It's my BIRTHDAY

It's my birthday :) I got our wedding album today and it looks great. The only thing that I am worried about is the picture on the cover. The cover shot is not covered by any protecting layer and one of our cats likes to lick pictures. She is so bad that if you take out pictures downstairs she can smell them from our bedroom and will be there in a matter of seconds to lick them. I don't know what the attraction is but she can't get enough. We are going to look into some type of holding box like maybe plexi glass to protect the cover picture.

I also got all of the pictures on CD so I will be starting a new blog just to post pictures so that we can give our families the link. I have to make sure that nobody is opposed to being posted online.

It was a gross nasty day out today. The drive that would normally take 20 minutes to get downtown, from our place, took 50 minutes this afternoon. I didn't even see an accident anywhere and during that traffic it wasn't even raining. It is supposed to rain for the whole night and the morning tomorrow which really kills our business being that we are not only a country club but mostly a golf club.

I taped Grey's Anatomy tonight while we were out for dinner and watching the SUNS game so I am going to watch that soon. I love that show and the new show after it wasn't too bad last week so I taped that too. I don't know if I can really fit a new show into my schedule but if it gets good you never know. I have been watching this new show on MTV called Engaged and Underage. It think it is cute. The couples I have see are 22 and under and getting married. Each episode show that last few days before the wedding and then an update two weeks after the wedding. I think the reason I like it is that when we were 21 I wanted to get married and everyone thought I was nuts and my brother and his wife got married about a month after their 21st birthdays. If you wanna check out information about the show they have a website here.

The SNUS win it

Okay so SNUS is really SUNS but at the arena from where we sat tonight. That is where we usually sit and so it always says SNUS so that is how we say SUNS. The game tonight was fantastic. We won by 18 points :) About a month ago the Suns were on a 17 game win streak and the team that we played tonight broke our win streak. I really like to go to the games. I also got my birthday present early tonight. JJ bought me a pink Raja Bell shirt. He said that he looked through all the stores and couldn't find a the pink version of the jersey. While we were walking through the arena toward our seats he saw the shirt in the window of the gift shop and told me he had been looking for it, so since I was there he had me just try it on so it would fit. At that time the game was starting and the line was forever long so he said he would go back at the end of the game. I put it on as soon as we got outside. The Arena here has a reporting desk outside so the fans stand around the desk and can be seen on TV so we always do that. It was really fun. I wish that there were more tickets available but the team is so good that everything has been sold out since September.

Tomorrow my grandmother has to be sent back from Arizona to Montreal for a procedure to see if there are blockages in her arteries. She could have the procedure done here but they are worried about Medicare covering the costs of the procedure and the surgery that she may need depending on the results of the tests. I hope that everything goes well. I have been really busy with work this past week because my boss was out of town, but I have to get over to the hospital tomorrow to visit before she leaves.

Thursday is my birthday and I didn't want to do anything as of Monday. I do however want to go out for dinner now. I would like to go for sushi because I have lost a few pounds and really like that sushi is a pretty healthy meal (if we don't ever do it). The place near our place also has teppan tables so my honey can get some cooked food.

We also get our wedding album on Thursday there was a little delay because some of the pictures we selected were facing the opposite direction of other photos on the same page and had to decide which ones looked the best when cropped to change the direction. I am really excited. It is not just to have the book but we will also be getting all the negatives so that we can print our own photos. I would also like to start a new scrapbook for the wedding. I didn't want to cut up the doubles of the proofs until our album is done.

Dinner Sucked but Dessert was GREAT

Our dinner wasn't very pleasant. It took more than 40 minutes to get our food and half of the group got cold food. It did give us a chance to get back earlier from the restaurant than our company to start the coffee and put out the desserts. I love to entertain. I had a great time having everyone over tonight. I really liked to have the deadline of everything must be done by 6:00. It helps me to not get stuck on a small task like organizing a box when the whole house needs to be clean for company the box can wait. So I took some pictures after everyone left while it is still clean and here they are...

This is the view from our from door (the sofa wasn't covered with the company over but we put it back on as soon as everyone left).
Down this hall is the kitchen (the laundry closet is on the left and the bathroom on the right).

This is one side of the kitchen

This is the other side of the kitchen.

This the view from the top of the stairs, which are in the living room).

Here is the den and Alley on the table.

We have a desk to the right of the arm chairs. To the right of the desk is the other bathroom.

