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Trying out new Things..

2007-02-13T10:05:00.000-07:00

As you can see by the sidebar, I am busy trying out new things.. I know it is so naive to get caught up in internet businesses but I really just feel like I am at the end of my rope and this is just something to keep my mind off the fact that my maternity runs out soon and I have no job! YAY I just have been in this whirlwind of emotions lately trying to somehow figure out how I am going to pay my bills and survive when trying to plan a wedding and find some way to move out of this city... oh and did i mention that my mom is here to babysit Nolan while I work...yeah indeed I have the babysitter just not the job! awesome.. could be worse I guess I mean this is not a tragedy a tragedy is-- three men trapped in a mine, police dogs used in burmingham, or monks burning themselves in protest!! ha ha just threw a little "dirty dancing' quote in there for ya!
wish me luck!
T

Grandma and Nolan

2007-02-04T12:44:00.001-07:00

Just a little video of Mom and Nolan enjoying each others company, Mom just loves every little tidbit of him and i have a sneaking feeling he feels the same way!

Smokin Hot..

2007-01-27T22:49:00.000-07:00

Mark and I had a date night tonight.. So I put on my fancy heels, my new jeans and my slimming black shirt(black is slimming right??) but no, no really the title is not about me folks.. we went to see the movie SmokinAces and damn it was goooood stuff...

It was action packed, totally violent (but in that action movie kind of way where with the comedic timing you can actually laugh at someones death...weird and sad kind of but makes for a good movie)
So Mark and I are all into this flick and we are paying close attention because it is a five story all combined working on the same goal storyline that you really have to pay attention to and who comes on the screen as an FBI agent working the scene.....
First Clue--- Bedroom Eyes
Second Clue---Dusty Donovan
Third Clue---Desperate for Love a T.V movie with Christain Slater

Do you give up....

Okay yep Brian freaking Bloom I don't know where that guy has been but besides the strange I may have lost all my hair because it looks like I wear a wig head he is still Smokin Hot...man those eyes...gotta love em..

Alright enough dream picking* for one night it was a good movie check it out!
T
*when i was little i used to think real hard about something and try to "dream Pick" like driving in the car I would think of a whole scenario that I would enjoy and then i would try to dream it that night so I wouldn't have nightmares...weird yes I never said i wasn't!!!

p.s check out link at top to watch movie trailer!!

Happy New Year....

2007-01-23T15:56:00.000-07:00

Okay So it is a little into the New Year but It is better late than never..
In the past month I have been quite busy and so I am just getting around to a New Years Blog.. whatcha gonna do eh?

We went to Ontario for Christmas, had a great time! Didn't get to see everyone but saw lots of family and friends and enjoyed a few relaxing nights at my parents with good food and good company.
Nolan had a blast he learned to climb stairs got totally spoiled and got tons of hugs and cuddles..he even had a night without his parents as Mark and I went to Niagra Falls with Tracy and A.J for the evening which was nice for all of us
I have yet to go back to work, but yes my mother is out here to babysit so that is of course a long sad story that just shows how much luck goes my way (none....)
I got taken by an internet company that promised to make me money....stupid on my part yes but hey I am a dreamer..
I turned 28 and yet all i have to show for it is this saggy ass... ha ha just kidding all you moms of course I Have this lovely bouncy boy too!!!
Anyways I have to go jobhunting....until tomorrow (or the next day)
T
p.s who can resist seeing a christmas shot of Nolan.....

Merry Christmas Peeps!

2006-12-23T12:02:00.000-07:00

Only 1 more sleep and then I am in the land of Family and fun!
and only 2 more sleeps till the big guy comes for Nolan!

T

10 More Sleeps!!

2006-12-14T20:22:00.000-07:00

Yay..
Only Ten more sleeps and we are heading to Ontario for Christmas!! Really excited as you can tell, I just can't wait for my moms cooking and my dads laugh and my sisters hugs...yay! Plus I will be meeting my sisters boyfriend for the first time so that is good, I mean I have to pull the little sister card and I only have ten days to compile my full list of all things embarrassing to mention, drop in conversations etc etc...kidding you think?

So this will be Nolans first Christmas which I think we are all looking forward too, it is so different when you have babies to buy for again, I think the whole famdamily is buying toys.... I am just wondering if they all realize I have to fly home again? It should be good and yes Mark is actually going on Vacation with me, so he will finally get to relax and I can finally enjoy a guilt free trip... wait a second i do that anyway!!

We were not going to decorate the house at all for Christmas since we won't be there, but then we were invited over to help Cory and Suzie decorate their tree and when we got home I was sitting in the living room just thinking, I started to speak and Mark interupted "you want me to get out all the christmas stuff right?" uuummm yup, so now we have our tree up and all snazzy! I mean we needed a holder for our gifts right?? So that is that
T

Gone Batty.....

2006-10-31T21:58:00.000-07:00

Well Nolan survived his first Halloween, he actually loved every minute of it... His job was to hand out the candy and of course look cute:)
We got all dressed up and went to Lisa's (marks bestfriend corys sisters house) her husband was working (he is a police officer) so Cory and Suzy, Nolan and I offered to hand out the candy so she could take her girls Trick or treating... what a fun night!
We saw lots of great costumes and had some fun with the kids at the door, they really freak out when they say trick or treat and I would say "okay do a trick" "You have to work for your candy" and they would just stare and one little boy was really worried i think that he thought he wouldn't get any candy... but I gave in and I think in that moment of sheer geekness I realized my mom rubbed off more than i would like to admit sometimes.... (love ya mom)
so check out the pictures and be sure to send me pics of your little goblins, ghosts and ghouls....
T

New Baby....

2006-10-24T12:03:00.000-06:00

There is a new baby in town!!

Mr. Grayson Charles Roy was born on Saturday October 21st at 8:55 am! Weighing in at 8lbs 5oz and measuring 21" in length this little guy is the son of proud parents Marc and Jennifer!!

Jenn is doing great, she had a little bit of a rough go, but when i called she was laying in bed just gazing at the little man falling a bit more in love as each second passed....

Congratulations Guys!!!

Mommy and Me

2006-10-18T14:04:00.000-06:00

Nolan and I started swimming lessons yesterday!! What a hoot it was so fun, he loved every minute of it, i just couldn't get the smile off my face watching him splash and laugh and blow bubbles... we had to dunk them and he came up smiling:)
I was super excited for this class ever since i joined us up a month back, until of the course the day of the lesson when i suddenly realized that "swimming" meant the dreaded....bathing suit aaaahhhhh so i thought of ways i could go in the pool fully dressed and somehow not look silly...
1. I forgot my bathing suit and would you really deny this face a swim while holding up Nolan...
2. I have an illness that requires i wear my jeans and hoodie at all times...mental illness well maybe!
3. Oops i tripped in the pool, oh well i am here now what is the point in changing??

but then i thought who cares (actually my mom and mark thought this...) so i went anyway and it was fun and i am pretty sure not one person even looked at me!! ( i mean who would when i have the lil guy in my arms??) so it was fun and we have our next class tomorrow!

T

Well hi there....

2006-10-11T15:18:00.000-06:00

Hello All
Well yes it has been awhile, i have been busy doing god knows what..just things i guess
and everyday i check everyones blog and curse at you all for not updating so I in all my busyness have something to read and then I realize that i am even cursing at myself because everytime i click on my own it is the same old stuff too!!

Well here it is October and I had so many things happen this summer that you would think i would try to find the time to blog it down to share. Nolan and I went on a long Vacation here is a quick recap
July15-28 Cape Breton-- Had a blast got to introduce Nolan to everyone in marks family which was great, they had a big party for us and we had lots of quality time with his Nanny, Grammy, Poppy, and Grampy he loved all the attention and was sad to leave his Auntie who spent all there time kissing and hugging and taking care of him..
July28-Aug 6 Halifax-- Great time I went to JoAnns wedding, and saw all my friends and went swimming and Nolan got babysat by Jenn (she is due today!!) to give her and her husband some practice! we got lots of great gifts and Nolan got tons of attention (which he loves!)
Aug6-Aug 9- New Brunswick-- WOW Nolan got lots of love here stayed with my Aunt and Uncle and they thought he was just great drove here with mom and dad and got to go to the states to shop and had a really great time
Aug9-11- Drove to Ontario-- Nolan was great, drive was great and we got to go swimming!
Aug 11-23 Ontario-- Nothing makes you miss your parents more than them being so great with your child and helping so much and being so cute and grandparent like... Nolan got to meet lots of extended family and his Great-Grandparents. gots tons of great gifts and had such a fantastic time with everyone. Tracy and I went to Canadas wonderland and felt like kids again on all the rides and mom and pat got to babysit which i think suited them just fine!

Aug 23- Home-- felt nice to get home and finally see mark who missed us like crazy all in all it was agreat trip!

So that was a little recap of the summer now i am up to date i won't feel so overwhelmed to blog it all so look forward to more enteries soon!!
T

Let Us Compare....

2006-06-17T19:06:00.000-06:00

Okay so I know Nolan Nolan Nolan, but really he is just such a little doll I just can't resist writing about him... I thought it would be neat to do a little size comparison to show just how big he is getting in his third month (which has totally flown by....) We have booked our flight to go home to Halifax where he will meet all the friend family and then we are going to Cape Breton to meet his daddies family and then on the last leg of the trip we are heading to Ontario to meet some of my family and to see some of them for the second time.. we are both very excited although Mark is a little sad because he just realized this week when I was discussing the itinerary

( yes i am my fathers daughter) that we would be gone for a month!!! so he is all sad he will miss major milestones in Nolans life... but i don't think he will be walking or talking anytime soon..so bring on the trip:0

anyways here are the photos i wanted to share...

Nolan at three days old...

Nolan at three months old...

3 Months Old

2006-06-15T14:44:00.000-06:00

Wow ,
I don't know where the time has gone but the little bambino is going to be 3 months in two days.. he is growing more delightful everyday, mostly because he sleeps through the night and now rambles on with little squeeky sounds and "talks" to me when we are driving or hanging out, he also smiles and likes to stand on his chunky legs and swings around like a monkey..
He has pooped on me, peed on me and spit up on me numerous times and yet I still love him:) that must be some sort of test for new parents....
T

Nolan Hollis Riley

2006-03-19T17:39:00.000-07:00

We had our little Baby!!

He came a few weeks early...so the little counter on the bottom of the page is a little off but He is here!!

March 17th 2006
4:09 am
6 pounds 14 ounces

And he is just a little muffin I just like to take little nibbles of his cheeks I will post pictures soon...
T

No Sleep...

2006-03-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

I don't know if this is some sort of sick, getting me ready for Motherhood thing but man I cannot for the life of me sleep... I am awake every hour, I have checked my email, or others blogs or played computer games every hour, I have watched T.V, made a grocery list, gone into the babies room played with little clothes etc...every hour and yet throughout the day I am Exhausted... it is so strange.

OH I also have severe carpul (sp?) tunnel so just typing this is killing me and I am only typing with one hand because my left one has decided to seize up and not release....awsome, at least my feet are not really swollen and I only have a little time left yet... maybe fear has set in and that is why my lack of sleep has begun??
My parents are flying in tomorrow and I haven't seen them for over a year.. I am so excited the only thing that sucks is that our apartment is so tiny and now there will be four adults and one very large belly (see previous post) in this place all trying to walk, eat, etc.. fun fun

Okay not making much sense I'll post more later...
T

For your viewing pleasure....

2006-03-10T18:31:00.000-07:00

Okay so i am trying to come to terms with my growing baby belly, everyone keeps telling me that I don't look sooooo bad.... So I thought I would share a few photos with ya'll since I can't be with you and you are not here with me sharing this crazy time.... enjoy:)
This is me at 12 weeks...

This is me at 23 weeks...

This is me at 31 weeks....

And this is me at 37 weeks.... almost ready to pop!!!

T

Give me Strength........

2006-02-28T17:27:00.000-07:00

Okay I am going to do it....

