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Monday, January 24, 2005
This past weekend was busy, entertaining and definately a change from the ordinary. :-)
Friday was a rather hectic day at work; the numbering machine was on the fritz, Dan was busy with meetings, Chris Clark popped into the shop, discussing digital movie edting etc... he and Erynn tried to convert me to an Extreme Pita fan.... LOL pretty close, man it WAS good!!
Erynn invited me to his place for a pizza party for wambot right after work and before the Last Band Standing Finals, so I had barely enough time to run er- drive home, change my clothes, grab my sister, and zip back into town to Saunder's place. Unfortunately, I thought parking at the top of the hill would prevent me from getting stuck... and man, I was wrong. The snow at the top of the driveway was loose powder on top of slick ice. The weels sunk into the powder, then spun to no avail on the ice, making me hopping mad, as I needed extra time, not less, since the roads were all covered in black ice from the freezing rain that had fallend the few days before. I finally got out with the help of Dad and Fiona (even though dad was not thrilled at the notion of his daughter driving at night on such dangerous road conditions...).
Hanging out with Erynn's chums is quite interesting. X-D Fiona and I arrived late and had to leave early, to pick up Danielle and Michael at WEM, but during the time we were there we enjoyed ourselves and got to know Amy (Erynn's girlfriend) better. :-D She helped me find a good route to take from WEM to the Starlite Room (the club where this concert was to be held). Priror to this I had been oblivious to where I was headed. LOL I was wearing one of the T-shirts Erynn and I created at work for Wambot the band, and a girl named Amanda saw it and exclaimed "you have a wambot shirt!!" and promptly went to get one from Erynn. LMHO ;-)
I took the Yellowhead into Edmonton, figuring it was the fastest, but the average speed was 60 km the wole way! (except for the odd semi that Vooshed past at 110 or something slow for the average semi but seemed ridiculously fast for the conditions) It was freakishly insane! :-0 Scary, too (remember I've only been driving for just over a year people!)
Though I
knew I was in the correct area, I could not find the Starlite room. Believe it or not, I drove around the block three and a half times before giving up and going into the Hotel MacDonald out of sheer desperation. The young man I asked assistance of was very kind and pointed accross the street at the starlite. I felt stupid, but not becasue he made me to feel so. LOL
Walking into the Starlite room was kinda creepily fun. You have to go through a narrow brick alleyway and up some stairs to a doorway in the dark. It is a private club and you must be a member to get in to see a show, but this night all you needed was your Last Band Standing Ticket. :-) kewl! It's a pretty nice location for the event. Different levels and a good sage, lights and sound system etc, a coat check and bars (tho only one was open, non-alchoholc cuz this show is open to highschoolers, minors). It must have been a warehouse way back when it was built. Lovely red brick, curved wooden braces on the ceiling, and old-fashioned lights... it has obviously been re-worked, painted etc, and overall I found it fairly impressive. We were late, but arrived just as one band was finishing and the next up was the one danielle had wanted to see, and Wambot was after Wish. WOW, talk about perfect timing!
After both those bands were through, we had been there for about 2 hours and had enjoyed an icecream smoothie. The weather and roads considered, we agreed to make our way home. Despite the fact that I wanted to see what the results would be at the end, I must admit I was relieved at the thought of going hme to bed and not staying up to all hours... :-}
The next morning I was rudely awakened by my alarm clock (aka sister) ;-) and found myself scrambling to get ready before Laura and emily came to pick us up. I ultimately walked out the door with three Breton crackers and a piece of fruit leather or breakfast. *ug* ;-) And no camera! *gasp* *choke* *stagger*... alas and phooey. :-( We drove to the Legislature for an ecumenical service. Though the roads were still icy, they were fortunately not nearly so bad as they had been the night before. :-)
The service was interesing, but we got rather cold standing outdoors for the whole thing, despite our winter attire.... :-} The media came and rattled around, generally getting in the way and being disrepectful during the prayers and worship. (i must say that i noticed the CFRN guy was like he was doing his job and participating at the same time. :-) kinda kewl)
We spent the rest of the day driving and shopping at WEM. :-D Tall Girl had a big sale on... :-D We searched the tall shop and traipsed about the mall to no avail, as I still did not find a sweater. :-S :-( :-\ ah well. another time perhaps.
