where have all the bloggers gone

Well it seems everyone's deserting their blogs and spending all their time on Facebook instead. I blame my addiction on Vivian - when she invited me on there a couple of months ago I said, no no I'm not interested, let's just stick to email. But of course at the time I had to register to see what she had written to me. So then one of Greg's nephews found me, we chatted, and the next thing I know I'm addicted. (so addicted I didn't realize I'd already posted about this!)

In other digital news, Askaway wasn't half bad today. Still busy busy but not so bad that I had to send out calls for help. The kids were all polite and there were even a few interesting questions. One really funny one, there was a class I guess who were doing an air band, and this group was being Diana Ross & the Supremes. This one kids wanted info on them which I sent, then s/he suddenly said 'oh I remember they turned into the Temptations and 2 of them were shot'. Riiiiiggghhtt. Sorry kid I think you've gotten confused there.

Speaking of music, Holly has an English assignment where she has to find a song, bring a recording of it and the lyrics to class & discuss the poetic devices in it. She's doing Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".

No picture-taking, no scrapping, but I did go for a walk this morning. Going to try to get back into that routine. Otherwise things are pretty boring. Think I'll go to bed early...

This 'n That

Found this odd article, must remember for my NY trip which is definitely going to include shoe-shopping.

So this Facebook business is just too weird, I notice most of us in a certain circle are spending all our time on Facebook and none at all on a certain message board. I REALLY didn't want to get into the whole Facebook thing but that's not exactly working out and I've been impressed to find all manner of people - relatives, co-workers etc. I'm not sure how long I'll stick with it but it is fun.

Holly and I collided with each other last night and I think I broke my toe, or close to it anyway. Good thing it's sandal season! We were walking her friend Sam home at the time and we ended up staying at their house for a couple of hours and it was quite a bizarre evening. First time I've met Sam's mom...

A-M's coming up in a couple of weeks so I'm looking forward to that, she hasn't been here for quite awhile. We'll try to cram in as much stuff as we can while she's here and hope that the weather is good.

Well time to try to wake up Holly again. Greg I'll leave alone, he didn't come to bed till nearly 5 a.m.

One word answers

One Word.

Thanks Heather for the tag.

One word answers only... no explanations.

Yourself: discombobulated
Your Partner: different
Your Hair: uncombed
Your Mother: dead
Your Father: dead
Your Favorite Item: laptop
Your Dream Last Night: Facebook (yes really - oops I cheated)
Your Favorite Drink: cosmo
Your Dream Car: hybrid
Dream Home: nice
The Room You Are In: scrap
Your Fear: sickness
Where You Want to be in Ten Years: happy
Who You Hung Out With Last Night: Monique
You're Not: thin
One of Your Wish List Items: flooring
The Last Thing You Did: peed
You Are Wearing: pjs
Your Favorite Weather: Fall
Your Favorite Book: interesting
Last Thing You Ate: banana
Your Life: ok
Your Mood: ennui
Your Best Friend: A-M
What Are You Thinking About Right Now: toe
Your Car: Accord
What Are You Doing At The Moment: computer
Relationship Status: married
What Is On Your TV: nothing
What Is The Weather Like: cloudy
When Is The Last Time You Laughed: yesterday
This is a new game of tag. Let me know your one word answers.

Scattergories

I saw this on somebody else's blog and thought it looked like fun:

SCATTEGORIES:
The rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up!

Your Name: Fern

Famous Singer: Frank Sinatra
4-letter word: gee hard one... f^&*
Street: French St (where my grandparents used to live in Vancouver)
Color: fuchsia
Gifts/Presents: flowers
Vehicle: Fiat
Things In Souvenir Shop: flags
Boy Name: Fred
Girl Name: Fiona
Movie Title: Free Willy
Drink: Frappucino
Occupation: Flamenco dancer
Flower: forget-me-not
Celebrity: Fergie
Magazine: Flair
US City: Ft Lauderdale
Pro Sports Team: Flames
Fruit: fig
Reason For Being Late For Work: feeling forgetful
Something You Throw Away: flattened flies
Things You Shout: See #2
Cartoon Character: Fred Flintstone

Holy cow that was hard!

when the going gets tough...

Thanks everybody for the kind words about Ruby. She has woken me up 2 nights barking since she's been gone but I'm starting to feel better. Not better enough to stop at the SPCA to donate our leftover dog food though. My poor MIL was very sad when I had to tell her about Ruby; the two of us were standing in the back garden crying away. As she said, sometimes they adopt you before you've decided to adopt them.

