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 10: A photo of you taken over 10 years ago

I can't believe I'm doing this.

I cropped my friends out of this picture because, be be honest, I'm not that cruel (you all can thank me later). 10 years ago was 14/15....and very awkward.

All I have to say is thank god for makeup, hair straighteners and a better fashion sense...

Wedding Wenesday's

I've decided to limit my wedding ramblings to a specific day.

First up: Continued centerpiece frustrations.

I finally found the perfect vases for my centerpieces. They are exactly the right size, look exactly how I envisioned them and were right in what I consider to be a perfect price range. Your wondering where I found these perfect vases right??

Believe it or not I found them at Walmart. Here they are:

They are absolutely perfect. So you would think the rest would be easy right? Just go over to Walmart purchase a large quantity of shown vases, and be done with this whole nightmare.....right??.....wrong!

of course they don't have nearly enough stock of any of the sizes. So I'm told I need to contact a specific lady in the morning to inquire about ordering the quantity that I need. Fine. I purchase one full set so I know exactly what I'm talking about when I call. I pick up the phone at 9 this morning and start calling. Apparently the people who work at Walmart don't believe in answering phones until 11.....I'm slightly annoyed at this point...but ok....at least they finally got around to answering. I get transferred to crafts and give the lady that answered the phone the name of the person I was instructed to speak with. Apparently this lady only works from 8-2 each day, and at 11 had stepped out for a couple of hours.....fine....I leave my name and number and a message for her to call me. It's now 3:30...do you think she has called....nope!!!!! Now I am downright pissed. I'm on the verge of returning the above set and taking my business elsewhere, where I may have to pay more money for the same thing, but will at least receive adequate customer service.

If I do end up keeping these sets, the plan is to put white calla lilies in the large and medium sized vases

And a Gerbera Daisey in the smallest vase.

This is where the other problem comes in because I am having a ridiculously hard time finding the exact shade of purple that I want.

I'm guessing the colour closest to the one I'm picturing is either the one in the top right, or the one that is second last on the bottom right. But honestly I'd probably be happy if they were a shade darker. My MOH and I also hit a florist yesterday to find out if I can even get Gerbera Daisies in that particular shade, and whether it would be cheaper to use silk flowers instead of fresh. I am currently also waiting for a phone call back about all of this.

Hopefully I will have all of this sorted out by next Wednesday so I can move on to bigger and better things.

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!