smoke baby

i'm not going to see hawksley workman. i saw enough of him last year at the tulip festival. but have fun if you're going.

friday i did another 5K in preparation for the big race next saturday. you can go here and click on interactive map and see the course for my race. but then i tried to do a spinning class today and i didn't make it. ug. my plan for this week is to run at least one more 5K before saturday. we only have one baseball game and one practice so i should be good.

i bought more scrapbooking stuff because it was on sale at michael's. the store is dangerous. at least everything was on sale though. scrapbooking is an expensive hobby.

i have to go out and party like it's 1984.

new sparkle sticks for everyone!

i had some pretty weird dreams last night, but i've contacted everyone concerned and told them not to worry. i'm only kidding. obviously i've been thinking about someone recently and was prompted to contact them after having dreamt about them two times in one night.

we lost our game last night and i would like to say that it wasn't my fault but because of the full-of-himself ump we had behind the plate. we really should have won though. and tomorrow morning is the first of our morning practices. i might have to nap afterwards.

i can't believe there are only 2 more episodes of 24 this season. i didn't like how the season started off, but i'm happy with what's been going on for the past while.

today was mostly a day for laundry and reading and some driving around. i had a french class tonight that i didn't particularly like, but that's the first one this session. tomorrow i'm going to go to the gym for the first time this week. i'm going to run my 5K and tomorrow i'm going to do my step class and body flow class. i haven't decided what to do yet sunday but i'm sure i'll figure something out. i hate that i got bored with my workout. i have to switch it up so there aren't any more weeks off.

that's enough.

oh team america

team america is out today on dvd. i'm on my way to the store now. the puking scene is the best one in the whole movie. movie night anyone?

this week is turning into a very full week, and i don't even work during the day. i guess a big thing is having baseball four times this week. last night we won our game, but not thanks to me. defensively i played like i usually do, but offensively i sucked. i think the pressure of being 4th batter got to me a little. we have another game tomorrow night in pakenham. who goes to pakenham for a game. answer: we do.

another reason is the gym. i'm trying to keep going as much as i did before baseball started, but it's not happening. this week, if all goes well, i should make it 4 times. not bad i guess. i think as long as i get there 3 times a week i'll be happy.

okay, running around time. groceries can't buy themselves.

that's what i thought

i'm sore. i had practice tonight and i pitched for a bit afterwards so my whole left side is hurting. i knew it would though.

i had a good weekend. friday night we went out for dinner at the works, a burger place in westboro. i had never been and was amazed at the selection. i almost got the fruitloop, a burger with pear and pineapple and other fruit (i can't even remember now), but i chickened out and had the mcworks.

then yesterday i had another chicken burger but this time at my parents place because my aunt was in town from LA. it was nice to see her. i didn't get to see much of her last summer (or anyone else for that matter) around wedding time because everything was so crazy.

last night i went to julie's again to scrapbook. i'm getting better.. i got 5 pages done in 4 hours instead of 4. and, this is huge, i made a double page. you don't have to care if you don't want.

today was a driving around, checking out sales day, and getting cat litter cause we're all out. now it's relaxing time. i have my meeting tomorrow with a woman from altis so maybe i'll have a good-paying job soon.

this is how i learn

i have a funny story. i told you last time that jon went and met up with other mazda 3 owners and they talked and went on a cruise and hung out some more. we even have pictures. so i was driving with marianne near my place when this random guy waves at me. it was one of the guys from the meet! i laughed so hard. SO hard!

so since the last time we spoke i've played two baseball games. we won the first and lost the second. i played well both games and managed to scrape up my leg blocking a girl at third (good thing she was wearing rubber spikes and not metal ones) and i got gravel and dirt all down my shorts diving back to second. lots happens when you get on base almost every time. so far i'm having a great time and am looking forward to the rest of the season.

we missed 24 this week so i'm looking forward to seeing it tonight. i think after that, which is after french class, i'll go out to grace o'malley's again for andi's birthday. at least for a bit.

last night was knitting and i had a good time. i'm learning how to do all sorts of different stitches before i start another blanket. this one might not be as big, i'm thinking the 'throw' kind. 'throw' basically means 'little blanket' which means less time and effort.