I am going to give up chocolate for Lent... I know I am not even that religious but I just need sort of motivation and since I have totally convinced myself that the baby loves the stuff that is proving to be no motivation... So tonight I am making pancakes with hershey hugs in them just to really give my stomach a little push....I mean it is Pancake tuesday , or fat tuesday, or strove tuesday so I am going for it!!! I will need all the support I can get and this musn't come in the form of taunting phone calls while eating brown goodie goodness....oh my mouth is watering just thinking about it...

On another note I went to the docs yesterday for another Ultrasound which was nice I got to see the babys face and my what a little chunker, little chubby cheeks and I think it has my nose....eeeeekkk oh well it will grow into it, although i never have... everything is well the bambino is almost 6 pounds already so in the short time until the due date I hope it doesn't grow too much...

Mark is getting so excited and since he has had such a hard go at life lately I can't wait for this little joy for him.. His granny passed away last week and he lost his hearing in one ear from a crazy cough he had the week prior the doctor is not too sure if the hearing will return fully or not so he is all crabby (with good reason don't get me wrong) about that...

Oh and we are finally moved into our new place... well i say moved in but really our stuff is here and I am just trying to get crabby pants (see above) to actually put things away since my belly gets more in the way than anything...oh and the people above us have a little yappy dog that they throw things too every night at 7pm for alittle game of drive the people below us crazy....fun times

I think that is all for now ...until next time
T

update

2006-01-28T20:01:00.000-07:00

okay so I have been a very bad blogger lately, but really I just have all this stuff going on that it takes longer to determine what is blogger worthy than it would to actually write the blog...hhhmmm weird

Anyways update on the home front we have gotten a new apartment, a two bedroom that has a little more room but the one thing i don't like about apartments is that you can't decide where the extra space is spent.. Like for example i would like to have a nice big storage closet that could hold all of our extra stuff and I would like the second bedroom to be just as big as the first since the baby seems to be getting more furniture than Mark and I have combined.... but instead the new apartment has a huge bathroom big enough to be like wow what a great big bathroom but not big enough for a chair or anything....so really what is the point?? it also has a bigger entrance area but it still opens into the living room (my pet peeve) so again what is the point....

I am now in my 31st week of pregnancy and I must say that it really is more than i thought it would be I mean the whole huge belly thing is a bit much it is hard to tie my shoes, put on underwear, pretty much anything that involves an entire bend over.... but it is kindof neat to have everyone at work marvel at my energy and say things like " i can't believe you are still working.....you don't walk like you are pregnant..." i mean i am worried that i am planning on leaving work too early and they think it is crazy i am still there....cool

Onto another pregnancy topic....weight gain, okay so i don't always eat right and i know for the first month of my pregnancy the only thing i could keep down was pizza pockets so i don't claim to be the picture of nutrition but really why do doctors have to make you feel like such a cow... i got weighed and I asked how it was and my doctor in an unhappy tone exclaimed "weeelllll i would not like you to gain any much more..." uummm lady I have like two months left my little wee one weighs like three pounds so unless he/she gains nothing more I WILL be gaining more weight...geeez so I am still a little upset about this one and now I am not looking forward to my bi-weekly visits anymore. I mean really how much is too much to gain??

well I think that is it for a little update but heck that wasnt' so bad I will write more soon...
T

movin on up....

2005-12-13T06:15:00.000-07:00

WE GOT A NEW (to us) CAR !!! a sweet 2001 Black Honda Civic .....more details to follow
t

Baby News..

2005-11-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

well Mark and I went for the first ultrasound yesterday which was exciting but a little like some ancient form of torture that I don't want to go through again any time soon. What is it with doctors and their need to make their patients wait around I can see you are double booking but come on you still do that with crazy pregnant women with full bladders that are ready to pee all over the floor with the slightest movement that is just mean!! And then the tech comes out and thinks that it is possible for me to empty my bladder just a cup!! hello lady as soon as my butt hits the seat i am going for as long as i can... turns out i was provided a cup and I guess I wanted to see the picture more than I wanted to pee so it all worked out!! We chose to find out the sex, which was exciting but she said she wasn't 100% and now i am all deep thinking that it won't be that and I don't want to show disapointment and I am wondering if my thoughts are this "Intuition" thing and well I guess you can tell I am reading WAY too many books and I most likely can't sleep because even though it doesn't work too good I still can't turn my brain off...i guess i am my mothers daughter!! so all in all it was a great day and we are looking forward to welcoming our little bambino... and I am almost 1/2 way there!! yay
T

I have been a little lazy.....

2005-10-30T15:32:00.000-07:00

Okay Okay I haven't posted in a really long time, just one of those things I guess i was busy with work and just got into my little routine that sucked up all of my time but I am vowing from here on in that I will be back on the blogger wagon..

So In other news I am pregnant!....yup we are expecting our first little bambino, and I guess that will serve as part of my excuse for not being on the computer... I had the worst morning sickness for a good month and then just didn't want to do anything else but sleep, so good thing I am getting a little more used to this lack of energy thing! I am so used to going to bed before 8 that I am not even missing all my shows (well not totally). One thing I do have to mention is that the little critter seems to be taking all my brain cells and then some, I have to write everything down and even then I have to try to remember where I put the lists:)

In the last week I have spoiled milk from leaving it out all day, started a fire in the bathroom, and wore mismatched socks three days in row because i couldn't find the pairs...can it get better than this!!

I am going for my first ultrasound on Thursday hopefully everything is going well and I can't wait to see the little guy/girl!

I will keep you all posted....on that and my exciting life..ha ha
T

Just not there.....Yet!!

2005-09-30T20:49:00.000-06:00

I saw a sign outside a hairsalon on my way home from work today

Rave Hair and Nail Studio
Specializing in... Ladies Cuts, Full Foils, Mens Cuts, Highlights,
Spiral Perms, Color, Nail Decals, Brow tinting, Jerrys Curls...

Hhhmmm who is this "Jerry" person and what is so special about their curls that they are specializd in... would i walk in and request to have "Jerrys" curls ??? oh yeah and do people still get spiral perms???

T

I've been tagged........

2005-09-13T18:34:00.000-06:00

10 years ago: I was 16 years old I was just in my first week of grade eleven and my boyfriend at the time Jamie Drew had just broken up with me for a grade ten chick. ( actually i know her she is Kelly and she was really nice but at 16 who thinks rational thoughts??) I was upset I didn't want to face him in the hallways and I just wanted to crawl under a rock mostly because I had cried so hard (in front of him ) when he did it and think that was breaking some golden breakup rule. I was also getting over having my wisdom teeth out and the swelling had yet to fully go down...yay school pictures:)

5 years ago: I was living in Truro with my best bud Jenn across the street from another best bud Jenn but away from another best bud Jenn (confused yet??) I was having the time of my life I didn't need sleep unless it was during class!! and I somehow could go to bar every night for 15cent draft and still pull an A average it was sweet we had two guys Mark and Phil (not my mark) that we did everything with they were like our Chandler and Joey well maybe a little more like Ross! and life seemed like it would always be that easy. I remember waking from a wild night and looking around the living room the damage was plenty i went to Jenns room and woke her "what happened?" I asked she opened her eyes long enough to shoot daggers at me rolled over and mumbled "you happened" ....oh okay then:)

Yesterday: I came home from work around 5pm and had the worst headache I have every had even thinking about making supper was making me want to die. Suzy called just when I was thinking these rash thoughts and told me she made me supper!! yay suzy I layed on her couch and ate yummy dinner then i watched Oprah and came home, talked to mark and went to bed wishing i didn't have to work today but I did...crap

5 snacks I enjoy: apple pie and ice-cream
pizza hut pizza yes a snack
my moms well just about anything chocolate ball, lemon squares, fudge....
cheese doritos zesty

5 songs I know all the words to: madonna immaculate collection, paul simons greatest hits, lots of elvis, lots of greenday, Bare Naked Ladies (Gordon) but some i know the words if the song starts it is the getting started that takes a little nudge..

5 Things i would do with a million dollars: buy a house, buy a car, buy my parents a truck, buy my sister a house, and do a "little" shopping in LA like pretty woman i would even bring a soundtrack to play as i tried outfits on!!

5 places i would run away too: Nova Scotia around Bridgewater, Ireland just to check it out, Sicily to check out the oceans...Ontario to see my family:) and someplace warm.

5 things i would never wear: black hair, spandex anything, acidwash, neon suspenders oh what i did where those once!! mostly just tight tight clothes in general

5 shows I watch: The O.C!!, One Tree Hill, Greys Anatomy, ER, and pretty much anything on TLC

5 Bad Habits: Not blogging enough, spending too much money on silly things, butting in when others are talking, watching too much T.V, wanting what I don't have when what I do is just not that bad....

5 biggest Joys: seeing my family, when Mark comes home from a long trip, getting paid, when you can make a difference in someones day, dancing.:) oh and seeing my friends too!!

5 Fave Toys: board games, the computer, Marks xbox trival pursuit game, my camera... my video camera...stretching it a bit here.....

Okay I finally finished didn't realize how tough it is to think about these wierd things now I tag...Jenn (out our way) and my sister (since I think she may have been tagged already but she didn't do it yet.....)
T

Hands off my vacuum lady.....

2005-08-21T19:49:00.000-06:00

So I worked yesterday had a hard day and I was in quite a mood when I finished mostly because I have just been in this deep state of thought lately and both jobs are getting a little stressful but then this goes and happens and I realize I am not as bad a some!

I was shopping for a vacuum at wal-mart after work and I had finally decided on which one I wanted so I got it off the shelf it was heavy and took quite an effort, as I was making the final once over looking at the display model I had my hand resting on the box, well that was until a lady came and grabbed the box (right from under my hands) and put it in her cart!! what the bleep......
I looked at her and said "hey that is mine i was just looking at the display model" and she was all like "well it is in my cart" and I was like but I was just making my final decision and she was like " well i already have " and too that she walked away WITH MY VACUUM! what the hell so i yelled after her but didn't know what to do I mean it was a little heavy to grab back and I didn't want to get physical but really what the nerve so know i am out a vacuum and some lady has cleaner floors than me!! plus she was one of those ladies who followed me around the isle and every one i picked up she did too, so i guess when i finally decided she thought she would pounce!
T
is that how you spell Vaccum i did spell check but it still looks wrong! wierd

Walk the Line........

2005-08-01T21:01:00.000-06:00

I cannot wait for this movie i have watched the Trailer like twenty times already and I think I might just sneak another viewing in before I hit the hay.... It may have to do with the fact that my lova Joaquin is in it but besides that it just looks like a great movie. so check it out

T

Spelling Bee....

2005-07-30T17:12:00.000-06:00

I can't spell
Now i know I have spelt these words okay, but iwhat i mean is that my writing is all dependent on what words I can and cannot spell, if i want to say something sometimes I have to take the long way around the written conversation to use the word in different tense because i cannot for the life of me think of how to spell the one i really want to use....and that sucks

So then my writing comes out all long and in a depth i never set out to go to just to explain myself. When i was in grade three my mom and my teacher forced me to do extra work everyday after class just so i could grasp the whole spelling thing but it just never really caught on. I say forced because I remember a lot of whining and a lot of pencil throwing on my part. i do have a good memory so that is a bonus but if it is a new word there is no chance i can think of how it would look....

wierd thing is I have gotten mostly A's in english my whole life and I have won a Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition and a School district one as well....all very strange.... not sure why i just thought i would share this little Tanya tidbit..
T

morning haze

2005-07-14T22:10:00.000-06:00

I was in this deep slumber this morning when my alarm went off, I got out of bed and went to the fridge in my haze I didn't see anything I liked..so I headed to the bathroom to get ready. While in the bathroom I heard the microwave go off hhhmmm I thought what did I put in there? I walk to the the kitchen check the microwave and all that is in there is an empty plate...not even thinking I take out the plate set it down to cool down and then a few minutes later I go back to the kitchen to eat my muffin... it is only then that i realize my muffin is safe in the fridge and the empty plate is ..well....empty... see what living close enough to the Stampede grounds and hearing the fireworks go off EVERY night does to a person....let me sleep you crazy cowboys!!!
T

WTF....

2005-07-12T23:48:00.000-06:00

My weekly trash magazine that I buy just increased in price .50$ yep I now spend an extra 26.00$ a year on celebs gossip....so sad so very sad
T

Back In Business..

