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Saturday, September 16th, 2006
7:28 am	YAY!!!!!!! Bari and I have a new niece!!!!!! Kendall was born at 6:20 this morning and she weighed 8 lbs 2 ounces. YAY!!!!!!!! Dave is ecstatic and Holly is doing just fine. This makes niece/nephew #6 with the 7th on the way courtesy of Bari's brother and on my side of the family, Leon and Penny are trying for another. :oD Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: none (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, June 26th, 2006
1:23 pm	Looky what I won!!!! Hehehe..... I don't usually go on e-bay and look for OOAK Horror dolls as I personally don't like most of them. For whatever reason, I decided to do that exact search today and I found a doll that I completely fell immediately in love with. To top it all off.... he was sitting at a good price and was ending in an hour. I am now the proud mommy of this little cutie: I haven't had a chance to name him yet, but I think he's really cute. :o) I'd never heard of the e-bay seller before, but her name is "tawni71". She had another doll up on e-bay which I thought wasn't that good, but this little guy is just so adorable I couldn't resist. :oD I'm also happy with the fact that I got him for $32.00. YAY!!!!!!! Current Mood: excited Current Music: Some song that I like but don't know the name of (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
9:45 am	It's almost Chiller time!! Woohoo, 24 hours from now Bari, Kim and I will be well on our way to Chiller. Unfortunately, I woke up this morning with completely full sinuses. I've been suffering with really bad allergies since Saturday, but today is definitely not allergies... it's sinuses. I don't feel "sick" so that's good, but my head feels like it's full of liquid. Fortunately, I still have some of my prescription nose spray left over from my last sinus infection so I started taking it this morning. I really really really hope I'm not sick. It wouldn't totally surprise me if I was after last Saturday, but I really don't want to be sick, especially not for Chiller. Bari and I went to Dana's last Saturday for her birthday celebration and to help her get her yard decorated for Halloween. It was cold and drizzly and rainy the whole damn day. To try and avoid getting sick, I wore a warm sweater, a fleece jacket and a wind breaker to stop the wind and rain from getting at me. I did get rather cold a few times that day and tried to combat it with hot chocolate, but I'm now worried that it wasn't enough. It probably didn't help that my allergies were really bad this weekend. At Dana's house I had to deal with A) the fall weather B) her dog and three cats (I'm very allergic to dogs and mildly allergic to cats) C) the dust, they were re-arranging furniture so that kicked up some dust and D) the damn smoking. Unfortunately EVERYONE there was a smoker but me. They had an air filter thingy on for me... but it just wasn't helping. Unfortunately either was my Claritin. I felt like shit that night and even had to get Bari to drive home as my eyes were puffy from my allergies and I couldn't see all that well (not good when you need to drive). The next day was not better for my allergies. Sunday was Bari's mom's birthday. Bari's sister had formed a plan with their step dad that all the kids were going to show up at the house but we weren't going to tell their mom, we were going to surprise her. That's all fine and good... except that their step father was sick and hadn't vacuumed. They don't have a dog but they live in a small townhouse and have a couple of long haired cats. When I mentioned before that I'm mildly allergic to cats.. that's short hair cats. I'm way allergic to long hair cats. Again the Claritin was just not cutting it. We were there for like the whole afternoon. Needless to say I spent the rest of Sunday with kleenex close at hand. My allergies persisted on Monday... not that anything new was triggering it at that point, just the remnants from the weekend. I felt a whole lot better yesterday... then I wake up at 4:30 this morning to find my nose completely plugged and my sinuses totally full. It's now almost 10 in the morning.... my nose is no longer clogged but my sinuses still are. Fortunately, the nose spray and Advil Cold and Sinus that I've taken have alleviated the sinus pressure a bit. I'm just praying that my throat doesn't get affected by this. I have a bad history of Tonsilitis and I really don't want to get it this weekend. In the meantime, I'm gonna pump the meds, drink lots of water and I think I'm gonna run over to the convenience store in a bit and get a bottle of orange juice. Oh well, whether I'm sick or not I plan to have as much fun at Chiller this weekend as is possible. It really sucks that so many people can't make it this year, but I'm sure those of us going will manage to find some fun somewhere. ;o) I'm also looking very forward to adding to my Krypt Kiddie family on Friday. I've got my eye on one particular Kiddie so I'm really hoping I get them, but if not, I'm sure there'll be plenty of other Kiddies that I will fall in love with. Current Mood: okay (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
