Sex and the city and girl's night out

Because of my friend The Gal requested it, I'm going to let you know what I thought of the movie "Sex and the city". Friends and I went to see it (9 girls), I followed the whole series, so I loved the movie but it wasn't as good as the TV show. If that makes sense. Plus, the movie was in French so the voices didn't match the real actress's voices. But I was happy we went, I laughed, I was touched with the story and the 4 girls. Go see it, it's worth it!

Then we went to a bar, gout ourselves a lounge and partied until 3 AM. I was wasted totally... We had loads of fun, we danced, it was awesome.... When we left the bar we stopped to eat something and I got home at 4h15 AM and I was in bed by 4h25. I got up at 11h55 this morning when the phone rang. (I'm still tired)

I'm at The Nurse house spending the night with her mom and I'll be back tomorrow night at home. I bought my MacBook with me. So I'm online...

Update, a story from The Parish and all...

Remember my rant about life insurance? Well, after more than 2 months, I was finally accepted. I'm covered! I received the call after lunch. I was relieved and thrilled and happy and thankful and happy.

Our Parish Priest wanted to do a "welcoming room" in the rectory. He thought his office wasn't decorated well enough, he wanted new furniture, new curtain, paint and all that jazz. We don't have money to buy all these stuff, so we suggested he find some second handed furniture. Oh My gosh! What was my shock on Monday when I went to the rectory, entered his office and saw THE UGLIEST EVER PIECES OF FURNITURE. I mean terribly awful vintage 3 pieces chairs and a couch. They are velvet pinkish coloured, with build-in spotlights, glasses and some old build-in tape and the speakers. The glasses would be paradise for a coke head who'd wanna sniff and relax on the couch. It's awful. It was given by an older and very nice parishioner but for god's sake it's just terrible.

The Friendly Boss and I were hysterically laughing this morning while meeting in that room, we even took pictures of the furnitures with TFB acting in them. I have 2nd handed furniture but wouldn't want these pieces in my home. They are for a freak's museum. We can't have people sit on those. Our old ones were not THAT bad. They actually were great. See, The Parish Priest wanted newer stuff and now he's stuck with those. He can't throw 'em out. That would hurt the nice parishioner's feelings ya know.

I would post the pictures (not showing TFB to respect his private life) but with my luck someone from the parish would know it's me if they saw those awful to god pictures. Ha Ha HA!!!!

I'm getting back on the Parish's computer to work in our database, transferring old files.

Sorry about the lack of update

I'm swamped with work for the Parish. I have a cold and I'm just feeling overwhelmed with tons of stuff that I've got to take care of. I'm well, mood is good, I just wish th cold could get away but I'll survive.

I'll be back soon!

13 things I did since last Thursday Thirteen

I know, I'm not original at all.

1. Donated blood.
2. Went shopping
3. Collected donations for The Parish (last Friday and this Tuesday and I'll be doing it again the same days. We are running the annual campaign until the beginning of June.
4. Worked on The Parish's records
5. Worked on the darn letter to address some financial issues with The Diocese.
6. Went out with The Passionate One, her sister and another friend. It was a fun girl's night out!
7. Watched Untraceable with The Young Priest.
8. Slept (not enough)
9. Cooked
10. Cleaned
11. Talked on the phone. Darn I love to talk on the phone. I'm a chatty Cathy.
12. Read
13. Went to a conference on Tuesday night. A Catholic priest was addressing some people and 2 people offered their testimony of faith.

PSA on sending your resume to get a job

The Friendly Boss and I are in charge of hiring a student for a 6 weeks student job, we've put 2 ads on the Internet on some job searching places for students and have been getting resume by email. (that's the way we asked the candidate to contact us) The job description is clear, it's a great opportunity for a student. Now, with my PSA.

First, if your cover letter has a lot of spelling errors, the person who's going to read the email will roll her eyes. But damn it, the worse is sending your resume in a Microsoft Publisher file. Damn it, send your resume on a Word document. I don't have publisher, not everyone has access to this program. Use a very commonly use format like W-O-R-D. I had a soft spot for the candidate because she's obviously pretty young, so I emailed her back, asking her very nicely to send me back her resume in a Word document explaining that The Parish doesn't have Publisher and that we can't open her Resume.

So the fun is starting, we'll do interviews in 2 weeks I think. The Friendly Boss and I still need to discuss it but that seems good for me.

We just want a college/university level student interested in being at the church full time for the visitors and do tours and talk to the visitors/tourist about the Parish's and the area's history. We want someone smart, outgoing, mature, interested in history and good with the public.

Please, pray that it works and that we'll make the correct choice this year. Even if school was started for me I couldn't have the job because when you are on the church council (elected) you can never be paid or receive money, it would be a conflict of interest. I love my volunteer position at The Parish and I prefer to give my time for the Church for free. That's my gift of faith to this community.

It's a heartache

That's what I'm listening at the moment. It's a Bonnie Tyler song.

