I am really looking forward to my 4-day weekend this weekend! CT doesn’t know yet if he can get Friday off, so if he can’t, I guess we will go to the cottage as soon as he gets home from work. Otherwise, if he can get the day off, we will head up Friday morning.
We had a very productive weekend. On Thursday and Friday evenings, I did the mudding and sanding in the guest room. Saturday morning, CT and I painted the ceiling. My mom came over on Saturday afternoon for a bit to help me prime the walls. While she and I did that, CT worked in the backyard. He went nuts with the weed wacker, which is awesome because my backyard was an absolute jungle. He made such progress, it’s amazing. Then on Sunday, CT and I went to church and then did the first coat of paint in the guest room in the morning and the second coat in the evening. So, now all that is left to do in there is paint the trim, which we are going to do tomorrow evening. Then I can move the furniture back in and it will be all ready for my guests next weekend – yay! SOOOO looking forward to having my girls over. It’s been way too long! 2 months since our last visit.
CT’s cat Gino is currently staying at my place too. I wanted he and Smokey to meet before they are officially living under the same roof. Gino is not the most social cat, he hisses at Smokey. Apparently a couple of years ago, Gino had a bad experience living with a cat that beat him up. So, he’s not liking having Smokey around. So, when CT and I are not home, we have to separate the cats. But, I’m hoping with time, they can learn to co-exist and maybe even become friends. It just may take some time.
I had dinner with my ex-fiance’s mom last night. It reminded me that tomorrow will mark 4 years after the day I was supposed to marry her son. Hard to believe it was that long ago! A lot has happened since then. I am so thankful I didn’t marry him. I am MUCH better off now. And of course now I have CT, so everything is just peachy ;)
CT and I are going to take a trip together in October, so I am very excited about that. We are going to do a 1-week all inclusive resort on a beach thing. My top 3 destinations are: Punta Cana, Veradero, or the Mayan Riviera. I think Punta Cana is our first choice, we will have to discuss it further. I have been there before, but it was so beautiful, I would love to go back!
That’s the update from my side of the fence.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
Murphy's Law
This weekend, I will be busy with my house, but I am really looking forward to getting the guest room underway so I can finish it up next Friday and then relax for the long weekend.
What a morning I had this morning. It was kind of funny actually. CT and I were talking while I was getting ready for work and we were talking about punctuality. I said “I have never been late for work a day in my life.” Then, I got in my car and started driving to work. I didn’t get far before I realized that something was wrong with my tire. Luckily, my parents live just around the corner, so I stopped in their driveway and got out to have a look. Sure enough, one of my tires was almost completely flat.
So, I called Toyota right away to see if I could get Zeke in today to be fixed. They said yes. Since I missed the first shuttle, the next one wasn’t until 8:30. So, I went in to my parents house to see if my mom was awake yet and if she could drive me from Toyota to work. She was still asleep. So, I called CT at my place and asked if he could. Of course he wanted to rescue me, so he met me at Toyota and drove me to work. So, after all that, I was 7 minutes late to work. The first time in my life I have been late for work and it was not half an hour after telling CT that I have never been late. Make me want to say “I have never been able to lose weight without trying” and see if that works ;)
Anyways, Zeke is all fixed up now; turns out he had a nail stuck in his tire. So, they fixed that and I can go pick him up after work. I was hoping it would be an easy fix. I know I do need to get new tires soon, they are getting pretty warn, I was hoping I could make it a few more months and it sounds like I can. I will get new tires for him in the fall, definitely before the snow hits.
Man, this afternoon seems to be dragging on. I still have another 2 hours of work and I would really like to just go home so I can get the mudding done in the guest room. If I am feeling really ambitious tonight, I may paint the ceiling in the guest room as well. Otherwise, I will do that tomorrow afternoon.
Have a most excellent weekend everyone!
What a morning I had this morning. It was kind of funny actually. CT and I were talking while I was getting ready for work and we were talking about punctuality. I said “I have never been late for work a day in my life.” Then, I got in my car and started driving to work. I didn’t get far before I realized that something was wrong with my tire. Luckily, my parents live just around the corner, so I stopped in their driveway and got out to have a look. Sure enough, one of my tires was almost completely flat.
