Tatiana's Wanderings

Chili, blocks, broccoli, and mango pudding / SESAME STREET muppet generator

2020-03-11T09:07:34Z

It's MARIO DAY today! After COFFEE TIME, I went out at 3:10 on a 401 to help with the kids. Surprisingly, I just managed to get the 3 despite the elevator buttons not responding to my commands. I got to the house at 4:10 despite an electric scooter not knowing how to maneuver smoothly on the bus (I had to move), but those things can be unwieldy! Thank GOODNESS it stayed on the bus AFTER 16th, so I wasn't delayed any more! Once I got in, Beckett wanted to play with me, but my washing hands coincided with his diaper change. After that, we played with blocks / magnets / balls ("boh-boh!") / Play-Doh. He ALMOST licked the Play-Doh lids, looking at me to see how I'd react. I said that was gross and not to do it. He said "come up / yeah / block / ma-net / open! close! / lid / pease / light / purple / Auntie" a lot. Later, he almost fell down, but I was there to catch him and put him on the couch, where we sat together and "talked" about the "funny" blanket and the happy / sad eggs.

When Ayler told me to guess what time he went to bed last night, I actually got the right time: 10 PM! Apparently, there was a choir concert last night at St. James (Jon's old orchestra hangout space), WITH a rehearsal before AND a mass choral recital afterwards, so nobody could leave early even if they wanted to! I realized that they had scheduled it for the day after Daylight Savings, which is NOT GOOD! Hiero spent his time making Superman signals and wanting Popsicle sticks and special paper. He also was less than polite when he laughed at people. Apparently, roasted broccoli is not his thing!

Beckett wanted me to look out the window at the alley because of the lights - good choice! Hiero wanted me to play a game, but I wasn't up for that. There was a felt book with multiple felt pieces, and Beckett identified an X for Tic-Tac-Toe correctly some of the time. He also knew what the moon was, so he's getting smarter! I told him what a flower was when he identified it as a boh-boh (hahaha), and he picked it up from me. When I took my phone out to take photos that were CLEARLY of the food and NOT THE KIDS, Beckett said "gung-gung"... hahaha, I thought he associated the phone with Uncle Joe last week!

Ayler said that their trip is after Tuesday next week, so I said that I know that they get to listen to TICKET TO RIDE on the ride over. "How do you know?" was easily answered since I saw Jon's Facebook status earlier about borrowing someone's copy. Hiero told us about MINECRAFT, but Harmony wondered where he learned about that. The school computers offer that as an option for ALL the kids, apparently, so Harmony says she'll talk to the teacher about that. I did not volunteer that there was Preschool MINECRAFT - she'd be horrified! I left at 7:30 and surprisingly got home at 8:35, despite the stroller at 16th! If you can't be ready when the bus stops, then don't be surprised if a passenger gets on before you maneuver your stuff off the bus! I know it's safer to wait till the bus stops, but come on now - be aware and at least make your way toward the door!

From Janet on LJ, aka Ghost_Light: Your birth month is your muppet. Ernie, Elmo, Big Bird, Abby, Slimey, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Snuffleupagus, Rosita, the Count, Cookie Monster, and Grover!

Chili, beans, and cheese!

Red Jello and mango pudding made by Jon!

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Huge bucket of coffee, Stonehenge changing clocks, Paul Assman and Edith Assman

2020-03-09T04:55:04Z

It's Daylight Savings Time 2020 (ugh) AND International Women's Day today! The Canucks played the Blue Jackets tonight at 7, and lost 2-1.

From Julie M. and Fun Pics and Stuff: Coffee sizes - tall cup, grande cup, and a huge bucket for the day after Daylight Saving Time starts!

From my ex-friend Fiann: Man, I hate it when the clocks change at Stonehenge!

Paul Assman and Edith Assman have a tombstone?!

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Half.com, Oregon?! / Tiahleigh Alyssa Rose Palmer?! TARP! Anagram of TRAP!

2019-10-25T02:02:16Z

The cleaners came again today at 5:40 via bus from New Westminster after rescheduling phone calls and texts to and from me and Harmony and them. They had a huge suitcase full of cleaners and stuff! After the couple cleaned the bathroom, bedroom, kitchen (and under the sink - outside and not inside?!), and living room... they found a dead mouse on a glue trap when I asked them to clean behind the couch! YIKES! They added that to their garbage bag, and took that out when I asked them to do so as they left at 6:55. I definitely gave them a cash tip this time in case I felt badly about it later on.

