Me and Richard Simmons at Bust A Move!
It was a great time!!!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Well I stayed away from here for awhile so I would be able to write something a little happier than my last post. Last week was not my best week in life, and I wasn't in the mood to share with all of you. Still not, so I'll try to focus on good things.
Went to a wedding show with Adam, Mum and Krystal yesterday and it was good. We found a beautiful limo that we'll be booking soon, and Mum and Krystal found a couple of necklaces that they really loved (and with their birthdays coming up, they may get them and have them for the wedding). We also took some time to go the ceremony and reception sites, which was nice.
Uncle Frank had another heart attack on Saturday - he's in the Infirmary but seems to be doing alright. The docs will be cleaning out the blockages sometime this week.
Adam and I have all of our envelopes done, and we are just waiting to pick up the invites Tuesday evening so we can stuff the envelopes. I think tonight I will put my master list together so we can start addressing things while watching a movie or something.
Saw two movies this weekend - Avatar and The Invention of Lying. Both were really good. I can see why Avatar is considered epic - it was very good. The Invention of Lying was odd.... and fascinating. It wasn't an in-you-face movie, but I really enjoyed it.
Heard from Mark yesterday. That was.....random. I guess he got my message from his ex-wife. Needless to say I was dumbfounded, and couldn't put any real sentences together. I got the info I need for the marriage registration though, so I guess that's good. It was odd.
And now it's Monday. Another bizarre day. My goal today is to live a simple, uncomplicated day.
Watch this.
Went to a wedding show with Adam, Mum and Krystal yesterday and it was good. We found a beautiful limo that we'll be booking soon, and Mum and Krystal found a couple of necklaces that they really loved (and with their birthdays coming up, they may get them and have them for the wedding). We also took some time to go the ceremony and reception sites, which was nice.
Uncle Frank had another heart attack on Saturday - he's in the Infirmary but seems to be doing alright. The docs will be cleaning out the blockages sometime this week.
Adam and I have all of our envelopes done, and we are just waiting to pick up the invites Tuesday evening so we can stuff the envelopes. I think tonight I will put my master list together so we can start addressing things while watching a movie or something.
Saw two movies this weekend - Avatar and The Invention of Lying. Both were really good. I can see why Avatar is considered epic - it was very good. The Invention of Lying was odd.... and fascinating. It wasn't an in-you-face movie, but I really enjoyed it.
Heard from Mark yesterday. That was.....random. I guess he got my message from his ex-wife. Needless to say I was dumbfounded, and couldn't put any real sentences together. I got the info I need for the marriage registration though, so I guess that's good. It was odd.
And now it's Monday. Another bizarre day. My goal today is to live a simple, uncomplicated day.
Watch this.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
I am so entirely pissed off right now.
Last night, we lost hot water. Again. This building has the worst management - they smoke indoors in public places, they lose work orders, and now they can't even maintain utilities. So last night, at 830pm I left my home to gohave a shower at the gym. Oh joy oh bliss. But ofcourse I didn't have shampoo or conditioner, so my hair looks like one giant grease ball today. Great. Just great.
Then I wake up this morning, get dressed to find out that the dress sweater I wear with all of my tank tops has been shrunk in the dryer, and I can never wear it again. And have nothing to wear to work. And the kitten was getting dangerously close to being locked up and not let out for the entire day because he WOULD NOT get out from underfoot and WOULD NOT leave me alone to do anything (including walk from one room to another). Oh, yeah - so today I am wearing an old shirt with a hole in it with my fleece sweater over top of it (I keep that at the office for when we ha no heat, but it's 8:10 and I'm sweating b/c I have nothing else to wear).
So I am in a VERY bad mood. So bad, in fact, that I am contemplating leaving work. I left home after 8 anyway, so I was already late. Why did I bother? Oh yeah - in case I get the job that I was under theimpression I would know about by now.
WARNING!
Last night, we lost hot water. Again. This building has the worst management - they smoke indoors in public places, they lose work orders, and now they can't even maintain utilities. So last night, at 830pm I left my home to gohave a shower at the gym. Oh joy oh bliss. But ofcourse I didn't have shampoo or conditioner, so my hair looks like one giant grease ball today. Great. Just great.
