As most of you know I spent the May long weekend in NY with Jason...It was our 5 year anniversary!!! I know...I can't believe it's been 5 years either!!! How time flies when you're having fun...
Had you asked me 5 years ago if we could make it, I would have told you I had doubts...not in Jason, not in myself, but in the distance...I doubt many relationships last an 8 to 9 hour commute, a boarder crossing and 2 completely different cultural backgrounds...If you ask Jason he will tell you he knew from the beginning what he wanted and what we were capable of (he had a lot of faith in his skills), for me it took a few months to really see the friend, man and lover (get your heads outta the gutter) he is, but once I did I knew that he was "the one" and that he was worth all the crap that comes with distance I knew we could make and I would do anything to spend the rest of my life with J...
We spent our 5th anniversary at Olde Mystic Village/Seaport...Jason was in control of what we did and he planned the perfect day for us...We drove to Mystic, Connecticut (which was about 2 hours from Jason's) and spent the afternoon at the Mystic Aquarium, it was totally up my alley...I got to see beluga whales, penguins, sharks and literally every fish under the sea...I also got to pet a small bamboo shark and sting-rays!!! I am such a kid at heart, ask Jason, I had a bigger smile on my face than most children did...We then went for dinner at this amazing seafood restaurant Go Fish, if you are ever in Connecticut I highly suggest checking it out...It was made for Jason and I, sushi and a hot menu, delicious! Lastly we took a little stroll by the seaport, it was gorgeous and so was the town, it was full of beautiful century homes (also right up my alley)...More important than the things we saw and did was the fact that we got to spend the whole day together, I treasure every minute we get to spend together...
The rest of the May long weekend was spent with family and friends...It was exactly the way a long weekend is supposed to be! I have to say a special thanks to Mom and Dad R and Grandpa, for always making me so welcome in their home, I truly lucked out in the in-law department!
I think that's it for this evening as I am still a little car lagged from the trip...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Gettin my butt in shape!
A few weeks ago I decided that I needed to start being a little bit more active, well...A LOT more active haha...
First I broke out the Wii Fit and Wii Sports, however I went a little bit over board and strained all of my arm muscles to the point where it hurt to do my job! Then I decided I would start walking, my first little stroll was over to my friend Justine's house...I underestimated how far it is to Justine's house (it takes me about 5 mins to drive to her place) and/or I totally underestimated how out of shape I was...Let's just say I got Justine's husband Sean to drive me home cause walking back was really not an option ;-)
Bit of a rude awakening! I used to be a very athletic person, I took dance lessons for I don't know how long, played baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, attempted hockey and stuck with ice skating, but apparently with age and partial laziness, I have lost a lot of that athleticism...Well I am changing things and trying very hard to get myself back into decent shape...I will never be a size 2 and I will never run a marathon, but if I can get to a point where I am not completely outta breath running around with Ben and Becca I will be content...Could also be beneficial for the baseball season, if we get a team together this year...
I have been going for walks a few nights a week, just around my neighborhood and on the nights when its raining or when I am too tired to get out of the apartment, I have been using my Wii Fit and Wii Sports...So far I don't see much of a change, but hopefully very soon and I can start to update you on my progress...
Hopefully I can get back on again for before the weekend, but we will see...Hope you all have a great week!
First I broke out the Wii Fit and Wii Sports, however I went a little bit over board and strained all of my arm muscles to the point where it hurt to do my job! Then I decided I would start walking, my first little stroll was over to my friend Justine's house...I underestimated how far it is to Justine's house (it takes me about 5 mins to drive to her place) and/or I totally underestimated how out of shape I was...Let's just say I got Justine's husband Sean to drive me home cause walking back was really not an option ;-)
Bit of a rude awakening! I used to be a very athletic person, I took dance lessons for I don't know how long, played baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, attempted hockey and stuck with ice skating, but apparently with age and partial laziness, I have lost a lot of that athleticism...Well I am changing things and trying very hard to get myself back into decent shape...I will never be a size 2 and I will never run a marathon, but if I can get to a point where I am not completely outta breath running around with Ben and Becca I will be content...Could also be beneficial for the baseball season, if we get a team together this year...
I have been going for walks a few nights a week, just around my neighborhood and on the nights when its raining or when I am too tired to get out of the apartment, I have been using my Wii Fit and Wii Sports...So far I don't see much of a change, but hopefully very soon and I can start to update you on my progress...
Hopefully I can get back on again for before the weekend, but we will see...Hope you all have a great week!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
A little bit embarrassing...
So nothing exciting has been happening lately and therefore I have no "fun" stories to share, but instead I will take this as an opportunity to share a lil something about me...
