We watched Ricky Gervais' movie, The Invention of Lying tonight. SPOILER ALERT: His character, Mark, gets the girl, Anna, played by a delightfully attractive, adorable (hot, maybe?) Jennifer Garner.
It's kind of a depressing movie that is lived in world where everyone tells the truth, sometimes painfullly so, which makes for good laughs. For example, when Mark goes on a date with Anna, she gayly tells him she's not attracted to him, he has a pig nose, he's fat and she won't be going out with him again. Mark's mother is in a seniors home where everyday she's told she's going to die, he's fired from his job and he's short on rent. Everything changes when he goes to his bank to withdraw some money.
Deepressing!
Both of us are still on the lookout for another job, one that pays better. I applied for two last night. We'll see what happens with those.
The bottom of another of our dresser drawers fell out this week, leaving us with three out of five useable drawers. It's time to put this one to rest and look for another one. I'm tired of having a bedroom that's beginning to look like a first-year college student's room.
We checked out a house last night; was nice but with an asking price of $439,900 there are more cons than pros so we've vowed to keep looking and perhaps adjusting our search parameters.
Excited that after 12 consecutive days working, I've got Sunday off!
Also excited that a friend of mine will be helping me with getting my website started. I"ve got the general design narrowed to one of nine. Really this is something I should have done eons ago. One of the few things I don't procrastinate with is the laundry and cleaning.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The battle
Yes I call it the battle...meaning the weightloss battle. I have continuoulsy gained weight since husband and I married last September (2009). At first i thought, "Oh I will get back on track" but I haven't and now its almost March and I am still 15 lbs heavier than when I got married. EEEEK!
I swore I wasn't going to be one of those women who just let themselves go because they were married. And now, I am. Its not for lack of trying, though. Since being married I have joined a spin class 2 nights a week and now I am in a run club training for the Vancouver Sun Run.
But alas, fter 1 month of running and spinning....jeans are still tight and things are just not fitting like they use to? So, I have relinquished myself to the fact thats its my eating habits.....and it is. I love wine, I love food and I espcially love wine and food together! Shoot!
I have vowed this week to start a food diary, take note of my eating habits and downsize my wine consumption....which I have to say has been better as my early morning runs cut into my nightly glass of wine.
So my journey begins.....to be back to my pre-wedding weight by April OK April/May.....plus we have a wedding to go to and I HAVE to look good. These people haven't seen me since my wedding!
P.S. Skiing was fantastic....best snow we have seen all year!
I swore I wasn't going to be one of those women who just let themselves go because they were married. And now, I am. Its not for lack of trying, though. Since being married I have joined a spin class 2 nights a week and now I am in a run club training for the Vancouver Sun Run.
But alas, fter 1 month of running and spinning....jeans are still tight and things are just not fitting like they use to? So, I have relinquished myself to the fact thats its my eating habits.....and it is. I love wine, I love food and I espcially love wine and food together! Shoot!
I have vowed this week to start a food diary, take note of my eating habits and downsize my wine consumption....which I have to say has been better as my early morning runs cut into my nightly glass of wine.
So my journey begins.....to be back to my pre-wedding weight by April OK April/May.....plus we have a wedding to go to and I HAVE to look good. These people haven't seen me since my wedding!
P.S. Skiing was fantastic....best snow we have seen all year!
Monday, February 22, 2010
After the victory comes the spoils
The first day of work following any type of vacay feels like the first day of work. It takes awhile to get synchronized into working mode.
We enjoyed five days of splendor in the Kootenays, first at a deluxe condo - complete with a hot tub on the deck - perfect setting for an apres ski dip and drink (make mine a caesar) - followed by a day of skiing on Red Mountain and ample amounts of hoppy and grapey liquids.
The next day, we headed for Nelson, relished in the afternoon sun and spent a couple hours soaking and exploring the caves at Ainsworth Hot Springs. After that, there was dinner, playing pool, cigars and dancing at a pub--the type of place you probably wouldn't visit in your hometown. We even helped two women celebrate their birthdays.
