That right Mr. Spaghettibender is very happy these days it seems that going off the pill has increased my libido ten folds. So he definitely has a bounce in his step. Never did I think that going off the pill could be so beneficial. I feel great. I should have done this years ago. But then we might have had a little Spaghettibender. : 0 - not what we wanted.
Went to a bridal shower this weekend. This was the third one for the bride-to-be. It was horrible. I was told that it was just suppose to be for the younger people but they might have said it was just for the younger people that were family. They were so many jokes that the rest of us didn't get and then there was this whole underlying Irish theme. I didn't even know the bride was Irish. Anyways, I made a note to myself not to throw a shower like that for this falls wedding.
We got the bikes out and ready to start biking into work but then this damn cold weather came back - lovely. I need to start biking into work ... I need to start loosing weight. I can't seem to do it from just working out at home. I need the 30mins twice a day cardio to help me out. Ah!!! I am so frustrated. I fell like a blob lately. I have to go dress shopping for the Fall Wedding and the last thing I want to do is try on dresses feeling like this. I need that show the last 10 pounds. Sign me up!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Am I a hater?
So yet again I have started a fight while having a nice dinner hosted by our friends/family. How do I do it you ask - simple I just open my mouth.
Honestly I have the knack to get a seemingly happy couple into an arguing match with hours of being in their home. Last weekend it was me taking a newly engaged couple and having the fiancee give back her ring before we left. Why, why me. Can't I just keep my mouth shut - nope! I have to make a point and I won't stop until it is made. In my defence the fiancee told me the next day that she had drank way too much and was being a drama queen. However, Mr. Spaghettibender doesn't see it that way. He has some nasty comments to make towards my actions that night.
Oh well, you can't win them all. I went of to my best friends recently for dinner with her and her fiance and we didn't end in a ring exchanging ceremony - so good night : )
I have a bridal shower this weekend. I HATE bridal showers. They are always full of a bunch of people I don't know playing games I really don't want to play. But I will suck it up for my friend. She is great, I adore her. I have already purchased my lovely gift from her registry, I went crazy and got towels - woo hoo! I am crazy. Don't worry I will probably spend more on the wrapping then the gift itself. What is the correct amount to spend on a Bridal shower gift? I know at my bridal shower I got gifts that ranged from $20 ... I think Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin was trying to tell me something to $80 registry gifts. I am still stunned that Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin spent only $20 on a pasta maker for me. Okay I'm not stunned but agitated. In his family that is an insult. So now her Wedding is coming up and I am trying to figure out if I will do a re-gift ... that's right I said a re-gift or buy something cheap off her registry. Am I holding a grudge... why yes, yes I am : )
Thankfully the work day is almost over. I am so HAPPYYYY!!! I have tomorrow off and I plan on doing a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y nothing. We'll see what Mr. Spaghettibender has to say about that.
Honestly I have the knack to get a seemingly happy couple into an arguing match with hours of being in their home. Last weekend it was me taking a newly engaged couple and having the fiancee give back her ring before we left. Why, why me. Can't I just keep my mouth shut - nope! I have to make a point and I won't stop until it is made. In my defence the fiancee told me the next day that she had drank way too much and was being a drama queen. However, Mr. Spaghettibender doesn't see it that way. He has some nasty comments to make towards my actions that night.
Oh well, you can't win them all. I went of to my best friends recently for dinner with her and her fiance and we didn't end in a ring exchanging ceremony - so good night : )
I have a bridal shower this weekend. I HATE bridal showers. They are always full of a bunch of people I don't know playing games I really don't want to play. But I will suck it up for my friend. She is great, I adore her. I have already purchased my lovely gift from her registry, I went crazy and got towels - woo hoo! I am crazy. Don't worry I will probably spend more on the wrapping then the gift itself. What is the correct amount to spend on a Bridal shower gift? I know at my bridal shower I got gifts that ranged from $20 ... I think Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin was trying to tell me something to $80 registry gifts. I am still stunned that Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin spent only $20 on a pasta maker for me. Okay I'm not stunned but agitated. In his family that is an insult. So now her Wedding is coming up and I am trying to figure out if I will do a re-gift ... that's right I said a re-gift or buy something cheap off her registry. Am I holding a grudge... why yes, yes I am : )
Thankfully the work day is almost over. I am so HAPPYYYY!!! I have tomorrow off and I plan on doing a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y nothing. We'll see what Mr. Spaghettibender has to say about that.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Ah, to be the outsider...
This whole family feud thing is getting annoying. Now it turns out that the upcoming Wedding of Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin to here french Canadian fiancee is causing more family term oil. I'm telling ya - they don't like outsiders. They especially don't like outsider that speak their minds. I can definitely tell from the way Mr. spaghettibenders brother talks to me. They want you to be like them. You know sweet and polite and then talk nasty behind their backs. Well I am pretty up front about my feelings for someone. If I don't like you, I'm not rude to you but I am not going to cross a room to talk to you.