9:05 am	Harry Potter / LJ Crossover Harry Potter/LJ Crossover by Osaku Username Age Eccentric Headmaster vilia_of_sorrow Best Friend maddragoness Brainy Friend krissydeadgirl School Enemy mistercreepers Enemy Cronie #1 priest0666 Enemy Cronie #2 sinstressed Runaway Godfather nokomis1438 Greasy Potions Master stoopidpreacher Annoying House Elf iamthedarkqueen Dark Lord t_u_r_t_l_e15 Quiz created with MemeGen! Current Mood: working Current Music: Morning Djs still talking (8 Comments |Comment on this)
9:01 am	In a Past Life... You Were: An Evil Despot. Where You Lived: Romania. How You Died: Killed in Battle. Who Were You In a Past Life? Current Mood: working Current Music: Morning show DJs talking (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
9:19 am	My Little Pony Quizzie You Are Subversion! You are systematic and secretive. Sometimes even very calculating. Most everyone trusts you but they have no idea what really goes on in your head. You are capable of being nice or mean, whatever a situation calls for. You look out for #1. What Naughty My Little Pony Are You? Current Mood: working Current Music: Pearl Jam - Jeremy (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 18th, 2005
12:15 pm	New Kiddie!!!! Yay, I'm a mommy again!!!! Although most of you have seen my post on the KK board, I still wanted to post pics of my new beauty Pixie over here!!!! I was so excited yesterday when I got my e-mail from Rita saying that my baby was done. I saw the e-mail when I had my lunch yesterday around 1 ish, the e-mail said that pics would follow soon. I was soooo antsy all afternoon waiting for the pics. I finally got them just before 5. I was nervous to see them just in case she didn't look the way that she did in my mind. I opened the pics and was super excited to see that she turned out BETTER than I'd expected. Hehe, she's so cute, I'm so happy. :oD So, without further ado, here is my new Kiddie Pixie. Current Mood: happy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
4:30 pm	Quiz time!! You scored as Angel. Angel: Angels are the guardians of all things, from the smallest ant to the tallest tree. They give inspiration, love, hope, and positive emotion. They live among humans without being seen. They are the good in all things, and if you feel alone, don't fear. They are always watching. Often times they merely stand by, whispering into the ears of those who feel lost. They would love nothing more then to reveal themselves, but in today's society, this would bring havoc and many unneeded questions. Give thanks to all things beautiful, for you are an Angel. </td> Angel 100% Mermaid 75% Dragon 75% Faerie 75% WereWolf 50% Demon 8% What Mythological Creature are you? (Cool Pics!) created with QuizFarm.com Current Mood: bored because I'm at work Current Music: Wheezer (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 28th, 2005
10:45 am	DENIED!!!!! Pearl Jam tickets went on sale this morning at 10:00 a.m. I was refreshing the ticketmaster page continually from 9:58 a.m. The second the ticks went on sale, I entered 3, hit "buy tickets" and it said "searching". Within less than 1 mintue, I was brought to a page that said Ticketmaster couldn't find that many tickets. The clock on my computer only said 10:01 a.m. I tried for 3 tickets once more and then I tried for just 1. It wasn't even 10:05 a.m. on my clock and not even 1 ticket was available....the damn show was sold out. I was really looking forward to getting tickets and seeing Pearl Jam live again. They put on an amazing live show. When I first heard Pearl Jam were doing a Canadian tour I got pretty excited. They are playing 4 shows in a rather close proximity to me, one in Toronto, one in Hamilton (close to my work), one in London (where Kim lives) and one in Kitchener (where I live). My initial plan was to try for the Kitchener show, then if I got nothing, to try and get ticks in London, then Hamilton if need be and finally Toronto if all else had failed. Unfortunately, they thwarted my plan by having the tickets for all 4 shows go on sale at the same damn time. I knew they'd sell fast and that I'd really only have one shot at getting tickets. I did try for London and Hamilton but by then it was after 10:05 and I wasn't surprised to see that they were sold out too. Damn....that would have been so sweet to see them in Kitchener. I've never been to the Kitchener Memorial Arena before, but it's rather close to where I live and we could have walked there. :o( Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: Bari watching cartoons (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
