Gift of Things

Ten things you wish you could say to 10 different people right now but can't:

1. We should totally just live the rest of our lives.
2. You need to treat him better!
3. Stop dating losers!
4. I wish we could see you over the holidays!
5. You're worth so much to so many people and you don't realize it.
6. Make a decision and live your life!
7. Stop being depressed and get on with your life.
8. Thanks for being the greatest mistake.
9. You're the person I admire the most
10. If it has a hole in it throw it away!

Nine things about yourself:
1. I annoy easily
2. I am annoying
3. I need structure and organization
4. I put my family and friends before me
5. I'm sensitive and I pretend not to be.
6. My favorite way to spend a cold weekend inside is doing a puzzle
7. I work too much, for now I'm okay, but I think it'll become an issue later in life
8. I hate doing laundry and ironing
9. I need a clean house

Eight ways to win your heart:
1. Listen to me, not as in 'do what I say', but remember what I said
2. Make me laugh
3. Do some housework without being asked
4. Don't lose yourself
5. Clean up after yourself
6. Love my Bunnyrat and Pumpkin
7. Don't run away if I start to cry
8. Reign me in when I get carried away at home or work

Seven people that cross your mind a lot:
1. Ryan
2. My parents
3. Barbara
4. Toni
5. Ryan's parents
6. My extended family
7. My sister

Six things you do before you fall asleep:
1. Feed the Bunnyrat
2. Change into my PJs
3. Take all the pillows off the bed
4. Wash my face
5. Brush my teeth
6. Turn the alarm on

Five people you couldn’t live without:
Technically you would adapt if you lost any of these people. I don't like the wording of this. I had a hard time filling this up
1. Ryan
2. My parents
3. My sanity, Barbara and Toni
4.
5.

Four things you’re wearing right now:
1. A really warm cream coloured cotton sweater from the Gap
2. Black Ankle Boots
3. My Ruby ring
4. My watch

Three songs you listen to often:
This constantly changes! Since it's Christmas it's Christmas music
1. Father Christmas - Greg Lake
2. All I want for Christmas is you - Mariah Carey
3. Baby It's Cold Outside - Michael Buble

Two things you want to do before you die:

1. Visit Europe
2. Hike the West Coast Trail

One confession:
1. I'm the happiest I've ever been in the last year. But I'm sure you all knew that.

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken....

Have you ever made out in a bathroom?
Can't say I have

What is the last non-alcoholic beverage you had?
A glass of Milk

Ever kissed a brown haired, dark eyed person?
Possibly, I can't remember eye colours anymore. Ryan's are gray-blue, not sure if that counts.

Where did you last sleep other than your house?
Las Vegas!

If an ex said "i hate you" what would you say?
Meh, they're an ex for a reason anyways

What is your current annoyance?
I'm kinda wired, I don't think I'll be able to sleep.

What would you do if your best friend told you they were moving?
Well if Ryan were moving, I'd consider following, if Barbara and Toni were moving, I'd just cry.

Can you play guitar hero?
Yup fairly well.

Do you prefer warm or cold weather?
I like hot

Have you ever been on a horse?
Yuppers

Are you wearing pjs?
No, my cougars bunnyhug, which is on par.

Do you like Chinese food?
Yup, it's okay

Do you get distracted easily?
Sometimes, othertimes I could block out a nuclear disaster

What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?
I don't remember, when I sleep I sleep

Was this year the best year of your life?
It most certainly was.

Do you have any strange phobias?
I don't think so. Well I'm kinda afraid of new born babies, but they know that too.

What was going through your mind during your last kiss?
that's for me to know ;)

Who was the last person you cried in front of?
Ryan

Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
All the time

Have you ever broken someone's heart?
Yeah probably

Believe in love at first sight?
Possibly

Is heartbreak really as bad as it sounds?
It's the most awful thing ever

Has anyone seen you in your underwear besides your mom?
yup

Are you stubborn?
Very

Who are the third and eighteenth texts from?
Probably Ryan, I hate texting

What is one emotion you are feeling right now?
awakeness, that's an emotion right?

Do you think you're wasting your time on the person you like?
Not at all

How do you feel about the person who text you last?
awwww

Who was the last person to hold your hand?
Ryan
Who was the last person you threw out of your life?
It's been so long that it's not even worth discussing.

What kind of bottoms are you wearing?
Guess Jeans

How many windows are open on your computer?
2

Is something bothering you right now?
not really

Are you sarcastic?
very

What are you doing tomorrow?
Working, swimming, shopping

What day this week has been your favorite so far?
Probably today

In the past week have you felt sad?
Yeah, I've been kinda PMSsy this week though

Has someone disappointed you recently?
No

Do you have plans for this weekend?
Yup, going to a couple christmas parties and visiting with Barb and Marnie.

Do you think relationships are ever really worth it?
For sure!

Last thing you said aloud?
"He's not that creepy..."

Have you ever had your heart broken?
Oh ya.

Are you hungry?
not at the moment

Did you kiss or hug anyone today?
yuppers, a couple times

Do you say sexy a lot?
Only when referring paper, my work does alot of print work

Where do you keep your money?
In a bank.

Has anyone ever given you roses?
I can't remember the last time I got a rose...I prefer Orchids, Lilies and daisies and tulips better anyways

Where was your facebook default picture taken?
In Las Vegas, at the M&M factory during a free 3D movie

Who woke you up this morning?
The Coalition Government

What are you listening to?
Ryan's commenting on the survey as I type.

How long is your hair?
Medium length

Are you happy right now?
I would say so

Are you wearing make up ?
Yuppers

What have you done today?
Worked, got my hair cut, watched Ryan play volleyball

Have you smiled recently?
Probably am right now

What are you wearing?
I answered this already, bunnyhug and Jeans

What color are your eyes?
Green

When was the last time you wanted to punch someone in the face?
oh man, I can't put this up on here

How many hours did you sleep last night?
8 more than Ryan

Do you know anyone that smokes pot?
Sure, but it's not my cup of tea

Have you ever kissed anyone whose name started with a R?
Been there, done that, could be doing it right now..

Has anyone ever told you they're in love with you?
sure, all the time

Are you playing hard to get right now?
Nah

Is there anyone who doesn't like you?
I know of a few, my arch nemisi

Is there anyone you wish you could be with right now?
Already with them

Have you ever dated your friend's ex?
Yeah, but it wasn't a serious ex. I wouldn't date a friend's ex who they got super serious with.

What's the last thing you put in your mouth?
Chocolate

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Cherry Cheesecake or Cookies n' Cream

Who did you ride in a car with last besides your family?
Ryan's, this should just be the Ryan survey already

Your heart is racing, who are you standing next to?
See previous question

Have you ever been in trouble with the cops?
No, cops love me, they escort me to the parties rather than away from them

Tears are falling from your face, what's the reason?
Probably had a bad day and series of stupid events will push me over the edge

Have you ever stayed out past curfew?
I never had a curfew, well I set my own anyways and I have stayed out past that

You've won free gas for 5 years, Now what?
I dunno, yay free gas...

When someone calls you in the middle of the night, do you remember the conversation?
Definitely not

What are you going to do after this?
Go to bed

Do you have the same name as one of your relatives?
No

What's been different this year?
Ha, ha, everything! New job, new sports teams, new boy, everything.

Meet anyone new this year?
Yeah lots of people

Do you hate being alone?
No, I usually prefer it actually

Who have you texted in the last 48 hours?
Ryan, like I said, I hate texting.

Are you in a good mood right now?
I definitely answered this already.

The phone rings; What do you say?
Hello or 'Candice Speaking'

Do you care if people hate you for no reason?
Nah, if they hate me without a reason they're not worth getting to know

blur

My life is a blur again at the moment. I'm so busy. There's some cool things coming up at work, that's taking some time, I'm busy catching up with friends, it's hard to get us all together these days and then put Christmas shopping on top and sheesh!

Friday Ryan and I went out with Vecima people and then Ryan had free tickets to go see Great Big Sea. It was an awesome concert, we had box seats, they were really good. I felt a little like a poser, I don't know Great Big Sea's songs well enough and the audience could sing them all. We both really enjoyed the Acapella songs, it was fabulous for a free concert. Lots of family visiting was done this weekend, my parents were up for the weekend.

I've started swimming regularly again. I try to hit the pool every tuesday and thursday. Man do I get sore the next day though! My times are pretty slow at the moment, but they tend to bounce back pretty quick.

