Five Question Friday

        

         1. What is the one place you never want to live? 

In a card board box! Or some place where it is considered a 3^rd world country and most of the people live in poverty.

2. Do you consider yourself to be a "picky eater"?  

As a child definitely but now I feel like I am willing to try new things. (If we are out at someone’s home I will eat my food even if I don’t like it just to be polite, unless it makes me gag which cross my fingers has not happened yet!)

3. What do you think people say about you behind your back?

Oh goodness I don’t really want to know what people would say about me. I hope nothing bad; a fear of mine is that people would talk about my acne behind my back. I know I have it and right now I just can’t get it under control and I have tried different things but nothing is working right now. (I am very insecure about having acne)

4. If you could own and operate any major business what would be?

A really successful architecture company or home builder company.

5. Do you feel as if you are a black-and-white only person, or a person who sees many gray areas? 

That is to say, do you have strong opinions on everything, or do you recognize the need to compromise? I feel like I have a good mixture in these shades. I do have my strong opinions on things and then other things I am will to compromise. It just really depends on what it is about.

Renovation Wednesday

So renovations have been on a bit of a stand still as you may have noticed with no renovation Wednesday posts lately. But there has been a little bit of progress happening. On Saturday when I went to River Dance with my mom Matt was at home working on the basement! He started to work on his storage room closet! He also did the electrical for both rooms, they now both have lights, and light switches. In Matt's storage room put up a shelf with 2 plug out lets above the shelf because that is going to be used to hold his battery chargers for his tools, say good bye to dead batteries! So I took a few pictures of what he completed that day. He wasn't able to work the whole day because he kept getting church phone calls and then we went over to a friends home for dinner. 

 



He even labeled and filled the draws with
 different screws and nails!



Yay light!

Light switch and plug outside!

He had to make this shelf high enough in order
to stick his golf clubs in this room.

Weekend Recap

Yay long weekend!


Friday

Today was great! This morning we had our Good Friday service. After church we just went home and I was able to get our laundry done and a few other things around the house. This evening we went over to my brother's house because he was having a bunch of our mutual friends over for a "party". It was really fun there was lots of music and so much laughing that my cheeks were so sore, you know when it starts to have that feeling after you eat something sour right in the jaw joints, ya that is what I was having I was laughing and smiling so much! I'm going to see if I can get a few pictures from Tiara (she was the only one who brought her camera).

Saturday

Today was really great, I got to have a fairly lazy morning and then I got to spend the afternoon with my mom because she was taking me to go see Riverdance for my birthday!  The performances were really awesome! My favorite part was called Trading Taps it was of a "tapping competition" between 5 guys, 2 against 3. But they made it really funny because when the one group of 3 were tapping the other 2 would look over at them and make gestures to the audience to make it seem like what they were doing was not good enough. It was just so funny and really good.

After that we went to this German store in Calgary called Edelweiss. Its always fun to go and look around in the store and then we had also had a German dessert! I had a piece of pound cake that was dipped in chocolate and my mom had a cheese cake.
 As soon as my mom dropped me off at home Matt and I were out the door to go to a friend's house for dinner. It was great to see them it had been a while since we had last seen them and spent some time with them.

Sunday

Happy Easter everyone! Today was great, we had a nice Easter service and after we went to my parent's house for a Easter Lupper (lunch/supper). It was so good! We also got to take left overs home so we get to eat them on Monday too! Then we had a nice relaxing evening at home.

Five Question Friday

1. What is your favorite sign of spring?

Longer days! I love that the sun rises earlier and that it sets much later, I just feel like I have more to a day when it is like this. Oh and the fresh smell in the air that spring has.

2. What was your best birthday ever?

Well I usually don't really do too much for my birthday but this birthday month (April) was the best for sure.

3. What is your favorite dessert?

 My favorite dessert is my birthday cake that my mom makes! It is fantastic. I should have taken a picture this year but I couldn't wait to eat it. It is a white cake (I think a french vanilla cake mix) with real whip cream (not the can or tub stuff) with fresh strawberries sliced up all over it. YUM! I really want cake now!

4. What is the best excuse you've ever used to get out of a ticket?

Well I have never been pulled over or in any situation to get a ticket. Not even a parking ticket. Knock on wood that this never does happen.

5. Do you wake up before your alarm, with your alarm, or after hitting snooze several times?

I have done all of these at least once. But for the most part I just wake up to my alarm. There is the odd time that I will wake up before my alarm but I'm trying to not make that a habit i would like to sleep as long as I can. 

Forward

Today my mom sent me a forward, usually I don't really look at forwards when I get them from people or if I do I usually skim then. But this one I actually read and wanted to share it with everyone.

Title: Stress!!
 

A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and  explaining stress management to an audience;with a raised glass of  water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question,  'half empty or half full?'..... she fooled them all..."How heavy is  this glass of water?", she inquired with a smile. Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz. She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how  long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold  it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.  In each case it's the  same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She  continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our  burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes  increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on." "As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and  rest before holding it again.  When we're refreshed, we can carry on  with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time  practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your  burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the  night.... pick them up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment.  Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it  and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!" 1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days  you're the statue! 2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to  eat them. 3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the  middle of it. 4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by  their Maker. 5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. 6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was  probably worth it.. 7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a  warning to others. 8 * Never buy a car you can't push. 9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then  you won't have a leg to stand on. 10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. 11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late. 12 * The second mouse gets the cheese. 13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live. 15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the  world to one person. 16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once. 17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are  pretty and some are dull.  Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box. 18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. 19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you  today. 20 * It was I, your friend! *Save the earth...... It's the only planet with chocolate!=

Weekend Recap

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine was pretty busy but really what else is new!

Friday

Today after work I finally got to watch the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I thought it was so good. I am a big Harry Potter movies and books fan! I didn't actually get to see this movie in theaters, so I waited until I could rent it on shaw and demand. Once I was home from work I got comfy and rented the movie (I watched it twice!). I wont go into any details because I don't want to give away anything to those who haven't seen it and are planning to, even though I did post a picture from the movie but if you have read the books you'll understand what it is all about.

I want to see part 2 now!!!

This part was funny and weird all at the same time

Saturday

Today is going to be a busy day! This morning I got up early because I needed to finish getting a few things ready for a youth service later today. Once I was ready I went and I picked up Hailey and we went to choir practice at church for the big Chief Apostle service in July (the one that I am doing flowers for). This choir practice was suppose to start at 11am but didn't start until close to 11:20am (I didn't really look at the time but I'm guessing around then). It went till 2pm ish and then I had to make sure that all the youth that were there had rids over to the other church where the youth service was going to be at. So I took a few girls in my car who had to come with me to Sobey's to get the food for after the youth service (nothing fancy just some hot dogs and a few other side dishes). We had a great youth service and a fun fellowship afterwords. I then drove a few girls home as did some of the other youth leaders and older youth, so we got home at about 8:30pm which really wasn't too bad at all.

Sunday

Today was another one of those busy days. First we had service at church, then we had a choir practice which was about an hour and a half. After that I got home and John and Rachel were at our house already because there was an open house at the home of the choir leader at our church since their second son had his baptism today and they wanted to invite everyone over. We were there for about two hours and then we had to make sure we were home again at a certain time because I had somebody coming over to our house to pick something up.
At around 6pm I got to go and visit my niece, can you believe that she is already a month and a half! Like really where has the time gone. It was a really great visit, I got to hold her and feed her and play with her. I stayed there for a few hours but I just wanted to make sure I left before it was dark (i still have to get ready for work the next day)

That was really about it I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Five Question Friday

        Dreams! 

           1. What was your most memorable dream? 
As a kid I dreamed about candy land. (I think it was inspired from a Simpsons episode, where Homer was in either a candy land or chocolate land. I know the Simpsons but I really think that is where it came from). It was a really cool place; I had that dream a number of times as a kid. 
As an adult I think I had one that I could get anything that I wanted, as an example if I were walking down the street and I saw something that I liked that someone was wearing I would think of it and then that exact item or outfit would be waiting at home for me in my size and to fit me perfectly. Wouldn’t that be amazing if that was actually able to happen? 

2. What was the worst dream you ever had?  
As a kid I had this one dream about a witch and I was in her castle and I couldn’t get out and I was being chased. It was really dark with scary movie music and all that. Now that I’m thinking about it again I really hope I don’t dream about it again. I had this quite a few times as a kid.

As an adult my worst dream would have to be ones where people in my life were dying or had died and there was nothing I could do. Just the other night I had one of those dreams, it makes me feel so confused when I wake up. 

3.If you had your choice tonight, what would you dream about?

