Why Do I Need A Title, I Can't Think Of One!

I hate that I have to think of a title every time I write a blog post.  I can never think of one and they usually end up being something really stupid.  Isn't the date good enough? 

I'll be pretty bored this weekend I think.  Jeff is going to his friends bachelor party because he a groomsman and they are going camping for two nights.  I have been invited to go to Saskatchewan with the bride for the weekend and I really want to go, but it's a 7-8 hour drive and I would have to take Dixie with me and I'm not sure if she would like that.  She gets carsick sometimes.  I'm still debating on going, I think now that Dixie is getting older she can handle it.  Sampras can stay here by himself, I can get anyone in town to come and feed him in the morning and night so that's not a problem.  I'm about 80% in for Saskatchewan if that's the choice.  I've never been, this is the farthest west I've been in Canada!

My apartment smells so good right now.  I've got a roast beef in the oven with carrots and oh man the smell is making me so hungry.  Too bad I have to wait another hour before it's done.  I know the exact time because the roast came with instructions.  I love when that happens.  I also have a new meat thermometer that you put in the meat while its cooking, so that is helping me out too.  It's going to be tasty! 

Jeff and I are now full members of the Pinawa Rowing Club!  I absolutely LOVE rowing, it is a total body workout and it's really fun.  The membership fee wasn't fun though... $313.00 for the both of us!  Apparently it's for insurance purposes but I don't know, that sounds a little bit too high to me.  Oh well, it gives us unlimited access to the rowing club and our own key, so that's good.  Now if only it wasn't so windy out we could go.  It's been crazy windy here lately.

I had to finally smack my stupid self and get a Medic Alert bracelet for my Cold Urticaria, mostly because of rowing.  The doctor told me to get one like 2 years ago lol.  If I fell in the water while rowing, I'd basically need urgent medical attention and I wouldn't be able to tell anyone.  That cost a lot of money too... $72 for the bracelet plus $50 a year to be in the Medic Alert database.  I picked a bracelet that had really pretty purple beads on it.  Here is a picture from the website:

It's going to have my medical condition engraved on it along with instructions for paramedics and doctors.  It should be here in 2-3 weeks.

Well that's about everything that is going on around here right now.  Talk to you later!

-Ashley

This Is Me!

Introducing...

Walker and Texas Ranger!  Our new pets.  They are baby Tiger Barbs and they are so cute, well, as cute as a fish could be be I guess lol.  We just picked them up on Saturday from PetsMart.  Keeping Sampras away from the tank has been a chore but he's getting better haha.

Kinda Pissed

Well I got a call today from that job offer I talked about in my last post.  I didn't get it.  You want to know why?  She said everything in my interview was perfect, my resume was perfect, but I didn't get the job because I could not provide a reference from a place I used to work at in Ontario.  You want to know WHY I couldn't provide it?  BECAUSE THEY WENT BANKRUPT!  Yeah, they are no longer in business and I have no way of contacting them.  I told this to the lady and she didn't care.  She was like "if only your could have given me that reference...".  What the hell, it was impossible, I told her this, and I even offered her other references.  No, that wasn't good enough.  She wanted me to pull a magical reference out of my ass.  Well screw this bullshit.  I don't really give a crap anymore.  I'm going to focus on my school and that is about it.  That's all I need to do right now.

-Ashley

Where Have I Been?!

The answer to that question is... at home.  Yeah I've been at home all this time and I haven't posted since April 22nd.  Kinda sad, but I do have some good excuses.

For starters, I've been studying and working on my school work like a mad woman.  I had a midterm for my Business Law course last Saturday.  I got someone in town to watch me take it so that I didn't have to go all the way into the city.  I just had to make sure that the person watching me had a PhD.  Jeff works with someone with a PhD who agreed to watch me so it all worked out.  The midterm itself was all multiple choice and I finished the 50 questions in a little under an hour.  I'm not sure how I did, good hopefully.  My final exam is on June 27th and I have lots to do before then so I don't think I'll be blogging as much as I'd like too.

I also had a job interview for a senior home that is being built in our town.  I'm not sure what is going on with that though, they said they want a reference from when I was a supervisor at the dairy I used to work at in Ontario, but they went bankrupt shortly after I moved out here and I have no idea where they are or how to contact them.  I'm waiting too see if I can somehow get passed that, after all it's not my fault.  Hopefully everything turns out okay.

Dixie has been sick for the past 2-3 weeks.  She kept throwing up, not eating, and not drinking.  She wouldn't even eat her treats and she loves them.  Jeff took her to the vet while I was having my midterm and found out that she may have a stomach ulcer.  She has been on medication for about 5 days and seems to be getting better, so I'm really happy about that.  She also gets groomed on Saturday so that should make her feel a lot better.

I'm not going to end this without showing you my new purchases!  Things have been so stressful for me lately with school and stuff that I decided to treat myself.  Check out what I got:

Yay, new brushes!!  I was so excited to get theses, you have no idea!  I ordered them from Coastal Scents about a week and half ago and they arrived yesterday.  The site was having a 15% off the entire site sale so I decided it was a good time to get these.  The set is called the Magenta Deluxe Reptile Brush Set and I love it!  The hairs are goat hair and synthetic and they are the softest brushes I have ever owned.  The clutch they come with is actually a brush roll with a separate sleeve to hold each brush.  The regular price is $39.99 for the set but I got it for 15% off.  The pink brush is a kabuki brush.  I never had one before and I really wanted one so I decided to get this.  It's made from goat hair and oh my god you would not believe how soft it is!  It's incredible. The best part is I paid under $5 for it.  I'd expect to pay at least $20+ for a brush of this quality.

Anyways, I'm going to take Dixie outside.  Hopefully I can keep updating this regularly.

-Ashley