hump day eye candy

Besides the "big" news that Britney Spears's 16 yr old sister is preggers, i'm looking forward to the opening of the movie Atonement!!

I looooove looooooove james mcavoy.

he's so dreeeeeamy

i'm blue

i don't know why, but i feel blue.
i'm looking forward to the end of the day because i get to pick up my engagement ring and wow it will actually fit. but i also feel blue.
maybe it's the weather?
or maybe because weddings are expensive?
maybe it's because i haven't shopped for any new clothing since we got back from ireland?
maybe it's the fact that Jason is sick?
whatever it is, it's making me feel blue.

new shoes!

I'm wearing them right now and
they're lovely.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

so we had our first snow last weekend which was weird. getting snow in november is quite an unusual occurrence and this is the 2nd year in a row that this has happened! what's going on man?

jason and i have put up our christmas decor, lit up the tree, everything is pretty much set for our party on sunday. i'll be in a baking frenzy this weekend plus we have appointments to meet up with photographers for our wedding.

speaking of our wedding, i've finally set up our wedding website. i'm still constantly adding stuff as time goes by so it's not complete by any means. the more things we get done, the happier i am. we will be meeting up with the wedding coordinator at the Four Seasons this month to put down our deposit and draw up our contract. all very exciting!

i'm going to buy new shoes tonight after work. i hate shopping for myself. it's a painful process - trying on different things. i'd rather shop for bags. you pop it on your shoulder and voila! you either love it or hate it. i always love it. i can't hate any handbag.

only thing i want to win is the lottery

The movie sucked. BIG TIME.
The script was terrible. The story was not believable. Direction....was there any?? They had a lot of great actors in it, but the movie stank.
At least I was lucky enough to not pay money to see it. Although I did pay with my time.
This one should've gone straight to video.

and i never win anything

Yesterday, Crave 95.3fm called me and said I won 2 tickets to the premiere of "August Rush" tonight. Last week while I was bored at work, I decided to enter every single radio show contest and lookee here, I actually won something! The only downside is I have to drive out to Ditchmond to see it.
Oh well. Free movie. Can't complain.

wedding date

Finally, our wedding date has been finalized now - September 27, 2008!
The church (St. Augustine's) has finally been confirmed so the next big thing we need to confirm is the reception venue. We've visited a few venues such as, Hotel Vancouver Fairmont, Renaissance, Terminal City Club, Coast Plaza Hotel and none of them are as professional as the Four Seasons. What a fabulous room. Fabulous hotel. Fabulous wedding coordinator. He knows exactly what he's doing. At the other places, they just showed us the room and said, "have any questions?" but this guy at the Four Seasons took time to chat with us about what we would like, what services are available at no charge and what hidden costs are. Loved it!! Here's a photo of the room:

Unlike the other rooms we've seen, this one is not a basic square/rectangle shape. It's got 3 entrances/exits and is a diamond shape goes diagonally. Also, how lovely that the dance floor isn't in the middle of the dining area. It is off to the side near the bar so dining will be much more enjoyable without this empty vast space in the middle of the floor. We also won't be having our head table at the forefront, as if we are preciding over the whole reception. Instead we'll have an oval shaped table in the middle of the dining area so no one is sitting in a line, but just like all the other guests. Who wants to just talk to the person to your left and right? BORING. This way too, I can turn around and talk to guests at a table behind us.

I also finally have my bridal party picked out (Jason is still deciding his):
Melissa is my MOH and Sandy and my cousin Jackie will be my bridesmaids!
We are making great progress here folks. After we book the reception venue, we don't have to worry about the nitty gritty till next year!!

dancing at my desk

Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" is on the radio right now and i'm shimmeying down at my desk.
WHOOPAH

mine eyes! mine eyes!

