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POST-IT AWARDS

is there anything more exciting than discovering you've been nominated for a post-it award? uhh... anyways...i'm excited and i'd like to send all of my regular readers who do not know my friend ang to her blog so that they can see the categories to vote on. email me for her email address. seriously. go there now.

more than you could ever want to know

remember the olden days when we used to mass email surveys out to our friends? now we can fufill the survey hunger without filling up anyone's inboxes. this survey is dedicated to james (b.) who needs something to read while he drinks his coffee in the mornings. even though my suggestion was, "don't get up so early, crazy", i thought this was the next best thing to pass the time.

What were you doing this morning at 8 a.m.?
Sitting at my desk marking math papers and eating peanut butter on toast. (yes, at school)

What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Watching King of Queens...it's one i've seen before.

Are you any good at math?
Up to grade 4.

Your prom night?
I wore a red dress and had my first up-do, went with alex (and friends), rode in a limo with no airconditioning then waited in a park and ride for a new limo to pick us up that had airconditioning, refused to dance until scott russell forced me to, watched jonny morrison do the splits in a rented tux, went to a pathetic aftergrad, and skipped the pancake breakfast the next morning and caught a ride home with andi.

Do you have any famous ancestors?
judy macdonald, wonderwoman.

Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school?
not just one. thankfully i married someone who is paying them. ha.

Last thing received in the mail?
Shape magazine.

How many different beverages have you drunk today?
smoothie, coffee, tea, water, and diet coke.

Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machine?
i always leave messages...how else will they know i've called? oh wait...maybe i'm the only person left in the world without call display. please leave a message when you call my house or else i won't know you called.

Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
no

What's the most painful dental procedure you've had?
when they remove your braces and those little metal things that are cememnted to your teeth are ripped off with pliers.

What is out your back door?
my back porch and a bbq.

Any plans for Friday night?
tim's away until friday so yeah...hang out with tim.

Do you like what the ocean does to your hair?
eww...the only ocean i know if WR and i don't like how it looks let alone let it touch my hair.

Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas?
just the tins with 1 kind -- double butter (but that means caramel) from kernels

Have you ever been to a planetarium?
Yes, on a dorm date in my first year to see a lazer show. good times.

Do you re-use towels after you shower?
uhh...is this a trick question?

Some things you are excited about?
tomorrow's thursday, i went to the gym yesterday and discovered i haven't gained any weight since my gym hiatus, halloween candy being on sale, a long weekend is coming, the opportunity to mould young minds(?), that criminal minds is on tonight, umm...

What is your favorite flavor of JELLO?
chocolate pudding.

Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?
not anymore.

Where do you keep your change?
what change? interac please.

When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
this morning at choir practice when i told the entire school (that's the choir)that if they don't keep their arms at the side and stay looking at the director when they sing on remembrance day this weekend, it will be very distracting to the audience.

What kind of winter coat do you have?
a gray MEC rain jacket and a black fleece...how can you tell i'm from BC?

What was the weather like on your graduation day?
umm...cloudy but no need for jackets.

Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
closed.

8 lasts --

8.] last kiss: this morning
7.] last beverage: diet coke
6.] last movie watched: just my luck (haha)
5.] last phone call: called my sister in law
4.] last cd played: something by ryan adams
3.] last "i love you": this morning
2.] last time you cried: at least a week ago...what a record!
1.] last alcoholic drink: i think i tried some wine at one of these summer weddings and was reassured that i can't understand how people stand it.


5 have you evers --

5.] have you ever dated someone twice: yes
4.] have you ever been cheated on: that depends
3.] have you ever kissed someone: haha.
2.] have you ever kissed someone you regret: no
1.] have you ever been depressed: no


6 things you've done today
1.] made a smoothie
2.] straightened my hair
3.] taught grade 2s how to put pictures onto powerpoint and animate them
4.] photocopied
5.] supervised outside at recess
6.] watched friends while i ate salmon by myself

4 places you've lived--
1.] South Surrey, BC (1982 - 2000)
2.] Langley, BC (2000 - 2003)
3.] White Rock, BC (2004 - 2005)
4.] Abbotsford, BC (2005 - present)

how sad is that? one day maybe i'll move somewhere other than the lower mainland. but really...why would i want to? ha.

