Our Host and Hostess in Montreal

Jeremy and I went to Montreal and Quebec City at the end of November and the first of December. We both had a great time and I got to see things that I have never seen before!

When we arrived in Montreal, the first night (Thursday) we stayed the night in the Garrison (base). It was a small room with a single bed and a shared bathroom, but it was cheap! At the time that was all that mattered!

Friday night, we headed out to long time friends of my family, Paul and Angela's. It has been years since I have seen them! I mean like 15 or more! Crazy eh?!! But when my mom emailed them and told them that my boyfriend and I were heading to Montreal, they very quickly opened their home to us and offered us a place to stay. The arrangements in their beautiful home were much more comfortable then the barracks!

We stayed with Paul and Angela and their family Friday and Saturday nights. We spent the days roaming around Montreal, Jeremy showing me the cool hot spots. I haven't walked so much in a very long time, but it was great!

I got to see Notre Dame Bassilia (sp?). I have pictures to be added at a later date in a seperate blog! (need to get them from Jeremy's PC to my PC!) It reminded me of my Nan so much, and I felt closer to her while I was in the church, I'm sure that she had seen that church at some point in her life.

Here is a picture of our host and hostess!



Their Daughter, Allison (I think) was out at the time of the picture, so we caught her as she re-entered the house! haha!



Angela is an awesome cook, I rank her up there with my Nan! It was great to spend time with Paul and Angela and I hope that we get to see them again in the future! Thanks again Paul and Angela for being such awesome hosts!

Another Move

As Jen mentioned in her post, Jeremy and I will be (hopefully) getting our own place in April. The countdown for that has yet to begin, but it will.

We are going to move into a PMQ in Oromocto, rent will be fairly cheap and we plan to not get cable (as neither of us really watches much tv, mostly movies). We are both excited about moving in together, however we are trying to hold out our excitement as April is a bit away.

First, we need to find someone to rent the townhouse and take over the lease which goes until October 2007. So, please keep your fingers crossed that we find someone! Or pass on the information if you know someone who is looking for a place!

All of Jeremy's possessions are in storage, in some warehouse somewhere in the country (I have no idea, and I don't think he does either). All of his stuff will come out of storage when we move in together. Plus we have to move all my stuff to Oromocto again.

Do I want to move to Oromocto?? Hmmm..tough question! Last time, none of my friends came to visit me, and I felt lonely out there. This time is different, I'm with a different person and not going all the way to Geary! So I have to say I am ok with moving to Oromocto as long as it's with Jeremy. I know ... "AAAWWWWW ain't that sweet" lol

So here's to changes in 2007!

Oh yeah to warn you all now, Jeremy has been talking quite a bit about Edmonton. He says he's going to ask to stay here, but I think he's trying to get me to warm up to the idea of moving there. He keeps telling me he's not going without me. "AWWWWWW SWEEET" So I guess I'm warning you that in September another big move might be taking place for me! Again to Changes in 2007. This might not happen for a couple of years, as he may get posted here, but you never know what the future holds, especially when you are dating an Army Buck! LOL

After a LLLLOOOONNNGGGG Wait

Jeremy's plane landed today at about 245pm. I was both nervous and excited, after all it had been three weeks since I had seen him last.

The preparations for Jeremy's arrival began early last week, however, with me being quite the procrasinator, it took some time to get everything organized and I left 90% of it to today! HAHA.

I had to clean the apartment up so that things were at least somewhat organized when he came, as well as to go with my new years resolution of becoming more girlie, I enlisted the help of Celeste. I bought two new outfits last week, as I wanted to have something new and something slimming, and something sexy to pick him up in. I bought two tops at Penningtons and 3 pairs of pants at Winners.

The problem was trying to decide what to wear and then accessories and then make up (holy, being a girl sure is tough!)

I got up today at about 9am I had something to eat, then I went to get my car washed, then to shoppers to get mousse for my hair and advil for my headache, and I walked out of Shoppers with mousse, two cards, and a new head band (you'll like it Jen!) and I forgot the advil and didn't remember until I was almost home. At that point I said, I'll get it when I go to Shoppers with Celeste to get make up.

