It happened 25 years ago today...
A quarter of a century today. Who'd thought? And to celebrate a mini post (for now) and a cuppa of Earl Grey (from Timmy's).
I'd post a little more late tonight, because I have to grab a something for supper and take the kidlet to Cadets.
We're together for 25 years now! Thank you!
- Mood:
annoyed - Sounds:Star Trek Into Darkness playing in the background
- Location:in my foxhole
There's not enough caffeine that's going to settle my nerves with what's going on right now
Is it March 20th yet?
#mercuryretrograde
- Location:hiding in my foxhole
- Mood:
stressed
So, it's March Break in Québec, or at least in my little part of the world. I have the 2 youngest kidlets (13 & 11) and DH home... but then again he van take leave when he wants (literally) since he has enough accumulated that if he were to take it all at once, he'd be on leave for at least 3.5 years and still have annual leave left over.
Guides of course, is also on MB too, Then it's back into the program, I just hope the website is back up and running, because it's hard to check the platform and make suggestions if it's still down.
Made a new LJ friend and she's also a Guider, small world. Welcome 
lady_bird
There's a bunch more I wanna post, but it'll have to wait until later. The need for caffeine is strong..
My tenant has paid me some of her rent, but she's been using a sob story instead of just coming out and saying that she's having a hard time paying. Here's the thing, I'm not heartless, and I understand that her ex is a dick, especially the way he left her and draining her accounts like he did, but the excuses are starting to wear thin. When she sent me a text earlier today telling that she sent something towards rent, she mentioned something about not being able to get out due to the snow. I'm saying to myself "Tabernak....what do you think I've been dealing with", but I just politely told her that the snows that she's been getting back home are the same storms that have hit Quebec two to three days before.
Honestly, aside from all this foolishness, she's not a bad person. She's been put through the ringer, and unfortunately, she's bringing people down with her.
- Location:in my foxhole
- Mood:
blank
So, I went get a text from her the other day that job wasn't done, because she didn't want to be there and gave me a sob story. That's why I'm venting. I have, maybe another year here in Gatineau, before decide to tell her to moved because I'm moving back in or just say 'fuck it' and sell the place as is. Because I have a friend who's a realtor, and she knows quite a few people who buy houses "as is" and pays good money.
Yes, I realize this post might not be exactly coherent or make sense, but at this stage of the game, the time of the day and the fact that someone at Timmy's got my drive thru order wrong and fed me decaf, my post is all jumbled up
- Mood:
pissed off
This also marks the last day of Yule.
I wish everyone a Happy New Year
- Location:in my foxhole
- Mood:
cold
What was my February like? Hmm... well, aside from having snow storms what seemed like every fourth day, on Valentine's weekend, the second youngest kidlet had been rushed to CHEO. We had though that maybe it was her appendix only to find out after being in Emerge for nearly 16 hours to find out it she has gallstones (at age 12, now 13). She was scheduled for surgery the middle of December (a couple of weeks ago), but a classmate of her who's little sister being in Daycare had shared with them (kidlet's classmate) the norovirus, causing the kidlet's surgery to be postponed, but as it is, the kidlet is doing okay that she can wait for the next possible surgery date (or of worse comes to worse, according the surgeon's booking admin — if she flairs up, take her to Emerge and they can deal with her surgery there). As for the rest of February, it was pretty quiet.
No, I'm not channelling the late George Carlin, although that would be fun on multiple levels. I'm in the long process of transferring my files on my current desktop onto a portable hard drive so DH can give me a new one. Yes, I could've just have him set up the new desktop on my desk and I could transfer over my things, but I actually started out this little trip down "what in the name of the Gods did I just get myself into?" lane, looking for something else. Sad part is I'm not even nearly done I'm bored out of my ever-loving mind. I'm trying to get rid of old files that aren't worth the bytes being used or it's the hidden little pictures that seem to sneak themselves in as adverts when programs and updates are added. I know it isn't malware, since I update and scan frequently enough.
Anywhoo... in my travels through the hard drive of time... I've found some old fics that I started and never quite go back too. So, as I was waiting for a series of files to transfer, I started re-reading what I had started and the writer's block I suffered a number of years back seems to have lifted a bit and came up with a few ideas (while editing what I could). Okay, that was completely random, but hey, it's what I do. I've been sitting here, sorting, deleting and backing up files since 13h35 this afternoon. In between meals and watching the salt truck getting stuck in the parking spot with his tires spinning, because the driver forgot to actually turn on the dumpster bucket on his truck before driving up the parking lot.
