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that’s when this will expire. I’m waiting to hear back from someone who owns the domain I want… they recently changed their company name so who knows?? I might get lucky. here’s hoping.

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when fatedfoibles expires, I won’t be renewing.
I’d love to think I could blog honestly and without any filters but I could only do that if I was single, childless and in need of no employment. I’m going to slowly save all my entries onto my computer and hopefully be able to commit at least to myself to journal more consistently… we’ll see.

I can’t really think of the words adequate enough to describe how absolutely satisfying an experience it was to see Evanescence perform live on stage. WOW. There are so many of her songs I find absolutely special and they mean a lot to me… to be able to see her sing them to all these people that feel in some way like I do… there’s just no words. Whenever they come to Toronto I will be there.

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So I’m still… still.
Haven’t moved much. Keeping up with the house a bit more though these last weeks. That’s a good feeling.
The kids went to my mom’s yesterday and I’m only getting them tomorrow morning. That allowed me a few days with just what I needed… more of nothing. blah. Chris and I went out last night to supper then to the movies. We saw Casino Royale (great film) and like we always do these days, we were in bed by 10 o’clock. We’re so boring. But you know… boring can be good. It’s way better then hectic. The routine starts up again on Monday but I’ll be kinking that with a trip to Toronto to see Evanescence. My sister in law will be coming here with her fiance on Sunday for supper and I’m hoping she’ll decide to spend the night so we can take off from here on Monday morning. I just dread driving in Toronto. It’s so damn busy. But I know exactly where I’m going and taking the subway down to the venue so no worries for that. I’ve got it down to the bare minimum of driving in Toronto proper. That place is just a zoo. I hope to be back home shortly after lunch on Tuesday and then it’ll be back to the routine for sure, school, dance class, and brownies. The only big thing going on will be my trying to find full time work… God help me…

I think Christina is pretty much over not being allowed to go to the concert. I know for sure that I made the right decision and will feel even more so after going. Josh Groban has a Toronto concert in March but from what I can gather tickets are sold out… not a surprise.
As usual on New Year’s Eve Chris and I were in bed before 10… so pathetic. I had a migraine though. I couldn’t figure out if it was some cheese I had earlier or the fact that I had two drinks in a row with vodka… The headache hit like a sledgehammer though.
So what’s with the title? well I think that 2006 was the pits, but only because it was all in my frame of mind. It’s all how I perceived it. After all, this was the year my baby started school. This was the year I started doing volunteer work and loved it (then as is my pattern, found something to bitch about). I really want to change my outlook this year. I think a major issue was facing the fact that I am losing myself in all this non-activity. I have put on weight and it’s begun to affect many areas of my life. I first took note of it when we were hiking on our family vacation in June. I could not imagine what state I’ll be in if I don’t change something… if we end up doing any type of physical activity on our next vacation, I’ll be a wreck and it will be even more noticed. We’re hoping to take the girls to Florida in May… Basically put I have to get my butt moving. I know my eating habits aren’t bad. In fact we’ve been making awesome meals thanks to Leanne Ely. It’s been a life saver. The girls could stand to be more thrilled but so what. They need to learn to eat better anyway. So if I believed in resolutions I’d have to say mine was to make a conscious effort to MOVE more. I’m not expecting a miracle but I do want to feel better. If I end up losing weight all the better. I’m not going to say that isn’t my goal but I will say it isn’t the main goal. I was actually at a point this year for the first time where I weighed more then my sister… granted she’s had some stuff going on that contributed but still… I was always smaller then her.
Ok enough feeling sorry for myself now… Tomorrow Chris goes back to work and I have two little kids to keep busy for another week… oy oy oy..

