not another manic monday!

hello!

i have had a most wonderful day.

my dad and i had eye appointments this morning and we knew half the office, what a laugh. and dad picked out the coolest new glasses for himself. the lady who helped us was such a dear, she continually kept saying, now Blaine, lets try these on! oh Blaine, what do you think of these? every sentence started with Blaine. but she wasn't annoying at all. she was very nice! and also had the hottest glasses on that i had ever seen.

next, i went for brunch with my mom, Jenna, Kyle, Kayden & Haylie and Jenna's mother in law, Beryl. i had the best hash browns ever. and my niece and nephew are the sweetest and most fun ever. kayden is getting a mohawk today. i'm super nervous to see him. i hope its cute.

then mom and i headed to the new walmart and i bought the most random and fun assortment of things. i took a picture for you all to see!

So, here we can see THE most fun little desk organizer i have EVER seen. it's so mini and it fits all my stationary stuff!!! i was very much in love with it from the moment i saw it.

next we have my plastic magazine/file organizers. MUCH needed, as i have some cardboard ones from IKEA and these are much sturdier.

then we have my tide to go stain remover! how fun! what a great thing for my purse. i can't wait to get a stain. hopefully not too big of one though!

and finally, my puffs to go Ultra tissues, which i actually came in a pack of 6. they are perfect for home, car, purse, work and school bag! ah!

not pictured here, i bought some Olay face toner and a huge box of Special K, but i didn't feel like going upstairs to retrieve those items. but they are not forgotten.

i spent much time looking at cds and pondered so long over which one to buy that i did not buy any. i considered many options. i looked at Keane (i have recently fallen hard for this band - check out a song called "bedshaped". i have the live version on my myspace but its better not live), The Fray, Goo Goo Dolls, Fergie, City & Color, and Gwen Stefani. then i thought about replacing my old cranberries cd that is long lost and was a favorite. couldn't decide so came home with nothing. hahaha. i ruled out fergie and gwen only because i was looking for a cd that Jeff would actually like listening to in the car on our drive to Edmonton. anyone have any other suggestions???

oh yes and Rascal Flatts on Friday night was sooooooooooooo awesome. here's a pic of jenna and I before the show:

we had wicked seats. I have some videos from Jenna's camera (I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! i was so mad), but i will upload those on youtube and post them later. jenna has been bugging me to do this for forever. oops. my favs were My Wish, Broken Road and What Hurts the Most. oh yah and "skin" although i normally am totally sick of that song. performances are always different though. they make the songs come to life. it was completely amazing. they are 3 extremely extremely talented guys.

there was a gong show after the concert but i amn't (i wish that was a word. i use it secretly in my head all the time) going to get into that now. lets just say it involved missing out on hanging with the guys from Rascal Flatts at the Longbranch (okay not that they would talk to me but still, they were there and i coulda been too. who knows maybe i could've had a two step from one of them!) because i was too busy in the parking lot with a verrrrrrrry unhappy boyfriend, a non-existent tow truck and a part of the car on the ground that was supposed to be attached to the car. yep. not good.

well now that my day is half over and i haven't started my reading for my night class on tuesday, i am officially doomed. so i must go before i spend most of the night awake reading World Bank reports.

And America's Next Top Model starts again Wed night!!! YESSSSssssssssssssssssssssss.

i have saved up mega bucks for my edmonton trip (we leave thursday) so i am totally pumped to go shopping at Jacob, forever 21, the Aldo outlet, Ikea, MEC (we're getting new camping equip), and ALLLLLLllllllllllllll those other fabulous stores saskatoon doesn't have. yet. i am firmly believing that i can branch out from my regular "simple classic" style (aka boring. my shirt in the pic above shows this in and out) (my earrings are cool though. but they are jenna's!) and get a few pieces that are more exciting and slightly more trendy. not too trendy of course. no no, not me. i am not flashy! but even just a few accessories (earrings and headbands are on my list) and shoes will do the trick. and i totally want something polka dot. mmhmm. yummy.

okay world bank reports here i am.

bubye friends.

Photo Blog

Well it's been a busy month so far. First Haylie, then my big presentation which as you all know I had been freaking out about. Well it ended up going just fine and I'm so relieved to have it over and done with. It was actually kind of fun. A bit of a rush. I have a bag that says "do something every day that scares you." Well that sure scared me alright but it felt so good to do it and to do it well. I've been running three times a week and rewarded myself with lululemon pants which I basically live in. They're wonderful. School is still insane even without a presentation to deal with and I'm tired all the time but feel a bit rejuvinated after the long weekend. Thanksgiving was perfect. I got to see Kristy-Anne and also Tania who just got engaged last week! Both of them were delightful as always! And there was plenty of family time watching football and a couple movies, eating lots of good food, playing games and all that fun stuff. And holding Haylie. I barely did any homework and allowed myself to read War and Peace for the weekend. Perfect. So that's all for now, I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
Love me.

Starting with little Haylie Anne Jade. So precious. She is beautiful isn't she?

Hehe, not as beautiful in this picture but Jenna is holding her a little bit funny.

A cute picture I think!

I love her eyebrows in this. She already has so many funny faces

and expressions!!!

A lovely visit with Kristy-Anne and Lynnel, also Jenna and myself
at Boston Pizza over Thanksgiving Weekend.

