sometimes...why?

happy birthday kirstie burstie!

yesterday was my baby sister's birthday, she turned 18, can you believe it??? i remember when she was born. my brother's and i went over to my aunt and uncle's house and i anxiously awaited to hear if i had a sister. 2 boys was plenty for me and all i wanted was a girl! jordan wanted to name her pee-wee. she has grown up to be such a beautiful and talented young lady, i'm so proud of her! she scored last night at her hockey game, way to go :) kirst will always do something fun, be crazy, do embarrassing things, you name it. this is one of my favorite pictures of us playing '24', the guns aren't real.

only 21 more days until i get to see her!!

quiz of 3's from all of us.

mike is 1's, megan 2's and dexter is the 3's. welcome to the land of fascination.

THREE NAMES I GO BY

1. mike/michael/rossa, ha

2. megan/megsy/meme

3.dexter/dexy/woof/puppy

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE

1. city worker, lot boy at a car dealership (another laugh?), demolition man i.e. demolitioner

2. cedar chest, power house at the mine, bath and body works

3. sleeping, being cute, giving kisses

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED

1. victoria, minnesota, surrey

2. ely, silver bay, duluth

3. surrey

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH

1. dexter, the office, how i met your mother

2. dexter, the office, how i met your mother

3. hockey night in canada, dexter, dogtown

THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN

1. winnipeg, silver bay, powell river

2. antigua, hawaii, disney world

3. silver bay, whistler, seattle

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO

1. hawaii, new york, europe 

2. new york, germany, mexico

3. everywhere my mom and dad go, on a table full of food, to the movies

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS

1. pizza, fettuccine alfredo, cheeseburgers

2. mushrooms, mashed potatoes, nachos

3. chewriffics, meat, cheese dip

THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO

1. my wife getting a job (lots of laughing), my wife's first paycheck, going to minnesota for christmas

2. minnesota for christmas, having money to buy things, wrapping presents 

3. someone coming over, a chewriffic, visiting my grandma and grandpa

THREE ANIMALS WHO I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH

1. dexter, amo, mitch

2. dexter, tess, molly

3. scooby, amo, lucy

THREE THINGS I AM REALLY SCARED OF

1. not being good at stuff, not having enough money, dexter not being happy

2. hitting homeless people with the door, being home alone at night, creepy people

3. the vacuum, rain, my mom and dad leaving

THREE FAVORITE BOOKS

1. the partner

2. twilight series, harry potter, janet evanovich

3. eating paper

THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS

1. kings of leon, pearl jam, black eyed peas

2. fergie, christina aguilera, taylor swift

3. black eyed peas

THREE FAVORITE MOVIES

1. dark knight, old school, the hangover

2. turistas, hangover, proposal

3. transformers 2, taking of pelham 123, hotel for dogs

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS

1. beer, captain morgan, diet coke

2. diet coke, crystal light, diet dew

3. water, ice cubes, milk

THREE THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A GUY

1. biceps, abs, pecs

2. justin morneau, taylor lautner, that should do it

3. treats, a leash, gives me kisses

THREE THINGS I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT

1. megan, dexter, family

2. mike and dexter and my family, the internet, tivo

3. mom and dad, sleep, rawhide's

new moon.

this is everyone else's post and facebook status but i don't care! i went to the 1130am showing of new moon yesterday, i felt a little weird going right away, but compared to some of the creepers going to see it i'm pretty sure i pulled it off. you know who else pulled it off (literally)?

omg. DISCLAIMER: i realize he's 17, but come on! anyways, the movie was so good, so much better than twilight, and new moon was my least favorite book. i was very happy with the movie and look forward to seeing it again. i've been seeing the new moon cast on talk shows all week and i can't believe how crazy people go for them, it's honestly freaky! yesterday rpatz was on ellen and people screamed for 10 minutes straight. he barely got to talk. can you imagine if that was your life? rpatz and kstew need to embrace it though, they were a little odd. do you remember being that crazy for say, new kids on the block, when you were that age? i don't think i liked anything that much i'd actually cry if i saw them. yesterday on rachael ray a lady (around 35, no joke) was so obsessed with nikki reed from new moon she about cried when she met her, and asked her to autograph her poster. for herself. not her kids. seriously. then a 28 year old woman with a twilight room. check this out. yikes. can you imagine the look on mike's face if i redecorated our room to a twilight theme? correct me if i'm wrong, but if you are going to be a creepy twilight lover, you should do it secretly from your own home or with your other nerdy friends :) 

movie watcher.

i've been meaning to do this for awhile now, maybe it will help you out! i hate when i want to see a movie but i don't know anyone who's seen it.

zombieland- so funny, def go see it. mike laughed so loud it was almost embarassing :)

amelia- i am really interested in amelia earhart so i really enjoyed this movie, it's not oscar worthy or anything but interesting to say the least.

law abiding citizen- entertaining, gerard butler=hot.

