Blargh, poop in a bag.

Sooo...are you upset over my title? I don't care. I am the one to poop in a bag, not you. Nor will you be handling it.  Actually, its going in a container, then into a bag. So ya know, no bones. (Im cool the way I say that)


Went to the doctor, not feeling so great.  I have been anemic in the past and assumed this was the dealio again.  Got my blood tested and the results showed that I was anemic however, my iron levels are ok.  Meaning, something else is driving my anemia.  So now, I gotta fast (OH MY GAWSH) for 12 hrs and get more blood work done.  Plus, to rule out colon cancer, they want my poop, in a container, and in a bag.  I will do this on Oct 9th. Yay.  Also, like most people, I am Vitamin D deficient.  So now, I am taking Vitamin D and Calcium supplements.  


Also, to restore some balance in my digestive system, I am using Metamucil.  WHY OH WHY did I chose flavourless? It is so NOT flavourless.  I mix it into my water, and I just floaty bran.  It tastes horrible. But I have been doing it every morning.   Terra makes me a smoothie every morning that consists of:
blueberries
strawberries
banana
yogurt
juice
recently added: peach puree
whey protein powder
ice

They are so yummy.  Tomorrow I am going to bring my Metamucil and stir it in.  I think that would be best.


I am hungry and have no cravings right now. So, how do I know what to cook?  Not that I have a lot here.


I am enjoying my visit with my sister, Sandra and Richard.  So far, so good.


I deleted Family Guy off the pvr by accident, now Andrew is pissed.


Oh well.

I am hungry

I am hungry. Can we talk about food?


Things I like to cook.
Chicken Enchiladas
Mexican Pizzas
Ham and Cheesy Scallop Potatoes
Homemade Hamburger Helper Stroganoff


That's enough about food.


I met a new girl today.  She also likes Twilight. She is Team Edward.  So that made me happy.  Most of my friends are Team Jacob. I need new friends right? RIGHT? I know.


Something me and Michelle do a lot is say we want to do stuff, but never do it.  We even went as far as creating a list.  Want to see it?

Laser Tag
Paint Pottery
Bingo
Bowling
Create and do a local scavenger hunt
Host a murder mystery dinner
Go to see Jubilations dinner theatre
Get our eyebrows threaded


So, we have gone to Bingo, we want to do more often. We think its fun. Tonight tho, my dear friend Stacey organized a pottery night! WOO! I get to go do pottery painting with my friends! I am excited about that.


Then my sisters Sam and Sandra are coming in tonight late.  Can't wait! 


I have to go eat now.

The right amount of leather.

Warning, this blog will be stupid.
Wait, its always that way.


Here are the things I want to talk about.
Adam Lambert and the right amount of leather.
Cleaning the fridge.
My cat pissing on my carpet.
Stalker dogs.
Blackberrys.
Bacon.


Dear Adam Lambert: Exactly, what is the right amount of leather? I hear this line his song and everytime I say silently "what is the right amount of leather?"  Am I the only one that wonders what this is?  I envision leather assless chaps everytime.


I took on the daunting task of cleaning my fridge. Its been 3 hrs and I am still not done. Yes, Im blogging during this cleaning time. I don't know why I am blogging right now, but atleast the fridge gets a mention. 

Pisser

We renovated our basement last summer, we immediately found this weird smell.  I thought the contractors effed something up and I was pissed off. I called them in to answer for that.  They advised they did nothing wrong and that smell was animal urine.  I was insulted! No way could my precious dogs and cats do that.   We have steam cleaned the carpet in that area and done many treatments, with no success. I think ultimately we have to replace the underlay.  Well, the other day, Hilary, Michelle and I were watching tv in the basement and Hilary says "Look at how Gizmo is sitting, its funny!", we look over and he is in the position to pee or poop.  I yell at him and he runs away. I feel the carpet, and its wet. Gizmo has been peeing in the location of the smell!  I am so mad! I went to Pet Planet and talked to the girl there about it, she had almost the same scenario, she recommended a product for cleaning the carpet. Hopefully it will. She said if that didnt work to steam clean not using the typical products, but with Nature's Miracle cleaner. Dang cat.


We also have two golden retrievers, Amber and Zakia.  We call them Stalker Dogs.  They often just sit and stare at you.  They follow you. If you move, they move. Their bond to Andrew is weird to me. I don't get it.  They are so clingy and attention whores.  But we love them.  


