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22 Things I Have Done

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This post was written in response to Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop prompt:

“A list of 22 things you HAVE done. (inspired by Sellabit Mom).”  So, here goes…  

I’m in my mid-thirties and I…

  1. Travelled to Europe twice by myself by the time I was 16
  2. Attended an Off-Off-Broadway play in New York City
  3. Modelled 
  4. Went on music tour to 3 different European countries in Grade 10 
  5. Worked in the non-proft sector most of my career 
  6. Said no 
  7. Have been to Court 
  8. Grew up on a survey crew 
  9. Know how to drive a four-wheeler 
  10.  Had half of my face bitten off by our family dog (and yet I’m still a dog-lover!) 
  11.  Was a certified figure skating coach 
  12.  Am always reading 2 – 4 books at a time 
  13.  I’ve (surprisingly) learnt how to knit…and even more surprising, I enjoy it! 
  14.  Ridden an elephant 
  15.  Been surprised by my own inner strength
  16.  Moved across the country without having somewhere to live permanently when I got off the plane 
  17.  Have been proposed to three times 
  18.  Been through a “best-friend breakup” 
  19.  Had one surgery in my life 
  20.  Visited someone very close to me in jail 
  21.  Went to Paris, France for the weekend
  22.  Shot a bullseye the first time I tried archery

Check out 22 Things I’ve Never Done too.

 

Rapture Ramblings

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So, the world is supposed to end today… “Rapture” as they call it. Honestly, I had to Google it to find out more and, as I was reading all this doomsday crapstuff, a new headline popped up “Rapture deadline passes, world still here”. What?! It’s 10am here! More research. Ahh…there are supposed to be powerful earthquakes at 6pm in each time zone. So, as a highschool friend of mine posted on his Facebook, it’s supposed to be a “rolling Rapture”. Australia has now experienced 6pm and they are still alive. Yay!

More research has turned up that apparently those of us left on Earth, will suffer Hell until October 21st when God will finally pull the plug once and for all. Wait, it took God 6 days to create Earth, but 5 months to destroy it? What am I missing here? I thought it was faster to destroy things than create them, after all it takes builders YEARS to build a huge skyscraper, but only a few minutes to blast it down.

Came across this article entitled After the Rapture, Who Will Walk Your Dog? As a dog-lover, I just had to check that out.  It’s a pet service offering to look after your pets post-Rapture for $135, no money-back guarantee if there’s no Rapture. My favourite quote is from the owner of the service: “What we try to do is reassure our clients that they can trust us, number one,” he says. And if that isn’t good enough, Centre suggests clients “find a friend who may be a Jew, a Hindu, a Muslim, an Atheist, a Wiccan, a Catholic, an Episcopal, anyone they think is not going to be Raptured and appoint them as their post-Rapture power of attorney.” LMAO!! One of the comments on the article sums it all up in my mind: “If my dog can’t come with me then I am not going.”

Then there’s the Rapture Ready website. WAY too much information but scrolling down the website (apparently they skipped Website Design 101), came across the “Featured End of Time Writers” section. Firstly, how do you include that on a resume or explain it in an interview post-Rapture? Yes, I was a Featured End of Time Writer, but it didn’t happen so I need a job. Secondly, I was shocked to see my grandfather’s name there! Even more shocking that he passed away a number of years ago.

The best post I’ve seen though about today’s Rapture is from a Twitter friend @BloggyMoms: A Rapture Forecast.  I LOVE IT!

At the end of the daytime, I hope I’m going to Heaven because I know my kids will be there, but if I’m staying to ensure Hell on Earth, then I’m keeping all of you with me…much better party that way!