2012- i have been dying to see this, it's about 30 minutes too long but the special effects are pretty cool and it's funny/sad/happy/scary so i guess something for everyone.

the fourth kind- also so excited to see this movie, i love scary movies plus it says it's based on a true story. i'm not really sure what to believe when it comes to the facts, but i do believe this movie was boring. i think it would have been a better documentary.

today we rented transformers 2:revenge of the fallen and the taking of pelham 123, it's a rainy-stayinside-movie kind of day!

my christmas plans.

since i'm in holiday spirits, i'd love to share my good news with you all! yesterday we bought our tickets to come to minnesota for christmas. mike, dexter, and i are heading home december 16th. the good news is we fly from vancouver right into duluth, the bad news is our tickets were the extreme opposite of a good deal. i can't wait to get there, it will be nice to spend christmas with my family and it will be mike and i's first christmas together, and mike and dexter's first christmas together. mike had to work last christmas and dex and i were in mn. we will be back in vancouver the 26th so we can spend the holidays with mike's family too!

i'm so excited for christmas, does anyone else love that starbucks is already decorated for the holidays? since canadian thanksgiving was weeks ago, people here start putting their trees and lights up about a week ago, i'm still waiting to celebrate my thanksgiving before i get the decor out. but how fun would it be to decorate today :) someone hold me back from the christmas boxes. i love unpacking them each year and finding things i forgot i had, or bought on clearance the year before and haven't used yet. maybe i'll just peek inside and see what we've got :)

what are your plans for christmas? is anyone traveling far away like us? i never thought i'd be one of those people who's families were so far away and had to share holidays!

family photo '09, thom did not want to participate.

family photo, what a classy bunch :)

34 more days! 

halloween, finally.

i love halloween, definitely one of my favorite holidays. this year was the first year i didn't dress up and i was feeling bad about it. mike had a hockey game halloween night at 930 so that pretty much vetoed plans for the night. we got invited over to our friends wendy and kelly's for pizza and candy. wendy and i took dexter and her girls trick or treating. her girls are my favorite! look how cute they are:

kennedy was a 'wion' and kamryn's obv a witch. kamryn and dexter had a great time, kennedy went to one house and spent the night chillaxin' in the wagon eating her candy :)

since we wouldn't be home for halloween night, i made my yearly spooky dinner.

with festive cupcakes!

 

i hope everyone had a fun halloween, i realize it was weeks ago now, but i enjoyed everyone's costumes and kids costume pictures!

happy halloween!

 

dexter is a rooster,his BFF scooby is mickey mouse :)

have a fun and safe halloween! 

one pile of garbage too far.

ok.

guess who's back.

yep.

just you know, playing psp, smoking a cig, having a beer at my back door. this is the mess he left this morning.

GROSS! anyways, we were ticked. i came home at 3 and interrupted him changing clothes at the back door. is that too far i ask? so in a rage i called the police but no one has been here yet, perhaps they have more urgent matters than 'man playing psp, smoking a cig, having a beer at my back door'. so i ask of you, am i overreacting? or is it too much to ask that residents of the building change indoors? 

my lil' twins fan.

what a cute little snuggler! this day we got dexter up at 8, he was not happy, i took him outside but it was raining, he ran back to the door and ran upstairs to curl up for sleep :)
 

yoga.

i love hot yoga, absolutely love it. it's so addicting! every class i can tell i'm getting better and more flexible. day to day i feel more relaxed and less tense. since i've started going i've lost 7 pounds. i feel much leaner instead of the bulky work out feeling. today we learned this:

i saw our teacher do it and thought to myself no way in the world will i be able to do it. guess what? i did it. not for a long time, but i still did i! i was so proud of myself and came home to show mike what i learned. it was so hard i thought he'd be impressed. he takes one look at me, thinks about it, and goes for it himself. sure enough he whips out the pose in .2 seconds. thanks for taking the wind out of my sails. i think dexter was impressed.