r'uh r'oh Raggy! Well, the dang Tories went and won the Canadian election. Although, it’s a slim minority, we’ll see what they do with it I guess. If they fuck it up, the Liberals and/or NDP will have to see about picking up the pieces. Usually minority governments have to call elections about half way thru a normal 4 year term. I am beginning to wonder if Canada might benefit by setting a fixed election date like the US has. But then, it wouldn’t be Canada would it, just able to call an election whenever the going gets tough? At least its not as bad as Italy! ;-)

*sigh* I just hope they don’t do anything drastic…but then with a minority government, how could they? I was surprised to see how much of a toe-hold the Conservatives got in Quebec. I’m not at all surprised that the Liberals held on to the GTA tho. Toronto is Liberal to the core, and probably always will be. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Canada needed a change, there’s no doubt about that, I’m just not convinced however that the Reform/Alliance/Conservatives are the answer. Time will tell.

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I managed to get a few strips of wallpaper off the bathroom wall yesterday. It gets hot in that tiny little room tho with all the steam, I can’t stay in there too long. Plus I get all sticky from the paste, and its all over my sweatpants I was wearing because I have to wipe the scraper on something, and the only thing I had handy was my leg. Hopefully I can get that finished and then go get some primer and paint. I’m debating whether to paint the kitchen as well, but its got mobile home panel on the walls, not proper wallboard/drywall, so I’d need some heavy duty primer to cover the god-awful pattern. I don’t think the paper can be stripped from that paneling or not. But its just really ugly and the house would probably sell better if I can get rid of it. So much work! Bleah.

James passed his first interview yesterday, and they set him up to go to Chicago for training on February 8 & 9th. For some reason he’s worried he won’t pass the training class because he hasn’t been in school for so long. I keep trying to tell him he’ll be fine, its not like school, and he knows all he needs to know, there’s nothing to worry about. But he’s still worried. My powers of persuasion are lacking I suppose. We just worry about different things, and I think he’s being silly to worry about having to take a training class. He knows his stuff, he’s worked for Domino’s long enough he could probably recite it in his sleep. Why doesn’t he worry about important stuff, like how the hell are we going to move all this junk to Wisconsin, and how the heck am I going to be able to drive all the way there on my own, with the two dogs in my truck? James will probably be driving the rental moving van, and towing his pick-up. Which means I have to drive thru the mountains, such as they are, between here and Virginia, and I don’t do well driving in the mountains. After that it’ll probably be all flat, or flatter anyway. Then we’ll hit winter, and hopefully some snow. But not too much I hope, my nerves will be shot by then. :-p

We haven’t had any winter here in Morganton yet. Its again up over 15C today already, and not even 11am. The sun is shining, and I’m quite certain that winter will never get here. I know a lot of places are experiencing the winter that never was, but its rather annoying. I miss the snow. Not so much the cold I miss, just the snow. Last winter we had only 1 inch of snow here, so far this winter, nothing. Except that ice storm a couple of weeks before Christmas. And some people say there’s no such thing as global warming. Hmph :-p

Well, I should get back to peeling wallpaper. Catch ya later.  ¶ 10:58 AM