My Perfect World

2004-01-08T21:39:00.000-08:00

Simple Steps is "10 weeks to getting control of your life". It focuses on four areas each week, health, weight, home, and spirit. Guess what? We're going to try it. Yup. By "we" I mean "me".

Step One: Drink Eight Cups Of Water Every Day Easy... totally doable

Step Two: Take a Twenty-Minute Brisk Walk Every Day Not so easy...

Step Three: Clean Out A Drawer, Cabinet, or Closet Every Week Piece of cake.

Step Four: Start Saving $2 a Day (or 1% of Your Weekly Salary, Whichever Is Greater) Hmmm, there goes my morning coffee.

2003-12-31T20:23:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

2003-12-30T14:09:00.000-08:00

On New Year's Day, my boss is taking everyone in the company skiing or boarding at Whistler for the day. Although it sounds like a lot of fun, I haven't been able to make up my mind about going or not. On one hand, pretty much everyone is going and it could be a lot of fun. But, on the other hand, I can't go skiing b/c of my knee and back and I am too broke to be able to afford to entertain myself in the village all day. Anyhow, I have been mulling this over for the past week or so. The solution presented itself to me today. I'm going to spend New Year's babysitting my niece and nephew and therefore will be unable to go. Awwww.. I'm excited though. I love spending time with Dani, who's almost 6, and Jayden who's 6 and a half months old.

Ed hasn't phoned me yet today though, so he doesn't know about my new plans. Hopefully he doesn't mind too much ;)

I am currently working my last shift at GI before being laid off until business picks up. I'm torn between being greatfull to have a couple of days off each week and panicy because of the cut in income. My paycheque from GI is supposed to be the money going towards the wedding, so I'm going to have to find some money somewhere.

As far as the wedding planning goes we have a ton of stuff to do and for some reason it all involves spending money.

We need to finalize our decision on invitations, buy the supplies and make them. I need to order my Pashmina, order my flowers, and find sheet music to Mark Knopfler's song Once Upon A Time....Storybook Love. Why didn't we just decide to go to Vegas?

Alright, I am off to pick up my lunch...mmm.... chicken fingers and french fries...

2003-12-30T13:45:00.000-08:00

New Years Resolutions

Lose weight

Save money for the wedding and for moving

Stop spending so much money on stupid things

Take a couple of Con't Ed classes

Make student loan payments

Keep paying off debts

Go somewhere that is other

Get Driver's Licence

Actually do things, instead of sitting around the house

Decide on moving and school/work stuff

2003-12-30T00:10:00.000-08:00

Okay, this post is for Stephanie. Not that I have anything to say.

2003-07-02T15:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted anything in ages. I've been a bad, bad blogger. Let me start by saying that the stress of my last post has pretty much deminished. Thank goodness!

The big news, however, is that Ed and I got engaged last week... officially on Wednesday the 25th of June (i think it was the 25th on wednesday).

We've set the wedding date for April 4th 2004. 9 months and 2 days. Insert hyper giddy-ness here.

Now is the time that I REALLY need to get off my ass as do the getting in shape and dieting thing 'cause I don't wanna
be super fat for my wedding.

Anyhow, I need to go get back to the work thing, but I will try to post more details and other stuff in the next couple of days. Ciao.

2003-06-18T12:41:00.000-07:00

Can you say STRESS? Oh my god. I am a big ball of yucky stress.
I can't focus enough right now to write anything more, but believe me I will.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

2003-06-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

Alberta asked if I was going to update today, so I guess I have to. There's not much going on these days to share. It's very hot in my store and it's making me all woogally. I dislike woogallyness. Especially the woogallyness brought on by heat.

On the recent purchases front, we (I) just bought a new computer. We don't actually have it in our posession yet, but oh baby, when we do it's gonna be so GREAT! It is so much faster and well, better, than the one we've been using. I'm finally even going to be able to burn my own CDs. Yes, that's right folks, my very own CDs... whenever I want. Oh baby....

Just incase you were wondering, Allie is almost 100% better. Yay.

