Tuesday, February 28
alright, alright
I'm going to post the link, because I don't think the fiance ever goes here. If he does (if you do, don't click it, jerky), I trust that he won't look, because then I'd have to kill him. And then I wouldn't get to wear my dress, which would be a waste, really. I don't make up these rules and traditions, they just *are*. Deal with it. The rest of you, go ahead and click for the front, and again for the back. Mine is ivory, not white, with some pink in the beading. SO PRETTY! I'm excited.
so, apparently the Regis people don't agree
that mine is the most beautiful baby in North America. He didn't even make the top 10! They had something like 150 000 entries, that's pretty crazy. We'll try again next year. What do they know?
In other news, I had a minor heart attack yesterday when I found out my mat leave is up in 3 weeks. Yipes! But then I realised that I still have 21 workdays of pay to come from the NBTA (they don't top you up, but they give you 30 paid days, not too shabby), which will take me to April 10th, which is what I was planning on in the first place. So, good. I'm a little apprehensive about going back to work, it's going to be really strange working as a supply teacher when I'm used to having my own class and rules and stuff, but I'll make do. I had always thought that supply teaching wouldn't be nearly so bad if I hadn't been doing it specifically to try to get a 'real' job. Like, if you were retired, or only wanted to work part-time, and could accept that you're not likely going to have a meaningful impact on most of the kids, and that if you make it through the day without more than a couple of kids ending up at the principal's office it's a good day, then it's not so bad. So I'm going to try that for a while, see if it's enough to pay the bills, and if it is, I'll do it for a year until the wee lad is 2, then hopefully I'll get a real job and he can go to daycare to learn a bunch of vital social interaction skills and whatnot. Or, I'll make some money, bank up some hours, have another baby, and hopefully the rumours about a 2 year maternity leave being on the horizon are true. See, I don't feel bad for employers having to deal with a 2 year leave, because especially in my case, it's a good thing to have teachers on leave. It gives new teachers a way to get started. I imagine in some cases it's difficult, but whatever. People need to reproduce, and it's so much better for people to have the opportunity to raise their own kids for a while rather than having to put them into a daycare system when they're not even walking or talking.
I'll get off the soapbox, for now.
Ah, also, we're moving the wedding to the August long weekend. There's been some...input...from some people, and we've decided to increase the size of the wedding. Based on that, and because we didn't really pick the date in the first place, we moved it to August, since lots of people travel in the summer anyway, and moved it to Saturday from Friday, again, easier for travel and for getting everything ready, and moved it to Fredericton, since having it in a home base makes just about everything easier. So. I might send out 'save the date' things, since lots of people will have to travel to get to us, but real invites won't be going out until probably June / July. We (I, really, I can't see the fiance being too excited about picking out invites) have to pick some out and get them printed up. Whee!
That's about it. I'm on my own (with the bebe, of course) this weekend, so if anyone wants to come over for like, ladies' night in, I'm up for that.
In other news, I had a minor heart attack yesterday when I found out my mat leave is up in 3 weeks. Yipes! But then I realised that I still have 21 workdays of pay to come from the NBTA (they don't top you up, but they give you 30 paid days, not too shabby), which will take me to April 10th, which is what I was planning on in the first place. So, good. I'm a little apprehensive about going back to work, it's going to be really strange working as a supply teacher when I'm used to having my own class and rules and stuff, but I'll make do. I had always thought that supply teaching wouldn't be nearly so bad if I hadn't been doing it specifically to try to get a 'real' job. Like, if you were retired, or only wanted to work part-time, and could accept that you're not likely going to have a meaningful impact on most of the kids, and that if you make it through the day without more than a couple of kids ending up at the principal's office it's a good day, then it's not so bad. So I'm going to try that for a while, see if it's enough to pay the bills, and if it is, I'll do it for a year until the wee lad is 2, then hopefully I'll get a real job and he can go to daycare to learn a bunch of vital social interaction skills and whatnot. Or, I'll make some money, bank up some hours, have another baby, and hopefully the rumours about a 2 year maternity leave being on the horizon are true. See, I don't feel bad for employers having to deal with a 2 year leave, because especially in my case, it's a good thing to have teachers on leave. It gives new teachers a way to get started. I imagine in some cases it's difficult, but whatever. People need to reproduce, and it's so much better for people to have the opportunity to raise their own kids for a while rather than having to put them into a daycare system when they're not even walking or talking.
