Goodbye 2011

It is hard to believe that 2011 is already over. It is amazing how fast time flies. When I think back to 2011, I am not sure what I will remember. Perhaps my trip to BC this year - my experience of being on a houseboat in the middle of the Shuswaps? Or maybe my trip to Yellowstone and the Blackhills in July?

It is hard to know what 2012 will bring. I do know that I will be going to Hawaii in February. that should be fun. But other than that, who will I be one year from now? Will my life be any different? I think it will be relatively the same to what it is now....but who knows??

I guess that is the fun part about a new year....you never know what a new year will bring but you can be sure it will be full of surprises....just hopefully they are all good surprises!

:-)

Happy New Year Everyone!

coffee anyone?

I don't understand the appeal of coffee. I am not a coffee drinker - could never get into the taste and did not want to depend on it.

I find it funny that some people are so dependent on their coffee - they cannot function without drinking a least one cup of coffee every morning. But what I really don't understand is when people will spend at least 1/2 hour every morning in the Tim Horton's lineup waiting for their cup of coffee. Is it that good? Or (worse yet) when they wait in line at 11 am on a Sat morning for their cup of coffee. It could be that they are waiting for lunch....but they could get that anywhere (without the lineup). It is -18 outside and you want to wait in line? Don't get it....probably never will.

Don't get me wrong! There are days when I am so tired that I am practically falling asleep at my desk (at work) and I need to depend on caffeine to get me through the rest of the day. Honestly though - that is usually in the afternoon. I am usually okay to function in the morning but the afternoon.....that is a different story.

the twin she never knew...

Someone I know got married this summer. She said that the only time she cried was the morning of the day before her wedding day.

Her identical twin was stillborn. The morning of the day before her wedding she and her parents went to the graveyard to lay flowers at her gravesite. It is so sad. Can you imagine going your whole life knowing you should have had a twin - an identical twin at that?

I love summer

We are having an actual summer this year...so far. The weather is warm and it feels nice. Hopefully this can keep up in the coming weeks.

I am going camping this weekend for the first time since 2009. It will be different yet exciting!

Canada Day!

Today is Canada Day. It is amazing how the meaning of Canada Day changes as you get older. Perhaps it is because I have now travelled to different countries that I appreciate Canada more. It is the greatest country in the world.

:-)

It is also amazing how much you know and understand yourself as you get older. I have more of an appreciation of myself the older I get. I know that I love making up games and activities and making things pretty (aka gifts). Now I just have to find a job that matches my interests (especially my interest in money).

Life is complicated but worth it.

days with B

Today I went shopping. It was fun! I bought a couple of dresses and a bit of other clothes (that I cannot remember right now). I also bought some flip flops. I meant to buy some nice sandals to wear with my dresses but my feet suck and I have a hard time finding shoes that fit.

Then I had the chance to go over to my mom's house and babysit my niece. That was also fun. It is raining outside but it is still a happy day!

I am looking forward to the rest of the weekend.

Chocolate and Whipped Cream...

What is better?

clean clean clean

I have got to clean my place and I do not think I can procrastinate any longer!

Soon I will be done!

:-)

quote

There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton, Vesalius in Zante

express yourself

Blank paper

still pen

endless thoughts

wordless


Thoughts on paper

one word at a time

Slowly...



you




express yourself

what will you leave behind?

Life is way too short -sometimes I really wonder how short it actually is. What is the purpose of life?

Will my life be remembered based on the words I leave behind?

Words tell such a great story....especially when there is emotion behind them.

Barbie and the Seven Dancing Princesses

I wish I had a secret room like that!!!

Oh wait...

I think maybe I should get a life?

Oh happy day!

Today was a good day! Nothing too exciting happened but I do not mind.

:-)

Some people I know got some good news today! So it was good!!

:-)

I got to wash my hair today - that was fun!!!

:-)

Oh the excitement!!

one more year...

One more year I have lived. That is always a good thing. Sometimes I really realize how privileged I am to have lived as long as I have. There are many people whose lives are cut too short. I love my life and I am glad I am still living!!

:-)

It is amazing what changes in a year - I just hope I can live to see what my life is like next year!

Joey and the Roads

I think that should be the name of a band, what do you think?

This weekend I went out to the farm. The roads were not nice! (especially for March) The roads were really icy on the way there and were snowy/crappy on the way back. Thankfully I was not driving. Somehow we made it home (which is awesome). I was not sure we would make it but we did!

We also spent the weekend watching Joey (which anyone who has been out to the farm lately will know about). It is actually quite an amusing show. It is too bad it was aired so soon after Friends. I think that if it had been given some time, it would have had more of a following.

:-)

Someone once commented that my blog posts were always so negative and that I should post something positive....so my subject is a smily face.

:-)

I feel happy today.

Tomorrow I am going out to the farm. I need to eat healthily and exercise lots.

:-)

We also need to celebrate the March birthdays (because it is the best month of the year).

:-)

And that is what I feel today....

days like this....

My car wouldn't start this morning so now I am stranded at home. (At least until someone has the time to pick me up...) It will be okay as I can now study but it is really annoying. Maybe I should have someone look at my car (and have it cost mega money).

Winter blah

I want a garage!!

I hate winter. Correction: I hate some things about winter. I hate having to scrap my windows every morning. Actually - I hate having to scrape my windows when it is SOOOOO hard to scrape that you can only scrape a bit of your windows. But what I especially hate about winter is how my car keeps freezing up!!!

Early this week it was really cold. So cold that I could BARELY get my driver's door open. I could not open my passenger door at all...or at least not until the next day! I tried to get gas earlier this week as well and my gas tank was frozen. Eventually the guy at the gas station poured a hot cup of water on my gas tank to unfreeze it. The other thing I have noticed about this winter is that some days I can get into my trunk but other days it is frozen. I never know what it is going to be....

If I had a garage I really would not have to worry about any of that!!! I could just park in the garage and rest easily knowing that my car would not be frozen.

How many more years will I have to live without a garage?


I hope not many...

Showering in the Dark

Sadly my light bulbs burnt out (or at least that is what I thought happened)...little did I know that in fact my light in my bathroom died. I tried changing my light bulbs in my bathroom with no luck.

:-(

I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be showering in the dark until I can get an electrician to come out and check things out.

Oh well, life is full of adventure right?

Calzoni

Today I made some calzoni for my lunches with my mom. I have not had calzoni for a long time so I am looking forward to it!!

There is a lot of snow over here...I hope I can get to work tomorrow.

welcome 2011

There is something about the start of a new year. You have made no mistakes yet. But I guess you have not done brilliant things yet either. But that is the brilliance of a new year. You can start over again.

There are so many things I have not done yet, like go grocery shopping, or do laundry. Yes, I think of fun and exciting things.

In other news - I feel like I am going to get a cold.

Here's to a great year!!!