Busy Busy and More....Busy

HI EVERYONE! I did not die or fall off the face of the earth. I have been so busy with school, family matters and Brian moving in with me that I haven't had time for blogging. I am busy with Girl Guides Canada being a liason which is my job I am doing now, busy with school projects and assignments which are crazy and hectic right now(How many lesson plans can one create? seriously?) Just want to send a quick hello to everyone:-) Miss and love you all! I wish I had more exciting things to report...
In 5 weeks I am a bridesmaid at my best friend(Angie)'s wedding in Mexico and am really looking forward to that trip and promise to blog about it!
Love ya

BIG NEWS!!!!!

I have some big news! Brian and I have decided to move in together! We are both nervous and excited about it. He has never lived with anyone and I lived with someone many, many years ago and so it is VERY new to both of us at this moment. I am looking forward to waking up to his smiling face every morning:-)

I have a 2 bedroom condo( and as such )have more room at my place than he does right now so he will be moving in here. We were talking about getting a new house but as I am a student right now and have no money coming in it would be pretty difficult to make that happen. We are getting a great deal on this place so it is the perfect time to rent here and save up for the future. I am very happy and optimistic about this decision and taking this big step in my (our) lives. I am VERY tired of "come and go roommates" as I am turning 29 in a few months and want to settle down and have my own place and not have to live with random people anymore.

I hope everything goes well and am sure that it will. I will keep you posted and send pictures once he gets all moved in and we have the house looking nice:-) We both want a dog but can't have one in this condo...guess that will have to wait and we will have to just enjoy his puppy calendars instead;-)
Hope you are all well. Miss you

Babies and Boyfriends and Blogs

My friend Erin just had her baby! A girl named Sydney Rae, I would like to say congratulations and love the name! You and Devon will be excellent parents and I am so excited to see all 3 of you!

On a side note:My boyfriend Brian has a great blog(much fancier than mine as he is a computer programmer). A couple of days ago he made me a "Panda Gallery" using Flickr. Pandas are my new favorite animal. Thought I would give you all the link so you could take a peek.

www.briandanchilla.com

Love you and miss you all

INNER BEAUTY

Autumn
Beautiful leaves
Yellows, oranges, reds
Falling slowly
Seductively
Onto the street.
It reminds me of
a girl undressing
The leaves falling
Revealing...
the ugliness of the naked branches.


This is my poem for all the people that have eating disorders. 15% of women have, have had or will form an eating disorder in their lifetime. Free yourself from the stereotypes, the media and all things that are unattainable. Beauty comes in so many different forms and inner beauty is by far the most important.

SNOW DAYS IN SASKATCHEWAN?

It is very odd to have a snow day in Saskatchewan. We have terrible weather a lot and things usually keep going no matter what the conditions. We got dumped on this weekend. I was supposed to go to Tisdale but we had crazy amounts of snow, little visibility and otherwise general terrible road conditions. As such, I stayed in the city. The good thing about snow days is that you can get a lot done seeing as you are stuck inside and can't go anywhere. We had some people over for a dinner party and games night on Saturday(all lived very close and so no one had to cancel and some walked(or trudged you might say) through the snow to my condo. Brian made Chicken Parmesan and it was a hit! The 8 of us had fun playing games till after 1am. I got a lot of homework and work stuff done this weekend too which was great. Brian and I ventured out yesterday as we were both starting to get "cabin fever". We went to a bookstore which was closed because of the weather, almost got stuck twice and stopped at a grocery store which is usually busy and only had about 10 people in it, we also went to Tim Hortons for coffee and the only people there were the workers and us...haha. Last night we attempted to go for a walk and only made it a block, very good workout to try to walk through this much snow;-) I am hoping the weather gets better by next weekend as I want to go see Mom, go to my friend's bridal shower and I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my good friend Erin's baby(which was due on January 20th) so am hoping it comes safely and they can get to the hospital in time in this weather! Well I think I will clean out my closet, do laundry, make a lovely dinner for tonight and do my new bikini body workout video.
On a sidenote: "Test the Nation IQ test" aired on CBC last night and so for 2 hours Brian and I did it to find out how "smart" we were. Conclusion: Apparently I am getting dumber by the year as my score was significantly lower than the previous year. Will say I am not mentally challenged but close;-) Brian, on the other hand, close to genius. Figuring the test was biased and those that came out on top seemed to be the male mathematician types;-)

In Love

As far as the ocean is wide

and land spreads from sea to sea;

You will be someone special

a miracle to my life and me.

As high upon the mountain tops

as high as one can climb;

You will be sweet and dear to me

the best friend I could ever find.

As all the stars that twinkle

throughout the heavens above;

You will be my reminder

of what it means to love.

Yesterday I saw a shooting star

up in the sky at night

I know that you were sent to me

to make everything right.

Sometimes when I lay there

and am swallowed up in dreams

I realize that my real life now

is everything that it seems...

GNOMES

On a new note(as I am feeling very romantic today) I would like to talk about gnomes. My boyfriend just reminded me that we are gnomes and not penguins;-)
WE LOVE GARDEN GNOMES!
The funny thing is: (I don't think either of us knew this at all)
Gnome apparently comes from the Greek word gnosis meaning "I LOVE"