Saturday evening I was supposed to take Fiona to the TLC (trimunicipal leisure centre) to a pool party etc. Wambot was playing, and I think it would have been fun, but my family mutually agreed it was better if we stayed home. Ah well, from what Erynn said, Everything went well and they'll prolly do it again. :-) maybe next time...
Sunday was a nodescript, typical Sunday, other than the fact that I was felt like i had the flu and i had a headache and i slept for a few hours in the afternoon - rarely happens.... unless i'm ill. :-s bizarre....
According to research, January 24th has built up a reputation for being the gloomiest day of the entire year. Some say it is because all the bills from Christmas (oh, please forgive me... the HOLIDAY SEASON) and Boxing Day (pardon me, i should say boxing WEEK) sales are pouring in; others think it has something to do with the fact that people suddenly come to realize how deeply winter has set in, and how long it is until spring. The truth is unknown, but the majority insists that the 24th is, indeed, for whatever reasons, the most depressing day of the year. And this year it was a Monday. Joy.
Well. How very enlightening.
This year, my January 24th looked like this:
- woke up a bit late, leaving only 10 minutes to get ready for work.
- sister was to practice driving; unfortunately, the driveway was slushy mushy slippery and she could not get up the hill
- mom got the van stuck by trying to get it up the hill. The van swung around and got stuck crossways on the driveway, front wheels west of and the back wheels east of the path snaking up the hill around our house...
- I called work to let them know why i had not arrived
-Erynn came and picked me up (lol so he did not have to all my work as well as his i suppose, ;-) whahah j/k)
- Found out WAMBOT WON ON FRIDAY NIGHT!!! yahooo! X-D w00t!!!
- work itself was fine. a pretty good day
- Dad picked me up from work on his way home
-chatted online a bit B4 supper
-fed my face with my family
-mom and i dashed out to a search committee meeting
- meeting went as well as could be expected (considering a couple of the people on the committee are woman's lib freaks and madden me to no end.....)
And i typed this post. Whoah. I don't think the dial up connection will like saving this as a draft much less posting!!! yoiks. :-o I will post it at work...
January 25th/05
HAPPY ROBBIE BURN'S DAY!! (just in case any fellow scots r reading) LOL ;-)
So yeah... I didn't mean for this to be so long! honest! If anyone reads the entire thing through, post to tell me and i will congratulate you!!! ;-) *chuckles*
- posted by SunnyD @
11:50 PM
Friday, January 21, 2005
So here we go – your 5 quiz questions. i wanna see good long answers, and make sure you post them. have fun! ~ aurora
1) What would you say your most outstanding characteristic is?
hmmm... I have been told I am very compationate and feeling... And a nice smile? I really
don't know... you'll all have to tell me, heh heh...
2) What are your favourite: colour, name, sport, food, season, hobby, and toy?
