Awesome #7

7: Mini Eggs

A lot of the things I find awesome are material goods. But seriously. Mini Eggs. AND the fact that they come in bags that weight almost a full kilogram. I'm on a diet... and I make ROOM for mini eggs. Thanks for the sack of deliciousness, Brad!

Awesome #5

5: Birthdays

So you're older. Sometimes it's no good (when you're older), sometimes it's awesome (my insurance rated went down!). But the rest of it... usually awesome! People you barely talk to? Wish you a happy birthday. Can't afford to go out? Who cares, it's your birthday! You get free stuff (even if not a whole lot of it), you can use the "it's my birthday" excuse to get away with a lot of things...

Basically it was my birthday this weekend. I turned 25. I'm halfway to 50. Halfway through this decade to 30. I feel like I should have gotten so much done in my life because when I was young I wanted to be married, or almost married, by now, and have kids by 30. 5 years? Babies in 5 years?! I can't see that now. But I've got a sweet apartment, a boyfriend who I love so much, a full-time job (barf) and I'm buying a car this week.

On Friday I went out in Guelph with some of my Guelph friends, including a delicious dinner (leftovers tonight!), fishbowls of liquor, A FLAT TIRE, a ridiculous night at Vinyl AND 3 FREE TEQUILA SHOTS IN A ROW. Yes. A grand night. Saturday we woke up early, I went and put a deposit on the car of MY DREAMS, had a nap and went to Emma's Back Porch for good times with great friends. Friends I haven't seen in a while. A shitty waitress and a lot of laughs. So good. Sunday was my actual birthday which included a trip to the mall, some chillage, new curtains and dinner at Jack Astors.

Which, by the way...

6: Garlic Pan Bread from Jack Astors

JUST SAYIN, IT'S AMAZING.

Awesome #4

4: Working From Home

Again, I haven't updated in a little while! I suck. I've actually been busy having a life. Today, though, I am working from home. That's right! We knew this big snow storm was going to hit. And even though it hasn't dropped a ton of snow so far, the roads are awful. And we predicted this! So I have next to me a drive full of images of pavement (Soooo exciting) just waiting to be audited whilst I sit at home in my Pirate slippers and pj's, sipping tea while Brad still sleeps. He works 10-6 today so I guess it's good I'm home, he can take the car to work instead of walking. But even getting just to the theatre, which is like.. 2km from our apartment, I'm going to be like DRIVE SAFE!

But the moral of the story is, I can work from home. I can prepare myself food, and look outdoors, and wear what I want. While I work. Mmmm

Awesome #3

3: Long, Hot Showers

Really... need I say more?

Awesome

2: My Dad

I am beyond a Daddy's girl. I strive a lot of the time to be like him in so many ways. My dad is funny, sarcastic, kind, giving, polite, and generally awesome. He and my mother raised me in such a way that my brothers and I were never grounded, never snuck out, never got in bad trouble. My biggest worry is disappointing my dad. He gets along with everyone but you can't walk all over him. He loves his family more than anything. He quotes Lord of the Rings to me. He gives me weed. He trusts me. He's never scared off my boyfriends. In fact my first boyfriend said, a while after we broke up, that one thing he really missed... Was my dad.

I can hardly even express how important my dad is to me. Hence why this entry makes almost no sense. He's coming to Guelph today to cosign on a loan for me to get a car. After helping me to find one for the last 4 months. I look up to him more than anyone else, ever. Sorry Mom ;)

Awesome #1

1: Taking Off Your Socks

Seriously. Your feet are sweaty, or you're warm, or you've been on your feet all day. Get in the house, take off your socks and sit down. Doesn't matter where. Doesn't matter where your socks go (at the moment). It's like bliss.

Mmmm

Whoops

Oops.  It would seem in the madness of the holidays and rereading Dooce, and then starting The Biggest Loser competition with Erin and Jana, I've forgotten to blog.  I think this may have a lot to do with the fact that I actually feel better about everything lately.  I'm in the process of buying a new car.  I'm doing this competition and I've lost almost 6 lbs in 3 weeks.  Things are starting to look up.  I've joined this website called My Fitness Pal and it is just amazing.  I can track everything I eat, every exercise I do, and all the nutrients in what I'm eating and it'll tell me how much I'm allowed, and if I'm doing well. It's a massive community too so anything I've been having issues with, someone else has been too.  And they wrote about it. And then I read about it. Victory.

I do want to post more often. Just about things that happen in my day.  I'd like to add photographs but my camera is so abysmally average, and just makes everything BRIGHT (not pretty, or well-lit... just BRIGHT) that I don't tend to take a lot of pictures with it.  I wish I had an amazing camera. haha.

I had an idea though.  In an attempt to keep my mind on the positive side (I have a job interview on Thursday! I've lost 6 lbs! My birthday is coming up!), I want to attempt to post 1 thing that cheers me up or that I find awesome every day.  This, of course, has EVERYTHING to do with 1000 Awesome Things which is just.. a dude with a list of 1000 awesome things.  I honestly had 3 of them last night while I was fiddling around in the apartment, but of course, they're gone now.  I'll try to come up with one by the end of the night and post it. Maybe with accompanying picture? OOOOoooo so fancy.