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There's a point, at almost every day where we have SO much to take out that we can't move, or sort or pack.

I have thus reached this point. Thinned out the magazine stash to 1/4 of what it was, ( and it wasn't much to start with), finished up a box or two, and two bins of paper to go into recycling.

I'm being pretty brutal, it's a chance to make a lean, mean clean start, and with most of this stuff having gathered dust in boxes since the move, I'm less attached to it as it is. That minivan will be snugly packed but I think we'll be able to pull it off depending on how seat arrangements go, we only need us two and a bit o room for dog.

Should sleep now. Ghastly tired.

The gas money fund: anticipated need: $300. Current in stash: 146 actually IN cash. 200 in the bank from Mom. another chunk from jewelery sales. ( i'd rather overshoot than not enough, right?) whatever isn't used for gas will be turned into the general resettling costs we need.

My next two paychecks are dismal and tiny. It's pathetic and laughable, it is. Oh well. find better work IN TO.

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There's a point, at almost every day where we have SO much to take out that we can't move, or sort or pack.

I have thus reached this point. Thinned out the magazine stash to 1/4 of what it was, ( and it wasn't much to start with), finished up a box or two, and two bins of paper to go into recycling.

I'm being pretty brutal, it's a chance to make a lean, mean clean start, and with most of this stuff having gathered dust in boxes since the move, I'm less attached to it as it is. That minivan will be snugly packed but I think we'll be able to pull it off depending on how seat arrangements go, we only need us two and a bit o room for dog.

Should sleep now. Ghastly tired.

The gas money fund: anticipated need: $300. Current in stash: 146 actually IN cash. 200 in the bank from Mom. another chunk from jewelery sales. ( i'd rather overshoot than not enough, right?) whatever isn't used for gas will be turned into the general resettling costs we need.

My next two paychecks are dismal and tiny. It's pathetic and laughable, it is. Oh well. find better work IN TO.

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It's raining like hell, well, more raining a steady drizzle, but the wind, OH the wind. I've mentioned halifax's ceaseless pounding winds, and today, they were so strong along the back parking lot that in one particularily energetic gust, flying debris was a concern and I had to duck between parked cars till that gust died off.

Unreal. Just unfreaking real.

Gonna go back to sleep now, having fetched sickboy some drinks and food for the both of us.

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It's raining like hell, well, more raining a steady drizzle, but the wind, OH the wind. I've mentioned halifax's ceaseless pounding winds, and today, they were so strong along the back parking lot that in one particularily energetic gust, flying debris was a concern and I had to duck between parked cars till that gust died off.

Unreal. Just unfreaking real.

Gonna go back to sleep now, having fetched sickboy some drinks and food for the both of us.

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wonder if there's any chocolate croissants left at Pete's? Need fuel for packing and sorting today anyway.

I miss: Salad Loop salad bars. Here we have Mdconald's over priced iceberg salads, or DQ's, made with rusty romaine. Ech.

Salads, evidently, are a big city thing and these aren't big city folk. ( they tend to be Big Folk, however.)

I can't take the paper recyc out as it's full downstairs ( though one genius shoved all his plastics recyc in that bin, no one freaking reads signs here, I swear).

Tomorrow, pre-re- rental inspection, so we'd like to have the place a little less bombed out looking.

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wonder if there's any chocolate croissants left at Pete's? Need fuel for packing and sorting today anyway.

I miss: Salad Loop salad bars. Here we have Mdconald's over priced iceberg salads, or DQ's, made with rusty romaine. Ech.

Salads, evidently, are a big city thing and these aren't big city folk. ( they tend to be Big Folk, however.)

I can't take the paper recyc out as it's full downstairs ( though one genius shoved all his plastics recyc in that bin, no one freaking reads signs here, I swear).

Tomorrow, pre-re- rental inspection, so we'd like to have the place a little less bombed out looking.

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http://www.recipekitchen.com/Starters/Appetizers/app28.html

once we move, I want to try making these, it could just go so wrong. Had them at grandma's in Nijmegen and they're tasty. Places in TO sell them premade/frozen but they look way far out of the way. Maybe...if we have the vehicle we can raid a dutch store.

