McCullough Familiy

I am only posting this picture because I am trying to figure out how to add one to my profile. So here is a picture of the McCullough family! Enjoy!

Happy Halloween

Usually I hate Halloween, mainly because I hate the colours. Everything looks so gross during Halloween. There are no leaves on the trees, the grass in turning (or in some cases has turned) yellow, and the main colours are orange and black. SICK! But the one good thing is the endless candy. Right now on my desk I have a bowl of chocolate bars and sadly it's only 10:40 and they are disappearing.... and my desk is slowly being covered with wrapers! I'm doomed! Good thing the only lylons I could find in my drawer this morning were the granny tummy tucker ones. They seriously are so tight they are sucking every chocolate bar in.... I can barely breathe. But my tummy, tighs and hips have never looks so "tucked" in my life!

Today our cupboards should be going in... I really hope they are in when I get home from work. This will be a VERY exciting day. I love my cupboards and counter top and it will make the house look so good. My cupboards are white, with a brushed chrome knobs, and a textured green/cream counter top (that I upgraded). The bathrooms are the same style of cupboard and counters. I will take some pictures tonight of all the progress.

Now I have to go and pick up my tickets for the Dixie Chicks and help my friend Jim find a birthday present for his girl-friend. Later friends!

(P.S. Deal with any spelling or grammar errors, I'm too lazy to proof read this)

I never want to paint again in my life....

The house is all painted. We worked hard all weekend and were able to finish all the paint, start painting some trim and hang some doors. James' mom came to help out and then yesterday our friends Conrad and Sheena came over to help finish. My favorite paint colour is my dark burgandy wall, it looks so amazing! James says it was the death of him, but I think it was well worth all the hassel. Our kitchen/bathroom cupboards and counters are suppose to be delivered and installed tomorrow but we have a lot of work to do before that. I will be so excited once those are all in, it will really make it feel like it is almost done!

Baby Lexis LOVED painting. I brought over a blanket for her and some toys and she spent most of the weekend following everyone around and getting paint all over her. She stepped in a paint tray so she has a white paw, she has a green tail, grey nose and white all over her body. Too cute! The windows are the perfect height for her too. She loves standing there and resting her nose on the window sill and watching the traffic pass. I think once we move in we will have to close the blinds so she does not bark at things, that could be annoying for the people in the basement.

Tonight at work is our Pumpin Pumpkin Carving Night. I am not sure if I am going or not though. I am so tired from painting and my back and feet are killing me. I am sure that I could help James out at the house tonight, the more I work the faster it gets done! I will take some pictures when I get home from work of all the progress that was made this weekend!

The house is ours!!!

The day finally came.... THE HOUSE IS OURS!

Yesterday the long awaited day came. The drywallers packed up the house and handed us over the keys (okay, we already had keys but it's ours!) It was a great day yesterday, not only because we got ready for painting but also because we got some sod! Yes, 3/4 of our backyard is covered in nice, lush, green grass. And today the rest will get done (keep your fingers crossed!). I got on my jeans and hoody yesterday and went out to help lay the sod. I couldn't pick up a roll of grass but that's okay, my job was to fill the holes in with peices and to cut the sod around the beautiful corner steps James made. By the end we were working in the dark so I had to run and get a flood light so we could see, but we made it! No more muddy puppy feet to deal with!

After supper we had to go and do our cleanup in the house. We are doing the cleanup after trades because we save money that way. This cleanup was by far the grossest one yet. The drywall dust was ALL OVER the house and we had to sweep it up. I was in charge of getting it away from the wall and James was the main "sweeper", but James fired me from that job so in the end I just moved things out of the way so he could sweep. Luckily grandma (in her cast) and grandpa and baby Lexis came over to help. We worked for a solid 2 hours but have the house all ready to go. Lexis was adorable, she turned gray with all the dust! So when we emerged all covered in dust, I put Lexis in the shower (one of her favorite places) and cleaned her all up.

