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20 April I'VE MOVED!You can now find the latest newS from Suze and her clan at SUZE'S NEWZ: http://suzetheprice.blogspot.com/
It was fun while it lasted, but I seem to like Blogger.com a lot better. Sorry Live Spaces....you win some.....you lose some!
Thanks for the memories!
-Da Suze  5 December I've Elfed myself...Hey, I just made a total elf of myself....(and Dan, tee hee) Check it out by clicking the link below. http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1172315887 This elfin' greeting brought to you by OfficeMax®. 24 April I'm 2 years old!!!It's been officially OVER two years since I started blogging. YAY ME! I've had over seven thousand visits to my site. Thanks to all of my fans and friends who visit this site on a daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly basis. I know I totally suck at writing on here lately, but I will try and fill in the blanks soon. I've got so much to write about, but so little time!
Anyways I hope you'll celebrate my two years with me, by having that dessert that you passed on, or that extra piece slice of pizza that you ccertainly can't have, cause you're on a diet. Whatever man! It's my two years birthday! Celebrate good times, COME ON! Let's celebrate....it's alright.
Wait....isn't that a song?.........no.......no........I don't think it is. 12 April I woke up at 1 am and couldn't go back to sleep........so therefore, I'm bored outta my mind! So what to I do? What I do everyday and find my entertainment on other people's blogs. The other day Tricia posted this and so since I copy most things from her (what can I say, she's more interesting than I am) here it goes on my blog:
4 Things about me you may not have known, In eight categories. (Knowing me, I filled in more details than normal people would) A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Age 14-Dishwasher at Bino's Restaurant (lasted 2 days....I was subbing for someone, it's not cause I sucked)
2. Age 16-Ice Cream Treat Maker at Dairy Queen (although I called it....and still do....the Dirty Queen)
3. Age 18 & 19-Cashier/Stock replenisher at Regal Greetings & Gifts
4. Age 19-27-Hairstylist at 3 different salons (only 2 were the same, but changed ownerships while I worked there) B) Four places I have lived:
1. Vancouver BC, Canada (lived there 2 different times in my life)
2. Langley BC, Canada (lived there several different times in my life as well)
3. Cloverdale BC, Canada (again, twice in my life)
4. Abbotsford BC, Canada (and, yet again, twice in my life)
*and now I have to explain why I say 2 times or several times, cause some of you are going, "whatever Susan". No really. You see I was born in Vancouver and lived there unitl I was about 3 or 4 and then we moved to Langley. We lived there until I was almost 9 and then moved back to Vancouver. Then from there we moved back to Langley when I was turning 15. Then after that I moved out on my own at 22 to Cloverdale, but then that only lasted 3 months and then moved back to Langley (my roomate only lasted 3 months, not me living on my own) with my parents. Then a year or so later I moved back to Cloverdale with more roomates, then a couple years later, moved with different roomates to Abbotsford. Lived there for a couple of years and then decided to move back home to Langley. Met Dan, got married and moved back to Abbotsford. THERE, you see? The timeline that is my living situation. And you doubted me.....how dare you. C) Four TV SHOWS I love to Watch: (well we technically don't watch TV, cause we don't have cable, but we sometimes watch DVD's of shows and so these are my favorites out of those)
1. Stargate SG-1
2. The King of Queens
3. Fraiser
4. M*A*S*H
D) Four places I have been on vacation (Okay, here's where I get lame, cause I've never really been anywhere exciting on vacation. So please do all your laughing and mocking in the privacy of your own home please. I did DESPERATELY want to go to Hawaii this year, but now that plan is toast. Unless we miraculasly get some $$ somewhere, it ain't ever happenin' this year. But we'll try agian next year
 )1. Vancouver WA (to visit my "American" Grandparents and family almost every year since I was born)
2. Montevideo, Uruguay, South America (okay so this is the only one that sounds real, but I was like 8 and I don't remember much)
3. Salt Lake City UT (Now this was my first actual real vacation that I took on my own w/o 'rents, so it was actually kinda cool....girls road trip!)
4. Calgary Alberta Canada and I'll add Edmonton Canada here too (I've only ever gone there to visit my friend Sara, -oops sorry! and Craiggers too!- and I've been there many times.....okay so I've been to Alberta exactly 6 times in my life and that includes going as a baby to be sealed to my parents in the Cardston Alberta LDS temple, as well as visiting Sara, Craiggers and going to Lethbridge for Jill's wedding too, plus going there recently with Dan for his work. Wow, I guess I have been there a lot.
*But there you have my pretty lame list of vacations. Can you see why I'm DESPERATE to go somewhere exotic? Next year Susan...be patient. E) Four foods I like:
1. Steak (Filet Minon is my fave. Cooked Medium. Mmmmm Steak)
2. SUSHI-and by Sushi I mean-All You Can Eat Japanese food- but plain old California rolls will do in a pinch when I'm feeling the itch for it. Hmm.....now I'm craving it. It's too bad there aren't any places open at 3 in the morning. I mean there's 24 Supermarkets, but darn it, no 24 hour Sushi retaurants.....hmmm? Sounds like a good business venture to me? Nah! It would only work in Vancouver!
3. Canadian Chinese food (Ask me why it's different than down here. I can go on and on about the differences!)
*Okay now I'm hungry. I'll quickly list the next one so I can go on
4. Dark Chocolate (I used to be a huge White Chocolate fan, but now I'm SOOO into the Dark. I'm ESPECIALLY addicted to the one from Purdy's and I'll be getting some hopefully soon from Sara, if I'm lucky!) F) Four places where I would rather be right now:
1. In my bed sleeping!!!!!!!! (Tricia put the exact same thing-How ironic)
2. In Hawaii with Dan
3. Camping with Dan (see I've caught the bug-no pun intended. I'm already planning our next trips. If anybody wants to go with us, you'll have to let us know in advance!)
4. In Hawaii with Dan (oops, did I just put that twice? Hmm....must be tired. Dan knows I'm not the "Subtle Queen"- everyone knows I'm the "Drama Queen"! G) Four Hobbies or Games I enjoy:
1. Blogging (that's a DOYE!)
2. Photography-which also includes framing art/photos that I've taken and putting them on my walls-which also includes buying cheap frames on clearance or wherever and then repainting them to how I want them. If you read my 101 Things About Me blog, you'll know I like to decorate on a dime. I'm cheap remember?
3. Parcheesi, Guillotine & Killer Bunnies (3 games Dan and I play on a regular basis. They're SO much fun!!!)
4. Cooking & Baking (I really do love to cook and bake. I put it as a hobby only cause most times it doesn't feel like a chore, especially if we have people over or if I'm experimenting or trying a new recipe. I just love to do it.) H) Top four moments of my life:
1. Being married to Dan in the LDS temple for ETERNITY!
2. Having BOTH my dad & MOM as well as both my grandma & GRANDPA there in the sealing room. Something I NEVER in my life would've thought was ever going to be possible the day I would be married. (I still tear up thinking about it)
3. The first time I went to the temple for my Endowments. 6 years ago tomorrow!
4. The day I was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 8 years old....actually I take that back. It was more likely the moments of coming back to the Church when I was about 19 after years of inactivity and then being fully converted when I was about 23. That was more important & more significant.
I) Four friends I think will respond: (I'm copying Tricia, cause I think I'm going to try that sleeping thing again!) 1. Someone who is bored
2. Someone who can't think of what to blog today
3. Someone who loves SUSHI
4. Someone who likes to blog about themselves Now, here's what you're supposed to do... and please do not spoil the fun. Copy, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then post on your blog. 11 April I've been taped!So some of you may know that my ankle has been out of the walking boot for about a month now and I've been going to physical therapy for about 3 weeks. It's been totally helping. About 3 weeks ago I couldn't even get a shoe on, my foot was so swollen! I was also limping a lot and was still in a lot of pain from my sprain. I tell ya it was pretty severe what I suffered.
Anyways since then the swelling hasn't gone down enough for my therapist to be happy about it. I've been wearing an ACE bandage everyday for the past week and I've been told to stay off of it for the last 2 weeks, which also meant NO WATER AEROBICS
 I was so sad. I was all geared up and ready to go, cause I got the "OK" from my doctor to go ahead and do it again. I actually went once and injured myself, which was not good, but the next time I saw my therapist, she said, "no water aerobics for a while, until we get that swelling down". I was sad. But I was determined to get that swelling down, so off my feet for a while it was, as hard as it is for me. I don't like not doing anything. It's very hard for me. I did it for 3 months and I'm sick and tired of it.Well I went back to the office today and the swelling is still not to where it should be and Jennifer, my therapist, still feels like it's not going anywhere with just wearing an ACE bandage, so today I was taped. It sounded to me like a horrible proceedure (hello-the "Drama Queen" here) but really it wasn't bad at all. It actually feels kinda cool.
So I thought I'd take a minute and write in my blog about it, since I have nothing better to write about today. It's back on the couch for me in a sec. If you get a call from me today, it's not because I'm bored, it's cause I'm stuck on the couch with nothing better to do. Which sounds better?
As you can see in the photos my foot is pretty swollen still, but it's actually not as bad as it usually looks, so you can only imagine what it's like double the size. Kudos to Torin, the therapist assistant, ("The Dustin"-as Dan and I call him-inside joke), for the excellent taping job!
