Hey all. I know I haven't posted in about a week, but I've been really busy with school and other things. Last week I had to read 6 chapters for school and each chapter is about 50 pages. Plus I had to do review questions and problem applications for each chapter. So yeah, last week was pretty hectic for me. Plus on Friday I didn't get an school work done because Jeff stayed home from work. He had an ear ache and pretty sore throat, so I had to take him of him and do other things around our apartment. He's better now though, so I should have a pretty quiet week to do even MORE school work. Yay... *rolls eyes*.
I was rewarded for my hard work last week though. Jeff took me out and bought me a new purse! I basically get a new purse every season. This is my new fall purse. It's a deep purple colour, so it matches the fall colours well. I really like it. We also had lunch with Jeff's cousin yesterday. He lives in Ontario, but he came to Winnipeg with his university's basketball team to play against U of M and U of W. Jeff was happy to see him. We went to The Olive Garden for lunch. I don't really like it there. It taste good at the beginning, but I get crazy heartburn about an hour after I finish eating there. It sucks.
This week I only have from Monday-Thursday to do some school work, so I really have to buckle down. The reason is because on Friday, Jeff's friend Adam is coming to visit for 4 days and we have to pick him up at the airport at 10:00am. It should be fun.
Oh and there is so super great news to announce: We're coming home for Christmas! YESSSSSSSS!! Holy crow I am so excited about this! Christmas is my all time FAVOURITE holiday, and I don't mean for the presents. Christmas is my favourite time of the year because it looks good with all the decorations, it smells good because of baking and cinnamon candles, it sounds good because of Christmas songs, and it feels good because you get to spend time with family. This year, we were almost not going to go home because we didn't think we would have the money. However, we have been budgeting really well and trying to keep our expenses to a minimum, and we are good to go! We are both going to be flying. At first Jeff was going to be driving with some people from Pinawa who are also from Ontario, but I talked him out of it because driving that distance would take too many days out of his time at home and I really didn't want him driving that distance in the winter. It's just too dangerous. Holy, I cannot wait for "Ashley Presents: Christmas Eve Slumber Party '09!" Haha, I have a slumber party with my sisters every Christmas Eve and I annoy the crap out of them lol. It's awesome.
ANYWAYS... I'm off to do some more school work. Bye!
-Ashley
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Pub Crawlin' and Such
This weekend Jeff and I and just about all of our friends from Pinawa went into Winnipeg for a pub crawl to celebrate fall birthdays. There are so many fall birthday's, it's actually kind of spooky. We stayed the night with Jason, Deana, and Paul at Jay and Leah's apartment, someone people stayed at someone else's house, and some people stayed in a hotel.
We went to two places to drink. Well, I didn't drink because I quit drinking awhile back. If I have even half a drink I get really sick. I can still have fun without drinking though, so it's not a loss at all. The first place we went was The Toad. It was fun, it was just like a regular pub. We stayed there for most of the night. After that we went to another place called The G-Martini Bar. I really wish we would have just stayed at The Toad. The G-Martini was more like a club and I am NOT the club type. I have never been to a club in all my life. The music was so loud you had to scream to the person sitting next to you in order for them to hear you. Plus the place was so tiny! It was just a small room in the corner of some building and it was so cramped. Thank God we only stayed there for a little while. Jeff wanted to leave because he wasn't feeling too well. Overall, it was a really fun night though.
Right now I am just sitting here on the couch watching Dr. Phil. Only because nothing else is on. Dr. Phil is not even a real doctor, he's a complete moron. I hate how he always says "When we come back, I'm gonna tell what I think about this". F U Dr Phil, no one wants to know what you think about anyone or anything! Okay getting off track here lol. I think I'm just going to have a nap or something.
