nudge nudge. me be here (i'm the invisible one that's always on this thread).


victoria's secret or frederick's of hollywood?

I just talked to one of the Leslie group in Nebbie Charles (at an undisclosed location), you will be happy to know the bills are all paid up

so one of those phone numbers did work

Neither. A big bag of dog treats

so he's been a good boy?

tee hee.. well i was just in a meeting.. you know when VJ gets in the way of work?

Yeah I know what you meah!

I should sue my new job for making my miss all that happened since last week on VJ

you SO SHOULD!!

Sorry for this....
NICK IS COMING TOMORROW!!!!! OMG!
/end excitement burst

WAHOOOOOO!! that is AWESOME!! I miss those moments of complete joy!! I still have them of course! .. but they are for different reasons

YAY!!!!

I used to be so overwhelmed too when it happened!!! OMG!!!

Even though they were wonderful moments, I don't miss missing my baby!! Enjoy your time together!!!!

Enjoy your time with Nick. I remember those times as well...the excitement and all. I'm like Mephys too, I don't miss the missing part. Even now, when I remember those months in between visits, I still hurt. But hey, we both knew there was an end to this whole crazy journey...and that's what held us together...and we made it!

Thanks guys!
I'm sure we'll have a great time!
I'm looking forward to the time when I don't need a plane to see him.

Looks like I'm the first one up this morning? I get up with Gene at 5 am to make sure he eats some breakfast and make his lunch. Yesterday I went to the grocery store at 3:30 pm and it was jammed. I saw all the cars there and thought..."forget this!!!". So, it's 6:20 a.m. and I've showered and I'm thinking I"m going to head off to the grocery store this morning. We're having an open house Saturday night, and I need lots of things! Open house as in .... sharing food, drink, music, good times...we're not moving or anything! Anyway, I"m thinking that the grocery store isn't going to be busy at this time of morning! Wish me luck!




Carla

I'm up too. Usually Joel and I are both up at the same time for work. I'm off until January 8 but I still wanted to get up and see him off. He doesn't like breakfast this early, nor does he want coffee. Anywho, I brewed me some Timmy's and I sit here with a nice hot cuppa.

Discussion: What has been the craziest (silliest, idiotic, etc.) thing that's been said to you since your arrival in the States (or has been said to your USC husband/wife)?

Co-worker: So your husband is from Canada...which state?
Me: You mean province?
Cw: Oh, they don't have states there?
Me: Um...no. They're called provinces. He's from Nova Scotia.
CW: Ah...so, does he speak Canadian?
Me: ( ) Uh...well, he speaks English. (How does one respond to that?)
CW: Oh, I just thought they spoke Canadian.
Me:

BTW, my coworkers are teachers....scary!

jumps in the coffee! yay hot coffee on a cold winter day. *does the backstroke*

g'morning all! eh! eh!?!?1

and ty carla for the coffee


karen, no worse than some people i've run into over in europe that thought everyone from texas has a six shooter, a cowboy hat, and a ranch full of cows.

Stereotypes. Yeah, I know they're everywhere. And no, my husband doesn't say "eh" after every sentence. He gets that a lot too. *shakes head and laughs*

What...you mean you haven't a ranch full of cows?

nope...nor do i know jr ewing

There are times though when I am talking to D that I start thinking that Canadian and American *are* different languages!

Aside from the do you live in igloos, use sled dogs, etc. type comments, D hasn't been asked anything too crazy. I did have a friend who told a girl that he was from New England. To which she responded, "Oooh, I have always wanted to go to Europe." Stupid cow.

Fee yrs back at BArton House apartments in Arlington VA, was coming down the elevator with my hockey golaie bag and the very obvious goalie stick, and the other person in the elevator asked where I was going camping!! lol

I wonder if he's here yet? Laura's not posting, looks like I answered my own question.

Camp stop da puck. Mind you just because you walk around with a baseball bat doesn't mean that you're playing baseball.

Funny, I never pictured you as a goalie. Defence came to mind for some reason.

I got lost in Pennsylvanian suburbia trying to get my new glasses today. Boy was I embarrassed to call my husband

They look quite snazzy though!

lol

I'm glad they are snazzy. My Husband and I are just looking at different places in FL we might move to, speaking of which where is krikit!! Guess she just thought she could wander off any old time.

You sure you're not a man?

