Friday, November 23, 2012

Things Happen in 3's

I was excited about the number of people that visited my blog and that got me excited about posting more regularly.  It's hard to get motivated when you think only your mom reads your posts (Thanks Mom!).  If you haven't checked out the hosts bloggers or their linked blogs, you really have too. Sew Sisters has put together a wonderful list.  There is so much creativity happening across Canada! 


The host blogs!


Sunday, November 18
Kick-off!
Michele
Monday, November 19
BC
Felicity
Monday, November 19
BC
Cathy
Tuesday, November 20
NS
Jeanette
Tuesday, November 20
NB
Holly
Wednesday, November 21
AB
Shena
Wednesday, November 21
SK
Patti
Thursday, November 22
QC
Marika
Thursday, November 22
MB
Heather
Friday, November 23
YT
Vivian
Friday, November 23
YT
Janet
Saturday, November 24
ON
Cathi
Saturday, November 24
ON
Cara
Saturday, November 24
ON
Kaye

I must have put too much positive energy out in to the universe about everything I wanted to accomplish this week because it has very quickly brought me back to reality! lol

This is how the past 24 hrs has looked....

I sat down to start a post Yesterday morning, my daughter bumped the power cord on my laptop and the screen went black.  I hit the power button and there was enough "umph" to light up the button and shut off.  It hasn't started since.  I have a Braille assignment due that is on there, my daughter has an assignment due on there, the photos that I haven't transferred to my external hard drive.  A friend is going to look at it today...please say a little prayer for it.  It sounds silly but the most important purpose of my laptop is keeping connected with my family.  I live in NS; my whole immediate family lives in BC...thank you Skype!  We can't get skype working on this old clunker. 

Then....I took a "quick" drive to the Valley via Truro!!!  I was thinking about my laptop, the budget, thinking about family and wishing for a mini holiday...perhaps a short trip to PEI.  Deep down I must have really wanted to go to PEI because it did not dawn on me that I was on the wrong HWY until I saw the sign for the PEI ferry or Amherst! and still it didn't really connect that I was in Truro and not Avonport until I took the Amherst exit! lol It then turned in to a cross country trip to get over to the valley getting me to my destination about 2 hrs later (total 3hrs for a 55 min trip).  The good part was that I didn't have time to browse the fabrics at leisure...I had to get home for my children!  I walked in the door minutes before my children walked in.  My husband thought it was hilarious and that it supported his claim that I have absolutely no sense of direction or time.  

My plan for today was to go out to pick up a couple of Christmas gifts and to go check out the 50% off  sale at Fabricville.  I want to fill in some of those holes in my stash with some bright WOW! colours at a relatively affordable price and I need some batting for my poppy.  After tearing my house apart all morning I realized that my husband was the last person to have my keys. My keys are downtown Halifax.  The bus service out here is horrible and my girls have dance after school.  Grateful for a friend from dance that is zipping in to pick the girls up.  My husband has figured out a bus route that gets him close to home and leaves him with an hour plus walk home (in the dark, up and over lots of hills) so that he can go pick them up.  Again...another shot at browsing fabric gone! lol  Is there a conspiracy?

I'm hoping this is the end of my 3's and my laptop is fixable
...fingers crossed.

6 comments:

  1. OMG! Too funny! I have missed the exit to the 101 twice before but I realized it by the time I got to the airport. Wow, all the way to Truro! Well, it was a beautiful day for a drive. Did you check out the Aurifil? The bloghop has been great. Lots of blogs to visit. My blog has had lots of new visitors this week. Love it!

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  2. I think we did the drive too much this summer back to Ontario and over to PEI. lol The route is permanently ingrained in my brain. I was even taking note of the different landmarks...the airport and started repeating Tatamagouche...its fun to say. lol Not once in all that did I think...I'm on the wrong road! hahaha

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  3. It is so often the small stuff that drives me nuts - not being able to find my glasses (I have an R on my license so need them to drive), missing a receipt so I can take an item back to the shop... But getting lost is my forte - I have called work to ask them where I am - as I watch corn blowing around in the field and have no vision of where the school I am headed to is located. I ask for dummy directions - if I see this I have gone too far. But in a funny way when I am not time pressured I like taking a different route (I mean the kind you take when you are lost). I see something new. Now if you were heading up to Truro - and got as far as Antigonish there is a lovely quilt store called the Harbour Quilt Company - 330 Main Road. But that is a long way from the valley!

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    1. I should have just kept going then. I've never been to Antigonish before. I'm not sure a road trip for the two of us together is a great idea or not. hahaha I do like getting "lost" when I'm not in a hurry to find beautiful old houses or hidden away communities.

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  4. I can relate very well to your post... I have absolutely no sense of directions and living in the country you get me on the Highways and Lord knows where I may end up. I have the Halifax airport as my guide so if I get lost I look for that sign and start from there...I have to make certain I have a full tank of gas when I leave for the city:) I have enjoyed meeting all the Nova Scotian Bloggers...

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    1. Hi Joan,
      I used the airport as my landmark too...completely forgetting that there is no airport en route to Avonport. hahaha. Fortunately I did find a little rural route gas station in the middle of nowhere to fill up (FYI little RR gas stations are more expensive). It is so nice to know that I am not the only one. For the first two years here I refused to drive on the hwy because I couldn't figure them out (and people aren't so great at moving over so you can merge into traffic). I have some great little "rat mazes" around the city and country back roads to get me where I need to go. lol

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