3 favorite colors --
1.] Green
2.] Red
3.] Blue

2 things you want to do before you die --
1.] go to europe
2.] have a kid

Q 01: is there a person who is on your mind right now?
A 01: uhh...is this another trick question?

Q 02: Where is the last place you went?
A 02: save on foods. (sing it:more, more, more)

Q 03: who is the last person who called you?
A 03: tim - he left a message

Q 04: do you have any siblings?
A 04: Yes. one.

Q 05: do you smile often?
A 05: Yes.

Q 06: do you think that someone is thinking about you right now?
A 06: umm...tim? are you there?

Q 07: do you wish on stars?
A 07: no...but i teach kids about constellations even though i know nothing about them.

Q 08: do you untie your shoes every time you take them off?
A 08: no...but i have to untie them when i go to put them on again.

Q 9: do you like your handwriting?
A 9: sure.

Q 10: Who's bed did you sleep in last night?
A 10: mine.

Q 11: what color shirt are you wearing?
A 11: blue hoodie.

Q 12: do you have any pets?
A 12: no way.

Q 13: what is the color of your bedsheets?
A 13: cream.

Q 14: What were you doing at 9 last night?
A 14: watching the show house and reading a book because i don't like house.

Q 15: I can't wait until..
A 15: it's friday.

Q 16: Look to your right. What's there?
A 16: a red filing cabinet, paper, paper, paper, and some empty candy wrappers.

Q 17: Ever cried yourself to sleep?
A 17: who hasn't?

Q 18: Song that makes you cry?
A 18: once when i was 8 or 9, at an evening church service (remember when those were different than the morning ones?) someone sang that song, "cats and the cradle" by cat stevens (yeah...random) and i'd never heard the song before and i cried. that's the only time. remember that dad? or should i say, max?

Has anyone ever thrown you a suprise party?
yes. thank you.

Are you easily excited?
hmm...i'm not sure. i don't think so but maybe.

What event is coming up that you're most excited about?
wait...i already answered this question.

If you won a million dollars what would be your first thought?
ahh...another trick question.

If you could have anything right now what would it be?
haha.

What was your latest dream?
i was writing the homework on the board and looking for mr. beeke to ask him what the homework for the grade 4s was. my dreams are looking a little too much like reality.

Do any of your dreams come true?
umm, actually today i did go looking for mr. beeke to ask him what the homework for the grade 4s was.

What was the weirdest dream you've ever had?
oh please...don't ask. no one ever believes my dreams anyways but they should talk to my friend kara. hers are way weirder.

Do you usually remember your dreams?
almost always.

wait...that's it? how can you end a survey with a question like that? hunh.

keeping the ideas coming...

well since i'm posting about how to have less stress (and stressing some people out...) here's a website to go to for a shopping list and recipes for a week. you print off the list and then you have all the food you need for one week. there are NINE weeks with NINE lists and 45 recipes! (it doesn't include saturdays and sundays and actually, because it's a KRAFT website, every friday suggests Delissio pizza but hey!) check it out!

my favourite KRAFTCanada recipe that i've made 4 times in the past month (once for Liz, D, and Cademon, once for tim, once for my parents, and once for staff lunch at school) is the Fiesta Casserole. I'm including the recipe especially for domi since i know how much he enjoys mexican food and he's wishing he had some good recipes.

Prep: 20 min
Ready In: 50 min
Serves: 6
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1 lb. (500 g) extra lean ground beef
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1 medium green pepper, chopped (this is pretty optional)
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1 medium red pepper, chopped (as is this...though it's a nice addition)
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2 cups salsa
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1 can (19 fl oz/540 mL) diced tomatoes, undrained
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2 cups frozen corn, thawed (i just used one can)
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12 flour tortillas (6 inch) (i just used 6)
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1 cup KRAFT Tex Mex Shredded Cheese, divided (i just used regular cheese)
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PREHEAT oven to 375°F. Brown meat with peppers in large skillet; drain. Return meat mixture to skillet. Stir in salsa, tomatoes with their liquid and the corn.

