One more day of work and it's vacation time! I can't freaking wait to log out and be rid of work for a whole week. I haven't had any vacation time since the first week of June, so this is well needed. The weather was still chilly and not "summer" weather when I was off in June, so it was very hard to go all summer and not have any week's vacation in there.
My week of vacation is at a great time too - Carrie will be here tomorrow! I'm so excited! It's not by accident though that she's going to be here the same week I'm off. See, for the past three years I've gone up to visit her in Ontario during this same week in October. It's Pumpkinfest in her town this weekend, which is a huge event and I've gone up to visit her during that week. Once I found out she was pregnant, I knew I wouldn't be able to afford to go up to see her this upcoming week and after the baby was born, so she decided to come to Fredericton during the week I booked off to originally go and see her and I'm heading up her way in early February after the baby arrives.
There are no real plans for the week off. We're thinking of doing some day trips and I've got some errands to do too while I'm off. I need to get my oil changed and my car inspected and I'm dropping off my application for a passport too, so Ryan and I can take our trip to Arizona in April. I got my passport pictures taken on Wednesday after my hair appointment and let me tell ya, they are gorgeous! HAHA, of course I'm being sarcastic, they are absolutely horrific. Then again, does anyone ever take a good passport picture?
Speaking of the hair appointment, it wasn't completely disasterous, but I will not be making this place my salon of choice. The package that Ryan got me for my birthday is a four visit deal. The first visit it says you get hair consultation and a designer cut, shampooing, deep conditioning, scalp massage, blow dry and style. I was at the place for a total of 20 minutes, so do you think I got all that? Ah no. I get there and she takes me to wash my hair with shampoo - no deep conditioning treatment. And I guessing the "scalp massage" was her washing my hair, lol. I go to her chair and she asks me what I want done to my hair. I was all "Ah...I dunno" because I thought I was supposed to get hair consultation and a designer cut. I said "Well, I don't want to go super short and I don't want bangs, so I guess whatever you think from there".
She cut a couple of inches off and gave me layers...which I had to begin with, so I basically got a "trim". She then started blow drying my hair and said "this is just a quick blow dry, for $10 I can fully dry it and style it". I was thinking to myself "Huh? This is nuts, they're going to send me home with wet hair unless I pay 10 more bucks"? I was a little fed up at the sh*ttyness of the value of the package deal, so I told her "No, just do what comes with the package". So yes, my hair was still somewhat wet and not styled at all when I left the place. I don't think I looked any better, and maybe even a little worse off, then when I had first arrived there. Honestly, it doesn't even really look like I got my hair cut either. Ryan didn't notice, I had to say "What do you think of the hair cut" with a smirk and he said "It honestly doesn't look any different" and he's right, it doesn't really. Ah well, it didn't cost me anything other than the "gratuitie" that wasn't included in the package. I guess that's why they stress that "gratuities" aren't included in the package, because they suck and you wouldn't give them one voluntarily, lol. We'll see how the rest of the visits go. I honestly don't really want to go to them, but since Ryan already paid for them, I kind of have to.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Breaking Routine
Right from the get go, today has been and will continue to be a busy day. I'm tired and have huge bags under my eyes too, so that ain't helping things, lol.
I had a bath last night early in the evening. I got out of the tub at around 7:30 and the phone rang. It was Ryan. I was surprised because on Tuesday evenings he has training for Crabbe Mountain Ski Patrol. He was on a break and was calling me to ask me if I wanted to meet him out at his parent's house at 9 when he was finished, since they left for Victoria earlier that day. We both enjoy spending time together at his parent's gorgeous home, but I wasn't sure I wanted to head out. My hair was wet, I had my pajamas on, it's a 20 minute drive out of town and not to mention that I would have to get up that extra 20 minutes early in the morning to drive to work. He twisted my arm (lol) and out I went.
We didn't do too much, watched some tv and talked. At 10:30 I decided it was time to go to bed since I had to get an earlier start and I was yawning like every 2 minutes at that point, lol. I was out pretty much as soon as my head hit the pillow. Even though it was only 20 minutes earlier that I got up this morning, it felt like it was 2 hours earlier than usual.
So I got ready for work and managed to squeak in something quick to eat for breakfast. Out to my car I went and it had ice on it. Yes, ice. Not the regular moisture that has been on cars in the morning for the past couple of weeks. Ice. Frig. I dunno if it was because I was out the Hanwell and at a higher elevation than in the city or what, but there was frigging ice on my car. I didn't have my snow brush/scrapper in my car yet. Frig again. So I sat in my car for what felt like forever with the vents turned up full tilt waiting for the windows to clear off.