After I got home, I got in the shower, added a little mousse to my hair to help keep it looking nice (or that was the plan!) Then I got a hold of Celeste to come over and we hummed and haa'd about what outfit I should wear. We finally decided on the red top with the black lace (I'll have to take a picture!)and black pants. I tried on my black pleather jacket and it was way too big. I couldn't believe it, not that long ago it was snug on me, but it seriously hung off of me..you can ask Celeste! I had another Pleahter Jacket in the closet that was beige/tan, and I tried it on (it hasn't fit in like a year or more) and it fit wonderfully! I couldn't believe it! How excited was i??? well pretty damn excited!

We left for shoppers at like 130 to get make up. It was hard to find what we wanted, and I still don't think Celeste found exactly what she wanted me to get. We got home and started putting the make up on. I of course sat on the floor with my eyes shut waiting for her to apply the make up for me...but NNNNOOOOO, she said "you have to learn to put it on yourself." so I had to apply the silly stuff myself. But then I was doing it somewhat wrong, so she helped me out! haha! SUCKER!!! JK Celeste I luvs ya!

I left here at twenty after two to be at the airport for twenty to three. I got there at about twenty to three...LOL Luckily, his plane was a few mins late. I heard someone say at quarter to three that the plane from Halifax had just landed. I thought ohh that's not so bad. I watched all the people come in from the plane, and then I seen Jeremy. I got all nervous, but I stood up and he came over to me and we both went through this "do I hug him/her" thing. Then our mouths opened and we started talking up a storm. (no hug tho)

Jeremy told me how pretty I looked, and how much a difference in my weight he could see. I told him about my adventures with Celeste and in the middle of that talk he kissed me (IN PUBLIC!!!! haha! He's not much for PDA)

It's great to have him back, and I really look forward to having him around. I really did miss him while he was gone. And I wasn't sure that I would, but he was online almost everyday to remind me that he was still around and that he wanted to come back.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone!

I had a pretty relaxing New Years. I went to work at noon until 10pm. It was great, not really, but I really enjoy the customers at the store, I'll miss them when I quit, which is coming soon. A person can only work every weekend for so long before they need a break.

I watched a few movies, and played some poker online.

I took down my christmas decorations today. Sorry that Jeremy will not make it to see them. Ahh well, that's what he gets for going away for 3 weeks! haha! Actually he may have seen some of them because I think they were up when we got back from Montreal.

I hope everyone had a great new years celebration and I wish everyone the best in the new year. Hard to believe it's 2007!

Blog Permissions for Comments

Ok, Since Jen is pretty much the only one who comments on my blog now, I've changed the settings so that anyone can leave a comment. Please leave your name tho, or at least a name that I will know you by! LOL

I've restricted who can access my blog by making it non public and only people who know the address can find it. Hopefully, I won't have too many strangers reading about my life! LOL

Who is Missing from this Picture?

For Christmas for the last 3 years I’ve been asking for Gilbert Blythe. Who is that you are wondering?? Well, if you have ever read Anne of Green Gables, you would probably recognize the name. Gilbert and Anne eventually fell in love, however at first they were bitter enemies! I collect Porcelain dolls. Actually I collect Dolls from around the world too, and those take up the majority of my collection.

A few years ago, (ok about 6) I started the collection of Green Gables. It was great! I got Anne one year, Diana the next, then Matthew (who is my favorite!), and finally 3 years later I got Gilbert.

Let me introduce you to the crew!



From Left to Right: Gilbert, Diana, Anne, and Matthew. Hmmm…someone seems to be missing don’t you think?? Whoever could that be?? Hmm…I’ll have to think about it.

Let’s take a closer look at the dolls.
Starting with the Star of the books Anne!



I have several Anne dolls, or rather Dolls that are supposed to be Anne. I like this one the best, mostly because of her outfit. To me it looks like the ones described in the books. We have her red haired braids there and the hat…all fine. Let’s look at her face a little more closely. I always pictured Anne to have a mischievous look on her face or maybe a smile. Other then when she was fighting with Gilbert or Marilla (hmmm…hint, hint) she didn’t look happy, but I picture her to be happy the rest of the time…so my complaint is I don’t like her non smiling face!

Next we have Anne’s Kindred Spirit, Diana.



Diana Barry was Anne’s Best Friend, who she called her Kindred Spirit. She felt a strong connection to Diana, and every once in awhile the pair ended up in some situation that was almost always Anne’s idea! Lol. Let’s talk details. I don’t particularly care for her outfit, although it does show that Diana was a bit more sophisticated then Anne, so I guess it will have to do. Maybe it’s that pink isn’t my favorite color? The black ringlet hair is perfect. The eyes seem a little big, but mostly I’m pretty impressed with this doll, again no smile, maybe her and Anne just got caught being drunk because they drank the wine instead of the Raspberry Cordial??

