I love spring. The former owners of my house were kind enough to plant some nice flowers.  Unfortunately my flowers are apparently so nice, that someone liked them enough to cut off a few of them and make them their own.  How rude.     It doesn't matter that I planned on cutting a few myself to give to my Mom for Mother's Day, the thief probably cut off the best looking ones. I took pictures of my flowers today, just in case any more of them go missing.  At least I can enjoy the pictures long after the flowers are done blooming, or long after someone else decides to take them home.  Oh well, I guess that's the price you pay for living so close to the street.

   

After looking at houses all summer we've finally found one we REALLY want to buy. It has 3 bedrooms, a paved driveway, a garage and big beautiful maple trees in the front and back yard. The inside needs some work, but there's plenty of potential in this gorgeous 80 year old home with its antique mouldings and baseboards.  When we first made our offer we told the realtor that what ever it takes we want it.  We did a tour of the house on Monday, our offer got faxed through to the lawyers on Tuesday, and on Wednesday we met with the mortgage broker to put the purchase in motion.  We're just waiting to hear back from the bank.

     

Use song titles to describe yourself.

The Wallflowers 

Are you female or male:: Josephine  
Describe yourself::  I Wish I Felt Nothing
How do some people feel about you::  One Headlight
How do you feel about yourself::  Invisible City 
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend:: 6th Avenue Heartache 
Describe where you want to be::  The Difference
Describe what you want to be::  Three Marlenas
Describe how you live::  Angel on My Bike
Describe how you love:: Laughing out Loud
Share a few words of wisdom::  God Don't Make Lonely Girls 
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*****Update: October 13th, 2005
Well they didn't accept Kevin's offer, and now we're glad they didn't. *bbbpppppft* The house was cute, but way too small. The guy still wants $70,000 for only half a house.

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Kevin and I have viewed at least 6 houses in our area and so far they've all been either too small or too big. While viewing the realtor's website a few weeks back I came across a cute little "looks just like half a split-entry" house just outside of town that seemed out of our price range, so while I stored it in the back of my mind we kept looking for something else. But after visiting other houses and seeing our disappointment grow more with each one, we asked the real estate agent about the tiny "half-a" house and wondered when we could view it.  If it weren't for the 1.49 acres, and large garage out back we probably wouldn't have given the place a second thought.  Kevin immediately saw the potential to put an addition on the house and double the value, and after viewing both the house and garage inside and out we made an offer.  Although the house is tiny, it's solidly built. We were most impressed with the garage/workshop out back that must be easily worth a lot of money. We're still waiting to hear back from the realtor to find out whether the man who owns the place will accept our offer of $50,000.

***Update: October 13, 2005

We made an offer on the house afterall. Or at least we suggested what the house was REALLY worth, but they turned us down. So foooey on them... We found a better house so nyaaah! 



Hiya,

Kevin and I are looking for somewhere to live with more space.  Our one bedroom apartment suddenly becomes way too small when his daughters come to visit on the weekend.  A two bedroom apartment would be ok, but we'd much rather have a house. There are at least a dozen houses for sale in our area but only 3 or so in our price range. We've looked at a couple of them, and although they're both rather small, one of them has caught our interest.  It has two bedrooms, but the second bedroom is still too small to be anything more than an office. On the plus side, it's freshly painted throughout, the bathroom has been redone, and the appliances (fridge, stove, and dishwasher) are included. The house is vacant and was a bank reposession, and since the bank is eager to sell, it's being fixed up and made fit to buy. We drove by the house this evening and all the lights were on, and there were several vehicles in the driveway; so I guess the work is continuing. I hope they fix the plumbing problem... (the pipes froze and split back in Dec.).. including the holes in the livingroom wall and bathroom floor.  If it weren't for those issues Kevin might have made an offer right away.

My Kevin

Kevin and his two daughters, Amber and Leanne at Victoria Park in Truro, Nova Scotia.

