Duran Duran is neither Duran nor Duran...discuss

As soon as Darryl got in last night I started telling him about how we need to borrow a suitcase off of my mom, I needanother pair of shorts, the packing I have done so far etc and as soon as I was done telling him I was wide awake. It tookme forever to fall back asleep again and it seemed like 10 minutes had past when the alarm went off. I reset it and went back to sleep for what I thought was 3 minutes which was really 15, so I hurried up and took a shower. I then rememberedthat I have to take the garbage out but I am already running a bit behind and have no time. While I am doing my make-upI turn the foundation bottle over with my finger on top to start applying it, well for some reason it got shakey and flippedtwice spraying foundation all over my sweater, in my hair, all over my hands and all over the sink. *breathe in, breathe out* Lets just say I can't wait until my night at the spa tonight. Although I think they do a leg massage with the pedicure andsince I was running late I didn't have time to shave. I am just going to say to her, "listen, I didn't get a chance to shave this morning because I was running late so you don't have to give me a leg massage, I wont be hurt".

Yesterday the manager at my work came on yahoo and said, "Christmas came early all the girls in the office get Friday off".I was so freaking excited I had perma grin for two hours. I have a ton of stuff to do and having tomorrow off afforded meto be able to just relax and put off cleaning, yeah me!

I have decided to cancel my spa appointment, I have way too much to do today and what seems like not enough hours to do it in. Oh well looks like I will have to save the pampering until after the vacation.

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I have a fever and the only cure is more cow bell

What a wonderful day! Well it was mediocre until the wonderful guys I work with bought me a spa package!!!! Yes I knowI am spoiled. The one rule by the spa is that we are not allowed using these until the new year which is fine with me it just makes me hold onto it a bit longer. I am going in on Thursday for a manicure, pedicure and an eyebrow waxing and ofcourse all of my nails start breaking.

One of my friends just started up a blog thanks to me, yes I am taking all of the credit. She is sooo funny and unfortunatelydue to our crazy schedules we never get to talk anymore. We thought if we both have a blog we can atleast keepup with what eachother is doing when we can't talk and so far so good.

I cannot wait this time next week I am going to be sunning it poolside with a nice cold way too strong drink and a book inmy hand. I have been so go go go go the last year that I am really looking forward to this trip plus I love Darryls parentsso hanging out with them for a week should be cool too.

I just realised that with me being away from my work my fishy will be unfed for a week. Looks like I am going to have to take her home on Friday and add that to the list of things that my sister has to feed when she comes over. I don't knowwhat I am going to do because I know Salem will attack the bowl and its only plastic to getting the lid off will not be hard.I have thought about putting the Thelma up somewhere high but I swear Salem was a acrobat in another life so that wontstop her at all.

The one thing that sucks about what the guys got me is that I got them a box of chocolates and now I feel like a cheap ass. So it looks like I am going to have to go out and find something else to get them on top of that, that is within my budget.
My desk is an absolute mess right now, I can't believe it. I wish I had a digital camera so that I could document it becauseI am never like this.

Tonight is my last night at my part time job and I am very sad about it. I wish that I could stay and that all of this crap hadn't happened but oh well, c'est la vie, shit happens and then we all move on. Darryl seems to think that I am not sadabout it at all and that I "don't seem to realise how much we use your discount". Whatever I do but do you want me to beall sad and depressed about it? I have tried to do something about it, I have tried to stay but I can't, oh well. I am going to miss everyone and as I have been doing it lately I am hoping not to cry. The ones that have been there a long time are like family to me and I will miss them a lot.

Happy Monday all! Mine didn't start off very happy this morning since my aunt flo is visiting this week I woke up achy,crampy and cranky. All is well now, I have taken an advil and the guys at work have cheered me up so I am good to go. I can't promise that I will be the same tonight however since I am working at my part time job and it is the last shoppingweek before Christmas. AHH! I am not freaking at all because I have all my shopping done except because I swear I was ablonde in another life, I forgot all about sunscreen for our trip. Also since I lacked the motivation to lose weight before ourtrip I also now need to get a full piece bathing suit. I am kind of freaking about that aspect that if I don't find somethingI am stuck wearing my bikini the whole time and thinking, "why is she staring at my stomach? Its not that bad is it? Hun,why is she staring at my stomach", to which Darryl rolls his eyes and says, "she is not staring at your stomach, relax". Yeah apparantly with weight also comes paranoia. I am looking online at the Sears web site as I am writing this and all oftheir swimsuits are ridiculous prices.


So this week I have to work Monday and Tuesday 8am-11pm, return a bunch of stuff to Walmart, buy imodium, sunscreen,bathing suit for me, bikini bottoms for Darryls sister (don't ask), clean the house spotless (doesn't need to be done I am just anal) and pack me and Darryl. I am getting tired just thinking about it. Oh and I have the horrible chore of having to go to the salon on Thursday.

Where is AMerica's Funniest Home Videos when you need them?

