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I Love you Gramp - 1932 - 2009

2009-06-13T13:56:18Z

My Grandfather, Raymond Ferguson, passed away on June 10th, 2009. Today is his funeral. The past few days have been hard, and I've gone through them feeling like a zombie...just sort of numb. I have a hard time getting to sleep even though I am exhausted, and when I wake up I don't feel rested. I'm just kind of stunned, like I'm on autopilot. I imagine everyone else in the family feels that way too. I've never lost anyone close to me before this, so I'm not sure how to get through it. I imagine today will be the toughest day yet for all of us. I'm so thankful that I have such a big and loving family though - so far we've been getting through this together. Today will be te end though...it will be final. Even though as soon as I saw Gramp of Wednesday just after he had passed away, I knew his soul was gone. His body was just an empty shell. It didn't really look like him. I think in a way that made it easier for me to see him. I'm Christian, so I truly believe he's gone to Heaven. His suffering is done, and he's gone on. There are so many good times to remember too. He was such a goof! Always joking around and raising heck with us grandkids. Att he viewings yesterday we all shared stories about him, and I think that really helped. He's leaving behind quite a legacy. So many awesome stories that he's told us. I'm especially grateful to have Rob when it comes to that. Gramp told him stories that he had never told anyone else. Him and Rob would sit there for hours just talking. They were very much the same. So now Rob has a whole bunch of Gramp's stories, and he has a good memory, so they will live on.

Well, I guess I'd better go get showered and ready, and get Rob up to do the same. I imagine I'll post more about Gramp later, maybe some of his stoires. I'm working on a page in my art journal for him, so maybe I'll scan that in and post it when I get it done.

I love you Gramp. I hope you're with us in spirit today. We all love you and miss you very much.

very creepy, disturbing children's cartoon, banned from TV

2009-03-20T02:39:41Z

Thanks Dennis, I'm scarred now...

Artsy Fartsy

2009-03-18T05:37:51Z

We started new shifts at work last week, and I'm super happy to be back into a 10 hour shift! I do find it a little long, but I'll get used to it. I have lots of crafty things here at my desk, and in orbit around me. haha. Working from home has been so fantastic. I can work on whatever I want, without having to tote stuff to work. For the past couple of months I've been doing a lot of paper crafts, or mail art. Artist Trading Cards (ATCs), inchies, and I just started my first real art journal, and I'm thining about trying chunkies and rolos. All altered, mixed-meadia, painted, markered, etc. I've even thrown in some scrapbooking here and there. Leaves me very little time to tinker on the interweb, hence why I haven't posted much here, why I haven't uploaded pics to Flickr in forever, and why my Etsy shops aren't being updated as much as they should. I wish there were just more hours in the day!

Family Guy - Stewie's European See N' Say

2009-03-08T00:19:04Z

A Breadless Sammich!?!

2008-12-28T02:07:22Z

When Steph at work sent me a pic of Kraft Canada's "Breadless Turkey Sandwich" I thought she was pulling my leg. But, There it is, on Kraft Canada's site, for real. Behold, the breadless sammich!

Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes - (must read out loud)

2008-12-01T02:16:32Z

That's not right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Ting Wong
Are you harbouring a fugitive . . . . . Hu Yu Hai Ding
Se me ASAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kum Hia
Stupid Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dum Fuk
Small Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tai Ni Po Ni
Did you go to the Beach . . . . . . . . . . Wai Yu So Tan
I bumped the coffee table . . . . . . . . Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
I think you need a face lift . . . . . . . Chin Tu Fat
It's very dark in here . . . . . . . . . . . . Wai So Dim
I thought you were on a diet . . . . . Wai Yu Mun Ching
This is a tow away zone . . . . . . . . . No Pah King
Our meeting is scheduled for next week . . .Wai Yu Kum Nao
Staying out of sight . . . . . . . . . . . . Lei Ying Lo
He's cleaning his automobile . . . . Wa Shing Ka
Your body oder is offensive . . . . . Yu Stin Ki Pu
Great . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fa Kin Su Pah

Stoner Kitteh

2008-12-01T00:32:03Z

Funny that Rob accidentally posted a post to my site instead of his, given it's content. And on the same day I decided I really need to update AllJenn.com. That's eerie.

So, on to my post.