SPOON 1 cup of the meat mixture onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish. Top with 6 of the tortillas, overlapping as necessary to fit in dish. Spoon half of the remaining meat mixture over tortillas in dish; top with 1/2 cup of the cheese. Top with remaining 6 tortillas and remaining meat mixture. Cover with foil.

BAKE 25 to 30 min. or until heated through. Remove from oven; uncover. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Let stand 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

feeling stressed?

i think that november can be a really stressful time of year. talking to students, this is when all the big papers and due and exams are coming. for teachers, we have report cards hanging over our heads plus then parent teacher conferences. these are all stressful things. i got an email from Women's Health about how to stress less (in timeline format) and i thought i'd pass a few tips onto you...

7:12 a.m.
Feel like a head case? Take the problem by the roots: In the shower, grab your hair close to your scalp — sounds painful, but just try it — and tug up to release tension. Then rub your fingers in small circles over your entire head to stimulate blood flow, which reduces pain and stress. (haha)

7:59 a.m.
Crank up KT Tunstall's album on the way to work. Listening to music is proven to reduce stress responses such as high blood pressure and elevated heart rate.
(fyi: i went to future shop the other day to buy KT's cd and got distracted by ben folds. maybe i'll go back.)

1:25 p.m.
While enduring an annoying phone call, do this: Sit on the edge of your chair and straighten your left leg in front of you. Exhale and bend forward from your hips, keeping your back flat and chest lifted. Hold for 2 to 10 breaths. Do the same with your right leg. This will relieve any tension built up from sitting at your desk all morning.

3:47 p.m.
Keep a golf ball under your desk and rub your bare feet over it for a private foot massage. Bonus: The boss will think you play golf. (i can't imagine actually doing this one. what if you wear boots and then the fire alarm goes off? or worse, what if you take off your shoes and then people are asking, "what's that smell?")

4:30 p.m.
Write on your blog. (just kidding. i added this one. but it is stress relieving.)

5:53 p.m.
Ditch the starchy suit and pumps for drawstring sweatpants and a hoodie the minute you walk in the door. (ok, so i'm not wearing a suit...actually, i'm wearing nice khakis and a hooded sweater but i'm still planning on sweats when i get home!)

8:00 p.m. (this one is for alyssa)
When you flick on Lost, grab some knitting. Researchers at the Mind/Body Medical Institute in Boston found that repetitive activities can help calm your nerves.

9:05 p.m.
Stress makes chronic skin conditions like acne worse, but honey can make them better. The bee's pride and joy is a moisturizer, antioxidant, and antiviral all in one sticky package. Spread a thin layer on your face and neck, let it sit for 10 minutes, then rinse off with tepid water. (really? i'm nervous to try this...)

10:31 p.m.
Keep a notepad and pencil bedside to write down any to-dos that are weighing on your mind — it will help you let go of anxious thoughts and drift into la-la land.

ahh yes...maybe not all these will be help for you but i know that now that i've read this article, i've been convinced that i should be wearing sweatpants more. haha.

the top news story this morning

an elderly man was reunited with his runaway puppy after a young woman jumps out of her car to chase it down. last night, this old man was walking his 8 week old sara down 24th Ave in South Surrey to the post office when Sara got away. When sara began to run, dragging her leash behind her, she darted in and out of traffic on 24th causing cars to slam on their brakes and swerve. when angela and her friend, rebecca turned their vehicle onto 24th, the scene that they encountered was a speedy puppy running far ahead of it's elderly owner who was attempting to chase the dog down the street. in moments the girls decided they needed to help the man so rebecca drove up along side of the dog and angela jumped out to chase it down. thankfully wearing her runners, angela's speed helped her catch up with that quick puppy. she gathered sara up and walked back down the street to give the dog back to her owner who was still doing his best to keep up. the grateful man thanked the girls and sent them away with a "i'm so proud of you both". today we are happy to report that sara is home safe with her owners.

