What's in Your Favorites??

I realized that I have tons of favorites saved on my computer but I rarely check them... so...
I was just going through my favorites and saw some things that I would like to share :)

So this is one that Jehn turned me on to... I always forget about it, but it is a live camera in an African animal preserve and she's seen giraffe's, hippos, all SORTS of things! How cool!! I tend to turn it on at night :( Heheh... http://www.africam.com/nkhoro_cam1.php Check it out if you're ever bored!

This one I got off the news yesterday. It's more for the ladies... it's makeup! It's tons of different brands, like you would get off from Sephora, at huge discounted rates! Apparently it's updated every so often, and the products are always changing... so if you want to check it out, you can hit some awesome deals (plus the prices are in CANADIAN dollars!!!) http://bombshellbargains.com/home.php

Addicting Games is always good times if you're at work :P or if you're trying to avoid writing a paper.. it got me through school.. hehe... j/k (or am I???) http://addictinggames.com/

If you're looking for something to give you a fitness kick in the butt, I did this for two months and I HIGHLY recommend it! http://www.cardiocorebootcamp.ca/index.cfm/page/1/Home.html
They have locations all over, so check out their site to find one near you!

And then, this is my favorite site for finding a quick and easy idea for dinner... http://www.campbellsoup.com/default.aspx
Gotta love it :)

However, I have to say aside from my friends blogs, the site I couldn't live without is http://mail.google.com/mail/ YAY for GMAIL! hehehe!

Anyhoo... I hope those links keep you entertained or give you some ideas. Does anyone have any links they live for that they would like to share?? Or even one that is long forgotten that you keep because it's a fun site? I have more but they are on my old lappy :( Heheh

Wooohooo

So my birthday was a good day.
I was sickly so it's not like we did anything exciting, but it was still nice. Ry came home, he brought me a gerber daisy plant, a mini cheesecake, cold medicine, tissue with lotion, and he made me dinner. Then we just laid on the couch and watched TV until I fell asleep from the drugs :P
Friday was a bit better... I still wasn't feeling great, so I kind of relaxed during the day, then Jehn came and picked me up and we went to Vancouver.
We hung out at the apartment with her friend Steph and visited, then we went to the Cactus Club for dinner. We were going to make it a big girls night out, and I was going to invite some of my other friends, but since I wasn't feeling well, we just did dinner, had some drinks, and went back and had an early night.
Then the next day we went to Metrotown where I finally found a jacket.. that was only $15!!!! I love bargain shopping! Then we had some lunch at Ricki's, did a bit more wandering around, and went back to relax a bit. Rylan met us after he got off work and we went to Rascal Flatts.
OH MAN! That concert was SOOOOOO amazing! Jason Aldean opened and he was great... then RF was just incredible. They had fireworks and shite... it was really awesome!
It's funny though b/c I know some people I know are all.. oh, where is Rascal Flatts?!? HAH! No no.. it's WHO not WHERE! Hehehe.. but I like everything.. give me Metallica, Opera, or Country... I don't care :P
Anyhoo.. that's it.. how exciting eh? Now I'm back at work.. .it's finally sunny today so I'm going to head to the gym then go for a run.. see how long I last with my stupid still runny nose! Bah!
TTFN

Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeee!

Hehehe...
So I figured since it's my birthday, and I don't have much planned... other than being lazy since it SNOWED all lastnight and I'm waiting for it to melt a bit before I take out the non-snow car... I should update! Maybe THEN some people.. will stop hounding me :P (and I'm not pointing any fingers since there have been quite a few of you who have been harrassing me :P)
Where do we start?

Well I haven't really been on my computer much.. at the beginning of the year I kind of disconnected.. I've been training a bit more, so that was taking up a bit of time... plus I just kind of wanted me time to figure out where I was at, and where I want to be, etc... so I'm sorry if anyone feels as though I neglected them, but it wasn't personal... it was a blanket thing and trust me, I've heard it all! I won't do it again, but it was much needed and recharged and feel much better! Thanks for understanding :)

Rylan and I are doing really well. He's been great and we've definately stepped things up a bit with us... ya, this last week sucked because I was on graveyards, but he's been great and been putting up with me :) Heck the man even made me DINNER! *faints* More than once even! I couldn't even believe it!!! Hehehe.. he's a great man and I am so lucky! I even had a woman tell me that yesterday, but I will get into that more lately.

