August 22, 2007 to May 20. 2010

Can you even freaking believe that it has been almost 3 years since I began my list of goals?!?! I can't! Way back when on August 22, 2007 I made a commitment to myself to get out there and try new things, finish up others I had felt less important and step out of my comfort zone. In just over 2.5 years I have successfully completed 44 out of 75 goals, I've donated $120 to various charities as promised ($10 for unfinished goals) and I'm still raring to go! Oh yes my friends, I'm giving myself an extension.....

Goal List Update:

Working On

35. Read all of the unread books on my shelf: (15/35)

It has actually taken me 2 years to read 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen. There are 28 chapters in total, each focusing on a person who has been touched by the disease in some way, shape or form. Each story is more heartbreaking than the last and I can't possibly do it justice so if you're interested in an overview of the book go here:

http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780676978223

Completed:

63. Buy a new dresser

Ever since I was a little girl I've always had a long dresser and for years now I have been looking for a tall dresser, a chest if you will. I decided to check online one day at various stores around the area and voila one jumped out at me, I was in love!!! It's very pretty!



A reminder of the goals (the ones in bold text I've completed)

From August 22, 2007 until Thursday May 20, 2010


1. Ride a mechanical bull

2. Get an RRSP

3. Make my bed for 30 consecutive days (30/30)

4. Go topless at a clothing optional beach

5. Achieve BMI of 24.9 or less so people will want to see me topless at the beach

6. Try snowboarding

7. Take a sign language course

8. Complete the cancer bike a thon next year

9. Take a class at Good for Her (IE kink 101, giving great head)

10. Learn how to play the guitar/bass well enough to play one song

11. Try a hot stone massage

12. Try a new food (IE Korean)

13. Watch a Bond movie as I’ve never seen one

14. Take vitamins every day for 90 days (90/90)

15. Stop going to “obligated” events (IE Weddings I don’t care about)

16. Learn about Buddhism

17. Play a game of golf on a green

18. Pay off my car

19. Visit India *


20. Learn to speak better French (mine is at a grade 5 level)

21. Donate blood

22. Whiten my teeth at the dentist office

23. Take circus lessons (IE Trampoline, Stilts, Trapeze) Believe it or not there is a school for this near my work

24.Try a new recipe once a week for 4 months (16/16)

25. Learn how to sew (IE hemming)

26. Get a minimum of 100 signatures on my animal rights petition

27. Try bricklaying

28. Plant my heartnut (I’ve had this thing for over 10 years)

29. Take lunch to work everyday for two weeks (10/10)

30. Join the mile high club

31. Go real camping for a weekend (not at some campground but a National Park)

32. Floss everyday for one month (30/30)

33. Try waterskiing

34. Visit the Galapagos Islands *

35. Read all of the unread books on my shelf: currently (15/35)

36. Learn how to drive standard

37. Move closer to my job

38. Put a new battery in my watch

39. Go skydiving

40. Try a tofurkey for Thanksgiving

41. Visit 15 of my placements at work (15/15)

42. Go to the gym 4 x a week for 2 months (32/32)

43. Use my juicer (I bought it and used it once)

44. Clean out my closet/under my bed/dresser

45. Learn a new dance (IE salsa, hip hop, breakdancing)

46. Go on a jetski

47. Try wearing contacts

48. Take more pride in appearance (IE wear make-up to work, do my hair)

49. Mow the lawn (I’ve never mowed the lawn)

50. Put all of my digital photos on discs

51. Dye my hair a new colour (IE black)

52. Get a firebox for my important items

53. Learn the capitals of all US States

54. Go on an African Safari *

55. Learn how to play the drums well enough to play one song

56. Wear a tank top out in public sans jacket

57. Go on a minimum of 5 dates (5/5)

58. Wear sunscreen everyday for one month (30/30)

59. Visit 3 remaining continents (0/3) *

60. Glamour shots with Jennifer and Jessica

61. Send a care package to a Canadian Soldier

62. Donate in December to Ten Thousand Villages/World Vision

63. Buy a new dresser

64. Attend a movie at the theatre alone

65. Go skinny dipping

66. Plant a windowsill herb garden

67. Go to a flea market

68. Send a letter to a Canadian Soldier

69. Have my car detailed inside

70. Have the teeny tiny rust mark on my trunk buffed out

71 Read a Choose Your Own Adventure book without cheating

72 Strap on love with Scott

73 Finish the 1st 3 seasons of Lost before the 4th season begins

74 To ride the Wicked Twister and Top Thrill Dragster

75. A month with no booze
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To all the Canucks out there, enjoy the long weekend woot woot!!! Ohhhh and it's supposed to be 28 degrees today *SQUEAL*

