Visiting Friends & Movie Day

Today upon getting up (after sleeping in) and taking my car to the shops, we decided to watch Walk The Line. It was rainy outside, and we had wanted to work in the garden today, but the wetness outside prevented us from doing so. So after returning from dropping my car off at the shop (to get my front windshield replaceed - due to a crack that kept running) we watched the movie. What an excellent movie - we both really enjoyed it.

We hung out all afternoon, pretty much doing nothing exciting. I had to pick up my car shortly after watching the movie, and then I had to show the apartment upstairs at 2pm, to a couple who seemed to really like the place - and took an application. They said they'd drop off the application sometime soon, if they were still interested.

I showed the apartment around 3:30pm again, this time to a guy named Xavier, who is only 21. He will be moving in with 2 roommates and possibly his girlfriend. They are all 21 and University de Montreal students. I am not too sure that they are exactly who I want to rent the place, but if they are quiet and don't bother us too much, and pay on time, then what could the problem be? I just don't want parties going on every weekend where I can't sleep because of noise, and also, I don't want to have to "baby-sit" them, and have them call us for every single little thing, considering they are inexperienced on living on their own. Anyhow, he said he was very interested in the place, and just needs to convince his roommates, and will call me back this evening (which he didn't).

After he left, I ran over to the licquor commission to pick up a bottle of wine for our dinner party this evening at Michel & Louise's place. And eventually we got packed up and went over to their place.

Dinner was nice. We stayed for a bit after dinner - had some dessert and eventually headed home.

I'm now going to go crawl into bed with Jamie -and watch the movie Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart. Looks funny.

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Twenty

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Twenty

3 Done, 3 to go + 5 Exams

This morning I slept in as much as I could. I was zonked, had to sleep in.

At 1pm, I showed my apartment upstairs to this guy named Carl who seemed to be interested in the place. He said he would call me back by tomorrow or Sunday with an answer if he was going to apply or not for the apartment.

After Carl left, I went to go meet Laura at Tim Horton's not too far from my house. There, I ran into Jimmy and Denise, who are Jamie's step-aunt and step-uncle, it was nice chatting with them for a bit, before they left, and it was good timing with when Laura showed up!

While at Tim Horton's working on my assignment, I had a very good bagel; 12 grain bagel from Tim Horton's are very good.

We worked on the poster until it got so cold in Tim Horton's, I think they made it that cold in there on purpose, so that you'd get cold and then want to leave, so you don't loiter. So after we were done working on the poster we moved to my backyard to finish the typed portion of the assignment (brainstorming process, etc.) We finally finished but as Laura was leaving, it was when Daniel (Jamie's friend) showed up - Jamie now has people over now for poker.

So that's 3 assignments done (Visual Communications, Illustration (Adobe Illustrator class) and Web Site Design) and 3 more to finish (Photoshop II, Editions II (Quark Xpress class), and Typography assignment) and 5 exams to study for next week. (Two on Tuesday, Two on Thursday and One on Friday!) FUN FUN FUN FUN!

Tonight I watched Lost from Wednesday night and The OC from Thursday night on my computer as I forgot to tape them while we went to the Passover Seder's and so I downloaded them yesterday/today. Lost was just okay, and I find the OC is going downhill... I am not enjoying it much like I used to.

For dinner tonight, I ate leftover passover food that my mother sent us home with last night. Usually it's Jamie's dad and step-mom whom send us home with food - but this time of the year, my mom has extra food - it was still tasty and delicious.

I chilled out in the den after cleaning my office and watched the movie, Flightplan. Eh, it was just okay. Wasn't really impressed. Jodie Foster did a good job, but the story was just far fetched.

Going to bed early, Jamie still has people over playing poker, our usual Friday night gang and I just am zonked, so I'm going to lie in bed and watch TV or a movie or something, haven't decided yet. Tomorrow I have to get up early to take my car to get a new windshield installed as there is a crack in the one on my car now. What a bummer.

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Nineteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Nineteen

Apparently I Eat Too Many Pickles For My Own Good

The seder last night at Jamie's cousin's house was very nice. We had a nice time, and I probably ate too much, as I came home feeling very stuffed. It was nice to have a good conversation with Jamie's cousin Erin, who is now 18. She's a cute tiny little girl - but 18 nonetheless! That's crazy. And I can't believe she smokes, and her parents know it. She smokes in front of them - I can't believe they let her smoke in front of their house! I hope one day, my children chose not to smoke.Kathleen's class this morning was a waste of time... let me tell you. I sat there, working on my project, but wasn't really into it.

Typo class this afternoon was very productive, and I'm on my way to a nice pamphlet, know what I want to do with it, and I will get it done on time for next Thursday. Well I don't really have a choice, next week is my final week of school. AHhhhhhhh! Final week of schoool.... WOWO!

After school, I ran home, (after picking up cat liter on the way home - wow didn't think I carry a 40 lb bag of clay clumping cat liter to my car - but I did it - all block and a half that I had to carry it!) and I quickly showered and got ready to go to my parent's house.

I was able to get a ride into the West Island with my cousin Jenn as she works in town and lives not too far from my parents. It was just stupid for me to drive into the west and have Jamie and I each have a car at my parents house - as he works 5 minutes away from my parents house, and wasn't going to come back into town, and pick me up and then go back into the west - sitting in traffic doing so - probably both ways. So, I got a ride with Jenn. It was nice to chat with her in the car.

Stopped by Jenn's for her to change at get Yannick. Holy cow yarn stash! CRAZY. And I didn't even see all of it! Next time I go over, I need to check out what she's got stashed in her trunk!

We eventually made it to the seder at my mom and dad's place. It was nice, evening went by fast, but uhm, what's with the pregnancy harrassment? "Why am I not drinking wine?" Because I hate kosher wine. Then because I LOVE pickles and usually get extra extra pickles when ordering a sub at subways, everyone assumed because I was eating pickles, that's I'm pregnant. And then, because I ate two small pieces of gefelte fish - instead of just one, because I LOVE gefelte fish - even though it's the hot dog of fish - (bad ingredients, lol), apparently I'm eating for two. And then because Jenn and I were knitting afterwards in my mother's living room - I'm knitting what? Baby clothes? NO SOCKS FOR ME! I don't even know how my sister sensed anything - but it was kind of funny - actually. And it wasn't even Jenn - who knows now that we're trying who started on this! It was between my sister, my aunt and my cousin Laura (Jenn's sister). IT WAS FUNNY! I am laughing about it now, even though shy then when they were laughing at me.

Oh - speaking of the knitting front - I have started knitting with the sock yarn that I got from the booty swap - it's knitting up really nice. It's using other DPN's than my first pair of socks (first pair on US 1 (2.25mm) and second pair on US 2 (2.75mm). So I still need to close the toes on my first pair of socks, I'm just waiting for Jenn I guess, to show her - to make sure I'm at the right spot, before closing them. I don't want to ruin them - they are my first pair of socks!

Well, I'm off to bed. Got a LOT to do tomorrow. Homework, etc.

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Eighteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Eighteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Seventeen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Seventeen

Geisha Done & Elle Canada Jury

Last night I napped from 6pm until about 8pm - oh did it feel great. I don't udnerstand what has gotten into me lately - but I have been napping a great deal. I feel like I have constant fatigue.

This morning I got up, expecting Peter at 8:30 am to finish the sealant in my bathroom - the job that he started. But he didn't show up at 8:30 am so I started to clean up my office.

Steve ended up showing up and not Peter by 9:45 am. I didn't even realize it was Steve, until it was time to write out the check at the end of the job (got it done for half price, due to Peter's stupidities two weeks ago about) and was soooo happy that it was Steve that ended up finishing the job, and not Peter fuckface.

As Steve was leaving, the people to see my apartment for rent showed up. They seemed interested - but didn't say anything, so I guess I have to wait to see if the agent calls me back or something? I'm not really too sure what that was all about - because the housing agent came with the guy's mother, and it's for the son the apartment or something, so I have no idea. They also have a dog - but a small one, so that I don't mind at all... as long as they know that the dog will be walked and not put out in my backyard to shit on my grass. No way. Thank goodness my front lawn there is no access - as it's blocked in by bushes. Phew.

I got my parcel from ELLE CANADA Magazine. I had entered and got a spot on their Jury. I have a bunch of products to test - which should be interesting, seeing as though I have 3 categories. Face Moisterizer - okay, cool, but then the last two categories - are NOT my thing.... Eye Makeup remover (I don't wear makeup) and also Shampoo and Conditioner for Colour Treated hair. I don't have colour treated hair - but I do have dry hair - so maybe it'll work on my hair because it's dry (so says the girl who called me back when I called to tell them that I think I'm on the wrong jury because I don't have colour treated hair. I have until June 19th to use up all the products and in the booklet I have to fill out there is a certain amount of time I'm supposed to test out each product. Each bottle they sent is stickered over with ELLE stickers so I can't see the brand - but a few of the products, by the way the bottle is - I can tell what brand it is... ANd some of the bottles - the ELLE stickers are easy to get off - but they leave the bottle sticky, so I'm not going to pull them off. YEY! I have 5 free bottle of shampoo and 5 free bottles of conditioner - as well as 5 free bottles of eye makeup remover and 5 free bottles of face moisterizer, which if I like them, I can use more than just the 1 weeks trial - because it's full size tubes and stuff! Pretty neat. I wonder if I have a friend or someone who wears makeup on a regular basis who wants to try out the eye makeup remover for me. I really don't want to start wearing eye makeup - cuz then that means wearing my contacts instead of my glasses - and I'm not really into that. Anyone want to help the jury? Free bottles of eyemake up remover! LOL.