What else.. Hunter, Elizabeth, and Justin came to visit a couple of weekends ago... it was SOOOOOOOO great to see them! They were able to stay at our place, and while Justin was off learning, me, E & H went for a walk along the pond behind my place. It was great b/c H LOVED the ducks.. it was really cute, and they seemed to follow us all around the pond! heheh.. Nalla quite enjoyed it too as she LOVES duckies!
Then we went off to Old Navy, which unfortunately didn't have a maternity section, so we were heading off to another one, but we didn't make it there as we met up with Ry's sister Tara, her daughters Claire and baby Sammi, and her bf Chris. It was so much fun b/c we took the kids to this place called Jungle Jacks. WOW! It was great! It's this huge play place where it's like this big jungle with things to climb up, a crazy ball room, awesome slides... it's GREAT! I got to take my wee niece around with Liz and Hunter... it was soo much fun! I was pooped afterwards though! Then we had dinner at our place, and off went the DeVries family :S It was so nice to see them, and I am REALLY glad the weather was nice for their visit..
unlike today!

Ugh! You would think that if it's your birthday, you would be consulted on what you want the weather to be like! It snowed ALL night! It was so dumb! Rob (a friend from work) and I have the same bday and we are both quite choked.. so who asked for this snow?!?? Hmmppff!! Oh well, it's sunny, and gorgeous, and I'm loved, healthy (well somewhat.. I do have a cold! BOooooOOHooo!) Hehe.. so what else can I ask?

Yesterday Ry had to go into Langley, and as it was his only day off we decided to hang out for my bday. I picked out this super cute purse I wanted, but couldn't decide if I wanted the bigger one or smaller one. Then I couldn't decide black, or off white... so he bought be one of each!
I was stunned! I was just kind of standing there! And the woman who was helping us.. (she was this super sweet Chinese lady who is FRENCH! Crazy eh?) she leans over to me at the counter and whispers, "he is a really special guy. You hang onto him!"
It was so sweet!!!

She was right.. I really am lucky :)

Then we came home, and got ready, and we went for the most AMAZING dinner at this restaurant, Restaurant 62 http://www.restaurant62.ca/
It's a really nice place.. I'm so glad we went! The service was great.. and I got a free birthday dessert! :) It came with a wee candle on it, and Ry sang a quiet birthday song for me.. much better than those cheesy, loud, all the waiters embarrass you type things!!! YAY! I have the best man ever!

Okay.. well I don't really have anything planned for today as I said. I was supposed to hang out with a woman from work, go for dinner with friends of ours, but both of those kind of fell through so I think Ry and I will just have a quiet night together before our big weekend! I think Jehn and I may hang out in the city tomorrow and Saturday is Rascal Flatts! Yipeee! That will be AWESOME!
Then it's back to work.. boooooo!! Hehehe.. oh well.. soon I will take some time off and we'll go away. Hopefully in May for Kelly and Allison's wedding.. but as I may have 2 weeks of training sometime in May we have to hold off on booking it :( I hope we find out soon b/c I really want to go! Plus we are also going to go to NY while we're there so I REALLY hope it works out :S

HAHAHAHAH! One of my co-workers just called me and left a message singing Happy Birthday to me! Hehehehe.. I love my co-workers... :P

Anyhoo.. I think that's it for me...
BYEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

I hope that appeases you :P
(When I get some pictures I will post them... I have some cute ones of Hunter and our pets... )

Here You Go Travis!

LOL! How sad that Mel's bf is the one that kicks my butt to finally post :)
I've been meaning to for a while, but I guess when people actually point it out, it's harder to ignore how long it's been!

Anyhoo.. Happy Holidays! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Mine was kind of mellow this year. I went overboard with gifts because this is the first year I could really afford to go nuts. Although I used to go nuts, I just paid for it for the next 2 years! LOL! I hope everyone enjoyed their gifts, that everyone got their cards, and yes, I know there are a few of you who don't have your gifts yet, but they will be coming! LOL!