Oh ya and please ignore my crappy polished toenails.....it's been since December that I had a pedi & I haven't removed the old polish (tee hee). 9 April Easter SundaySo last month when they were passing around the Missionary Dinner calendar in church I signed up the missionaries for the 8th, not knowing that it was Easter Sunday. Not that it was a bad thing, but we usually spent it with family and this year since we were busy every Saturday in April with this class we have to take in order to adopt through the state of Washington, we told my parents (who were planning on visiting that Easter weekend) to come another time. I was a little sad that we wouldn't have family with us to celebrate Easter this year.
Actually last year Dan was in North Carolina and he actually spent it with a random family he met at church who invited him on a whim when they found out he was out there on business. I was in the comforts of my "family" here with the Thatcher's for their Easter dinner. This year the Thatcher's would be in Utah and so we wouldn't be getting together with them at all this weekend. So having the missionaries it was. Like I said before, not that this was a bad thing, but I just usually associate having the missionaries over as a casual,-feed them, have a spiritual message, then they're on their way- sorta thing. It wasn't a holiday type event that I wanted JUST them over. So I was elated when our friends from our ward (and they live in our apartments) the Hales, (Marlina, Cameron & Kianna), invited us over for Easter dinner. I regreted to tell them that we were already having the missionaries over, but then we came up with a plan to combine our dinners together and have it at our place. It was going to be a family-type event afterall! And it got even better. I actually wanted to invite more people, but since Marlina was making the Ham, I wasn't sure she had enough to have more people. There's another couple in our apartments that we know, Katya & Brian, and both their families are in Philadelphia, so I just knew they wouldn't have anywhere to be on Easter and it turned out they didn't. So at the last minute we had them also. It totally made my day! If you know me well, you know that my philosophy for dinner is the more the merrier! After the missionaries had to leave, we played a game of Family Feud. Our "family" lost. We sucked. That game's a lot harder than it looks. When the pressure's on to answer the question, it's prety hard! The evening was a great success though. We had yummy food and even nummier desserts. And even though we all had WAY too much to eat there were good times had by all. See no matter where you are, even though you live far away from your family, you'll always be surrounded by people you love to be with and it feels like home, just the same. 8 April I did it....Let me ask you a question. Have you ever battled or strugled with something, whether it be a physically or mentally challenging thing, that has kept you and your loved ones from doing something that they enjoy most?
Well I have and I wrote about it in my blog a while back. I won't go into details about it -you can go back and read it if you like, (it was July 18th 2005) -but I will say that I had a fear of bugs. Not that I'm an Entomophobic, I don't mind seeing bugs, I just have a severe complex about them crawling on me and I have good reason for it, as I've had bad experiences with it happening it to me while I was trying to sleep a couple of times in the past. So needless to say I wasn't about to go camping where nature's full of these little creatures ready to roam my body.
I wasn't always like this. In fact before I met Dan I went camping with my family a lot. Well not every summer mind you, but I'd been camping I loved it. Loved it enough to want to do it in the future with my husband and future family. Didn't know in the future I'd have this severe complex, as well as other things plaguing me as well, like bad sleeping patterns and severe insomnia. Put them all together I didn't exactly make a good candidate to go camping with. Can you blame me for liking my holidays in a hotel? I mean c'mon here: comfy bed, no bugs....that's a happy camper!
Anyways these last couple of years Dan and I have tried to come close to going camping by spending time with family and friends who've gone camping. We'll either go up for the day where they're camping and then come home, or if it's too far we'll go and spend the night in a hotel. I was comfortable, yes it's true, but then again it just wasn't the same. But no one mocked or made fun of my weakness, or fears because they loved me enough to know that I struggled with a mental anguish. They were more happy that I was there and to know that it was important enough to me to enjoy the experience of camping, without actually experiencing the part that gave me the most to fear. The sleeping in a tent part.
Most of you that know me, know that I hate to miss out on things if people are still around having fun. Like at a party I'm usually the last to leave, cause I hate missing out on the fun. So when people are camping, leaving just when things are getting good, or not being there in the morning when people get up for breakfast early in the day is hard for me. I don't like to miss a thing. That to me was the hardest part. That to me is why I wanted to change. That is why I wanted to overcome my weakness. That is why I write this blog today.
About a month ago I got those feelings of "missing out on the fun" as Sarah & Alyssa were booking their camp site for the sunmmertime. These are friends of ours that went camping last year and we went up for the day to "hang out" while they camped, but we went home after they all went to bed and I so desperately wanted to be a part of the fun the next day. Anyways this time they automatically knew Dan and I wouldn't be going, because I told her point blank, "we don't camp remember", but they invited us up for the day anyways. I told them we'd maybe stay in a hotel up where they would be camping up near Deception Pass (somewhere I'd ALWAYS wanted to go).
Since then I'd been thinking to myself how much I've missed out because of my silly fear.
"It really is all in my head". I'd say to myself. This can be overcome. This WILL be overcome. Then I put that thought away for a bit.
A couple of weeks later (about a week ago) Dan and I were at Costco and he wanted to look at the camping supplies for our Emergency preperation stuff. That's when I decided at that moment I was going to overcome my fear. We saw a really nice tent that was on sale and I said to Dan, "You know, I've decided I'm going to overcome my fear. I want to go camping".
You must understand, that to Dan, this is like telling him that he could have the world. Camping to Dan is like Chocolate to Susan....and for those who know Susan, Susan loooooves her Chocolate! So this absolutely meant SO MUCH to Dan. He almost started to cry right then and there in Costco. ALMOST. I'm sure if we weren't in a public place...
Anyways to make a long story short, we bought the tent, (which was a really good deal $80 for an 8 person tent) and that week we bought sleeping bags, and foam pads and Friday after getting an early day off from work we spontaneously took off for the night up passed Everett to Wenberg State park and spent the night, in a tent. No bugs crawled on me....I checked the tent a billion times mind you, but I DID IT!
We had actually planned to go Monday, but had heard that it was supposed to rain and since it was such a beautiful day on Friday we took advantage of the weather, even though it meant getting up and packed and on the road by 7 am, cause we had to be in Kent WA for an all-day class that we have to take for 4 Saturday's in April in order to adopt through the State of WA. But that's another story. But camping was great. We roasted Hot Dogs, had S'Mores, played Parcheesi and had a horrible night's sleep, but at least we're prepared for the next time and we're aware of what we'll need in order to make our next excursion better.
But I DID IT!!!
Dan kept telling me how proud he was of me. He kept saying it over and over and he usually doesn't say things like that over and over and just knowing how much it meant to him, means a lot to me. My weakness/fear, as silly as it seems to most of you, was something that wasn't so silly to me and it had kept my poor husband from something that he enjoyed SO MUCH. I've only just now, in this moment, realized how much Dan has had to sacrifice for me. His love of camping, missing out on family camp outs....all because he respected and loved his wife enough to say, "it's okay, I don't have to do that anymore."
Well, we can do it now, and it's because I have the love and support of a wonderful husband who believes in me and because I can trust in a Father in Heaven that through prayer and faith, one can overcome ANYTHING. No matter how silly it may seem. 6 April Kudos to Wendi Aarons from Austin TX!I got this email from my friend Andrea today and it made me laugh out loud, only cause I wish I had the guts to write this letter. Actually I have the guts, I just would never bother. I'd much rather post it on a blog instead. I seriously had the same encounter and feelings as this girl. Months ago I seriously.....FOR REALS....(you can even ask Dan)....looked down at one of these "things" and as I read what it said, I then said out loud, "You've got to be kidding me!"
Read on and I will comment more at the end.
Here's what she wrote:
Dear Mr. Thatcher, I have been a loyal user of your Always maxi pads for over 20 years,and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horse backriding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants. Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from "the curse"? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my "time of the month" is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call "an inbred hillbilly with knife skills." Isn't the human body amazing? As brand manager in the feminine-hygiene division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customers' monthly visits from Aunt Flo. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy! The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in capri pants. Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throws of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: "Have a Happy Period." Are you f@#$ing kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness, "actual smiling, laughing happiness" is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything "happy" about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreens armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory. For the love of God, pull your head out, man. If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like "Put Down the Hammer" or "Vehicular Manslaughter Is Wrong", or are you just picking on us? Sir, please inform your accounting department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flexi-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bullsh*t. And that's a promise I will keep. Always. Best, Wendi Aarons
So I seriously one day opened up an Always Maxipad and read "Have a happy period!" and without using the "F-word" but seriously wanting to, I was like, "you've got to be kidding me!". I was SO mad! I ranted to Dan about it and I shoulda back then, blogged about it, cause then I coulda been the funny one, but now it's too late. Oh well. At least I can say that I thought the same way. I'm not even sure if they print them on there in Canada. I thought I asked someone about it and they said theirs didn't have it on there, but then that was a while ago. It could of changed since then. Let me know girls! Now I'm totally curious. (hint, hint.....leave a comment) 3 April The perfect dayI love to see the temple, especially in the Spring, when all of the beautiful flowers are out and the sun is shining. Today was one of those days. An absolute perfect day for weather and lucky for me I got to go to the temple today. Not once, but twice! It was almost going to be 3 times, but then that woulda been an overkill for me.
