FYI...

I currently have nothing interested to share with the world, and haven't for a while now, but i'll be back...maybe.

A Great Weekend...

This weekend was spent surrounded by family and great friends, and was all-around awesome. On Friday we woke up bright and early to get ready for the parade, which is a must every July 1st in our family. July 1st is also my Momma's birthday, so we always spend it with her, and usually Granny too. We spiffed the doggers up in their bandannas, and made our way down to our old apartment, which is the perfect location to check out all the floats. The weather was beautiful, and we had a great time scooping up candy and waving to everyone we knew. (The dogs had a great time too, and my mom was nice enough to share her freezies).



















After that we took my mom and family to Wong's Kitchen for lunch to celebrate my Mom's birthday, and headed home for an afternoon nap. Around 5:00 we headed to Frontier Days for a few hours where we walked around stockade, checked out all the rides (from the ground), easily ate our weight in fair food, visited with a whole whack of people, and spend a bunch on money on cheesy carnie games. The best part of the day was winning my own little minion by popping balloons with darts. After that we went home for a short while and waited to go watch the fireworks. As usual, we headed out to our top-secret location and ended up waiting darn near an hour for them to start. The grand stand entertainment was running late, and after growing very impatient, we called it quits and drove home to hear them being fired off just as we crawled into bed. Sigh.

Haircut...

I'm not usually one for taking tacky self portraits of myself in the bathroom so I can upload 543 pictures of myself weekly onto facebook, but I just had a long overdue haircut and wanted to share!

New Beginnings...

It's official! After five long years at the Southwest Booster it's time to move on.

I will miss the flexibility and seniority I worked hard to get. I will miss being the go-to person with all the answers in any department.I will miss the few select individuals who made my time there bearable, the ones who I was able to make long lasting friendships with. I will miss being comfortable, knowing exactly how my day will begin and exactly how it will end. However, I will not miss being taken advantage of or being severely underpaid. I will not miss the power trips, the degrading managerial attitude, or the negativity. I will not miss the laziness, the hypocrisy, or the overall stupidity of their distorted corporate vision.

I understand I will need to adjust to new beginnings, essentially starting my "career" from scratch. I also understand for my well-being, my bank account, and for my sanity - this is what's best for me. This is what's best for my future. I'm proud to say that after seven long months of job hunting, I've found something I'm excited for. My last day at the Booster is June 17, and starting Monday, June 20, I will be the new Office & Warehouse Coordinator at Friesen Nutrition's Swift Current Branch.

Can you tell I'm excited!?!
(The picture is a bit fuzzy, but those are the stickers that came with our calendar, and they all say "Party!")

Mother's Day...

I know I'm about a week late, but better late than never right? This year for Mother's Day, Brad, Jess, Nick and I took Darlene out for brunch on Sunday, and had a nice visit afterwards at the house. Later that night, my family came over for supper where we had a superb bbq, and played with the dogs at the p-a-r-k (you can't say it, you have to spell it, or the boys lose their marbles instantly). It was a wonderfully relaxing day, and was well spent with our wonderful moms. I even got creative and pieced together a small flower bowl for each of them!

I've Been Busy...

Busy....well, sort of anyway. Lately, my life could probably be better described as 'detached' from the outside world as opposed to busy. The last few months have been stressful, and I found myself not wanting to interact with anyone let alone write a blog post. The first Sunday in April my Grandpa Dick passed away unexpectedly, and naturally that brought on the start of my somber existence. Thankfully, he passed on peacefully during his morning nap, but unfortunately it was my who mom found him when she went over to take him groceries and do his laundry just after lunchtime. Not knowing exactly what to do, she called me and I rushed over, where 911 had just arrived. We sat in shock for quite some time, did our best to hold ourselves together, and proceeded to move on and make arrangements. As with the passing of any family member, the days went by in a giant blur, and I don't remember much with the exception of being thankful my entire family was able to travel down for the funeral. It had been close to 10 years since I had seen my cousins on my mom's side, and it was the first time the whole family had been together in probably 15 or 20 years.



After everyone had gone home, my mom and I started the process of cleaning out my grandpa's house, and that was a bit stressful too. We had advertised a bunch of his items for sale online, and it seemed like I was constantly having to go over to show an item, or communicating back and forth annoyingly with uninterested buyers. Last week we finished emptying the contents of his apartment and doing the final cleaning. Aside from at the funeral, that was my goodbye. I was holding on to his memory from his items, and from being in his home, and since that part is over, I won't say my final goodbye until we spread his ashes in the summer at his desired location.

In regards to other things that have detached me from the world, my car was broken for nearly three weeks, which made it hard for me to get out and do the things I always took for granted when I had a running vehicle. Now that my car is fixed my mood is slightly better, aside from the fact that it cost a small fortune to make the repairs, a small fortune of course that I didn't have. Now my credit card is racked right back up again after I worked so hard to get it paid off, and I feel I'm stuck in a vicious cycle, with many other contributing factors not appropriate for discussion on the blog.

Alas, today brings a new month, and I'm currently trying to break the cycle I'm in. I spent the day with Nick so we could have some quality time together as we've been lacking in that department lately. We packed a picnic lunch (courtesy of Subway) and went quadding. We found a beautiful secluded area with a pond and a bunch of trees where we ate our lunch in peaceful silence, and continued on quadding and hiking through the coulees with the dogs. It was a beautiful day spent outdoors, and was a great way to jump start my new mood.

Two Down, Two To Go...

Just recently I finished two more projects - a baby blanket for my dear friend Claire and her daughter Addyson, and although the material is girly, Nick requested I make him a toque. I know two more people having babies in the June and July months, so I've been acting the life of a hermit, only leaving the house at night to lane swim or get groceries, in hopes of completing their blankets before the babies arrivals. Hopefully the next two turned out as cute as the first two. Have a gander...