So a couple days ago I decided to make some cupcakes. Which failed twice :( a few days later Nevi made some awesome looking Green Tea Cupcakes. She was gracious enough to show pictures and recipes!

Since I fail at making frosting of any kind, I used the basics of her recipie and tweeked it for my purposes. I then found a cupcake recipe that fit my theme like a glove! It made me so happy inside :D

( Pictures of the Om nom noms! )

I have wanted a Recipe Binder for a long time now, and have found my dream one. I have recipes all over the place, I figured it was about time they finally had a permanent home.

I want this binder and these cards

Who knows I might end up having to get two eventually. One for meals and one for desserts XD. I wouldn't have to for a while, but its a happy thought.


Transformers wasn't as great as I had hoped. It was still good, but there was too much humor for me. Rob said the twins were the Transformers equivilant to Jar-Jar Binks. Then seeing Devastators balls, was that REALLY necessary? I think not.

It has been a strange summer weather wise. It was raining yesterday morning, then it went away and then it rained all night. Now its a bit on the cool side, and the wind isn't fun.

I am starting to dislike work again. The new manager is such a shit bag. He is a retired military office, and well lets just say his attitude does not mix well with...everyone! My two co-workers are about to say fuck it and quit. I however seem to be the golden child, and am still getting 30+ hours a week...but at the expense of everyone else. Just because I was an inch away from becoming manager, does not mean I know everything, need special treatment such as all the extra hours and please stop fucking calling me and including me in all your decisions. News flash! I don't care! You are manager - NOT - me.

I need to decide if I want to stay in town and work, or if I want to find a new job that would require me to take a lengthy bus ride (almost an hour depending). Langford is 20 mins away and Victoria is 30 mins away. The upstairs tenants work in Victoria and get their via a bus, so how hard could it be?

It would be nice to get a new job, but part of me doesn't want to leave Mike hanging. Then again he is driving away employees and business so maybe I should find some balls and just walk. Rob is stable enough in both his jobs (he has no days off) that I could take a week or two off to find a job.

Gah why can't I be rich.

Besides my work being shitty, everything and everyone is doing great. Chaplin is growing so fast, he is the same size as the neighbours dog and is still growing. I never thought he would be so big for 3 1/2 months. As much as Mike is making work the 8th ring of hell, he has taken alot of stress off of my shoulders. In turn I haven't bitten my nails since he became manager at the beginning of the month. So in a couple weeks I could really finally treat myself to a manicure which I have promised my self for years.

My cousin is getting married in August, so I am hoping I could make my way home for that. I don't know whats going to happen with work. If Mike doesn't lose Kevin and Karissa I could take holidays, if he hires someone else I could take holidays...if everything goes down the toilet, who knows when I can get some extended time off. Also I would want to bring Rob to meet the family. I don't know what he is going to do with his security job. I am sure Martin wouldn't mind him taking time off of EB...I'm just worried about Dave because Rob works for him every night. We'll see. *crosses fingers, grabs lucky charms and prays to who ever is listening*

I want to convince my dad that he should retire out here. Rob, Chaplin and I went for a walk the other day and saw the most amazing view ever. Right then I decided that my dad has to live here. It has everything he loves, hunting, fishing, camping and if he picks the right area he wouldn't be too far from places such as Wal-Mart etc.

Last week Rob and I went down to the nursery in town and after years of looking, I finally found the flowers my mom loved. I bought them, a planter and of course peat moss (spelling? y/n?) I have the flowers right by my front door and they make me very happy :)

So its been awhile since an update, which I feel horrible for...because I have been meaning to update sooner.

My biggest news is that I got a new hair cut! I originally wanted a textured bob, but Wade (the best stylist in the world!(for me anyway)) decided to leave it longer, and I'm in love.

New Hair! I don't like the first picture, but I really like the way I look in the second...because you can't see my face XD *gigglesnort* Wade pointed out that my hair has enough wave, that it makes it poof out. He used this straightening gel stuff that was wonderfull! Although I walked home and the wind destroyed the styling he had done :/ Which is another reason why you can't see the texture and how awesome the cut is.

