Soap and pain.

I can barely believe I’m sitting up typing this at 5:20am.  Normally, I’d be tucked up asleep in bed at this time these days, but at the grand old time of 3:11am, my youngest kitty cat decided to sit outside our bedroom door yowling her damn fool head off.  She woke me up out of a sound sleep, and then I couldn’t drop back off, so at 3:37am, I got up. *sigh*  We have GOT to get her fixed, and SOON!  These antics every two/three weeks are driving me nuts!  Never mind that the Vet charges $80, just for the sedation … but that’s another story ….

October Musings.

October again, halfway through at that.  This year has flown so far!  As stated in my previous post, I got my first stage approval on my immigration Application back in August.  They had asked me to send off yet more information, so I did (for the second time!), and now I can apply for a work permit.  The downside to this is that it takes 3 months for the application to be processed, but the good side is that it keeps my status legal for a year.  I don’t have to keep paying out for a visitors visa extension.

First Stage Complete – Now for stage 2 – And other bits.

So, Jeff and I got the first stage of our immigration approved on the 31st of August this year.  We found out about a week after we got back off vacation in Ontario, which was a nice thing.  So now, I can apply for an open work permit, and look for a job.

The second stage won’t be so easy though.  Even though my children are not accompanying me to Canada, they do have to be found to be admissible, which means that my ex would have to take them for a medical examination in the UK, which he is point blank refusing to do.  This isn’t good.  It means that I MAY NOT be approved to live and work here.  I have had family members talk to him for me (because he’s too cowardly to talk to me himself) but he’s not changing his mind.  My only option now, is to get in touch with his solicitor and see if she can talk to him for me.  If he still refuses, at least she will respond to me via letter, with an official solicitors letterhead letter, so I can send that to immigration at least, and hopefully it won’t be a problem.  It’s just annoying that after doing everything he can to keep me from having contact with the kids, he doesn’t realize that it’s in his best interests to comply with immigration’s needs if he still wants to keep me from having contact.  *Sigh*  More on that as it happens I guess.

This is too important not to share.

I posted this note on Facebook this evening.  I also wanted to share it here because, well, it’s just too important not to share.  People need to be made aware!

First off, before I go any further, I’d like to say that I have a lot of friends who cross post for animals in need, and I have the utmost respect for them in trying to save animals from the death penalty.  I also have the utmost respect for those who volunteer their time in Shelters to help find new forever homes for the animals that come into their care.

 

However, our recent experience with adopting an animal wasn’t a happy one like it should have been – because the volunteer gave us the wrong information.  This is so so important.  If you volunteer in a shelter, or any other place where you are trying to find an animal a new home, PLEASE, make sure you give out the correct information to anyone who is interested in adopting from you!

Last Saturday, my husband and I went to a shelter in a big name pet store (Name of the store and shelter withheld) here in Canada, to adopt a cat.  We already have two female cats who get on extremely well together, and they are very social cats who love attention.

We saw a beautiful Orange Tabby cat with what we call rings on his tail and legs.  He was a 5 or 6 year old neutered male called Ginger.  As soon as we set eyes on Ginger, we knew he was ‘the one’.  The volunteer took us inside to meet him, and explained a little bit about his circumstances.  Ginger had been with one family all his life.  They had recently had to move, and their new apartment complex did not allow pets, so they took Ginger to the Shelter in the hopes that he would find a new home.  He had apparently been in the Shelter for 4 weeks when we saw him.

True Spirit and Heart In Downtown Vancouver.

In the aftermath of last night’s horrifying Riot in Downtown Vancouver, a call for help came in from Facebook and Twitter.  ‘Lets help clean up Vancouver by 11:30am.’  16,500 people signed up to head downtown to help clean up the mess and destruction caused by last night’s riot.

As early as 5am, residents of Vancouver were downtown,

What The Hell Morons??

Vancouver, I am ashamed.  Really ashamed.  How is the way a group of you acted tonight going to change the outcome in any way?  As a temporary resident currently going through the immigration process to become a permanent resident, I was always cheered by the fact that Vancouver is consistently listed as one of the top ten cities in the world to live in.  Tonight, a select group of you tarnished my view.

Mommy me?

I’ve been feeling  a little down recently.  Not really sure why, but I know I’m missing my family.  Life’s a funny thing.  When I was younger, I couldn’t wait to move out (Mom kicked me out after yet another fight with my sister) of my parents home for the first time, to make my own way in the bad old world.  I was full of hope, and eager to do my own thing.  Needless to say, I was irresponsibly immature in many ways, not really understanding till after I moved out, that it was harder than it seemed to make a home for myself.  I soon learned though, and my partner had no complaints.

Kitchen Fun with Dawnie.

Lately I’ve been on a cooking trip (not the kind where one travels) but spending a lot of time in the kitchen, trying out new recipes.  Mostly it’s been desserts (which accounts for the extra 10 lbs I’m hefting around!), but I’ve tried my hand at a few different things.  In recent weeks, it’s been Strawberry Jam (You can read my account of that right here), Spiral Cookies, Butterscotch Pudding, and Banana Strawberry smoothies.

And so into March …

Again, the time has gotten away from me lol.

I can’t say that anything exciting has happened in my life since the New Year though.  Not really.  My thoughts have been full of the reversal surgery, and what  impact a child would have on myself and Jeff.  Meant in a good way of course.   I have a couple of family members who no longer speak to me, because when I didn’t bring my children to Canada with me, they automatically assumed (or were rather ‘helped’ to that conclusion) that I left because I didn’t care.  It would be intriguing to know what their thoughts are when/if I fall pregnant after the surgery.  They say that blood is thicker than water, but the fact that they never asked me personally why I left my kids behind hurts me somewhat.  They say I didn’t care, but they didn’t care enough to come to me.  So be it.  I’m not interested in anyone else’s opinion of me anymore.

New Year, New Plans, New Baby?

A belated Happy New Year to you all!

Just thought I’d plop that in there as I haven’t been around in a week or so.  Yeah I know … but I am getting better at remembering to blog!!  I promise!

As most of you are all aware, I suffer with a condition that was caused by having my tubes tied back in 2001.  However, as painful as it is, I always knew that I’d eventually have the tubal ligation reversed.   More recently, Jeff and I have talked about having a child together.  It is something we’ve always wanted together, but after my sister had little Harrison last year, I began to feel very strongly that now is the right time.  While some people said I’m just broody, it’s more than that.  Maybe I finally began to realize that, being in my early 30′s, my biological clock is well and truly ticking.  Again, for this to happen, I need the surgery.