So beautiful to look at. So easy to annoy.

Here is an email I received from a former co-worker of mine - she often sends me these overtly religious emails because she has found religion again and she thinks I should, however, I have some problems with this one. Read the email below (unfortunately, transfering it didn't keep the over-emphasis on words with sizing and fonts and colours) and then my remarks. I am sure you will agree.

THE LAW IS THE LAW!
I really love this one. This is one of the better e-mails I have received in a long time! I hope this makes its way around Canada several times over! So Be It!

THE LAW IS THE LAW So if the Canadian government determines that it is against the law for the words 'under God' to be on our money, then, so be it.

And if that same government decides that the 'Ten Commandments' are not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it. I say, 'so be it,'
because I would like to be a law abiding CDN citizen. I say, 'so be it,'
because I would like to think that smarter people than I are in positions to make good decisions.
I would like to think that those people have the Canadian public's best interests at heart.

BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I'D LIKE? Since we can't pray to God, can't Trust in God and cannot post His Commandments in Government buildings, I don't believe the Government and its employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of Canadian life.

I'd like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving, & Easter.After all, it's just another day.

I'd like the 'CDN Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter as well as Sundays.' After all, it's just another day.

I'd like the Senate and the House of Commons to not have to worry about getting home for the'Christmas Break'.After all it's just another day.

I'm thinking that a lot of my taxpayer dollars could be saved,if all government offices & services would work on Christmas,Good Friday & Easter. It shouldn't cost any overtime since those would be just like any other day of the week to a government that is trying to be 'politically correct.'

In fact.... I think that our government should work on Sundays(initially set aside for worshipping God...)because, after all, our government says that it should be just another day....

What do you all think???? If this idea gets to enough people, maybe our elected officials will stop giving in to the 'minority opinions' and begin, once again, to represent the 'MAJORITY' of ALL of the Canadian people. SO BE IT...........

Please Dear Lord, Give us the help needed to keep you in our country!'Amen' and 'Amen '

These are definitely things I never thought about but from now on, I will be sure to question those in government who support these changes. At the top, it says 'I hope this makes its way aroundCANADA several times over!!!!!' Let's see that it does.Amen and Amen!

Okay, so here are my thoughts, assuming I was a government worker -
"Under God" on Canadian money? - When did that happen? I thought we were all about the monarchy and God Save the Queen. The Americans are all about god, having denounced the monarchy in order to worship the hierarchy.

Have Canadians ever had the 10 commandments in a government building? I know the states have had this, but did Canada? Now if you tried to remove the queen from a government building - that's going to be controversial.

So my initial thoughts are someone mistakening sent an American-centric email to Canada and someone thought they would just change the country and it would all work. Ha, not quite.

Next, the holidays-
Christmas - I celebrate a time to thank my friends for all their assistance and caring throughout the year, plus it is a time to celebrate the snowman, the Santa and of course, all the little people. Add to that it is close to winter solstice, Hanukah, etc - most people celebrate something at that time of year (the minority don't) so give me the dang days off - PLUS - the schools get a couple weeks off - so, increase my days off.

Good Friday - after 2 -3 months of no holidays, give me a dang day off already, I don't care what we are celebrating - I just need a holiday.

Easter - celebrating the coming of spring, the wondrous fertility of the bunny and chocolate - do you really want to condone a holiday that is most celebratory of chocolate?!? Do you want to get between people and their chocolate? Not me, give me the dang day off.

Thanksgiving - remind me what this holiday has to do with God - last I checked, thanksgiving was a time to give thanks for all that is in our life, to celebrate the end of harvest and the bounty that the earth has provided. Give me the dang day off.

Sundays – government workers get all weekends off, because they already give their blood, sweat and tears 5 days of week. The law states people need two days off a week - mental health states people need time off - so bite me and give me my dang weekends off.

Majority - who is to say the majority of people follow god, and not allah, or jesus, or buddha, or goddess, etc. If it were up to me, I would follow the school system of holidays more - two weeks off at Christmas, two months off at summer, a multitude of holidays due to PD days - we could have time off whenever the governments are in session, spring break, and gosh - I want shorter days too. Most kids are in school 9-3. Sounds fair to me.

And finally, if you don’t give government workers days off, then see what happens. The taxpayers will be paying deeply out of their pockets for sick days, medical accommodations and stress leave. Let alone all that unproductive time spent lamenting about sicknesses and stress and having to temporarily fill those jobs.

But hey, that is just my thoughts. ;)

Everybody is beautiful on the inside. If you think bones and guts are beautiful.

I swear I could go to bed right now. I just feel like crap. I think I burnt the top of my head too. That is what I get for trying to keep active while at work – go for a couple of walks in this weather and the next thing you know, the head is a bit red and a headache forms and you’re bloody tired and despite it being almost 7, I am ready for bed. It hasn’t helped that I am so tired I am uninterested in food (though I really need to eat). I also came home and I just HAD to change the bedding (it is laundry night). And of course being me, I didn’t just change the bedding, no, I stripped the bed down to the mattress, turned the bed and I am currently washing the duvets, the blankets, the mattress covers, sheets and pillowcases. And after ALL of that, I need to still do the two loads of regular laundry. Someone just put me to bed now. Sighhhh.