Me plus you, I'ma tell you one time
Me plus you, I'ma tell you one time
Me plus you, I'ma tell you one time
One time, one time
When I met you girl my heart went knock knock
Now them butterflies in my stomach won't stop stop
And even though it's a struggle love is all we got
And we gon' keep keep climbing to the mountain top
Your world is my world
And my fight is your fight
My breath is your breath
And your heart
And girl you're my one love, my one heart
My one life for sure
Let me tell you one time
(Girl, I love, girl I love you)
I'ma tell you one time
(Girl, I love, girl I love you)
Give it a listen, I think you might like it and if you are too embarrassed to admit it I won't judge!
Until next time...
I dont think its a news flash that I am sometimes in to things that are considered uncool, especially when it comes to my musical interests......For example, I love country music, all of it from Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift...I love N'Sync, to this day if you look in my cd player you will find one of their cds...And thanks to Jason I have fallen in love with some Japanese/anime/video game music...Even with that wide variety of unusual listening interests, I do feel slightly embarrassed to admit who I have been singing and dancing along too lately, maybe its because I am not a 12 year old girl...
I am catching a little case of Bieber fever!!! Yep, I said it you can all close your mouths and stop gasping! For those of who don't know, Justin Bieber is a 16 year old singer originally from Stratford Ontario who was found on YouTube and has been signed by Usher's label...I do think the kids got some talent and a couple catchy tunes...Do I think hes going to be around for 5 or 10 years, no, but I think hes got a couple years of good teeny bop music in him...My fav and the one that is currently getting the most air time on the local stations is One Love, now I dont think the kid knows a thing about love, but its a cute song...
Heres some of the lyrics if you haven't heard it:
Heres some of the lyrics if you haven't heard it:
Me plus you, I'ma tell you one time
Me plus you, I'ma tell you one time
Me plus you, I'ma tell you one time
One time, one time
When I met you girl my heart went knock knock
Now them butterflies in my stomach won't stop stop
And even though it's a struggle love is all we got
And we gon' keep keep climbing to the mountain top
Your world is my world
And my fight is your fight
My breath is your breath
And your heart
And girl you're my one love, my one heart
My one life for sure
Let me tell you one time
(Girl, I love, girl I love you)
I'ma tell you one time
(Girl, I love, girl I love you)
Give it a listen, I think you might like it and if you are too embarrassed to admit it I won't judge!
Until next time...
Monday, May 3, 2010
Did you know???
This post should have been made May 1st, but as usual I am a little bit behind!
May is brain cancer awareness month and I thought it was appropriate to make a post about this horrible disease...I personally have not known anyone who has suffered from or survived brain cancer, however I have known (as I am sure all of you have) far too many people who have suffered, survived and succumbed to some form of cancer...Cancer is one of my biggest fears...It is far more scary than any horror movie, it seems to be more common these days than the common cold and its more unpredictable than a hurricane...It has affected some of those closest to me and taken people I love well before I was ready to let them go...
Upon learning that May was brain cancer awareness I did some research on the Canadian Cancer Society website...It was estimated that in 2009 there would be 171,000 new cases of cancer (this excludes skin cancers) and 73,500 deaths from cancer. In 2009 the probability that someone would develop some form of cancer in their lifetime was 40% for Canadian women and 45% for men and approximately 1 out of 4 Canadians will die from cancer. The last stat I have for you is that there was an estimated 2,600 new cases of brain cancer and 1,750 deaths from brain cancer. These numbers not only shock me, but scare the living hell outta me!!! On the list of cancer forms, brain cancer is less common, but personally I think its got to be the most difficult and horrifying...
I would also like to share with you a blog that Sandy introduced me to about 8 months ago...It is the story of a 5 year old little girl named Kate who is currently fighting her battle with brain cancer...Here's the link: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate/mystory . The blog is written by her parents and it honestly makes me tear up every time I read it...The things that this family and poor Kate have gone threw in the last 10 months is unfathomable...No child should ever have to deal with that and no parent should ever have to watch their child suffer like that...I am waiting for the day when I check Kate's blog and see that she is cancer free, it would give me such hope to know that she fought and won!
Take a moment this month and remember those you have personally lost to brain cancer, those you don't know that have lost their battle and those who fought and won...A memory and a prayer can go a long way!
May is brain cancer awareness month and I thought it was appropriate to make a post about this horrible disease...I personally have not known anyone who has suffered from or survived brain cancer, however I have known (as I am sure all of you have) far too many people who have suffered, survived and succumbed to some form of cancer...Cancer is one of my biggest fears...It is far more scary than any horror movie, it seems to be more common these days than the common cold and its more unpredictable than a hurricane...It has affected some of those closest to me and taken people I love well before I was ready to let them go...
