Computer's Suck

Somehow my computer has decided to run for a little bit today. So I thought I should try and blog while I have the chance. We do need a new hard drive which we will probably pick up in this next week.

I got the most wonderful birthday card in the mail the other day. My most wonderful friend Lori sent me a card that was on a piece of pink paper colored on by her little girl Emma. It was so special, and the sap that I am it made me all misty eyed. Ha!

So Chris and I are going to Florida in late May for a week and a half. I guess you can say it is our delayed honeymoon. We are very much looking forward to the time in the Florida sun. It is 4 months away so hopefully I will have lost a lot more weight that I have already lost. I really want to feel good about myself on this trip, and actually want my picture taken, usually I will avoid it at all costs. At any rate, I am a big kid at heart and am very much looking forward to going to Disneyworld and all the other wonderful places down there.

With that said, I should probably just post this before my computer decides to freeze. As soon as we get the new hard drive I should be able to keep up to date on this like I was before, and then Lori can sleep better a night knowing there will be a post for her to read in the morning;)

Embracing a New Year!

I know I have not really been blogging lately, but this time my reasons really are good ones. Aside from the fact I really haven't had the time, our computer rarely works. Right now is one of the rare times it will run for like an hour or so. Lately it barely even loads windows. We are going to pick up a new hard drive this weekend and see if that is the problem.

It is hard to believe it is 2005 already. First Christmas came SO fast this year, then it was New Years before we knew it and then in the same breath it was my birthday. Crazy I tell you!! I turned 27 this week which totally floors me considering I can remember my 16th birthday like it was yesterday. How time flies in our lives. I am not one of those people who stresses about getting older, I am just amazed at how fast the years seem to be rushing by.

The beginning of a new year is an exciting time I think for most of us. For me I love the excitement of the unknown a new year can and will bring. This past year had its ups and its downs. The ups were wonderful, the most important one being on Sept 12, 2004 which is the day Chris and I were married. And a week later we were on the road to Boston to start a new chapter in our lives together. Moving to Boston has been amazing, neither one of us were sure what would be in store for us here or that we would even like it here. But we LOVE it, the city is amazing, we have met some wonderful people and we are so happy. As for the downs, there were a few...but it is those experiences in our lives that teach us, that help us grow and help us become better people. The good thing is that God is very faithful and no matter how much we screw up or stumble he is always there to pick us up and brush us off. We are so very blessed.

As for this coming year...I embrace the unknown, and I embrace the possibilities and I look forward to what may be in store for us. I look forward to whatever blessings God will bring, and I am thankful for what experiences await us...the good or the bad. And I am so thankful to have a wonderful husband to step into this New Year with.

Homemade Roses and Tackling Dogs

I forgot to mention two things...

Monday was my birthday, at the moment we are recovering from Christmas so we are a little broke. So anyways Chris wanted to get me flowers but couldn't cause we really didn't have the extra money. So he got all creative on me and while he was at work Monday afternoon he MADE me 12 pink bubble wrap roses. The stems were steel rods and the roses where attatched to these rods with electrical tape. So when he came home he presented me with this bouquet of homemade roses. And you know, they were wonderful. And it was such a very cute gesture. My guy, he amazes me all the time.

The other thing I need to mention before I forget is the fact that my dog should have been a football player. So the other night we were at this park we always take her too and there was a ton of snow still on the ground. Chris was throwing her tennis ball for her and stuff and so I decided I was going to start tackling her. It was fun, I was full out tackling my dog and making her fumble her ball. Anyways one time Chris threw the ball to me and I was reaching up to catch it, Belle arrived at the same time and jumped. As she jumped she ran into me and full out tackled me and knocked me to the ground. No jokes, there I was lying back down in the snow and there was my dog running in circles around me with her ball. Clearly she was proud of what had just occurred. Chris and at that point lost it and just started laughing, it was so funny.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year all!! I have not been able to blog for a few days cause our computer seems to decide when it does and doesn't want to work. For like 3 days it would not even load windows, then today it seems to be working. It is so messed up. It is definitely time for a new one.

I wish you all the best in 2005 and my prayer is that you will all be blessed in so many wonderful ways! Love you guys:)

Belle, Brooms and Showers

As some of you may know, my dog is terrified of the broom. She knocked it over once and it scared the crap out of her, ever since she won't even walk by it. So the other day Chris was gone and out and I went to have a shower, but since we have so much chocolate and candy and stuff laying around from Christmas I didn't want to leave her out to get at all of it. I knew if put her in her kennel she would just bark, so I decided to lock her in the bathroom with me figuring she would just lay down by the door. So I get in the shower and not even a minute later do I notice she is at the shower curtain trying to get in the bath. It was the oddest thing cause Belle HATES the bathtub, getting her into the tub is always a great challenge. Anyways before I knew it she had jumped in the tub with me while I was in the shower. WHAT THE HECK!! I could not figure out how or why my dog just jumped into the tub when there was water running. So I get her out only to notice the broom was leaning up against the wall by the door. She is so darn scared of the broom she got in the shower with me, it was the funniest thing.

