Bet You Can't Eat Just One

It's an old Lay's Chip slogan but it just as easily could have been Satan's famous one liner when he tempted Eve with the fruit of the forbidden tree.

I must admit, that tree has always bothered me. Not so much that it existed... (although that's annoying in and of itself) but WHERE it existed. By the gates on your way in? In the back corner? Down by some secret stream?

Nope.

It was right smack down in the middle of the garden.

Undoubtedly Eve passed it every morning as she gathered breakfast for her and hubby. Would she have taken cover in it's shade from the hot summer sun? Maybe it was Adams peeing corner! We'll never really know but my point is that it was right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of ever day life. Much as they may have liked to, it just couldn't have been avoided.

Now there is some people I know, (and maybe... ok no maybes about it, I was guilty of this myself at some point), who if they could have, would not hesitate for a split second to bring in a whole crew of workmen, hard hats and all. Maybe some steam rollers or whatever other big heavy machinery deemed necessary and removed the whole darn thing altogether, roots and all.

Maybe... a that's a BIG maybe.... they would replant it somewhere else in some dark corner of the garden. A corner nobody ever thinks about and certainly never set foot in.

In need of an interior decorator? Look elsewhere because quite obviously God lacked in his ability to coordinate a functional living space.

Or did he? Did God really lack that kind of foresight or did he intend on that silly old tree being so darn unavoidable? I have a deep suspicion that moving it would have somehow defied the tree of it's very purpose. It was where it was, and it was there so by design.

Now what this means for you and me is another long story... a life time of a story to be exact.

(I've never added in image from the web before, and I didn't want it THAT big, but ironically it seems rather fitting to the story.)

And really, I was going somewhere with this chip thing but got a little side tracked. Darn tree. ALWAYS in the way! Oh well... next post.

Price to fix the heating: 450$
Price to fix the fan: 750$
Price of a silly grafting calculator your child apparently needs for school(????): 150$

Nuff said on that... it's all good.

When I was a little girl I always thought it would just be the coolest thing to go on one of those boat cruises where you get to sit by the poolside, a drink in hand with one of them cute colorful little umbrellas, sporting some over sized hat and of course some glam shades. Sad thing is I get sea sick from having a bath. How pathetic is that? Really, sea sick from a bath? Who's ever heard of that before?

I spent five hours in a mall today with my three musketeers. FIVE HOURS! I'm convinced this was somehow a part of Conrad's cunning plan all along.


I mention the possibility of us doing some Christmas/birthday shopping at the mall while we wait on Arny(the Van)and he says:

"Sure honey, I think that would be a great idea."

And although he absolutely hates shopping and refers to the mall as "the evil place" he NEVER let's me do the Christmas shopping without him. That right there should have been my first clue.

I swear I don't want to set foot in another mall for quite a long time...

Ok so I'm still trying to make some adjustments here. I wanted to change the way the archived posts are displayed and instead have altogether deleted that option. I've been at it for some time now and can't seem to figure it out which is mind boggling because really... it's pretty darn basic as far as finding your way round this place.
Any takers?

I'm really not liking these blogger templates they offer but I'm sick and tired of looking at the same old thing. Can't they come up with something new?

Oh and by the way, for those of you who I have not told directly, I did NOT make the cut for the gallery which put me in a notoriously bad mood for the entire day. But on the bright side I did get a summer job working for Sabine Chorley. Once again, I can;t believe that someone is actually willing to pay me for doing what I love best!

Burr it's cold inside!

Lovely temperatures outdoors but not so in my house. I figure it's probably less then ten degrees here. We went out and purchased another little heater, got the fire place going, and turned on the oven, all in an effort to make this place more livable.

I convinced Conrad to take us out for lunch and then a movie but this joint couldn't be avoided all together. At least this time around it's not thirty bellow like it was last time. It was so cold you could see your breath as you exhaled! I just hope it will all be back in working order Tuesday the latest.

