boys meet the girls

i'm trying not to post so often to be like the people still in school. you know, the busy ones. but i AM busy... with french and the gym and my friends and housework.. okay, that last one's a stretch. i've decided that i'm not a very good housewife at all. i really really don't like doing housework and wish it would do itself or that we were rich enough to hire someone to clean everything. wouldn't that be nice.

baseball is starting real soon. our first tournament is before the end of the month (the 30th, but still) and then we're into league games two nights a week and a tournament here and there. that also means that the team fees are due soon. erg. if our society is breeding obese people, starting younger and younger, you'd think that someone should be paying ME to play. or paying for MY gym membership. it's weird how all the healthy things are so often more (and much more) expensive than the bad-for-you things. why is a cheeseburger a couple bucks, but a healthy pita (or something) at least 5? maybe the government should invest more money into healthy lifestyles and less into cleaning up after the weak. is that a bad opinion? is that really what i think?

time flies slow

naps! i napped twice this weekend. i haven't napped in forever. i forgot just how good it felt to fall asleep fully clothed on the couch in the sun with my kitties. mmmmm napping.

today was a super nice day out. we did some driving around in the new car and found a bike for me (meet disco) at sport mart. i'm excited to get biking and stuff. it's nice because i'm in much better shape now thanks to the gym so biking should be easier.

tomorrow my mission is to buy tickets for a friends' show.

bermuda shorts! shorts!

oh god, i hate the bermuda shorts commercial from old navy.. or maybe it's the gap. i don't know. either way, it's awful.

i had a great time tonight. we had a night out for marianne's and alan's birthdays. and when i say night out i really mean a night in. we got pitas and watched a movie. it was fun though.

last night jon and i went to his coworker's house. again, it was a good time. we had pizza and played a trivia movie type game then watched some family guy.

holy crap it was so nice out today. when i went to the gym this morning it wasn't all that warm, but the rest of the day was beautiful. i like not-winter.

crackers squared

last night was the competitive clubs banquet at carleton. it was fun enough. nice to see the girls again though i wasn't feeling very social. after that i went knitting as usual for a wednesday night. it was different this week though because we had cake. cake is always good.

today was not much of a day. i slept in and went to the gym and french class but i didn't do much else. we got so much french homework. i'm kinda glad there's only 2 weeks left, but i am thinking about signing up for the next session since i won't be able to do it during the summer (i can't handle three nights a week.. not with baseball and keeping my sanity). so that's that.

school's almost done so hang in there.

seeeee? seeeee?

quoi de neuf? i went to a body combat class last night (like cardio kickboxing) and i'm so sore today. but i went back to the gym to do my weight circuit. i ended up skipping my arms.

i also finalized a sponsorship scandal.. errr, deal with kelsey's. it's kinda crappy, but it's all they'll give us: a 10% kick back from everything we spend. it does include alcohol though. so, friends, please forgive me if i always suggest we go to kelsey's.

i watched cold mountain today. i didn't know anything about it ahead of time. i liked it fine, but didn't like how it lasted so long. and i was surprised by the nudity. guys: you want to get laid, grab this movie and last through the whole thing, you'll get to see some boobies and you'll wow your girl. well maybe. yeah, good luck with that.

we lost

well we just lost in the finals. so hockey is done for me for the year. i think i played well enough, though i was on for two of three of their goals. ah well. now it's party time.

i watched raise your voice yesterday. you know, the one with hilary duff. where she sings. yeah that one. i actually found it pretty touching. i was surprised with myself.

what else? we got our taxes done today and i'm looking forward to the big fat return we'll be getting. so there, government. you take it away but then you give it right back. silly government.

i feel like i've been busy these days, but i haven't really. i had to do some running around to get my name changed finally. i still have more to do and an early start tomorrow morning will help. blah getting up early.

i'm driving myself crazy. i want to have a job. and i realized that my taxes next year are going to be harded to do with ei in the mix. at least it's free money right now.

