Poor student and retarded boyfriend????

So Brian's favorite restaurant ever is BONANZA. A place where(until i met him) I had only eaten at once in my life. It is popular for it's salad bar which is what the two of us always get. Normally we get pops...I have Diet Pepsi and he has Dr. Pepper(code for both is DP) so the confusion ensues and different numbers of straws are added to drinks to tell them apart. On this day, however, we both ordered waters as we have been working out and eating healthier. Brian proceeded to tell the young waitress that that would be all and so the poor girl crumpled up the bill, handed us our waters and exclaimed that we did not owe any money and could sit in the restaurant wherever we wanted. We were both kind of flabbergasted... uncertain as to whether she was joking around with us or if she actually thought we just wanted to sit in the restaurant and drink our glasses of water.
The big question though in our heads was "Would someone actually do that and has this happened before?" The normalcy that the girl felt with our "only waters ma'am" was what threw us off the most. All in all, we got our salad bar sans soft drinks;) Delish! Immediately following this dinner outing we went to Indigo(great bookstore) where I ran into one of my professors and his lady friend. This lady friend of his was telling me that i was very poised... this is when Brian shoved an entire ice cream cone(which he had taken from the Bonanza salad bar) into his mouth preventing him from entering into the conversation....

According to Erickson...

As I am back in the full swing of things at University I have been attempting to stuff semi-useless knowledge into my head for the last week. Classes are great and love 90% of them and have been going to the gym too trying to rid myself of the flab that I had planned on getting rid of in the summer but didn't... I am taking Educational Psychology(love it!) and yesterday we were learning about Erickson's theory regarding human beings and their psychological development. Erickson is unlike Freud and as I am not a fan of Freud have decided to buy into his theory of "life stages". It would be boring to go into the stages but what i found humorous and have been thinking about a lot is how I seem to be behind in my life stage progression while, at the same time, light years ahead where I ask the philosophical questions most would only ask themselves on their death bed. Apparently(psychologically) I am living through the 13-18 year old stage as well as the elderly(60 plus) stage simultaneously at my 28 years of age. I will admit I have been called crazy so this really does explain an awful lot...
PS: I find it difficult not to notice the drink in Erickson's hand and the discombobulated look in his eyes;)

Fact: The "G" in "Gnome is Silent

Just wanted to officially announce that Brian and I will be gnomes for Halloween this year. For some reason we find them funny and have been making jokes about them for quite some time now. He even went so far as to buy a 40 dollar book called "Gnomeland" at a store called "Le Gnome". We have learned many facts about these small garden people. They have quite the history! It is actually quite odd the amount of information you can find on the topic of gnomes even in a simple google search. The main thing to know is that gnomes lie, are mischievous and should never, ever be trusted. Next time you come across one of these mythical little men...keep that in mind;)

Taking the Good with the Bad

As it may have seemed like I had fallen off the face of planet earth this last month or so, I will assure you I have not. I have had a mix of good times and bad in the last little while. I attended two weddings at the beginning of August which were great. Amber and Mike were married August 1st in Saskatoon at St. John's Cathedral with festivities that followed at the Radisson. I have to say that it was one of thd fanciest weddings I had ever been to where we ate prime rib and were served individually by waiters wearing white gloves. The second wedding was Brian's friends wedding, Tim and Sarah on August 7th at the Forestry Farm in Saskatoon followed by the Park Town Hotel. Also, very nice wedding and VERY good time.(Picture is of us at Tim's wedding). Actually, Brian caught the garter at Tim's wedding and proceeded to throw it back....yes......and I am not joking about this whatsoever....Anyway, it has been a month and once in awhile I bring this up;) In August I worked a lot at the bar trying to get all my hours in to cover the student grant contract that I had signed. There was one week that I worked close to 60 hours and was exhausted and ready for school to start. It seems odd that someone would be as excited as I for school to start but alas, it was a looooonnnnng 4 months and was thrilled that today was my first day of school( always has been my favorite time of year!). I love the fall and being on campus, today however, you could not for one instance say that it was 'fall". It was the hottest day Saskatoon had seen all summer I am pretty sure at a whopping 39 degrees! i got a sunburn walking from my class to my car. The car was super far away but still...today was all about "insta-tan" for me as I had not really had the chance to be outside all summer. I went golfing a couple of times in August which is great because now I have more to talk with my brother about as he loves that sport and has played for years. On a sadder note...2 days ago my Mom came to the city for an angiogram. They had to put a stent in one of her arteries and one of her other's is 90% clogged so her risk of heart attack and stroke is extremely high. My mother has battled with diabetes for years and it has caused her many other health problems including partial loss of sight due to hemorraging in the eyes. The heart surgery that she had creates a situation where she has to take plavix and aspirin for the rest of her life and she is not supposed to take aspirin because it puts her at high risk for her eyes hemhorrhaging again in the future and losing her sight completely! Pretty horrifying news for someone who will be celebrating her 52nd birthday in a couple of weeks....

"I do not know of any lawful impediment..."