Like the majority of the working world out there, I need to have a coffee every morning to get me going and ready for the day's work. Since I was out at Ryan's parent's place all night, this threw my morning routine completely off so I opted to treat myself to a coffee from Tim Horton's this morning. I never have Tim Horton's coffee, I actually prefer "home brew" lol, but the thought of not having to actually make a pot of coffee this morning was nice. Even though it wasn't busy, I decided to skip the Tim Hortons on the Hanwell and opted to stop at the one that's close to my work. This particular Tim Hortons is located in a strip mall with the drive through operating behind the mall. So I pull into the mall and start to drive around the building to approach the drive through. I get to the back of the building and the cars are lined up the complete length of the building. I couldn't believe it was that busy! This was before 7 a.m. people. I could see if it was just before 8 a.m., but before 7 a.m. - holy crap! I needed my coffee fix and any time I've opted to not go through a drive though and go inside the store instead, it's always taken longer inside than in the drive through, so I waited patiently in the drive through line. While I was waiting, I was watching the advertising monitor. One ad that it showed was that for 25 cents you could add a pumpkin spice flavour shot to any beverage. Since I love pumpkin flavouring, I decided that I would try it. I got my coffee and drove to work with the warm aroma of pumpkin pie filling my car. I couldn't wait to get inside of work and crack open that coffee. Let me tell ya, I was disappointed. It sure smelled good, but it didn't taste any different than what a coffee with no "flavour shot" would have tasted like. How disappointing.
As soon as I get off work tonight, I have to to head to the salon for 5 p.m. to get the first of my four spa sessions that Ryan got me for my birthday. Yes I know my birthday was back in August, but I'm just getting around to getting this done now. The salon is so anal with their "rules" for this package too. You have to schedule your appointment atleast a week in advance, you have to allow atleast a week before each session, blah, blah, blah. There is seriously a big list of rules on the back of the spa certificate. Not to mention the big cautionary line that "gratuities are extra". That peeves me off. To me a "gratuitie" or "tip" is something to offer someone for a job well done. This is a reward you offer for exceptional service. It bugs me that you are required to offer this reward regardless of the service you receive. I know that Ryan paid a lot of money for this package, so it bugs me knowing that they expect more money on top of what he paid for it. Mind you I always do tip a hair stylist for a job well done, so it probably would have happened anyway, but just the notion of being required to do it bugs the heck out of me.
Anyway, tonight's session is "hair" and the certificate says that I'll be getting a designer hair cut. I'm both nervous and excited for this. I am looking forward to a new hair style, but I don't want them to hack off a bunch of my hair. It's taken me a couple of years to grow it back and I want to keep some of it's length. We shall see what happens. After getting my hair "did", I'm going to try and swing by the SuperStore and get my passport picture taken. I want to submit my passport application next week while I'm off and free during the day to do so and I need to get my guarantor to sign not only the application but my passport photo, so I have to get that done a.s.a.p.
I had a bath last night early in the evening. I got out of the tub at around 7:30 and the phone rang. It was Ryan. I was surprised because on Tuesday evenings he has training for Crabbe Mountain Ski Patrol. He was on a break and was calling me to ask me if I wanted to meet him out at his parent's house at 9 when he was finished, since they left for Victoria earlier that day. We both enjoy spending time together at his parent's gorgeous home, but I wasn't sure I wanted to head out. My hair was wet, I had my pajamas on, it's a 20 minute drive out of town and not to mention that I would have to get up that extra 20 minutes early in the morning to drive to work. He twisted my arm (lol) and out I went.
We didn't do too much, watched some tv and talked. At 10:30 I decided it was time to go to bed since I had to get an earlier start and I was yawning like every 2 minutes at that point, lol. I was out pretty much as soon as my head hit the pillow. Even though it was only 20 minutes earlier that I got up this morning, it felt like it was 2 hours earlier than usual.
So I got ready for work and managed to squeak in something quick to eat for breakfast. Out to my car I went and it had ice on it. Yes, ice. Not the regular moisture that has been on cars in the morning for the past couple of weeks. Ice. Frig. I dunno if it was because I was out the Hanwell and at a higher elevation than in the city or what, but there was frigging ice on my car. I didn't have my snow brush/scrapper in my car yet. Frig again. So I sat in my car for what felt like forever with the vents turned up full tilt waiting for the windows to clear off.