It's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache
Hits you when it's too late
Hits you when you're down

It's a fool's game
Nothing but a fools game
Standing in the cold rain
Feeling like a clown

It's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache
Love him till your arms break
Then he lets you down

It ain't right with love to share
When you find he doesn't care for you
It ain't wise to need someone
As much as I depended on you

It's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache
Hits you when it's too late
Hits you when you're down

It's a fool's game
Nothing but a fools game
Standing in the cold rain
Feeling like a clown

[Instrumental Interlude]

It ain't right with love to share
When you find he doesn't care for you
It ain't wise to need someone
As much as I depended on you

Oh, it's a heartache
Nothing but a heartache
Love him till your arms break
Then he lets you down

It's a fools game
Standing in the cold rain
Feeling like a clown
It's a heartache
Love him till your arms break
Then he lets you down
It's a fools game
Standing in the cold rain...

I got up pretty late today but I have a good excuse. The Young Priest and I went for a coffee yesterday, we met actually quite late (8 PM ish) because he had to attend a practice for a wedding he was doing today, and after the coffee, we stopped at the grocery store and he offered to watch a movie. We rented Untraceable, it was good but fucked up. How can people be that mean? How can human being be so evil? I was delinquent and stayed online until 3 AM.


Today? I cleaned and washed the outside windows. Man, that was fun. I thought I did a great job but I looked at them with the sun down and it's full of streaks. Fuck it, I don't know if I'll be courageous enough to do it again tomorrow.

Yesterday I called Baby Sister who's oversea, it was the first time I spoke to her since she left and it was nice.

I decided not to go to mass this evening because of the priest who was celebrating. I mean, I wish I could say more but it wouldn't be OK of me to discuss this specific person. Maybe tomorrow? Maybe I'll go tomorrow, maybe not. It's hard to be very involved in a parish where you get to know the real side of everyone. It sucks and It's hard to see people who don't practice what they preach. It just makes this girl not want to attend church. I'm not perfect but I practice what I preach. Hazelnut, does it make any sense to you? Do you see the same sometimes in your parish? Anyone else?

Thursday Thirteen

It's been many weeks without my participation in the Thursday Thirteen. It's the grand retour tonight. I'm back.

13 randoms things from the last week.

1- Baby sister got married this past Saturday. Perfect weather, perfect bride and groom.

2- At the wedding the crazy relatives were ignored by this girl. Fuck 'em I didn't let them ruin my time.

3- I have not been to mass in the past few weeks. I wish I could go, I need the peace but some stuff at The Parish are making me mad. You know, practice what you preach and all that jazz. It's hard to see people who should be witness of Christ act like total assholes. It's worse when they are ordained minister or mandated by the diocese.

4- I've been praying. Not attending but praying. Next step, get my butt to mass this next Saturday.

5- The Friendly Boss and I picked up the Parish's new computer. It was given to us by a college. It's going to suit our need. It's inside of my living room and I'm going to work on our datas from this puter.

6. I gave The Friendly Boss his laptop back this morning.

7- I called The New Blogger at 11h20 and asked her if I could join her and the kiddos for lunch. It was nice...

8- I mailed a package to an online friend in the states. Someone's going to enjoy treats soon.

9- I have cried a lot in the past days, thinking of lots of stuff. Sometimes we need perspective and the opinion of someone. I had it this morning, damn it, it helped me get better in my own head.

10- Still nothing from the program I'm waiting at the college. I'm still unemployed and waiting.

11- I've been listening to a song all evening, it's called " Mon coeur n'est pas un numéro" from Quebec singer Marie-Élaine Thibert. It's awesome.

12. I worked on putting ads for a summer job for a student at The Parish. We'll hire someone for 6 weeks this summer as a guide for people to tour our church.

13- I am working on a letter from The Parish addressing some unethical financial matters with the Diocese. (they are charging us a fucked up amount of money and it needs to be slowed down) I'll try to be good. I'm usually very good at argumentation. Are you surprised???

Tagged, I'm it!

a. Link to the person who tagged you. That's Julia over at ... A piece of My Mind
b. Post the rules on your blog.
c. Write six random things about yourself.
d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
e. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment at their blog.
f. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

1. When people hear me speak in English they are surprised to know it's my second language because I don't have a French accent.

2. I filmed some part of The sister's wedding yesterday but I forgot my camera has no sound. Duh!!!!

3. I took 185 pictures yesterday. Call me crazy!!!

4. In 2005 I seriously considered becoming a nun.

5. I am scared of dogs, when I'm walking and cross a dog, I change side of the street or move to another direction.

6. Many people have said I'm really a good writer. When I'm composing stuff for The Parish or just expressing my feelings. That said, I'm better in French.

I'm tagging anyone who wants to play.

I feel like terrible blogger

I have not been posting regularly, seems life has gotten the best out of me.

Anyway, I went to the mall this morning to pick a wedding card for The Sister, birthday presents for TTF's kiddos, tights for my "kit" for the wedding Saturday and some Clinique stuff. I thought of Claudia and remembered that lingerie would make me feel so much better and I got myself a cool bra. What makes a girl feel better than a beautiful sexy bra?

