Its December ...

Well...wow its months later ...anyways I am back in school part-time taking a full course load ...its tough to say the least but i am just lovin it ...I go Mondays from 12 noon to 830pm ...in the New Year I will also be attending University of Waterloo on the weekends for a certificate course in Mediation ..My long term goal is to work in the court sytum not sure what area yet ...maybe family maybe tribal court ..time will tell..The assigments have been pretty spaced out so i havent had to struggle too much ...i expect that too happen when i take on more courses.I am trying to figure out the best places to do my placements and its tough ...I don't want to squander the placements by going somehwere i wont get anything out of ...Frontline work i think will be too emotionally taxing ...not sure ...

MAY 22/06 VICTORIA DAY WEEKEND

WELL ITS THE FIRST SUMMER LONGWEEKEND ...THE WEATHER IS COOL AND I NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT IT CAUSE I REALLY DISLIKE HEAT ...I HEARD ON SOME TALK SHOW THAT IT IS GOING TO BE HOTTER THAN LAST SUMMER ...THAT TOTALLY SUCKS BIGTIME...I DONT HAVE CENTRAL AIR AND HAVE A FEW WINDOW AIRCONDITIONERS WHICH I AM HAPPY TO HAVE HOWEVER THAT BEING SAID I FIND I CANT SLEEP VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO LOUD ..
SO THIS SUMMER WHAT I MIGHT DO IS PUT THEM IN THE LIVING ROOM INSTEAD AND JUST SLEEP IN THE LR ON THE HOTTEST NITES ...AT LEAST THE AIRCONDINTIONER IS NOT DIRECTLY OVER MY HEAD AND DRIVING ME INSANE ...
I WENT FOR COFFEE WITH SUE AT STARBUCKS AND THEN WENT FOR A SHORT STROLL BUT IT STARTED TO RAIN SO WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A MORNING AND WENT HOME ...
ROBBIE IS STILL SLEEPING AND ITS NOON AND TAMMY IS CLEANING AND DOING LAUNDRY AND AMARI IS TAKING HIS MORNING NAP SINCE HE GETS SO EARLY IN THE MORNING...I AM GOING TO RETIRE TO MY ROOM AND CLEAN UP ITS A MESS JUST LIKE MY VECHICLE...
LATER ....PEACE OUT......VI

SPRINGTIME IN MARKHAM ...

Greetings .....Spring is a beautiful time ..its speaks of renewal in all things...it gives us hope ...Spring to me speaks of spiritual renewal of good things to come ...the grass is comming up along with the weeds and calls for a haircut ...I sent my son to fire up the lawnmower and mow down all the weeds and grass so we could see the road from the front steps ...after that i had him dig up all the old plants from the last 2 summers and take the tarp off the pool and pull out all the winter squrrils that fell in over the winter season...

April 14th/2006

Well, it was my birthday ,I hit the Big Five-O ...I passed my father's age by almost 10 years and my sister almost 15 years ....However that being said i belive my own mother will out live me ...she is so pickled with alcohol that she will stay way beyond what her doctors say ....you will be dead in 6 years ...no wait in 2 years ...no wait in 6 months...no in 2 weeks....we actually don't know ...we give up ....hahaha...We had a small party at "The Keg " it was very nice and i really enjoyed the evening ...I didn't even have Steak simply because my friend Cindy took me out for Lunch and i ate so much there that i was too full to eat later that evening ...so i just had a apptizer and ate a little from anyone and everyone there...Amari had a plate of mashed potaotes so i ate that and abit of salad 2 glasses of WINE and lots of bread ...Tammy and Robbie bought me a beautiful Ring I just love it and YES I did pick it out myself...The best gift and they were all the best was a Starbucks Thermos I recieved from Sue i so use it everyday in my travels always hot coffee to drink at my leisure when i get back to the Van ...
I also signed up for another WaterColors Class and so enjoying it last week we mixed colors and created our own master pieces ...I forgot my sketchbook too that sucked...Tomorrow i better go and buy some more artpaper along with a couple of red onions we will be painting ...the last time we painted oranges ...Cindy is also taking the course with me she is very good ..I still want to find a weaving class for the Fall since i was given a Loom from someone at work...
This morning I met Sue for coffee at Starbucks and we sat there for ages talking about books we had read ...
It is raining and the first thing i thought of this morning when i awoke was "How awful to die by cruxifiction" and how painful it must of been (today is Good Friday)though i do not consider myself religious at all ...I can say I am "Spiritual" and am following A "first nations" belief ...
I see so many cars at the cornor church which always makes me smile cause i bet half maybe more of those peoples never walk into the church except for major events like Easter or Christmas times...and think they are religious ...
Anyways i better go find somehing to cook and later clean my bedroom its a total horrible dirty mess of strewn clothes and books everywhere !!
Peace ....Vi

