Have you read this book?

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?
I just recieved it in the mail today. I bought a box of cereal 2 months ago and there was a code in the box to input on a website and you could pick out of 10 books. I thought I'd go out on a limb and get a book that I normally wouldn't get.

Just wondering if anyone has read this book and what you think of it?

Drivers here

I HATE THEM. They have NO consideration for anyone other than themselves.
Example: I was going down Ontario St just past Princess. There are two lanes, one for turning right and one for going straight. This jackass was parked in the turning lane, waiting for someone or something at a restaurant. He wasn't very far from Princess St, so he made a major traffic jam with everyone trying to go around him.

2nd example: I was turning down a street right next to the hospital. It's a pretty narrow road and ppl were parked on the side even though there are signs saying NO PARKING. Anways, I saw a handi bus coming up the st, so I just pulled over as far as I could on my side to let the bus go by. Well, a lady in a car came up behind me and thought I was parking or something and she pulled ahead of me and wedged herself in between the bus and the curb. The bus couldn't get by her and she had to sort of drive up on the curve. The bus driver had this look of exasperation when she passed by me and we both shook our heads. How stupid this driver WAS.

I think I may go out with my digital camera and take pictures of every parking infraction I see, print them off and send them into kingston police with a note. Kingston police traffic services SUCK.

I think I've made up my mind

I've been really thinking about my job situation. I do have the customs inteview in December. And I have been really excited about the prospect of getting offered a job. But now that I have been actively thinking about it, and with Grant's input I think I might have to turn down the opportunity if it arises. I just can't go 9 weeks for training at my kids' stage right now. If they were in school it'd be a lot easier. I don't get a salary when I'm in training, just an allowance. So money will be tight as well.
And another major issue is the long drive down the 416 which can be treacherous in the winter. My work days will be very long.
If I work with Livingston, I can walk to work which would be So nice. If one kid is sick at the babysitters, I can get home so quickly instead of having to be there 1 hr after the fact.

What do you think?

What I dislike

Our Union Gas bill is supposed to come out of our bank as direct payment every 10th of the month. Well, they haven't taken their money out yet.
I hate it when they don't take it. I mean, I understand if it's on a weekend but the 10th was a friday, a working day.
I'll have to call them and see what's up.

Internet is a great thing

In bed lastnight I was thinking about books I read when I was a child. I remembered this book about a girl and a witch, and she would throw down a comb and trees grew and she threw a mirror and a lake emerged. I couldn't remember the name of the book. So I searched on google for "girl throws down comb, trees appear" and lo and behold, I find my book.
It's called "BONY LEGS"
I ordered it from Chapters, as I went on Amazon and it was $165.50. Crazy!!

pictures

Here are the pictures. I tried the Hello Program to upload the pictures but I signed up with beta blogger with google and I can't. So,you have to go to the link to see them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/CdnSuzie/P5030052.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/CdnSuzie/P5030002.jpg

You'll have to paste that url into the address line... I dunno why you can't click on it. Darn beta thingy.

Halloween pics

Mason , like Garrett, dressed up in the same pirate costume as last year. The hat actually stayed on his head this year. Mason did pretty well in the candy area and we did pretty well in keeping a lot. Maybe 20 kids came to the door lastnight.

Eve was a pretty princess. I took her to the door to give out the candy. She wore the outfit for quite a while until she puked all over it. She was a pucky princess.

Imaginations of the child

Mason has such a great imagination. I love to sit back and watch him play. The other day we were playing outside and he was pretending that the bushes and trees were monsters. The monsters were sad because they lost their mittens (leaves were mittens) Mason gathered some leaves up and put them on branches and they were happy again.
And Grant got him going on magic beans. Mason was picking up little pieces of the carpet on the stairs and Grant asked what he had. Mason hesitated before answering so Grant offered "magic beans" and Mason thought that was a good name so he used it. Now every piece of fluff is magic beans. He'll bring some down in the morning that he picks off his blanket and he'll hold them or put them someplace safe. If he can't find them or if he dops them..he says "MA BEANS" It's hilarious. I went to try to find mighty beanz but couldn't find any so I bought a mini bowling set and gave him a pin. I thought maybe he would use that as a bean but he went back to the fuzz.

