seriously?!

You know that saying "if you want something done, you should do it yourself"?

Tonight I think it.

I make an honest attempt to trust in other people that they can follow through. Tonight, there is no quick fix as I'm 4579.2 kilometres away.

I can't turn back time. I'm just a little pissed. I'll be over it by tomorrow. ugh.

ahhh!

I just got in from a great birthday dinner out with the fam tonight. I can't believe my 29th birthday is this Thursday. Aaaagggghhhhhh. :(

nothingness

I took this pic last night.

1. my hair is getting quite long!
2. I just got my favourite sweater back from the dry cleaners.
3. that is all :)

Out with the old....in with the new

I bit the bullet. It was time.

In 2004, my dad called me up and said a friend was selling their car and did I want to buy it. It was a good car at a great price at the right time. I jumped on it. In May 2004, Hal (Jalepeno) became my first car!


A month after I got him, he started costing me money. I slightly regretted giving up my bus pass, but we got to know each other and he stopped digging into my wallet :) This past year, though, he was up to his initial tricks and began breaking down. These weren't inexpensive fixes either. I was forking out several hundreds of dollars at a time. I knew I'd be looking into a new car in Spring 2007, and I was hoping Hal would hold out. Slowly but surely, he was falling apart and I admit I was afraid to drive him long distances.

To make a long story short, my dad started researching some cars for me, got prices and we went to the dealership just before Christmas. We took a car for a drive and then all of a sudden, I'm filling out papers and becoming the 'owner' of a new car (I'm leasing). I picked up Berry on the 27th and traded my little Hal in. I didn't really believe I was getting a new car until I handed over Hal's keys and got a pair of fancy ones for Berry! I've been making up excuses to go out and run errands just to drive it. It's cute and I love it! Without further delay, here's my new car!


(I need to take a better pic of him. I felt a little embarassed in the lot.)
p.s. Berry's next to a lighter blue version of himself!

New Years Quiz

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
New job at work, went to Winnipeg, leased a brand new car!

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make resolutions last year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes :(

5. What countries did you visit?
Stayed in Canada, but went to various provinces.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
To feel like I've finally got everything together.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I'd have to look up the exact dates, but mid-March to early-April are etched in my memory as very trying times - when dad had his 2 strokes and brain surgeries.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Starting to get my shit together! Career, school, life, finances.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Letting lack of confidence hold me back.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just the usual cold.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I revamped my wardrobe a bit this year. New car!!

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My family. We really pulled together over dad's strokes.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed/disappointed?
Nothing appalled or depressed me. I was a bit disappointed in a few friends this year.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, paying off loans, clothing.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Coming back home after a very long trip out west (torrential rain, 2 week boil water advisory, snow storm...)

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
I can't say one song will remind me of the entire year. Different songs will remind me of parts of the year.
City and Colour cd - spring, dad's stroke time, purchase of iPod.
Shakira "hips don't lie"/nelly furtado "promiscuous girl" - summer
Tomi Swick - trip out west

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
thinner or fatter? Fatter!
richer or poorer? Richer!

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Saving money, exercising, said yes to more social engagements.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Pondering instead of doing. (good answer Jooms! I'll agree!)

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas with family. Due to everyone's conflicting schedules, we opened gifts on Christmas Eve this year, then spent the day relaxing and playing with presents. Christmas Day was dinner with extended family in TO.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
No.

22. How many one-night stands?
None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Grey's Anatomy.

24. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn’t dislike this time last year?
I don't think so.

25. What was the best book you read?
I'm still reading it - Blindness by Jose Saramago.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
City and Colour, Tomi Swick.

27. What did you want and get?
new printer, new car, to not lose my dad.

28. What did you want and not get?
A boyfriend! haha.

29. What was your favourite film of this year?
I'm terrible at watching movies when they come out. I can't think of what my fave film would be.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My 28th birthday was a quiet one. I worked during the day and went for dinner with my sister (whose bday is a few days before mine). The dinner ended up being crappy, but we had fun!

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I think my year was quite satisfying. The only thing that would have made it even better would have been having more self-confidence.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Comfortable business casual.

33. What kept you sane?
Keeping busy, taking time for myself.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None.

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Here's where my apathy bites me in the ass a bit. I honestly don't feel anything 'stirred' me. Perhaps I need to become an active participant in 2007.

36. Who did you miss?
The braver me from 2003.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Alicia.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006?
Family is of utmost importance.