Like the majority of the working world out there, I need to have a coffee every morning to get me going and ready for the day's work. Since I was out at Ryan's parent's place all night, this threw my morning routine completely off so I opted to treat myself to a coffee from Tim Horton's this morning. I never have Tim Horton's coffee, I actually prefer "home brew" lol, but the thought of not having to actually make a pot of coffee this morning was nice. Even though it wasn't busy, I decided to skip the Tim Hortons on the Hanwell and opted to stop at the one that's close to my work. This particular Tim Hortons is located in a strip mall with the drive through operating behind the mall. So I pull into the mall and start to drive around the building to approach the drive through. I get to the back of the building and the cars are lined up the complete length of the building. I couldn't believe it was that busy! This was before 7 a.m. people. I could see if it was just before 8 a.m., but before 7 a.m. - holy crap! I needed my coffee fix and any time I've opted to not go through a drive though and go inside the store instead, it's always taken longer inside than in the drive through, so I waited patiently in the drive through line. While I was waiting, I was watching the advertising monitor. One ad that it showed was that for 25 cents you could add a pumpkin spice flavour shot to any beverage. Since I love pumpkin flavouring, I decided that I would try it. I got my coffee and drove to work with the warm aroma of pumpkin pie filling my car. I couldn't wait to get inside of work and crack open that coffee. Let me tell ya, I was disappointed. It sure smelled good, but it didn't taste any different than what a coffee with no "flavour shot" would have tasted like. How disappointing.
As soon as I get off work tonight, I have to to head to the salon for 5 p.m. to get the first of my four spa sessions that Ryan got me for my birthday. Yes I know my birthday was back in August, but I'm just getting around to getting this done now. The salon is so anal with their "rules" for this package too. You have to schedule your appointment atleast a week in advance, you have to allow atleast a week before each session, blah, blah, blah. There is seriously a big list of rules on the back of the spa certificate. Not to mention the big cautionary line that "gratuities are extra". That peeves me off. To me a "gratuitie" or "tip" is something to offer someone for a job well done. This is a reward you offer for exceptional service. It bugs me that you are required to offer this reward regardless of the service you receive. I know that Ryan paid a lot of money for this package, so it bugs me knowing that they expect more money on top of what he paid for it. Mind you I always do tip a hair stylist for a job well done, so it probably would have happened anyway, but just the notion of being required to do it bugs the heck out of me.
Anyway, tonight's session is "hair" and the certificate says that I'll be getting a designer hair cut. I'm both nervous and excited for this. I am looking forward to a new hair style, but I don't want them to hack off a bunch of my hair. It's taken me a couple of years to grow it back and I want to keep some of it's length. We shall see what happens. After getting my hair "did", I'm going to try and swing by the SuperStore and get my passport picture taken. I want to submit my passport application next week while I'm off and free during the day to do so and I need to get my guarantor to sign not only the application but my passport photo, so I have to get that done a.s.a.p.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Boring Weekend, But I Ain't Complain'!
This weekend I did absolutely nothing! I seriously mean that, there is nothing whatsoever exciting to report on that I did this weekend, lol. But that's ok, because sometimes weekends like that are good! LOL.
Friday night I got home from work, made supper and was just puttering around the house. Ryan called and asked what I was up to. I told him nothing and he asked if I wanted to just rent a movie for the night and take it easy. I told him that sounded great to me as I was beat with the work week having caught up to me and I didn't feel up to much for the evening. He hadn't eaten supper yet, so he said he was going to swing by a fast food joint and pick up something to eat and asked if I could run over and pick up the movie. Not a problem, so off I went.
The video store was packed and there was hardly anything left on the shelves to pick from. I ended up selecting Blades of Glory which was decently funny. We watched the movie and hit the sack soon after as we were both zonked and this was Ryan's Saturday to work.
Off to work Ryan went on Saturday morning. There was a corvette show going on at the dealership that day, so he was a little excited to go to head to work that morning. I got up and made something to eat, did some work around the house and then decided to go up to my parent's house and do my laundry instead of waiting to do it on Sunday, like I usually do. I had a nice afternoon visiting with the folks and I stayed and had supper with them.
