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!