hmm, so i'm a bit worried about my left eye. last friday i wore my glasses, to give my eyes a break from the contact lens. saturday morning, my left eye wouldn't open up completely. it wasn't all that noticeable, but i felt that my eye wasn't opening up as much as my right. so i wore my glasses on saturday. sunday, it felt a lot better. it was opened up fully, didn't feel like there was something on the top of my eyeball. i figured it's probably a sty.
this morning, i woke up and put on my glasses like i usually do, to help navigate from the bedroom to the washroom. my left eye was a bit blurry, it wasn't completely focused which i thought was weird. i had my glasses on. i should have perfect vision. that's never happened before.
so of course the hypochondriac in me has woken up and is now worrying me to no end. i could go to my optamolo...eye doctor, but i think i visited him already earlier this year which means my insurance won't cover another visit within the same year.
o, what to do. i can't seem to diagnose myself with the nurse book or by researching the internet.
boo. what to do.

done deal

the wedding coordinator at st augustine's called this morning and said they're available September 27 @ 1 p.m. for our wedding ceremony. so i called back and left a message minutes ago saying we want to book! hopefully that's all she needs to confirm for now and it's a done deal!

yay! one more thing to cross off the list!

Happy Halloween!

hello ghouls and beasts,

just an update, i found THE dress (not the one pictured below, i actually went shopping and bought one) and sorry i won't be posting up a photo as i want it to be a surprise! lovely simple dress, raw silk and strapless. it's fabulous and i look fabulous in it!

feel sorry for mum though because she wanted to drag on the search for months, but i won't have any of that. i can't possible be bothered to try on dress after dress, especially when i found THE dress anyway! wedding dress shopping is a hassle. you need to make an appointment to come in, and then they ooh and aww over the ugliest meringue dress you've ever seen.

anyway, gonna get my bangs trimmed and then having company for a horror flickfest and pizza pigout.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!

THE dress

sandy and i went gown shopping last weekend, but it wasn't as successful as we thought. since i still can't get my head around the fact that i'm getting married, i thought, let's go somewhere where i won't be too overwhelmed (by the salespeople mostly) so we went to the Bay Bridal Shop downtown. Pure Crap! I found out the Bay doesn't have a bridal shop, the space is rented out by a retailer, whose stock consisted of meringues and gowns that were popular in the 80s. so we left and decided that was the end of our gown excursion and we ended up barhopping the rest of the day till it was time to go to bed.

Anyway, flipping through a few bridal mags, i found THE gown - who knows if it will look nice on me, but i think it's just dreamy.......

i'm a big fan of the lace cap sleeves, the victorian, romantic sort of stuff. i'm not into the tiered-wedding cake dresses or the ones with all the baubles on it. beads, fake jewels, OTT embellishments, it's just not me.

ireland trip

wow 2 posts in 1 day

i got an interim raise today.
big whoopeedoodoo
4%
wow!
now i can have that dream over the top wedding i always wanted

wedding bells

so jason asked me, i said yes and now what?

a lot of planning that's what.

this just may end up being a bridezilla blog from here till next fall since I don't want to be "one of those" where my end of the conversation with friends is mostly about wedding stuff. so i guess this will be my arena to blah blah blah about w day topics.

Ceremony venue:
SO! today I got a reply back from St. Augustine's Church, and although the wedding coordinator is out of office till the end of the month, the Parish Secretary thinks that the dates we have in mind won't be a problem since we've requested 12 mos ahead. However, we still need to get the dates confirmed with the coordinator when she gets back. I also registered myself as an official member of the parish - who knew it would so easy as a click and send? I didn't. Why didn't my parents ever register our family at their parish? how weird. i didn't know till recently that the reason people get envelopes for their donation at Mass is because they are official members of the parish! what a dits. thanks mum & dad.
it would be my absolute dream to have our ceremony at St Augie's since I went to school there and i remember my time there being a blast. i loved all my classmates and the teachers and going to school was actually fun. so my memories of St Augustine's are very happy ones.