-Ashley
We went to two places to drink. Well, I didn't drink because I quit drinking awhile back. If I have even half a drink I get really sick. I can still have fun without drinking though, so it's not a loss at all. The first place we went was The Toad. It was fun, it was just like a regular pub. We stayed there for most of the night. After that we went to another place called The G-Martini Bar. I really wish we would have just stayed at The Toad. The G-Martini was more like a club and I am NOT the club type. I have never been to a club in all my life. The music was so loud you had to scream to the person sitting next to you in order for them to hear you. Plus the place was so tiny! It was just a small room in the corner of some building and it was so cramped. Thank God we only stayed there for a little while. Jeff wanted to leave because he wasn't feeling too well. Overall, it was a really fun night though.
Right now I am just sitting here on the couch watching Dr. Phil. Only because nothing else is on. Dr. Phil is not even a real doctor, he's a complete moron. I hate how he always says "When we come back, I'm gonna tell what I think about this". F U Dr Phil, no one wants to know what you think about anyone or anything! Okay getting off track here lol. I think I'm just going to have a nap or something.
-Ashley
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Busy School Week
Right now I'm just taking a 15 minute break from school work. You see, I read my schedule and thought I only had to do QUESTIONS 19-22. It turns out I really have to do UNITS 19-22, with all the questions that go with them. Hee hee... oops. So I've got a lot of work to do. It's okay though, I only have to read 50 pages in the textbook, so it's not really that bad. I just wish I was learning something more interesting. Don't get me wrong, I want to do this because I need it to complete my Small Business Management course, it's just so boring! I think the next course I want to do in the program is Marketing. I read a bit about it and people seem to really like it and it's just really interesting to them. Well, back to work!
Oh by the way, I tried to get Dixie to do my work, but she seemed just as uninterested as I am:
Oh by the way, I tried to get Dixie to do my work, but she seemed just as uninterested as I am:
-Ashley
Monday, October 12, 2009
New Template (After 3 Hours!)
I decided to get a new template because I thought the old one I had on made it too hard to read my posts. I found a really awesome one, but OF COURSE it was messed up and would not work. So after searching for 3 hours for a good Halloween template, I just decided to make one. This template is a 100% Ashley original. Well not really. I kind of took the pics for the background and the header from Google images. Oh well lol.
Mmmm, Jeff is making turkey soup and my apartment smells so good right now! Dinner is going to be awesome tonight. Hmmm, 3 awesome dinners in a row: Red Lobster, Thanksgiving, and now turkey soup. We are spoiled!
-Ashley
Mmmm, Jeff is making turkey soup and my apartment smells so good right now! Dinner is going to be awesome tonight. Hmmm, 3 awesome dinners in a row: Red Lobster, Thanksgiving, and now turkey soup. We are spoiled!
-Ashley
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Happy Birthday To Me & Happy Thanksgiving To All!
Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll!
Yes, today is the day when people all over Canada make way too much food, eat about 10% of it, and then wonder to do with the gigantic amount of leftovers. All while falling asleep before being able to clean up the humongous mess. Good ole' turkey day!
Jeff and I have a nice Thanksgiving dinner at home, just the two of us and Dixie and Sampras. I cooked the dinner. I made mashed sweet potatoes, stuffing (I cheated though, I bought the boxed stuffing hee hee), carrots, gravy (also store bought, but at least it was Club House brand), and a 10 pound turkey. Everything turned out delicious. We roasted the turkey following some directions we found on the Food Network website. First, yesterday we took the frozen turkey and soaked it in a brine made of salt, brown sugar, and water. This is supposed to do something to the proteins in the meat and make the bird super moist. It also helps with browning the skin. So it soaked in there for 7 hours. Then we dried it off and put it in the fridge over night. Today, we first cooked it for 1 hour at 400*F, then 2 hours at 250*F, then back up to 400*F for the last hour, basting only in the last half hour. It turned out so moist and so tender! We printed the directions so we can use it again next year. We even gave Dixie and Sampras there own little thanksgiving dinner in their bowls. Dixie finished hers in like 10 seconds, but Sampras still isn't sure what to think of it. He keeps going up to his dish every 15 minutes and taking small bites and then running off with it. He's weird. I also bought a Sara Lee apple pie, the BEST apple pie ever, but we were too full to cook it. I'll probably make it tomorrow, when I take all the leftover turkey (SO MUCH!) and make turkey soup. All in all, a great Thanksgiving dinner!