So it turns out that Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin took a stand and decided to NOT invite her own cousins to her Wedding. These are the people that are being unbelievable rude to her fiance. I'm sure there is some truth in the things they are saying but they have decided to blow them out of proportion. I mean if he said that one of the last girl cousins to get married only did so to get away from her parents I would take it as a joke. But no! They got all insulted and said he was insulting the family. Blah, blah, blah. It is getting so ridiculous. These people need to grow up. When I first started dating Mr. Spaghettibender they were saying things about him. What was it again - steroid and drug dealer - ya right he was about 150lbs wet weight and that was only because he was so athletic. Drug dealer - no way too much competition with the hundreds at school. They just want to cut everyone down and for once someone stood up for the only girl they ostracised for saying that their uncle abused at least 7 of the girl cousins. This family is messed up.
I can't wait to go to her Wedding. I am happy as long as she is happy. She might not have treated me as nice as she could have when I entered the family but she was 'rude' to me. So I am not rude back. She is going through a lot personally right now and needs peoples support not battery.
Maybe I should just keep myself completely out of it, after all I am an outsider.
So it turns out that Mr. Spaghettibenders cousin took a stand and decided to NOT invite her own cousins to her Wedding. These are the people that are being unbelievable rude to her fiance. I'm sure there is some truth in the things they are saying but they have decided to blow them out of proportion. I mean if he said that one of the last girl cousins to get married only did so to get away from her parents I would take it as a joke. But no! They got all insulted and said he was insulting the family. Blah, blah, blah. It is getting so ridiculous. These people need to grow up. When I first started dating Mr. Spaghettibender they were saying things about him. What was it again - steroid and drug dealer - ya right he was about 150lbs wet weight and that was only because he was so athletic. Drug dealer - no way too much competition with the hundreds at school. They just want to cut everyone down and for once someone stood up for the only girl they ostracised for saying that their uncle abused at least 7 of the girl cousins. This family is messed up.
I can't wait to go to her Wedding. I am happy as long as she is happy. She might not have treated me as nice as she could have when I entered the family but she was 'rude' to me. So I am not rude back. She is going through a lot personally right now and needs peoples support not battery.
Maybe I should just keep myself completely out of it, after all I am an outsider.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Back to some home reno
We made a list and check it twice... renovation schedule is back on. And yet we are already off schedule.
After working on our schedule and time line from now until June for about an hour, Mr Spaghettibender takes off in another direction. Removing the hideous shag carpeting from our basement stairs. It is the last remanence of the shag from our basement and a bit of a reminder of how far we've come.
And like all jobs - you think will be easy and turn out to take much more time and effort than you thought. We started ripping the carpet off only to find that the disintegrated under padding is sticking to the stairs. Great ... out come the scrapers. Then we realize that all the herds of cows that have come up and down the stairs in the last 40yrs have caused that step to pull away from the "stringer" ... I marvel at my vocabulary... basically the side part of the stairs that the steps get nailed into. So we had to do a little reconstructing after removing the loads of crap that Mr Spaghettibender has stored under the stairs. This was taking us forever.
The end results was some bright orange/red stairs that weren't in the greatest of shapes. So do we take the time to strip the stairs and stain them or do we just paint them. We decide to sleep on it.
Day 2 we run off to Home Depot to look at painting the stairs. I wonder around looking at light fixtures and ceramic tiles... I can sometimes loss myself in Home depot. They have this new cool wood linoleum. It is amazing - honestly it looks 100% better than laminate. I was trying to come up with a place I could try it out but the only thing I came up with was the laundry room. Then there would be way too many floor finishes in the basement - nah! A small can of floor paint can't be tinted - what?! How was the smart guy that came up with that logic? There was no way I was going to buy a gallon of floor paint for the stairs. So thankfully we spoke to a more knowledgeable guy and he said to use a pint of tremclad because it would take the brunt of the stairs. I guess well see. I am still high off the paint fumes. Who paints with oil in the winter - wait - we do!
After working on our schedule and time line from now until June for about an hour, Mr Spaghettibender takes off in another direction. Removing the hideous shag carpeting from our basement stairs. It is the last remanence of the shag from our basement and a bit of a reminder of how far we've come.
And like all jobs - you think will be easy and turn out to take much more time and effort than you thought. We started ripping the carpet off only to find that the disintegrated under padding is sticking to the stairs. Great ... out come the scrapers. Then we realize that all the herds of cows that have come up and down the stairs in the last 40yrs have caused that step to pull away from the "stringer" ... I marvel at my vocabulary... basically the side part of the stairs that the steps get nailed into. So we had to do a little reconstructing after removing the loads of crap that Mr Spaghettibender has stored under the stairs. This was taking us forever.
