well, its been a fun and adventurous day :D
let me start from the beginning. i took the train traveling VIA 1. it was super. they served me steak and eggs for breakfast, and my breakfast came with an appetiter of a fruit plate. i was all "i'm new at this" and told the stewardess (are they called stewardess on trains?) "i ordered the steak", she was like "that's your entree". oops.
anyway, i've concluded a couple things:
1) we live in a beautiful country.
2) i love the frickin train
3) if i were to travel cross-country, i would like to do it by train. this is because the train takes all these crazy "back roads" you don't see otherwise and everything looks beautiful. i had to laugh a number of times because its surprising the things people leave out in the middle of a field. hahaha. it was overcast and it reminded me of england. and i thought to myself "inspite the fact that its overcast it still beautiful, it almost accentuates it".
ok so the tradeshow. it was SO MUCH FUN! i had a really great time. secretly i hope i'll be able to do exhibitions more often. i surprised myself at how good at working the booth i was. i was friendly and smiley and knowledgable. maryanne (my co-worker from another division) was very impressed by my knowledge, i hope she tells that to knickers. i was most-likely the youngest person there and was by far the youngest LOOKING person there. it was at the "direct energy centre" at exhibition place (a.k.a. the CNE, a.k.a. the X). at lunch time i got this giant salad because i could hear my mom's voice in my head saying that salads are a good source of fibre. it was a fancy salad with ham, cheese and egg in it, and i found it ironic that i was rediscovering my hate for swiss cheese at the exact place i first discovered that i hate swiss cheese roughly half my life ago.
this reminds me... does anyone know how to make a hard-boiled egg? because i don't know how, and i'd like to learn! yum.
as i wandered around i bumped into dave – tim's best friend. he was the best-man in their wedding while i was the maid-of-honor. it was so funny because i SOOOO didn't expect to see him there, its been a long time since i saw him. he works for a map company. it was cool. he's a really hyper guy. funny.
afterwards i jumped on a streetcar and went to the eatons centre. i was very surprised how i much i missed toronto. even when we first pulled up on the train and i saw the crumby toronto style houses, i thought to myself "man, i miss this city". it bothers me that i'm getting rusty and needing to look at the subway map to know what station is next.
when i arrived home, driving up to my house, i was shocked to high-heaven to see that my downstairs neighbours hung christmas lights. but you know what really gets me?? they hung them along MY balcony!!! ARGH!
sometimes when i'm alone and reading an email or something, my face will lite up. i wish i could witness one of those moments in other people's lives.
if there's something inside that you wanna say,
say it outloud it'll be okay.
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boundaries, people!
It's SO GREAT you had such a good time! I feel all excited vicariously. And now I feel a little bit nostalgic for crumbly toronto-style houses. thx
oh i know! tell me about it.
i'm glad to get you all vicariously excited. we feel a little nostalgic for beckless too. (that's not the 'royal we' and i'm not talking crazy, but i was speaking for melissa too).
Um. Do you seriously not know how to make a hard-boiled egg? The only food I can prepare for myself is a bowl of cereal. But I've seen Carolyn do it. She puts it in a pot and boils it. The great thing about hard-boiled eggs is that you can't burn them. If it could be done, Carolyn would have done it. She can burn anything. But I've seen her leave eggs boiling for a verrrrry long time and they still turned out ok. If you were just kidding about not knowing how to boil an egg, excuse me while I fade away in embarrassment. Otherwise, call me Martha Stewart (or one of those other kinds of people who know how to cook.)
For years I struggled with boiling an egg- hard boiled- and have it come out of the shell nice and easy. Well, a few months ago, I picked up a kids' cookbook and found out how to make them perfect:
Put the egg(s) in a pot of cold water (I add vinegar to keep them from breaking). Bring the pot to a boil. Turn off the heat and leave the egg in the pot for 15 minutes. Presto perfect egg(s).
Oh and if you were joking, as rab said, I'll just move along. Nothing to see here. My students can't even tell when I'm joking with them. It's even harder on blogs!
no i was totally serious. i find it really hard to boil an egg properly because you can't tell if you boiled it for long enough and there's no sticking it back in for a little longer once its been opened.
i'm going to try it tomorrow morning.
thanks!!!!
i've got to tell you... i made myself a fabulous boiled egg this morning. thanks for the instructions aphra!
What do you mean "Thanks, Aphra." I told you to use a pot. Give me some credit.
and thanks to you too bob :D
Don't feel bad about the egg. I had to call my mom and ask how to make a baked potato when I first moved out.
i'm excited that i now know how to boil an egg. baked potatos are more my fortay. i used to come home from school in highschool and make those for a snack!
all that talk about boiled eggs, i had a boiled egg this morning, too. though i used a different method. same start up, but keep boiling it for five minutes rather than turning it off and letting it sit for fifteen. faster that way and works for me. thanks for the inspiration, though!
cool call on the boiled egg. i think they're my new obsession.
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