Happy New Year!!! 2010

I rang in the New Year with my parents, brother and my boyfriend at home. It was quiet and relaxed; we had dinner and ate paella, chipotle shrimp, two kinds of salad and wine. We talked a lot over dinner, rang in the New Year and ended the night with a board game. Today I had lunch with some of my gf we were going to go to the movies but it was such lazy day and I still had tons of food at my house so I had them come over for lunch. We talked lots about babies in our families, maternal clocks, weddings and working out, vitamins, cooking and many other things.

2009 was a great year; I am pleased with everything that happened… I learned so much in school this past year and had so many experiences working at the hospital. I traveled with my bf to new places and saw many, many, many awesome concerts. Met new people, found a job, joined a gym and the absolute best thing that happened is that I fell in love with an amazing guy. I am really lucky to have great friends and this summer was the first time that all the girls were together again. I’m really excited and looking forward to see what the New Year will bring for me… and I’m anticipating graduation day.

This Years Hopes- 2010 I hope to...
1. Be able to go visit my family in the motherland
2. Keep my part time job (School will be a lot more demanding this last semester)

2009 Last Year
Best Things that Happened:
1. Falling in love with B
2 . Going to Cuba and Montreal
3. Entering my final year of nursing and completing semester 3 with sweet marks

Worst thing that Happened in 2009:
1. Getting a neurotoxic infection in my leg from a coral reef while snorkeling

My 10 List for 2010...
1. Finish my last semester of Nursing, Graduation!!! (I’m ¾ done)
2. Pay off Visa
3. Pay off my student loan
4. Get back into shape
5. Get a new puppy
6. Get my license
7. Find a job in my profession
8. Start saving money for a down payment
9. Go to Mexico
10. Get a tattoo

1 year... Dec 29th

Dear: Love of my life

You ARE the Love of MY life.


Signed: the Love of YOUR life!


Ps. Thank you for being the most wonderful and amazing boyfriend ever! I never imagined that when I accepted to be your gf I would fall in love with you the way I have... I knew you were a great guy to hang out with cus you always had me smiling and laughing. I felt like I could really let my true colors show when I was with you, that I didnt have to try to impress you because you liked me for who I already was. As the week and months passed and spent more and more time together I quickly was falling inlove with you... I tried to control it by stopping it from happening too fast but then one day I said forget it and I just let it happen at its own pace. I know you knew I loved you and that you could see it in my eyes because there were many times before in which I looked into you eyes and saw you wanted to tell me you loved me. It wasnt untill we went to Cuba that we finally let go of our fears realted to getting hurt from saying the words " I love you". When it was finally said that was it, my heart was free to speak and it felt so good. It's been a year since I accepted to be you gf B and yes we may have run into a minor wrinkle during that time but which couple doesn't in their first year... I love you Babe A&f !

End of summer...

The end of summer has finally come! After a crazy busy and stressful summer involving school and dance, I can finally relax and enjoy what is left of summer. The girls all came together for the first time in a really really long time. We celebrated 3 birthdays at once at my house in a BBQ that I called “Birthday Threesome”... We gossiped, ate, laughed and drank some sexy drinks. My gf Mel from Dubai and her boyfriend were here, my gf Dav from Texas, and then the locals girls plus a rare appearance from our friend Grace. The bf’s were all in attendance and my brother played chef over the hot bbq... all in all a delicious success with a piece of delish ice cream cake to end the night.

The CNE for many represents the last couple weeks before school begins, for me its all that plus the craziest two weeks of dance before school starts. So on Friday Aug21 the CNE opened and we went as a dance group to perform in the international pavilion and it was a great show like every year... After my performance I walked around the CNE with B then we walked across to the Molson amphitheatre to see if we could score some tickets to see Pearl Jam for their Sold Out show... So we asked a scalper if he had tickets and he only had one *tear*. So Bruno just kept walking and went in and I said to him “We can’t just walk in if we don’t have tickets, we need to go back out there and find a scalper who has tickets” his response was “ What for we have tickets” and he pulled out a pair of tickets he bought months ago. It was an amazing concert I don’t think I can ever get tired of seeing Pearl Jam and I can’t believe he kept a secret from me for so long.

