Melspeth, The Other Blog

Boy life has sure changed in the past little while!

I am now living with the kids, Rick and Jakk in rather cramped but happy quarters.  Don't ask.  Just know that we are all happy and making it work.

In better news, the divorce petition is in the hands of the judge now.  Finally!  At the very latest, this will all be over by May 22.  I feel like I can breathe again.

In even BETTER news, we are moving again.  I know, you might be wondering how I could want to move again, but this is a good move for all of us.  We've found half a duplex that will be perfect for us all...room for Rick, the kids and I, room for Jakk to call his own, a dishwasher, in-suite laundry, a large kitchen, a backyard, a garage...I really can't wait.  Our landlords seem conservative but very nice.

If you want my new contact info, please reply here and I will let you know privately.

For your listening pleasure, please recall the classic Simon and Garfunkel tune, "The Sound of Silence" (and enjoy the new lyrics that Rick and I conjured up.  Its debut performance was at our friend Julie's birthday party on Saturday.

And now...

"The Sound of Salsa"
(music by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, new lyrics by Rick Kimberley and Mellissa Zillwood)

Quesadilla, my old friend

You’ve come to visit me again

And in my tummy pressure is creeping,

Woke me up when I was sleeping

And the vapour that implanted in my sheet

Was hardly sweet

It had the sound of salsa

 

In restless dreams I ate alone

For enchiladas to atone

In the middle of a nacho plate

I found my tummy wasn’t feeling great

And I knew that the feeling wasn’t right

It split the night

It was the sound of salsa

 

And in my nightmares, like before

Ten thousand tacos, maybe more

And the people were running screaming

Tears of pain from their eyes streaming

People writhing, for their breathing was impaired

No one dared

Due to the sound of salsa

 

Fools, said I, you cannot guess

Silence doesn’t serve you best

Hear the sound and you can flee it

You can smell it but not see it

But my words like cold taquitos fell

And you could tell,

Tell by the sound of salsa.

 

And all the people bowed and prayed

For fear of refried beans I’d made

And I tried to give them warning

Of the methane cloud then forming

And I told them the one I feel coming

Could strip paint off the wall

Excuse me, all

I whispered, in the sound of salsa.

“Ode to Treehouse”, lyrics by Rick Kimberley and Mellissa Zillwood

“We Fall Down”, original lyrics by Chris Tomlin

We sit down

Watch Lazytown

Every day on Treehouse

And then we’ll slouch

On the Big Comfy Couch

It’s all here on Treehouse

 

And we see Rolie Polie Olie

We watch Rolie Polie Olie

We love Rolie Polie Olie

He’s the man

 

We don’t know

Where Dora will go

Perhaps to see Diego

Emily Yeung

Is sure to have fun

After her, it’s Elmo

 

Then we see Rolie Polie Olie

We watch Rolie Polie Olie

We love Rolie Polie Olie

Ad nauseum

 

Mum and Dad

Are going mad

Just from watching Treehouse

They tear their hair

Watching Little Bear

They need out of the house

 

But they see Rolie Polie Olie

They watch Rolie Polie Olie

They hate Rolie Polie Olie

Need a date

 

They don’t know

Any grown-up shows

‘Cause for them, it’s Treehouse

No NBC,

Grey’s Anatomy,

Law & Order or House

 

No, they see Rolie Polie Olie

They watch Rolie Polie Olie

They hate Rolie Polie Olie

Like the plague

 

Dad’s such a stitch

He’s got a twitch

Comes from watching Treehouse

The doctors said,

“Just go to bed,

Stay away from Treehouse.”

 

But he dreams Rolie Polie Olie

And he screams Rolie Polie Olie

He hears Rolie Polie Olie

In his brain

 

Mum’s much worse

It’s worked in reverse

Now she’s hooked on Treehouse

She sings the songs

All day long

It’s “The Best of Treehouse”

 

And she sings Rolie Polie Olie

She hums Rolie Polie Olie

She loves Rolie Polie Olie

She’s flipped out

 

We sat down

To watch Lazytown

But there’s no more Treehouse

Dad got upset,

Threw the TV set

Into my old treehouse

 

Now we cry Rolie Polie Olie

We mourn Rolie Polie Olie

We miss Rolie Polie Olie

Where’s the Wii?

 

 

Rick is moving out to The 'Wack with his best buddy and we figured by moving on the weekend, we'd get it all done in plenty of time to have his old apartment empty and cleaned for February 1st. 

Then Murphy showed up to the party.

Have I ever mentioned on here that I really, REALLY dislike Murphy?

We have had below freezing temperatures(-20 with the windchill factor the other day), around a foot of snow at Alpha Base and a parental unit that seems to have done everything in their power to impede this move, yet they complain bitterly about Rick's presence here, saying that things will only get better after he moves into his new apartment.  WTF?!?!  Then freaking help to facilitate the move!  Sheesh...

Well, I could go on ad nauseum about the stress of my living situation, but that's quite enough negativity.

Next up: a totally, fluffy, frivolous post!

I'm a little slow on the uptake this week...been so busy!

On Friday, January 4 at 4 pm, Rick asked me to marry him.  It was all very impromptu and sweet and touching and perfect.  You can read the whole story on Facebook (reply here if you can't read it for some reason).

I am overjoyed.  I'm still periodically crying happy tears about it and staring at my beautiful ring (who could blame me?)  *SQUEE*

I have been so busy having a life that I've forgotten to write about it!

My life is wonderful - a happy, rewarding, fulfilling relationship with my soulmate, two amazing children that delight me on a daily basis and a job that keeps a roof over our heads.

We're getting ready for Christmas, too.  The tree is up and decorated, the mantle looks amazing and half the presents are already wrapped.  I am more organized this year than in years past.  Of course, the piddly little amount of baking has already been devoured, so I am hoping to get some new stuff done in the next few days.  There are mincemeat tarts cooling as I type this and I've put in an order for ingredients to make butter tarts, nanaimo bars, banana bread and date squares.

In the midst of Christmas preparations, Rick and I are also beginning to plan our wedding.  Before you ask, we are NOT engaged.  Yet.  But with a date of July 12, 2008, we have to start getting our ducks in a row.  So, expect to hear a LOT more about that as we go along.

In the meantime, I wish you all a joyous Christmas and a new year filled with happiness.

I am sick.  Boo, sick!  Called in sick to work today, sneezed/coughed/sniffled my way through a staff meeting and am now being pampered with homemade onion soup and a fabulous dinner followed by a bubble bath in a huge tub and likely a back-rub, if I ask nicely enough. 

I have been fortunate to have several conversations with friends lately, friends I haven't seen or spoken to much since Jim and I broke up.  I have been alternately pleased and disheartened when the topic turned to my relationship with Rick and the future we are building together. When I tell them about how happy we are and how fantastic and functional we are as a couple, it is almost always met with skepticism.  Too many times now I have heard, "Yeah, he does that/it's great/you're happy  now.  But that could all change/you might change your mind/he might change in a year, in two years, etc, etc, etc."  To that I say Fie!  Fie on you, those who have never experienced this kind of love.  Perhaps that was a tad harsh; let me rephrase...

I am so sorry that you have not been so fortunate to have experienced this kind of amazing, servant-minded love; the kind of love where each partner gives 100%, none of this 50-50 bullshit.  The kind of love that I know down into my bones...that even before I laid eyes on him, I knew that we were right for each other, that in every way that matters, we fit together, that this man was made, molded by God for me - for this.  I am sorry that you are so coloured by my past actions that you cannot see the changes I have undergone.  There are some out there who feel hurt/betrayal/insult on behalf of someone who does not harbour those feelings toward me.  For you, I pray that your hearts will be turned, that you will see the healing that has occurred in the hearts and lives of those directly affected by events of the past.  It is not your hurt to be upset about.  It is not you who was betrayed.  You were simply unaware of what was really going on, that is all.  There are some out there that believe I am fickle, impetuous, shallow  or flighty.  For you, I pray that you will open your eyes and hearts up to see how one brief period of reckless behaviour does not define me in the rest of my life.  So please, take your skewed, coloured, filtered view of me, my life and my current choices and set them aside, for they will only serve to make you miserable and to damage what remains of our friendship.

