Well since no one seems to want to play along...

Sarah and Micah had suggested that I check out Gravity Pope for cute gum boots. I did check it out. Unfortunately after seeing the prices I sprayed a mouthful of coffee against my computer screen!

These lovely slippers are on sale! Only $79.99!!!!!!!!!!!!

Light it up

Nothing like snow to get you in the spirit. Yesterday I celebrated the school closure by starting my Christmas shopping. I went to Ikea to get new curtains. Check, got em and love em. As usual I saw so many things that I just needed. I was very strong and didn't buy anything for myself.

Next is a trip to the giant box store without a soul to return the curtains I bought from them. Which brings me to my next public service announcement:

Switch to the new LED christmas lights. Every year we hear about the poor family whose house burnt down a few days before Christmas. Traditional Chirstmas lights heat up and can light your tree on fire. LED's don't get hot, so they're safer. But the real selling point is that they use much less energy. Traditional lights are huge electricity gobblers. So LED's are cheaper to run and are safer. I plan on making the switch. The giant store without a soul has 12 foot lengths for under $7. That's the cheapest I've seen so far. Unfortunatley last time I was there, they were sold out.

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The University is: Closed
University Roads: SNOW(beware of possible ice)
Adjacent Roads: Use extreme caution
Classes are: CANCELLED (All Classes)
The Library is: CLOSED
The Daycare is: CLOSED
Translink Buses are: DELAYED
Exams are: POSTPONED

IT'S SNOWING

ALERT!

SNOW FLAKES HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN MY 'HOOD!

ALERT!

Yesterday's balcony pic:



Update: 24 hours later and it is still snowing. Please tell the president of SFU to cancel classes. Doesn't he know that I have an exam tomorrow? I am seriously praying that class is canceled.

This is the view from my balcony:

I can waste time like no other

Here's some worthless information for you.
Sarah and Ryan are moving to South Africa for 2 months. - Ok that info isn't useless.
But did you know that they are currently 10 251.14 Km from home? In one week they will be 16 431.63 Km away.

That's really far away.

In fact, if you were to start digging a hole through the centre of the earth, you would not be digging to China. You would actually pop out just east of Africa in the ocean. Don't believe me? check it out at http://digholes.com/

So Sarah and Ryan will be almost as far away from home as it is possible to be (on earth.)

It might also be good to know that Cape Town is 10 hours ahead of Vancouver.

Let's play a game

Below is a picture of a slipper. Please guess the retail price of this slipper. Check back in a few days to find out where you can get it, and for how much.

It's raining it's pouring I have to boil my water

Too bad I left my umbrella in my co-workers car on Sunday. This has been the worst week to not have an umbrella



I am seriously thinking about getting gum-boots. I think these are super cute. But they probably don't come in adult sizes.

Clothing Swap

And then there was the clothing swap!

Sarah in a Golden Girls inspired sheer shrug. I think she dug through the discard pile and took this one home with her.


Lila and Sarah managed to fit in these fat pants. I think we should email Jenny Craig!

Halloween

I went over to Shannon's this year to hand out candy. It was much more fun than sitting at home waiting for the few kids that bother climbing my stairs. There was even dry ice and a remote control fart machine!

I was the only one dressed up, I forced Sarah and Shannon to put ears on.


Shannon is the pumpkin master! I'm sure that she took some sort of advanced carving class.


This guy was hilarious. He sang to us for a while. He totally ad-libbed a song. Total band geek.


What a nice mask.

Lock up your marshmellows!

I was eatting a marshmellow when Salem caught a whiff. She just smelled it and went crazy. It was like the marshmellow was catnip. I though ok, you want this so bad? Take a sniff. To my surprise she took a bite! That's all she got was that one bite.

A week later I come home from the cruise to find ALL my cuboard doors open. I didn't really think anything of it until I found the marshmellow bag. She had climbed in the cuboard and shredded it. Most of the marshmellows along the edges had been chewed on. I don't think she ate too many though. Now I know why she had diarrhea! So from now on marshmellows must be stored securely! Look at her eyes in the second picture! She looks crazy

Katimavik

Micah and I are outraged about an email we received this week from Katimavik

"Last July, we were informed that the Treasury Board had approved funding only until August 2007, the end of our current program year. Due to the review of social programs initiated by the current government, we were further advised that a decision concerning our longer term status would only be communicated to us in January 2007. We have also been directed to cease any recruitment activities until further notice. "

Thank you Mr. Harper.

I personally believe that Katimavik is a valuable program. It would be a shame if the program was cancelled again. You know I'm all about the letter writting right? Sample form letters can be found at: http://www.fundingstatus.katimavik.org/support/index/ Almost 2000 letters have been sent in the last 4 days (mine waas letter #1638). Add your voice. I sent a letter to Mr.-hope-an-election-is-coming soon-Harper, Beverly Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women and my MP Dawn Black.

Please pass this info on to anyone you think may be interested.

LIMO

The limo picked us up at 4am. Dad and Judy surprised us with champagne and orange juice. However because our driver got lost on the way to pick us up, he was driving extra fast to get us to the airport on time. So as we try to wake up, Dad's trying to get us to pound the champagne
before we get to the airport.

Judy and Cory's partner Ryan


Cory, Judy's daughter

On the ship

Strangely enough my pics of the boat are far more interesting than the pics of the ports! Do you see the dolphins? The white bit just right of centre is a dolphin splashing back into the water. You will just have to take my word for it. I saw lots of Pelicans, Sea Lions, Dolphins, lots of Grey whales and 3 flying fish.



Linda Sutherland gave Sarah a gift certificate for the boat's casino. After losing on the 25 cent machines, Sarah spotted the 5 cent slots. We quickly won. I won 400 nickles 3 or 4 times. But of course I didn't walk out of there a winner.


The view looking down on the more expensive staterooms. We were on the top floor, there was no one looking down on us.







Sarah do you regret this shot? She thought it would be so funny to take pictures of herself in the bathroom. Alcohol was probably involved.

Puerto Vallarta

Hello Puerto Vallarta! A pirate ship AND a Walmart! Walmart was the first stop as Judy's luggage was lost.



We went to a corn tortilla shop. The best tortillas I have ever eatten! Here's dad grabbing some 2 Kg for the road.



A shot of the streets