I just wanna say -- the random comments thread

[princesss]

Thanks princess.

My instructor (the wonderful DH) takes a certain perverse pleasure in the trial by fire method, so I have little doubt that there's an embarrassing stall at a traffic light in my near future. I'm definitely putting up a 'learning' sign on my back bumper!

Oh well. I'll drive the backroads so at least it won't be busy

I've been driving stick since I was 16. At least you're willing to learn...my DH refuses to learn to dirve my car....as all of my cars have been stick since 16 years old.
My biggest advice is to take your time, make sure you are in first before trying to move, and learn where the critical point is on the clutch. To do so, press the clutch in, then slowly back off the clutch until you feel the engine just about stall. This is the point when you're going to give it gas.

Oooh, your DH sounds a lot like my ex. Luckily, my tendency towards loud sobs when overwhelmed in stressful (public) situations convinced him that our school's car park was a good place to learn. The jerk still started me off on a hill, though!

 

[yssie]

charbie - I'm kinda wishing I'd been forced to learn on one like you! thanks to a car insurance/ownership situation it's either learn or not be able to drive to work, since I can't use the automatic after a couple more weeks
I'll be taking it nice and slow, that's for sure!

princess - yeah, no big hills nearby - zooming backward would just about seal the deal methinks -

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I love gift-with-purchases! Got a nice one from Clinque yesterday! Yah! (will actually use most of the included items!!!)

 

[gemgirl]

I love gift-with-purchases! Got a nice one from Clinque yesterday! Yah! (will actually use most of the included items!!!)

You're going to laugh, but I did some stocking up on skin care items and I changed my foundation this Fall, so I got five gift with purchases. If you're on FB, email me and I'll send you ALL the lipsticks because none of them is my color! Actually I'm a gloss girl anyway.

 

[gemgirl]

I have been out of the loop this week. In the last two weeks I had a double apicoectomy (healing nicely from that), was rear ended by a lune pulling out of a parking lot (a hit & run that will have me at the chiropractor twice a week for a while), gave myself a concussion when I accidentally banged my head on the freezer door last Friday (I couldn't see clearly without blinking my eyes to focus for a few days and I still have a damned headache), and can't get an approval from my doctor's office for my insurance company for a medication I've been taking for 19 yrs.

I give up. I want out of this nasty spiral I'm stuck in.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I love gift-with-purchases! Got a nice one from Clinque yesterday! Yah! (will actually use most of the included items!!!)

You're going to laugh, but I did some stocking up on skin care items and I changed my foundation this Fall, so I got five gift with purchases. If you're on FB, email me and I'll send you ALL the lipsticks because none of them is my color! Actually I'm a gloss girl anyway.

How funny! The most I've gotten at any one time have been two. Lancome and Clinique...until I discovered I could get my Lancome makeup remover on eBay for less (so no more gifts from them)! Oh, and the Sephora gifts. Any time they have a generous code for a sample bag, I order away. This time around, I used the FF code instead though... 20% off

Have you ever been to the Cosmetics Company Outlet store? It's the place where all the makeup brands by Estee Lauder are 30% off. They have EL, Clinique, MAC, etc., and they also carry the GWPs for about $10-12.00. So, if you're just wanting the GWP, you can pick one up! hahaha Also...MAC brushes for 30% off. (it's a fun store - just a bit of a drive for me!)

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I have been out of the loop this week. In the last two weeks I had a double apicoectomy (healing nicely from that), was rear ended by a lune pulling out of a parking lot (a hit & run that will have me at the chiropractor twice a week for a while), gave myself a concussion when I accidentally banged my head on the freezer door last Friday (I couldn't see clearly without blinking my eyes to focus for a few days and I still have a damned headache), and can't get an approval from my doctor's office for my insurance company for a medication I've been taking for 19 yrs.

I give up. I want out of this nasty spiral I'm stuck in.

Sorry to hear all you're going through! Hugs...

 

[D&T]

I have a beautiful loose stone and I'm at loss on how to set it its been a month (this is my e-ring anniversary diamond).... I'm keeping it forever loose until the right setting comes along.

 

[yssie]

I have a beautiful loose stone and I'm at loss on how to set it its been a month (this is my e-ring anniversary diamond).... I'm keeping it forever loose until the right setting comes along.

a navel ring. obviously.

