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Thursday, April 29, 2004


People always talk about being able to hear the crickets chirping. Well at our house, as the night becomes quiet, what we hear is the frogs. They are the loudest little things! Anyway, our cat likes to go out and sit on the deck at night, and up until recently this was no problem. But then spring brought out the frogs, and their noise scares the cat half to death. He comes tearing into the house, across the upstairs, down the stairs, and either into my brother's room, or the family room. 'Course about 20mins later he'll be back out on the deck and repeat the cycle, until someone picks him up and locks him away in Dan's room for the night. Tonight, I was downstairs in the living room watching B5 (PS: Thanks Shades and Raven!) when I heard the tell-tale pattering of Dali streaking across the upstairs. As expected, seconds later he came shooting down the stairs and into the family room. Where he proceeded to run into an open cupboard door.

Never claimed to have an intelligent cat.

posted by Pixie at 8:52 PM




Wednesday, April 21, 2004


The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:

The Good: Getting to spend two days with my best friend, getting horribly lost, having a blast, and sharing fabulous stories.
The Bad: Totally not being prepared for yesterday's Mini class, after being distracted by Banff.
The Ugly: Worst class I have /ever/ taught.

The Good: Two words - Ani concert. *sighs and melts into little puddle of happiness*
The Bad: Not being able to actually meet Ani, despite our attempts.
The Ugly: Big jumble of lost-ness happening after, but not, as it may have been reported, because of baby elk.

The Good: Moonlight.
The Bad: Waking up in the morning.
The Ugly: Very long car ride after that.

The Good: Finishing reading Wicked.
The Bad: Finished reading Wicked.
The Ugly: Desperate yearnings to see the musical now.

The Good: Going to see South Pacific tonight with the Chorus Line crew. Whee!
The Bad: Having last night's Chorus Line rehersal cancelled, after missing the last two.
The Ugly: ((This one actually flickers back and forth from being 'good' and 'bad' and 'ugly' but for today, it falls under this category.)) Looking forward to the next four months of emotionally painful rehersals, and metting the next Maggie. Grr.

The Good: The colour of my hair, and Peanut Butter's eventually, turning out nicely.
The Bad: My hair not coming out as dark as expected.
The Ugly: According to Peanut Butter and her Nana, the unfortunate orange stage inbetween.

The Good: Buying lots of secondhand books at the book sale on the weekend.
The Bad: No more bookshelf space.
The Ugly: Sacrificing sleeping time to read all of these books now.

The Good: My chiropractor is back at work after his injury. Yay!
The Bad: My jaw still hurts, despite his work.
The Ugly: Having to go back on Monday.

The Good: Colette doesn't have an ulcer, hernia, or any life-threating illnesses, according to the tests.
The Bad: They haven't been able to actually figure out what's wrong with Colette.
The Ugly: She has to take a bunch more tests until they figure something conclusive out.


posted by Pixie at 10:11 AM




Thursday, April 15, 2004


Pixie's Child Wrangling Journal

Day Four: The house is still. The only sound is the buzzing of my computer, and the vague memories of screaming children. As you may have guessed, the girls have gone home. Not happily, I might add, but they have indeed left. And I have a whole hour to myself before I have to leave for school. Yay! So my child wrangling is at an end. Four days, three sleep-less nights, and I have survived. I have proven taht I can, in fact, take the pressure, the stress, the lack of sleep, and come out a better person for it. I've been hugged, and kissed, and drooled on, and thrown up on, and I perservered. I survived. Mwahahaha. So this will be the last entry of the child wrangling journal, until the next time I am called upon. So good day to you all. I return you now to your regularily scheduled life. - Pixie, Professional Child Wrangler!

posted by Pixie at 10:19 AM




Wednesday, April 14, 2004


Pixie's Child Wrangling Journal

Day Three: Ahhh, silence. Smallest Thing has been put to bed, and Larger Trouble and Aunty Fiona went to the play park. Oh blessed silence. How I have missed thee. Although, on the whole things haven't been /so/ bad. S.T has been a bit of a pill today, but I blame our rude four am wake up for that. L.T. had a nightmare and woke us all up with her screeching. Blah. Four in the morning is waaaay too god-awfully early to be awake. Other than that, the day has been rather uneventful. Games played, movies watched, food eaten, etc, etc. Really the high point of my day has been S.T. going down like a little angel. Let us hope it lasts. Also, let us hope we are not awoken at four a.m. again. This is Pixie, siging off. Going to do something intresting and child-free - like take a shower. Night!

posted by Pixie at 5:12 PM




Tuesday, April 13, 2004


Pixie's Child Wrangling Journal

Day Two: It's quiet now. Eeerily quiet. Actually there are the occasional shrieks from the end of the hall. I worry that my mother may be suffering at the hands of The Smallest Thing. The Larger Trouble is occupied downstairs. The story of a princess enthralls her, but who knows how long this peace will last. A moment to myself now. Time to ready myself for the trials of the day ahead. Clothing is picked up, beds made, dishes back to the kitchen to wash. But hark, what's that I hear? I am called forth. Adieu, good friends, adieu.

posted by Pixie at 7:02 AM




Sunday, April 11, 2004


((Written late last night after getting home from Star and Eric's wedding reception. Therefor 'today' is Saturday, not whenever it says I posted it.))

Today I...

Today I walked my best friend down the aisle, kissed her cheek, and told her I loved her.
Today I gave a speech, on no notice, that had all the words I would have wanted in it, and wished them joy in appropriate amounts, and warm nights of story by the fire.
Today I danced many time with many people. Slow and loving, fast and free, small and twirling.
Today I accepted compliments on my appearance and actually believed what they were telling me.
Today I considered falling back into love, and vetoed the idea.
Today I was in extraordinary pain, and ignored it for things deemed more important.
Today I listened to a friend who needed a shoulder, and offered to beat her boyfriend for her.
Today I saw genuine, loving, brave smiles surround me.
Today I felt needed.
Today I lived.

posted by Pixie at 11:03 AM




Friday, April 09, 2004


Professional child wrangler.

I think it'll sound fabulous on resume.

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In other news, I have a wonderful new shirt. It's pink, has Tinkerbell on it, and says 'Pixie Sweet.' My friends know me so very very well. Thank you Avril! Love you.

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In other other news, for all those following the drama that is Pixie's role in 'A Chorus Line,' the saga seems to have come to close - for now at least. And it ended badly, if I may say so myself. I didn't get the Maggie part, much to my heartbreaking dissappointement. But, I think that in time, this wound shall heal, and I'll be able to go to rehearsals again without wanting to kill somebody. Preferably the stupid stupid people who decided my voice "wasn't strong enough." Blargh.

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Other other other news ((hmm, I ought to update more often apparently)), my wrist has stil not healed. I hate it, it should die. Rarr.

That is all, for now. Stay tuned next week for Pixie's adventures in mothering.

Oh, and happy birthday Lizbits.

posted by Pixie at 3:38 PM




Sunday, April 04, 2004


Just got home. 202 new messages.

It's disgusting really. Of that 202 messages, 5 were actual emails. Of those 5 emails, 3 were daily digest type emails. Of the last 2 emails, 1 was from my mother.

In four days, I recieved exactly 1 email of anything intresting. I hate email. It should die.

Grr.

posted by Pixie at 1:43 PM