2005-07-10T14:07:00.000-06:00

Hello all, well I have been back from my vacation for a week now but my internet was gone.. (literally just vanished) so now I am back in the blogger world and I can finally get up to date on all the happenings...oh and you may notice that i now know how to do titles this took whoever helped Amy on her comments to unknowingly help me!! thanks:)

A is for Age - Twenty six
B is for Booze - coconut rum
C is for Career - Ha ha Career! I laugh at that I guess a full time worry wart, actually in exciting news i just signed a 7 month contract at the Oil and Gas company I worked at last year!!
D is for Dad's name -My Daddy0 is Ian Thomas great name= great guy:)
E is for Essential Item to Bring to a Party - Me!! hee hee now I usually like to break out the party potatoes for pot-lucks and for regular jams I bring Me....that is good enough right? ( I guess Bente and I couldn't just have a party with the two of us since we would just be there:)
F is for Favorite Song(s) of the Moment - I just bought the Killers Cd and I love the whole cd highly recommended.
G is for Goof Off Thing To Do - Dance around the living room, gab on the phone for hours...read tons of "fun" books when there is work to be done...
H is for Hometown - they say home is where the heart is so I guess my hometown is Sackville too like the other girls my pals I miss them like crazy..
I is for Instrument You Play - I play the recorder...very hard instrument to master:)
J is for Jam or Jelly You Like - eech fruits gobs in jelly gross....don;'t dig the two texture foods
K is for Kids - zip but hope to have some soon..... (dad pick up mom I think she just fainted!)
L is for Living Arrangement - rent in Calgary
M is for Mom's Name - Nanci Kay (hugs)
N is for Names of Best Friends - anyone who reads my blog!! ha ha no really my dear friends know who they are and I love them for it.
O is for Overnight Hospital Stays -ummm I got my tosils out and stayed awhile I think that may be it??
P is for Phobias - the dark, spiders and bugs, getting old not in the body but the mind...
Q is for Quote You Like - I had a lot in the years but I have no memory for these types of things so i guess i will have to say "nobody puts baby in the corner"
R is for Relationship That Lasted the Longest - Mark and I have been together for almost 4 years before that Greg at 3
S is for siblings - Tracy :) older wiser
T is for Texas, ever been? - don;t think so?? mom have I?
U is for Unique Trait - strange I don't think i do anything Unique and yet i think i have heard that word and my name in the same sentence a few times.... I do sing opera poorly while doing the dishes....oh and my stomach can make water swishing sounds when i move it a certain way..
V is for Vegetable You Love - I love lots of veggies...carrots, sprouts, broccoli (only a new found love) cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce, celery...good stuff
W is for Worst Trait - see entry for C , I can also be negative not about life but just my place in it..oh and I interupt alot when talking but only because I will forget what I was going to say.... I am also a deep thinker and that gets me into trouble...
X is for X-rays you've had-umm teeth lots:) elbow (thanks to McCarthy) and I don't think too many more.
Y is for Yummy Food You Make -Herb stuffed chicken, party potatoes (thanks Pat), stir-fry and pretty much any baked good you can imagine .
Z is for Zodiac Sign - Capricorn which is funny because three of my buds are caps as well and we are so very different...hhhmmm
okay thats just a little fun from Bentes blog ...I thought was neat
T

2005-06-23T01:44:00.000-06:00

Well aren't you guys all in for a little treat....ha ha

My friend from work Chantal and I both really like photography and lately we have been discussing taking a course to further our knowledge (which I can only speak for myself but it is very little) so we were talking at work and Tedd another member of the Wally World team is a photographer who thought it would be great for us to come over and learn some new things.. I met them today at work and we went to his house from there and wow... what a great experience he knows alot and pretty much everything went over my head for the first bit but then he showed us lighting and how to change the angle and what to look for yada yada yada he also has the coveted Nikon D70 so that was exciting as well here are some shots as yes we were the models hey you gotta start somewhere...

Notice the light on one side of my face we used an emergency blanket (the shiny kind) and a flash that interlocks with the flash of the camera..

Chantal got a new cowboy hat for stampede and thought she would try it out.... I will show noone the picture of me doing the same!!
I leave for Halifax in one more sleep!!! YAy (actually two cause I should sleep tonight whoops)
T

2005-06-16T23:38:00.000-06:00

I joined a GYM!!!!

I did it I succumbed to the pressure of the skinny lady telling me that joining a gym is the first step to a new me... She was good she told me things like " you will have so much more energy for things you want to do" ( I am pretty energetic as it is and I don't think the "weight" I have really keeps me from doing things I like I mean I still can fit quite nicely on a rollercoaster and they haven't made me buy two plane tickets for my trip or anything...) "when you feel good about yourself you can get anything you want, a new job for example..( so I can win the lottery? if i feel good about myself hhhmm this just might work out then..)
No really i kid but hey at the end of the conversation it was me writing out the cheque...so the joke is on me. I went three times this week and I do feel better plus it was in the paper this week that the Alberta government is going to implement a new program where the "Unhealthy" individuals or those who make bad life decisions will have to pay more for health care over the amount we already pay...so all i hope is the fact that I have no direction in my life right now is not considered a bad life decision:)

Oh I also dyed my hair well I got highlights but the cap kinda broke midway so It is like an allover highlight I think it looks okay and I like my blondeness coming back to me for the summer....I guess that is all the excitement I have for this week....
Later
T

2005-06-05T22:12:00.000-06:00

Cardboard Cutout...

Not sure why this picture looks so fake but I just had to share it with you, I went to Lake Louise and to Banff yesterday and I went for a little trip around the lake via Canoe it was great, but when I got home and checked out my pictures I noticed that the background looked like a cardboard cutout and I am just sort of placed there to give the illusion that I was at the Lake...

when I was in grade three and my family and I went to California there was a Cardboard cutout of Tom Selleck and my mom was all giddy that she would get her picture taken with him and the folks back home would be none the wiser, however upon closer inspection she looks stiffer than him and she is standing like a foot away, in some sort of starstruck cardboard wierdness, it is one of my favorite pictures...

Here are a few other shots off the surrounding area and an elk or maybe just a big deer that we saw, notice how close the picture is didn't even think about him perhaps charging at me until a lady told me not to get too close...hee hee

2005-05-28T10:52:00.000-06:00

Missing........

So last week I was cleaning out the fridge and I came across this really disgusting find a big bowl (with lid thank god) of old chicken soup, well Mark was in the bedroom getting his work clothes ready when I started to gag... I yell to him to come check it out (nice eh??) and he yells back "why are you washing it why don't you just throw it out....that is what I do" so hhhmmm this answers where all my bowls go...but it gets better..

Yesterday I was leaving for work and I asked Mark if he would do a load of towels while I was out because I spilled pop and I used a good towel in my haste to clean it up...his reply yep you guessed it "oh Tan why don't you just throw it out" What!! throw out a towel because it has pop on it??? This blows my mind how many other things have gone missing.....will he throw me out when i get old?? (which is what i asked....to no reply hhhmmmm) and I wonder why we have no money for things because we must replace it all weekly...

T

2005-05-26T18:58:00.000-06:00

I went for a walk today to the Glenmore Park to take advantage of the beautiful day, got a few nice pictures of the area and even managed to work off some --i had a few days off and ate my head off-- weight as in less than one month I do have a bridesmaid dress to fit into....uuggg
so check out the pics--
This is the main resevoir (sp?) it is pretty cool, you see the little waterways that is where mark and I go canoeing

This is the bridge overlooking the resevoir

And this is the little lake that i dip my feet into after the trek as most of it is uphill (both ways..ha ha)

T

2005-05-25T10:31:00.000-06:00

I went to the movies last night, really wanted to see Star Wars but there are a lot of people out there that just don't know anything about the story and so their interest was just not enough to fork out the dough, so instead Mark and I are going today... It was cheap night at the already cheap theatre last night so suzie and I went to see "Millon Dollar Baby"

I was not warned enough at just how intense this film was, I thought since I had seen so many trailers and clips at awards shows that I knew the story and to tell the truth I wasn't that "into" going but holy crap this movie was not at all what I thought I knew and emotional is an understatement...the whole theatre was locked in this little dance of sniff, sniff, blow wipe, sniff, sniff stop deep breath and lets go again.. you get the gist. I think alot of it had to do with the fact that Morgan Freeman narrates the movie and his voice could make any story just sort of sound more profound and worthy I think if I had a movie of my life I would need Morgan Freemans voice walking everyone through, making me sound just a bit more interesting than I really am. Not that this story was not interesting...he just makes it all come together and you sort of understand where everyone stands because of his narration.

I of course did what I always do when I come home from seeing a good movie, I look it up on IMdB (Internet Movie DataBase) just to check interesting facts and bloopers and such. I know this fact may rank me in the geek category but as far as that goes Mark says I have belonged there my whole life with my knowledge of starwars and such....oh well
So anyways there were a few interesting factoids to think about after you see the movie...

Sandra Bullock read the story and wanted to play the lead but by the time she got a studio interested in the movie she had another commitment (miss congeniality 2..too bad for her)
The part of the little girl in the truck that Hilarys charactor is smiling at is Clint Eastwoods little girl Morgan Eastwood
During Filming Hilary contracted a bacterail Infection on her foot that got so bad she almost had to be hospitalized for three weeks instead of telling Eastwood or the producers she took time off because she felt it wouldn't be in charactor to complain

Cool eh??

later T

2005-05-19T12:13:00.000-06:00

Hey Amy this one is for you, I don't know if you have ever seen this picture I took it awhile back and like most things I meant to make you a copy and send you one, but alas I will just post it to back up all those nice things you said about sam.....

T

2005-05-10T15:42:00.000-06:00

Just Some Stuff...

-- Okay so I was trying to just get past the following information and to just try and forget about it and move on, but turns out I just can't.....why is my Tommy Cruise dating Katie Holmes?? It isn't the age thing that bugs me I mean she is my age and I am a mature adult (well some of the time) but what does bug me is....she is my age!! which means it could be me and not her... I have had this crush on tom since as long back as I remember liking boys, I have a tom cruise collection of movies and when I need some cheering up, tommy cheers me up with his dancing in white briefs or mixing drinks in cocktail, or driving fast as Cole Trickle...and Katie well she is Joey on Dawsons creek she is this little girl that when she dresses up she looks fake and like she is playing a part...and it irks me that he went from this superstar untouchable man to a person someone my age could get and that person is not me!!! okay enough of that babble

-- so yesterday I am at work and a man comes in to my department (panty hose, socks, purses) and he is looking for a white pair of knee highs for his mother who has passed away and they are having an open casket, she is wearing a nice dress and his sisters sent him to take care of this task... well I walked around with him for awhile and we finally came to the hosiery section and i said that i thought thinner knee highs in a nice oatmeal color would look better than white socks my selling point......they are comfortable! talk about foot in my mouth.....

--oh today in a wierd Calgarian change up of weather it snowed!! talk about crap it really snowed and I had to go to westhills to go to the bank and I walked by the garden centre and the poor little flowers were just shivering and cold it was so sad they didn't know what was going on....boo
t

2005-05-08T00:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Mothers Day Miss Nancy K!!!

There is a bond between mother and daughter
made up of loving memories they share
When I was growing up you wanted what was best for me
and though some years were difficult (i was a terrible two for twenty years..)
I keep as treasured memories, your gift of knowing how to dream,
of laughter, warmth and fun.

But what means even more to me,
is how we understand each other
knowing we can see things
through no matter what life sends
I guess that is why when I think of us,
I think of us as friends....

I love you Mom and I hope you have a great day
I miss you:)
** Happy Mothers Day to all those Great Moms out there cherish your special day!!
T

2005-05-05T14:45:00.000-06:00

I have been tagged by Bentes so I guess in true tag fashion I better do this eh...