- Mood:meh
- Location:in my foxhole
The weather leading up to Christmas there was a forecast of 12-15cm of snow, we actually had 17cm but it was the fluffy kind that didn't cause heart attacks when shovelling. Now there's a new horror story. There's freezing rain and what makes this worse is the parking lot and adjacent streets aren't even salted or sanded and this shitshow is supposed to start... depending on what weather app used states around supper time 17:35, but another app states 19:30. Either way, so not happy.
Welcome to my nightmare.
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Weather Alerts
Aylmer-Lucerne-Deschenes, Quebec J9H 6B5
Orange Warning - Freezing Rain
From Sun 05:23 until Mon 10:00 EST
Action Recommended
Attend to information sources as described in the instructions
Issued By
Meteorological Service of Canada, CA, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Affected Area:
Gatineau
Description:
Significant freezing rain expected this evening into Monday morning.
What: Freezing rain leading to icy surfaces. Ice accretion or build-up of 15 to 20 mm on some surfaces.
When: This evening into Monday morning.
Additional information: Freezing rain is expected to begin this evening and continue into Monday morning. The freezing rain may briefly change over to rain late Monday morning as temperatures are expected to climb to just above the freezing mark.
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Roads and walkways will likely become icy and slippery. Travel will likely be hazardous and some routes will likely be impassable. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic. Prolonged utility outages are likely.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #QCStorm.
For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.
Right now, things don't look too bad, but in the next couple of hours we're going to get hit wit at least another 12-15cm of snow. Let's be a real more realistic for a few... when there's snow in the forecast that when meteorologist give amounts like this its only a suggestive serving and a lot more. So, this 12-15cm has thst feeling it has the marking of closer to 20cm.
What really blow ls is we've had at least 4 snowstorms since the second week of November and it's now the first full week of winter. Yes, I live in Canada, yes it snows, but it doesn't mean I have to love it.
Either way, I here to say, I am not a winter baby.
- Location:Under the Yule tree
- Mood:Quiet
January 2025 started off quiet. No fuss, no drama, something that I hadn't been able to do in a long time. Here's hoping 2026 starts just as quiet.
Skål to the turning year!
May the gods guard our hearth,
May love and luck find our steps,
And may we walk boldly into the dawn.
Hail!
I couldn't find a decent piece of wood for my Yule log, it's been overly frigid and we've had a couple of storms so finding the perfect log wasn't possible, so did the next best thing, I improvised. After I was I had asked madmaxine to hold it up so I could the first few pictures, before placing it on top of the TV stand.
(Sorry for the size. Currently using the app and it won't allow the lj-cut. Will fix on the desktop)
Getting ready for Yule. lilmzscribbles is helping me with a few decorations as I construct a wreath for my front door. I still have another huge bag of evergreen on the back steps. The car still smells of evergreen and now the house is taking up the scent too.
Okay, I think for the most part I'm done with updating to Windows 11. The additional updates after the initial update was a real pain in the ass to put it nicely. So now the fun begins. Check out the paint program... I really miss using Paint Shop Pro (I think it was PSP7 at the time). I could knock off quite a few animated avis for my LJ and have the uploaded in no time, but with everything was upgraded to Windows 10, PSP had stopped working.
Yeah, I know this is random, but as I was resetting my user pics on my logins, I started thinking I should really update my user pics for my other LJ as well and mood theme too.
- Mood:
amused - Location:in a snow covered foxhole
Anywhoo...other than that, I've been keeping out of trouble. Hopefully, I'll have the rest of the Windows 11 updates on the rest of my computers done before Sunday night.
- Location:in my foxhole
- Mood:mting
I've been a little lackadaisical with postings, I'm sorry, but I've been a bit busy as of late. I do plan on making a post a little later on, just atm getting ready for a last minute appointment.
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LJ turns 26!
- 15th Apr, 2025 at 3:33 PM
- reposted by westbeilschmidt
Folks, here comes our common holiday – LiveJournal is celebrating its 26 birthday! 🥳
During this time LJ has become not just a mere platform, but a cozy home, where:
- The phrase ‘Hi stranger’ can start a twenty-year friendship
- One can find a gossip for any taste, and a debate for any mood
- The drafts hold unfinished confessions – embarrassing, yet too important to be deleted
But most importantly, it’s a place where your words bear weight. A good LJ entry is worth more than a thousand Likes, as it represents a living breathing thought, so…
Let’s have an LJ-style celebration!