Half.com, Oregon?!

From 60 Minutes Australia: Tiahleigh Palmer?! Tia and Leigh are both okay, but TIAHLEIGH? Maybe it's the Australian accent, but it seems to be pronounced "Tialy."

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Syncere Friends was in the news?! / Stryker Trahan and Mark Appel baseball?!

2019-07-31T05:58:50Z

Before Paulo dropped by to share the Gizella mango cheesecake, I took a shower and threw some stuff away in the old Nester's Market reusable bag. He showed up at 4; of course I didn't mind if he rested on the couch while talking about Darryl, Nate, Steve's new car, Jeff inviting him out for wings special at 12 Kings tonight (and Jeremy shit-talking him for that), V4F not being an exclusive club, reasonable "no disruptions" rules for meetups, his coming back to servers eventually (he can take all the time he needs), HURTS not being a great first word to use in public for the baby (what will people think?!), what people said about him, and seeing people in Oregon like his cousin. It was good to see him again - he left at 5, which is pretty reasonable. HE TOOK THE MANGO CHEESECAKE WITH HIM?! I immediately took the Dr. Oetker strawberry cheesecake out to thaw in the meantime - BACKUP CHEESECAKE!

I went out at 6:50 on a 401 to Price Smart so I could return the extra pasta and laundry detergent. The customer service girl Hannah was pretty slow because she lost her override privileges. Then I got NEW Dr. Oetker Canada Salted Caramel / Chocolate cheesecakes (NOT at Safeway?! NICE!), NEW on-sale Miss Vickie's Signatures chips (Citrus and Black Peppercorn / Apple Cider Vinaigrette and Shallots), NIVEA Pearly Shines lip balm, (on-sale) Western Family potato and cheddar cheese perogies / melatonin / bean and bacon soup / key lime Greek yogurt / blueberry-pomegranate yogurt / large flocklined rubber gloves / no salt added pieces and stems mushrooms / sliced mushrooms, and UNOPENABLE Winter Creek oysters before returning home at 7:40 on a 407. Slightly later, I had the now-thawed strawberry cheesecake - IT WAS GOOD!

Last time I bought raw oysters: Mac's raw oysters x2 for $15 (March 6, 2018)

Nivea Pearly Shine lip balm!

( Chips, oysters, and yogurt )

Syncere Friends was in the news?! QUIRKY COINCIDENCE since it's International Friendship Day today on July 30!

Stryker Trahan?!

Mark Appel?!

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Frying Pan Lake, New Zealand?! / A Mr. Saturn sweatshirt?! / Naked Aphrodite!

2019-05-19T20:48:31Z

I had a banana-chocolate muffin, cut strawberries, and coffee for breakfast. Lunch was some leftovers including butter chicken. Dinner: Thai eggplant curry with peppers and bamboo, rice, naan bread, plus Tillamook Malted Moo ice cream! We watched some stuff on Netflix and generally had a chill evening with crafts and reading.

Tillamook Malted Moo Shake ice cream: Smooth, rich malted vanilla ice cream with chocolatey fudge chips!

Frying Pan Lake at Waimangu (New Zealand) is one of the world’s largest hot pools: 38,000 square metres in area, and fed by numerous acid springs. The lake fills part of a crater formed by the 1886 Tarawera eruption. It has a flat floor, mainly about 6 metres deep, although some vents are up to 20 metres deep. Lake temperature is generally between 45 and 55°C.

From Julie M. and Wish: A Mr. Saturn sweatshirt... yay!

From Julie M. and Realm of the Witch: Sure, when Aphrodite lies around naked in a giant clam shell, she's a "goddess"... but when I do it, I'm "drunk" and "no longer welcome at the aquarium." HAHAHAHA!

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ANOTHER Mike Litoris in Portland?! / James Bond Cero Cero Siete Carrion Vargas?!

2019-04-12T02:00:08Z

I showered and did laundry today.

Julie sent me a picture of my 2019 birthday card in the windowsill display! "I heard that people don't want stuff on their birthday. They want experiences."

From List25: There is ANOTHER Mike Litoris?! Poor kid!

James Bond Cero Cero Siete Carrion Vargas?! James Bond 007, everyone!

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Moxie Crimefighter, Jermajesty, Apple Martin, Pilot Inspektor, and Billion?!