I just just just just finished my Geisha image - it's due tomorrow at noon. I have some other homework to prepare for 8 am tomorrow morning, but I will start on that a little now, and then I will finish whatever I can tonight after I get back in from the Passover Seder at Jamie's cousin Lori & David's house. We'll be seeing Jamie's mom's side of the family tonight. I made sure pack with the present that we're bringing to their house - a copy of my wedding video that I have for Jamie's mom. Everyone else has a copy (my parents, Jamie's dad & Step-mom, Jamie's sister Andrea has a copy too) that last person left was Jamie's mom and her wife. I have been hanging on to it for a while, finally seeing them tonight. (It's been a while since we've seen them last - can't even recall the last time I've seen them - I'm thinking not since Jamie's birthday in December, I can't think of another time we have seen them since...). And that was the beginning of December. Wow - I haven't seen them yet this year. That's crazy. There have been no birthdays, and we didn't get together with them for Jamie's mom's birthday - which I thought we would have - but didn't - and there have been no other special occasions since....)

Well, I have some other homework to try and prepare for tomorrow - so I will get to that - and then I still need to get myself ready for dinner tonight at Jamie's cousin's house. More later!

Geisha Progress

As promised, a progress report on my Geisha drawing for my Adobe Illustrator Class.

This is the image we have to "trace" - too bad we can't use live trace! Ha ha - Wouldn't that be easy - but the teacher would know. Live trace uses WAY TOO MANY POINTS - and we have to stay within the range of points that she accomplished the image in. I think the teacher did it in 1346 points.

This is my progress - so far:

Getting there- but not quite done yet. That's what my day off tomorrow is for. I have Peter coming to finish my bathroom floor (finally!) at 8:30 am and then I'm showing the apartment at 10:30 am to some housing agent and some guy's mother - the guy is being transfered from another country and his mom and this agent are trying to find him a place - so maybe that will go great - and I keep getting calls and emails - I just want to get a lease signed already - and not have to worry about having tenants for July 1st anymore! I need that stress off my shoulders.

More later about my day.

Jenn & Yannick's Engagement Party

As promised - some pictures from Saturday night!

Jenn! The engagement girl!

The Mr. and Mrs. (Myself & Jamie!) (Apparently this was my Hallowe'en skirt according to my husband, sister and mother? They couldn't decide if they liked it - but I got compliments all night!)

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Sixteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Sixteen

Still Overtired :: {A nice snooze}

I slept in a little this morning, and then did my shtick and eventually got dressed and headed over to school. Class was long, and I worked on the poster about Organ selling (yes bodily organs) with Laura - as it was a group project. We don't have a choice - but to work with another person. It would have been so much easier to just do this project myself, as some of the things I want to do - she doesn't and vice-versa. I guess that's what working on a group project is all about. Ugh. It's due next Monday and I have no idea when we're going to finish working on it?
After class today I took a nap from about 4:30pm until about 7pm on my couch in the den. It was such a nice nap. Very much needed. I don't understand why I've been soooooooo tired lately - it's insane. I can't explain it - but anyhow.

This evening Jamie and I hung out on the couch in the den, watching the hockey game, and then at 9pm, 24 was on. Dinner was fish - and I made it pretty quickly and now the house really smells of fish badly. I don't understand why? This didn't happen before? I've never smelled fish in the house after the fact. Oh well.

Still tired - so I'm off to bed. Early class tomorrow anyhow.

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Fifteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Fifteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Fourteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Fourteen

Being Stood Up

This morning I got up about 45 minutes before prospective tenants were supposed to come over to view my apartment for rent, did a couple of things around the house, and basically hung out until they were supposed to show up. I sat outside in the front of my house, as Jamie was working in the front of the house in the yard, so I sat on the stairs talking with him.

