Wedding Anniversary Myth

I once forgot my own wedding anniversary. It was liberating. What an overrated experience these days are. No one ever remembers them and if you do expect something, you are bound to be disappointed. It just isn't worth the disappointment. If  you forget your own anniversary - how important is it really? Unless it's a milestone, such as a record or something. In my family no one ever gets divorced, so to be an exception in my family, I'd have to get a divorce.

I say - forget about it!

Day after Christmas

I committed the ultimate sin today - yes, I went shopping on Boxing Day. It is against everything I stand for. I hate Boxing Day sales, and avoid them, but I did strike a good deal and purchased a new faucet marked down 75%. Alas, sometimes a little evil has to be endured for the greater good. Merry North American Consumer week!

Crazy Christmas Rush

I love giving gifts and seeing people's reactions to them when they open them, and love nothing more than buying that one special thing that someone wanted, but didn't even realize they wanted until I gave it to them (ha-ha).

This year was no exception, even though I've scaled back a lot over the last few years, I had to do the inevitable shopping for food and a few gifts and couldn't help but notice how rushed some people are. It is quite stupid. Consider the time of year, the busy mall parking lots and take a second to think about what you are doing to yourself. You are picking the worst time of the year to be in a hurry, so slow down and calm down and do your arteries a favour.

So today was mall and shop free for me and I gave a sigh of relief... in stead I took my daughter for a lazy stroll in the park. It was wonderful. And I was truly surprised to see that we were joined by only 4 other people. How sad is that?

I believe a New Year's resolution should be about making a positive change in my life, so this year, I am going to slow down and enjoy the simpler things around me, and make time for lazy strolls in the park on Sundays.

Do rich people's lives matter more?

The specific incident that set this off, was when I was trying to stop and there was no salt on the road, and I had to avoid sliding into a group of children waiting for a school bus, and realizing that this is an annual occurrence in my beighbourhood and that other people have mentioned how bad the road clearance is in winter in the Williamsburg neighbourhood in Kitchener.

In some neighbourhoods there are "traffic calming" obstacles installed, there are speed limits of 40 km/hr and they have better salt distribution on major roads for safety. Why is this not a standard in all neighbourhoods where our children and elderly live? I also noticed that these prevention of crazy speeders seem to pop only in rich neighbourhoods. It is never seen outside a high rise for low cost living. It is also not seen in my middle class neighbourhood where we have more cars, schools and a retirement home in less square feet that should have been allowed by the City planners.

Do the councillors care more about rich neighbourhoods, because when you are rich your life matters more? Our taxes are pretty high, so it's not that our money doesn't pay their salaries too...