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That was me last night eating the candy apple my daughter brought me home from the Capital-Ex Grounds.  Capital-Ex used to be called Klondike Days here in Edmonton, but some moron went and changed the name to Capital-Ex.  Why is it everytime I see Capital-Ex in print, I automatically think of ex-lax??

The candy apple was great!  Sticky and hard and great!  I must be getting older though because I sure don't remember having as tough a time chowing down into that apple as I did when I was a kid.  When I was a kid, I'd have a candy apple done in 10 minutes top.  But now at the age of 42, it took me a good hour.  I'd lick, bite into it, lick some more, scrape the sticky red candy off my front teeth, chew chew chew chew chew, lick, bite into it...........it took forever......and my teeth hurt afterwards.

My daughter said she had a great time and went on tons of rides.  Not me, I puke every time.  She said the food was great......?????.........and she even met people she knew there.  I thought that was amazing.  The grounds get very full, so what are the chances you will bump into someone you know?

Actually the odds of that happening seem to be pretty darn good for me.  It never fails the one day I decide to slip quietly into a store with no shower that morning, no brushed teeth, no make-up on and wearing my most comfortable clothes....aka worn out, old, stained........I come around the corner and come face to face with someone I know.  There I stand, mortified.  Of course the person I know is always well groomed and put together, and there I stand like some bag lady.  You chat for a bit, smile your big smile and try and get going as fast as you can.

One time I came home after that happened and to calm myself down I just kept saying "It's ok Joy, no harm done, it's no big deal, it's no big deal, it's no big deal....."  Then I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and noticed a great big brown popcorn husk stuck right in- between my two front teeth.  Shoot me now!

(This isn't 'my' candy apple.  I ate mine too fast so had to borrow a picture off the net.)

That's the buzz from this blog today.

Rebel

Oh ya, I'm a rebel.

Sitting here working on my computer and it's lightening and thundering outside my office window.

For those who happen upon this little blog and don't know me, I LOVE the rain!  It could rain 365 days of the year and I would be in heaven.  I know, I'm weird.

The lightening and thunder I can do without, but I never complain if it happens to come with the rain.  I sit and watch tv, or talk on the phone, or work on the computer and think of myself as such a daredevil.  OOOooooo what if a lightening bolt comes through the screen.

Hubby says I need to get a grip......I think he may be right on this one.

That's the buzz on this blog today.

Happy Toes and Worried Souls

I've said it since I was very young and I stick by it to this day.....it's the little things in life that mean the most to me.

Today was pedicure day.  It's something I have been doing with my two teenage daughters for a couple of years now and it's great fun.  I was minus the youngest daughter today and the oldest daughter was meeting me at the salon.

I made my usual pit stop to Second Cup for a Green Tea Chiller to beat this heat we're having and the line-up was longer and slower than usual.  So what do I do?  Well 'I' roll down my window and listen to the conversations that are going on with the people who decided to sit outside of Second Cup.  Call me nosey, but I'm a people watcher.....and apparently a people listener as well.  I'm the type of person who will sit back in the corner and listen and watch.  You learn a tremendous amount about people by just keeping your mouth shut and watching and listening.

There were discussions on a Day Care being shut down and a desperate mother trying to find a new one, a discussion on the new movie "Pirates of the Carribbean and how great it was, which by the way I concur with.  But there was also a discussion that made my ears twitch a little bit.  Someone desperate for their family to be returned home from Lebanon.

You can't watch the news and not be affected by what's going on with these two countries.  Canada is trying desperately to get our people out.  I sure hope they are grateful, I know I would be, but then I find I am very different from most people.

I sat at my pedicure appointment excited about the color I had just picked out, laughing with the esthetician, catching up on a bit of gossip with my daughter, and having wonderful conversations.  But my thoughts kept returning to the lady at Second Cup.  The fear in her voice and the sadness on her face.

That's the buzz on this blog today.

Starting Out

Starting out in anything new is always a bit scarey, and blogging is no different.  This will be my first 'blog' and I have to tell you, as much as I love writing, this is a bit scarey to me.

Normally I'm a sit back and watch, analyze everything to death, research for hours on end....and THEN jump in with both feet kinda gal.  Instead I am just jumping in with both feet here.  So far, I've only read two blogs, both blogs from the same person, and I really love the job she has done.  She makes it look easy.

So for anyone who happens by my little buzz on the blog world, please sit down and enjoy.

Smooches

Joy T.