I've made a resolution to myself that I will make my lunch every day this month. No more eating out for lunches. Alot of the time I end up grabbing fast food or a grocery store special which is high in salt and fat. Plus I want to have some extra money this Christmas. It's expensive eating out every day. An added benefit is that all the weight I lost in Vegas won't come back. I get so entrapped in work some days that I literally don't move for 6 hours. Since we have an open office concept, I get really good at blocking things out like conversations, noise, lunch time etc. I'm really bad for it. And I notice it in weight. Plus I'm going to Mexico in less than 8 weeks now and I want to look like my amazing self in a bathing suit the whole time. :)

It's hard to believe that that vacation is coming up so quick. Vegas was just here, then I'm taking a week and a bit off at Christmas time, which I think is mostly planned out now. Hooray travel! I think I'm going to keep an eye out for seat sales to Vancouver for May and June. I really really want to hike the west coast trail, and I know I wouldn't have to twist Ryan's arm to come with. I've got the hang of this vacation thing now, if I book the flight, I will go ;) I've just got to stop over-analyzing everything. Also I want to shove a bunch of money aside to go to Europe either at the end of next year or the beginning of the next. A hiking trip in between will be perfect :)

Well I think I've rambled on here enough for now, I've had enough of this sitting in front of a computer on Sunday night thing...

Sure, why not?

What's your favourite Dr. Seuss book?: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish or Hop on Pop

If you could live in any home on a television series, what series would it be? I dunno, I'm not a huge tv fan and I like alot of sci fi, which I wouldn't want to live in

What's the longest you've gone without sleep?: I dunno, I need sleep and it doesn't matter where I am when I get tired enough

What's your favourite Barry Manilow song?: Don't have one

Who's your favourite Muppet?: I've always loved Miss Piggy. Erika was right, she got shit done!

What's the habit you're proudest of breaking?: I don't think I've ever broken a habit...

What's your favourite web site?: www.disapprovingrabbits.com and www.icanhascheezeburger.com

What's your favourite school supply?: Pens and Post-its, I still love em

Who's your favourite TV attorney?: I can't even name one, oh Lionel Hutz!

What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?: Las Vegas of course

What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?: I don't have the patience for either

Where were you on September 11, 2001?: At university. I remember being upset there was news on the radio on the drive to school, but I didn't actually listen to it long enough to figure out what was going on.

What's your favourite tree?: Apple Trees

What's the most interesting biography you've read?: Tie between Courtney Love's and Randy Pausch's

What do you order when you eat Chinese food?: I dunno, I don't eat chinese that often. Vienamese however, when I go there they know to have a Beef Satay Noodle Pho sitting there for me.

What's the best costume you've ever worn?: Lara Croft, I loved that costume, I was Tombraider at least 5 years in a row.

What's your least favourite word?: ascertain

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?: Maine?

Who's your favourite Care Bear?: I honestly don't remember care bears well enough

Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation: if something doesn't have an explanation, I usually invent one

If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?: Somewhere without war and has Tigers

What did you have for lunch yesterday?: I had penne is a chicken cream sauce

Where do you go for advice?: Ryan, Dad, Mom, Barbara, Toni

Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?: I use both quite often

Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?: Nope, 3 more months :)

Have you ever been stung by a bee?: Wasps yes, bee, no

What's the sickest you've ever been?: Probably 3 years ago when I had to go to the hospital for food poisoning/crohn's possibly. It was painful! In the end I think it was stress.

What's your favourite form of exercise?: Swimming and running.

What's your favourite Cyndi Lauper song?: Don't really have.

What did you do for your 13th birthday?: I had a pool party in my backyard, oh the days of having a pool.

Are you afraid of heights?: Terribly! But if I work at em I'm okay. Took me a year to walk over the Train Bridge here in S'toon, a little while to use my balcony....

Have you ever taken dance lessons?: At one time I did. I think I still want to learn to jive better. All I've got going for me is the Barrell Roll move.

What's your favourite newspaper?: don't read. I usually go to cbc.ca for my news and watch the local news on CTV or listen to Talk Radio

What's your favourite Broadway musical?: They're all my favorite, I love musicals. Mamma Mia, Grease, The Producers, Phantom, all so excellent!

What's the most memorable class you've ever taken?: CS 340 I think. I couldn't understand the prof for the life of me. Then I realized that he wasn't actually teaching us stuff we needed to know, that was all in the book, he was just doing extra math on the board. Once I figured that out the class went much smoother.

What's your favourite knock-knock joke?: I think this is the one Dad used to tell us all the time. "Knock Knock" "Who's there?" "Lettuce" "Lettuce who?" "Let us in, it's cold out here"

What's your favourite commercial?: I agree with Erika, the one where the man bends down to tie his shoe outside of the jewellery store. I laugh every time.

If you could go to DisneyWorld with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?: Ben Affleck, barring he doesn't get sick or dizzy on rides.

Do you prefer baths or showers?: Showers! In my condo I have unlimited hot water. I love sitting in the hot tub as well, but I wouldn't call that a bath.

Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?: I don't chew gum, it hurts my jaw

What's your favourite breakfast food?: All of them, I love breakfast foods. If meals could just consist of breakfast foods I'd be happy. Eggs Benedict and Tomato Juice is my fav if you made me pick

Who's your favourite game show host?: Bob Barker!

If you could have a super power, what would it be?: Meh

Do you like guacamole?: I love guacamole, I love Avacados, I can't believe I never had one until I was 20.

Have you ever been in a food fight?: Possibly.

Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics: I dunno all the words to any song!

What's your favourite infomercial?: I love infomercials! Right now it's the one for that steam mop. I wonder if it really works, we all know how this ends up....

What's the longest you've ever waited in line?: Ugh, I also hate lines. Forms and lines are my nemisis. If something requires either of those, they get procrastinated.

What's on the cover of your address book or day planner?: Kittens!

Have you ever taken your picture in one of thos ephoto booths ? Back in highschool

Va-ca-shun!

So I've been back for 2 weeks now, but I haven't blogged about my vacation yet! I'm sure most of you have seen the pics. I'm sure most of you thought, Las Vegas?? I thought you were going to California?

Well, it's a long story. I was supposed to accompany Ryan to San Jose about 20 mins outside of San Francisco. He was supposed to be on a work trip and I was tagging along and then we were going to take a couple extra days there to tour once he was done work. Late at night 3 days before we were supposed to leave, we found out the work trip had been postponed. It had already been postponed once, I had to keep on shuffling my vacation around. But the way I planned vacation in work timelines was that I needed to be here at the end of November. So I couldn't push the vacation back anymore.

We discussed and a stressful day later of planning, asking permission and setting up, we booked a last minute trip to Vegas. We booked it on Friday morning and flew out Monday morning.

Vegas was awesome. We did lots of site seeing, saw Cirque Du Soleil, I got to go Factory Outlet shopping, it was warm enough to hang by the pool and swim and tan, the hotel was pretty fancy, it was the MGM Grand. We were total gambling N00bs. We enjoyed playing Roulette but we were done at one table and took our Roulette Chips in our cash bucket and walked away. We had a couple drinks, played some slot machines, then decided to play our chips at another Roulette table. When we sat down, the 'dealer' noticed our chips. He told us that the casino was looking all night for them. Apparently, you're not supposed to take the Roulette chips off the table, you need to cash them in for Casino chips. It was apparetnly a big faux pas. Roulette chips are marked specially for each table and there's only a certain amount. We had no idea.

We did enjoy Bloody Mary's. Ryan likes them even better than Caesars. I can't figure out how to make them. They must have 'bar tomato' juice in the states. Our tomato juice certainly isn't the right consistency.

The wax museum was fantastic! Check out the photos, we had tons of fun there. Cirque Du Soleil was indescribable. So fantastic! We ate at alot of Buffets, they were reasonably priced. Ryan ate so many crab legs, he almost kept a waiter employed full time by removing the shells from our table! We had this one sushi buffet that was so amazing! So many different types of maki and nigiri sushi, plus they had Sashimi! They also had Udon Noodle bowls, tempura, all of your favorite japanese foods were there. I've never stuffed myself that full before.

From Las Vegas 2008

From Las Vegas 2008

Ryan discovered Tira Misu. Every buffet I was on the lookout for it. To a lesser extent he discovered Creme Brule but he went Tira Misu crazy.