America's Funniest Home Videos really should have been there this morning as I was trying to get the HUGE Christmas present that I got Darryl out to the car. First off I realised that the one I got him he wont like so instead I am going to take it back to the store and get the name brand one that he will like instead. Let me first say that this thing is REALLYREALLY heavy. So I get this wheel dolly thing that my mom bought me and put it at the bottom of the steps outside my door so that I can pick up the present, carry it down the steps and onto the wheel thing. Well I got back inside the houseand try to pick up the present and there is no freaking way I am going to get it to the door nevermind down the steps.So I go back outside grab the wheel thing, bring it back inside, put the present on top of it and shimmy the wheel thingdown the steps without the wheel thing sliding out or the present. The walkway is filled with snow and in case you didn'tknow pulling wheels through the snow is not the easiest thing imaginable. I finally get it to the car, I open the trunk and then pick up the monster and try to get it in the trunk, barely getting it to the bumper where I had to rest it and then takeit the rest of the way into the trunk. Then of course it gets stuck on this little piece that covers the trunk and I am trying to move that out of the way while still holding on to the present so it wont fall. I finally get it into the trunk and the trunkwont close, well that wont do while I am at work. I decide to try to get it into the back seat....HA! The car door wont open enoughto even fit it partly in the car, so my only choice is the passenger seat. After a lot of lifting and pushing and swearing itis in the car, lock the door, close it. I go back inside to get my gingerbread men I am having for breakfast, my egg nog,purse and lock the door. Juggling all of this I get into my car and realise the fucking box is covering the gear shifter and mycup holder that I need for the egg nog. So I put the glass of egg nog on the floor in the back seat praying it doesn't fall over, get out of the car and over to the passenger side to fix the beast. Again a lot of pushing and prying and moving the seat as far back as it will go, I get it moved over and also in the process I get my pants dirty. Right now I am cursing my bf..lol. I can't reveal what the present is because with my luck the one time he reads my journal would be this entry.

Hopefully the rest of my day is less challenging, which I doubt because I have to bring it back and then get another onebought and out to my car.

Happy Hump Day all!

Well today has started just wonderfully. I woke up feeling pretty tired so I reset my alarm and went back to bed for exactly 8 minutes. I showered and got dressed and then went to do my make-up. Because I have ran out of facial moisturizer, and my back up biore moisturizer sucks big fat ass crack, I decided to try and use my curel moisturizer.Not a good idea, trying to put on the foundation was like trying to spread glue, it was sticking to my face and wasn'tcovering up anything. (note to self pick up moiturizer after work tonight) I then made my lunch and headed off for work, I go out to my car and it is freaking freezing outside, all bundled in my ear flap hat with a hanging pom pom on it and my mittens I head to work. As soon as I get in one of the students hands me a tea he bought me, the sweetheart that he is. As I am enjoying the tea I go to type something and I spill it all over my lap. The instructor that I need to watch the phones while I run home is running a class, so I have to go in and told him what I did, while all of the class is listening. Did I mention it is freaking freezing outside and now I have to drive home in wet pants? Yeah it was fun. Plus they don'tbelieve in sanding our parking lot so I nearly fell on my ass a bunch of times, apparantly they think lawsuits are fun. Normally I would think, whatever they are lazy but there are mentally handicapped people that attend some place in thisbuilding and they have trouble walking to begin with...grr! Back to my story, then when I get back from changing my pants there is no parking except this one space where some asshole in a truck backed halfway into my spot as well as hisforcing me to have the nose of my car sticking out of the space. I felt like leaving a note on his car like your dick isn't as big as you think it is and neither is your truck.

All I have to do is get through today and the rest of the week should be good. I don't have to work my part time job until next Monday which is absolutely awesome since they are being douche bags. Tomorrow is my birthday so I think I am going to treat myself to Licks for lunch and then my mom is taking me out for dinner.

Oh my god I am turning 24...urgh!

Mad Hatter and all...

I had originally thought that this weekend was going to be boring and pretty uneventful but, it turned out to be quite the opposite. Saturday morning I got up at around 9am which was nice because I got to sleep in, then before I left Darryland I were going through some financial stuff and trying to get everything sorted out to which I started balling. NormallyDarryl is not fazed by this quite as much as he was that morning, he apologised over and over saying he didn't mean to upset me so then everything was fine. I put everything on for work, went out to the car and it wouldn't start, I start ballingagain and scream, "FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs and punch the steering wheel. I called into work and told themthat I would be a bit late and then called Darryl inside the house and asked him to look at my car. He couldn't start it so hegave me a ride to work. The morning was absolutely insane, it was like boxing day, the whole store was packed, it was quite the ordeal just to get to the back of the store to go to the bathroom. Later in the day it faded off and I asked if I could leave early once everyone came in and they said sure. When it came time that I could actually leave they wouldn'tlet me, Steve told me that Michelle had said I couldn't leave. Great, so I am thinking that work is doing something for mybirthday and thats why they don't want me to leave. I endure the rest of the day and nothing happens, so not only am Ipissed that I had to work the whole day but I am pissed that no one did anything for my birthday.