What else? Oh... Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Danielle came into town and didn't even call to say hi. She even went to the Island to see Sha, but pick up a phone to call me? Too hard, I guess.

Oh, big news. I lost 2 whole pounds last week. Woohoo. Pretty good, seeing as I pretty much ate what I wanted and didn't diet or exercise or anything. Now, if I can only lose 2 pounds a week consistantly I'd be such a happy camper.

This summer I am going to have Thusdays off. It's gonna be SO nice. This Thursday my first. I'm going to a "Indian-Style Appatizers" cooking class in the morning and then I'm going to go to the gym in the evening.

Scratch that... my boss just phoned and asked me to come in on Thursday morning. How sucky. Oh well, it's only to open the store. Maybe until like, 2 or something. I'm just to darn nice. That's ok, I need the money.

Hey, Jayden is a month old today.

Hey -- Does anyone want to give me $30, 0000? I think that I'd like to live in a debt free house. Imagine --- a world where there is no debt... only that month's bills. Sigh. It would take me 22.5 months of work (with no money to ANYTHING else) to pay off all the debts in the house. Stupid education. Stupid credit cards. Stupid hydro/cable/etc... Obviously, I do not get paid enough.

Maybe I should sell drugs. Yeah, right. That's a funny thought.

The sad thing about buying a new computer (other than the huge debt load I just mentioned) is it means...dum dum dum... no trip to Ikea

I'm pretty much just babbling now, so I'm gonna go dust something.

2003-06-11T21:52:00.000-07:00

Ikea is having their annual summer sale! Hurrah! I'm going on July 2nd, wanna come? Whims and Fancies! Whims and Fancies!

I miss Danielle. And Shannon.

Otherwise, life is good. I'll be getting Thursdays off for the summer. It's a big relief knowing I'm gonna have some down time.

I started a quasi-diet. Quasi because I'm not cutting too much out just yet. However, I am eating at set times ( which is an important thing for my blood sugar levels ) and writing down everything that I eat. I've noticed that since I started writing everything down, I'm more picky about what I eat. My next step is the one I'm dreading...calorie and fat counting. Bleck. Unless I start being more active the calorie goal is 1200 and no more than 30 fat grams/day.

On that happy note, I'm gonna sign off and have some pudding! (Ultra low fat but still chocolatey-goodness). Take care.

2003-06-10T22:35:00.000-07:00

hand holding - you like to be in constant physical
contact with your special someone but you don't
want to take things too quickly.

What Sign of Affection Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

2003-06-03T21:11:00.000-07:00

Allie's Home!!!!

2003-06-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

Hello World!

Today is a pretty good day.

I've decided that when I grow up I'm gonna be an interior designer. Okay, maybe not. I am, however, going to take this Basics of Design class. I'm very excited. Ed seems to think I'd make a good designer, but I don't think he knows what he's talking about.

Oh! Oh! Oh! My mom's gone! HURRAH! Remind me not to let her spend more than one night at our house EVER again. Phew. Much relief.

On a sad note though, Allie is still at the vet. She's eating on her own now but still hasn't started poopin'. Hopefully we'll be able to bring her home by tomorrow. Again, we will gladly accept donations on Allie's behalf.

Ed's birthday is in 10 days. I'm very excited about the present he's getting. I am such a good girlfriend. Watch... he's going to hate it. Oh well, at least I'll enjoy it.

I don't know what else to say. I really want to go up to the pool but I haven't got off my lazy ass yet. Tonight Ed and I are going to visit Allie so I doubt I'll swim.... but it'll be my goal for the week to make it to the pool at least once.

Anyhow, that's all for now.

2003-05-27T12:10:00.000-07:00

I think that this must be a weekly blog, as I never seem to have time to write in it unless I'm at Granville Island. Shame. Oh well. My week has been okay. My mom is staying with Ed and I. Amazingly enough, all three of us are still standing! There hasn't even been fighting or a bitch fest or anything. It's really weird. Ed's been great though. I know that having another person staying at our house (esp. my mom) is not very pleasant for him. I'll have to buy him a dvd or something to thank him.