Yesterday was my 22nd birthday. Jeff took me out to Red Lobster for dinner. I had wood-fire grilled lobster tail, shrimp, and scallops on rice. It was so good! Red Lobster is my favourite restaurant, but that is because seafood is my favourite food. Jeff doesn't really like it that much. The only thing he likes is crab, so he had crab legs and steak. Mmmm, I want Red Lobster right now! Too bad it's so damn expensive. Our meal came to $86, and that is with a $10 tip. It's a once a year thing only. Jeff got me some makeup and new makeup brushes as I stated in a previous post. My dad told me on the phone yesterday that he sent me the Ferris Bueller's Day Off collector's edition DVD in the mail for a birthday present. It should be here on Tuesday and I am so excited! That is one of my all time favourite movies! "Bueller... Bueller..." ha ha ha!
Okay so Jeff just looked at over at me and said "Are you blogging?" I said yes and he said "Are you hate blogging me?" Then he pretended to type and say "My boyfriend is such a dick..." So I told him I'm putting that in here lol. Now he is shaking his head. Okay he's back to watching Gladiator now. I don't know what it is about this stupid movie, everyone seems to like it. Well I hate it! Down with Gladiator! Up with Ferris Bueller's Day Off!
And with that note, I'm done.
-Ashley
Yes, today is the day when people all over Canada make way too much food, eat about 10% of it, and then wonder to do with the gigantic amount of leftovers. All while falling asleep before being able to clean up the humongous mess. Good ole' turkey day!
Jeff and I have a nice Thanksgiving dinner at home, just the two of us and Dixie and Sampras. I cooked the dinner. I made mashed sweet potatoes, stuffing (I cheated though, I bought the boxed stuffing hee hee), carrots, gravy (also store bought, but at least it was Club House brand), and a 10 pound turkey. Everything turned out delicious. We roasted the turkey following some directions we found on the Food Network website. First, yesterday we took the frozen turkey and soaked it in a brine made of salt, brown sugar, and water. This is supposed to do something to the proteins in the meat and make the bird super moist. It also helps with browning the skin. So it soaked in there for 7 hours. Then we dried it off and put it in the fridge over night. Today, we first cooked it for 1 hour at 400*F, then 2 hours at 250*F, then back up to 400*F for the last hour, basting only in the last half hour. It turned out so moist and so tender! We printed the directions so we can use it again next year. We even gave Dixie and Sampras there own little thanksgiving dinner in their bowls. Dixie finished hers in like 10 seconds, but Sampras still isn't sure what to think of it. He keeps going up to his dish every 15 minutes and taking small bites and then running off with it. He's weird. I also bought a Sara Lee apple pie, the BEST apple pie ever, but we were too full to cook it. I'll probably make it tomorrow, when I take all the leftover turkey (SO MUCH!) and make turkey soup. All in all, a great Thanksgiving dinner!
Yesterday was my 22nd birthday. Jeff took me out to Red Lobster for dinner. I had wood-fire grilled lobster tail, shrimp, and scallops on rice. It was so good! Red Lobster is my favourite restaurant, but that is because seafood is my favourite food. Jeff doesn't really like it that much. The only thing he likes is crab, so he had crab legs and steak. Mmmm, I want Red Lobster right now! Too bad it's so damn expensive. Our meal came to $86, and that is with a $10 tip. It's a once a year thing only. Jeff got me some makeup and new makeup brushes as I stated in a previous post. My dad told me on the phone yesterday that he sent me the Ferris Bueller's Day Off collector's edition DVD in the mail for a birthday present. It should be here on Tuesday and I am so excited! That is one of my all time favourite movies! "Bueller... Bueller..." ha ha ha!
Okay so Jeff just looked at over at me and said "Are you blogging?" I said yes and he said "Are you hate blogging me?" Then he pretended to type and say "My boyfriend is such a dick..." So I told him I'm putting that in here lol. Now he is shaking his head. Okay he's back to watching Gladiator now. I don't know what it is about this stupid movie, everyone seems to like it. Well I hate it! Down with Gladiator! Up with Ferris Bueller's Day Off!
