Monday Mroning

It's been a while; mostly because I've been so depressed I haven't been able to bring myself to post anything.   But it is a beautiful morning, 8 degrees going up to 11 and the sun is shining.
Had a lovely weekend with Jay; we went shopping and for lunch on Saturday and to the dog park on Sunday.  Met Cheryl and Rita there and the dogs had a great play.  I'm very glad I met Cheryl; she's amazing and a lot of fun.  Tried to join Cathy's Epicure party but her Skype wasn't cooperating so....Placed an order anyway.
I have to comment on the fact that the people here are extremely friendly and open about sharing their life stories with anyone.  I can't count the number of times someone has talked my ear off in the grocery line or other stores; telling me so much stuff I can barely follow it.  Not sure if it's friendliness or loneliness that brings it out; or I just look way too interested in what they have to say.  It's a bit overwhelming, coming from Ontario where if you say hi to a stranger they hesitate to respond.  Just in case!
Jay finally lost it with one of the local driver and tore a strip off a woman int he parking at at the Superstore.  I understand his frustration.  There seems to be a inordinate amount of careless driving going on.

And I finally got my birthday gift.  Love it!
Here is a picture from the dog park; featuring Blue, Molly trying to mock kill him and Mia trying to get into the action.

Friday? Again?

Time flies; even when you aren't doing anything and even when while you're doing nothing it feels as if times drags horribly.
I'm trying to get motivated to go out and do something but somehow the thought of another day alone, doing nothing of import has me so depressed I can't move.  I would give anything to turn the time back not just an hour but a year; to never have come here.
Jay doesn't want to know or see how depressed I am so I'm reduced to blogging into cyberspace to get these feelings out into the open; knowing no one really hears me.  I've never really succeeded at anything and this whole move has just been another failed attempt at making something of myself.

At Least It's not Raining

Can't sleep but this will be a short post.  Halloween came and went with no trick or treaters of course.  Out here not much chance of that.  I really miss Savannah today; missed going out with her and watching her just bull her way into people's houses after the first couple of doorbells.  She knows what she wants that girl!
They want to change Halloween to the last Saturday of October here; because they don't want kids tired at school the next day.  For the love of god, why bother?  So what if kids are cranky one day out of the year; let them have their fun.  I hate when the government wastes time on stuff like this, getting involved in something that they shouldn't interfere in, rather than taking care of what they were hired to do; govern.
Oh and a jacuzzi at the hotel is haunted; keeps turning itself on and off. Thankfully Jay didn't have to go in to deal with that one.  Maybe they called ghostbusters....I think I should go to sleep.

PS Debi is taking me to see Mama Mia when I'm back home for my birthday.  Yay!  I love Mama Mia.

It's Raining Again

Today we're supposed to get 50-70 mm of rain.  Thankfully, it's not going to snow.  Had our open house yesterday and only had one couple come through.  Although it's frustrating to put in all that work and effort for only one viewing; maybe they will be the ones to fall in love with the house.  Fingers crossed.  As promised, here is a picture of the bedroom with all the changes we made.

At least it gave us the opportunity to take Blue to the dog park so Jay could see where it is I've been hanging out and we also got Blue into the vet to have that weird growth checked out.  The vet seems to think it isn't anything important but we will be getting it removed in the near future.
I also went to a book sale and craft sale with Irene yesterday morning.  The book sale was okay; got a pile of books for $12 and the craft sale we didn't see anything either of us liked.  Charlottetown is very much a small town feel with the "everyone knows everyone" experience happening all around you.  These kinds of sales are just opportunities for people to meet up and stand around chatting.
At the dog park met another guy who just moved from Ontario; Hamilton to be exact.  We were discussing the practice of tail docking because there were three boxers and a rottweiler at the park.  PEI has banned the  practice, which I completely agree with; it's essentially only done to maintain breed standards and seems cruel and pointless.  Was surprised to find out that a community on PEI has banned the owning of rottweilers (and pit bulls) outright.  I've never personally met a vicious rottweiler; most of the ones I know have been huge babies.  Sounds a bit like an over reaction on the part of that specific community.
Really have to say that one of the things I love most about this island, is the crazy weather.  It can be quite extreme and it changes in a heartbeat.
Anyway, that's about all that I have to say for now.  Here are a few more pics of the cleaned up, open house ready, home.

Another Rainy Day

So today is one of those rainy gray days meant to be spent curled up with a good book; so I decided to paint the baseboards in my bedroom.  As you can see from the above, the room used to be pale yellow with the lovely brown trim they put every where in the house.  Now it's olive green with white trim.  I will post an after picture once the room is put back together.
I still, after almost 7 months, feel like a stranger in a strange land; not able to find common ground with too many people surprisingly.  The dog park is a godsend; Blue gets his exercise and there I do have common ground with the other owners.  The time spent there flies by and I have to say I've never been happier here than when I'm there amongst a whole pack of canines.
Finished the bookclub book and just now remembered that I have to send an e-mail giving my thoughts and impressions.  Loved it, by the way.  So now I'm continuing to read (re-read) the Game of Thrones series and just started Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller.  Thank you Irene for that one.