 

[D&T]

I have a beautiful loose stone and I'm at loss on how to set it its been a month (this is my e-ring anniversary diamond).... I'm keeping it forever loose until the right setting comes along.

a navel ring. obviously.

lol.. then I'd have to wear a crop top and ummm, I gave that up 16 years ago


btw- to all the girls that drive a manual- you guys ROCK!!!! DH has a manual, and I think I did ok the two time I tried driving it unless it was an emergency, I need to get better acquainted with the stick

 

[Glitz]

Tonight my boyfriend and I are going into the house we just bought to take measurements, I'm so excited! This is our first house and after we order all the appliances and get settled my e-ring will be next We move in roughly 1 month!!!

 

[vintagelover229]

I'm totally feeling down today and wish I had friends here besides my SO. I'm glad I have my SO, but I'm starting to get cabin fever and am slowly becoming an emotional basket case. Some times I just want to throw a pity party and just not be a mature adult. Some times, being an adult sucks. But your kinda stuck once you get here, so here I go trucking along again. Sigh. Pity Party over. It could be a lot worse and I just need to remind myself of all the wonderful things I have, and not focus on the negative.

 

[zoebartlett]

Can the media take a day off and stay away from my area, please?

 

[zoebartlett]

I'm totally feeling down today and wish I had friends here besides my SO. I'm glad I have my SO, but I'm starting to get cabin fever and am slowly becoming an emotional basket case. Some times I just want to throw a pity party and just not be a mature adult. Some times, being an adult sucks. But your kinda stuck once you get here, so here I go trucking along again. Sigh. Pity Party over. It could be a lot worse and I just need to remind myself of all the wonderful things I have, and not focus on the negative.

I'm sorry you're having a rough day! I've had many, many days of feeling the same way lately, and it's not fun. Can you curl up with a blanket, a pet, and a cup of tea? That usually helps me.

 

[vintagelover229]

Zoe: I wish I had a pet
I'm in the process of convincing SO to let me get a bengal, but she just had a litter of kittens and she won't be ready for another 3.5 months IF I can even convince him to let me get her. He tries to come home during the day, but I'm lacking human contact with anyone but him. I thought perhaps if I had a living thing (not fish, he already has those and has tried to convince me they are just as good as a cat) to hang out with me I think it would help me greatly. But it doesn't appear that's an option for him right now (which is part of the problem, there's no reason we can't get a cat, and I'd even pay for it!) but he just doesn't want to deal with a pet right now.

So, I'm alone, in an apartment, 7 days a week, 4 weeks a month, for the last 9 months, with no end in sight. We've hit a bumpy patch, which mean no ring on this finger any time soon (which is okay, we need to work though a few things first), but that also means no wedding any time soon, which means I can't apply for my PR card any time soon, which means I have no end to this apartment any time in the foreseeable future. I'm trying to be happy because at least I'm with my SO and we can afford this option, but man oh man, I never thought I'd be dying to work even at McDonalds (no offense to anyone that works there).

ETA: I think most of our "bumpy patch" stems from me going half crazy in this apartment. I'm getting a little cabin fever and it affects my mood and it makes me consider going back to the states (which he doesnt want), and it isn't even really an option at this point either (because he doesn't want me to go and I really don't want to be away from him either). It's a double edged sword! Grr!

 

[vintagelover229]

SL: I'm terribly sorry that an officer was lost. I don't think people give police officers enough credit, they just complain about them. I'm going to keep his friends and family in my prayers. What a terrible loss : (

 

[vintagelover229]

I have to learn to drive the stick. First behind the wheel lesson is today evening... I'm already nervous.

I am learning how to drive. No, not a stick or a fancy automobile. Just simple driving. Now, THAT's scary.

I had a panic attack when I went on the freeway.

I get to pass on the you'll be fine You really will be though, Kama!

Chant with me:
It is my job to get myself home whole.
I will irk people.
There are loons on the road.
It is not my job to worry about loons I irk.
...

