5 Things

At break today Kim was telling me about an episode of Oprah she watched last night.It was about marriage and making it work. They had some couples on who loved each other, and wanted to be married but their marriage wasn’t working very well. They were trying to identify things they could do to make it better.

Oprah had them come up with 5 adjectives to describe their relationship. Most of them said things like, boring or tiring. Not good words. I think it’s an interesting thought though... I may not be married but I’ve made a list, 5 adjectives to describe my current relationship.

• Exciting
• Fun
• Comfortable
• Surprising
• Caring

Feel free to add your own list :)
L

Happy National Compliments Day!

Here are some compliments for people that I love... maybe one’s about you? You’ll just have interpret and choose the one you like best :)

• You look cute in a hoodie
• You make the best cookies I've ever eaten
• You smell so good :)
• You make me feel needed
• You’re so good at sharing personal stuff... it makes people feel how much you care about them
• You’re probably the best guy I know... I have nothing but good things to say about you and you deserve nothing less than the greatest girl. Stop dating those girls that don't deserve you.
• Best cheek rubs... oh how they linger ;)
• You’re my Best friend and you always know the right thing to say
• So willing to share... so willing to help and such a desire to make others happy
• Probably the best roommate I’ve ever had
• You make work bearable, even enjoyable at times :)
• Best big brother I have
• Oh how I love thee dear, just because you’re you
• That candy graham still makes me smile
• Yay to new friends!
• Hardly any time spent together these days... I miss you
• Sunday Dinner wouldn’t happen without you
• I miss our dinner’s together... can we start them up again?

I know some really amazing people... thanks for being so wonderful!
L

Gasp! It just can't be!

I have this morning routine... it's been in place for years... probably 5 or 6.


I get to work in the morning, turn on my computer and immediately go to www.soapcentral.com/ps


This is an important part of my day, I just HAVE to know what happened on Passions yesterday :) I've been following (through the internet, I never actually watch the show) these characters lives since almost the beginning of the show.


This morning, as usual I go the the website only to see something that has shocked me!



How can it be cancelled? It's my guilty pleasure! Will Teresa ever be with Ethan? Did Grace really die? But Sheridan and Luis aren't together yet! And Kay just married Fox, she needs time to find out he was lying so she can finally be with Miguel!

It's not right and they'll be dearly missed
L

Insomnia - My new best friend

Remember when I used to sleep... sigh... me either.
2:00 am and I are becoming very familiar with each other.

Things you can’t do at 2:00 am

1. Call you’re mother just to visit
2. Make strawberry-rhubarb pie (no ingredients and no where open to buy them)
3. Sleep!

I fully intend to use some sort of sleep aid tonight... I’m sick of this!

If only my mind would just stop working...
L

**blush**

Turns out Darling, Dear or Sweetheart don't hold a candle against
Ma Chere

Translation = My Dear

L

I need a nap

I've decided I'm tired of being responsible about when I go to sleep at night.

Work shmerk

I'm determined to condition my body to only need 6ish hours of sleep... so far I can't say I've been successful, today I'm tired. No time for a nap either.

I'm heading up to Edmonton this weekend. There's a dance tonight and tomorrow a bunch of us are going to Galaxyland, I really should have rested in preparation. I'll try to keep my cranky undercontrol :)
L

My Turkish Lover

I'm blowdrying my hair on Sunday, listening to music when someone requests to add me to their msn. I figure I'm fine with this.
So the conversation opens with the usual, "How are you?" I try to be polilte while I figure out who I'm talking to but it's not long before I fess up to the fact that I have no clue who it is.

So it's Nail. From Turkey. Am I familiar with his Country? With Turkey? Yeah, I know his country. He's from Instanbul.
Come on, I'm supposed to take that seriously? So I'm sure this is just one of my friends being goofy.

Doesn't help when he asks, "You married?"

"No, I'm not married"

"I'm sorry"
"For bad english"

So by now I'm really confused. Nail asks if I have a different msn picture. I play along and say sure. Apparantly the new picture is "Very Wonderful"

Nail tries to have a web chat with me. As previously mentioned I'm in the middle of blowdrying my hair so I decline but open his anyway thinking this is a great way to finally figure out who this is. Get this... It's actually Nail, from Istanbul!! Apparantly he got my msn address from MSN Live Spaces.
He tries to start my web cam again, and again I decline. He asks why, so I tell him I'm doing my hair. He asks when? I tell him probably never, I'm not really an online dater. So Nail and I say our goodbyes and I figure that's the last of him. I have every intention of removing him from my msn list (he was a little creepy) but in the rush to get to church on time I forgot.