Matthew was the only one who wanted to keep Anne, when she first arrived. He and his sister, Marilla adopted what they thought would be a little boy to help around the farm. When Matthew went to pick him up he found Anne instead. He fell quickly in love with her spirit and energy. Anne talked the whole ride home, with Matthew hardly saying a word. When Matthew returned home Marilla (there’s that name again), quickly asked what this was all about and where was the boy that they had asked for. Matthew said that they couldn’t send her back, Marilla and Matthew got in a bit of an argument, but Matthew ended up winning and Anne stayed with them.



Unfortunately, Matthew dies of a heart attack very quickly in the book, however it still leaves you time to fall in love with his character and how he bonded with Anne. I love this doll, it’s probably the one doll that I think represents the character the best. He’s carrying a basket of potatoes. I just think he looks perfect. Don’t you? If you don’t, check out the next picture.



See the hump in his back?? OMG I do fell in love with this doll when I opened it, I couldn’t believe how perfectly the creator of this doll had depicted Matthew.

Gilbert Blythe was as mentioned before Anne’s enemy. She broke a chalkboard over his head, they competed in different things and they genuinely did not get a long! However in later years, they managed to admit that they loved one another and they got married and had kids. This doll is a representation of the young Gilbert. I remember reading the books and falling in love with him at the same time Anne was, these books serious are amazing! LOL



I haven’t made a decision on the details of this doll yet. I think I was just happy to finally get him! LOL

So again, who is missing from this crew of characters in a bunch of novels? That would be Marilla. I will do a write up on her, if she ever appears under the Christmas tree! LOL

Merry Christmas 2006 Everyone!

We were off to a slow start this year for Christmas. I didn’t rise until 8ish, Mom and Dad were both up. Before we opened any presents we called Troy (who couldn’t be with us this Christmas), Mom and Dad opened their gifts from him while he was on the phone. My present from him is still in Fredericton and I’ll open that tomorrow, when I get home.
We started as always opening our stockings, I got some text messages from Jeremy shortly there after, so I went online to talk to him for a few mins, so we were really slow opening presents. Dad as always got tons of Coke stuff…it’s taking over the house!

Here’s Wink wondering what all the excitement is about



Mom and Wink playing with the string.



Dad sporting his new Coke boxers! He was so excited he put them right on over top of his pants!



Here is a collection of the stuff that I got from everyone.



The “Dear Santa” sign is from my Aunt Bev, There is a Sarah’s Angel beside it, that’s from Mom and Dad. The salt and pepper shakers/napkin holder is from my Aunt Heather and Uncle George. The movie and santa hat is from Cheryl and Ben. The Ovations from my granddad. The New Brunswick Sheets from Santa, socks from Santa, Gilbert (from Anne of Green Gables) from Santa (he made a special stop in PEI for me!), and the collection of stuff in the front is my stocking stuffers. The big present this year was my luggage! Pink, I’m not a fan of pink, but Mom made a good point, at least it’ll stand out at the airport and I won’t have to worry about getting it mixed up with someone else!). I got pajamas from my Aunt Gail and Uncle Lloyd, it’s an every year thing! I love it, at least I’m always guaranteed pajamas!

This is a better picture of the stuff down in front!



These are Mom’s presents, minus the red bag, that’s Dad’s from Troy that he didn’t open. Mom’s presents are missing the George Foreman Grill that Aunt Bev and Kayla got for her and Dad.



This is Dad’s presents. See all the Coke stuff?!?! Where’s he gonna put this stuff?!?? Lol.
Everything there is new, except for the transport truck, that was from a previous year.



As you can tell Santa definitely found his way here!

This is just too cute, I couldn’t not take a picture of it by itself! Santa brought that!



Wink had a great time playing with all the paper and ribbon and bows, ohh and let’s not get started on the boxes and bags! Silly kitty!!!


We went for Christmas dinner with my Aunt Gail and Uncle Lloyd and the rest of my Dad’s side of the family. Sorry folks, I didn’t take my camera with me, so I have no pictures. I should have taken it to take pictures of the spread of food! OMG, there was so much!

Later that evening (after a much deserved nap), Mom and I headed down to Blackville to visit my Grandmother and Grandfather. (I took my camera this time!)

