Our poor, poor Grand Am...

The insurance company called with news. Seems that the insurance adjuster was finally granted permission by police to inspect our car, and the insurance broker called with the verdict. Apparently the Grand Am has been deemed a total loss, and is beyond repair.

For us, this means that we have 24 hours to pick-up our leftover belongings that are still in the car, and then I'm guessing they'll take care of whatever happens to the Grand Am after this. We've been told that they'll appraise it, and then write my bank a cheque for a value that they deem as fair. Either way it won't cover the entire amount of the loan, meaning we'll be stuck without a car, and a good 4-5 thousand dollars owing to the bank.

To add insult to injury, we get 48 hours after the bank receives the cheque from the insurance company, to clear up any loose ends, and then we have to return the rental car. So basically we pay thousands of dollars to our insurance company every year, just to be left without a car, or any way to even get to work, just because some little dick decides he feels like going for a joyride one night, and that he prefers to do it with a strangers' car.

Needless to say I'm harbouring a lot of bad feelings for the little prick who stole our car, and I'm certainly not impressed by the process the insurance company is putting us through. We, the victims, are left high and dry without transportation, with a big debt, and lastly no remnants of the Christmas cheer we felt until last Tuesday, while the little prick gets away with a slap on the wrist, and will most likely be eating cookies on Christmas morning with his family, while we're left to try to figure out a way to get to work next week.

Real justice would be making him pay for the money we're out, thanks to his stupidity and selfishness and general disrespect for other people and their property.

Merry Christmas to me!

So here it is, the item I most want on my wishlist this year. Morgan from WB was gracious enough to let me know where she got it, and the model # so I can try to order it through a store in Ottawa. I obviously don't expect anyone to buy us this Chandelier for Christmas, but it'll definitely be one of those "from me, to me" Christmas gifts this year.

Since hubs and I have decided that we will stay in our current townhouse for a few years yet, we might as well decorate it a little more to our tastes, and now that we finally bought our sofa and diningroom set, we can buy the matching lighting.

Wedding Pics

Since it's pretty quiet here at work right before Christmas, I've finally found the time to organize our wedding photos, and to publish them. So here's a small recap of our wedding day. Enjoy!

Getting ready...

The Girls:

The Guys:

The Ceremony:

The Reception:

Formal Photos:

Merry Christmas, your car just got stolen...

Cop cars rammed during wild west-end arrests
Officer narrowly escapes being run down; 4 youths held

By SUN STAFF

Ottawa police arrested four youths after an undercover operation turned into a movie-style pursuit involving collisions with cops cars, a narrow escape for an officer and a foot chase.

Ottawa police spotted a stolen car in a parking lot in the Ritchie St. area at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday and attempted to block it in, but the driver rammed two unmarked cop cars in an effort to escape.

A plainclothes officer then moved in to try to arrest the driver, but narrowly avoided being run over as the vehicle fled again.

The escaping vehicle then continued onto Ahearn Ave. where it collided head-on with another unmarked police vehicle that was arriving on the scene.

The four occupants then fled on foot. Three were arrested immediately, and the driver was apprehended soon after.

All four are young offenders and are in custody.

One officer received a minor injury to his right wrist in one of the collisions.

The investigation is continuing.


The stolen car that the authors of this article of the Ottawa Sun are referring to, belongs to us - my dear husband and me. We went to the gym on Tuesday night, and while we were working out, these "youths" broke into my husband's locker, stole our car keys, and made off with our car. I feel so violated. So mad.

This is our first Christmas as husband and wife...yup, that's right, we're newlyweds. This will definitely be a memorable Christmas for us for sure - afterall we're driving a rental car, out a day's pay each because we couldn't go to work without a vehicle, and you can scratch Christmas gifts off the list - we now have to pay an insurance deductible instead. Thanks "youths", Merry Christmas to you too!

I really do hope that these "youths" are prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and that they will not get away with a slap on the wrist. They committed and adults' crime, so I hope they'll have to do an adults' time as well, and not try to hide behind the fact that they are underage.

Winter Wonderland my a$$!

Oh Jamaica, how I miss thee...

With the current temperature hovering at a chilly -14* Celsius, I can only dream of being back in Runaway Bay, Jamaica, were hubs and I spent an entire glorious week of our honeymoon. It's only December and I'm already tired of shovelling that cold white crap that fell from the skies for almost 2 days straight this week. Don't get me wrong - I love snow - but only when it's lying on a hill and I currently have a snowboard strapped to my feet. If I'm stuck trudging through it in soggy boots, with freezing hands while inhaling exhaust fumes of rush hour traffic, then it suddenly no longer gives me that fuzzy, magical feeling of Christmas approaching.

Some honeymoon pics: