I love random phone calls from 3000 miles away, from people you never expect to hear from. I used to get them a lot more often, but I honestly think that some of my guy friends are now afraid to call me because I’m married. I often think about the whole “married girl with guy friends” issue, and I’m really kind of torn. I know there are a lot of people (particularly those of an older generation) who find it strange for a woman to want male friendship outside their marriage to their husbands. But at the same time, my best friends have almost always been male for most of…

This is the first time ever in my life that there has not been snow in December. I grew up in a small town in Northern Ontario where there was typically snow from early October to the end of May. We moved to Southern Ontario when I was 17, but we managed to move into the ‘snow belt’ and though the winters were drastically less cold, there seemed to be even more snow. So in all my years on earth I’ve never experienced this… and I don’t know what to think about it. I’ve since moved into an area that seems to experience milder winters than where I’ve lived before,…

I’ve been sitting here going through some of my previous blogs, and I realized that I have done exactly what I intended not to do. I set out to have a place to write my opinions and thoughts on different things, and instead have been writing out recaps of my daily activities because it’s much easier. I have a lot of trouble talking or even writing my opinion because I constantly struggle with what people think of me. I’ve somehow settled into this mentality that what I have to say is never good enough and so I just say nothing it all, unless it is something I am ferociously passionate…

I’ve learned over the past 2 years that I am not really a “phone” person. This actually distresses me because I’ve become more comfortable talking to people over the internet and I often shy away from making phone calls. It really needs to stop… the internet is so impersonal and I hate using it. It’s just so dang convenient! So when I finally do get on the phone with people they seem to be marathon phone calls… but there is one person that I could talk to all flippin’ night on the phone and it never gets dull (besides my hubby), and that’s my Telly. Telly and I have one…

Well, it’s all over. No more essays or exams for at least a month. I thought that I would feel elated at the thought, but I mostly feel tired. I’ll be excited tomorrow. :) So I thought I’d explain why I chose “Shop Girl” as my name for my blogging. I’ve had a few people ask me why I haven’t used one of my personal and more colourful nicknames that I have, so let’s review. Most nicknames that I’ve been called actually include my first, last or maiden name, so those were immediately out because I want to keep this free of personal information. So. My other nicknames from past…