She works hard for the money...

So hard for it, honey.

I'm terrible. I keep meaning to come back here and write, but I don't. I will never give up on WCaT; I just got caught up in school and work and life and whatnot.

I promise, I promise, I promise, I'll write. Hopefully, people will come back to me... baby, we'll paint the town red.

I'm going to have a few finished knitting projects, and I'll get them snapped and posted.

And, I also have big news... today, I picked up my first driver's licence. For reals! I'm now a driver. Beep, beep!

iPod pick ~ 'Drive My Car' - The Beatles.

Fourth time an auntie

My older sister, Beulah, went and had herself another baby. A boy! A perfect, wonderful, boy. I'm going to call him Sam in this blog. He was born on July 13th. The family is thrilled, seeing as we've had 18 girls born since 1969, and only one boy.

Sam's already a star.

The whole family was home for the week. I'm here until Tuesday. Mads and the kids head back to Atlanta in the morning. I'm going to miss them.

Caleb is back in town... we're going to Bettie's wedding this weekend! I'm pretty excited to see them. I got the best wedding present ever; I'll post a link to it on Sunday.

I was out with DeeDee, Bianca, and Frenchie the other night. It was great to see them. I don't get out much these days in Charlottetown. I've had a shithouse past few months; hopefully, things are going to start coming up Jaichan!

iPod pick - 'Beautiful Boy' John Lennon

All Haligonians... please help!

I lost my little red coin purse in the back of an independent cab. I just got a lift home from a 'Breakaway Cab' in Halifax to Dartmouth. I called 411 for the number, but it wasn't registered. There wasn't much in the purse; it's more of sentimental value. I don't care about the change; please help me track down the cab!

xo j

We taught the rat with a baseball bat

Hahaha. Misheard lyrics still make me laugh.

So, I tried to make it back to Dartmouth this morning. I got on the bus, and was told the Confederation Bridge was closed to high-sided vehicles) due to high winds. Bah. We got all the way out there, and it still wasn't open for buses. 

Back to Charlottetown I went.

Tomorrow, I will try again.

I was sadness. I wanted to get back today so I could go a knittin' with the gals in Dartmouth. It wasn't meant to be. I do have a burp cloth on the needles for my nephew - I hope it will be done by the time he arrives. 

If I'm not in Halifax by 1 pm tomorrow, keep your eye out on the water. I'll swim if I have to.

iPod pick ~ 'Sex on Fire' Kings of Leon. For Angus. He loves this song.

Out here in the fields, I farm for my meals

So, there have been a few changes here at Wedding Cake and Toothache... It's still a work in progress. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

I thought it was time to give it a bit of a face lift. I've used my favourite colour combo. I like the fact that I can change the picture behind the title, too. I'll be doing that often, I'm sure.

I'm heating up some of the 12 pound lasagna in the oven. We don't have a microwave, which is fine. I would only use it for microwave popcorn. Well, not anymore... I bought a hot air popcorn popper at Value Village for $5 a few months ago. I love it; it gets used several times a week... okay, like every day. I love popcorn. I was sprinkling it with truffle salt and Romano cheese, but we ran out of truffle salt. Eep. It didn't help that I had accidentally dropped the container, spilling it onto the floor. I was able to salvage some... but any spilled truffle salt is a tragedy. 

Yes, I like decadent popcorn. Wanna make somethin' of it?

iPod pick ~ 'Satellite' Elvis Costello

A. E. Get off of my clown

Urp. Angus and I went for dinner at the Lucy Maud. The students get a meal card, which entitles them to three three-course meals, at $25 a pop. It was good, but I am stuffed, just like the chicken I had for supper. The sacher torte was also delicious. It was no Bacon Explosion, but that's a once-a-day food, not for every meal.

So, I got offered a part-time job. At Indigo! Yup, I'm going to be shilling books. You'd think that I would have had a job in a bookstore in the 20-odd years I've been working, but no. This is the first time! I don't want to be pushy and ask if I get a discount, but it would be nice to know...  Anyhow, it it's only part-time, and it would be something I would like to keep if I get a job cooking or food related this summer. I'm afraid that I'm going to blurt out 'You can just pay me in books!!!' at some point during the orientation. Eep. 

I also don't have the heart to tell them that I've never read any Harry Potter or Twilight series. I also have never read any Tolkein. Will that get me fired immediately? I'm also afraid that I'll snort at anybody buying a Faulkner or Steinbeck book. Bleh.

Dance class was fun last night, although I found out that I'm much better at making salsa than I am at dancing salsa. Please help.

iPod pick ~ 'My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors' Moxy Fruvous

I can't go on, I watched him mow the lawn

I most definitely giggled when I saw this misheard lyric.

I thought I'd pop by before I head off to dance class with Molly. It's not my first time taking dance class; I took swing dancing lessons with DeeDee, B and JN about 10 years ago. It was a scream; I can still 'fall off a log'. And, if you piss me off, I am more than capable of administrating

 a sunshine kick to your head... waPOW!

I am going to be going home to Dartmouth this weekend. It's a big birthday for Beulah! I already have part of her gift... and it's going to make her laugh and laugh and laugh. I can't wait to give it to her. 

I'm also hoping to spend some time with DeeDee and Bianca. I'm sure it

 will be a blast... it's been a while!

When I get back from dance class, I'll be sure post pictures of Angus' latest culinary adventure...

iPod pick ~ 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life' Lisa Ono

As promised, here is a picture of the bacon explosion... and the link to the whole process.