Reception venue:
i originally wanted our reception to be at the vancouver art gallery, but those dreams were crushed when i saw how much they charge. for the space. $4000 deposit for the space only. doesn't include any food or anything. plus they want 10% of the total spent to be given as a donation to the gallery. well fuck that.
so we checked out a few places. ones i like are:

• Cecil Green House at UBC (ubc alumni get dibs on booking) - it's a gorgeous heritage home by the museum of anthropology. the only problem is the capacity.
• Hotel Vancouver Fairmont - they have these fabulous wedding packages that seem affordable; however, how much to rent the ballroom space? I don't know! we will have to see
• Pan Pacific - if mum and dad will foot the bill hoo ha ha
• Sutton Place - nice hotel, i hear of great service from ppl who have had their wedding receptions there. but again, how much?
• Bayshore - coal harbour, nice view, need i say more?

and so far, those are the places we've thought of so far. since we're aiming for a fall wedding, we've eliminated venues with a nice garden etc because chances are it will rain and no one will care to look outside and appreciate the grounds. so long as it's nice inside (no plastic chairs, proper tabletops, cloths and chair covers) that's fine by me.

if we can at least get the venues down, we can relax and perhaps not worry about wedding stuff until the next year :o) i can only hope......

goodbye....

and good riddance!!!

someone is going down

and it will make my life at work SO MUCH FUCKING EASIER.

45 random things about me

I stole this from my cousin danny's blog. My own answers of course!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00am

2. How do you like your steak? medium rare

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? spiderman 3

4. what is you favorite TV show? Ugly Betty, Frasier, Entourage and Black Books

5. What did you have for Breakfast? a banana and lemon tea (i'm not a breakfast person during the work week. i used not eat anything till lunch!)

6. What is your middle name? Michelle

7. What is your favorite cuisine? French and Italian

8. What foods do you dislike? I don't like truffles. They taste like feet. I also don't like bittermelon. It's disgusting.

9. What is your favorite chip? the one with the green dots on it - it tastes like onion - oh what's it called....sour cream and onion ruffles

10. Favorite dressing? if the vinaigrette has garlic and tomatos, l ike it!

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? a red 1990 VW golf

12. What are your favorite clothes? jeans and my new yellow flat shoes (LOVE IT!)

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation? Europe Europe anywhere in freakin Europe. and I'd go to Australia too. Somewhere rich with history and culture totally different from NA, where I will feel like an outcast.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 empty. i'm a realist.

15. Where would you want to retire? on a farm in the Canadian Prairies or a small village in europe

16. Favorite time of day? Friday after work

17. Where were you born? Vancouver, B.C.

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? HOCKEY

19. Who do you think will not send this back? n/a

20. Person you expect to send it back first? n/a

21. Pepsi or Coke? Pepsi

22. Bird watcher? Do I look like my Uncle Ben? NO.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night definately.

24. Pets? none. But if I had a dog, i'd call it Buttons

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I'm going to Ireland in September!!!!

26. What did you want to be when you were little? a psychologist

27. What is your best childhood memory? Going to California to visit family in the summer and going to see the She-Ra and He-Man Ice Capades at the Pacific Colliseum.

28. Piercing? Ears. I used to have a nose piercing

29. Beer or Margarita? KILKENNY

30. Always wear you seat belt? Yes or I may die

31. Been in a car accident? Yes, I've been in a few when I first got my driver's license.

32. Favorite day of the week? Saturday

33. Favorite restaurant? Tanpopo, Parkside

34. Favorite Flower? i don't care for flowers. but I guess I like sunflowers best.

35. Favorite ice cream? don't do the ice cream. i LOVE strachiatelle (sp) gelato

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? I don't eat fast food but when I'm absolutely on the brink of passing out drunk, I head over to McDonalds

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None

38. From whom did you get your last email? a broker

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Holt Renfrew if I could! But realistically, Banana Republic

40. Bedtime? 11ish

41. Last person you went out to dinner with? Jason

42. What are you listening to right now? The tapping of keys on keyboards

43. What is your favorite color? red

44. How many tattoos do you have? none

45. Coffee Drinker? not as much anymore, but I do enjoy a good cup of illy with a tablespoon of sugar.

mountain out of a molehill

so my 10 year high school reunion wasn't too bad. bitches remain to be bitches, but overall, it wasn't a total unpleasant experience.

high school reunion

it's been 10 years.
this sunday is the date.

should i stay or should i go?

oh decisions decisions.

quick update

just talked to anthony and he forgot that it's game 4 tonight so we've pushed up my workout to 5 p.m! thank GAWD.
and for my cousin danny who commented on my last blog, this is why california and florida shouldn't even have hockey teams in the NHL! they don't even know what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is going on! why do they have NHL teams there then? who is filling up their seats? aren't they all watching american football and the nba????