pictures

my big plan is to start scrapbooking. i decided to start with recent pictures so that i can get caught up and working backwards won't be as stressful if i have now finished.

i can't believe how many pictures we take now that we have a digital camera. i don't know how people can be so organized to scrapbook well. holy shit.

we actually won

funny story.. well kinda. we had our replay of the semi final game tonight for hockey. the team we're playing is really rought, but miraculously the game isn't as bad as usual. in the third period they score. 1-0 them. then we score and it's huge! and then we go into 5-minute sudden death overtime. the same girl who scored for us puts the puck on the goal line and i tap it in. we win! everybody's happy! girlie there tells the ref and the whole team that she put the puck in the net. fine. bitch.

then knitting was good. we were all yawning around 10pm so that was bad. i still didn't get home until 11:30. i left my hockey gear in the car because bringing it in is loud and i didn't want to wake the kitties. who am i kidding?

i'm getting through the great gatsby in french and i'm finding it better than it was in english, but i think it's because it's almost like i'm skimming with all the words i don't understand. i look forward to reading it every night though.

i watched shawn of the dead last night. it was a really funny movie. i especially like when shawn demonstrates killing his girlfriend and himself. maybe you'll know the part if you've seen it. thanks to goodlife for giving me free rentals.

one_more_time

do you ever worry that you're going to forget all the funny things that have happened to you? things that made you smile?

i had a good day. i slept in and went to the gym and did groceries and stuff like that then went to french class. i got home and watched jeopardy and the amazing race and a thing about cleft lips and pallets. there's a really neat organization operationsmile.org who send doctors and nurses all over the place to perform surgury on kids so they can smile. if i was a doctor i would sign up for a two week tour.

avril lavigne is coming to ottawa. why isn't kelly clarkson?

i told you

i said i would keep you updated about my grandfather and his car situation. monday he went out and bought a mercedes, though he surprised me and bought a 1999. he went out today to look at houses. crazy crazy.

i had a good weekend. it was busy but relaxing, and nice to have jon around and to see everyone.

tomorrow i'll start posting regularly again.

so many changes

so i waited to post until more people told me about where they host their sites. i got three responses (and one earlier) so that's not too bad.

i had hockey last night... semi final action in arnprior. we tied, which is good and bad. good because we didn't lose. bad because we have to replay the game, instead of going into shootouts or some other tie-breaker. so we have to play again. at least this time our goalie will be there. we pulled up another goalie and she did great, before and after she hyper-extended her knee. i feel weird because i missed my french class to go to the game.

i was all excited because i thought we might be going to thunder bay for the weekend (it being a long weekend for those of us (not me) who work), but we aren't going.

i sent a whole bunch of pictures to be printed and i'm going to make a scrapbook with them for 2004 and start on 2005. this is exciting stuff. okay, maybe it's only exciting for me and the lady who's selling me all the scrapbooking stuff.

did anyone else think that 24 was really slow this week? i felt like it lasted two hours instead of just one. in my opinion that was the worst episode of all four seasons. monday was just a big disappointment, looking back. pilates sucked too. the y keeps letting beginners into the advanced class so we can't build on past weeks we have to learn how to breathe every class. i definitely won't be signing up for that again. but i have my new goodlife membership to get me in shape. i had my orientation today and i learned how to use all the machines (the weight is air pressure - how cool is that?

my grandparents are moving back from holland.. in with my parents again. so i spent a lot of time today helping my mom clean their house. i give my grandfather till the middle of next week to have bought another mercedes. and i think i'm being generous. wednesday. i'll keep you posted.

hosting

where are you hosting your website? what is a good price per year to host?

not sure what to say

i'm really not sure what to say. i've been getting annonymous comments and i don't know how to respond. so i don't comment back. is that bad?

i keep on falling.... in and out of love with you

today was a good day. i really do like the warm weather and the fact that i have my own car to zoom around in (in which to zoom around). i got paid again by ei so i went to bayshore and bought myself three shirts. nothing fancy. that might come later. and i got the incredibles, which we watched tonight after my french class. i've been reading the great gatsby in french and i'm happy to report that my french teacher commented today on my speaking saying that i was improving a lot. thank you, gatsby.