2019-03-09T01:35:42Z

I was woken up at 5 AM by a loud piercing noise from across the street. Ugh, construction... no wonder "a loud piercing howl" is a Runaway Dog enemy attack in Earthbound... COFFEE TIME x2! I also learned that this construction will be 24/7 till the end of May... they're an exemption to the noise bylaw?! WHAT THE FUCK!

It's International Women's Day today! After DOUBLE COFFEE TIME, I left the apartment at 1:55 because I had to walk to Brighouse station and be on time to see Rachel at The Caring Place - thanks, endless construction and sewer upgrades! I even got a snack of a mixed fruit bar, grape juice, and a Smarties chocolate egg for International Women's Day at the end of the session. PHEW! Yes, I got angry and frustrated at Rachel, but she was fine with it. LET ME VENT FIRST!

Moxie Crimefighter Teller?!

Jermajesty Jackson?!

Apple Martin?!

Pilot Inspektor Lee?!

From Julie: Billion Leonard Roberts?!

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Urban Meyer is SO NOT A NAME!

2018-10-09T05:47:52Z

Today is Thanksgiving!

From Reddit and r/askwomen: Urban Meyer?!

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Kaine Horman and Kyron Horman?! / Niiko, Keegan, Karma, and Konstantine?!

2018-07-20T22:10:26Z

From SCARY MYSTERIES: Kaine Horman and Kyron Horman?!

From Julie: A girl named Karma?!

From Julie: Keegan?!

From Julie: Konstantine?! Why not just spell it with a C?!

From Julie: Niiko?! Why put an extra I in Niko if it's just going to be pronounced the same anyway?!

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Creepy Easter Bunny 19! / Mariquett?! / Soylent Original 100% People Juice!

2018-03-09T05:33:25Z

It's International Women's Day today! After COFFEE TIME, I left for Jon's at 2:30 in the rainy weather, stopping off at Kam Do Bakery for a BBQ pork bun; I also bought three Bath Retreat shower poufs at Shoppers, but one was actually pink in my bathroom lighting (it looked orange in the harsh lighting of the store...), so I had to throw it away unused. I'll just get a couple more non-pink LifeCandy poufs at London Drugs next week since I need at least two days at home by myself after being out at some point for four days in a row. When I got to the house, I saw a lot of paper planes and a bunch of drawings / workbooks from Ayler, who can read simple words and write equally simple words. I read a lot of books to the kids; baby books and stories, oh my! Jon's guitar student Kayla had to sit through an anatomy lesson about pregnancy and baby bums, oops. I had some grapes and a tiny mandarin orange while the kids had apple slices and asked me why they would turn brown. So I told them that it was science!

For dinner, we had spicy jerk chicken with rice (me), soupy casserole (the kids), chocolates, and fortune cookies. ("A man with brown eyes will give you a special surprise"?!) After his lesson, Randal stayed for what seemed to be a brief pre-dinner before meeting a guy named Carlos who has clingy emotional vampires for friends. We caught up a bit: my week, the online drama with certain people, his dad liking DVDs from Sunrise Records at Metrotown / Westerns / Clint Eastwood, his dad doing better and walking around, his wanting to write a screenplay as his next goal with his Christian book club friend who has a Chinese actress wife who grew up in Russia, and life goals. I also helped Ayler with his "home reading" from kindergarten: THE WATERHOLE, indeed! I wasn't sure how much help to give him with "waterhole," and he said that only parents were allowed to sound out words. Well, that's too bad for you, then! Randal said he'd drive me to the Canada Line station since it was pouring even more outside, which I appreciated. I technically didn't have a seatbelt on, but it's a very short drive. I'm just glad that Jon and Harmony's landlords finally installed a light at the back so people can actually see that dangerous step going down! I got home at 8 on a 407, no thanks to an idiot driver stopping between buses to let his friend out at the station. The bus driver got out of the bus and yelled at the guy, haha.

From Someecards: Creepy Easter Bunny 19!

From Julie: Mariquett?! Reminds me of marionettes and the Mariott Hotels!

From Janina: The perfect drink for that active cannibal in your life! Ready-to-drink meal: SOYLENT ORIGINAL! 100% People Juice! Serve Hot or Cold. Active Ingredients: Made from 100% honest-to-God people, and whatever they've eaten. No added fillers. 14 fluid ounces. (414 mL)

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Fuck that shit! / Fellony Hudson having new felonies! / Bericht dinsdag?!

