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d by your own honesty in living your life so this award means even more coming from you everyone be sure to check out julie s blog at the domestic witch if you don t already read it here s the official guidelines of this award 1 share 10 honest things about myself 2 present this award to 7 others who have encouraged me or whose blogs i find brilliant in content and or design 3 let them know of the award and the guidelines okay so here are my 10 honest things 1 unlike bill clinton i inhaled 2 i still love the village people and i don t care who knows it 3 i eat nutella right out of the jar 4 when i was a kid it took me three years to pass beginners swimming lessons because i refused to jump off the diving board 5 i can t stand to have anyone touch my feet 6 i have a phobia about moths butterflies or birds fluttering around my head 7 i secretly yearn to be a powerpuff girl 8 now that i m menopausal i am easily distracted 9 since 1975 when i turned 18 i have voted in every federal provincial and municipal election for which i was eligible to vote 10 yes i have always been a nerdygirl whew that wasn t as hard as i thought or feared it would be and now drumroll please here are the seven bloggers to whom i would like to give the honest scrap award 1 sarah at cottage garden studio 2 emma at liminal emma 3 liz at lizzie s logic 4 jaliya at pushing fifty gently if i can find my glasses 5 stacey at stacey s respite 6 jeanne at the candy corn chronicles 7 ambermoggie at the mogs blog the meanderings of a cat through yarn and life posted by debra she who seeks at 06 10 8 comments labels blog awards wednesday 21 october 2009 thermostat wars now that autumn is here and winter is coming fast it s time to put the furnace on and that can mean only one thing in our household cue ominous music thermostat wars oh the reasons for this situation are simple enough the following cat represents me and the following cat represents my rare one sometimes the claws come out and the fur flies but most of the time we achieve a negotiated settlement lol posted by debra she who seeks at 05 55 8 comments labels luuuuv tuesday 20 october 2009 the lord s prayer oktoberfest version some of you may recall the series of alternative versions of the lord s prayer that i posted earlier this year in february and march well i just found another one that s perfect for this month s oktoberfest here it is for your enjoyment and remember be sure to drink and pray responsibly our lager which art in barrels hallowed be thy drink i will be drunk at home as in the tavern give us this day our foamy heads and forgive us our spillages as we forgive those who spill against us and lead us not to incarceration but deliver us from hangovers for thine is the beer the bitter and the lager forever and ever barmen posted by debra she who seeks at 06 15 5 comments labels spirituality monday 19 october 2009 oh chantal my chantal i have a major lesbo crush on chantal hebert national affairs columnist for the toronto star and cbc political commentator there i ve admitted it every thursday night i watch the national s at issue panel just to see her shhh i say chantal is on chantal is speaking my rare one rolls her eyes and sighs heavily she is not caught up in chantal worship but what s not to love chantal is absolutely brilliant with piercing insight into canadian politics and she has a sexy french accent plus there s a very appealing butchy je ne sais quoi about her chantal does not compromise who she is nor what she thinks no makeup or fancy hairdo for her thank you very much she always looks like she escaped unscathed from the cbc hair and makeup people that kind of authenticity is so rare on tv or elsewhere rare and admirable more women on tv should look real like my chantal photo by john macdonald see his website here posted by debra she who seeks at 06 12 19 comments labels lesbigay friday 16 october 2009 over the top award earlier this month claire at clairdulalune gave me an over the top award thank you so much for this delightful surprise my dear if you don t already know claire s blog be sure to visit and check out her many inspired adventures the award comes with a list of 35 questions to which i must give one word answers hmmm that s pretty challenging i suspect some extra words will sneak in from time to time 1 where is your cell phone non existent 2 your hair shaggy at the moment 3 your mother feisty 4 your father deceased 5 your favourite food japanese 6 your dream last night x rated 7 your favourite drink diet coke 8 your dream goal to live long and prosper 9 what room are you in family room 10 your hobby tarot 11 your fear bad health 12 where do you want to be in 6 years funky town 13 where were you last night i have an iron clad alibi officer i swear 14 something that you aren t athletic 15 muffins yes please 16 wish list item trip to japan 17 where did you grow up one horse prairie town canada 18 last