Upon learning that May was brain cancer awareness I did some research on the Canadian Cancer Society website...It was estimated that in 2009 there would be 171,000 new cases of cancer (this excludes skin cancers) and 73,500 deaths from cancer. In 2009 the probability that someone would develop some form of cancer in their lifetime was 40% for Canadian women and 45% for men and approximately 1 out of 4 Canadians will die from cancer. The last stat I have for you is that there was an estimated 2,600 new cases of brain cancer and 1,750 deaths from brain cancer. These numbers not only shock me, but scare the living hell outta me!!! On the list of cancer forms, brain cancer is less common, but personally I think its got to be the most difficult and horrifying...
I would also like to share with you a blog that Sandy introduced me to about 8 months ago...It is the story of a 5 year old little girl named Kate who is currently fighting her battle with brain cancer...Here's the link: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate/mystory . The blog is written by her parents and it honestly makes me tear up every time I read it...The things that this family and poor Kate have gone threw in the last 10 months is unfathomable...No child should ever have to deal with that and no parent should ever have to watch their child suffer like that...I am waiting for the day when I check Kate's blog and see that she is cancer free, it would give me such hope to know that she fought and won!
Take a moment this month and remember those you have personally lost to brain cancer, those you don't know that have lost their battle and those who fought and won...A memory and a prayer can go a long way!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Where else can I get that for $25?!?!
I consider myself to be a very low key/low maintenance person...I choose to paint my own nails rather than go to a pedicurist, I enjoy Jason's infrequent massages rather than going to a massage therapist and I LOVE my $25 hair cuts over paying an arm and a leg at a salon!
When I moved to Kitchener I kinda took advantage of the fact that my sister in law Sandy had a fabulous hairdresser named Jordan and made her my regular hairdresser as well...She was the first person (other than my mom, who cut my hair til I was about 16) that understood my hair is thick and wavy and therefore cannot be cut like normal thin straight hair...Well 6 years ago our fantastic hairdresser decided to go and start a family and ended her career as a hairdresser...Thankfully Sandy became good friends with Jordan and she was able to get a new hairdresser, Marian, who happens to be Jordan's mom...The talent definitely runs in the blood there! I again took advantage of Sandy's connections making Marian my regular hairdresser as well and whenever Sandy mentions "I need a hair cut", I say "book one for me too"...So for the past 2 almost 3 years I have tagged along to Marian's when Sandy goes and we get our hair done together...We only go once every 4 or 5 months, but Marian is fantastic and I have yet to have been disappointed with the things she has done with my hair or the hilarious "barber shop talk" that happens when we are there...
Tonight I met Sandy at Marian's after work for a trim and got the news no woman ever wants to hear...My hairdresser is retiring *tear*...To make matters worse, Sandy has decided that since she found the last two hairdressers it is now my turn to hunt us down a new stylist...Well how in the heck am I going to find someone who has Marian's talent, personality and price?!?!? For $25 she washes (my fav part of getting my hair cut, it's so relaxing), cuts and styles!
So I am now on the hunt for a new hairdresser and I am about 99.99% sure that I cannot get the same quality for the same price, so I may have to bite the bullet and become a visitor of an over-priced salon...
If anybody in the K-W area has a good hairdresser please let me know!
Hope every body has a good week!
When I moved to Kitchener I kinda took advantage of the fact that my sister in law Sandy had a fabulous hairdresser named Jordan and made her my regular hairdresser as well...She was the first person (other than my mom, who cut my hair til I was about 16) that understood my hair is thick and wavy and therefore cannot be cut like normal thin straight hair...Well 6 years ago our fantastic hairdresser decided to go and start a family and ended her career as a hairdresser...Thankfully Sandy became good friends with Jordan and she was able to get a new hairdresser, Marian, who happens to be Jordan's mom...The talent definitely runs in the blood there! I again took advantage of Sandy's connections making Marian my regular hairdresser as well and whenever Sandy mentions "I need a hair cut", I say "book one for me too"...So for the past 2 almost 3 years I have tagged along to Marian's when Sandy goes and we get our hair done together...We only go once every 4 or 5 months, but Marian is fantastic and I have yet to have been disappointed with the things she has done with my hair or the hilarious "barber shop talk" that happens when we are there...
Tonight I met Sandy at Marian's after work for a trim and got the news no woman ever wants to hear...My hairdresser is retiring *tear*...To make matters worse, Sandy has decided that since she found the last two hairdressers it is now my turn to hunt us down a new stylist...Well how in the heck am I going to find someone who has Marian's talent, personality and price?!?!? For $25 she washes (my fav part of getting my hair cut, it's so relaxing), cuts and styles!
