Real Talk!

I've been very lax again, lately. Blogging has taken a back seat to other activities.

I wouldn't say I'm absent minded... it's just that sometimes, I'm absent from things, because I'm focusing my thinking on something else...

Family Tree Research:
most recently, I've discovered that I am the 6th cousin 5 times removed of Humphrey Bogart

Writing:
I've done a couple of articles at the request of one of the local papers, I've had to write up a number of ads (particularly for long weekends) and I have actually completed a new series of poems

Children:
among other things- I'm still coping with "the boyfriend" being away at college (and arranging transportation to get him home on weekends) and "the daughter" being more available

Business:
there's a flurry of activity in the market place, again. Typical for this time of year, really... lately, nothing seems simple... a lot of complicated lives of, in and around the biz... I get called on, quite often, to help people sort stuff out... and I often get referred customers & clients with unusual circumstances, too

Friends:
unlike Spring fever, when you live in a small rural town, it seems like the autumn brings out some strange emotions... many people look for a better solution... a good place to hunker down for the winter... and they often look to friends for advice that they probably won't take anyway

Family:
seems like the lot of us have been ill... coughing, hacking and some have actually had the nerve to go as far as pneumonia- rats and phooey...

the other day, I finally caught up on the old green bus blog (one of my bro's websites)

I'm cooking a turkey today... my neice spent last Thanksgiving in Korea and was desperate to celebrate a traditional holiday- but it turns out that she has to work this weekend

Motorcycle:
the last two Sundays, we've been able to get out for a nice long ride... the leaves are weird this year... some trees area already bare, some haven't turned at all... and some are ablaze... we've added more chrome... and wheels of fire (lights in the spokes)... sometimes I find myself humming "Rhinestone Cowboy"... but we've ordered more chrome yet...

House:
Fabian finally chopped down the jungle that had grown up at the end of our very long driveway... people couldn't see the 911 #

Bell Canada:
OH MY... well... it seems like we've been on the phone with Bell about 10 or 12 times in the last couple of weeks... when we moved, we couldn't put a phone line in for the teenagers because the phone line comes in at the hydro line and the trees had overgrown the lines... it took us a year to get that sorted out and hydro finally came in and cleaned up the line... then Bell came to put the second line in and it seems that our accounts went upside down... they changed the address on our service and... well... Fabian nearly blew a gasket... we pay a lot of money for phone service... with between 6 and 10 cell phones... satellite tv... and various land lines... and we've never been late to pay... but... we couldn't seem to get anyone to send us actual statements... the post office doesn't like the 911 address and insists on the p.o. box number... and we couldn't get anyone at Bell to understand.... sigh

Recently, there was a meeting in Bancroft about "Big Box Stores". We couldn't make it... but there was a piece in the paper saying we'd better brace ourselves... they're coming.

I am getting sick of watching Tracey manipulate Charlie (Coronation Street)... and also, I'm wondering when the CBC is going to catch us up to the BBC... the street just celebrated New Year 2007!

I did the mandatory RECO update for Real Estate practitioners, last week... 6 classroom hours mostly talking about mistakes that people have made... it's a little depressing. Fortunately, there are more of us that do things right- I think. It's just that it is an industry that constantly evolves and it encompasses theoretical things like the law... which constantly changes... I figure, if you keep up on things, they won't pile on you...

Has anyone else noticed how many t.v. shows about "the paranormal" and "ufos" there have been the last few months? Speaking of which...
ex-husbands keep making their way into my life... and people keep bringing them into conversation... it's not that I mind... it's just that I really don't have anything to say about them... it's kind of old news.

Katie is counting the days until she gets the braces off her teeth. I have to say that she is smiling a lot more... which makes it all worth while... not that her teeth were THAT out of whack... they just bothered her... you know, it makes me wonder, how many sullen teenagers are just hiding behind teeth that make them feel embarrassed...

A lot of local talk this time of year about: how bad of a winter to expect... about moose hunting... moose sightings... about deer hunting... about deer sightings... and how fast the summer went.

The Phil Spector trial turned out exactly how I expected... the jury had a hard time with defining "beyond a reasonable doubt".

Anyway... it's time for me to "baste" again and after all, it's probably just a sign of maturity when nothing much surprises you any more.