Monthly Archives: April 2011

I’m Spoiled

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Kyle’s always been a little crazy when it comes to gift giving. (Not that I’m bragging) He’s also horrible at keeping surprises from me. So, as a result, I came home from work yesterday to this:

Taken with my cute little Sony Cybershot, lol

To try and surprise me, Kyle asked me to “help” him get something out of the back of his truck. We went outside and he said he was going to grab something for our little storage closet and asked me to open up the back door of his truck. When I did, this little beauty was sitting there waiting for me to love it! Oh man, do I ever!

So this is my early Birthday/Wedding present from Kyle, and I couldn’t be more excited! I can’t wait to (re)learn all the functions on it. I haven’t played with a DSLR since J-School, so it may take a while.

I’ve wanted a Nikon D90 forever – It’s like my dream camera, so for Kyle to get me one is sooooo amazing.

I’ll leave you with the first shot I took with her: (Yes, the camera is a “she”, and she still needs a name)

Of course I’d take it of Daphne!

Not bad for full-automatic mode! She’s looking a little scruffy though.

Do you have a dream camera?

Hockey Brain

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Oh my word – if you couldn’t tell by my Tweets Tuesday night, there was a VERY IMPORTANT hockey game on:

I’ll apologize now for the ridiculous amount of hockey tweets, but Game 7 means business in my household, and we were playing our arch nemesis. I can’t even give you another sports’ comparison because I don’t follow any other sports. Sorry.

 I’ve had hockey on the brain since the beginning of the playoffs. The Vancouver Canucks are my favourite team ALWAYS. No bandwagon here, I’m going down with the ship.

And you know what’s annoying? The haters. Especially the ones who say Canucks’ fans are the worst fans. How are we the worst? Because we love our team no matter what? Because we believe in them even though we’ve never won the Cup?

I really don’t understand people who hate on other teams so much. So what if your team got beat? I know the Canucks don’t have a great playoff record. Do I want them to win the Cup? Of course! Will they win the Cup this year? Only time will tell.

Anyway, I’ll try not to bombard you on the Twitter with hockey-related Tweets for the next round of the playoffs, but no promises. ;)

Do you follow hockey? (Any hockey?) Who are you cheering for?

WTW: One Last List

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How the stinkin’ hell did my wedding date end up being less than six weeks away? Whoa there Bessy, let’s slow that train down just a second here!

I’m in that special place in wedding planning right now where I’m both nervous and excited. Let’s add stressed out in the mix too because well, who wouldn’t be when planning their wedding?

There’s a LOT of stuff I’ve happily accomplished all. by. myself. GO ME! (Seriously, as a procrastinator, that’s HUGE.) Who would’ve thought I wouldn’t break down into tears while trying to glue together my invitations or printing and tearing my favour tags? I no longer want to bang my head off a table every other day, now it’s just a once-a-week feeling.

But – There’s still quiet a bit that needs to get done. Hence the title of this post. I present to you one final pre-wedding list. Or at least I think it will be the final one. No promises though, I’m flaky like that.

  • I’ve yet to find vases for my centerpieces. Hopefully I’ll be able to hit up the local dollar stores sometimes soon and find what I need. No sense in going to the craft store and getting them. $6 is a ridiculous amount to spend on a bunch of vases I’ll use once.
  • Apparently I need bridal jewelery? I’ve already had arguments with my mom over what to wear in my ears on my wedding day. She doesn’t want my big ol’ ½” holes showing and wants me to wear plugs. I’d be happy with tunnels because they’re who I am. Kyle wants me to just stick with the stainless steel ones I always wear. Decisions, decisions!
  • I am terrified for my Bachelorette/Bridal Shower. Everyone keeps telling me it will be fun and I’ll love it, but I’m SCURRED.
  • Tomorrow I’m going to be checking out the hall for the reception and hopefully finding packaging for the favours. Woo!
  • We still don’t know where to have our gift opening shing-dig. I was just hoping no one would buy us actual presents. Apparently this isn’t going to happen, so we need to think of something.
  • We *may* have found a place for the rehearsal dinner. Kyle’s uncle knows the owner of one of the “better” restaurants in town and may be able to get us a deal on a buffet or something like that. Fingers crossed!
  • We’ve yet to go get our marriage license. I’m thinking we’ll do that next week. Then we’ll have to meet with the Marriage Commissioner to decide what kind of ceremony we want to have. I’m aiming for simple, not too romantic but to too casual. And absolutely no saying the words, “Speak now or forever hold your peace …” Ugh.
  • I’m also pretty sure I have to meet with the photographer again.
  • I’m also ALSO pretty sure there’s more to this list than what I can think of.
So there. The final(ish) list. We’ll see how much more I add onto that!
What’s on YOUR list? (Wedding or not)