Back home I soon went and Ryan followed home not long after me. We were sitting on the couch bored, wondering what to do and if we really want to go and do it. We didn't come up with any solutions. We decided to go and get a six pack of beer, return Blades of Glory, pick up a new movie, get something good to eat and stay home again. If I thought the video store was lacking with selections on Friday night, you should have seen Saturday. It was terrible! So terrible that we ended up watching Norbit that night, so that tells you right there that we had nothing to chose from. After the video store a stop at the neighbouring grocery store to pick up something good to eat. A Chicago Deep Dish pizza was chosen. It was alright, but nothing spectacular and definately not worth the many calories I indulged in. Oh well.
Sunday I made the usual big breakfast for us and we were in our "blah" mode once again, sitting on the couch like lumps, not doing anything, lol. I suggested that we get up and go somewhere, but where was the question. There is precious little to do for excitement here in Fredericton. It was cold and windy outside, so doing something like going for a walk or hike somewhere, etc. was out of the question. I suggested we go to the flea market or the mall, but Ryan wasn't feeling like shopping and blowing money on stuff that neither of us needed, which I had to agree with him on. So we stayed on the couch, watched tv and ate some Halloween candy, lol.
Now most of you know that Ryan hates what he calls "Crap-ality" tv, a.k.a. reality tv, so it's rare that he will watch any of it with me, with the exception of Survivor. So I was in the kitchen, come out and what does he have the tv on, but MTV - which is just one big "crap-ality" channel. Well Sunday was the "Life of Ryan" marathon. I swear to God I'm not making this up, lol. I never even knew this show exsisted, so we watched the "Life of Ryan" marathon for the majority of the afternoon, making comments about if they were filming the life of my Ryan right now, there wouldn't be much footage, lol.
After a couple of hours of "crap-ality" tv we both had enough. I know, me who loves reality tv have enough? LOL. I went up to my parent's place for the usual Sunday supper with them and Ryan went to his parent's place to spend some time with them. They're heading to British Columbia tomorrow, where Ryan's grandmother lives. Grandma had a nasty fall over Thanksgiving weekend and broke her hip, having to have it replaced with a plastic hip, so they're going out to help her as she's getting out of the hospital soon.
Friday night I got home from work, made supper and was just puttering around the house. Ryan called and asked what I was up to. I told him nothing and he asked if I wanted to just rent a movie for the night and take it easy. I told him that sounded great to me as I was beat with the work week having caught up to me and I didn't feel up to much for the evening. He hadn't eaten supper yet, so he said he was going to swing by a fast food joint and pick up something to eat and asked if I could run over and pick up the movie. Not a problem, so off I went.
The video store was packed and there was hardly anything left on the shelves to pick from. I ended up selecting Blades of Glory which was decently funny. We watched the movie and hit the sack soon after as we were both zonked and this was Ryan's Saturday to work.
Off to work Ryan went on Saturday morning. There was a corvette show going on at the dealership that day, so he was a little excited to go to head to work that morning. I got up and made something to eat, did some work around the house and then decided to go up to my parent's house and do my laundry instead of waiting to do it on Sunday, like I usually do. I had a nice afternoon visiting with the folks and I stayed and had supper with them.
Back home I soon went and Ryan followed home not long after me. We were sitting on the couch bored, wondering what to do and if we really want to go and do it. We didn't come up with any solutions. We decided to go and get a six pack of beer, return Blades of Glory, pick up a new movie, get something good to eat and stay home again. If I thought the video store was lacking with selections on Friday night, you should have seen Saturday. It was terrible! So terrible that we ended up watching Norbit that night, so that tells you right there that we had nothing to chose from. After the video store a stop at the neighbouring grocery store to pick up something good to eat. A Chicago Deep Dish pizza was chosen. It was alright, but nothing spectacular and definately not worth the many calories I indulged in. Oh well.
Sunday I made the usual big breakfast for us and we were in our "blah" mode once again, sitting on the couch like lumps, not doing anything, lol. I suggested that we get up and go somewhere, but where was the question. There is precious little to do for excitement here in Fredericton. It was cold and windy outside, so doing something like going for a walk or hike somewhere, etc. was out of the question. I suggested we go to the flea market or the mall, but Ryan wasn't feeling like shopping and blowing money on stuff that neither of us needed, which I had to agree with him on. So we stayed on the couch, watched tv and ate some Halloween candy, lol.