I really enjoyed Sigfreid and Roy's secret garden. They had baby white tigers. The cubs would play with eachother and wash eachother. The trainer was in the pen and telling stories about the cubs and the other large cats that were there. It was so interesting. They also had huge white lions, panthers, cheetahs and llamas and dolphins. There was a baby dolphin too. He was cute.

From Las Vegas 2008

Ryan pet a Manta Ray at the Shark Reef at Mandalay bay. I pet one too. We did so much I can't even begin to write it all. All in all it was a well deserved vacation, and I'd do it again.

From Las Vegas 2008

I promised friends I'd devote a whole blog post with pictures to my shopping finds. I won't disappoint, just not today :) I have so much other stuff to post on this blog too, I'm so far behind. Too busy living and not writing! I'll hit a balance soon, I can feel it.

Too Excited

I'm getting way too excited for my vacation. Last night I googled the best shopping areas. I found a huge factory outlet mall 30 mins from where I'm staying. It looks like it's run by the same company that has the huge outlet mall right outside of Detroit, so it has to be excellent! I also googled the normal person mall and the closest DSW. I figure I'll spend 2 full days shopping when I get there (when Ryan is doing the bulk of his work and then I'll leave more of the sightseeing touristy stuff till the end, when he'll be more likely to be around to participate). Plus that stuff is more fun to do with someone, I don't want to drag him around shopping anyways.

I've found lots of tours in San Fran, tours of the Napa Wine Valley, apparently I need to google some more tours of the Sonoma Valley. I'd like to checkout the boardwalk at Santa Cruz, see the world's crookedest road in San Fran, see the bridges, have some seafood, see alcatraz etc etc etc.

Now to get through this week. I'll most likely have to put in some OT today and tomorrow to leave everything to go away for a week. Oh well, it'll be worth it! I can't wait.

Happy Halloween!

Well I didn't dress up this year for Halloween, I meant to but there were really no plans but that didn't stop me from dressing the Bunnyrat up!

Happy Halloween Bunnyrat!

From Fall 2008

Bunnyrat went as a skunk this year:

From Fall 2008

But she can only be patient for so long and got tired of that:

From Fall 2008

But cotton balls on a rabbit really just looked like cotton on a rabbit. So then I thought, what could be more entertaining that a large hat, scarf and pearls on a rabbit:

From Fall 2008

But then the hat was made of straw:

From Fall 2008

Then I had to give up:


Happy Halloween Everyone!

Lobster Topped Potato

Okay y'all.

You have to, have to, go to Red Lobster, and pay the extra $3 for the Lobster Topped Mashed Potatoes. They are to die for. They are their regular garlic mashed potatoes, topped with clarified lobster butter with chunks of lobster.

I insist that I eat all my potatoes this way from now on.....

(They had this Lobster topping for their baked potatoes as well)

Are you a girly girl?

Would you consider yourself a girly girl?:
sometimes

Would you ever consider having plastic surgery?:
Nope, not a fan of unnecessary surgery, I'd rather do the preventitive stuff and hope that works out for me.
Besides, my Mom looks pretty good for her age, lets hope that happens to me too.

What perfume do you wear most often?:
Incanto Heaven by Ferragamo (it's smells soooo good)

Favourite movie?:
Big Fish, I absolutely love it

Favourite "chick flick"?:
When Harry Met Sally and Indecent Proposal

Do you drink "girly" alcoholic beverages?:
Yeah I do

Favourite brand of clothing?:
I don't really have one

Starbucks drink of choice?:
Caramel Frappucino

What shoes do you wear most often?:
My glittery ballet flats

What is your shoe size?:
6 1/2

What is your dress size?:
Usually a 4 or 6

What is your ring size?:
4 or 4 1/2 or something like that, it's tiny

Are you a fan of jewelry?:
I like pendants and things that sparkle

Is there a particular item of jewelry you wear all the time?:
My ruby ring my mom bought for my grade 12 Grad.

Favourite flower?:
Daisies, Lillies, Orchids..

Favourite candy?:
I'm not a big candy person

Favourite love song?:
The Luckiest by Ben Folds

Eye colour?:
Green

Hair colour/style?:
Longish and Brown with sideswept bangs

IDEAL hair colour/style?:
I like my hair as it is, I might go a little darker for the winter.

Favourite brand of makeup?:
I dunno, Covergirl for the basics and then Lancome for colour

If you could wear ONE type of makeup, but no others, what would it be?:
Foundation

Favourite actress?:
Don't really have one

Most attractive celebrity?:
I don't really know

How tall are you?:
5'9

How much do you weigh?:
120 lbs says the scale at the Y, I think it's off and my bathroom scale takes watch batteries for some reason :S

Are you a hopeless romantic?:
Not really

Are you a feminist?:
Yuppers

Favourite type of spa treatment?:
I'm not really a spa person. I don't really enjoy those things. I can't sit still voluntarily for that long.

Do you get your nails done?:
Noppers

Do you have a pretty cover for your cell phone?:
No

What colour was your prom dress?:
Sapphire Blue

Do you watch "girly" shows like Gossip Girl, The Hills, etc.?:
No, those don't really interest me.

Would you rather be prettier or smarter?:
Smarter, you can always be smarter, I'm pretty enough

Was your first kiss good or bad?:
I seriously don't remember who my first kiss was, so it couldn't have been that good. I would have to dig out an old diary.

Was your last kiss good or bad?:
It was most excellent.

If you have a car, do you have a lei of flowers around the review mirror or other girly accessories?:
Yeah, I have my fuzzy leopard print dice that Dave won at Ruckers. It matches my leopard print steering wheel cover

What do you want your future career to be?:
I don't mind what I'm doing now, but it's alot of work!

Don't lie girls, do you have your whole wedding planned out already?:
I have no clue, I never have. As long as there's a party and close friends and family, I'm happy.

How do you deal with "that time of the month"?:
Sometimes I don't even notice, other times I have one really really bitchy day and then I'm fine. I generally avoid people on that day.

Are most of your friends girls or guys?:
Girls.

How many pairs of shoes do you own?:
oh dear, probably 20-50 pairs

Look at your answers. NOW do you consider yourself a girly girl?:
In some ways yes.

Alive!

Well I made it out alive. The teeth are out, Friday I was in quite a bit of pain, the same with Saturday, but today I'm pretty much okay. Ryan's been taking good care of me, yesterday I had the supper of champions, a blizzard and poutine at dairy queen. Both soft and delicious! It didn't even take 20 mins for the teeth to come out, it was so fast.

We watched a tonne of movies this weekend. Ironman was actually better than I thought it would be. The Happening was kinda neat but hoaky. And Harold and Kumar 2, well lets just say it wasn't as good as 1. I bought The Price is Right for Wii, and I absolutely love it. I've won about 5 vacations, a couple coffee machines, a recliner and about 4 new cars. I love the price is right! I really miss game show games. I like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, I really miss games like Concentration etc.

Ryan bought Rock Band 2 today. We've been playing it all day. The new drumset is neat and I really like the set list. I can't sing today though, my teeth aren't recovered enough for that.

The Last Supper

Well it's finally time to say goodbye to my 2 last wisdom teeth. Tomorrow they will be gone. Although they've been absolutely killing me the last 2 weeks, I'm still freaked about tomorrow, even though I have nothing to be freaked about. Yes I'm not getting knocked out, but these should be way easier to extract than my bottom ones. Ugh, scarey stuff.

So today I'm eating all the crunchy and pointy stuff I can. I had Nachos for lunch. Tonight, maybe some spring rolls? What else is crunchy that I won't be able to eat for a while?

I do have a selection of soft food right now. There's chili in the fridge that Ryan made, and butter chicken that he made as well. Hmmm, when was the last time I actually cooked now that I think of it.....oh I made a taco salad the other day with left over chili, hmmmm.

Ryan's going to San Jose again next month. I'm trying to clear my schedule and get everything organized so that I can go with him, hopefully it's doable. He'll be working during the day, but I'll be okay shopping and touring San Fran during the day. I can buy some pretty sweet Christmas gifts when I'm there.

Talking about Christmas gifts, I really want a roomba. I just want him for the kitchen. After doing some research on them, most of price differences in the roomba are because of software features (what else is new?) Cheaper Roombas will commit suicide by not sensing stairs and throwing themselves down them, expensive roombas have a home and come out and clean and then return back to their home when they are done. Maybe I just like the word Roomba....

Turkey's coming!

I just thought of that title now, in relation to Dave and Thanksgiving....

