Once again the weather was fabulous for this lovely weekend! I went to see Jennifer's roller derby game and her team kicked the other teams ass! I forget the actual score but it was like 200 and something to like 50 some odd points. Woot woot!!!




On sunday I took advantage of the sun and went for a nice long bike ride. It was surprisingly quiet on the path and I found a parking spot right away which is odd. I have but one complaint to those walking along the path.....move the fuck out of the way and hmmm I don't know maybe SHARE the path with others. Maybe it's just me but I like to treat the path as a sort of road if you will. If I pull off on the grass to grab a drink I always look for other people before hopping back on. Makes sense, however today several people just sauntered on right in front of me without so much as a look. A man, a woman and their dog just walked blindly on, dum di dum I almost ran over the dog, a woman and her baby did the exact same thing and yet another woman stepped back from the grass onto the path to take a photo but didn't turn around to see if anyone was coming......ugh! I had to swerve around her. I think I'm going to buy one of those awfully loud horns HONK HONK! I do have a bell which I ring when I come upon those douches walking four people across taking up the whole bloody path granted it doesn't help much, by the time they turn around to look I'm usually right behind them and they go in every different direction which is usually the same one I'm going........isn't bike riding supposed to be nice and relaxing?




I LOVE how you have the beautiful water on one side:

and gorgeous houses on the other! It really is a peaceful place to be!

I spent the evening curled up with a good book and some green tea. I also tried to watch a few movies from my childhood, The Goonies and Weird Science. The former I still totally love, the latter hmmm not so much. I wonder what the appeal was way back when anyway?

Am I the only person that gets bizzaro friend requests on the monster that is FB? Wait, first things first, am I still the only loser that uses the social networking site? Okay, back to question #1.......I just find it incredibly odd that a married man from India, a guy from Argentina and a woman from California all want to be my friend. Huh? I could see if they were gathering buds to appear super popular from their own friends friend lists (even then I would decline) but these strangers and I have NOOOOOO friends in common. How the hell are they even finding me? I suppose I've never randomly thrown a name into the search option or looked for people far far away from me for shits and giggles. I already have a pen pal in England (yes we've been writing back and forth yearly since we were in Brownies and you all thought I was kinda cool pffffff) so I'm not in the market for any new pen pals. I just think it's weird.......

Maybe next year someone can remind me to deal with my legs BEFORE the hot weather hits?? They'll be covered in what appears to be large tampons (really it's just long cotton ballish things) and compression tape for a few days which in the warm weather is really quite awful. They itch, sweat, I can't wear shorts cause who wants to see tampons and tape all over my legs and then I can't wear shorts for like 2 weeks after cause they will be bruised. Ugh, why oh why must I be so vain .... hmmm sorta like a pun but not really Ha :)

Anyway get out there and enjoy the weekend, it's gonna be a hot one!!!!

What a lovely weekend activity wise and weather wise! I was able to see a bunch of my peeps I don't get to regularly hang out with, we went for drinks and of course got a little silly, ate deep fried food at 3am and then met up again on a patio the next day for brunch!

I finally got my bike out on the parkway yay and rode for about an hour or so. I have this bench that I LOVE to sit on so I brought a book to do just that. Unfortunately people were already occupying my spot so I found another. I sat down, pulled off my helmet and started to pull out my book when I heard "can we share this bench with you?" I said sure, it was an older couple from the states. They were actually super quiet and very respectful of my reading, they offered me some cheese and we chatted about biking for a few mins before I went on my way. I had to giggle to myself though, normally I would have been sooooo annoyed with the sharing of the bench, I wanted some peaceful quiet time after my long ride but for some reason I just went with it and figured meh whatever it's fine. I open up chapter 4 The Law of Least Effort in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra and was like WHOA! That chapter was all about acceptance and embracing people, situations etc as they come "Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances and events as they occur." Such an odd thing to read when I had done just that not 5 minutes before!!!

I also sat outside and finished off Mr. Chopra's book while enjoying this amazing 27 degree weather woot woot!!!! He had some very interesting things to say and I'm going to give these "laws" a try. I've wanted to explore a more spiritual realm if you will within myself and this seems like a great place to begin. Plus he talks about meditation which is something I've wanted to go deeper into as well.

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!