Monthly Archives: March 2004

Canuck Wannabe

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The race has started, I’m applying for my Canadian Citizenship next week. I’ve got the money, the application forms, the guides, the questionary, but most of all, a great desire to become a citizen of this country. I love Canada, I’m not brushing anybody’s back. Canada has brought me love, happiness, progress, hope. Canada is a great nation, a peace-keeper, heaven on earth, despite the political scandals, despite the eternal “war” between Francophones and Anglophones (ha!). I’m a Canuck Wannabe and in about one year I’ll be an Imported Canuck and I will have a photo with a Mountie taken at the Ceremony, I swear… God is my witness! ;)

I love my country, I love Colombia, but I want to become Canadian because it will makes things easier for me (plus I want to vote!). The good news is that I get to keep my Colombian passport because both countries accept the dual citizenship, yippee!

Calling Web Designers

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I have a request for help here: I’m finishing that website I got the gig for (the flower shop in Ottawa). The site looks good, the client loves it, I took good care of the code so it validates and it’s accessible, but OMG… they want music on it! I hate music on websites (unless you can turn it off and the song is not annoying), but I don’t want to be imposing anything on these people. How can I explain to them that music on a website is not that appealing (what exactly should I tell them?), or is there a code snippet I can use to embed the file and still make the pages validate? Help!

The Good Doctor

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No, it’s not the title of the book by Damon Galgut, but how I’ve decided to call my new Endocrinologist. In 45 minutes he gave me more warmth, attention and hope than the previous doctor gave me in almost 4 years… what a difference! This man is quiet, humble, respectful, soft, a gentleman. The kind of doctor who says “excuse me” every time he is going to check something. 4 years with the previous doctor and I was never examined like I was today, never so reassured, a smile was never sent in my direction. But today was different.

The Good Doctor not only told me I seem to be doing more than ok now, but he told me I could even start trying to get pregnant! He said I have good chances to conceive now that my body has started to work properly and he suggested to give it a few more months before trying for real, but he told me I CAN get pregnant and Diabetes is not an impediment. Of course I have to be careful, but hey… this guy told me babies are possible! That’s great news. So much to be grateful for today, so much!

In Her Shoes

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I’m about to finish reading “In Her Shoes“. It took me a little longer than I expected, since I simply devoured “God in Bed“, but I slowly grew fond of the story and now I can’t put the book down. I can’t wait for the movie to be released and it was so funny because I could picture Simon as the very cute Mark Feuerstein, but I cannot see Toni Colette as Rose (not to mention Cameron Diaz as Maggie… nah! Don’t like the idea at all). Instead I keep picturing Jennifer Weiner‘s heroines somehow like herself, with the same hair style and the smile. Anyway, highly enjoyable read… Too bad there aren’t other books by JW around, I just love the way she writes!

3rd Bloggiversary

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3 years ago I was proud to be able to set up a weblog with Blogger. Today I can play with pretty much every single weblogging tool there is (but I stay faithful to Movable Type), use a few plugins and make a website validate (not this page anyway, working on it!). 3 years of fun and a little bit of heartbreak with good life lessons, 3 years of meeting new people every day, 3 years of my husband wondering “What the heck does she do all day looking at her website?”, 3 years of seeing the world through the eyes of others and learning much about it. 3 years that have allowed me to get to know a few people whose friendship I cherish with all my heart, as well as many others from whom I always get a reason to smile. Yes, 3 years well worth it… Happy Bloggiversary to me!