Day 30: A Dream for the Future

It's the last day! I may not have done 30 posts in 30 days, but I did manage to do them all which is an accomplishment.

Right now I have one dream for the future. To marry C, but a nice house somewhere in the country and start our family.

Day 29: Hopes, Dreams and Plans for the next 365 days

1) Graduate! - In September I will be entering my fourth and final year of English and Professional Writing at York University. I'm on mixed feelings when it comes to finally being done school, but I know one thing for sure, I am definitely done! I briefly kicked around the option of teachers college, but that is no longer in the cards for me. I've been in school long enough, I've spent enough money pursuing higher education if this can't help me find a career then I am not meant to have one.

2) Find a Job - This may be wishful thinking in today's economy, but I desperately want to work somewhere else. At this point I would be willing to become a garbage woman rather then continue at my crappy retail position which I have held for the past 7 years

3) Eat Better - I seriously need to crack down. I'm constantly just driving through somewhere because it's so much easier, but if I want to start looking for wedding dresses, I need to be at a weight I'm comfortable with. I also want to feel healthier and that is not going to happen with fires and burgers

4) Exercise - Same reasons as above

6) Cross some serious items off of the wedding list - Major things include photographer and DJ

7) Save money

That's all I can think of right now. 365 days from today I will be about 9 months away from my wedding day, so I'm sure my hopes, dreams and plans will have changed significantly. Maybe I will repost this again a year from now.

Day 28: What's in your handbag/purse

...This could be embarrassing. I joked with C yesterday that I was going to clean out my purse before I did this post. I tent to just throw things in there and forget about them, so who knows what we will find!

That is everything that is currently in my purse. I consists of:

*My Sunglasses
*3 lip glosses

*3 wallets/change purses (The Coach one holds change, the XOXO one is my main wallet with cards, money and other crap and the Louis Vuitton literally has nothing in it, I don't know why it's there)
*My blackberry
*Keys
*Hair Clip
*A pen cap (don't know where the actual pen is)
*45 cents
*A Metro receipt
*A Freshco receipt
*A McDonald's receipt
*A Dollarama receipt
* My Camera and a book - Two things that I never leave the house without
That wasn't too bad.

You would think I would take this opportunity to actually clean the purse out. But no. I just casually shoved everything back in.

A different problem for a different day.

Day 27: My Worst Habit

I can think of a few:

-I pick at my nails constantly. Even my fake ones. I have also been known to bite (horrible!)
-I procrastinate. A lot. I will know I have a paper due in three weeks, but yet I will still only be starting it the weekend before. I have always been like this. I have come to the conclusion that I work better under pressure, so I just go with it.
-C has pointed out in the last week that I was the word 'like' constantly. I will be telling a story and repeat a conversation by saying "then I was like" "then she was like" and so on. This is another thing that I have done for years, I don't even notice it anymore, and I can't help it.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Day 26: Your week in great detail

I'm posting from the boys computer tonight because I was too lazy to bring my own, so this will be a picture free post.

I don't think I can remember everything I've done for the last week, and I'm way too lazy to write out everything that I can think of, so your getting this post in point form.

Saturday: C's grandfather's memorial (very early day!), lazy day at home with C which included Wendy's, a nap and The Perfect Storm

Sunday: slept in, spend most of the day reading my book, showered and got ready for soccer, headache from hell, McDonald's, bath, bed

Monday: I worked late, and I was still recovering from above headache, so I spent most of the day in bed. I finished my book, worked customer service from 5 - 9, C picked me up and we spent the evening with my daddy, until my brother and his girlfriend came home

Tuesday: A typical day with B and K. Breakfast, t.v, N came over with baby B and we walked to the grocery store, as well as shoppers. I wanted to deposit a cheque I had but I forgot it at home, stopped for pizza with the girls and spend some time catching up with N. C picked me up at 5 and we went to his house for the evening

Wednesday: Same routine with the girls. Finished another book.

Thursday: I worked late again, but I actually tried to be productive during the day. I got some stuff done for school, including applying for my bus card, and looking up my book list. Went to work at 5, C picked me up at 9 and dropped me off at home, and I spent the evening scanning his baby pictures for our wedding slide show.

Friday: You can read about Friday here

Saturday: Today has been pretty quiet. I worked (of course). C and I have spent the evening on our computers (me pricing my books for school, and he's fixing his mom's computer)

This was actually pretty boring. My week has been relatively uneventful. Sorry!