I'll get off the soapbox, for now.
Ah, also, we're moving the wedding to the August long weekend. There's been some...input...from some people, and we've decided to increase the size of the wedding. Based on that, and because we didn't really pick the date in the first place, we moved it to August, since lots of people travel in the summer anyway, and moved it to Saturday from Friday, again, easier for travel and for getting everything ready, and moved it to Fredericton, since having it in a home base makes just about everything easier. So. I might send out 'save the date' things, since lots of people will have to travel to get to us, but real invites won't be going out until probably June / July. We (I, really, I can't see the fiance being too excited about picking out invites) have to pick some out and get them printed up. Whee!
That's about it. I'm on my own (with the bebe, of course) this weekend, so if anyone wants to come over for like, ladies' night in, I'm up for that.
Wednesday, February 15
whee, wedding dress shopping!
A few things to keep in mind. Really, don't bring all your best friends. Bring your mom, or someone whose opinion you can trust, and who will be honest with you. Wedding dresses run small ("quite small", according to the lady who was helping me), so, depressingly enough, you'll be at least a size bigger, and likely 2 sizes bigger than your normal clothing size. Who thought that was a good idea?? They run up to size 30, but come on. That's just mean. Try everything on, to a point. If you're iffy, try, but if it's truly awful, leave it on the rack. Go with your gut. If you love a dress, hang on to it. If you try it on, and it's nice, and pretty, but it doesn't make you go wheeeeeeee!, then it's not the one for you. Hesitation is a sign that there's a better one out there for you. The one floor of the one store I was in had 400 dresses. Four Hundred. They have 3 floors.
I learned also that apparently I have a great body for trying on wedding dresses. They all fit perfectly; it was really weird. Nice, but weird. Also made it trickier to easily eliminate some of them. I felt bad no-ing some, because they laced up the back and took significant time to get on. Silly, but whatever. Anyway, I bought a dress. Well, my parents bought a dress, and it's beautiful, and very me. I'm not posting a picture, because the fiance isn't allowed to see it, and I don't trust him not to stumble across it. I won't have the actual dress for several months (probably 5) and don't have a picture of me in it, but can share the link with anyone who just can't bear to wait that long. It's on the Romantic Bridals website, if you'd like to go try to guess. They don't have a picture of the colour of mine though, mine is ivory with some pink in the beading. ooooh, pink! How apropos.
That is all.
I learned also that apparently I have a great body for trying on wedding dresses. They all fit perfectly; it was really weird. Nice, but weird. Also made it trickier to easily eliminate some of them. I felt bad no-ing some, because they laced up the back and took significant time to get on. Silly, but whatever. Anyway, I bought a dress. Well, my parents bought a dress, and it's beautiful, and very me. I'm not posting a picture, because the fiance isn't allowed to see it, and I don't trust him not to stumble across it. I won't have the actual dress for several months (probably 5) and don't have a picture of me in it, but can share the link with anyone who just can't bear to wait that long. It's on the Romantic Bridals website, if you'd like to go try to guess. They don't have a picture of the colour of mine though, mine is ivory with some pink in the beading. ooooh, pink! How apropos.
That is all.
Tuesday, February 14
Valentine's funny
(from my Lost-addicted sister)
Apparently, these four Valentines were discovered washed up on the Philippine coast last week. After extensive forensic analysis (a big shout-out to the team over at Criminal Minds), the ink has been restored and we can now tell you what they say:
The First Valentine
Dear Libby,
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
Even though you denied it when I asked, I'm still pretty sure
That I know you.
Be Mine,
Hurley
The Second Valentine
J,
Y'know how the Fugitive--from the TV show, I mean--was a doctor? Well, you're a doctor. And I'm a fugitive. How about that?! So...even though I kissed you and ran away because I saw an imaginary horse, I hope you forgive me.
I miss you,
K
The Third Valentine
Dearest Husband Jin,
If you understood English, you would know that I am writing you this Valentine to tell you that even though you frustrate the hell out of me sometimes, you are so effing hot when you take your shirt off.
All My Love,
Sun
And Finally...the Fourth Valentine
Freckles,
There ain't no damn roses anywhere, so...
