This is the picture they took of us right before we got on the boat. We picked it up after the cruise....it was included in the price we paid. It might look a little out of focus because I actually took a picture of the picture with our digital camera. 

I love this picture 

From Left to right starting in the back....
Travis, Rob, Jeff, Stephen, Brian, John, Curtis, Chris M.
Front row left to right...David, Chris S, Troy, Mark, Deland

Most of you know Chris played softball with the guys from church this past summer. Fun times! This is the team picture.....my hubby is the unhappy looking one on the far right standing. They lost that night and he was bummed cause he couldn't play cause of his knee.

Rain Rain GO AWAY!!!

Ok, so it is STILL raining. I don't think we have seen the sun in over a week....no joke!! The whole New England area has been hammered with rain for like 9 days straight. Last night it was POURING and when we were driving home it was like driving through rivers the roads were so waterlogged. We shoulda had a boat. When we got home we knew Belle was going to have to go to the bathroom, but we also know what a wuss she is when it comes to rain. She HATES rain...so much that it does not matter how bad she has to "go" she will not until it is beyond waiting anymore. So we get home and Chris immediately takes her out hoping she will go.....YEAH RIGHT!! She ran out and turned right back around and back inside without evening going down one step. She had the look of "are you kidding me?" Anyways over the next hour or so she kept pacing and whining and jumping at the door. So each time we took her out we had a little more hope that she would actually go. I mean, we actually have to drag her down the stairs in this weather and make her stand in the yard. Finally after about 6 tries, I opened the door and I knew we were good cause I didn't have to drag her out and down the stairs.....she RAN down the stairs, found her spot and we no longer had to worry about her leaving us a nice chocolate surprise on the carpet:) So yeah the rain affects us all. lol. I hope it stops soon.....they say it's supposed to taper off after the weekend. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

On another note, last night we went out with some friends and saw "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Was a good movie. After we went to Friendly's and had some Ice Cream Cake....it was our friend Jeff's birthday. His parents and Carolynne got him a game used Johnny Damon baseball bat. Nice!! I told Chris not to get any ideas....he is not getting a cool gift like that;)

I have a mountain of laundry I need to fold and we are going to go looking at camera's today...so who knows by the end of the day I might have one finally.

This is Belle doing her homework....notice her ball in the picture....always trying to slack of she is 

she was very HYPER this night, Chris had her all riled up 

awww....both of them were sound asleep. she's a daddy's girl 

that is money in her mouth if you can't tell 

puppy all tucked in for the night 

So my dog is a lab mix....yet somehow here she just looks nothing like a lab and everything like a CRAZY dog. lol. I took this pic as she was running full tilt ahead, her ears all all the way back from running, her mouth is wide open and she is in mid jump. lol 

The weather has been pretty crappy since the weekend. It has been rainy and windy and just plain gloomy outside. I don't think we have seen the sun since Friday. I like the rain....in moderation, I just hate when it stays for days at a time. I find it depressing and it makes me SO sleepy. I can't wait till it snows, I love the snow!

Chris and I are planning a weekend to New York City at some point over the Christmas season. I am so excited. I used to always talk about how I wanted to go to New York during the holidays and see all the lights and store windows decorated. I am excited to see the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center and to go ice skating on the ice rink there. I am not sure yet if we will go just ourselves or maybe go with some friends. Either way it will be a fun time. What is everyone else planning for the holidays this year?

Just a Few Things....

First I feel the need to point out that the Oilers won again last night. They beat the Ducks 4-2. They are 3 and 0 going into tonight's game against the Los Angeles Kings. I am hoping we will win tonight and continue this win streak.

Some guy got pulled in over in front of our house and was immediately busted for drugs...SPECIAL!

Now here is something that Chris and I wonder eveytime we walk past a store in the mall and see the mannequins on display. Now it's common knowledge that when we women get cold we have what some would like to call "headlights" so tell me WHY a mannequin needs to have hard nipples.....we notice this is the case in a lot of stores lately. I don't get why they feel the need to do that. Anyone else notice this, or is it just us? lol

Excuse me sir, but it's not 1985 anymore........