I went at noon for an hour or so (I went with Dan later in the evening) and I brought along my camera, cause I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some photos of the gorgeous landscape that the temple grounds provide. I was able to show my friend Karen some new "perfect spots to take photos" that even she didn't know of, and she's lived here longer than I have. After that she left me to my serenity and private photo shoot and it was just me, my camera and the beauties around me.
For the beauty of the earth! For the beauty of the skies! For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise! 2 April Yes...No......Maybe So......then again maybe not.So during this whole headache thing (which by the way they're not gone, but under control. Still there everyday, so don't ask) I decided that I wanted to find a job. I decided that I was going to go back to work, after not working at a real job for two years. I wanted to go back to work not only to make a little extra money, but also for a little bit more social interaction. I missed the workforce and I thought it was about time I go back into it. Actually what started it was I was shopping at my favorite beauty supply store and they were hiring people. I figured the headaches were to the point where I could tolerate them and I figured that getting a job wouldn't be so bad. So I decided to go home and work on my resume.
Then that's when I severely sprained my ankle. I guess that wasn't a good time to start looking for a job. (Ya think?)
Then about a month ago when I was getting excited about taking a vacation with Dan this year, we started looking at Hawaii. I totally fell in LOVE! I've never been one who's "gaga" about Hawaii; I never knew what the big deal over it was, but as soon as I started looking at vacations there, I wanted to go there SO BADLY! I was an obsessed woman. Ask Dan. I was seriously obsessed. No seriously.
Anyways we had finally decided that this is where we wanted to go. If you know us, we're so indecisive about choosing a vacation, so for us to actually settle on somewhere to go was a huge feat. When we started actally looking at stuff we wanted to do and where we wanted to stay this was turning into a very expensive vacation; more than what we had budgeted for the year.
So as soon as I started to feel better with my ankle and stuff I decided I was going to go job hunting again, to fund our vacation. I was determined this time! So I started working on my resume and I was finding job postings on Craigslist.com and was getting a lot of interviews and stuff and finally I did end up getting a job. Not at a place that I really wanted to work at, mind you, but it seemed like a good work environment and so I took the job. When I accepted, I was supposed to start in a few days. Then Dan and I started to plan our week as we normally do on a Sunday evening. We started going through our week and saying things like, "well, we can't have 'so and so' for dinner cause I won't be home in time from work to plan out the meal", or "we can't do that, cause I'll be off at work at 6", or "crap, we can't take these classes that we have to take to be able to adopt through the State, like we're planning to in the next year". Then we started to think that maybe this "me working"-thing wasn't such a great idea after all. Another thing I would be missing was all of the Sarah-"day parties" that she has at her house for all of the ladies in our ward. That would TOTALLY suck! I live for those! So pretty much I decided that working would cut into our social life and our regular (as mundane as it may seem at some times) life, and that it took all of the job searching and interviewing to make me realize that I still and probably always will, don't want to work for anyone. I'm just going to focus on my hair business (or the very part-time business that it is) where I travel to people's houses to do their hair. It's my own hours, I'm my own boss; I can do it whenever, wherever and however I please and I can make the same amount of money as I would working for someone else. I'd say that's a pretty good deal don't you think?
So Hawaii so far, has been postponed until further notice, but I'm okay with that. We'll just sorta see what happens this year as far as vacations and plans go. Like I said earlier we're planning on adopting through the State as well as through private adoption, so in order to do that you have to become a licensed foster parent through the State. That's why we have to take these classes. So pretty much every Saturday in April is booked up by these classes. But if it means getting a child in our home sooner than with LDS Family services then we'll be happy. But it also means that our Hawaiian vacation might be a no go. But we'll see. It all depends on what happens and when it happens.
Although something good did come out of this vacation planning thing. As I was searching for places to stay in Ohau, I totally fell in love with this little cottage that was a couple of minutes walk from a private beach and I knew that's where I wanted to stay on our vacation. So I emailed the person who rents out the cottage to check the availability and cost. Anyways we started emailing back and forth, cause I had a few questions to ask her and she was really helpful and all that and of course since I can "make friends with anything" (those are Dan's words not mine) I got the feeling that she was LDS. Well a couple of emails later and a few "subtle" questions (I asked her if she knew where the nearest LDS church was, since we were members and would be attending church while we were there), I found out that her and her family are LDS and not only that, but she's originally from Washington state too. What a small world! I thought it was pretty hilarious how subtle I was trying to be.
Anyways to plug my new friend's cottage; if you're planning a trip to Oahu and don't care to stay in the city of Honolulu, there's a town on the east side of the island called Ka'a'awa and it's the nicest looking place I've found, for a reasonable price. And the owners are REAL friendly too. Check out their property http://www.greatrentals.com/index.cfm/dni/1/property/153780_2#newphotos
And the winner is........NICKY BURKE!
Lucky!!!
She entered this contest......(don't ask me which one, but it was online I think...) and she got chosen! She won a $2500 gift certificate to the Fitness Deopt and she's on their website as one of their winners. Go check it out.
With the winnings she bought an elliptical machine. Congratulations Ma Nicka! 30 March Cooking with SuzeSo if you've read the blog about the "101 one Random things about me" and #63 was about how my friend and I used to pretend we had a cooking show, blah, blah, blah. Well I guess it's always been a secret thrill of mine to want to have a cooking show. Well last night it came true!
Okay well technically it wasn't a "show", but it was a cooking "class" and I was the "star"! Each month as part of our RS Enrichment activities we have a cooking class and this month was my turn to share my talents. I guess someone had heard thru the grapevine ( I have no idea how) that I cook with Tofu and so they asked me to do a class on Cooking with Tofu. I said I would LOVE to! You see, I do cook with Tofu, although I'm most definitely NOT a vegeterian, nor do I EVER intend to be, I just believe in trying to get more vegetable protein in your diet and Dan and I are trying to do better at that. So I try to incorperate it into foods that we would normally eat. I'm a "disguise it so I don't know I'm eating it" kinda person, cause I most certainly wouldn't eat it on it's own- the stuff's disgusting! Anyways the class went REALLY well. I had 13 people come which is a really good turn out. They usually only get about 8-10 people. We had a complete meal with dessert and a snack. We had pasta & sauce made with 1/2 ground beef and 1/2 TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein), Yummy Caesar Salad with the dressing made from Silken Tofu (Nicky's recipe, SOY YUMMY!), and then for dessert we had a Tofu Chocolate cake and then we had Tofu Smoothies. I did a demo of the Caesar Dressing first, and I even had pre-measured all the ingredients and had them in little individual dishes like they do on the cooking shows. Luckily I got some for my birthday from Sarah and so they came in handy. Since the dressing needed to sit for a bit, I even did the whole, "well this needs to sit for a bit, but I already made some earlier", just like on the shows. I'm such a pro! It's more like I'm such a copy cat! Everyone was impressed though and they laughed so I thought I was pretty cool. After we ate dinner I did a demo of a 2-Step cake you can make with any cake mix and tofu. That's all the ingredients. No eggs, no oil. It removes all the cholesterol and drops the fat from 11g. to .5g! So you can have your cake and eat it too! Everyone LOVED the food and were AMAZED they were eating healthy and Tofu! A lot of them came to the class sceptical, that they were even going to like the food and they all left loving it and convinced that their families were going to be converted to eating Tofu. Seriously though, that Caesar dressing has become my absolute favorite meal now. I could eat if every night knowing it's so good for you. Regular Caesar dressing is SO high in fat & cholesterol I'm always leary of ordering it at restaurants, or having it at home, but I love it so much. But knowing what I'm putting into it and how much fat I'm adding to it (which is barely ANY!) and that I'm getting good protein, like I said, I could eat it every night! If anybody wants the recipes to these dishes, just email me and I'd be happy to give them to you. Or leave a comment and let me know. 165th Birthday of the Relief SocietyHow lucky am I to be a member of the largest womens organization in the whole entire world! A women's group who's motto is simply, "CHARITY NEVER FAILETH".
To read about the history of the Relief Society click here: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,4748-1,00.html
This month we celebrate the 165th birthday of this first organization. Since I'm on our ward'd Relief Society's Enrichment Comittee, I was delighted when I got to help set up for the evening's festivities. There's a lady in our ward who's absolutely AMAZING when it comes to decorating and so they asked her to go totally "over the top" for the table center pieces. Our theme this year was "A women for all seasons" and so we had 7 tables decorated in different seasons of the year. 2 for Spring, 1 for Summer, 2 for Autumn & 2 for Winter and then we had whomever's birthday landed in that season got to sit at that table. Then their place card for where they sat was their baby picture, since it was a birthday party....get it? Anyways it was SO MUCH FUN decorating and setting up and stuff. I got to do all of the pictures and stuff....well I did all of the scanning and resizing and stuff and someone else did the place cards, but my point was I got to see everyone's baby pictures before everyone else did and so that was a lot of fun. My favorite tables were the 2 Spring tables mostly cause the Easter one I helped set up and the other one just looked so luscious!. But when you look at the pictures, just notice all of the detail that went into these tables. I mean, these tables took literally ALL DAY to set up. I think it took me seriously an hour just to put the grass skirt on the summer table alone! But it was all worth it! The room looked awesome and everyone was impressed! Sharon did such and awesome job designing the tables and lending ALL of her stuff for the decorations (yes folks, ALL of that stuff is hers, and she decorates her home for EVERY season....I wanna be like her! BTW She's the lady in the picture decorating the table with the Nutcrackers).