Buried in Snow

We woke up this morning to A LOT of snow. We got a storm that they call a Nor'easter out here. http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/B63789/ It started about 4 pm yesterday and continued all through the night. So when we woke up this morning there was at least a foot or more of snow outside. Poor Belle went out to go to the bathroom and the snow came up past her legs almost, it was funny watching her trying to figure out how she was supposed to go to the bathroom with snow up to her neck. So Chris left for work and about 2 minutes later he was back to tell me he couldn't get out of our road. We park in the back of our house and the road leading to it is a back alley almost and its not paved and is always the last road to get plowed in our area. So Chris backed up and tried to back out and he wouldn't budge. So he came back in and called Kathy (his boss) to tell her he didn't know when he would be able to get into work. And she just laughed and said "welcome to New England". So anyways finally the road was plowed and Chris was able to head to work. But the fun didn't stop there. Chris gets to the shop...for those of you who don't know, the main shop that the tech's work out of is in the basement of one of the starbucks stores. So anyways Chris gets there to find the door to the shop is buried in snow. It was waist deep and the door was totally blocked so Chris could not go in. So he had to go get a shovel from inside the Starbucks and dig his way to the door. ha! Finally he got in! What a very interesting morning, haha! So yes, we have A LOT of snow right now and it is still snowing a little bit. But it is supposed to warm up again leading up to new years eve.

Christmas, Snow and Other Ramblings!

Well first I must say that I got my Christmas snow that I wanted, it was just a day late. We woke up to snow this morning and then it really started snowing about 4 pm today and has been snowing ever since. I would say we have about 7 inches right now and it is supposed to snow pretty heavy all through the night. It is cold out, but SO pretty..I love it.

Christmas was wonderful. Christmas eve Chris and I went to church, which was nice. Then we just came home and had some dinner and watched some Christmas movies on tv. Most notably we watched A Christmas Story...for those of you who have not seen it I highly recommend you go out and watch it, it's great. Christmas morning we got up around 8 to open presents. We got all sorts of stuff, it was wonderful. My main present from Chris was a leather purse from Lane Bryant and I got Chris a wool coat from Old Navy. We got the usual...cd's, movies, books, gift cards and stuff. My sister in law Sue made me a fleece scarf with matching gloves and a touque, they are so soft. Anyways after breakfast we decided to drive out to the very tip of Cape Cod to a place called Provincetown. It was a very nice drive. We decided to drive out to the Cape Cod National Seashore and go down on the beach. We went for a nice long walk with Belle. It was cooooold, but we had a great time. There was lots of people out walking their dogs and stuff. We headed home around 4 and when we got home I cooked my very first turkey dinner. YUM, it was so good. I was very proud of myself. Other than that we just relaxed the rest of our night,watched some movies and stuff. We definitely missed being with our families this year, but we had a wonderful first Christmas together. Spending it just the two of us made it extra special, it was nice.

Today we decided to head out and spend the gift cards we got. Chris received a 50 dollar home depot card from his boss, so we went there and got a new toaster, electric can opener and a new coffee pot. Then we headed to Old Navy with the gift cards Dave and Sue had gotten us. So that was fun, I got some new jeans, a couple of shirts and a fleece and Chris pretty much the same thing.

All in all we had a wonderful Christmas, we received wonderful gifts from our families and they too loved the gifts they received from us. This Christmas was a special one for Chris and I, and the snow we got today was the icing on the cake. Although Chris has shoveled twice this evening already and you can't even tell. ha! Anyways, I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas and I wish you all an even better 2005.

My nephew Austin as most of you know is my best bud. While he was in Seattle for our wedding he had his own Spiderman camera and took some great pics. Which made me very proud that he did such a good job. So anyways here are some of those pictures.

Austin took this great picture of Gavin.

My friend Michelle and her mom, again taken by Austin.

Taking a picture of his little brother Braeden.

Where Does Time Go?

So I really cannot believe that it is Christmas in two days, that is just insane. This last year has flown by, it is crazy. And never mind it is going to be my birthday in just a few weeks.