Turds in the punch bowl
left by a wee little mole
Turds in the punch bowl
shhh..don't tell a soul!

kindof stupid (my poem not the tag thing) it is hard to come up with things that go with turds in a punch bowl because I think that would kindof suck and ruin the whole punch thing for me... but it was fun to be tagged I don't know if I am supposed to tag other people or what just kindof jumped ahead on the poem thing....
T

2005-05-02T23:03:00.000-06:00

what a frustrating day...trying to get all this housecleaning stuff done but during some major lapse in brain activity I ordered the newspaper on friday (for daily delivery) and while i love to read the paper daily and since school is done (yay!!) for the semester I thought I needed to keep the ol' mind sharp but instead it has added a ton (well nearly) of newfound mess in the living room, like some sprawling octupus of newsprint it stretches from one end clear across to the other mostly because i don't read it all at once but hey...so haven't written in awhile but here is some stuff that has been happening around this joint:
--did the final exam thing, and got wait for it......an "A" in math yep that is right folks me!!, got a B+in french and an A- in childrens lit...so not too bad for an old timer..
--Mark and I bought a new couch and loveseat, I say new because it is brand new but not new like it is replacing something old cause it is the first time we've had one so this is a double yay!!
--went to see "sin city" and I think that may be a post all it own, the way it was shot was crazy in a good way the violence pretty intense and the cast really good but still something missing just not sure what it is.....hhmmm
--spring was here for two whole weeks broke out the capris the light jacket the short sleeve shirts, and whammo winter decided it wasn't quite done with us so now we are back to snowy mornings and cold nights, bummer
Well i guess that is all for now i have more but they deserve full posts and i am sleepy
T

2005-04-20T23:57:00.000-06:00

Did I hurt your Phones feelings.....

Now this is just an observation that I have made and it is not to say that everyone is like this, so if you are reading this and are thinking..." I am so not like that", well then cool... but why is it that when you are talking to someone on the phone and something happens to mess up the reception that both parties suddenly deny that their phone was too blame, like having your phone make a strange sound during a conversation is some sign of the lower class, it just makes me laugh and yet I totally do it... tonight I am talking to my friend Duffy and the phone screams and yells at him and I am all like "what is up with your phone..." and he is all like "It is not my phone what is your phone doing." because I don't want to hurt my phones feeling I stick up for it stating all these things that could have happened.. and only when did i realize he was on a cordy (never usually to blame) and I was on a cordless ( most times the culprit) did i fess up that I thought it was indeed my little monster that caused the fuss... what is up with this are the phones our children whose feelings are we trying to spare??? again just an observation
T

2005-04-11T23:52:00.000-06:00

I saw this cool new survey with a twist on Bentes' blog (see link on sidebar) and thought hey that is neat I think I will try it out, that was a few days ago but I finally got around to it (which means in Tanya language that there is work to be done and I am procrastinating.....)
Step 1:Pick a band or singer
Step 2:Answer the following questions about yourself, using only titles of songs by the band/singer
Step 3:Post

Band/singer of choice: Green Day
Are you male or femle? she
Describe yourself: scattered/worry rock
How do some people feel about you? rock and roll girlfriend/ brat
How do you feel about yourself? whatsername/basketcase
Describe your worst ex: burnout/reject
Describe your current significant other: king for a day/best thing in town
Describe what you want to be: extraordinary girl
Describe your current mood: boulevard of broken dreams
Describe your friends: welcome to paradise/sick of me
Share a few words of wisdom:fashion victim=misery/nice guys finish last

Wow I think that is pretty neat the slashes are just because there are so many good green-day songs that I thought I should share plus they all sound so cool and I wanted to use songs from all 9 of their EP's so there you have my life in a green day nut shell I recommend you try this at home I think elvis or the guess who would work good too...
Later
T

2005-04-07T14:31:00.000-06:00

Just got home from another busy day at school, which was attended with a little bit of a hangover which never really makes the day any shorter or the clock tick with the silence you are hoping but now I can rest up for work tonight...yay!

Mark got home last night and when I got off the bus he was waiting to surprise me and we went for a few drinks which somehow (i am told it is a eastcoaster thing...) never is a couple so I got home early this morning and got ready for school a few hours later..

I had to write a book for my english lit. class it was a childrens book that I think came out really well, I read it to mark this morning and told him I wanted his honest opinion, he asked me "really you want my honest opinion" in this serious tone that gave me butterflies and made me rethink my thought hhhmmm he is actually going too eepp! but then he smiled and said i should publish it so honesty or not it was the answer I wanted !!!

gotta run
T

2005-03-28T10:10:00.000-07:00

WOW
what a week,sorry for the delay in posting I guess with working 7 days in a row and then going to school 5 days a week is really cutting down on my me time, and I think we should get rid of our cable too, just thinking as I haven't seen my shows in like two weeks and all I really get to watch is a little Dawsons Creek re-runs in the morning before school....

Happy Easter to all...hope the bunny found you and you all got to enjoy your selves.. I got invited to my friend Corys sisters house and it was a great time, yummy turkey, yummy stuffing and two little kids to play with...Brooklyn is only 5 months old and such a little pumpkin she never stops smiling even when she crys she breaks the cycle for a while just to get a smile out..so cute. So that was nice it did make me miss my own friends and family more but still it was nice to have a little getaway from my routine...

Well until next time
T

2005-03-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

So since my last post I have had a few question about # 22 and #17 since I said she didn't dye her hair until age 20 but then in grade 9 came home with red hair so I thought I would clear this up.... no she was not 20 in grade 9 and no I didn't lie... she used a curling iron in Paris without the proper adaptor and burnt....yep BURNT her hair into crazy fire engine red (well i think the red hair in our genes added to it as well but...)
so that is that...now you may all rest easy
I'll blog later I gotta get some sleep
T

2005-03-14T22:45:00.000-07:00

My sister is the big 3-0 today so here is a tribute to her .....

30 things you might not know about my sister: Miss Tracy LA...

30. she has a blog... whatsthatnow.blogspot.com
29.she is not handling this 30 thing very well....
28. she still looks 20 which you think would make this thirty thing okay...
27. she has a degree in Anthropology..... (I almost failed it in University...)
26. She also has a degree in Human resource Management...
25. she used to be in majorettes (sp?) and was fantastic..
24. she used to play softball not so good....hee hee
23. she got hit by a car because she wanted to be on the same side of road as everyone else...
22. she didn't dye her hair until she was like 20.....
21. she used to be obsessed with the x files...
20. Her favorite color is green...
19. she co-wrote a rap (big bad rappers) in grade 8 I think with proper publicity it would have went platinum..
18. One of her dreams is to go to Ireland
17. she went to Paris in grade 9 and came home with bright red hair eeekkkk
16. she knows like every song by heart to The sound of Music
15. Her and her friends lipsynched a Tiffany song in grade 7 and I was soooo jealous...
14. She used to be in drama and was so good but never carried on with it....
13. when she answers the phone her "hello" sounds like a question
12. she once dumped a boy because he loved the country music (hey girl knows what she likes)
11. she had a permed mullet that was what dreams are made of....or nightmares!
10. In kitchener her and her friends used the garden shed to play 2 minutes in the closet (i peeked from the deck....
9. she fed me a cows eye ball as a joke when I was in grade three....(yes you read right...)
8. before I came along her fav companion was a pair of red rubber boots!
7. her favorite alcoholic beverage is crown royal or some wine or some oh heck....ha ha
6. she doesn't get through a day without a diet coke fix...
5. she is a great listener
4. her favorite book is Kane and Abel her copy is so tattered it may just fall apart..
3. she does a perfect impersonation of my fathers dance moves
2. In her past life she was a lounge singer (or so she thinks....)
1. she is my best friend :)

And that is all about my sister I could have written more but I will save that for the big 4-0 hee hee just kidding Trace, love ya and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Tan...

2005-03-05T14:04:00.000-07:00

My sister and I were talking tonight for a combined total of 3 hours and although that may seem crazy and as I pointed out more than half a shift at work (without the 15 minute break!) It also included more laughing than I have had in so long, not really sure if that was fatigue or just because we have the same sense of humor...anyways it was great

Near the end of the conversation or at least near one of the last "false endings" you know the ones "I really should go, gotta get some stuff done" and then out of no where a great piece of information pops in your head that you MUST share right then and there... which since the human thought pattern is a giant fractal it branches off into many other directions and you don't even remember what you first started to say....where was I?
Oh yeah we were talking about the computer she just got one! yay!! and how you can get lost in blogger checking and the cyber space and well now that it is 1:00 am and I am officially lost I just thought I would share that...
I am avoiding sleep really, I got a new job today which inevitably means I have to quit my old job easy peasy right? nope! totally freaked out... the first and last job I ever quit the manager yelled at me and told me I would regret leaving yada yada yada...did I? No but still it is the whole confrontation thing, I know there is this thought out there that you have to look out for number one my friend scott actually just told me that a few weeks ago but I have a problem I always think oh no what will they do, which is actually just a nice way of being totally self absorbed I guess so maybe i don't look out for number one i think i am number one..hmmm I mean really...thinking a large corporation will even care about miss tanya cashier extraordinare there I have done it talked myself into going to sleep....
night
T

2005-02-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

oh you probably won't remember me, its probably ancient history i'm one of the chosen few that went ahead and fell for you, I fell to fast I feel to much maybe you might have some advice to give on how to be insensitive...

So this was the song that was running through my head all afternoon, why you ask......

because Miss Jann Arden came through my till at work, yup I chatted with her about chinese food and weather for a good ten minutes before realizing the reason she looked so familiar to me and then she paid with credit card so of course when I read the name I got all giggly and smiley and told her that I thought she was fabulous just like that "you are fabulous!" she smiled thanked me and that was it my brush with fame....

2005-02-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

2005-02-22T11:47:00.000-07:00

so the sun was shining yesterday and the wind was blowing a light calm breeze so I decided to do some spring er..winter cleaning which usually just means changing the furniture around and dusting but yesterday it was like full blown i put the ol' cd player on and blasted some cyndi lauper and danced and cleaned and washed and scrubbed and now i feel so much less anixiety towards my little home, i can read in the chair and put my feet up and not dwell on the dust bunnies bouncing around it is all good...
T

2005-02-22T11:46:00.000-07:00

What's That Now?
Tracy has a new blog, so check it out she is almost as witty and wonderful as me... ha ha no really its great.

2005-02-19T11:41:00.000-07:00

Hello All,
Well just started my "reading break" for school wasn't sure why it was called this until i went to my classes this week and they each gave enough "reading" to last an entire week hhhmmm guess I've answered that question, which sucks since I have about 10 novels waiting patiently on my bedside table for me to pick them up...read me read me.... oh well I guess I will get to them sometime, gotta run work awaits...talk soon
T

2005-02-17T00:13:00.000-07:00

Well, on the cold front I am finally starting to feel a little better, still have the aches and chills and then in the middle of the night random heat flashes....but yet feel a lot better in comparison thanks for all the concern you guys, making me feel loved in an otherwise lonely time right now! but i have heard a rumor that Mark is coming home on saturday so that might soon change..yippee

Wrote an essay for school this week that I am strangely proud of, strange only because it was last minute (of course because i was sick and not due to my procrastination problems) it was about censorship and the banning of books. Not sure if you know about James and the Giant Peach it is a great book that was made into an equally good movie in 95' well this little book written by Roald Dahl (of Charlie and Chocolate Factory Glory) is so great it is about this little boy who loses his parents but then has magical things enter his life, he meets life size insect friends and they go on a journey to New York, well I always thought this book was great but apparently it has been banned yearly since its release in 1961 by parents who don't like the word ass and the fact that James has to disobey his aunts in order to escape on his journey. This all makes me so sad they never stop to think about children and how differently they look at books I read reviews by young kids and they made comments about how great the adventures are, how friendship is so important and how magical the giant peach idea is.... a review by a parent says the book devalues life and gives kids false expectations... I am curious does the same parent remember reading books and thinking that all of these things are really going to happen, when Bambis' mom dies and yet it shows us nothing is that taking away the value of her life or wait is it a false expectation to have a talking fawn?? aaahhhh it all makes me so angry I am on a quest here to be a teacher and to show children this endless bounty of imagination, people complain that kids these days want to watch movies more than read so why restrict them in such fashion, don't stand idle but why not let them read the stories and then discuss them.... thoughts??
T