8:38 am	Saw Star Wars.... Well, Dana and I went to the 12:01 am showing of Star Wars last night and I've gotta say....it KICKED ASS!!!! I agree with the critics....this is by far the best prequel there has been. It really bridged the gap between Episode 2 and Episode 4.....lol, I know that's what it was supposed to do, but it did it much better than I thought it would. Anyway, I don't want to give anything away so I'll leave it at that......except to add that all Star Wars fans should go see it....you won't be disappointed. :o) Current Mood: tired Current Music: Nothing (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
1:27 pm	Owie...Owie....Owie.... I'm in quite a lot of pain today. I accidentally smashed my bad knee into the corner of our rather large and very heavy glass and pewter coffee table last night. I immediately developped a huge insta-bruise and felt my knee starting to seize up on me. I made sure to keep moving my knee while I held onto a chair for support and stood in the living room cursing like a sailor. It's been so long since I've messed up my knee that I didn't have an ice pak in the freezer, so Bari went and put one in. Unfortunately, I was going to bed shortly after this happened and the ice pak wouldn't have had time to freeze. So, I just wrapped my knee last night and took some extra strength Advil. When I got up this morning my knee was stiff and sore but not locked up (thank God). Along with my knee being swollen, my lower leg and foot were swollen too. When I hobbled into the bathroom to take my shower this morning I took a closer look and feel of me knee and I'm not completely sure but I think my knee cap got moved further out of place than it was. My knee cap was moved out of place when I sustained the original injury and I guess I've never paid really close attention to just how far out of place it was, but it feels like it's been moved further over than it was. I'm going to see Star Wars tonight and a couple of times tomorrow and my knee always hurts a little after sitting in a theatre so I was expecting a little pain tomorrow night but my God....I'm just sitting at work and it's killing. I keep taking the extra strength Advil...they don't get rid of the pain but at least they're dulling the pain so it's at least bearable. I'm gonna go home after work and alternate iceing it and wrapping it until Dana and I leave for the movie. Depending on how it feels tomorrow will determine whether or not I try making an appointment with my knee surgeon. I'm really hoping that if I rest this evening and ice it and wrap it and sleep with it on a pillow tonight that the swelling will go down and it will take care of itself. I really don't want to go see my surgeon as the last time I hurt it like this and went to see him, he put me on crutches for a week. I hate using crutches! Current Mood: hurt Current Music: Goodnight by Hot Hot Heat (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 12th, 2005
10:57 am	Question for the ages.... Holly sent me a new picture of Emma last night and when I opened it I was just so shocked to see that in only 1 year she's gone from a baby to looking like an actual person. She looks like a little girl now and not so much like a baby. How do you go from this: to this in only one year? lol, I know kids grow up, but I didn't think it would be this fast. Hehe, she's still such a little cutie. :o) Current Mood: happy Current Music: Combat Baby by Metric (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005
1:56 pm	Now for some good news.... I'm sorry Bari if I'm stealing your thunder, but I HAD to share!!! Bari and I are an aunt and uncle again. Bari's sister Niki had her twins today. YAY!!!!!! I'm not sure of the exact time they were born (Bari got the call and forgot to find that out) but he did get the weights. James John Renaud is 5 lbs., 1 ounce and Emily Nicole Renaud is 3 lbs., 15 ounces and they were both born with full heads of dark hair. Mommy and babies are doing fine. Niki was only 34 weeks along, but the hospital didn't want to wait any longer as Emily's umbilical cord was twisted a bit and they were worried that she was either getting too much blood or not enough. So, they scheduled Niki for a C-Section this morning. With all the damn death going on lately (my grandma at the beginning of the month and then one of her sisters last week) this is exactly the pick me up I needed. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! I'll post pics as soon as we can get some. I'm guessing someone will be taking pics today and sending them out and we'll post them as soon as we get them. I'm hoping we'll be able to stop into the hospital on Saturday to see them when we take Bari's mom out for Mother's Day. YAY for babies!!!!! Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Some song (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 1st, 2005