I am very much like a little kid when it comes to Christmas, I always have been and I imagine that I always will be. Everyday I am eager to check the mail to see if we got any Christmas cards, and yesterday I spent most of my day looking for the UPS man who was delivering a package from Dave and Sue all the way from Edmonton. So yes, ALL DAY I checked the tracking on the parcel and I kept going outside to see if UPS had come yet. FINALLY at around 3 pm or something like that, I went out to check the mail and there it was on the front step. I was so excited and immediately brought it in and opened it up to put the presents under the tree. Now inside this package among the gifts were two Bob the Builder stockings that Sue had made for us. Inside these stockings I could feel that there were more goodies inside. I wanted so bad to peek inside, but before I could my wonderful brother called and threatened to kick my butt if I looked in them before Christmas morning. haha! So ever since yesterday they have been hanging and I have been resisting. There is only two days left, so I am certain I can do it. haha!

So that brings me to today where we are expecting another package from UPS, this time from Chris's family back in Seattle. So again I will be so excited all day, checking the mail and looking for the UPS man. And my luck he won't come till the very end of the day.

Oh and one more thing, the other day we went to the grocery store and I got my very first ginger bread house. Again I was very excited and when we got home I could not wait to build it. It was fun and it looks smashing for a first timer;)

Merry Christmas!!!

The Sucky Journey to Weight Loss

Losing weight really must be one of the toughest challenges in life. It is so frustrating, one week you do great and lose 5 pounds, then the next week nothing. You are constantly surrounded by so much crap, whether that be fast food, or just plain old junk food. It is everywhere you go. And it sucks.

I get discouraged very easily when it comes to this and get that feeling that I cannot do it. And it drives me nuts that I get this way. I guess mainly I get like this because it frustrates me so much I need to lose weight in the first place. I was never fat growing up, in fact all my life up until a few years ago I was in great shape and weighed 130 pounds. But then I just ate too much crap and didn't exercise the way I should have been and here I am. I know I can lose the weight I want, it is all about will power and making the right choices. Like for example, when I reach for a pop I need to stop myself and reach for some water. Or when I feel like snacking I reach for some fresh veggies instead of the chips. There is a million things you need to change in order to really lose weight, I have changed a lot of things but sometimes I don't think it is enough. The past few months I have lost weight, but it is far from where I want to be 3 or 4 months from now.

I guess the way I like to think of it is that since we moved out to MA and it will be a while since we will see so many family and friends, I am bound and determined to reach my goal so much that they won't recognize the new me. What a wonderful thought that I will have lost so much weight they will have to take a double look to know it's me.

Anyways that is my ramblings for today. I was sitting here drinking a slimfast shake for breakfast and so came the thoughts of weightloss.

This is my brother in-law Bryan, he's a drummer. These were just some pics I thought looked pretty cool from their christmas concert at their church.

Bryan drumming

Bryan's drums

More drumming 

Happy Birthday Dad!

So my dad would like you all to think that today is his 49th birthday or some number of that sort. But it isn't, but just to be nice I will not disclose his age. hehe! Although, what is age really. I mean, I know guys my dad's age who are holed up at home in their rocking chairs all day. Not my dad, he is very young in many ways. So he doesn't have much hair anymore, he really hasn't had much hair for as long as I can remember. lol. But he is very young at heart, very active and healthy. So I guess the fact he just turned 60 doesn't really matter. OOPS, did I just tell you his age;) Well anyways, happy birthday dad, love you!

It's Fricken Cold Tonight!

Just thought I would let you all know that it is cold outside...it's 7 degrees, and again....for the Canadians that is -14 Celsius. But with the windchill it is -12 F and -24 C. So yah, it is cold out tonight. BUT the good part is it is still snowing a bit so that makes me feel better:) There is a "chance" of snow on Christmas, I have my fingers crossed.

And I leave you to wonder...why do I drink Pepsi after 9PM??? I do not know why I do this, it makes me so wired everytime. Like a kid on a sugar high. It is odd though, it's only Pepsi, I could have drank some coke and I would be sound asleep right now. But did I drink coke...NOOOOO! Serves me right for drinking the pop in the first place. Should have had some water:)

It's SNOOOOOWING!!!!!

Well I was happy to wake up to SNOW this morning. It is supposed to snow on and off all week, so I have my fingers crossed that we will have a white Christmas. My luck though we brought Seattle weather with us and it will rain all through Christmas, yuck. Anyways it is cold out today, it is 16. For my Canadian friends that's -9. But then it is colder with the windchill, I am not sure what the windchill is today.

So we found a new place to take Belle for her walks. There is a "pond" not far from here called Jamaica Pond and it is something like 2 miles around it and it is really pretty. We took her there for a nice long walk yesterday and will prob make that her new place for her daily "big" walk.

I can't believe that it is almost Christmas, wasn't it just Christmas the other day. Man time flies. Anyways we are looking forward to Christmas, it will be different being so far away from both of our families. But we are most definitely looking forward to our first Christmas together since getting married. We are not sure of our exact plans as of yet, we will decide as Saturday gets closer.