Now most of you know that Ryan hates what he calls "Crap-ality" tv, a.k.a. reality tv, so it's rare that he will watch any of it with me, with the exception of Survivor. So I was in the kitchen, come out and what does he have the tv on, but MTV - which is just one big "crap-ality" channel. Well Sunday was the "Life of Ryan" marathon. I swear to God I'm not making this up, lol. I never even knew this show exsisted, so we watched the "Life of Ryan" marathon for the majority of the afternoon, making comments about if they were filming the life of my Ryan right now, there wouldn't be much footage, lol.
After a couple of hours of "crap-ality" tv we both had enough. I know, me who loves reality tv have enough? LOL. I went up to my parent's place for the usual Sunday supper with them and Ryan went to his parent's place to spend some time with them. They're heading to British Columbia tomorrow, where Ryan's grandmother lives. Grandma had a nasty fall over Thanksgiving weekend and broke her hip, having to have it replaced with a plastic hip, so they're going out to help her as she's getting out of the hospital soon.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Riki's, Here I Come!
Short week almost over! Weekend's almost here! It was so nice to only have to work four days this week, instead of five. Then I'll work five days next week and have a week off for vacation! That and Carrie is coming home that same week that I am off! I'm so excited! This will however be her final visit home before the baby is born (due January 7th). I'm hoping that I'll have enough Air Miles to fly up and see her after the baby comes. As off right now I need exactly 200 Air Miles. I'm not sure if I can pull it off, but I'm hoping so. I've got my parents and my brother collecting for me too and I am making a point to shop at stores where you can collect Air Miles as opposed to ones you can't.
Yesterday was a hard day at work. It seemed that every annoying person who wanted to know every little nit-picky thing was calling. I felt like I was listening to nails down a chalk board all day. Then something cool happened. My message light lit up, I called and was asked to come to the promotions area. I went up and it turns out that I won a gift certificate for Riki's/Bootlegger. It couldn't have come at a better time, because I desperately need long sleeved shirts. I bought some new fall/winter clothing last year when I started losing weight because my "fat"clothes were getting too big. Now this year the new clothes that I bought last year are getting too big, so they need to be replaced. It's both a good and a bad thing at the same time. I'm happy to still be shedding the pounds, but it's hard on the pocket book to keep dishing out the quid for new duds. The gift certificate isn't a huge amount, but I'm hoping to stretch it far enough to get a couple of things.
Yesterday was a hard day at work. It seemed that every annoying person who wanted to know every little nit-picky thing was calling. I felt like I was listening to nails down a chalk board all day. Then something cool happened. My message light lit up, I called and was asked to come to the promotions area. I went up and it turns out that I won a gift certificate for Riki's/Bootlegger. It couldn't have come at a better time, because I desperately need long sleeved shirts. I bought some new fall/winter clothing last year when I started losing weight because my "fat"clothes were getting too big. Now this year the new clothes that I bought last year are getting too big, so they need to be replaced. It's both a good and a bad thing at the same time. I'm happy to still be shedding the pounds, but it's hard on the pocket book to keep dishing out the quid for new duds. The gift certificate isn't a huge amount, but I'm hoping to stretch it far enough to get a couple of things.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Gobble Gobble Weekend Update
What a busy weekend but it flew by so quickly! It was great to have the extra day off in there as well, to shorten the work week.
Friday night Ryan and I went to Shane and Valerie's house for a few drinks. We ended up staying at chatting with them until past 3 a.m! That's the latest I think we've ever stayed there...and we weren't even playing poker or anything. I was exhausted to say the least, having gotten up at quarter after 6 Friday morning to go to to work and then not getting into bed until almost 4 a.m.
Saturday we slept in and I did some housework and then headed off to my parent's house in the evening to do laundry. Ryan headed downtown with some buddies who were celebrating one of the guys' last night of freedom - his wife is expected to give birth any day now. While at the bar, Ryan ran into his brother and some people from the wedding that his brother was in and ended up going to an after party with them.
Sunday was turkey dinner # 1. We went to Ryan's parent's house for the first installment of turkey dinners and dinned with Ryan's parents, his brother Brad and Brad's girlfriend Aimee. We stuffed our bellies, sat around and talked and watched a little TV and then Ryan and I and Brad and Aimee went to the movies and saw Good Luck Chuck. It was surprisingly not that bad of a movie.