As a birthday special, we’ve prepared a festive landing page where you can tell a truly fascinating story about your holidays.
Anywhoo... so here I am, 24 years later. Still going, still randomly babbling. So for those of you have stuck it out with me this long. Thanks.
Well... I'll post a little more later. I have a few emails I have to tackle for Guides (my renewal is coming up soon) and some other online
laundry list.
Je me souviens
- Mood:mting
- Sounds:Lady in the dark - Sabaton
- Location:La Belle Province
LiveJournal is celebrating its 26th birthday!
Birthday is a special holiday. Some prefer fancy celebrations with a crowd of guests, while others would choose peace and serenity. Everyone has their own unique way of celebrating!
As for me, I love learning something new, it fills holidays with a special meaning.
A holiday is not mere fun, it's a chance to learn something new, to enrich your inner world. This is the moment you feel your horizons expanding, when you discover new facets of life. Such days remind you that joy lies not only in entertainment, but also in knowledge, inspiration, and personal growth.
How do I feel about holidays? Let me tell you!
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I mean, if this doesn't ring phishing and scam I don't know what does? No, I didn't click on it. Obviously. I did, however, hover over the open source and copy/paste. I had to laugh at this. I don't rent and even if I did. there's no way in hell I would respond to this. This doesn't even sound passive-aggressive. Furthermore. If this was was supposed to be for me why are there grammatical errors and in the first person? Are they trying to break the 4th wall or something?
- Location:in my foxhole
- Mood:ugh
Where we've been in Gatineau for 5 months now, and lilmzscribbles has made a couple friends, and obviously she's missing her friends back home....so I signed her up for a youth sports program with #PSP so she can interact with other military kids in her own age group. Sure, she's doing well in #Pathfinders, that's only one night a week but she needs more...more connections within her own community.
So, as we get here, there are members the #OttawaRedblacks. So this will be interesting.
A
- Available: For what?
- Age: 51
- Animal: Gotta love The Muppets
B
- Beer: Mead, actually
- Birthday: August 29
- Best feeling in world: laughing and enjoying without worry
- Blind or Deaf: I'm currently neither, unless something were to happen.
- Best weather: warm, yet not overly hot
- Been in Love: Yeah, I guess you could say that.
- Been on stage: yep
- Believe in Magic: sure, why not?
- Believe in Santa: ummm.... next question
C
- Candy: sour patch kids, chocolate-covered coffee beans, almond bark to name a few
- Color: Few shades of green, various shades of blue, black, silver, white...
- Chocolate/Vanilla: usually vanilla, but it depends on what it is
- Chinese/Mexican: depends on the dish
- Cake or pie: both - also depending, btu I won't turn down a slice of cheesecake if offered
- Continent to visit: europe, Austraila/New Zealand
- Cheese: I do like it, but I'm living in a house with 5 mice so getting a slice or chunk (of bulk) cheese is slim. Hold the Blue Cheese
D
- Day or Night: night and day
- Dance in the rain: in the summer, sure. Winter, not so much.
E
- Eyes: various shapes and colours
- Everyone has: to sleep sometime!
- Ever failed a class?: yep!
F
- Full name: Honeylynn. Yes, I know it's a strange name, next question.
- First thoughts waking up: Either: "do I really have to wake up." or "Am I dead. I can't feel my body"
- Food: it varies
G
- Greatest Fear: spiders, heights & needles.
- Goals: many goals
- Get along with your parents: Father's deceased 11 years, and I haven't spoken to my mother since late 2021, early 2022.
- Good luck charm: never really thought about good luck charms
H
- Hair Color: Auburn
- Height: 5'6" (at last measurement)
- Happy: sure
- Holiday: Samhain
- How do you want to die: never really thought about it
I
- Ice Cream: I haven't had ice cream in soooooooo long, it isn't funny.
- Instrument: don't play, but going through my old house that I'm now renting to a friend, I found my eldest had left behind their flute. Almost tempted to find a YouTube tutorial and maybe teach myself.