Kinda creepy

We had some chain-link fencing in our yard that we were going to put up but didnt get to it, and my neighbour had a deck she wanted to get rid of so I put them up for offer on freecycle. Well, I got inundated with requests for both items. I posted that they were taken and emailed every individual advising same. While I was out to the store, someone called and asked if it was still avail. Grant told me this when I got back. I got to thinking, hmm...where did they get my phone number. I didn't post it in the message. The person who called went to the trouble of looking at our email addy, than going to the phone book and finding it. I can't believe to what extreme this person went too. It is creepy and pathetic.

This is for Brock

Hey Brock, I read on your blog about Colbert mentioning Sarnia and watched the clip. Well...here's an even better one!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9sVKbdGvk

How far..

Would you travel to work? I am expecting at least an hour drive to work if I get the job with customs. This will be highway driving down the 416.

Finally some dates

I finally have a date for the interview with Customs : Dec 18th. Wow, that's a long way off. I was informed that interviews would be at the end of October and into early November. This puts a wrench into my plans. We are moving at the end of Jan to Ottawa, and my maternity runs out sometime in Feb. If I do well in the interview and get offered a position, well that could be well after my maternity runs out. And most likely it will because they won't be deciding after my date because Christmas holidays will be running.
I have to call my manager from when I worked here and tell her the situation. I'll have to see if I can get a transfer to the Ottawa branch if I need it.
Plus I need to have the complete addresses for all of the places I've lived for the past five years. I've moved around SOOOOOOOOO much. AHHH. So if anyone has the phone number of our old house in St. Thomas, please let me know.

I finally have a date for the interview with Customs : Dec 18th. Wow, that's a long way off. I was informed that interviews would be at the end of October and into early November. This puts a wrench into my plans. We are moving at the end of Jan to Ottawa, and my maternity runs out sometime in Feb. If I do well in the interview and get offered a position, well that could be well after my maternity runs out. And most likely it will because they won't be deciding after my date because Christmas holidays will be running.
I have to call my manager from when I worked here and tell her the situation. I'll have to see if I can get a transfer to the Ottawa branch if I need it.
Plus I need to have the complete addresses for all of the places I've lived for the past five years. I've moved around SOOOOOOOOO much. AHHH. So if anyone has the phone number of our old house in St. Thomas, please let me know.

Mason's back

The crayon fell outta Mason's nose while waiting to see the Dr. He came home with 4 stickers. Mason told me he put a white crayon in his nose :)
So yup, he's ok.

Off to the emerg...

I was just about to drive my mom to the hospital to visit with my uncle when Grant asked Mason if he needed to blow his nose. Mason kept on grabbing at it. We thought he had a booger LOL but it was more than that. It's a crayon.!!!!!! I think I even saw him in the process of doing it. So, Grant and my mom are driving to the hospital now.

Did he watch 'Castaway'?

Mason found a golf ball in the field behind our house and he just loves that thing. Whenever he's outside he carries it around.
Yesterday, he dropped the ball and he said "oh golf ball, golf ball..a.re you ok???"
It's a start to a beautiful imaginary friendship.

Might be heading out tonight

To go see the Trailer Park Boys movie. I'm excited! I read an article in Mcleans about the movie. The producers didn't wan't nudity in it, they have shied away from that in the tv shows. The warning that comes up before the show states nudity but it is referring to Randy's bare belly.
Anyways, the director of the movie who is an expatriate Canadian and now a big Hollywood director said they needed to "hollywoodize" the movie so there is going to be some nudity in it. I think it may be in the form of Lucy showing her chest off. This is too bad.
The movie isn't going to link at all with the series.
Hopefully the Trailer Park Boys will catch on down in the States. They do have a lot of Trailer Parks :)
I wonder if there will be a line up for the opening of the movie...hhmmmmmmmmmmm?

The Kidz and I :)
G

6 month stats

We took Eve to get her shots yesterday. She is 15lbs and 27 1/4 inches long.
I've been getting annoyed at ppl telling me how tiny and small she is. I just feel that it reflect bad upon me ; that I must not be feeding her well enough or something. She is in the 25% for weight but my dr. told me not to worry because she is doing great. She is very proportionate with her length and that most likely Eve will be a petite girl. So I must remember that when ppl say how tiny she is.

I'm going to miss Kingston

I do not want to move to Ottawa. Granted, there are better job opportunites for me there, but if I get this customs inspector job that I am vying for, it won't matter. :)
Mason and I went for a walk in the field behind our house yesterday and there is a great view of Ft Henry, RMC and Lake Ontario. I've got to go and take a picture today. We sat on a rock and watched cars come up and down the hill. We also saw some crab apple trees and Mason knows not to eat them because they will give him a boo boo in his tummy.
Kingston is a great city.