And with that note, I'm done.
-Ashley
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Boredness Is Taking Over
I'm so bored right now! My foot is feeling a bit better and I can't even go out for a small walk around because it's raining and cold. It's been cloudy and rainy for over a week now. Depressing really. I just finished watching my Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer DVD. I don't care if it's only the beginning of October, I watch that movie all year round! It's my favourite movie. It really cheers me up when I am feeling gloomy.
My birthday is this Saturday. I'm turning 22. Nothing special. Jeff is taking me to Red Lobster for dinner. He already bought me some makeup and new makeup brushes about a week ago, so I'm not expecting a gift. I just hope it's a romantic dinner.
Blah... maybe I'll have a nap. Damn you dreary days!
-Ashley
My birthday is this Saturday. I'm turning 22. Nothing special. Jeff is taking me to Red Lobster for dinner. He already bought me some makeup and new makeup brushes about a week ago, so I'm not expecting a gift. I just hope it's a romantic dinner.
Blah... maybe I'll have a nap. Damn you dreary days!
-Ashley
Monday, October 5, 2009
New Theme + Random Things
I decided to change the theme to better suite the month, so a Halloween theme it is! I love Halloween. Not for just the candy either. I like dressing up and having a party with friends. This Halloween should be fun because Jeff's best friend Adam is coming from Ontario for the 4 day Halloween weekend.
On to other things. My toes on my sore foot are hurting so bad I feel like crying. This only started on Saturday. They didn't hurt at all when the injury first happened. Jeff said he is going to take me to the hospital if they still hurt after a couple more days. I can describe the pain only like this: It feels like when you have Charley Horse in your leg, but its in my toes and it's constant. Owweee! I just wish is would all go away. I NEED to clean this place. I mean, Jeff has been helping me out with the cleaning since I hurt myself, but he just doesn't clean the way I clean. I have a very strict style lol. I am pretty much OCD with cleaning.
It's supposed to SNOW on... guess when... October 10th. Yeah, my freakin' birthday. That is just the birthday gift I would have chosen for myself. *rolls eyes*. Damn you Mother Nature! Whatever. It's not stopping me from going to Red Lobster with Jeff for my birthday dinner. No way am I missing all you can eat shrimp fest. I'm not eating for 2-3 days before so I can be good and empty lol.
Well that's about it for now. I'm so tired, I haven't been sleeping well. I keep having weird dreams. Like last night I had a dream that my family was swimming at a lake and our dogs, Dallas and Scotia, got chased by a skunk, then a bear... then some giant leeches. It was messed.
-Ashley
On to other things. My toes on my sore foot are hurting so bad I feel like crying. This only started on Saturday. They didn't hurt at all when the injury first happened. Jeff said he is going to take me to the hospital if they still hurt after a couple more days. I can describe the pain only like this: It feels like when you have Charley Horse in your leg, but its in my toes and it's constant. Owweee! I just wish is would all go away. I NEED to clean this place. I mean, Jeff has been helping me out with the cleaning since I hurt myself, but he just doesn't clean the way I clean. I have a very strict style lol. I am pretty much OCD with cleaning.
It's supposed to SNOW on... guess when... October 10th. Yeah, my freakin' birthday. That is just the birthday gift I would have chosen for myself. *rolls eyes*. Damn you Mother Nature! Whatever. It's not stopping me from going to Red Lobster with Jeff for my birthday dinner. No way am I missing all you can eat shrimp fest. I'm not eating for 2-3 days before so I can be good and empty lol.
Well that's about it for now. I'm so tired, I haven't been sleeping well. I keep having weird dreams. Like last night I had a dream that my family was swimming at a lake and our dogs, Dallas and Scotia, got chased by a skunk, then a bear... then some giant leeches. It was messed.
-Ashley
Friday, October 2, 2009
The Week In Review
Ugh. Talk about a week from hell!
