy for a few days and eating valentine treats. I would be right back on track BUT I hurt myself doing my wii bootcamp exercises yesterday. Something went POP when I was doing my reverse crunches but it was the last exercise yesterday so I didn't really notice it. Today it hurt quite a bit and now hurts when I walk up the stairs. BLAH. How can I keep working out? It is the leg that wears the monitor for the wii - not sure if it will work if I switch legs so I can take it easy on that leg....
It's the same injury I got doing real boot camp a few years ago. My leg just kind of pops out of my hip joint and pulls the muscles... Nice...
Oh well.
I'm feeling kind of down these days for no good reason. All I figure is it is the weather (it was freaking cold today) and I'm always worried inbetween jobs about when the next job will come....
I should go to my sewing room... or maybe to bed.

Had my first fitting of my mock up for my wedding dress today. IT'S WORKING! Yay! Thank goodness. I'm a little freaked about the whole thing.
A) don't usually make things for me, or things that actually have to fit someone properly
B) usually have someone telling me how they want me to sew it - I don't have to think for myself
c) usually have another design I am copying not winging it like I am now....

But so far so good. That includes a thumbs up from Cathy - one of the bridesmaids.... (she pinned me in)

I wish I could post pictures but that would ruin the surprise. I am taking some though! Don't worry...

Not much else is new. Working. Alot. So is the dictator. We are tired.

Also dieting - you know - wedding and all - down 7lbs since the 1st. Was supposed to be 8 lbs this week but that last pound eluded me. Maybe next week.... We like to pretend it is because I am building muscle mass with my new wii work out. Aside from the fact I can barely walk after one of the work outs I'm not so sure that is true.

sorry I am so lame posting.....

Agility Class

Agility Class
Originally uploaded by catladen

This picture was taken by one of Minou's new classmates back when we were in the beginner class. Just found out about it today. The dog walk is one of her favourites...

From The Brights

One of my favourite pictures of my dad as a kid.

Saw the crew screening of tron last night.

So much fun!

GO SEE IT!!!!!!

HA HA bacon....

Sandra Lee Is Pissed She Didn't Think Of This


It's the 16 pages of comments that are hilarious!!!!!
Rachel Ray's late night Bacon

By mkmydarling
on November 13, 2010
IN THIS ECONOMY, we dont have fancy late night bacon money in this household. so I sliced a hot dog into approximate bacon-sized slivers.I lay the hot dog slivers out on a sheet of tin foil and I swear on my life NONE of the slivers overlapped!! I was real careful. started it & little bolts of lightning started shooting out inside of the box from the top!!! there were loud sizzling-pop-bang noises!? Idk, I grabbed my box of wine and got out of there fast..what do I do now?!?!?!

By TorgoFan
on November 13, 2010
If I had a sister who was unmarried, I would suggest she marry this recipe. Not only is it solid and dependable, it also has an air of mystery about it that is very sexy. I believe this recipe would be a good provider but also still have a bit of secretive intrigue and magic that would keep my sister guessing. This would keep the marriage from growing stale and provide excitement for years to come. None of this would be possible with daytime bacon for obvoius reasons, so for this, I thank you. You've made my sister a very happy woman.


By huh1111
Texas
on November 12, 2010
I love to give late night bacon to my friends that I have over. I try not to overcook it but it does get wrapped very tightly. I prefer not paper. When I am done, I usually put the last of the bacon away and fall asleep. I try to save the last of the bacon for either the morning or the shower.

By manitoban
chicago
on November 12, 2010
STOP! For those confused by the "Late Night" timeframe, please consult your local condo by-laws. Typical guidelines call for neighborly silence between 10pm and 8am, which is a good rule of thumb for this recipe. Anything outside this timeframe would constitute "Day Time" bacon and would require a new recipe formula.


By Teacher105
on November 12, 2010
I was really hoping to combine this scrumptious recipe with some toast, but I can't find the recipe anywhere on the Food Network. Rachel, please help me...if you know how.

By marniemaui
on November 12, 2010
An unabashedly modern twist on a seemingly-unimprovable classic! I like to substitute a country-themed tea towel for the paper on special occasions. I've found it even works at 10:00 am, in case you're considering adding "Late Night Bacon" to your next book club brunch menu. When I unwrap and reveal sur la table, everyone asks "How do you do it???" Only Rachel and I know for sure ;-

By jantzie
on November 12, 2010
This is definitely my boyfriend's favorite late night snack at my house! Wait, except I have no boyfriend, it's just me and my three legged dog. Oh, and there's no house, just a crappy studio apartment by the tracks. And then there's the fact I can't afford bacon, just Purina Beggin© Strips. But you know I OHHH GAWD WHHYYYYY DID I QUIT COURT REPORTING SCHOOL

By tablescape
on November 12, 2010
Whoa- 2 paper towels on top AND bottom? Easy there, Rach, I'm not a Rockerfeller.