what else what else. i'm going to go running tomorrow again in preparation for my race. they actually have an area where you can greet me when i finish. so if you're in town saturday, may 28th and want to see my all tired and sweaty then come out. i would love to see your smiling face at the finish line!

saturday night i get to scrapbook again! it's silly that i don't do it on my own when i have all the time during the day, but it's way more fun to do it with someone. so julie and i are getting together again. c'mon, be excited with me!

until next time. batman out (it's like seacrest out!).

panama!

so this weekend. this weekend was pretty busy. friday night was a rush to get everything in my parent's basement up for the garage sale saturday. that involved a lot of moving. a lot of lugging heavy old wood things upstairs. we weren't around for the garage sale, but a lot of their stuff sold but a lot of it didn't. some will be going out with the trash whenever that goes, but some has to go back in the basement. yuck. i made $2.

after that we went to matt's and watched XXX 2. it was the worst movie i have ever seen. the worst. i wouldn't recommend it to anyone, even the people i don't like.

saturday i had a ball game early-ish (read: early for me). we played my old team and lost, but were ahead for two thirds of the game. and i played well so i feel good about that. sunday morning i played with my old team and we won. i played okay, but not stellar. then i had another game sunday afternoon (after food and a nap at home) with my team. we lost very well. but again i played okay so it all works out.

saturday night was dinner at gramma's and then the guys came over and watched friday night lights and bits of snl. friday night lights was pretty good. there was a lot of emotion from these big black teens which was weird to see.

and yesterday jon had his mazda 3 get together thing. i could go on and on about that, but all i will say is that he had fun, got to meet some people, and got a burn on his neck and arms.

we finally made it out to my parent's place after 7pm and gave my mom flowers and then came home and ate pizza and watched tv. a nice end to a long weekend.

a nice end to a long post.

huge!

i'm really excited. i just signed up for a 5K race! huge! i ran my first 5K yesterday ever and i'm a little sore today, but i think some of the soreness is left over from my weights tuesday. so i didn't do my weights today. but i'm happy to report that i am officially back down to my high school weight. take that, frosh 20!

last night was my baseball team's pub night. it was fun. i got to see a lot of people (thanks to everyone who came out), some that i haven't seen since my contract ended at environment canada and one who i haven't seen in 10 months. i have some pictures that i may or may not put up here later.

i just got word today of my brother's graduation date. he's finishing up his undergrad this summer, but is graduating with his class next month. last year him and jon came to my grad (along with my parents and my brother's then-girlfriend) and made so much noise. the man who handed me my diploma said something to the effect of him being sure that i was glad i brought those two. yep, they made me proud. so now it's my turn to be that loud ass.

tomorrow's friday. that's always a good day.

shirt tucker mother f****er

french classes started tonight. i like the people in my class. everyone seems to speak much better than me, which will help me get better. and apparently there's a book that explains french grammar in english. this would be helpful.

i bought some scrapbooking tools and i'm really really excited to get them and have my next scrapbooking night.

wanna hear something funny? good. when jon irons his work shirts he locks the cats in the spare room so that they don't jump up and knock over the iron and burn the carpet (it has been done). they've been in there for a while and i just asked where they were. now that's funny.

it's a race to finish my smoothie. my stomach is going to be hurtin after this.

wowee mommy, it sparkles like diamonds

does anybody else remember the deboer's radio commercial about their furniture that sparkles like diamonds? me and a friend of mine could recite the whole ad word for word. i'm positive we drove our parents crazy.

i had a somewhat eventful weekend. i went downtown both friday and saturday nights. i had a good time both nights. i also spent four hours scrapbooking and finished 5 pages. that's almost an hour a page. this is going to be a time-consuming hobby, but i'm having fun so far.

the bourne identity is on so i'm going to go watch it.

the rain that scared

this morning we (me and the two cats) were woken up by the rain. it sounded like all the windows were open and the downpour was drenching the house. not even one window was open so that was some torrential rain. good for the grass.

i have yet another movie to watch tonight. the laws of attraction. i have no idea how cheesy it will be, but i don't care. it was free and i'll probably only half pay attention anyway. last night/ this afternoon was eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. it was weird and someone mentioned that jim carrey's character was mentally challenged but i'm not sure he was supposed to be, but i kept thinking that.