thing you did answer phone 19 what are you wearing stewie griffin pyjama bottoms baggy t shirt and slippers oooo sexy i know 20 your tv sony 21 your pets cat 22 friends oui 23 your life scheduled 24 your mood sardonic 25 missing someone the dearly departed 26 vehicle japanese 27 something you re not wearing socks 28 your favourite store where faeries live edmonton 29 your favourite colour blue 30 when was the last time you laughed this afternoon 31 last time you cried a while ago 32 your best friend my rare one 33 one place that i go to over and over pharmacy 34 one person who emails me regularly friggin spammers 35 favourite place to eat shogun restaurant edmonton now i get to nominate 6 over the top bloggers to receive the award answer the same list of 35 questions and then pass the award on to 6 others hee hee be sure to check out their blogs if they re new to you here are my nominees 1 sarita at a college girl s days 2 lady grace at grace dreamweaver 3 suzie at suzie ridler 4 blackened phoenix at the domestic witch 5 cameron at walking the labyrinth 6 jackiesue at yellowdog granny yes i know you just received this award from someone else ydg but you re so over the top you deserve it twice posted by debra she who seeks at 06 01 7 comments labels blog awards thursday 15 october 2009 h r h at the v e t her royal highness is one of those aloof felines she is not a lap cat at all when hrh does show affection it is strictly on her terms and don t you forget it her regal behaviour befits her status as the daughter of bast there is only one exception to this state of affairs when we are at the vet s office hrh completely turns into a clingy mushy sucky baby as she crouches on the stainless steel examination table she presses against me as closely as possible only at the vet s office can i pick her up and carry her around without difficulty nor does she fight the vet but endures every indignity without resistance but as soon as we re home hrh again rules me with the iron paw she is not amused posted by debra she who seeks at 06 17 8 comments labels hrh s adventures saturday 10 october 2009 happy thanksgiving this weekend is thanksgiving in canada time to count our blessings i think the greatest blessing we have is the privilege of living in a peaceful affluent and democratic country with socialized health care every day we should feel profoundly grateful for our good fortune i m off to manitoba to visit my mom so it will be a few days before i post again brb kthxbai posted by debra she who seeks at 07 00 9 comments labels thanksgiving friday 9 october 2009 more kreativ bloggers well i ve enjoyed writing my personal revelations tame though they were lol the next step is to nominate others for the kreativ blogger award just to recap the official rules of this award are as follows 1 thank the person who gave this to you 2 copy the logo and place it in your blog 3 link to the person who nominated you 4 name 7 things about yourself that no one would really know 5 nominate 7 kreativ bloggers 6 post links to the 7 blogs you nominate 7 leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them the bloggers that i nominate are all very kreativ their blogs feature creative thinking creative writing creative photos creative artwork creative videos or all of the above please pop by their blogs and see for yourself 1 barbara at a bird in my hand 2 jaliya at a post cynical seer 3 shelagh at alice in paris loves art and tea 4 judith at dancing in the holy circle 5 hibiscus moon at hibiscus moon 6 mxtodis123 at moon tides 7 miss r at tales of inglewood posted by debra she who seeks at 06 15 9 comments labels blog awards thursday 8 october 2009 first snow we re receiving our first snow of the winter in edmonton today and predictably there are fender benders galore why can people never seem to remember from one year to the next how to drive in winter conditions it s like no one has ever experienced snow before or something must be collective amnesia or collective denial perhaps anyway in honour of the first snow here s a video and please stay tuned tomorrow i ll be passing on the kreative blogger award to 7 other bloggers posted by debra she who seeks at 09 30 8 comments labels my edmonton wednesday 7 october 2009 personal revelation 7 7 i once swam with the dolphins a few years ago my rare one and i holidayed in the mayan riviera of mexico while visiting xel ha national park we booked an appointment to swim with the dolphins of course i did feel a few twinges of conscience about exploiting these poor captive creatures for my own selfish amusement but then it occurred to me that they were simply dolphins with jobs doing what they had to do to put fish in the bucket just like me really doing what i have to do for 40 hours a week to earn my keep in the world oh sweet valium of rationalization how you soothe me i expected the experience to be kind of mystical and new age y but it wasn t at all the well trained dolphins were friendly and