Laziness

I'm not even going to try to make an excuse this time. I just haven't been motivated at all to blog.

I have been busy, busy searching for and scanning pictures for a slide show for the wedding. I have some adorable ones of baby C, that I'm trying to talk him into letting me post.

I'm starting to come down from summer, and realize that back to school is just around the corner. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Normally I'm super excited to go back to school (I'm a loser like that), I'm normally stir crazy after a couple of weeks, looking for something to occupy myself, but this year seems to be different. I don't know if my classes just aren't appealing to me, or if I've been on break for so long, I've forgotten what school is like. Really I think I'm nervous going into my last year. As soon as April comes I will actually need to find myself a real job. No more sleeping in until noon, time to grow up. Anyways enough about that, I again have some catching up to do. OH and this is my 100th post! (never, ever thought I would get here). I know most people do something creative to celebrate, but I'm just not that talented. Suggestions are welcome, anything you want me to write about? answer? whatever.

Day 22: A Website: I'm pretty boring. I have three websites, that I visit frequently, Facebook, blogger, and goodreads. Other than that I only look elsewhere for research, or if C tells me to go there.

Day 23: A Youtube video: Look above, I only go in youtube if someone sends me a link. My brother did show me this one yesterday which I thought was cute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee6ieYi7hkM
....I hope that worked

Day 24: I live in a city just outside of Toronto. I can't really say much about it other than that C and I have big plans to move. It's not what it used to be, and I'm actually a bit of a country girl at heart (although I would never give up my high heels and cute summer dresses for jeans and rubber boots). I would love to move to a small town, own a bunch of land and have a huge country house. With horses. And possible pigs because I think they are cute.

Day 25: My Day, in great detail: Are you sure you want to know? I woke up at 7 and got myself ready to go to my sisters to watch the girls. I got into a slight argument with my mom before I left the house (I won't get into it) and had to stop for gas on the way there. I'm not great at getting gas, in fact I pretty much hate it. I picked a shell station which I thought would be fairly easy to get in and out of, and pulled up to a pump, but my gas tank was on the wrong side. Fine, I move, and get to a pump that is pre pay only (this happens to me EVERY time. I swear pumps in which I can go in and pay don't exist anymore) Now I'm pretty annoyed, but I figure I will just put the gas on my debit card and keep the money my dad gave me. Fine. I enter the amount, wrong, so I had to cancel, which takes a lifetime. I finally get it all figured out, get my gas, and try to leave, finding out the the exits from said gas station are only one way.....going the WRONG way. Now I'm fully in a bad mood. I get to my sisters, and lay on the couch, hoping that B, who normally sleeps until about 9 will sleep in today because of the little sleep I had the night before. Nope. Today she decides that 7:50 is a great time to get up. I get both the girls and myself fed and dressed, talk to the bestest on MSN for a bit (she just bought a car! very excited for her) then head out with an old friend, N and newest addition baby B, for a walk to the bank. While out I decide to stop at McDonald's to get a drink for K and myself. We walk home, I say my goodbyes to N and baby B, get in the house, only to find out that I was given coke instead of Diet Coke I can't drink regular, I'm diabetic.) Not my day. I make lunch (mac and cheese) and put B down for a nap (not going to lie, I napped with her. Had a few fights with a 16 year old trapped in a 5 year olds body. Drove home, made dinner for C and I, watched Degrassi, and Say Yes to the Dress, while C fixed my computer which decided it no longer wanted to start about 3 this afternoon, and am now blogging, and getting ready to go home for the night. I've had better days.

And Finally, Favourite Fridays at Jen's blog

This one is probably over done, but I loved the shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella. I found the writing hilarious, especially the situations she got herself into. I could also really relate to her, because I can find any way to justify a purchase. I will literally talk myself into it, using the most ridiculous excuses imaginable.



Another one that I read recently was Marrying Up by Jackie Rose. I got this book for 5 dollars at Chapters, and was actually pretty word about it, but it turned out to be really good. It's about a girl who writes obituaries for a living, who decides to write her own as a therapeutic exercise. She decides from this that marrying rich is the way to solve her problems, which leads her on an hilarious journey with her best friend to find the perfect rich man, which of course leads her to the exact opposite.

I think that's enough for today.

Playing Catch Up.....

.....So after that weekend I obviously fell behind on my 30 Days of Blogging.