So, grandma and grandpa are going to start painting today while we are at work. I have given them directions about which walls are what colours. (But I will be going home for lunch just to check and make sure they didn't get confused.) Grandpa is a good painter, and well Grandma, let's just say it might be a good thing she broke her wrist...haha.

I can't show you any pics of this weekend because Conrad and Sheena borrowed our camera. Conrad's sister is having a baby (or had one last night) so they asked to borrow it. If they bring it back on Sunday I will snap some pics...... Stop by this weekend if you want to see the house! I will be there ALL weekend! I'm not complaining though, because the harder we work the sooner we can move in!

Happy Creep Day!

Today is creep day... and I am not being mean, just honest! It's Thursday and EVERY Thursday our office supply rep comes into the office and hovers around my desk. He is older and lonely I think, but he just gives me the heeby jeebies (haha). My friend Margit doesn't start work till 9:15 am and so that leaves me to battle the rep on my own. It wouldn't be that bad if he just came in and asked if we needed anything. But he comes in, stands at my desk, does this little jig thing to kill time, looks at some advertisment material, and then WAITS till Margit comes in. Somestimes Margit makes in within a couple seconds of his arrival while other times it's about 15 minutes. 15 minutes too long! Now it's so awkward that I don't even make eye contact, I just keep on typing random things on my computer....

Next Monday is Pumpin Pumpkin Carving Night. (The only reason why the word Pumpin is in there is because I spelt Pumpkin wrong in my mass email so I had to cover up my mistake... which I think I did rather well). I think I am going to dress up for this family event, any ideas on what I should be? Maybe I will buy one of those rugs and dress up as either a bear or a fox, wouldn't that be sweet?

Bear and Fox Season!

So It must be that time of year again..... when everyone wants to get rid of their animal rugs! So, what do you guys think? I was cruising my favorite website (usedregina.com) and found these amazing rugs for the new house! HAHAHA, JUST KIDDING! I think it would be awesome if someone put these in their house, because I know I never would! Check out the mouth on the fox, isn't that the grossest mouth you have ever seen??? SICK! Anyways, I got a kick out of these and thought I would share them! Let me know if you want more information on who is selling these fine and expensive rugs and I can help you out.

Poker Night

POKER PLAYERS BEWARE! Tonight I am playing my first game of poker in a real tournament. Yes, it's true, I have never actually played poker before. Okay, I have NEVER played poker before but I am playing tonight. I have been studying the rules for the past week and today I might even play a couple games on PartyPoker.com, just to freshen up for tonight. The buy in is $20 (I just learned what that meant...) and the rules are house rules (and I still don't know what that means...) but I am looking forward to a good time! Hopefully I don't get out first, that would be HORRIBLE!!! (and not to mention embarressing)

In other news I woke up at my earliest time ever (5:55 am) because I went to the Breakfast with Friends ~ Cancer breakfast at the Delta hotel. My good friend Sheena asked me to go with her and her company so I couldn't turn down a free breakfast. The sun wasn't even up when I went to start my car but today I feel fresh and awake. Maybe from now on I will wake up at 6:30 am just to get a head start to my day (we will see...). Once James tried waking up early and making coffee every morning before he went out to work. It lasted about 3 days and then he quit. So much for that idea. But I think I could make it work...

Well, I will tell you tomorrow how I did at Poker... stay tuned!

Libby the "Angel"

So grandma's little angel, Liberty the bullmastiff, finally did something bad. She doesn't care that grandma and grandpa buy her special dog food, put special capsoles in her food, or that they bought a king size bed just so she could sleep in it. She doesn't have to pee outside anymore, because she is too good for the backyard. She only pees on walks now. So, even if its 9:00 pm, when she does her little dance grandpa will put on his winter coat and walk her around the block. SPOILED! She is no longer socialable, infact she is the opposite of that, she is a hermit. But maybe now their eyes are opened....

