What a Day!

Ok, so I went to town this morning with my friend Arielle. (She's got her license now so she can drive me places haha) She took me out to lunch at a fancy place called the Star Cafe and Grill for my birthday. (The party is tonight! I'm so excited!) And let me tell you, it IS fancy. They had a thirty dollar steak! That is ridiculous. But before you all think I'm insulting the place I'm not, because they have amazing food! It is SO good! She insisted that I dress up and let me tell you, that is NOT an easy feat for me. I'm really more the jeans and a sweater type of girl but I humored her :) I curled my hair. If I don't say so myself it looks pretty good!
Now, guess what I did in the place? I spilled my mango iced tea on the table! Of all places to be a klutz, why there?! Oh well, you got to embarrass yourself in public sometime! (And for me that seems to happen more often than not!) I had a pulled pork BBQ sandwich and mango cheesecake. It was so good.
After that, we had a few errands to do. I was supposed to rent a bunch of movies for tonight but, of course, the store was closed! Grr...but then Arielle pulled through for me and told me she'd bring a bunch of movies!
And I swear her family has so many movies and all the new ones too! They could run their own version of Netflix straight from their home!
On the way home I was wearing Arielle's bright purple sunglasses. I was talking about my orange ones at home and then she told me she had bought me some that would "supposedly" replace those. HA! Nothing can replace my orange sunglasses but we'll see.....
It all turned out to be a great day.

Sleeping Bag Funny Moment

Is it just me or when you say you're having a sleepover, sleeping bags are the obvious thing to bring? Yeah I thought so too. But apparently that's not the case because my mom has informed me that I have to tell everyone who's coming to bring their sleeping bags. It was pretty odd phoning up everyone and telling them to make sure they bring their sleeping bags! Haha. Just another funny moment curtosy of my family :)

Earthquake in Haiti

This is a long overdue post. As most of us know Haiti has undergone a HUGE earthquake and needs our help. It is an absolute tragedy in saying this but many people are homeless and starving. Anything you or anyone else you know can give, will help. It doesn't matter if it's ten dollars or one hundred dollars, every penny counts. Help the people of Haiti. I have a link to a very trusted source of donation, World Vision International. In fact, I have participated in their 30 hour famine which always a good way to donate to third world countries. Also, we have a sponsor child from their organization. So, if you want to give some family in Haiti some hope then donate at the link below :) You can also use the link on my sidebar to donate as well.
http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/section/DC63CF15990F2E808825737F007E3166?opendocument

Garbage Fright

I don't know what's wrong with my puppies but they have the strangest fear of garbage bags or mostly the sound they make when you move them. The rustling just gets to them. As soon as we have to move a garbage bag and it makes the rustling sound, they get spooked and run into the deepest corner of the porch they can. It's absolutely hilarious! Strange but hilarious. Just the way that Hally will cower behind her "protective" brother, Ace is funny because as soon as the bag is rustled again, Ace will take off. So funny...

The Best Water Bottle Ever

Ok, so the Contigo water bottle is probably the best water bottle I've ever seen! EVER! I know this sounds cliche' but it doesn't leak! I'm not joking! I have it in my backpack all day with all my precious papers and my I-Pod. So trust me on this one, it doesn't leak at all. I even have it laying down! So it doesn't leak. Unless of course you crack it but that is even pretty hard to do! But not only does it NOT leak, it's got quite the fancy way of opening them. It was absolutely histerical when I asked someone to see if they could figure out how to open it! You have to press the plastic bar on the back of the lid otherwise opening the little spout on the top of the water bottle! I bought these little babies at Costco in a three pack for $20! What a bargain for such a good quality water bottle. Wow am I doing this company a favour or what?

Random Popcorn

"Ok, if this is the only way to win the race....."

"I swear I'll be good!"

"Who needs Underdog when you've got me?"

The "Official" Torch Picture

I finally got my official torch picture from the Official Torch Relay staff! It's about time...geez! Two whole weeks! haha. So hear it is and if I don't say so myself I think it looks rather nice!