Darryl is late picking me up and he brings my clothes to wear to dinner (he told me earlier he was taking me out for dinner and that I was to dress up) and reeks of smoke. I ask him why he smells of smoke and he can't tell me, starting to get a bitangry I say well can you tell me later? to which he says yes. Okay so now that I don't think he is cheating on me I go get dressed and wait for him to get limes at Sobeys and unlock the truck. It seems a bit odd that he is getting limes for beerbut he said he heard I wanted to go to the casino and that he figured we would pre-drink. On the way to the restaurant I am quizzing him the entire time asking if anyone will be joining us and where are we going etc. We finally get there and I find out we were going to Casey's well not exactly the restaurant I was thinking I would have to get dressed up for butwhatever (its a sports bar, family resturant type thing). I walked in and all of the staff was standing on the stairs staring atme, and then Darryl grabs me by the back and steers me into a room. I walk in and my family and friends are all their waiting for me. It was so much to take in all at once, so many people sitting there that I was shocked came and then I saw one of my best friends that I haven't seen in over a year and I started balling. We had a nice long hug while I balled my eyes out and then I saw everyone else that came and was so overwhelmed at how amazing my sisters are and how much they must love me to do this for me. The cake was absolutely beautiful, it looked like a cake out of the movieAlice in Wonderland from the Mad Hatters unbirthday party.

I had a wonderful steak dinner and two frozen margaritas which left me feeling pretty good. I then went over to one of my friends house with Chrystal to pick up some other people, then did a shot there and convinced all of the guys to comeback to my place for the party. I had an amazing night a house filled with my friends and family, everyone getting drunk and having a good time, what more could I ask for, for my birthday? The night ended with me passed out on the floor, Darryl trying to blow up the air matress I had passed out on and then trying to crawl to the bedroom without throwing up.The good news, I didn't throw up, the bad news, I fell asleep in my clothes and woke up with my boobs aching from my bra.

3 days until my birthday!! Wahoo!

9 Days left!!

I am so flippin tired today I can't believe it. I just want to go back to bed. In fact this morning I turned off the alarm andalmost went back to bed when I realised that I had to get up. Grr!
My birthday is coming up and I am so excited, not as excited as I normally am but I am excited. Nothing ever really happenson my birthday and if something does happen its because I planned it. Oh well c'est la vie, I am used to it now so its nota big deal. I am excited for prezzies but the only people I am getting something from is Christina and Darryl because everyone else got me something before hand.

I would like to take this part of my post to say:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STOLENSWAN!!

who turns 21 today!!!

Hope you have a great one hun! Hope you didn't party too hard last night. Although I just called her to wish her a happy birthday and sheis not answering so chances are she partied good and hard.

I got a new cell phone and changed my number and everything and it figures that as soon as I change my number peoplecall my old cell that I haven't talked to in forever. My old cell number has been my cell number for so long that it whateveryone knows. I think I am going to have to send out a bulk e-mail to everyone telling them my new number. So if you are reading this and you have my old cell phone number then don't call it, my sis it using it until the end of December sinceI didn't give 30 days notice so you will get her and not me.

My poor fish, the bowl is so dirty but I lack the energy or will to clean it. Today it definately has to be done but I am justso tired I am dreading it.
This week is so busy for me, I wanted to be able to clean the house but it doesn't look like I am going to have time. TodayI work at my second job until 11pm, tomorrow my mom is having a dinner for me and Christina for our birthday, Thursdayis Darryls birthday, Friday I work until 11pm again and then Saturday I work 10 - 6:30pm. Yuckeroo! I am dreading it.

At my part time job I work at customer service right up front by the doors and it is so cold from people coming in and out that I feel like I am going to die. I have really bad knees and when they get cold I can barely walk and am in a huge amountof pain. Valerie suggested wearing long johns so I think I am going to have to get a pair and I nice warm sweater. Tonightis supposed to be -15 so I am not looking forward to how up front is going to feel.

Figures I was going to drive my winter beater today but it hasn't been snowing or anything and I don't want to drive it when it doesn't have stickers yet so I took my summer car since I saw on the weather network that the weather was going to be nice all week. Boy were they wrong, I check the weather network today when I got to work and we are supposed to get 15-25 cm today. Damn winter! Well right now the weather looks good to we will see.

Picture Madness

Stolenswan inspired me to take some pics, none half as good as hers but they are pics none the less.



This is my washer and dryer that sing, as you may or may not have read about on Lo Lo's journal. It makes doing laundry that much more cheery.










These are the pumpkins that we carved for Halloween, scary eh? I did want to do one with a gun shot wound and the pumpkin guts next to the exit wound with red food colouring on it but Darryl thought that was too harsh for the kids, wuss. Teehee!





This is a picture of my kitten, Salem saying the flash is too bright mommy! (I know I am a geek)















This is Salem being sassy and giving us her profile while saying, please no pictures.










This is where I am sitting as I end this post. Hope you enjoyed this, have a great weekend all!