My friend Chantelle got married on July 25th in Tisdale. They exchanged vows at the United Church. The vows consisted of the title of this blog... I find it humorous. Actually I think the bride and groom did as well so immediately following this vow the pastor took it upon himself to say "I know that sounds funny but..."(and went into the history of these words). Apparently the "lawful impediment" spiel is replacing the objection spiel "speak now or forever hold your peace!" That was always my favorite part of the wedding. I always wondered if someone would pipe up and the wait was intense...;) In movies someone would always burst through the door at that very moment right? So anyway, the pastor also had a lot of other rules like no confetti, no picture taking and no cell phones. haha It was a beautiful wedding and Chant looked gorgeous..no surprise there:) I had a great time. Brian came down for it and I got to see friend's that I haven't seen since Erin's wedding last summer. It was really hot on Saturday but the ceremony was actually very short and sweet(guess I am used to Catholic weddings) and we were all in the air conditioned bar about 40 minutes later! My friend Pam has been teaching in Taiwan and flew home so it was really nice to see her and hear all about her new life there. It sounds like many things are very similar to Japan. She teaches the same age groups and class types as I did, there numbers sound the same(she is currently learning their language), and is enjoying meeting other foreigners and the "party life" of living overseas. Don't think karaoke is as big as it is in Japan but still a prominent part of life there. The pictures look beautiful...makes me want to travel again. My other two good friends were two of the bridesmaids and are both expecting! Kerilee is due in the fall and Erin is due in January. I am so excited for them. As they were both "with child" they could not drink but still managed to bust a move. All of us "old people" requested a lot of 90's ditties to dance to after midnight...good times

Our Vacation:)

Well the funnest week ever is over:( Brian and I went to Edmonton and spent the first day at the amusement park. He had never gone on a roller coaster before so that was pretty fun because he was screaming the whole time...not that i can talk because I got scared on the rides on more than one occasion. The thing about both of us is that we do not do well on rides and have weak stomachs so you can imagine what ensued. We would go on a couple of rides and then sit down with our heads down and pound back a ginger ale to settle our stomachs and then keep going. At one point we had to leave the amusement park altogether and sit somewhere quieter where there wasn't so much spinning but we kept going back and trying again. Brian popped some balloons to win me a stuffed animal and talked the girl into giving me a Curious George so I was pretty pumped about that. We stayed at the Fantasyland Hotel and I loved it...we didn't get a theme room because it was 300 dollars and the only ones left were truck theme and old-fashioned theme...boooorrrrriiiinnng;)
We went to the casino that night and I won a little money so all in all it was a great day. The next day I woke up super early like a little kid at Disneyland and was ready to go watersliding. My favorite was the tube slide...the last time we went on it I injured Brian. He flew off his tube and I ran into him with mine repeatedly...good times. We went to this awesome Asian food market and it totally reminded me of Japan and we even saw dried minnows...oishi desu! We went shopping a bit and found a store called "Le Gnome". Now this was an awesome find since gnomes in general has been an ongoing inside joke between me and the boyfriend. Brian asked one of the salespeople if they sold any gnomes or gnome paraphanalia. the lady took him to a section that had 3 things that had to do with gnomes and he said " oh, so it's not just false advertising". then he bought me one of the 3 gnome things which was a book of gnome facts called "Gnomeland". It is pretty hilarious. I will have to post pictures of it:) When we got back to Saskatoon we needed a day to re-cooperate. Brian bought a Wii...also good times, bowling was my favorite. We played tennis, went for walks, mini-golfed, went to batting cages, saw "I love you man" (great movie)on the days that followed. It has now come to an end and I have to go back to Tisdale and work. My mom had my car all week and was driving to the city to pick me up this morning and the motor in my car seized up! Now between the two of us we have zero cars... is it horrible luck or a sign that I am supposed to prolong my vacation??? I am awaiting the arrival of a tow truck carrying my Mom and my car that has seemed to have passed away. fingers crossed that it is fixable and I can make it back home! I will put pictures on soon...I promise

June and July in some sort of Nutshell...

WOW! I can't believe my 4 month summer is over half over. It has all been a whirlwind thus far! I am working at the bar 40 hours a week...finding the hours and the work exhausting lately. On a whim I asked my boss for a whole week off and GOT it:) Brian took the same week off as me and we are now officially on holidays. I went to meet the family and stay with them for a couple of nights and we just got back to Saskatoon last night. It was fun, got to meet his parents, sister, 14 month old niece and his 11 year old dog. The baby (Berlyn) liked me the first day but by the last day she wasn't sure about me. Brian, I and his parents had a long kaiser game where they won and we went golfing with his Dad yesterday. I am not bragging but I have never golfed before and i was pretty amazing and beat my boyfriend;) haha. This morning we are off to West Edmonton Mall to go to the waterpark there...seems crazy to drive for 5 1/2 hours to go watersliding but it will be great I am sure. In other news, my Mom, brother and I just went to Alberta for my Grandpa's memorial service which was on Father's Day. I was driving Mom's car and we had almost arrived when I ran over a muffler laying in the middle of the highway. Very scary, no one was hurt but Mom just found out they are writing her car off and she will have to buy a new one...uncool. Well I better get a move on here...hope all is well and everyone is enjoying their summer.