My Plan

So I have this idea that I'm going to cook supper sometime this week. Knowing my non-skills at cooking this could turn out really bad or really good. The recipes are easy enough. I got them from one of my new favorite websites, www.startcooking.com. :)
This website is packed full of easy recipes for all of us who are cooking impaired.
Well anywho, back to my master plan. I'm going to cook chicken fajitas, stuffed mushrooms, and chocolate fudge brownies! Mmmm....I presented all the ingriedients to my mom who keeps telling me "Oh, you won't need that" or "We can use this instead". Well, no mom. I'm determined to go by the book for this little cooking adventure. And just between you and me I'm going to check her list later just to make sure she didn't make any "substitutions". ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Yaaah! I'm finally fifteen! And you know what that means?! Learner's license! Woo! The school buses didn't run today so that's another birthday plus!

Making Jerky

Doesn't that just look good? haha.

We made jerky yesterday. It was way easier than I thought. Dad was so excited for this. It wasn't that big a deal but to him it sounded like one of the highlights in his life. We had started out with the 'original' flavour. (ooh, aah.) I've got to say it smelled delicious! Yum.
We packed the jerky cannon (sounds brutal huh?) and started squeezing. Dad was so worried that it would be way to hard to push out and 'only a man can do it'. HA! I showed him! It went out as smooth as butter!
And now it sits in our fridge waiting to be eaten. :)

New Look!

How do you like the new look of my blog? Pretty spiffy eh? Haha. It took me FOREVER to choose what style to use though. Blue this, Green this, etc. There are so many choices!
This one's called "Florist". You should have seen some of the names. There was one called "Plain Duvet Cover".
I mean how ridiculous can you get? :)

My Headache Remedies!

Here are my personal headache fixers! They do work! I've tried each of them!

1. Good Old Fashioned Tylenol~ Just pop a Tylenol in your mouth and you're usually good to go!

2. Pressure Point Massage~ Take the thumb of your left hand and place it on the fleshy part of your right hand. Apply pressure until you find the spot that hurts. When you do massage it until your headache goes away!

3. Eyebrow Pinch~ Try pinching your eyebrows when you have a headache. It may look kind of silly but it works!

There you are! My headache remedies! I always like to drink a cold glass of water when I have a headache too! It just seems to help!

Procrastinating....

I have a book report due on Monday and as you can see I'm procrastinating. I do not want to do it and all I've done so far has caused my brain to fry. So I am taking a break. If anyone's wondering it's on the book, Best Friends Forever. It was good! So if anyone has any opinions I might just need them for my book report!

Back at Home!

Yes! Finally back at home! My brother and I spent a week at my Grandma's. Very low tech so you can imagine how I feel to be back on the computer! :)
My Grandma is the type of Grandma who plays electronic versions of her favorite game shows. (Deal or No Deal, Wheel of Fortune) It's kind of funny in a way because she plays those games when she watches the shows!
I don't think my Grandma has packed lunches for a good while because I opened my lunch at school and what do I find? Cookies. Cookies lose in my lunch without a bag or container. I laughed so hard pop came out of my nose! And the next day, crackers. Without bag or container. Once again I laughed. It was hilarious!
Overall though I had a good week and got a taste of town life and I've got to say I like farm life a whole lot better! :)

Oh Wow.

Well this is so frustrating. The problem to my pie all along was so tiny and pointless.
I didn't let the pie shortening sit out and soften.
Yup, that's it. Wow, just wow.

Apple Pie

I speak from the heart when I say that I put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this pie!
We had made apple pies in Home Ec and it went so well that I decided I would give it a whirl at home. Big mistake.
It was all going well until the pastry dough. (dramatic music) When I was blending it all up I noticed it wasn't as small of chunks as I would have liked. I thought "Oh well" and just kept trucking. So I peeled all my apples and sliced them. After that I took the pastry dough out of the fridge and started rolling it out. That was a huge problem. Everything that went wrong did! The dough split and tore so many times I had to keep re rolling it out. Eventually, the dough got too much flour in it and wouldn't cooperate at all. So luckily mom was there and assisted me in my time of trouble. I don't know how I did it in Home Ec. They must have magic counters or something.

Somehow, someway it turned out this good.

Little Things

I believe this picture speaks for itself.