Anyway as the saying goes...

the tough go shopping. This week I bought myself the All My Memories cropping tote in green & black and then today I was thrilled to find new crocs!



Mine are black although I was thrilled to find that Sport Check actually had them in my size in pale pink & off-white as well. hmmm decisions decisions! Practicality won out.

Saying Goodbye to Ruby

Ruby took a turn for the worse over the weekend (well partly because she got into the garbage) so I ended up taking her to the hospital yesterday. That did her no good whatsoever, she was in so much pain after that she could hardly walk at all and just lay right inside the front door the rest of the day till Greg carried her upstairs. Today she went back for x-rays and it turns out she's got massive deterioration of her right hip. Looking at the x-ray it seemed to me that her leg wasn't even connected to the rest of her body. Not fixable, amputation at her age not recommended, and the pain medication just doesn't do the trick. So she'll be having steak and whatever else she wants for supper tonight and then Diane is coming over to do the deed. Oddly though she is much better today and made her way up the back steps by herself.

Diane came over after 8:00 (our vet). I think she felt just as bad as we did, if not worse. She said it was bone cancer; the other vet hadn't actually given a reason for it but Diane knew it had spread like crazy in a very short time.

She's been a great dog. We would have had her 3 months on Thursday.

spring has sprung

Well, warm and sunny skies - it's about time! I hope it isn't just a temporary thing. I'm off work next week, not being in New York, but instead just staying home and thanking God on Tuesday that I'm not on Askaway!! It's really starting to look like it's not just our imagination and self-pity that makes us think our Tuesday morning shift is busier than anyone else's. This past week there were 3 of us on and we had about 12 people waiting and each had at least 2 questions. Same time next day I spy in and find only 2 people on duty and only 1 question, nobody waiting! What's with that??

I went to the NSD retreat last Saturday and ended up having a good time although I wasn't sure I was up to it. And I even got 4 pages done! I'm hoping that while I'm off I'll do some more as well as clean up the house somewhat. There's always that elusive garage sale on the horizon.

Greg wiped his computer clean and started fresh, however he didn't reinstall the drivers for either the printer or the scanner so I'm powerless till I find the discs (so far no luck with that). You can tell who's the one who actually uses them - it ain't him, or they'd be installed!

Well guess it's time to get ready for work. Have a wonderful weekend, and Happy Mother's Day!

Aha - we did 6 weird things in February. I knew it all seemed familiar.

So, a few things going on with me lately. I've been grumpy as hell for one, no scrapping or wanting to think about it or talk to anybody or anything. Hormones...sigh the joys of perimenopause. Don't worry kids you'll be there soon enough. I was happy to be able to read 2 books last weekend though, haven't done that in ages.

I just changed my travel plans for the summer. After having booked a trip to New York for next week (months ago) I learned more recently that my cousins are planning a family reunion in Norway on September 1st. The last one was in '98 so of course I do want to go. But I was overwhelmed with all the decision making... that's a long way to go for a one-day party! And I just wasn't in the mood to spend any time in Scandinavia - been there done that. So yesterday I got the bright idea to postpone NYC till August, fly through there on my way to Oslo and spend a few days on my way back. So that's my new plan. I feel immensely relieved plus it's going to be so much less expensive. Although Aeroplan does charge $55 a pop for each change I make :(

We have security cameras up in the library now, it's great fun to pose in front of them while everyone else is gathered around the monitor - we figure we might put on some skits during closed hours. But things have been much calmer there lately which is a great relief. Askaway is as insane as ever, but it's some consolation to know that every participating librarian in the province has to deal with those damn Surrey kids, no matter when their shift is.

So now that I'm not {as} grumpy anymore, I signed up at the last minute for the retreat this Saturday. I hope to have a good - and possibly productive - time!

tagged

Well thanks Kelli for the tag. I'm supposed to post 7 random things about myself...

1. I woke up one morning in my teens and had a sudden (& permanent) aversion to the smell of bacon - I'm only now getting so I can stand the smell of it again.

2. I have an awesomely tidy & organized scraproom!

3. When I was about 39 I learned I had a half-brother in Norway...so much for being an only child!

4. My great-grandmother was really choked when she couldn't get on the same ship to Canada as her friend did: Titanic.

5. I went to elementary school with another girl named Fern. We were in the same grade, looked similar (fat, short blonde hair, glasses) and the little kids thought we were twins.

6. I am, like many others, an avid reader, excellent speller and love to add up numbers.

7. I do not know 7 people to challenge with this! All my blogging buddies are taken and nobody else reads my blog! or if they do, they don't leave any comments...

And haven't we done this before?? I have a real deja vu feeling about this whole thing.