I may have gone on a little Etsy spending spree today. I just eBayed some My Little Ponies, so I’ve got some good cash rolling in, and I haven’t shopped for myself in forever, so I went shopping while I’m sitting here at work. ^_^ I bought a bunch of crafty supplies, as well as a few little things I had my eye on, like a tattoo pendant and cutesy skull bobbypins. I love to recieve packages in the mail! I can’t wait!
Speaking of packages in the mail, I also haven’t done a swap in forever. I’m a member of 2 different swap groups on Flickr, and I haven’t done a swap since…October? I stopped with Christmas coming up, and just never started up again. I guess I just haven’t had time. But now that I start work 2 hours later in the day Tuesday thru Friday, I feel like I can get more done in the day. Like today, I got all my ebay packaging, weighing, and shipping quotes done, not to mention walking to the mailbox to drop a few paid-for parcels in. AND, I went to the gym, and added a whole load of sets to my regular workout. BAM!
That reminds me, I must talk about the gym again. I was feeling frustrated because I’ve only lost like 10 pounds in 2 months. It was rather depressing, especially when Rob’s lost like 50 pounds or something ridiculous like that (bugger). But, now I’m noticing that I really am losing weight, and I’m building muscle, so that’s why I’m not seeing the scales lower too much, because I’m getting buff (and muscle weighs more than fat). I must say, I’m pretty amused with how buff I’m getting. While you can’t see my 6-pack abs yet, you can feel them under the little bit of fat that’s still there. Rock hard abs baby. And, I’m getting a bum! I’ve lost enough fat off my thighs that I now have a bit of a round bum again! My boycut underwear is starting to look oh so much better on me bum. Wow do I sound vain? I suppose I might. You’ve gotta understand though, I’ve been carring around some extra weight for a few years now, and I’m just tired of it. I’m proud of myself for being diligent about going to the gym. I’m proud because I’m a firm believer that fad diets are crap, and usually unhealthy, and the only way to really lose weight and be healty is to eat right, and to exercise your ass off. Which, I must mention again, I am literally doing.

There was an article in today’s paper about a lady in Ottawa who got sick from the tained dog food that’s currently in the media. The food, over 90 brands, contained rat poison, and was recently subject to a North American-wide recall. According to the article, the lady had eaten the dog food when her dog stopped eating it, to “try to get him think it was people food so he would eat it.” I’m sorry, but if a dog (a species who licks it’s own rear end and will eat anything that smells remotely edible) won’t eat something, like hell I’ll be eating it. And even if he would eat it, it’s DOG FOOD. I am very picky when it comes to steak, as it is my favorite food and must be a good cut, and properly cooked, but, even if I wasn’t a steak snot, say, if I was someone who enjoyed SPAM, I still wouldn’t be tempted to try Fido’s lunch.
I’m a firm believer of survival of the fittest. Carry on.

I don’t know about these Mondays. Having to be at work at 10:45 am is just torture. ;P I mean, ok I suppose I can get up, eat breakfast, shower and get to work for 10:45, just like I did this morning, but what about the gym? I’d have to get up at like…8, 8:30 to get to the gym and get back home in time to get ready for work. I don’t think I can do it. I love my sleep too much. Rob and I both love hitting that snooze button. I’ve really gotten used to sleeping a little later than I should. Shame on me. Maybe I’ll just have to stop going to the gym om Mondays, and go every Saturday instead or something. Rob suggested too that we go when I get off of work tonight, but meh, I don’t want to work out that late. I’ll be all wound up and not be able to go to bed and go to sleep.

I’ve always been supportive of animal shelters (non-kill shelters), and animal rescues. A few of us were talking about animals at work today, and I got to looking online for rescues in my area. I was really surprised about how many I found listed just on one page. The Maritime Animal Rescue has dozens animal shelters here in East Coast Canada. If you’re thinking of making a furry addition to your family soon, check them out.

My pc is being a biatch this week, so Rob was such a sweetie to let me use his laptop. I mean, I can use it whenever, but now it’s “mine” until he fixes his pc. Meaning, it’s parked on my craft table, or sometimes I tote it to the bedroom. He’s the best Bert ever. ^_^ I’ve got Rob on the brain today. I miss him terribly.

Menu Foods, a company that produces dozens of major brands of dog and cat foods, is currently issuing a huge North American (Canada, US, and Mexico) recall of some of it’s pet foods. Affected are meat cuts in gravy type foods, for both dogs and cats, in cans and pouches. A full list of products can be found here: http://menufoods.com/recall/, or you can also call 1-866-895-2708. There’s 48 brands of dog food affected, and 40 brands of cat food. Make sure to carefully check the list, there’s a lot of brands on there, even “no name” local brands like Compliments from Sobeys and President’s Choice from Loblaws. At least 10 animals have died so far, and many more have gotten very sick and suffered from kidney failure.
Thank god we haven’t fed our babies anything off of the list.

May you always have
Walls for the winds,
A roof for the rain,
Tea beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you,
Those you love near you,
And all your heart might desire!
(stolen from an email at work) ^_^

I feel bleh today. I don’t think it’s because I was vominted on either. As much as I hate vomit, baby hurl is ok. Mom babysits the twins (1 1/2 yrs old), and their big sister (4), on Thursdays, and they just happened to come over today too. I love it. Nothing better than waking up to giggling twins. ^_^ And when I came out of the bedroom this morning, they both got all excited when they saw me. hehehe
No, I just feel bleh. I feel kind of hurly myself. I skipped the gym today because of it, although Rob insisted I’d feel better if we went, but I wasn’t convinced. I’m not sure if I’m going to stay the whole day here at work or not. BLEH Oh well, it’s almost the weekend. YIP.

Friday I started with this flu that’s been going around work. All weekend, I had a crazy fever, and was just drained. All I did was sleep. Sunday my fever broke, and since then I have been feeling a lot better, just a few sniffles yesterday, and I still feel a bit foggy. For the weekend though, it was horrible. I’ve never felt like that before. I was just burning up, and was all delerious. It sucked. I’m glad it only lasted the weekend, because if it had lasted any longer than that, I don’t know if I could have survived. Or, if Rob could have survived. I think I drove him nuts. All night long, I would kick the blankets off, he’d haul them all back up, and I’d put the boots to them again. Poor bugger froze to death, and nevermind that I got up half a dozen times during the night to pee.hehe

Someone at work approached me about trading shifts, since she needed Fridays off. I traded, and my new shift is Mon 10:45-8:45, Tues-Fri 4-11:30, with weekends off. It’s not far off from what I had before, with the exception of the 10 hour shift on Monday, and with weekends off. Yay for weekends off! ^_^