By concerned citizen
on November 12, 2010
I made this fabulously simple recipe even simpler-I eliminated both the bacon and the paper towels! I turned on my microwave for 6-13 minutes and stared at it. Since it was late at night, and I was therefore drunk, it was highly entertaining. Five stars!

By ldw8888
Avon, CT
on November 12, 2010
Do you have any recipes for cereal? The kind in a box? I really like cereal, but it seems tricky- milk first? cereal? big spoon? little spoon?


By chrismonster8_7548148
Bossier City, LA
on November 12, 2010
But what about the nutmeg?

We started the intermediate level today. This next group of dogs is much more advanced then Minou but she did really well today.
Now we are off leash, doing all the obstacles at once - and starting to learn the teeter totter, SCARY!
So much fun for me and Minou really seems to like it too....

Funeral for B was today. There was a nice little group of us costume folk there. It felt good to sit and be with friends - all the emailing and text messaging over the past week was not as comforting as a good hug from someone who was feeling her loss as deeply as you.
The eulogy was short but full of memories for all of us.
She mentioned B's starbucks drink a 3/4 cup grande americano, B's favourite word 'ponder' (we spent at least a day discussing the ways ponder could be used in a sentence in Jan 2009), her love of sewing and fixing things for people (I was wearing a bracelet she fixed for me), and her love for her kids.
In between the tears there was giggles from us as we knew exactly what the speaker was talking about.

After the funeral a small group of us went for coffee - appropriate for B's memory. We remembered other things, B stealing a hotel coffee maker to make coffee at work at a particularly bad location, B's movie crush being Rhys Ifans (she always brought up the underwear scene in Nottinghill when someone expressed that they didn't know who he was), her love for Thomas Haus chocolates, her love for knitting, her love of bad jokes, losing her keys and her wallet several times (once apparently she accidentally put them in a box she was mailing home to herself from banff), accusing her of faking a sickness to get out of work (she never missed work no matter how sick)

I really can't believe she is gone. The way our business goes you don't see someone for 6 months - you don't talk on the phone or email during that time and then suddenly you spend 12 hours a day with them for the next year and call them when you are apart for 1 hour or on a 15 minute break. I kind of feel like this is just one of those in between times. Like next week I'll be on a new show and she will be there with her big cup of coffee smiling from ear to ear.....

B I miss you. I'm sorry I wasn't always 100% supportive. I have many regrets about our friendship. It's too late to change what happened now but I hope I have learned from them.

URANUS!

A friend passed away today.
She was young, has three kids and a husband.
It was sudden and unexpected.

I can't imagine their loss.

We worked together alot the past few years. Last year I spent 8 months sitting across from her at the table for 12 hours a day. We fought and complained like sisters but I always knew she had a kind loving heart and would do anything for anyone - even a grumpy me.

She was the most amazing artist/craftsperson. If there was something delicate requiring the patience of a god B was the one to do it. She loved it. If it was silk even better. I think her heart was made from raw silk. She lived and breathed it.

I don't even know what to say. I wasn't her closest friend, I didn't know her the longest, we didn't spend hours on the phone talking but she was one of us. One of the good guys. Someone who was just trying to make it through the work week on the bad days and someone who absolutely loved what she did and excelled at it on the good days. I hope she is happier where she is now.

I'll miss her desperate need for 20 cups of strong coffee a day.
I'll miss her bad bad bad jokes that took way to long to tell.
I'll miss telling her men with no arms and no legs jokes.
I'll miss screaming "URANUS" at her for no particular reason (she knew why)
I'll miss hearing her say "I was just thinkink" (She did alot of thinking)
I'll miss eating 2nd breakfast with her.
I'll miss all her sewing gadgets.
I'll miss her telling me I speak polish with a russian accent.
I'll miss her telling us about ingeldews shoe sales at brentwood mall.

I'm just going to miss her....

The last time I saw her in August she gave me a silk leopard print scarf. We hugged and I ran away off to the next job.

Keanu And A Cupcake

Keanu And A Cupcake

They are done and ready for halloween. tee hee! Loving all the pumpkins everywhere -can't wait to get some!


AND THERE IS TONNES OF CHRISTMAS STUFF IN THE STORES!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO it's almost time for Christmas carols on the ipod!