Proposal to bring the NHL back to Winnipeg and to bring back the Nordiques!

p.s. it's not about looking good. it's about feeling good :o)
(but it is also about looking good too.)

get what and when??

so anthony left a voice message on my cell phone yesterday and of course, i didn't hear it till this morning because i never hear or check my cell phone. anyway, he said we can have our first workout tonight at 7pm.

what and when??

tonight? the hockey game is on tonight at 7:30! WTF
do I eat before or after our workout?
how long are we going to workout?
no wonder he's so fit - he doesn't care about NHL playoffs! he works out all the time regardless! we'll be the only two people at the gym tonight. WTF.

i think i'm regretting this already.

get fit!

friday night, jason and i went to his cousin's place to watch the hockey game and play poker. one of the "regulars" for poker night was there and she looked fantab. absolutely! she said she lost 20 pounds because of anthony (jason's cousin). she hired him to be her personal trainer and she lost 20 pounds since Jan. 7th. that's amazing!

so of course, i started reflecting on my own weight. the last 4 years i've put on some considerable extra poundage. 15 lbs to be exact. so instead of drowning my sorrows in a tub of ice cream and bag of cheetos, i decided to do something about it! i called anthony up yesterday and he's giving me a "family discount" - $100 for the whole shebang. he'll train me till i reach my goal, workout with me 2 times a week and set up a program and diet for me. that's not bad! :o)

Bye bye, fatty!

Hello, hottie!

i lub you my weng weng

my cousin, danny, sent me this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqh5O9LbjhY

this is the weirdest shit i've ever seen. it's a tv show or something from the philippines, about a filipino midget cop, who kills people with his razorblade hat and he seems to get all the ladies!
The midget cop's name? not Jhun Jhun, Beng Beng, Bong Bong or Ting Ting. The protagonist's name is: WENG WENG

o gawd, that's the ugliest name. and for a midget too? poor guy.

hoobadeedo

This past weekend I bought the staple little black dress that every woman "should" have in their closet. The most flattering dress I've ever had. It looks like this:

the best part is that it has pockets. Whoever designed this dress gets a hug from me because that is a fantastic idea. Kudos to banana republic for designing this dress!

This past weekend I also went to Malone's with friends to watch Game 6. Terrible terrible game. Lou, Tobes and I decided to go home shortly after. Since Jason stayed at the bar, I got to go home and watch Amelie for the 10 millionth time with the director's commentary.

Jason and I also bought our plane tickets to London this September. We've decided to go to Dublin from London, meet our friend Shiralle at some point and then drive with her down the coast to Kerry area, which is where she lives. I'm so excited to go on a eurotrip this year!! And I'm going with Jason this time...so that will be quite an adventure I would think!

Last night was brilliant! Our Canucks won Game 7 and are now heading into Round 2 against the Disney Ducks. Yes that's what I call them. That's what happens when you name your team after some kid's movie. The west end was up and at em last night, cheering, screaming and honking till the wee hours of the morning. Usually I'd be screaming at them out my window, possibly throwing eggs at the noisemakers, but since it was for the Canucks.......WELL!........that's totally acceptable.

Slowly realizing that my birthday is coming up. Plans for the day are up in limbo. Not quite sure yet how I want to ring in the 28th year. Possibly something smaller, nothing huge. Just good eats, good company and lots of booze. (which pretty much sounds like all my other birthdays.....)