tonight's weight circuit at the gym i used free weights for my arms. i'm sure i'm going to be real sore tomorrow since i already am. but good sore.

if you're in ottawa you want to come out next wednesday night. i know you do. so come to grace o'malleys on merivale and support my ball team. 100% lesbian-free!

holy hell batman!

so blogger was down earlier today when i thought of things to write about. that's life.

i tried my first RPM class at goodlife today (it's a spinning class). i've never sweat so much in my life. gross. but it felt good, despite me not really liking biking. i think i can learn.

the hours, it turns out, was pretty good. it was weird though, i didn't recognize nicole kidman until the credits. i kept waiting for a new character to come in. they did a really really good job with her prosthetic nose.

we got our baseball schedule today. looks like i'll have two games every week except two. i don't know if this is okay with me. i was hoping for a light summer... no work, baseball not so hardcore anymore, and then THIS! fuck, that's a lot of games. a lot of them are out of town too. erg.

my brother was in town last night and i ended up dd'ing for him and his friends. we went to the honest lawyer and the heart and crown. they were all really really drunk and really loud. i got home just after 3:30am and felt like i'd been out drinking and smoking all night. i passed out nearing 4 only to be woken up at 7:30 to go and take the car in. i felt awful. i think i'm getting old.

old schmold. i have a date this saturday night. and by date i mean that i'm going over to a girl's apartment and we're going to scrapbook. i AM getting old.

101 in 1001

i found a list of all the classics here, but i was surprised that mary shelley's frankenstein didn't make the cut. i thought it was a classic. but i guess i've already read it and i have a shitload of books to read now so that's okay.

i didn't go to the gym tonight. i just didn't feel like it. i'll go tomorrow for sure and thursday for sure. i think as long as i keep going at least three times a week i'll be okay.

i have to cut this short because i have to watch a movie tonight and i don't want to stay up too too late. it's the hours. i don't even know what it's about.

blast off!

i have friends. friends going on trips. bon voyage to you!

we saw the interpreter two nights ago. it was good. i didn't realize till the end that nicole kidman's hair was straight for the whole thing. i'm a girl. i should notice these things.

we went out to see my parents tonight. the chicken was good. the times were also good. i called my brother while i was there. i'm looking forward to seeing him (for one night only) this week when he comes to town with four other (random) people.

i'm now through my 5th week of having a gym membership. i've fallen into somewhat of a routine. i have my weight circuit and the group classes too. i still haven't tried the cycling class but i'm told i should. i think i might run a 5K or 10K in the national capital race weekend. it's at the end of may. i'm hoping i can get in shape - running shape - by then. wish me luck!

i'm trying to think of a list of the classic books, you know, the must-reads. i would appreciate any suggestions from you.

the changes, oh, the changes

i'm still working on this site, satisfying my need for change. i'm having trouble getting comments by blogger working, but i'll keep working on that. in the meantime, does anybody (richard) know how to right-align the counter (on the side-bar on the right)? i cannot figure it out. and, turns out, i didn't like that all consuming thing. it took too long for it to load and i use this page to look at all the blogs listed so that was not cool.

it's the weekend, what could be better? a weekend where it isn't raining? i agree.

we got some more furniture from ikea today so we spent a while putting it together. the great thing is that now we have a whole room that is all ours. no hand-me-downs. this shouldn't be such a big accomplishment, but it is.

i'm playing

all consuming is a website where you can list the books you're reading and the movies you're watching and so on. i'm messing around with the script but i don't know much about java so on the right you will see two things that i'm consuming, of the however many i have entered. i'll leave it as it is for now and try and keep it updated. by updated i mean to the last two movies and books, and albums when i get any.

i went to the canadian geographic presentation tonight at centrepointe theatre. it was a slideshow of pictures from trips around the edges of canada (the coasts) and live music to acompany the pictures. it was inspiring. but then i realized that i don't have any money (i have the time though!). then i realized that it's been a long time since i've had anything but negative money. at least the hole i dug by going to school is getting smaller (it's about half full). but it will be spectacular to one day owe nothing more on my line of credit. at least with the car i'm getting something out of the deal.

but i digress... the presentation was great and i can always dream about traveling across canada (and the world for that matter). i do hope to meet up with marianne this summer at some point at some location somewhere in canada.