BECAUSE GRANDMA BROKE HER ARM! We have told them time and time again that Libby is an idiot when she is on a leish. She pulls so hard and you have to yell at her. But they wouldn't listen, saying Libby is just fine. Until this morning...

Lexis likes to sniff the ground, making sure no other dog has walked their route and Libby likes to jump on Lexis and body check her. But this morning Lexis moved out of the way of Libby's body checks and Grandma took the full force and broke her arm. Maybe now they will realize that Libby is spoiled and get's her way all the time... but I doubt it.

Puzzels

Usually I am not one to hang framed puzzels on my walls but I will now be making an exception. James' grandpa from BC made all the grandchildren puzzels and James' parents framed them. I am glad ours is not a flower puzzel or a bear puzzel, because that's just not my style. I HATE FLOWERS AND BEARS! (Almost as much as I hate wreaths...but don't get me started on them) But, ours is the cutest picture of baby black labs or in other words, BABY LEXIS'!!!! It's really not that bad! So we have it hanging in our bedroom now and it will soon be moving over to the office at the new house.

James' grandpa loves puzzels. Infact when we phoned him to invite him to our wedding he told James, "I am sorry but I just got a new puzzel, I won't be able to make it." Man, that's a strong love for puzzels... But he is getting older now and not remembering much so it is very nice that we have something that he made for us all, something to remember him by in the years to come. So thanks Grandpa Sommer, it's a beautiful puzzel.

Dixie Chicks and normal day activities!

Once again I don't have much to say at all... no much exciting is happening in my life right now.

Yesterday Libby ran away from home when Grandpa was suppose to be in the backyard with her. But he got too distracted with moving gravel and Libby decided to go on a walk. By the time grandpa realized she was gone she had already ventured on her regular walking route, crossed a very busy street, crossed the bridge and was returning back. Grandpa found her when she was crossing the street on her way back. Atleast she was coming back, and she did stick to her regular walking path! But still, she is worth too much money to do that again. My grandpa got mad at her, which hardly happens because Libby is "his baby". Libby spent the rest of the afternoon locked in the laundry room with the lights out. I think grandma should have locked grandpa in the laundry room with the lights off because he was the one who wasn't watching her. Libby just wanted to go on a walk!!!

Last night James thought someone was breaking into the cars out front. He got up at 3:00 am and went upstairs. I didn't hear a thing until he came back downstairs. Then I heard the noise, but James was sleeping. So I layed awake trying to figure out the noise and I got all nervous. Things always sound worse in the middle of the night. I lay there thinking off all the places they could be breaking into: is the house next door locked, did the drywaller forget to lock one of the doors, is the garage next door open, is my car unlocked, is the garage unlocked here... I seriously was awake for hours! In the morning I found out it was the gate (which is just outside our window) banging against the house because it wasn't shut! All that worrying over a dang gate.

This weekend we are moving everything out of my grandparents garage and into our garage. Now that it is getting cold Grandpa wants to park in the garage but all our stuff is in there. So we are moving to next door. We are slowly making our way closer to the new house, we are almost into the garage! SO CLOSE!

Oh, one exciting thing that I just remembered (how could I forget this) is that I am going to the Dixie Chick on November 2nd. James, Conrad, Sheena and I are going up to Saskatoon. We have really good seats, row 7 on the floor! I think I am becoming addicted to concerts, first the Stones and now the Chicks! What has happened to me?

22 year old in a 72 year old body!

I'm getting old.... well at least I feel like I am getting old. I woke up today at my usual time (7:23 am), tried to sit up in bed and felt like over night I had aged about 50 years (making me feel like I am 72 years old). My back hurt like it was twisted and the weirdest thing ever is that my elbow is throbbing. Usually an elbow is not something that hurts... unless you hurt your funny bone. Hopefully I will start to shed some years as the day progresses.