I am so excited, Matt and Michelle got Blackberry's!!!! I am jealous, that Michelle got a better one than me!  But happy none the less. I hear that Matt's finfers are too fat to type.  It will get better Matty!


Last but not least. BACON.  While cleaning my fridge today, I found a pack of bacon I bought last week.  We cooked and ate this glorious bacon.  I really want a donut with a maple glaze and crumbled bacon on top. I know this would be good.  I know it.  Bacon doesn't make things worse, it makes them better!


Well, I suppose I should get back to that fridge cleaning...im so close to be done. Well not really. But I know it won't get done while I play on the internet. 

I might be spoiling here! WATCH OUT!

Can we talk about the finales of America's Got Talent and Big Brother? Oh and any other shows I think about.
Now, I am talking about the winners and runners up, so be forewarned.




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Lets start with Big Brother. Haydon won. Here are the final two:


Blah blah blah...it was ok. Lane was painful but fun to watch. I don't care if he punched a boxer in the face and threw a bag of kittens into a rock crusher. Life on the farm is different from my city living.  Clearly.
What I will miss most about Summer is that Big Brother is my summer!  I love going to my friends Keri and Stacey's house every Thursday night for good food, good friends, good laughs and ofcourse, a house guest being evicted.  The finale on Wednesday, signaled the end of summer.  I will miss seeing Keri, Stacey, Shayne, Sarah, Stacy, and Kenzie, every Thursday night.  Now we have to wait 10 months for it to begin again.

America's Got Talent. OK first, Nick Cannon is so cute.  Secondly, I was mad at Usher's performance. He did OK but I wanted more real singing than back track.  Least he danced his own moves.
Finalist were not bad. 


I was disappointed when the first act to leave was Prince Poppycock, followed by Fighting Gravity. Those to me, were the most Vegas-esque acts.   I know Michael Grimm can sing well, but that little girl with that opera voice was smashing. I wish her well, and believe that she should've beat him.


I also saw True Blood.  Honestly, I forget the ending. Oh right, BYE BILL! Tara cut her hair and did Sam shoot his brother? WTF is with the panthers? Seriously. Too much going on, just show me Eric naked and move on.


I love that Vampire Diaries is back!!!! Yay!  Oh noes, Katherine killed Caroline.  Or did she? She had Damon's blood in her system still! Vampire Caroline will be AWESOME! Oh and that dickface, with the dead dad...werewolves right? RIGHT? I know I've seen this Vampire/Werewolf story done to death, but im still all over it.


I also got to see Parenthood return this week.  I am obsessed with that show. Its like, if Andrew and I were functional and good parents, that one family could be ours.  With the teenage daughter and their Aspergers son.  I see there is a Baldwin this season. I have no clue which one tho.  


Glee is coming next week! SO excited! Kurt will have a boyfriend and there is a new girl in the school! WOOT! Oh and John Stamos. Srsly. It will be an awesome season. I know it.


I am also watching America's Next Top Model.  I loved the groupings. I enjoyed the premiere, it didn't drag out, and ya, that's all I have to say on that.


Andrew is playing CJay in the background while I type this, and I have to say I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.  I don't want to brag, but I think I have ESPN or something, I totally knew Andrew was going to sneeze before he actually did. I predicted it, and it came true.

Vampires, Werewolves and Toddlers, OH MY!

So, its been on my mind to go see Eclipse again before it leaves the big screen.  I asked Jill to go with me to the cheap theaters to see it again.  She agreed. Tuesday at 1245, it was a date!!! I got to the theater early and it wasn't open.  A mom with a stroller joined me.  She was confused why the doors weren't open at 12:00pm as she was seeing a movie at 12:15pm.  I asked her what movie, she said "Eclipse". Then a mom with a baby let us in, she was friends with the mom I was talking to. In my mind I was like "Oh for friggin sakes..have to hear the babies cry".


Then as Jill arrives on time,  I tell her about it, she's like "That's ok".  Then we see two more moms with strollers show up. Then before I know it there are about 4 more moms with babies in arms or strollers. I am  like "Ok, a drawback to a Tuesday matinee at a cheap theatre is mom's bringing babies" Jill laughed and assured me it would be ok.   