Day 18: My Future Wedding:

When I first got engaged my wedding involved this:

Casa Loma in Toronto. Beautiful venue, but way too ridiculous with the restrictions.

And this:

I haven't totally given up on this one yet, I'm working on C.

My actual wedding will be held here

The goal is to have a beautiful reception, filled with lots of flowers and candles. I will still have a slight princess theme and wear a poofy dress, and probably a tiara. Despite what a lot of my friends think, I don't want anything over the top. My wedding will be fairly big, but I want to keep it as simple and traditional as possible. For example, I don't want a 10 tier cake with a fountain and bridge. I more attracted to a simple three tiered cake with flowers and the traditional bride and groom sitting on top.

Day 19: A Talent of Yours:

I don't consider myself very talented. I used to dance (Jazz, ballet, musical theater, acro, lyrical) but I stopped when I was 13 so I don't think it counts as a talent anymore. I like photography, but I don't consider it a talent, more of a hobby.
I;m pretty good at remembering song lyrics and naming songs just from listening to the first few bars. I don't know how many people remember the show "Don't Forget the Lyrics" with Wayne Brady, but I used to watch it religiously and I was pretty good at it. C used to joke that he was going to put me on it, because I would win. So it's kind of odd, but I guess it can be considered a talent.

Day 20: A Hobby of Yours:

As mentioned above, I consider photography a hobby. I like it, but it's not something I would pursue professionally. I also like to scrapbook. I find it relaxing, and a good way to preserve memories. Most of the time I can't be bothered to drag out all of my stuff to do it, but when I do I always enjoy it.

Day 21: A Recipe:

I have covered many times on this blog my lack of cooking ability. I don't deny that I am hopeless in the kitchen, and that if it weren't for C, I probably wouldn't eat. One recipe that I did find, and that I do enjoy making when I feel motivated it Ranch Chicken. It's pretty easy (it has to be, if I'm going to do it)

You need:

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Ranch dressing
Italian Bread Crumbs

Take the chicken and dip it in the Italian dressing, then roll it into the bread crumbs. Place the chicken on a tray (I would put tin foil down or they will probably stick)

Cook on 350, for about 45 minutes.

It so good and really easy. I normally make either scalloped potatoes, or rice to serve with it.

Day 17: An Art Piece

I'm not even going to pretend that I'm a person that is interested in Art.

I like photos. My room is covered with pictures of friends, family, my nieces, or C, but nothing artistic. I assume when I get my own house and have more walls to fill I will buy photographs of artistic scenes. I like landscape photos, things like beaches, forests, old cities, sunsets. Here are some examples:

*All photos were found through google. I do not claim to have taken any of them*

I think this is about as artistic as my walls will ever be.

I have a very busy weekend coming up. C and I are taking K and B to Wonderland tomorrow, then we have his grandfather's memorial and a birthday party on Saturday, plus soccer on Sunday, so busy, busy, busy. I'm hoping to keep up with my 30 days of blogging while all of this is going on.

I also managed to finally get out an see Charlie St. Cloud with a good friend on Tuesday. I read the book, and was less than impressed. I found the narration very sporadic, and confusing. Time jumped without any warning, and half the time I was questioning whether the characters were alive or dead. Overall I was pretty disappointed with the book. The movie was 10,000 times better (Zac Efron may or may not have had something to do with that). I found it really different from the book, but for once I thought it was a good thing. It flowed so much better, and just generally made more sense. I teared up several times, but you will recall from my list of 20 favourite things that I enjoy movies that make me cry, so this was a good thing. So for the first time in my life I am going to advise you to simply skip the book and just see the movie.

And I think I have gone on long enough for today.

Day 16- A Song That Makes You Cry (or nearly)

Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses.

This is a very popular father/daughter song at weddings, and I have yet to make it through the entire song without balling like a big baby (this includes hearing it in random places like the car, malls, my house.....). I can't explain why. It's just such an emotional songs.

I did have a much longer post planned for today (in which I would have mentioned a lot more songs that bring me to tears...I'm a emotional person) but I for some reason can't keep my eyes open for any longer today. I'm exhausted. So I'm going to pop a movie into my DVD player, climb into bed and will save all of my useless information for tomorrows post.

Until then!

Yet another fail....

I feel like I haven't been on blogger in a lifetime, and it's only been 3 days!

I missed a couple days of my 30 day blog challenge. I have no excuse other than the fact that life got away from me. We have had a busy weekend, which ended yesterday with a surprise 20th birthday party for my brother's girlfriend. So today will be spend playing catch up.