Then I wake up this morning, get dressed to find out that the dress sweater I wear with all of my tank tops has been shrunk in the dryer, and I can never wear it again. And have nothing to wear to work. And the kitten was getting dangerously close to being locked up and not let out for the entire day because he WOULD NOT get out from underfoot and WOULD NOT leave me alone to do anything (including walk from one room to another). Oh, yeah - so today I am wearing an old shirt with a hole in it with my fleece sweater over top of it (I keep that at the office for when we ha no heat, but it's 8:10 and I'm sweating b/c I have nothing else to wear).
So I am in a VERY bad mood. So bad, in fact, that I am contemplating leaving work. I left home after 8 anyway, so I was already late. Why did I bother? Oh yeah - in case I get the job that I was under theimpression I would know about by now.
WARNING!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Sleep is a wonderful thing. I feel so much better than I did yesterday :)
I'm waiting for my next assignment, and enjoying putting playlists together online, on a website my boss introduced me to: www.grooveshark.com - I highly recommend!
Tina's coming over tomorrow night to finish the wedding invites. Yahoo! We only have the RSVP cards and the maps to work on. Wahoo! We also need to get return address labels with my new last name done for the thank you cards. We decided last night that we are going to have Staples print most things, it might be cheaper and but it will defiantly be easier. And easier is good.
Life is feeling pretty good today. I know I've been all over the place the last week, and I want to thank Adam and Tina for putting up with it and acting as my sounding boards - thank you! It won't be the last time, but it helps :)
I'm waiting for my next assignment, and enjoying putting playlists together online, on a website my boss introduced me to: www.grooveshark.com - I highly recommend!
Tina's coming over tomorrow night to finish the wedding invites. Yahoo! We only have the RSVP cards and the maps to work on. Wahoo! We also need to get return address labels with my new last name done for the thank you cards. We decided last night that we are going to have Staples print most things, it might be cheaper and but it will defiantly be easier. And easier is good.
Life is feeling pretty good today. I know I've been all over the place the last week, and I want to thank Adam and Tina for putting up with it and acting as my sounding boards - thank you! It won't be the last time, but it helps :)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Holy cow and I sleepy today! I'm having some trouble waking up, and even more pretending to be alert. Wow!
Last night was not a good night, but ended well (thank goodness). It turns out that Loki got out of the apartment when I got home, and we didn't realize it for 2 1/2 hours! By that time he was no where to be seen. No one on our floor had seen him, and we didn't know what to do. I started knocking on doors on other floors and finally found him. Some woman was doing laundry on our floor, found him and took him home. Thank goodness he was alright, but I can't understand why she didn't report it to the building.
But he's fine, and we're fine, and everyone is fine.
Then we hit the gym to deal with some stress that the adrenaline had thrown into our bodies, and that woke me up, so I couldn't go to be early. I felt fine last night, but today - I'm exhausted. I can honestly barely keep my eyes open.
Let's hope today is less eventful than yesterday. I think I'll crawl in bed around 8ish - no gym - and sleep for 11 hours. I could really really use it.
Oh - school has started. Back to adding that to my life :)
Last night was not a good night, but ended well (thank goodness). It turns out that Loki got out of the apartment when I got home, and we didn't realize it for 2 1/2 hours! By that time he was no where to be seen. No one on our floor had seen him, and we didn't know what to do. I started knocking on doors on other floors and finally found him. Some woman was doing laundry on our floor, found him and took him home. Thank goodness he was alright, but I can't understand why she didn't report it to the building.
But he's fine, and we're fine, and everyone is fine.
Then we hit the gym to deal with some stress that the adrenaline had thrown into our bodies, and that woke me up, so I couldn't go to be early. I felt fine last night, but today - I'm exhausted. I can honestly barely keep my eyes open.
Let's hope today is less eventful than yesterday. I think I'll crawl in bed around 8ish - no gym - and sleep for 11 hours. I could really really use it.
Oh - school has started. Back to adding that to my life :)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Now the stress hits.
I've always heard that planning a wedding is a stressful time, but I hadn't experienced it until recently. Mainly, it's the bridesmaids.
Yesterday Krystal told me she wasn't sure what she was going to do about the no-kids-at-the-wedding thing. When I asked what she meant she said she hadn't decided if she was going to be able to be a bridesmaid anymore or not. I opted to play the adult and told her she had until the end of the week to decide, and that I would respect her choice. She called me 5 hours later and launched right into bridesmaid stuff an when I made her explain herself she said the Mike (the BF) told her she was being stupid and to cut it out. So she did. No apology, but I made her tell me that there would be no more guilt trips about it, and that that would be the last I heard about it.