My grandmother had a thing at the golden age center around the corner from my house, so she had parked her car on my street. I just so happened to be outside as my grandmother and her two sisters were walking back to their car - so I chatted with them a little bit and then my grandmother realized she had a gift for me in her car, from her trip to Florida this past winter (she brought each grandchild back a gift - we all got the same item, just in different colours!) I was soooo excited to get a pink watch! Just me favourite colour in the entire world!

I love it. I will wear it well.

So those people stood me up. I was stood up yesterday and again today. What is wrong with these people? If they're going to book an appointment with me to see my place for rent, show up or call to say that you're not going to make it - or that you've found another place. But no - people just don't care. However, I did get another phone call - and they showed up right away after calling. 5 people (I'm guessing that two are a couple because it's only a 4 bedroom place) and a German Sherpard/Newfoundland dog. Uhm.. yeah, I don't think so. I think they thought that the place was a little small for them - but they said it's an option and they'll call me later on if they decide to take the place. I'm not holding my breath - I don't think I want 5 people around my age living above me - with a dog. Not even a small dog - it's a pretty large dog!

I was sad that I couldn't go to the knitting meetup downtown today, but I had WAY too much homework to take care of - look over and also - a lot of laundry to do, house chores as well. House chores - they will never end.

I worked on my Geisha assignment for my Adobe Illustrator class, and that is coming along great. I have some more work to do on it - of course, but it will come along in the end and get done. I hope I get a good mark on this assignment - afterall - it's simply just tracing the template of a geisha girl with an umbrella - etc. How hard can that be? LOL...I will post a picture once I have accomplished more of the image.

Jamie had a friend over this afternoon and he (Daniel) stayed for Soprano's this evening. I watched Sopranos and Big Love on HBO while working on my socks, and actually are at the same point in both socks right now. I got a LOT of knitting done on my second sock between the 1 hour drive up north last night (my dad drove) up to my cousin Jenn's engagement party at Camp B'nai Brith of Montreal, and today during Sopranos/Big Love. I just need to see how much more I need to knit before closing the toe- and then close the toe! I am JUST ABOUT DONE my first pair of socks! WOOHOO! So excited. I can't wait to start pair number 2!

Speaking of the engagement party, I had a good time last night. The room was very nice, (wasn't sure what to expect as I had never been into the Retirement Retreat Center, and I haven't been to the camp since in 10 years (since 1996! - wow - I can't believe it's been 10 years!) I brought my camera up - but didn't take a single picture. I did use the disposable camera that was on the table at the party though. Can't wait to see what turns out from those crazy pictures. My mom did take pictures though, a ton of them - so I'm waiting for those pictures, and then I'll post some on here.

Angela's Super Duper Help

This morning I got up at 8:45 am and started to get ready for my day, shower, and then by 9:30 am I was at the metro station near my house picking up Angela, as she was coming over to help me with my HTML project and do her laundry as part of a "reward" for helping me. I enticed her with a home cooked meal - which I made last night - a lasagna (made two, one for sometime next week for dinner for Jamie & I). It was delicious.

We worked really hard all morning, and then once we finally (ok Angela) got the HTML project done, we decided to go and do a little shopping. We went to Value Village first - as per Angela's request, since it's around the corner from my place, and we found some awesome yarn there - so at least I think so anyhow!

This is the sock yarn that I got from my Booty Swap partner - I turned it into a cake today, since I was kind of just sitting there while Angela helped me with my HTML work...

I took Angela to Value Village, we checked out Jeanette's and didn't buy anything there - but we wanted to look. We came home, checked on Angela's laundry and then we headed off to Walmart. What a bad idea to go to Walmart on a Saturday less than an hour before closing! What a bad, bad mistake.

Anyhow, we dropped off Angela at the metro, and are now getting ready to go up north to my cousin Jenn's engagement party.

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Thirteen

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Thirteen

Geisha & My Messy Office

I worked on my Geisha image in my Adobe Illustrator class all morning. I'm actually making quite the progess with it. It's due on Thursday, April 13th, so in less than a week. The teacher wants us to hand it in next week - so that she can correct it and get it back to us before the end of the semester, and so that we have time the week after to study for our 10 question written exam - in which she GAVE US THE ANSWERS TO - by going over the exam itself with us - this morning. And those students WHO DID NOT show up to class this morning, we're forbiden to give them the questions/answers. Fuck them - they didn't show up - their tough loss. I spent time with my teacher and she looked at my Geisha (we're tracing over a template) and she says mine is coming along great. Good! Phew! I'm on the right track. It's kind of tough and complicated - as we have to do drawings on about 6 different layers, and there is a LOT to trace.... but it's coming along great - so far. I'm getting used to it. It's a bid tedious, but I think worth it in the end. I am going to work on it hopefully this weekend - if not, I have all day Wednesday to work on it - as it's the first project that is due for the final projects and it's due Thursday, so worse comes to worse, there's Wednesday for it. Wednesday (if not before) I must also work on my 3 different options for my Welcome to My (Knitting) World project - so that my teacher can go over them and get back to me about which one I should go foward on - next Thursday as well. That's the only thing that I must really work on this week. Oh - and my pamphlet. By tomorrow my HTML website will be done, as my friend Angela is coming over to help me. I've enticed her with a home cooked meal (just prepared lasagna for her) and yarn and the usage of my washer and drier! Didn't know it was going to be this easy to get HTML/Dreamweaver help! Not sure yet what I am going to do as far as a layout/subject, but I am sure it will all come together once Angela gets here tomorrow.