After the last weekend I didn't think I'd see Regina for a while. I was totally wrong. I ended up in Regina for work on Monday for some training, which means I got my expenses paid, which means I got a free weekend visit to Regina.

I ended up seeing alot of movies, it wasn't very nice at the lake. Then Dave and I went to the movie theater, I know I know. Monday was training and all of Monday was a gong show. I woke up nice and early and got ready and left for my training 50 mins early. I had to stop at the bank on the way to get money for parking (archaic Regina and not having electronic Impark stations). So I get to the end of the street leading out of Wascana View only to see that it's closed and that I have to go all the way back around the circle. Would have been nice to know 10 blocks ago! So I do that and get my CIBC on University Park Drive, only to find out that the bank machines are down for exactly that morning! Then I stop at the nearest 7-11 to also find their ATMs not working. So by this time I'm a little worried I'm not going to make it downtown on time so I thought I'll take my chances that one of the parking lots around the Regina Inn take credit or debit. I drive around the 3 ground Impark lots behind Regina Inn. No luck, cash only. So I take my chances on the Impark Parkade in the Regina Inn. I drive up to the booth, ask if they take anything besides cash. The attendant, Leonard, says no they don't but I can go park as long as I promise to come back with some cash, and if not, it's not a big a deal he's out $5. So I take advantage of this and park. Go into the Regina Inn go to find the ATM. Of course, it is out of order.

By this time it's time for my course to start, I go take it, go have lunch, find a bank machine and come back to pay Leonard, only he's left for the day and you need to pay at the machine. So I take the parking money plus some extra, write Leonard an I'm sorry note and stuff it int he parkade booth between the windows. Hopefully he got it. I would feel terrible if he didn't.

I've kinda had a cold for most of this week, it's not very fun. I've been doing alot of sprinting on the treadmills at the gym and I'm in pretty good running shape for the most part when I'm not full of outdoor allergies. Had DQ with the gals yesterday. And I'm going to the Keg tonight on work's tab, horray, so that will be fun.

This weekend Ryan and I will be spending thanksgiving in PA. Ryan's Grandma is making a turkey (yum). It should be good times.

Bunnyrat is shedding to no end, I'm worried she's ingesting alot of hair, rabbits can't puke up hairballs. Hopefully it slows down soon and she's eating a tonne of hay, helps work all the hair through the system.

I get my wisdom teeth out next week. I'm a little worried but I think it'll be fine. No gas or anasthesia for me, I will be awake, with just a local anasthetic at a regular dentist's office. They haven't broke through yet, they seem to be just under my gums, but they hurt like hell right now, I'll be glad to have them out soon. Short term pain is way better then long term pain.

Yeah so that's my life, not too too interesting :) But just the way I like it.

My house is a mess. I haven't been around to clean too much and when I have been home I haven't been too well, allergies and sinus troubles have been knocking me down. Ryan's done alot of cleaning lately, which is awesome. But I still need to get around to doing laundry and tidying up the Den. I tidyed up the top and inside of the giant desk in there. One day Ryan was looking for an empty drawer in my room to store more of his stuff in and stumbled upon some ex boyfriend momentos of mine. So as I was cleaning out the desk and stumbled upon some more of those, I thought I may as well find the hidden ones in the bedroom as well. I don't really know why I was saving them, but they're all trashed now. Some people think I should of saved them but, meh, what am I going to do with them? Plus I need that room for new momentos. Out with old, in with the new and improved?? hmmmm....I should stop now...

Happy thanksgiving y'all!

Waiter

I had to blog about my restaurant experience on the weekend, it's too hilarious.


Ryan and I were in Regina on the weekend, mainly for my sister's bday. On Saturday night we met up with Marshall and Moria(sp?) at a new Regina restaurant called Bitten. All I've heard is good things about this restaurant. Marshall made an early reservation at 5 since Moria had plans for the evening.

Ryan and I show up at the restaurant and Marsh and Moria are already there. We sit down, the waiter comes not even 2 seconds later and asks if we're ready to order. I say we need a couple mins because we just sat down. A couple mins later he's back at the table, Marshall and Moria order drinks, and the waiter walks away without asking what Ryan and I want. He's back a few minutes later to take our order. Moria points out that we would like to order drinks. I said I'll have a Caesar to drink and Ryan asks for one too. Then Moria orders an appetizer and an entree, the Brie Chicken Entree, Marshall orders the same entree. Then the waiter turns around to walk away! I loudly say that "We would like to order entrees too!" So I order the beef entree and Ryan orders the pork. I realize the waiter hasn't asked us about the sides that are included with the entrees, there's a choice. So I ask him, what sides come with the entree? He says he doesn't know and stares blankly at me. So I point and read him the menu, Moria and I try to figure out what the sides are verbally across the table, it wasn't quite clear with the 'ands' and 'or's being used. So Moria and I think we have it sorted out and order our sides for the entree.

About 10 minutes go by and Marshall and Moria finally get their drinks. The waiter comes back and ask Marsh and Moria what chicken they want in their salad. They say they didn't order a salad and proceed to explain to the waiter what they want. (There was a total of 4 entrees on the menu and about 20 menu items in total) Marshall says they want the Chicken and Brie entree and points to the menu. At this time, Ryan realizes that we don't have our drinks yet. He tracks down the waiter(who was peaking at us from the back) and asks about them. The waiter tells him that they're in the kitchen being made. Ryan said, you make drinks in the kitchen? The waiter apparently thought we wanted Caesar salads and hadn't heard of a Caesar, the drink.

(Actual Appetizer Count = 2)
(Waiter Appetizer Count = 4)

So the owner of the restaurant brings us our drinks and explains that the waiter is new and scurries away. A couple minutes later a tray full of appetizers is brought to our table, they aren't ours, we explain this, they're taken away. Our appetizers that we ordered get brought out finally, and they are both pretty good. About 30 mins after we finish those, we're getting hungry for the main course. In the meantime our waiter and the owner keep on bringing 2 more appetizers to our table (They were a brie appetizers, I realized later), and we keep on telling them we didn't order any more appetizers.

(Actual Appetizer Count =2)
(Waiter Appetizer Count =6)

Finally the owner comes over and asks Moria and Marsh what they ordered again. Again Marsh explains. Chicken and Brie Entrees, the only chicken entree on the menu! Then the waiter comes back and asks us all what we want for sides again. Then he comes back 2 separate times to ask how I want my steak done.

Well finally it's all sorted out. I don't know if the waiter got canned that night, but he was no longer there, and finally we got our entrees and great service the rest of the night. The entrees were delicious, and dessert was amazing. When the bills came, the waitress explains to us that the original waiter wasn't very clear, and sure enough we had extra Brie entrees on our bills.

Looking at this from a logical standpoint, it really isn't that hard, 2 couples, ordered 2 appetizers, 4 entrees and 2 desserts. Why our waiter decided that Marsh and Moria ordered all appetizers and no entrees is beyond me. I also don't know why our waiter thought we ordered salads instead of drinks, when the other couple ordered drinks. It's all common sense isn't it?

Common sense indeed. But the food was lovely, and it was nice to catch up with good friends amidst the chaos and the feeling of being in a bad Monty Python Sketch.

Orchids

I promised you guys I'd post my beautiful flowers from our anniversary:

 

Aren't they gorgeous?

Lucky

It's lunchtime, it's cold and rainy out. Can't go for a walk, what should I do? Blog of course.

The weekend was pretty awesome. Ryan and I had our 6 month anniversary on Friday. It feels like it's been alot longer than 6 months, sometimes it feels like we've been dating forever, (I mean this in a good way :) ), but yeah it's only been 6 months. We went for a fancy supper, Ryan had flowers waiting for me at the restaurant. They were the prettiest flowers I've ever gotten, they were even my favorite colours. They were blue and purple orchids. I'll have to post a picture of them when I get home from work. They're the most unique orchids I've ever seen.

On Saturday Ryan and I played in a 2 pitch tournament. Our team lost the whole thing. Oh well, it was still fun. I attended a martini party in the evening at a co workers and then Sunday was spent trying to find some new Pants. (It was so hard, but I finally found 1 pair that was long enough) I ran into Shannon on the way to the mall and she accompanied me on my venture. Then I had to move Bunnyrat to Ryan's because they're going to be in and out of my condo today (an ongoing saga from the flood in april). I also made some really good homemade soup. I just kinda threw stuff in a pot, (I intended on making canned soup but there wasn't one that interested me), it was done in 15 mins and it was delicious!

