happy feet on halloween!

my feet are happy today because i treated them to a long-awaited pedicure! :D yes i know summer is over but my feet took a beating over the 2.5 weeks i was away. i tripped over stone steps a couple of times which ruined my previous pedicure -- and of course all the walking wreaks havoc on your feet.

so after work today i headed over to Cranberries Spa (formerly Donnalily), and relaxed in one of their huge massage chairs, sipped chamomile tea (i needed to relax and my tummy has been upsetting me the past couple of days), and poured over the latest style magazines, while my esthetician worked her magic with my piglets. ;) today i opted for OP-I love this colour -- a rich maroon with shimmer! from the OPI 25th Anniversary Collection :D

my massaged, moisturized, and relaxed legs drove me home, where after dinner, i handed a bit of candy to the children that came to our door :)

H A P P Y    H A L L O W E E N    E V E R Y B O D Y!
hope your feet are as happy as mine! ;)

"look what *I* did..."

i'm back from my vacation and decide to have lunch with a friend of mine today :) it was good to see him but then when we started eating, i remembered why i sometimes feel *awkeard* talking to him...

he's always had a knack of dropping hints or pieces of new information right out of the blue -- like how a fisherman drops his line with a yummy worm on the end of it, dangling it in the water, hoping to entice a few nibbles -- and pauses with enough time to suggest that i should be asking him to elaborate on this new information.

and to be polite, i ask him to explain, and then he'll nonchalantly explain to me in detail about whatever new is happening in his life. today it was this new web app that he's working on and how stressful it has been because he's had to book a booth at a tradeshow for next year and that beta should be releasing soon, and blah blah blah.

oh i know this is his baby, and i know he's extremely excited about it, but i what i don't understand is, why didn't he just come straight out and tell me how excited he is about this new project instead of beating around the bush? i think i'd be even more happy and excited about it with him if i didn't feel like i was obligated to ask him what was going on...

don't get me wrong. i am very happy for him but the conversation just started out ... weird. it's almost like he's trying to show me that he's got an exciting life and it's too bad that i'm not involved in this project....? i have no clue...

no.1 beef noodle house

its a BEAUTIFUL sunny day in wonderful vancouver :D and i just got back from having lunch with my HQ. soooo good to see her again :) especially after being away for almost 3 weeks. really felt bad about hacking away during lunch :( i gotta get over my cold asap. really hate feeling all stuffed up and not being able to laugh without coughing out a lung.

we went to no.1 beef noodle house near moscrop secondary. it was PACKED but we got a seat :) thanks to HQ. she must have slipped the waiter a bill or flashed him her sexy smile ;) well the lunch was fine and we talked and chatted about girl stuff but i felt like shite near the end of it. rushed home and sat on the royal miffy throne for like 5 minutes :( must have been something in my tofu and vegetable soup -- something i've always enjoyed because its so soothing ... and i LOVE soup!

i'm ok now but still feeling a little queasy :(

ick...

it's over

the move is done! thank god. actually i should really thank HashQueen, WT, JW, and EC for all their help. i have a lot of cr&p... but can you blame me? i've been in this city for ... 13 years! sigh but i guess i should try to go through every box and throw out stuff i don't need, won't need, and will never use. and the stuff that i just can't part with and can't lug around whenever i move -- i'll just mail that stuff to my mom ;)

its going to be a BIG task... the Miffy Castle Purge :P i'll get to it when i'm settled and things have died down a bit over here... :D

and no taking bets that i won't get around to doing it at all!

drinking from the 2L bottle

ok so i'm still packing and most of my kitchen stuff has been packed away. i got thirsty so i went to the fridge and grabbed my 2L of cranberry juice. there's only like 1 cup of juice left so i thought, what the heck, just drink from the bottle, SO I DID!

I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE!!! mostly out of habit and from years of pouring juice into a cup at home, but boy do i feel like a rebel!

(humour me ok?)

back to my wishlist

so i was going thru my previous posts... yes i know i should be packing but i'm in a blogging mood tonite... and i just wanted to tell y'all that i got one of the things on my wishlist :) a brand spankin new camera :)

tada!... the Lumix LX2. i have the black one (as only the black ones are sold here in Canada) but i've posted pics of the silver one so you can get a better idea of what it looks like. i LOVE how retro it looks and its such a FUN camera to use :) i bought it just in time for the trip and literally drooled all over it on the plane trying to get familiar with it :D

its so sexy! ;) if only i can be as sexy as my camera :P ok maybe its the meds talking now. i'll debut it in vancouver soon -- you'll be begging me to get the lens out of your face i'm sure.

my first digital camera! i'm so happy! :D

miffy's castle moving

oh and miffy's castle is moving too... to my own server so i'll keep you posted on that as well :D

bye! :D

complain complain

ok so some people are complaining that i'm not being detailed enough about my trip. i'm still in the middle of this stupid-a&& cold/flu/whatever you want to call it, thats been keeping me bedridden for the past 4 days. i also have to pack up and move this weekend. yeppers, i'm moving AGAIN. my current landlord (which i'm really upset about and i'll post about later) needs the suite back for her mother who apparently is not getting along with her son who she's been living with for the past 30 years. she's been complaining loud enough and often enough that her son is just fed up with it all and is agreeing to let her move into this suite so she can live with her daughter, my landlord here.

so i'm sick, and i have to pack up my crap tonite (ha!), get some much needed rest, and then i have to pick up the van with WT tomorrow morning. so glad that WT offered to help out. he's been a real good friend -- booking the van, buying me febreeze to disinfect this stupid suite i'm in, reassuring me that everything'll be ok, and taking the blunt of all my complaints and whining for the past 4 days. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THIS H3LL HOLE.

so now its my time to complain :P i promise to blog more about the trip and everything else that's happened lately when i'm more settled.

oh and momcy, don't worry about me. everything's taken care of. and yes i'm drinking lots of fluids and eating everyday, and looking both ways before i cross the street.

my trip :)

i had a great time on my business / pleasure trip. i got to spend a lot of time with my parents, gained 3 aunts, 3 uncles, and 7 friends (from the 'kiddie table') along the way to boot! :D i also got to spend time with a friend from the 604 for a couple of days.

now i'm back and i remember the first day i saw my parents. i was dead tired (and so were they) but was so incredibly happy to see them. you see, i had missed them for so long and often i'd lay awake in bed just wishing i could be back home. my brother has no idea how lucky he has it living so close to my parents.

you must be thinking, "its no joy ride living in the same city as your parents!" as many of you see your parents more than once a year. i guess on the other side of the equation, i might find them a bit annoying if i was to see them everyday! :P

only seeing them once a year, i can see they're getting older. my dad isn't as sharp as he used to be and my mom is a little impatient at times. you can imagine what sort of disagreements arise from that combination :P

all-in-all the trip was great. i really needed to get away. i was working up until the night before i left and barely had enough time to pack. i didn't even sleep the night before i flew. and of course it all flew by too quickly.

the minute i stepped off the plane into the chilly vancouver air, i started coughing. yep, i have a cold. once i battle this one out, i'll post some pics :)

message to anonymous

to the anonymous poster who has been sending the immature comments, all your details (sending id, location, etc) have been logged and documented to the proper authorities. they already know who you are and have been gathering this information to take legal action.

just fyi. :)