Some designers frames do look pretty nice, damn it I wish I wore glasses.

You could just get 'fashion' frames and maybe a pair of 'fashion' contact lenses

I just got a response to an email I sent to a Montreal hotel and the salutation was:

Hoping to have the pleasure to greet you, we send you our Montreal salutations.

How cute is that?

Aww thanks for thinking of me!!!
He's not here yet. His flight is delayed Only by an hour or so
I'm about to go take a bath to get all perdied up and then we'll be leaving for Toronto shortly to pick him up!!!!
Have a great weekend all!!!

Despite arc welding without a shield (my eyes only hurt for 10 minutes ), being chronically sleep deprived and having sulphuric acid spray in my eyes (forgot the
safety goggles), I still have perfect vision. If I put on glasses I look like Doctor Ock or Henry Kissinger.

These are the glasses I got!



You can't see them in this picture, but they have little glittery sparkles on the sides. Not really my thing, but I'm getting used to them - every other pair I liked were too wide for my face

I really like those! It's hard to pick a frame, my husband always finds the frames are too small for his face - have to try on so many pairs to get the right ones.

A little glitter is a wonderful thing!

Very nice glasses! They are similar to glasses I got 2 glasses ago. I had plastic, then wire, then went back to plastic. I love getting new glasses!

Carla

Oh yes...I noticed the craiglist posting about the Canadian Tire money is just about dying...did anyone see my post about the smell of CT? I'm thinking now...either you guys think I"m totally nuts or, you're stunned and have NO idea what I'm talking about.

I felt very vulnerable posting this. I didn't know if I should...because it's SO weird. The people that I had shared with in Canada, and who tease me about this, were close enough to me, that I could share this. Help me out here in either telling me I'm a goof, or checking it out for yourself!

Carla

i be here. where is the coffee?

montreal man sells snowbank on ebay. Hope this link works

http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/With+Mo...&date=False

You can share our coffee this morning charles, it's Tim Horton's - Husband got it for his 'secret santa' gift at work the other day.

I didn't see your post Carla but we do think you are a goof! (have responded to it and don't really think you are a goof )

Oh and I saw that ebay snowbank thing on the news yesterday, the bids were around $700 at that point. kooky

Ok, that was a misrepresentation. My Husband just got up and said 'how is the coffee'? I said it's a bit bitter - but good. He then informs me he didn't use the tims because he wasn't sure how much to use, so in fact this is the Nabob we always drink.

Just had to clear that up.

Do you ever feel like you are talking to yourself here?

I SO wanted to ignore you here.

No Carla. You're not crazy. They have those automatic scent dispensers at the entrance to the store. They fill them with Eau de Rubber Tire. Really.

I've been to other places that have that same rubber smell (gyms, primarily) but I wouldn't be surprised if the local Canuck Tire didn't deliberately scent the air to make you think of them. Probably a great marketing gimmick, as in 'I remember the same smell from my childhood, it reminds me of the time I got my old supercycle.'

Timmies - my brother just sent us a large can of Tim Horton's coffee as part of our Christmas present - YAY! Hehehehe - he didn't bother to wrap it either - knew that would be a waste of time. Phew, I was just about to run out of my last can, too:-).

im in saskatoon right now--enjoying a XL 3 cream timmies, yummy!!!

YUM! My MIL brought two small cans...I'm rationing it out carefully. It's amazing how fast that stuff gets gone in this house.


*sigh* Oh to have a REAL Timmy's...there's just something about having a Timmy's @ a Timmy's in Canada... *BIG SIGH*

me be here. where is everyone? and where is the coffee?

Charles, get lost! It's Sunday




Don't you and Nessa spend some "family" time together ? Come on

I have a confession to make. I don't really like Tim Horton's coffee that much.

Hey my Husband and I have computers side by side, that counts as family time !

i was out taking my canadian citizenship test.




lotsa snow + snow shovel + a stop watch

How did Nessa do?

she's still working on her american citizenship test - that's the one that goes like this:

- make a meal using only canned foods and a microwave

I broke down and told my husband to stop whining and get a laptop for Christmas, because I was tired of listening to him complain about being "stuck" in his office when he wanted to use the computer and hang out with me at the same time. I best be getting some Godiva in my Christmas stocking for that one!

Charles :

g'morning all. and i have nessa coffee this morning