So, I called Toyota right away to see if I could get Zeke in today to be fixed. They said yes. Since I missed the first shuttle, the next one wasn’t until 8:30. So, I went in to my parents house to see if my mom was awake yet and if she could drive me from Toyota to work. She was still asleep. So, I called CT at my place and asked if he could. Of course he wanted to rescue me, so he met me at Toyota and drove me to work. So, after all that, I was 7 minutes late to work. The first time in my life I have been late for work and it was not half an hour after telling CT that I have never been late. Make me want to say “I have never been able to lose weight without trying” and see if that works ;)
Anyways, Zeke is all fixed up now; turns out he had a nail stuck in his tire. So, they fixed that and I can go pick him up after work. I was hoping it would be an easy fix. I know I do need to get new tires soon, they are getting pretty warn, I was hoping I could make it a few more months and it sounds like I can. I will get new tires for him in the fall, definitely before the snow hits.
Man, this afternoon seems to be dragging on. I still have another 2 hours of work and I would really like to just go home so I can get the mudding done in the guest room. If I am feeling really ambitious tonight, I may paint the ceiling in the guest room as well. Otherwise, I will do that tomorrow afternoon.
Have a most excellent weekend everyone!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Summer is here!
Well, we are officially in summer and here I am, yet again, sitting at my desk at work when I would rather be outside. I haven’t even been to the cottage yet this year because I have been so busy with the house. This weekend, I am going to get the first coat of paint up in the guest room which means tonight, I am going to do the first coat of mudding, tomorrow night sand and more mudding, Saturday sand and paint ceiling and prime walls, and Sunday first coat of paint. Then, next Friday (the 30th) I don’t work since it’s the day we are observing as a stat, so I am going to do the second coat of paint in the guest room and paint the trim. Then, next Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, I am going to spend at the cottage (I have Monday July 3rd off too because I have some banked overtime I am going to use).
CT is going to bring his cat (Gino) to my place this weekend so he can meet Smokey. Hopefully Gino and Smokey get along! We’ll see. Should be interesting.
CT is going to bring his cat (Gino) to my place this weekend so he can meet Smokey. Hopefully Gino and Smokey get along! We’ll see. Should be interesting.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Various things...
Saturday was so warm to be outside all day, but it was a fun day. The dragonboat races went really well. We ended up getting 15th place out of 24 teams in our division, which we were really pleased with considering that last year we placed 21st out of 24 teams. It was a lot of fun. CT came to cheer us on. We had a few hours between our races, so we hung out and watched some of the other races.
I just got back from the doctors. I had to get a tetanus shot and I mentioned my hip flexor problem to her. She referred me to a sports physician, so I called there as soon as I got back to the office. The earliest appointment I could get is on July 6, a mere 3 days before my first scheduled triathlon. So, participating in the Peterborough tri is definitely a no for this year. Which is disappointing. I will still go to cheer lj on of course! I am aiming to do the give-it-a-tri in Cobourg in August and then the sprint in Wasaga in September, but I really have to wait until after my sports medicine appointment to see what the prognosis is. I don’t want to make any decisions until then. So, in the meantime, I will do low-impact exercising only. This is very frustrating, so I really hope the sports physician can help me.
I need to get back to exercising, pronto. As in I am starting tomorrow. I have been wanting to get back into the swing of things lately and I guess I have some added motivation that I may need to look good for engagement photos soon ;) I was visiting my grandmother yesterday, it was going well (for any of you that don’t know, my grandmother is very rude and critical), and she says “You are putting on weight; you need to eat better and exercise more”. Which is absolutely true, but that was very rude of her to say! Yes, I have put on maybe 5 pounds in the last month or so due to lack of exercise since I have spent almost every waking moment working on my house, but I don’t need her to tell me that! I was in such a good mood and then she had to say that. Grrrr. Like I don’t know I am a little heavier than I was a month ago. Does she not know I have been trying to lose weight for like 2 years? It’s none of her business how much I weigh. That made me so mad. Just a few days prior to her rude remark, my mom and I decided to do a 10-pound challenge. We each want to lose 10 pounds by Sept. 1st and if we both make it, we are going to go to the spa together this fall with the money we raised last time we tried to lose weight. So, I hope we can do it! Losing 10 pounds in 2.5 months definitely seems do-able. I wanted to set a goal that I can actually attain. So, here we go again… fourteenth time’s a charm ;)
I just got back from the doctors. I had to get a tetanus shot and I mentioned my hip flexor problem to her. She referred me to a sports physician, so I called there as soon as I got back to the office. The earliest appointment I could get is on July 6, a mere 3 days before my first scheduled triathlon. So, participating in the Peterborough tri is definitely a no for this year. Which is disappointing. I will still go to cheer lj on of course! I am aiming to do the give-it-a-tri in Cobourg in August and then the sprint in Wasaga in September, but I really have to wait until after my sports medicine appointment to see what the prognosis is. I don’t want to make any decisions until then. So, in the meantime, I will do low-impact exercising only. This is very frustrating, so I really hope the sports physician can help me.