Day 13: A fictional book.

So seeing as I have talked about my favourite fictional books a few times on this blog, I figured I would use this topic to tell you about a fictional book I just finished reading.

Stolen is the second book in a series by Kelley Armstrong. I read the first book, Bitten, and had a hard time getting into it. I found a lot of it was character development and much of the action didn't take place until more then halfway. So I was bored for the first half, but once the action picked up I was hooked on at least giving the second book a chance.

Stolen was completely different and had me completely entranced by the first page. In Stolen, sole female warewolf, Elena, is captured and held hostage by a group of humans who are studying her for research purposes. While in captivity she meets many other kinds of people from the underworld, including witched, demons, shamans, and, of course, vampires. Stolen was filled with action, and kept you guessing about the fate of all of the main characters the whole way through. I have basically decided that these books are Twilight for adults. They deal with the same subject matter but are written in a much more mature manner, and deal with heavier subject matter. After reading Stolen I definitely recommend giving these books a shot.

Day 14: A Non-Fictional Book:

I have to admit that I don't read a lot of non-fiction. Most of what I have read has been because some teacher is making me in school, and I probably didn't pay as much attention to it as I could have. One that did stand out to me was was "The White Rose" which I had to read in my first year of university. This is the description of the book, which I took from Wikipedia:

a non-violent/intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. The group became known for an anonymous leaflet campaign, lasting from June 1942 until February 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf Hitler's regime. The six core members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo (German secret police) and they were executed by decapitation in 1943. The text of their sixth leaflet was smuggled by Helmuth James Graf von Moltke out of Germany through Scandinavia to the United Kingdom, and in July 1943 copies of it were dropped over Germany by Allied planes, retitled "The Manifesto of the Students of Munich."

The novel "The White Rose" went into specific details about the capture and execution of Hans and Sophie Scholl, a brother and sister who were two of the six main members and who were both beheaded on the same day.

The White Rose is graphic, it offers a different perspective of Holocaust literature then we are used to, and it leaves a lasting impression on its reader.

Day 15: Your Dream House

This topic comes at a perfect time, seeing as C and I went for a long drive yesterday, on a hunt for some of his family history, which landed us on some country roads. One thing I love to do when driving in the country is to look at all of the houses, and yesterday I came across my perfect house. It had everything, and of course, it didn't occur to me to take a picture as my mouth his the car floor and I started to drool a little. So I figured I would describe some elements that my dream house must have (all of which this house did).

-I'm a white picket fence kind of girl, I think they are adorable.
-A Wrap around porch.

This house is actually pretty close to the one I saw yesterday. Isn't it beautiful??

-A balcony coming from the master bedroom:

A window seat

I am back to being officially caught up. Hopefully it stays this way!

Day 12 - Something you are OCD about

Do you have all day?

I like to consider myself borderline OCD. I have many, many, many things that cause me unnecessary stress and drive C nuts. So I'm just going to list a few things that immediately pop into my mind.

1) My books: I'm obsessive about my books. I'm careful with them. I don't like bent covers or pages. Loaning my books out is rather stressful because I never know how they are going to come back (I should show you what "The Time Travelers Wife" looked like when my sister gave it back....). When I'm finished with a book it goes straight onto my shelf.....which is in order by height. It took me hours, but it is now a favourite part of my room. I'm hoping for a new bookshelf for my birthday because mine is now too full, causing me to double the rows. This is greatly upsetting my OCD and it needs to be fixed.

2) My DVD's/CD's: I have a slight problem with lining things up, as C puts it. It makes me happy. So my DVD's are all arranged on my shelf in alphabetical order. Followed by my TV seasons (also alphabetical), then VHS (again, alphabetical). My CD's are also in their stand in alphabetical order. It's just so much easier to find things this way. C used to have his DVD's all over the place, until I also got a hold of his stand and fixed it too my liking. He doesn't keep his as pretty as mine. I've been noticing lately that things are a little messed up and will need to fi it shortly.

3) My pictures: This I completely admit is a problem. I take A LOT of pictures, and I am crazy about how they are organized. Pictures on my computer are renamed by date (year, month, day). event. People found in photo. They are then organized into separate files on my computer, based on who is in the photo (friends, family, C, K, B.....). I also get at least 75% of my photo's developed. They are then sorted and I decide which photo's I want in frames or to scrapbook and set those aside. The rest of the photo's go into an album. The album has to be one that has the lines on the side for me to write on. I write the date of the photo, the event and the people in it. Once a photo goes into an album, it does not come out under any circumstance. If I change my mind and decide that I do in fact want to frame said photo, I will develop a second copy (This doesn't happen often, I have my system down to a fine art).