Last night we meet with our financial guy again to go over our life insurance policy. He asked us if we wanted critical illnes coverage on our mortgage, which is something we had not had in the past. It really gets you thinking when you talk about the chances of getting cancer one day. You have a 1/3 chance of having cancer (or some sort of critical illness) in your lifetime. So when he asked if we wanted this coverage it really made us think.

It makes sense to plain ahead, especially when so many people you know are being diagnosed with cancer everyday, but that extra money each month can make things a little tight. But can you really put a price on insurance, especially when you have such a high risk of using it one day? The one thing that made me hit home was when he asked if we had house insurance (and of course we d0), but you have a 1/3000 chance of using it. He asked if we had car insurance (and we do), but you have a 1/200 chance of using that. When he asked if we had critical illness insurance (and we don't) and he said you had a 1/20 chance of using, it really hits home!

So it's something to think about.... maybe that's why I feel so old today. All this talk about death and critical illnesses. I'm sure I am fine though.....

Normal Rambling....

Today baby Lexis went to work with her dad!!! So cute! James asked Lexis if she wanted to ride around in the truck with him today and play at the job site. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself, she did so many circles!! James use to take Lex with him to work everyday when he worked for Crawford Homes. She was only 7 weeks old and she would sit in the passengers seat and sleep and then he would let her out to run around in the fields. But then one day Lexis pooped in the van and James never took her again. But now that she is all grown up (tear...) he decided that she can come once again. I have to find some toys for her to play with in the truck, like a new kong and fill it up with peanut butter. (Before you call child services, please remember that I am talking about my dog....)

Last night we went to Brewsters for cheap wing night... MMMmmmm!!! I use to just crave wings from there but I think that my tastes are changing. I could only down about 6 wings last night and James eat the rest of the 2 dozen wings. I was much more content with the cookies and cream cheese cake I ordered, which I devoured in about 2 minutes. I wish I had the energy to make a good cheesecake at home. When James and I first started dating I made him a cheesecake every weekend (okay I did it for like 2 weekends in a row) and took it up to Outlook for him. Man, I was a good girl friend.

Maybe there is still hope for me. I think once I get my new big kitchen I will start to cook and bake more. I told James this and he just laughed at me but I think it's true. I will be so excited to be in the new house that I will forget my hatred of cooking and become a great chef! All because of my new kitchen...... Riiiiiight. But we will see, I know that I will have way more people over to the house when we finally move in because there will be so much more room than at the old house.

Well, I am still trying to think about what to blog about and I realized that I am onto paragraph 4 and I have said only useless things so I am going to stop. My mind is just not working like it use to, I think I am under too much stress. So maybe tomorrow I will have some new and interesting (not to mention captivating) blog. So check in......

House Update

Who knew building a house could be so stressful? Yesterday James finished the deck in the backyard and pounded in all the landscaping ties. Now all we need to finish the backyard is some sod. But with the weather being so rainy and then freezing I am not sure when the sod farm will be bringing in their next semi (if they even do.) But I am hoping for a miracle because I don't want to have to wash Lexis feet all winter and spring! I hope this week to stain the deck so that it is protected from the snow. I know you are not suppose to stain unless it is warm out but I am running out of time people!!!

My first real job on the house must be finished by today. I am in charge of picking out the paint colours. So last night I got out our trusty colour wheel from our local General Paint store and went to work. I had our ceramic tile and hardwood on the table and began cutting apart the colour wheel removing any colour I thought might work. Soon I had about 30 colours taped onto the tile so I knew I should start removing some. I was able to narrow it down to about 2 colours for each room. And this morning I brought the choice to work and had my co-workers help me decide. Here is what I have chosen for the paint colours:

Main colour of house (Kitchen/Dining/Living Room/Hallways): Kindling Wood
Accent Wall (Through Living Room to Dining Room): Robust Red
Stub Wall: Wild Cat
Bathroom: Walnut Wash
Master Bedrom: Dauphin Gray & Threshold Gray

I AM DONE! Don't let me change my mind... because this needs to get decided. I hope James doesn't mind that I have so many colours because at first I could only pick 2! Haha! Oh well...