Wanna screw?
The One with the Guns
Apparently, these four Valentines were discovered washed up on the Philippine coast last week. After extensive forensic analysis (a big shout-out to the team over at Criminal Minds), the ink has been restored and we can now tell you what they say:
The First Valentine
Dear Libby,
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
Even though you denied it when I asked, I'm still pretty sure
That I know you.
Be Mine,
Hurley
The Second Valentine
J,
Y'know how the Fugitive--from the TV show, I mean--was a doctor? Well, you're a doctor. And I'm a fugitive. How about that?! So...even though I kissed you and ran away because I saw an imaginary horse, I hope you forgive me.
I miss you,
K
The Third Valentine
Dearest Husband Jin,
If you understood English, you would know that I am writing you this Valentine to tell you that even though you frustrate the hell out of me sometimes, you are so effing hot when you take your shirt off.
All My Love,
Sun
And Finally...the Fourth Valentine
Freckles,
There ain't no damn roses anywhere, so...
Wanna screw?
The One with the Guns
Friday, February 10
baby beauty contests, wooh!
haha. Yes, I did it. Regis and Kelly are having a Beautiful Baby contest, so I entered my dear boy. I sent in this picture
Apologies to the grandparents who got cut out, but the picture had to be less than 100k, and I didn't want to take up any unnecessary space with photo extras. hehe.
Anwyay, so watch the show on the 20th (Next Monday) and then vote for him if he makes the top 5. Thanks! Tell your friends to, too.
Apologies to the grandparents who got cut out, but the picture had to be less than 100k, and I didn't want to take up any unnecessary space with photo extras. hehe.
Anwyay, so watch the show on the 20th (Next Monday) and then vote for him if he makes the top 5. Thanks! Tell your friends to, too.
Monday, February 6
so, it's official
A couple of things, actually.
Thing one, arguably the more important, we have a new prime minister. I'm not really excited about this, because he's a scary mo' fo'. I am, however, hopeful that due to the significantly minority-ness of the minority Conservative government, he won't be able to pass all his crazy ammendments. As Rick Mercer said, if you want to drop your kids off at a publicly funded daycare on your way to a gay wedding, do it now.
Thing two, I'm getting married. We're going to have a very small ceremony on September 1st, and then a great big party on September 2nd in the fiancé's hometown. Although certain significant members of his family are having a difficult time coming to grips with there not being a huge ceremony with all 100 close family members being invited, there are several problems with that. I'm going to go over them here, for your benefit, and to reinforce to myself that we're doing the right thing. Thing one, and I'd say definitely the most important, is that I am reading, seeing, and being told over and over again by those who have been there, to do what we want to do. To consider others' feelings, input, and guilt trips, but when it comes down to it, just to do what makes us happy, not what makes everybody else happy. I think the giant party reception in his hometown is a nice compromise, considering it will be 95% his family & friends and maybe 5% mine. There will be people there I have never met, or have even heard mentioned more than once. But it's going to be a good time. Another thing, is that due to the large-ness and closeness of this family and town as a whole, it is really difficult to draw the line as far as who gets invited and who doesn't. We'd end up with a tonne of people, and thus either spending a bajillion dollars to entertain a bunch of people we're not really that close to, or having cheese and cocktail weiners. And somebody is always going to be left out. So this way, it's easily drawn, immediate family only, and a few close friends. I think we have 25 people all told, including the 2 of us. The big reception will be loads of people, and if we're friends, you're invited. If you're not in town but can be for Sept 2nd, let me know. If you want to come, send me your address (real, not e), and we'll send you an invite. Once we pick them out and stuff.
Anyway, we went to the place we're having the wedding and small reception, and it's really nice, and it's going to be great. It's an inn, so we can all stay right there, and we've got the honeymoon suite booked already. It has a jacuzzi in the room. Not in the bathroom, in the room. Nice.