(heehee-sneaked in a few more! ) *gasp* "sneaked"?! lol X-D
- My fave colour is blue (more precisely cobalt blue). When I was 4 i liked pink, but I soon switched to periwinkle blue. After a year of periwinkle, I diecided on cobalt blue like my grandma's special glass dishes. *ooohlala*!!! I enjoy all sorts of colours, and i adore rainbows, but blue beats em all... :-)
- Favourite Name? WOW. That is tough! hmmm... I like "J" names, like jeremy, josephine, jewel, jessica, jennifer; traditional/typical names like elizabeth, emma, brianna, Roderick, Bennet, James, malcolm; and unusual, but nice-sounding names like frazer, melody, ivy, emerald, . I love celtic names.... like Riona, Fiona, Lachlan, Rioghbhardan... I love so many names!!!!! I can't choose a fave... :-O
- I adore basketball!!!! :-D LOL I'm not very good at it, but I really enjoy it.... need i say more!? X-D
- Food, eh? hrmm... I dunno; i like so many foods... Typically for my birthday dinner i would ask for a pot roast with the potatos and carrots all baked in the pot with the meat... *yum yum*..... I really like Italian very muchly, too... hehehe.. Olive Garden!! Eastside Marios! Frank's Place! w00t! ;-) and man, i have a sweet tooth.... i love desserts.... X-D yumzerz! :-)
- Season: Late spring, early summer. I like this time of year beause it releases me from the darkness and gloominess of the winter months, and I can go running around outdoors and just smell the grass growing, LOL. It is never too cold nor too hot... perfect temps for me, the white pastey whose skin will not tan, even with bottled goop.... most moivating season for me. I love it. I was born late spring... maybe that has somethign to do with it, LOL
-Hobby: uhh... bugging my younger sister... *buahahahha* er.. *cough* tho i enjoy that a titch too much, I also enjoy reading, drawing and playing around on the computer when i have time for all of them, lol
-Toy: the teddy my dad got for me b4 i was born. it has a squeakythingamajig inside so when u shake the bear he is supposed to "squeak"... very cute... I always loved stuffed toys and baby dolls, but the biggest deal was Barbie Dolls. I ADORE "Skipper" dolls!! *oohlala* i collect the things.... Barbies were prolly my biggest obsession, because they were the most like real people. the possibilities were and are endless.... LOL
3) What is the most interesting thing you remember ever doing?
Oh boy. You ask tough questions. x-p :) I have no idea! :-0 Perhaps learning algebra.. perhaps, learning to dance... maybe riding the cable car in jasper... WAIT!! Probably flying for the first time!! THAT was amazing!!!:-D I LOVED it! SO fantastic, incredible, interesting... :-O :-D
4) What is your dream vacation?
A tour of europe. All the historical churches and sites, countryside, cities, etc, Loads of pictures to take and have taken, rides on a double-decker bus, walking through an ancient Scottish castle.... *sigh* one day i hope to have enough $$ to do it all.... and more *heh heh* :-0
5) What would you do if a long-lost uncle willed you $1,000,000?
a) refuse it
b) shopping shopping shopping!
c) give it away
d) your choice (please elaborate)
D) I would save some of it or invest it, give some to local missions, and I spend a fair
amount on fixing up my parents house and buying a car.... hmmmmmmm
- posted by SunnyD @
1:18 AM
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Your element is Light: Innocent, beautiful,
kind-hearted and pure. You are so sweet your
almost angelic, you find joy in others
happiness and cannot stand to see anyone in
pain. You want to make everyone around you feel
good about themselves and if someone is upset
you can tend to become rather upset as well
which means you are sympathetic and raise
others above yourself. Being as kind and
good-natured as you are people have most likely
hurt you in the past but you pick yourself up
every time. You may look fragile but you are
stronger than most tend to see. Life is
beautiful no matter how you look at it and you
understand that people make mistakes, not
everyone is perfect. You try to see the good in
the bad which is a talent few posses, dont ever
let anyone change you. You truly have a
beautiful soul inside and a heart of gold.
.:-|What is your true element?|-:. -With Anime Pictures and detailed answers- brought to you by Quizilla
- posted by SunnyD @
10:20 PM
Thursday, January 06, 2005
a snapshot of steve and me at Hester and Tym's wedding on Dec 31, 2004
- posted by SunnyD @
1:10 AM
Well Happy New Year to everyone!
Life in general has kept me pretty busy the past month and a bit! :-) However, I think it is high time I posted a personal post..... :-s *heh* It's rather late/early, so I'll just hash this out, and post again another time :-)
Christmas was different and really great this year as we had Hofstedes over. :-D Laura and Steve stayed over two more days after Christmas, and we had a fabulous time together. We went shopping, and Laura (well, they all helped convince me to get it.. hehe) helped me get a skirt to wear to Hester's wedding on New Year's Eve.
I had the week between Christmas Eve and January 3rd off work, so I had a leisurely time and enjoyed the break (i'd been really sick a week before Christmas and the time off really helped my body heal up so-to-speak).
