Jen loves Clark!

Snow in late April after we had practically none all winter. It makes no sense!

Lately, I've been nit picking. No, not at plot inconsistencies this time - the real deal. My sister is a kindergarten teacher and one of her little ones passed on head lice -nice. Join me in a massive, "Ewwwwww!" Or "eeeeek!" Anyways, I've become somewhat of an expert nit picker in the last couple of days - not exactly something I ever wanted to be. The worse part is that I'm itchy all over, all the time. My sister has done a few checks and I've come up clean but I must say I'm freaked out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_louse

LiveJournal's question: what did you learn today?

My response:

That slipping on ice so that you fall backwards and bonk your head _really_ hurts.

Owww! I don't think I'm going to get much done over the next few days.

Yikes, just over two weeks to Christmas!! I've got the Christmas tree up finally though I'm a bit dissatisfied with it. I didn't notice until after I'd added the garland and ornaments that one of the strands of lights, which I ran along the bottom branches, doesn't have any yellow lights in it. So there is this kind of subtle disconnect in the colouring. I guess I'll just have to ignore it.

I wrote a ficlet (or whatever you call something about 300 words long) for the smallearth advent calendar. Nothing brilliant to be sure but it was fun to write. There are still some places left on the calendar so why not consider joining in the fun. Crossovers with any justice league member are welcome!

svgurl introduced me to this quiz - the result was scarily accurate...

Your result for The Golden Compass Daemon Test...

Independent Soul.

 Sorry for being so incommunicado lately - just so much to do around the new place! But the roof is done (big job, although my part was largely restricted to writing the checks), I'm almost done with the computer room renos and the garden is ready for winter. We then have to redo the living room ceiling (because of water damage from the formerly leaky roof) and then tackle the bathroom. Getting there, slowly but surely.

I haven't written any Smallville reviews lately, in part from lack of energy but mostly because of how hard I find it to express my feelings. I'm enjoying the season a lot even though I feel they've wasted opportunities in practically every episode so far. And once I wait too long, I fear my review might be overly influenced by the many other great reviews I've seen out there, both good and bad, But I do plan on getting back on track after Friday's episode - it looks like a lot of fun.

Speaking of Friday, that's going to be Day 1 of the Breeders Cup, the so-called Ladies Day, even thought the two queens of the sport won't be racing until Saturday against the boys. Don't miss it ! The races look to be absolutely spectacular. My beloved Zenyatta looks to extend her unprecedented undefeated streak to 20 and sew up Horse of the Year honours in the Classic, while Goldikova seeks an equally unprecedented three-peat in the Mile. But both mares are facing very stiff competition and I fear to get my hopes up too high. Zenyatta in particular has a lot of question marks against her, since she's never raced on the east coast, has only run twice on dirt (since California switched to synthetic surfaces just as her career began), has only faced the boys once and has lower speed figures than are usually required to win the Classic. She'd also scared away the competition in California, so a lot of people are very dismissive towards her (If you think the Lois versus Chloe wars are bitter, you should see the Zenyatta versus Rachel wars!) On top of it all, she'll be facing a full field in the Classic and given her come from behind style, will need some racing luck to get a clear run. Is she good enough? Yes, but anything can happen in a horse race. Fingers crossed!

Hi all! Sorry I haven't been in touch much lately. I made the big decision about a month ago to sell my condo in Toronto and move to the countryside to be closer to family and old friends. It's going to be quite a change! 

In order to get the house ready for the market, I've spent the last month de-cluttering and cleaning and painting and cleaning and replacing the bedroom carpet and more de-cluttering and installing laminate flooring in the living area and cleaning AGAIN because there was dust from the installation everywhere. Then more painting and finally it was all done. Well, except for rearranging the furniture to make the place look lived in but not TOO personal because apparently buyers get turned off by seeing things like family photos. *rolls eyes* 

I wanted to post some pictures but of course in all the de-cluttering, I managed to misplace my camera cable. Grrr.  But if you're interested, here's a link to my MLS listing. I can't believe how much the property value has gone up in the last 10 years!

Anyways, now that all that is done, I hope to be back to business as usual - until I have to move that is! 

Hi all, I'm back! Well, I actually got back on Friday but I promptly got sick and have spent most of my time sleeping. Still trying to catch up on my flist - I do love all the amazing stories and meta and art you've been creating!

I had a great birthday in Smiths Falls. We actually spread out the celebration over nearly a week so my diet was pretty much smashed to shreds. The highlight was going into Ottawa to see the Senators play what turned out to be an absolute thriller of a game that clinched their playoff berth. We also saw several movies including Clash of the Titans, which wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

Many thanks to my flist for the birthday wishes and pics and V-gifts and the lovely story by twinsarein. I'd like to thank you all individually but I lost the list I was keeping from Smiths Falls. I'm such an idiot!

I just realized that thanks to all my recent travels, I haven't reviewed any Smallville episodes since Absolute Justice. So for the record, here are some mini reviews.

( Smallville mini-reviews under the cut )

I've posted my favourite pics from the Olympics to facebook - Click and enjoy! And if those aren't enough, LMK and I can send you links to my sister's albums.

( Details under the cut )

Wow - it's now officially less than 4 weeks to the Olympic Ceremonies on February 12, which just happens to be my sister's birthday as well. We're definitely going to be partying, even though I do have an early volunteer shift the next day. Oh well, I'm getting used to staying up all night! 

I'm already starting to prepare since its always a challenge in Whistler - you need to dress in plenty of waterproof layers. And I have so many other things that I'm scared I'll forget to do ahead of time so I'm busily making lists.

Speaking of lists, if any of you would like to get a postcard from the Games, please send me your address. I've screened comments for privacy.