4) My morning and bedtime schedule: I have a schedule. I know exactly how long it takes me to do everything, and any blip in this schedule is cause for a bad mood all day. I also have odd bedtime habits. Things like needing to have a drink of some sort on my bedside table, every night, even if I'm not thirsty and closing my closet door every night right before I get into bed. I cannot sleep with the door open. It's a childhood thing. C doesn't get it and I can't explain it, it's just the way it is. If I am in bed and the closet door is open, I will not be able to sleep until I get up and close the door.

I know there is more but a) I can't think of them right now and b) you probably really don't have all day, so I will stop here.

Hope everyone is having an excellent weekend!

Day 11 - A photo of you recently.

Today is much better.

This is the most recent picture of me and a couple of friends at a soccer game.

C and I at SM's wedding

Today is also Favourite Friday, over at Jen's blog. I realized I haven't played in a really long time, and need to get back into my regular blogging habits. Today's topic is favourite FRIENDS character.

I was a big Rachel Green fan. She was so cute, quirky and fashionable. I also loved the whole Rachel/Ross plot and always hoped they would end up together, which of course they did.

Head over to Jen's blog to play.

Day 9: A Photo That I Took

I take a lot of pictures, so narrowing this one down was difficult.....But the winner is....


I took this picture at the cottage in 2008 (I like to take pictures of the lake). I like it because of the fluffy clouds, as well as the positioning of the canoe and paddles kind of make it look like a postcard.

A close runner up was this one from SM's wedding:

This happened during their first dance when SM's new hubby decided to dip her. I think the way that he is looking down at her is just adorable.

Day 8 - A photo that makes you sad/angry

Today has been a bit of a rough day as we found out early this morning that C's grandfather had passed away. I didn't know him all that well but C and him were pretty close, so it's a bit of a difficult time. My day 8 post is going to be short and sweet because there are other things to focus on right now. Hopefully I will still be able to keep this up in what is bound to be a crazy week.

Day 8: A photo that makes you sad/angry:

This is the last photo I have of my uncle before he passed away. It was taken Christmas 2007 (I was shocked to see it had been that long, it really feels like only yesterday). He died about 6 months later.

This man was truly the life of the party. He was never angry or in a bad mood, and always treated those around him even better then he himself would want to be treated. He was fun, loving and friendly to everyone, and I doubt I could find a person that knew him who would be able to utter a bad sentence about him. Even more so, I have learned in recent years that he was the glue that held our family together. He loved family, and did not tolerate hatred, and while he was alive family gatherings were a regular thing in which everyone enjoyed the company of those around them. I won't get into the details and air dirty family laundry, but life in my family has changed dramatically since his sudden death a big reason that pictures like this one upset me.

His expression in that photo describes him perfectly. Although the photo makes me sad because it is obvious that he was taken far too soon, it also makes me pleased to know that he was happy, and the same man that I knew and loved right to the very end.

I will miss you forever

RIP.

P.S I apologize for the ultra sappy post. Tomorrow I will try to be better.

Day 7: A Photo That Makes you Happy:

This one was hard. I love all of my photos.

I thought about using one of the girls, but it was impossible to narrow it down to one. Same with photo's of C and I. Or my family or friends. Then I thought of this one.....

This is probably the stupidest photo ever, but every time I see it, it makes me laugh.

The photo is of my brother, C and a good friend at the cottage last year. I will admit, the boys in this photo are slightly intoxicated, and for some reason found something (I can't remember what) so funny that they literally could not stop laughing. This scene probably went on for a good 15 minutes, and is probably my favourite cottage '09 memory. Pictures like this make me happy because they not only make me laugh every single time I come across it, but it also reminds me of the good, random times that I have with my friends whenever we get together.

C is downstairs on the phone fighting with the cell phone company, so I can take this time to do a weekend update.

Saturday we went to the drive in with some friends, because they were doing a long weekend special and showing three movies. We saw Grown ups, Salt and Karate Kid. Grown Ups was hilarious. Everyone should go and see this movie. It was not only funny (I mean it had Kevin James AND Adam Sandler...can't go wrong) it also had a really cute girly message to it about relationships and life in general. I found that it was funny but it also made you think.