Rob also set up a face book with puppy pictures. Not sure why he decided to use face book, but go Rob.

Chaplin Part 2! Some of those will be doubles from when I first posted, but there are more new then doubles.

The best picture in the world

Here is the New Place and Chaplin!

Moving is not fun!

Thursday (April 30th) Rob and I packed the U-Haul. I never knew that Rob and I had so much stuff, until we tried to put it in a fixed space. It took us from 2pm to 5pm to completley move. We then went to the midnight showing of X-Men: Origins. Which made me happy, because of Gambit...but the movie could have been a bit better :(

Friday morning, around 12:45pm the place was ours! Except one of our landlords was still here working on minor repairs. So half way through moving in I went to work, and was very anxious to get home. It took a couple days, but we finally got everything put away and clean.

So then it...excuse me while I choke on a cookie...So then it was time to wait for the puppy. He is such a cuddely bundle of squishey faced fluff. Chaplin was playing with his siblins until the last moment. I wanted to take them all home, but all of them were already spoken for. It made me happy to know they have homes already, and I kept telling them that when they started to whine.

Chaplin went to the vet this morning, and everything checks out fine. The only thing that concerned the Dr. was his nose. His smushed face can sometimes lead to breathing problems, and is prone to infections. He has no infections at all, but one of his nostrels looks almost closed. So we are hoping that as he grows his nose seperates a bit, so he doesn't need nose surgery. Then again if his nose doesn't grow, he might not need surgery. Its all going to boil down to how him and his nose grows.

We got Chaplins ID tag today :D It fits him perfectly! We have also only had 2 bathroom accidents, thankfully they were both on linolium. He has been good at letting us know he needs to go (Whining at 5am to wake us up)

He was just growling and barking in his sleep, I love puppy barks so much XD

So finally after years of wondering wtf my ring means its a Tara Mantra from Nepal! The Ring Mine has a few small differences, such as a rope like pattern instead of beads, gold or gold plating instead of silver. Now the Mantra is "Om tare tuttare ture svaha" which breaks down into this. I am 97% sure that this is the right information.

Rob got the wonderful call from our landlord saying that she is showing our place tomorrow around 3. There are good and bad things about this. Good - The place won't be empty for long. Bad - Our place looks like a bomb went off, due to packing and cleaning. Also if this person likes the place, she would want to move in on the 30th...Rob and I are unable to move into our new place until the 1st. So either Rob and I can move in on the 30th or we'll be out of luck. Yay! Needless to say I now feel rushed and stressed about moving, when just this morning strees was starting to go away.

Yet again the television holds me captive while I am making an entry *Shakes Fist* Damn you entertaining programing! Damn You!~

Well some good news on the extra furnature front. The people who gave us our couch, are willing to take it back. The couch they have now is falling apart and just not good, turns out the one they gave us is better. Since we were just going to get rid of it, they will take it back and use it. Which just leaves a desk, one of those old heavy wood, big ugly desks.

Its actually a good thing we got the bigger U-Haul. It means we can make one big trip, and move everything at once.

Before Rob and I go and get the puppy, I want to get my hair and nails done. Yes I know getting a puppy is nothing to get dressed up over...but by that time I should have my tax return which means I will FINALLY have some fun money. I know Rob wants to get a little BBQ as well, so we'll see what happens. Is it bad that I want to keep as much as my return for myself?

Its bad having pending entries open while watching tv. I'm not sure how long I've had this page open waiting to post. Then again I love having a laptop :)

Back in 2002

Puppy News -> I want them all! One of these lovely little gentlemen is mine. The one third from the left is Maxwell (I think thats him) and he is waiting until May so Rob and I can bring him home!

We bought everything! Except a little blanket for his trip home. Rob and I are still not sure if we want to re-name him, even though we were told we could. We'll have to see :)

With aprox 2 1/2 weeks until I move, Rob and I have settled on which dog we want. We have also found a great breeder and luckily enough she has some pups on their way! The breeder lives an hour away from Oregan. The whole trip is going to take 6 hours, so we have decided that we are going to make it a 2 day trip.