This week should be fairly slow. I'm going to move Bunnyrat back, meet up with the girls, go to the gym, and then head to Regina on Friday. It's Kristen's bday this weekend. Plus I haven't spent an actual weekend in Regina in ages. I've warned Dave I'm coming, I'll have to get in contact with Marshall, Wes, and Heather. I want to take Ryan to the indoor mini golf there, it's pretty cool and maybe subject him to a fishbowl night at BPs, not sure yet....

Bunnyrat's Day of Terror

This is what happens when you either forget to put the rabbit away for the day or she breaks loose:


I'm never going to underestimate my handy skills again. Here is the chair now:


Trust me that's the best I could do. Now it just looks like my chair had a little boo boo.

Now here's my chair in it's normal sitting/guest position:



Good as new. And yes that pillow and blanket are normally like that.....

anyone out there?

Alright, it's been a month since I last posted. What's up with that?

Actually everytime I go here to update it I get distracted by the Rabbit and Cat links on the side.

In the last episode you left me, I was insanely busy. Well not much has changed but I'm still having fun. When you're busy and not having fun, that's when the problems occur.

Ryan and I have been attending lots of weddings lately. We have another one this weekend in PA. It'll be fun.

Our relationship is going sickeningly well, I think that's why I don't blog too much about it. It's pretty much perfect. It's kinda crazy and it would probably bore you guys to tears.



Alot of my girlfriends are starting private blogs. I think that might be the way to go. My blog is too public for comfort right now, it's linked to everyone's facebook. Which was absolutely great when I had time to blog about things that irritated me and cats, you know, general topics that appeal to the masses. But the bulk of this blog isn't that anymore. In fact, alot of times I could be successfully stalked using this blog, that's kinda going against the principles of why I started this in the first place. And in reality, the whole purpose of the blog was to help me through a tough time. A public place to organize my thoughts and even a reachout for help. I was going through a nasty time when I started this thing, so unsure of myself and my decisions and in general not happy. I got through it, and I guess to that extent this blog has served it's purpose, and it's gone back to being a public place for me to reach out to family and friends. Don't get me wrong, there's lots to blog about, it's just this is too public a place for it now. Where to go from here?

Wow, that was a rant in a half.

So yeah, I'm alive! I just wanted to say hi to blogland!

Summer, where?

Last week I was trying to figure out where my summer went. It seems to have gone by so fast!

Then I took all the pictures off the cameras. Out of 1000 pics I posted 200 online. And I still have 2 more folders to go through. I've done alot this summer and have been super busy. I think next year I will just play 1 sport. It's too hard to do 2, hang out with my friends and watch some of Ryan's sports as well. Right there that takes 4 nights out of my week, and I haven't grocery shopped or cleaned yet. But all in all the summer has been great and fun.

We took Thursday afternoon off last week to go to the Ex. Ryan and I bought ShamWoWs and they really do work! Pretty amazing actually, and they also do a nice job on the cars. Finally, an infomercial purchase that does what it says! Of course I did all the rides and we ate lots of junk.

We have another wedding coming up this weekend. It should be fun.

I've been reading a tonne. So many good books out there right now! Right now I'm reading a book for work, but it's written well and really interesting.

Bunnyrat loves outside on the leash. She looks so cute, just check out the summer photos.

From Summer 2008

From Summer 2008

I had her at the vet today and found out she's a Mini Rex rabbit. That was entertaining. I hadn't really been able to find other photos of rabbits that look like her before and now I google it and find so many different colours of rabbits that looks like her, it's entertaining.

Disapproving bunnies

People always think my rabbit doesn't like them.

Bunnyrat loves everyone, it's just a rabbits nature to disapprove, they always look grumpy.

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Interesting

So it's been a while again. I'm wondering if I should just shut the blog down. I just don't have time for it anymore. And I'm using my paper journal alot more. There's so many happy things to put in there and that's where I want them to be. It used to be that I only used to write in the paper one when I was feeling really down. It became this big book of depressing things. I want to change that. Then by that time, I don't want to rewrite that here. Plus I have so many more outlets now for negative like that now. Most of them more constructive than just writing down thoughts.

Here's a brief update of things now, I'll mull over the future of this blog another time. Ryan's in San Jose at the moment for work, he's been there for a little over a week. I kinda really really miss him. That's hard for me to admit, that's just not my nature. But I do and I'm accepting it. I guess I just get so used of being my own rock, and just depending on me, it's hard to admit that I've given a little of that away. But on the other hand, it's a good sign that I'm branching out again and trusting again. I can't wait till he gets home.

All my sports have been rained out lately. Tonight was the 3rd event in a row!! But I went for a bike ride and did all that pesky stuff I've been putting off, like laundry and vacuuming. Work is getting better and I'm really starting to enjoy it now. I've cut out the crazy OT almost completely. It was just an insane workload attributed to me learning the ropes. But I feel more comfortable now, and I'm really really starting to like it. I'm applying the classes I loved in school, project management, decision support systems, design methodologies, I love it. I'm so busy when I'm at work, but the days go by so fast and I feel like I'm accomplishing something at the end of the day. I like that.

Bunnyrat and I went out to the lake this weekend. Bunnyrat likes her leash and I had her outside most of Sunday. Now that we're home, she's eating the pretty daisies Ryan got me for my birthday. She's so sneaky about it too! I was finishing off a book tonight and I hadn't seen her for a while. As I was about to get up and look for her, I saw a head pop over the end table behind me, she took a bottom petal of a daisy quickly and then popped back down to eat it, without making a sound. What a brat, the daisies are starting to look pretty sparse......

Another year older

I feel like I haven't blogged in forever! I'm just so busy these days and my time to sit and reflect has gone way down. It's all good though, I'm pretty happy being ridiculously busy.

The big 2-6 came and went. Of course it wasn't without it's own set of drama, but otherwise it was pretty awesome. The lake party was good, and celebrating with Ryan during the week was fantastic, and yesterday at Paul's wedding, I got to stand up while everyone sung to me, which was so nice of Paul and Tamzen. (You, see I own July 5th) Ryan also got me some beautiful gerbra daisies in Swan River.

I usually take the time out every year on my bday to reflect on the past years events and my thoughts on turning older. This post won't disappoint. I think I've really matured in the last year. I think I'm figuring out more where I want my career to be and my sunny outlook on life has returned. It evaded me for a couple years there. My patience,internal calmness and diplomacy has also returned. I've mended fences, burned bridges and de-cluttered my life in the last year. All for the best. A new relationship really surprised me and it's bringing back feelings I'd never thought I'd have again and creating new ones I didn't even know existed. There's just such a peaceful quality about my life right now, I'm trying not to take it for granted and slow down and enjoy it. I welcome 26 and hope that it carries on the tone that I set in 25.

Revalations

It seems I've missed my 2 year mark in Saskatoon. It was at the beginning of the month. And what a 2 years it's been.

It makes me ask the question, what's normal anymore. Normal used to be going to school, going to work, study, sleep, start again. But these years normal seems to only last a few a months, change and then that becomes the norm only to change again. Which one do I like more? The latter is definitely more exciting, but the former seems to be alot more comforting.

Don't misconstrue this to say that I don't feel like I'm at home. I'm very much at home here in my life and I like the change. It's just do you ever get back into those periods of non change again in life?

Alright, enough of the existential talk.

Lots gone on in the last little while. I've stepped into my managing position at work. It's alot of work. I'm not going to lie, I can't say I expected it to be this much work and pressure. I'm sure that will just be for now until I get used of it and figure out my way.

Ryan's bday was last weekend. I bought him a bat. Well I also bought him the DVD Risky Business and gave it to him first. I wanted him to think that's all I got him. But disappointingly he seemed quite happy with the DVD he knew nothing about. I wrapped the bat up like a bat, that was fun. I'd do it all again to see the smile on his face when he saw it. We went to Red Lobster, had giant caesars and seafood, I made him a trifle, it was a pretty good day.

This weekend would have been the perfect lake weekend, but I stayed behind and caught up on housework, accompanied Ryan to a wedding reception, checked out the Jazz Festival, visited with Enobong, etc. Anyone know why they call it the Jazz festival when I couldn't really find a band that played Jazz? There was folk music and country music, but I wouldn't really call that Jazz.

Universe Part II

It's funny. Ryan asked me the other day what Part I of this post was a couple days ago. And I really couldn't remember. I was fretting about it, but I wrote it down and went on my merry way and all was forgot.

