Appetizer
Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim?
I suppose I probably have but to be honest I do better hearing other people tell tales of their success with playing jokes on others than actually completing the act myself. My sister and Chris' sealing of Ada's bedroom door with weather barrier was probably the best I've heard. Oh, and when he convinced her that the sale of their house had not gone through.
Soup
What do your salt and pepper shakers look like?
A pepper mill and an empty spice container. Do people actually have "matchy, matchy" S&P shakers? I guess I was never given any and didn't think to buy them. I suppose what I have is better than having to grind the pepper in a mortar and pestle or than getting the salt straight from the box.
Salad
Where is the next place you plan to visit (on vacation or business)?
Doug and I are hoping to stay in Toronto one night in April just to have a night alone. Friends of ours do it and it sounds like a GREAT idea. I am also going to NJ in July to see some incredible people.
Main Course
What kind of lotion or cream do you use to keep your hands from getting too dry?
Green Beaver Apres Ski Winter Body Lotion. I know, the research department could have come up with a MUCH better name for a product being marketed to womyn then "Green Beaver" but it is 100% Natural, Canadian AND it doesn't make my eczema worse!!!
Dessert
Make up a dessert, tell us its ingredients, and give it a name.
I am really not that imaginative. I like to eat dessert. I suspect that much is obvious. I don't like to invent something. Not for dessert. You don't mess with that stuff. Now, I will throw things together in a pot and call it dinner and it often comes out better than I anticipated but I can't do that for dessert.
How about: 2 scoops of Mapleton's Dairy Organic Chocolate Ice Cream, topped with one sliced banana, a Tbsp. of maple syrup and coconut flakes. We'll call it: a Canadian Chocolate Monkey.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday's Feast
Appetizer
Name one thing that is unique about you.
Not only do I do labour support and postpartum support (sometimes 40 hours a week) but I also homeschool my children. I don't know anyone else who homeschools with a work schedule like I have. I am blessed with wonderful family who make this possibility a reality for us.
Soup
Fill in the blank: My favorite _________ is __________ but I like _________ too.
My favourite drink is wine but I like martinis too!
Salad
What type of wood do you have for your home’s furnishings?
The bookshelves are oak. The bed frame is pine. We have almost most no MDF so we are able to avoid exposure to the toxic carcinogens in MDF furnishings. I like all wood though -- except I like it oiled and more than stained.
Main Course
Who do you talk to most often on the phone?
Doug. My love. My life partner. My best friend. My husband. The father of my children. My lifeline. My dream-come-true.
Dessert
What level of responsibility do you have in your job?
Depends on the job. At the hospital I am an educator. I am employed by the hospital but as long as I have evidence to back up everything I am saying, I can say pretty much what I need to in order to cover the content. I am also self-employed. In that case (since my business is now co-owned) I have half the say in everything that is done and covered with my business. I work for other people though (labour and postpartum support, etc.) so I have to make them happy. I guess they dictate their happiness and therefore what I say and do.
Name one thing that is unique about you.
Not only do I do labour support and postpartum support (sometimes 40 hours a week) but I also homeschool my children. I don't know anyone else who homeschools with a work schedule like I have. I am blessed with wonderful family who make this possibility a reality for us.
Soup
Fill in the blank: My favorite _________ is __________ but I like _________ too.
My favourite drink is wine but I like martinis too!
Salad
What type of wood do you have for your home’s furnishings?
The bookshelves are oak. The bed frame is pine. We have almost most no MDF so we are able to avoid exposure to the toxic carcinogens in MDF furnishings. I like all wood though -- except I like it oiled and more than stained.
Main Course
Who do you talk to most often on the phone?
Doug. My love. My life partner. My best friend. My husband. The father of my children. My lifeline. My dream-come-true.
Dessert
What level of responsibility do you have in your job?
Depends on the job. At the hospital I am an educator. I am employed by the hospital but as long as I have evidence to back up everything I am saying, I can say pretty much what I need to in order to cover the content. I am also self-employed. In that case (since my business is now co-owned) I have half the say in everything that is done and covered with my business. I work for other people though (labour and postpartum support, etc.) so I have to make them happy. I guess they dictate their happiness and therefore what I say and do.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday's Feast . . . when I woke up on Tuesday
Okay, so it is a few days late. Can't blame me really. I began working midnights last week with a family who has just had twin girls. I work Sunday-Thursday 10-6 and when I get home I try to get a few hours sleep before the boys need to be anywhere and do anything. Now, if only I could get the babies to sleep. I know they WILL sleep and I was MUCH more patient with my own children. It is hard to be patient.
Anyway, the author of Friday's Feast is having "technical difficulties" so I took these questions from my friend Steph and I don't know where she got them.
1. Cake or pie?
Pie. Pumpkin pie. I know that doesn't sound very romantic but it will always have special meaning for me. My dad's birthday is 3 days before mine. He always had a chocolate cake for his and so as to be able to have a special dessert without repeating the choice we opted for pumpkin pie (fitting for a Halloween birthday, wouldn't you say?). Now, that said, I LOVE cake too. Dessert of any kind really.
2. What is your favorite kind of candy?
That's hard to choose. Depends on my mood. Sometimes there is nothing better than a Werther's Original toffee. Other times I love to have a mint. Swedish berries are probably my favourite though.
3. Do you actually like conversation hearts?
Can't say that I have ever had them. I must admit here that I had to open a new tab and Google "conversation hearts" to find out what on earth they are. They are pastel though and so I dislike them on principle! ;o)
4. Would you prefer chocolates or flowers from a loved one?
OR??? I have to choose??? Then flowers. I can buy my own chocolate but I rarely buy myself flowers. Lillies, or daisies, or roses, or irises, or fresia, or tulips.