Our Christmas started a bit early this year. On the 16th Jehn and I made caramel corn and mocha mix to give out to some people. It was a lot of fun... then I came home, got changed, and went back there for a nice get together with Jess, her friend, Steph and Jehn. It was nice! Then the next night Ry and I got together with his sis, her bf Chris, her daughter Claire (who is 2 and SOOOOOOO cute!), Ry's mom and step dad, and his dad who got to town from Scotland the day before. It was nice... we did our gift exchange and had a lovely meal with chocolate fondue *drools* And just so you know, it was calorie free because dipping Fruit into the chocolate negates all the possible calories of the chocolate! :P
Then I had a couple days off, and went back to work.... graveyards BLECH!
Work was going alright, and then the second morning I was driving home and Ry called me to tell me he had been up all night SUPER sick, puking, whole nine yards. So when I got home I took care of him for a bit and went to sleep on the couch. However, I did bitch him out a bit b/c he insisted he wasn't sick, that it was just stress, I told him no matter what, if you are puking you're too weak to work, and that he should at least sleep in a bit before going to work. Well the dumbass tried to go to work at the normal time and almost passed out in the shower! HAH! Should have listened to me! LOL! Anyhoo.. as the day progressed I felt worse, but I thought it was just because of the crappy sleep I had had, but at about 3pm I realized.. NO! I was super sick too! So I called in sick and Ry was THANKFULLY feeling better by then, went to get me some gravol etc, he drugged me and I passed out.
Anyhoo... I went to work the next night, had the 23rd off, and worked a double on the 24th... didn't get off until 7am Christmas morning.
Ry and I powered through all our gifts then, and we were SPOILED!
We got lots of great stuff for the house, Ry bought me a beautiful while gold bracelet with a diamond heart on it, a new Samsung phone, and a great fuzzy robe (pink to match my new phone)
Then we had a nap, went over to his grandparents for a bit of a visit, then came home and went to sleep... then work again :S Oh well, that was my day 7. I came home, napped for a couple hours, then I got up and made pumpkin pies, then prepared dinner for Ry's family. It turned out really well, and his nana came over (with his dad, poppa, sister, claire and chris) and it was the FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS his nana came over!!!! (eventhough we live just down the road.. nothing against us, she just doesn't venture out much). It was great to see her outside of the house, and everyone had a great visit. Sure it wasn't "Christmas" but it was close enough and we were all together. However, next year I am REALLY hoping that we can go to Kamloops so I can see my family. This was my 3rd year away from home :S

I enjoyed my days off by going shopping (got a pair of GAP jeans for $13.99!!!!!), went to Costco with Jehn, then back the next night with Ry to buy our MINI DEEP FREEZE!!! Finally :D It's so great... now I just have to buy some stuff to fill it! LOL! Right now it just has some bread and fruit in it. Heheheh.... then Ry and I went to "The Pursuit of Happyness" with his dad and uncle. It was SO good! Very heartwarming eventhough the ultimate goal seemed like it was for Chris to be "rich"... it's an incredible story about beating the odds, and the incredible bond b/w father and son.. very moving.
Then yesterday I treated myself to a facial, after I did some work for Ry at his office :D

Now I'm back at work... but I got booked off for the Stat on the 1st and Ry and I are going to our neighbours for dinner. It will be nice to have the day off in the 7... somehow 6 days of work doesn't seem quite so daunting.
It's been really nice over the holidays... Ry and I have been able to spend a lot of time together. I hope it continues on into the new year, because this has definately been some of the best times we've had lately :D

Since this will probably be my last post of the New Year...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
All the best in 2007... I wish you all the best and look forward to hearing all of your adventures in the new year.

Take care all :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL!

Hope you're hangover got better :)
BTW my cousin's boy is now named... *drumroll* Ethan! So cute!

I am so stuffed b/c Elizabeth just made me such a good dinner and I got to play settlers with her and Justin.. and Munchkin... which I wasn't so good at b/c Hunter was helping me :)

It was so good to see them! Them and the snow.. makes me feel peaceful and Christmas-sy :)

In Kamloops.. if you didn't guess yet, and it's been good so far.. been able to spend tons of time with my grams which is nice..

Fill y'all in later.. now I'm going to chillax :D

Congrats!

