Well I've spent over an hour trying to connect up YouTube to my blog to show you all these videos that I like. Tim and I were looking on YouTube the other night and came across them, and let me tell you, if you want something to distract you for minutes (or even hours) go to YouTube.com and check out "Purple and Brown" in the Channels section. It's a bunch of very short, amusing videos. It's definitely taken a few minutes out of my hectic days.
We've also discovered a pretty fun game, called "Flip Words" on YahooGames - another great distraction when you need a break from studying or work. Just beware, this one can get addictive.
The week has been busy, so much work for school, but today I had the day off so I was able to at least get the work done I wanted to for tomorrow without too much stress. So that's good. :)
Snowboarding on the weekend was great, it was SO NICE to get away and the conditions at Blue were excellent! There's been so much snow lately, I was really pleased with how great it was. There was snow falling the whole time we were boarding, which was really beautiful and added to the fun! I'll definitely be spending all the time I can on the hill this winter. :P And my board was great, it rides really well, definitely faster than my old board (good old 150 cm no-name board!).
That's it for now I think....happy Wednesday!
January 31, 2007
January 26, 2007
TGIF
Today was midterm day, all morning writing an exam that wasn't worded very well after a night of studying and really not enough preparation....it's the same every term, no matter how hard I try, somehow I never seem to have enough time to study. I think I did ok, I hope I did. Thankfully, all I need is a pass (70% in my program) because potential employers don't care too much about your marks as long as you have good clinical care skills. :P The beauty of health care.
I don't have alot of interesting things to say, I'm tired from a busy week of work, and thankful that it's finally the weekend. My gramma's doing a little better, she had an angiogram on Tuesday and they took her in for an emergency bypass the same day because her left coronary artery was 99% blocked. My mom said one of the nurses told her yesterday that grams is the "miracle patient" that they're all talking about who survived despite 99% blockage and being 82 y old. It's pretty amazing how the body can adapt.
Now she is in the ICU being monitored and they're taking great care of her, hopefully she is on the road to recovery. It will be a long one, but she's tough and I think she can do it. Gramma's survived alot of things in her life. :) I admire her for that.
This weekend Tim and I are hoping to head to Blue Mountain on Saturday for some snowboarding! We bought new boards in the summer, mine's a Rossignol Zena and Tim's is a Rossignol Wanted Man and we got them for a really decent price.
My board - SO CUTE eh? :P I like the fishies :D
Tim's board is the second one in, neato! :)
Thankfully the weather is finally cooperating, so I'm looking forward to finally getting to try out my new board. Especially since there's beautiful fluffy snow falling as I write this....YAY!!! I'll let you know how it went!
I don't have alot of interesting things to say, I'm tired from a busy week of work, and thankful that it's finally the weekend. My gramma's doing a little better, she had an angiogram on Tuesday and they took her in for an emergency bypass the same day because her left coronary artery was 99% blocked. My mom said one of the nurses told her yesterday that grams is the "miracle patient" that they're all talking about who survived despite 99% blockage and being 82 y old. It's pretty amazing how the body can adapt.
Now she is in the ICU being monitored and they're taking great care of her, hopefully she is on the road to recovery. It will be a long one, but she's tough and I think she can do it. Gramma's survived alot of things in her life. :) I admire her for that.
This weekend Tim and I are hoping to head to Blue Mountain on Saturday for some snowboarding! We bought new boards in the summer, mine's a Rossignol Zena and Tim's is a Rossignol Wanted Man and we got them for a really decent price.
My board - SO CUTE eh? :P I like the fishies :D
Tim's board is the second one in, neato! :)
Thankfully the weather is finally cooperating, so I'm looking forward to finally getting to try out my new board. Especially since there's beautiful fluffy snow falling as I write this....YAY!!! I'll let you know how it went!
January 21, 2007
Life....
It's been a busy and challenging week.
Monday was a snow day, which was unexpected and fun. I spent most of the day working on the insurance claim that we had to submit as a result of the stuff that was stolen in Aruba. We finally got that done, and all I can say is I am happy to have it over with. Never lose important stuff, or let it get stolen. Insurance claims are a pain in the neck! :P
Tuesday was soooooo busy catching up on all I'd missed, however I was able to relax in the evening and hang out with my friend Helen. It was fun. Then I got home and Tim told me I had to call my mom right away - my gramma was in the hospital.
I spent most of Wednesday with grams in the hospital, she'd had a heart attack and since my parents were driving from far away, and i was the closest to her, I went. I have to say it was a surreal experience sitting in that hospital, looking at my gramma in a hospital bed. It's the first time I've really realised my own mortality - someday my grams will die :( and someday so will everyone else I love. I don't mean to sound morbid, I guess I'd never really thought of life that way. Eventually we all die. And I know that there are greater and more beautiful things to come beyond death, but it's still something hard to comprehend.....no longer existing in this world, as imperfect as it is, it's all I know.
