Cat's are funny

Isabelle has a new game. It is called the Try to take fridge magnets of the fridge and then play with them-game. It is the cutest thing and next time I am going to have to take a picture of it. First she stands on her back feet and reaches with her paws for a magnet. She gets really into that. If she can reach it she bats it down along the fridge until it is at her level and then she sits back on her back feet like a land beaver (aka ground hog) and tries to lift it off the fridge with her paws. It is just so funny to watch her. So far she managed to lift one off. I let her play with it for a while and then rescued it, but is is definitely funny.
I never ended up going back to the gym as it seems the flu finally ended up pushing through. I have been feeling nauseated all week and havent been eating a whole lot. Maybe later this week I'll feel up for going back to it. I'm still very committed, but my health is more important.
Saturday was T's going away barbeque. It was an alright time. Didnt really know anybody there, so there was a lot of small talk. Sunday we went taste testing at the golf club and we had a wonderful time. We came up early, had lunch with poppa, visited with Aunt E and left for the golf course. It really re-assured me that the food is going to be nice. We had two different dishes and the chef came and talked to us about what options we had for sauces etc. We also got to see some of the golf course. Last time we were there it was winter, so we didnt get to see very much. It looks well kept and nice. The renovations to the building were done and they look very good. It is exactly what we want, nothing extremely fancy, it is going to be nice and still comfertable for everyone.
This week is an extremely girly one. Last night I watched Made of Honor with my schoolfriend L.
Tonight I'm having my girls over for dinner so they can get to know each other. It should be a really fun time. Also, friday is the kick-of of J's bachelorette weekend. Starting with going for dinner, watching sex and the city, a sleep over, then the next morning breakfast before we go to the train station to catch our train to Montreal where we will party it up. Sunday we come home from an insane weekend I am sure. Update will follow.

windy

One thing I always have a hard time with when blogging is finding a good title. It shouldnt be that difficult, just something I will be discussing, but it is tricky either way.
I got the results back from my blood work. They showed I am a healthy lady, which is wonderful news yet slightly disheartening. I 'hoped' for low iron or something like that which is fixable, not this random tired without a specific reason stuff. I am going to think on the results for a few days then maybe go to another doctor if I still dont feel any improvement.
Monday we had a really nice barbeque get together at K and J's which we carpooled to with L and S. We had lots of yummie food. l had made a really tasty dip, we brought veggies and dip and lemon chicken and K and J made two lovely salads and burgers. lots and lots of food. For dessert we had chocolate icecream and italian chocolate. Mmmmmmm..... While eating this tantalizing dessert I asked L and K if they would like to be my bridesmaids and they graciously accepted. Yay! Yesterday I asked my friend J as well, whom also said yes. We went shopping at Bayshore for office attire for me, and I asked her over frozen yoghourt (I'm detecting a trend) All my major decisions in life are made over icecream... So, if you ever want to bribe me or get something done, chocolate icecream is the way to go. Just fyi.
I ended up coming home with a nice summer blouse, a good pair of black pants and an all purpose black sweater vest.
Wednesday we met with our first photographer. His pictures were nice, but there where many things we didnt love about him, so he is a maybe for now. he will definetly do if we can't find anything better.
Today was J and my first day back at the gym after her being sick and my 'low energy' streak. We basically took two weeks off, which totally set us back, which is to bad, but there wasnt anything we could do about it. We both where having a bit of hard time, not necessarily muscle wise, but we both didnt have our usual energy back yet. Of course muscle wise we have made a set back, but we'll get it back again. It just means that our 6 week photo shoot isnt going to be as amazing as it would have been before, but that doesnt matter. We have lots of time to get in shape, and we're back to working on it.
Tomorrow is T's going away barbeque and sunday we're going for a tasting at our reception venue. I'm excited!