So Monday comes and I'm back at work, talking to Amber on msn when who should start talking to me but NAIL!
I try to be polite but he's actually pretty creepy. So I block and remove him from my msn list like I meant to on Sunday. But wait! Nail will not be removed! Somehow he still manages to talk to me. He asks something like, do I want to be friends with him. Amber advised me to tell him I'd like to be friends as badly as I want to gouge out my eyes... I attempt to water down that response to politely get rid of him but since he's blocked I can't respond... but how can he talk to me? So odd, stupid ebuddy. He comes to the right conclusion after I don't respond and I think I'm rid of him now. He's actually blocked and removed now.

Maybe one day I'll look back and regret that I gave up the opportunity to have a Turkish husband, maybe Nail was the one.
I'll take my chances, I prefer my men creep free
L

Vacation Over

Things I learned from my vacation

1. If I have time where I'm allowed to do absolutely nothing, that's precisely what I'll do
2. Cleaning is not something I'll do on a day off, it's something I'll do after work
3. I've become super critical of movies
4. Blackberry frozen yogurt makes me happy
5. The alarm clock is evil
6. I love to hostess
7. Nail from Istanbul creeps me out
8. "Girls don't like nice boys" - Absolutely TRUE, any girl who denies it is LYING!

I think I went back to work just in time, the days upon days of nothing was starting to feel like real life

Surprisingly, as much as I dreaded coming back, it's just not that bad
L

2007

It's official, New Yea'rs Party 2006 was successful!! My Mom had this brilliant idea that I should use mini lights around the house so shesent a ton home with me. Fantastic roommate Janine and I hung mini lights all around the ceiling in the living room / dining room upstairs. We put lights on the baseboard of the wall that leads to the basement, went around the kitchen door, down the stairs and had lights all around the ceiling and the baseboards downstairs too. It looked fantastic! We had icicle lights hanging in front of the window upstairs. There was food and music downstairs as well as up. I forgot to count but I think at midnight we probably had 40 ish people here? I bought noisemakers, those things you blow that unroll (you know what I mean?) and sparklers to light after midnight.Someone brilliant took the liberty of finding a New Year's countdown on line so we could all watch my laptop. Auld Lang Syne played in the background as we lit our sparklers and hugged and wished each other a great New Years... it was pretty magical really :) I finallymade it to bed around 5 am.The next morning was a standard New Year's day... breakfast (with the neighbors) and lots and lots of lounging. A relaxed trip to the mall and a super satisfying nap rounded out the day.

I expected this year to be a bit of a let down, last year I was in London standing by the river Thames watching some of the best fireworks I've ever seen. Sat on plastic wrapped newspaper provided by super thoughful British Men and ate British candy to keep us warm. I held the hand of a British Boy (and we know how I feel about hand holding ;) and shoved through some of the biggest crowds I've ever seen. Got slightly stalked by a super creep on a double decker bus, watched as men from the same bus bounced a parked car out of the way so the bus could make the tight turn. Tried to find a bathroom while everything was closed and froze in the coldest winter in London in years. Of course I would take the cold with me :)

This year somehow managed to stand up next to all that though. I hosted a succesful party where everyone seemed happy. Had an extremely loud countdown. Got nuzzled on the neck and the offer of a kiss. The crowd cheered my name and I blushed. The house looked fantastic, I managed to clear up all three of my dramas so I started the New Years drama free, friends on with all. I got to spend this year with all of my friends. I got to kiss (on the cheek) at midnight and basked in the glow of the ambiance of my mini light lit house.

Not a bad way to start the year
Thanks for helping
Happy New Year to all
L

I'm in Love with Amber Hughes

In the past on this blog I've tried to leave out names... to let people remain anonymous but not this time, I'm making sure everyone knows that I love Amber Hughes and her cohorts.

I arrived home late this evening to find a note on the front entry floor that says, "Laura. Follow the Candy Cane Trail!!!" Sure enough there is a trail of mini candy canes leading through the living room and dining room, down the hall and the stairs into my room and onto my bed. Poking out under my blakets is a little bit of fluorescent pink. I pull back the covers to reveal the best looking Candy Grahm!

I'll try to post a picture eventually but to hold you over until then here's what it says

Laura
Thank you for the (BOUNTY) of fun that your party was. You were an (EXTRA) wicked awesome host!
Your food was a (DELIGHT), we wish we could (EAT-MORE).
We're pretty sure your party was a (SKOR). The lights added a great touch to the (PREMIUM DARK)ness.
We've got a theme for your next party, we think it would be (WUNDERBAR) if we could all wear (SNICKERS).
Love a bunch of (FRISKIES) (SMARTIES)!
Here's to discovering new people!
L
p.s. more to come about the New Year's party later... still to tired