Ahhh...Sh*t!

I came home from the gym and I went to the trunk of my car, and I was horrified to discover that a case of Coke Zero had exploded EVERYWHERE in the back of my car.  Damn cold weather!

I said a few choice words and then thought to myself, "this looks like a problem for tomorrow."

haha..perfect.

It's official!

My ticket to Vietnam is booked!

I'm heading back!!  This time I'll be kicking ass and taking names.  Okay...probably not...but I'm still SUPER excited to head back!  The people, the shopping, my friends, the SOUP!!  I CANNOT WAIT!!

See ya in a couple months, NAM!!

Dilemma

So, I've started working out at the gym again...the gym I used to work at.  Anyway, the other day I got myself in a little pickle. 

I go to the gym and I have a great workout.  I exhausted and covered with sweat and I head into the locker room.  I grab my towel and soap from my gym bag and then the horror hits me like a ton of bricks....

I forgot my shower sandals!!!

So...this is that pickle I was talking about. 

What do I do?  Do I take a shower barefoot?  If you've seen a men's locker room...ew.   Or, do I put on my nice warm, dry clothes and head out into the blizzard?  Let me remind you, I'm covered in buckets of sweat.  Again...ew.  This is quite the dilemma.

What did I end up doing?  Wouldn't you like to know...

Well...I'll tell you what I did.  I took a shower...BAREFOOT!  My feet itched for two days.  ew.

Cure the winter blues

I went to the grocery store, cart in hand.  I walked up and down every aisle.  I looked for all the things I could find that were on sale, or a good price (in my mind).  I grabbed noodles, and rice, and granola bars, and cookies, etc etc.  When I went to the cashier, the total wasn't very much.  To my surprise, I actually had enough cash in my wallet.  As I left the store, I gave all the food, that I had just bought, to a man collecting food for the food bank.

It felt GREAT!

The man was overjoyed.  What didn't seem like a lot, is quite the opposite to someone in need.  The money I had in my wallet - my Tim Horton's money - was enough to buy bags of food for some of the less fortunate families, here in town.  I give up my coffee and sandwiches for a week, and a family gets to eat.  Period.  Sometimes a little goes a long way. 

...and boy does it ever feel good to give. 

You should try it.  :)

Bah Humbug!

Today is the annual Ugly Christmas Sweater pubcrawl.

And I have to work. 

I could cry.

My outfit was going to be awesome.

Bah Humbug.  I quit!

Time to Embrace Winter!!

I often find myself complaining about winter.  And let's be honest, winter has hardly begun.  Although, I hate the winter roads, I hate brushing my windows off, I hate the cold, the list goes on....

it's time to

EMBRACE WINTER!!!

We live in CANADA and we should love winter!!  On the weekend, I went skating for the first time since grade four.  I thought I was going to fall on my rear end...I didn't!  I actually had a lot of fun!  I hope to try ice hockey this winter for the first time (eek).  Some friends and I are already starting to plan a weekend trip up to Blue Mountain for some awesome skiing and boarding.  I want to snowshoe and x-country ski to keep fit.  I have a lot of winter plans in my mind.  If I'm able to accomplish half of them, then I'm bound to have an amazing winter.  Here's to winter, and here's to a lot of fun!

When did Canadian television become so good?

So, today I turned on my tv and it was on CBC.  No big surprise there.  I find myself watching more and more Canadian television.  In fact, the channel rarely changes.  I loved Corner Gas when it was on.  I've become a big fan of Little Mosque on the Prairie.  Dan For Mayor was pretty good.  And now my "new" favourite show, Men With Brooms. 

I don't know why I love these shows so much?  I think it's because the characters remind me a little of myself.  For instance, I think I could move to Dog River, Saskatchewan tomorrow, and fit right in. 

Now last night was a special treat.  It was a double episode of Men With Brooms, and then the "Christmas Special" of Little Mosque On the Prairie (Oh the irony...lol). 

So, Men with Brooms...there are three friends who curl together.  They need a fourth player to make a full team.  Where do they find this fourth player?  At a donut shop.  They see the worker sweeping up a mess and *magic*.  He's the fourth player.  Anyway, this fourth player is accused of being a chronic hobby jumper.  He goes from volleyball to fencing to knitting (lol) to curling to bowling.  Anyway, he reminded me of myself.  I am TOTALLY a chronic hobby jumper!

Now let's see...what have I done this year...geocaching, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, photography, drawing, swimming, running, cooking, squash, the list goes on!!  It's a bad habit...I know!  I love doing things for a month or so, then BAM!  I switch and try something else.  And it's not like I stop enjoying the activity, it's just that something else catches my interest.

Anyway, I reinstated my gym membership today.  hahaha.  Hopefully this hobby sticks around for a while.  I still need to lose my Christmas fat from last year...and probably the year before.

As for Canadian comedies...KEEP THEM COMING!!