I seem to be having no luck at grocery stores as of late. First I purchased 2 packages of fruit cups and must have checked the Best Before date on the one and not the other. I went to bring one to work and noticed the BB date was January of 2010.......ummmm yeah it's May! The other package was good for months. Annoying yes but more annoying to go all the way back to the store so I let it go. I figured it was partly my fault for not looking and partly their fault for having something soooooo old still on the shelf.


Next I purchased these expensive apples $2.49 a lb, I tried them at a friends house, enjoyed them and figured they were a treat so why not. I started to eat one but do prefer to cut them into slices so I stopped to do so. Good thing as the inside was brown mush bleh! I would have bit into a rotten apple! An expensive rotten apple at that. I was a bit pissed about this one.....


Lastly, I bought some of that Liberte yogurt, opened it up and voila mold all over the top. It wasn't supposed to be "bad" for another week. Ugh, last straw for me, this one I took back to the store to get a refund.


All of this happened within a week, all at separate stores. Brutal!


I've also had 4 yes 4 bras break within the last 4 months (wires pop out) which makes nooo sense to me as I A) wash them in a laundry bag on delicate to protect them and B) don't wear the same bra everyday. Very inconvenient considering the store is over the river. Luckily PP has been over several times and several times has been able to get me replacements. The last time however, she got a gift card as clearly something ain't right and I'll have to try another style, size whatever to ensure this does not happen a fifth time!

That's my rant for the week :)

I got the strangest text the other day it said "hellooo" so I said "hello" and the person replied "it's Justus, remember me, we met at D Weed March" I was like "wrong number dude" and he was like "isn't this Brittany" and I was all like "noooo and "I"ve never heard of Weed March"! That made me laugh soooooo hard!!! WTF is weed march???

Needless to say the exchange stopped there Ha!

I was checking out good ole facebook the other day when I saw a post from an old high school chum, she was going to see Avatar in 3D and was inviting whomever wanted to go. I figured what the hell and went to meet up with her and a few of her friends about a half an hour away. It sounds odd as I haven't seen her in years and we didn't hang out a lot back in the day but she is good friends with one of my friends and we had fun. She's super easy going and wacky and hilarious and was like "people ALWAYS say they'll get together on that bloody site and then never do" which is totally true. I actually had no interest in even seeing the film however everyone was raving about it and I figured I should at least get the 3D experience if I was going to bother watching it at all. Surprisingly Avatar was a really really great movie, it made me laugh, almost cry and kind of sit back and go hmmmmmm. It made me want to treat people and the earth in a much kinder fashion. If it hadn't been for her message I never would have gone.

Enjoy the weekend my friends, I'm off to see a play and get a massage ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

Things that I'm into right now:

Okay I realize that these 1st two don't go together AT ALL but that's how I roll :)

I had my first bite of Green Tea Haagen Dazs in Japan in oohhhh 2003 and have been searching high and low for it ever since. I'm not even kidding! Anyway skip ahead to oohhhh yesterday and AWWWWWWWWW there it was!!!!! *Squeal* It's delightful, just delightful and it was on sale! It's surprising how a little tub of yummyness could make my day!! Hey 7 years is a long ass time to be waiting for something!

A friend of mine gets a subscription to Women's Health magazine and passes them along to me each month. I must say they are a wealth of information and I enjoy these ones in particular for the articles, tips as well as the plans. I find a lot of the other fitness mags are all geared towards weight training and well weight training whereas Women's Health is so much more than that!

Oh ya, I'm totally into fun accessories if you will at the moment. I used to think Ed Hardy was totally tacky......oh wait I still do.....but I fucking love the above hoodie! Seriously it's super cute and comfy! Love it!

I'm sure I've posted this purse before but alas here it is again in the fun accessories category! You either love it or you hate it and I LOVE it! Betsy makes the cutest items and i totally got this one on sale too last year!