6:17 pm	I blame KIM!!!!!! I blame Kim.....Bari and I were at the Kitchener toy show today and there was a woman selling some original My Little Pony's and we picked them up. Before some of you get too excited....we're not going to get into collecting them, we're going to clean them up and try to sell them. :o) We picked up 2 Cotton Candy's from 1982, a Peachy from 1982 and a baby Moondancer from the 80's. Yay us!! The Peachy pony has had a bit of a hair cut at the front, but I think we can salvage it. The rest seem to be in good shape. They just need a bath and some conditioner in their hair. There really wasn't much else at the toy show that was of any interest. After the toy show, Bari went to do laundry and I drove to Milton to get me a set of the 20 Star Wars pins that are coming out from the Toronto Sun newspaper. The way it's supposed to work is that each morning you go to whatever convenience store, buy the Toronto Sun newspaper, take the little coupon out of it and use that to purchase that day's pin. Today's edition of the paper had a free Star Wars album in it to keep the pins in. Fortunately, I stopped into the convenience store across the street from my parents on my way home from work on Friday and since the guy there knows me, he offered to sell me the whole set of 20 pins at one time so that I wouldn't have to stop for the next 20 mornings to get them one at a time. Hehe, I'm so excited!!! They have pins spanning all 6 movies. Woohoo!!! I'll post pics once I get the pins in the album. Anyhoo, all in all a good day. :o) Current Mood: giddy Current Music: Bari watching TV (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 30th, 2005
8:58 pm	Wow....free pizza.... Bari went to Dana's for the day to hang out and play board games......so, being home alone, I decided to order a pizza with all the toppings I like on it. When the pizza guy got here he handed me two pizzas. When I told him I only ordered one, he said that he justs delivers what they give him and that it's mine now. So yeah.....I got a free pizza tonight. Not that it'll get eaten...I mean hell, I'm eating on my own tonight....but the second pizza has toppings that both Bari and I like so we can always have it for breakfast tomorrow. lol. Oh yeah, I also realized that I didn't update something major that happened at work this week. Just before my grandma died, my boss pulled me aside and told me that due to a lack of work coming in that the company was going to be downsizing. I was assured that my job was absolutely 100% safe, others in the office he said may not be so lucky. Well.....we had our first casualty of the "downsizing". They fired this one girl that I worked with. Quite frankly, I'm surprised they had the balls to do it. This girl has worked there for almost 3 years and she's been a useless tit since she started. They've threatened many times to get rid of her but never actually did anything about it. Well....they have now. I gotta be honest though...I'm not upset about it or anything. She was a nice enough person however she was very naive and had a horrible work ethic. She's 21 and made it very clearly known that she was only working at this job until the time she gets married and starts having babies. She also made it very well known on days that she was tired or just didn't want to be there. She actually had the nerve the other day to tell our boss that she was purposely working as slowly as she could. Somehow I'm thinking that helped them come to the decision they did. Well....I'm off to enjoy some more pizza. :o) Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Harry Potter on TV (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 29th, 2005
11:47 am	Feeling guilty Well....I'm probably the worst child ever. I made my mom cry today...I didn't mean to, but I did and now I feel bad about it. Our phone rang at 6:30 this morning, I was just about to get in the shower and Bari was still sleeping. It's not usually good news when your phone rings late at night or early in the morning. However, we're waiting on our brother-in-law Matt to call us day or night the moment Bari's sister Niki goes into labour.....so when the phone rang, I thought it would be good news. Instead, it was my mother calling to say someone had died. It was 4 weeks ago TODAY that my grandmother died, so I was not looking forward to hearing about another death. Bari got off the phone and then said, "Florence died". I then said...."so". lol. You see....I don't really know "Florence". I know she's some kind of relation to me and that I haven't seen her in probably at least 5 years, Hell, I don't even know what she looks like. On my way to work, I was thinking in my car and got annoyed that my mother would call that early to tell me that some relative I haven't seen in freaking YEARS has died. I'm still rather on edge every Thursday night (since I got the call about my grandma) and was freaking out inside when I realized it wasn't Matt Bari was talking to this morning but my mom. Anyway, I get to work and decide to try my mom at work. She was there and I said thanks for letting me