Tuesday we are going to Port Angelas via the Coho Ferry at 10:30am. We will be spending the night at Rob's parents house, then leaving Wednesday morning down to our puppy! When the breeder called us back she said that when we get there we will see a Boston Terrier candy shop. I am beside myself with so many anxious emotions with moving and bringing home a puppy.

Some names we have though are Micro, Retro, Maverick and my fave Domino! We would like to get a little black and white guy :D There are also ones that are Silver (Light Grey and White) and others that are Brindle(Brownish-Red and White) Here is a picture to see if anyone can thing of any names! Boston Terriers!

Rob and I want to photo diary of our trip, so expect to see pictures galore! :D

I have started packing already, and still have a way to go...I just have no idea what to pack next. Even though I still have a bunch of small/medium things (Dishes, Game Consoles, etc) that need temporary box homes.

With so many things that seem up in the air, we already have a U-Haul reserved and all our expences budgeted. So now its just a waiting game, which I sadly fail at :(

So where to start.

Rob now has Permanent Residency. We went to the immigration office on March 24th, and got all the paper work. Now all we need is to wait for his Permanent Resident card. After he gets the magical card, that is when we can get his SIN, Health Care and all of that other wonderful stuff.

We are also moving at the end of April. The new place is smaller which is a little upsetting. Besides from being smaller, the kitchen is bigger and we can have a small dog. Also we know who is living upstairs so we won't have to deal with elephants marching night and day. We'll have a back yard, I can have a garden, a dishwasher, gated driveway, utilities included in rent. So really it is a better place, our computers will just have to make a home in our bedroom. I hope I'll still be able to smell the ocean in the air when its raining. Nothing beats being close to the ocean...except the option to have an animal.

I'm just worrying like I always do, about address changes, if we'll have enough space for everything...most of all what to do about immigration. I am praying that Robs card makes it here before April, and then we can change our address. Or we could just go to the post office and...have the post office do their thing.

I am excited to move, our new place has 3 small windows in the kitchen/living room area which is super awesome.

I just need to know the postal code and I can update my live journal, for all of your wonderful people who have my address. Which just reminded me, that I need to e-mail/call my dad with all of this news.

Le woot

The other night I wanted to listen to 'Tears for Fears' I miss clicked onto a literal video version. Which lead me to this - Creed - Arms Wide Open (Literal Video version Out of all the movies Rob and I watched, this one made us laugh the most

and for another literal verion

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rob bought me a new DS tonight!!! Its Champagne Pink!

(Yes some of you might remember me saying I don't like pink...but that has changed)

My new friend code is 266347 745659

:D

EDIT: I do have the Metallic Rose DS - Rob said it LOOKED like Champagne Pink...I feel like a noob.

When Rob and I started his whole immigration process we were told, that it takes approx 6 months. So here we are in the 6th month and we haven't heard anything. Insert us starting to freak out and worry. The Immigration site is pretty straight forward, but a pain to navigate at times. You are able to look up the status of your process on line...Rob and I went to take a look and the site was saying there was no record of his name anywhere. Rob went and called Immigration when I was at work and got the most wonderful news! In about 4 weeks (which really is 3 weeks now) whenever we get some package of paperwork in the mail - Rob can work! *cue trumpets and dancing!!*

Turns out that applying for permanent residency in Canada is only the beginning step. Once Rob gets that package in the mail he can do everything a Canadian can except, vote, run for office and work any high security jobs.

Then after 3 years of living, working - being Canadian, Rob can then go on to the next step of becoming a citizen. The next step is where Rob will have to know about Canadian history and all that good jazz. At least I think that is the next step, Rob was just giving me the basic run down while I was at work.

Besides that amazing piece of amazingly good news I am sick. Yay Me.

We've all seen pictures, and have all read about him but now we have pictures!



Taken from kiohl

Instead of "Oh shit!" I often catch myself saying Shazbot! or Monkeys, or even Shit Monkeys.

Shazbot I took from Jacklyn and Monkeys and everything to do with them, came from the wonders of Biology class and Nev. At least I think it was from Bio class....I just remember its from High School.

There are a bunch of other things that high school created, but out of everything that happened those years...I use Monkeys the most.