Labour Day weekend I went to the CNE again but this time for fun and for yet another concert. This time it was B, his friend and my gf Yvette. As girls we were interested in playing games and winning stuffed animals and we both ended up winning a little Miss Sunshine, Keroppi and I got a Crazy frog from Bruno while Yvette went home with some other stuffed friends. The guys on the other hand were interested in winning a pocket bike or an acoustic guitar. At the amphitheatre we saw The Killers and the evening was kindda cool and breezy but other than that it was a good concert. After the concert was over we went back to the CNE for a while longer to play some more games, food and BINGO... I won! And Yvette and I play some free games and the guy didn’t even know haha, we’re so sneaky lol

September rolls around and school begins and surely enough I had to get tons of homework on my first day back but who am I to complain, I’m just really excited that I have finally entered my last year and that I am now ¾ of the way to completing my education.... I look forward to graduating.

I was expecting to do something special for Bruno’s Birthday since he has done so much for me in these last few months... The original plan was to take him out to watch “We will rock you” because I know he likes Queen however when I was looking for tickets I saw that the last show was earlier this summer at the end June. So I was stumped but I finally came up with an idea and after a lucky search I found a great deal for floor tickets to go see U2 for their 360 tour. So when I gave B his card at first he was happy but after I think it really hit him and he was excited. I think we both had a great time at the concert and it was so far the BEST concert I have seen all year.

Well another summer has come and gone and like all things that are fun and exciting... all good things must come to an end

Je T'aime....

My boyfriend asked me if I could leave a little free time in my schedule because he wanted to take me somewhere for the weekend. Unfortunately August is ALWAYS my busiest month for dance so I find it merely impossible to just walk away from it for an entire weekend. So we negotiated and came up with leave on Friday come back late Saturday, which worked really well for me.
So the whole week I was trying to figure out where he was going to take me and I came up with 3 possible ideas 1. Niagara (falls or on the lake) 2. Up north somewhere, not camping but to a resort/lodge/ B& B type place OR 3. Montreal..... It was Montreal!!!He kept it a secret and it was a good surprise, I really loved it. I honestly had my mind set on Niagara and since I have never been to Montreal but always wanted to go I was pleasantly surprised when I realized where we were going.

Montreal is everything I had imagined it to be and more... As a child I remember spending time with an aunt in Québec city. I remember it to this day even though that took place in my early childhood years. I must have been no much older that 6yrs and I remember vividly the beauty and charm of the city. It must have made such an impression on me to have these memories etched in my mind to this day.

So from those memories I had an idea of what Montreal should look like. What I saw was beautiful; it was old and new at the same time. A perfectly executed combination of old world charm meets new modern chic. The architecture is absolutely amazing; the energy of the city is so vibrant and full of life. I love to hear groups of girls or people talking to each other in French. The food well let just say I think I can live off of Crêpes and poutine for a good while.

After having a little dab of Montreal I come to realize that asides the French name that I hold I might have been French in my past life... maybe even French Canadian. I love the language, food, eating baguettes with cheese especially brie, don’t get me started on the patisseries, and Wine...let not forget the romance! Now tell me how can anyone get that wrong? Somewhere in my heart there is a fleur the lies and I love my wonderful bf for taking me on this wondrous delightful trip even though it was as short as it was.

Je T’aime mon amour et montreal aussi. xoxo

Civic Holiday

So we decided to spend the day together on the holiday monday but had no plans. We has already seen eachother on the saturday & sunday night before and I suggested that we make a day in the park out of it. We went to center island and I forgot how nice it is to go there and just walk around... we went to the pier sat and enjoyed the windy air people watched a little and then we were off to find a nice place to set our blanket down and relax. Then off we were to the "far enough farm" in the kids village and saw peacocks in the club (haha) and walk around some more... not a day full of highlights but a day well spent with someone I care about really really truly truly :) Mostly it was just fun to be together and trying to make it on to the ferry.

METRIC! ...at Edgefest

Yellow rain poncho, black rain boots and tickets to Edgefest!

There I was despite all the rain and mud flying everywhere I enjoyed every moment of it. The last of the Birthday concert tickets where used and needless to say my dear lovely bf was there right next to me.