My mother hasn't ever been able to over come her panic attacks and learn how to drive in her small town, let alone a freeway! I had issues when I moved from small town Iowa and drove all the way to Houston (20 hrs) in one shot. Yeah, I hit Dallas at 5, I thought I was going to die. I was praying the whole time!
Good for you for learning to drive hun! The city can be a scary place even for an experienced driver, and so you jumping right in is really great! Keep us updated on your progress and remember that your probably better than most of the drivers in the GTA so you're a head of the curve!

 

[Steel]

SL: I'm terribly sorry that an officer was lost. I don't think people give police officers enough credit, they just complain about them. I'm going to keep his friends and family in my prayers. What a terrible loss : (

Nicely said.

My heart breaks for the misunderstanding the general public have for emergency workers.

 

[reader]

Redrose, I find that when I have that trapped and depressed feeling, that a whole wonderful world of people are on facebook. Might want to see if anyone is there you can chat to.

I relearned to drive a manual, and love it. Gets a lot better mileage than my automatic too.

I need to go back to sleep for a bit and my hands are so dry they are tight.

 

[dragonfly411]

Redrose - I agree about the Facebook thing


Also, is it an option for you to get out and do some things around where you are living? Walk? Maybe take up a hobby like photography?

 

[kama_s]

I have to learn to drive the stick. First behind the wheel lesson is today evening... I'm already nervous.

I am learning how to drive. No, not a stick or a fancy automobile. Just simple driving. Now, THAT's scary.

I had a panic attack when I went on the freeway.

I get to pass on the you'll be fine You really will be though, Kama!

Chant with me:
It is my job to get myself home whole.
I will irk people.
There are loons on the road.
It is not my job to worry about loons I irk.
...

My mother hasn't ever been able to over come her panic attacks and learn how to drive in her small town, let alone a freeway! I had issues when I moved from small town Iowa and drove all the way to Houston (20 hrs) in one shot. Yeah, I hit Dallas at 5, I thought I was going to die. I was praying the whole time!
Good for you for learning to drive hun! The city can be a scary place even for an experienced driver, and so you jumping right in is really great! Keep us updated on your progress and remember that your probably better than most of the drivers in the GTA so you're a head of the curve!

Thanks, Yssie and Redrose! I'm learning how to drive in downtown Toronto, which I've heard rates as one of the worst in North America in terms of driving conditions. So let's hope I turn out to be an ok driver!

Yssie, when I'm on the road, it's not my driving that petrifies me. It's the people around me. There are so many in-considerate cocky drivers on the road - they don't care for their own lives, and obviously don't care much for anyone around them.

 

[kama_s]

Zoe: I wish I had a pet
I'm in the process of convincing SO to let me get a bengal, but she just had a litter of kittens and she won't be ready for another 3.5 months IF I can even convince him to let me get her. He tries to come home during the day, but I'm lacking human contact with anyone but him. I thought perhaps if I had a living thing (not fish, he already has those and has tried to convince me they are just as good as a cat) to hang out with me I think it would help me greatly. But it doesn't appear that's an option for him right now (which is part of the problem, there's no reason we can't get a cat, and I'd even pay for it!) but he just doesn't want to deal with a pet right now.

So, I'm alone, in an apartment, 7 days a week, 4 weeks a month, for the last 9 months, with no end in sight. We've hit a bumpy patch, which mean no ring on this finger any time soon (which is okay, we need to work though a few things first), but that also means no wedding any time soon, which means I can't apply for my PR card any time soon, which means I have no end to this apartment any time in the foreseeable future. I'm trying to be happy because at least I'm with my SO and we can afford this option, but man oh man, I never thought I'd be dying to work even at McDonalds (no offense to anyone that works there).

ETA: I think most of our "bumpy patch" stems from me going half crazy in this apartment. I'm getting a little cabin fever and it affects my mood and it makes me consider going back to the states (which he doesnt want), and it isn't even really an option at this point either (because he doesn't want me to go and I really don't want to be away from him either). It's a double edged sword! Grr!

I feel you. I was sick with the H1N1 last year and didn't leave home for over 2 months. It was HORRIBLE. My husband couldn't understand what I was going through, I was testy and depressed. I'm used to 15 hour work days, so staying home with NOTHING to do drove me up the walls.