The lights on the house, see that little bear there, that’s what my mom got them last year for Christmas, the picture doesn’t do it justice, but it is definitely cute.



Here is Nanny and Grandad’s Tree and spread of gifts. I was more focusing on the Montreal Canadians guy then anything else, but wanted to get everything else as well. Pretty cool eh?!



It looks like Mom is reaching for the snowman, but she is not, she was playing with the fire trucks! LOL Actually, she’s trying to get out of the way of the picture, however she failed! HAHA!



I had to take a close up of the fire trucks because this really doesn’t do them justice. They don’t look like toys at all, not even like models, ok maybe really REALLY good models.



After that Mom and I headed home and Mom introduced me to a new website called Bebo.com, I think it’s going to be a good place to put all my pictures, I can put some in my blogs, and the rest I can put there for people to look through. Also, a lot of the relatives from Scotland are on there, and it will be an easy way to keep in touch with them.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!!

Driving Home for Christmas

This is what I love about going home for Christmas! Every year on my way home, I always get so excited when I hit the top of the hill and I see this:



I know that home is just at the bottom where the glow from the Christmas Spirit lights up the sky. Ever since I can remember and probably that means forever, Dad and Mom have always gone all out for Christmas. My friend Darren always asks me at Christmas “Has your parents gone all St. Mary’s again this year?” And of course they do. What he is referring to is the many lights my dad puts up. Every year on the Reserve there is always a great display of lights from the people’s houses. I don’t think I’d like my dad’s house there, it would fit in and not stand out like it does now. When I topped the hill this year and seen the lights they were pretty much the only ones on, none of the neighbors had their lights on.

Once I got home, I decided to take a walk to the top of the hill and take pictures looking down, let me tell you this was not an easy task! You might think it would be, but getting a good picture of the dark and the lights was so hard! I really missed my photographer! Jeremy, how dare you go to Winnipeg for Christmas! Haha!

When I walked up the hill I noticed how big the moon was, not that it was a full one or anything. It seem like it was just sitting on top of the hill! So I tried to take a picture of that too, but again I’m not good at this night picture stuff! Give me a day time and I can take any picture you want!



This picture looked about 100 times better on my camera, I swear it! LOL but none the less, it does depict the moon! Can you pick it out?!?!? Haha!

As I walked down the hill I took pictures at various spots along the way.
About halfway down the hill…



Another a bit more of a close up…



This is at the edge of the first drive way you to come to when you go to my parents house.



It’s always important to find the new addition to the decorations! The polar bear was a gift from Santa last year to my dad. Kinda looks like the coke bear eh?!



And once more picture of the front of the house. Please note that this year the “Peace On Earth” sign is missing.

Dermoid Cyst

This post is for Jennifer! LOL She's gonna love it!

Quite a few years ago (within the last 5..I don't remember the exact year) I had surgery to have a dermoid cyst removed from my ovary on the right side. During the surgery they had to take my ovary. I've been thinking about the surgery a lot lately as mom had surgery not that long ago and it reminded me of the day I went in for surgery.

My dermoid cyst was the size of a kiwi when they first found it. I was told I would be monitored every 6 months to make sure that the cyst didn't grow any. About a year later (after no follow ups) I was going to to Colscopy clinic to have my PAP tests done (for like ever!) when I asked the doctor if the cyst would cause abnormal cells in my PAP he said no, then I explained that I was supposed to be monitored. A little bit after that I got a notice in the mail to go get an ultrasound done. During that ultrasound they discovered that the cyst had grown to the size of a softball (that is quite the increase!) That's when it was determind that they would take the cyst out. At the time of the ultrasound the cyst was not twisted, but by the time I went in for surgery the cyst had twisted and cut off the blood supply to my ovary which in turn caused the ovary to stop working and made it the removal of the ovary neccessary.

The other day at work we were talking about it and Jen asked me what a Dermoid Cyst was so I started to explain it to her and she made me shut up as she thought it was too gross! Then I told her to look it up on the internet so that she could see a picture. LOL She thought I meant I had a picture of my cyst. But I don't have my own picture, as it busted when it was taken out and he said it wouldn't have made a very nice picture! LOL

I thought that I could write a post about it so that everyone will know exactly what a dermoid cyst is. The information has been gathered from several websites.

Dermoid Cyst - A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair, teeth, bone, thyroid, etc.