know, but that as Florence wasn't a close relation, it wasn't really necessary to call that early. She agreed and said that she should have waited but knew we'd be up for work. I then told her that Bari was still asleep but that was o.k. I wasn't mad when I talked to her and our voices were never raised, but I then asked if she called Holly and Leon (her brother and sister and my aunt and uncle). She then said yes and that she'd called them at 6:30 this morning. I then asked if she realized what day it was and she said yes. I then explained that she should realize that even hearing the phone ring that early in the morning was probably enough to really upset Holly and Leon. She kinda got mad and said that even though I don't know Florence they did and that they cried when she called and told them. I then reiterated with the fact that although we all KNOW Florence, none of us keep in touch with her and that it was possible that Holly and Leon just cried because they were so freaked just knowing that SOMEONE had died. I then just went on to say that she really should have waited to call Holly and Leon considering what day it was....she then started crying and said she had to go and hung up on me. Now, I know that she started crying due to the fact that her mother and now her aunt have died in the last 4 weeks (both of massive heart attacks), and not because of what I was saying, but now I feel like a huge shit for making my mom cry. I spoke to Holly this morning and she told me that what I thought was true. She got upset and cried on the phone just because it rattled her and freaked her out so much to have the phone ring that early. I mean shit, like I said at the top, you know it's not usually good news if the phone rings that early in the morning. I would have been a basket case just listening to the ringing if we hadn't been waiting for Matt to call us about Niki. Holly told me that Florence was my grandmother's sister, however she and my grandmother didn't talk and she was the only one of my grandmother's surviving siblings that didn't go to her funeral. I really don't want to go to the funeral as it's going to be far away in like Chatham or Leamington (Kim should know where those places are), which are situated several hours from my house. Holly said she and Leon will probably go but that if I can use work to get out of it I should. I can and I plan to use that as my excuse. HOWEVER, I still feel like a shit for causing my mom to cry so if she tries to guilt me into going to this funeral I'll probably end up going. I'm gonna try calling my mom later and apologize for upsetting her this morning.....if she's not upset with me then I may still be able to get out of going to this funeral. I just really don't want to have to take a vacation day to go to the funeral of some family member that I barely knew and almost never saw. Current Mood: guilty Current Music: Some song on the Nooner on The Edge. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
1:54 pm	Pearl Jam coming to town....WOOHOO!!! WOOHOO!!!! I'm very very excited!!! Pearl Jam has announced that they're doing a 15 city Canadian tour in September and I'm going to try my damndest to get tickets. The best part is that they're doing 5 shows in Ontario and 4 of them are in rather close proximity to me. :o) They're playing Kitchener (where Bari and I live), London (where Kim lives), Hamilton and Toronto. I've seen Pearl Jam in concert twice and they're amazing live. I'm very worried that I won't be able to get tickets (as they tend to sell out with lightning speed) but I'm definitely gonna try. Current Mood: excited Current Music: Why do you love me - Garbage (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 25th, 2005
6:59 pm	So tired today..... Had a really good weekend but now I'm so tired. When my grandma died she wanted to be creamated and have her ashes split in two and have one half buried with her first husband and the second half buried with her second husband so she could torment them both in death. We had the burial on Friday afternoon. Some tears were shed, but the family was all together and it was a nice day and it afforded yet somemore closure to this whole thing, so all in all it was pretty nice. After that we went back to my aunt's house and had a yummy lasagna dinner with ceasar salad and garlic bread. We then warmed up the two home made apple pies of my grandma's that we'd found in her freezer and had them for desert. Oh my God they were soooooo goooooood!!!!! We then sat around drinking and laughing and having a really great time. Saturday Bari and I got up early and drove the 1 1/2 to his grandma's house in Richmond Hill to visit her. After almost 2 hours there, we went the 1/2 hour to Newmarket to visit Bari's very pregnant sister Niki in the hospital. She's 33 weeks along and the doctors figure she'll deliver before 35 weeks. She's having twins and both babies are already either right at or very close to 