shelley, a girl from high school, works for the company that runs the tours of the north and the coast of labrador and stuff (adventure canada) and was there tonight. it was really nice seeing her. she's in town now and again next weekend so hopefully we can meet up next weekend and talk for longer. she's such a nice girl.

i was also asked tonight about me making it out to toronto this summer and the plan is to go out there for a bunch of family stuff (jon's side) in august, but also to see some people. maybe i should start talking to people that are out that way to see if they want to meet up at all. i also got word about somebody's parents wanting us to come out to bc again this summer (circa july). i can't argue with a free plane ride.

so in an epiphany i had in the shower i've decided that traveling is all nice and good and likely not in my immediate future so i'm going to explore ottawa. that's right. i'm going to do all the touristy things while i'm not working so i can say i've done them. so anybody who wants to see a museum, or go see a band at the tulip festival - just let me know! and i'll keep you up to speed on when i'm going and where.

tis the season

spring clean-up! this means my blog gets cleaned up here and there. it's probably been toooo long.

i had a run-around day where i decided that today was the perfect day to go around to all the places that i had to go to even though it was pouring. i guess it had to be done sometime.

so my family is back to usual and by this i mean we have rolo back. he didn't need surgery and seems to be doing well on different food. i'm glad it was that easy.

i'll think of more later.

it's all politics

i think almost every blog is saying something about the new pope. well i'm not going to. other than that. this just isn't that kind of site. go somewhere else for your news.

i haven't been feeling well today, but probably not as bad as rolo (our cat) who was given barium tablets today to track the movement through his body. if it's too slow he gets the knife. let's hope he's just puking for no reason, or something fixable with a diet change.

i had my last real french class tonight, well for this session. i'm going to do the next session which starts in two weeks because i can't do the two sessions in the summer (there's no way i could deal with french three nights a week). i don't know who could do that.

i was reading stuff last night, other blogs... yep. there is some pretty racey stuff out there. it kinda made me want to make an anonymous blog and just go for it, but then i realized that i don't have enough to say. i just don't lead that kind of life.

i need more fruit in my life.

more news on the cats.. and my weekend

rolo has to go back into the vet tomorrow. they might have to do "exploratory surgery". this is surgery where they go in and explore, looking for objects that might be blocking his stomach/intestine.

this weekend was pretty crazy for me. i'm not used to getting up early, being out of the house all day long, or being on my feet all day. all in all the show was fun and definitely a success. and my feet aren't sore anymore so i'm happy.

i'm off to the library in search of french novels and then to the gym for bodycombat (it's like cardio kickboxing) and body flow (pilates, tai chi and yoga all mixed into one) classes. then it's 24 tonight and then it's tuesday. hopefully there won't be much puke between now and tuesday.

my cats

i want to tell you about my cats. if you don't like cats, or my cats specifically, you are excused from reading this post.

we took rolo to the vet due to his vomiting everywhere. i already mentioned this. but he's home now and sandy - his sister, his very own flesh and blood - hates him. she hisses and swats at him whenever she gets close to him. and make no mistake: it is her who's getting close to him.

so we go along, rolo's been home for about 20 hours now. he obviously still smells bad because sandy is still hissing at him. usually when i'm at the computer i'll have both of them sitting on my lap. so naturally when i'm sitting here they both want to be on my lap but sandy isn't okay with this. i pick rolo up and hold him above her and she's fine with that. then i put him down so that they're beside each other (my lap isn't huge so they're touching). sandy starts smelling him and growling but then starts licking him at the same time. growling and licking. she's obviously torn.

i think the black eyed peas said it best: where is the love?

sweeeeet! oh tax returns

we got our tax returns today. they were even bigger than we thought they would be. how sweet is that? it would be even sweeter if i didn't have debt still and could use the money for a trip or something like that.

i had to take our boy cat to the vet today. something about him not eating or drinking and puking all over the house. they were afraid he was dehydrated and pumped him full of liquid (through an IV no less) and now he has these pouffy pockets of skin under his front legs. it looks hilarious. and now the cats definitely aren't getting along. next time, they both go.

i want to welcome marianne to the world of blogging (http://mgregoire.blogspot.com/). i look forward to reading all about your adventures.. i am definitely jealous of you and your upcoming trip. anyone else going on a trip that i should know about?