What is a Dermoid Cyst?
The idea of a dermoid cyst is somewhat startling. For reasons we don't understand, the cells of the ovary can, all by themselves and without the presence of any sperm, start to produce hair, teeth, fluid, and other growing tissues to form an ovarian cyst. This is called a dermoid cyst. Dermoid cysts are fairly common, occurring most often before menopause and are almost never cancerous (less than 1/1000). Dermoid cysts have a fairly characteristic appearance on sonogram and often the diagnosis can be made this way. Unfortunately, these cysts do not go away by themselves and surgery is recommended when they are found.

What Causes a Dermoid Cyst?
I looked online for a long time for the answer to this and it ranges from you are born with it to fluid collects for no reason. So I guess what they really want to say here is they have NO idea! LOL

General Dermoid Cyst Information
Dermoid cysts may occur at any age but the prime age of detection is in the childbearing years. The average age is 30. Up to 15% of women with ovarian teratomas have them in both ovaries. Dermoid cysts can range in size from a centimeter (less than a half inch) up to 45 cm (about 17 inches) in diameter. In 25 percent of cases, cysts are found on both ovaries. Hmmm 15 to 25% of women who have a dermoid cyst in one ovary gets a cyst in the other one. This information scares me, I don't want to go through that again.

These cysts can cause the ovary to twist (torsion) and imperil its blood supply. The larger the dermoid cyst, the greater the risk of rupture with spillage of the greasy contents which can create problems with adhesions, pain etc. Although the large majority (about 98%) of these tumors are benign, the remaining fraction (about 2%) becomes cancerous (malignant).

Depending on the position of the cyst within the ovary, it may be necessary to remove a portion of or the entire ovary. In this case, a woman may wonder about her fertility potential. If the remaining ovarian tissue is normal, a woman may still ovulate, menstruate, and conceive a pregnancy. Even if one ovary is completely removed, the other ovary is stimulated and continues to produce eggs, so that conception can occur. (that's incase anyone was wondering about my fertility! LOL)

I was going to include some pictures of the cysts...but my goodness they are GROSS!! and I wouldn't want anyone to have to see them. If you are interested, the best way to find them is to type pictures of an ovarian dermoid cyst in google and it'll bring up some wonderful pictures! I found one that was all labeled and everything, but like I said...they are really gross!

Party Time

Last night I had a few friends over to play cards and other board games. It has been awhile since I have done that so I thought it was about time that I hosted a party. The last one I had hosted was for Melissa's Birthday last year....I think! It's been so long! It's almost time for Melissa's Birthday this year! LOL

In attendance were Darcy, Scott, Melissa, Fonda (first time to my place), Tim, Andrea and Tara. There were others invited some of whom claim they don't know where I live and had no drive to my place, but who happen to live just up the road...but I'm not pointing fingers! LOL

We started off the evening playing Asshole (it's a card game) Scott and I don't get along on the best of days, then add cards to the mix and you have a huge competition and fight on your hands! LOL It was all in good fun tho. Most of the time we were so busy competing with one another that others would win because we wouldn't be watching them! They all get angry with me because I happen to be able to remember what has been played and what has not, they also claim they are going to take me to vegas and win them some money! LOL

We switched to Shout About Movies after we got tired of Asshole. Scott and I again on opposite teams (always a bad idea) and we of course were competing again. I was getting tired by this time.

A little while ago Tim and Andrea had a party at their place and while there I indulged in a few too many Vodka and Sprites and accidently broke a lamp (it's been a rough month and I don't wanna list all the thinks I have broke in the last month or so it would take too long!) I felt aweful about it, but Andrea kept telling me not to worry about it, but when you break something you always feel bad. Well last night after everyone had left, Tara came back in and said there was a skunk under neath by her car. Of course we all get up to go see, and as Andrea opened the door out goes Wink! She started after the cat, by this time I'm not worried about it, Wink has gotten out so much lately it seems normal to have her gone for a few hrs. Andrea felt horrible. I looked at her and said "we're even for the lamp now" LOL that was a big joke with all of us and part of the reason why Tara insists on calling me Crash.

Andrea and Tim wouldn't leave until Wink came back by this time it's about 130am ish or so. I was exhausted and more then ready for bed. However, knew I couldn't kick them out with Andrea being so concerned about my cat. At one point we lost both Wink and Nellie out side and I seen Nellie run for the first time ever! Boy does that cat ever have some speed when she wants to. I think the only reason I caught her is because she was out of breath after her big run! LMAO Anyways, Nellie was easy to catch, Wink....Not so much! At about 230am we finally got both cats safe and sound inside the house.