Nana giving Haylie a sponge bath. She almost looks like she is smiling here!
And just look at that curly hair!

Jenna and "the kids" in the back of Kyle's big truck. Both of them were fast asleep. Kayden was so disappointed that he missed the trip "downtown" when I went to pick up my new lululemon pants last week. Jenna just drove around the block instead of parking since the little ones were sleeeping.


I love Saskatoon in the fall! It's so darn pretty. This is the street by the university where I park my car every day and get $6.00 parking tickets at least once a week!


University of Saskatchewan


This is Lynnel and I trying on $70 masks at Winners! We were having a blast! Too bad they're so expensive. They'd be fun to have around Halloween time.


This is Angela (aka Angelina Jolie) and me. I am a bridesmaid in her wedding next August. This was at her engagement party last weekend.
She just became an auntie this weekend!


Me and my man. Had to include one of us too. I love us. haha.
My hair looks so short in this but really its just the top layer
sticking out of my bunnyhug.
Anyways. No one else would probably notice that.
What a handsome couple!

i simply cannot stop taking pictures

oh siblings

Phil and I took some funny photos of ourselves tonight.
Here are two of our favorites!!!

pictures... blog cheating?

Kayden thinking he is pretty tough stuff! Wearing his fireman shirt from NYC... too bad Jeff isn't wearing his!



Kayden sneaking up on an unsuspecting Jeff, who's just trying to read the newspaper
Jenna, KAG, Lynnel and Me at Starbucks Saturday night - Mine and Kristy-Anne's drinks were GREEN! go figure... she had a green tea frap and i had a green tea latte. they were... interesting!

Why do people have to move away?

Some Christmas photos

I love this little kitty, her name is Blue. So sweet.

I love kittys and Christmas trees.

(RIP Edwin hehe)

Jeff and I at dinner on New Years Eve

The "little-ist" and the "biggest" grandkids - me and Destiny
(and her Bratz doll of course)

Rex

Welcome to the family Rex!!!

(please don't die)

so much to say

it's the annual golf tournament here today (lovely day for golf).
jeff has a ball tournament all weekend - what if the weather is like this? i sure wouldn't be in a sports kind of mood. i guess i'm not all that sports minded in the first place. maybe that would help. although... lynnel and i have been faithful gym go-ers for the entire month of august so far. i have gone three times a week, and lynnel goes almost as much. yes its really a miracle, i'm sure most of you think i'm lying but i tell you the truth. anyway back to the ball tourny, i don't care if it rains all weekend because a couple of the players are renting a hot tub all weekend so we'll have some fun there. (too bad i didn't start working out in june.)

i went to jenna's house for lunch today and kayden was watching Dinosaur. i said "oh kayden look at all those dinosours", and he said "oh auntie, those aren't dinosaurs, those are carnitores!" i said "oh you mean carnivors?" and he said "no auntie, carnitores." well who the heck taught him what a "carnitore" is in the first place?!! what a smart boy. and then i taught him the word "energy" because he is full of it. he asked me if i was full of energy too and i said no, not as much as you are, and he was truly concerned. the eyebrow thing and everything.

school in 2.5 weeks!

oh right, three geography classes... take away that exclamation mark and turn it into a frown.

i get a very mini vacation from sept 2 - sept 6. it's mini because it includes the long weekend, plus friday and tuesday. vacations are never true if it includes a weekend, but i'm grateful for it anyway. soooo i'm going to yorkton thursday night to stay with tania for one night and then jeff and i are going to manitoba for the long weekend to camp. i sure hope it is sunny and HOT!!! we're going with his friends carl and kelly and they are some of my favorite camping people. this is our 2nd annual sept long weekend camping trip at.... i forget what its called. but still, it's fun.

anyone who was curious about how our house insurance worked out - we get 65% for all personal items. they are doing everything 100% when it comes to building, painting and carpet, this 65% is just our stuff. my mom and dad are happy because for things like our 10 year old leather couches, this is a steal of a deal, but its not the best for me because so many of my things are new, like my computer and furniture and stuff. oh well i am just happy i still get to do some shopping. i'll have a few hundred dollars to spend on clothes, but i think it'll end up just going to my text books this year. b-r-u-t-a-l. we fared a lot better than many of our neighbors who got anywhere from a whole lot of nothing to about 50%. and hey i got my entire wardrobe drycleaned for free which was nice, especially for my white poofy jacket from the gap and my grad dress and actually all my fancy dresses. and i'm so excited about the new carpet that is going in, it's so comfy. it's like cushions for my feet. what luxery.

i had ANOTHER car accident last weekend. this one is a little more serious than my fender bender in may that didn't account to anything. no larry filed a claim against me this time. oh larry don't you know that i'm a student? larry was a jerk. he told me "don't want to scare you or anything but a guy hit me a month ago and it cost him $3300 bucks."

thanks larry, $3300 bucks doesn't scare me. i'd love to spend as much money as it costs for a year of school on your damn truck. pardon me.

well scary larry doesn't have package policy and i asked him why not and do you know what larry said? "generally i'm a good driver." what a loser. luckily i have a package policy so i only gottta pay my $200. i think thats how it works anyway. pleeeeaaaasssse let it work that way!!!

well, this is long enough now. bye for now!