 

Hi everybody,

I guess 3 months was a long enough wait for a new post.  Y'all must be itchin' to find out wha's been happnin'.  Well I quit my job at the call center after my six weeks of training was up.  The stress of being tied to my phone all day while trying to fix customers' complaints, finally got to me and I needed out.  As it was I was facing a shift change that would put me working til 2am, as well as receiving coaching for my lackluster sales performance.  The pressure to make a sale with every call was really chaffing my hide.  Although I quit my job back in February, the company continued to pay me every 2 weeks up until the 24th of March.  I suppose the last few paychecks were just vacation pay, and whatever bonuses I might have accrued during my six weeks with the call center.  I really got a kick out of the whopping bonus they gave me on the 24th of March of $1.24.  I just had to giggle at the pay stub when it came in the mail.  I wonder how many other people quit after their training was up?  I bet the prospect of working nights for the next six months gave many people second thoughts. *sigh* I'll miss the pay though. I was due to receive a dollar/hour pay raise if I stuck with it.  But anyway it's all over and done now, and there's nothing I can do about it.  Moving on to ther things....  I'm still living with Kevin, and April 2nd marked our 4th month together.  As a Valentine's Day  present he gave me an engagement ring.    We're hoping to get married next year, though we haven't set a date yet.  Back in March my sisters, Mom and I headed into the Halifax Casino for my sister Kim's birthday weekend. It's kind of a tradition I guess, since this was the 3rd Casino/Birthday trip we've taken.  I had fun, but I would have enjoyed myself more if Kevin could have gone with us.  He's never been to the Casino, and I wanted so badly to introduce it to him. I didn't win any money while I was there, but for me the best part of these trips was always going to the liquor store and then going back to the room to have a good time.  Also I looked forward to dressing up and going out for Kim's birthday dinner.  This year we just bought KFC and went back to the room instead.  That saved us money in the long run, but I still missed the atmosphere of having a nice dinner out with the girls.  When the weekend in Halifax was over,  and since it was such a beautiful day I convinced Kevin to take his daughters out for a nice Sunday drive.  There was a car for sale out in Fall River that Kevin had wanted to take a look at, so I figured a drive out by the lake on a sunny Sunday afternoon would be a nice way to fill up some time before he had to take his girls home again.  He ended up buying a different car a couple of weeks later. 

Yesterday was my sister Krista's birthday, and when she dropped by to visit today she invited me out shopping.  I guess she's anxious to spend the birthday money she received. 
Well that's about all for now I guess, I want to grab some lunch before my sister comes to pick me up in about half an hour.

TA TA...


P.S. (Happy Belated Birthday Heather...  I missed your birthday on the 13th.)

Last week I started training at my new job at a call center.  I work for Convergys, they handle accounts for Sprint PCS in the United States.  So the next time you call into Sprint with questions about your account, you just might be talking to me. :)   Although I'm still in training for the rest of the month, I'm anxious to get out on the production floor and handle some customer calls.  I still have a lot of learning to do when it comes to customer Bills, which we'll be going into next week, but after listening in on a few phone calls on Friday afternoon I'm itching to talk to real customers instead of just computer simulated ones.  This past week and a half my training class and I have been forced into information overload.  We all need to be completely versed in Sprint PCS procedures, devices/handsets, customer account handling, and courteous customer service.  And with a passing mark of 85% for the training course, we're all under a lot of pressure to succeed.  I overheard on Friday that about 90% of the trainees from past training courses drop out after their 2nd week of production because they can't handle the customers.  I'm not letting that intimidate me though, because the more training I do, the more I find I'm enjoying the job.  I love to help people, so I'm going to do my best to do so, before I have to escalate a call to a supervisor or other customer service rep.  I hope most of my training class passes the course, so that I'll automaticaly have at least 15 friends at the company.  Although I'm looking forward to ending my training, it's the hours I'll be working that will take some getting used to.  My training classes go from 7am to 3:30pm, but my regular work hours are all going to be afternoon to after midnight shifts.  On the upside though, I won't need to get up at 5am to go to work.  My sister has also been accepted into training at Convergys. Her training doesn't start until the end of January, but hopefully we'll have some shifts together.  It would be great if we could travel together. :)