Catch up News .....Jan 30/06

Hola....I havent posted for ages it never seems to be the right time or not enough time to post...anywho I started my WaterColors Class and am loving it ...I framed the first 5x7 i painted and it really turned out much better than i ever imagined it would of..It sits on my bookcase and when i look at it i am amazed i was able to pull it off ...hahaha...never knew i had any artistic ability ...My brother Marv has amazing artistic talents not only as a cartoonist but just all around painting etc..Robbie is totaly awsome with music and anything computer related so artistic ability does run in the family...I have always been great with cooking and baking and thought that was my gift ...anywho the watercolor class has 11 people in it and there is just not enough time to finish painting the required piece because there is just too much to remember and learn ...I have signed up to retake the class again after this one runns out cause i need more instruction ...there are 2 others that are retaking the class and so i least dont feel stupid retaking it...I have to find a simple picture to take tonite to paint from...In the fall i am also going to try weaving a friend gave me her LOOM so why not try that too ?? WIll write more later ...Peace ...Vi

Happy New Year .....

Well......that time of year again ...I have never been the type to make any "New Year's " resoutions and perfer it that way at least i dont disapoint myself when i give up in the second week of January like the rest of my friends ....losing weight seems to be the biggest "I'm gonna do it this time" resolution... hahaha....I say ....I figure that my weight is here to stay (on my ass) hips...tummy...arms...legs..earlobes...chins ...get my drift ...its stuck on like old crazyglue...anyways things could be worse...i have worn my pedometer on a regular basis and found that i was walking about 7000 steps aday ...thats not too shabby....i read somewhere that one should try for 10,000 aday...so i think i will do that that seems achievable ...i am watching the biggest loser tonite i have been hearing so much about it and see if that motivates me into losing weight...like i only have to lose 100 pounds or so ...hahaha ...hahaha....and thats just on my cheeks ...Anywho ....i went and saw afew good movies thru the holidays and really injoyed them ...The Giesha one and Brokeback ...it was so good...i sure hope Ennis wins the Oscar for best actor cause he sure deserved it...I also went to see Walk the line Reese W was amazing she is too cute for words...It seems like i saw more then 3 movies cant remember any others...

Looks like Flu season is here ...

Well ...I am so darn gosh proud of myself ...I picked up the flu bug somewhere in my travels ...My nose is totally plugged up and I got that nasty tickling cough non stop ..Last nite when I went to bed I had to make sure I slept on my back or otherwise that hot liquid kept leaking out of my nose onto my pillow ...Really fricken gross ...Anyways I think a cold takes about a week to run thru your system ? And because I am such a lucky gal well I expect it to take at least 2-3 weeks to have its way with me...I have been thinking when that pandemic hits I will sure as hell get it and who knows how bad and if I make it out alive...So being the organized optimistic person I am ...I am still in the process of de-cluttering my home especially my bedroom so it wont be left behind for my loved ones to pack and throw out my treasures and stuff...I hate the idea of people going thru my stuff and discovering who I was ...Sounds abit morbid ...Oh well such is life ...
I am not afraid to die since I don't believe in death as a finality but just a another doorway to something else what I am not sure of ...But look forward to the journey ...
Tomorrow I am staying home to take care of Amari sure looking forward to it we are such a pair ...Guess we will go food shopping in the morning after we drop off Rob at school and then come home and take our nap since I am under the weather and should rest as much as possible...
Anywho that's about it for the moment ...Peace Out ...Vi