Journey & Adventure

Do you ever have those days when you feel overwhelmed and feel like punching the next person that passes your way in the throat? No? So, it’s just me then. Well, today is one of those days for me. As I write this it is actually October 31st – Halloween. It should be an uneventful day, except that it’s “dress-up” day in the office. I’ve never been one for theatrics of the dress up kind. I’m happy for people that enjoy costumes and make believe, but I’m not one of them, so I respectfully ask to be left alone and not chided by co-workers I don’t even like for the fact that I’m not in costume. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone – I don’t enjoy my job and putting a costume on for a day is not going to make having to come to work a pleasant experience. It began on Monday – the questions and comments – What are you dressing up as? Do you want to be part of the 7 dwarfs team? How about catman from Kiss? Even today – I have a cape you can wear since you’re already wea...

I’ll be honest, I’m addicted to domain names. Seriously, I own domain names for businesses that I will never open and websites and blogs that will remain unpublished. I just dream up names and think that would be a cool website address, so I register them. I have a problem. Each one has a story. flamingotongue.com - My existing jewelry business. imagineit-photos.com - J's business (website under construction). surfingflamingo.com - New business, which is yet to be determined. surfing-flamingo.com - Same as above. drunkin-newfie.com - This will be the name of my barefoot beach bar...one day. bonaireislandadventures.com - This one is a work-in-progress. One day perhaps, it will be the name of the blog I use if I actually move to Bonaire. ridethemoment.com - I just liked the sound of it. journeyandadventure.com - This blog, but I haven't quite got around to figuring out how to change it through blogger. See, I told you I have a bit of a problem. Oh well, ...

I have a plan. Well, I actually have MANY plans ongoing at any one given moment in time. My latest plan is this… What is it? A logo for my new business. What’s the business? Well, that’s where the details get sketchy – I haven’t figured that out yet, but it does have something to do with my early retirement plan. Will it have something to do with surfing? Perhaps, but likely not. I do have some ideas, but nothing has been 100% finalized. I’ll keep you posted, just as soon as I figure it out myself.

It’s Canadian Thanksgiving today, so in the spirit of giving thanks, here’s what I’m thankful for: I’m thankful for my family and friends. They all drive me bat-shit crazy on a regular basis, but I appreciate their quirks – in small doses. I’m especially thankful to J for taking care of the majority of the household chores - cleaning, groceries, baking and margarita making. I’m thankful for my sense of humor and the margaritas because without them, I would have totally lost my mind by now. I’m thankful for The Boy and his sense of humor because without it, he would have made me lose my mind by now. I’m thankful my in-laws are hosting the turkey dinner this year for the whole family. I’m especially thankful for not having to have those people in my house for an extended period of time and being able to leave when I want. I’m thankful today is a holiday and therefore, I do not have to spend time with my boss or co-workers. I’m thankful for my job, but would be more thankful...

Well, now that summer has come to an end, I thought I better get cleaning up my summer stuff that's been lying around the house - patiently waiting for the next trip to the beach.  *sigh*   This past weekend, away went the sunscreen, hat, sandals, beach bag, etc.  In the beach bag sat my camera.  The same camera I carried around all summer - most times it just sat in the bag, but there were a few photos that captured a few summer highlights...    First Trip to the Beach - Early May, 2013     Some of My Garden Flowers - June, 2013 Day on the Lake with Friends - July, 2013  Beach Finds - July, 2013  CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario Canada - August, 2013   My Boys @ Fan Expo Canada - August, 2013 March of the Storm Troopers @ Fan Expo Canada - August, 2013 Pretty Beach Find Treasure - September, 2013 I'm sad to see summer go, but at least the memories will last ...

I'm not one to get caught up in the unlucky hype of Friday the 13th. I figure karma has just as good of a chance of biting me in the ass on a Monday as it does on the 13th of the month, that just happens to fall on a Friday. Yeah, I'm cynical that way. A place where I used to work, used Wednesdays as the days when they used to terminate people. Their rationale was that they "didn't want to ruin people's weekends by terminating them on a Friday". Ummm, geeze - thanks for your kindness... Anyhow, whaetevr your beliefs may be - I hope you have a fantastic day! Happy Friday!!!

For those that have been following this blog for awhile, you know that I have a terrible history for staying at one job for a long period of time. Other than my favorite boss, whom I stayed with for 12 years and where I’d still be if it wasn’t for a non-solicitation clause in his employment agreement that kicked in after a corporate take-over, I’ve never lasted in a job position for more than 3 years. Yep, since 2000, I’ve worked for 6 different employers. I have varying reasons for why I left and moved on – everything from earning more money, needing more challenges, stupid co-workers, unbearable bosses, to extreme boredom and no work. The list goes on. I’m hopeless in the sense that I can’t seem to find my career groove. I’ll toot my own horn and say that I’m really good at what I do, but tend to get bored, easily if not engaged. I liked to be challenged, but not micro-managed. I like the freedom to make decisions on my own, but also like knowing that if I need guidance o...