So I am now on the hunt for a new hairdresser and I am about 99.99% sure that I cannot get the same quality for the same price, so I may have to bite the bullet and become a visitor of an over-priced salon...
If anybody in the K-W area has a good hairdresser please let me know!
Hope every body has a good week!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Weekend visitor!
Last weekend my mom came to visit, which was great cause I only get to see her a couple times a year since she moved out west and the last visit was back in November...
Mom arrived Friday afternoon in Kitchener by bus after taking the red eye from Calgary to Toronto, I picked her up after work and we met Rob, Sandy, Ben and Becca at The Crossroads, which is this fantastic buffet in Elmira (middle point between my place and their place)...After dinner mom and I headed back to my place and the Little's went home...Friday night was pretty quiet mom was exhausted after her trip and I was sleepy after work, so we just watched some tv and headed to bed early...
Saturday, I unfortunately had to work (surprise, surprise), but Rob, Sandy and the kids came over and had lunch with mom and kept her company while I was at work...I snuck out of work as soon as I could and rushed home to make dinner for everybody...I made Hawaiian chicken, it is mom R's (Jason's mom) recipe and Sandy loves it, so I try and make it whenever I have them over for dinner...I think mom was even impressed with my cooking abilities...I don't often cook for my mom cause she's the better "chef", so it's usually me eating her good food...After dinner Sandy asked what mom and I were going to do for the evening...We joked about going out "clubbin", well Becca being 4 and needing to know what everything is, asks "what's clubbin"...have you ever tried to explain to a 4 year old what clubbin is!?!?! It didn't go well to say the least and she obviously asked again later what "clubbin" meant...The best answer I think we came up with is "adults go out at night and act silly" haha! If anyone has a better explanation to give a 4 year old please let me know...
Sunday I took my mom to my church, which was really fun for me cause she's the first person I have brought to my church...she said she really liked it, which made me even happier with my choice...now it just needs to be approved by Jason and Sandy and then we are good to go! After church mom made me blueberry pancakes (MY FAV!) and we had a big late breakfast and then headed out to Rob and Sandy's to spend the rest of the afternoon with them...As usual I loved spending time with the kiddies and it was nice to see Ben and Becca with their grandma...After dinner I took mom back to the bus station and went through the process I hate of saying goodbye to someone I love, not knowing when I will get to see them again...
Here's hoping mom can come back to visit really soon and for a more extended time!
It is now way past my bed time, so I am signing off for now...
Mom arrived Friday afternoon in Kitchener by bus after taking the red eye from Calgary to Toronto, I picked her up after work and we met Rob, Sandy, Ben and Becca at The Crossroads, which is this fantastic buffet in Elmira (middle point between my place and their place)...After dinner mom and I headed back to my place and the Little's went home...Friday night was pretty quiet mom was exhausted after her trip and I was sleepy after work, so we just watched some tv and headed to bed early...
Saturday, I unfortunately had to work (surprise, surprise), but Rob, Sandy and the kids came over and had lunch with mom and kept her company while I was at work...I snuck out of work as soon as I could and rushed home to make dinner for everybody...I made Hawaiian chicken, it is mom R's (Jason's mom) recipe and Sandy loves it, so I try and make it whenever I have them over for dinner...I think mom was even impressed with my cooking abilities...I don't often cook for my mom cause she's the better "chef", so it's usually me eating her good food...After dinner Sandy asked what mom and I were going to do for the evening...We joked about going out "clubbin", well Becca being 4 and needing to know what everything is, asks "what's clubbin"...have you ever tried to explain to a 4 year old what clubbin is!?!?! It didn't go well to say the least and she obviously asked again later what "clubbin" meant...The best answer I think we came up with is "adults go out at night and act silly" haha! If anyone has a better explanation to give a 4 year old please let me know...
Sunday I took my mom to my church, which was really fun for me cause she's the first person I have brought to my church...she said she really liked it, which made me even happier with my choice...now it just needs to be approved by Jason and Sandy and then we are good to go! After church mom made me blueberry pancakes (MY FAV!) and we had a big late breakfast and then headed out to Rob and Sandy's to spend the rest of the afternoon with them...As usual I loved spending time with the kiddies and it was nice to see Ben and Becca with their grandma...After dinner I took mom back to the bus station and went through the process I hate of saying goodbye to someone I love, not knowing when I will get to see them again...
Here's hoping mom can come back to visit really soon and for a more extended time!
It is now way past my bed time, so I am signing off for now...