Seriously Winners is my new fav store, I got these Paul Frank flips for a few bucks! Cute cute cute!!!!

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A few things that I want:

PS if you see the HD Green Tea ice cream give it a try, you won't regret it!!!

So I'm sitting at my desk the other day when I hear this horrendous sound coming from the hallway. It was a mix between someone gagging and sucking back their snot and spitting it out.....I wanted to vomit! Choking, snot sucking, choking, gagging snot sucking......

What the fuck is wrong with people? Disgusting......I almost yelled out something along those lines but refrained as I had nooooo idea who it was. Someone I didn't want to be anywhere near clearly!

Not only are such displays horribly rude but they actually make ME start to gag when I hear them. It's almost like a yawn to me, I hear someone gagging I start to gag as the sound makes me sick. I was walking down the street recently when a man was coughing so hard he started to make the noise repeatedly.....I had to walk briskly by him or my lunch would have been sprayed all over his feet.

Don't get me started on when people are actually throwing up....I can't listen to that either....

Does anyone else out there have this issue or am I a big weirdo?

I figured a nice fun topic was in order to take us into the weekend! Ha! Enjoy it whatever you may be up to! And don't forget to honour your mother if she's alive and remember her spirit if she has passed! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

I went to see Rock of Ages this past weekend and LOVED it! Seriously I think it just might be my favorite musical thus far cause I love the 80's and it was all about the music! I'm sure the people beside me hated me, every song I'd giggle and proclaim "I love this song"! They sang everything from Every Rose Has Its Thorn to Hit Me With Your Best Shot, oh yes! I felt like jumping out of my seat and dancing along! It was funny as well, this once character wore hilarious shirts....I won't spoil it for anyone that might go and see it, but it really was a great show!

LD and I went dancing afterwards until ohhhh 3:30am at which time our feet refused to hold us up any longer. Normally I stay with friends but we got a cheapie hotel as there was going to be a few of us.....hotel stays mean getting up at some ungodly hour to check out. LD had a great idea, she said that checkout time should be based on the previous evenings activities. I mean how are we supposed to go to bed at 4am and possibly be expected to wake up and get ready before 11am??? Nighthawks like us should be allowed a 2pm checkout so that we get a decent nights sleep and actually look human in the morning. I know most hotels have late checkout but you ask at this place and they stare at you like you have a third head.......

Completely off topic there was a candy shop beside the pub we hit up for lunch.....so ummm yeah I bought some candy! I love love love wine gums, mmm and a sugar daddy I haven't had one of those in ages (insert joke here) and this odd cadbury cream egg chocolate bar......looked yummy so why not!

Now it's almost Monday *les sigh*

I have a silly question: Is it acceptable to use a coupon on a first date?

I came across that question recently while reading an article (not from personal experience thank god) and wondered what people thought of such a thing. To be honest, I would totally judge someone for whipping out their "two for one" coupon on a first date. I get that the economy isn't great and the person wants to save money, I totally get all of that, I do! I however think that a coupon is best left for another date perhaps the 4th or 5th. I'm all about saving money and wouldn't want to date someone who was up to their ears in debt, I also don't want to date someone soooooo frugal that they whip out a coupon on the first date.

That being said I suppose the person could go up to the register to pay the bill discreetly thus the dining partner would be none the wiser.

Discuss :)

Mish Mash of the week:

So I do quite enjoy musicals, plays, theatre so on and so forth. I watched Glee the other day for the 1st time, only because a little birdy told me they were singing all Madonna songs and I heart Madonna! I enjoyed the show but don't quite understand what's so "amazing" about it. I probably won't watch it again......

I've been sick....again! Ugh, seriously I know several people who are always sick but deny it "no I'm not" and I used to be one of them but now I've come to realize....yes you're all right, I'm always sick! I woke up last week with a swollen leaky eye, fever and have been having sinus issues all week. I went to see the doc, came back with a sac of meds and I'm good as new.....oh for the next week or two then I'm sure some other ailment will creep up!

I'm obsessed with the website beyondtherack, seriously if you like to shop and enjoy deals sign up. It's mostly if not all name brand stuff IE Burberry, Coach, Lacoste etc and they have crazy deals on just about everything. I've seen bags, scarves, sunglasses, clothing, jewelry, shoes.....the list goes on for super cheap prices! Every day at 11am a new sale begins *squeal*!