We all already know my opinion about Salt, so I won't go there again.

We only ended up seeing half of Karate Kid, because C's battery decided to die after the second movie, causing us to call CAA to ger a boost, and making me terrified of turning the car off again, having it die....again...an being stranded at the drive in at 3am. From what I saw it was good, but no different from any other Karate Kid movie ever made. In my opinion it's a rental.

Sunday was spend recovering (I'm not a 3am kind of girl) and not doing much. Those are my favourite kinds of days. The most exciting part of Sunday was that Shark week started! I LOVE shark week. I watch it religiously, making sure I'm home by 8 so I don't miss a thing. Funny thing about this is that I am actually terrified of Sharks, so much so that I refuse to swim in any ocean. So I'm really just scaring myself, but whatever.

Today is technically a holiday in Canada. For those people who work regular 9-5 jobs, like C. For people like me on the other hand, who work a crappy retail job, we are open and expected to work. So I had to drag my butt to work at 8am this morning. But I'm home now, and planning an exciting evening filled with sharks, finishing my book, and fighting with cell phone companies.

Until next time!

Day 5 and Day 6 (oopps)

So yesterday got away from me and I missed the Day 5 post. Ooopps. I'm telling myself that everyone is allowed to fall off of the wagon once. So today I will do both day 5 and day 6 and then I will be caught up and we can all forgot this ever happened.

Day 5: Favourite quote.

As you can probably tell from the goodreads quote section at the side of my blog, I'm pretty obsessed with them. I've been known to read entire passages from books to C just because I like the message they have. I have also started to write favourite quotes down because I don't want to forget them. My all time favourite quote is probably "To the world you may be one person, but to me you are the world." I like this one because the first valentines day that C and I were together, he had this quote published and dedicated to me in the newspaper. I still have the little laminated copy that was mailed to me sitting on my desk in a framed picture of us on our first anniversary.

Day 6: 20 of my favourite things:

1) Cuddling with C during a good movie - Just quality time with C in general
2) Long drives to nowhere
3) Spending time with K and B and watching how quickly they are growing up (Some favourite yearly events with these monsters include trips to the zoo with C, Wonderland and their birthdays)
4) Thunderstorms
5) A good book
6) Good morning text messages
7) Colouring (Yes, I am a 25 year old who enjoys colouring. I find it relaxing. You should try it
8) weddings
9) scrapbooking
10) Shopping
11) Christmas ( I love everything about this holiday. I love the snow, the smell of my pine Christmas tree mixed with baking, family, shopping for and giving gifts.)
12) Girls night (I honestly have the best friends in the entire world. We don't get to spend enough time together, but I know if I ever needed any one of them I would only need to pick up the phone. I love when we get the chance to go out just us, with no boys, and catch up.)
13) Photography (I'm probably not the best at it, but I love taking pictures of any and everything
14) Family
15) A bubble bath with candles (and a good book of course)
16) Movies that make me cry
17) Lazy days (Days like today where there is nothing on the agenda but sleeping in late and then staying in bed watching a movie or reading a book)
18) My engagement ring (I'm actually obsessed with my ring. I clean it obsessively. I'm very picky about jewelery, but C picked out my ring himself and I honestly could not have found a rind I love more if I searched for 10 years.
19) Dancing
20) Weekend trips like Niagara or the cottage. They aren't big enough to cause stress, but their long enough and quite enough to be relaxing.

There we go, all caught up!

Day 4 - Favourite Book

I've been thinking about this one all day and I have decided that it is impossible to narrow it down to just ONE favourite book. I read so often, and there are so many good books out there that I can't just state that one book is my ultimate favourite.

One book that I have read recently that I absolutely loved the Audrey Niffenegger 's "The Time Travelers Wife." I know this book got a lot of mixed reviews, but I personally loved it. I found it so interesting, I couldn't put it down. I think I finished it in 3 days because I was constantly reading. It's probably one of the best books that I have read in a long time and that's saying something because I read a lot.

So "The Time Traveler's Wife" is my favourite book at the moment, but it's bound to change as I continue to read. If we are talking classics, the kind of books that I could read again and again and never get bored I have two options.

1) Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." I read this book for the first time in grade 10 English and I absolutely loved it. Lee has such a eloquent way of talking such a brutal topic to make in interesting for any reason. I remember reading in the paper about a year ago that schools were talking about banning this novel from the curriculum because of it's content and I was outraged. Covering up the issue is in no way solving it, and banning a classic novel is a crime.