The other night Chris and I were at the laundromat. When we got there we were the only ones there except one weird looking dude. He was wearing high top runners with his tight black jeans and the tongue of his runners were sticking out. He had looooooooong stringy blond hair that was half in a ponytail. He might have had a goatee of some sort...I really don't know I tried not to look at him too much. He looked like he could have been related to Axl Rose. Anyways....when we got there he was putting his clothes in the washer. Chris and I went about our business putting our laundry in. Mr creepy man left for a few minutes...I assume to go get some change from the little pizza shop on the corner. So he comes back in and walks to the back of the laundromat to get a laundry bag from the machine in the back. Now keep in mind these laundry bags are FIFTY cents. Chris and I watch as he puts his money in only for no bag to come out. WELL......let me tell you....that man not only needs a haircut and a shower he needs ANGER management. He proceeded to punch this machine like 5 times really hard as if it was a punching bag. He then got a good kick in there. So he storms out past Chris and I, I don't know where he went...I assume back to the pizza shop. He comes back with a garbage bag and then heads over to the washer his clothes were in and started to put his WET clothes in the garbage bag. I should point out that every piece of clothing he pulled out of that washer was black. All the while muttering and swearing under his breath. I mean this dude was MAD. He then stormed out pushing a laundry cart on the way out. Chris and I tried not to look at him, I was scared he was going to beat us up. lol. It was funny, and I guess he was so angry he lost his 50 cents that he decided not to dry his clothes. Someone needs to tell him its NOT 1985 anymore. Scary scary looking man!!

100 Things

FINALLY I did this darn list, I kept forgetting about it. But here it is....enjoy!!

1. I was born in Scotland
2. I moved to Canada when I was 3
3. I am a UK Citizen
4. I have 2 older brothers
5. One we have no contact with
6. Dave is cool though, he lives in Edmonton
7. I miss him
8. My mom passed away in 1996
9. I was 18
10. I miss her tons
11. My dad got remarried almost 2 years ago
12. My dads name is Dave and my stepmoms name is Lynne
13. Lori's dads name is Dave and her stepmom is also Lynn
14. I have 2 nephews and I miss them ALOT
15. Chris also has 2 nephews and we miss them ALOT
16. I had a cat for 15 years
17. His name was Sparky
18. I have a dog now, her name is Belle
19. She is crazy
20. I am a HUGE hockey fan
21. The Edmonton Oilers are my favorite team
22. I also love baseball
23. Chris's mom turned me into the baseball addict I am today
24. My favorite baseball team is the Seattle Mariners
25. I also like football, our favorite team is the Seattle Seahawks
26. Chris and I are sports nuts
27. Chris and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary on Sept 12
28. We met on online on a christian dating site
29. We have been together for almost 4 years
30, I love him a lot
31. We moved to Boston, Massachusetts 5 days after our wedding
32. I miss our friends back west
33. I love fall
34. I love winter more, I can't wait for it to snow
35. I am a coffee addict
36. Good thing Chris works for Starbucks
37. My favorite drink at Starbucks right now is a Grande, nonfat, no whip, pumpkin spice latte
38. I love Christmas time, I am like a kid
39. I love looking at all the lights
40. I love to read
41. My favorite author is John Grisham
42. I love movies
43. We try to watch at least 1 a week
44. My favorite movie is The Princess Bride
45. Good Will Hunting is a close second
46. I love music
47. My favorite singer is Sarah McLachlan
48. I have seen her in concert a lot
49. My favorite band is U2, I saw them in concert once
50. I have played the trumpet/cornet since I was 7 years old
51. I have not played in a couple of years and I miss it a lot
52. I love classical and brass band music
53. I love jazz
54. I love Wynton Marsalis and Chris Botti
55. Not a lot of people know the above 5 things about me
56. I have a Scottish accent, but it only comes out when I talk to my dad or brother
57. My american friends and family think I have a "Canadian" accent
58. My favorite hockey players are Ryan Smyth and Doug Gilmour
59. I love camping
60. But not in the mountains
61. Getting eaten by a bear is not my idea of fun
62. I have Acid Reflux Disease
63. IT SUCKS
64. I like to dye my hair
65. I do this often
66. Most recent I dyed it Plum, this was last Saturday
67. I love taking pictures
68. Yet somehow we still don't have a digital camera
69. I have lived in Scotland, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Washington and Massachusetts
70. I have lived in 3 different countries
71. Most of my friend here in Boston are not from here originally
72. Most came here for school or jobs
73. We might live in Boston but we HATE the Red Sox and the Patriots
74. I am VERY shy until you get to know me
75. I think some people perceive this as me being snobby
76. I am very insecure about my weight
77. I am working at losing weight
78. My favorite color is blue
79. My eyes are blue
80. My oldest and closest friend is Lori
81. I haven't seen her in a few years
82. I miss her a lot
83. I talk in my sleep
84. I love apple juice
85. I also love orange pop
86. My favorite alcoholic drink is a Belini
87. I also love Cosmopolitans
88. I like beer, it is an acquired taste...kinda like coffee
89. Chris and I have become huge wine lovers. We drink it regularly
90. I love animals
91. I want to go back to school and become a veterinary technician
92. Belle was a Valentines Day present from Chris
93. I saw her picture online (petfinder) and I knew she was the one I wanted
94. I like to scrapbook although I don't do enough of it
95. Alias is my favorite TV show
96. Animal Planet is my favorite channel
97. I never put the cap back on the toothpaste
98. I am going to the Caribbean in June
99. My favorite smell is Lavender
100. I have lived near both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, I love the ocean