That is my story of my party, sorry for those of you who missed it! It was a good time. As for the ONE who doesn't know where I live, maybe you should come visit me sometime and you do have my number and by the way, there are cabs in this city so you never "don't have a way" to my house! :0P

Thoughtful

I didn't post about my flowers! I can't believe I didn't! I was so excited to get them!

The Monday after my accident I came home to a wonderful surprise. After starting supper I went upstairs to change (my normal routine) and I found beside my bed a wonderful arrangement of plants/flowers. I was all excited and was hoping they were from Jeremy. Of course they were, who else would get me flowers?!!!!

Finally!

I got my car back on Friday! Phew!!! Just when I was beginning to think it would never be back to me!

Friday was a hectic day for me as I had to work at the video store at 2 and my car wasn't ready until noon on Friday! Lots of running around to do.

Not to mention that while I had the Rental Car in my possession (damn Hyundai Accent) I bumped into the curb on Monday (during the snow storm) and wrecked the hub cap on the damn car! So then I had to go find a new hub cap for it, after calling the dealership and finding out it was going to be about 40 bucks for a new hub cap, I decided to just go that route. I get to the dealership and he brings the hub cap, but it's missing the center piece and I'm like, umm...well it has a center piece too. The guy says you need that too? I said yes of course. he said ohh that's extra. All together it was gonna cost me 73 dollars for the new hub cap. I was like holy hell, not gonna happen. I call the local junk yards to no avail, no one had a hub cap for me that would match. So I ended up going to get the brand new hub cap at the dealership and shelling out 73 dollars that I didn't have to spend on a car that is not mine!

My car stunk so bad when I got it back, I went to Shoppers and bought a Yankee Candle Air Freshener. Now my car smells like Lilacs and the stink! LOL not a good combination! Ahh well I smell more flowers then actual stink so I guess it's all good!

My car works good so far, so everyone keep their fingers crossed that I don't have any more problems.

I'm so excited that my front end doesn't have any bugs on it! The licence plate (they had to give me a new one) is sparkling, the whole car is wonderful! I have talked to it every day, Jeremy thinks I'm nuts, but I think it's something that has to be done to keep her happy! LOL

Ooooppsssy!

So it happens to everyone in their life time (or at least most people) You are involved in a Car Accident. I went 28 years without being in a car accident, however last night at 620pm that all changed. I rear ended another car. Ick I hate saying that! If anything I never wanted to be in accident let alone one that was my fault!

So I'm driving down Main St on my way to Junior Achievement at FHS. Right around Tim Horton's. I'm not sure what I was doing that had my attention away from the road, but when I looked up I seen the red car ahead of with it's brake lights on and at that moment, I realized that there was no way I could get stopped in time. And BANG! I rear ended the guy.

After a few tries, I got my car off the road and got out of the car to talk to the guy I hit. He and exhanged are you ok's and then we discussed what to do. He wanted me to just give him money to fix his car and then I would put my car through insurance. I didn't like the sounds of that because I really don't have the money to pay for his car and my car. Not that there was much damage to his car. See pictures below to see my car. What happened is my car sits lower then his car so my front bumper went underneath his car.

I didn't call the cops, but someone did and with in a few mins a lady cop showed up to get the information. It seemed to take forever to get my car on a tow truck and for my aunt and uncle to show up and for the cop to finish the paperwork so that I could go on my way (minus my car of course). In actuality, it only took about 2 hrs. or so. I of course called my mom right away and my cell died so she was upset cuz she wasn't sure I was ok and stuff. I did get a hold of her a little later in the night.

Anyways, presenting.....Why People Should Never Take Their Eyes Off the Road!













This picture is for Stephen! This is our fog light!!! LOL Guess it's gonna get really fixed this time eh?!?!

Happy Birthday Gordo!!!

I had two birthdays today! Gordo's birthday is today too, however he elected to be away for both my birthday and his own, so unfortunately he did not get to celebrate his birthday with the rest of us. But knowing Gordo, he had a blast where he is! I can't wait to hear the stories of his birthday bash!

Hope you had a great day on Sunday! I'm sure your weekend rocked!

See ya when you get home!

Happy Birthday Krystal!

Happy Birthday Krystal!