Undercover agent...
I apologize again that it has been so long since my last post, but since then I have worked 20+ hours of overtime and the thought of sitting in front of my computer when I got home from work was nauseating...
So, way back at the beginning of March I made plans with my friend Jessica to meet for coffee...Jess is a friend I made when I was working at my old job at Manulife, she was lucky enough to get the cubicle beside me and we just kinda hit it off...Jess is a few years younger than me, so whenever I speak about her to Jason I refer to her as "my little friend Jess" cause I have another friend Jess in KW as well and this reference keeps the two of them straight in mine and Jason's conversations...
Anyways the date for mine and Jess's coffee date changed a couple times, due to her being at the end of term and me going up north for Easter, but we finally were able to meet at William's on the 13th...Jess always makes me laugh and she entertains me with her dating dilemma's...As Jess and I are sitting there talking about work, family, friends, cars etc. we notice that there is an awkward looking man listening to our conversation at the table next to us, so Jess whispers to me "is he listening to us" and I say "ya I am pretty sure he is" well buddy turns and looks at me like he just heard us whispering about him, but that was impossible cause we were talking so low that we were barely even whispering...So Jess and I start watching him (thankfully he was sitting back to us) and notice buddy brought a book with him, however he hasnt opened the book, he has a coffee in front of him, but he's not drinking it and he's wearing ear plugs, but what is in front of him on the table is definitely not an MP3 player...As Jess and I talk (whisper) about it more we suggest that what he had on the table looked more like some type of listening device than an MP3 player and we begin to notice that he kept looking around the room like he was listening to other people's conversations and not just ours!!!
Now I know you are thinking I am completely paranoid, but behind us was a table of 4 who were also noticing how weird buddy was acting...Eventually he got up, took his book and undrunk coffee to another table where two mean were playing backgammon handed them his things spoke to them briefly in another language and left...so we gave a sigh of relief and assumed the awkward man had heard whatever he need to hear and was gone...Well low and behold buddy comes back about 10 minutes later with another awkward looking man, gets his coffee and book from the other men and sits back at the same table he was at before and places the same device on the table between him and other said awkward man...Only conclusion I can come to is he was a spy for the Russian government (I have no idea what race he was, but what ever language him and the other men spoke it sounded Russian!)...
Just for the record I have not done anything to piss of any foreign intelligence, so I know they weren't after me, but it definitely added some thing special to our coffee date!
So, way back at the beginning of March I made plans with my friend Jessica to meet for coffee...Jess is a friend I made when I was working at my old job at Manulife, she was lucky enough to get the cubicle beside me and we just kinda hit it off...Jess is a few years younger than me, so whenever I speak about her to Jason I refer to her as "my little friend Jess" cause I have another friend Jess in KW as well and this reference keeps the two of them straight in mine and Jason's conversations...
Anyways the date for mine and Jess's coffee date changed a couple times, due to her being at the end of term and me going up north for Easter, but we finally were able to meet at William's on the 13th...Jess always makes me laugh and she entertains me with her dating dilemma's...As Jess and I are sitting there talking about work, family, friends, cars etc. we notice that there is an awkward looking man listening to our conversation at the table next to us, so Jess whispers to me "is he listening to us" and I say "ya I am pretty sure he is" well buddy turns and looks at me like he just heard us whispering about him, but that was impossible cause we were talking so low that we were barely even whispering...So Jess and I start watching him (thankfully he was sitting back to us) and notice buddy brought a book with him, however he hasnt opened the book, he has a coffee in front of him, but he's not drinking it and he's wearing ear plugs, but what is in front of him on the table is definitely not an MP3 player...As Jess and I talk (whisper) about it more we suggest that what he had on the table looked more like some type of listening device than an MP3 player and we begin to notice that he kept looking around the room like he was listening to other people's conversations and not just ours!!!
Now I know you are thinking I am completely paranoid, but behind us was a table of 4 who were also noticing how weird buddy was acting...Eventually he got up, took his book and undrunk coffee to another table where two mean were playing backgammon handed them his things spoke to them briefly in another language and left...so we gave a sigh of relief and assumed the awkward man had heard whatever he need to hear and was gone...Well low and behold buddy comes back about 10 minutes later with another awkward looking man, gets his coffee and book from the other men and sits back at the same table he was at before and places the same device on the table between him and other said awkward man...Only conclusion I can come to is he was a spy for the Russian government (I have no idea what race he was, but what ever language him and the other men spoke it sounded Russian!)...
Just for the record I have not done anything to piss of any foreign intelligence, so I know they weren't after me, but it definitely added some thing special to our coffee date!
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