Tag Time

Alright I got tagged by Miranda


Instructions:
1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same.

Here is mine....... "The peroxide reminds me of our incident with her last week...."

I tag.....Leslie, Tammy, Lori, Shelley, Angie

Hockey Night in Canada

It's back and you know Chris and I spent the evening tonight watching hockey. It's the best day of the week....it really is.

Tonight both Chris and I are happy campers....his Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 3-2. Colorado's rookie backup goalie started tonight and he looked awesome.

The important game of the night though was of course was the Canucks at my Oilers. After a very stressful 3rd period of watching both teams take penalty after penalty and Vancouver managing about a gazillion 5 on 3's. It sucked supreme when the Canucks took the lead late in the 3rd on the power play. I had all but given up till we got a power play late and Raffi Torres scored with 20 seconds left. PHEW!!! Was I excited.....then came overtime. Overtime stresses me out, you should ask Chris, I am always a mess. lol. No goal in overtime and so came the shootout. Now here I am thinking well we are screwed.....you got Naslund AND Bertuzzi going for the Nucks, you gotta figure that's at least ONE goal. But NOOOOOOOO The Juicer shut them down. Raffi and Hemsky scored for us in the shootout and we won the game 4-3. I am a very very HAPPY camper.

I am SO SO SO sorry to all my friends out there who love their Canucks. But you all need to EAT IT!!! ;) You gotta admit it was a great game. Hockey Night in Canada couldn't have asked for a better game tonight. But we still won and I am happy happy happy:) THANK GOD we played Markkanen tonight....I think if Ty was in net the Canucks would have won that game long before it was over.

Alright it is past my bedtime, I am outta here.....hope everyone has a great Sunday!!

Rainy Saturday

Woke up to a gloomy rainy day today. Usually I hate rainy days like this, but today it gives us an excuse to lounge around and do nothing . Except of course watch hockey once 7pm comes around. I suppose there is also a good chance we will head out to do some laundry. Exciting I know.

My dog is retarded and has to go to the bathroom but won't go outside cause it's raining.

Went out for dinner with some friends last night and then back to their place to watch The Interpreter. It was a good movie, however, also a movie the could have ended about 20 times before it actually did. It really dragged in some places. Overall though it was good and we liked it.

I was sick on Wed and Thursday and thought I felt better yesterday but felt crappy again today when I woke up. But all is good because Tylenol Cold is my friend:)

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Oh and one more thing......

LETS GO OILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Music

Finally I have gotten around to doing this one, no excuses really...I am just a big slacker:)

Here is a list of the top 100 songs of 1996...my graduation year. The Blue ones are the ones I remember, Red the ones I loved, Green are the ones I hated and the rest I don't remember.

1. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
2. One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
3. Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
4. Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project
5. Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey
6. Give Me One Reason, Tracy Chapman
7. Tha Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
8. I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis
9. You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow, Toni Braxton
10. Twisted, Keith Sweat
11. C'mon N' Ride It (The Train), Quad City Dj's
12. Missing, Everything But The Girl
13. Ironic, Alanis Morissette
14. Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Whitney Houston
15. Follow You Down / Til I Hear It From You, Gin Blossoms
16. Sittin' Up In My Room, Brandy
17. How Do U Want It / California Love, 2Pac
18. It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion
19. Change The World, Eric Clapton
20. Hey Lover, LL Cool J
21. Loungin, LL Cool J
22. Insensitive, Jann Arden
23. Be My Lover, La Bouche
24. Name, Goo Goo Dolls
25. Who Will Save Your Soul, Jewel
26. Where Do You Go, No Mercy
27. I Can't Sleep Baby (If I), R. Kelly
28. Counting Blue Cars, Dishwalla
29. You Learn / You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
30. One Of Us, Joan Osborne
31. Wonder, Natalie Merchant
32. Not Gon' Cry, Mary J. Blige
33. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio
34. Only You, 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
35. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know), R. Kelly
36. You're The One, SWV
37. Sweet Dreams, La Bouche
38. Before You Walk Out Of My Life / Like This And Like That, Monica
39. Breakfast At Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something
40. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New), Coolio
41. The World I Know, Collective Soul
42. No Diggity, BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
43. Anything, 3t
44. 1979, The Smashing Pumpkins
45. Diggin' On You, TLC
46. Why I Love You So Much / Ain't Nobody, Monica
47. Kissin' You, Total
48. Count On Me, Whitney Houston and Cece Winans
49. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
50. Time, Hootie and The Blowfish
51. You'll See, Madonna
52. Last Night, Az Yet
53. Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
54. The Earth, The Sun, The Rain, Color Me Badd
55. All The Things (Your Man Won't Do), Joe
56. Wonderwall, Oasis
57. Woo-hah!! Got You All In Check / Everything Remains Raw, Busta Rhymes
58. Tell Me, Groove Theory
59. Elevators (Me and You), Outkast
60. Hook, Blues Traveler
61. Doin It, LL Cool J
62. Fastlove, George Michael
63. Touch Me Tease Me, Case Featuring Foxxy Brown
64. Tonite's Tha Night, Kris Kross
65. Children, Robert Miles
66. Theme From Mission: Impossible, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
67. Closer To Free, Bodeans
68. Just A Girl, No Doubt
69. If Your Girl Only Knew, Aaliyah
70. Lady, D'angelo
71. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First), John Mellencamp
72. Pony, Ginuwine
73. Nobody, Keith Sweat
74. Old Man and Me (When I Get To Heaven), Hootie and The Blowfish
75. If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow
76. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
77. Keep On, Keepin' On, Mc Lyte
78. Jealousy, Natalie Merchant
79. I Want To Come Over, Melissa Etheridge
80. Who Do U Love, Deborah Cox
81. Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton
82. This Is Your Night, Amber
83. You Remind Me Of Something, R. Kelly
84. Runaway, Janet Jackson
85. Set U Free, Planet Soul
86. Hit Me Off, New Edition
87. No One Else, Total
88. My Boo, Ghost Town Dj's
89. Get Money, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
90. That Girl, Maxi Priest Featuring Shaggy
91. Po Pimp, Do Or Die
92. Until It Sleeps, Metallica
93. Hay, Crucial Conflict
94. Beautiful Life, Ace Of Base
95. Back For Good, Take That
96. I Got Id / Long Road, Pearl Jam
97. Soon As I Get Home, Faith Evans
98. Macarena, Los Del Rio
99. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish
100. Don't Cry, Seal

I was really surprised to see how many of these songs I don't remember at all. Although I suppose if I heard them I would probably recognize them.

Hockey Night at Chris and Evey's

GO OILERS GO

I have an unhappy hubby right now!! Why you ask? Well it might have something to do with the fact that my OILERS just beat his Avalanche 4-3!!! I am a nice wife, so I decided to keep the gloating to a minimum.

Man have we missed hockey, we watched hockey ALL night. We flipped through all the games till ours came on at 10pm. Now it is over and it is after 1am. And with that I am off to bed.

Picture Day

So below I posted some pic from our dinner cruise a few weeks ago and some other random pics that were on the same roll of film. Enjoy!!

Today my friends is the most important day of the year. Or at least pretty close:) Tonight the 2005-2006 NHL season kicks off. Chris and I are excited, and lets all hope my Oilers can shut down his Avalanche tonight!!

I have to vent about something....as most of you know I live in Boston. What you may not know is how INSANE people are here about the STUPID Red Sox. Chris and I cannot stand the Red Sox. It has made this past year living here very interesting to say the least. Well it is baseball playoff time. The Sox got their butts handed to them by Chicago last night and while it is my hope they will do the same tonight I am so annoyed that Lost will not be on till 11:30 pm because the local TV station feels it more important to air the Red Sox game which is already going to be on 2 other channels. But hey at least I hope it just gives Sox fans more channels to watch them lose on. haha!

With that said I must end this post with something MUCH more important...

GO OILERS GO!!!!

Spirit of Boston 

Chris and Evey 

On the top deck before we actually left 

Sailboat we passed on the cruise 

I thought you would all love this one 

The planes were really close flying over the boat. 

Evey the bowler 

Kisses for mum