So I've got a busy weekend ahead!
Tonite we're going to the Tiger Cat game ... let's hope it's a good one ... though its usually fun even if they don't win. Funny thing is that we've (my DH, DS and I) have never been sports fans in the past ... let alone football fans. It is a lot of fun going to the game now and as an added bonus I can talk to my Dad about it too!
Tomorrow I'm doing a 25K trail run the Run for the Toad which should be a BLAST! I'm doing it with my friend Karen in preparation for the BIG one next weekend - Chicago! Yep my 6th marathon ... and I'll be doing it with 40,000 of my closest friends!
Then on Sunday its church at Philpott followed by a trip to the Art Gallery of Ontario for the Catharine the Great show.
It should be busy at church too as I'm heading up one initiative that's part of our "Forty Days of Mercy" initiatve (check out the website here) . the initiative is based on the book "Ministries of Mercy" by Timothy Keller. It's a great book worth reading!
And then it's back to work ... ah well ...
I'll let you know what the toad is like later ..
~Shirley
Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Ordering from the States
So I ordered some books from a US website because it was cheaper to order direct from the publisher ... they came yesterday by UPS AND there was a $50 CDN COD duty charge! This is almost 1/2 of the price of the books!
Needless to say I sent them back. The UPS guy said that it happens all the time when people order from the States. Websites don't identify that there will be duty charges.
Hopefully they'll refund my order and I'll order from Amazon.ca or Chapters.ca ... no duty!
Live and learn!
~ Shirley
Needless to say I sent them back. The UPS guy said that it happens all the time when people order from the States. Websites don't identify that there will be duty charges.
Hopefully they'll refund my order and I'll order from Amazon.ca or Chapters.ca ... no duty!
Live and learn!
~ Shirley
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Girls Gone Raunch
Anyone out there read the cover article in the newest Maclean's Magazine? It's on a topic that I've been thinking about over the past few years.
It's about the "pornofication" of society and, more specifically, about how girls today are treating themselves worse than men used to before feminism. And how true that is ... have you seen teenage girls lately? Skimpy little tops, thongs hanging out ... to quote the article young girls are "doing their best to look the "skankiest," trying to "look as slutty, willing and wanton" as they could". The article also talks about girls putting on all sorts of displays to "get guys" and the author states this promotes the idea "that female sexuality should be about performance and not about pleasure."
I don't understand ... why on earth would this be wise? Why would you want to look like that. I highly doubt that they will get respect from anyone. Plus why on earth would you want to denigrate and cheapen what is a keystone to any longstanding relationship ... how can you be intimate with someone when sex is a performance and therefore meaningless? It's cheapening the act, the person and the relationship.
I'm soooooooo glad I don't have a girl!
~ Shirley
It's about the "pornofication" of society and, more specifically, about how girls today are treating themselves worse than men used to before feminism. And how true that is ... have you seen teenage girls lately? Skimpy little tops, thongs hanging out ... to quote the article young girls are "doing their best to look the "skankiest," trying to "look as slutty, willing and wanton" as they could". The article also talks about girls putting on all sorts of displays to "get guys" and the author states this promotes the idea "that female sexuality should be about performance and not about pleasure."
I don't understand ... why on earth would this be wise? Why would you want to look like that. I highly doubt that they will get respect from anyone. Plus why on earth would you want to denigrate and cheapen what is a keystone to any longstanding relationship ... how can you be intimate with someone when sex is a performance and therefore meaningless? It's cheapening the act, the person and the relationship.
I'm soooooooo glad I don't have a girl!
~ Shirley
Monday, September 26, 2005
Welcome to MY World
Well, this is my first blog ... but undoutbedly not my last. I've read blogs for a while now and decided to make my own foray into the blog world.
What shall I tell you about me?
Well I'm 42 years young, 5'9", live in Hammertown, Ontario, happily married with a 10 year old son who's the apple of my eye.
I work in Organization Development and have a large social conscience. I'm a rather devout Christian though I'm still fairly new and I LOVE watching movies.
Fave TV shows are the dearly departed Six Feet Under (my absolute favourite), pretty much any CSI, and not a whole lot else.
I sorely miss the CBC and wish that both sides would settle! I miss Andy and Jill and Kevin and Jim in the morning (though it was nice to hear them on UofT radio) and Matt Galloway in the afternoon and Peter and Rex and Keith Boag and all the rest on The National.
Oh yeah ... and why ebenezer's thoughts? Well my user name for practically everything is ebenezer and not for Ebenezer Scrooge. Ebenezer as in 1 Samuel 7:12 "Samuel took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah. He named it "Ebenezer" the stone of help for he said, "Up to this point the Lord has helped us." And he has! For more details on this ebenezer click here
Ah well ... I suppose that's enough for now ...
See you later
~ Shirley
What shall I tell you about me?
Well I'm 42 years young, 5'9", live in Hammertown, Ontario, happily married with a 10 year old son who's the apple of my eye.
I work in Organization Development and have a large social conscience. I'm a rather devout Christian though I'm still fairly new and I LOVE watching movies.
Fave TV shows are the dearly departed Six Feet Under (my absolute favourite), pretty much any CSI, and not a whole lot else.
I sorely miss the CBC and wish that both sides would settle! I miss Andy and Jill and Kevin and Jim in the morning (though it was nice to hear them on UofT radio) and Matt Galloway in the afternoon and Peter and Rex and Keith Boag and all the rest on The National.
Oh yeah ... and why ebenezer's thoughts? Well my user name for practically everything is ebenezer and not for Ebenezer Scrooge. Ebenezer as in 1 Samuel 7:12 "Samuel took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah. He named it "Ebenezer" the stone of help for he said, "Up to this point the Lord has helped us." And he has! For more details on this ebenezer click here
Ah well ... I suppose that's enough for now ...
See you later
~ Shirley
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