I HATE this heat. That goodness for the wind. I have so many windows open, trying to get the cool breeze in here.

Depression hit again this week. It didn’t help when D mentioned that adventure was missing from our lives. Really – I don’t know where people get this idea – but adventure is nowhere near my middle name. I am not big on the traveling. I think a perfect holiday is just getting out of the city where I can sit in a comfy chair (hammock) all day, just reading, then a delicious fire cooked supper (usually hot dogs and marshmallows) and then a lovely sleep in the fresh country air. Remember my greatest place to live would be a cabin in the woods where no one can bother me. Does ANY of this sound like adventure? Of course, what even holds me back from these dreams is the never-ending list of to-dos around the house. During the wonderful work meetings last week, when I was bored out of my gourd, I wrote 3 pages of things that needed to be done – and we aren’t talking merely wash windows, wash floors – we are talking wash specific room windows, wash specific floors, weed specific areas, etc. I think part of my dream of having a harem is so that I have someone elses to assist me with the chores. Maybe with more help I can get a chance to relax more and take those restful breaks. Instead, I pack as much cleaning as I can in, so that I can’t completely stop and rest, stop and relax, stop and just be me.

Am I sick of being with me? I don’t think so – I love being with me. I have wonderful conversations in my head. I have a wicked sense of humor that I enjoy. I just find that I am unsatisfied. I seem to get bored and though a part of me has all these great ideas of projects I want to do, I just can’t seem to get motivated enough to start. Goodness, you should see my house right now. The kitchen counter is full of dishes. My office is so cluttered with piles (still haven’t found a solution to store things since I gave away the dresser). I don’t want to be at home, but I really have nowhere else to go. I am trying not to spend money so the renos can get done. I don’t want to give up a life for the renos, but part of me wonders what life would I be giving up. What life do I have now? Hey no getting mad at me, I already mentioned I was depressed. I soooooo want to go spend money. Ah that little rebellious bitch in me. Gotta love her.

Ooh – laundry stopped – must change loads – be back soon… Oops – overloaded the washer a bit – gotta spin half that load again. Heehee.

So where was I? Oh yeah - spending money. It's that middle point of renos that drives you crazy. We are working on the outside of the house and it is just waiting for the weather to stabilize and for the contractors to be available. And part of me just wants something to be done - paint on the front hall wall. A floor for my office. New blinds for the dining room. I just want - almost Need - to do something that gets done. Something I can look at and feel accomplished. And it can't be chore related because two days later and you may as well start all over again.

Well, all the bedding has all been in the washer now. Only the two loads of clothes to do yet. Whew!

Does someone want to come over and clean my house? Yeah – me neither. How about come over and cook? I thought not. Sighhhh. However, I have done a few things today that make me feel a bit productive. So maybe, just maybe I will get up the energy to do some of the other things that NEED to be done just for the sake of my sanity.

On that note, I think I shall sign off and try to do something.

Nobody ever suspects me...

Ed Stalmach is a bloody idiot. Oh I know, that is not really news, but he supposedly down played the killing of 500 birds in the ‘oil sands’ by saying that 20,000 birds are killed annually in wind turbines, so it is not that big of a deal. What the?!? It’s days like these when I wonder why I didn’t get a job as a political assassin.

No, instead I get to be a quality assurance person. I get to be the person who is the bearer of bad news, the ‘let the air out of your sails’ person, the one who uses words like ‘incident’, ‘situation’, ‘concern’, ‘problem’ and ‘dilemma.’ Don’t get me wrong. Most of the time I love the ferreting out of a situation and seeing how it started and grew and finding a solution. But sometimes, just sometimes, I feel like everyone sees me as the bad person and I notice they flinch each time I knock.

Lately, I have spent a lot of time ferreting out little situations and trying to resolve them. And of course, when only a part of the surrounding staff has a problem, the rest get annoyed when you have to address all of them to make sure that everyone is on the same page. I feel bad to a certain point about the people who are having difficulties, but what annoys me more is the person who comes over to whine at me that she shouldn’t have to deal with this crap because she understands, when in reality, she has greater problems to be dealt with than some of the others. Sighhhh.

I think I am losing my mind just a bit. I found a pair of my socks in the living room (understandable, they were from yesterday), I found a pair of socks in the office (I believe those are from Tuesday), but I also found a pair on the tool shelf and I can’t think of when I put those there or how long they have been there. Or why they were there in the first place? Hmmmm…

Did you watch Supernatural last week? If not, it was quite amusing, though the theme song has been playing in my head quite a bit since I watched it. “Ghost – Ghostfacers!” Heehee.

Oops – sounds like the laundry is done - guess I should move along and change it around. Yeah – that means it is almost bedtime. Whoohoo!