Nothing new

I know, I know I haven't blogged in a long time. Really I have nothing new to say. Life is busy - I feel like I work all the time and even when I am not there I can't really escape it. I still enjoy it - there is always more to do.
I get to go see Spoon and Chad Vangaalen this weekend in Calgary and I am very excited about that. I am going to a few too many shows these days but oh well. Yes I did spend $72 so that I can go see Justin Timberlake in August.

Blogging whilst sitting on my couching

I just rewatched the most delightful movie - Stranger Than Fiction. I really do love that film. So many things about it make me happy. I love watching Harold Crick transform into the man he longs to be and really enjoy watching two very unlikely people fall in love.
Now I am home and it is 12:46am on a Sunday night and I do not have to work tomorrow. The cherry on the top of my Sunday (sundae) is that I stole the laptop from work and I am writing this entry while reclining on my couch. I really do love the simple things in life - like the 4 chocolate macaroons I ate earlier this evening. I really want another one but I won't.
Angie and I are thinking on going to Montreal beginning of September. Are we crazy to think that we might drive? I don't know. I guess could do crazier things - like go there on a motorcycle. Now that would be crazy!

Pam + Jim = True Love Forever

Oh internet...how you seduce our generation

So I finally joined facebook. I figured the time had come. Now I see why many employers have banned it from the workplace. Searching for people can be endless. You find one person who then leads you to someone else and then another. My eyes are dry from staring at my computer screen. Wow, its the long weekend and this is how I am spending my time. I am a nerd but I am okay with that.
Looking forward to a quiet weekend at home. I am actually happy that it is raining.

Never a dull moment

Work was crazy today. So many things going on. People coming and going. Phone ringing off the hook. I am glad that it is over but it was actually a pretty good day.
I went to Kelowna this past weekend and it was really great. Went on a retreat and didn't know what to expect but turned out to be a refreshing weekend with some awesome people. Did have one bad evening when I plugged a strangers toilet and then proceded to break one of their chairs in a span of probably 10 minutes but it turned out okay. They were a very nice couple that made me feel better about it.
God reminded me this weekend of how blessed and loved I am. He put some challenges in front of me as well but I feel gave me the courage to face them too. So cheers to another lesson learned. Oh and lesson number two for me - don't sit on plastic furniture.

Good bye sun and hello rain.

Beautiful day

Oh the sun is shining today! Didn't wear my jacket. Please stay sun stay.

10 years - seriously? seriously!

Why is everyone all of a suddenly talking about a 10 year high school reunion?! I just read Angie's blog and that was what it was all about. And only moments ago I finished watching Grosse Pointe Blank - the story of a man who goes home to his 10 year high school reunion. Is everyone trying to freak me out. Ten years!!! You have got to be kidding me. I mean I am not unhappy with my life - I don't really have any regrets but ten years - yes I have a look of horror on my face at this very moment.
I am already thinking of who I can possibly bring as my date to shelter me from the pain. Oh high school wasn't all that bad and to be honest I can't really remember it (not cause I was drunk or high or anything) it just happended and then it was over. But is this how life is? Years mixed into a melting pot that drift away like vapors - seriously? seriously!

Okay I added a pic of John Cusack because I really dig him and he was the lead in Grosse Pointe Blank

To compete or not to compete

Just finished playing Settlers of Catan with my siblings. It often takes some twisting of my arm to agree to play. The last time I did I got so frustrated that I quit. It is amazing to watch people change when they compete with one another. I personally get pouty and frustrated if I am losing but don't have the drive to compete or manipulate my opponents. Where as my brother gets loud and works on strategy and will do anything to win. In the end he won - again. He really does play the best game but for me to have a good time I have to play with other people who don't like competing and who are nice to one another and give advice and can relax and enjoy it. In my world I would have everyone win in the end - unless of course I won. Funny how God did make us so different.
I love you Ben I just don't like playing games with you!

Easter break

Back in my home town this weekend, hanging out with the folks and the rest of my family. Life is a little slower here in Vermilion - not that my Edmonton life is on the fast track or anything. It's simpliar and I am the daughter again. Must say I am slightly bored - I actually watched the movie "13 Going on 30" (YIKES!).
I should go enjoy the folks, they are pretty awesome.
Happy Easter everyone. Thanks for the cross, Jesus.

Coming Home

Well I am now in Victoria and enjoying the last day of my vacation - my plane leaves her at 7:30 this evening. I just got back from brunch with my cousin Ashlee and her boyfriend Kyle. We ate at The Blue Fox which I have fond memories of from my last visit and it did not let me down.
I have had a wonderful time on my trip the coast but looking forward to going home - sadly I need to start making money again, nothing left to spend.

Things I will miss in no particular order:
the ocean
the Reis family - I got to see all of them this trip!
My darling friend Nicole, her husband Jordan and their beautiful baby girl Elisabeth
green, green everywhere
people treating me to meals! (thanks Sandra & Tiberio, Nicole & Jordan, Drew & Amber, and Kyle & Ashlee)
not working
discovery

CONGRATS JOEL AND ESTHER ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT!!!!