About finding out I was pregnant and living my life with Matt and our children in our dream home. That would be the best dream ever!  

4.If you had your choice again tonight, what dream would you not like to have?

Any dream about anyone dying or being chased because someone wants to kill me.  

5.What was your wildest dream (the craziest dream you would dare speak of)? 
Usually the really crazy dreams are the dreams that I can’t remember once I wake up. So I would have to say I really am not sure.

Weekend Recap

This weekend was a really great one, a few hiccups here and there but it all worked out.

Friday

Today I got to go home early from work YIPPEE! (this was to make up for me staying late at work on Tuesday) Since I was off work early I was able to get some errands done before all the rush hour traffic. First I went to Walmart because I wanted to look at a few things that I saw in the flyer, how ever I didn't buy any of those things I bought some new tights, pantyhose and a new thermos for Matt since he threw out his last one because it had leaked all over his iphone which then he had to get a new one (he was able to get it for free even though they don't cover coffee spills in their warranty, what a charmer!) Any ways then I went to Costco because I need to get some pricing on flowers since I am doing the flower arrangements for our big Chief Apostle Service in July. If you have any suggestions for florists in Calgary that you know of that have been good let me know. After that I went to superstore to get a few groceries for Rachel's baby shower tomorrow.
Once I had gotten home and was making dinner I all of a sudden felt so sore. You know when you get sick and your body is so sore and you feel cold, well that is how I was feeling. It was so weird! I thought I can't be getting sick now I have a baby shower to go to tomorrow! Well I went to bed early wrapped up in blankets and was just hoping for the best.

Saturday

Today I woke up really early at 6:40am, I just couldn't sleep anymore but I was feeling totally normal again!  I was so happy that I was feeling good again because today is a busy day. So this morning I finished getting things ready for the baby shower this after noon. I made a cheese and cracker tray and a skor dip with cut up apples. I made sure to checked my list of things I needed to bring and then I got dressed and was ready to go. But I was waiting for my mom since she was going to come to my house so we would go together. She said that she was going to be at my house at 10:30am (because Alison, Leigh and myself were going to meet at Rachel's for 11am to start decorating) Well my mom didn't get to my house until 11am and I still had to go pick Hailey up at the mall since she asked me for a ride. So we didn't get to Rachel's house until 11:30ish. But its all good Alison and Leigh were already there setting things up and my mom and Hailey helped decorate as well. So we got everything ready and just waited for people to arrive. After everyone arrived we started with the food and then played games. The first game that we played was created by Leigh which was an awesome word scramble of baby items. Then we played "guess the size of Rachel's baby belly" We passed around some twin that they had to cut to size of what they thought the size of Rachel's belly is. Then I measured Rachel's belly with a piece of twine and then went around to every one to see how close they were in guessing. It was really funny to see all the different sizes they had cut. After that game we then started with the gifts. Rachel got so many cute items for baby Henry it was awesome. Here are a few pictures of the baby shower.

Beautiful decorations

Alison made Henry's baby shower banner

Leigh made these awesome cupcakes! They were delicious!

Alison made these super cute words of wisdom cards that we got everyone to fill out.

My mom made this awesome cake for Rachel's shower, it is carrot cake too which is Rachel's Favorite

Alison made these super cute labels for the water bottles.

It was great that the weather outside was beautiful but it didn't make for a great picture but I'm sure you all understand what we are going for here.

The Mommy to be

Alison,  Leigh , Rachel  , and me

Ducky Punch (funny story with this when we were first making it, it looked like swamp water. But a few drops of blue food coloring and vwa-la blue Ducky Punch.

YAY presents!

This is the diaper bag that I bought Rachel. When we were shopping one time this is the diaper bag that she really liked.

Rachel has a puppy named Rudy and I thought it would be a good idea if Henry (her baby) had a little Rudy that he could take with him where ever he goes.

Here is "little Rudy" for Henry

Sunday

This morning was so beautiful! The weather was so warm with a nice breeze. We went to church this morning and had a mini choir practice just to go over some songs that we would be singing for next Sunday. Then Matt and I went home and right a way open up a few windows since it is so nice out. We decided to just do a few things around the house and then relax.

Five Question Friday

 

1. Have you ever had surgery?

I have only had one wisdom tooth removed. I still have 3 more to get out :(

2. Ever ride in an ambulance?

No I have not been in an ambulance Thank Goodness!

