to really call this a blog, i need to write about the social event of the season. the wedding of jenna and gareth. it was, by any measure, epic. i will proceed to write a few of the highlights.
a. the drive. a good reconnect with pete, lots of homemade sandwiches and a swim in moose lake. plus, my truck is the bomb.
b. a friend reunion. i got to see my best victoria friends and my best edmonton friends all in the same place. it was christmas in july.
c. a pedicure and manicure. girl bonding time and general hilarity all around. and she managed to paint on a toenail (i lost a toenail after the half marathon in halifax) that actually stayed!
d. more free alcohol than i could handle. thankfully this never got me into too much trouble.
e. a delicious nest bed on the floor of jenna's grandma's house. i am still dreaming about it.
f. the following comment when my hairstyle become the complete fiasco of the wedding morning:
me: "jenna, we're trying! nothing's working!"
jenna: "well you should have practiced."
me: "i did practice.."
jenna: "well you should have practiced harder!"
i was in the bad books all day. oh well. it was worth it. plus, i would be in my own bad books if it was my wedding. but really.. ALL DAY.
g. the reception. it was off the hook. a full night of dancing, mooning, drinking, more dancing, more drinking, the electric slide, and about a gazillion other things i have no recollection of.
h. decorating jenna's car! even though it took us about 5 hours to actually mobilize the troops to get this going the end product was awesome.
i. the farm party. amazing fun times with sarina. everyone else was there, but i haven't had a good hang out with sarina since high school and it was so super good to spend time with her and generally be hilarious together. the mosquitos were a non-highlight. that was almost a week ago and my bites are still itchy.
j. breakfast at the red bull. it was just fun and chill and it felt like old times in victoria.
k. seeing my baba on the way home. i love that woman. she made pete and i perogies and i said goodbye for the last time before i go to china. i'll talk to her on the phone but it was our last hug. plus, i surprised her which was totally awesome!
l. seeing a bear on the drive home!
okay, i'm sure i'll come up with more but this is good for now. it was amazing. if i ever thought i wanted to have a wedding i've changed my mind because it could never come close to the amazingness of this one.
the end.
August 07, 2010
July 23, 2010
July 21, 2010
memo2
re: goal #12. do the penticton river run this summer.
such a let down! totally not a necessary achievement before i hit the big two five. but my sisters and i trekked down there in the focus - windows open and music cranked, pointing out our dream homes - hopped on our floaties and set out. it only took 45 minutes to get to where we were being picked up, when it should normally take an hour and a half, and that was that. but, at least i did it! and it was a gorgeous day. and my sisters were there.
the best part was when my dad was giving us a tour of penticton and as we pulled up to this one intersection a police officer was there and ended up writing my littlest sister a ticket for not wearing her seatbelt. i could not stop laughing for about half an hour while my sister stood in the street in her bikini giving the cop her particulars. and she's only 15 so my dad actually got the ticket. but man, it was a good one!
such a let down! totally not a necessary achievement before i hit the big two five. but my sisters and i trekked down there in the focus - windows open and music cranked, pointing out our dream homes - hopped on our floaties and set out. it only took 45 minutes to get to where we were being picked up, when it should normally take an hour and a half, and that was that. but, at least i did it! and it was a gorgeous day. and my sisters were there.
the best part was when my dad was giving us a tour of penticton and as we pulled up to this one intersection a police officer was there and ended up writing my littlest sister a ticket for not wearing her seatbelt. i could not stop laughing for about half an hour while my sister stood in the street in her bikini giving the cop her particulars. and she's only 15 so my dad actually got the ticket. but man, it was a good one!
July 09, 2010
y'allberta
off to edmonton tomorrow.
something about going to edmonton, the idea of going to edmonton, just fills me with joy. even though at some point during this trip i will have to break the news to my baba and my aunt that i am going to china. they are the only two people in my family who don't know (this has required some crafty work that i don't feel totally good about) and the two people who will take it the hardest. that's the only the thing to not look forward to. so on that note i present the things i am looking forward to:
1. jenna's stagette #2: this will be a ton a ton of fun even if i do have to wear a dress (i wish i didn't read that part of the email and then i could be off the hook).
2. myrnam: my favorite place in the world. i don't go there very often and it's not glamorous but really, it's the only place that has always been there since i was little and it really feels like home.
3. chianti: i could die and go to heaven.
4. west ed: i feel like since edmonton is where i'm from (it even said "Sherwood Park, Alberta" as my hometown in my convocation program) this shouldn't be a big deal but oh lordy, i am stoked.
5. three in the bed: not sure if this will actually happen but there have been nights in the past when i snuggled in with gareth and jenna. that sounds creepier than it actually was. basically jenna and i laughed and took pictures for about 2 hours while gareth tried to sleep because he had to wake up extra early for work.
6. the prairie: have you ever been to the prairie in the summer? it is like nothing you have ever seen. big open sky, yellow fields of canola, animals, barns, all that stereotypical stuff but it just fills me with all kinds of awe.
7. the storms: cross your fingers that i won't miss them all!
8. perogies: this kind of goes hand in hand with myrnam but you guys, you guys, the perogies. and my sister and i are gonna make them with my baba!
9. being away from here: not that i don't like kelowna, i do (well, i like my family) but i just need a change of scenery and this is gonna be a great one!
i was trying to get to ten but i got stumped! oh well. 9 is good. they are big umbrella things so i covered most of my bases i think.
something about going to edmonton, the idea of going to edmonton, just fills me with joy. even though at some point during this trip i will have to break the news to my baba and my aunt that i am going to china. they are the only two people in my family who don't know (this has required some crafty work that i don't feel totally good about) and the two people who will take it the hardest. that's the only the thing to not look forward to. so on that note i present the things i am looking forward to:
1. jenna's stagette #2: this will be a ton a ton of fun even if i do have to wear a dress (i wish i didn't read that part of the email and then i could be off the hook).