Chillin' In Vancouver

I am in Vancouver now visited my good friend Nicole. I really love Vancouver - its so green here and the air has that ocean smell to it. I got to meet Elisabeth and she is so awesome. Babies are amazing. She makes all of these funny noises and is so small I can hardly believe it. I wish I could post a photo but I can't plug my camera into this computer.
It is pretty crazy how fast you can love a new baby. It is great to watch my friends be parents. I really love the coast I could see myself living here someday.

On Vacation

It is Friday morning and I just got out of a hot tub that was outside and the rain was falling down ever so gently. I am on vacation and have no qualms about rubbing it in your faces. I love Vancouver island. I look out my aunt and uncle's window and I see both mountains and ocean - it doesn't get much better than that. I was a little unsure about going on this vacation by myself knowing that there be days when I would be totally by myself but it has been really great. I love that feeling of adventure even if it just driving around in a old truck through the streets of a town I sort of know. I suppose I have always been somewhat unsure of my independence but it really is freeing to know that I handle it well - and I enjoy even more than I thought I did.
My heart has been going through some renovations lately. My good friend tells me about a time when God taught her how to transition from loneliness to solitude. For me solitude has come fairly easily but there is some rooted loneliness attach to the idea of what I always believed my future would be. God is tugging at that root...
Check out my ride on the right

i'm not lost just undiscovered

Babies, babies everywhere

Okay so I am apparently at the age where all my friends are having babies. I have been to two baby showers in the last month and next week I am leaving to Vancouver to meet my friends newborn. Plus while at the last shower I saw my friend who is now 8 months pregnant. Babies are great - I love babies, but at the same time I get that longing inside of me. I have ALWAYS wanted to be a mother. For as long as I can remember I have had that "mothering instinct" I do it with all my friends and that is why I became a nurse and work with some grown men who are the biggest babies sometimes. Sigh, I am really happy for my friends but pouty at the same time.
Well I should go I have a baby quilt to finish. For now I will be "aunty" Heidi and that is probably just as good.

Happy Valentine's Day

Well just celebrated my 27th Valentine's Day as a single person. But I really wasn't bitter about it. I got to be with someone I love - my good friend Esther who I am sure is better than a boyfriend. Plus when I woke up in the morning the sky was bright pink and as corny as it may sound I took it as my Valentine's Day gift from Jesus.
So know I am at work and it is beautiful outside and a calm day at the clinic. Haven't had a day like this in quite sometime - I think the weather has a lot to do with it.
Oh and the day only gets better - The Office is on tonight. Sure it may be a little sad that a TV show brings me such joy and satisfaction but it is so funny I can't help myself.

Goodbye Fred

My week of sloth and hanging out with my friends has come to an end. I am pouting. I love my life as a part-time worker.
So I went to the first funeral for one of my clients yesterday. It was simple and probably only 30 people. I sat there thinking about Fred and the life he had led and how because of his addiction to coccaine he died of HIV and liver failure before the age of 50. It was sad and seeing his son and brother and niece made it even worse. But I was thankful that Fred wasn't suffering and I had a hope inside of me. I felt it serging, keeping me afloat as I sat in the pew. I knew Fred had some kind of faith - he spoke of a creator. And even though I didn't know if he had a personal relationship with Jesus I do know that my God is just and loving and I trust Him fully with Fred. I really don't want to go to another client's funeral but considering the line of work I am in it is probably pretty likely.
So Jesus please have mercy for Fred - sorry I didn't do more.

Days almost done

Today has been a good day at work. Not too stressful or anything - but I am tired. Worried I might be coming down with something I have really been needing more sleep lately and my body aches. Just 20 more minutes and I get to go home. Going to bed early tonight - oh what a gripping life I do lead! Sorry this post is so dull.

GRRRRR...

Went to Mr. Lube today to get a long overdue oil change. Finally after waiting in line for 45 minutes they tell me that they don't recommend that they service my car because I have some "serious" leaks in my oil pan and I should have a mechanic look at it. GRRRRRR... I hate cars - I have had so many problems with mine lately.
My fingernail on my index finger got caught on something and tore off on the edge of my nail...oh that stings.
stupid finernail
stupid smart ass teenager calling me ma'am and telling me he can't change my oil!

Day improving

Okay day getting better. Works hasn't been too crazy - as you can tell I have had the chance to post twice. PLUS I got to go out to lunch with my friends! Burnt my tongue on some broccoli but that is minor. I want to have a nap.

Just Another Manic Monday

I am at work wishing that I wasn't. I got in today and my coworker starts telling me how bad it was here last week and how busy it has been lately, sigh. So now I am hiding out in the back enjoying the calm before the storm and thinking about all the sleep I DIDN'T get last night. I am grouchy when I don't sleep.
Isn't the day over yet! I am whimpering - oh I am pathetic.

Waited for so long

FINALLY - my computer is working once again. I have been without a computer and the internet since boxing day. I got home from the holidays and my computer wouldn't turn on. It is amazing how dependent you can become on a machine, especially when it also acts as your stereo.
So I had a great Christmas and a low key but fun New Year. It is funny but it already feels like a long time ago since I have been working a lot since. It is nice to be back in a routine now mainly because I am not eating the gross amounts of food that I ate over the holiday.
Well I am dull nothing left to say.