Let's start fresh.

Main entry: bliss

Pronunciation:

\ˈblis\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss; akin to Old English blīthe blithe

Date:

before 12th century

I love sushi *pats full belly*

*giggle*

Most people like to feel comfortable. There are comfort foods, comfortable sweaters, comfortable shoes, etc. Please fill in your comfortable answers to these questions about things that make you feel good and are comfortable, just like that horrid, ratty robe you always wear.

1. What are two foods you might indulge in after a stressful day?
a. Chocolate
b. Soup

2. Which two beverages do you find soothing and delicious?
a. Chai
b. Hot Chocolate

3. What two books do you re-read every once in awhile?
a. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
b. Where The Wild Things Are

4. What two movies can you watch over and over without getting bored of them?
a. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (which, honestly, was meant to be one really REALLY long story)
b. The Princess Bride

5. What are your most comfortable articles of clothing?
a. My burgundy silk T tunic
b. My Lions Gate "uniform" fuzzy pullover - all three of them

6. Name two songs that give you comfort, or two songs that you never get tired of.
a. Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye - Beth Neilsen Chapman
b. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

7. Lastly, what do you like to do to unwind after a hard day?
a. Eat chocolate
b. Something creative, like stitching or painting or playing my flute

I love autumn.  Really, I do.  The turning of the leaves; the crispness in the air; sweater weather; my creative muse roars out of dormancy and urges me to make gifts for people.  Stew returns to the menu.  Mmm...stew...

Autumn also heralds the return of my worst migraine cycle of the year.  The slightest twitch on the barometer and my head either feels like a pregnant elephant is roosting on the top of my cranium or like I am having some bizarre, archaic  "wet-leather-strap-tied-around-the-head-that-slowly-tightens-and-crushes-my-skull" torture.  Ugh.

And head colds.  Blasted head colds.  You know, you get one, ONE measly sinus infection and then every subsequent viral infection goes directly to the sinuses - does not pass go, does not collect $200.  It was bad enough that every infection went to my throat, inflaming the paltry tag of tonsil my aging doctor missed during surgery when I was 15.  But NO, that wasn't good enough.  My sinuses wanted parity.  So now, I get this "full head assault" on a semi-regular basis.  Come on, I have young children...G is going to bring home whatever germ is floating around the school this week and I'M going to catch it.  Serves me right for hugging and kissing them all the time.  Alright, I hereby pronounce a moratorium on maternal affection from Oct 1 until April 1.  THAT should keep me healthy, right?

My favourite time of year for singing (all those awesome Christmas carols, hymns and songs) and my stupid chronic sinus infections taunt me.  I'll start to feel better, sing a test song in the car and ratch my voice for another week .  Maybe now that I'm attending church regularly again and singing every week it won't happen this year?  I had been cautiously optimistic these last few days, thinking that my voice was finally coming back after my last sinus/throat infection in freaking JUNE.  I have been able to sing higher, hold a note longer and not have the raspy, gravelly quality to my singing that I feared was becoming my normal voice.  And now this.  Colour me NOT happy.

Of course, now that I have vented my spleen, it is important to note that I really AM happy.  My life is more full and happy than it has ever been.  I am in love with a man who is my best friend, someone I get to marry in less than 20 months.  My kids are a constant source of wonder and delight and we have become a tight-knit little family.

So, to sum up: migraines and colds suck, but I love my life.

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Milady the Most Honourable Mellissa the Inexorable of Colquhoun St Cahoon Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

At least, that's what Em calls it.  That, or "Nog Nog".  I love kid-language :)

Greetings!

Just wanted to tell you how blissfully happy I am :)  I'm in love and get to marry my soul mate in less than 2 years!!!

1. Put Your iTunes (windows media player, etc.) on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Walk the Plank (Klaus Badelt, PotC soundtrack) - guess I sound pretty short-tempered, don't I?


WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
To The Pirates Cave (Klaus Badelt, PotC soundtrack) - my personality is dank and filled with treasure?


WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Fever Dream (Tyler Bates, 300 soundtrack) - hot, mostly naked, nubile woman writhing in a drug-induced vision?  Don't swing from that tree...


HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg) - well, I DO feel tired and my eyes are growing old...

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Can't Stop (Jacksoul) - Well, it might appear that way to some...


WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Goodnight (Kenny Loggins) - WTF?


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Tears of Pearls (Savage Garden) - no idea.


WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Ellsworth (Rascal Flatts) - never been there...


WHAT IS 2+2?
Refiner's Fire (Delirious?) - Well, He does have all the answers.


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS?
I Surrender All (Michael English) - maybe I should stick up for myself a little more and not be such a pushover...


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON(s) YOU LIKE?
Jungle Boogie (Kool & the Gang) - OH YEAH, BABY!!!!!


WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Your Star (Evanescence) - this would have applied about a week ago, but not anymore.


WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Violet (Savage Garden) - supernova, baby!


WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Universe (Savage Garden) - Completely apropos for one person in particular.  I wish them a happy life.


WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Lacrymosa (Evanescence) -  If they're willing to let me blame it all on them, far be it from me to deny them their request...LOL


WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Paralyzer (finger eleven) - not very romantic, per se...


WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Love (Kenny Loggins, cover of John Lennon's beautiful tune) - I can only hope...


WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Brother (Toad the Wet Sprocket) - Well, I AM interested in how he's doing, but I wouldn't say he's a hobby...


WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Cody's Song (Kenny Loggins) - OH NO!  It's Cody's Song!  Everybody run!!!!!

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
To-Ra-Loo-Ra (Kenny Loggins) - Yes, my biggest secret is that I know how to sing this song.


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
3AM (Matchbox 20) - I'm pretty sure I could call most any of them at 3 am and not get chewed out...


WHAT WILL YOU DO TODAY?
The Water is Wide (Kingston Trio) - Actually, I'll be at the airport and the tarmac is wide. But..."build me a boat that can carry two; and both shall row, my love and I"...  I could think of worse ways to spend the day.


HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE ?
Breath of Heaven (Eden's Bridge) - I am really feeling like God has blessed me and is guiding me where I need to go.


IF A GUY/GIRL WERE TO ASK YOU OUT YOU WOULD SAY?
Because You Love Me (Celine Dion) - Finally, one that is somewhat pseudo-quasi-related to the question...

Your Kissing Purity Score: 17% Pure

For you, it's all kiss and no talk. You're in a permanent lip lock.

I don't know about y'all, dear readers (for I think there are a few of you out there), but have you ever been so happy that you feel like singing, but you can't think of a song that's happy enough to encapsulate what you're feeling?

This is the result of the fun I had taking my security training...cool, huh?

My "theme song" used to be "Stand" by Rascal Flatts, talking about life knocking you down and you getting back up again, more determined.  Lately, I've been feeling stronger mentally and emotionally and thinking a lot about what I want for my life.  I think this song pretty much sums it up for me now:

Settlin'
Sugarland


Fifteen minutes left to throw me together
For Mr. Right Now, not Mr. Forever
Don't know why I even try when I know how it ends
Lookin' like another, "Maybe we can be friends."
I've been leaving it up to fate
It's my life so it's mine to make

Chorus:
I ain't settlin'
For just getting by
I've had enough so-so
For the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low
So raise the bar high
"Just enough," ain't enough this time
I ain't settlin' for anything less than everything

With some good red wine
And my brand new shoes
Gonna dance a blue streak around my living room
Take a chance on love, and try how it feels
With my heart wide open
Yeah, you know I will
Find what it means to be the girl
Who changed her mind
And changed the world

Repeat chorus

I ain't settlin'
For just getting by
I've had enough so-so
For the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low
So raise the bar high
"Just enough," ain't enough this time

I ain't settlin'
For just getting by
I've had enough so-so
For the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low
So raise the bar high

I ain't settlin'
No, no, no, no, no, no
So raise the bar high, high

Video for this song can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjBrZ8L2Z5Q