But today it all came flooding back, and what I thought the universe was preparing me for was correct. And it was preperation well worth it, and needed and I came out fine and unscathed. No panic attack, no physical reaction whatsoever, just a firm appreciation of the past when it was good.

I really have to credit some advice. A good way to stop missing someone or something is to find one you like more.

Long Weekend

Here are a few pics from the long weekend that Ryan's Mom took of Bunnyrat, Razzle and Mika:

Ice Cream

There's an ice cream hut 1 block away from work. I visit it quite frequently I love ice cream in the summer. I've been trying to cut down lately, I haven't been all week, until today.

This morning I got up. Made up Bunnyrat's breakfast put it aside in a pile. Made Ryan a lunch pile, put it aside, made myself a lunch pile, put it aside. I the went and fed Bunnyrat, wrote a note on Ryan's pile, and somehow only ended up taking half of my pile to work for lunch. I forgot the most important part, the sandwich.

So for lunch today I thought, why not have ice cream for lunch? I've been good all week I thought. So for lunch I had 2 scoops of Cookies n' Cream and 1 scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough, all in a waffle cone. So much for cutting back ice cream for the week. I singlehandedly put it all back in one sitting, since I usually just get a single scoop........ Plus I'm sooooo full at the moment.......

( yes my work is fun :) swings, ice cream, cats, I love it!)

Universe

The universe is trying to tell me something.

I'm ignoring the message, I don't like it one bit. There's been a few odd incidences the last couple weeks. And I'm at a place in my life that I really really like and would like to hang in it and not stir anything up. Maybe I'm interpreting the message wrong, maybe it's intentionally throwing these things out there to see how I react. I think I've reacted quite well so far, better than I have in the past, I haven't overreacted, I think. This is one message I'm not going to pursue. Maybe it's just some sort of universal foreshadowing to prepare me for something coming up so that I no longer react at all.

Let's just say it's coincidence. I probably shouldn't put so much faith in the Universe in the first place, it has led me astray before :) I like my conclusions.

25 going on 8

There's adult sized swings a block away from work. The last couple weeks I've made sure my afternoon walk included a swing. It's so much fun, and I feel a little silly as I kick off my dress shoes and make a run for the swing barefoot, but I don't care, it's fun and I will continue to do it because it makes me happy.

Groceries

I have almost no groceries in my house. Last night I picked up some things to tide me over:

Lettuce
Field Greens
Parsley

(Alright I lied this stuff is for Bunnyrat)

Nachos
Salsa
Milk

What more does a person need to live on?

Stolen from Erika and Sarah

Why are you not going out with the person you want to?
Well I am.

Where's the last place you went?:
Work, work, work

Are you looking forward to something as of right now?:
Looking forward to ball tonight, then prolly back to work :(

When will you next kiss the last person you kissed?:
I dunno, maybe in a couple hours?

Have you ever worn false eyelashes?:
no, I don't have patience for stuff like that.

At the moment, are you more warm or cold?:
I'm just right

Do you find guys with facial piercings attractive?:
no, I like the more clean cut guys I guess

When was the last time you saw snow?:
It's been a little while now

Who are your favourite people to talk to when you're down?:
Barbara and Toni

Who was the last person to insult you to your face?:
not sure

Has anyone ever tried to shove their religion in your face?:
Yup, highschool was a minefield for that sort of thing

Who was the last person you sat next to?:
I'm sitting next to Jared and Hayley right now

What did you do today?:
Got up, got ready, played with Bunnyrat, came to work

What did you do yesterday?:
Exactly the same, cept went for a run and played with Bunnyrat some more

Who can you tell anything to?:
Barbarab, Toni, Ryan, my Dad, I'm pretty open

What are your plans for tomorrow?:
Same as today but watching ball after work

What are you thinking about right now?:
Why the heck are they inserting rows into this query?

Do you smile often?:
all the time

Do you prefer an ocean or pool?:
I love both

When was the last time you cried?:
I really don't remember

Why is your relationship status the way it is?:
Because I like it that way with the right person

How long is your hair?:
Shoulder length

Last thing you ate?:
A bagel and cream cheese

Who last sent you a text message?:
Brad it looks like

Last person you hugged?:
Ryan

Who do you dislike currently?:
There's no one I dislike

Are you wearing makeup?:
Yuppers

If you could have something right now, what would it be?:
I have everything I could need or want

Your heart is racing, who are you standing next to?:
Ryan, he, he

Something you hate more than anything?:
socially awkward people

Tears are falling from your eyes, what's the reason?:
By the time that happens, I've been pushing aside stuff that's bothering me until it builds up and then when I can't open a jar or something stupid, it all comes spilling out. I'm a jar cryer.

Have you kissed anyone in the past month?:
Yup :)

Is tomorrow going to be a good day/night?:
It will be very good

Are you in a good mood?:
Yup

Would you rather get up early or sleep in?:
Get up early in the summer, sleep in in the winter

Are you wearing anything?:
Yup, comfy comfy clothes 'cause I'm going to be here forever today

Are you paranoid about something?:
nah

Does it take a lot to make you cry?:
oh yeah, see the above

Wanting to tell someone something?:
Kinda but they know I think

What would you do with five million dollars?:
quit my job and travel a while, but hold some back in a high interest savings account and live off the interest

What do you think about toe socks?:
they annoy my feet

Would you rather watch a romantic movie or a really gory one?:
Probably gore but it depends on the cheesy-ness of the romantic one, there are a couple I really like.

If you had to live off one type of fruit, which would you pick?:
Watermelon

What are some of your nervous habits?:
Fidgeting

If you had to move in with a friend, which one would you pick?:
I like my space. Bunnyrat counts as a friend.

What is your favourite curse word?:
I dunno, don't use them too often

Do you have a favourite toilet paper brand?:
Charmin, like wiping your bum with a pillow

How long does it take you to get ready?:
30 mins, shower or no shower

Would you change yourself to make someone like you?:
no, I'm past that stage

Are you the type of person people should take seriously, or should they think you're joking most of the time?:
A little of column A, a little of column B

When you like someone, and they don't know about it, are you the type who wants to tell them, or them to make a move first?:
Well I asked Ryan out first. But that was because I was giving him super mixed signals and beating myself up for it later. And I didn't want him to get snatched up in the meantime.

Does it annoy you when people say their heart is "broken"?:
Nope, 'cause it sure does hurt.

Still the crazy cat lady

Here's some statics on the different routes home from work. I walk 7 blocks home everyday.

7th Ave
# of Cats Seen: 2
# of friendly Cats: 0

8th Ave
# of Cats Seen : 8
# of friendly Cats: 4

9th Ave
# of Cats Seen : 6
# of friendly Cats: 1

Spadina
# of Cats Seen : 2
# of friendly Cats: 2

For the record I usually walk down 8th :)

Fun in da Sun

May Long! Spring Break! Whooo!

I have a nice tan from the weekend, mission accomplished. We went out to my lake on Friday, it was so nice out. On Saturday, Ryan was put to work unloading the new peddle boat out of the truck. It's a pretty nice boat, has a little bit of a design flaw, it needs some weight in the front to be able to go fast and steer. So Ryan peddled me around the lake for a while (it's really not that bad of a design flaw...), Dave came out to visit, we played some Bocce and did some suntanning, we went for a canoe ride, I also escaped paddling on this one too, we made s'mores, all in all a fun day, somewhere in there I got a piggyback from Ryan and he also did all the real driving. I'm pretty spoiled.

The next day we headed to Ryan's parent's cottage at Christopher lake. It's a little different than what I'm used to. "Where are all the boat houses?" Bunnyrat made friends with Ryan's Mom's cats and dog. Although the one cat kept on trying to paw at Bunnyrat and would sit there and stare at her. Bunnyrat wasn't really thrilled with that one. The others were just fine. We had a campfire there too and got to sit in the neighbors hot tub. We played Ticket to Ride, which I'm starting to get hooked on. It's a pretty fun board game. I thought I won this one for sure and then we tallied up the points and Ryan beat me by 7! It was his first time playing! Bah, and 7 points is the difference of one 4 car train, so frustrating. Oh well, it was fun, nevertheless.

Oh may long how I love thee, back to real life again, sigh....

Change is good

From the beginning of this year to now my life has completely changed. My mood has completely changed, everything is so different.

It just goes to show that when you get unhappy, change is an answer. It can be hard and scary but so worth it. Dan always used to tell me all the time that he didn't like change and he was so unhappy at that time. I never understood that. Life is all about change and managing it with someone is half the adventure.