We had a lovely program about the history of the Relief Society and it's past & current presidents and the messages they have to say. It was very inspiring...well the parts that I heard when Sarah wasn't distracting me.
Our NUMMY dinner prepared by the awesome RS Presidency, Britney Porter, Karen Chambers & Teresa Owens. The food was SO DELICIOUS!!! Only in our ward can you get food right out of a Martha Stewart catalogue! We have such talented people in our ward! Props to Britney for the great menu. Oh yes and how could I forget the dessert. Ashley made yummy Lavendar Honey cakes.
Next time you plan on visiting us, plan on coming down when it's a RS dinner, and you'll get to taste what I mean about this ward! So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu!Lee, Amanda & baby Clark were moving up to Prince George BC, so before they did, Dan and I decided to go up to Canada to say goodbye. We were going to just go up for the day, but then at the last minute decided to make it a weekend trip. So we rented a car and headed up Friday night to Burnaby and met up with LeManda, Justin & Tricia, and Ana & Rod and their kids. All whom, by the way, have never hung out with each other before. I decided to kill 3 birds with one stone and since all of these friends of ours were dying to see us, I made them all come to All You Can Eat Sui Shya Ya. It was total fun though. I wasn't surprised at all at how well everyone got along. We all have the same crazy, sick sense of humor, so it was all good. Good times and good laughs. And good eats! I haven't had Sui Shya Ya in a LONG time and it felt good to especially have it with LeManda for the last time in a long time. (*tear)
Anyways afterwards we went over to J & T's to hang out and have some good times. We ended up trying out Justin's new Wii. It's actually pretty cool, if you ask me. Dan & Justin were having a boxing match and I was laughing at how stOopid they looked, until I saw pictures of myself playing. Then I didn't laugh at Dan anymore. You do look pretty stOOpid, although it's a really good workout. If I were to own any game console (and Dan agrees...actually he's the one who said it first I guess) it would be the Wii, cause you're actually getting a workout whilst playing video games and not just sitting there in front of the TV like a vegetable. Let's just say it's what I would let my children play.
Anyways We shoulda known better than to stay out too late (we left their house at 2am) cause the next morning we both felt awful! I had a MAJOR headache (like worse than it's been since the bad ones started in December) and Dan was feeling quite ill.
*But on a side note we did stay in a really nice hotel for a great price thanks to www.hotwire.com
Anyways that morning we met up with Jacki and Terence who drove up that morning and then met up with my 'rents in White Rock. We hung out at their house a bit and watched a special of Rick Mercer's "Talking With Americans" (SO FUNNY!). Then we went out to lunch at a good old Candaian classic restaurant just for Taki's benefit: White Spot. I was trying to tell them that their milkshakes are just Oh So Good, but they ended up being really runny and not so good. But their burgers were just as I remembered. That good ol' Triple O sauce. Mmmmmmm!
Anyways after saying CHAO to mom & Tom, we headed out to LeManda's open house party and chilled for the rest of the night. Dan hung out for a bit and then went to our hotel room for the rest of the night, cause he felt pretty crappy. So sad. But I had fun hanging with old peeps and their new spouses and new babies. Oh the babies! All of them BOYS! There were 5 baby boys all under the age of 6 months at LeManda's apartment. It was crazy! I wish I'da taken a picture of all of them together, but I didn't. But I did get some cute shots of them individually.
All who was there was:
Lee's sister Nicky & his mommy
Andrew & Paige Irwin & little Brighton
Steve & Becky Haire & little Thomas Tyler & Georgia Yost & little (...crap I forgot his name! Sorry...when I remember I'll post it.) of course Jacki & Terence & little Connor
And of course last but not least MR. MIKE HAIRE......can you believe he's STILL single? I thought someone woulda snagged him long ago. Oh ya and by the way when you're looking at the pictures, not only can 4 month old Clark roll over himself, but he can hold his own bottle and he's been doing that since he was about 3 months old. Amazing eh?
Farewell LEMANDA & Clark! Good Luck in PG! Don't forget to have a slushy at Ospika for me!....hey....that sounds like it could be a cool song. 6 March The Gift of SightSo I finally did it. After more than 16 years of needing glasses and contacts to correct my vision, I recieved the best gift ever.
I had LASIK eye surgery yesterday. It was the most weirdest experience I've ever been through. Ever since Saturday my nerves have been racing and my mind's been going a mile a minute with stress about the surgery. I mean, these are my eyes we're talking about. There's no messing with them unless I'm totally ready for what I was getting myself into and although I was totally ready to have the surgery that I've been contemplating and thinking about for the last 3 years or so, I was totally worried and stressed about the outcome.
Over the weekend I had read up on all of the paperwork that I was supposed to read up on, about the side effects and the risks involving the surgery and that's what got me so worried about the outcome. Not that I was going to back out of the surgery itself, cause I knew I was ready, it was just the "what if's" that were haunting my every thought. The night before the surgery I tossed and turned in my sleep and when I woke up and put my glasses on, to be able to see for the last time, my heart was racing a thousand miles per minute, of the mere thought of the surgery that would restore my sight forever.
Before we left that morning, Dan gave me a Priesthood blessing. What a miracle that was! As soon as he said the words, "that your nerves will be calmed and you will be at peace", it happend. I was at total peace and I had absolutely NO JITTERS whatsoever! He also said that Heavenly Father had trust in the surgeon and his skills and ability and that he would be blessed and that He wanted me to have my sight restored. That also made me feel more at peace; that my Heavenly Father was aware of restoring my sight. He wanted this for me too. To hear those words was so special. It was if the Savior Himself was here to place his hands on my eyes to restore my sight. The power that the restored Priesthood has is so amazing and I feel so blessed and honored that my husband has and holds that special gift.
Afterwards Dan and I headed to the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute http://www.pcli.com/ at 7:30am (nerves calmed and all) and had to be run through a series of tests and short exams before my surgery. But soon after waiting about 1 1/2 hours I was lead into the pre-op room where they placed eye drops in my eyes to numb them and prep them for surgery. Then I met my surgeon, Dr. Ford, whom I recognized from the video I watched, before I was aloud to even have the surgery. According to a friend and fellow ward member that works at the office, he also owns PCLI. It was good to know I was in the best hands. After a few more eye drops I was led away from Dan and into the surgery room. He was led into a room behind a glass wall to view the surgery. It was really nice, cause right before Dr. Ford began the surgery he asked if he could offer a prayer. Which I knew he would do, since Becky (the gal I know that works there) told me he would, and I was so glad to have a surgeon that was in tune with our Heavenly Father. I guess that's another reason why He trusted him.
As Dr. Ford began the surgery he didn't say a word, but his nurse explained everything that was going on. It was so weird, like I said in the begining. Although I knew he was operating on me, it was if I was watching him do things on someone else, because I felt no pain whatsoever. I only felt a bit of pressure as the ring that is placed on my eye while the machine that cuts the corneal flap comes through, but even then, I thought that would totally gross me out, but it didn't. The only thing that was really gross about it, was when the laser was reshaping my eye, I could smell it and it smelled like burning hair. It totally grossed me out. But other than that, I don't remember the whole thing (both eyes) lasting more than 5 minutes. It was SO fast! I couldn't believe it! As I stood up from being done, I could already begin to see. It was more of what they said it would be; an "underwater vision", (like as if you were to open your eyes under water) but I could see, and I wasn't wearing glasses. The only thing I couldn't see however, was my husband. I asked the nurse where he was and she explained to me that the other nurse escorted him out of the viewing room, cause he almost passed out! Apparently while he thought he wanted to view my surgery from the viewing area, where they had a close up monitor of my eye that was being operated on (you could pretty much see the whole thing being done) he got queasy (like he normally does whith this sorta stuff; ie: blood, needles etc...) and the nurse saw all of the boold rushing from his face and asked if he was okay and he said, "No" and had to leave the room. How funny is that? I mean it totally doens't surprise me, I didn't expect him to watch it in the first place, but what a trooper to want to watch it! Way to go Dan!
Anyways I'm not totally 100% able to see yet, which is normal, but I've still got a while to heal. I still see "halos" around lights and I'm currently wearing sunglasses, in my house. Lame, eh? I'm pretty light sensitive and I can't squint at all, cause it'll cause the flap to wrinkle. I go for a post-op appoinment today, so we'll see how everything is. But I know everything will be fine.
Thank you Dan, Dr. Ford, and Heavenly Father for the best birthday present anyone could have given a person. The gift of sight. 25 February 101 Random things you might not know about me...1. I'm a little OCD about a clean house. I always feel everything has to look perfect and not "lived in" in our home and if
one thing is out of place, even an inch, I freak out and fix it.
2. I have a pet peeve about things hung on the wall. If it's the least bit crooked, it bugs me and I have to fix it. Saying
that, I can't walk into our bedroom and look up on the wall without cringing, since Dan hung one of our pictures slightly
crooked and it's too late to fix it, so we just left it and it really bugs me!