Something to think about........

postscript

the houseparty was in east van so i invited my friend donna to come since she lives just down the street. she asked if she could invite alexis, this girl from our high school, and i said, sure the more the merrier.
i must say, after meeting just one person i haven't seen in 10 years, i don't want to meet anyone else from my high school. she started playing the "that's your boyfriend" game at the party (where you point at an unattactive man and tell your friends, "that's your boyfriend! ha ha ha) and i looked at her like she was a leper. seriously. 10 years later and you're still playing that game?
she was a total drag. being all judgmental at the party -- i was close to saying, "who are you to judge? you chose to buy a condo in surrey and no one takes the piss out of you for that!"
i would rather live in a 400 sq ft apartment downtown than live in slurrey.

that invite to my 10 yr hs reunion has been chucked in the garbage. besides, the event is not even interesting -- a tea party?? i have to sit with these women for 3 hours over tea and crumpets? the person organizing this event is just as boring now as she was 10 years ago.

weekend of debauchery

last friday i wrote my final for business interruption insurance and was not impressed with myself, so off to the local bar i went and met up with friends for drinks. San and i were invited to a houseparty saturday night by one of the waiters so we took the address down and said that maybe we'd drop by.
saturday night we stopped by our neighbor's flat for a wine and appy party which was OK except for the fact that 80% of the people at the party had or needed a walking cane. then, jctoth and i drove over to sandy's and picked her up to go to the houseparty.
this house we went to was filthy. it was disgusting. there was crap all over the floor, a hole in the wall, nasty. didn't want to sit anywhere. HOWEVER the people at the party were a lot of fun, the tenants of the house were all australian rugby players. wowsas. as you can see i'm skipping at the details.
sunday jtoth and i had friends over to watch the hockey game - GO NUCKS GO - and lover made 3 yummy pizzas from scratch. i was worried i wouldn't have much to say to our friend's wife who came, and i was right. she wasn't interested in the hockey game and i was so in between periods or calls, i would make some futile small talk with her.
today, right now, i'm at the office and am swamped with work, since i was away for most of last week. emails up the ying yang. files up the wazoo.

anyway, there's a brief update on what i've been up to...
i've got to go cut my apple up into bitesized pieces now.

i'm still pleased

ok i didn't get brand new dress, but i got a nice sweater from banana...
Yay!

i'm happy, oh so happy

because I got a raise!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woo hoo! mama's gonna buy a new dress :o)

My Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.


TONY DANZA! wowowee!

silence is golden

word to big bird, this is the first time in the last 3 days that i can hear myself think. it's so nice and quiet here. all i hear is the tapping of keys on the keyboard or the flipping of paper. so lovely.
tap tap tap flip flip flip tear tap flip flip

kiss the blarney stone

after much deliberation, jason and i have decided to kick off our 2007 eurojourney in Ireland. we are lucky enough to have a very good friend of ours living in cork county, so off to shiralley-welly's we go! then from the southwest corner we'll be driving up the east coast to dublin, stopping to kiss the blarney stone along the way. (as i person freakingly scared of heights -- even 1m -- this will be quite an experience)

Ireland.

i am going to overdose on de kilkenny

YUMMY!

and.......if time allows, we'll spend the remainder of our vacation in london (i didn't get to go into westminster abbey) and maybe take the eurostar over to paris for a few days. (cross your fingers!)

YAY EUROTRIP 2007!!!!!!

single line pls

tomorrow i'm going to join the hordes of people lining up to get their passport renewed. although my passport expires in august, i plan on travelling in september again and better not leave it till the last minute. it's ridiculous really, this whole lining up for 5 hours thing. and it doesn't help that the american whatshisface said that instead of 2009 being the deadline to get your passport for land-travel cross borders, it's been moved up to 2008. (who understands this constant american fear and paranoia?) so i'm thinking the lineups will be even worse. and apparently, you're not allowed to smile in your passport photo anymore so my picture looks like a terrible mugshot.
why make travel such a pain in the ass now??

correction:

the bank did credit my account.
FINALLY!
a ZERO balance on my visa!!!

and in return, they hiked up my credit limit.
pfft.

say NO TO CREDIT CARDS!

busy march

lots of things going on in march. mostly work or school related. where did february go?
2 seminars, a midterm and a friend staying with us this upcoming weekend.
renew passport, training seminar next week.
product launch the week after next.
then the last week of the month is always shitty since it's month end.

bank still hasn't credited my account. wtf.

