They Say

silence is golden. In my case it is just down right lazy. However, once it ends look out...

I was a bit worried upon arriving (in PEI Lana) as the temperature was 8C and it was raining. I thought of the 23C sunny dry day I had left and almost cried. PEI has pulled it out of the bag, though. It has been glorious for the last week. We even had a 40C (when you count the humidex) day. Enough about the weather - I am my Mother's daughter!

I am off to the beach tomorrow - think of me while you Londoners are partying at the Maple Leaf (hopefully). Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to find a Nunavit-er. I am going to enjoy some great concerts all weekend - Lifehouse, Stain'd, 3 Doors Down, Finger Eleven, The Trews and lots more.

Jillian and Peter went for their first ultrasound yesterday. The poor technician had a heck of a time keeping up with the baby. It was moving all over the place - she was literally chasing it with the wand. Jillian told me it weighs 9oz which is just over half a pound now. I am not happy referring to the baby as it and I do not know the sex, so from here forward, I will refer to it as Squishy.

Rant 14

This is not an original one. Tom Cruise. Augh - what is he smoking? Have the alien overlords come and stolen his brain? Have all those years of Scientology finally turned his brain to pea soup? I actually think I hate him. I have to leave the room when he comes on TV. I know it is extreme but he really bothers me now. The girls at gofugyourself.com have some great comments on both Tom and Kate Holmes or as they like to call her - the Annointed Womb. I suppose now that the Michael Jackson trial is over, the media needs something to focus on and who better than a short, freaky, psuedo-straight cult member to replace a tallish, freaky, psuedo-white, 'non' paedophile?

Speaking of leaving the room, Mom is hooked on Coronation Street and Emmerdale Farm. These shows make me run screaming from the room. One perk of coming to Canada should be getting away from the Northern accent!!

I am loving The Daily Show. Jon Stewart rocks.

Good News and Annoying News

Good news;

Congrats to Cat. The lucky b**** won tickets to Live8. Think of us while you are grooving in the park.

Annoying news;

OK, so I get the only row on the plane where there are only 2 people in the 3 seats. Fantastic eh? You would think so except for the stupid, annoying, crazy Scottish lady that had the other seat. She sat in the middle seat - next to me. FOR SEVEN HOURS!!!!! She left the aisle seat empty for seven hours. I made all sorts of hints at the start of the flight like ooooh aren't we lucky, oooohhh we have an extra seat, wow, we can stretch out. She of course ignored them all. I then resorted to wriggling in my seat (Angela knows how good I am at that!), stepping on her toes, hogging the arm rest, elbowing her and moving the arm rest up and down but she still didn't move. I guess I forgot to turn off my freak magnet before boarding the plane (insert huge sigh).

No More Bath-ing

The weather was absolutely gorgeous today. Laura and I took advantage of it and went to Bath. We had a very nice day wandering around. It was my 5th trip to Bath so if you ever come to visit, I will not take you there. Having said that it is a beautiful city and well worth a visit. Take note, I will also not take you to Warwick Castle (been there 3 times), Hampton Court Palace (2 times), on a London bus tour (3 times), an Edinburgh bus tour (2 times) or a Dublin bus tour (3 times) but again they are all worth the visit. We finished the day at Gourmet Burger Kitchen having the best burger in London and a vanilla milkshake that tasted like yellow cake mix.

Rant 14 - On a totally unrelated topic but it was brought on by a guy on the train. Why can't everyone be perfect like me? The conductor came down the carriage on the train checking tickets and even though this guy saw him coming, he waited until the conductor got there before even beginning to look for his ticket. Why? Why? Why? Why when I am waiting in line at the checkout does the person ahead of me always wait until all items have been scanned through BEFORE starting to pack them then make everyone wait until they are finished packing BEFORE trying to find their wallet and searching for money. And while I am at it, why do people wait until they are right in front of the x-ray machine at the airport to start to search for metal objects and take off their coats even though they have passed 4700 signs telling them to sort themselves out? I mean even if they have never flown, they should have seen it on tv or atleast be able to read.

Britian Is Out To Get Me

I am not just being paranoid. This country is trying to drive me crazy. Guess what was number 1 on all the music charts this week. Yep - the Crazy Frog mixed with Axel F (that annoying synthesizer thing from Beverley Hills Cop). Can anyone tell me what I did to deserve this? Can you????? How do I fix it?

If there is any proper Karma in the world, I will get tickets to Live8 to make up for it. I texted this morning so I now have get picked from like 5 million people. I am not sure how many tickets there are so I don't know what my chances are - slim I am sure. Cross your fingers for me.

Rant 13

I don't know why I do it - it is definitely a character flaw or a masochistic thing but I just can't seem to help it. Why do I watch TV shows even though I know they will wind me up? I just watched Cold Case. My blood pressure always goes through the roof at the end. The bit they do in slow motion with the emotional music while all the characters look serious and thoughtful and contemplate how the events in the case highlight a particular incident in their own lives and they think 'There but for the grace.....' Arrrgggghhh - if no one is home, like tonight - I usually sigh very loudly and yell at the TV. It is almost as bad as David Caruso's God complex on CSI: Miami. Arr grrr augh - gotta go - my head has just exploded and I better clean it up before Sally gets home.

Now That I Am A Bit More Lucid

I will tell you a bit more about my trip to Montreal.

Food firsts;

1. I ate buffalo. I had game dish with medallions of buffalo, caribou and deer in various sauces. It was delicious.

2. I had my first Beaver Tail - chocolate and banana flavour. Thank God you can't get them over here.

3. Andree's mother made us the most fantastic Quebecois dessert of sweet dumplings simmered in maple syrup. It was delicious.

Entertainment firsts;

1. Cirque du Soleil. We saw the the new show - Corteo. It was excellent. My mind usually wanders during shows and performances but I was totally focused on this one. Very entertaining and apparently very different from anything they have ever done before. I highly recommend it.

2. MacDonald family reunion. Angela was in Montreal for her cousin's wedding. On the Friday, we went to their hotel as it was her Dad's birthday. We were treated to a large group of loud and happy MacDonald's. It was great. It did take three days for my hearing to return to normal after the squealling, though.

3. Loved the Penguins at the Biodome - I could have watched them forever. Liane almost got hit by a bird in the Tropical Dome. We are not sure what kind it was as it went by so fast but it was in a hurry to get where it was going and was willing to go through her to do it!

Embarrassing Moments;

1. I felt so proud of myself ordering and paying for a drink in French at the Second Cup. I was standing there feeling all happy until the girl behind the counter looked and me and said "Blahhh blah de blah blah blaaaah". I then very sheepishly said "En Anglais s'il vous plait." and she said "Would you like whipped cream on that?" I said no and didn't try to use French again.

2. Tripping over every cobble stone in old Montreal - I didn't go down though. And in sympathy, Liane very kindly tripped as well.

Bonus Moment;

Seeing Jen, Angela's sister. She surprised everyone by turning up unexpectedly for the wedding.

Other than that we shopped and shopped and shopped and walked and walked and walked then walked some more.