The morning of New Year's Eve, I got my family up quite early as I was planning on leaving at 5 or 5:30AM.... We didn't get out the door 'til about 6, then noticed we needed to gas up the van... so by the time we were on the highway it was 6:30. *hmph* needless to say, I was none to impressed. :- I was supposed to meet Steve between 10 and 10:30 and go with him to video-tape/record/photograph the preperation for the wedding, and accompany him at the wedding.... Anyhow, we got to GP around 11ish and Steve and I tried to work the video camera he'd been given to use. Finally it seemed to agree somewhat (sporadically, but hey we thought it would be ok) and we drove over to the spa where the gals (hester, her mom, jessica, amy, laura, jaqui) were getting treated and hair done. I took some "footage" there and it seemed to have worked, but after we left it would not play back. *shoot* Steve and I took Emily (who had been hanging around the spa taking pictures and waiting for us) to meet up with my parents and sister. We tried to get the camera to work by taking it to Alex and Jeremy at the guy's condo (where i had the pleasure of meeting
Isaiah Eyre and his bother Matthew!), but when neither of them could make it work, Alex called his uncle Leo to borrow his. "no problem". So Steve and I rushed out of town to Leo and Yolanda's acreage and they graciously gave a thankful us their video camera and a bunch of tapes for it. :-)
Unfortunately, as we aproached Tym's brother Roger's place (where we were supposed to video next), I noticed that the camera was only recording in tan and lime green, and I could not change it no matter what settigns I played with. Steve parked and played with it a bit and could not get it off of "night shot" either. *sheesh* now we were getting stressed/irked out. :-o We went to the church where the weddign party was meeting to get their formal pictures done. We tried to explain all the mahem, but nobody seemed to care much (besides Roger, who exclaimed that a video camera had not jsut been reanted!). Calvin asked if we could ick up some decorations for the white truck and handed over the cash. Steve's parents had arrived, but needed to get to Leo & Yolanda's place (where they were spendign the night), so when Steve went back out to their palce regardign the camera, Mr. Hofstede followed, so it was good in that sense, eh!? :-)
Leo could not fix the camera either, and so he phoned a place in GP and rented a video camera with his credit card for us. :-) All we had to do was pick it up! :-D So we did..... but then we realised that this camera required VHSC tapes instead of VHS tapes or (something of that nature)!! :-0 So we swung by London Drugs on our way to the church and picked up a few tapes.
Back at the church, Hester's uncle had arrived and begun recording some on his camcorder. *sigh* :-} Steve got the camera all charged up and set up and was all set for the ceremony, and then it was tiem to change into our fancy froo-froo clothing for the wedding! I was in a state because I had left all my things at the hotel and my hair was a mess, etc...... My mom delivered all the things she could recal i might need, but unfortunately not everything i wanted/needed was there... *shux* For instance, a curling iron to touch-up my day-mussed hair... *sigh* Mrs. Hofstede came to the rescue with a kewl travel curler! *thanx again btw!* Steve and I had not had time to go buying truck decorations, so mom did that errand as well, and some of us helped calvin fluff up the plastic "flower-things" and I finally got to meet Hester's much-spoken of cousin, Felicia.
After the lovely ceremony (which went pretty smoothly), people gathered themselves and their belongings together andmade tehir way over to the Quality Inn wehre the reception was held. Dale Callahan was the MC, and he did a great job. :-) Lots of toasts and speeches were made, and Laura did a power point presentation as well as give Hester the scrapbook/album we 5 girls had worked on. :-) Amy had Hester and Tym play the "shoe game", where they remove their shoes, sit back-to-back, she with one of her shoes and one of his, and vise-versa, and are asked questions about their life together and they must answer by holding up whichever shoe (his or hers) they think is the most likely answer. Tym and Hester answered every one of the first few questions the same way! After the "trick question" ("who will look younger in 20 years?"), they started to be a little more varied; it was so much fun (that game is a wedding reception classic i think ....)
The evening/morning wound down with the singing of some songs and hymns, and someone hanging mistletoe in the doorway... lol :-) (and the wishing of happy birthday to Mr.B) Many smiles and tears were shared, not to mention hugs, and eveyone going their seperate ways into the year 2005.
Congratulations Tym and Hester VanBraden!!!! :-D
- posted by SunnyD @
12:18 AM
