Grandma Cherry

So my Grandmother passed away on Tuesday March 24, 2009. It was very unexpected - she had alzheimers but other than that she was in good health or so we thought.
She fell asleep in her chair watching TV and just never woke up - if you had to choose a way to go wouldn't that be it? We're very relieved that she was able to go peacefully because when my Grandfather died in August 2007 it was more of an ordeal for him - he kept waking up alive when he really just wanted to die.
They were both Christians so those of us left behind can rest assured that we will see them again in heaven.
It's still sad to think that we'll never have a chat or a walk to feed the ducks or make a puzzle together again. But as my brother said so well - "We lost her a long time ago"
Alzheimers robs us of the people that we love so much and leaves nothing but a shell behind. It makes a mockery of that person's life and accomplishments when they look into the face of their children and say "Who are you?"

Goodbye Grandma - you were one of the best women I know and you will be greatly missed.

How bad is this...

So how is it that I have decided to bribe MYSELF into studying for my Bus. Stats. test tomorrow?
I know I should study for it but as of yet I haven't even opened my textbook - well I've opened it to photocopy the equations like we're allowed to but other than that - not a thing.
I wonder if I can think of a good bribe to give myself if I study then I will study.
It's not even as though I feel too confident about this test - I studied like a crazy person for a week for the last one and only got a B.
I know all I really want to do is go home today after work and lie down on the couch and watch TV - but I HAVE to study - right?

Rice...

So I'm not the smartest person in the world...

On Tuesday my sister and her boyfriend and my mom were all making dinner - I don't know why they thought they needed such a team effort but regardless they did. My sister's boyfriend burnt the rice so I thought I would be helpful and chuck the rice down the disposal and start soaking the rice pot - it was burnt pretty black.

Apparently you ARE NOT supposed to put rice down a sink because it expands and clogs the pipes. How can I have lived so long and NEVER been told this. Needless to say the sink got all clogged and the pipes started leaking and I had to go to school that night so I left my very annoyed younger sister and her boyfriend to try and deal with the mess. She then against my advice put draino down the sink - I figured that since the pipes were already leaking that the draino would just pour out anyways...and it did - they then used my towel to clean up all the mess - my blue and white striped towel is now pink and white - how fun. They spent hours trying to fix it but they couldn't.

So Wednesday I came to work and went onto Ask.com and asked the question "How do you unplug a sink clogged with rice?" I got several good answers but the one I went for was the sink snake - so after work I went to Home Depot and picked myself up a 1/4" auger. I got home at 4:15 and by 4:30 I had removed the trap and snaked the drains and unclogged the clogs.

The lessons in this story are...
1) Do not put rice down a sink
2) You can "Ask" anything and get a good answer
3) If I make a problem I will fix the problem

Oops....

So you know how I said I was giving up caffeine which included chocolate for lent...well I made a few mistakes on Saturday...I was at a wedding and I had a little brownie and a nanaimo bar - I didn't even think of it until I was having lunch later that - oh wait I had chocolate...and then that evening someone brought over timbits and I immediately scooped a chocolate one because they are my favorite and ate it - then realized that "Dang - that was chocolate!" and at the same get togther someone had made a wonderful chocolate cake and I thought well what the heck I might as well have a piece - who actually eats chocolate for the caffeine anyway right? It shouldn't count...*sigh*...I'm such a bad person