tv quote of the week

"Some people go their whole lives without having an epiphany. I'm having them like crazy." -- Hank from Corner Gas

soccer tournies, final exams, and chinese food

i think the title speaks for itself in relaying what my day was filled with. the soccer tournament was freezing (umm...bc style freezing...6 degrees?) and let me just say thank goodness for having an all day tournament the day after halloween because those kids in the classroom on sugar highs would have been bad news. the final exam for hiking? well, what can i say? i'm sure i passed...though maybe not with flying colours...i know for sure that one of the questions that asked, "which one is one of the ten essentials?" i said "something to drink" and afterwards i realized that it was supposed to be "signal device". duh. oh well. i most definitely passed the class hence finally graduating and getting chinese food for dinner as a treat. yay. chicken chow mein and sweet and sour pork, here i come. (yes, i'm just as safe with chinese as i am with sushi)

ahh...halloween costumes

well the light's out at our house. 7pm and we're already out of candy. i guess i shouldn't have been handing out two at a time at the beginning of the night. the house across from ours is crazy decked out -- headstones, a huge grim reaper, cobwebs, and some kind of smoke..i'm not sure where that's coming from. i saw some cute constumes though. little batmans and snow whites. cute.

discussing our past halloween costumes is something that comes up year round when we want a good laugh. halloween wasn't the biggest deal for our family and i don't ever remember coming up with costume ideas too far in advance. hence some of the costumes that we put together. matt really had the best ones that will long go down in our halloween history.

This was my first halloween that i can remember - i was three. my dad took me to Kmart to pick out a mask and i picked this one. i remember him asking me, "are you sure you don't want a lady's face mask?" and i knew that this was the one i wanted. i just handed out the candy at our door. the carebear jumpsuit didn't exactly work. notice the celery in my hand and my sad pumpkin. i'm thinking this phoot was taken awhile after halloween when i was eating my celery and my mom said, "hey rebecca, put on your mask and i'll take your picture."




oh, the pumpkin. we just kept stuffing that orange garbage bag full of newspaper and it kept piling up at matt's feet. he actually had difficulty walking and i was way ahead of him. apparently we weren't expecting much candy withh those bags with our names on them.











i have another picture but blogger is being weird and i can't upload it but imagine matt with pantyhose on his face. haha. happy halloween...

what to post...what to post...

on a daily basis i can think of numerous random things to post about...like the movie highschool musical and how my hair bugs me and what i think on my commute to and from work but apparently these are not the things that get people commenting. as my cousin rachel explained to me in my early blogging days, she says i am supposed to "earn" my comments. so all week i've thought long and hard about something substantial that i could say and earn some comments and here is the problem: i don't have anything. sure, i could discuss reading disabilities at length or the beauty of the buntzen lake trail (where i hiked today) and how hiking there made me contemplate life or "post-modernism vs. christianity" (that's for you sharelle) but you know...i'm still more interested in less important things when it comes to blogging. maybe i'll write a quote at the end of the post or something to make up for it.

this week i ref-ed two soccer games in the rain. i don't really know the rules for soccer. like when the ball goes out by the green team in the end-zone of the green team, the blue team gets a corner kick, not a throw in. these are things you learn quickly. at one point in the game i started talking to a parent, only to look up and see the kids all looking at me because the ball had gone out and i hadn't called it yet. haha. this wednesday we have a tournament with chehalis, harrison, and seabird which is all day so that will be fun. i only have to ref one game and i think i've got the rules under control now.

also this week we began our coreography for our hiphop class. mary (my instructor), has picked an old usher and old mase song for it and let me tell you, if you don't like a song that you're learning a dance to at the beginning? after you listen to it a hundred times per class, you will hate it with a passion by the end! but when i checked mary's site for our music and coreography, i saw she has pics of the dance blast class that she teaches that i go to on wednesday nights (remember alyssa?). here are two pics...i always stand at the front on her right...just out of this picture. the person in the right corner of the pic is my sister in law. i stand next to her. in the stretching ones, i'm the person in the lower left corner. i have been super awful about going regularly since summmer. augh. just looking at these pics makes me feel guilty.