So asides all the people soaking wet or covered in mud there was some pretty well known bands playing that day THE ARKELLS, K-OS AFI, MONEEN, THE STILLS,ALEXISONFIRE, BILLY TALENT (the head lining act) and of course what I was waiting for METRIC!!!

I was so excited and I wish I could have gotten closer, however that comes with a price and that price included being covered in mud so I stayed a safe distance from the stage and sang my little heart out along with Emily Haines.

All in all I loved being there and has loads of fun, despite all the rain and mud. I was fun watching people walk around in the mud and have their flipflops sucked in by the mud, and as gross as it was I'll never forget the portapotty that had a urinal 3/4 full of Mens dirty piss and my stupid poncho got caught in the door as i was goin in and the stench... Lol the memories I take with me from this day are worth standing in the rain for .

No Doubt...

So last night I went to the No Doubt concert and it was AWESOME! For Part II of my Birthday concert tickets that my awesome bf gave me.

The concert started off with good performance by Bedouin. They did a few songs and then after that followed Paramore and they were really good. I have to say that I really enjoyed their performance, even though I am not a huge fan I do know a few of their songs and I got to hear some more of their material and I’m really liking it. Apparently they are coming back in Oct sometime because they are releasing a new album soon, so that might be something to look forward to.
Anyways the main event was No Doubt and they were so good. I think what I really like about whole was watching Stephen and his dance moves, at time he was more entertaining to watch than Gwen. I love love love his dancing. Anyways, some people were invited on stage a guy with a No doubt tattoo on his bicep, a guy who printed out the lyrics to a song on poster size paper and the lyrics where wrong... Hahaha.
Oh! And there was these two teeny girls sitting in front of us and they obviously were huge Paramore fans cus i think they might have creamed their panties a few times when certain songs were played.

Anyways they were just being stupid teenage girls but as they were dancing to songs one of them *ucking wacked me with her stupid flailing arms. She turned around to say sorry but I gave her the nastiest look just for my own amusement and I think she felt bad cus she stop waving her arms in the air like she just didn’t care. She was waving them but I think always careful to not hit me again Hahaha.
Omg! I tried to take a picture of the stupid girls in front of me cus her and her friend were wearing stupid 80’s sunglasses that said State Farm on the side... lol they were lame looking.

And I saw “Flyer Man”!!!! lol I pointed him out and my boyfriend thought I said “spider man “ and he was looking for someone coming down the ceiling hahaha I love it cus that really would have been cool, but anyways I haven’t seen Flyer Man in forever and I just got excited for like a second when I saw him. Thank you “B” for part 2 of birthday concert tickets

Janes Addiction & NIN

NIN JA !!!

June 02 , 2009 I went for part 1 of the concert tickets I got from my Hunky Bf on my Birthday! It was a good show I was expecting NIN to close but nooo it was Janes, a great show none the less... Im really happy that I got to see it with my bf, especially since its our first concert as a couple... I quiet enjoyed him holding me during the show, I always secretly was jealous of couples like that but now I have my turn and its a sweet feeling :)

Theses are some pics that I took at the NIN JA show the ones I took of NIN didnt turn out so great. The evening started off with a huge line up for parking, semi long walk to the entrance gate, massive line up, a ticket that printed out stupid and wouldnt scan, missing the first hour of the concert due to all the set backs, a gorgeous sunset and accidentally getting on the gardiner after.LOL All in all a perfect concert date!

 

 

I heart Cubaaaa!!!

So after a crazy month of finals I made a well needed escape to Cuba. My boyfriend and I had been talking about going away somewhere, and he found a great deal and next thing I knew I was Cuba bound.
We went to Cayo Coco and it was just what I needed... Sun, Beach, tanning and lots of RUM!!! Yum! We went for a week to Oasis Playa Coco and it was a nice 4 star resort. Spending every day relaxing at the Beach was the best part of the trip and was worth it, being under the sun, feeling the sand in between your toes, swimming in warm salt water TOTALLY worth every penny!!!



We had so much fun even though it was just us two, I feel that after this trip with “B” it’s drawn us closer and I’m so glad that I got to spend the time that I did with him. I don’t think it would have been the same with anyone else. I would go anywhere with him because he’s a great travel partner and just as always we were laughing at something everyday and just having a good old time. I was afraid that spending so much time together I would come to learn of a habit of his that would drive me nuts or maybe by a certain day we would just get sick of being with each other. However, it was the complete opposite and I love him more now than before this trip even happened. I look forward to many more trips with my SUN GOD of a boyfriend (he’s like a tanning King!).lol

Some highlights of our trip hmmm so many things...

