The Ex

On Saturday Phil, Alyssa, Jonny & I went to the ex. I was SOOOO excited to be going to the ex rather than working! LOL (Saturday is my LAST shift at subway). There was a broadway ice show at the ex and I SOOOO wanted to get on the ice and start figure skating...not that I know how...at ALL...ha ha but it was AMAZING :). After that we walked through all the buildings with the cool booths...but the best building of ALL was the one where we could go SHOPPING!!!! Lol. I found 2 purses that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED but could not decide which one to buy. In trying to help me decide I guess, Jonny said "You don't NEED two purses." A random lady turned around and said..."yes, she does. She really does." So that decided it :). I bought one...and Jonny bought one for me. :). Jonny absolutely SPOILED ME! We even got dippin dots (the "ice-cream of the future" lol). It's funny because I have always been very careful with my money. I am not afraid to SPEND money but I hardly EVER buy anything for full price. Jonny often gets annoyed at me because even when he is paying I still look at prices and choose cheaper things over more expensive things. My reasoning is that if I wouldn't spend THAT MUCH money on something...why would I let someone else waste that much money? He is trying to get me out of that habit...ha ha. I love him SOOOO MUCH! Today we went looking for places to take wedding pictures. We MAYBE found a place but are doing a BIT more looking this week. I am trying to get as MUCH wedding stuff done as I can before I start school. Just a few weeks now and I will be in my VERY last year of school! I have a feeling I will REALLY LIKE school this year though. It will definitely be a change from my last 16 years of school... but sometimes change is good I think :).

Terrorized by a bat!!!!

Last night started off just like any other normal night. I fell asleep only to be awoken 2 hours later to all the lights in the house being turned on and my mom asking my dad “Did you get it?” Uh oh...those four words.... did...you....get...it...can only indicate one thing...THERE IS A BAT IN THE HOUSE! I was reminded of months ago when Alyssa would wake me up in the night at say “THE BAT!!! IT CAME BACK!!!!” And we would squeal and run up the stairs to get my dad. I no longer have anyone to squeal with...that makes it A LOT scarier!!!! So I went upstairs and sure enough the bat was back...but when my dad went outside to get the broom it got away...somewhere. ( My mom was supposed to be watching it but she was hiding in a room with the door closed ha ha) We searched the house and decided to go back to bed cuz it was NO where to be found.  I was laying in my bed and could NOT fall asleep. I could say I just felt SO awake after our bat hunting...or that it was because I was really thirsty (which I was)...but PRETTY MUCH it’s because I was SCARED! Lol. Now you have to know, my cat Misty is one of the laziest cats around. She eats and she sleeps. When we all sleep she is RARELY ever walking around the house...except last night. She had been laying by my purse earlier and after I turned out my light I thought I heard a sound coming from my purse!!! Could the BAT BE IN MY PURSE or do I have a WILD IMAGINATION? (I will never know) I tied a belt around my purse and dragged it out the door ha ha when all of a sudden I saw Misty running and thought I MAYBE saw something moving. I slowly creeped toward the bedroom so I could turn on the light when all of a sudden...

 SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP  ....SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

We have FOUND OUR CULPRIT! This bat did NOT seem to be afraid of people. (Seriously we have had so many bats in the house in the last few years that I feel I should start naming them all and start a school or something) He swooped about an INCH ABOVE my head...and you must know while I was laying in bed I was thinking “why on earth do I have to have curly hair on the day there is a BAT in the house! Seriously...Why can’t it be straight...if it gets in my hair it will get stuck...and I will have to be shaved BALD or have my hair cut off”.... with that in mind I RAN AS Fast AS I POSSIBLY could to the STAIRS AND slammed the door behind me. Got HIM! Phew! Ummm ya apparently the bat flies as fast as I run ...I was about to step up the stairs when all of a sudden the bat is RIGHT in front of my face....I SCREAMED LIKE I HAVE NEVER SCREAMED BEFORE

