January 14th, 2012 by Sherry

…your house starts to remind you of an episode of hoarders.
…putting the toilet paper in the bathroom cabinet, out of view, gives you a sense of euphoria.
…your panic attacks increase with the length of your “to do” list.
…you purchase all kinds of storage mediums but are too overwhelmed to put them together.
Hold on, I’m having another panic attack.
…you have to say no to Pickle Saturday play dates because the above mentioned attacks and list are making your head explode.
…writing this post is like going to your first AA meeting.
Hi, I’m Sherry and I’m a lazy procrastinator who fails at life.

Collective “Hiiiii, Sherry!!” from the room.

January 11th, 2012 by Sherry

Big hugs, double kiss on each side of the cheek and all that. How are you? Although I’m likely talking to myself. I know, I’ve abandoned you, why wouldn’t you do the same?
But that’s okay. Once a year I jump on in here and post like I have a mass following who is waiting with baited breath on my every word. It’s sick and delusional…not really, because I don’t actually feel that way, but I needed something to write to sound clever.
How am I doing?
I actually just jump in here and talk mostly to myself, as if I had a clone that I could only converse with through blog. And let me say, that audience? CAPTEEVE motha trucker!
Oy. I had no idea when I came in here that I was feeling so expressively silly.
Ok, let’s talk JayZ and Beyonce. Seriously? If I was that poor bastard that just had preemie twins and couldn’t see my babies because those self absorbed celebrity self entitled assholes were monopolozing that hospital, I would have gone all Denzel on thier ass. ‘Nuff said.
What else is going on?
Christmas has come and gone and it was awesome and wonderful and I spent too much money, as usual, and now regret it. I got furniture and diamonds and vacation time, though, so HELLS YA!!
I’m going to Nicaragua in July for 7 days. It’s a sort of humanitarian vacation of sorts that still has me shitting my pants, so we’ll talk more about that later.
The weather is ridiculously warm for these here Canadian parts, but I can’t say I’m sorry. The only thing that I’m worried about is still having snow in freaking June because of the late start. It’s the second week of January and the sun was so hot today on my lunch hour I had to drive around with my window open.
My baby boy recently turned 18 and my baby girl has gone back for her second semester of University. Oy. I can’t even pretend that I no longer have grey hair. Or that I’m not getting old.
But, you know, it’s okay. 40 isn’t really turning out to be all that bad. 20 somethings are kind of messed up, even though they won’t realize it for another 10 years or so. Age is no longer a bitter occurance that I dread. Things are progressing in my life, people are entering and leaving and it feels full, harried at times but full and meaningful…if you can believe that one. Rather, I find it hard to believe.
Anyway….my tiny pickle niece is absolutely amazing and changing every day. She’s nine and a half months old now and her Aunt Sherry couldnt possibly love her any more. She’s the light of our household.
I have recently been asked to be the God Mother of my cousin’s 3rd baby, Jilian. Being asked in itself is a major honour, but the conversation and basis of why I was asked was heart warming, real, and one of those treasured moments. They don’t come often but when they do, amazing.
Work. Omg, work is SO damned slow. I’m hoping it’s just the after the Holiday lull but holy Jesus, things have to pick up soon. The good part about it is that we’re super caught up. The bad part about it is that we don’t have enough work to keep everyone busy and it’s not like I can just send people home. You know it’s bad when you don’t even feel guilty surfing the internet because there’s nothing else that needs to be done, that you get paid to do.
If you work for my company and you are reading this, it’s all a lie by the way. Things are super busy and there arent enough hours in the day to get everything accomplished. In fact, I think I’ll work some unpaid overtime out of the goodness of my heart. Go away now and get back to work, yourself.
Phew. Do you think they bought it?
I think the washrooms at work are haunted. Or maybe I am. I’m pretty sure that a ghost went in with me today and pooped a nasty in the stall beside me while I was piddling. Dude, I’m not kidding.
They didn’t even wash their hands when they were through.
I don’t think our office cleaning lady really cleans. I think she just comes in and moves stuff around to make you think she’s cleaning. Or, in my case, she comes into the office and breaks shit to make you think that she’s cleaning.
I wonder if I’ve covered enough random topics with this blog post.

December 30th, 2011 by Sherry

November 19th, 2011 by Sherry

…or trying to avoid NOT doing stuff.

Also, it’s super weird to have baby food in my fridge again.

October 2nd, 2011 by Sherry

I was stumbling today, hoping to add a link to my photo walk site, when I was presented with this little gem:

What the hell, StumbleUpon ? How do you even come close to associating Niagara Photo Walk with necrophilia?
Dude. Seriously.

September 15th, 2011 by Sherry

and this….

…and you know what? So far, it’s been pretty damned good.

September 13th, 2011 by Sherry

Ba dump bump!! Did you see what I did there?

So. On Monday I started part time classes at Niagara College, taking an introduction to photography. I’m not really sure I’ll get much out of this class but it’s a prerequisite to others that I want to take, and it’s a good excuse to get away from the office and out of the house and do something for me.

Here are the sporadic thoughts that popped into my head during the 2.5 hours that I was there:

Omg!! Why am I so excited to have to hand in assignments??!!

Oh Lord!! Did he just say “oral presentation” ??!!

I’m pretty sure someone was eating a Jos Louis at this desk before I got here. Gross.

Oooooh, FIELDTRIPS!!!!!

I’m not sure I’m enjoying myself yet.

I just had a Breakfast Club Ally Sheedy moment, where she cocks her head looking down the barrel of her finger gun and shoots the classmate across the room.

Why the hell did I forget my contacts??

Omg…Ally Sheedy…..BANG.

“That head’s a good head.” Why isn’t anyone else giggling??

OMG!! My chair just squeeked and sounded like I queefed! I didn’t QUEEF ! I SWEAR!!!

September 11th, 2011 by Sherry

The television is off, and it will stay that way. I’ll tell those that I am close to that I love them, and cherish our time together.
I don’t want to hear about conspiracy theories. I don’t want to hear about George Bush.
None of that will bring back the innocent lives lost ten years ago. None of that will erase the pain and answer the questions of those left to bear life without their loved ones.
I’ll remember in my own way, on my own terms, what is important about this day.

August 31st, 2011 by Sherry

Well, August has come and gone and there are, true to my promise to myself, 31 posts on sherendipity. One marking every day of the month.
I will admit, I cheated on 5 out of 31 days. But I’m still proud of myself that I went from virtually not blogging at all, to almost blogging for 31 days in a row. It was a great kick in the pants to get me thinking and photographing and to generally have this site on my mind daily, which is really good for a tiny bit of my sanity. This place, my place, is very therapeutic and makes my heart happy.

Blaugust!! August, every.damned.day.

August 30th, 2011 by Sherry

Blaugust!! August, every.damned.day.