Long weekends are nice

Even though I am currently on a continuous long weekend it is nice to have Alan there with me to putter around the house. It is sunday but tomorrow we get another day. Wonderful.
I have mostly been doing gardening the last few days, so I wont go into to much details on that as I will be writing about that on my gardening blog. Friday I cleared some space for a herb garden. We had M and J over for dinner. We had bought some steaks on sale at sobeys and decided to treat ourselves. The steaks were massive, 4 of them filled the entire barbeque, J and I shared one, because there was no way we could actually finish one. The biys of course bigged out. We played rockband after and now had a jet, and bodyguards. Yay!
Saturday was more puttering around. Alan played soccer and I watched. I supposed to play but I felt way to tired, so I sat with two other girls and cheered our understaffed team on.
Later we tried to get together with friends, but everyone already had stuff to do. We therefore stayed at home and ended up watching the worst tv hockey movie ever!! It was four hours long, but we couldnt be bothered to move off the couch 'cause we were to comfy cuddling. I think that is about the extend of our long weekend so far.

sleepy girl

even though I have been resting a ot and eating pretty well I still feel extremely tired all the time. I have therefore made a doctor's appointment because I want to find out why this is. whether it could still be from school stress etc, or perhaps I am low on iron again. Who knows, I'll get the doc's to figure that one out. So next tuesday I'll hopefully be turned inside and out to see what is going on, if anything.
I got all my marks back and passed all my courses. I have to be honest that I am a little disappointed I missed highest honours by .2, If I had gotten two more A's instead of B's I would have had it. What can you do right, I should still be proud of myself, which I am dont get me wrong, but there's just that little stinger. Oh well, that's just me, I tend to be to hard on myself, but at the same time that is how I push myself to achieve things.
My lab offered me a job to finish up tracing the brains I started for my thesis project. I am going to accept it as they are giving me until the end of august to finish the project. Better yet I can work from home so I can hopefully do this on the side of an actual full-time job I will be acquiring sometime soon hopefully. This means I have to get my act together and start working on my resume. I haven't really been able to get myself into job hunting mode, partly because of the low energy/tired situation thing I've got going on. I really want the new job, and I dont even mind looking for it, I just really don't want to write my resume, makes sense? It doesnt to me either. It just feels to much like homework, plus I have to brag about all my qualities, which I have a hard time doing. Oh well, I promised I would have a first draft done this week, so that is what I'll be doing today. Working on my resume. And hopefully I will still have time to work on the garden. As I mentioned in my gardening blog I went to the market and but a whole bunch of vegetable plants and herbs. The veggies are in, the herbs still need to have a spot in our wild garden, so I am going to be clearing one for them. Lots of work to be done in the garden yet.

feeling

despite the fact that I have had a couple of weeks off now, I still feel extremely tired. Mind you, I have been getting up early in the morning almost everyday to go to the gym etc, and havent been going to bed early much, but I still expected to feel more rested than I do. I suppose going without a real break for months at a time will do that to you. But I am keeping an eye on it anyway.
So what have I been up to the last little while? Well I have been going to the gym faithfully. Today was our second weigh-in day. I was a little nervous as I have been working really hard and was hoping for encouraging results. We discovered the body fat calculator of the scale is defective, as both mine and J's body fat content went up and it is obvious it should have gone down. I ended up loosing 0.8 pounds and am now 136.8lbs (=62.05kg), which is not a whole lot of weight in 4 weeks, however, the results really showed in our measurements: I lost 1" on my hips and 3"(7.62cm) around my waist! That means I am now 95.25cm around the hips and 76.2cm around the waist That was very exciting for me and pretty surprising. I knew my weight had changed around my body, but I didnt think it was that much, So yay me!
So far I have officially passed three of my classes. I am waiting for the other two and cant wait to hear back. I officially failed my first exam ever, but luckily I had enough points to compensate and still passed the class.
I have been enjoying making meals and doing things around the house. It is really nice to have a real home.
Alan and I have started to tackle wedding plans. So far we have pretty much decided on our wedding cake, we signed up for our marriage course through the church and we are trying to get in touch with the hall and minister to get the day filled in. There are lots more details to fill in, but we have good ideas for party favours and our guest book, and I have been browsing the internet for ideas for invitations and photographers and center pieces. It is a lot of fun.
On the job front not a lot of progress yet. I have officially decided to sign up with an agency so they can find me a temporary job while I decide what I really want to do. I dont feel mentally ready for it, but I'm going to have to get there soon. Anyway, that is the short version of my days, more to come later