Buying a car!

Well here is an update in the story of Princess Liz!!!

Princess Liz was very excited to have 2 days off so that she coul dscout out cars so she slept for about 3 hours before getting up and picking up a car to get her around town for the next bit while she looked at cars. Then off she went armed with the loacations of the used car dealerships and the new ones that mgiht have used cars well after hitting most of the used car dealerships she was off to the new ones. At the used auto places she was finding junk or expensive junk!!

At the saturn dealership she was told that they don't sell used cars in her price range and that if she was buying something in that range that she better know what she was looking for becuase they are corner lot places. This made the Princess pissed off and to think

"I don't need a penis!! to be able to buy a car!"

so off she went to check out other places... well so far no luck.

Then at about 6 pm she came across "the Car store" well she wen t in and there was still no cars in her price range but!! they were closer and they sales guy let her take out 2 cars she came back really liking the 2002 Hyundi accent. Now this place also sells extended waranttys os the powertrain is covered for 2 years.

Now for those that maybe like the princess that is the transmission and engine!! So that night he tells her that he can put her in this car for $168/mth which She thought was cool!! so filled out the application.

The next am Princess Liz headed out to do some running around and come home to 2 messages on the machine saying that they have good news that she can some in a pick up the car. so before Liz heads out she gives them a call and ask who gave her the loan and what is the length and amount of the payments.

It turns out the sales mand screwed up the payemnts. the payments were goign to be $220/mth for 5.5 years and there was no extra money to pay off the other bills which made this a bad deal for the princess. So she tells the guy that this doen't work for her and taht she will be in later to see him. Before she can leave he calls 4 tiems.... not a good sign!!

Before she heads out the princess stops at another used car place and takes a cute saturn out for a drive! Now she does like this but she needs to have it take in to be looked out so the Princess make spossible plans for later in the week.

Then off she heads to the car store. The princess was bloody pissed the guy jusy doesn't seem to get the fact taht no means no so after 20 mins of saying that no i can't afford taht and that if my finances change I will come back the princess leaves with her deposit. on returning home there are 2 calls from teh sales man which she listened to.... he wanted to talk about some options.... if he had listened he would of heard the princess tell him that she would be back later in the month... so saturday am off to work she went to return with another message from the salesman!!! which really pissed off the Princess which will not have her returning or buying a car from them!!

Now, the princess is back at work until thursday so all car buying has been put on hold for a bit.

Stay tunned for more updates on the apartment and car shopping along with the Princess and friends do Halifax!!!

Halifax

Well I have great news to share. My friends and I that won the free Halifax trip tickets are off to Halifax at the end of Novemeber for 3 days!!!! I am sure we will have lots of fun and that I will have lots of good stories and photos to share.

Buying a Car day

I am sorry to say that I have been working like a crazy person since Wednesday when I worked a 16 hour day!!!!! so I haven't had time to update the stroy about Princess Liz.

Here is a quick update on the story of Princess Liz.


We join Princess Liz ending her crazy work week and getting ready to head out car shopping. Her plan is to rent a car to make shopping and travelling to all the dealerships much easier. On her last night shift the princess found a couple of cars at dealersips that she would like to look at so she is off to see those.


That is all for the update on princess Liz stay tuned for the results of car shopping day 1!!!

Moving

Princess Liz was woken at 1150 PM on Thursday night by Maid Meghan. Maid meghan was calling to let her know that she would be able to move into the luxary apartment that Meghan was building on to her house. Now that moving date isn't until the end of Decemebr but that is good because it gives princess Liz plenty of time to find a car.

Stay tunned for Princess LIz buys a car!!

Funny Forward!

For those of you that fly and those that don't you might find these comments very funny. If you have flown or will fly West Jet airlines I know you can all see these things being said. I still remember them singing christmas carols and it being horrible! so here is a bit about West Jet if you don't know about them and some of the things said!

You gotta love the Canadian sense of humour. West Jet is an Airline with head office situated in Calgary, Alberta.West Jet airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight "safety lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining.

Here aresome real examples that have been heard or reported:

On a West Jet flight (There is no assigned seating, you just sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendantannounced, "People, people we're not picking out furniture here, finda seat and get in it!"

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On another West Jet Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew,the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitudeand will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

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On landing, the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all of yourbelongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it'ssomething we'd like to have."

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"There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane."

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"Thank you for flying West Jet Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

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As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at the Vancouver Airport, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

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After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Ontario, aflight attendant on a West Jet flight announced, "Please take care whenopening the overhead compartments because, after a landing likethat, sure as hell everything has shifted."

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From a West Jet Airlines employee: "Welcome aboard West Jet Flight 245to Calgary. To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, ifyou don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be outin public unsupervised."

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"In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descendfrom the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over yourface. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with morethan one small child, pick your favorite."

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"Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, butwe'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than West Jet Airlines."

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"Your seat cushions can be used for flotation; and in the event of anemergency water landing, please paddle to shore and take them with our compliments."