i need more than 24 hours a day. or maybe one more day to the week.
that'd be nice.

damn all thieves to hell!

monday morning i received a call from my bank saying that someone had gotten my pin# and went on a little cash advance spree on my credit card. of course, i went to the bank during my lunch and had to wait in line for 45 goddammit minutes. after getting everything sorted out, getting a new card, resetting my pin, i just have one thing to say:

damn all thieves to F&@#%ing hell!

damn f*$@&*ing assholes!!!!

and that bank better credit my account ASAP. i paid off my visa on monday before the bank called me and now i have this ridiculous outstanding balance! AND I JUST PAID IT OFF! after 5 years, i finally paid the f*#^$@% bugger off!!!!!

ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!

better late than never...

my friend zia sent me more pictures from my trip to rome:

Me in front of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Trestevere, Rome

safety first!

so much fun was had that dreamy september. jason and i are planning to see our friend shiralle in the cork area of ireland and then spend a few days in paris. o, j'aime paris!

I'm a Goat!

i'm a goat in the year of the pig. a co-worker printed out my goat-y characteristics for me to indulge in.

Personality
The Goat is known to be extremely patient, persevering and adaptable animal. Even the harsh living conditions of the wilderness cannot daunt the Goat. Though it looks vulnerable, it possesses a strong will to live. People born under the Goat year are refined, loyal, and introverted. They also have extraordinary inner strength. They do not go for quick profit, but do their work in a step-by-step fashion, until they succeed. Besides being diplomatic, they are attentive and considerate towards each other.

Career
Success in career will be achieved slowly, but steadily. You reap what you sow. Those born in the Goat year are unwilling to job-hop or change their way of life easily. This is one reason why the usually shine in whatever job they undertake. In their youth, their money prospects are average. However, things will look up when they are in their 40’s and they may even become millionaires. Because of their sentimental nature and inborn talent, they are suited to pursue careers in music, dancing, writing, hair design, or the beauty line.

Romance
They look for stability in a relationship and marriage and have a deep commitment towards family. Females born under the Goat sign make good wives and mothers. They want their effort and position to be given due recognition by their husbands. Males born under the Goat sign make good husbands. They tend to be chauvinistic and expect a lot from their wives.

television set go!

Yesterday was the much awaited premiere of "The Hills 2." So I'll jump right into it. The main character, Lauren Conrad, who works for Teen Vogue (who got her internship with little if NO experience??) was offered a summer internship in the most lovely city in the world, Paris. What does the girl do?? She decides to pass on the chance of a lifetime to stay home for the summer with her loser deadbeat boyfriend at a beachhouse. It's not like they moved in together, permanently. They just moved in for a summer. That's 4 months. The woman (or shall I refer to her as a "girl"), decides that being with her boyfriend is better than developing her career opportunities. I was appaulled that her lazy, spoiled friend, Heidi, even suggested that staying with her boyfriend at home might be best because they were in a "better place" and how can she leave him now?
Puh-leeese girl. I'm glad Whitney went to Paris instead and that her boss said Lauren will always be known as the "girl who didn't go to paris." I also loved how her boss asked her summer went with her boyfriend at the beach. HAH! LOVES IT.
I can't believe they air crap like this and I can't believe I watch it! But I'm more concerned for the younger people who watch this shit and possibly get the idea that staying home with your boyfriend instead of advancing your career goals, your dream goals is what a woman's priority should be. Especially now, when all I see are all these twenteens and young girls who dress exactly like Avril Lavigne or behave like an airhead so they can get the guy -- I think girls nowadays are so obsessed with material things, with superficial things that they lack any sort of intelligence since they believe and strive to be whatever they see on TV. How can Lauren Conrad be the heroine of this show? She's a ditsy, superficial bore with no personality and lacks commonsense. Her coworker should be the heroine. I'd rather watch her go about her day than watch twiddledee and twiddledum make out with the princes of malibu.

