Pictures...

Glossy or Matte??

I am going to be ordering some pictures online and I am not sure if I should have glossy or matte...

Your thoughts?

Flashback

Today I was out shopping and - for no particular reason - stirrup pants popped into my head.

Where did this come from??

I REALLY hope that they are not coming back into fashion...

Yesterday, dinner, snow etc...

Yesterday, Mark and I decided to order pizza for dinner. We also decided to try a different place then we usually order from.

It started snowing here.

I ordered the pizza. They gave me a 40 minute guarantee or it was free.

At 35 minutes, the phone rang. It was the pizza delivery guy. He said there was an accident and that it wasn't his fault that he couldn't get to the house. He told me where he was and since that didn't make any sense based on where the pizza place was, I questioned as to WHY he was where he was.

He then said that he has another delivery first and that he had been sitting at the accident scene for more then 10 minutes.

I questioned as to the quality of the pizza if he made another delivery, sat at an accident scene and still didn't arrive at our home for another 10 minutes (that last part was after).

He responded by YELLING at me that the pizza was in a BAG and it would still be hot. He also said that the weather was not his fault. I said I realized that, but that the company should not give a delivery guarantee in bad weather - but they did.

I waited another 5 minutes and then called the company. I told them that my pizza was not here yet, this was the first time I had ordered and their delivery guy YELLED at me on the phone telling me that it wasn't his fault that the pizza was late. I also expressed that that would likely be the LAST time that I ordered from them.

The pizza was free. It was also cold and not very good. Apparently the BAG didn't work very well...

I am also VERY sure that we will NEVER order from them again...

Stuff

Here are some random thoughts on my mind...

• I have a cold. I can't sleep when I have a cold. I haven't had a cold since last November. I don't know why I remember that, but I do.

• Yesterday at 5:30pm - it felt like 10:30pm. I HATE to darkness that comes so early

• I don't like the cold. I actaully think it is the wind that is the problem. It just goes right through me. When it is cold wind, it takes my breath away.

• I am looking forward to dinner tonight - I am going to meet a new friend and reconnect with two known friends.

• I am LOVING the new show THE MENT*ALIST - It is quite entertaining

• I wish someone had invented a transporter.
  

• I had a dream last night about my hairy legs. It looks like I am growing my winter coat.

• Yesterday I burned a bunch of CD's with pictures on them. I made two CD's of each set to store in different places.

• On Tuesday we went to the Leafs game! We had great tickets given to us by a friend (THANKS!). They lost the game, but it was a fun night out.
  

• There are flakes of snow falling from the sky this very minute.

• I wish C*oca-Cola was healthy for you. I drool at the thought of it.

• I must start my Christmas shopping.

• The rims I bought for my snow tires don't fit properly.

• I am having pizza for lunch.
  

23 Months!

I GUESS it is a good thing when you forget about your LID and you have to read about it on Dolores and Shawn's blog!!

I can't believe I forgot!! It was yesterday!!

This picture of a 23 is looking like I am starting to...about ready to crack...

At the rate the CC*AA is going - we are NEVER going to get there...

Sigh

Joe...

Do you remember JOE??. (Click the JOE link to read the original story) Joe was someone who came to our home to give us a 'quote' to get our dresser refinished. He was here for a very long time, gave us his life story and, I think, was scoping our place out.

Here you can see what JOE was looking at. This is what the dresser looked like for the BEFORE pictures.




Joe wanted to charge us $1800 to refinish this piece - $1800!!!

Needless to say, we found someone else to finish the dresser for us.

I must say - that it turned out beautifully!! Who'da thunk the beauty and the detail in the wood that was UNDER that paint!






All this beautiful restoration work was completed for LESS then $300!! A FAR cry from the $1800 that Joe was going to charge!!

My Husband...

...the marketers dream!



We were at the mall today and we walked by Bath and Body Works. Well they are having a "lamb giveaway" and well Mark just HAD to have a lamb.



The stuffed lamb was free if you purchased $15 (not hard to do).

So in he went, picked up some items and a stuffed lamb ended up costing $27!!

Smelly

Mark and I received this candle from Rhonda and Josh on Saturday.

It was purchased from Bath and Body Works.

Let me tell you - it is AMAZING!! The smell fills up the room every night when we light it. It burns so slowly and it is pretty too!

