Theme Song

Ok - I've decided my theme song is no long "I'm Bringing Sexy Back", but rather, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" because this is turning out to be a month from hell....

I'm Bringing Sexy Back...

*(Tearful smile)*

Sorry Amarys, but I had to steal this from you and repost it... it did make me smile... and almost cry (sigh....)

Ask her to dance.
On windy days, brush wayward strands of hair from her eyes and mouth.
When she’s coming down the street, across the room, or up the stairs to meet you, walk towards her as soon as you see her.
Put your arm around her when you introduce her to your friends and family.
Grasp her hand when a scantily dressed, beautiful woman walks by.
Call her when you’re feeling sad.
Kiss her eyelids.
Ask to see a picture of her when she was a child.
If she’s crying on the phone, go over to her place. Immediately.
Occasionally call her by her first and middle names.
Order coffee for her, remembering exactly how she likes it.
Tuck her in when she falls asleep somewhere away from bed.
Mention your upcoming anniversary before she does.
Send her something in the mail. Anything.
When she’s feeling insecure, stare into her eyes and tell her there is no-one in the world who could be as right for you as she is.
Call her just before you get on the plane.
Pick her clothes up off the floor.
Try desperately to make her laugh when she’s feeling down.
Touch her arm when you leave the table to go to the bathroom. Touch her again when you come back.
Shave just before you see her. She’ll notice.
Hug her when she gets jealous. Hug her hard.
Ask her about her day.
In the middle of a conversation, tell her you love her.
Ask her for help. They LOVE guys who can admit they need a hand with something
Tell her you love how she....wiggles her feet when she's happy, or how she crinkles her nose when she laughs. "I love yous" are always nice, but she will love knowing the little things that are cute to you.
Tell her.... Only You...
We like to feel unique...and that we are uniquely appreciated by you. So anytime you can say something along the lines of there being no one like us, we'll lap it up.

Sigh.....................................

Well I didn't get either of the management positions, and although I shouldn't be surprised, I'm a little more bummed about it than I thought I would be. So guess I continue on, mindlessly, mind-numbingly typing away at my same ole' boring task.......sigh - well at least I tried :-( Just kinda sucked sitting in the congratulatory office pot-luck supper we had tonight for Laurel, the one who won the position. She definately deserved it more than I did, but I was still hoping......... I kinda wish that I hadn't gotten as far in the competition as I had so at least I could have enjoyed my week of vacation I had off, and been better able to appreciate my visits with Anthe & Peter, instead of making myself sick with the stress of the whole thing. But I guess it was all part of a learning experience. .........

1:30 am drive home

K I just had to post about the cutest thing I saw coming home tonight from work. As I was about to turn at a major intersection, I noticed the do not walk hand symbol flashing indicating the light would soon turn red. So, I take a quick look around and find it strange that there are no vehicles coming from the other direction to trigger the motion sensor for the lights to change. Coincidentally, there is a cute little fluffy skunk standing on 3 paws on the corner of the intersection, as if waiting for the light to change so he could safely cross. Totally one of those "you had to be there" moments, but I still thought it was cute...

August Expressions

Well August has been a good month for me. I had the chance to visit with friends I haven't seen in a long time, took a risk and applied for a management position (and lived to talk about it), went for a relaxing camping weekend, and lost some weight :-)

Just came back from Sleeping Giant Provincial Park this afternoon. Just Molly and I. Was quite nice. I decided to try a new area of the park I had never been to before and it was absolutely perfect. It was totally private, on the water, and was just a really nice site. I headed out early Friday evening and returned around 1:00ish this afternoon. Other than getting dehydrated today, it was the perfect way to unwind after my interview.

Well I survived my interview. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, yet I wish I had performed better :-( Oh well. I took the step....whether anything comes of it or not, I chose to make an effort to do something to better my life.