Why is catnip legal?

I know, it's funny, but really, there are all these regulations and laws controlling drug use in human beings, but we an freely buy catnip, an obvious hallucinogen (Arty lays on his back with his paws waving in front of his face when he's stoned on catnip...I know he's seeing swirling colors), and give it to our pets. For Luna, its an aggressor, she'll pick a fight with anyone when she's free based some 'nip.

*ponder*

Ancient Stash found in China

2008-11-30T17:51:07Z

The Western press is heralding the discovery of the "world's oldest marijuana stash" (789 grams) in the tomb of a 2,700-year-old blond-haired, blue-eyed mummy in the Xinjiang region of China (photo). The mummy is believed to be a Nordic-featured Gushi shaman from the Tarim Basin. Scientists conjecture that the cannabis was being saved for use in the afterlife. In actuality, according to the Journal of Experimental Botany, the stash is the oldest pot to be tested for its properties. In 2006, the Chinese press reported that Chinese scientists had unearthed an older marijuana "baggy" in a 2,800-year-old Caucasian shaman's Xinjiang tomb.

Atta Boy!

2008-10-27T04:02:41Z

Arty is the best cat ever. If you give him something and tell him it's edible, he'll eat it dammit. One time he had great fun eating an olive. Anyways, Rob just gave him Pop Rocks, you know, that candy that snap crackles and pops in your mouth? Arty damn well ate it too! Mommie's little piggy trooper.

Working From Home!

2008-10-23T05:16:55Z

I went to Dee's last night to craft, picked up Rob when he was done work at 12:30, then came home to find a message on my phone saying I needed to go in then and there to get my stuff because I'd be working from home today. Well, I zipped over there, got most of my junk (sans monitor, but it's not like we don't have 3 dozen of those laying around here anyways), and set it all up this morning. Talk about short notice. There were a couple glitches, but we got that all worked out, and my shift tonight has gone smoothly thus far. I'm only 40 minutes away from being done! Yipee! I'm friggin tired. I still haven't adjusted from the NYC schedule back to my 6:30pm - 3am work schedule. Bleh.

Arty very much enjoyed having me home tonight. It took him until 9:30 to actually get out of bed and realize I was here. From then on out, I had to hold him. He got down a couple of times, but it wasn't long before he was back. He's mommy's little snugglebum. He was pretty upset when I went to NYC and left him for 5 days. He slept in my spot in the bed, right up against the pillow, and he moped around the house. When I got home, I came in the back door and yelled "Mommie's home!!!", and he came running full out. hehehhe So ya, back to tonight, I was holding him and he was asleep, when I had a call come in, so I started to pick him up to put him on the floor, and he clung right on to me, and his look said "Oh no Mommy! Please please don't put me down! We's snugglin'!" OMG, it was so cute. He's such a little baby with me. *sniffle*

The Rudest Buddhist

2008-10-23T05:03:20Z

Rob and I got into a fight about something the other day, and Rob realized he was being an ass. So, he came up with a new nickname for himself - the rudest buddhist. It cracked me up so bad, and I talked him into using it as the tagline for RobDurdle.com. It's the best! What an oxy moron! PS - Rob, you're welcome for me pimping your site biatch.

I am Ninja!

2008-10-21T19:19:53Z

I'm so irritated right now. I went to my Doctor's office for a prescription refill. I get there at 2:30, and sit in the waiting room. At 3:30, I'm pretty antsy, as I have to drive Rob to work for 4 so I can have the car as I'm going to Dee's tonight. So, I ask the receptionist if the Dr can just write me the prescription, as I'm in a rush. Now, with most doctors, you don't need to go in for refills, they will just call it into the pharmacy. Well, in New Brunswick, the government pays a doctor $10 for each appointment he has. So, my doctor, in a rebellious "stick it to the government" gesture, refuses to call in prescriptions - you have to go in to get them. Ok, all the power to you. But, I was there in the office, I'm sure they maked me on the list as being there, so just write me the effing prescription and let's go! So, back to the story, the receptionist comes back to me and says "The nurse is calling your name next". So, out she comes and in a room I go. The nurse, who I don't like anyways, with her attitude and her drawn on lips since she doesn't have any real lips, is all "oh, so you're late for work?" Not wanting to bother with the minor details, like it's Rob who will be late and not me, I jsut said "Yes, I need to go!". She just says "Well he'll be in to see you soon." HALF AN HOUR LATER!!!! Can you believe it?!?!? So, Rob's gone to work by that time, and I have to walk home in the friggin cold, with just a t-shirt on. Then, thank god Dee insisted her and Greg come pick me up, because I would have had to have caught a bus, gone downtown and picked my car, then came back here to get all my stuff i"m bringing to Dee's for crafting, then goen to Dee's. Holy hell. Just write me the effin prescription. I should have taken the prescription from him when I finally did get it, made an origami ninja star out of it, then sad in my best over-dubbed japanese-accented voice "Now, you will pay! I will make ninja star go up our bum! Many ouches!"