in more exciting news, my hiking class is almost over! all i have left is this ridiculous test on wednesday and it's done! i completed my last hike today. buntzen lake trail. fairly easy in comparison to our three other hikes but it wasn't all flat or anything. :) being keen enough to post this moments after getting home from the hike, there are no pics yet to post from the class photo site (since you know i wasn't taking any with my non-existent camera). at the end of the hike when we get on the bus, daryl, our instructor tells us that we're going to go for ice cream. on him. we're all amazed that he's going to buy ice cream for all 50 of us...very exciting. then we stop at not mcdonalds where ice cream cones are a dollar but at DQ where they're $2.25. what? how great! THEN he says that we can have whatever we want...even blizzards! wha..?? my husband won't buy me blizzards!(jk tim) so we go in and they're slightly overwhelmed by us and i order a dipped cone. my friends (term used loosely except for sharelle) all order small blizzards. but then we're sitting there eating and watching other students walk by us with their purchases: large blizzards. whole combo meals. who do these people think they are? we're stunned. but then we come to find out that our travel budget still had $200 in it and if we didn't use it up it just goes back to T-dub. well...this travel budget isn't just twu's money...it's our extra fees that we had to pay for this class! i paid $87 extra to hike so really...the DQ wasn't on daryl...it was on us. haha. enjoyed my cone until i started wishing i had fries but i enjoyed my cone.

“Deep is the well of truth and long does it take to know what has fallen into its depths” -Friedrich Nietzsche

a haiku for fall

i was out hiking again this weekend and my legs were reminding my this morning. here's an ode to fall, haiku style.

leaves rustle in the wind

colours floating to the ground

now i rake them up

things on the commute that make you say, "are you kidding me?"

> people who merge onto the highway going 45km/hr

> when the radio plays the same songs TO work as when you LEAVE work

> when you're behind someone in the fast lane who is going slow and then someone behind you speeds by in the slow lane and you just want to yell, "it's not my fault!"

> when the Z-effect jackpot is at $65,000 and someone calls in and guesses "a bottle cap being removed from a bottle" when that's only been guessed maybe 45 times.

> signs along the highway that use quotation marks badly advertising...
"homecooked" meals.

yes, this was my commute today. haha.

ahh...hair dilemas.

now if you're looking for a surfacey, self invovled, unimportant dilema post, you've got it right here. my hair drives me crazy. i'm at the point right now where i should go and get a haircut because it's in that middle stage but i feel like growing it out. it's so dumb to grow it out because it just does not look good pulled back all the time but then i see pictures like the following and think, no, it could look good. here are my thoughts with photos...

look at the possibilities - i really liked this hair on these two days alone. this was my courtney cox attempt. but i never wore it down -- too much work and i didn't have a straightener at the time.



so it looked like this. pulled back, gross bang strands, making my face look fat. this is what i would not want if i grew out my hair again.



so i cut it all off (this one being the most recent major cut)

but then it grows out. sometimes growing out can look nice like at this wedding.
but most of the time, this is my problem: (see previous post with caedmon for more evidence)

although now that i have looked through all these pictures analysing them, maybe i don't want long hair again because it makes me look younger..? i'm trying to look like a teacher. a grown-up one. maybe i should just stop wearing hoodies and pumas to school everyday and quit worrying about my hair. haha.

yes, these are the thoughts that go through my head each morning when i'm trying to make myself look presentable. now you know more than you ever wanted to. but that's why you read my blog.