2) Charles Dickens "Oliver Twist." I think I read this book for the first time in highschool for a book report, and only picked it up because it sounded the least boring book on the list......and that was the beginning of an addiction. I love this book. I have read it way too many times to count. I believe I am taking a course next year where I will be required to read it again....and I will....even though I have read it so many times that I could probably stand up and recite it for you. I can't explain why I like this book so much, I just do.

So Day 4 complete. I apologize for not narrowing it down to one book, I did try....but I just couldn't.

Day 3 - Favourite Television Program

This is going to be a quick post, but I`m actually doing it which makes me proud of myself.

My favourite television show changes by season, but currently I am addicted to Dexter

I had heard so many things about this show but never really bothered until a friend of the family gave me the first season and insisted I tried it. I watched one episode and that was all it took, I was hooked.

It is such a great idea, with an awesome storyline. It is creepy, interesting, amusing and thrilling all at the same time. I occasionally find myself so grossed out that I`m tempted to turn it off, but I just can`t because I need to know what happens next.

If you haven`t tried Dexter yet I recommend checking it out. Trust me, it`s worth it.

Day 2 - Favourite Movie

This one is hard. I could probably give you my favourite movie by category.....

I guess my all time favourite movie is Grease

I've seen the movie a bunch of times, I've seen the play, I own the soundtrack. I pretty much grew up with this movie. I remember watching my older sister and her friends sing and dance to the soundtrack at sleepovers when I was WAY too young to understand. When I got a bit older, her, my mom and I used to do a Grease marathon yearly. So I guess its not just the movie that I like, but also the memories that I have surrounding it. I also secretly think that I relate better to that era. The clothes are adorable and the music is fantastic.

Since we are on the topic of movies.....C and I just recently saw Inception and Salt, so I figured I would give you my review of both.

Inception was AMAZING. It was so completely out there, and I was majorly confused for more than half of it, but by the end it all works itself out (kinda) and you are left blown away. I actually came home from watching it last week, and turned on the t.v and saw the preview for it playing. The voice over guy (lol?) states that you should see the movie twice, and I completely agree. There is just so much going on, and you spend so much time trying to sort out what is happening, that I'm sure I missed quite a bit. I think sitting down and watching it a second time would make it even better.

We saw Salt last night. My overall opinion was that it was alright. There was a lot of hype going into this movie, and I think it left me a little disappointed. The action scenes were good, and the storyline kept me guessing and interested, but the ending was weak. I'm not going to give it away, but it is obvious that the producers were anticipating large sales for this film, and wanted to leave their options open for a second one to make the same profits. I'm not a fan of cash grabs like that, and I find that it leaves the viewer with questions.

Overall both movies were good, but if your trying to decide between the two then go see Inception because it was 10,000 times better.

Becoming a Better Blogger.

I found this on Christine's blog.

Seeing as I have been really sucking at the whole blogging thing lately, from lack of motivation, writers block, or whatever other excuse I can think of, I figured I would give it a shot.

30 Days of blogging.

Day 1-your favorite song
Day 2-your favorite movie
Day 3-your favorite television program
Day 4- your favorite book
Day 5-your favorite quote
Day 6- 20 of my favorite things
Day 7-a photo that makes you happy
Day 8-a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9-a photo you took
Day 10-a photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 11-a photo of you recently
Day 12-something you are OCD about
Day 13-a fictional book
Day 14-a non-fictional book
Day 15-your dream house
Day 16-a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17-an art piece (drawing,sculpture, painting, etc)
Day 18-my wedding/future wedding/past wedding
Day 19-a talent of yours
Day 20-a hobby of yours
Day 21-a recipe
Day 22-a website
Day 23-a youtube video
Day 24-where I live
Day 25-your day, in great detail
Day 26-your week in great detail
Day 27-my worst habit
Day 28-whats in my handbag/purse
Day 29-hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30-a dream for the future

So even though Christine is on day 3, I'm going to start today (late of course!) with day one.

Day One: Favourtie Song:

This one is hard because my favourite song changes almost daily. This is why picking a wedding song has been so difficult. I guess my favourite song currently would have to be Taylor Swift's "Love Story." It's the only song that I will always turn up when it comes on.

So there you go, Day one complete! Hopefully I can actually keep this up!