breaking news (well possibly not): both our cats can now jump on the counter.

so i went to that class yesterday (body pump at goodlife) and my body is still killing me. so i didn't go to the intro to cycling class today and i might not go to the two classes i was planning on attending tomorrow. we will see how i feel in the morning. i'll keep you updated i'm sure.

year-versary

happy one year-versary to this blog two days ago (march 12). yay me!

kicked my ass!

i did a body pump class today at goodlife and it kicked my ass. my quads almost made me fall down stairs all afternoon. they're doing much better now, thanks. tomorrow is an intro to spinning class. i don't know if i'm looking forward to it or not. i guess i'll have to wait and see how it goes.

24 tonight was awesome (when is it not?).

not much else to report. i have to say that i'm glad i'm not in school right now because now used to be crunch time for me. everything is due tomorrow or in the next couple of weeks at least and then you have to start worrying about exams and finding the time to study for those all while trying to keep yourself sane by eating and getting fresh air and finding those spare minutes to kill the kingston bugs that are everywhere. it was hell and i'm glad it's done. oh, i didn't even mention the trying to find a job for the summer aspect of this oh-so-fun time of year. and what about finding a place to live next year/the summer? yuck.

i have to do laundry.

why be YOU when you can be NEW?

jon and i had a date night friday night. we went out and i ate mcdonalds and then we saw robots in kanata. i can't remember the last time we saw a movie together alone. the movie was really funny. i laughed a lot a lot.

then yesterday we went hog-wild at ikea trying to get cat-proof furniture. we got a new wall shelf and a coffe and side table plus a dvd holder thingy. we spent a lot of the afternoon getting it all put together. we had to rearrange our living room. we moved the couches around and took down the wall unit and the shelf that rolo was always getting on. i like the room now but it's definitely missing something on the wall. that will come soon enough.

speaking of walls, i got jon's diploma framed and it's now on the wall in the dining room. and soon enough the picture from my grad that sarah took and framed for me will be up on the wall in there too.

the dvd rack is supposed to be up on a wall but we don't have wall space that's useable in the basement so for right now it's sitting on an end table. it's sexy though. i really like it.

i had a hockey game last night. it's our second (of three) playoff game and we won 7-0. highlites: i scored a goal, and, during my first shift, i took out my own center (head-on collision, sent her flying, and gave myself a headache for the rest of the game). our third and final playoff game is next sunday night, somewhere in the east end. depending on where we finish (first or second, cause otherwise we don't move on) we play the following tuesday or thursday nights. i would prefer to not play in arnprior, so i think i want to play thursday.

i decided to play with the nepean sharks this summer and i have been welcomed to their website/forum. i'm looking forward to playing ball again. i feel like it's been a year since i played.

i finished all the books i have so i started the french novel that i picked up from the resource center at my french school. gatsby, le magnifique is a little hard, but i'm getting through it. i imagine it will take me the whole three weeks i have it for.

the last thing i want to tell you about is my free week long membership to goodlife fitness. i plan on attending 6 or so fitness classes, but likely i won't be using the gym part of it much since i really really don't like doing that. i get bored easily. i'm still going to my pilates class every monday night. i'm a busy girl i tell ya.

free money!

i just got money from ei. sweet sweet sweet! now i can go and find a volunteer position.

the inside

so here's a picture of the inside of the car with all the red.

fear IS a factor

you know what i've been watching a lot lately? fear factor. joe rogan is great. he pumps up all the players and then gets the other people to talk shit around each others' backs. the show wouldn't be half as cool without him.

it smells like paint in our house because parts of the car are being painted in the basement. everything on the inside is red, but things under the hood are changing to blue.

i haven't been feeling like myself today. i'm hoping tomorrow is better. i have some stuff to do before i have to leave for french. you know how hard it is to stand and wait for the bus with the new car sitting in the driveway begging to be driven? it's mega hard.