I need to get back to exercising, pronto. As in I am starting tomorrow. I have been wanting to get back into the swing of things lately and I guess I have some added motivation that I may need to look good for engagement photos soon ;) I was visiting my grandmother yesterday, it was going well (for any of you that don’t know, my grandmother is very rude and critical), and she says “You are putting on weight; you need to eat better and exercise more”. Which is absolutely true, but that was very rude of her to say! Yes, I have put on maybe 5 pounds in the last month or so due to lack of exercise since I have spent almost every waking moment working on my house, but I don’t need her to tell me that! I was in such a good mood and then she had to say that. Grrrr. Like I don’t know I am a little heavier than I was a month ago. Does she not know I have been trying to lose weight for like 2 years? It’s none of her business how much I weigh. That made me so mad. Just a few days prior to her rude remark, my mom and I decided to do a 10-pound challenge. We each want to lose 10 pounds by Sept. 1st and if we both make it, we are going to go to the spa together this fall with the money we raised last time we tried to lose weight. So, I hope we can do it! Losing 10 pounds in 2.5 months definitely seems do-able. I wanted to set a goal that I can actually attain. So, here we go again… fourteenth time’s a charm ;)
Friday, June 16, 2006
Friday - yay!
I just got a laptop and cell phone from work, so that is exciting. Free laptop and cell phone, can’t beat that! My laptop is a dell and is a widescreen, so I like it a lot. Since I got wireless internet at home, I am going to take my laptop home this weekend and see if I can get on the wireless internet from my living room, or out on the back deck... man, that sounds nice!
I am now fourth in line at my company in terms of seniority. Pretty wild considering I have only been here a little over 2 years. It’s pretty common in the consulting world to have a high turnover, so that’s how I got to be number 4, most of the people ahead of me have left. I don’t think I’ll be leaving anytime soon though, I still love it and I want to stay at least until I get my P.Eng., which is about a year to a year and a half away.
So here we are at another Friday. Things are progressing at my house. My entranceway and upstairs hall now have the first coat of paint up, and it looks amazing! I had my painters back to do that yesterday. I’m glad I got them to do it, because they do a really professional job. They are gone now for a few weeks on vacation, but I am going to see if they can come back for a day when they are back in town mid-July to finish the entranceway and hall.
This weekend and next weekend, my goal is to get the guest room done. I’m doing it in a Toronto Maple Leafs theme, so I got the official team colours paint from Home Depot. It will look so good! Exciting stuff. I want to have it all ready in full leafs form for when lj comes to stay with me the weekend of July 8-9 for the tri. I likely have to be a spectator for that one since my hip flexor is still giving me grief. I have a doctor’s appointment on Monday, so I will mention it to her and see if she can offer any advice.
Tomorrow, I am in the dragonboat races in town. It will be my third year participating in them and I’m sure it will be a fun day. A really good cause too; it is to raise money for breast cancer research. It’s supposed to be pretty warm and sunny tomorrow, so I guess I better remember to wear sunscreen! Looking forward to the day of fun in the sun.
I am now fourth in line at my company in terms of seniority. Pretty wild considering I have only been here a little over 2 years. It’s pretty common in the consulting world to have a high turnover, so that’s how I got to be number 4, most of the people ahead of me have left. I don’t think I’ll be leaving anytime soon though, I still love it and I want to stay at least until I get my P.Eng., which is about a year to a year and a half away.
So here we are at another Friday. Things are progressing at my house. My entranceway and upstairs hall now have the first coat of paint up, and it looks amazing! I had my painters back to do that yesterday. I’m glad I got them to do it, because they do a really professional job. They are gone now for a few weeks on vacation, but I am going to see if they can come back for a day when they are back in town mid-July to finish the entranceway and hall.