Wow.. today is such a big day!
It's Liz's birthday... Happy Thursday ;) If you're not sure what that is feel free to ask!
And... my cousin Tracey had a baby boy at 4:30 this morning! YAY! I'm not sure how big, or what his name is, but when I find out I will let you know!
Wahooooooooooo!

And a delayed congrats on your wedding to Keith and Chrissy! They went to freakin Cuba to get married! I was supposed to go.. doh! Next time someone gets married on an island.. I'm SO THERE! :) Love you guys!

Let it Snow Let it Snow

So I haven't updated much lately, and I don't really feel like updating right this moment... but maybe later I will write more. I've been keeping busy and doing a lot of things, so I have to sit and think about what I'm going to write.
This weekend was the CRAZIEST snow storm! We have around 2 feet of snow in our back yard. I walked through to dig out a patch for Nalla to play with and it was up to my knees!
So anyhoo, Nalla played in it, got swallowed as she jumped in the snow off the path (it was literally over her head!)!! So we have this AWESOME pic of her jumping over a drift to get inside! Also I'll post a pic of the snow on our hedges... it's a bit blurry b/c our screen was frozen shut and I couldn't open it!
More to come... and pics from Maui when I steal them from Ry.

Our backyard before it snowed EVEN more!


Stylish Nalla in her puffy vest :)


And the BEST freakin action shot EVER! SUPER NALLA!!!!

Heheh... Can't wait for the next POTC!

Behind every truly great pirate, there is an even greater Voodoo priestess, and that would be you. You are the keeper of secrets so dark, so terrible, that they can only be warded off with a jar of dirt. Your home is full of curiosities, oddities, treasures, and mystical objects, and those who have good dealings with you can count themselves among the fortunate, as long as they know just what it is they're getting into. For your patrons, mortality is only a temporary obstacle. Dead, undead...it's all the same to you, as long as your customers can meet your demands for payment.

Which Pirates of The Caribbean Character Are You?
Find out at Shiver My Timber-- A Pirate RPG

So much to say, so little motivation to say it! LOL!

So I will put this..
just in case anyone wondered what I did for Hallowe'en ;)
You went trick or treating as BrainySmurf.
GeorgeWBush gave you TheSugarBowl.
ASquare gave you StrawberryPez.
CounselorTroi gave you AMagicEightBall.
LongJohnSilver gave you ACaramelApple.
You had a snazzy time until Rover burned down the church.

What's Your Trick-or-Treat Haul?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG

*FYI I actally worked that night.. but how fun would this haul have been? ;)

Holy 2 Years Just Flies...

Well, yesterday was our 2 year anniversary. We didn't do anything b/c I worked 3-11pm and we're celebrating next week. Well I told Ry that I didn't want to give gifts till we go away, but I came home to the most amazing roses in this gorgeous vase arrangement. He called the florist, who was there doing stuff for a funeral, and they stayed re-opened late for him (after he got off work)!!! What a guy! They are this gorgeous terra cotta color *ry's description* and just so beautiful! I wasn't expecting anything so it was really nice.
Then today I am having coffee in the AM with my friend Inder, and I get a phone call... "Jen come home! I've pinched a nerve in my back and can't move!!" OMG! So luckily I was just down the hill, I rush home, and Ry's sprawled on the bed. He was towelling off after his shower and something just pinched I guess.. so I help him into the car, which was OH so painful for him, take him to his chiro, who proceeds to tell him there is nothing really he can do for something as severe as Ry's back. So Ry's been bed-ridden all day and I booked off work to take care of him. Ugh.. I feel so awful for him! It's horrible seeing someone you love in so much pain.. I can't imagine how I will cope when we're older! I almost cried a couple times today b/c there was nothing I could really do other than give him his ice and some ibuprofen...
*sigh*
I hope he feels better soon!!
But just a note to Mel.. OMG! I could not be a nurse! You're a saint!! LOL!
Off to help my patient..

Happy Gobble Gobble Day!