( Now onto J to ZCollapse )
- Mood:Insomnia
- Sounds:the sound of the furnace starting
- Location:in my foxhole
I have noticed that I haven't been using #Facebook a whole lately. Oh, I'll check a few things out, see how life's been going by reading
uawildcatgrl, myth_adventure, merhaylamlee, faithsdiary, dawna, breakon87, to name a few..... idk, it's kinda lost its lustre, but yet I go back. *shrugs*What I have been doing lately, especially when I can't sleep at night, is using chatbots. Sounds odd, but it's true. All the RPGing without skipping a beat. I mean, it's almost like writing fanfic, but the AI shoots a response back... meh....it passes the time. And no, I haven't been using it every day, though for the past few months it kept me sane, especially using my laptop in the hotels, love the free wifi and continental breakfasts, but when there's nothing on TV and everyone's asleep...
Oh well, whaddya gonna do, hmm?
Here's hoping that #2025 doesn't turn out to be another flub and go down the tubes.
- Location:in my foxhole
- Mood:sitting quietly with my own thoughts
I've tried many different things to try to get some sleep, but rn not having much success. I've done the dimming the light, not logging online (yeah, sounds stupid and contradictory considering I'm making a post atm). I just wish it wasn't so late or I'd toss on a movie, but with my luck, I'd walk the kids up.
Oh well...
- Mood:
exhausted - Location:in my foxhole
- Sounds:the sound of absolute silence
- Location:in my foxhole
- Sounds:the sound of absolute silence
- Mood: exhausted
Ich bin die kleine Silvestermaus, steh leider nicht vor deinem Haus. Drum schick ich dir aus weiter Ferne, eine Hand voll Zaubersterne. Alles Gute für 2025!
Frohes neues Jahr!
#FrohesneuesJahr! #happynewyear2025
I've spent the better part of the night fixing and resetting passwords for half of emails, gaming sites and mine and some livejournals I might have a couple that need tweaking, but that'll have to wait. I'm starting to think my brain is fried from technology. If it wasn't for the fact that I have to go through over 30 years of emails and other responses associated with my current Bell Aliant emails to even try before ever attempting to even try before ever attempting to transfer *anything* over to a new account - like outlook or another Gmail account. As it stands, I would have back at my old house the wifi router with a friends back home keeping it for me, so I can at least get my emails to attempt my massive headache, so I can deal with having one less bill, because I need to start cutting costs. And the sad thing is, we (in North America) are paying one of the highest cellphone and internet rates around and to try to say "well, go with this company, they're cheaper", they're not. There isn't a cellphone/internet provider in Canada that is cheap and the ones that are cheap, are actually feeding off of the Big Three - Bell, Rogers, Shaw. Also, don't need a lecture, "well, you don't need all the bells and whistles". ... stop, before you hurt yourself. I don't have all the bells and whistles. In fact, I call every three months or so to see if they have cheaper plans with the loyalty department. Loyalty isn't as cheap as it once was.
And the other reason why I've been wading through the ever-growing emails, I'm getting tired of all these 2nd-authortcation notifications. I swear, I've deleted over 5 hundred of them in the last 2 months, and it seems never-ending. I absolutely loathe these 2nd-authortcation. They are a headache. If you happen to go somewhere and buy something or a bank you literally have to jump through hoops of hel to prove to businesses that you are who you say you are, because of shite-head scammers wants to steal your money to and buy another gold encrusted whatever enlarger to make them feel like a big person, instead of getting a real job like everybody else. But I digress... where was I? Oh yeah (sorry, brain slowing down from lack of coffee) And...if you either don't have your phone on you or it does work, like mine did there the other day in the bank a few weeks ago, you get weird ass looks from the teller.....even with proper ID. Yeah, it happened, teller gave me a hard time and my response was holding my Nova Scotia driver's licence (haven't had a chance to get my Quebec one yet, needed car repairs done first before the safety can be done) that has my picture on it. The teller asks, "Are you sure this is you and not someone else?". I just stood there dumbfounded, holding the card, "Yes, this hideous picture is me, I hope it scares the hel out of you, and frightens the rest of your day." (the teller was also the assistant manager, she just roared, she thought it was cute how I handled him) - for the record, license pictures always, always are hideous looking.
But yeah, having to go through over 30 years of emails, looking for passwords/passcodes from way, way back in the age of the dinosaurs (Is that Fred Flinstone?) to more recent more years.