5 lbs., each. We stayed there until just after 6 p.m. and then we got in the car and drove to Kim's house in London. We got to Kim's just before 9 p.m. which is nice as I wasn't sure how long the drive would be and figured we wouldn't get to her place until after 9:30. We had a great time just hanging out and chatting with Kim.....she's so fun, I love going over to her place. We ended up staying up until after 2:30 a.m. Sunday started before 8 a.m., we were all excited about going to the toy show in Mississauga (approximately 2 hours from Kim's place). We picked up her friend Jay and we took off to Mississauga. We met up with Dana and spent the morning and early afternoon at the toy show. I was surprised that I hadn't bought anything, but nothing really caught my eye. It was fun looking at everything though. It was also fun watching Dana and Kim go crazy with sheep stuff, Spike / James Marsters stuff and My Little Ponies.....guess who got what. lol. Dana, Kim and I had Krypt Kiddies with us and it was quite amusing watching peoples faces when they saw them. We had a lot of people stop us and a lot of people really ilked the dolls. We were even interviewed on camera for Rogers Cable TV. Of course, none of us thought to ask when it might air. After that we went to Square One mall and went to Build-a-Bear where I bought a new red Spiderman shirt for Preston and some denim overalls for him and Dana and Kim got some clothes for their Kiddies too. The last time I'd been in there I'd freaked out the sales girl by telling her I was buying clothes for my demon baby. She took one look at Preston when we were in there and said, "you were in here before weren't you? You were buying clothes for demons you said". lol. She thought Preston was freaky and she didn't really like him, but she thought it was funny that we were all buying clothes for our Kiddies. After that we hit a few more stores before leaving to go for dinner. Kim, Jay, Bari, Kim and I had a very yummy and very filling dinner at Appleby's before making the long drive back to London. By the time we got to London, my stomach was hurting from laughing so much. Kim's friend Jay is hilarious. Bari and I finally got back to Kitchener just before 10:30 last night. I read my book for a little bit and then went to bed. I was so tired when my alarm went off today. Oh well, had to go to work. Today wasn't so bad either. I had figured I'd missed the series 9 LDD's on the Mezco board so I'd figured I wouldn't bother getting them as I didn't want to pay e-bay prices, but I was surprised to find out this morning that they hadn't gone on sale yet and that they were being sold today. I kept refreshing the Mezco sight and they finally went on sale. I'm quite happy to say that I got my set. :o) Plus, just now, Sprint Canada called and offered us a really really good deal on our long distance phone service, so we're thinking about changing our phone company.....it'll save us quite a bit each month. Yay for saving money. :o) Now along with being tired, I'm getting hungry so I'm gonna go make dinner. Current Mood: hungry Current Music: Bari watching TV (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 17th, 2005
10:42 am	I forgot...... Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this yesterday. Emma is almost 11 months old and not only has she been walking for over a month now, she's slowly but surely starting to talk. She can say Dada and Mama and she's able to say her name now too. Just the Emma part, not her last name. Holly hasn't counted Dada and Mama as her "first words" and I'm not sure if she's counting Emma as her first words either. Hehe, I can't wait until she's talking more. :o) Current Mood: awake Current Music: Bari watching cartoons (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 16th, 2005
8:32 pm	Tired and sunburned!! Damn....I really need to update this more. For anyone willing to read this, it's going to be long. Just thought I'd warn you. My first day back to work after my grandma died was a little bad....emotionally wise. I got to work to find a really pretty vase FULL of daffodils on my desk with a note from my co-worker Sandy and her family. It was a really touching card and it made me cry. Then one of my other co-workers, Lily, came up and gave me a hug....which made me cry a bit more. I calmed myself down and then began to work. Sandy then came in, I thank her for the flowers and card and then she came up and hugged me, which again made me start to cry. Needless to say, it was a rough day, but things have been getting more and more back to normal with each day. Even now, 2 weeks after she died, I'm still having some rough moments, but it's getting to where I can think of her and nice memories without crying. Holly (my aunt) gave me a couple of great pictures of her that I'll have to post on here....once I figure out how to do that. Unfortunately, my grandma died in debt, so the burden of paying for the