buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

had three coffee dates today, which means I'm wired. All were lovely, great to catch up with friends I haven't seen or gotten to hang out with for a bit. i love talking, and laughing and listening. My friends make me so happy.
great day

handy (wo)man

I got new furniture from Ikea! I am a happy girl!

the shelf which has baskets and drawers that fit the boxes

The kitchen table and chairs, just the right size for the apartment, and the chairs stack too

I spent May long in Minneapolis with Colin and his sister Heidi. It was great. Colin drove the whole time, which was one of the best parts, I got to shop which was also pretty awesome. We went to Valleyfair and it was just grand, it was supposed to rain/thundershower so not many people showed up to ride...which meant we got to ride rollercoasters over and over instead of standing in hour long lines. On the last day we went to ikea and I used quite a bit of self control, I had made a list and the only thing I bought that wasn't on it was a red spatula. haha. I bought a kitchen table with four red chairs and a book case that is just gorgeous.
Since getting home Tuesday morning I have been running off my a$$ with planning a retreat for the mom's group I volunteer with, working and doing respite and trying to fit in workouts. This means I have stayed up way too late at the end of the days trying to put various furniture pieces together. Today the last of it was put together, a friend came to help me put the shelf up....and aside from the huge cardboard box sitting by my door the apartment looks amazing. I love it. I love having furniture that I picked out and bought, makes me feel like a big girl--kind of like the feeling when I bought my bed:) Funny how I can be a Winnipeg City Firefighter and I still feel like a little girl, meanwhile putting together furniture makes me feel grown up.

I have a to do list as long as the great wall of china... but for at least 12 minutes I'm gonna sit here and do nothing. YESSSSSSSS. i'm a big girl i can do whatever i want.

i am the worst blogger in history

a lot going through my head these days. i'm such a chick... i over analyze and obsess over the stupidest things.
saturday i took a deep breath with my hot bf and it was so nice to relax, swing on the bridge in souris, eat egg salad and watch baby geese swim. mostly the egg salad=best part.
too many things to get them all down. will attempt next week maybe. no promises

t t t tattooo

I want another tattoo!!! I have a few ideas. I love the wooden cross in this pic, I would love to have that with maybe a smaller maltese cross incorporated somehow. I don't like the sash with writing, this is just my favorite wooden cross that i've found online. I would want this on my left side ribs-ish. Although I'm guessing that'd be pretty much pushing the boundaries of my pain threshold. My other idea is

One of these simple crosses like the bottom row, maybe middle or left. I would want it behind my ear!

ps. filling out paperwork today to hopefully start teaching at the firecollege :) woohoo

You alive?

Yes, but have found that I don't feel like making this online world a priority. I am also considering deleting facebook. Life's just way better when you're spending time with friends, frollicking outside ETC. I'll think about it over the next few weeks whether to continue with this blog. I have been writing in my journal, so thats good. I find that I have lots of thoughts, but don't necessarily care to share them with the entire world.

weekends are happy

I was right. That friday was amazing. I got my toes done by a little chinese man, it was entertaining making him attempt nail art :) We had Sushi Cushi lunch which was amazing, then cooked dinner at my place. YUM Dance parties were had and it was a good time. I unfortunately didn't take any pictures.
Last weekend was also very good. Mom and Dad came in on Friday, and Colin too. We had a family dinner, it was nice--just missing lindz. Saturday after a huge breakfast Colin and I headed off to Steinbach Mennonite Village to explore our heritage. It was really neat to read some of the information and take pics all over menno-ville.

Then we got lost trying to find New Bothwell, I wanted to go to the cheese factory. When we finally found it, it was closed. We met up with friends in the evening for the corn maze, which was sooooo fun. We almost got kicked out, the boys were throwing corn and nearly took out some children. They had to take off running to escape the "maze patrol". Overall a good weekend.
Works not too bad, I'm at a hall right by the apartment this week. It's nice waking up at 705 and being at work by 720.
peace out
ps. it's cold now.

I'm so excited to spend time with friends today. I love the people in my life!!! Details will follow, but I see cocktails, guacamole, and dance parties on the horizon. (after a sushi lunch and a mani/pedi...Good day!!)