2005-02-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

I have to work in less than an hour, I walk 15 minutes to the bus stop, I get on ride for 20 minutes and then walk 10 minutes to work so needless to say I have to leave right about now.... the problem....? there is a blizzard outside that has completely cut off any visablility.... I don't want to go, I am now whining like a small child that has to watch as their favourite toy rolls off the sidewalk and into the nearest storm drain.....why why why must i force myself to go.... and did i mention I am sick very sick in the throat, coughing, hacking, runny drippy nose kinda way..... wow now the wind is blowing the garbage that i have on my deck all around....
boo
T

2005-02-06T18:11:00.000-07:00

SECRET SHOPPER BEWARE

So I guess at work we have "secret shoppers" and no they don't go around with signs on telling us this so I guess (actually i know) that i got "secret shopped" last week and well I guess (actually again I know) I am not yet the perfect employee which is totally not fair i am still learning, they have no mercy...
I did everything right (and the list is very long) they come up with a problem and see if you try to fix it they ask questions about the store they ask about promotions etc.. and I did it all right but.... then at the end of the transaction you are supposed to thank them by last name which i just can't get used to I don't entirely feel comfortable doing this and I think (off the record) that it is silly and i don't really see how this little thing makes or breaks the sale or the fact if they want to shop at our store.. so because I did not thank them by name which i am sure by reading their receipt it was Kandismajjjkimckh with a silent C and i just felt wierd trying to figure it out, which by the way in that case you are supposed to ask "how do you say your last name it is so different" barf ... so long story short i am 0 for 1 it doesn't matter that i got an 8 out of 10 i didn't pass so i am 0 for 1 which my supervisor informed me of this afternoon....
Now a normal person would be like oh well it is a part-time job i won't be there forever....but aaahhh i can't handle having a zero attached to my name and if i don't get "shopped" again for a long time then the zero will not leave until 2006 and last time i checked that is a long time from now.....zero people zero.... don't like it not one bit.
I want to call the shopper and ask him his last name......boo (it is too late)
T

2005-02-01T21:33:00.000-07:00

you know what momma if i helped it would go so much faster
don'tcha think ma don'tcha it would be so fast we would zoom zoom
I betcha if i put the pudden in the bag it would make it fast fast
I would be a big boy, I am four I can help i can make this fast fast
"yeah babe your a big guy and you help me all the time"
don'tcha think i should help ma, I betsa if i helps then i can get a treat
can i mom can i have a treat if i help... i am a big boy i can load groceries super fast..

and this is how the story continues for about ten more minutes as i quietly sit back and watch the big boy discuss his super helping powers, and they walk out hand in hand with the little guy never lifting a finger......but he sure did talk about helping!!!

see working at a grocery store can make you smile:)
T

2005-01-22T18:37:00.000-07:00

I miss my boyfriend...
-- I used to think that absence did make the heart grow fonder but now that mark is away all the time in a selfish way I don't truley believe that is true, I kindof get into this mode... I watch what I want to watch I eat when I want to eat, I clean the house when i get around too it or all the time depending on my mood... and in talking to Mark every night I don't really think he thinks that absence makes his heart any fonder either, which may sound wierd because we love each other but I think we don't have to be away or close to know that and if I really focused so much on the fact that he was away and i missed him it would make it so much harder for him to go so instead we just deal with it that this is his work and I have school and work to bid my time... one thing does make me miss him very much and that would be.....being sick
---This week I think may be the sickest I have been in a really long time, I had the stomach flu that had me running to the bathroom every 18 minutes like clockwork to empty the already empty stomach and if that wasn't bad enough I was dizzy and tired and couldn't even keep water down for three days, my first instinct was that I wanted my momma and then I was like where is my mark....tear but I am feeling a little better had some solid food today and so far so good.... I guess that is what happens had my birthday on Monday which makes me offically not in my early twenties and then whamo... I get sick, my bones ache, I am tired geez really falling apart...
---And then onto the work front.....one word.......gross, Okay so it is not awful but it is not all that it is cracked up to be, if it even is cracked up to be anything good at all, not sure??
anyways should go study for this hardearned education...
later t

2005-01-09T11:21:00.000-07:00

Hi there well I guess I have been taking some blogger breaks lately which I wish was the fault of having nothing to write about, but really I am quite the opposite kindof of girl. It is like when I have all this stuff going on I can't seem to break down the pivotal moments to write about or decide which of the many new things are blog worthy, so I guess I will just give a little list of the things that have been happening lately.
-went to Chatham for Christmas, it was great got way too much stuff, and felt wonderfully spoiled and all that good stuff.
-went to haggersville (sp?) for Christmas eve where I got to spend the night with cousins and aunts and uncles that I honestly can't remember the last time we all were together (well they are every year but I was always in NS) it was great we sang Christmas Carols and laughed and took pictures and got all caught up with everyone's own busy lives.
-spent a quiet new years in Calgary went out for supper with Mark, Cory and Suzy it was pretty good didn't really have much money and the restaurants around here all close early so the staff can have a good new years too so that meant that we had to eat in like one hour...and well that is no fun. but the rest of the night was pretty good, drank some wine and hung out.
-Got this wicked flu that had me bed ridden for like four days, with a headache and runny nose and sinus pain and an entire season of the O.C to watch thanks to McMillan....:) which didn't turn out that bad...
-Started school for the winter semester, which after only a week has me entirely overwhelmed and again questioning these decisions I continue to make.....
-Got a new job, at Safeway the grocery store, I don't make much and yet it is stressing me out and I don't think the two should ever really go together..... But it is a job and I think Mark is pretty tired of trying to pay for both of us.....
-And that brings us to today, Sunday ... A day I am trying to devote to homework, I am taking this math class that is so interesting but I wish I could take it and not need the mark because it is challenging and makes you take your views about the outside world and add a little math to it all, my friend Steve would surely embrace this thought, actually he probably already thinks that way...
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A little question we did in class to get you thinking...
Four people are crossing a bridge (to point B)...to get across two people must always go together with a flashlight, but to get the flashlight back (to point A) for the other two , one may take it back, each of the four has a different time it will take them, and when two go together it always takes them the longest time of the two going.
John 1
Paul 2
George 5
Ringo 10

(for example if George and ringo go together it will take 10 minutes because that is the longer time, and then if just George runs the flashlight back leaving ringo it will take George 5 minutes because that is his time and he is alone going back)

So question is how long will it take to get the four of them across......think of the best way!!!
*****

2004-12-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

Hello well here I am in Ontario, Ive been here two days and I must admit I am settling in to the little girl mode quite nicely or at least that is how I feel as soon as I step through my parents door, not in a bad way I mean anything that sort of makes me forget the real world the bills on my fridge the groceries i have to buy the laundry in a pile on the floor when I left which will surely be there when I return since Mark is now settling in to his bachelor hood quite nicely, I asked him what he had for dinner last night... his reply "beer" hhhmmmm doesn't seem to miss me much!!

Anyways just thought I would write a little about Christmas and how strange it feels to be in this yuummy time warp, can't wait to give everyone my presents....then the stress will be over and I can relax into Turkey mode...

I'll write more later off to the Grandparents house for some cleaning and visiting and hey maybe even some cheek pinching....

later T

eH

2004-12-18T07:38:00.000-07:00

Well I am off, off to write the final exam i have been dreading long before I even started the course.. I am off to attempt to get a good mark and in my mind i am actually starting to believe i will be happy with just a passing which is so unlike me, I guess I have found my something i just can't do. It is all so mathematical and sciencey and bleeck like physics from highschool.... so instead in my overwhelmed state I talked to three people last night, went to cory and suzies apartment and completly reorganized a shoebox of pictures I hadn't looked at since the summer... now with less than 7 hours (which may sound like a long time,but i have to teach myself things i didn't get when the prof went over them) I have to write the cumlative exam (which is totally unfair why do you care if i remember what you did the first day of class) and just hope for the best as my pen hits the paper and my brain trys to squeeze out the information..

so give me silent prayers as if i don't pass this i don't move on to the next stage in my what feels like forever student plan...
T

2004-12-16T15:08:00.000-07:00

Tried this very exciting new toothpaste today that is so refreshing I just have to share it with you sit back and open wide and imagine this......

As you begin to brush, the bold stripes transform into micro-active foam, releasing thousands of bacteria (that kind that gives you nasty breath) killing bubbles that shower your whole mouth- teeth, gums and breath. Its dynamic foaming action seeks out hard to reach places-even the back of your tongue-fighting the the sources of bad breath and tooth decay. It rinses leaving your teeth feeling clean and smooth. Your whole mouth is energized with an icy cool, sparkling feeling that lasts long after you finish brushing. It also gently brightens and whitens your teeth..... sound good??

Well now is your chance you too can have this feeling, just run (don't walk) to your local grocer and pick up AquaFresh Extreme Clean EmpowerMint... it is really that good (but kindof strong and tastes a little like the yellow listerine.....)

later T

2004-12-15T11:23:00.000-07:00

Christmas Came Early---

Yah!! I got to open up presents last night which although very nice and fun still made me a little sad, I mean that is less presents on the actually day!! greedy greedy gumdrops...
And it was only because Mark is leaving today for a week away (sigh) and I leave on monday (silent cheer) for ten days away thus they overlap (tear) and so we had christmas last night, in between my studying for finals and having mild meltdowns.. which i can only guess is no fun for him...

But.. I got lots of nice things well one really big present.... an exercise machine, and i know what a lot of you are thinking that people always get those and never use them but let me tell you all you need is a man who threatens abuse (on the machine) if i don't get on the thing at least once a day... which i am hoping in few weeks can turn into four times a week but for now every day it is... I also got a yummy for my tootsies foot spa that gurggles and burps and vibrates and makes my little toes happy, which was strange last night because my feet were so relaxed and my brain was ssoooo high strung, wierd sensation. Mark enjoyed all of his presents he just kept saying over and over "oh bud all of these are for me...." with little hidden smiles and young boy anticipation in his voice.. very cute, he got a tent and a toolbox and a monster flashlight that is good for anything ( plus it makes me feel safe with that fear of mine eekkk) and a wool jacket and well some more stuff that is all open and played with so all in all it was a fun night

I had all the christmas lights on and i served a lovely chicken and veggie dinner with gravy and rolls and yummy spiced pepsi (good if you haven't yet tried it) and I almost got the christmas music on but i think that was all a little too much so i had to settle for my own rendition of little drummer boy... ha ha it was awful..

Now it is back to reality and that of my final exams and trying to get some good grades while fighting off the excitement of seeing my family and hopefully some snow (it started in september here but of course is gone for the actual season...grrr)
So talk to you all soon and this time i may actually keep my no long breaks promise as my life actually has some stuff happening... until now it was just work and work and school and work but as of monday I was done and now onto relaxation... (well after the finals on saturday anyway)

Merry early Christmas to me!!!!
T

2004-11-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

HHHHERES................Tanny, I'm back.... hope you all missed me as much as I missed writing to y'all

I wasn't really lost, as some of you know [the ones who got crazy trying to write a paper breakdown phonecalls] I was just a little "busy" or trying to find things to take up my time so I wouldn't have to write the papers...thankyou sis, miller, mcmillan, bev, etc etc.. your efforts in this stalling process were greatly appreciated... I had to write not one but two term papers that were...gasp due the same day!! ekkk boo hiss, not a happy camper but alas I have handed them in they are out of my hands I am a free woman, I am....ha ha ha trying to waste time so I don't have to do my Astronomy assignment, what I didn't mention that at the beginning...tee hee

well before I go, even though i feel like I haven't left this dang computer in like a week I did get to do some fun stuff as well, I got to see Miss Bev Baker she came to see me on sunday, and it was so much fun we just went to the mall, but we didn't shop just sat and talked and caught up and laughed... a lot it was great and I really felt like no time had changed, we giggled at the memories of our downtown trips and we got teary at the loss of churchill downs (thanks mom and dad:( it was awsome!!

I also went to the Glenbow museum for an exhibit on the famous sculptor Rodin, and that my friends was really great as well, I went to the the Terrific Tuesday Talk Lecture on him and then walked around the exhibit wow, I wish i wasn't so tired I would love to really tell some interesting tidbits about his work but I will save that for another day...

toodles
it won't be too long I promise!!!