The conditions at Whitewater were better than at Red, and the scenery - picture a pair of older-style skilifts and an alpine chalet and restaurant cradled at the base of three mountain peaks amid the blazing sun searing through the clouds. If you're not jealous yet, you need to delve deeper into your imagination.
As much as I can remember of being a 10-year-old zipping up and down the hills at Manning Park, as "The Rossignol Kid" this might have been the topper in comparing ski vacations.
Both of us feel as though our skiing has improved - I know my wife's has - and it was fun to be enjoying our time in the fresh outdoors with two other couples whose company we enjoyed immensely. Whenever we think of hot tubs, wine, dancing with reckless abandon and the chants of "Bilodeau" boucing off of the crestfallen snow, I'll think of our trip to the Koots in 2010.
We enjoyed five days of splendor in the Kootenays, first at a deluxe condo - complete with a hot tub on the deck - perfect setting for an apres ski dip and drink (make mine a caesar) - followed by a day of skiing on Red Mountain and ample amounts of hoppy and grapey liquids.
The next day, we headed for Nelson, relished in the afternoon sun and spent a couple hours soaking and exploring the caves at Ainsworth Hot Springs. After that, there was dinner, playing pool, cigars and dancing at a pub--the type of place you probably wouldn't visit in your hometown. We even helped two women celebrate their birthdays.
The conditions at Whitewater were better than at Red, and the scenery - picture a pair of older-style skilifts and an alpine chalet and restaurant cradled at the base of three mountain peaks amid the blazing sun searing through the clouds. If you're not jealous yet, you need to delve deeper into your imagination.
As much as I can remember of being a 10-year-old zipping up and down the hills at Manning Park, as "The Rossignol Kid" this might have been the topper in comparing ski vacations.
Both of us feel as though our skiing has improved - I know my wife's has - and it was fun to be enjoying our time in the fresh outdoors with two other couples whose company we enjoyed immensely. Whenever we think of hot tubs, wine, dancing with reckless abandon and the chants of "Bilodeau" boucing off of the crestfallen snow, I'll think of our trip to the Koots in 2010.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
What happened?
i REMEMBER blogging at least once, (OK, once) since my wife's last post. As a matter of fact, I remember using the word "wifey" at least once. I log on tonight and--nothing since Jan. 21. Bullshyte! I am very upset right now because although I recall very little of my previous post, I spent at least a half hour getting the words down. And, now NOTHING!
In the time expired since her post, we've gone skiing, I had a birthday, drank about 43 cups of joe, 30+ beer, 20 glasses of wine and two glasses of scotch. And there were other things I did, too.
The Olympics are two days off and we decided long ago that rather than head to Vancouver to take in the excitement, being one of those average people that really can't fork out hard-earned hundreds for The Games, we're going to take in some of it at home, in HD, which, admittedly will mean I'll probably watch more than it we did not have HD.
We enjoy The Office because it proves that even incompetents like Michael Scott can rise to positions of authority and because we like to dislike Dwight and, we think Pam and Jim are a great TV couple next to Mike and Carol Brady perhaps.
So... we're back to giving consideration about making a move - somewhere - where we can earn a decent (and I am speaking objectively here) wage rather than being lulled into the doldrums of low wages and a sunshine tax synonymous with the Okanagan. If this were a movie, we'd shrug off the desires of family and friends to travel to some far-off country and carve out a niche for ourselves with the help of a character played by Michael Caine.
Next week at this time, we'll be at Red Mountain in Rossland probably soaking in the hot tub with a bottle of wine on the side. A couple of days there and then off to Nelson and the Whitewater ski resort. Wifey's never been to Nelson so it should be a good time. It's a neat little town especially if the main street is dolloped with snow.
Now, I'm off to bed and will be lulled into a trance by another episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show ...
Disregard my opening paragraph about the missing post. I found it under "drafts." Mea culpa.
