A day at the lake
Due to the long weekend, all managers (including myself) had a day off yesterday and spent it at my boss' lake, where he has a cabin and a boat. We played some beach volleyball, and some of us went for a ride on his boat, while a few were tubing. It was fun to watch a few of the guys flip over into the water, and I would've liked try it, but due to a certain "thing", it prevented me from going into the water. It was so laid back and peaceful out there. Makes me wish I had a cabin and a boat at the lake...

New Blog for Me
After having some problems with my first blog, I decided to start another one. I sent a trouble-shooting request to Blogger, but obviously got no response. So, why not start fresh.

Busy, busy, busy
Based on my posts, or lack thereof, you can tell that I haven't had much time to sit in front of the computer - a combination of being busy with preparations for my brother's wedding; technical difficulties with my computer; troubles with Blogger; and just not being home. But now that my brother's wedding is over, it's time to get my life back in order. It may seem like I haven't blogged since July, but I did have some posts that weren't published so I copied them here:

Sunday, August 24

I'm still here
Major blog slacking for me. That's because I've been really busy with my brother's wedding. But thank goodness it's all over now. Now I can get some rest. So what have I been up to? Well (in no particular order):
• volunteered at the Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival
  
• last minute errands for my brother's wedding
  
• Irma's birthday celebration at Mikado (dinner) and Ceili's (drinks) [where she managed to guess what I got her for her birthday (it was Christmas all over again)]
  
• last minute tanning session before the wedding
  
• wedding rehearsal & dinner


Wedding Day
What a busy day! Without getting into too much detail, it was a long day. We:
• went to the salon bright & early at 7:15am
  
• got our make-up done
  
• went to Shelley's house to get dressed
  
• got to the church at approximately 10:30 am
  
• got through the ceremony (without crying)
  
• spent 2.5 hours taking pictures
  
• to the hotel for the reception for some fun, fun, fun!


Friday, August 8

Wedding assignment
For Shelley's stagette tomorrow, my assignment was to find a veil. So my plan was to go to Wal-Mart, pick up some fabric, a tiara to attach it to, and I'd be done with it. Well, it didn't quite happen as planned. I walked into Wal-Mart and headed straight for the fabric section.

Minor distraction
Everything was going well until I got distracted by the shoe section. I've been looking for a certain casual, lace-up shoe but never really found a pair that I liked. I actually preferred the men's styles over the women's. Anyway, as I was walking up and down the aisles, I noticed a pair of boys' shoes that were similar to what I was looking for. So I picked up a size 5, tried them on, and now my shoe inventory is 44. At the time, I was on the phone with Joi and he tried to stop me from buying shoes, but it didn't work. Hey, you can't go wrong for $14.77! And they're suede too!

Back to the assignment
So after I picked up a pair of shoes, I finally made my way to the fabric section. All I was looking for was some tulle, but do you think I could find it? I looked everywhere, and then finally found some underneath the cutting table (now, how are people supposed to know to look there?). $1.97 later, I got my tulle. Next, was to look for a tiara. So I went to the toy department and found what I was looking for right away. The only tough part was trying to figure out which style she'd like. It was a toss up between one with a butterfly on it (Shelley has a thing for butterfiles) and this flowery one. I went with the flowery one since the stones in the tiara were pink and that's her favorite color.

Conclusion: Wal-Mart is bad for me
First, I hate trying to find parking. I try to park in the same area each time I go, to avoid the "dude where's my car" scenario. The store itself is way too big, with way too much stuff, thus causing "distractions" (as mentioned above). I find it almost impossible to just go in there, pick up what you have to, and leave within a matter of 15 minutes because of these "distractions". Then there's the checkout lines. Whether you're in the express line or not, there is always a huge ass line. And what's with Wal-Mart being constantly busy? I mean, no matter when you go, the place is packed. Don't these people work? To avoid all the people, I tried going first thing in the morning on a Tuesday once and it was busy. What can you possibly need on a Tuesday morning? I try to avoid Wal-Mart as much as I can, but when I do go, it's easy for me to get lost in the store and lose track of time. The wedding assigment I mentioned earlier should've only taken 20 minutes. Instead it took almost an hour. *sigh*.

Thursday, August 7

Check in the mail
I got my refund check for my Hawaii-trip-that-didn't-happen-because-the-airline-I-booked-it-with-went-bankrupt. Yay! And it couldn't come at a better time. It's only for half of what I paid, but at least it's better than nothing. And according to the letter, there might be another distribution of funds. I'm not going to hold my breath on that one, but if they want to send me another check, they're more than welcome to. ;-)

Blogger update
It's still not publishing. I sent them an inquiry, but I guess they have other stuff to deal with? I hope they solve the problem soon...

Tuesday, August 5

It's been a while
I didn't realize it's been a week since my last post. Time is definitely getting faster and faster, especially now that summer is about to end. You can usually tell summer is almost over when you notice the fall clothes are out. Ugh. But I have to say, we definitely have had some great weather the past couple of weeks. It's been hot and dry, but I like it. So what's happened in the past week?...

I can swim
Well, sort of. I can float, do front crawl, back & side glides, and sculling. The only thing I didn't accomplish was treading water. But apparently with practice, I'll be able to get it.

Make-up
Can you believe it, I actually bought make-up?! I don't wear make-up, except lipstick (and if I had to wear it, it was for special occasions but even then I just used some of my mom's stuff), but with my brother's wedding coming up, apparently I have to wear a bit of make-up for photos, etc. Whatever happened to "au naturale"? If I had it my way, I'd just wear lipstick and be done with it. Now I have pressed powder and blush and a new shade of lipstick. Although I must admit, I had a bit of fun when the MAC artist was doing my make-up, giving me ideas on how to wear it, but still look natural. The last thing I need is to get into make-up and have to buy all the shades and brushes, etc. Oh, to be a girl... =P

Wedding Shower
Shelley's bridal shower was this past weekend. It was OK, and we played a couple games and I won a couple prizes. I also had a meeting with the other bridesmaids about the upcoming stagette (which is this weekend).

Heritage Festival
I made my appearance this year. I wasn't sure if I was going to go or not, but my mom wanted to check it out so we went. Basically it's the same thing every year - lots of food, lots of people, but this year we had better weather.

Day off... again
If you haven't already guessed, I have the day off. Yesterday was a civic holiday, but since I had to work, I'm taking today off. I really like having a flexible schedule.

So what's the plan?
I'm not too sure what else I have to do today. Probably some wedding stuff (perhaps I'll wrap up the MC stuff; and wrap my brother's gift which is still sitting in the back of my car). And maybe I'll just lounge around. I haven't done that in a while...

Tuesday, July 29

...to be continued...
So after Irma and I went for lunch on Friday, I didn't know what to do. Everything I had planned on doing was accomplished well before I had to meet Irma. I thought about doing some laundry, but that didn't happen. Instead, I took a nap for 4 hours. Yup, 4 hours. I guess you could say I was really tired? By the time I got up, I was hungry so I got something to eat. It was a pretty quiet evening and I ended up just staying home.

Day off 2
I had Saturday off as well, so my mom and I went to the mall in the morning. She had to return a top she got, and I had to pick up some toiletries. But in addition to that, we ended up shopping and I got this, as my mom called it, "survivor" outfit - khaki green capris and a jungle-print kinda top. She said I look like I should be on Destiny Child's Survivor video. Yeah right. I was doing so well by not buying anything for the longest time, but I guess sooner or later I had to cave. Ugh. I just don't want to spend too much money right now, especially since I'm saving up for Mexico.

After we were done shopping, Irma and I were supposed to play tennis. Only problem was she did what I had done the day before - sleep. She ended up sleeping all afternoon, so we didn't get a chance to play. Oh well. There'll be other times to play. Hmmm, sleep seems to be the new trend nowadays...