Last week I got a knew dining room set... I can't remember if I have already mentioned this. If so, I am sorry but I am going to explain it again. It's a dark red/brown oak table that is normally 72" in length but extends to 90". I know, that's huge! But it's my first real table and I am really excited about it. It came with 6 chairs and they have an expresso leather seat with a wood and leather back. They are so grown up looking. I wanted to set up the whole table in the basement but James would only set up 2 chairs. But the chairs look amazing!! I am so excited to have this set up in our house!!! I have looked everywhere for a good deal on a dining room set but they were all so expensive and I could not justify spending $3000. But then James found this great set at Costco for so much cheaper (and just as nice) so I jumped on it and bought it. Ill post a picture later when it's all set up.

McCullough Family Blog

This blog thing has really taken off, my family-in-law now have a blog. We use it to chat back and forth since we are spread out all over Saskatchewan and Manitoba. James, who made fun of me for having a blog, is now busy downstairs blogging away. I think he is happy to be able to make some posts and comments that make fun of his siblings typos. (I hope he never reads mine...I will never hear the end of it!) I can't wait for him to make a typo and then I will jump all over it!

The house didn't come along very far today. I am starting to get very frustrated with the building process. For those of you that don't know, we were suppose to have the house on Sept. 1. On that date we would take over and do the rest of the work (painting, trim, floors, base, etc.) ourselves, since James is a contractor. But it is now Oct. 13 and we still don't have the house. Like the pictures show we are only at the drywall stage, which means it could be another 2 weeks. My parents are coming from the USA (they haven't been here in 2.5 years!!) to see the house, but I don't think it will be even close to being ready.

Have a good night! Thought I would post a little something for you all to read! Good night!

Before my life is over.....

Lately I have been thinking about what I would like to do before I do: where do I still need to travel, what do I still need to participate in, who I still need to meet. It's amazing how quickly life can pass you bye, and you will open your eyes 45 years down the road and think, what I have I done with my life. I want my life to be productive and exciting, but most important I don't want to loose sight of the truely important parts of life like God, family, friends and lasting memories.

Here are somethings that I would still like to do in my life:

• Go on a family vacation with my family or James' family: Family vacations are extremely important and for those families who have not had one in a while you are missing out. Family vacations are different when you are older than when your family was younger because you become friends as you grow up.
• Attend an Oprah show taping: Doesn't matter what show (maybe Oprah's Favorite Things show if I could...). I would just love to meet this very influencial woman and see what she is like in person
• Have thanksgiving with my family: I miss the days of sitting around the table and talking with my family about what I am thankful for. I love my family!
• Have a child: I am at the point in my life where I am beginning to think about becoming a parent. I would like to see this dream accomplished in the next year and a half too.
• Have a Successful Career: Like most people starting out I hope my career takes off and that I enjoy what I am doing. Money is always good, but my main goal is to enjoy going to work and love going to work and not feel like I have too. That's why I am excited about becoming a Real estate agent.
• Lead a study for teenage girls on the importance of purity and honesty: For those of you who know my life story and the paths I took when I was a teenager you would know why I feel strongly about this topic. My desire is to teach young girls about purity and ask the hard questions and search together for the answers that God has provided. This is not always a subect that parents feel comfortable talking to their girls about and girls do not feel comfortable discussing this with their parents. That's why I also want to......
• Lead a study/session for parents on discussing purity and honesty with their daughter: This is also a dream that I have of mine. I would love to share my story with other parents. This would allow parents to see they are not alone in their concerns. Looking back on my highschool years there are things I wish my parents did differently, but I am also thankful for many things my did do out of love. I would love to share these things with parents to help give my support and share with them things that changed my life.

I hope that I am able to accomplish many of those things. I know that I will keep working towards these things until they are all accomplished.