Also, in preparation for the impending day and the dress shopping that will go along with it, I've decided to try to firm up a bit. I have videos for Winsor Pilates, Yoga, and stability ball. I'm trying the Pilates, but it's not going to be fun. 20 minutes this morning may cripple me for a few days. I guess that's a good sign though, long term. My sister and I and a couple of her friends went to a bridal show yesterday. It was sort of fun, free cake samples and stuff, but not very useful since I'm not getting married here, and it was all local merchants. There's a show in Moncton on the 20th that I'm going to go to, if anyone wants to take the day off and come with me and the wee lad. Should be more helpful, since we're getting married around there. The show was a bit of an ordeal though, we thought we needed tickets, and my sister's friend had 2 extra, so no problem, but then she only had one extra, so we were like, damn, but then when we got there you didn't even need tickets, nor was there even anywhere you could have handed them in. I registered for some free stuff, not the least of which is a rehearsal dinner at El Burrito Loco. That would be sweet. All the tables were like, wedding photographers / videographers, favours, invitations, and oh, yes, Fantasia. Big ol' vibrators and dildos, right out on display. They were not giving away samples, nor could I sign up to win anything. Unfortunate. Ha.
Alright, I'm excercised and clean, and the boy sleeps still, so I'm going to do nothing while the doing is good.
Thing one, arguably the more important, we have a new prime minister. I'm not really excited about this, because he's a scary mo' fo'. I am, however, hopeful that due to the significantly minority-ness of the minority Conservative government, he won't be able to pass all his crazy ammendments. As Rick Mercer said, if you want to drop your kids off at a publicly funded daycare on your way to a gay wedding, do it now.
Thing two, I'm getting married. We're going to have a very small ceremony on September 1st, and then a great big party on September 2nd in the fiancé's hometown. Although certain significant members of his family are having a difficult time coming to grips with there not being a huge ceremony with all 100 close family members being invited, there are several problems with that. I'm going to go over them here, for your benefit, and to reinforce to myself that we're doing the right thing. Thing one, and I'd say definitely the most important, is that I am reading, seeing, and being told over and over again by those who have been there, to do what we want to do. To consider others' feelings, input, and guilt trips, but when it comes down to it, just to do what makes us happy, not what makes everybody else happy. I think the giant party reception in his hometown is a nice compromise, considering it will be 95% his family & friends and maybe 5% mine. There will be people there I have never met, or have even heard mentioned more than once. But it's going to be a good time. Another thing, is that due to the large-ness and closeness of this family and town as a whole, it is really difficult to draw the line as far as who gets invited and who doesn't. We'd end up with a tonne of people, and thus either spending a bajillion dollars to entertain a bunch of people we're not really that close to, or having cheese and cocktail weiners. And somebody is always going to be left out. So this way, it's easily drawn, immediate family only, and a few close friends. I think we have 25 people all told, including the 2 of us. The big reception will be loads of people, and if we're friends, you're invited. If you're not in town but can be for Sept 2nd, let me know. If you want to come, send me your address (real, not e), and we'll send you an invite. Once we pick them out and stuff.
Anyway, we went to the place we're having the wedding and small reception, and it's really nice, and it's going to be great. It's an inn, so we can all stay right there, and we've got the honeymoon suite booked already. It has a jacuzzi in the room. Not in the bathroom, in the room. Nice.
Also, in preparation for the impending day and the dress shopping that will go along with it, I've decided to try to firm up a bit. I have videos for Winsor Pilates, Yoga, and stability ball. I'm trying the Pilates, but it's not going to be fun. 20 minutes this morning may cripple me for a few days. I guess that's a good sign though, long term. My sister and I and a couple of her friends went to a bridal show yesterday. It was sort of fun, free cake samples and stuff, but not very useful since I'm not getting married here, and it was all local merchants. There's a show in Moncton on the 20th that I'm going to go to, if anyone wants to take the day off and come with me and the wee lad. Should be more helpful, since we're getting married around there. The show was a bit of an ordeal though, we thought we needed tickets, and my sister's friend had 2 extra, so no problem, but then she only had one extra, so we were like, damn, but then when we got there you didn't even need tickets, nor was there even anywhere you could have handed them in. I registered for some free stuff, not the least of which is a rehearsal dinner at El Burrito Loco. That would be sweet. All the tables were like, wedding photographers / videographers, favours, invitations, and oh, yes, Fantasia. Big ol' vibrators and dildos, right out on display. They were not giving away samples, nor could I sign up to win anything. Unfortunate. Ha.
Alright, I'm excercised and clean, and the boy sleeps still, so I'm going to do nothing while the doing is good.
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