For Krystal's Birthday they had a party for her starting at her place and moving to a local bar where a band was playing. The guy she is currently seeing is in the band, so I wonder why they decided to go there???? LOL

I worked until 10pm so I headed over to the bar after work and was of course welcomed with warm hugs and great enthusiasm. Krystal got some presents, and there was food there as well, I noticed a shrimp ring and some nacho dip! LOL I didn't stay long as I was a little hung over from Tim's birthday party and I was extremely tired from working all day. It was great to see everyone again tho!

Hope you have a great day on Sunday! (as that is when her actual birthday is!)

Happy Birthday Tim!!!

I know I'm a little late with the birthday wishes on the blog, however I was at your place Friday night and wished you Happy Birthday then too!

Friday night, Jeremy and I went to Tim's house in the MINI HOME PARK. I had a great time. I got off work at 10pm, came home picked Jeremy up and then drove to Tim's house. It was raining pretty hard.

When we arrived at Tim's house, Tara, Lisa, Josh, Tim and Andrea, were all sitting around the living room chatting it up. We started playing a game of Asshole shortly after we got there. I did end up shuffling the cards a few times and so did Jeremy.

I had a few drinks, of course I had also been up since 4am. The drinks hit me pretty hard and I stumbled once and broke a lamp at Andreas! I want to pay her for it, but she keeps telling me not to worry about it. I felt soo bad about breaking it too!

Tara left and then Jeremy and I left shortly after that. Jeremy and I walked home in the rain. It was a good walk, however we were both soaked by the time we got to my house.

3 Weeks at The Gym!!!!

Two weeks ago, I decided to get a year membership at the gym. Me being me, I of course thought of ways I could get out of it, JUST IN CASE! You know, hate to be stuck paying for something I don't want or need!

So my free week, plus my two paid weeks at the gym, equals 3 weeks! I've been going pretty regularly. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and sometimes Saturday, depending on my mood. It's not a necessary day, so I decide the day of if I want to go.

Thursday, I met with a Personal Trainer (I get a total of 4 visits with her). She gave me a routine/program, so now I have a set thing to do while I'm at the gym. This is a good thing. She worked the program around so that I'm only at the gym for about an hour. This is good, I don't really want to be at the gym any longer then that anyways.

I learned how to use all the weight machines at the gym, and she gave me a lot of exercises to do on them. I use mostly 20 lbs weights for my arms, and 100 on the leg press. Powerful figure skating legs I guess! LOL There is one machine for the legs that I only do 10lbs on, that's because it's really freaking hard! It really works the thighs and butt. It's about 400 times more intense then any thigh master I've ever seen! LOL

I'm also doing an excerise on the ball with 4lbs weights. Lifting them to shoulder height, arms extended. I did like 6 of these with the trainer on Thursday and my shoulders were sore all day Friday! and I have to do 20 of them?!!? 3 times?!?!!? OMG My arms might fall off!

She also taught me the proper way to do a crunch (as in sit up). There is a lot to think about when you do one. It probably took 20 mins for me to understand what she was telling me. I think I'll pass on the information that she gave me so that anyone out there reading this that's doing crunches will know the proper way! LOL
Step one - Lay on the floor with your knees bent
Step two - make sure your back is flat on the floor (not arched) That is why you bend your knees. She also told me that you should never sleep or lay flat on your back, especially if you have lower back problems.
Step three - tighten abs (much more difficult then it sounds trust me!) She had me laying on the floor at the gym with my fingers pushing right above my hips and tightening my abs, when you tighten them you can feel your stomach muscle push out. It's kinda cool actually!
Step four - this hardest if you ask me. You know those exercises that are good for strengthening your orgasims, girls? Kegal (or whatever) do one of those. This will tilt your pelvic bone up slightly.
Step five - Now that you have taken 10 mins to get all that stuff done right. Then you do the crunch, while keeping everything else tight!

See what I mean! These things really are complicated.
So I told my personal trainer that, I didn't know if I would remember all of that information. She said once you do them a few times you will remember and they will be easy for you. She said the biggest thing to remember is to not push your belly out when you are doing crunches, tighten those abs otherwise your stomach will form out instead of in. and you want to have a flat stomach. I said yes my stomach already sticks out. LOL we laughed about that and then she made me do a bunch more of those crunches. I have to do 20-25 of those 3 times. I think she's right after the first day of doing it right, I'll just remember after that!

Thanksgiving Day Dinner!

Thanksgiving dinner! MMMM it was soo yummy!