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving :)
This weekend was nice, I have been off since last Tuesday morning at 7am! It's been awesome! I got so much done... cleaned the house, did my grocery shopping, got to spend time with Ry... my mom and step dad came for a visit... had coffee with my gf from Reitmans I haven't seen in FOREVER... just did tons!
Mom came with me and Ry to Tara's (his sister) house for thanksgiving dinner Saturday. It was really fun, and she got to meet his mom and such... it wasn't too bad. *phew*
LOL!
Anyhoo.. I have to do some ironing for work, have a shower, go to the gym perhaps, maybe not in this order :P then to work!
Hope you all have a great day, enjoy the week. I hope it's as beautiful everywhere else as it is here, gorgeous, clear, crisp, and sunny!
Love you! :)

Do you ever wonder what went wrong?

Sometimes I wonder; why was our friendship so easy for you to forget?
I think back to what happened and think that cannot possibly be the reason we do not talk anymore. I apologized, not for everything, but for what I felt I needed to, and tried to explain things I thought were simple misunderstandings. I realized you were hurt and felt badly for that, but it was not something I had done intentionally. Reflecting, I believe there had to have been something more, something bigger, that you did not tell me about, which stops you from talking to me. If so why did you not tell me?? You have forgiven others for much more painful and intentional things that they have done to you. You have forgiven them more than once, sometimes too many times to count. You have forgiven things they have purposefully said to hurt you, you forgave, because that is who you are. You are a wonderful, caring, and forgiving person who values her friends. Yet, you cannot seem to forgive me, why?
Is it because I did not want to see you hurt in a relationship that seemed to be forever hurting you? Maybe, but I thought we had gone beyond that and gotten past it, and I tried to understand, and just support you. No, I wasn’t sitting there with my pompoms but listened to you, and wanted you to be happy, and I thought you and I both understood that.
I really don’t think that’s what it was… but maybe I am wrong.
Maybe I am completely off by thinking that there had to have been something bigger for you to have given up so easily… maybe you thought I gave up? I never gave up, I just did not want to apologize for things that I did not think I had to. I tried to make you understand where I was coming from, is that why? I didn’t say, “I’m sorry, you’re right, I am a horrible person, I did horrible things, and it’s all my fault, please forgive me.” Is that what you wanted to hear? Is that why?
After that I did not say anything more, I did not fight to try and talk to you, because I thought we would move beyond it. I thought you would talk to me when you were ready. I did not know that whatever happened hurt you so deeply… but maybe not.
Maybe it was something more, and you felt I wasn’t the kind of friend you wanted anymore. Maybe you did not value the friendship we had anymore. Things had changed, yes, I was busy, we didn’t see each other as much, but we were trying… at least, that’s what I thought? I know I had changed, but I was never trying to leave you behind, I was just trying to reach my goals. I wanted to be a better person, and experience new things, different things, and I was hoping you would be there with me as you had in the past.
I have no idea what really happened, because it just does not make sense to me.
I don’t know if you felt that I used you, or that I had been treating you like shit, or maybe you just don’t care that I’m not in your life now?
I honestly don’t know, because I have never once wanted to hurt you. I know you were friends with other people for longer before you forgave them for all the crap they put you through… maybe that’s part of why it’s so hard for you to forgive me. It is not like we were friends forever, but for some reason I never thought that mattered. From day one I felt like our friendship was different. I thought we could talk about everything, that we would be walking around when we were older, looking so great, giggling about the other older ladies that had made the mistake of dying their hair blue. We would be friends for years to come, that’s what I thought. Despite what you may have thought, what you may think, I don’t give a shit about what you have or don’t have. I have no idea if that is what is you think, and I can’t imagine how you would ever come to think that. I thought you knew that I loved you, your family, and that I loved you for who you are not for what you have... but I guess not.

One day maybe you will tell me what happened, maybe you won’t, maybe you don’t even give it a second though. You were my friend, you did so much for me, and I tried to do the same for you. I tried to be there for you, but I guess you think I wasn’t.

I guess I never thought either of us would give up so easily on our friendship, because it meant the world to me, and I thought it meant the same to you. Maybe I was wrong.

Finally it works!

This is our beautiful angel little Claire bear! She was sooooo sleepy after being in another wedding! LOL! She turned 2 in July..



And this is Shona's gorgeous, squishy chub monster Quinn... he's 3 months old!

I love Autumn and I LOVE days off!