5. What is the sweetest thing someone has ever done for you?
So many people have done so many amazing things for me. I am truly blessed in the friends and family that I have. The most recent and therefore most significant "sweetest thing" is the time my business partner used some of her points to send Doug and I to Niagara Falls for a night. Then the womyn on the BEST email list in the WORLD (they are my tribe) pooled their resources to buy us an extra night. We had never been away together like that for a weekend since before the boys were born. It was an extremely special and amazing gift that has more meaning then any of the gift givers could ever know!! Makes me weepy all over again.
Anyway, the author of Friday's Feast is having "technical difficulties" so I took these questions from my friend Steph and I don't know where she got them.
1. Cake or pie?
Pie. Pumpkin pie. I know that doesn't sound very romantic but it will always have special meaning for me. My dad's birthday is 3 days before mine. He always had a chocolate cake for his and so as to be able to have a special dessert without repeating the choice we opted for pumpkin pie (fitting for a Halloween birthday, wouldn't you say?). Now, that said, I LOVE cake too. Dessert of any kind really.
2. What is your favorite kind of candy?
That's hard to choose. Depends on my mood. Sometimes there is nothing better than a Werther's Original toffee. Other times I love to have a mint. Swedish berries are probably my favourite though.
3. Do you actually like conversation hearts?
Can't say that I have ever had them. I must admit here that I had to open a new tab and Google "conversation hearts" to find out what on earth they are. They are pastel though and so I dislike them on principle! ;o)
4. Would you prefer chocolates or flowers from a loved one?
OR??? I have to choose??? Then flowers. I can buy my own chocolate but I rarely buy myself flowers. Lillies, or daisies, or roses, or irises, or fresia, or tulips.
5. What is the sweetest thing someone has ever done for you?
So many people have done so many amazing things for me. I am truly blessed in the friends and family that I have. The most recent and therefore most significant "sweetest thing" is the time my business partner used some of her points to send Doug and I to Niagara Falls for a night. Then the womyn on the BEST email list in the WORLD (they are my tribe) pooled their resources to buy us an extra night. We had never been away together like that for a weekend since before the boys were born. It was an extremely special and amazing gift that has more meaning then any of the gift givers could ever know!! Makes me weepy all over again.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Friday's Feast, once recovered
So, the Leeson and Gardiner family spent the greater portion of the last week in bed. I woke with the influenza virus last Sunday and spent the next 48 hours in bed. I returned to work later in the week to learn the it was a bug being passed around the hospital (so much for them having all of their employees be vaccinated). Every department was missing staff for this virus. Oh well. It felt as though we were going to die, but we didn't and now I am here to Friday's Feast about my life.
Appetizer - What is your favorite kind of cereal?
Depends on the day. Sometimes it is rolled oats in the form of oatmeal. Once in a while it is Weetabix -- not flakes, the biscuits. Today (and recently) it has been flaked cereal with pieces of dried fruit in it.
Soup - When was the last time you purchased something for your home, what was it, and in which room did it go?
Martini glasses, bought last month, they went in the kitchen and they sit on the counter waiting to be used. I have been one week martini-free since becoming infected with the damn flu-bug. Hard to sip apple martinis when coughing up a lung.
Salad - What is the funniest commercial you’ve ever seen?
There have been a few. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Ikea commercial when the woman comes out of the store looking at her receipt and yells across the parking lot to her husband to "start the car! Start the car!!!" (She thinks she is getting a "steal.")
I also liked the one where the baby was in the Jolly Jumper and while mom talked on the phone the dog pulled the baby back enough to get some serious elasticity in the spring, released and the baby was able to fly through the air to fetch the block of cheese from the counter.
Main Course - Make up a name for a company by using a spice and an animal (example: Cinnamon Monkey).
Rosemary Jackal
Dessert - Fill in the blank: I haven’t ______ since ______.
danced since Doug and I were first dating. I miss going out to the bar to dance. I wouldn't necessarily want to now because I wouldn't know the music or be near the age of anyone in the bar but I remember loving the act of going out to dance and just let me body move to the music.
Appetizer - What is your favorite kind of cereal?
Depends on the day. Sometimes it is rolled oats in the form of oatmeal. Once in a while it is Weetabix -- not flakes, the biscuits. Today (and recently) it has been flaked cereal with pieces of dried fruit in it.
Soup - When was the last time you purchased something for your home, what was it, and in which room did it go?
Martini glasses, bought last month, they went in the kitchen and they sit on the counter waiting to be used. I have been one week martini-free since becoming infected with the damn flu-bug. Hard to sip apple martinis when coughing up a lung.
Salad - What is the funniest commercial you’ve ever seen?
There have been a few. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Ikea commercial when the woman comes out of the store looking at her receipt and yells across the parking lot to her husband to "start the car! Start the car!!!" (She thinks she is getting a "steal.")
I also liked the one where the baby was in the Jolly Jumper and while mom talked on the phone the dog pulled the baby back enough to get some serious elasticity in the spring, released and the baby was able to fly through the air to fetch the block of cheese from the counter.
Main Course - Make up a name for a company by using a spice and an animal (example: Cinnamon Monkey).
Rosemary Jackal
Dessert - Fill in the blank: I haven’t ______ since ______.
danced since Doug and I were first dating. I miss going out to the bar to dance. I wouldn't necessarily want to now because I wouldn't know the music or be near the age of anyone in the bar but I remember loving the act of going out to dance and just let me body move to the music.
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