Things come in 3's right? My new bedroom furniture was delivered and flawed, they're sending out a guy to look at it this week, I've lost my favorite pair of glasses and all subsequent pairs that I own sit sideways on my face (they need to be realigned) and lastly the guy who worked on my car recently ripped my tint right off the front window and now I have to pay to get it fixed*sigh*.

God I love the Duke! I went up to PP's neck of the woods last week to meet her for dinner and she suggested that we head over to the Duke for a post meal drinky poo. At first I was a bit adamant as I was tired and had a long drive home however I decided what the hell and off we went.

The pub was rather quiet and we each grabbed a drink and lost ourselves in conversation until two random guys plopped themselves down beside us. When I say beside I mean practically on top of...... spitty McGee and the "I'm gay" guy invaded our tiny table. They had both been at the bar for "quite some time" on this fine Wednesday evening. Turns out they were complete strangers (to each other) until that evening as well. I don't even remember half of the conversation as I was laughing so hard, but it seems the gay ones' friend was in Vegas, they were chatting on Skype and they like to play some bizzaro type of scavenger game. He takes his laptop, his friend looks up a random place and tells him to go to it, thus he ended up at this pub. He was having some type of going away shindig as he was moving to BC in the morning only no one showed up. So he met spitty McGee and they became instant friends and then wanted us to join in on the "party".

SM kept well, spitting when he spoke and covered me in his saliva, the other one felt the need to tell us he was "gay" I suppose so we didn't think he was hitting on us. No worries, I never get hit on, the thought never even crossed my mind sir.

They invited us to go sing Karaoke with them however we had to turn the invite down, ummmm some of us work in the morning (when did I become 90?). I told them I had to go and let my friends dog out (which was true), PP chimed in "there is no dog, she just doesn't want to go with you". I assured them that I would have gone and do enjoy a pint or four to which PP said "no she doesn't, she hates to drink". Anyway I laughed and laughed as did PP, she had tears streaming down her face cause the whole scenario and conversation was hilarious. Every story the gay one told took an hour, I told him he told stories like my mother, spit it out I said! SM was an older gentleman with a fabulous Irish accent that made everything he said seem that much more funny. He also kept spitting every time he spoke, I told him that I was going to need a raincoat if we were going to continue talking.

This shit always happens at the Duke, it wouldn't be a normal evening there without randoms plopping themselves down to make the evening interesting. There was the homophobic conservative named Leslie, his Welsh friend who HATED us, the self proclaimed "best drug dealer" in the city, the guys who told us their most embarrassing story etc. The list goes on!

When the randoms stumble upon us we almost always open with "we all just took turns telling our most embarrassing stories, now it's your turn" and 9 times out of 10 the people join in without asking for our stories in return! We didn't ask that question this time for whatever reason, but there's always next time!

Cheers to strangers!

A few of my favorite things:

I've been looking for a new makeup bag for a little while and stumbled upon this cute Betsey bag. It's perfect as it has a separate compartment for my brushes which was always an issue with my old one. So not only is it practical but it's super cute!

Nom nom nom, these pita chips are just delightful. They are light and tasty and wonderful with hummus! My new favorite treat!
I've heard that pomegranate juice is very very good for you however I've always had issues with eating the actual fruit as it's super messy and not available year round. So I decided to try this Pom juice and while I quite like the taste I do find it a bit sweet. My friend suggested I cut it with some ginger ale and voila, a refreshing sort of healthy (can pop and healthy be used in the same sentence?) yummy summer drink!

Ahhhh this beautiful weather! Well, what was beautiful weather, I took this photo on my cell last Monday and it's rained every day since. I can be patient and wait for the clear blue sky to return, but please oh please make it soon!

I just adore this song by the Stars and the video is cute too! I can't for the life of me figure out how to put the video on here this time so go ahead and check out the link!

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Enjoy the weekend whatever you may get up to! I will be MIA for most of next week but I'll try to catch up on Friday!

TWO WOLVES

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

"One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee replied, "The one you feed."

I was talking to a placement supervisor today joking around and he commented that I was in such a good mood. I was like hello I'm off at 4 o'clock today until April 12th! *Snoopy Dance* He said he knew the nature of my work and to enjoy my time off and just relax! Amen brother!