So let us see... I think I will try and throw together a real live post! Here goes!!!
I just got through working 7 graveyards. Wow, that was the funnest thing I have EVER done! And when I say funnest, think, fun as in poking out my own eyes with a plastic spoon fun! Meh, what can I say... it's a job, it's closer to what I want to be doing for the rest of my life, and it's allowed me to start a real savings plan for the future... so that makes me happy :)
I still really want to get into policing, but there are SO many things to consider now. Do I really want to take 6 months out of living and go through more training? Sure... but where? And how will that affect my relationship with Rylan? I'm sure we would make it work, but what if we have kids? If I have kids I can't imagine leaving them behind... so no matter what, I know that if I am going to change my career I most definately have to do it in the next year or so. Oh well... I still have time! No kids yet, just my furry ones and Ry ;)
Speaking of Ry, things are going amazingly! We went ring shopping the other day!!! *beams* I am sooooooo happy! It's not going to happen tomorrow or anything... but maybe the end of the year, beginning of next... really it COULD be tomorrow and I would be surprised. Either way, whenever it does happen I will be super surprised, super happy, and of course, super in love :D
We went to Spence Diamonds and the woman who helped us was awesome. Ry actually picked out the ring that I fell in love with! *cheers for Ry* I'm not sure how much, and I don't know if he bought it then (he says he didn't.. b/c that would be kind of weird), or when he's going to buy it.... but it's picked... I almost cried in the bathroom I was so overwhelmed! LOL! I'm silly, but I'm sure that's not too shocking since I actually am quite the cry baby when it comes to stuff like that :)
I can't wait to call everyone and tell them about my wonderful news when it happens!
So far no plans or anything. It won't be for a couple of years, just for all you curious folk ;) Probably late 2008, 2009 or something. I dunno.. we'll work that all out after! We have TONS of time :) Just thought I would share that news with you all!
Got to see my friend Chrissy yesterday. I haven't seen her in FOREVER! We kept trying to meet up and our schedules didn't match.. it was crazy! We finally got together for lunch and hung out at her new place for a bit. It was so nice to see her! Now I have a few more people to meet up with that I haven't seen in ages... can't wait for that! It's so hard working shift work and trying to meet up with people. When they think we can hook up, my schedule changes, and we have to try and find a NEW time to meet! Bah! Oh well!! I am going for coffee with Liane today which will be great! I don't think I've seen her since the beginning of the year! Time sure has been flying by! Another aspect of 7 day work weeks.. by the time you've worked 2 boards it's almost the end of the month!
OH! We're going to get a puppy :) In May next year the LG rep's hoping to have more pups (since she has a boy and a girl she breeds) so we've reserved one! We could probably find one sooner, but we know her dogs and we LOVE them! They a really cute, super friendly, and have GREAT personalities... we're hoping for a black boy who will be named... Buster! :D
Let's see.. what else.. treated myself to a facial the other day.... it was great! The esthitician was SO good! She started explaining my skin right from the minute she walked in, and the whole thing was almost 2 hours! It was great, except at the end I was getting a bit anxious to leave! LOL! I can only handle so much relaxation.
The weather has been so amazing! Sunny, blue skies, crisp fall air... I love this time of year! The leaves changing colour, flowers still blooming, squirrels running around hoarding their peanuts and barrying them in my yard! LOL! Sorry, Nalla is barking at them as they are running through our yard right now!
Hmmm...
What else.. ooh! My mom is coming to town this weekend.
I'm looking forward to it, but it's unfortunately become somewhat drama filled.. but when isn't my family full of drama?? LOL! At least, I think she's still coming... she's not feeling well (stupid cold that's going around)... so we'll have to see how she's feeling in the next couple of days. Tara (Ry's sister) is having a big dinner on Saturday! Can't wait! I get to see my gorgeous niece and her cuz (Tara's bfs Sister's son) Quin! Too cute! I will try and post pics if Blogger is feeling cooperative later.. since it is NOT right now! I am making pumpkin pie... although I have to say I'm going to be lazing and I BOUGHT my crusts... ooh! Such a rebel :P
I love my new job.. it lets me read and read and read... HAHAHAH!
I finally read Confessions of a Shopaholic, that my cousin Trista leant me... now I bought the others off ebay! For SUCH a great price! I got the bigger books, that are regularly $16.95 each, for less than $8 each after shipping! YAY! And they're in almost mint condition! It's so awesome... gotta love ebay! I know Mel will second that ;)
I should get up and get ready for my day... I've been sitting here, enjoying the sun outside, updating some stuff, chilling with my pug.. :) It's great to have days off...
I just want to say hi to everyone.. and that I'm thinking of you! Hope everyone is doing well!
Have a great turkey day!