2. myrnam: my favorite place in the world. i don't go there very often and it's not glamorous but really, it's the only place that has always been there since i was little and it really feels like home.
3. chianti: i could die and go to heaven.
4. west ed: i feel like since edmonton is where i'm from (it even said "Sherwood Park, Alberta" as my hometown in my convocation program) this shouldn't be a big deal but oh lordy, i am stoked.
5. three in the bed: not sure if this will actually happen but there have been nights in the past when i snuggled in with gareth and jenna. that sounds creepier than it actually was. basically jenna and i laughed and took pictures for about 2 hours while gareth tried to sleep because he had to wake up extra early for work.
6. the prairie: have you ever been to the prairie in the summer? it is like nothing you have ever seen. big open sky, yellow fields of canola, animals, barns, all that stereotypical stuff but it just fills me with all kinds of awe.
7. the storms: cross your fingers that i won't miss them all!
8. perogies: this kind of goes hand in hand with myrnam but you guys, you guys, the perogies. and my sister and i are gonna make them with my baba!
9. being away from here: not that i don't like kelowna, i do (well, i like my family) but i just need a change of scenery and this is gonna be a great one!
i was trying to get to ten but i got stumped! oh well. 9 is good. they are big umbrella things so i covered most of my bases i think.
July 04, 2010
memo
re: goal #20. turn jeffrey into an outdoor cat.
june 29th at around 9:30pm, jeffrey went missing. i'd been experimenting with letting him outside. he would typically wander around the yard for an hour or two, eat some grass, watch the birds, and then come back in. he spent a couple of nights outside, totally by accident, but each morning he would be hiding under my dad's car waiting to come in at about 6am. but he wasn't there the next morning. we kept thinking he'd saunter up, walked around calling him, shaking the treat bag, still no jeffrey. i am a big proponent of cat instinct. i'm not sure why but i really believe that cat's can figure shit out on their own. if jeff wasn't coming home he was probably off skulking around the neighbourhood and he'd make his way back when he was good and ready. it was his first real taste of freedom. there was the thought that he got spooked (or killed..) by a bird or coyote or something, but we live in the burbs and it didn't seem that realistic. a car could have got him too but that theory was also rejected. so, we wandered around the neighbourhood calling him. everyone was pretty upset (probably my dad more than anyone because my dad fucking loves that cat) and there was still no sign of him. we were ready to start putting up posters on the mailbox and calling the animal shelters in case he wound up there. but my dad went for a walk yesterday morning into this vineyard bush place that's near the end of our street. he was just walking through the bush, calling him, and he heard some meowing but he couldn't figure out where it was coming from. he'd call for jeffrey, jeffrey would meow back, and my dad was wandering all over the place. finally my dad looked up. way way way up and saw jeffrey sitting on a tree branch at least 40 feet up this pine tree. poor little guy! he'd probably been sitting there since the night he went missing. we figure a coyote chased him up there because there is a coyote den close by there (according to the guy who owns the property we found him on). so, we ended up having to call a tree service and this guy climbed the tree like a crazy monkey. it was awesome. he had these spikey boot attachment things and up he went. no big deal. it was really cool actually and finally jeffrey was home!
so, i'm just gonna say that this goal was accomplished. not sure if jeffrey will be an outdoor cat or not (i don't want him to but he still really wants to get outside) but he had a chance at least. and now he's been past out for the last 24 hours and he only wakes up to go eat or drink.
does writing a whole long story about this make me an epically huge cat lady? oh well, he's a rad cat so i'm okay with it!
june 29th at around 9:30pm, jeffrey went missing. i'd been experimenting with letting him outside. he would typically wander around the yard for an hour or two, eat some grass, watch the birds, and then come back in. he spent a couple of nights outside, totally by accident, but each morning he would be hiding under my dad's car waiting to come in at about 6am. but he wasn't there the next morning. we kept thinking he'd saunter up, walked around calling him, shaking the treat bag, still no jeffrey. i am a big proponent of cat instinct. i'm not sure why but i really believe that cat's can figure shit out on their own. if jeff wasn't coming home he was probably off skulking around the neighbourhood and he'd make his way back when he was good and ready. it was his first real taste of freedom. there was the thought that he got spooked (or killed..) by a bird or coyote or something, but we live in the burbs and it didn't seem that realistic. a car could have got him too but that theory was also rejected. so, we wandered around the neighbourhood calling him. everyone was pretty upset (probably my dad more than anyone because my dad fucking loves that cat) and there was still no sign of him. we were ready to start putting up posters on the mailbox and calling the animal shelters in case he wound up there. but my dad went for a walk yesterday morning into this vineyard bush place that's near the end of our street. he was just walking through the bush, calling him, and he heard some meowing but he couldn't figure out where it was coming from. he'd call for jeffrey, jeffrey would meow back, and my dad was wandering all over the place. finally my dad looked up. way way way up and saw jeffrey sitting on a tree branch at least 40 feet up this pine tree. poor little guy! he'd probably been sitting there since the night he went missing. we figure a coyote chased him up there because there is a coyote den close by there (according to the guy who owns the property we found him on). so, we ended up having to call a tree service and this guy climbed the tree like a crazy monkey. it was awesome. he had these spikey boot attachment things and up he went. no big deal. it was really cool actually and finally jeffrey was home!
so, i'm just gonna say that this goal was accomplished. not sure if jeffrey will be an outdoor cat or not (i don't want him to but he still really wants to get outside) but he had a chance at least. and now he's been past out for the last 24 hours and he only wakes up to go eat or drink.
does writing a whole long story about this make me an epically huge cat lady? oh well, he's a rad cat so i'm okay with it!
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