Nom nom nom.

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http://www.recipekitchen.com/Starters/Appetizers/app28.html

once we move, I want to try making these, it could just go so wrong. Had them at grandma's in Nijmegen and they're tasty. Places in TO sell them premade/frozen but they look way far out of the way. Maybe...if we have the vehicle we can raid a dutch store.

Nom nom nom.

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going to make a chicken stew tonight, and maybe use up a mountain of hamburger into meatsauce to throw over pasta.

So much to do! aaaaaaah.

I miss Nijmegen again. Listening to a podcast, miss the "curved house" near my grandma's place, their old rambling gorgeous home, the parks and lo! a small petting farm smack in the middle of bemmel, next to the daycare, no less. The riverside cafes. The bikes. I liked biking but in Vancouver it was a nerve wracking affair, people are resoundly anti-biking here ( get off the road, the cars own it) and it's never really nice enough out to bike for much of the year. Toronto....I'm wary.

( actually, a couple veteran cyclists were real jackasses to this newbie in Van, so I sold my bike. It was just too much pressure to dodge motorists who didn't grasp bike lanes and Mr TightPants JockBoy who is apparently in training for the Tour De france. )

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going to make a chicken stew tonight, and maybe use up a mountain of hamburger into meatsauce to throw over pasta.

So much to do! aaaaaaah.

I miss Nijmegen again. Listening to a podcast, miss the "curved house" near my grandma's place, their old rambling gorgeous home, the parks and lo! a small petting farm smack in the middle of bemmel, next to the daycare, no less. The riverside cafes. The bikes. I liked biking but in Vancouver it was a nerve wracking affair, people are resoundly anti-biking here ( get off the road, the cars own it) and it's never really nice enough out to bike for much of the year. Toronto....I'm wary.

( actually, a couple veteran cyclists were real jackasses to this newbie in Van, so I sold my bike. It was just too much pressure to dodge motorists who didn't grasp bike lanes and Mr TightPants JockBoy who is apparently in training for the Tour De france. )

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Note to self, way too late?

Sunday at Petes is full of Market Zombies, wandering the aisles, dazed and bewildered.

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Note to self, way too late?

Sunday at Petes is full of Market Zombies, wandering the aisles, dazed and bewildered.

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Apparently the return of the infestation of fire ants this year is a concern in halifax. last year, the municipality said "sorry. deal with it." since it's spread, and there's a flat out ban on pesticides, people can't even go into their yards...

I'd be going to the nearest town that legally sells pesticides and declaring all out chemical warfare. There's apparently nothing else keeping the population in check. It's in a suburb not far from us, but like all municipal decisions here ( sewage plant, fire boat, community hall, cat by law), it's another one of those half witted moves. What else do you do? set fire to your back yard?

Glad i"m moving.

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Apparently the return of the infestation of fire ants this year is a concern in halifax. last year, the municipality said "sorry. deal with it." since it's spread, and there's a flat out ban on pesticides, people can't even go into their yards...

I'd be going to the nearest town that legally sells pesticides and declaring all out chemical warfare. There's apparently nothing else keeping the population in check. It's in a suburb not far from us, but like all municipal decisions here ( sewage plant, fire boat, community hall, cat by law), it's another one of those half witted moves. What else do you do? set fire to your back yard?

Glad i"m moving.

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Found some old photos of me, back when I was probably a good 10-20 pounds under weight, as opposed to now, where I'm around 20 over and I miss being a bit more sane sized. While I'm far from "muumuu" fashion status, I hope that the availabilty of healthy food and a gym I can afford ( and not get snarled at by fellow gym goers with a hate on for americans and CFA's), will fix things.

back to making chicken soup-stew. Stewp?

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Found some old photos of me, back when I was probably a good 10-20 pounds under weight, as opposed to now, where I'm around 20 over and I miss being a bit more sane sized. While I'm far from "muumuu" fashion status, I hope that the availabilty of healthy food and a gym I can afford ( and not get snarled at by fellow gym goers with a hate on for americans and CFA's), will fix things.

back to making chicken soup-stew. Stewp?