He Works in Mysterious Ways

My thoughts and prayers go out to you Carrie and Mark.

They lost their boy Caleb after a difficult birth... he was just shy of 24 weeks.

He's with you always, watching you, and knowing how much you loved him, and how much you always will.

May God be with you and bring you closer together during this difficult period.

*hugs*

Wow.. so I haven't really been on here in a while.. and honestly this is not going to be some big update.. I'm on my last night of graveyards tonight (out of 7 in a row) and I'm pretty bagged today!
Just wanted to post this link here... http://www.canadianmums.ca This is a really cool site that Ry's sister and her friend created. It's a bunch of links to sites that are geared to Canadiam moms, and they have a bunch of forums.. http://www.canadianmums.ca/forum/index.php that are SOOO great! I'm not a mom, but I joined (you have to to be able to read the forums)... and I LOVE it! Yes, there is a lot of chat about kids, and pregnancy... but there is a lot of chatting about everyday life and such. And let me tell you.. it's great to see all the pics of the beautiful babies and such :) It's nice to have such a great bunch of ladies to talk to... so I would HIGHLY recommend you join if you're a mom, expecting, trying to conceive, or just want some cool ladies to talk to :)

And I promise.. I will post more in the next few days :)

Long Weekend

Okay.. well let's see.. I worked graveyards last week and then bombed up to Kamloops Friday morning.. had a nap after chatting with my mom and paul and then went for coffee to my grams' house.
That was really nice.. my cousin Trista and her kids were there, my cuz Ryan, then my Auntie Mamie popped by for a bit, and before I left my Auntie Jackie came home so I got to see her. I was there for about 5 hours!
While we were talking my little cousin chloe who is 5 says to her mom Trista .. "I don't clean my room because I'm lazy!"
HAHAH! At least she's honest!
Then after that I went for dinner with Ryan and Doug... met Ry's gf Amanda who I met a few years back and is a sweetie... and got to spend some much needed time with my newly biker-ish cousin! HAH! So weird to see him all tattooed up and riding a Harley!
After a quick dinner I went over to my buddy Paul's house and we went to meet Dustin for coffee. It was good to see them both...even if Dustin's head was all holey! Hehehehe.
Saturday mom and I went to Tristas, did some shopping, went to the casino with Paul, won $$$, went for lunch, then I went over to Liz and Justin's.
It was so awesome.. I got there a bit early and got TONS AND TONS of Hunter huggles! It was so great, he would hug my neck, cuddle in, and then squeeze! It was so amazing! I love cuddle babies :D Then J and L made an amazing dinner, along with the contributions from their friends (gotta love potluck) but Liz's lasagna was AMAZING! The BEST I've had in.. well FOREVER! :D
Then we had a great round of quip it.. "Correct-yo-teeth"!!! HAHAH! oh man.. it's incredible what some people come up with ;)
Then we played Suburbia.. booyah our team won! Even though I was the non-teaching link I sure came up with some good answers.. HAH! Foo-foo berry and green apple indeed!
After everyone left Wendy, Justin, Liz and I got to play Settlers.. OH MAN! What a WICKED game! I love love love it!!! I need to convert my man into a games man :D
I got home a bit late, but it was so worth it.. love you guys!
Then Sunday was a day spent shopping for mom's house... I surprised her with all the goodies I picked up.. we de-cluttered her living room a bit... I felt like I was on some reality realty show and was staging her house :P She loved all of it! Then grams and Auntie Jackie came over for dinner and we had a lovely visit and great food again.
The rest of the night was just spent relaxing, visiting with mom and Paul, and reading.
I left early Monday morning and made it home by 10.. no traffic at all! Gotta love leaving early.
All in all it was a really great visit.. so much better than the last stress filled visit I had. It was great to see all my family.. I miss them and wish I could see them more! If only I had a jet and more $$$ for gas and toll! *don't we all!*
The last few days have been just relaxing.. today Ry was finally off as well so we did a TON of running around and crud. I went to Old Navy and spent a bit of $... good thing I only go there every 2 years or so :D
Anyhoo.. now I'm just wasting time before bed... so.. toodles!