........O.O............

High Tide Heels

2008-10-21T01:44:33Z

My friend Nick, whom I went to NYC with, sent me this photo and told me I should have been wearing these on our trip. He said "...not to mention, you could bitch-slap someone with your flipper WHILE roundhouse kicking them in the face!!!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Almost the Weekend!

2008-10-20T05:10:35Z

I'm so greatful that I only had to work 2 days after I came back from New York before I got a couple of days off. In 45 minutes, it's my weekend (which consists of Monday and Tuesday). I'm so tired. *YAWN* I'm recovering pretty well from the trip - the blister on the bottom of my foot is attempting to heal, and I'm not too sore. I did go for a walk this morning in Irishtown Nature Park though, and while it was a short walk, I was still sore and hurting afterwards. God, these poor old bones and muscles. BUT, at least I got back out there and walked. Mr. 18-year-old-full-of-piss-and-vinegar apparantly spent the whole day in bed. LOL

Thank you to everyone who whised me happy birthday on FaceBook. I'm currently in the process of trying to thank all of you personally, but just incase I don't get to everyone, I wanted to say thanks here too. :) I had the best birthday I have ever had in my 31 years. Yep, 31. *gag* shhhhh, don't tell anyone, k?

So, keeping with the whole "holy eff I am out of shape as I learned when I walked around NYC for a week and it almost killed me", tomorrow I'm goign back to Irishtown park with Sherry (aka, my sister-in-law), and Jemma. It'll be a girl's morning out! :) I'm sure I'll have no problem gettign so sleep tonight when I get home, so I should be asleep by 4am, and hopefully up by 10am. I should be bright-eyed and busy-tailed at 10am tomorrow morning. I'll definately be making a coffee stop!

Good Bye, My City

2008-10-19T04:20:04Z

So I got back last night from New York City. My friend Nick and I went for our birthdays (mine the 13th and his the 16th). I was so happy to be back in the city, after being away for over 7 years. NYC is in my blood, I feel like that's where I belong, that I could live there for the rest of my life and be so amazed by the City every single day. So, anyways, I had a lot of fun. I got to go to the Guggenheim for the first time, and while I didn't get to see a painting by my favorite artist, Franz Marc, because the museum was under renovation, so some exhibits were closed, we did see some good paintings. Picasso, Van Gogh, Renoir (another favorite of mine), Cezanne, etc. Three of the floors were a photography exhibit of an american photographer, Catherine Opie, and honesty, her photos for the most part sucked. There were 2 series that were good, in one room, a line of continuing photos, on one was a beach, entitled Surfers, and the other was an ice field with fishing shantys, entitled Icehouses. They were huge photos, and made for a striking display. As for the rest of her pics, I foudn them meidocre, and the whole of the rest of her exhibit should have been named after one of my favorite games, Dude or Chick? :)

We found a fantastic little plaza on the banks of the Hudson, behind the World Financial Center, where there were restaurants with a patio, shops, and a small marina. We went back the next night to have dinner at PJ Clarkes, and it was superb. All the food in the City was fabulous of course. Our last night there, we went to Smith & Wollensky's, one of NYC's best steakhouses. I <3 steak. It was all good, and they also had the best damn raisin bread I have ever had. It was also great to be there with all the New Yorkers too. Although the table full of guys behind us I swear were from Boston. They were a rowdy bunch.

It was great to take the subway again. And going for a taxi ride, and walking through Central Park, and down 5th Ave.

I'm posting pics very soon to my Flickr account and FaceBook, so stay tuned.