You are in My World Now

You are here: Home / Archives for 2008

Archives for 2008

The weather’s finally getting better

by

Well it looks like summer is here … again. For a little while anyway.

Most of the last two months have been exceedingly rainy and damp here in Toronto. Worse still the last three weeks or so have been cooler than normal. It’s felt more like early fall instead of mid-summer. I was beginning to think that I’d have to pull out my UGG boots and winter coat soon!

Today was the first decently warm day we’ve had in a long while. Not that the last three weeks were freezing or anything although it did get kind of cool at night. The temperatures were pleasant, but definitely cooler than average by several degrees.

When I took Midnight outside during the day she was actually seeking shade. She even crawled under our small teak table in the backyard to get some shade. It doesn’t take long for a black dog to get hot!

I guess I can’t complain. We haven’t had to use the air conditioners as much this summer – not for the last three weeks anyway, so we’ve saved some money. Today was the first day that I turned them on again and they’ll be on tomorrow as it’s supposed to be very hot.

Have you had weird weather in your area this summer too?





The rose named Prince Napoleon

by

Join Green Thumb Sunday

Join

IMG_4592

This rose, Prince Napoleon, is an antique rose. It’s a climber that reaches about 10 to 12 feet tall in my garden each year.

I love this roses delicate pink flowers. It also has a true rose scent that perfumes my garden nicely each morning or after I’ve watered.

That’s one trick that I’ve learned over the years … If you are going to be sitting out in the garden and you want to enjoy the smell of your scented plants water the garden about an hour before you want to sit outside. This seems to work best in the early morning or evening. I’ve done this a few times when we’ve been expecting guests or having an outdoor dinner party and everyone always seems to appreciate the beautiful scent of the flowers.

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information. GTS participants remember to check in at As the Garden Grows each week so that we’ll know you made a new post!

70’s and 80’s fashions are trendy again

by

Earlier today I was reading one of my favorite Canadian fashion magazines. It’s called LouLou.

Now I’m not usually one to read fashion magazines but earlier this year I subscribed to a few because I have some blogs that are related to shopping and well … if you read those kinds of magazines you’ll be up on the latest fashions, trends and deals.

I must say that the fashions this year all seem to be late 70’s to 80’s oriented. As I browsed through my magazine they were showing photos of models in mid-calf skirts and mini skirts and the photos looked almost exactly like ones I’d seen a couple of decades ago in fashion mags.

I actually really like some of the fashion trends for this year, but I must say I’m having flashbacks when I look at some of the designs!

I was only a teenager in the early 80’s, but I was up on current fashions, even if I did have to work with a very limited budget.

It’s not just clothing trends that have a 70’s to 80’s trend – jewelery, makeup and even perfumes are taking their cue from former decades. I can remember when Oscar de la Renta first came out with the perfume Paris, and when wearing Musk scented perfumes were all the rage.

What ’70’s or ’80’s fashion trend are you happy to see back? Are there any styles or trends that you’d gladly never see again? You know like Parachute pants or shoulder pads, big hair, the mullet? 😉

Are all guys wimps when they’re sick?

by

Yesterday my husband woke up feeling sick. He’d complained on and off over the last week that his stomach was bothering him and or that he felt slightly nauseated, but I guess whatever he was fighting really hit him hard yesterday.

He knew he was feeling ill but he went to work anyway. Unsurprisingly he came home about two hours later and laid on the couch like a lump. He said he had really bad stomach cramps and when I touched his forehead he was burning up.

He really was sick. I kept giving him Tylenol to bring down the fever, even checking on him at 4:30 in the morning to see if he had a bad fever and gave him yet another Tylenol when I found that he did.

Now I’m not complaining about yesterday – he really was very sick … but it just seems guys turn into big babies when they are sick. As I said he’d been feeling slightly off for about a week so he was grumpy and well … sucky for all of the past week.

I’ve got Crohn’s and I pretty much feel like crap all the time … but if I give in to it I only feel worse because I’m thinking about how bad I feel … so I try to keep going and not complain. However with my husband feeling off for a week he kind of refused to do some of the things he normally does so I had to do them … and believe me I felt worse than him all of last week!

If I can cope with feeling shitty all the time, why can’t he cope with feeling sick for a few days?

I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that I don’t get whatever bug he has (he’s a lot better today but off work) because it will hit me really hard if I get it. I did feel really terrible on Tuesday though … so who knows, maybe I’ve already had his bug.

Strange job offer emails

by

I keep getting these strange email from Career sites. Sites that I joined a long long time ago … like the mid 90’s! You know, the type of job search sites where you can create a profile and put your resume online?

Well I’ve been getting strange responses by email for both my husband and my resumes. The responses are job offers for Jewelery stores or jewelery companies in Europe. I wonder if these sites are starting to be hacked or spammed? I mean, we love in Canada – why would someone offer either of use a job in Europe? Yes were were both Jewelers and by that I mean we actually made jewelery, sized rings, set stones etc. So we have the skills … but Europe has some of the finest Jewelry trades people so why even bother to look in North America.

I think it’s a scam.

I’d take our resumes off these sites but I don’t have access anymore. The email that I used back them is for a site that doesn’t exist and I can’t remember the password so I can’t get into the accounts. Grrr … I hate that. I guess I’ll have to write to the sites support and have the resumes and profiles removed.

Meta

Pages

Connect with Us