Welcome to Our Newest Little Library Baby!!

Theo Lyle

Born at 10:01 April 4, 2018

Weighing 9lbs, 12 oz

Mom, Dad and Big Brothers are all thrilled to pieces!!!

Pictures to follow........

Canada Day means new beginnings....

Well, I have discovered one more thing that occupies my time on the computer..Pinterest!  Anything you would like to see has been documented on this site...and I love it!!

The new begining has to do with a post called "can you stay for dinner?" by Andie Mitchell.  This is a young woman who lost 135 lbs and has documented her new life on her blog.  You have to love someone that puts their life out there for everyone to see...and I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...Andie's Mom has been put on a diet by Andie and I am hoping to follow along!

Mom has just finished her first week...so I'm happy to follow her by a week and see if I can duplicate her stellar results.
Week One:  Mom lost 8.5 lbs

It remains to be seen what my weight loss will be...stay tuned...I'll say Wen

Graduation Day...Finally!

November 19, 2012...a day that I thought would never arrive has now come and gone..and so quickly!

The graduation actually turned out even better than I thought it would. The downside was that Ethan, and of course my Mom and Dad, weren't there also, but Rick, Amy, Val and Sherri more than made up for the absence with cheers, congratulations, flowers and good wishes!

Val and Sherri also treated me to a new "do" for the event along with taking me out for a celebratory drink at the end of the night!  All in all it was a very memorable occasion ...and to think I almost didn't go!

It was a great opportunity to meet Dolores Harms Penner who has been head of the program since I started the courses..(that in itself is a miracle since I've been going for so long) and some of the classmates that up to now have been only names on a computer screen!  It was interesting to put a face to the names, albeit a little overwhelming trying to remember who was who!
My challenge now is to find a way to make my diploma and all my hard work pay off for me!!
Stay tuned...till then...I'll say Wen..

Twice as nice...

I happened to be sitting in my sunroom reading and looked up and saw this beautiful double rainbow!  My phone pic doesn't do it justice and although I could see the arc the rest of the rainbow was blocked by my neighbours house.
It glowed, and I'm sure was the reason it caught my eye.  Hope someone got the pot of gold!

A Friday in November...

No I haven't gotten my dates mixed up...I have finally decided that it's about time I read Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.

Yes, I know that is seems almost unforgivable for some who works in a library to have overlooked this series for so long, but it couldn't be helped.

I refuse to be bullied into a series just because everyone else is "into" it.  But also, unless I buy the books, the request lists are so long that it seemed prudent to wait for an opportunity to sit down and start it with a clear mindset.  Most of the excitement has worn down to a dull roar and I can form my own opinion without the thoughts of others reverberating in my brain.

Still, how sad is it that a promising author doesn't live to reap the sense of accomplishment that this series has certainly garnered?  At least he didn't live to see his family fighting his lover over the millions that these book and movie deals have made, and will continue to make.

If nothing else this should tell us to take care of the details while we can, because they certainly will be taken care of, though not always in the way we might have wished for.

R.I.P.

Stieg Larsson

1954 - 2004

NHL playoffs on once again without my Buds..

Can't believe I'm watching the Ottawa Ranger game and I'm actually hoping the Sens score. Let me be perfectly clear, I'm not cheering for them...just hoping they will score. Hate both the Rangers and the Sens...although I usually can't be bothered with the Rangers...I mean...who cares? Well, my brother in law does...but he wouldn't expect me to cheer for the Rangers anyway...in fact I imagine he'd rather I didn't. It's more fun that way:)
Right now the Rangers are leading by a goal and being especially obnoxious. In fact I think a couple Rangers seem to have a bit of a bromance going on with Neill...at least it appears that way by watching the kissy face looks they're giving him. Where there's a kissy face, there is likely a kissy somewhere:)
Mostly what I'm hoping for is that they will tie up the game and literally beat the crap out of each other for the remainder of the series. Bingo!!!! From my lips...tie game! Lets hope they can hold on and take this game to overtime. Still haven't decided who I am cheering for this year anyway. It's a bit like survivor..I like to wait till the teams have killed off a few competitors before I find a team that I hate less than the others.. Now is only Healy would shut up!
Well, it will be what it will be...according to Doris..so I'm not going to waste any more blog space on this particular game...stay tuned...till then...I'll say Wen

Happy 2012!

Well Happy New Year! I can't believe how fast this year has gone! I know we say that every year, but this year I truly mean it. Maybe it was because I spent so much of it doing school work...I bet that's it. Hopefully that will be over with in the very near future.
This year promises to be a busy one already! One more semester of school, along with two work placements, albeit short ones (hopefully), our cousin Nancy's son Ryan's wedding in July, my nephew Anthony got engaged, and my friends Jan and Wayne becoming grandparents in July(yep Val...good news eh?) and last but not least, hopefully my graduation.
This is also the time also to put our resolutions on paper..er...in print, and let the world know our good intentions for the upcoming year. Well I'm not falling for that one. Every year I have these great intentions..not good..great..and where do they get me? Nowhere. I really just feel like I'm setting myself up for the big letdown. And quite frankly, I just don't put that much stock in them anymore. It has more to do with my willpower than any heartfelt promise anyway. One thing I am going to promise...not resolve to do...but promise myself, is to try and not let others influence the way I feel about myself. I have spent the last two years basically on a collision course with myself. Building myself up in my own mind in order to defend my position at work...only to be knocked down and told that I basically think too much of myself and what I do..or don't do at work. I became obsessed with it. This year will certainly be a different one for me, as I will either have to move up at work, move out and find another job...or lastly...get a second job..again. I really have myself to blame for the whole situation as I should have gotten all the variables down on paper when I became full time...lesson for self...don't trust people to do the right thing..because more often than not, the ones you take on trust will disappoint you. I know that sounds pessimistic, but it is more of a safe guard then a condemnation of all mankind. If you don't expect a lot of people then you're not so disappointment if they don't come through...but when they do...fabulous!
It doesn't mean that I have to be jaded...I'm not saying I won't come through for people, I can still help people...just not expect that help to be reciprocated..or appreciated. As for work...I will wait through January..as that was the vague given timetable..and if things don't change I will try my best to not take a bad attitude when I stop doing the extra curricular things that I normally would have done without thinking. It's time to take a stand and use the time that I would have been helping at work into finding a new job...whatever the scenario.
We'll see, till then...I'll say Wen...