We LOVE it!!

Thanks R&J!!

Saturday

Saturday night party!!!

As promised, o.k. a little late, a picture of our gathering from Saturday night.

We had a great time. Having Dolores and Shawn here was FANTASTIC!!

Having Doris and Dan here to surprise everyone was GREAT!

It was great to see everyone else that was here.

There just never seems to be enough time.

22 Months done!

What do these two pictures have in common???

Well...

22 months is the gestation period of an elephant...the LONGEST gestation of any mammal.

Well except for international adoption that is...

Either way we are 22 months closer to Pumpkin and we have had 22 months to become GREAT friends with Dolores and Shawn with whom we will be traveling with to China.

Is it wrong...

Is it wrong that I am still in my pj's at 6:30pm???

We have had a GREAT weekend and now we are winding down!!

Waiting for someone to send me pictures from last night...misplaced the camera...

I will post them when I get them.

Dolores and Shawn - you will be missed and we will be waiting for you to come back home again.

1 and 3

One more sleep until Dolores and Shawn arrive at our house to spend a few nights!!

Three more sleeps until the gathering where some of our adoption friends gather here for a night of socialization (and lots of food and drink)!!!

We are sooooo excited!

There is much to do and to organize and prepare - but WOW is it ever going to be worth it!!

Can't wait until tomorrow!!

Cozy

In our home, we generally have the windows open all the time. Unless the A/C or the heat is on, we LOVE the fresh air!

I am generally warm - all the time.

Last night was the first time in a LONG time that I actually used covers.

IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!

We were so cozy snuggled in the covers with the windows wide open. It was HEAVEN and the best nights sleep I have had in a long time!!

SIGH...

Noise

I don’t like noise…never have.

Recently I have noticed that car manufacturers INSIST on making noise with the car locking systems.

There are some cars that, no matter what you do, will make the beep/squeak sound when you lock your door with the automatic locker thing.

Marks car for instance, when you pop the trunk or lock the car gives you the SQUEAK that sounds like a monkey getting castra*ted. Not that I have ever heard that, but that is what I would think it would sound like.

My car, on the other hand, will just flash the lights if any door is open and you lock the doors.

I have noticed (AND HEARD) many of our neighbours cars automatically beep/squeak when they lock them. Some of them like to lock their cars at 3:00am.

It is incredibly irritating.

I would love it if ALL car manufacturers changed their car locking system so that the lights would flash when you locked the car. That way you could SEE that it is locked and that the rest of the neighbourhood wouldn’t have to HEAR that your car is locked.

That is my vent of the day.

Sitemeter

For those of you who use Sitemeter on their blogs, will notice that they have changed their format this weekend.

I have been playing with it and I have come to the conclusion that I don't like it.

I am sure that after I use it and get used to it, I will 'appreciate' the changes and "UPGRADES" that they have done, but at this point in time - I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

Of course, all this liking and disliking requires me to actually CHECK my sitemeter - which I only do about once a month - IF I think about it!

Shoes

If you are unable to LIFT your feet when you walk - instead of dragging your shoes on the floor - perhaps it is time to get LIGHTER shoes!!

This is a pet peeve of mine - just thought I would share.

There are MANY more - but that is what came to mind today.

I know I am GRASPING to post stuff with my September resolution...LOL!!

Happy Birthday Rhonda

Today is Rhonda's birthday - head over to her blog and wish her a good day.

Image courtesy of D&D. Thanks!!

One of these days I am really going to learn how to do that stuff instead of 'borrowing' everyone elses images...

People

People are rude.

People are stupid.

People are oblivious.

21 months down

WOW!! This month has just flown by and we are now been logged in for 21 months!

If only all the months could go by this quickly...

In just a few short weeks, we will be seeing our LID partners in PERSON!

The CC*AA has now matched families into February...

Our China Adoption Forecast states we should receive our referral about December 2012..

Ears

Recently it was suggested in the comments by Nicole that I talk about my feet as a topic for a post. Now I am not opposed to that, however, it got me thinking and I thought I would talk about EARS.

Earlobes in particular...

Now Mark's earlobes 'dangle'. They are NOT attached to the side of his face.



My earlobes, on the other hand, are connected to my face.



I have no idea which is more common and which is not.

Are you lobes connected to your face or not??