During all this, I was stressing out big time, and getting really upset, and in turn Adam was getting upset, and it all sucked. Big time. I don't get what I did that made me not deserve the wedding things that every other gal gets. I mean, no one threw us an engagement party (or even wanted to get together to go out to dinner with us), there were no (oh-so-pretty) engagement cards (every time I walk by them now I think that 'I'll never get one of those'), and no one has taken any interest at all. Don't get me wrong, Adam and I love being engaged, and we love doing the wedding ourselves, but it would have been nice if people had been nice enough to want to celebrate with us instead of ignore it or give a passing "Congrats". I distinctly remember a couple of people saying that we'll celebrate our engagement once Ellen and Shawn's wedding was over, since everyone was busy and "wedding-ed out". Well, that never happened. And furthermore, do you know how insulting it is when someone says their tired of weddings so they don't want to hear about your new engagement? Or a family that doesn't have time to be happy with you?
When anyone thinks about being engaged, they don't think their friends will do nothing, they think their friends will want to help them celebrate. They don't think they'll have to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime event by themselves.
Don't get me wrong, people love to stick their noses in and tell me to slow down and that I have tons of time to plan, and that I shouldn't be in such a rush, and why am I worried about it already? You know what - stop not-helping people. If you're not willing to celebrate with me, don't think you have any right to criticize me, or that I want to hear your un-involved opinion. Adam can attest - this crap has been bothering me for months and months. And I'm tired of it. Even he said yesterday that I've been short-changed in the wedding-happy-girl world, and he's right. And I bloody well hate it.
I don't know, things like this have been bothering for a long long time, and this weekend was the last straw. If you can't be happy for me, and want to celebrate with me, what makes you think you should even be invited? Out of social obligation? On the most important day of our lives? I don't think so. Freg that. Friendship and consideration is a two way street.
Yesterday Krystal told me she wasn't sure what she was going to do about the no-kids-at-the-wedding thing. When I asked what she meant she said she hadn't decided if she was going to be able to be a bridesmaid anymore or not. I opted to play the adult and told her she had until the end of the week to decide, and that I would respect her choice. She called me 5 hours later and launched right into bridesmaid stuff an when I made her explain herself she said the Mike (the BF) told her she was being stupid and to cut it out. So she did. No apology, but I made her tell me that there would be no more guilt trips about it, and that that would be the last I heard about it.
During all this, I was stressing out big time, and getting really upset, and in turn Adam was getting upset, and it all sucked. Big time. I don't get what I did that made me not deserve the wedding things that every other gal gets. I mean, no one threw us an engagement party (or even wanted to get together to go out to dinner with us), there were no (oh-so-pretty) engagement cards (every time I walk by them now I think that 'I'll never get one of those'), and no one has taken any interest at all. Don't get me wrong, Adam and I love being engaged, and we love doing the wedding ourselves, but it would have been nice if people had been nice enough to want to celebrate with us instead of ignore it or give a passing "Congrats". I distinctly remember a couple of people saying that we'll celebrate our engagement once Ellen and Shawn's wedding was over, since everyone was busy and "wedding-ed out". Well, that never happened. And furthermore, do you know how insulting it is when someone says their tired of weddings so they don't want to hear about your new engagement? Or a family that doesn't have time to be happy with you?
When anyone thinks about being engaged, they don't think their friends will do nothing, they think their friends will want to help them celebrate. They don't think they'll have to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime event by themselves.
Don't get me wrong, people love to stick their noses in and tell me to slow down and that I have tons of time to plan, and that I shouldn't be in such a rush, and why am I worried about it already? You know what - stop not-helping people. If you're not willing to celebrate with me, don't think you have any right to criticize me, or that I want to hear your un-involved opinion. Adam can attest - this crap has been bothering me for months and months. And I'm tired of it. Even he said yesterday that I've been short-changed in the wedding-happy-girl world, and he's right. And I bloody well hate it.
I don't know, things like this have been bothering for a long long time, and this weekend was the last straw. If you can't be happy for me, and want to celebrate with me, what makes you think you should even be invited? Out of social obligation? On the most important day of our lives? I don't think so. Freg that. Friendship and consideration is a two way street.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Grumble Grumble
Today is not my day. I'm cranky.
Krystal decided last night to forget that she knew that there are no kids allowed to the wedding, and had a fit about it. Which made me feel as bad as possible, even though Adam said we've told them several time.