We go to buy our tickets and the lady advises me that "Eclipse today is a Mom and Tot showing, we will lower the volume of the soundtrack and we won't really dim the lights, do you still want to buy" Inside I am screaming NO!!!!  But I look at Jill and she has a look on her face that says "its ok" so I say "yes".  I drove over 35 minutes to get to this theatre, I am so close to seeing my boyfriend Edward again.....I am not leaving now.  How bad could it be? The lady then says "Ok, just note the babies are free to make noise and wander around".  Again I am saying in my head "oh no".  But Edward wins.  Jill then says "Its probably better this way for someone who had an aneurysm"  With that statement, I am ok with the low lights and quieter soundtrack.


So we need to choose where to sit.  Babies in strollers in front, and at the back.  So I pick the middle.  The movie is starting a bit late...Jill advises me she has to pee. So I am in there alone with the moms and babies.  My cell isn't getting service in this old concrete theater.  I am bored. Jill comes back and says "there is a lot of mom's here". I then turn around, there are easily 20 of them more with babies.  Then I realize how loud it is.  As a mom, I generally tune kids out.


Up comes the screen telling me to turn off my phone.  My thoughts were, "if those babies can cry and scream, I can talk on my phone if I want".  Jill and I laughed at that.


So, the movie starts. Its louder than I thought it was going to be, but the lights are brighter than I expected.  The babies? Not too bad. I mean really, I choose to go in knowing they would all be there.  There is minimal crying and such.  The odd time, one would go wandering and play with their toys, but for the most part, not too bad.  The babies were obviously Team Edward, they tended to cry when Jacob was on the screen.  I don't blame them.


What was great, was that Jill and I felt completely comfortable talking while the movie was on, cos no one could really hear us over the movie and the babies!  We laughed and made jokes. At one point there were babies crying on either side of us...STEREO! 


Loved it, duh. That was my 4th time seeing it.  I bet most of you thought I had seen it more!


I think its great that they have movies for Moms and Tots. Wish that was around when my kids were little. 
Will I knowingly go to Moms and Tots day again? No way.

But I don't really have much to say.

Normally, I have a list of things to talk about, but today I don't have anything to talk about.  So why blog?
Because Michael and Terra want me to.  

Michael is interesting. He likes purses, shoes and makeup.  I know what you're thinking....but he's not gay.  He's just a guy who appreciates fashion.  He once told me "I like when a girl puts effort forth, she doesn't need to be designer clothes or anything, just look like she cares about herself".  I was offended, mainly cos I looked like shit that day, but I had to agree, I didn't deserve his fashion desirable eyes, I had not put any effort forth. Shun me, for I have not styled my hair, painted my face, nor put on any cute shoes.  Alas, I agree with him.  Far too many people come to work dressed horribly, and they clearly don't care.   So that's Michael, changing one girl at a time to look decent.  HI MICHAEL!!!

So speaking of clothes...

Terra is my Team Leader. I love her. She is the best thing to happen to me. I sometimes feel bad for mocking her clothing choices. I think I just need to respect that she marches to the beat of different drum.   I just have to repeat to myself, "Its ok to wear pink uggs, skirt, plaid shirt with a skull and cross bones scarf" She is allowed to parade about like that. She's the shit, she knows it.  She wears that outfit with such confidence, and I love it.  I love that she is playful and colourful.   She clearly put some thought into her outfit (Michael likes that).  YOU GO GIRL!!!

My feet are swollen. They look stupid. 

Hilary is off on a date tonight with a boy named Nick, who btw, has beautiful eyes.  She's meeting him at Starbucks.  His mom wants to meet Andrew and Hilary when she gets to Starbucks to ensure her child isn't going off with a Pedophile.  She's a good mom. I like that mom already.

I have a cyst in my eye.  I was all quasimoto for a day.  Its better now.

Well im off to bed. I was up late last night for the Aerosmith concert.  Wait, before I go, I have to say, that Joan Jett rocked it. Seriously, I had such low expectations for this 50something lady in leather pants trying to be her younger self, but she was awesome.  Low expectations were perfect, cos I am dazzled by her.

I took my Edward Cullen lunchbox to work today and I felt great about it.

Goodnight :)

Whoa..I almost forgot a reflection. I am posting this on September 11th.  That means something. Something big. This goes beyond Michael's non gayness and Terra's clothes....

(prepare for tears and not from laughter..this is where the blog goes deep..yes..I said deep)

Here goes...

We all remember that day. I was woken up by a phone call from Andrew telling a plane flew into a WTC building. I had no clue what that meant, never heard of WTC.  He told me to turn on the tv. I was stunned at what I saw, before I had time to really process what I had seen, the second plane flew into the other building live on my tv.  The worst part was realizing this was done on purpose.  I was immobile and horrified.    

I did not take Hilary to school, and I was so grateful when Andrew came home by lunch time because they shut down downtown.  Living in an oil and gas town, we had many threats so they shut it down.  The rest of the days are a fog to me now. I did nothing but watch news. I cried constantly as they showed people holding pictures of loved ones saying "Have you seen my dad?".


I can't even continue my thoughts. 


I told you blogging is cathartic.

I can't treat my facebook status as a thought place...

Things I want to talk about:


Twilight
Vampires
Sister coming
Big Brother
LA trip
Bingo
Denver sandwiches.


Twilight:  I want to be one of those TwiMoms who go to Port Angeles and Forks and do the tour. I think I can start in Vancouver tho!!!  I have Oct 15 to the 20th off. Money is another story, but I want to do it.  I can fly to Victoria, ferry over to Port Angeles, spend the night, drive to forks the next day, spend the night, then on the 3rd day come home.  Who wants to come with me? I need to share the costs of car rental and hotel.


Vampires: I had a two second moment of OH MY GAWSH, True Blood ends on Sunday and no Twilight Saga movies for 436 days. I have no Vampires in my life till summer at minimum.  Then I remember Vampire Diaries starts on Thursday night. OH how I have missed my boyfriends!!! Can't wait.


Sister coming: My sister Sam and Sandra are coming to visit me on the 24th of this month. I am uber excited. My sister's birthday is tomorrow, but im not giving her her bday gift till I see her!!! I can't wait to see them!


Big Brother:  Well, well, well.  What a friggin likeable cast.  Its so boring! But yet, im glued to it.  I love that I get together with some of my closest friends here in Calgary every Thursday night.  We are broken up into couples, and each week a different couple makes the dinner for the large group.  I love it. 


LA Trip:  So I have November 6 to the 18th off.  Since my dear friend Bari can get us free passes to Universal and Legoland, we have decided to go there instead, if money provides that opportunity. I am excited because I will get to see the Gonzales family and Crystal :)  Looking forward to doing some shopping. We haven't really done our back to school shopping and we plan on doing it in LA!


BINGO: The Bingo bug has stuck! I had so much fun last week, I have to go again. That is all.


Denver Sandwiches:  These are the best.  I bought a sandwich maker...  today I poured into the casting, scrambled eggs with green onion, ham and green pepper. Then I toasted bread (funny since I have a sandwich maker) and voila..it was delish!!!
















So, that is all I have to say...for now.

What a fantastic nap!

I seriously just had an amazing nap.  This is the second day in a row where I have napped. I think my body is just fed up with my timing. I get up everyday anywhere between 2 am and 330 am for work.  By the time come home, I am starving, thirsty and tired.  I feel bad for my family. I believe my quality of life is suffering as I usually go to bed before my youngest child.  My husband gets lonely :(


One thing I can do about that is go to the gym.  Its time. It is really time.  Been there before, and I feel awesome afterwards, emotionally.  So that is my goal right now...get to the gym.  Its hard when I am exhausted all the time to get that inspiration to go to the gym.  I am picking a start date for the gym, September 27th.  Why that date? Its so far out right? Well, that is the week that I work Monday to Friday and have my weekends off. I have that schedule for 4 weeks.  That will be a good steady time for me to get into the a routine.  Be sure to tune into my blog then it will be filled with: I am so tired, great workout, feel good about..must eat and sleep. Completely, exciting. I could do a weigh in and blog my progress. Accountability works great for me. Captive audience? I love audiences!


Perfect segway to my topic of Glee.  So, I started a Glee Club at WestJet.  We are called Cabin Pressure.  I have 17 members and our first meeting is on Sept 22. I have no idea WHERE, but its happening!  I am not a good singer at all, but I love to sing and I have found 16 others who also love to sing.  I hope it will be fun and not too drama filled. I am trying to figure out which Glee member I am, perhaps Sue Sylvester, just really wanting to be part of the group.


Blogging can be so cathartic for someone. Having a place to share their feelings that have to be released but maybe not spoken to a person.  Here are some examples.


My friend Jenn's blog:
http://jldinspiredtoday.blogspot.com/


My husband's blog:
http://pissedoffrant.blogspot.com/


An adult who Aspergers like my son:
http://lifeontheothersideofthewall.blogspot.com/


and lastly, my friend Michele
http://polyesterangel.blogspot.com/


Thanks for stopping by and reading what I have to say, feel, and think.