Nostalgia

Man today was a trip to the past. Today my sister and I went back to our elementary school, Lakeview. Man was it nostalgic...I even got to talk to my old teachers. My kindergarten teacher Mrs. McKnight, my grade one teacher, Mrs. Firth, and my grade 3 teacher Mrs. Kortt. Which oddly enough Mrs. Kortt is the wife of my current program leader right now.. Dave Kortt. So it is a really small world that they are married to each other and everyone wished me luck on my practicum.

In general it just was nice to go back and see who still is there, it is amazing how many memories come flooding back when you go and visit things like that.
 Especially since as a child all you wish is to grow up and once you grow up all you want to be is young again. I remember how I thought that growing up would take so long to achieve, and now I feel like it needs to slow down a little bit so that I can take time to enjoy moments like these. 

But that was pretty much our day!

Exercise equipment at the lakeview park! Who needs a gym membership?!?

Dinner with Jessie...girls night

Last night Jessie Hein asked me over for dinner since a girls night got cancelled. It was nice since I have never been to her house before. Her house is like an ad for pinterest. She refurbishes old furniture and makes it into something that she likes, and she does it for cheap. She enjoys finding bargain finds and her living room probably cost her about $200 to create.

She made supper, which was a coconut curry with shrimp, and lots of vegetables. As well as a Banana loaf with a chocolate gonoche on top with some crunchy chocolate balls and whip cream. It was all good and very tasty. I even tried smoked duck that her "hubby" made since he is the chef in their house instead of Jessie.

But we just hung out, talked about stuff, relaxed. We both crocheted and she was working on (I think) her newest project her nightstands that she is making for her bedroom. It is seriously amazing how crafty she is, in her bathroom she put crown molding at the top where the shower curtain rod goes because she thought it was ugly to just have the shower rod and it looked really nice. She just in general is very crafty and creative when it comes to making things. I think she is an inspiration and I overall had a very nice relaxing girls night with her and hope to do it again soon! 

Photo courtesy of Jessie Hein's Facebook, but doesn't it look cool?

Girly day

Today was a very girly day for me and a few others. Mom and I went to an antique show that was at the exhibition grounds. My friend Ashley and I went to this store called the Drunken Sailor and then got cupcakes at Edible Elegance downtown.

Mom and I walked to the Antique Toy show that they were having at the exhibition grounds. There was a lot more of a turn out than I thought there would be since I did not think that a lot of people in Lethbridge were interested in Antiques. 

They had several different kinds from having tea cups, old model cars, antique furniture and many other venders that were wishing to sell things from their collections. There were even a few artists that had their work on display and for sale, such as a oil painter, and a lady that makes dolls that look like fresh newborn babies. 

At the show there was everything that from really cool toys from the 80's to the creepy ones from the 20's. It was cool to see some of the old board games at one kiosk to an old bicycle at another. 

I have inserted a few pictures from the event here. 

Later on in the day I went to go meet Ashley downtown to go try on some clothing at Drunken Sailor downtown. It is fun to go do that because they post pictures of you in their clothing on their facebook page, and let you feel pretty. 

At first I got discouraged because there were some dresses that would fit me due to my bust being too big, but the sales person (Teegan) was amazing at making me feel comfortable. I told her it was difficult to buy clothing for my body shape, since I do not have a typical hour glass shape and she helped me feel comfortable in some of the dresses. 

Later on we went to Edible Elegance, which is a cupcakery in downtown lethbridge. The types of cupcakes I had was, rootbeer float, lemon drop, pretty in pink, cookies n' cream, coconut, and red velvet. My favourite is pretty in pink since they use a buttercream icing for that one, and the tiffany cupcake there but they didn't have that one in a mini.

We just talked about things that happened that week and comforted each other in our crappy weeks. But that was my day, until next time!

Kotarah comes to visit and Jesse starts school

Jesse has started school. the long 8 weeks has officially begun and he is doing good. he really enjoys his teachers, especially his shop teacher, she always makes sure he is doing something, in general he just likes the teachers since they are willing to help him. He already has done a test and he got 95 on the test, so I hope that his grades will continue to do good. 

Kotarah came to visit us. The first week she stayed at Joyanne's and this week I saw her twice. The first time was on sunday and we played Quelf and exchanged christmas gifts she gave me the book The Wealthy Barber, who was written by a guy that is on one of my favorite tv shows called Dragon's Den.  

The second day I met her downtown after my dentist appointment. She was having lunch with her friend at The Penny, and we went to the mall, we had some taco time and looked around the mall. Then I showed her the drunken sailor and then we went back to her place. She is staying in this nice basement suite that her friend owns, so its nice that she has her own space. 

While I was downtown waiting on my sister, I went into this small shop called Ten thousand villages, it is a store that promotes fair trade and has all these interesting things from around the world. One thing in particular that I thought was cool was that they had different nativities that are from around the world, since it was so far from Christmas most of their nativities were on sale so I bought mom one that was from Peru. I thought it was cool because they sent the piece of paper telling the origins of it and explaining some of the colours etc. I bought it for mom as an early christmas gift and she loved it. 