Our Home Sweet Home! (Or Soon-to-be)

Here is some details on the pictures:
Picture 1) The Outside of our house

Picture 2) Master Bedroom (with doors leading to the walkin closet and Ensuite bath)

Picture 3) 2nd Bedroom (Same as the 3rd bedroom, so I only took 1 pic)

Picture 4) Hallway (With 2nd bedroom at the end, linen closet 1st door on the left and bathroom is the 2nd door on the left. The 3rd bedroom and laundry area (not pictured) are across from the bathroom)

Picture 5) Living Room and stairs leading to main entrance on lower level

Picture 6) Looking from the LV Room into the Kitchen/Dining area. Notice the Liche on the wall for my new TV?

Picture 7) James and Sammy working in the Dining area which is front of the kitchen

Was going to have pics... but have no cord!

I was going to post all these really nice pictures of our house today on the blog. So I brought the camera but FORGOT THE CORD! DANG IT! So now I am showing everyone my house on this itty bitty 1 inch screen on my camera, trying to explain to them how the living room and kitchen look... When I go home for lunch I will grab the cord and update some pictures this afternoon.

I had all these wonderful ideas about what I was going to blog about today. But then when I sat down here my mind went blank. I am sure my ideas were whitty and nutty, and since I am at times a very absent minded person you will never know what those wonderful thoughts were.

Oprah was so good yesterday. Oprah and here friend Gayle went on a Road trip and the show was called, "Oprah and Gayles Big Adventure!" I would love to have camera following me around during a roadtrip. You could see how Baby Lexis does not sit down for 1 minute and even went 22 hours straight standing up. She has to see the on coming traffic and when you are on a single lane highway she will chase the car as it passes. Cute at first, but annoying after a while.

Well, since this blog is going nowhere and I am still mad at myself for forgetting the cord, I am going to end this blog NOW! I will post the pictures later on this afternoon.

Thanksgiving Weekend is OVER!

Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone, one that put Regina on the map! After 2 concerts by The Rolling Stones the city of Regina might start to calm down. I wonder if the Stones were treated to a turkey dinner with all the fixings?

My thanksgiving weekend was very uneventful. You can't get into to much trouble in Moose Jaw with your dad's relatives. The dinner was good, the usual meal (minus the cranberries) and I did make it back to Regina in time to catch Desperate Housewives, our regular Sunday night show. (I know, many people think it's garbage, but I am still addicted) On the way back to the city we saw the fireworks go off at Taylor field, indicating the start of the 2nd concert.

Yesterday James and Garn built a fense, to keep our little monkeys in the backyard. Lex & Lib were not sure what they thought of the fense at first, especially since for the past 2 months they had free roam of all the backyards on our block, but they seemed okay being confined to the two yards. Since we live side by side with my grandparents, we decided to only put a fense on the 2 far sides of our yards, leaving the feeling of one large yards. This way the dogs can have more room to play and run.

This week we hope to lay the sod in the back (and maybe the front) yards. I thought it was too cold but James assures me that it is fine. We do not want to be washing Lexis' feet everytime she comes inside the house! What a pain that would be. Other news on our house, it will be finished being drywalled today and start being taped tomorrow. That means paint within the next 2 weeks and then we can watch our house fly!

I spent Saturday looking for a new kitchen table. I want to buy my first REAL kitchen table (a wood one that seats 6-8 and has a leif!!). I like the big square ones but James is not too sure what he think so we will keep looking. There is a nice on at costco but it comes in a box (like they all do) so it's not set up for me to see. But it's a very good price!

I will get back to work here, I was just handed a listing to process, duty calls!

Concert of a life time!

WOW! The Rolling Stone sure do know how to put on a concert.... the stage is amazing (and huge, with balcony seats built in to the stage at different levels), a 5 story high screen, lights, fire, fireworks, AMAZING!

They sang mostly old songs, which was good because the average age was around 35-45. The crowd was calm, probably because most people were too stoned to cause a riot. The smell of a certain "substance" was always present, strongly present. But when in the presences of the Stones, many do as the stones do.