On top of that I have to take then van in to the shop tomorrow! Urgg!!

I just hope we all make it through the next couple of days with out killing each other.

Ok here I go again. Thought I'd post them before I find out that I didn't make the cut because what would be the point....




Questions/comments welcome.

Well I'm back now that the hair dye is out of my hair and no longer threatening me with premature baldness... although I must admit I've secretly thought it be cool to shave my head bold.... for a good cause of some sort or another of course. :)

I thought I would try loading them pics again.

How darn annoying... not gonna do it.

Oh well another time! Gnight!

Oh and I'm eating...

I am absolutely famished right now but I am trying to tell myself that I do not need to eat any more tonight. I'm sure it won't be long before I give in...

You know your a horrible speller when you type the word "dictionary" into the search engine and the first thing that pops up is...

Did you mean: dictionary?

lol Oh well... :)

In case your interested.
Here is the two entries I submitted for the gallery....hmm... not letting me do it right now. :(

try again..

nope...

I should find out tomorrow if I made it in or not. At the beginning it looked promising. There was only fifty photos entered so my odds weren't too bad. lol Last time I checked there was 177 which is a slightly higher number. But here is the thing... and Conrad couldn't follow my way of thinkng so I won't be offended if you don't either... 177 photos in total, BUT submitted by 66 people because each individual is allowed up to three photos. Allowed 3 photos each but only 1 photo per person is allowed to be showcase in the gallery. So technically speaking, even though there is 177 photos of which to chose from, it's really only like say... 60-70 if you assume that each person submitted at least 2 images because automatically the remaining images of those who are making it in drop off the radar. (which is what I did, I couldn't really come up with a third one) Do you get what I am saying? Or am I just way of on my analyzing...

Gotta go... I'll try and post those pics at another time.

#29

Blog post # 29.

Hmm... I'm slightly behind as far as amount of posts per year. Year 2007 was at 59. No matter how ambitious I can be I'm pretty sure I'm not going to achieve that for this year. But I think overall my posts are longer which counts for something... I think... Let's see.... 30 days has November... today being the 14th... that leaving 15 days in November... haha.. JJ. 16+31=47. So I have exactly 47 days to complete 30+1 entries...
hmm...
take a moment to thing about it...
Ok.
Let's do it.

I may find myself completely at a loss as far as what to write about, after all my life ain't all THAT exciting but we will see what will come of it. Who knows? It just may prove to challenge and stretch me in ways I may have never thought possible.

My one ambition in life is to know and to be known. This is why I both love and hate people.

I'm trying not to be too poo pooed about it but today they announced the winners of the contest and needless to say, I was not one of them. Not that I expected to. Hoped beyond all hope? Yes, absolutely. But realistically speaking there just was no way... So no lens, no tripod, not even a measly cleaning kit for me. Ahh...

All three winners were landscapes... which totally goes to figure. It's just so darn typical... I hate landscape.... well.. no, I don't. It's just that it's so not original. At least for the most part.

None of my shots were landscape... not that that's why I didn't win... it's just yet another thing racked up against me. One of the images (if not all three) were HDR which at this moment in time is way out of my league. The second was your typical post card scenery of the east cost or something of the sort and where am I gonna get that here in the Bronx? Lol And the third one... I guess wasn't all that memorable for me cuz I can't think of what it was. Oh well... there is always next time.

As a matter of fact they already announced another one. Not quite as prestigious, (not that this one was, but it was our BIGGEST contest ever with 50 people, 160 entries and six hundred dollas' worth of prizes.)

Shute, just dropped my gum onto the floor... hehe... ooops.

Anyways... it's for a spot in the Photo Central Gallery which sounds much more impressive then it actually is but neverless, it would be way cool. And I actually stand a better chance this time around seeing as there is more then three openings... Too bad I have zero inspiration left in me and less then two weeks time to come up with something... I guess there is always Toronto. I ought to come across something fresh there.