3. I'm picky about really stOOpid things. Things that shouldn't matter, but to me they do. Like for instance the cutlery in
the drawer....if they're not all lined up together nicely I have to fix it. I know I'm so OCD!
4. I'm a bargain shopper. I don't pay sucker prices. I rarely ever buy anything unless I get a deal on it. That includes
clothes, groceries, items for the house etc... I love to shop, and almost everything we own we got on sale, for dirt cheap, or on clearance. I could teach anyone how to bargain shop or decorate on a dime.
5. I want a large family. I'd be happy with at least 2 children, but an ideal family size would be more like 6-8. I'd even go
as high as 12, It just all depends on how much we can handle. But we plan on adding to our family through adopting older children or sibling groups and that can add up fast.
6. We're in the process of adopting. We've been trying to get pregnant for almost 3 years and it's just not happening, so
we're not waiting and adopting first. Although it's still a long process, so it might not be for a while.
7. I plan on home schooling our children. It's something I've always wanted to do, and at one point I actually wanted to
become a teacher in a school (but it was too much schooling), so it will give me that opportunity. Dan was home schooled and it worked great for him. I guess it will depend on the circumstances, but that's the plan so far and I want to stick to it.
8. When I was a kid I had three career choices that I wanted to be: Hairstylist, Photographer, and a Kindergarten Teacher (needless to say I already fulfilled one of them)
9. I'm working on my photography skills. I've read many books, studied styles, but ultimately it's a talent that you either
have or you don't and hopefully I've got it. My favorite is taking candids or portraits of children.
10. When I was a kid I wanted to be an actor or a singer. I dreamed of kissing Kirk Cameron on Growing Pains.
11. I still love to act. My first play was when I was in the 3rd grade and I was the "narrator" of the school play. I've been in a dozen other plays since, but my favorite is making my own movies and acting in them. That's when I've been the most creative.
12. I love writing scripts. When I was in 7th grade I used to play "court" with my friends at lunch and I'd write scripts of
what each person said and stuff. Later on in life I would script skits and movies with my high school classmates and
later on with my YSA (Young Single Adult) friends and make movies for our church activity, "Academy Awards".
13. I love making movies. If I owned a video camera I would be making them right now. Of course they're not serious films. It's all about the sillier the better.
14. I love to sing. Although I'm still pretty shy about it. I'm not the type to just randomly start belting out a tune out
loud. I'm pretty reserved. I don't even sing around Dan. It makes him kind of mad, but I can't. I'm too embarassed. I only
sing at Karaoke, at church, in choirs, or if I'm asked to perform casually or professionally. It's not that I won't share my
talent, it's that I'm more reserved about it....if that makes sense.
15. My favorite singer to impersonate or copy is Aretha Franklin. It's only been in the last 6 or 7 years or so that I've
been singing her songs, but she's by far my favorite, cause I just love to belt out tunes. I think my voice sounds the best when it's at its loudest....if that makes sense.
16. I used to babysit a girl named Aretha. Named after, of course, Aretha Franklin.
17. When I was in 5th-7th grade I, along with 3 other of my friends, used to assist the Kindergarten teacher a couple of days a week in class and everday at recess we'd supervise and play with the Kindergarteners. We totally used it as a way to get out of class, but then again we totally enjoyed helping out.
18. In those same grade school years (5th-7th) I also helped out in the office during lunch hour answering phones and stuff and also in the library, checking in/out books and cataloguing them. I was a total geek. But then again that was cool back then. Or so I thought.
19. When I was younger I thought you could get pregnant by kissing someone. In 7th grade my friend's and I found a book in the school library that explained how "babies were made". It explained that a mom and dad would lie in bed and kiss and then they would get pregnant. So after that I thought you could get pregnant by kissing someone in bed. I think I was about 14 or 15 when I learned the truth, but even still, I didn't quite get it till I was about 16. I know, I was naive! It was more like, I had a mom and dad who never explained it to me.
20. My first kiss was a "couples" dare. A few of us were on a group date and we all dared each other to see who could kiss the longest. Me and my date won, after 5 minutes....(I didn't get pregnant)
21. I was my husband's first kiss.
22. He was my lucky 13th!
23. When I was 16 we were playing some truth or dare game with my group of guy/girl friends and all the guys were asked a question: "If you had to choose one of the girls here to marry, who would you choose?". My "first kiss" chose me. I thought one day I would marry him.
24. I fell in love with my husband BEFORE I met him in person and only after a couple of days of chatting with him online I knew I was going to marry him.
25. There are 3 repeated names in my immediate family and only one was on purpose. There's: Daniel-my husband & Daniel-my step-brother....oh ya and my older brother's middle name is Daniel, Steven-my brother & Stephen-my step-brother, and the one that was purposely named after Thomas-my step-dad & Thomas-my nephew (my step-sister's son)
26. My parents had two names picked for a boy and a girl, before they even got pregnant: Nelson Daniel and Susan Ivonne. After Nelson came along, they were totally prepared for a name when I came into the picture.
27. Dan and I already have our first boy/girl names picked out. Jackson (boy) & Carter (girl)
28. Dan and I are HUGE Stargate SG-1 fans. (Those of you who got that from the boy/girl names gets extra bonus points!)
29. I had a secret crush on McGyver when I was little.
30. When I was about 6 or 7 my brothers and I had a club called the "Monkees club" and my dad built us a clubhouse and
everything. My older brother Nelson was Mike, my younger brother Steven was Peter and I was Mickey cause I had a secret crush on him too. No one wanted to be Davie, cause he was too much of a fairy.
31. I was a "bit" of a tomboy. I liked playing cars, wrestling, cops and robbers, etc... with my brothers and cousin, yet I'd always be wearing a skirt.
32. Two words that changed my life forever: STAR WARS
33. 5 movies I've watched with Steven so many times we could quote it word for word: "STAR WARS: A New Hope", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Return of the Jedi", "Rad" & "Bloodsport".
34. I love my brother Steven. He is absolutely one of my favorite people of all time. He's the only person that could make me laugh so hard I could pee my pants and the only one who gets my stOOpid wacko sense of humor. (Even Dan doesn't get it sometimes)
35. I have 4 long lost twins in my life: Nicky Burke, April Mangham, Sarah Thompson-Thatcher, and Tricia Price
36. Sarah Thompson-Thatcher fills the void of not having Nicky, April or Tricia near by.
37. Tricia Price is the one who inspired me to do this 101 random things about me.
38. My futon inspired Tricia and her now husband (Justin) to get "romantic". As all three of us laid there together watching a movie, (and while I fell asleep) they kissed for the first time.....and no they didn't get pregnant.
39. My biggest fear in life (like you Tricia) is that my husband will die young or first, like my dear Sarah lost her Kevin
40. I'm deathly afraid of Scorpions. I even have nightmares about them. Even though I've never seen one in real life.
41. My astrological sign is the Scorpion.
42. I have my astrological sign tattooed on my right ankle. (Not the Scorpion) I got it when I was 18.
43. In my "wild" days I had 10 piercings (8 in my ears, 1 in my nostril & 1 in my tongue), 3 tattoos, and ruby red hair.
Needless to say, I still have all 3 tattoos
44. Those "wild days" all happend before I was legally supposed to enjoy them. I quit smoking & drinking just after I turned 19. (In Canada that's the legal age)
45. The reason I quit my "wild" days was to devote myself to my LDS faith.
46. I was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, on December 1st when I was 8 years old.
47. In the church we hold voluntary positions of leadership/aid and since coming back to church when I was 19 I've had 10 different "callings" (that's what they're called)
48. I currently hold 3 of those 10. I'm the music chorister, an Activity Days leader and I'm on the Enrichment Committee (we have a small ward)
49. I was married in the Seattle, WA, LDS temple not just "till death do us part" but for ETERNITY!
50. I never in a million years thought I'd end up living in the Seattle area.
51. I love living in Redmond WA.
52. I LOVE our apartment, complex and community that we live in.
53. I love my in-laws. I was a little scared at first, cause Dan said that they were a little strange, but he was way off. They're totally strange....but that's what I love about them, they're strange like me!
54. I forgot about my other twin named Deena. Although she's more like a package deal with her husband David-my husband's brother. We're twinners as a couple. Dan is just like David and I'm like Deena. Even when Dan was single he said he wanted to find someone just like Deena and he did! When we all get together we have an absolute blast!
55. I do my best clothing shopping with Deena. Not only do I find things that look the best on me, cause she's brutally
honest (sausage arms!) but I spend more money when I'm with her! (whilst getting good deals of course)
56. I totally regret my wedding dress. Not only did I spend a fortune on it getting it specially designed and made, but it
didn't end up looking how I wanted it.
57. A year before I met Dan, I pretended to be engaged and Tricia and I went wedding dress shopping and I found my perfect dress. For punishment I guess, I could never find the dress for when I was really getting married. For even more torture and punishment I found the dress online 6 months AFTER I was married. Lesson to be learned: don't go wedding dress shopping unless you're REALLY getting married.
58. Another "serves you right" is when I was little I used to wear my friend's glasses, cause I always wanted some and then years later I had to get my own and I hated wearing them. Still do.