AND THEN, after watching the Hills, I flipped the channel to Entertainment Tonight, where Vanessa wannabe Lachey, was covering the Super Bowl and - GET THIS - she described the Super Bowl as the BIGGEST SPORTS EVENT IN THE WORLD.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

WTF - The biggest sports event in the world is the Superbowl? Is she referring to the world of the United States?? Do they ever see past their borders??? I'm pretty confident in saying that THE WORLD CUP is the biggest sports event in the world. Probably even bigger than the Olympics! I just can't imagine or see american football as the biggest sport in the world. That's really exaggerating it. Talk about the funniest example of american patriotism and pride. That's just the funniest thing I have ever heard in my life!!

Wow. I need to quit american tv and stick to Corner Gas and Black Books.

Month to date

i haven't updated the blog because of:
- drinking
- working late
- yoga
- performance review
- reading chapters of business interruption
- thursday night classes
- Ikea
- winning people's monies at poker
- a week long flu
- baby shower
- sorting out my financials (which is a big job for a math retard to do)
- exhaustion, late nights, must see TV and boring miscellaneous

hopefully february will require less of me and will require more r&r.
tatels!

we're making progress...

this past weekend was the most productive one i've ever had. jason and i went to ikea to get a few things to further organize our home. we got two rugs, coat hooks for the entrance and shelves for the washroom. the best part of this weekend was not just putting holes in the wall (finally!), but our new bedframe:we finally have a "grown-up" bed! we are no longer sleeping a few inches from the dust bunnies, we are propped high up there, high enough that i have to hop skip and jump onto the bed. it's fantastic! much love and thanks to toby and louise for driving down to ditchmond to pick up the frame as our car was too small to load it in.

but the BEST part was when jason went through his boxes and boxes of his stuff and threw things away! my little packrat made some space in our closet! i'm so proud...sniff sniff.

nostalgic for 2006

last night, i went through my photos from europe again. i realized that this time last year, i was in the preliminary stages of planning my eurotrip and i remember the feeling i had when i was doing all the planning - the excitement, the anxiousness, the nervousness. i still can't believe that 3 months ago, i was in rome looking at the ruins or having dinner in an authentique roman restaurant.
so in honor of my trip i'm going to post up some photos. i haven't posted up photos in a while anyway....

i was seriously reconsidering going to the states this summer so i can go back to paris, but NO. i must see grandma. i love my grandma.

what i did last year

From my last blog, this is what I wrote for my New Year's Resolutions for 2006. The ones I have completed I've put in bold and italics

go to Europe and visit Zia in Greece, Melissa in Italy, my Uncle in Spain and roam endlessly till I run out of cash.
visit my grandma in California
win the lottery and buy someone out of a particular partnership
listen more
talk less
get a raise
or get promoted or both
lose weight (but it lasted 2 months. the holiday weight is back on)
smoke less, but then i'd have to drink less...so nevermind this point (I quite smoking)
take transit less, walk more (Jason's been giving me a ride to work in the morning)
save money (it's all gone now because of eurotrip)
pay off my debt
take Jason somewhere he's never been in his entire life (although i completed this one just last week when we went to Celebrities) (we went to the PNE)
learn how to cook so i'm not deemed helpless when Jason's not home to make dinner
not be a bridesmaid
get a haircut more often, instead of being a cheap frugal ass and waiting till my hair is no longer bearable (with short hair like mine, you have to)

So, in retrospect, not so bad. I probably completed half of what was on the list?

Pat on the back!

happy new year

a new year for new mistakes. that's how i like to view the new year.
no two week resolutions. just the knowledge i'll be making mistakes (new ones, preferably) will make this an exciting year.
last year's mistakes? leaving my raincoat in my hostel dorm. smoking. not going to california with the rents.
last year's successes? going to europe! quit smoking! getting promoted! all good, not too shabby stuff. sandwiches. making a new best friend.

overall, 2006 a good year.

2007 -- i've started the year off with a cold. but also started it off with my closest & dearest friend and my wonderful man beside me. can't complain there.

christmas was great too -- showered with presents and i showered those i love with presents as well. i got a new coach bag! wowsas. a lot of running around and lack of sleep which is probably why i'm sick in the head.

kay. got the colds. need to rest. ta tels!