Cutest Baby and Pug EVER!!!

So lastnight Ry's old roomie came over to visit.. and brought his gorgeous baby Mya. (which is good b/c we told him he can't come over without her ;))
Anyhoo.. she was fascinated with Nalla, and started to shake and giggle when Nalla licked her, or me!
Here are some pics of the happy girl! (she's about 5 months now).... At first she didn't seem to sure...



Then she thought.. HEY! This is soooo fun :)







And as a bonus some pictures of our fat little sausage.. I mean Pug! Hehehe.. she's gotten so porky.. but she's too cute :D

FINALLY PICTURES!!!

I can't believe it finally worked!!!!
So this is the crazy mutant plant that Ry bought for me... So cool!!
What a sweet guy :)



This is a close up of the stem that is me and Ry joined together.. Hehehe!!



This is a pic of our bookshelves..


And here is our super deal sideboard that we got for the dining room of our kitchen!!

*I LOVE the vase we bought too... and the flower we got from Michaels (I picked it out :P) Ry didn't like it but when we got it home we both LOVED it!

And this is a bigger pic of the dining room...

*yes there is some crap off to the right.. it's our BBQ because our house is being pressure washed! HAH! Good thing I haven't wanted to BBQ :D

I know the quality isn't that great because I took the pics at night and the lighting kind of sucked.. but whatever! I am going to get some more pics posted at a later date of the rest of the house.. since I realized I haven't posted any!!!

Where do I start?!?!

So things have been going really well. I've been working a ton.. managed to get a couple of OT shifts last block so that was good. But it kind of sucks because I haven't seen Ry a whole lot since he's been super busy at work and such... I see him for a minute here and there.
The other day I stopped by his work and wrote a couple things down on a list that he needed to pick up for work for him.. and as a goof I added "Flowers for Jen Jen because you love her" (yes he calls me that :P) Anyhoo he freakin actually bought me flowers! It was so awesome! And they were so cool! He's all.. look at them.. really look at them.
And finally I saw it!
It's freakin crazy! The two in the middle are joined.. they grew together.. and you know what he says? The two are us.. together, and the other two on the side are Nalla and Cara :) How sweet!

I love that guy :D
Anyhoo.. because we havent' seen each other much we decided to take some days off together (I had 4 off and booked one extra). So we spent most of our days just hanging out, doing stuff around the house and such. Saturday we went to IKEA and bought the much needed book shelves for the office (FINALLY!!! we finally finished the room!!!!) While we were there we picked up a couple of other things and decided to browse the As-Is section.. because who doesn't!!! And we see this gorgeous side board for the kitchen.. it's the same black brown as our mirror that we got there.. and it's reg. $290 on for $149 because one of the drawers sticks. Well I notice a SMALL scratch.. and we got it for $125!!!
Isn't that awesome!!

Anyhoo.. then today Ry's friend Johnny came up from Washington. Ry has known him for a long time but he goes to school down there and they havent' seen each other in AGES. Well he came up and I FINALLY got to meet him. So we went for lunch at this restaurant on Granville Island.. soooooo nice out today! Sat right by the water.. it was gorgeous!!! Then we went out to Capilano Suspension Bridge.. unfortunately we didn't have our freakin camera.. but wow! It was great! Ry doesn't like heights we found out.. but we did the whole treetops and such.. and of course bought some fudge!!! :D Can't leave without fudge! Then we went to the Cleveland Damn and then we went up to Grouse! It was so awesome I hadn't been out there before and we caught the lumberjack show and then this bird show.. it had some hawks, a falcon, and an owl... it was soooo awesome! Then we had a quick bite over looking the city! It was beautiful and such a wonderful evening!! OOH! I forgot.. we also saw the grizzly. It was so sad to see them enclosed, but it was so majestic being so close to one! then we saw the Timberwolves.. I really don't think they should be held there :S
Aside from that.. it was a gorgeous evening and I had a great time! It was good for Ry to see his buddy again, we got along well and well... it was just a great end to a wonderful bunch of days off!

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