My new job just rocks. I like everyone at it and even play frisbee with a bunch of them on an Ultimate Team. I get to do Management I found out yesterday! Yay! I'm really excited about that. That's where I've been trying to get to for a while. I haven't even been here 2 months either, but it feels so great to be around people that see the potential in you. One of our people is leaving though, that's why I have the opportunity, and that's freaky because he has so much knowledge! Scary, but good scary. It's all so exciting!

My personal life rocks too at the moment. I really like Ryan and I hope he sticks around. I don't seem to get tired of him, which is odd for me, usually I like my space, but he entertains me and takes care of me and Bunnyrat. We were joking yesterday that he's locked into this for another 2 months since I have his bday present under way and then I need to stick around for that to be reciprocated at my bday. He doesn't seem to be jealous of my successes but rather supports me in them, that's a change from past relationships. It's all good. All good. We're going to my cottage for half the weekend and then to his cottage for the rest of the weekend. Ah, lake and sun and campfire and running and ball and frisbee and peddleboating..... So excited.

I'm trying to plan out some more vacations for this year. I think I'm going to aim to go to NY at the end of summer, and Italy in the late fall. And definitely Mexico in the winter that's a non contest.

On a completely different note, Ryan and I tried out the new Mexican Restaurant in town La Bamba. It was amazing! Well the food was amazing! Better than EE Burittos. We had nachos as an appetizer, the plate was huge, and I've never had guacamole that delicious before, so creamy and flavorful. I will definitely be back! The main course was delicious too, oh all so good!

Gobbledygoop

Stolen from Crystal:

Ever dropped a cell phone?
Yes, that's part of the criteria when I buy a cell.

Smoke?
noppers

Sleep with or without clothes?
either or, depends how cold I am

Do you believe in astrology?
not really, but I think it's fun

What was the last text message you received?
Call me when you're free from the Dreamboat

Pick a lyric, any lyric?
Don't say goodbye, say good journey

Have you ever been in the hospital?
A few times for me, lots of times for others

What is something people say to you that always gets on your nerves?
I dunno, doesn't really happen

Name something you have in common with all your siblings?
We both like video games

What was the most amount of physical pain you have ever been in?
Probably 2 years ago when I had either food poisoning or Crohn's flare ups. I think I was just way too stressed and it was causing me physical pain.

Who is the last person you wrote a letter to on paper?
I kinda wrote a letter to Ryan, it was more of a post-it note on a bagel....

Have you ever had the same dream more than once?
yeah, when I think life is spiralling out of control I dream that I re-live June 8th 2006. And then I re-read my blog after and realize the dream was much better than the real thing I went through. Either way that dream hasn't happened for a long long time.

If you were in an emergency situation and you had to deliver a baby, could you do it?
I guess, I'd prefer not too. I'd rather just be knocked out and then when I woke up, I'd have a baby. That sounds like a much better idea, no?

Do You Prefer Regular Or Chocolate Milk?
Skim Milk please

Favourite location?
If I told you, you'd go there and it wouldn't be a secret spot anymore. I have a couple in S'toon.

Wish someone was next to you this morning when you woke up?
Someone was next to me when I woke up. I was glad he was.

Spell your full name without a E,S,Y,I,R,A,L:
cndc wngtn

How many times have you had your heart broken?
Once really really bad.

Hugged someone you didn't know?:
yuppers

Been on the phone until the sun came up?
I don't think so


Twos

Two Names You Go By:
1. Candice
2. Candy

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. I'm pretty content
2.

Two things you did last night:
1. Played Ball - I hit a Double!
2. Watched Ryan play ball

Two people you talked to last on the phone?
1. My mom
2. Ryan

Two things you're doing tomorrow:
1. Getting my haircut
2. Going for a run

Have you ever:

thrown up on yourself?
possibly

thrown up on someone else?
yes, lesson learned, do not attempt to drown your sorrows in alcohol while at a good friend's wedding and confronted with your ex-fiance in the wedding party. Otherwise you end up crying in a coat room throwing up on him.

Who were the last people you sat at dinner with?
This is going to be a really boring survey. Ryan


Finish the sentence:

Life as we know it is . . .amazingly wonderful

If I had a million dollars . . .I would put it in a high interest savings account and then retire early

NOW

Is your hair up? nope
Is your phone right beside you? yup, work and cell
Do you miss someone? no
Do you wish you were somewhere else? nope
Who's the last person you messaged? I dunno, I just end up phoning

Alphabet

LETTER A
Are you available? no way
what is your age?25
what annoys you? annoying people

THE LETTER B
Do you live in a big house? It's huge! 27 floors!

THE LETTER E
Have you ever been in the emergency room? ya
Do you have both your ears pierced? ya

THE LETTER F
Do you use fly swatters? I don't think I own one
Have you ever used a foghorn? yes...

THE LETTER G
Do you chew gum? no, it hurts my jaw

THE LETTER H
How are you? excited!
What color is your hair? brown with blonde highlights
Do you live in a house? condo

THE LETTER I
What's your favorite ice cream? cherry cheescake or Cookies'n cream or peanut butter chocolate

THE LETTER J
What's your favorite jelly bean? red
Do you wear jewelry? I have a pretty beaded pendant on right now.

THE LETTER K
Do you want kids? Eventually, not soon

THE LETTER L
When was the last time you said I love you? At lunch to my family's answering machine. I love you answering machine.


THE LETTER M
Do you still watch Disney movies? ha, ha yup
Do you like mangos? I love mangos

THE LETTER N
Do you have a nickname? candy I guess

THE LETTER O
Do you like the ocean?sure, I guess, haven't been around it for a significant amount of time.

THE LETTER P
What's a personality trait you look for in people? Honesty

THE LETTER Q
Ever had your oil changed at the quick stop? no...

THE LETTER R
You watch reality tv? not really
Are you one to cry? Depends, I do when I have to. I at least let myself do it now.

THE LETTER S
Do you prefer sun or rain? Sun
Do you like snow? I like snowboarding, and toboganning

THE LETTER T
When was the last time you slept in a tent? Last summer

THE LETTER U
Are you wearing underwear? yup

THE LETTER V
Whats the worst veggie? Parsnips
Where do you want to go on vacation? New York, Italy, Mexico, Dominican, Japan, Australia. I'll do a couple of those this year it's looking like :)

THE LETTER W
What's your worst habit? Fidgeting or poking people

THE LETTER X
Have you ever had an x-ray? a few

THE LETTER Y
Do you like the color yellow? Sure
What's one thing you yearn for? I dunno, I have everything I need to be happy

THE LETTER Z
What's your zodiac sign? Cancer


More random:

What would you do if your best friend went out with your ex?
Been there done that, obviously not my best friend anymore. She knew the circumstance and still went behind my back.

Pick one: green or gold? Both, go Campbell!

What's your sport?
Ball

Do you know how to keep a convo going?
Most of the time, sometimes I drop the ball.

Do you like the rain?
It has it's purpose

What hat would you rock?
I rock them all, with a drink in a pineapple on hand.

Were you ever with someone completely different to you:
Yup, it didn't really work out.

Have you ever had a crush on someone that was in a relationship:
no, they get put in to my unavailable category at the get go.

When was the last time you were told you were beautiful?
I get told I'm pretty all the time and that's fine by me :)

What is bothering you right now?
absolutely nothing at the moment, the karma gods have been good to me lately and I hope to return it to others!

I'll bet you miss someone right now?
no I really don't

Are you easily scared by horror/thriller films?
A little but I like them.

If you were given $100, would you spend it, or save it?
Save!

If there was a large spider in the room, would you stay?
I'd name him Bob and then see how long I'd have to touch his legs for for him to move. Then I'd grab Pumpkin and put him beside the spider to see what he would do.

Do you have any enemies?
none

When was the last time you were truly happy with your life?
Right now, I've got it all together finally, every piece.

When is the last time you made someone else cry?
Possibly a couple months ago. (whoops!)

Would you be able to date someone who had a kid with someone else?
I don't think I could. I'm not ready for that.

Last person you had a deep and meaningful convo with?
maybe Ryan?

Reason behind why you last cried?
I don't remember the last time I cried.

Do you have a deep dark secret?
no, my life is an open book.

What was the last thing you ever got grounded for?
I never really got grounded ever

What was your childhood nickname?
Don't think I had one

What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
I dunno

Who(opposite sex and your own) would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
Ryan and Shannon

Who do you blame for your mood today?
Me, I'm awesome.