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"As you exit the plane, make sure to gather all of your belongings.Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flightattendants.. Please do not leave children or spouses."

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And from the pilot during his welcome message: " West Jet Airlines ispleased to announce that we have some of the best flight attendants inthe industry. Unfortunately, none of them are on this flight!"

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Heard on West Jet Airlines just after a very hard landing in Edmonton : The flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite abump, and I know what y'all are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn'tthe airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendant's fault, it was the asphalt."

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Overheard on an West Jet Airlines flight into Regina, on a particularlywindy and bumpy day: During the final approach, the Captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing, the FlightAttendant said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Regina. Please remainin your seats with your seat belts fastened while the Captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the gate!"

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Another flight attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "Weask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

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An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy whichrequired the first officer to stand at the door while the Passengersexited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying our airline." He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment.Finally everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sir, do you mind if I ask you a question?" "Why, no, Ma'am," said the pilot. "What is it?" The little old lady said, "Did we land, or were we shot down?"

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After a real crusher of a landing in Halifax, the attendant came onwith, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screechinghalt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warningbells are silenced, we will open the door and you can pick your waythrough the wreckage to the terminal."

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Part of a flight attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thankyou folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insaneurge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of West Jet Airways."

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Heard on a West Jet Airline flight. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you wishto smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing. If you can light 'em, you can smoke 'em."

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A plane was taking off from the Winnipeg Airport.. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain made an announcement over theintercom, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcometo Flight Number 293, nonstop from Winnipeg to Montreal. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth anduneventful flight. Now sit back and relax... OH, MY GOD!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes, the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier. While I was talking to you, the flight attendant accidentallyspilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of mypants!" A passenger in Coach yelled, "That's nothing. You should see the back of mine!"

I hope some of those make you laugh and maybe if you get a chance to ride West Jet you will have your own story to share!

Princess Liz & Her Job!

The story continues with...

Princess Liz considering the move to fulltime. This would mean she would havea rotation and always be paid for full-time hours. The Princess spent a little time looking at who she would be working with and how things would go and she thought no that wouldn't be too bad. She then counted up teh day adn night shifts!! In a 10 week period and one that has 32 shifts 21 of those shifts were NIGHTS and only 11 where DAYS. So the next time she was at work Liz went to the boss and said that if she was offered the job she would be unable to take it due to all the night shifts! Then about 20 minutes later after a nice relaxing cup of tea The Princess was ambushed & asked to work an exra 4 hours @ 730 to 1130 pm... and the dumbass said "yes" so 16 hours later the Princess was heading home.

More on the life of Princess Liz to follow.

Part 2 of "The life of Princess LIz"

The story of Princess Liz continues....

The next day Princess Liz heard from the bank and Yes she did get her loan!!!!!!!!!! WOHOOO for the Princess. She celebrated with a Latte from Starbucks! She was then off to check out a nice Red Saturn 2 dr car that she had seen down the road it was everything that the Princess wanted. Due to the fact that she was running late she was unable to take it for a test drive but that should be happenign soon.

Princess Liz was able to stop by an insurance dealer & get a quote for auto insurance... the princes was quoted $213/mth with a $550 deposit!!!! that was just for the basic coverage. The princess was not happy...

Stay tuned for another update on the life of Princess Liz

Fate can be a wonderful thing!!!

I know that I haven't been updating my blog of late with anything that is overly new and exciting. I think that was because.... Well nothing exciting was happening. That has all changed I am currently in a HUGE unfolding drama!!!!!! Here is the story....

Once upon a cold, cold October Friday night a close friend (Maid Meghan) of Princess Liz's called and they discussed how nice it would be if she didn't move to the warm and wonderful West Coast, but stayed and moved to Shediac cape were Maid Meghan was building a luxury apt on to her house. Liz said no the idea sounds wonderful but I don't have a car and I am leaving come Spring. They left it at that and went on to talk about going to Italy in the fall.

The next day Princess Liz couldn't get the idea of living in this luxury apt out of her head.... How sweet would that be.. There's a pool gardens and a pond for skating on in the winter.... So, Saturday night Liz called up her very young but wise aunt. She shared with her what was going on ..... Liz then made the decision to stay in the Arctic Hell and move to shediac and buy a car!!!!!

So, Monday morning armed with a spreadsheet of her expenses and 2 of her last pay stubs she was off to the bank. When Liz left 40 mins later she was on her way to getting a car loan. (it starts to get exciting now) At the bank she had one of her columns add up to 1330.00 then another added up to 1330.00... that's strange... And when you add up 1+3+3+0=7... Which happens to be Liz's lucky number. So things are looking good.

Now Princess Liz being slightly mad had agreed to work a shift on her day off was on her way to work.. She was planning on asking for scheduled full time hours with a rotation... well, Liz was a bit mad that it looked like it wasn't going to happen.... The vacant shifts that were on the floor din't mesh... So back she was to picking up. Not 15 minutes later her boss was wanting to talk with her outside in the hall.....(Not a good sign you say!)