59. In 7 days I'm getting LASIC eye surgery. Won't have to wear glasses no more!
60. I used to collect keychians. I still have them in a box somewhere. I had almost 100 of them.
61. I'm a recipe junkie. I collect recipes and hardly ever cook anything new. But....
62. I love to cook & bake. I think I'm pretty good. I ain't fancy by any means, but Dan's happy with what I make for him and that's what counts.
63. When I was a teenager, my friend Kirstine and I would pretend to have a cooking show and we'd make believe there was a camera in front of us and we'd explain cooking techniques and whatever we were making. We were total dorks.
64. I love TV. That's why we don't have cable. I was addicted. We can't even plug in our TV into the wall for those 2 or 3 channels you get, cause I'd most likely sit there all day and surf those channels. That's why we rent TV series, to monitor our watching.
65. I love watching movies. All kinds too. My absolute favs are those film festival ones that never make it to the major
theaters, or foreign films. I do love the old classics and musicals as well.
66. Ever since becoming a hairstylist I can't help but look at everyone's hair, study it and figure out how it was cut or
styled in the way that it was. Or if it was badly cut or styled, secretly make fun of it.
67. Whilst going to beauty school, I would dream almost every night about cutting hair. I think it may have died down to just once a week, a year later.
68. I still have a recurring dream/nightmare at least once a month about still working at the salon that I worked at for 9
years.
69. I secretly love my curly hair. Although I may say that I hate it.... & most days I really do, I do love the freedom of
being able to just shake it and go. Though I hate it when people assume it's a perm. Yuck!
70. Life would be so much easier on my hair if I was born a natural blond.
71. I wish I was born with blue eyes like my brothers. Hazel is too boring!
72. When I used to dream of the perfect man, he had dark hair and light eyes. Now he has blond hair, but at least he got the eyes right.
73. I have no desire to have all of the fancy electronic gadgets that people have. We only JUST got a cell phone since our car is so unreliable. I'm happy wth my computer and that's about it.
74. I still drive the same car I've been driving since 1998. Our car is almost 12 years old. It's paid for. It runs. Why have
a car payment and higher insurance for something that's not necessary?
75. My car has a name. It's Caroline. She's named after Caroline from the short lived TV show, "Caroline in the City".
76. I "stole" a dog once. When we lived in the outskirts of Langley as a young child, we'd get stray cats and dogs all the
time that would come and live with us. One day I was playing outside and the cutest little white fluffy dog came up to play with me. I could hear people across the way in the park across the street where we lived yelling for something. I was hoping that it wasn't their dog and so I didn't say anything to them, even though inside I KNEW it was their dog they were looking for. They drove away and I kept the dog. I feel horrible to this day.
77. I used to like cats better than dogs.
78. I once owned a cat that I named Garfield (cause it looked like him), until we found out that it was a girl when it got
pregnant, so then I changed the name to Garfield-a.
79. I'm the daughter of a Magician
80. I always had the coolest birthday parties growing up.....Actually I still do.
81. I love making friends. New ones and rekindling old ones. Dan kinda makes fun of me, cause I can make friends with the person ringing up my groceries. I just love people and hopefully people love me!
82. I'm a very loyal friend. That's part of my problem. I have a lot of friends and aquaintances. It's a problem cause it's
hard to keep up with everyone and sometimes people get hurt by it. But really everyone is special to me in their own way and just because I may not talk to you in a while, it doesn't mean I don't care.
83. OZOMATLI brought me and a friend back together again. My dear high school friend, Ana Delgado, was sorta lost to me for the longest time, until one day when I went to an OZO concert in Vancouver and she saw me there. Thanks to that we've rekindled our great, fun friendship and the non-stop laughter that it brings to us. STUPID LEMONS!
84. I fell in love with ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) back in the 80's when I first watched "Xanadu" with my mom. I loved
the music of the film and only recently have I discovered most of their other music. It's the only music that no matter how many times I listen to it, it gives me goose bumps.
85. Good Music gives me goose bumps. The only other person in my life to have the same "gene" of
"musicthatgivesyougoosebumpsitis" is my twinner Sarah. Although the only other people in my life to appreciate good music, as in the music that is absolutely unique in a way that it just brings you to tears or hits you in the right spot....well the only people who would understand what I'm even talking about are the people I'm talking about and that's Carrie (Leavitt) McDearmid and April Mangham.
86. I once sung back up for a Country/Classic Rock band called, "Urban Posse". Oh yeah, they were cool. I only performed with them twice and then I quit, cause it wasn't a good atmosphere; playing in bars and crap like that, but really it was cause the lead singer kinda sucked and I was really jealous that I was only singing backup.
87. One day I want to be a Karaoke DJ. Actually Dan and I dream of opening a restaurant/mini-golf/Karaoke place.
88. One day in 5th grade the "new boy" told me that he liked me and so I punched him in the gut and knocked the wind out of him and so I did what any compassionate little girl would do and walked away.
89. I've got a bit of a temper. Usually I take it out on stOOpid drivers by calling their stupidity out loud, but
unfortunately Dan gets a bit of it every once in a while.
90. I'm of Uruguayan and Italian descent. Hence the temperment.
91. I was almost born in the USA. When my parents were immigrating from Uruguay they almost came to live in Washington state, but then at the last minute my dad got a job in Canada at Fletcher's Meats and so they ended up there. But I ended up here anyways!
92. I was almost named Susanna. But my mom figured it was too much of a Spanish name so they went with Susan instead.
93. My step-dad Tom gave me the nickname Suze. It's stuck ever since.
94. We're going to honor Tom by giving our first son, his last name as a middle name.
95. Ever since I was a teenager I wanted to name a boy/girl, Linden/Lynden after Trevor Linden, my favorite hockey player. Dan deosn't like it and won't budge on it at all. My dreams have been shot.
96. I used to be a hockey nut. I used to watch every game. I knew every player. But then one day I just didn't care anymore. I still don't really. But I'll still root for the Vancouver Canucks if they're in the play offs. Go Linden!
97. I'm a fanatic about a guy named Dan Price. Sometimes I may be a little prideful when it comes to him, cause he's just so great and smart and funny and cute and blah, blah, blah.....but I can't help that he's just so awesome!
98. I'm not a very "book smart" person, but I'm full of useless information. Random things like music trivia or things that I
can't even think of right now, but believe me, my brain is jam packed with it.
99. I don't "love" to read, but I do love to read books by one LDS author and her name is Rachel Ann Nunes (pronounced
Noon-esh). I've read almost all of her books and most of the time I can't put them down and I read them within the day I get them.
100. I have too much spare time on my hands. Dan's given me this time as a vacation and to prepare for when we do have kids and so it's been really nice that I don't need to work. But I do have time to spare and that leads to addictions like MSN Messenger, My Space, and writing blogs or filling out stOOpid surveys on My Space or doing things like this. But I would trade it all in a second for motherhood....although I won't have to completely give it up and that's the great thing about it!
101. Last, but not least, just like Tricia, I am HAPPY. I am joyful. The only thing that could make my life even better is to
have children in our home. but other than that, I am the happiest girl alive! Of course things never go as planned...So the day I wrote that last blog, was the day that Dan and I got sick. Dan got the worst of it, which is rare, (I usually get sick more often than he does), but nevertheless we're sickies. Anyways we had Jacki & Terence over for dinner and had a great old time as usual and pretty much passed right out the minute they left. The next day Dan felt like total crap and I was SO glad to wake up to a message left on our voicemail from Tricia, saying they weren't coming down cause SHE was sick! We were about to tell them that it might not be a great idea if they stay with us and thank goodness she saved us from that embarassement. Even though she felt horrible telling us that she couldn't come up. Poor Tricia.
Anyways all day I was really hoping that Dan would feel better, cause I wanted the party to still go on. I know I'm greedy and I sound like I was only thinking of myself, but I assure you that I was thinking of Dan and trying to make this weekend special. You see, when I told you that I blabbed about Justin and Tricia coming down for his birthday, I was also keeping secret the fact that Lee and Amanda were coming down and also that the "Newlyweds" Monica and Nate were going to be there too. Also Sarah's husband Jim was supposed to be outta town, but they cancelled his business trip and so he was going to be at the party afterall. So you see, the party HAD to go on! There were too many surprises to be had.
By the end of the day I convinced Dan that we would see how he felt the next day, before we cancelled the festivities and I was really hoping that he would feel better the next day. Sicknesses usually don't last on Dan, you see. So when he woke up the next morning feeling just as crappy, if not crappier than the day before, I was really starting to worry, but I pushed for the party anyway. So at the last minute of the morning I started to bake and cook food for 5 hours straight, (since I couldn't do it the day before if we were gonna "see how he felt" before we had the party), and I totally wore myself out. Remember I still have a foot in a cast and standing on one foot supporting all my weight sure does cause a lot of pain. We had the party at Jim and Sarah's and Dan wasn't the least bit surprised that Lee and Amanda were there. Neither Monica and Nate. The only one he was shocked to see was Jim. Apparently I can't fool "the DAN". He's been spying on who I've been calling online at our phone provider's webstie (sneaky cheaky weasel) and he assumed whomever I talked to, was coming. What a WIZARD! (only Dan will know what that means) I'll never try and fool him again.