3. How are you in a medical emergency? Panicked? Calm?

Well I hope I would be able to be calm but I really am not sure how I would act since I haven't really been involved in medical emergencies. I was around someone that was choking and I think I was pretty calm. (this person did survive just if your wondering)

4. Do you have a garden? Flowers or veggies?

I don't have a full garden, I would like one though so I could grow some veggies. I do however have a flower bed at the front of the house which does get flowers in the summer time.

5. When did you move out of your parents house?

I moved out of my parents house in 2006 at the end of July which is when we had gotten married.

My Birthday

Today is my birthday in which I turned 24. I really thought I was turning 25 for some reason, but hey that means I just gained a year! My side of the family celebrated my birthday and my brother's birthday on Sunday April 3 at my parents house (My brother and I are born 2 years and 2 days apart, my birthday is the 5th and his is the 7th). But today it was just Matt and I. He was really sweet and was asking me what he could make me for my birthday dinner, all I wanted was a toasted tomato sandwich. If you have never tried one you must! They are so good. So that is what we had for dinner.

But let me get back to how my day started at work. So I got to work and we had a really busy day a head of us, like super stupid busy. Unfortunately the other dental assistant had slipped on ice on her way to work this morning and had hit her head which then made her feel really dizzy and sick feeling. So she asked if I could do more of the clinical stuff today (which I don't have a problem with at all). But then at about 9:30am she said that she just couldn't do it anymore and asked our boss if she could leave. So then it was just me and my boss with the rest of the day a head of us. Well we got through the day with out too many problems the only thing was is that we had to stay an hour later because we were still working on patients. Also no one at work said Happy Birthday to me. Except one person said Happy Birthday to me but that was only after my mom had called my work to wish me happy birthday and told her. So by the end of my work day I was a little bit grumpy I just wanted to get home.

I got home and I was in a grumpy mood and covered in spit (well not completely, as a dental assistant sometimes there is splashing). So I went straight for the shower and then I told Matt all about my day and how it had made me all grumpy with it being on my birthday. After that I felt way better and then I had really stopped to notice that Matt had bought me flowers :)

As I had said earlier we had toasted tomato sandwiches for dinner and while we ate them we had watch the movie Little Fockers. It was pretty cute. To finish off my birthday I was able to go to bed early, man do I LOVE sleep!

Weekend Recap

Oh this weekend.... we got so much snow! But it was a little bit warm so the snow was sticky but there was a lot of it and unfortunately we did have to go out this weekend in all the snow.


Friday

Today was a great relaxing evening I just ran a few errands after work because it is suppose to snow over night and tomorrow all day! In the evening we made sure we got all of our tax papers together (really it was just Matt's stuff I was waiting on because I had my stuff done the week before).

Saturday

This morning I stayed home and watched all the snow fall. I also made mini banana muffins for the baby shower this evening for my new niece. At about quarter to 5 Rachel came to my house after her last prenatal class so we could go to the shower together. So we used Matt's truck to get to Karina's parents home. We made it there only about 2 minutes after 5pm which was surprising because I thought it would take us way longer with all the snow. When we got there just about everyone was already there and there were quite a few people there which I am so happy about that they were able to make it even with all the snow. We had some great food and played some fun games! Here are some pictures from the baby shower.

Here is all the food!

My Sister in-law and my niece

Here she is opening my gift to her that's why she is smirking at me, this is a plush pink blanket that says Baby on it.

A teddy with hearts on it.

I saw this 2 in 1 cover and thought it was such a good idea that way she can use it when going grocery shopping to cover the shopping cart or when going out for dinner and put it on the high chair.

Sunday

This morning we went to church, I went to our usual congregation and Matt went to a different one because he was scheduled there. So I had to use my car to get through all the snow to church and I made it no problem! We had a choir practice after service and then I went home and had a snow day.

Five Question Friday

             Happy Friday everyone! Thank goodness it is Friday, now I just have to wait till the work day is done and then it will be great.

 

       1.What's something you're really good at doing? I think I am pretty good at planning things.
2. What's your best character trait? I have no idea ( I really don’t like to talk about myself it makes me feel a little weird)
3. What do people often compliment you about? Umm I guess when I do flowers at the church people compliment me on that.
4. What's one of the nicest things you've ever done for someone? I’m not really sure what it would be because everyone has their own slightly different idea of what “something nice” is to do for someone.  

     5. What's your best physical attribute? I think either my eyes or my hair.