Well the Double Dating thing didn't really pan out.  Although I like Kevin M. and it would be great to be his friend, there just wasn't the right chemistry between us.  He hasn't callled me since our second date, and last week I saw him out with another chicky, so I guess he's moved on.  Which is fine with me, because I've also moved on. :)  And get this, his name is also Kevin.  So yeah, I guess I was destined to be with a Kevin all along.  Again it was another fix up by my older sister.  I guess he walked into the Hardware Store one day to say Hello, and just happened to ask her if she knew any nice single women.  And she's like "Yeah, my sister, give her a call."  So she calls me from work, telling me to expect a call.  I was terribly nervous, and the first time he called I was afraid to answer. When he called again a few minutes later, I figured I'd give in to my curiousity.  We arranged to meet for coffee on Thursday morning.  When Thursday came along I was a nervous wreck all over again. I kept thinking.."what will he look like?.. will we both be too shy to talk and just sit there in silence? .. will he like me?"  Since it was a babysitting week, and the kids just happened to be home from school that day, I eventually got them both up and ready to spend the day with my Mum.  My plan was to take them to my house around 8:30am, and then head back down to my sister's house to get showered and all dolled up to meet him at 10.  The plan went out the window when I arrived back at my house with the kids and discovered that my car had a flat tire.  I was all bummed thinking that I'd have to cancel. So I called Kevin and tried to postpone, but he insisted on picking me up where I was. So after giving him directions, I rushed around with my stomach full of butterflies and got ready to go.  I could hardly wait to meet him, so as soon as I was showered and dressed I went down to the end of the driveway to wait.  He picked me up around 10, and after a little bit of idle chit-chat during the drive, we arrived at the coffee shop.  He bought me a hot chocolate, him a coffee and we sat down.  We were both a little nervous, but the conversation flowed easily between us.  We talked about the weather, and other light conversational topics for about 2 hours.  Thankfully he likes to talk so there weren't any of those uncomfortable silences, and as our time together went on we became more comfortable with eachother.  When he brought me home around Noon he asked me if I was busy on Saturday, and if not would I like to see a movie.  I agreed to a second date, and so he picked me up at 6 pm.  Fully expecting to take the date further than just a movie I stashed a few items in my purse, in case things went well.. ( a condom, some flavoured lube, massage oil).  We went to see National Treasure, which wasn't too bad a movie, and near the end of the movie he put his arm around me and started rubbing my shoulders. I hadn't expected that, and his touch was more than welcome. After the movie we stopped at a drive-thru for hot chocolate and then drove around for a while looking at Christmas lights.  Apparently he had promised my sister that he'd behave himself and when he told me that I thought.."Oh great, we'll just drive around for a while and then he'll take me home, and that'll be it."  The movie was over at 9pm, and after driving through several counties looking at the lights for 2 hours,  we headed back.  I wasn't in any hurry to end the date yet, so as we neared the street where he lived I asked him if I could stop in and use his bathroom.  We ended up spending the rest of the night cuddled up together under a blanket, watching television.  Finally around 6am Sunday morning, I fell asleep on the sofa.  I'm not sure he slept much at all. Around noon he woke me up and asked me what I wanted for lunch.  He's such a sweet guy, and gracious host. I was so touched by the attention he gave me. He cooked me some lunch. I find the domestic man, soooo sexy.   Then we returned to the sofa and he held me in his arms for the rest of the day while we watched TV.  After sharing a supper we'd prepared together, he whispers in my ear that I was welcome to spend another night.  I told him I had no intention of leaving. As the night went on, his touch became more adventurous and so did mine.  Anticipating a lot more to come, I asked him if I could take a quick shower to freshen up.  He lent me one of his shirts to wear, and after my shower we returned to the sofa and our little make-out session.  Around 11pm, he started to nod off from not getting much sleep from the night before and we retired to the bedroom.  Although the attraction between us during the night had been strong, he still promised to behave himself, and not pressure me into anything.  After spending a few minutes, vainly trying to sleep, he admitted he was suddenly wide awake.  I was too horny to sleep myself.  But instead of a torrid night of sex, he was patient enough to spend over an hour just caressing my body, massaging my back, giving me light kisses.  I felt so good all over, but I couldn't take it anymore, and pulled off my underwear and encouraged him to take it further.  We fooled around a bit and fell asleep around 2am.  He woke me up around 9, with a hug and more sweet caressing, which led to oral sex.  It's been a long time since I've had so much "just me time" in bed with a guy.  We stayed in bed till 11:30, neither one of us wanting it to end.  I decided it was time for me to go home, since our date had started Saturday and it was suddenly Monday and if anything I needed to change my clothes and let people know where I'd been all weekend.  We made plans for the rest of the week, he's having me over Tuesday night for dinner, he wants to make me a pot roast.  *giggle* And Friday he's taking me Christmas shopping.