Jeremy and I took the long way to mom and dad's on Monday, around through Minto and Chipman. It was a nice drive, but like most New Brunswick Drives it was a little on the boring side....lots of trees! LOL

Upon arriving at the house, we noticed that everyone was sitting outside (what a beautiful day!) We brought some of the chairs around from the front of the house so I could sit in the sun and not be cold. We watched Dad and John build mom's deck that she's been waiting to have for well as long as the house has been built and I grew up in that house! LOL That's my dad! He'll do it eventually! Gotta Love him!

After I got there, I decided that I should return an empty jar of pickles to my cousin Essie, as I needed a refill (of course there was an alterior motive! LOL). I stole (ok I was given) Mom and Dad's car to go down the road to visit/get pickles. When I arrived at Essie's house there were people there doing renovations (it looks real nice too). I did the typical hometown thing, where I knocked on the door and then let myself in. Josh was the only one home, so I had a brief conversation with him. Most of which was him trying to remember where the rest of the family went to. His mind was in gaming mode and wasn't easily shaken out of that mode! After a few moments, he told me they were at Essie's mom's house and that they had just left. So after getting the "need to know" information, I headed home empty pickle handed!

Once home, I started helping mom set the table and put the finishing touches on supper. Hazel, John's friend, was home sick with the cold. We offered John to stay for supper, but he said he had to get home to check on Hazel. So what does mommy dearest do?! Why she calls Hazel of course and invites her for supper too! The deal was she would come to supper if we would go pick her up. I had never seen their place so I decided I would go with mom to see where John and Hazel live.

Their house is magnificent! I loved it! I want it! I want that master bedroom, I want the view, I want the sleigh bed! I want it all! LOL I of course gave myself a tour of the house, with my mom of course. Once we got upstairs (where the really nice view is) mom opened a closet and it was filled with Photographs in frames! and I mean FILLED!!!!! I have like 4 pictures on the walls of my house and he has a closet full of pictures and no place to hang them. So what do I do???!!! SNOOP of course!!! LOL Then mom said "Lisa, get out of the closet you!" so I had to abandon the closet full of pictures! LOL I found out on my visit that John is a carpenter! I was very excited about this and decided that he should make me a bed! LOL Since my bed frame is broken and I'm in need of a new one anyways, why not have him make me one, I would of course pay him, but I just want a bed! LOL Then I just have to get new mattresses! Ohh but I didn't stop at the bed, I want night tables to go with it of course! LOL

Once we got back to the house, (by this time poor Jeremy was starving pretty near to pieces!) Mom and I put the mad dash on getting supper ready. It was ready in no time and we were all sitting down eating a fantastic Thanksgiving Dinner!

After dinner we sat outside and talked for awhile and I helped clean up a bit and the it was time to start the journey home. On my way out, as I was giving hugs to Mom and Dad, I turned to John and said "Next time I am over, we'll have to sit down and discuss plans for my new bed and night stands" He just looked at me so I added "that will be built of course by you" then everyone started laughing! I'm not sure they took me serious! I was dead serious! LOL

Gym Day 3

I'm soo sore!!! My inner thighs hurt sooo bad!!! Everytime I move I want to cry!
And I'm tired!!! So very very tired! ugh!! Ahh well, I'm sure it'll get better in time! Still excited about going to the gym! Gonna be Smokin Hot for my trip to Scotland! LOL

Gym Day 1

I have decided to join the gym. I have selected Kingswood as my gym of choice. I picked this gym basically because so many people I know go to this gym. This makes it easier for me to stay motivated, or at least I hope so!

Krystal, my neighbour and good friend goes to that gym so we have decided that we will be gym buddies.

Today being my first day I had planned on doing Cardio all day for the full hr or for at least most of it. Krystal had other plans! I did 20 mins on the eliptical (sp?) machine and thought I was going to die. This is why I joined the gym, I am in way too bad of shape for a 28 year old! We then proceeded to the weight machines. I did well with the legs, but not good with the arms! No wonder I can't open any of those jars in the cupboard! I have no arm strength! But that is all about to change folks! I am going to be wonder woman soon enough! Just you all wait and see!

My first week at the gym is free because they have a trial membership there, and I'm taking advantage of that before I get my membership. I haven't decided whether to get a year membership or just a 4 month one. If i get the year membership, it's 46 a month, if I get the 4 month one it's 220 every 4 months. Krystal tells me that you can defer it at any time for a month. So I think that sounds ok, that way if I get sick I can always defer the month and go again the next month. That makes sense right?!