Keith Richards looked like he was going to fall over. Literally looked like they pulled him from the grave, that man has no brain cells left. Ronnie Wood (my personal favorite) looked hip and with it, constantly grooving while playing the guitar. Sharply dressed and looking better than ever. The drummer (name forgotten) was dressed like it was just another day at the office, his glimmering white hair neatly trimmed and gelled (very sharp man). And Mick, oh Mick, looked skinnier than ever, but had the energy of a 7 year old on Christmas morning! C-R-A-Z-Y!!!! Running across the stage, grinding his little hips, doing a boogie than noone else could even come close to doing. But he was AMAZING!!!

The concert held some great surprises and the Stones did say some nice things about Regina. But I am not going to spoil it for the friends who are going to the 2nd concert tomorrow night. So on Monday I will fill you all in on the real surprises and great things that took the concert from level "great" to level "out of this world"!

0 Days Till The Stones

Stone fever has hit me hard, especially for someone who didn't know any of their songs 5 days ago! But, I am now feeling what many Regina citizens felt when they purchased their tickets a couple of months ago. Maybe it is due to the fact that the Leader-Post has had a count down for the past 100 (or more) days and this week they have had special features in their paper. Each morning I find myself reading articles on the stones and thinking "Man, these guys have been around forever." This morning was no different, the Leader-Post had a full Stones section, with 2 pages dedicated to Stone Trivia! (Which I took and didn't know a single answer out of the 100 questions... but hey, I am a new fan.) Some interesting tidbits are:

• The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962
• Mick and Keith met in Elementary School (HOW CUTE!)
• In 1977 Keith was arrested in Toronto for possession of heroin, cocaine, and hashish
• Mick played Basketball in High School
• Mick has been married 2 times
• Ron and his wife have been together since 1970's (29 years)

There were more trivia questions (94 Q's infact) but a lot of them were gross or about records (and I was not even alive in the record age) so I skipped those.

The stones will be a great show tonight, you are not allowed to bring a camera, purse, outsiede food or beverage of any kind, chairs/strollers/umbrellas, firworks, narcotics of any kind (unless they are prescribed and in the container marked with the item and the name of the holder), knives (including pocket knives), chains or weapons of any nature, no bikes, skateboards, roller blades, heely shoes or scooters. Just you, a coat and cash to blow on a Stones t-shirt, which will mostly likely become a shirt you wear only for sleeping in.

Tomorrow I will give you a full report.

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Today is my 22nd birthday...

Hard to believe 22 years ago today I was born in Tallahassee, Florida!

I love birthday's, they are sometimes better than Christmas.

I love presents, flowers, candy, phone calls, emails, anything!

Tonight is dinner at Golfs,

Tomorrow is The Rolling Stones.

AND IT'S A LONG WEEKEND!!!

Want to wish me a Happy Birthday? Here are some ways to get ahold of me:

Email personal: melissadenisewilliams@hotmail.com

Email work: rlp.reception@accesscomm.ca

Cell Phone: Only if you already have that # (Posting it is creepy)

Well, my friend Rick (don't worry he is like the same age as my grandpa)

from work just said he is taking me out for lunch!

I LOVE BIRTHDAY'S!

It's Only Rock & Roll.... and I like it!

You guessed it... We're going to the Stones!!! In 2 days James and I (and Ron & Steph) will be rockin' out to one of the greatest rock bands in the history of rock and roll. I think it's funny that I am now excited about going because up until last Saturday I was one of those people who said, "The Stones, no big deal, I don't even know any of their songs." But when Ron gave us tickets as a thank you for James doing some more work for him my excitment grew and now I am stoked! Two nights ago I downloaded some of their songs, just so I could sing along on Friday. And now I am finding that I already know quiet a few of their melodies. I even have a new favorite, but I can't remember the title, oh wait, I remember, "Best of Burden". (Don't yell at me if that is a bad song, I just heard it like 2x now, and I like the tune.)