BBQ
Once Irma finally got up, we headed to Joi's house for a BBQ, but we ran into a couple of problems: (i) Joi's house is way on the northeast side of town (I've never been that far before); and (ii) the map he provided us was wrong (But at least he put a note saying if we got lost to call him. Uh OK???). Irma and I even found alternate routes to his house. Sorry Joi, but maybe you should just leave the maps to Mapquest.com. hehehe =P

Softball Sunday - Final Game
We technically had our final ball game on Sunday. I say "technically" because it was the last game of the season, but since one of our earlier games was cancelled due to rain, we have to have a make-up one. And then playoffs are in a couple weeks. I'm not sure if our team will make the playoffs, but it was fun nonetheless. Anyway, we won our last game 20-11 and the team we played against were a fun bunch. After the game, it was off to another BBQ with a whole lotta food. (I really need get back into the gym...)

Friday, July 25

I don't get it...
I don't understand why my posts aren't being published??

Another day off
The morning started with an early hair appointment. I'm not sure why I scheduled it for 9:00 am, but I did. I could've scheduled it for a later time, but I figured this way, I'd get the day going early. OK, maybe just a bit too early for a day off. Anyway, after my hair appointment, I went to my travel agent to pay for my travel insurance. That took a whole 5 minutes, so by 10:10 am I didn't know what to do. Irma and I are planning to go for lunch at 1:00 pm, so until then, I'm sitting in Irma's office, killing time, waiting for her to go for lunch. I don't think I'm really supposed to be here, since this is the law court office, but there's no one here so I don't think anyone will mind. I'm not sure if the three people in this office realize that I'm here. Maybe it's because "I'm not really here" =P

Hmmm... what else can I do? I'm starting to get hungry. Perhaps I'll come up with some kind of "deep thought" or something while I sit here...

Wednesday, July 23

Hacé calor!
OK, so I'm trying to practice a little spanish... Anyway, we've been having some unbelievable weather the past week. Not that I'm complaining, but it's just a bit uncomfortable to go to sleep. My window is wide open, but there's not much of a breeze coming in. *sigh* Hopefully it'll cool off so I can get some sleep...

Tuesday, July 22

Technical difficulty
I'm trying to publish my previous post but it doesn't work...

Tuesday, July 22

Irene's Birthday Celebration - part 2
The plan was to go to Earl's for dinner on Saturday night. Since Irma and Irene were running a wee bit late, I went to the restaurant to get a table. As I was sitting on the patio, I noticed that there were a lot of inter-racial couples. [This is what happens when you leave me alone. I have nothing better to do than to observe. I almost blogged on a napkin...]. Black guy with white girl, white guy with black girl, etc. Irma and Irene came shortly after, and Jo Anne arrived a little while after that. We started off with a martini, then ordered dinner.
Highlights:
• Irene has an allergic reaction after 2 sips of her martini
  
• Jo Anne and her "intellectually stimulating conversation" (topics included: definition of a yuppie, glad vs. happy)
  
• bug landed in Irene's martini (swim bug, swim... backstroke...backstroke...)
  
• *tapping ear* "inner hearing breakdown, inner hearing breakdown"
  
• guy from next table asked "did you see her shoes?" - uh, OK??!??
  
• "Are those 2 guys gay?


We laughed quite a bit and were getting a few looks from nearby tables. Hey, we were having fun...

Dancing Queen
That was Irene at the Druid. You could tell she was having a blast because she was out of control on the dance floor. ;-)

Softball Sunday
We won both ball games on Sunday. Yay! We won the first game 15-7, and the second 16-6. I had a good game in that I made a few good plays, and also managed to score 3 runs (usually, I don't even make it to first base - I'm still talking about softball here - for those of you who may be thinking of something else =P). I almost pulled a muscle in the first game. And by the end of the second game, my legs were getting sore. I haven't ran like that since junior high/high school. I really need to get back into shape...

FYI
Reblogger works now. So you can post messages now... =P