Month: November 2024

What kind of items fill your bookshelves?

An extensive collection of Agatha, Christie, Jane Austen, Elizabeth, Peters and Sue Grafton novels. The bookshelves that belong to me are filled with TONS of mystery writers. On the other bookshelves, my husband’s, there are many books by Wilbur Smith, Simon Scarrow, and from the William Johnstone; as well as a few eclectic books. On one there are a ton of board games that haven’t been touched in years because my husband doesn’t like to play board games and my son is only three months old. On top of each bookshelf are a collection of knickknacks that I didn’t want our cats to get at. Additionally, on all of them there is a very thin layer of dust from a lack of caring about cleaning in the basement. We have so many bookshelves and to be honest we need to pick up a few more. Gotta love the classic Billy bookshelf from IKEA. It’s affordable and hold a lot of stuff. This is not an ad but if you saw our basement, it would be.

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What was the last puzzle you worked on?

I did a lot of puzzles during the “COVID times.” I really enjoy them. I only like to do the 500 or 750 piece puzzles. If I have to I’ll do one that’s 1000 pieces but any more than that and it’s just too much. Also, sometimes my obsessive compulsive shows itself, so once I start I want to fully finish it. So, if it’s 1000 pieces, I’ll stay at for hours and hours to the point where I won’t sleep. I think the last one I did was either a seed package that I framed or the upside down puzzle of our dog that a client gave to us. My husband isn’t a fan of puzzles so I have to do them on my own. Basically, that’s the literal answer. However, the figurative answer is: “how do I solve the issue of low engagement in school life activities?” It is a very tricky puzzle that I’m working on because basically, how do you get people to care?, how do you compete with the instant gratification of a phone?, how do you come up with fresh exciting activities and prizes when there is zero input from the vested parties but yet they complain school isn’t fun?

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Describe your most recent dream that you can remember.

I can’t really remember a recent dream in detail; only just short little fragments. That’s really not a compelling journal entry story wise. Although here’s a list of things I sometimes dream about. 

-My husband and I split up

-I’m teaching a class and it’s either going really well or terribly nothing in between

-A day in my life that I already live but sometimes I make different decisions and I see how it plays out

-Traveling

-Plants

-I am falling, and I wake myself up with a start as I hit the ground 

-Mundanely doing chores

Such wild dreams, eh? 

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Describe in detail a float, you have seen in a parade.

Perfectly decorated; painstakingly!
Animal balloons. 
Ribbons, bunting, crêpe paper.
All vibrantly, 
decked out, fully. 
Exciting! 

Fear of the clowns cycling past. 
Laughter from the crowd. 
Oohhs &
Aahhs.
Traffic blocked off.

Marching bands 
executing 
manoeuvres 
Organized,
rhythmic 
Yay!

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Are you a sports fan? Do you watch or participate? Which sports?

I am not a sports fan at all. I was never raised to be and I only ever participated in volleyball and basketball at school and when I say school, I mean elementary school. The competition was too steep in high school and I was too intimidated to even try out. In elementary school no one was turned away; which is nice because you can learn some skills and try the sport out in a low stakes situation. I did the obligatory swimming lessons and I did enjoy my skating lessons. I never kept up with either of them’ too afraid of drowning (which is counter-intuitive because you think that would be the impetus to practice) and too afraid of falling and breaking a bone. These are two sports that my son is MOST DEFINITELY going to keep up with. In terms of watching sports; I only watch hockey when my husband puts on a game or we have friends over. But I love watching the Olympics both summer and winter and I watch whatever I can from them. I also enjoy the Calgary Stampede; the chuckwagon races in particular. When my husband and I first got together he was playing slo-pitch so I would go an watch him play. I am not a gambler but I do love participating in the March Madness pool or the Stanley Cup Playoff pool at work. I even won the March Madness pool once, but that was a total fluke. Technically, I won twice but COVID hit and I was the only paid entry so they deemed me the winner.

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