So I have never been to a REAL concert before (I don't think Christina Augulara and O-Town when I was in Grade 8 count), so I am not sure what I should do when I get there. Do I jump up and down, sing outloud, wave my cell phone LCD screen in the air?? I am sooo nervous! I am sure that we will be a couple of the few non-intoxicated people there, so I guess my love for people watching will come in handy. Many people will make fools of themselves.

Those Rolling Stones characters are something. James and I "googled" them last night just so we could tell them apart on the stage. MAN THEY ARE OLD! I feel like my grandpa Garnet should be up there kick'in it with them. I heard that Keith Richards has cornflakes and wine (instead of milk) for breakfast! EWWW!!! The stones have rented the whole Hotel Sask for their crew and Regina's economy is suppose to easily see a 12 - 15 million dollar boost from this concert. Their stage alone is made up of 720 tons of steel!!!

Well, I will fill you in on Saturday how the concert went... hopefully I survive!

Life Insurance and Birthday's!

Last night James and I did a very grown up thing... we looked at purchasing Life Insurance. We have been putting it off for sometime, but we know it's something that everyone needs. We seriously started thinking about L.I. when a family friend got married and 3 months later her husband was killed on his job site in a very tragic accident. They had just purchased L.I. one month before. It was sad sitting at the office thinking about what could happen, such as dying. You never really think about that. It's good to be prepared though. We now know that if one of us were to die, the one left behind could cover the expenses of a funeral, pay off any debit, and have some money to help with the monthly expenses. It still makes me sad to think about not having James in my life.

On a happier note it's almost my birthday!!! 2 more days!!! HURRAY! I LOVE birthdays! I don't know why I love them so much but they are probably my favoritest time of year. This year I will not be opening anything from James on my birthday, since I already got my TV. But I hope he surprised me anyways, because I need something to open! For my birthday supper we are going out to a very fancy restaurant. This friend of ours (who goes to my parents church in the USA) is taking us out. He comes on business and his company pays for all his meals and meals with potential clients (and for the past 2 years James and I have been considered "potential clients", but we really aren't). So he always tells us to order what ever we want to drink, eat, and always get dessert. So I am quiet excited about my special birthday meal... MMMMMmmmm..... Any ideas on where we should go? Remember I can choose ANY restaurant I want.

Well once again I should do some work (or find some work to do). I went home sick yesterday afternoon so there are some things I need to finish here from yesterday. Later friends!

Crazy Life

WHAT A BUSY TIME!!!!

Sorry for taking some time off, my life is crazy right now. Work was busy on Thursday and Friday so I could not use my regular blogging time and my after work hours are packed too so I feel like I am starting to run on empty..... I will make this a point form update on what has been going on:

1. Work: Still working at Royal LePage as a receptionist. I do my course in the afternoons when it is not busy
2. This Weekend: Saturday was INSANE! James and I went over to the Gladysz's house to do some different things. James laid laminate floor in Brooklynne's room for her birthday and I did some baking with Mrs. G. I learned how to make Banana bread, Pumpkin pie, biscuits, and crepes!
3. The Rider Game: We went to the Rider game with the Gladysz too. Good game to watch, especially the last play! How exciting! And it was a beautiful evening!
4. Church: Small groups started this week. I really enjoy teaching those girls, we (Jacqueline, Courtney, and I) teach the Grades 11 & 12 girls. AWESOME GIRLS!
5. Lunch: We went to Outlook for a quick lunch yesterday. It was James' family's Thanksgiving because everyone is not home for it this year.
6. The House: The house is coming along! It starts to get drywalled today, so that is very exciting....
7. The basement suite: WE HAVE RENTER's! My friend Sheena is getting married in December and they are going to rent our basement. How cool is that....

Well, that's my life so far in a nut shell....I don't feel good today. I am getting a cold....