Monday was turkey dinner # 2. Monday I cooked us breakfast and then Ryan went golfing at lunch time with his Dad and brother. I made a dish for Thanksgiving dinner with my parents (candied sweet potatoes) and just "chillaxed" in the afternoon while Ryan was golfing. He got back mid-afternoon and we went to my parent's place for dinner. Dinner was very tasty, but the evening was slightly foiled by my parent's dog and my brother's dog who are nuts...and embarrassing...and kept relieving themselves on the floor. That evening reaffirmed to me why I do not want a dog.
Friday night Ryan and I went to Shane and Valerie's house for a few drinks. We ended up staying at chatting with them until past 3 a.m! That's the latest I think we've ever stayed there...and we weren't even playing poker or anything. I was exhausted to say the least, having gotten up at quarter after 6 Friday morning to go to to work and then not getting into bed until almost 4 a.m.
Saturday we slept in and I did some housework and then headed off to my parent's house in the evening to do laundry. Ryan headed downtown with some buddies who were celebrating one of the guys' last night of freedom - his wife is expected to give birth any day now. While at the bar, Ryan ran into his brother and some people from the wedding that his brother was in and ended up going to an after party with them.
Sunday was turkey dinner # 1. We went to Ryan's parent's house for the first installment of turkey dinners and dinned with Ryan's parents, his brother Brad and Brad's girlfriend Aimee. We stuffed our bellies, sat around and talked and watched a little TV and then Ryan and I and Brad and Aimee went to the movies and saw Good Luck Chuck. It was surprisingly not that bad of a movie.
Monday was turkey dinner # 2. Monday I cooked us breakfast and then Ryan went golfing at lunch time with his Dad and brother. I made a dish for Thanksgiving dinner with my parents (candied sweet potatoes) and just "chillaxed" in the afternoon while Ryan was golfing. He got back mid-afternoon and we went to my parent's place for dinner. Dinner was very tasty, but the evening was slightly foiled by my parent's dog and my brother's dog who are nuts...and embarrassing...and kept relieving themselves on the floor. That evening reaffirmed to me why I do not want a dog.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Happy Turkey Weekend!
Woohoo! Long weekend, here I come...after I put in 8 hours at work today that is. I'm so looking forward to having an extra day off this weekend. It's been a long week at work with the new computer system. I'll be on vacation in two weeks too, so I'm happy about that. Carrie is coming home again that week and then that will be her final visit until after she gives birth. I can't wait to see her.
This weekend will bring lots of eats...after I've been going 3 weeks strong with Weight Watchers. I hate to "cheat" this weekend, but it is turkey weekend and it's not like I can say no.
Ryan and I may be going to Shane and Val's tonight. We haven't hung out with them since Harvest Jazz and Blues weekend, so it's been a while. I hope we are able to make it over there tonight, but it depends on what's going on with Ryan and his brother being home, etc.
Tomorrow will be sleep-in day and I plan on heading to the mall at some point to finally get around to spending my gift certificate that Carrie gave me for my birthday in August. It's not often that I go to the mall, so it does involve me having to make an effort to do go, lol. I'm also going to try and get a passport picture taken somewhere and get moving with my passport application so we can book our trip to Arizona for the spring.
Sunday will be Turkey Dinner #1. The first round of turkey will be at Ryan's parent's place. It's the first time I will actually have dinner with his family, so I'm a little nervous. Yes, I know that sounds weird that after 4 years of us being together I've never had dinner with them before. Keep in mind that they live in Arizona during the winter, so they're only in town for half of the year. The time that they are here, they are always on the go, travelling locally, etc., so they're rarely around. I'm sure it will be lovely and it will be nice to have the whole family together while Ryan's brother and girlfriend are home from Newfoundland.
Monday will be Turkey Dinner # 2. Dinner number two will be at my parent's place with Ryan joining us. Turkey Dinner is my absolute favorite meal, but even I'm wondering if I'll be sick of it after two seatings of it in a row, lol. My mom pulls of an amazing turkey dinner though, so I'm sure that won't happen. Now, if I can only keep myself away from the desserts. Yah, like that will happen!
Enjoy your turkey lurkey day wherever you may celebrate it!
This weekend will bring lots of eats...after I've been going 3 weeks strong with Weight Watchers. I hate to "cheat" this weekend, but it is turkey weekend and it's not like I can say no.
Ryan and I may be going to Shane and Val's tonight. We haven't hung out with them since Harvest Jazz and Blues weekend, so it's been a while. I hope we are able to make it over there tonight, but it depends on what's going on with Ryan and his brother being home, etc.