So it started last Saturday with the 5 hour wait in the hospital to determine what was wrong with my foot. Turned out I tore a bunch of tendons and ligaments. So I've been sitting around doing nothing because my foot is in a cast and I can't put an pressure on it or the plaster cast with break.
Then on Monday night I woke up in extreme pain and had to take the cast off. It's only a half cast, so I can put it back on with tensor bandages. It was then that I noticed my toes had gone completely numb. They are still numb TODAY! They are not blue or anything so it's not a circulation issue, it's probably just swelling around the nerves. But come on! What else could happen with this damn foot?
Well I'll tell you what else can happen. Jeff has been coming home at lunch to take Dixie outside because we live in an apartment and she needs to be taken out and I obviously can't do it because I can't walk. However yesterday Jeff had to take the car in for an oil change and wasn't able to make it home, so I had to take her out. I took the cast off and decided to limp down the hall and down the stairs. As soon as I took one step down the stairs I head a popping noise and then felt extreme pain. I managed to take Dixie out still, but my foot swelled right up again and hurt like hell. I am not supposed to walk on it for 2 weeks, but what was I supposed to do? There was no one else who could have taken her out. So now I'm back in the cast and back on Ibuprofen.
To top it all off, it is currently 9:55am and it's +3°C outside. Yeah. We totally skipped fall here in Manitoba. It's freaking winter out there! The only thing we are missing is the snow and that won't be far off I'm afraid. This really sucks for me, I am feeling the depression set in already. I have Cold Urticaria (allergic to cold) so I won't be able to be outside until around next May. I mean I can still go shopping and stuff, but I have to wear like 50 layers of clothing and make sure I have extra strength allergy pills on me at all times or I could potentially die. Damn. I love Canada, but ever since I was diagnosed with this 2 years ago, I hate living here. I want to move somewhere where it is warm all year round and I don't even have to deal with hives again. Somewhere like Arizona. Or Australia. Either one would work.
So yeah, that's my week. Depressing I know. Hopefully next week, even though I still won't be able to walk around yet, will be better.
-Ashley
So it started last Saturday with the 5 hour wait in the hospital to determine what was wrong with my foot. Turned out I tore a bunch of tendons and ligaments. So I've been sitting around doing nothing because my foot is in a cast and I can't put an pressure on it or the plaster cast with break.
Then on Monday night I woke up in extreme pain and had to take the cast off. It's only a half cast, so I can put it back on with tensor bandages. It was then that I noticed my toes had gone completely numb. They are still numb TODAY! They are not blue or anything so it's not a circulation issue, it's probably just swelling around the nerves. But come on! What else could happen with this damn foot?
Well I'll tell you what else can happen. Jeff has been coming home at lunch to take Dixie outside because we live in an apartment and she needs to be taken out and I obviously can't do it because I can't walk. However yesterday Jeff had to take the car in for an oil change and wasn't able to make it home, so I had to take her out. I took the cast off and decided to limp down the hall and down the stairs. As soon as I took one step down the stairs I head a popping noise and then felt extreme pain. I managed to take Dixie out still, but my foot swelled right up again and hurt like hell. I am not supposed to walk on it for 2 weeks, but what was I supposed to do? There was no one else who could have taken her out. So now I'm back in the cast and back on Ibuprofen.
To top it all off, it is currently 9:55am and it's +3°C outside. Yeah. We totally skipped fall here in Manitoba. It's freaking winter out there! The only thing we are missing is the snow and that won't be far off I'm afraid. This really sucks for me, I am feeling the depression set in already. I have Cold Urticaria (allergic to cold) so I won't be able to be outside until around next May. I mean I can still go shopping and stuff, but I have to wear like 50 layers of clothing and make sure I have extra strength allergy pills on me at all times or I could potentially die. Damn. I love Canada, but ever since I was diagnosed with this 2 years ago, I hate living here. I want to move somewhere where it is warm all year round and I don't even have to deal with hives again. Somewhere like Arizona. Or Australia. Either one would work.
So yeah, that's my week. Depressing I know. Hopefully next week, even though I still won't be able to walk around yet, will be better.
-Ashley
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