Mom comes to town: Day 1

So my mom came down for Remembrance day because I was feeling homesick. Anyways on our first day it wasn't very eventful because I am very sick at the moment. I caught this viral bug that I guess is going around Red Deer so pretty much the first thing that we did was go to the doctor. The next thing was she helped us clean our house a little bit since that was the plan to do all weekend, but due to getting sick with this nasty bug I just pretty much laid in bed and slept for 2 days straight. 

And following that night we ordered pizza from Dino's we got the Chef's special and the donair pizza. Oddly enough though the donair pizza actually tasted like one. But it is so great to have my mom, I am grateful that I do not live too far from her so she can come and visit me every-so-often. I am so grateful for that. 

My yoga class!

So it has been awhile since I even did since Yoga Class but I can still tell you about it anyways. 

So this yoga class was a free class that I went to with Lise and Danielle. They just opened the day before and was having a demo class. The class that we went to was yin yoga by candlelight, the studio was dimly lit and had little candles all around the room.

It was the only class that I was able to focus fully on what I was doing instead of wondering what someone else beside me was doing. It was very relaxing and made my body feel wonderful for a good 5 days after that! 

My weekend…last weekend

So last weekend I completely forgot to write a post about! Funny thing too is that this weekend is when I did the most stuff too!

To start off with I had sushi with my coworkers daughter Danielle, it was nice because she loves sushi. We went to sushimaru and it was equally as good as it was the first time. I had a crunch roll, a beef terri roll and a california roll since I love them so much. We had a good talk though her baby was gone in Ontario with her boyfriend for a friends wedding so she had some time to focus on being on a grant jury. It is interesting hearing about her job though since she studied anthropology in school, so it is interesting to get to know about different culture etc. 

Then later on that day we went to the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it was seriously so good. I watched the turtles as a child and it reminded me so much of watching that show, and stealing vhs tapes from my guy friend back then (Lockie). It was good too because it explained how they became mutated and such. It had very good comedy too. 

Thennnn the following day…we had our bonfire at Nancy's house. Lise was not able to go since she was sick, which was ironic because she was the one that invited herself over to Nancy's in the first place. It was just Ghis, AJ, Nancy and I. We had sooo much chocolate, we made banana boats (mine was burnt), hot dogs (mine was burnt as was Ghis's) had some McCann's moisture chocolate heaven in a pan…not the real name but you get the point…and some chips. AJ specifically chose the chocolate too since she knows chocolate. She brought Reese peanut butter cup (one of my favs) and some cadbury chocolate bars. I brought the bananas and the marshmallows even though Nancy had some already. Also let me tell you Nancy's property is beautiful. She lives on a few acres of land, she had an old fashioned pillar farm house and has the kitchen of my dreams. It is big, and has a big island in the middle of it, white cupboards and a grey/black granite that looked beautiful with hard wood floors…insert drool moment….To say the least it would be the kitchen of my dreams, her place was gorgeous and it honestly didn't surprise me with how glamorous she can be at times. 

But that was my weekend…last weekend…it came a week late but at least I still remembered it! It was so much fun, and I love everyone that I have here. I am so glad that I moved to Red Deer, I have met honestly the best people and they feel like my little family. I just feel love from everyone here and I hope I reciprocate those feelings! 

Sushi time! - SushiMaru Edition!

Tonight I went for sushi with Jesse, Lise, Alyssa (AJ) and Nancy. Basically all the people that I really enjoy at work. But anyways we went for sushi, and it was sooo good! 

Jesse got hot wings, fries with gravy and some Calimari (which was really good ). 

Nancy got some Calimari as well with some fries.

 Lise got the philadelphia roll, the beef teri roll and the crazy sexy lady roll (it had this blueberry sauce on it and it looked like when heinz made their purple ketchup, but it was different more of a sweet roll). 

Alyssa got the scary eye roll (reallllly good as well), the love me tender roll (reallllly good), some smoked salmon and some spring rolls. 

Lastly, I got the avocado roll, the crunch roll (sooo good, doesn't look appetizing but it was soooo good), the volcano roll (good as well) and a normal california roll. I thought it was all zoo good. Our waitress did not really know english that well so she got someone that did know english better and he was great, he was really funny, gave us great service, explained some of the different kinds of sushi to us. 

So we had a great night of laughing, talking about work, eating sushi and literally sharing everything. Everything was so good and I would suggest this sushi restaurant literally best sushi place I have been too wayy better than lethbridge and their presentation was beautiful. Everything tasted good, the prices were unbeatable too. 

link is down below 

http://www.yelp.ca/biz/sushimaru-red-deer

Hanging out and the lobster summer party!