funeral, cremation and then burial of the remains has fallen to Holly, Leon (my uncle) and my mom. Again unfortunately, my parents kinda suck huge with money and are also in debt and unable to contribute anything. HOWEVER, very fortunately, it's looking like Holly and Leon aren't going to have to shell out any money either. My uncle Dave (Holly's husband), his uncle is a lawyer and he said that the family isn't responsible for my grandma's debts which is nice (not that it was a huge debt, but it was still more than Holly and Leon had). The bank was unhappy to have to agree with Dave's lawyer uncle, but they did. :o) Anyway, the funeral ended up costing just shy of $7000.00 and the burial and headstone is going to cost approximately $2000.00. Fortunately, my grandma's CPP cheque (Canadian Pension Plan) is rather large and they're also getting like my grandma's last month's rent cheque back from her landlord. As she died on April 1, her rent was already paid for the month, and when she moved in she gave the landlord a cheque for the first and last months' rent. Today.....we had a garage sale. A very very large garage sale. When we cleaned out my grandma's apartment, we divided up what we wanted and realized there was quite a bunch of stuff left that no one wanted (mainly like kitchen, bathroom and some knick-knacky type stuff). It was decided that we would sell what we could in a garage sale and put the profits toward the funeral costs. Holly and I had been planning on having a garage sale this spring or summer, so we both went through our respective homes and found a bunch of shit to sell. Leon and Penny (Leon's wife) did the same, as did my mom. We were over at Holly and Dave's last night pricing stuff until 11 p.m. We were up at 5:30 this morning and back over at Holly and Dave's by 6:30 a.m. Unfortunately for us, Holly is an early riser (I think her baby Emma has something to do with that) and she put the ad in the paper saying that the garage sale would start at 7 a.m. Bari and I missed this, but they had a guy show up at 6:10 this morning wanting to see what we were putting out for the day. Well, between all the households, we had between 30 and 40 boxes FULL of stuff to sell. We'd priced everything last night with the intention that we would totally accept either what we were asking, or any good offer. We were out all day and couldn't have asked for better weather. It was sunny, not a cloud in the sky and it got up to 21 degrees celcius today.....it was beautiful. We're all quite sunburned and tired, but at the end of the day, we only have 7 boxes of stuff left which is being given to my mother as the Court House she works at is having a massive garage sale on June 10th so she's gonna take our left overs and sell donate them to the Court House garage sale. We also had 3 boxes of books left, but we're donating them to either The Goodwill or Value Village. After all our haggling and hard work, we made *insert drum roll here* $400.00. YAY!!!! It was actually $398.06, but we pooled our own change and came up with the $1.94 to make it an even $400.00. They also put ads in the paper yesterday to sell my grandma's scooter, her walker and her crafmatic adjustable bed. The scooter sold last night for what they were asking (they put in a price and were willing to take $200-$400 off the asking price), but a guy called yesterday and offered to pay them what they were asking in cash, so of course, they sold it to him. Anyway, when all is said and done, if the bed and the walker sell for what they're asking, not only will the funeral be covered, but they'll be almost $500.00 ahead of the game. Which will be really great. Emma's first birthday is coming up next month, although it's on the 19th, Holly and Dave are having the party on the 14th. Holly told me today that they're having the party the weekend before as they're going to leave on May 15th or 16th and drive to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to visit the family there that, not only couldn't make it to the funeral, but haven't met Emma yet. As long as all of the funeral costs are covered, they'll be able to make the trip, so we're pretty optimistic about it. The only thing left to do really (other than pay the funeral home), is to bury my grandma's remains. She wants half her remains buried with her first husband and the other half buried with her second husband. We're doing the burial next Friday at 1 p.m. After that, we're going back to Holly and Dave's for a big dinner where we will all indulge in my grandmother's delicious home made apple pie for the last time. When we were cleaning out the apartment, we found two of her pies frozen in the freezer from Easter earlier in the week. Anyway, I'm tired and kinda hungry now...that ice cream we had at 5 pm today was filling at the time, but it's 9 pm now and I need some dinner. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Bari watching T.V. (6 Comments |Comment on this)