Well the point to my story is, although we had an absolute blast at the party and I'm so glad that we did it (and so was Dan) we both are worse off than we were yesterday! We shoulda known better and just rested. But it was worth it. I hope every one else had a great time. 22 February ¡Feliz Cumpleaños!Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear DANIEL,
Happy birthday to you!
.....and many more!
....on channel 4!
....on the Polka Dot Door!
(Okay so maybe only Canadians will know that last line. Well only the dorky ones anyway....me included of course!)
So my Wuvey is 29 today. Woo hoo! Yipee! Yahoo! That means only 364 more days till he joins me in the 30's club. (I robbed the cradle, what can I say?) Anyways this weekend is packed full of fun for the big guy. Tonight we have our dear friend's Jacki & Terence coming for dinner. Then tomorrow night our dear, dear friends whom we miss so much, Justin & Tricia (what's with the couples named J & T, eh?) and thier 3 little ones are coming for the weekend. I was going to keep it a surprise for Dan that they were coming, but then I couldn't contain myself (cause I SUCK at keeping surprises!) and I blabbed it to him the other day. So he knows now and I ruined Christmas!
Anyways so they're coming down and then Saturday we're going to the Woodland Park Zoo with them and we're also meeting Dan's college friends that live in Lynwood, WA, there too, and we're taking Sarah's two Stinky's with us, so Sarah can rest for the festivities later, which will consist of a BBQ and lots of fun and games! I'm making my "famous" Carrot Cake and GAK-A-MOLE (they're both famous) and it's gonna be an awesome weekend of fun, friends, food & farting (the kind that you get from eating my garlicy Gak-a-mole!).
I'm so excited to have the "other Price's" come down. We haven't seen them in probably a year. And we've yet to meet adorable little Aliza. Justin and Dan are like the "Nerd Twins" (I mean that in a complimentary way) and always have a great time talking their geek-talk, and Tricia and I ALWAYS have a great time laughing and shopping and ususally my head hurts by the time they leave from all of the laughter. Although I've got a head start on those headaches........speaking of which........
I went to a Headache Specialist at the University of Washington yesterday, after trying multiple things to try and rid the headache that still haunts me since December 4th. My Chiropracter took X-Rays of my neck to see if that was the culprit and it was totally fine and then I tried Acupunture, which I'm sure would work on someone who gets headaches a lot, but in my case didn't help even one bit. The only thing that I benefited from that, was a damaged nerve......which obviously wasn't a good thing. It's still healing and it was almost a month ago! OYE!
So anyways I saw "Natalia" yesterday (even though she's a Nuerologist, she insists I call her Natalia instead of DR., which I thought was very cool) and I was very impressed! She was the first person to call my headache like it was, which is a "daily headache" and she didn't call it a "migraine" like all of the other doctors and Nuerologist were calling it, so that sold me right away. She KNEW what she was tlaking about. Anyways she was the first person to EVER explain what she thought was going on with me. She explained it for about half an hour, even drawing a chart on paper, so we could follow along. So basically she believes that even though my MRA looked totally fine, that obvioulsy the channels of my nerves are not and that's causing my pain. She also said that I may be genetically prone to headaches and because in the past I've suffered from headaches all my life (something I thought was totally normal, yet now I find out not everyone gets them as often as I do) and I've taken medications like, Tylenol, Excedrin, Advil etc... that it's resulted in a rebound headache with medication over use and it's now prevented my brain's natural pain-fighting functions from working. Now this doesn't happen to all people, so don't think that if you get a headache every once in a while you shouldn't take a pain reliever, but I'm talking about: I used to get severe headaches at least twice a month and sometimes as often as twice or three times a week. Anyways some people who aren't born with this, we'll call it a "headache-prone gene", can have headaches in their life and respond well to pain meds, but then eventually will get less and less headaches, whereas a person like me, will get continually worse overtime, because I'm just prone to them, and the medications will stop working for me, like they already have. Anyways the answer to the problem is pretty simple actually. As there are many things that are atributing to this pain that I suffer; it's almost like a vicious cycle that I've been circling around for years and never realized it, until she pointed it out for me. Like for instance a major one was sleep deprevation, which has been a problem for years. I'm also low in Iron, a borderline anemic and I often skip meals which is SO not good for you, but even worse for me. She also mentioned about metabolism (which I know mine is horrible) and oxygen to the blood (which my iron defficency is not good for that), and about my adreneline that all contribute to the body and is worsening my inflamation in the trigeminal nerves. All this is so blah, blah, blah, but I find it so fascinating and especially, cause now I actually have a diagnosis I can relate to.
So anyways she's got me taking Alieve for the pain, and a drug that is a prophylactic medication and it's actually an anti-epilepsy drug. Now this is the funny part. The side effects of this medication is losing the ability to spell (so it'll make me even stOOpider!) but this is where it's really funny: loss of sweating (sweet! I won't have to shower as often!) and........weight loss, sometimes anorexia. Well bring on THAT drug baby!
Darn......if I become anorexic.......I won't be fat anymore. Gee......what a loss!
Seriously though, I can understand that anorexia is a disease and someone very close to me once suffered from it and I don't mean to make a joke out of it, but come on.......can you blame me for laughing that it would make ME anorexic or that I should worry about weight loss? C'mon, this is ME we're talking about here!
Anyways we'll see how this all goes. It just seems like things are finally going up the rollercoaster of life instead of being down at the bottom. I mean besides this, my cast should be coming off soon, (well it should be healed up anyway) and then in less than 2 weeks I'll never have to wear glasses for long distance again! I'm getting Lasic surgery finally!
It was suppose to be my birthday present from Dan, well it still is, but we had to wait till this year, cause we put $$ aside in an FSA account to save on the taxes. But I'm finally getting it done! I'm actually really scared about it, cause, (as I was telling my fellow Activity Days leaders last night) I'm an "eye rubber" and an "eye picker" (I'm constantly playing with my eyes and I'd get infections really easily as a child. I even had an emergency room trip because of it and they had to stick this eye wash thingy in my eye socket......it was SO gross!) and so I'm so worried that I'll forget that I just had surgery and I'll wanna rub my eyes or pick eye crusties out or something and then I'll ruin my surgery. But Roz assured me that because I'm an eye-rubber/picker then I'll be even more self concious about it and won't do it. I sure hope so! I also worry about the whole "King of Queens" incident where Doug got Laser surgery for Carrie and it totally went wrong and she couldn't even see after a week. But then again that's because he went to an unreputable place that took a "coupon" (buy one eye, get the other free!) and we're going to a very reputable place reccomended by my Optometrist, so I'm sure that won't happen. But it doesn't mean I don't think about it!
Anyways I've gotta go and bake and make stuff for tonight and this weekend. I hope Dan has a great day and that he did well on his exam (he took his first final for his Masters degree that he's working on right now......although he won't be done for a few years, cause he's doing one class at a time). And I hope this weekend will be like, totally awesome! Like, fur shurr!!! 18 February I've fallen in LOVE!I'm in love with Dan.....everyone knows that, however I have a new love in my life. The name is Shaun Barrowes.
No I'm not in love with another man.....poligamy is not on the program here folks......but I am in love with the music of Shaun Barrowes.
I'm sure most of you have never heard of Shaun Barrowes before; I hadn't when I first heard his name, but thanks to his "self marketing" on LDS Linkup.com, where I met him, I now know the music and it is WONDERFUL!
If you like Billy Joel, George Gershwin, Harry Connnick Jr., Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, or any of the classic songs of all time played in a jazzy style, you will LOVE Shaun Barrowes too.
So Friday night he played a show in Seattle and I took my friend April to it. It was one of the best live music experiences of my life (besides OZO...don't freak out Ana). He is just so super talented, a great performer, and he's really good with his audience. And man can those fingers play the piano! I couldn't keep my eyes off his fingers cause they just moved so fast. His voice is so smooth and he can sing in a very wide range. The songs that he revamped to his style were meant to be played the way he sung them. He re-did the song "Wonderwall" by Oasis and you'd think if you'd never heard it before that it was meant to be played as a jazz song. It was my favorite although the close second was his song called "Fade". That's another thing; he may play a lot of cover songs, but he's an awesome song writer himself and he's actually written a lot of songs for people. He spent years writing in LA for different R&B groups and also singing back up, but then decided he wanted to persue his own career as a performer. He's an independent artist with no agent, manager, record label and that's his curve. He does it all himself and I can see it working better for him in the end. He's touring the States & Canada right now and he'll be back in town here in a few months time. Check him out on My Space at http://www.myspace.com/shaunbarrowes . My favorite song on there is one he wrote himself called, "When I Take Your Hand". His recordings don't give you the true sound of his music though, cause he's a live performer and he really does sound SO MUCH BETTER LIVE! Anyways enough of the "Shaun Barrowes plug". I don't get anything outta promoting him, I really am a big fan of his and I'm doing my new friend a favor by telling the world about his awesomeness. I've posted a video that I took at the show, on My Space. You can either view it on my page: http://www.myspace.com/suzetheprice or here: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1988540732
Okay enough about him. It's not my true love. But speaking of my true love.....Dan was in Edmonton the latter half of the week and was supposed to be coming home tonight, but last night as I was in the middle of eating dinner with Sarah and her family, I got a call from Dan saying he was at our apartment looking for me! He surprised by coming home a day early. It was a great surprise. That meant I only spent one night alone, since the day after he left, April came into town. She was pretty much coming down for the Shaun Barrowes show, but she happend to catch a ride down with her family since they were coming down to go to the temple. It was so nice being with the Mangham's, since they've always been another family to me. Laurel came down too with her two kids (since her husband Devon was in Edmonton too....how ironic!) and I haven't hung out with her in the longest time. It was really nice to laugh and be with them again. Especially Laurel. I've been closer with April over the years and Laurel and I sorta lost contact since she got married, so I feel badly that I haven't spent much time with her over the years, but when you have friends that are like sisters to you and are your "kindred spirits", like April and Laurel are to me, then even though you don't talk or hang out for years, you pick up where you left off, like no time has passed.