I also stopped by the pharmacy to pick up some Immodium, It actually helped. I think I'm probably alright, maybe it's just stress? I have no clue but the Immodium has stopped the madness.

Overheard at The Church's council meeting last night. I'm just posting what can be said, some part of it will just remain unpublished.

Wow, No Nonsense girl, you are almost pretty. Said by the retiree when he was commeting on my new hairdo. I smiled and showed him my middle finger.

I'm just kidding, you know that do you? I know dude, I know.

I'm getting back working on The Friendly Boss's laptop The Parish's records. I am tired. I wanna sleep better, I need to relax more.... I'm working, working , working and stressing out for the wedding. Some of my far away relatives are C-R-A-Z-Y!!!!

Stolen from The Gal Herself

I read this on her blog and decided to do the test and we're alike. http://onegalsmusings.blogspot.com/

What Your Feet Say About You:

You are more expressive than most people. You let everyone know how you're feeling - the good, the bad, and the ugly. You are a somewhat passionate person. A few things get you very fired up, but you're usually pretty laid back. You are an assertive person at times. You'll pull out all the stops to get what you want, if it's worth it. You take a while to fall in love, but once you do, you stay pretty attached to your partner. You are not afraid of anything. You are brave and courageous, even when most people would be terrified. You are very practical and down to earth. You're more concerned with action than thoughts. You are an amazingly hard worker. You aren't spoiled and you don't mind getting your hands dirty. You are easily influenced by other people. You're quite impressionable, so you should only be around people who are a good influence.

What Do Your Feet Say About You?

Can I whine for a minute?

I have been feeling crappy since Friday, nauseas and the runs, it comes on and off but this morning I even puked. I dragged myself to bed until 11h30 AM and I just wanted the nauseas to go away.

I'm not sick, I mean if I had something serious, it wouldn't be on and off and I'm not pregnant, unless this was the immaculate conception. But seriously, what the heck can this be?

This afternoon I was at The Parish's office and didn't feel well but I sucked it up but it's back again. The freaking runs and the damn nauseas. yuck, I hate feeling like this. I hate not to be in charge. I know, I'm a control freak! Does anyone know what this could be?

I have been working all evening on the Parish's datas for the new program. It's a pain in the butt to look through more than 18 000 records to find all the priests/deacons that celebrated the baptism. When I'm done listing the priests for the baptism, I'll have to do confirmation, marriage, funerals ETC. I'm patient, what can I say.

When I'm working and when I'm busy, I swear I'm feeling much better. I feel like myself, I feel on top of the world. I'm an active gal.

Tomorrow, working on the Parish's record, going to my hairdresser at 1 PM, she's going to do haircut and highlights and I have a Church Council meeting in the evening.

Please, send me good vibes for my tummy and pukey problem. Have a great night!

After such a long time

I have missed you guys but I've been swamped with work for The Parish. I've been working my butt off (with the help of TTF and TFB) on the new program to manage the Parish's records, certificates and everything there is to manage and deal with in a Parish.

The new program works on Microsoft Access, so TFB lent me his laptop (a PC) so I could work on it because I'm on a Mac (not running Access) but last night when I got home, I installed Parallel Desktop on my MacBook, so I'm running Windows XP on my MacBook. It's a cool application, I kinda like it and at the same time I kinda feel I sold my soul to the devil. I borrowed TFB's Windows XP Installation CD and his Office CD because the one I have is the Office 2008 for Mac. So it's working well, next week I guess I'll go help TFB install Desktop Parallels on his new IMac.

I've been working all day today entering and searching our postal code, street names and now I'm going to start working on listing the priests that have been celebrating for the last 150 years. That's a hell lot of work but I needed to work. When I'm working, all is better.

At the same time the church council is working on the finance campaign for the Parish, working on scheduling a meeting with all the employee and volunteer that's going to take place the first week of June.

So that's it, The Sister's wedding is next saturday! My clothes are all well and ready.

I'll update you when I can... I'm glad everyone loved the Donkey fable. I'm well, I'm tired but at peace.

The Farmer's Donkey: A Fable for Our Time

I received this from a parishionner this morning. He couldn't have been more right on spot with sending this today. I really I'm not a "FW" person but I copied it and emailed it to most of my friends this morning... Here's what I got. Let me know is this inspires you at all.

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out a way to get him out. Finally he decided it was probably impossible and the animal was old and the well was dry anyway, so it just wasn't worth it to try and retrieve the donkey. So the farmer asked his neighbors to come over and help him cover up the well. They all grabbed shovels and began to shovel dirt into the well.

At first, when the donkey realized what was happening he cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down and let out some happy brays. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down the well to see what was happening and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was shaking it off and taking a step up. (Shifting)

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he continued to shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, to everyone's amazement, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Every adversity can be turned into a stepping stone. The way to get out of the deepest well is by never giving up but by shaking yourself off and taking a step up.

What happens to you isn't nearly as important as how you react to it.

Author Unknown