In the time expired since her post, we've gone skiing, I had a birthday, drank about 43 cups of joe, 30+ beer, 20 glasses of wine and two glasses of scotch. And there were other things I did, too.
The Olympics are two days off and we decided long ago that rather than head to Vancouver to take in the excitement, being one of those average people that really can't fork out hard-earned hundreds for The Games, we're going to take in some of it at home, in HD, which, admittedly will mean I'll probably watch more than it we did not have HD.
We enjoy The Office because it proves that even incompetents like Michael Scott can rise to positions of authority and because we like to dislike Dwight and, we think Pam and Jim are a great TV couple next to Mike and Carol Brady perhaps.
So... we're back to giving consideration about making a move - somewhere - where we can earn a decent (and I am speaking objectively here) wage rather than being lulled into the doldrums of low wages and a sunshine tax synonymous with the Okanagan. If this were a movie, we'd shrug off the desires of family and friends to travel to some far-off country and carve out a niche for ourselves with the help of a character played by Michael Caine.
Next week at this time, we'll be at Red Mountain in Rossland probably soaking in the hot tub with a bottle of wine on the side. A couple of days there and then off to Nelson and the Whitewater ski resort. Wifey's never been to Nelson so it should be a good time. It's a neat little town especially if the main street is dolloped with snow.
Now, I'm off to bed and will be lulled into a trance by another episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show ...
Disregard my opening paragraph about the missing post. I found it under "drafts." Mea culpa.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Hey! Our dog can surf
It's true. Saw it myself. But not in the conventional sense. Stella - and I've noted this before - can't exactly be described by using the word graceful or nimble but rather clumsy and forcefully awkward. Stella was in her usual perch, lying on top of the blanket while my wife was asleep and when the blanket moved, our little pug was rolling with the undulating motion of the blanket. Most dogs would just bail on snuggling with their owner but not ours.
Total nutball!
My wife's back is buggered--again. But this time, it's worse. She couldn't even sit in the car to drive herself to work, and spent the day prone but that was after the emerg doctor injected her with an anti-inflammatory and sent her off with a prescription for T3s.
Tonight I volunteered to start making this chicken pot pie for tomorrow's dinner but then wifey pulled herself off the couch, brandished a knife and gave me a hand. Not being a natural cook (I do like watching cooking shows), I appreciated this as it cut my prep time in half. All this while we watched "The Biggest Loser."
We're hoping her back heals quickly because we booked an Olympic ski getaway with another couple. I'm sure it will. Besides, it's no fun when she's writhing in pain. And the getaway is taking us away farther away from Vancouver we aren't going to be there. No thank you VANOC.
Right now, I'm watching "Art Mann" presents. He's apparently at the country's largest music festival.
Total nutball!
My wife's back is buggered--again. But this time, it's worse. She couldn't even sit in the car to drive herself to work, and spent the day prone but that was after the emerg doctor injected her with an anti-inflammatory and sent her off with a prescription for T3s.
Tonight I volunteered to start making this chicken pot pie for tomorrow's dinner but then wifey pulled herself off the couch, brandished a knife and gave me a hand. Not being a natural cook (I do like watching cooking shows), I appreciated this as it cut my prep time in half. All this while we watched "The Biggest Loser."
We're hoping her back heals quickly because we booked an Olympic ski getaway with another couple. I'm sure it will. Besides, it's no fun when she's writhing in pain. And the getaway is taking us away farther away from Vancouver we aren't going to be there. No thank you VANOC.
Right now, I'm watching "Art Mann" presents. He's apparently at the country's largest music festival.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
I'm back and dealing with commitment issues
Ahh caught your attention, didn't it? No not that kind of commitment issue.
After a brief hiatus, which I thought Husband had joined me on, I was suprised to read a few more postings by him. Alas, I have knocked off Facebook a bit early tonight and decided I should post something, as I have commited to blog-u-menting( like it?) its my new word for blog documenting. Hah! Genius!
Anyway back to commitment. Everyone always asks us, "So what's different now that you are married?" Well, nothing or is it?
