trailmix is right... it is sold in the toy department. it is made by a toy company. it is a toy, nothing more. i think people get out of it what they want to. the power of suggestion is very interesting indeed.

i still refuse to touch one - they creep me out.

I am missing mi espouso more than usual today and feel sad. Good thing I will be there on Wednesday because I don't know how much longer I could of gone without seeing him.

That's bad. The whole thing is bad. That they make couples move apart for an extended period of time - I still don't understand it. Glad you are going up on Wednesday too, that will make you feel better. How long are you staying?

I am staying until Sunday, I haven't banked much vacation time yet, so with it being a 4 day weekend in the U.S. for Thanksgiving, I only have to use 1 vacation day. Hopefully, Air Canada will be good to me, and the Canadian Immigration people too. They always give me such a hard time.

I am thinking about renaming my blog to 'The Accidental Immigrant' Whatcha think?

I think that is an excellent idea

So what is the scoop going in to Canada? Do you just bring proof of ties like Canadians do, when going the other way.

It must be getting late, I had to re-write that last line twice so it would make sense haha

Last time, I just brought my complete CIC immigration file, complete with my withdrawal letter and my FOSS notes. I have a couple pay stubs and a lease agreement for my apartment in Phoenix just in case. My file must be flagged or something, same with my husband. He gets pulled into secondary every single time when he is returning to Canada and they just ask him over and over why he isn't a citizen yet (he has been a PR for about 13 years). It's funny because he has no problems whatsoever arriving on the U.S. side.

That is weird about your Husband and uncalled for, I mean really, he has been here so long. I guess once someone is flagged it's just going to be a hassle always.

So when he moves he will lose his PR status, do you guys care or have you both had enough of the great white north?

We have both had our fill.

*hunts around for some coffee*

Here ya go....

thank you! canadians are so nice

Just because I have a human skull in my closet is no proof that I'm a necromancer or otherwise dabble in the black arts. I've always wondered who or what is actually on the other end of the Oiuja board? I figure 99% of the time nothing happens, it's that 1% of the time that has me worried. Can't figure out if it's a spirit or just Mickey Satan himself. At this time of the year, it's probably Miroslav Satan.

Never used one myself but had a friend in Jr. High who was TERRIFIED of the Ouija Board under her bed.. so I figured it's probably something I wanted to stay away from

back for coffee refills. good coffe btw

Don't forget to try the Caffe Macchiato.

Here. I've left it beside your morning paper:

thank you this forum has good coffee

Here you go charles...

One lump or two?

Carla

i like my coffee like i like my women - black, strong, and not sweet at all

Are you seeing my husband?

Only one more sleep till we fly out to St. Louis!! YIPPEE

Oh cool! Are you going to see family for Thanksgiving? We're going to NC to be with my in-laws. Hopefully, no one will want to take me shopping.

does "he" have big boobies?

LOL!! We are going to see Hubby's folks.. in small town MO.. i've only ever been to ST. Louis before so i'm excited to see the sights!

Nice! I hope you have a great time!

I'm a little bit grumpy about our Thanksgiving visit. I have to get everybody's Christmas present ready today to take with us because we'll be in Canada this year. In fact, I should be out doing my last minute shopping right now. bah humbug. I hate shopping. lol

Online shopping

One thing I have found about online shopping is that it takes a lot longer to choose something as there is so much to choose from (when shopping for the rellies in the U.S. - Canada is a different story since they are dragging their feet getting their stores online!!).

I picked out a quilt for my Niece and one for my Sister/her Husband this weekend. It took several hours. First of all I got the address wrong, my fault (they had moved since my last order and I didn't notice it was wrong) - so cancelled that order. Then I went to re-place the order with a representative since I had to cancel that one - and as we were wrapping that up we got cut off. Finally I get the order placed on the 3rd go and they email me the next day because they don't accept Canadian credit cards AND even if I get my Sister's card they can't modify the order once it is in

So I go back to Penny's, which is where I ordered one of the quilts from, cancel the order I had placed the night before and order 2 quilts from them.

Ok maybe online shopping isn't as much fun as I implied.

Sounds like some of my online shopping experiences.

Okay, I'm done procrastinating. Off to shop I go.

Good luck girlie.. Keep your chin up!! Gift cards rock!!

be sure to hum "deck the halls" while shopping, people may leave you alone.

We're leaving for Chicago area tomorrow morning. I was hoping that there was a chance we'd get to meet, but unless you're staying longer than the weekend...??

Carla

Awe Carla.. that would have been awesome!! you are right though..we're just there from Wed - Sunday.. we'll be at the airport most of the day on Sunday though Lol!!

we are just going to hubby's sister's house for Thanksgiving..... she just lives about 15 minutes away....

the one thing I am not looking forward is being around my sis-in-law's husband.... he is a total jerk ... he is really nice to everyone but his family.... he totally puts them down in front of everybody and his kids are scared of him

He doesn't sound like a nice man at all! I hope you can ignore him this one day!

Carla

sometimes I just want to tell him off and other times I just want to wring his neck

ahhhhhhh more coffee!

Charles, are you becoming a Java Junkie? I fear we may have to start an intervention.

canadian coffee and canadian club. what a way to wake up in the morning

Throw in back bacon and you've got the Canuck trifecta.

hmmm a hawaiian pizza does sound good (pineapple and canadian bacon)
here for my morning coffee again and to say hi to all the friendly canadians

Good morning charles. I don't know what you mean by Canadian bacon though! haha I hear that all the time here. The only thing about our bacon that is Canadian is that it comes from Canadian pigs! Canadian bacon is NOT ham. I've had a few bacon laden pizzas and it was just some sliced ham. Very weird.

Anyway, here's your morning coffee!

Carla

ahhh more coffee

Well, I'm back from American Thanksgiving in NC. I hope everyone else has returned home safe and sound also. The number of car accidents on the highways was astounding. And they weren't just minor fender benders either..... they were all serious serious accidents. So there were quite a few people who were not having a good Thanksgiving this year. My heart goes out to them.

Thanks for getting Charles his morning coffee, Carla. I was worried he'd have to do without. lol

Ohhh glad to hear everything was safe for you guys Krikit!! We had a VERY easy time getting from Newark to St. Louis and back!! NO delays, no cancelled flights.. NOTHING!! not even traffic in NJ!! Holy we felt jypped!!

Well winter is officially here. We have had snow off and on for a few weeks now, but it is currently -16 with snow here in Calgary and it's going to be that cold at least all this week (I suspect until May).

Anyway, I guess I won't be going out until Spring now. Come on Spring!!

One word:

HA!

In all seriousness, that's something I shall never miss about my adopted grad-country!
Seattle is cold and foggy, but manageable in high heels: man I am happy. I thought that I would never use Blahniks again (not that I can afford them anymore LOL).

Ohhhhh. I miss snow so much!!!

Why!! It's cold and .... it's cold!! You aren't fooling me with the babbling brook photo either lol. I must be Canadian though because I just went outside to take this picture, in my bare feet. Confirming that it is cold.

Okay, well uhh, yeah. I must confess I'm not so hot on the cold. And that does look cold, Trailmix. Brrr. I just went outside in my bare feet too: