In which scrappy gets a job!

It's seems to be that things in my life happen for a reason, and also things just tend to fall into place when you least expect it to. I kinda love that!
Bare with me it's a long and weird story, but it's ending is kinda fabulous! :D
So yesterday we were invited by another family to go blueberry picking at this AWESOME place just outside the city..on my way there i noticed this cute little scrapbooking store that i had visited before and realized that it's only about a 15 min drive from my new place...and then of course i kept thinking about and thinking about and pondering the possibility of putting in my resume...
Later last night, i was cruizin' on facebook and realized that my friend who works at that cute little scrap store posted something that i needed to talk to her about, so then at the end i said "and hey is there any remote chance that the store needs help for even just one shift?"...and she said that funny enough someone had just suddenly quit and they were kinda left stranded...
So then today she messaged me that she talked to her boss and that i should call her..So i decide to call her and say how interested i am but that i just need to throw together a resume(as i haven't written one in about NINE years!!)..she said 'well how about you just tell me about yourself..." and then about 10 mins later she says "Ok! You're hired! How about you start tuesday!".
Did i mention that we haven't even met each other?! We could just tell that it was going to work out! So anyways, it's MORE than minimum wage, and i get a discount, and she's super nice and willing to work things out around my wacky schedule(at least until the kids go back to school)..
SO..YAY!! I HAVE A JOB!! (and i didn't need to write a resume, and i didn't need to freak out over an interview or anything else, and it sounds like the PERFECT job for me!!!)
NOW to just figure out how NOT to spend my paycheque there!! lol.

B in 90...still going!

So today is day 22 out of the 'read the bible in 90 days' challenge that i am participating in. This is my first blog entry writing about how i am doing.
I'll admit that i am absolutely embarrassingly FAR FAR behind...BUT i am still going! There is SOMETHING that pushes me on with it. I don't have a routine down and i think that is what is killing me. I also have a million and one things on my plate right now and that is also killing me. I am a very frustrated person right now.

BUT I see the blessing that the B90 is giving me..i am reading the bible(albeit slowly) and the last three sermons i've gone to at church have CLICKED for me! I've been much more attentive and have understood a LOT more! And it was awesome to see my pastors interpretation of what i had just read. Coolest thing ever!

So I will continue on, and hope that i make it through. I know that I will, but i just really want to catch up and finish on time with my challenge-friends!

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day trip and a ring

On Sunday morning Mr.Scrappy and I decided to take a drive and exercise the camera once again, it had been quite a while since we'd done that last. So once the girls were with their dad and we decided to bail on church, we took off for a drive to Goderich. I was really hoping that we could catch some dark storm clouds over the water, but no luck, all i caught was overcast bleh. But i did however manage to get a wicked yummy thing of fries that i drenched with malt vinegar! :)
So here are a couple pics that i like...




And then on our way home from Goderich we decided to stop in at Bayfields little shops..we spotted a fantastic ring for Mr.Scrappy...it looks absolutely fabulous on his finger and well it makes a good umm.. 'place holder'.. :)

rabbit vs hamster in a ball

So i'm not too sure why we didn't think of this sooner but last night i got this genius idea to let Zelda out at the same time as Yoshi(who runs around in his little ball)...AWESOME AWESOME idea!! At first Zelda was a tad freaked out at the green ball whippin' around the room but then she realized that it wasn't scary and that maybe she should check it out and chase it around! Soooo cute. They ran around and around for a good hour and then back into their cages for the night all tuckered out!
Now last night i was a total dunce and forgot to take pictures(or well maybe it was because i was too busy eating chicken wings and watching big brother)..but anyways, i got smart tonight and capture a couple shots. I love the one where they are 'nose to nose'. awwww! :)

Sima's Undergarments for Women--REVIEW

I recently read 'Sima's Undergarments for Women' by Ilana Stanger-Ross, thanks to the blogger program for Penguin Canada. I received this book for free in exchange for my unbiased review.