So after reading Husbands posts below, I can attest, we had that conversation over dinner. I'll admit it, its not my favorite conversation to have with him, but i feel we must. His job, in media, has little if no job security. Before marrying, I never really worried about losing a job or what we would do if one of us was out of work. However, now that we are "married" this has seemingly become a issue to me. We have bills, car payments, life styles to keep-up and this would be difficult on 1 salary. What would we do? How fast would one of us find a job?
put most of these quetsions to husband as like i said, he is in more danger of losing his job, than I. So, i guess things have changed as when you are married you no longer worry about your own fears or problems, you take on your partners as well as your own.
None the less I wouldn't trade it as I love husband and would support him, if anything ever happened.
After a brief hiatus, which I thought Husband had joined me on, I was suprised to read a few more postings by him. Alas, I have knocked off Facebook a bit early tonight and decided I should post something, as I have commited to blog-u-menting( like it?) its my new word for blog documenting. Hah! Genius!
Anyway back to commitment. Everyone always asks us, "So what's different now that you are married?" Well, nothing or is it?
So after reading Husbands posts below, I can attest, we had that conversation over dinner. I'll admit it, its not my favorite conversation to have with him, but i feel we must. His job, in media, has little if no job security. Before marrying, I never really worried about losing a job or what we would do if one of us was out of work. However, now that we are "married" this has seemingly become a issue to me. We have bills, car payments, life styles to keep-up and this would be difficult on 1 salary. What would we do? How fast would one of us find a job?
put most of these quetsions to husband as like i said, he is in more danger of losing his job, than I. So, i guess things have changed as when you are married you no longer worry about your own fears or problems, you take on your partners as well as your own.
None the less I wouldn't trade it as I love husband and would support him, if anything ever happened.
There's always something ...
Rolling with life's natural ebb and flow movement makes me wish we were living in the confines of a situation comedy where even the most trying of times can be resolved and wrapped into a neat package and seasoned with a laugh or a chuckle.
Tonight, the dinner table discussion turned to job prospects in the event one of us (more likely me) found ourselves out of work :(
While I've been somewhat diligent in keeping up a job search, it's difficult to know how I would react if I became a work casualty. My wife insists that I would (a) freak out, (b) lose it, (c)become very angry or (d) any combination of the above.
My reaction to this would be, (a) deny it, (b), dismiss it, (c) disagree with it, (d) determine my reaction ahead of time and act in a mature, responsible manner and not let it get me down.
If you picked a, b, c, or d, you might be right. By my own admission, I've never been one that adjusts well to unexpected change.
One of us is celebrating a birthday on Saturday and their spouse is still troubled because she has not bought my present yet. I'm thinking about Seasons Two and Three of The Mary Tyler Moore Show - I know, what a great, um, gift. I think it is.
Seeing that I LOVE watches, a new timepiece is a safe choice and the jury's still out on purchasing a Blu-ray player.
sigh ...
I really don't know what to ask for? How 'bout world peace?
Tonight, the dinner table discussion turned to job prospects in the event one of us (more likely me) found ourselves out of work :(
While I've been somewhat diligent in keeping up a job search, it's difficult to know how I would react if I became a work casualty. My wife insists that I would (a) freak out, (b) lose it, (c)become very angry or (d) any combination of the above.
My reaction to this would be, (a) deny it, (b), dismiss it, (c) disagree with it, (d) determine my reaction ahead of time and act in a mature, responsible manner and not let it get me down.
If you picked a, b, c, or d, you might be right. By my own admission, I've never been one that adjusts well to unexpected change.
One of us is celebrating a birthday on Saturday and their spouse is still troubled because she has not bought my present yet. I'm thinking about Seasons Two and Three of The Mary Tyler Moore Show - I know, what a great, um, gift. I think it is.
Seeing that I LOVE watches, a new timepiece is a safe choice and the jury's still out on purchasing a Blu-ray player.
sigh ...
I really don't know what to ask for? How 'bout world peace?
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