The upstairs bathroom. This one has the tub and shower. Downstairs is a considered a half bath.

And the most important part, this is our bedroom.

Thank you for stopping by for the visit.

Expecting Company

Tomorrow night we are having company. I am really excited. Since we moved to our new place we have not entertained at all. I have had my parents come by a couple times to show them, show my grandmother, and my brother the place. But we haven't had any real family company. My brother and his wife were over once for about an hour to see the cats play with the gift they got for Hannukah. My grandparents, aunt, and cousins have never been here.

We are celebrating my grandfather's birthday early because it is on St. Patrick's day and I will be at work, and my cousins, my brother, and his wife will be going back to school. One of my cousins lives in Texas, the other in Tucson, Arizona, and my brother lives in Virginia.

I starting cleaning the house tonight but still have a lot to do tomorrow. I really didn't clean tonight I put things back tonight. I have to clean both bathrooms, dust the bedroom, den, and living room, empty, load, and then empty the dishwasher, wash all the floors, vacuum all the carpet, and clean up the patio. I would also really like to go get my nails done. Fortunately I have until 6:00pm and then we are going to dinner at a Mexican restaurant and then coming back here for cake and coffee. I was looking around the living room earlier and 12 people will not fit in there, but we can all be in one room for the happy birthday part and then some can sit in the living room and some in the kitchen. The older adults usually like a table.

I can't wait to have everyone over. Once the place is totally clean I'll post some pictures.

Vomit

I have just spent a day and a half on the cough. My husband is a great Robyn sitter. He went to the store for me 3 times yesterday cause I just couldn't decide what might sound good. From 6:00 on Wednesday night till 3:00 Thursday I couldn't even keep down a couple sips of water. So I got really dehydrated. There surely was no way I was going to make it to the doctors office so I called the doctor and got some pointers. She told me to pick up some gatorade, jello, popsicles, clear caffeine free sodas and broth based soups. That was my diet yesterday evening.

For the most part I am better now although my back hurts and I hope that I don't get like a kidney or bladder infection from being dehydrated for soooo long. My lips are chapped and cracking, and my stomach muscles are hurting from throwing up. Maybe I succesfully lost a few pounds.

When I called my boss yesterday she said some stupid shit about how managers don't call out. I am very sure though that they also don't deliver food and check on people while gagging and puking. On the upside when I called her to let her know I will be in this evening after my doctors appointment she called me back and told me to stay home. I just took some advil, ate a piece of toast and took a really hot shower to see if my back would feel better and although it isn't I do feel much cleaner. I think it is time for some soup now.

Slacker, I am a slacker

I am such a slacker. I mean don't get me wrong I have been working a lot, but I mean that was like two weeks. It has been a long time since I last posted because there has been nothing exciting to write. I am very sad to report that one of my favorite employess is leaving this week. It is really a bad time to be losing our staff. The person who is leaving is one of two banquet captains. The captain is really the person who runs the whole show when there is a function. That includes the entire banquet setup, the service of the guests, the cleanup, and the scheduling for the department. We have quite a few adds out right now and hope to head from somneone qualified soon.

Tonight I went out for sushi with my parents. We went to a place with all you can eat sushi which I really think defeats the purpose. I usually eat sushi because it is a great way to eat a healthier meal. But when you go all you can eat everyone feels like they have to get their money worth. The place we went tonight also charges you for any uneaten pieces anc my parents ordered a bunch of extra stuff and I ended up finishing the rest of the plate at least is was delicious.

I decided today that I really need to get braces. I am going to schedule an appt of a consult with someone who does Invisilign. My insurance won't cover it but I don't think that regular metals braces have that professional appeal. I never got my wisdom teeth pulled and now that last one is growing in a moving my teeth (it looks like back to where they each started). My teeth have been moving for a while but now one the front ones is hurting cause it is so cramped. I can't wait to have a nice smile again.

I need a snack and bed. I don't have anything healthy to snack on. I do think that I am destined to gain some wait back since the weddiing. I was 180 in January of 2006 and weighed 136 in November of 2006. I now weight 145. When I lost weight last year I never really went on a diet. I just started drinking diet soda instead of regular, and eating only 1 package of hostess snacks instead of two oatmeal pies at a time. Once the scale started to trop I just thought of a few new thinks to change, like having a salad every now and then at lunch istead of fries and other fried foods. I think this time is going to be harder since the restaurant I am in now has a much more unhealthy menu. It may be time to start bringing my lunch and snacks.