I found this book both easy and quick to read but hard to review. I have many mixed feelings about this book. I love the idea behind this book..the underground shopping society of a Jewish Brooklyn neighbourhood, and a peek into the lives of the 65 year old shopkeeper, Sima, and the beautiful 21 year old Israeli woman, Timna, that comes be a friend and seamstress for her, and unknowingly fill a void for the woman who has never come to have children of her own. Sounds good, i know, but what i don't get is how the relationship came to Sima stalking the woman through most of the book, and there is a part just after they meet that is rather creepy and left me wondering throughout what kind of turn the book might take next!
This peculiar tale has left me feeling rather unsettled in my opinion of the book.

a prayer answered!

Just a small one, but a prayer answered none-the-less!
One tricky little part of my life is having such an crazy schedule, not me personally, but my household..
Mr.Scrappy is ALWAYS on-call and can get called out for an 8 or 12 hr shift when the least expected..and the girls are only gone to their dads 2 nights a week, so finding the time to actually go OUT with my man and have a 'date' is a RARE occurence.

Last week it really started to take a toll on me and my mood..and then yesterday happened..i won a contest that the Stratford theatre was holding on Facebook yesterday and won 2 free (GOOD) tix to see 'As You Like It' last night. So i quick scrambled to find a sitter and then we had to check the bank for some dinner money, but it ALL WORKED OUT! and it was AWESOME. I am feeling much more refreshed and happier today and ready to take on more of summer vacation and unpacking! :)

what is going on?!

The last couple of days have been seriously trying on my heart.
It started with the birth of my friends trisomy 13 baby, and the constant checking of facebook and blogs and anything that might give the slightest of updates..wondering what is going on, if she's alive, ANYTHING...
Then today i hear that my other friend who had her baby at 27 wks, well, her sweet little baby needed some emergency surgery today and thankfully he has made it through..
And this afternoon while i was again hunting through facebook for ANYTHING about those 2 blessed babies, i hear a haunting cry that i will never forget..i rushed outside to see my neighbour face down on her front porch..a neighbour that i embarrassedly only knew as 'terminal'..i'd been unable to meet her, had just been given many warnings that she was extremely sick and that i'd likely never see her out unless she was being taken in an ambulance...SO i immediately rushed over to see what i could do..i instantly sat down at her head and her mom handed me a pillow and i just sat there and rubbed her hair and tried to calm her crying while we waited for the ambulance...i'm tearing up just thinking back about it..as i was sitting there in tears while she cried and said that she was just so tired of it all..
She's a beautiful young woman, i don't think she could be older than myself..so maybe 30..and to know that you're dying..and to have given up and just want it to be done..it's absolutely heartbreaking.

insert big sigh here, cause that's what i just did..i don't know what to write next..i am exhausted..i have no idea what the heck is going on in this world..it sure makes anything that is going on in my own life seem so small and ridiculous..

well i am off to continue on with my 90 days to read the Bible, and look for some comfort..

Good night.

power of prayer..

This morning i have spent 4 hours with friends..we have been eating, drinking, sharing, praying, crying, reading scripture, and more praying for a dear friend who has given birth this morning to a child with Trisomy13. It was a beautiful morning that i am so glad to have participated in. I don't think that i have ever been witness to such a powerful and moving gathering. Community is such an amazing thing. I continue to pray even though i am home, and wish that i knew more about this beautiful baby.

Please if you could, pray too...for peace, for comfort, for wisdom, for strength, for guidance, for anything you think might help in this time.

readin' the Bible in 90 days?! can i do it?!

**link is below, do not click on the 'button'**


Well i'm sure gonna try! My friend Annie had this posted on her blog that she was gonna try it out, and i think that i found the link/idea ON july 5th(the start date) for a reason. I've been going to church now for ALMOST 2 yrs and I am yet to read the Bible *gasp*!!

Here is the link if you wish to check it out too!

Wish me luck! or join me in my quest!
Have any of you done this program already?
Let me know! :)