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I got my tickets for the Evanescence concert months ago… and promised Christina I was taking her with me. I always had a nagging feeling that it might not be the best idea. It’s not exactly Hillary Duff. So finally last week I told her that I wasn’t really sure if kids were allowed… knowing full well that they were likely NOT. Today I took a closer look at my ticket and noticed it did specify “adult” so I bit the bullet and told her that she couldn’t come with me. She wasn’t as upset as I thought but that’s only because she’s getting older and is not wanting to let on when she’s upset or hurt… that’s just not a good thing all around. We had a good long talk and she couldn’t understand why I was crying too… I felt so bad that I almost wanted to give both tickets away. But instead I decided to call my sister in law and share the trip with her instead. She was over-joyed. I have to find something for Christina and I to do now… she was really looking forward to taking the subway down to the Air Canada Center… last time she and her dad were watching a Leafs’ game he told her all about how that’s where the concert will be and they just cover the ice, blah blah blah. Poor little peanut. I think it’ll be easier to do it this way then to take her and (if we got in) to find that it was too much for her.
Tomorrow we’re off to my in-laws for a couple of days, then next week should prove interesting. The girls are both already bored… Chris will be heading back to work and the girls and I will have to find some sort of routine.
My grandmother had to spend Christmas in the hospital… no other news.

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I’ve gotta get smarter. I had a couple of drinks before supper and then as is my habit I put a LOT of broth on my potatoes. It was too fatty and well… I was lucky, I didn’t get sick but I felt totally flushed and nauseous.
We spent the day at my mom’s. My sister brought her new puppy. yipee-ky-yii-ayy. Whatever. I don’t care how cute the mutt is… I still hate dogs. The girls all had a great time there though. Chris is trying to build something with Christina with her new knex and then we’ll put them to bed. I can’t wait til morning to see how out of the way my dear husband has gone this year. I feel a lot better about the amount of toys we got the girls though. It is about half as much as last year.
I’m going to go grab a mint tea and then catch a few zzzzzs myself.

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so the title is announced. I think I’m going to stop listening to PotterCast though. HOLY SHIT. I am a fan but they are seriously in need of some help. I think to listen to them between now and the release of the final book would be a BIG mistake… they will sap all the enjoyment out of it. It’s one thing to get excited that the title was released, but it’s another to talk about what it could mean for like two hours. MuggleCast isn’t as bad but we’ll wait and see. The title is a little creepy though… leads me to think that the chances of Harry buying the farm are a lot higher then I had first thought….

I just ordered my in-laws’ gift… and in so doing finished my Christmas shopping. WOW. I will go back out to get stuff for the stockings but I’ve got something for everyone. Enough for the kids (God knows) and most if not all are actually thought out. Of course the girls keep coming up with new stuff they want now that they watch commercials… but I don’t feel any urge to go get them more. Heck I’ve even wrapped about half the stuff already.
Half the lights in our tree are not working… so we have two blocks of lights and two blocks of darkness. I don’t care though… we’re going to go buy some lights but only after the holiday craziness.
My grandmother got some news yesterday. No chance of surgery or radiation. It’s very much in her right lung. Her doctor was to call an oncologist yesterday to see if chemo was an option. Isn’t chemo = radiation?? I don’t know if I should tell the kids… I’ve told Christina that she has cancer but it’s still abstract to her… Abbie just knows she’s sick. It would be harder I suppose if she lived close by.

the latest news is that it is: Thoracic cancer. We have to wait for her follow up to see how advanced it is. I’m still at the stage where I refuse to think the worst because we have only a few shreds of information. She is in very good spirits and aside from a very persistent cough she is in good health. I’m not deluded into thinking that this will all go away but right now it’s at a 50-50 type of situation… we don’t know how advanced it is, if it’s treatable and all that stuff so what’s the sense of worrying?

As far as the holidays go… I’m almost done my shopping; just a few more things for my parents, my nieces and my in-laws and we’ll be all set. The main thing is that I don’t think I need to go back to Wal-Mart. Thank God. That place is a zoo. If I feel the urge to go to a department store I’ll go to Zellers on the other side of town where it doesn’t even feel like Christmas.

Christina had an awesome report card. But there was a note that she is easily distracted. I need to help her with that. She’s a daydreamer like her mom but she does get her work done… and I used to as well at her age. Up until about grade 5 I was always the first in my class. Chris isn’t dumb either so I have a feeling our girls will luck out in that department… I can only hope. As long as they know that if they work hard and exercise their brains they’ll be fine. Abbie gets a progress report instead of a report card and considering she’s only had about 30 school days instead of almost 70 for other students it’s kinda hard to get a real idea of what a kid is like. All it said was that Abbie was quiet and has yet to share some of her ideas. She’s made friends and likes to play with toys. Well d’hu. Oh well. At least she’s enjoying it.