I'm over it....kinda..not really

If you know me, you know I'm a major hockey fan. I especially love to watch the junior championship every Christmas, this year being no exception. 

Last night, during the gold medal game between Canada and Russia, I had to work. So I set up a system in which both C and my mom were sending me constant game updates by text (my mom was enlisted as a backup just in case C fell through). By the time I left at 9 all was going well and Canada was up 3-0. 

Then it all turned bad. It's still very new, and difficult to talk about. I excitedly got home in time for the third period, in order to watch my team totally choke and give up 5 goals to Russia in a 20 minute period. Devastating. 

I will admit, last night I was not the best sport. There were a tone of bad words, pouting, yelling and making some not nice statements. After a good nights sleep and some much needed reflection I have decided that I can be mature enough to congratulate Russia for probably the best comeback that Junior hockey has ever seen. So congrats! 

I'm over it. Moving on. The truth is Russia had an awesome third period and outplayed a team who was possibly a little to confident. Sad but true. Either way, Canada has something to be proud of. Those kids played an excellent tournament and silver is nothing to be ashamed of (trying to convince myself that it's not a loss..)

There's always next year!   

 

Happy New Year!

Happy 2011 everyone!

I need to start by wishing the bestest a (late) happy birthday! Her birthday was yesterday, and even though I'm late here, I did wish her a happy birthday once in person, once through text and once on facebook, so I think I'm forgiven (I think).

Secondly, I figured I could embarrass myself by telling you all about my stupid moment of the week. We all know I have been on break from school for Christmas. A couple of weeks ago, I had to give my boss my new school schedule, so I checked my syllabus for Monday's class and saw that my first day back was the 10th, so (naturally) I figured that was the first week of classes and told her to start my new schedule again. Monday night, I'm having a good night with C, relaxing and watching the hockey game when my cell beeps informing me that I have a facebook notification from one of my school friends, which reads "so how much do you not want to go tomorrow." Cue immediate panic.....we don't have class tomorrow.....do we? Yeah we did. Me in my stupidity, didn't realize that Monday was technically a holiday to make up for the stat falling on a Saturday, so yes the university was closed on Monday, but no that did not mean that I automatically got the rest of the week off. Not a fun way to start the semester.

So how was everyone's new years?

C and I had a quiet one this year, but it was nice. Because we had Brady, and we weren't really comfortable leaving him at home all night, we decided it was a good night for pizza and movies. So that's what we did. The Bestest and her mom came over for a bit to meet Brady, and C and I watched easy A, then a bunch of television specials, and finally finished the evening off with Scene It on Xbox. Oh and we of course did this.

Sad to say but yes we have become "those" people. We get enjoyment out of putting cute hats on the puppy.

Other than that it was a quite weekend spend mostly with the person I love most, and a quick shopping trip with the bestest on Monday to find a dress for C's holiday party this weekend, which I will show you if I find the energy to take a picture, otherwise the reveal will come after the party.

2010

I have seen a lot of bloggers either do this or a resolution post. Seeing as I don't make resolutions (largely based on the fact the my record for keeping a resolution stands at about 3 days) and that New Years Eve is tomorrow (!), I thought it would be fun to take this route and show you some of my favourite 2010 memories.

January

Celebrating the Bestest's 25th at Blue Suede Sue's

C's mardi Gras themed work Christmas party

February
Celebrated my sister's 34th


March
Celebrated 8 years with the love of my life

Celebrated St. Patty's Day with some good friends

Threw V a bridal shower
Saw Carrie Underwood in concert

April
Saw K perform "Disco Frog" for the first time

Celebrated K bringing home a gold medal for "Disco Frog"

Easter at the cottage with the family

V's bachelorette at Blue Suede Sues

S & V's rehearsal dinner

May
Watched S & V get married

Saw Taylor Swift in concert

Started watching these two full time

June
Watched K graduate from Kindergarten

Celebrated my brothers 22nd

July

Celebrating Canada Day

5 days at the cottage with great friends

Watched S & J get married

August
Wonderland with my two favourite little girls

Attended a surprise 20th B-Day party for my brother's girlfriend

Ex with C's family to celebrate our birthdays

Celebrated all three of our birthdays with family

September
Celebrated my 25th and C's 27th with friends at West 50

Celebrated B turning 2

October

Thanksgiving with family

Celebrated J's 25th

Watched D & C get married

Halloween Haunt at Wonderland

Halloween with Family

November
Went to T's photography exhibit

Celebrated K's 6th Birthday

Celebrated S's 25th (photo from J's B-day as I forgot my camera)

Went on my first big trip with C, in which I saw my first two live football games

December
Tree hunting with the family
Brought Brady home

It's been a great year, filled with awesome memories with all of the people I love most. Here's hoping 2011 brings the same!

Christmas!

I hope all of you had an awesome Christmas!

We had a very busy but fun Christmas weekend filled 3 full days of visiting and socializing. Unfortunately because I was so busy I don't have any pictures.

Santa was also very good.

I got C this guy

which I know you already knew, but I can't help posting pictures of his adorable face. Here's one more for good measure


My wonderful fiance spoiled me again this year. I got

Blue Uggs which I saw for the first time in Buffalo because the cheerleaders were wearing them. I mentioned to C that I liked them and he started the ball rolling on getting them for me that night. Love them.

Red Hunter Wellies which I have wanted for a while now. I'm actually very excited for rain so that I can wear them.

I also got a Costco membership which is a practical gift based on the amount of money I spend a year getting pictures printed. I also figure we can now start buying our groceries there and start saving some money for that wedding that isn't getting any further away.

My favourite gift this year actually wasn't given to me or by me.

My immediate family does a secret Santa every year to save money. This year my brother got my sister and shortly after we drew names I heard that Backstreet boys were coming to Toronto with New Kids on the Block. My sister was a HUGE NKOTB fan and I'm not going to lie, I was obsesses with BSB. When I heard that they were coming I did some recon to find out who had my sisters name and asked them if they were willing to buy the ticket for her as her gift and I would buy my own. That's what we did, and let me tell you it was torture keeping it a secret for over a month. Three of my good friends from highschool are also going with us so I had to recruit them to not put it on facebook and help me keep it a secret. We were successful and when my sister finally got to open the ticket on boxing day she completely freaked out, as expected. I have her reaction on video but I'm not going to embarrass her by putting it on here. For those of you who have me on facebook, expect to see it shortly.

I also did some boxing day shopping and spoiled myself. The deals were not as good as they were on Black Friday in the states but I still managed to spend a fortune by picking up


I would say I was pretty successful!

How was Christmas for everyone else? I would love to hear what Santa brought!