Tomorrow will be sleep-in day and I plan on heading to the mall at some point to finally get around to spending my gift certificate that Carrie gave me for my birthday in August. It's not often that I go to the mall, so it does involve me having to make an effort to do go, lol. I'm also going to try and get a passport picture taken somewhere and get moving with my passport application so we can book our trip to Arizona for the spring.
Sunday will be Turkey Dinner #1. The first round of turkey will be at Ryan's parent's place. It's the first time I will actually have dinner with his family, so I'm a little nervous. Yes, I know that sounds weird that after 4 years of us being together I've never had dinner with them before. Keep in mind that they live in Arizona during the winter, so they're only in town for half of the year. The time that they are here, they are always on the go, travelling locally, etc., so they're rarely around. I'm sure it will be lovely and it will be nice to have the whole family together while Ryan's brother and girlfriend are home from Newfoundland.
Monday will be Turkey Dinner # 2. Dinner number two will be at my parent's place with Ryan joining us. Turkey Dinner is my absolute favorite meal, but even I'm wondering if I'll be sick of it after two seatings of it in a row, lol. My mom pulls of an amazing turkey dinner though, so I'm sure that won't happen. Now, if I can only keep myself away from the desserts. Yah, like that will happen!
Enjoy your turkey lurkey day wherever you may celebrate it!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Can't Think Of A Good Title
Sorry for the slacking in the post department. I haven't really felt like blogging and not a whole lot has been going on really.
This weekend I cleaned out some neglected areas of the house, went to the Country Pumpkin and got some corn stalks, bails of hay and a pumpkin to decorate my porch with for Thanksgiving this weekend. I have a couple Scarecrows out there too.
Yesterday I had training at work for a new computer system. I'm not going to comment a whole lot about it because it will be negative if I do. I'm just going to say that the whole thing sucks! LOL.
Ryan's brother and girlfriend are coming home from Newfoundland tomorrow for a wedding this weekend. Ryan's brother is actually in the wedding. I think they're here until Monday.
I'm not sure what the rest of the week or the weekend has in store for me. I'm off on Monday (yeah!) and my family is having their turkey dinner on that day.
I'm starting to get a cold I think. Yesterday afternoon I started sneezing and having itchy eyes. I just thought it was allergies. When I went to get in my car yesterday after work I had the most throbbing headache and maintained it for about 3 hours...even after taking tylenol. I also felt clammy and had a bit of a fever. I've been pumping the echinachea into me in hopes to fight it off. This morning I woke up feeling sick, but not too bad. I'm certainly not 100% better, but I do feel better than I did last evening.
After supper last night I went for a little walk to return a movie and went in the hopes that the fresh air would do me some good. I just got back to the house and flopped on the couch when my brother stopped in with a bag of apples for me. He works with a guy who's father owns an orchard, so he got me a bag from him. I love biting into a freshly picked apple. It's about the only time that I crave an apple and could eat more than one at once. Thanks Rich!
This weekend I cleaned out some neglected areas of the house, went to the Country Pumpkin and got some corn stalks, bails of hay and a pumpkin to decorate my porch with for Thanksgiving this weekend. I have a couple Scarecrows out there too.
Yesterday I had training at work for a new computer system. I'm not going to comment a whole lot about it because it will be negative if I do. I'm just going to say that the whole thing sucks! LOL.
Ryan's brother and girlfriend are coming home from Newfoundland tomorrow for a wedding this weekend. Ryan's brother is actually in the wedding. I think they're here until Monday.
I'm not sure what the rest of the week or the weekend has in store for me. I'm off on Monday (yeah!) and my family is having their turkey dinner on that day.
I'm starting to get a cold I think. Yesterday afternoon I started sneezing and having itchy eyes. I just thought it was allergies. When I went to get in my car yesterday after work I had the most throbbing headache and maintained it for about 3 hours...even after taking tylenol. I also felt clammy and had a bit of a fever. I've been pumping the echinachea into me in hopes to fight it off. This morning I woke up feeling sick, but not too bad. I'm certainly not 100% better, but I do feel better than I did last evening.
After supper last night I went for a little walk to return a movie and went in the hopes that the fresh air would do me some good. I just got back to the house and flopped on the couch when my brother stopped in with a bag of apples for me. He works with a guy who's father owns an orchard, so he got me a bag from him. I love biting into a freshly picked apple. It's about the only time that I crave an apple and could eat more than one at once. Thanks Rich!
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