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

And then I ran into the room where HE was supposed to be locked in...and locked myself in...I don’t care WHO is locked where...as long as we aren’t locked TOGETHER! My dad came down with a tennis racket and I heard “SMACK....flop” My dad asked me to grab him a garbage can so he could take the bat outside. I replied “which garbage can?” He laughed and said “Who cares. Just a garbage can!” I said “Well we have had SOOO many bats these days that I thought we maybe had a SPECIFIC garbage can for bats now!” Ha ha...I guess that’s the next thing to buy. A personal garbage can for the bats to transport them outside!  Now I would love to say that no animals were harmed in the making of this story...but it’s not true. We tried to do it the nice way years ago but every time we let the bat go free he would come back the next night. I have to admit the bat looked kinda cute when he was all dead in the garbage can. He looked like a baby mouse. I felt a little sad for him...then again he was NOT so cute when he was CHASING ME ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!  R.I.P. little bat...and PLEASE do not send your family back for revenge. I need to get my sleep at SOME point during the night. (I was so jumpy last night that I didn’t fall asleep until about 3 HOURS LATER!!! At least I’m not the only one J My mom is just as much of a chicken as me.) And that’s my bat story...:)

Summer....summer....summer !!!

Ok I keep neglecting my blog...I know :)...but I still have a good excuse...my internet NEVER works...it's sad :). Last week my mom and I went all around town trying to get some wedding stuff done. :). Such a wonderful mom...she loves to help :). I'm trying to get as much wedding stuff done as possible before I start school :S. On Wednesday we went into David's bridal in Scarborough and I have NEVER seen SO many wedding dresses in my ENTIRE life. I already bought my wedding dress so I was trying not to let myself look at the dresses JUST in case I liked one better...the temptation was too great...lol...I walked over to the wedding dresses only to realize...I still like mine better...PLUS I liked the price I paid better too :). Lyss got to try on a MILLION (ok MAYBE I'm exaggerating a LITTLE) bridesmaid dresses and left me with the feeling of "how on earth am I ever going to decide on bridesmaid dresses...I love them all!" lol. On Thursday I went into school to help my mom move the furniture around in her classroom. We didn't want to empty out cupboards and desks before moving them so we decided to use our BIG muscles instead. Now you must know...on the occasion when I visit a gym...which is HARDLY ever...I use the ABSOLUTE lightest weights possible...I am a sad sad case. My mom and I pushed and pulled and PUSHED and PULLED til I was absolutely SWEATING. At one point she was sitting on the ground pushing the cupboard with her feet while I was pushing on her back so she wouldn't fall over. Soooo funny :). Eventually we got EVERYTHING moved and I had a LOVELY pulled muscle the next day to show for my hard work :). lol. Thursday night I went with Jonny and Abigail to see a movie in the park. (Ajax has 2 movies in the park every summer so we always try to go to them). We brought our lawn chairs and were happily watching until some lady and her daughter come up in front of us and get out their lawn chairs and sit down. No big deal right? WRONG!!! Maybe they bought these lawn chairs from COSTO or some STORE FOR GIANTS because their lawn chairs were TWICE the size of everyone elses. Thank-you lady for blocking HALf the tv screen! lol...Oh well the movie was kind of boring anyways plus I was FREEZING. But it was still a fun night :). The next morning Jonny had to fix his car so he asked if Abigail and I wanted to go to the mall. I never say no to going to the mall. :). So we drive to the car place...which is in THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!!! Oops! Jonny forgot to tell us that at the last minute HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS CAR TO A DIFFERENT PLACE...A PLACE NOT BY THE MALL! lol...After we complained for a while Jonny took us to Coffee time to get a drink and snack. Sure, it wasn't a mall ...but my butter tart wasn't half bad either :). In the afternoon Alyssa & I went to swim at Rachelle's house. I absolutely LOVE swimming!! Although the water was pretty cold...so I didn't do too much swimming...I stood there and shivered instead. Lol. Then poor Lyss got stung by a flying bug thing...Poor Lyss :(. After we were done swimming I went to Joy's house since our boys were camping and we were both lonely. We played with her bunny ...who by the way ACTUALLY LIKES me (I think)--before she was married I would go to her house and her cat would run away from me and her dog would pee when he saw me, I don't know WHAT I ever did to them- it's nice that her pet FINALLY likes me! lol. We talked and talked and talked ...it's so nice to have a best friend who I can talk to about ANYTHING! As we were getting ready for bed we thought we heard something outside and got a little scared. So before I was going to sleep I was thinking of how if someone came in the house I would try rescue her since she is having a baby so technically I would be saving TWO people at once...lol...And this is what triggered my SCARY wolf dream when I finally did fall asleep. You know in your dreams when you just CAN'T run fast enough? Well that's what kept happening...and the wolves would come up the stairs and I would yell to joy that we had to close the door but then it would always be too late...the wolf would come in and try attack us...at one point I swung a wolf by its tail and threw it down the stairs (my dad laughed when I told him this part of my dream...I think his words may have even been "ya right" lol...clearly he doesn't know the STRENGTH I possess when my adrenaline kicks in....ha...;) I actually woke up sweating...the dream felt so real. I don't think I like wolves anymore...then again I never really HAVE liked wolves :) On Saturday I gave Subway my two weeks notice...I'm so scared to be dropping work down to teaching piano one day a week...Money doesn't grow on trees but I'm kinda wishing it did ;). Sunday was an amazing day at church of course...You know sometimes it's annoying to walk down from choir and not be able to find a seat...on the other hand it's amazing because we HAVE A full HOUSE :). Today I spent the day with Alyssa. We went in a few scrapbooking stores ...and I found my weakness :S. I LOVE making cards and I wanted to buy EVERYTHING I saw in there...but I didn't . I did buy some cool fuzzy zebra ribbon. I already have a card pictured in my mind...I know exactly how I'm going to use it :). Lyss & I had an awesome day. I'm not really sure what we DID all day lol...but it was fun. :) My dinner at her house consisted of Brownies, pickles, and cheese. I feel sorry for her future children ;) ;). Believe it or not this is the FIRST summer where I am ready to go back to school . I am SOOO scared to start at a new school yet SO READY to be done school because when school is done...I'm GETTING MARRIED :) :). cAN'T WAIT! (I have officially been engaged for one month :D)