caedmon kovacs

yes, i got to meet him tonight. liz and darian are looking good for the amount of sleep i imagine they're getting. the little guy was awake the whole time i was there which was fun for me but disconcerting for liz and darian as he had never been awake that amount of time yet in his short little life. he's so sweet. darian is updating their site often so keep checking it out at caedmonkovacs.com

in other news, it turns out that there is a whole world of movies that we have never seen which i would label as disney no names. they'd be in the category with marykate and ashley's movies except that those aren't no names. the one we watched last night (which was borrowed from owen dickie) was called highschool musical. okay, i've typed 5 sentences here and then backspaced because i just can't put into words the cheesy greatness of this movie. it's a musical so you're watching and then all of a sudden the whole basketball begins singing and dancing about getting their heads into the game. and for sure the most amazing scene was when the entire cafeteria broke out into song and dance -- it was fantastic. i imagine myself adoring it as a ten year old. if you're ten, i recommend it.

are you my brother?

well i got the link to TWU hiking photos and made it into a couple. proof that i hiked mt. baker (although it really could be anywhere from these photos)
eating lunch - me in the centre
that's me second from the left in black

in regards to my post title today, last night my brother called me to see if i wanted to come to WR for dinner. my parents are away in oregon and tim had already left for his trip. i was up for a dinner cooked by someone other than myself so i drove out to WR. if only i'd had a camera to take a picture of what he made.

sun-dried tomato pesto lingune with chicken
baked asparagus
mixed greens salad with red pepper, strawberries,and avocado with a balsamic vinegar and oil dressing

and to this i ask, "are you my brother?"

but yes, it was him. he's quite the healthy guy making faces at mac&cheese and eating at wendy's. he explained that the previous night he'd made some kind of fancy tuna steak which he pan seared in a special coating of crushed sea salt kettle chips and garlic. he said it was fantastic. he says that he would cook this way if he was living on his own. well well well. there are just no words to describe my amazement being his sister who sometimes cooks mac&cheese as a dinner for her husband. i could learn a few things. (but i'm going to wendy's tonight for dinner...i'll start learning tomorrow...)

the secret is out...

i've avoided blogging for the past week for one reason. the scrapbook. for those of you who had not heard, it was my mom's 50th this past thursday and i've been working on making this scrapbook for her with letters and pictures from lots of people from her past and present. but every night that's what i'd been working on and i just couldn't say anything about it on my blog. i was out of things to say. but it's out! the scrapbook has been given. happy birthday judy! she loved the book. it was all a success.

in other news, tim and i began our first family tradition: picking pumpkins on thanksgiving weekend. reminicent of pumpkin picking in cloverdale those days before the wedding. that was fun. imagine this is picture of tim and i. ha. (man, i miss my camera)

speaking of missing my camera, yesterday was hike number two of my hiking class. also to be noted: my first hike with sharelle - good times. we went to greendrop lake. so the hike started off with some wicked incline. we had good intentions to stay near the middle of the pack but we were quickly passed by basically the rest of the class. so it was sharelle, me and another girl on our own looking for orange tape marking the path and taking breaks when we felt like it. i have to say that one, it's more fun hiking with someone you know than not knowing, and two, it's more fun not having the pressure of people hiking close behind you. so it was going fine. we hit the first lake: lindeman lake. let me say that it is worth the steep hike to get to this first great lake. here are some found photos on the internet from wayne_n's (?) website in 2004 but look exactly like what we saw yesterday.


from this lake to the next laek (greendrop), was just slightly up and down which made it a fairly nice hike. what made it a bit more difficult was the rocks that we were constantly climbing over.

but we made it to the end which not everyone did. we were quite proud of ourselves. on the way back down, everyone left from greendrop at the same time so somehow we got caught up near the front of the pack that apparently never stops for breaks and practically runs down mountain. we got separated and as i was rushed along on the current, i slipped and turned my ankle. but i recovered instantly and kept going. then it happened a seond time. it hurt a little more but still almost instantaeous to the naked eye. and then the third time...i had to stop and let people pass me. augh. made it down the mountain. all good. until i got home and took off my sock only to find that my left ankle where that little bone sticks out? it's indistinguashable because the muscle around it is so swollen. shoot. so i'm hobbling around and annoyed at my foot. oh well -- hopefully it's ready to go by next weekend. hike #3 - elk mountain.