Actually I did a lot of thinking this weekend on my little getaway, and decided that I am going to make a bigger effort to focus on enriching my life. From taking better care of my health so I can look and feel better, to becoming a better house keeper so I can share my beautiful home with people I care about, to taking more risks in my life to advance aspects of my life that have become stagnant.

Back to work tomorrow - I can so tell I have just had a fairly relaxing vacation because I don't have that knot of dread in my stomach....amazing.... reminds me how I need to be enjoying more me time.........

And back to school next week - can you believe it! Totally snuck up on me.

Off to bed for a rare early night for me - toodles all! :-)

Long Weekend At Last

Well it's a long weekend, which I should be enjoying and having fun, but instead have to stress over a work assignment! I recently applied for a management position in my office that I REALLY REALLY want, but have a very slim chance of getting it. So after I sent in my resume I basically gave up hope. Well on Thursday I got a phone call telling me that I moved on to Stage 2, the written assignment! Totally shocked me, and of course now the carrot is dangled before me again, and here I will go and get my hopes up, even though I know there is still a slim chance of getting it.....but it would still be nice. So now I am all stressed about this assignment which is due TUESDAY at 5!!!!!! So there goes my weekend. And becuz I am stressed about it, of course I can't seem to settle down to actually get started on it - so far today I've lounged in my pool, called friends, worked on my new website, played around on eBay - everything but actually sitting down and working on my assignment (except cleaning - I don't really feel like doing that either.....)

My new website. Well I am finally working on my new business website, but I am still new to the whole HTML thing so it is going a little slow. I was so proud of the one page I created that has a form that you can fill out to submit coments to....except when you click submit, nothing happens....sigh..... HTML is so complicated! Even though it's totally under construction and not live yet, if you want to check it out so far, the website is: http://www.teal-bubbles-italian-charms-etc.com Next I still have to figure out how to incorporate the PayPal shopping cart system into it and then link the items to the shopping cart - thank goodness no school right now!

A few more hours before bedtime so time to see how else I can kill time before attempting this assignment!

Paris Hilton's Dog Should Be Jealous

It's a dog's life!

I have posted a few pics of Molly having fun in the pool on my MSN blog :-)

Pool party!

Got a pool today so it looks like I may need to have a pool party soon - yay! It is so big for my little back yard it kinda looks a little odd, so now in my back yard I have a garage, a pool, and a sidewalk..... Molly was the first one to test it out today - it was kinda funny! She had a blast tearing around jumping in and out of it while I was filling it - will be way too deep for her now though, so that was her only chance. Hope it will be hot enough out this week to test it out :-) So who's going to test it out with me?

Alaskan adventure

Can't believe how bad I've become at keeping up with this blog. Many people have been asking me for pics from my Alaska cruise and I have posted a FEW on my MSN space, but mostly just of the ice burgs we were hitting on the ship.

Overall I had a fantasic time - it was the best vacation of my life - I came back so refreshed and relaxed, I was like a new person. It was strange to come home and not have everyone call me M'lady, or Yes Ma'am. No one picks up after me anymore. No more limo rides. I actually have to jump in my SUV and DRIVE where I want to go! Sigh..... how I miss those days already.

I highy recommend the Alaskan cruise to everyone, young or old. I would actually recommend going later in the summer or into the fall, rather than spring like my family did. We missed seeing one of the more memorable glaciers because we were hitting too many ice burgs and it was too dangerous for the ship to go through the passageway and had to turn around - later in the year it wouldn't be as bad.

The day of the cruise, we went on a family whirlwind tour of Vancouver - I fell in love with that city. Pretty expensive place to live, but maybe some day. Stanley Park was amazing. The weather was a little misty so unfortunately we missed out on seeing a few things, but what a beautiful city!

On the cruise itself, day 2 I got violently sea sick! That was a total shock for me, on all my other cruises I was fine, but I guess the water was a little rougher this time. But after popping the drugs they gave me and sleeping for a day I was fine after that.

Overall, had a wonderful time, and will update this more when I have extra time. I have to get up early for overtime tomorrow so am heading off to bed now!