fun they swam around us let us pet and stroke them carried us through the water on their backs and leaped over us on command in stunning aerial displays of fishy athleticism two dolphins popped up unexpectedly from the water and simultaneously kissed me on either cheek it was tremendous fun and the dolphins were magnificent and beautiful creatures it was a privilege to interact with them posted by debra she who seeks at 06 22 8 comments labels mayan riviera in mexico tuesday 6 october 2009 personal revelation 6 6 i despise camping i don t simply dislike camping i don t simply hate camping no i despise camping i despise it with every fibre of my being i see absolutely no point to it why would any sane person want to sleep in a tent on the ground with inadequate or non existent toilet and showering facilities while having to haul every little thing with you so you can rough it at mealtimes my family never went camping my father had served overseas with the canadian army in world war ii he d had enough roughing it to last a lifetime the only time i ever went camping was with doofus at the ukrainian festival he brought his tent but forgot to bring the tent poles so we had to prop up the tent as best we could with a couple of fallen tree branches that plus the manischewitz incident confirmed my bad opinion of camping refusing to go camping has been a real dating liability for me in the lesbian community camping is the official pastime of the lesbian nation lesbian women live for camping they dream of it they camp as much as possible entire festivals like the michigan womyn s music festival are organized around camping just try to find a girlfriend who doesn t want to go camping not easy not easy at all posted by debra she who seeks at 06 16 13 comments labels lesbigay monday 5 october 2009 personal revelation 5 5 i once got completely drunk and disgustingly sick on manischewitz wine many many years ago when i was young and still under the mistaken impression that i was straight i had a boyfriend named doofus one weekend we decided to go to the annual ukrainian festival in dauphin manitoba our plan was to camp eat perogies watch the dance competition and get drunk there was only one small hitch a liquor strike had just started that day and desperate boozehounds had already bought out all the inventory in winnipeg so we stopped at every one horse prairie town on the road to dauphin in the hope that their smaller populations had not yet cleaned out their liquor stores and yay we hit paydirt in one tiny town we scored the last six pack of some obscure brand of beer for doofus and the last bottle of wine on the shelf for me hmmm manischewitz never heard of that wine before as i came to learn later manischewitz is kosher jewish wine used for seders and other mealtime rituals it is incredibly extraordinarily sickeningly sweet a small glassful of it at a ritual is one thing i drank the whole friggin bottle on top of a stomach full of perogies i have never been so disgustingly sick in all my life i m sure it was the judgment of yahweh on me for misusing the sacramental wine of his chosen people posted by debra she who seeks at 06 15 8 comments labels my winnipeg sunday 4 october 2009 st francis of assisi today is the feast day of st francis of assisi i ve always been fond of the story of st francis and his complete devotion to the spiritual ideals of christ at this time last year my rare one and i were in tuscany we drove to assisi in neighbouring umbria for an afternoon assisi is a magnificent hill town beautifully restored and maintained how evocative it was to wander the same streets as st francis and his followers the one thing i wanted most to see in assisi was giotto s frescos of the saint s life in the basilica of st francis it was like a dream come true to see those famous medieval paintings when we entered the basilica a franciscan monk determined what language we spoke and then gave each of us a small holy card the front featured giotto s painting of st francis preaching to the birds on the back was printed the beautiful and profound prayer of st francis lord make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred let me sow love where there is injury pardon where there is discord unity where there is doubt faith where there is error truth where there is despair hope where there is sadness joy where there is darkness light o divine master grant that i may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand to be loved as to love for it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned it is in dying that we are born to eternal life i think that glossy little card was the most meaningful and valuable thing i brought back from italy now i m not a big collector of holy cards i m not even a christian i think it touched me so much because the card was a simple but sincere little gift of welcome offered to commemorate an important spiritual experience and it did precisely that posted by debra she who ...