This afternoon I ran from school home - to pick up my mail, and then headed off to get my eyebrows waxed. I go to the same girl every time (Just started waxing my eye brows maybe a year and a half ago - use to always just pluck) and while in the mall ran into two people I knew. First, I saw an old friend Karene - whom I haven't seen since she got married in August - so it's been probably a year since I've seen her last - she mentioned she was trying to get pregnant - good for her. Next, in IGA picking up a few groceries (including Whole Wheat Matzah) I ran into my grandfather in one of the aisles. I talked to him for a good 10-15 minutes and then had to leave to get home to pick up my wedding album and then go get my friend Mindy - whom I had lunch with today.

After lunch, came home, and did some things in my office. Did homework and cleaned it up a little - I'm trying to organize it so that I can get things off the floors so that I can vaccum in here. Right now there is way too many things disorganized in my office and I can't see the floor in most places - lol... I need to get everything off the floors - so that I can organize and vaccum the carpets. And that's pretty much what I spent doing all evening. Laundry, (so that I could free up the washer and drier for Angela tomorrow). I did a little bit of homework, not much, and went to the post office after dinner to mail off some stuff for Jamie. I finally got a hold of Peter - and he's going to come on Wednesday to finish in my bathroom (he has to do the sealant on the floors over the grout).

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Twelve

{21 Day Challenge} : Day Twelve

CraigList & Welcome to My World

This morning I discovered CraigList and listed my apartment for rent on there. All of a sudden I started receiving emails about the apartment for rent. This may be a good thing afterall! I had never known about craiglist before, but now all of a sudden, people are talking about it and I decided to check it out.

This morning I started working on a project for my Quark Express class - in which we are putting together a "petite pochette" that is called "Welcome to My World". I dicussed with the teacher doing something about my "knitting" and she totally loved the idea. By next week I need to come up with three different ways of showing my world, and then she will pick the best one for me to go with. I started surfing the web for styles of knitting pictures, and have come up with some pretty good stuff. I'm very impressed, very happy with my research and my brainstorming.

Today was a very long day. I was at school from 7:30 am for my 8 am class and stayed until almost 5:30pm (when I should have been there until 6:30pm). We had a make-up class for our typography class as we had 2 to make up and today was make-up class number 1. (The next one is in 2 week and if we hand in our assignment that is due at the beginning of the class then we don't have to stay after we're done her written exam).

I left early because I wasn't feeling well at all.

After leaving class, I went straight to get my purse fixed at the hand bag shop near my house. I went in and he fixed it for me right away, no problems, and now there is apparently a thicker sturdier zipper - from what I gather, on my purse. While I was in the bag repair shop, some asshole came and double parked behind me, blocking me into a single parking spot. Basically my car was surrounded by a car behind me and 3 brick walls, but half walls - not full walls - just about the height up to my knees about. I sat in my car for 25 minutes until buddy decided to emerge from where he had gone, blocking me in. I had no idea who the person was who owned this car - so I couldn't even start looking for them to move their car. WHAT ANNOYANCE! I was soooo mad. Sitting in my car I was really pissed off. I even tried honking a couple of times, but didn't really get that far doing so.

Did some errands then came home. Ordered Tasty Food's Pizza with Jamie for dinner (had my whole wheat green pepper pizza with low fat cheese) and we just chilled at watched some TV. Half way through Survivor Jamie's uncle called - so Jamie had to leave to go pick up something from his house not too far from us - and so, I ran out to the post office.

When we both got back - we watched a bit of American Inventor, which is really funny - flipping back and forth from the hockey game to that. We actually WON tonight! We kicked Ottawa butt's big time - the best team in our conference! What a game. After those two were finished, we watched the rest of Survivor and then CSI.

Now I'm off to bed.