Have you ever seen a dead body?
no and I don't intend on it

How do you vent your anger?
go for a run or bike, do some writing. Then when I have some thoughts collected and have figured out what exactly I'm angry about I'll talk about it.

Are most of your friends virgins?
ha, ha no

Are you a mama's child or a daddy's child?
prolly Dad

Who was the last person you took a picture with?
Ryan again

Is anything alive in your room?
Bunnyrat if she's under the bed looking for trouble.

Have you ever had a broken rib?
noppers

Straw, straw everywhere!

Another crazy week. Frisbee here, ball there. Trying to get my patio in order. I found some chair pads that match my patio set and balcony finally! But then I ran out of propane for the BBQ :( I can't win. But all is well because I decided to buy a brand new shiny BBQ this weekend :) So I'll be entertaining in style.

My parents are coming this weekend to help me with the closet. Also we're all seeing Phantom of the Opera this weekend. I'm looking forward to it, I've heard so many great things!

Tonight I'm heading to Barb and Brant's for a BBQ. I decided that since I hadn't cooked for a while I'd make something for it. So I bought ingredients for my famous dip ( mostly so Brant wouldn't whine) but then I found this recipe for a Santa Fe Salad and decided I'd make that as well. I didn't know how much the recipe would make so I doubled it. Apparently one would have been fine, the dip is massive and the salad is even more massive. Plus I even have extra dip. The salad has black beans and red peppers and is in a homemade chili lime dressing, it's delicious, I taste tested it on Ryan yesterday. I kinda like having him around, he's handy.

I bought Bunnyrat a new bed on the weekend. It was straw, I thought it would solve the "sleeping in the litter box" problem and give her something to chew. The first day it looked great! She was sleeping in it and everything, the cage looked so clean, she looked comfy. Day 2 though, the whole bed was torn apart. Straw everywhere! And to add to it, she emptied out the hay rack on top of it all. It was the hugest mess ever! On to the next great idea.

zoom

This week went by so fast! I can't believe it's friday. I can't believe all the stuff that was accomplished this week.

It was a little rainy here, but still warm. Monday I told Ryan to come to our frisbee practice. He's pretty good actually and fast. Although doing frisbee drills against him we don't really get much practice, he's much better and faster than I am.

Tuesday it was nice out, hot even. Ryan and I went for a good run by Gabriel Dumont part, and then we went to the batting cages. We both wanted to practice. He fixed my swing for me, so expect some triples or home runs this season. Then we stuffed our faces at Fuddruckers. I know, great way to end a night of exercise! It's kinda really nice to have someone around that can keep up to me, actually sometimes I'm the one that can't keep up in this relationship.

The next day I couldn't move my wrist. Some of my project timelines look like a 5 year old drew them up. I'm glad I bought new batting gloves, I'd really be in pain if I didn't have them. It was girls night that day, I needed it.

Then yesterday I kinda stuck around home, I started to really clean off my balcony. I bought a heavy duty broom and started looking for some patio cushions and covers. All I came home with was the broom. I couldn't find the rest yet, maybe it's too early in the season. I also plugged in my beer fridge and started filling it with coolers. Balcony season is here!

This weekend I need to work some OT at work. And I need to clear out my walk in closet, donate stuff to community living and take out my recycling. Get everything cleaned out for next weekend when my Dad will come and help me with my walk in closet. It'll be awesome. I might take some before and after pics....

Shin Splints!

Ow that really hurts! Time for new shoes.

One of the girls here works at the Running Room, I will pay her a visit. I think it's about time I actually invested in some good ones and get someone to examine how I run. I'm obviously not stopping running anytime soon. And I sure don't want to stop because of shin splints. But man, are they painful.

Yield Please

My mission for this week is to slooooow down. Last week was just insane, I need a bit of a break. Between condo leaks, emergency room visits, socializing, and volunteering, I'm a little bit worn down. But 2 of the big things that made last week insane were emergencies, so as long as I don't encounter an emergency this week, I'm good!

I volunteered for a BBQ selling hot dogs and hamburgers in front of Canadian Tire on Sunday to raise money for Camp Easter Seals. It was fun and we raised alot of money. It brought me back to my BK days. The girls I work with are fun, and customers are funny and friendly, I kinda miss talking to strangers. I might volunteer next weekend too.

It was Brant's bday party on Friday. We went to Yuk Yuk's. I hadn't been before, it was alot of fun. Both comedians were really good and drinks were pretty cheap. We ended up at Winston's later, we somehow fandangled, (I know this is the wrong word, don't make fun of me), ourselves a private room. Martini's were had, fun was had. It was Ryan's 1st time at Steve and Marnie's. He claimed he loved that place, as we walked in, everyone was playing Rock Band and then Marnie's guitar sat out in the open and Steve offered him a beer, what more could a guy want?

We also got a chance to take a run on Saturday too. It was a good run too, didn't have any complaints, no pacing issues or complaints that the other one couldn't keep up. It was fun, I'm a little amazed. I like this one.

My Bunnyrat has become too affectionate with her favorite toy. I'm going to have to book her in for surgery soon to get spayed. I was wearing my favorite duck slippers around the house Sunday and she was following my feet around and mounting them everytime I stopped. Somehow yelling "But you're a girl rabbit!" doesn't do anything....

more, more, more

1. If I looked on your bed, what would I find?
On my bed I have lots of throw pillows and a cerulean coloured throw. My bed looks very comfy and inviting and relaxing.

2. Do you go to the bathroom with the door open or closed?
Open, then I can see and hear the Rat getting into trouble.

3.Are your underwear and socks folded in your drawers, or just thrown in?
My socks are folded but it's all just thrown together in one drawer

4. Sleep on your back or stomach?
Usually my side and then roll on from there

5. Are you a cuddler?
yup

6. What would I find if I looked under your bed?
Under my bed there's my snowboard, snowboard boots, tent, sleeping bag, various camping stuff....

7. Something that happened today that made you angry?
Nothing at all, I'm pretty content

8. What were you doing before this survey?
working

9. What will you do after this survey?
same thing

10. Marriage or living together?
I'm a big fan of the trial living together before marriage. If I didn't believe in that, I wouldn't be nearly as happy as I am now.

11. What are you wearing right now?
Guess jeans, a pretty purple lacey tube top, a short sleeved blazer, and my purple pumps and purple purse. I look stylin today.

12. How many times have you been in love?
I thought it was twice, but really only once and possibly sliding into it now, I dunno, love is fun :)

13. Do you de-label your beer bottles?
no, I don't drink beer.

14. Do you talk about your feelings or hide them?
I used to be the queen of hiding them. I always felt with work and school that talking about feelings was too girly. Now I talk about em a bit more, okay alot more.

15. Is there something you regret and wish you could take back?
Nothing at all. Everything happens for a reason, I think I've found a big reason.

16. First thing you do when you wake up?
Listen to the weather on talk radio, then decide if it's worth it to jump outta bed.

17. Last person you told you love them?
Probably my Dad.

18. Sneeze with your eyes open or closed?
closed

20. Last argument you got into?
A lady rammed me with a cart in WalMart on purpose after I was so nice to her......the rest is history.

21. Do you tend to rip the paper off water bottles?
no, that's just not a habit for me.

22. What is one thing you love to do with your best friends?
Eat and Talk. Barb and Toni know all about this one.

23. When you shut off your alarm clock, do you tend to fall asleep again?
yeah within 10 secs, that's why I push snooze

24. If you were given the chance to take care of a monkey for a weekend, would you?
For sure!

25. What is the current advertisement on the side of the screen?
there isn't one, good ol' notepad

26. What are you looking forward to in the next few months?
everything! Weddings, my bday, summer holidays hiking, ball.......

27. When will you turn 50?
2032 (Thanks for the math Crystal!)

28. Ticklish?
noooo........(shifty eyes)

29. Where do you wish you were right now?
I wish I was where I was when I woke up this morning

30. What song are you currently listening to?
nothing at the moment

32. If you caught your significant other cheating on you what would you do?
Depends on circumstance but most likely leave him.

33. What time did you wake up this morning?
7am

34. Do you have any cousins?
yuppers, lots

35. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Kristen

37. What is the worst subject they teach in college?
There's too many to name

38. Where do you plan on living when you grow up?
I am grown up, I live in the most gorgeous condo by the river downtown. I'm living my dream.

39. What was your last dream?
I don't remember, it had something to do with Ryan though...