Today I hung out with Danielle (Lise's daughter). I have to say that it was really nice to be out of the house and hang out with other people. We just mainly talked all day, we were supposed to crochet but that didn't happen. It at least gave me the motivation to continue working on a blanket that I was redoing forever. But it was nice to just hang out with Danielle, her son Alex, who is so cute. He is such a flirt but he is so shy, when I walked in he just ran away, and was he clingy when he was over. Danielle says he is never so clingy, but all he wanted to do was be cuddly with Danielle. But it was so much fun to hang out with them all.

Then later that night we had a lobster bake. It was sooooo good. Dr. Jenkins provided all the lobster and the booze. The last time that Jesse and I even had lobster was in lethbridge at the keg when he chased me with the shell because I think that they are creepy looking. They look like things that should be off alien vs. predator. But it was cool, I got to learn how to take a lobster apart and get a work out even trying to get at the meat. There was also a potluck and all the food that they brought was really good. All the nurses came, some surgical processors, some Dr's and our managers came. It was cute because Dr. Ryan brought his two little daughters and they are just sweet as sweet could be. They look exactly like him. But it was fun, I got to try some different kinds of wine. I liked this cupcake one and a few red wines I like, also I tried some different beers too like Alexander Keith's india pale ale. We went with Lise, her husband and Alyssa (she just got back into her full time position, she took a leave of absence). 

And after the lobster bake, we just talked at Lise's house for about an hour afterward about funny stuff that happened at work. It was fun to have a good laugh and relax, Jesse laughed too it was good to see him laugh after he hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. 

But I am so grateful for my department and I love them so much I had such a great time and I am proud to be part of the endo team! 

A social life..at last

This week has been a great development in the "code operation: begin socializing" movement that I have been trying to force myself to do. Since being in Red Deer, we mainly have been worried about, living here, money and living here…let alone trying to have a social life. Finally our lives seem to be calming down after the storm that raged through our lives, so I thought it is finally time to socialize. 

I asked Lise and Ghislaine at work if they wanted to go out for dinner one night and while I was talking about East Side Marios some of the ladies were like..well why not go there? Especially since they had not gone to East Side Marios in a long time. Anyways since I knew that it would be super busy, I decided to make a reservation..normally you would have to wait 20 minutes otherwise. We were all saying how it feels like an expensive nightclub where you need to be "exclusive" to get in and everyone else looks at you like "you b*tch" because you got in first without waiting at all. But we all laughed, we indulged, laughed and indulged some more. It was so much fun. 

The next day we invited Lise's daughter Danielle and her boyfriend over. We were initially planning on going to a movie but it just didn't work out. So we changed it to a movie in at our place. It was so nice doing it that way first though because we never got to the movie but we got to get to know them first. It is interesting because Matt is a chef and went to culinary school so he told us about some of the food how to make a good stock stuff like that. Its nice since he said he could give me some tips like how to make better pasta sauces and such. Danielle also has a degree in Anthropology so its cool because she told me about different cultures and the respects/disrespects of a few. It was a very enlightening conversation that I enjoyed with both of them. They both are super smart, super down to earth people and both Jesse and I enjoyed their company very much.

Then last night Jesse went to Guardians of the Galaxy, and that movie was very well made. Very funny and I would recommend this movie to anybody. 

But that has been just the last three days. For not socializing a lot since arriving in Red Deer, We sure made progress and I am happy about it! 

Moving..scams..and mom coming to visit

So our perfect little house in Red Deer turned into a real nightmare. On July 12th or something like that Jesse told me that the guy we were renting from..who we thought owned the house really actually was only renting. Not only was he renting, but his landlord has NO idea that we were staying there. He told us if we were to stay there we had to rip up our lease agreement and agree to stay there as "just friends". So I started to panic..any normal person would and we finally agreed that we had to move. The following monday I told myself that I needed two things. 1. Meet the original landlord, and 2. get a new agreement, Rob could not deliver either so we decided to move. Luckily we found another place a lot sooner, in a good neighbourhood and basically now we love it here. Took a lot to get here but now we are here. 

But when we moved in mom decided to come down to help us unpack. It was so much fun when she came down, she motivated us to pack and we got to spoil her. And man did we..we took her to East Side Marios and let me tell you..best food ever…and did we ever hoard food into our bellies for that. We had to wait 20 minutes to get in but we got our food right away, it was amazing. 

Then we took mom to the Collicut centre which was fun, we did the steam room, hot tub, mom went down the water slide a few times (I think she really liked that) and just swam. It was sooo much fun. 

But I am so glad I got to spend some quality time with my momma even due to the circumstances. I am truly grateful for my mom and everything she does for us. She truly is the best mom ever and I wish I could do more. 

But that has been my life for awhile, we love our new place, we have an awesome kitchen, huugge living room, huge bedroom, walk in closet and the best shower ever with an adjustable shower head. It truly is great and I feel like this truly is where we are supposed to be, even through the hardship.