last night tim and i went out to north van and saw tim's friend jay. third from the left. have you ever been driving over the second narrows bridge and seen the sign for the marina grill lit up and pointing down to underneath the bridge? well i had and when jay mentioned going there for dinner, i was excited to see it. it was very nice. i had fish and chips and forced tim to eat his with a fork and not his hands which he was very annoyed at. ha. then we went to see Little Miss Sunshine. wow. great movie. i loved it. there's this part where the horn on the VW van is kind of stuck and it keeps giving this lame honking sound every so often and tim was in tears laughing. that's always funny to see in itself. and the running for the van? oh man.

then, last but most definitely not least: congratulations to liz and darian on the birth of their little baby boy. i've heard that his name is Kademon but i don't know if the spelling is correct or any other details. maybe she'll post a comment with the details? :) i'm sure there will be some photos to come in the near future. so very exciting for them!

tim left this morning for the week as he's off to salmon arm/revelstoke/kelowna/other places for the week for work. i'm not excited to be alone again but i'm sure there will be more regular blogging because of it. haha.

happy october 9th

24 years ago on this day, Angela was being born. Happy Birthday Ang!

2 years ago on this day, Tim and I got married! crazy that it was 2 whole years ago! it wasn't as nice a day as today. all you ontarioites were were in BC for some classic BC weather. what good times.

happy thanksgiving.

it's over

my love affair with the library.

oh i know...i raved about it this summer. renting movies. requesting books. the honeymoon stage.

at one point a lot of things went overdue at the same time and racked up a lot of money but i stayed calm and thought to myself, "it's okay...i just need to do better at getting my stuff back. i can do this." i continued the affair.

but now? i had 47 books overdue today. even when they're only overdue three days...that adds up. then when i pressed, "renew all" on my account, it told me, "too many renewals" and refused to renew some of them. these are books that i'm using in my author study at school. how dare they be overdue without renewal priveleges. i am taking these books back after school next tuesday and will not be returning to the library again.

oh i am serious.

thoughts at random

thought number 1: last night on america's next top model, the quote of the night was (in regards to the tasks they do on the show)..."nothing that we do is pointless." hmm...

thought number 2: i love fall. i love fall so much that i was going to write an ode to it but then thought...ahh...i'll stop at saying i love it.

thought number 3: teachers are of a different breed. i am at the christian teacher convention right as we speak (yes, and i am posting) and it's so funny to be with 1100 teachers at one time. i can't explain.

thought number 4: i bought these expensive runners awhile ago (remember that post?) and last night at dance blast i was dancing away only to realize that a part of the sole is coming off the bottem. what??? am i allowed to take them back without a reciept months later?

last thought: when is tim getting home tonight?

are you making fun of me?

so tim's away for a week so last night on my way home from work i stopped to buy myself some sushi.

i walk in and order a california roll and dynamite roll. as you can see already from my choices, i'm not a very exciting sushi eater. now last time i was here, they had put a sauce on the dynamite roll so i asked if they could not put the soy sauce on. (it's a father and son duo behind the counter) the son looks at me like i'm crazy and says, "it's not soy sauce, it's teryaki sauce." (can you tell i don't ever have soy sauce to think that that was what it was?) i say, "ok, can you not put teriaki sauce on?" he says ok. i sit down to wait and the son says to me, "so do you want a package of soy sauce with it?" i say, "no thanks." a minute later he asks, "well, do you want ginger and wasabi?" and since i never eat those anyway i say, "no, i don't need them." but i smile and make a joke about being a boring sushi eater. he still can't believe that i'm refusing all these things. another minute later he asks, "do you want the _________ (i can't remember the name but it's the little orange fish eggs on top of a roll)?" well i've said no so many times to his disbelief that i say "sure" even though last time, i picked them all off. he replies, "really? that's weird that you would want those and not everything else." i just was like, "uhh, yeah."

but why? why is that so weird? can i not just order what i like and be accepted?

i ate my sushi with no satisfaction last night. they say the first step to recovery is admitting the problem.

"Hi. I'm Rebecca. I eat my sushi plain."