Anyways enough of the sappy stuff. I really will try to keep up with this blog thingy in the future. I just sometimes am not in the mood to write, but then again, I know if I just sit down and type whatever's on my mind, that pretty much is all this blogging thingy.
Anyways make sure you check out Shaun Barrowes on his My Space. He's a really great guy and such a talented person and I know that he'll be really popular someday soon and it's up to me and you to spread his music around. By the way for those of you who care, he is LDS and he also has a CD out that is Christian Hymns jazzed up a bit. They're beautifully done and although they're "jazzed up", they're still reverent songs that are in harmony with the Spirit of Christ. You can buy his CD's here http://cdbaby.com/cd/barrowes or his mainstream, non-religous, debut CD here http://cdbaby.com/cd/barrowes2
Have a great week everyone! 15 February I'm baaaaaackI'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly I am here today Seems like forever (and a day), thought I could never (feel this way) Is this really me? I'm alive, I'm alive I'm alive - and the dawn breaks across the sky I'm alive - and the sun rises up so high Lost in another world (far away), never another word (till today) But what can I say? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive Okay so I've been gone a while. But as this song says.....I'm alive. But all of those who judge and say, "Susan you suck at keeping up your blog!" -to that I say: "Can you really blame me?"
I mean, for those of you who don't know....aside from my every day headache (that I still have by the way....since Dec. 4th), on January 9th, after visiting my Neurologist I severely sprained my ankle and have been in a cast since then. I have about 3 more weeks to go for it to completely heal. Now isn't that fun boys and girls? Can you see why I haven't kept up this blogging thing?
That's what I thought.
Well I have not much else to write tonight. It's kinda late. But I will fill you in on more another time. Maybe in another few months. In the meantime, enjoy some lovely photos of my poor foot.
Oh ya and I chopped all my hair off. 8 January For the Beauty of the EarthDoesn't nature just make sigh sometimes? This was taken from last night's sunset. 20 December Crazy December!First of all:
Happy Holidays to all of you!
For those of you who didn't get my Chrsitmas letter for some reason, here's what's been going on these past few weeks. Also for those who did , I added a couple of paragraphs at the end to update even more: You see one night I had this extremely bad headache come on all of a sudden, but then it went away the next day. But the following day after that, I went to bed feeling heavy headed and the next morning I woke up feeling horrible. Well to try and make this story as short as possible, after a few days of having this same headache that wouldn’t go away no matter what pain medication I took (Advil, Tylenol etc…) Dan got concerned, so he took me in to the Urgent Care (walk-in-clinic) and they took my blood and ran some tests and the only thing that doctor could find was that I had a slightly elevated white blood-cell count and so he put me on Penicillin, but since I was in so much pain and discomfort, he also gave me some Oxycodone to help with the pain and sent me home. About an hour or so later he called us and told us to go to the ER to get a CT Scan. For those of you who know me, know that I HATE the ER and so it wasn’t the greatest that I had to go there in the first place and it made it worse knowing I needed a CT Scan. “What the heck did the doctor think I had?” Anyways my hospital experience was the worst ever! I know I’m a drama queen but how would you have liked to have been poked around 4 different times to try and get an IV started and they couldn’t do it. It took two different nurses poking and prodding me and they couldn’t get anything. The grossest is when they tried sticking it in my wrist veins. EEWW!!! Anyways after that they decided just to give me the pain meds through shots. 2 of them (but 3 in total towards the end of my stay……and also literally in the “end”). OWEEE!!! And just as I expected……they didn’t do a thing. That’s when the ER doc. said the only thing left to test would be for Meningitis and to do that I would need a Spinal Tap. “Um……okay……I’ve heard of those and don’t those require a big long needle in my spine?!” So it turns out that that’s the worst thing that I’ve ever had to get done to me……EVER! If you’ve ever had one done, I’m sure you can sympathize. I actually heard they’re worse than an Epidural! Anyways that day I counted all of the times I had some sort of needle in me and it was 11 times! Do I have reason to whine & complain or what? Anyways all my tests came back clean at the hospital and I didn’t have anything serious. The new pain meds the ER doctor game me, drugged me up pretty badly, but don’t help the pain AT ALL, even thought they’re really strong meds. So I’ve pretty much’ve been a vegetable at home on the couch or in bed, while Dan takes care of me. Another thing I’m grateful for is not only our great Health Insurance that pays for all of this, but for Dan’s relaxed environment & flexibility at work. He’s been able to take sick time for me and even though he’s supposed to be away working with a game developer for a couple of weeks, in Edmonton, Alberta right now (he was actually there for 3 days just before I got sick) his bosses told him not to worry and to take all the time he needs, and that family to them comes first too and just sent really nice emails saying that they hoped I’d get better and if there’s anything they can do for us let them know. Just really eased my mind about Dan having to miss so much work. (He’s been home with me for two & a half weeks now). Anyways I’m totally rambling now…sorry. Anyways since my hospital visit I’ve had another home visit from a doctor (another Microsoft Health Insurance perk) and then I had to go in to see my doctor and that’s when they ordered a MRI/MRA exam for me and referred me to a Neurologist. Okay so when I said that the Spinal Tap was the worst thing ever to have happened to me, I lied. An MRI is THE WORST! One word: TORTURE!!! I’m not that claustrophobic (I am a bit though), but being in a very small enclosed area, not being able to move a muscle for almost an hour……is plain TORTURE! Anyways a couple of days later I saw the Neurologist and he said my brain and arteries were totally normal and so he ruled out anything that could be serious. His conclusion is that I have a really persistent migraine headache. He gave me a couple of shots to reduce the headache (not the pain, which is what all of the other meds were for and that’s why they didn’t help) and I was supposed to call him in the morning if it didn’t help. Now that was Thursday the 14th that I went to see him and wouldn’t you know it, that’s also the day that a major storm hit the Pacific Northwest and we lost power for almost 63 hours and since we have a phone through the internet, we couldn’t call him, which didn’t matter cause EVERYONE around here lost power. (That storm is another major trial that thankfully we were pretty prepared for and luckily stayed pretty warm in our apartment and survived with food, but that’s another story). So we called the Neurologist yesterday and I went into the office for another shot and today I was at the hospital for 6 hours getting meds through an IV (yay me!) But luckily I had a really good nurse who was such an expert that she warmed me up and gave me a local anesthetic and when she put in the IV, I didn’t feel a thing! So I told her if I ever need an IV again, I’m calling her!
Anyways today I woke up feeling crappy again, so the Doc's got me on some new medication. It still sucks to have to do nothing all the time. I'm supposed to be resting, but Dan went to go get us dinner and so I snuck on here for a minute. It sucks too cause my parents are coming Saturday and possibly my brother Steve & his girlfriend Laura too, and I can't even plan and cook the dinner I was going to make for them. I can't do anything! I can't even clean my house and it's a bit of a dissaster. I haven't cleaned my bathroom in two weeks and it's driving my nuts. Dan "cleans" up the kitchen sometimes and does the dishes and I give him an "A" for effort, but it's just not how I would do it, so it makes me a little coo-coo. Anyways he's going to be back soon, but I hope everyone out there has a very Merry Chrsitmas and good health to you all! 29 November Dippin' DotsFor those of you who don't know what Dippin' Dots are, check out their website:
I'm sorry I cannot answer any more questions. 27 November To snow or not to snow?.....that IS the questionSo I know that most of you BC'ers have gotten a lot of snow lately and I'm so jealous. Oh it's snowing here also......now.......after like the whole day of not......but it's not the lucious snow that falls and falls and sticks to the ground and piles up so high you could jump from a second story window and land safely in it's cloudyness.......NO! What we get it some crappy stuff I call "Snow-Rain".
*Description of "Snow-Rain" by Susan Price:
If you've ever had at McDonald's (I'm not sure if they sell them in Canada) their "Dippin' Dots", well imagine a bazillion of those falling at the speed of rain outside. No I'm not talking about HAIL......I know what that is (I'm not stOOpid!) and this is not it. It seriously looks like a tinier version of Dippin' Dots pelting from the sky at 300 mph. .....maybe faster....I've never clocked how fast rain comes down, but that's how fast it was.
So anyways our grounds and roads are lightly dusted with this crappy stuff and it's no fun at all. So yes the jealousy is still running through my body. Go play in your snow Vancouverites! I hate you all!  |
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