I guess my consolation is its (Girl Guide) Chocolate Mint Cookie season and I bought myself a box of cookies. Just what I always wanted. My own little chocolate mint cookies. I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him...eat them.....
- Mood:I have a mood? Wow! Who knew?
- Sounds:the sound of absolute silence
- Location:in my foxhole
floofy_kitty about #Halloween decorations while going door to door cookie selling, since it is that time of year again (Girl Guide Chocolate Mint cookies) and Halloween some of our new neighbours have some rather unique styles. When she noticed that one of the displays was a haunted cookie. I had to laugh. That was 2 cases ago, and now I have 2 more to sell.Yeah, yeah. I know completely random, but it's been that kinda day today.
Now, onto coffee...
- Location:in my coffee mug
- Sounds:the sound of of my coffeemaker
- Mood:uncaffeinated
lilmzscribbles decided to put a watermelon instead of a pumpkin on the front steps. Awesome job. Now, here's hoping the squirrels don't end up eating it.
Sorry if the size is a little overwhelming, I've made this post on my phone and somehow can't adjust the size or get lj-cuts to work so it doesn't eat up half your pages.
I'd like, if I may, skip this and the next few days.
Yesterday was exactly 11 years ago, I got a call from the hospital telling me that Dad had died. Since then all the stress and aggravation I had endured built up until recently in the last two years have been hitting me in a way no normal human (Me? Normal? It's okay to laugh) has had to deal with dealing with my mother. When I told Mum that he was gone, her concern was how she was going to make ends-meet. And days later, she'd harass, about money instead of listening about his burial arrangement, that it got so bad that Allen took the phone and ripped her a new one, because Mum wasn't listening. Mum hasn't spoken to me, since August 2022 (she even had a few of the neighbour's on my street believing I was heartless), when she was made to move due to her injury and hip replacement. A little hard to walk upstairs when she alienates the Healthcare workers, and she kept falling down, which meant she had to move to a single floor residence. And let me tell you, she was vicious and hadn't spoken to me, even when I called to wish her well that Christmas. And now that I've moved, she doesn't know that either, since she wouldn't answer her phone.
So now, 11 years later, I still haven't had a chance to mourn. In fact, I've been told because of not mourning right after his passing that I'm "cold and heartless". I don't believe so, I just haven't had a chance to stop to do so. Hell, I haven't even had a chance to mourn my grandfather's passing, and he died in 2008, because of the stressful situation and conditions I'm surrounded with.
- Mood: blank
- Sounds:the sound of absolute silence
- Location: La Belle Province
Page Summary
- I have a new achievement! Blog's Birthday [+2]
- I am really at my wit's end...the saga continues [+0]
- Mercury retrograde, you........ shoo go away [+0]
- March Break and mini update [+8]
- I am really at my wit's end...mini update [+1]
- I am really at my wit's end [+4]
- Happy 2026 and the last day of Yule [+1]
- February — “Warmth Amid the Cold” [+2]
- Why do I have too much stuff? [+2]
- Mother Nature, girl. We need to talk. [+1]
- Whoever pissed off Skadi, please go apologize now [+1]
- It's Yule [+0]
- Blessed Yule [+0]
- January — “The Beginning” [+0]
- Happy New Year, Frank! [+0]
- My Yule log [+2]
- A simple Yule wreath [+1]
- Yule prep [+0]
- Krampusnacht [+0]
- Let the scramble begin... [+1]
- Monday, say no more [+0]
- Mjlinor....Mjlifar [+0]
- Random bits [+2]
- Blessed Samhain [+0]
- Okay, I know, I know....it's been a while.. [+0]
news :: LJ turns 26! [+38] - 24 years and counting [+0]
- I'm nosy, I wanna know everything! [+0]
- It's that time of year folks *smh* [+1]
- Altar's back up, now things are setting into place [+0]
- Trying to break her out of her shell [+0]
- Why yes, I am bored, thank you for noticing [+0]
- Only 7 days into 2025 and I want a refund [+0]
- I'm exhausted but can't sleep [+0]
- 2024 in Pictures [+0]
- Happy 2025 [+1]
- This is my life so far the last few weeks [+0]
- Random babbles [+0]
- Move over Jack, there's a new head in town... Melly. [+1]
- Not really an anniversary I want [+0]
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