VACATION!!!

Well I haven't posted in quite a while because I was on VACATION! It was one of my FAVOURITE vacations ever! I went with Jonny's family to Outer Banks, North Carolina. We left last Saturday (July 30th) at 4 in the morning and got to our cottage at TEN AT NIGHT!!! Looooong drive...yet somehow it didn't seem THAT long. :). We stayed in a nice place with the ocean about 3 minutes away and the pool and hot tub 2 minutes away. For a girl who loves to swim...I couldn't have been HAPPIER :). Jonny, Abi, & I swam more times than ANY human being should ever swim in ONE week! It was SOOOOO much fun!!!!!! :D! The waves were absolutely HUGE!...I have NEVER in my life been scared of waves before but these ones made me a little nervous lol...but they were SOOO fun! :) We also got to go shopping a few times and you know how I LOVE shopping! lol :) .I got a chance to know Jonny's family better which was AWESOME! Joanna and I stayed up until 2 or 3 every morning talking about WHO KNOWS what! lol...it was so much fun ! :). I learned that Jonny's parents are two of the ABSOLUTE most CARING people I have EVER met in my entire life. (I knew this before...lol...but being with them for a whole week just confirms it even more lol.) We had MANY MANY laughs throughout the week. All in all it was an ABSOLUTELY amazing week! I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO THANKFUL that I will soon be a part of their family! (10 months and 15 days!!!! woooooooooooot!!!!!)