RUM!!! All day, any time... RUM PUNCH, Pina Coladas, Miami Vice, Mojitos, Rum and coke, slushies with Rum, fruit juice with rum and well just any drink with RUM. Mmmmmm!

The Beach - sand, waves and Sunshine!!!

Resort Dance shows – On one particular night there was this drunk guy Dancing Man it was too funny!

Snorkelling – On our last day we went snorkelling and although I had fun, unfortunately we got pushed into shallow coral reef by some crazy waves... We both touched fire coral but I got the worst of it. Cuts on my leg and now I’m taking medication for a Neurotoxic infection in my leg from the coral. I have Neuropathic damage to the nerves in my left leg and I’m also taking steroid treatment for a chemical allergic reaction to the coral reef which made my skin flare up into hives, blisters and bright red patches.

I miss relaxing at the Beach everyday : ( and taking countless naps!

Eeeek!

Okay... this is definitely the longest that I’ve been away from my Blog. I’m gonna have to summarize what’s been going on for the last while since my last post in March! Yes, March and now it’s JUNE!!
April is Birthday time!!! So my birthday came and went. I am now 28! Woo. On my Birthday I went out with my Boyfriend to Milestones and he gave me a bunch of awesome gifts (several concert tickets and a special gift. I also had a fabulous birthday dinner with my girls and my Boyfriend... I wanted to do something BIG! But then taking into consideration my school schedule I became obvious that something BIG would require lots and lots of planning time... and “TIME” is something I could not afford to waste. So it was nice and simple “Maki Maki” for all you can eat Japanese and then everyone came back to my place for Rockband and Cake.


Finals & Exams... Ugh! The dreaded words a student doesn’t wanna hear. Well I was swamped what else can I say? It was hectic and I’m so glad it’s OVER! And I’m even more excited to say that I PASSED all my classes and that I’ve officially finished First YEAR! WOOO HOOO.... Schooools out for summer! )Not really Im doing Clinical and 1 other class but that’s till the end of July :)

New Year... 2009

Well Last night was fun, I really had a good time with B and his friends. As expected it was a small gathering of friends and I enjoyed meeting them all. Lots of beer, guys playing guitar hero, and watching sports after the count down... I got a little buzzed from the champagne but it was a small one. My favorite thing about New Years and being with B was the kiss and spending time with him even tho it meant being tired as hell coming home at 8 in the morning, it was well worth it.

So I dont usually make a habit of creating New years resolutions, because I find that people ( like me) usually only stick to them for the first quarter of the year before they settle back into thier old ways. In the past few years I use to make a list of 10 things I wanted to do for that year, no matter how unlikely or absurd it was and if by the end of the year I accomplished 1 of those things then I could say that I had suceeded.

However this year I want to do more than just a '10 list' and Ive decided to combine it with other things... and hopefully it will help me in achieving certain goals I have in mind, and here goes...
New Years Resolutions 2009

1. Be MORE physically active ( I want to be able to run again, so I need to work on my physiotherpy for my back, plus I want my old body back)
2. Experience NEW things ( I'm usually open to anything but this year I wanna push my limits into doing things I would normally not do ... taste, feel, do..etc)

3. SHOW more Emotion ( I usually dont have trouble verbally expressing how I feel, but I think that I dont hug my family or friends enough and I really wish I did)

4. Take time to BREATH ( I am a control hog and I a lot of the times I take on more than I should. Usually its because I cant say No or because I think I can handle it... I need to distress, breath, take in the moment, and just enjoy the small things.)

5. CREATE better habits & environments ( not just at home but also at school, in dance, and with people I love... I need to organize my time, priorities, and also need to improve the environments I work in like my room, study areas, dance space... etc. )

This Years Hopes- 2009

I hope to...
1. Be able to travel, take a vacation ( I really need one, its been long over due)
2. Find a steady part time job ( I need something to help while im in school)2008 Last Year
Best Thing that Happend: (It’s a tie! )
1. Finally getting a full time acceptance at school (nursing)
2 .Finding out that Bird is the word, all the while enjoying Bnut butter and Jam
Worst thing that Happend:
Finding out I didn’t pass all my classes after exam and thinking that I was withdrawn from the program when I wasn’t... My world almost ended that day.

