First Anniversary...

Last weekend marked our one year anniversary, and we decided to celebrate by getting out of town for a night. On Friday, my mom came over with some beautiful flowers, and then came back over later in the evening with my dad and they treated us to Wong's for supper. It was not only delicious, but greatly appreciated!



Between my mom and Nick's dad the dogs were very well spoiled and taken care of so we packed our things and headed for Regina early Saturday morning. We hit up the new Wholesale Sports as soon as we got there and then headed for the Cornwall Centre where we pigged out on New York Fries and Orange Julius. We bummed around the mall for a while, checked out a few stores, and eventually got tired and checked into our hotel. For supper we went to Montana's where we both had delicious meals and after much debate, we left with an order of deep fried cheesecake as well. We were too full to eat it at the restaurant, but I convinced Nick it crazy delicious, and we ended up taking it back to the hotel without hesitation. Unfortunately, we weren't prepared and had to reheat it on the actual microwave plate and get forks from Subway. None the less, it was a tasty treat, even if Nick didn't think so.







Because we missed our doggies so much we ate breakfast at the hotel Sunday morning and headed home early. They were as thrilled to us as we were them, and after a few hours of relaxing we followed tradition and ate some of our wedding cake I had saved in the freezer for a whole year. All in all it was a great weekend, and we've spent a great first year together.

Donation...

On August 10 - her 16th birthday, Jayci Wittmier was in a terrible car accident. She broke vertebrae in her neck and injured her spinal cord. After being hospitalized for months, she is now home, confined to her wheelchair requiring constant supervision, and is taking part in numerous rehabilitation programs in hopes to walk again.

Last week at work, I decided to take a poll around the office to see who was interested in making a donation towards Jayci's future. Through our social club fund and personal donations, we were able to contribute $150 to the Jayci Wittmier Trust Fund. I also handcrafted a bouquet of flowers from newsprint as a little gift to remember our donation by.

Jayci's parents, Shawn and Starla, are close friends of my parents, and I am always checking out her blog to see her progress. She is an amazing young gal with a bright future, and has an awesome family to continues make daily sacrifices to better her healing processes. From myself and everyone at the Booster, we wish Jayci a successful recovery.

For My Mom...

A couple weeks ago my mom and I went for an appreciation supper after volunteering for the Swift Current Ag & Ex. Everything was fine and dandy until she dropped me off afterwards and spoke the phrase I fear most..."oh wait, I bought something for you!"

Growing up, I hated yard work. Never once did I have to mow the lawn (for which I am grateful) but I did however, have to take on the hellish task of raking leaves a couple times a year. If I procrastinated, my mom would deal with it, but never give in, and I most often ended up raking rotten leaves after an early spring rainfall or an early winter frost. It might not have been so bad if we just had to rake the leaves and discard them, but no....my mom insisted on jamming every last leaf into those heinous orange Halloween bags, just so they could sit on the front lawn for display, most years for at least a whole month after Halloween had passed.

Lucky for me, that is exactly what my mom had splurged on when she told me she had bought me something as I exited her vehicle after our appreciation supper. Great. Just what I wanted. I tried to convince her to keep them, telling her all sorts of excuses including reasons like "No mom, really, its fine....Nick probably wont let me put them on the lawn anyway..." and "Oh, shoot...I already bought some, I guess you can just keep them". In the end she insisted I take them....and fill them...and put them on the lawn. Now, Lord knows my mother must have lost her marbles because she believes the only way in the world to have kids come to your door asking for candy is to have the ugly ass bags of rotting tree matter on your lawn to draw them in. Much to my dismay, Nick was delighted to fill the stupid bags, and they now reside on our front lawn for everyone to see.

For you, Mom...