Oh yeah, I used to say "Where is my Farfie Scarf?" When it was super cold.

Yesterday was alot of fun! Rob and I not only got a new camera but! I got my dinning room table!!!!

After a long day of driving around doing nothing but looking at furniture stores we decided to head to Michaels. I love Michaels so much, they have such an orgasmic selection of Wilton baking supplies. They also had everything I needed for my center piece. I noticed Pier 1 right next to Michaels and thought "I can look for fancy house decorations etc" Little did I know, that I would find my table. I also found my dream place mats, which is strange...because I think they are the same mats that Nevi's parents have. I remember telling Nev something about wanting her parents table and center piece etc, I just never imagined it would actually happen.

Yes I know the table is missing chairs, we didn't have enough room in the car. I'm hoping that in a couple weeks, we can get some chairs delivered or we can borrow someones truck. We just need another payday to roll around first :/

For those who never saw or forget what the previous lay out of my living room looked ---> Old Living Room
and this would be the new living room. Ta da!~

I am so damn happy we moved the computers in to the spare room, so I could have everything look the way I wanted.

Last week Rob and I stayed up one night and rearranged our living room and spare room. Can you imagine how happy I was to have this finally done (hi nevi its rob)...Speaking of Rob there he is/was saying hi to Nev. Unfortunetly my camera has finally crapped out on me, I'll hopefully get a new one soon. So for now without photos all I can say is the spare room is now "The Cave" as it has our computers. The living room is nice and open but still feels cozy like it did before. So now all we are waiting for is to find a nice dinning table. Then everything will be complete which makes me excited.

It has started to get warmer and the sun is starting to show it self more. Which makes for an all around better day :D

I want to go and kick CIBC in the junk. They have been very douchey about my account and cheques I have deposited. Stop putting the money on hold, its my money I want it now. Going to Wal-Mart and having their check out debit machine decline my card was bad enough. Then again being able to withdrawl money from an ATM RIGHT after I was declined at a check out makes no sence either.

Rob has started a diet :) This makes me very happy. As most of you have seen from my photos he does not look bad at all. Although he does not like the way he looks. I have no idea what finally motivated him to change his diet and to start exercising. All I know is that I was watching the 'Biggest Loser' and by the end of the episode Rob had healthy meals planned out for the whole week. Now before I continue I must say that I have no problem with the way he looks. Its just nice to see him do something to change his appearence instead of always complaining about it.

Here is to hoping I can update with photos soon! <3

So 2009...so far so good.

Ii was thinking that last year on the 7th was my moving day. I have officially been here for a year and it seems that I just moved yesterday.

Went to Victoria today, watch 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' and 'The Spirit' Both were not as good as I thought they would be. There was however a cool preview for a movie '2012' Upon further reading, according to some movie site it has something to do with the Mayan Calendar...or something. According to the Mayans their calendar ends at 2012 and alot of bad shit starts happening. Bad things such as the ocean overflowing - Here is the Trailer Upon further searching there is supposed to be some planet alignment as well. I am not sure if the Mayans and the planet alignment is one in the same or two different theories...All I know is I know nothing about the movie, except the world is in trouble.

The past couple days we had flood warnings all over the place. The road into the next city was detoured, due to a section being flooded. What would have taken Rob and I 20-25 minutes, took us about 45 minutes. I know the detour took us half an hour to drive through. Everything is clear now for the most part. There was some sort of land slide that tore part of a bridge away farther up island.

Rob and I sat down and made lists of things to buy and get done. I think its his way of saying 'Okay, we need to save money and get these things' Which is great! It makes me happy to think that we are finally sitting down and prioritizing/saving/etc.

One thing we have been talking about is moving back to Alberta. As damn friggen excited that makes me, nothing is set in stone yet. Rob can't move until his citizenship paperwork has gone through. A rough 6 month estimate of said paperwork would bring us into February. So we'll know pretty soon if he is Canadian or not. I am trying so hard not to get my hopes us. While we were out today, we went shopping and I asked Rob "What do you think of this belt" and he stared blankly at me "If you like it, get it" I sighed and said "I need Nevi" So I am hoping really badly, crossing all my toes and fingers, wishing on stars, that we'll move back.