2004-11-02T19:43:00.000-07:00

Just trying to get some new and exciting pics out here for y'all. I have been trying to broaden my pictorial horizons and so I took my camera to work with me the other day and I thought I would share the view from my window.... It is pretty great I must say especially when the sun hits at just the right spot. So enjoy and stay tuned I have lots of interesting Art History to share with everyone....
This is of the Calgary Tower on 9th ave. I work on 6th so I have quite a nice view....

This one is a little small, but I am quite proud of the angle and reflection I captured hope you enjoy...
later T

2004-10-24T11:58:00.000-06:00

I feel like a new woman I feel like Ashley Simpson, or Nicky Hilton or Mary-Kate Olsen I feel different and strange, I feel pretty oh so pretty and witty and..... wow where was that going?? I am feeling all of these things because late last night (well early this morning) I dyed my hair!!!! BROWN! yikes I have lived my entire life as a blonde I am blonde I am the discription of blonde I relate to the jokes (when I understand them... ha ha ) and I always liked my blonde locks, so why the change..... I don't know exactly I just really wanted something new and fun and wintery so i went for the brown, actually the color was titled (suede.....) so here have a look and let me know what you think..... the after picture needs more light...or gasp maybe that is just the dark brown look??? yikes.

Okay so a closer look shows the after to be really dark and ignore the fact I am pushing my chest together..... wierd

later T

2004-10-19T14:43:00.000-06:00

I haven't been able to log on to blogger in like a week very frustrating I had so many things to write about.... has anyone had this problem???

Anyways so Jenn Miller and Colin got married on Saturday and although I couldn't make it because of expense I wanted to wish them the best of luck and as soon as I get pics I will post some, I heard it was beautiful and I am sure Jenn looked radiant CONGRATULATIONS guys!

On sunday I did the Famous5 5 km run it was to support the famous 5 women in Canadian history who got us as women the opportunity to vote, be part of congress and to be seen as "persons" under the law. It was great really cold out here infact we ran in the snow.... but we made it ( I ran with Dora my friend from work, who has since left work for better opportunities) and our time was okay too, we made it in 40 minutes 18 seconds so I was pretty impressed with us, then they served this lovely buffet with rich yummy food ( rich as in it costs like 10 grand every 6 months to join the womens club we ran with) then we sat in velvety chairs eating with fine china and stemware that was shiny and thick ,all very regal.... they had all sorts of important Calgarian women talk about women and how we are the future of tomorrow we had to say a pledge and everything it all felt so very impowering...

so all in all a great weekend although my legs still ache from the run ( does this mean I am out of shape???) it was lots of fun and I am no longer afraid of running in large groups [Boston marathon here i come.....] since we did finish in the top half... yah!!

well thats all folks for now anyway......

2004-10-13T00:01:00.000-06:00

My brain hurts from school, from work from just trying to cram a hundred hours of work into a 24 hour day....

What I learned today.....
- Alberta has no national debt, they have paid off what they owed and are in the clear, they do however have a rainy day fund called the Heritage fund which is used by the Albertan government to "lend" money to its two major cities when they have growth on the brain for infrastructure and such, they borrow from this fund like you would a bank and therefore are provincial run, owing nothing to the federal government, they got this money from skimming off the major revenue from our resources of oil and gas.Yes this is good for the people of Alberta but really does it promote Nationalism? I mean it is like fend for yourself out there the rest of Canada can end up in squaller but Alberta uses the money from what I see as Canadas resources and likes to live the high life.... okay okay so I don't know alllll the details but really if you were united as a nation wouldn't you give some of this somewhat free money to other areas that could use some help, last time I checked Halifax harbour is lacking in the cleanliness department.... and could use a boost.... alright, alright enough rant that is what I learned today.....
later....T

2004-10-01T11:01:00.000-06:00

so this should have been done on the 22nd of september but..... here a pretty fall picture of my school campus.....

2004-10-01T10:45:00.000-06:00

It took me the better part of four hours!! last night to do my Astronomy Assignment, something the prof. said should take "oh about an hour or so..." am I missing something?? or does the "or so..." constitute taking three more hours than mentioned???

I mean I did chat on the phone thanks dad, tracy, mark and I did watch some television thanks survivor, one tree hill, will and grace. but for the most part and added all together It took four hours or more...

oh and Amy I hear ya on the dressing styles of the lovely ladies in the class... yesterday a girl came wearing a mini, with those boots can't remember the name but tres expensive and look like you belong in the north pole,(uggs?) with a halter top that just covered the plus size (store bought) chest...nice , and strange for here since it was like - 2 yesterday....... hhmmm I felt like there was a night club party after Art History that I just wasn't invited too.... but she did look totally hot.... hope it was for the three guys in that class, they would all prefer her boyfriend...

question-- how much money would a person have to pay you to spend one night alone in an old mansion that is supposedly haunted??
*if you know me you will know, a) they would have to tie me up i would not be there on my own accord and b) i would not make it through the night without be sedated..... so the money would be worthless, but how about the rest of ya...

2004-09-28T14:55:00.000-06:00

I changed the part in my hair today and I feel like a new woman......

p.s
I would go to Australia and peck away at the exotic bugs... yummer

2004-09-24T14:03:00.000-06:00

wow i didn't think i would miss this awsome fall tv lineup as much as I am.... okay so I knew I would but really I try to make myself feel good like I work nights I am making money yada yada yada still I want to watch my shows.... I want to have things to treat myself with, not sure where that stems from if anywhere but most of the time I can't do anything without thinking what sort of reward I will give myself for doing it...like right now I did one full hour of Art History so I am rewarded with .....Computer Time!!!! T.V time makes me more happy but I guess this will have to do, If i didn't have the good cable that reshows some of the greats on the weekend I don't know what I would do...i know not worth the money during the week but on Saturday I can watch Survivor and then sundays its the Amazing Race 5 and Jack and Bobby.
Speaking of Jack and Bobby has anyone caught this show? It is great a real suck ya in kindof of WB drama, love it, it is filmed half in the present 2004 and half in the future 2040 when one of the brothers (jack or bobby) has become president of the United States, it is great a real tear jerker (kinof like Party of Five when every episode give you a little tear moment) so check this one out....
until then......
If you were a migrating bird where would you go for the winter???
T

2004-09-18T16:00:00.000-06:00

okay that is way too tiny to fully appreciate the cute little dimples so here goes another shot...

2004-09-18T15:51:00.000-06:00

Okay so Colin (proud papa) just sent me the newest of little Gregory (Jenn Millers little man) and I just could not resist putting him in here to share with the blog world, isn't he just a little snickerdoodle and sweet as the cookie as well he is always laughing and giggling and always so happy and sweet don't believe a word otherwise....

2004-09-16T08:45:00.000-06:00

Let me describe pain to you right now......

STEPPING ON A TOOTHPICK! it sticking in your foot and you don't realize what it is before you take another step!!

ouch

2004-09-13T11:34:00.000-06:00

WOW, i watched NBC's Extreme Home Makeover last night and if my dang computer was working at the time you all really would have heard how I felt about that particular episode however the steam has subsided a bit but I will still mention why I was so mad.... Ok so they (the crew on the television show) have to redo these peoples house and the house is in such bad shape that they decide to bulldoze the entire thing and start from stratch so TY mr. man decides he has to call in a new pre-fab house which just means it is already the parts to the house kindof like a puzzle you put together... so it shows him calling around and he is "getting hung up on" yada yada yada so he finally gets a hold of guy in ......gasp...... CANADA and his first question as the guy answers is..."do you speak english??" yeah thats right a guy in British Columbia and he is wondering if the guy can speak english no moron I speak Canadian eh....grrr. so then I am watching with grited teeth mostly to see what else they have to say...and it is pretty rude, you know how the crew talks to the camera about the way things are going well they are like... gee the canadian guy (his name was Peter) is late how long can it take to drive to California from up there... does he have to hop on the dog sled.....yeah buddy but first he has to catch a baby seal to feed his family and then put on the ol'snow shoes....before shoveling out of the igloo...
So the guy gets there an hour late and then they are picking on the house he brought which was in pieces (not sure if they thought he would have put it together for them too...)they are like.. up in Canada they must do things differently they must have different rules because this house is just wood and the pre-fab doesn't even include plaster or wiring or plumbing what a joke blah blah blah they picked on him the whole time and then when he left they picked on him some more oh those canadians don't understand our deadlines this woman whose house it is gave blood and bone maro (sp?) she saved a life so we are redoing her house and Peter the canadian just leaves in his dog sled back up to Canada.....they think we live in the wilderness..
yeah buddy we do, do things different "up here" we don't have to have a television show to save someones life or do a good deed, we don't call someone a day earlier and ask them a huge favour our own country can't perform and expect miracles the whole time poking fun at them, we read books and know things about other countries other than our own, we have compassion and love and yet don't need a camera to display this....we rule ,we rock we are CANADIAN y'all....

so i still was a tad mad......

2004-09-08T11:40:00.000-06:00

Well here it is folks fall is in the air, the crisp mornings are upon us and the hustle of the school year is back, I actually started back to school last week but I guess I just wasn't in the school mode I mean it was fair I would walk by the kidlets who were not even back to school yet....
On the weekend Mark and I rented a canoe again this time it was close to home we went for a hike packed a lunch and went for a nice long canoe ride.... Mark says it was harder on him but I think i was doing just fine......

I think these pictures are kindof neat.... almost capsized trying to hand the camera back to each other our canoe was huge...a lot of boat to handle
until next time....

"what would be an island paradise for you??"

2004-08-28T14:31:00.000-06:00

Okay so here it is a picture of the lake that we went for our canoe ride on, I can't recall the name of the lake I will have to look into that.....

2004-08-28T12:13:00.000-06:00

Okay so now that I have that off my chest, I really must get back to the present and the fact that I promised alot of friends that I would eeekkkk change, and try to enjoy my surroundings I have made this choice to move to Calgary the last time I checked nobody was holding a gun to my head to stay here, so I must start to enjoy this place and what it has to offer. On July 30th Mark and I went to Banff and we rented a canoe and we paddled around some really pretty lakes and inlets and things, it was stunning a really nice hot day, and the glacier water was so clear like a blown glass lake (since there were ripples). Then we all (cory and suzie were with us, in banff not the canoe..) went out for supper and had a really nice time. So I think on my behalf that was a really good start to my newfound appreciation of this province....don't you?? I will post a few pics to mark the occasion.

Oh yeah I am also going to start posting little points to ponder at the end of my blogs just to get the ol' mind tickled so feel free to comment on them!
-If you could be one inch tall for a day where would you choose to explore??

2004-08-28T02:49:00.000-06:00

Change:
It is strange that the word alone scares me, when I think about it happening I want to fight it. To tell you the truth I have never really questioned this feeling a deep fear of a ...Word. Until now, I've got this new job and instead of excitement I feel terror, a sweaty palm, head hurting, stomach ache terror, and all my mind continues to do is reel with wonderment, how did I get this job how do I let myself change? I go through these expected routines, I pass out the resumes, I do the follow-up phone calls, I go to the interview and in my perfectionist brain I try to strive to succeed, but then whammo I have got a new job How could I let this happen....
Change:
Listed as my biggest fear (besides that of the dark) the word change in neon lights defiantly makes me tremble. And I know this is odd, everyone changes most people welcome it, I mean who wants to go through life without gaining or losing anything, where would your family be your love, your character??? And without getting too confusing It is not like I don't welcome new things, I just freak out abit as they are coming...okay freak out a lot. Sometimes when I meet new people I can't recall there name because the whole time they are introducing themselves I am wondering how they will fit into my grand scheme of things, will they be a friend, a foe, will I never talk to them again.....how will they change my life if any at all??
Change:
I went home and saw my friends last month, and we have all changed. Some have gained families (Greg, greers) some new homes, new jobs and yet when we were all together it was like a time warp these girls sitting together gossiping, laughing, sharing, and I have to wonder was I the only one who felt the inevitable change monster hovering over our shoulders as are laughter filled the room, or does friendship just get richer, deeper and sorts evolves into something stronger that change doesn't reach......ahh such things to ponder over a morning cup of tea.....