2017-09-20T20:48:49Z

I called Mega Sushi for a reservation for Sunday at 7 (but they won't guarantee the table if I'm ten minutes late - which is why I'm not bothering to change the time of the FB event since people will be late anyway!), then called Chrystal at work to confirm Sunday's dinner. I paid my Shaw bill online.

I'm a lady, but "fuck that shit" is still a perfectly acceptable substitute for the word NO.

From This Is True: A felon named Fellony Hudson was charged in July with new felonies in Vancouver, Washington!

From Facebook on September 19, 2017: What the heck is a bericht or a dinsdag?! I think I jokingly blame Kitty for this one, as everything else is in English!

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Shannon Willing, Shaye Eller, Shuu Tsukiyama, Silverayne Smith, Tanith Kamelot

2017-09-15T01:26:37Z

Vanessa said she could give me rides to and from the MEGA SUSHI dinner, so now I'm set!

From Not Always Learning: Shannon Willing?! But what if she's NOT willing to do something?! Hahaha! Also, DRAGON! :D

From Not Always Related: Shaye Eller?!

From Not Always Right: Shuu Tsukiyama?!

From Not Always Working: Silverayne Smith?! She thinks she's the high priestess of something, too...

From Not Always Working: Tanith Kamelot?! Isn't that supposed to be TANIS?!

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Chicken and tofu tacos! / COMPASS CARD! / Loving my Facebook posts 400 times!

2017-08-31T05:28:18Z

Last night, Jon said that I was welcome to come over for lunch, and that physio was at 2:15. Sounded good to me, as I could get my Compass Card back that way, as well as spend more time with the kids! Time to put the thing in my wallet instead of my pocket while I'm out of the house! I got to the house early, but at least I could spend some quiet time to chill. When Jon and the boys got back from an appointment, we had chicken and tofu tacos for lunch before going to physio. The boys had fun making up bus stops (Steveston and Portland / Seattle / Surrey?!), and imitating the "BEEP BEEP BEEP" of the wheelchair ramps around here! Jon asked me how white Eric was; you see him more often than I do! Apparently, someone has set up a birthday dinner for him at Jeremy's on Sunday, but I haven't gotten any emails about it. I guess he's pretty busy! Later, Jon asked if Chinese Eric had any friends; I have no idea since even HE had to work on his own birthday!

We talked about Jeremy and his going down to Corvallis (Oregon) to see the solar eclipse with Christon and white Eric last week, my emailing Kevin some birthday wishes, whether they'd sent Fraser anything for his birthday ("oops"), my doing some dishes after a dinner of corn chowder and bread, Penny the speech therapist, Beck / Weird Al making me think of Jeremy, the Dead Kennedys, zone strategies, and September scheduling. When I got home at 7:45 on a 407, I finally registered the Compass Card online! Jimmy had messaged me this morning, but I'd ignored it in favor of doing my own thing, especially because of last night's lyrics debacle which HE could have easily prevented. Tommy's just messaged me as well, but I'll ignore that for certain.

Yay! My Facebook friends have LOVED my posts 400 times! :D

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Dammit, Chloe! / Sonny Sixkiller, Neville Neville, Tommy Gunn, Rabbit Maranville

2017-05-06T02:57:05Z

Jack Bauer on 24's LIVE ANOTHER DAY on May 5, 2014: DAMMIT, CHLOE!

From The Bleacher Report: Sonny Sixkiller?!

From The Bleacher Report: Neville Neville?!

From The Bleacher Report: Tommy Gunn?!

From The Bleacher Report: Rabbit Maranville?!

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Funny names from the 2015 NFL Draft!

2017-04-23T04:47:17Z

THIS ENTRY IS ALLOWED TO HAVE NON-ALIGNED TAGS.

I got most of these from The Blog of Funny Names!

Za'Darius Smith?!

( Jay Ajayi, Obum Gwacham, Khalif Barnes, Owamagbe Odighizuwa, Hroniss Grasu, Ali Marpet, Xzavier Dickson, Jeremiah Poutasi, Tyeler Davison, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Reshard Cliett, Deiontrez Mount, Kaleb Eulls, Nate Orchard, Ereck Flowers, Mykkele Thompson )

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Warrior dragon with armor! / Ice cream for breakfast?! / Mowgli Holmes?!

2017-04-21T20:33:37Z

From Krista: A warrior dragon with armor!

Julie S. saw this weird juxtaposition at the store: Ice cream is not usually a breakfast item!

From Reddit: There's a cannabis researcher named MOWGLI HOLMES?! I swear Mowgli was in THE JUNGLE BOOK...

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