I know one of the reasons I moved out here was to go to school. I was looking up school months ago, and well things didn't pan out the way I had planned. Aside from alot of upgrading, I realized that as much as I would love to be a nurse and all that jazz. I couldn't stand it. Plain and simple. Yes I sit through movies such as "The Hills Have Eyes 2" (Which sucked major ass) "Saw" (1 to 4) and don't get bothered (except for one part in the 3rd Saw movie) Those are movie effects! Put me face to face with any type of disease/accident and I'll lose it. Hell I can't even stand watching people vomit in movies, and thats even simulated. I realized that as much as I want to help people, I sadly could not stand seeing half the stuff that most Doctors see.

All in all - Life is good, its still cold, and I miss my friends and family.

P.S. I also miss having Photoshop.

Yesterday was Birthday and Christmas rolled into one!

From Rob I got DDR Universe 1 and 2 for the Xbox 360. :D

Rob's mom and grandmother are moving on Christmas day (Insane, yes I know) So yesterday we had birthday dinner, cake and presents...then jumped right into Christmas presents. Robs family is so great. For my birthday his grandmother got me this great lotion and peppermint foot spray - FTW! His parents had this basket with all sorts of things inside. Snowman mugs with Christmas ornaments inside, candle holders, a hot chocolate kit, gloves, etc.

For Christmas we got a deluxe 8 piece knife set. It has a timer in the base as well as salt and pepper shakers. From his grandmother we got a crock pot = omg love. His parents got me a *drum roll* Heated Blanket! The blanket is the best thing ever. I told Rob that I felt spoiled with such a snugly blanket. I never thought that a heated blanket would bring me so much joy.

When we got back in to Victoria, Rob and I decided we would look at some new cars. (He wants to trade in his truck) So we start looking, find some cars that we like and take our first test drive. Then shortly after we get into an accident. Our first indication that we would be in trouble, was the fact that we couldn't drive up the hill because of the ice. So the first moment we could the guy from the dealership (who was driving) turned around and decided to head back down the hill. Well Damn. A few cars in front of us started to slide, so the car in front of us slowed down to avoid the sliders. Then we slid, Alyster (Dealership Man) did everything he could to make us stop. We stopped all right, right after left side of the car hit the rear end of the Volvo in front of us. Guess where I was sitting?! The passenger door that got smacked. OMFG I hit my head and arm so damn hard I felt like I was going to vomit. All I could do was say fuck, unbuckle and lay down in the back to stop my head from spinning. Now before everyone starts panicking, I am okay my elbow is just tender. Rob and Alyster were more worried about me, then I was.

Tomorrow we get to pick up Rob's gifts from the post office. Which is a huge weight/worry off of my shoulders. I thought the CD he really super badly wanted would get here on the 22nd...or later. :/ Everything is here and in one piece, I just have to wrap it all. XD

Holy Pink Flamingos Bat-Man its snowing and howling wind.

I am both happy and sad about the weather pattern. Happy because really! Its snowing close to Christmas! Who doesn't love that?! Sad because I'm going to Washington on Tuesday and if its storming the water is going to be choppy. Which means the ferry ride is going to be horrible...thank god for Gravol. Ugh

Tomorrow will mark a year since the first time I set foot in my new place. It doesn't feel like its been a year.

My dad and brothers Christmas gifts will be late getting to Lethbridge. As well as some other things I have sent to family and friends. Which I am kicking my own ass for, because I would have had everything sent off the first week of December if I could! My dad called twice to make sure he had my address right, and to see if the gifts he sent would get here on time. Everything he sent got here last Friday. I wish I would have been smart like him and sent everything earlier D: I did spread Christmas Love/Cheer...it just might show up late.

I'm going to try a new dessert for Christmas dinner. Cheese Cake! Instead of the strawberries in the picture, I want to have chocolate shavings ^^ I am scared, but excited to try these out. Tuesday before Christmas I will be making Shortbread Cookies, which I am ultra excited for! I've been wanting to crack out my cookie cutters XD