Even if you don't have many friends here, go out and do things. It's getting a tad bit cold, but the more you are out, the faster you'll adapt to the cold Take classes (dance, crafts of some sort), join clubs (book clubs, toast masters), go for a walk around harbourfront, chinatown, little india, little italy and discover the city, attend various shows (the cheaper ones, like the 'One of a Kind' show that's coming up end of November - entrance is 10$), take a book and sit at a toasty Second Cup. Lots of things to see and do in a new city.

Hopefully my schedule loosens up soon as well, and we can go for a stroll around Yorkville and check out bling.

But until then, stay warm and cheer up!

 

[vintagelover229]

Awww you guys are so great!

I don't know if you've seen my other thread, but my most recent meltdown has helped my SO realize why I need a furry friend to keep me company during the day and he's agreed to let me get the beautiful bengal kitty! Yippe! So I'll be getting out to give her walks (after we get her) but I do have a few months to wait (which is good because it gives my SO time to get adjusted to have 2 pussies around the house )

All those ideas are great! We are getting back to the gym, which is good. It puts me in a better mood and gets me out of the house. I'm taking cross stitching back up and we are going to get me a library card (if we can if not, I'll use his).

Thanks for letting me have a pitty party yesterday, I was pretty down yesterday and had a pretty bad breakdown at lunch when SO came home. Thankfully those don't happen very often.

Speaking of: I'm listening to some couple scream at the top of their lungs out right now outside in the parkinglot.

Kama: If you need someone to go driving with you I'm more than willing! I'm bored all day long as it is, lol.

ETA: I don't want it to seem like my meltdown was me throwing a fit and getting my way, lol. We sat down and had a discussion and I told him the way I've been feeling and what steps I think will help those feelings and we agreed for both of our mental and emotional health a cat would be a good option

 

[dragonfly411]

Redrose - I'm so glad you get a little furball!!! I worked from home for a while, and was having the exact same problem. We had moved to a strange to me city, and I had no friends. I ended up getting my yorkie mix to help keep me company and keep me from going crazy, so I know very much where you are right now.

 

[kama_s]

Kama: If you need someone to go driving with you I'm more than willing! I'm bored all day long as it is, lol.

Haha, thanks for the offer! Sadly, I only get home from work after 7/7:30 in the evening on most days. Plus, you would also need to have a valid Ontario driver's licence for a minimum of 5 years

Yay for getting the kitty!

 

[dragonfly411]

Today the SDPD said goodbye to Officer Chris Wilson, who was killed in the line of duty last week... it was the most somber yet amazing goodbye with the most incredible support from our community.. I couldn't be more proud of my men & women in blue and of those who came to support him from places ranging from Alaska to Florida and multiple states inbetween and from as far out of the country as Italy... ♥

*eta.. the photos are not in the right order.. but.. from bottom to top..

These are beautiful. It is so sad to lose men/women in the line of duty. It's humbling to me to know how hard they work to make us safe, sometimes giving up their lives.

 

[Strawdermangrl]

I am ready for the weekend. I just had a Lean Pocket lose its tail end and it was all over my hair. Don't ask. It just happened. Hooray. LOL

 

[princesss]

Oh no! Lean Pocket in the hair is no good (but kind of hilarious. Sorry).



I've got a daaaaaaaate, I've got a daaaaaaaate! I'm a little excited, it's my first real, honest-to-goodness date.

 

[vintagelover229]

Oh no! Lean Pocket in the hair is no good (but kind of hilarious. Sorry).



I've got a daaaaaaaate, I've got a daaaaaaaate! I'm a little excited, it's my first real, honest-to-goodness date.

You better get the lean pocket outta your hair before you go

How exciting! You better come back with all the details for us! Have fun!

 

[princesss]

Oh no! Lean Pocket in the hair is no good (but kind of hilarious. Sorry).



I've got a daaaaaaaate, I've got a daaaaaaaate! I'm a little excited, it's my first real, honest-to-goodness date.

You better get the lean pocket outta your hair before you go

How exciting! You better come back with all the details for us! Have fun!

LOL, will come back with a full report! It's not until Sunday, though. Right now I'm still in the "OMG, what the heck am I going to wear?!?!?!" stage. Because apparently now all of my clothes are somehow not good enough, even though I think I look super cute in all of them, and he's only ever seen me in a Halloween costume. Yeah. I need help.