Magic fairies moved my lunch bag to a place I couldn't find it until I was late for work, even though I got up extra early so I could have a smooth morning and get to work a few minutes early.
Feel like I'm getting sick (which is no surprise), and I don't like it. Cant book an appointment with my doctor because she is now booking only consecutive appointments, meaning that she won't book a 4pm appointment until she has 1pm - 3:45pm all booked up (in her effort to manage her day better). Time to get a new doctor. Dangnabbit.
I'm cranky. And I need to shake it before 230. Grumble grumble grumble.
Krystal decided last night to forget that she knew that there are no kids allowed to the wedding, and had a fit about it. Which made me feel as bad as possible, even though Adam said we've told them several time.
Magic fairies moved my lunch bag to a place I couldn't find it until I was late for work, even though I got up extra early so I could have a smooth morning and get to work a few minutes early.
Feel like I'm getting sick (which is no surprise), and I don't like it. Cant book an appointment with my doctor because she is now booking only consecutive appointments, meaning that she won't book a 4pm appointment until she has 1pm - 3:45pm all booked up (in her effort to manage her day better). Time to get a new doctor. Dangnabbit.
I'm cranky. And I need to shake it before 230. Grumble grumble grumble.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Check, check, check again!
Last night was another great night.
- I picked up the envelopes for the invitations.
- I picked up the invitations for the rehearsal dinner.
- Did my Valentine's Day shopping for Adam.
- Fill a prescription.
- Applied for the marriage license.
- Negotiating menu with the caterer.
Things are getting done! Wahoo!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Check, check and check.
Tonight we booked our rehearsal dinner site, picked up our thank you cards, and went suit shopping. We even made it to the gym.
It's been productive, and I'm glad for it!
It's been productive, and I'm glad for it!
Happy Monday world!
Adam and I made the most divine meal last night with quinoa and tofu and kale - it was delish! I hope to introduced more people to it in the near future. Yum!
At work today I had to write the date for the first time this year. How crazy is it that it's 2010? I mean, really? I've been alive for nearly 30 years - that's a long time. And 2010? In the 80's this was the far-off future that would hold all sorts of new wonderous things...well it does by comparison (hello internet!).
Classes start next Friday - woo! Back to study study! I'm looking forward to it actually. Not the stress as much, but the learning for sure.
Not to mention I'm getting married in 7 months and 18 days! Eeek!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Holy crow! What a day this has been! I do believe that winter is officially here ladies & gentlemen!
It has been snowing since last night, and we have been hunkered down inside with Adam, myself, Maren and Rowan. It's been wonderful! Nothing but visiting, being lazy, and enjoying some good food. I think I finally get to enjoy the holidays! Yahoo!
By the way - the roads are very icy.
So I've had some people ask me about resolutions. I don't make them - I don't really see why the beginning of a new year is any better time to start working towards a goal. I made one one, and I achieved it, and that was wonderful, but I have enough things to work on.
For me this year, I will:
a) work on my nursing diploma
b) get married
c) spend a night in an island after a kayak trip (pre-wedding)
d) spend a day at the spa (pre-wedding)
e) take a trip (honeymoon)
Well, yup. That's enough for me. But hey - let's not knock it. Let's see if I can pull it off with some grace and dignity.
Happy New Year all! I hope that, whatever the year brings you, you enjoy yourself. And remember that if all else fails, just dance your way through it!
It has been snowing since last night, and we have been hunkered down inside with Adam, myself, Maren and Rowan. It's been wonderful! Nothing but visiting, being lazy, and enjoying some good food. I think I finally get to enjoy the holidays! Yahoo!
By the way - the roads are very icy.
So I've had some people ask me about resolutions. I don't make them - I don't really see why the beginning of a new year is any better time to start working towards a goal. I made one one, and I achieved it, and that was wonderful, but I have enough things to work on.
For me this year, I will:
a) work on my nursing diploma
b) get married
c) spend a night in an island after a kayak trip (pre-wedding)
d) spend a day at the spa (pre-wedding)
e) take a trip (honeymoon)
Well, yup. That's enough for me. But hey - let's not knock it. Let's see if I can pull it off with some grace and dignity.
Happy New Year all! I hope that, whatever the year brings you, you enjoy yourself. And remember that if all else fails, just dance your way through it!
Friday, January 1, 2010
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