This weekend and next weekend, my goal is to get the guest room done. I’m doing it in a Toronto Maple Leafs theme, so I got the official team colours paint from Home Depot. It will look so good! Exciting stuff. I want to have it all ready in full leafs form for when lj comes to stay with me the weekend of July 8-9 for the tri. I likely have to be a spectator for that one since my hip flexor is still giving me grief. I have a doctor’s appointment on Monday, so I will mention it to her and see if she can offer any advice.
Tomorrow, I am in the dragonboat races in town. It will be my third year participating in them and I’m sure it will be a fun day. A really good cause too; it is to raise money for breast cancer research. It’s supposed to be pretty warm and sunny tomorrow, so I guess I better remember to wear sunscreen! Looking forward to the day of fun in the sun.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Pain!
I am feeling quite discouraged about my triathlon plans for this year. The first one I was planning on doing is on July 9th here in town. I had been doing a lot of training in the spring and had significant problems with my left hip flexor (i.e. it hurt like hell after about 10 minutes). I took the month of May off from training since I was so busy with work on the house. So, I was hoping that this problem would fix itself with rest. So, after a month off from running, I went out for a nice, easy run last night. I was feeling good, things were going well, then bang, 10 minutes into the run, my hip flexor hurts so much that I have to stop. I stretched it out and tried to continue running, but could only run for about 30 seconds before I had to stop again. By that point, I was limping and it hurt to even walk. So, I had to limp the whole way home. I don’t know what to do. I may have to alter my tri schedule for this summer and skip the first one. That sucks large though because the first one is the one that is in town here. This is so annoying!
I’m going to do some good old internet research at lunch today and see if I can find anything out about hip flexor injuries and if there is anything I can do to get better. This has been happening for about 6 months now, so there is obviously something wrong.
I’m going to do some good old internet research at lunch today and see if I can find anything out about hip flexor injuries and if there is anything I can do to get better. This has been happening for about 6 months now, so there is obviously something wrong.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Another busy weekend ahead!
Here we are at Friday afternoon… less than an hour and I’m done work and on to fun things… like home renos!
This weekend, I want to get my entranceway/upstairs hall primed. That means tonight I need to sand and do the second coat of mudding. Then tomorrow, sand and prime. I am keeping my fingers crossed that my painters can come back for an afternoon next week to paint those areas. They will let me know in a couple days. Here’s hoping!
I also want to shop around for a window air conditioner for my bedroom, cuz it is warm in there when the weather is hot. Luckily, the last few days have been okay.
I am taking Sunday off from the home renos to go and visit CT’s parents and then go watch the ECW pay-per-view at one of CT”s friend’s place. So that should be good.
Other than that, nothing much new to report. CT is coming up for the weekend (actually, he has been staying with me since Wednesday). We have been trying the sleep-overs on “work nights” and that seems to work well. The only problem is I start work at 8am and he starts at either 10am or noon depending on the day. But, he usually gets up at the same time as me and does some stuff in the morning, that way we can also go to bed at the same time. So, it has been working nicely. I think as it stands right now, he stays over about half the time, so that’s nice. I really do like having him around more. We get along really well; I enjoy just spending a day doing nothing with him. We always have a great time no matter what we do.
Ladies, this is it! I have found the one I want to spend the rest of my life with! After much trial and error, it’s about time ;) I have never met someone I am so compatible with AND that I have so much chemistry with. I like that combination! Not to mention, he’s a HUGE leafs fan, ALMOST as big as me ;) So there ya go, he’s a keeper for sure :)
This weekend, I want to get my entranceway/upstairs hall primed. That means tonight I need to sand and do the second coat of mudding. Then tomorrow, sand and prime. I am keeping my fingers crossed that my painters can come back for an afternoon next week to paint those areas. They will let me know in a couple days. Here’s hoping!
I also want to shop around for a window air conditioner for my bedroom, cuz it is warm in there when the weather is hot. Luckily, the last few days have been okay.
I am taking Sunday off from the home renos to go and visit CT’s parents and then go watch the ECW pay-per-view at one of CT”s friend’s place. So that should be good.
Other than that, nothing much new to report. CT is coming up for the weekend (actually, he has been staying with me since Wednesday). We have been trying the sleep-overs on “work nights” and that seems to work well. The only problem is I start work at 8am and he starts at either 10am or noon depending on the day. But, he usually gets up at the same time as me and does some stuff in the morning, that way we can also go to bed at the same time. So, it has been working nicely. I think as it stands right now, he stays over about half the time, so that’s nice. I really do like having him around more. We get along really well; I enjoy just spending a day doing nothing with him. We always have a great time no matter what we do.