2004-08-22T14:17:00.000-06:00

Hello, well i figured that since a new school year was approaching and since I am addicted to school and still in the 10year program that I would change my blog format and switch it up a bit, however I am now regretting that since I can't figure out how to do anything with the template like I had it before, so over the course of the next few days I am sure there will be a few screw ups and quite a few changes, I would like to be able to get my picture in there as well as links to my friends and families blogs....but we will have to see.... later today I am planning on a little blog about my vacation to Nova Scotia since I have yet to really write about it, and I didn't get to see all my friends so I thought I would share a little bit of the trip with y'all..
until then

2004-08-12T22:54:00.000-06:00

Okay third time must be the charm, this is a picture of the old town clock in Nova Scotia...

2004-07-20T22:11:00.000-06:00

wrote a post, oh where did you go...???

2004-07-20T02:00:00.000-06:00

Hello, well this is just a little post to say that it may be a little while before I can get back to regular posting as I am moving and my internet is off, so I will have to wait awhile, but it is also to say that I am still in Nova Scotia and having a great time, although I have yet to see all my friends the days are slipping by way too fast and the memories are really enough to make me really want to stay
My friend Jenn Margeson got married on Saturday she was really the first one of the "girls" to take the plunge and it was amazing to be a part of such an experience the ceremony was beautiful and with her and her husband being so involved in the church and community it was crazy to see all the support and love they received from everyone all around them, they are such great people and really deserved the day, plus as an added bonus (Jenn says she has connections...) the weather was unbelievablely nice, warm, sunny and all around beautiful which was like a rose in a sea of weeds as far as the rest of the week went weather wise..
anyways I am at Jenn Millers (not the jenn that got married that was Margeson....confused yet??) and should go visit with her little man gregory he is supposed to be sleeping but again in true Nanci Sloan fashion I must hog the baby(he woke up it Really wasn't my fault.... will write as soon as I can and will relay my wonderful holiday in fuller details....
tan

2004-07-04T14:00:00.000-06:00

I am here i made it to Ontario with very little I.D but a wicked smile and some great greetings hugs from my parents at the airport, here is to my Vacation....!!!

2004-07-02T18:15:00.000-06:00

My Week in Review....
-I did not get into school, so the future is some endless question mark that just sortof keeps expanding soon to take up my entire view...
-My foot got attack by poison ivy and is so swollen getting it into a pair of flipflops is a chore, plus it is blistering and red, okay so I thought of this great girl scout idea of putting a leaf around my foot to cure a sore blister on a walk late last week and whamo...poison ivy for me
-I went out last night for Marks birthday, my wallet got stolen along with my fav jacket and my house keys, I lost all my credit cards(a sign???) my licence, my bank cards you name it...the problem besides the hassle and the thought that someone somewhere is becoming Tanya Sloan as we speak, I leave tomorrow on a Plane on my long awaited trip,and what do you need at an airport..yup I.D. so I am royally screwed...lovely not sure what is going to come of this...
So there it is my week in review, I know people are dying, people are fighting, people are starving, but still this blows...
tan

2004-06-30T11:29:00.000-06:00

In Touch Magazine, the weekly Mag I buy for all the star gossip, glamour and fun tidbits is on newsstands everywhere for only 25 cents....yup it is a Thank-You price for all the loyal readers making it the number 1 growing magazine in America....so what are you waiting for go grab one, totally worth the quarter!!!!

2004-06-29T11:28:00.000-06:00

Hi all, well this post is brought you by the number 10 and the letter D,
D would be for Dumb which is me when it comes to money, I am not sure if you are supposed to get better as you age, but 10 would be for the times I have screwed up with money, actually the number should be in the hundreds but if i tell too much i may sound really dumb and well who wants that, I am not sure why I continue to be plagued with money issues, I can't really call them problems because that would mean I actually besides this blog, pay attention to the issues (i don't) i sortof like to ignore anything that has to do with bills, and payments and credit until something goes wrong and then i am all like "what happened??" I mean I have okay credit, I pay my bills or rather give money to my roommates and they pay the bills and my payments are in the bank for the taking but the real issue is spending....(should be in bold) I can't stop spending Mark actually sat me down yesterday and if you knew marks money "issues" this would be a shock and asked me to make sure I don't rack up my credit cards while on vacation as I have no job upon returning....I listened ...kindof I mean if i see a drop dead nova scotia memory spiking article i might have to just pick it up....I bought a digital camera last week online (another issue i mean online shopping has to be the easiest way to spend my precious money)and I am waiting for it to come, I also went to old Navy and bought a new shirt, bought all of marks birthday presents, groceries and the issue with this....i don't have money i don't get paid till next week...gggrrrrr I know boring to listen to someones little money probs when others have none or little(m money i mean, not no problems I am guessing everyone has some sort of issue!!) I just need to work harder at saving, and spending less....easy right??? see now i am feeling a little stressed and nothing really helps but a trip to walley world....

2004-06-22T14:18:00.000-06:00

SUPERSIZE ME
Yup Mark, Suzy and I went to see the acclaimed documentary last night and let me tell you there are no McDonald's cravings on this front. This movie was WOWIE a total eyeopener and although a lot of the information was known and expected it was still startling to see it all put out there for interpretation, the world is getting fat people and it was crazy to see that one in every four people in some states in the U.S are deadly obese, it is the second most preventable death in the U.S this only to smoking and is quickly becoming number one, I mean that is a wow... it really shocked me or maybe disturbed is the word when it showed the children, I think this is because I have really noticed in the past while with the different children I encounter that food is such a big part of behaviour discipline and I don't think enough is being done to curb there hunger for fast,fried,addictive food.... you watch t.v you see the characters that are associated with fun and excitement oh and a little unhealthy fat thrown in there for good measure,then you want to go to check it out, get the toy play at the indoor playground etc... I am not saying that I don't eat fast food and that I don't use the excuse myself that some fast food seems cheaper than buying good healthy groceries especially if you are eating for just a small family, the fruit,veggies go bad etc.(if you don't eat them, but who will think that when given the choice unless they have made the decision to be healthy and that is something to be proud of i tell ya) but really this film displayed what is happening even if it is only a small amount in comparison to the extreme test the director took. Your liver is being pickled slowly, your heart is working overtime, your body, moods and adult functions are working at a slower and more fluctuating rate.. it was crazy!!
And also really funny, I mean if you add Mc infront of anything it just gets a little funnier, the guy Malcolm explains what happens when you eat a full McDonald's meal and although everyone goes through it (or at least I know I do)you still seem to forget the after effects when you go back for more...

1. Mcstomach ache
2. Mcsweats (you want to finish the fries...)
3. McCramps (your belly is angry)
4. McGrossout ( you think about the food you just consumed and you are a little grossed out
5. McBathroom Trip... well for some, it just doesn't agree with the ol' body but next week you still will try it again!!
Anyways this was a great movie and I recommend it, it is informative, funny and really tells you about what is in a chicken nugget, I think it means the old ones but I am still not sure I want to test them to find out..
tan

2004-06-21T11:45:00.000-06:00

Ahhhh Tanning, you know some people find this to be a really gross pastime they say that you get all orange and have a greater chance for cancerous outbreaks and in years to come to will be wrinkly and leather like but.... I really like going tanning, I mean I don't do it very often and I never seem to look orange I just like how when you are tanned it gives the illusion of a little less flabola on the ol' belly which I think is great and totally worth it, I must admit that I am really mostly just a fan of the laying quiet with nothing for like 10 minutes, I think the beds that i go to are really low quality because I have been going for a while and I am not really tanned, all of this started because Margesons bridesmaid dresses are a light yellow and I don't if I ever mentioned the color that doesn't look good on me... ha ha but I am so excited so it is all worth it....13 days and counting!!

So the reason that all of this tanning talk came up is because I am a blog surfer, I mean I just love reading what everyone has to say and so it is the perfect way to almost people watch without really letting anyone know you are there...I check out Amy's and then i go on to Brians (don't know who he is but he is a friend of Amys with lots of great things to say and he loves CSI and I didn't even have to watch 24 this season but got full details) then from there i check out Al's he writes a lot about his kids but from a male perspective and so it is great as well, and then on to David Hamiltons I must admit i first checked it out and then stayed because he is really hot, but besides that he is sooo funny...however he did blog on fake tanning and how utterly gross it is...tear... so that made me rethink my tanning..yup a complete stranger that i have never met made me rethink my tanning....wierd anyways good blogs check them out!!

2004-06-18T11:31:00.000-06:00

Hello there,
Well I am taking a new approach to my daily life starting today, (okay so using the words daily life is a tad over the top, as i really mean my morning life)my daily life is such an exciting routine i wouldn't want to change a thing...can you sense the sarcasim?? Back to my morning changes usually I wake up get on to the computer check to see if my fate has been decided by the University of Alberta, then everyones blogs, do some pilates, go for a little walk (this was an everyday thing,but has slowly changed into an every once in a while thinggrrr, i get soooo bored walking,jogging by myself I even listen to great music but when you can't share the tunes with anyone...)eat some breakfast and then totally crash (keep in mind this is not early..oh no this is all finished around 1 and I have to work for 4:15 I mean it would sound like a nice morning if infact it was the morning, but I don't even get outta bed until 10 or so and then i wonder where my day went, and why don't i get to enjoy the sunshine more before i go to work, and blah blah blah so starting today I have changed my rountine....

I am going to check peoples blogs BEFORE I check the University website...I think that will make a big difference don't you??

2004-06-07T15:24:00.000-06:00

I haven't blogged in awhile, and it is strange because I do have lots going on and always lots to say, but I guess just not enough time to put in all into readable enjoyable words. Here are a few things going on...

Game 7 tonight I really wish i could describe the hockey fever I mean I know that it is really something special and really something grand to be a part of, I just cannot get over the excitement it is nuts,had to work on Saturday during the game but Ian that I work with brought a T.V so we could sit and watch the game, I know nice job eh?..There were these crazy people in the parking lot that kept playing "In the Dome" over and over while playing air guiter and waving flags (didn't know there was guiter playing in rap did ya, yeah there isn't this is just the level of Cool these guys represented...)over and over wearing green hard hats and drinking colt 45 from a paper bag..(okay no colt 45 just trying to paint a better picture...ha ha)

I am going apartment hunting on Thursday, Suzie and I are driving to Edmonton to do a little hunting, I have made the apointments and called and got quotes etc.. so now I just have go look and try to find a dream house on budget, not so easy to do, I have such picky requirements...with everything I guess or at least that is what the sales people at Old Navy would say I was in there on Friday for like 3 hours... they just kept keeping change room number 6 open since i was going in, coming out, going in continueously...and I don't even like shopping!! My mother and sister are cringing right now as I am a little cranky in the Mall...(a little??) I just don't like people to walk with three feet of me, i don't like to be asked if i need help ( unless i need help then they should be right there...) and I don't like to wait in line...hmmm never really realized what a bag i am....self reflection point (be nicer at the mall)

Only 3 more weeks at work that is exciting, not because I like to be unemployed (actually it is the opposite) but because in three weeks I will be seeing my family and friends...yay yay yay.. I was talking to Miller today and it brought out all of my excitement that I have been trying to hide since three weeks is still along time and I still have to pack my whole apartment since I move four days after I get home from my trip...but talking to good friends always makes me miss them and listening to little Gregory girgle and goo makes me want to meet him so much more, and I have a feeling the Nanci baby syndrome may take over (otherwise known as Baby Hogger!!)

well that is all for now folks, not too exciting but still something going on..
tan

2004-05-29T20:11:00.000-06:00

Well I went to see TROY on tuesday and it was great, a real epic film I thought there was so much to see and for most of it I was on the edge of my seat, here are some fun facts,tidbits and exerpts (?) from the movie:(which is harder to do now almost a week later...)
-- It was unlike other "historical" movies where you know the story because so many people think so many different things happened and it may not actually be "history" but just a really good story that has lasted for thousands of years that prompted many a poet to use its passion for verse. In H.D's To helen she spoke of Helen like this curse that would not be truly beautiful until she was dead..so did the greeks and trojans just fight for an illusion of beauty??hmmm something to think about!!
-- Unlike most Hollywood movies they didn't have to make up love stories for most of the main cast, because all this love really was happening, it is said that Achilles really did fall in love with Polydora (although she was supposedly a slave girl)
-- In those days men had lovers or companions, with whom they would share everything and often times have intimate moments with, they didn't settle down until their thirties because they were always at war, so the men would keep each other company,so in Homers the iliad Patrocius was actually Achilles "companion" and not his cousin (perhaps this side explanation was too much for the writers,or viewers ???)
-- The little boy who went to get Achilles in the beginning real name is Jacob Smith he played Owen Salinger on Party of Five(i knew this useless information would come in handy some day) although he had lines his name in the credits was simply "messanger boy" i guess Achilles got it right when he said no one would remember his name!!??
-- In the real story by Homer Paris needed help at the end of the battle to kill Achilles...which is funny because Orlando Bloom played the best wimp ever and it should have kept to the story with him needing help(did you see how he griped Hectors leg??/ha ha
-- It is said that the reason Achilles can die with a single arrow to the back of the foot is because when he was an infant his mother could forsee his future and wanted him to be immortal so she held him by the ankle and dipped him into the Styx river praying to the gods for his everlasting life, this came true but she forgot that she was holding his ankle and this area would be his only mortal spot....
Well I guess that is all I can think of for now there are so many more neat little facts about this movie but I don't want to completly ruin it for those who have yet to see it, the iliad of course is long so it is so much more detailed but I think this movie really stuck close, and of course there is some naked Brad Pitt to enjoy as well...I think I may go see the "Day after tomorrow " this week I am such a sucker for big blockbuster movies....