My 10 List for 2009...
1. Get through and pass 1st year nursing
2. Make money
3. Pay off Visa
4. Start an RRSP
5. Go Sky diving
6. Visit a new city (major city)
7. Get back into shape
8. Donate my Hair
9. Fall madly in love (someone or something)
10. Get a tattoo

N.Y.E Mayhem

Omg! ...why did I even think that going out to buy stuff was a good idea today? the insanity, the line ups, the people, the parking lots .... all of it is soo ridiculous

I went get some bubbly for midnight at the LCBO holy line ups! then I headed over to my local churasqueria (portuguese chicken) they ran out of chicken.. Boooo, then I went to the grocery store I have never seen sooo many people in line at that grocery store or so many cashiers working at once. However standing in line at the grocery store I observed that the majority of the customers were men... and then I giggled and I thought to myself "These are the poor husbands that were sent to get last minute items by their wives before closing" Next year I think I will go the day before or early in the morning to grab what I need.

Meh, it was to be expected not much I can do ... I knew what I was getting myself into.

Anyways Im looking forward to spending New Years with B, it will be our first of hopefully many more to come. Nothing really exciting is happening as for celebrating just something small and intimate at one of his friends house with a few of his friends. So I look forward meeting some new faces but mostly spending time with B :)
Wishing everyone the Happiest & Best New Years night ever... And wishing that everyone lots of Love, Good Health, Success, Wisdom, and Prosperity in 2009 :)

Eat, Drink and be Merry tonight, but dont drive unless ur a DD ^_^

Special Request...

Today I was asked something I've been waiting for, and I replied...


...and that is all I need to say :)

My 3 Christmases

Christmas Eve- eve ( Dec 23)
So my Christmas started early this year and I got a few gifts before Christmas day from previous xmas parties... However I think the best present award has to go to "B" because he got me the best gifts and it was stuff that I wanted... lol minus the muff ( inside joke) but I love it anyways. So we went to Alice Fazooli's, we had the goat cheese and chicken pizza which I thought it was delish and the Butternut Ravioli which sounded better on paper than it did in the mouth ( really it didnt amaze me and it could have been so much better). So after that we just hung out and before it was time to go home we did a little gift exchanging. *Note* I was told by "B" in our last meeting that I was not to "buy" him a gift, so being the obdient girl I am, I made his gift instead... I baked him 2 types of cookies Sugar Cookies which I used holiday shapes, (Star, Tree and Lightbulbs), Icing and color sugar... and Soft molasses cookies which taste spicy cus of the ginger and cinnamon in it. Yummy! :P Mmmm ... So asides the fur boot covers that were made to resemble a muff, I also got Nightmare before Christmas Dvd (collectors edition) and Twlight (hardcover collectors edition, which I couldnt find anywhere.) Thanks B! I love my gifts!!!
Christmas Eve (Dec 24)
Christmas Eve was spent with my family and some Family friends... We went to thier place and of course did the Turkey and all its usual friends stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad ...etc. Lots of good wine, and delicious desserts topped of with some Baileys Yumm :P Which contributed to my participation in playing Rockband.... Some highlights of the night include meeting 6 wk old baby Miguel ( sooo adorable and strong too), small gifts (assorted teas from Second cup, lotion set, & Tim's gift card), Rocking out & being so drunk at dinner that my mouth felt numb as I was eating and yet I was able to compose myself and not attract attention to myself *pat myself on the back* :)

Christmas Day ( Dec 25)

So my family & I went to my aunts house for Christmas Dinner and boy did I ever stuff myself. After the first round I was feeling rather plump. I thought that if I pause on the eating and let my stomach relax that I could attempt a second round and was I ever wrong I went for round 2 and I struggled but Im glad I wore my "fatman pants" aka Yoga pants. The highlights included watching Alexia open her Christmas gifts ( my cousins daughter), the many toasts, and paparazzi picture time. What a beautiful Holiday for families and friends to get together.

My Christmas wish is for everyone to have a Merry Chrsitmas with all thier loved ones :)