The end results was some bright orange/red stairs that weren't in the greatest of shapes. So do we take the time to strip the stairs and stain them or do we just paint them. We decide to sleep on it.
Day 2 we run off to Home Depot to look at painting the stairs. I wonder around looking at light fixtures and ceramic tiles... I can sometimes loss myself in Home depot. They have this new cool wood linoleum. It is amazing - honestly it looks 100% better than laminate. I was trying to come up with a place I could try it out but the only thing I came up with was the laundry room. Then there would be way too many floor finishes in the basement - nah! A small can of floor paint can't be tinted - what?! How was the smart guy that came up with that logic? There was no way I was going to buy a gallon of floor paint for the stairs. So thankfully we spoke to a more knowledgeable guy and he said to use a pint of tremclad because it would take the brunt of the stairs. I guess well see. I am still high off the paint fumes. Who paints with oil in the winter - wait - we do!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
I love Valentine's Day
It is just such a great day. Who doesn't love lots of candy and chocolate??? I was hoping that Mr. Spaghettibender would sneak some into my lunch bag like I did to him... but he didn't : ( I am kinda despirate in my craving for cinnamon hearts. The less I have during the day, the more changes I have to make myself sick on them tonight. Okay, who am I kidding I would make myself sick on the all day long. My tongue would be raw before I left work. : )
I have decided that we need a little sprucing up in the romance department so I got us the 101 great nights of romance book. A while back - when we were first dating I got the 101 great nights of sex book and it was interesting so I thought what the hell.
The only problem I have is the feeling of a cold coming on. I am hoping to fend it off until tomorrow but I'm not sure how that is going to work. Tonight we will have a nice meal, maybe too much wine but that okay. Then hopefully it will be an early bed night ;) so I might get some rest.
I see most people planning dinners out and jewelry gifts but I much prefer the time spent together with lot of conversation followed by very little conversation. I am so twisted today. Love is in the air.
If only ever day was Val Day
I have decided that we need a little sprucing up in the romance department so I got us the 101 great nights of romance book. A while back - when we were first dating I got the 101 great nights of sex book and it was interesting so I thought what the hell.
The only problem I have is the feeling of a cold coming on. I am hoping to fend it off until tomorrow but I'm not sure how that is going to work. Tonight we will have a nice meal, maybe too much wine but that okay. Then hopefully it will be an early bed night ;) so I might get some rest.
I see most people planning dinners out and jewelry gifts but I much prefer the time spent together with lot of conversation followed by very little conversation. I am so twisted today. Love is in the air.
If only ever day was Val Day
Monday, February 5, 2007
what a weekend ... did you catch the superbowl
What a weekend! Did you catch the superbowl last night. With the amount of rain they were getting I thought it would be an interesting game to watch. It started out great. Kickoff returned for a touchdown by the underdogs. I loved it! Then it slowed down to a horrible pace. I was starting to get extremely frustrated. I was continuously yelling at the screen Mr.Spaghettibender laughing at me. He eventually left the room, not being able to stomach the Bears QB. I have t admit I haven't watch much football this year but after seeing this QB it makes me wonder how they made it this far. My lord, it was sad. But a fitting ending to a weekend of pure nothing.
Saturday night Mr.Spaghettibender had poker and I was in no mode to socialize with the other people that tag along but don't play. So at the last moment a get a phone call from one of the girlfriends seeing if I want to get together. I really just wanted to hang out and get some stuff done around the house but I also thought was a great opportunity to find out from a Teacher all the ins and outs of the education system. So she came over to my house with wine in hand - how long does it take two girls to open a bottle of wine without a man around - A LONG TIME! That still makes me laugh thinking of us getting so excited when the cork would move a couple of mm's. I really should invest in a better cork screw.
So we sat around getting updated on her Wedding stats and their house hunting problems. God, the two of us can talk! Then we talked about Mr.Spaghettibender going back to school and maybe teachers college. It was very informative which made me a bit scared. I know no matter what finding a job is hard but thinking about him going back to school and us wanting to start a family some time in the future doesn't go hand in hand. I have no idea how we will manage this. I always thought when we had kids he would stay home with them. Now I have no idea what to do. I REALLY don't want them to go to some strangers house. Just something else to throw on the plate.
Saturday night Mr.Spaghettibender had poker and I was in no mode to socialize with the other people that tag along but don't play. So at the last moment a get a phone call from one of the girlfriends seeing if I want to get together. I really just wanted to hang out and get some stuff done around the house but I also thought was a great opportunity to find out from a Teacher all the ins and outs of the education system. So she came over to my house with wine in hand - how long does it take two girls to open a bottle of wine without a man around - A LONG TIME! That still makes me laugh thinking of us getting so excited when the cork would move a couple of mm's. I really should invest in a better cork screw.
So we sat around getting updated on her Wedding stats and their house hunting problems. God, the two of us can talk! Then we talked about Mr.Spaghettibender going back to school and maybe teachers college. It was very informative which made me a bit scared. I know no matter what finding a job is hard but thinking about him going back to school and us wanting to start a family some time in the future doesn't go hand in hand. I have no idea how we will manage this. I always thought when we had kids he would stay home with them. Now I have no idea what to do. I REALLY don't want them to go to some strangers house. Just something else to throw on the plate.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
It was a hit
At Christmas I tired to plan a get together with some friends (couples). I had planned out different hot and cold appetizers, I had prepared fruit, cake, cookies for a chocolate fondue ... I even made a drink menu so I could make different types of Martini's for the gang. I was pretty heart broken when people kept canceling on me. Even Mr Spaghettibender canceled due to a last minute Bachelor party. Honestly what is more fun, hanging with your wife and some friends drinking and socializing or seeing some scantly glad woman gyrating around a stag?? Don't answer that!
So then in rings January and I decide to try again. So Friday night I made some appetizers and had the drink menu on hand - not sure why everyone that it was so funny. My friends think I am so weird for going out of control on all these "events" but I really love theme parties. I just love putting things together and planning out everything. Now executing all of it is a little bit less fun especially if you are dealing with a husband that likes to procrastinate. I can't even count on one hand how many times he has either been mopping the floor or getting out of the shower when company arrives. He's a keeper! On going theme parties: St.Patrick's Day, Canada Day, Halloween - our favourite and Family Christmas Party. I will go all out with food, drinks, decorations sometimes even gift bags. I know, I know, I need help. Feel more sorry for my husband who has to put up with me during these events.
But look at the bright side because of the last event and my little drink menu we found some good martini recipes. One of our favourites
Fruit Tingles
1oz blue curacao
1oz rum
1/2 oz grenadine
3oz lemonade
I drank way too much though. So much so that I got into a heated discussion with Mr SpaghettiBender once everyone left but I can't remember anything except for crying. I don't dare ask him what the hell we were talking about. : ) I am such a loser.
The next event is Valentine's Day, the menu is planned, the gift is bought but I haven't found a card yet. I also want to assemble a CD of music to 'set the mood'. Then I have to get ready for Mr. Spaghettibenders bday. He always wants to throw a party but now that we are older I just think that is going over board. His bday falls during the week so I thought we would have dinner out and then maybe go to the casino - his favourite place on earth. Hopefully I can drag some friends to keep me entertained or I'll have to make some friends at the bar.
I have to plan a Bridal shower before September and before the end of September I have to plan a 50th bday, a 30th bday and a Bachelorette Party. September has always been my favourite month but this year it is going to be very stressful.
Only 14 days to go until I have a crap load of cinnamon heart - whoa hoa!
So then in rings January and I decide to try again. So Friday night I made some appetizers and had the drink menu on hand - not sure why everyone that it was so funny. My friends think I am so weird for going out of control on all these "events" but I really love theme parties. I just love putting things together and planning out everything. Now executing all of it is a little bit less fun especially if you are dealing with a husband that likes to procrastinate. I can't even count on one hand how many times he has either been mopping the floor or getting out of the shower when company arrives. He's a keeper! On going theme parties: St.Patrick's Day, Canada Day, Halloween - our favourite and Family Christmas Party. I will go all out with food, drinks, decorations sometimes even gift bags. I know, I know, I need help. Feel more sorry for my husband who has to put up with me during these events.
But look at the bright side because of the last event and my little drink menu we found some good martini recipes. One of our favourites
Fruit Tingles
1oz blue curacao
1oz rum
1/2 oz grenadine
3oz lemonade
I drank way too much though. So much so that I got into a heated discussion with Mr SpaghettiBender once everyone left but I can't remember anything except for crying. I don't dare ask him what the hell we were talking about. : ) I am such a loser.
The next event is Valentine's Day, the menu is planned, the gift is bought but I haven't found a card yet. I also want to assemble a CD of music to 'set the mood'. Then I have to get ready for Mr. Spaghettibenders bday. He always wants to throw a party but now that we are older I just think that is going over board. His bday falls during the week so I thought we would have dinner out and then maybe go to the casino - his favourite place on earth. Hopefully I can drag some friends to keep me entertained or I'll have to make some friends at the bar.
I have to plan a Bridal shower before September and before the end of September I have to plan a 50th bday, a 30th bday and a Bachelorette Party. September has always been my favourite month but this year it is going to be very stressful.
Only 14 days to go until I have a crap load of cinnamon heart - whoa hoa!
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