Ladies, this is it! I have found the one I want to spend the rest of my life with! After much trial and error, it’s about time ;) I have never met someone I am so compatible with AND that I have so much chemistry with. I like that combination! Not to mention, he’s a HUGE leafs fan, ALMOST as big as me ;) So there ya go, he’s a keeper for sure :)
Monday, June 05, 2006
4 month celebration
It was CT and my 4-month anniversary yesterday. It seems like we have been together for much longer than that. I feel like I have known him for years. In celebration of our anniversary, he made me pancakes for breakfast… yummy! We also went for a long walk on one of the trails through town. It was so nice outside and it was awesome to be out for a walk in the sun with the man I love. We stopped to pick some wildflowers and just had a wonderful time. We also did a little work on the house. I am getting the walls prepared to be painted in the entranceway and upstairs hall. It is a lot of work to get the walls ready! Lots of drywall compound and sanding. I am planning to paint those areas next weekend. Then next on the agenda after that is the guest room, which I would like to have ready by the end of June. CT has been a huge help with the house. It’s so nice to have him around.
CT and I did sit down last Thursday evening and had a serious talk about moving in together. Thanks for all your input ladies; I appreciated your advice! I had made a list of all the pros and cons associated with moving in together and we talked about all of that. It was nice to openly discuss it and let him know what I am concerned about. He feels very similar to me and I feel really good about it now that we discussed things. And I don’t really have too many concerns, just a few little things. Like for instance, I don’t want to be one of those couples who 10 years and 3 kids later, we are still just living together. I see living together as a stepping stone to marriage and one of my concerns would be that if we are already living together, there would be not as much motivation for him to marry me. I could definitely see us getting married in a year or two; and just want to live together first for awhile before that happens. I am not content to just live together common law indefinitely; I want it to be a step to marriage. So, I shared that with him and he feels the same way.
I also tested the waters with my mom and just mentioned the idea to her to see what she thought. She thinks that if that is my decision, she will support me. She just would like it better if we were at least engaged before we started living together, but she will support me either way. I guess she is just concerned that if you live together before you are married, that takes some of the specialness away from starting your lives together as a married couple. She also mentioned it to my dad to see what he thought and he thinks it’s a great idea (who knew?!). I guess he thinks it would be nice for there to be a man in the house to protect me and he thinks it’s a good idea to live together before marriage. So, sounds like I would have my parents support, which is nice to know.
So, now CT just has to talk to his landlady and see how soon he could move out. I’m thinking the move will likely happen a month or two down the road. And also, there is the issue of how our cats would get along. CT has a 3 year old male cat, so hopefully he will get along with little Smokey. I think CT may bring his cat down next weekend for a visit to see how the 2 of them get along.
CT and I did sit down last Thursday evening and had a serious talk about moving in together. Thanks for all your input ladies; I appreciated your advice! I had made a list of all the pros and cons associated with moving in together and we talked about all of that. It was nice to openly discuss it and let him know what I am concerned about. He feels very similar to me and I feel really good about it now that we discussed things. And I don’t really have too many concerns, just a few little things. Like for instance, I don’t want to be one of those couples who 10 years and 3 kids later, we are still just living together. I see living together as a stepping stone to marriage and one of my concerns would be that if we are already living together, there would be not as much motivation for him to marry me. I could definitely see us getting married in a year or two; and just want to live together first for awhile before that happens. I am not content to just live together common law indefinitely; I want it to be a step to marriage. So, I shared that with him and he feels the same way.
I also tested the waters with my mom and just mentioned the idea to her to see what she thought. She thinks that if that is my decision, she will support me. She just would like it better if we were at least engaged before we started living together, but she will support me either way. I guess she is just concerned that if you live together before you are married, that takes some of the specialness away from starting your lives together as a married couple. She also mentioned it to my dad to see what he thought and he thinks it’s a great idea (who knew?!). I guess he thinks it would be nice for there to be a man in the house to protect me and he thinks it’s a good idea to live together before marriage. So, sounds like I would have my parents support, which is nice to know.
So, now CT just has to talk to his landlady and see how soon he could move out. I’m thinking the move will likely happen a month or two down the road. And also, there is the issue of how our cats would get along. CT has a 3 year old male cat, so hopefully he will get along with little Smokey. I think CT may bring his cat down next weekend for a visit to see how the 2 of them get along.
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