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So not only am I ecstatic to be getting some time off but it's also 24 yes 24 degrees today!!!! One of the most lovely, beautiful, sunny days that I have seen in a long long time! I crave this weather and I am soooooooo happy that it has finally arrived!

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I can't wait to get out by the water and take a bike ride or walk along the path in the sun. I'm also going to try to get to some of my goals, do a spring clean and just enjoy my time off. I'll hopefully also get my horrendous eating back in check.....ummm yeah didn't I mention that a few posts ago....oops!

Anyway enjoy the weekend, have a few pieces of chocolate for me (pffff who am I kidding, of course I'm going to have some) and Happy Easter!

So I got a friend request on Facebook from a stranger, however he knows a few of my friends so I thought whatever, might as well. Another friend messages me and tells me to check out this guys profile and I was like that's so weird he just added me as a friend. Oh wait no it's not, she confessed to me that she found him somewhere in cyberspace, figured we had a lot in common and suggested he add me as a friend. It was pure coincidence that we knew two people. She's trying to play matchmaker apparently.........it did make me giggle though!

The Chakra class was interesting and as with most of these things I came out both more knowledgeable as well as more confused than ever! We had a few breaks here and there but otherwise it was 6 hours of information. The first thing I learned was that I was pronouncing the word incorrectly! Oops! I always thought it was "shockra" but really it's "chalkra". Who knew?

He went over each one in depth, guided us through some meditations and answered all of our questions. I'd like to get some books and read up more as we barely scratched the surface due to time restraints.


I spent Earth Hour reading by candlelight as was my plan. I'm like 3 pages away from finishing a book that I started 2 years ago.......yay!!! In my defence it was a heavy topic so I did not pick it up too often.


Hope everyone had a good weekend!

A little bit of this a little bit of that:

So I was standing in line this morning at Starbucks waiting for a fancy latte when two men started to comment on the "Ann Coulter article" as they both looked at a newspaper. The barrista chimed in that he wanted to read the article as well and that he had just heard about her. I was like "for the 1st time ever?" to which he replied yes. I laughed and told him to check her out on youtube, "you'll most likely find her offensive to say the least". Apparently she was supposed to speak at the University of Ottawa the other evening however there were sooooo many protesters it was deemed unsafe for her to do so. Shocking that someone was able to silence Ms. Coulter!

I'm taking a class about the Chakras soon which I'm excited about! I have a booklet that I must read through beforehand which I'm interested in doing asap though it looks rather long!
I wonder if I can just try to wing it the day of......it will be like high school all over again!

"I am no good at good-byes"....quick which movie??? (There's probably a million but one I love always springs to mind when I hear those words) anyway I had to say good bye to the parking man today as I will no longer be using his lot. *sniff* He was the lovely soul who brightened my morning a few times a week with wonderful compliments and smiles. I was thinking of sending him a little card to brighten his day in return. I wonder if that's weird?

Earth Hour is upon us this weekend, is anyone else participating and what will you be doing? Last year I was at a comedy show and out for dinner during the lights out part so that was cool, they gave all of the tables candles which was kinda fun. This year I'll probably just curl up with a good book and try to read by candlelight. Maybe I'll grab a fancy drink beforehand to enjoy.......

Have a great weekend!

Ahhhh I had my first Vanilla Bean Frappuccino from Starbucks the other day. Well not first ever but first this year! The sun was shining, the tunes were playing and I thought what the hell! LD and I also went to our fav summer restaurant as it's right on the beach. Of course we sat inside as it was far too cold for patio weather but we're clearly getting ready for the season ahead.

I've been a bit melancholy as of late however a friend had an extra (free yay) ticket to a comedy show that he thought might cheer me up. It did the trick for a few hours as I laughed and laughed throughout the show. I also have tickets next month to see my fav comedian, a play and concert so I'm looking forward to all of those things!

I went to see Alice in Wonderland this weekend in 3D and LOVED IT!!!!!! Seriously, I found myself smiling throughout the show at the characters, the landscape and the humour! I totally want to be the Queen for Halloween, she was freaking hilarious!

Speaking of 3D what's up with those 3D TV's that are coming out soon? I've seen them advertised on the big box store websites but really know nothing about them. Might be kinda cool to watch everyday TV in 3D.