I haven't done anything that I said I was going to do last week. I have been doing the stretch tapes and loving them. Although, not since my mom's been here as there is no room. I still have every intention to do this stuff though. And I will. Yup yup yup,

The worst part of my week has been that my cat, Allie, has gotten really sick. Ed's at the vet with her as I type this. I want him to hurry up and call to let me know what's wrong with her. Cross your fingers and send good health thougths to Allie. Poor girl.

What else? We (Ed and I) went to see X Men 2 and it was pretty awesome. I thought the effects were cool. Mom and I watched LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring yesterday. I can't wait until the extended 4 box set of the second LOTR to come out in November (I think it's due out in November... I could be wrong though),

Ed just came by. Allie is staying at the vet's overnight. The vet doesn't know what's wrong. Could be any number of things. He's putting her on an I.V. and giving her laxatives (yum). He's gonna do x-rays today to see if she ate something (Allie does like string) and he's gonna do blood work tomorrow. All of this is going to cost us about $300. That's just for this stuff. Doing anything to fix her or if more test are needed is going to cost us even more. Ed and I would be quite happy if anyone felt the urge to make a donation to the Allie Foundation. :) I think that when Al gets better her and Sherpa are going to have to go out and get jobs and support Ed and me for a while or at least pull their own weight!!!

I'm gonna go see if Alberta has done anything to the gigglewhore site and then maybe add some links on this one.
I'll write more later. S.

2003-05-21T10:49:00.000-07:00

I suck at following though. It's one of my failings. I love to start things and ponder starting things, but I never seem to finish them. I wonder why that is.

Over the last year, I have gained a lot of weight. Not that I was skinny before, but I had never been uncomfortable in my body before. I figure that the time has come for me to put my "get skinny-ish" plan into action.

When I was young(er) I used to swim twice a day most days of the week. I love love love swimming. However, I never go. This week I am going to buy a flexipass and head to the pool in the mornings before work. I'd like to do a half hour of lengths per day. The only hard part about that is getting out of bed earlier!

I've recently started doing these A.M. and P.M. stretches. They are excellent. Nice and easy, but leave you feeling stretched and relaxed. Hurrah!

The other part of my oh-so-evil "get skinny-ish" plan is to do the Hi/Lo Combo class at the community centre twice a week. This however, won't start until next Tuesday.

Oh, and of course there is the eating a well balanced diet thing. Which I do. Mostly. No, I don't. But I will.

All good plans need a timeline. I'm giving myself until my 25th birthday. That is 436 days away.

2003-05-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

I'm an aunt!!! Jayden Christopher was born at 3:14:43 on Saturday, May 17th 2003.
He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and has big brown eyes and loads of dark brown hair. He's so cute!!!
My brother and sister-in-law are doing great and absolutely in love with Jayden.

2003-05-14T13:57:00.000-07:00

oh it worked. my life is better now. look at me learning stuff. hurrah for me!
the sad thing is that NO ONE but me cares. oh well, i can link to things. hurrah!

2003-05-14T13:56:00.000-07:00

alright --- things are looking up
i wanna try a linking thing. let's see if it'll work.
let's say i wanna link ikea.Ikea
cross your fingers

2003-05-14T13:46:00.000-07:00

crap... i can't figure out this archiving stuff.. i just messed up everything!
and i was so happy. sigh. oh well, it's all about learning, right?

2003-05-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

okay, so i'm sortof getting the hang of this.

2003-05-13T17:34:00.000-07:00

many changes... many trials and many many errors...

2003-05-13T12:57:00.000-07:00

i set up a blog for alberta and I: www.gigglewhores.blogspot.com should be fun.

2003-05-13T12:55:00.000-07:00

lalalalal

2003-05-13T11:43:00.000-07:00

Alrighty. Here it is. My little pet project. Blog.
I'm going into this with the hope of being able to chronical my random
and not-so-random ponderings.
Later.