When we got home, Jesse opened his early birthday present which was a coffee mug with a holder since he needed one. He was using one that mom's friend had given her that was purple and had flowers all over it. He was ridiculed at school for it so its nice that now he has this own coffee mug. 

But until next time! Good luck ;) 

Happy new years...and New year Commitments!

Happy new years everyone! What is everyone's resolution or solution to the year or commitment? What is mine you ask?

1. I want to stop stressing myself out too much when I feel like I am getting angry to fast..I just need to count to three and let it go. I need to find my balance this year, and be the sweet girl that I know I am. 

2. I need to learn to appreciate the things that I have. Everyone always more or wants bigger things but we do not realize the things that we have in our life and the things that we take for granted. Maybe I can do some volunteer work this year to learn to appreciate the things I have more. 

3. Be healthy. Everyone has a resolution to lose weight lose weight lose weight. But my goal is to be healthy both in body and in mind. I want to feel like myself again, I would like to fit back into some of my "skinny" clothes and learn to love myself again by doing things that will make me healthy. 

4. I want to accomplish everything that I set out for myself last year that I began to embark upon. Such as graduating my program, excelling in my practicum, getting my driver's license, going to Edmonton and saving up for the car of my dreams. 

Those are my resolutions this year and I wish everyone a merry 2013 and hope to bring 2014 in with a bang, much love and appreciation for everyone in my life.

I hope you all have the best year you have ever had, I sure hope that I will. 

CHRISTMAS! (well technically christmas eve...still can't wait to open presents!)

Today was our christmas in our house because tomorrow is Jesse and my day together that is my christmas present to ourselves..Some alone time! But we opened our presents today, we ate junk, we went to grandmas, you know all the crap you do on christmas day we just rewinded and did it on the eve of christmas. 

Well we opened our presents to each other. Jesse got pretty much the same things that I did a mug, a gift card to timmy's (mom's enabling our addiction!) Some pj's by his favorite brand of cola...you know it..its the pepsi. He got some stocking stuffers such as bacon flavored mints, and he got some sweaters and a house coat from yours truly. 

We got mom a watch a phone book..since she lost hers. She got pj's herself and pretty much the same as us. 

After we opened presents we went to Smitty's for some breakfast. Mom had some eggs and pancakes, I had eggs benedict (craving for like 8 months but I just never got around to it) and Jesse got a beef dip. 

Later on we went to grandmas, and we helped her move her freezer, we changed the TV from her room into the living room since hers strangely stopped working...which is weird. We played  crokinole (had to google how to spell that) and Jesse completely annihilated us. He had the highest score of us all and grandma was surprised how competitive he was. Grandma got us some fun stuff too like a gift card to the movie mill, and lots of chocolates (got to try merci chocolates for the first time and I think I have a new favorite) It was so much fun, later we went to go check out Sweet Ideas which moved to behind my grandmothers building it had so much cool stuff. They had the biggest jaw breaker I have ever seen...and the most expensive. 

But that was pretty much our christmas it was small, it was perfect and I couldn't have wished for anything more expect for my sister being here, which she will be in January. So although in the last few weeks, I thought that christmas would be ruined by everything that has happened, but just by these two days it has been the best ever! Lets hope that that streak continues and that it will lead up to a good new year!

Merry christmas everybody! 

December

This month sure has had both its highs and extreme lows. 

This month: we pretty much got our mustang stolen, we moved to the new apartment, and I finished school. 

Mustang:

So we went to Calgary to go trade our mustang to this guy for a Ford F-250. We test drove it, but did not test drive it on the highway. There were so many red flags, and we signed the mustang over to him. Once we got onto the highway the RPM's were going 4000 for only 80km. That simply was not good, and when we got it home it just stopped working entirely, so the stupid fuck that lived in Calgary pretty much just walked away with a free vehicle that Jesse loved so dearly. We definitely learned our lesson, if there is at least one flag with a vehicle do not buy it. We should have realized what he was doing when he lied about the kilometers on the add it said 250 K when it was really 350 K. But all we were thinking about was we need a vehicle because it was snowing and the mustang was rear wheel. It was such a shame and we learned something from it. 

New apartment:

We moved on the 16th into the new apartment and just in time. On the friday before the move I had called the Edmonton office for Midwest highland park homes or some shit like that to complain about the ladies in Lethbridge only to learn that she is even more of a dumbass then they are. 

The new place we really like, it is extremely quiet and the lady that works here is really nice. Our apartment is nicer than we thought it would be too, yes we do get the occasional pot smell but that is ok. The move was irritating and we do not have the house set up fully but we have some christmas stuff out. We decorated our gingerbread house and tree so it feels more like home. It is really nostalgic being on the south side though from where I grew up, but I know it is a good neighbourhood and if we wanted we could get a dog. 

School:

I passed school all with B- and one A-. I am so proud of how I did and now I start my practicum on February 3rd and go till March 28th. I am so excited to start it, and right now I am just trying to find a job. So wish me luck!