2004-05-20T15:07:00.000-06:00

FLAME BROILED RED HOT (pretty good title eh?? I know I should write for the SUN)
Okay so the term "BandWagon Fan" is being thrown around here a lot lately which pretty much discribes most of Calgary.. all these somewhat Hockey Fans who for the better part of the last year have been watching, drinking,and discussing hockey but not really caring about any one team all that much, well maybe one team...( I know some "DIEHARDS" myself) but certainly not their own province I mean isn't the glory in Colorado, or Toronto or Philly for that matter??... but again Calgary has done it they have taken this uninterested town and turned them into a "cup crazy" place where 17th ave has been renamed the Red Mile and every car, every house window and every person dons some sort of Flame Logo...it is wild and loud and I am totally into it!!! I have these "thunder sticks" with the C on it and I smack them around every game in hopes my excitement will give them the power to win(I mean that is what every fan thinks right??)so they have made it too the finals with my help and the hundreds of other people out there jumping into the wagon....every time they lose there are those few whose feet come close to climbing down but with every victory it is made up with the ten dozen or so who hop right on up...it is not full yet folks join us!!!
Remember this may not be HISstory but it is MYstory....until next time!!

2004-05-18T12:08:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, this blog is dedicated to one of my past times that takes up really more than the normal just passing time past times, it is that of movie trailer watching, it used to be that I would check out the trailers once a month... if i had the time you know said casually but now for some unknown reason I watch them for hours then write them down and plan when I can go see them, which often never happens since you have to give your first born or vital body part to afford a movie around here but the trailers still see so much action.

The new Spiderman trailer shows some major charactor developments and really makes you wonder if the third installment will happen sooner than later as it seems lately the sequels are coming at closer intervals than normally, to save money? or too draw the crowds? or to ensure the cast and crew won't think they are selling out by hitting the big time and say last minute they feel for their career they can't or won't do the movie?? Which I think is so silly, I mean you are trying to tell me that they want to be unsuccessful or something (all of these thoughts come in wake of Sarah Polleys speech at the awards show, she tried to say that films should be about importance and not about selling out)(it was at this point that her big budget last film came to mind....hhhmmm sarah...)anyways back to spiderman it looks so good and i think that Harry might actually find out that spidey is his good friend Peter ohhh the plot thickens....( hey aim by the way i tell everyone about monty (spidey) and they love it..he is such an action star..)

ohh and I can forget the Bourne Supremacy it looks awsome, I can't wait it is so full of action and Jason Bourne kicks major butt, I think this may be Matt Damons best role, oops said that but forgot about Good Will Hunting gotta love the boston accent...anyways check them out they are great and these two movie trailers get two thumbs up...

2004-05-17T20:21:00.000-06:00

Had an okay weekend for those who I talked to I was and am going through very careful deliberations about my future and if Calgary really is the place for me, and these are a few things I have come to realize on this note and many other notes in my life...
-I have made NO effort to make friends here, but am the first to complain the people are mean and I have no friends...
-I am working in a job that requires no skill, and like my father I enjoy a skilled trade and am just really bored not using my brain
-I have made no effort to let go of the Nova Scotia weather and curse the days and nights, and the clouds, the sun etc here, when really the mountains are breathtaking and the flowers so bright...
-scared I am not going to get into school and perhaps I just want to flee before I can be rejected, I mean if I left first who is to say I wouldn't have got in?? (ha ha)
-I have made no effort to explore this city, or any area outside of my little southwest quad for that matter
-This guy at work told me I need a hobby to get me into things here so I think I might join something, Mark said he would join baseball with me, could be fun....
So to summarize it is me that needs to put some effort forth and as they say step one is the admitance of a problem....i still don't know if Calgary really is for me but I think i will try to see if maybe there is something here that I can get excited about, before I make any rash decisions....oh yeah I also came to realize that my mom gives the best over the phone hugs (even if I am to stubborn to "play" along at the time)[mmmoooommm i am too old for that..when really are you ever too old for your mom??]
tan

Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world took the midnight train going anywhere....the movie never really ends..it just goes on and on and on..Don't stop believing.....

2004-05-12T11:17:00.000-06:00

Hi, well today is a crappy day, and really I mean that in all forms of the word (well the bad kind not really the poopy kind..) It is snowing out and this is adding to the 10cm we already have down,it has been snowing all weekend but it was not worth the blog since the sun was so fantastic that it just melted the icky snow as soon as it hit the ground, but alas beautiful sun disappeared yesterday and the snow hit us and did not go away, so now every little bit of it latches on the the rest and they are clearly enjoying ruining my spring mood out there...

Plus Mark is maybe getting laid off, he doesn't know but that is the "vibe" at work, so he is stressed to the max which means I am stressed to the max, he doesn't want to talk about it (I get yelled at when i try to reason with him) and yet he whines and complains so I have to talk about it to save my sanity...grrrr

I don't know if I got into school yet, and yes I did call them to inquire three times in the last two days I mean now there is a chance I won't get in due to my annoying the entire education faCULTy a cult that won't tell me if i got in or not, in my personal opinion I just don't understand how it can take 3 months to decide if i am worthy or not, it is based soley on grades I can't even write an essay to sell myself...and if i didn't get in i do not have a backup plan...double grrr

okay so that is the summary of my crappy day, on too laundry... I know I know FUN!!!
endnote; Rob started a blog..check it out.. Rob's Blog and I just realized there is a spellchecker on this thing, but isn't it more fun reading real Tanya spelling...ha ha posse out..

2004-05-10T12:15:00.000-06:00

Wow... so last night was the survivor finale and it was exciting, Jerri tried to tell the audience that they are real people with real feeling...yada yada yada
and yeah i do agree that people get carried away with the "charactors" that these people play because quite frankly showing everything that goes on, on the island would be boring and way too long...but they went on the show voluntarily,some of them even begged in their tapes, and then they are angry at how they are portrayed...survivor all in all I was happy with who won, I always think oh it should be someone who really needs it and can put it to good use, but then i remember it is a game of somewhat skill and (spoiler here if you haven't seen it....) Amber really did play the game good, she used people, she never really formed an alliance with anyone except Rob (some people were annoyed at their little romance but I was really in to it I thought it was cute) and she did do really good at the challenges. I know not everyone agrees with me, since she did ride the coattails of Rob but hey she did it without much thought from anyone, until she has the million...

On an other season Finale that of Friends I must admit I was a bit disappointed which I know again it is silly to say since hey I didn't have a hand in any writing and who I am to judge people who have made millions laugh over the last ten years,

but really here folks, how is it that all of this happened in One day, i mean at least make us think it took a week to do all of this, no family at the hospital for the birth of Monica and Chandlers babies even though the whole family was there for Ross.... then with a mere hour they take the babies go home throw them in the crib and go check on Joey ( their real "baby") oh and yes there was mention of emma but come on here, give a little shout out to your daughter as you leave, or as you chase her mom, your love around, and yes folks there are TWO airports...seinfield had an entire episode based on this "mix up" but other than the lack of core charactors or any mention of them, the lack of real friend time and the child neglect I did laugh a little and it was okay..

to sum it up i will quote Jerry Seinfield " It's amazing that the amount of news that takes place in the world in a day just exactly fits into a newspaper" that is how i feel about the finale they took what they had and "fit" it into an hour long show, but then did three hours of interviews after it....
Quick note..McCarthy started a blog check it out... Jenn's Blog

2004-05-09T12:44:00.000-06:00

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to the all the moms out there, enjoy your day!!!

2004-05-08T14:18:00.000-06:00

Hi, so I just sent out an email to my friends practically begging them to start a blog, and I am really curious if any of them will, I think when you think about it for some people it may just seem like one more thing to add to their daily routine and that scares them because we don't live in a one hundred hours a day metric time zone ( really funny skit I watched late last night...) and well adding things to a busy day seems pointless but.... it is so much fun to read about everyones busy lives and their thoughts and ideas about things , it really opens you up to so much more...plus I think so many people out there are funny witty and should share their brains with us all!! Okay i won't beat a dead horse any more and I promise that is the last I will discuss on that topic....

2004-05-06T11:04:00.000-06:00

Another snowy gross day in the neighbourhood, it was like the wicked spring teased us with her warm breeze, soft sounds and scents of wild flowers and is now laughing somewhere as we all freeze our noses off.....
So I said i would write some of my fav songs down to share, after beginning to really think about it i realized how long of a list it would be, like movies I love music (sometimes when something is going on serious in my life i try to think what song would be playing if it was made into a movie...really helps with happy and sad moments) so here is the beginning list of songs that "make me feel like dancin"

Big Bad Rappers..- Tracy Sloan and Jacqueline White ( ha ha it was really good)
Baby I'm a want you- Bread
Fire and Rain- James Taylor
Call me Al - Paul Simon
Too much time on my hands - Styx
if you want to be happy - Jimmy Soul
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon ( i don't think i spelled this right?)
Keep on lovin you - reo speedwagon
Somebody - depeche mode
Brian Wilson - BNL

hmm this list seems a little old i do like more modern songs but they don't always make my top list because they don't always make me feel like dancin but i will put in some more recent stuff on tomorrow continuation of the fab favs... have a great day all...

2004-05-05T13:51:00.000-06:00

Hello again, trying to do the daily blog thing again, thought i would first and foremost mention that the flames have done it, they have taken a bitter, angry fast driving, no talking to strangers ( even when you are walking and say "goodmorning" to someone) town and made it a great friendly happy, hockey cheering talking to everyone under the sun town. Mark and I were discussing it yesterday how great it is to live here for this which made me happy since I have been sooo homesick lately. Everyone has flames flags on their cars and everyone wants them to win (secretly even Mark who has been a habs fan since birth...but sshhh) and the town is in a state of Red...it is great

I was reading amys blog and she has a link to one of her friends sites where you can play this kindof six degree thing with movies and their actors anyways it was great I played along for quite a while which did keep me from my daily walk, well that and the SNOW that I did not want to mention to everyone since it is crap and I cannot believe it is really here again but oh well. The movie thing is super, I was quite impressed with myself at first since Christian Slater and River are only two moves away from each other via Samantha Mathis but then the light failed and it took me some real thinking for the rest...

to continue but not complete my list of movies ( check back tomorrow I will do songs!!)
Gleaming the cube (bossa video may i hep you??)
Inventing the abbotts
say anything
Halloween ( ha ha ha do you really think a scary movie would make my list!!)
The little mermaid
James and the Giant peach

to be continued