She wanted to ask her if this full time she didn't get back in September, she was the 1st runner up, if she would be interested in because the bimbo that was going to take it and who said yes 2 month's ago is thinking of backing out. Well, the Princess said "YES!!!". But she must now wait a few days before she knows for sure....

Now that ends the 1st part in "Princess Liz in Arctic Hell". Please stay tuned to this website for more information on the Life of Princess Liz

It's still down!!

I am sad to report that my MSN is still down!!! I have removed & reinstalled it and i cannot get it to work with my main account!!! i can access emails but not the messanger!! I will continue to look into the problem & i hope to be back on online soon

MR. Mooche

Well I just wanted to share that mr. Mooche has not been his normal food seeking, fetching self!!!

So after about a week of not being himself he was off to the vet today!! The goodnews is that all his vital signs are normal but that means that we either watch him or do other things... since I have been watching him for a few days I opted for tests..

So $250 later (I miss my sdiscount!!)all his blood work is all good.. I do need to watch him cause he could be heading towards hyperthyroidism... which if you know anything about cats with this disease MR. Mooche looks nothing like one. They are very skinny they look like they are anorexic and have funny fur!!! Now, Mr. Mooche does have funny fur but he is far from anorexic!! he weighed in at 17.4 lbs today!!!! I am thinking that he has lost some weight!!

So he is now back after a 3 hour stay at the doctor and has a small shaved patch of fur on his neck from where they collected his blood. He is currently flaked out on the floor and looking for food... I guess that he is trying to act like everythign is all good so he doesn't have to go back!!

For those of you who have never met the Mooche here is a more recent picture of him!!

MSN offline

I just wanted to post a note saying that my MSN messanger is offline... I just can't log into it!! I have no idea why and it has been 2 days now!!! I hope that it will be back soon!!! so until then I guess if you want to chat with me we will have to do it teh old fashion way.. via EMAIL or the really old way the Phone!!

Gotta love the government at times!!

I just started recieving all my love mail from student loans... it is now time for me to start paying all the money I borrowed back. So, as I have just started to panic a bit about the complete total of all my student loans I get this love letter from the Ministry of Avanced Education.

It said that I received another bursary from the governemtn and it paid almost another 3 grand!!!!!!!!!!

I t was soo exciting... So, I just had to share my good news with everyone.

The Blanket

Since I am now workign nights I have started knitting again. It is an easy project to take back an forth and it gives me something to do to keep me awake at 330 in the morning.... without poking my eye out with the needles.
So the other day I thought... why don't i make this blanket.. so off I went to the store well one LARGE bag of wool later... the knitting guy told me to buy a bit more just in case so i eneded up with 27 balls of yarn.. i am knitting with 4 at a time!!

So I leave with this big bag and then I sit down and start knitting well at this time it is 4 feet wide and just over 3 feet long!! I should be about 5 or or feet long at the end.

I must say it looks pretty darn good!! The only hitch is that it is growing out of all the different totes that I have and its not very portable due to its size!!! so I will have to find another project for my night shifts.

I will keep you up to date on the saga fo the blanket!!

Stripper... I am!!!

I have a confession to make... I am a Stripper. I know that this my come asa shock to some of you but it is the truth.

I am now trying to picture your faces as you read that.... I must say that I saw this commerical with Pat Quinn and he was saying that he was a Stripper. I was momentarily shocked... Then I laughed when I saw that he was talking about those Nose strips for snoring.

A couple of weeks ago I was having problems sleeping because my nose get s congested during the winter months so i thought ... why not give them a whirl.... well I must say they really help me breathe at night. I find that they open up my nose very well and help. Do they help with my snoring... the cats have never said that I snore so I can't say if they are working in that regard.

So there you have it my confession as a stripper!!!!!

Everyday is a good day for me!!

I got this email today and I thought I should share it with everyone. It made me think of the people at work who were stressing... when I don't think it was needed. So, have a read and I hope a good laugh!!

When you have an "I Hate My Job" day, try this:

On your way home from work, stop at your local pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson and Johnson. Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone and the TV so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair. Then, open the package and remove the thermometer.

Now,carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken.

Now the fun part begins: take out the literature and read it carefully. You will notice that in very small print there is the following statement: "Every rectal thermometer made by Johnson and Johnson is personally tested.

"Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud, "I am so glad I do not work for quality control at Johnson and Johnson."

I must say that i don't even think what I do can be as bad as inserting tubes in my butt all day along!!!

Sewing projects!!

I have had a request to post pictures of what I made on Sunday... to see if I was handy or not.... Here is picture of the suede pillows I made for the couch and the curtains for the bedroom.. I needed them to be a dark fabric to make out the sun when I am sleeping for my days.



Bedroom CurtainsSuede pillows for the couch... I have more suede but i need to buy fillier. The lady at walmart gave me 2.5 meters for the $ of a meter becuase someone had cut and put it on the bolt i had brought her ... and it was priced at 3.84/meter!!!