Driver's Ed

Wooooooooooo! Wooooo! What is all this wooing you may ask? Well it's for one reason and one reason only. I am starting Driver's Ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That means I get my learners when I turn 15! Yaah! That's coming up by the way! ;) So far it's been a good little class. Lots of notes though. My friends keep asking me if it's slack. I always reply with a "HA!" That is not the case with Driver's Ed.
I'm required to have 30 hours in class training and 6 hours in car training. I am so excited!
Of course when I get a car (which won't likely be when I turn 16 or maybe not even the year after...) it has to be yellow. Not puke yellow but a nice dark yellow. That is my only requirement.
Well there is some pretty corny videos in Driver's Ed if I must say so myself. There is crash test dummies talking and cheesy jokes. Don't get me wrong, I love cheesy jokes just only when they're said by me. :)

The Torch was Amazing!

I definitely can't stress this enough! Carrying the Olympic Torch was amazing! In my opinion however, it went way too fast! According to my fans (my family and friends :P) I pretty much sprinted my three blocks. I will forever regret that! Don't get me wrong, the time I had running with the torch was breathtaking.

It was so hilarious because when all 20 of the torchbearers for Swift Current were on the shuttle (to take us to our starting points) this 13 year old boy named Nick was so worried that a sniper was going to be there! It made everyone laugh! When we stopped for awhile I noticed there were some people outside the shuttle. They had signs that read "Anti Olympics". I was so mad at them I was going to flip them over the couch! (Haha metaphorically speaking of course!) They didn't make me lose my spirit though!

When I got off the shuttle I got emotional. It was so amazing I cried. My fans were there all wanting their picture with me and the torch! I felt like a VIP. No scratch that, a celebrity. The torchbearer before me lit me torch (the kiss of the flame) and I ran! A media truck was ahead of me snapping pictures and taking video. I can get that all for free later on the web! Woop!

A family came up to me after at the celebration afterward. They all wanted me to take a picture with them. So I let them. Then they asked, "Is that the real torch?!" And I said yup. Well that got them all bug eyed. They wanted to hold it! I was kinda unsure so I gave my dad a heads up just in case they tried running off with it! That thing was worth $400! But it was a once in a lifetime chance and all so yeah.

Overall I think I had one of the best times of my young little life! :)

(I'm also pretty sure that counted as my fifteen minutes of fame.)

Tomorrow is the day!

WOOO! I'm so excited! Tomorrow is the big day! The moment I get to carry the torch!
Sheridan has donned herself my personal trainer. According to her I have to do 20 push ups every night (if there's one thing to know about me, i do NOT have upper body strength and doing one normal push up is a tough feat for me!), carry a bottle of water in the air every evening (the weight of the torch), and going out to the pasture and chasing cows (to build endurance). Whether the last one is for her own amusement or for real I'll never know. I'm so pumped! If you want to watch me carry the torch go to this live web cam of the torch broadcast at 6:36 PM CST (Central Standard Time) tomorrow.
www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/follow-torch/index.html

!!!!!!!

Well what do you know? It's 2010! That totally just hit me.

I'm Carrying the Olympic Torch!

This is absolutely ridiculously HUGE news for me! I've known for a long time but I thought I'd let you know about this a week from D-day. hahaha. Anyway, I'm carrying the torch for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games!! I have all my gear and all my information. Sunday is the big day!

I got this awesome opportunity from a place I told you about quite awhile ago. Do you remember Sogo Active? Well that was my ticket to scoring the torch.

Of course, me being Miss Procrastinate I left the offer to actually one week after the deadline so as you may assume I am not buying my torch. (boo on me....) But I get to keep the uniform. (thank goodness!) I've got to say when I signed up for Sogo Active I expected nothing. But here I am now! Wow....am I getting corny or what?

It's funny because when I got my forms it was so precise that it made me laugh. And I quote "You will arrive at the meeting point at precisely 6:36 PM." Hahahahaha. It sounded so professional.

I'm still in shock but still so excited! Is that possible? Being in shock and excited? Oh well.

Times Like These

You know those moments in life where everything seems to be working in perfect harmony and nothing seems off-balance? It's times like these I love, the random and the miscellaneous.
Our family had a nice walk in a park in a nearby city the other day that was full of lights. It was amazing. The weather was quite cold and I dropped my camera a few times but hey! It was definitely a moment of perfect harmony for me, that walk in the park.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! :)