God has created such wonders in this world - white beaches and turquoise waters, the majestic greys and browns tipped with white of the mountains, a simple, perfect red rose. All of it so beautiful, so full of life. So reflective of God's life I suppose. And a little bit of his personality. Didn't he create such a wonderful world?
My grams is still in hospital, she finally has a room to sleep in. We can only really take a wait and see approach right now. So I guess we'll see.
Monday was a snow day, which was unexpected and fun. I spent most of the day working on the insurance claim that we had to submit as a result of the stuff that was stolen in Aruba. We finally got that done, and all I can say is I am happy to have it over with. Never lose important stuff, or let it get stolen. Insurance claims are a pain in the neck! :P
Tuesday was soooooo busy catching up on all I'd missed, however I was able to relax in the evening and hang out with my friend Helen. It was fun. Then I got home and Tim told me I had to call my mom right away - my gramma was in the hospital.
I spent most of Wednesday with grams in the hospital, she'd had a heart attack and since my parents were driving from far away, and i was the closest to her, I went. I have to say it was a surreal experience sitting in that hospital, looking at my gramma in a hospital bed. It's the first time I've really realised my own mortality - someday my grams will die :( and someday so will everyone else I love. I don't mean to sound morbid, I guess I'd never really thought of life that way. Eventually we all die. And I know that there are greater and more beautiful things to come beyond death, but it's still something hard to comprehend.....no longer existing in this world, as imperfect as it is, it's all I know.
God has created such wonders in this world - white beaches and turquoise waters, the majestic greys and browns tipped with white of the mountains, a simple, perfect red rose. All of it so beautiful, so full of life. So reflective of God's life I suppose. And a little bit of his personality. Didn't he create such a wonderful world?
My grams is still in hospital, she finally has a room to sleep in. We can only really take a wait and see approach right now. So I guess we'll see.
January 14, 2007
The thing about thongs...
I have this thing about thongs.
I think in the right place, at the right time, a thong can be a good thing. Like when you're wearing a pair of cute pants or a pretty skirt and you want to avoid a panty line. Or, if you're into it, thongs can be a great item to spice up life a bit. ;)
But what is with women (and men!! yikes) wearing thongs on the beach? If you want to tan in the privacy of your own property, then go right ahead, wear a thong. However, if you're in a public place, well, thongs shouldn't be. I don't think there's any appropriate situation to wear a thong in public, well, unless you're a bodybuilder. Then maybe you could get away with it. I could see how thongs can work in body building competitions. But on the beach....no place.
While we were in Aruba, there was probably at least one woman a day that would walk by in a thong, and I've got to tell you, I don't know what some of these women were thinking. I don't mean to be mean, but with so many pretty, flattering bathing suits out there, I don't understand why some women choose to wear a thong. I just don't get it.
There was one woman in particular that happened to be using some chairs just in front of us on a couple occasions, and I happened to have my camera out at one point when she walked by.
Need I say more? Maybe I'm just not used to it, and heaven help me if I ever venture to the beaches in Europe (men in speedos and nude beaches - YIKES!), but I just think there are so many other options that would be more flattering.
Oh well, what can I say? Here's a picture of an iguana.
(Taken by Tim, on a low bush right near we were sitting on the beach. He walked right past our chairs and into the bush)
I think in the right place, at the right time, a thong can be a good thing. Like when you're wearing a pair of cute pants or a pretty skirt and you want to avoid a panty line. Or, if you're into it, thongs can be a great item to spice up life a bit. ;)
But what is with women (and men!! yikes) wearing thongs on the beach? If you want to tan in the privacy of your own property, then go right ahead, wear a thong. However, if you're in a public place, well, thongs shouldn't be. I don't think there's any appropriate situation to wear a thong in public, well, unless you're a bodybuilder. Then maybe you could get away with it. I could see how thongs can work in body building competitions. But on the beach....no place.
While we were in Aruba, there was probably at least one woman a day that would walk by in a thong, and I've got to tell you, I don't know what some of these women were thinking. I don't mean to be mean, but with so many pretty, flattering bathing suits out there, I don't understand why some women choose to wear a thong. I just don't get it.
There was one woman in particular that happened to be using some chairs just in front of us on a couple occasions, and I happened to have my camera out at one point when she walked by.
Need I say more? Maybe I'm just not used to it, and heaven help me if I ever venture to the beaches in Europe (men in speedos and nude beaches - YIKES!), but I just think there are so many other options that would be more flattering.
Oh well, what can I say? Here's a picture of an iguana.
(Taken by Tim, on a low bush right near we were sitting on the beach. He walked right past our chairs and into the bush)
January 13, 2007
Time flies
I can't believe it's been over a month since I've posted anything on here. The holidays were so busy, and I wasn't near reliable internet access for most of the time, but still it seems bizarre to think so much has happened.....I don't know where to begin. Here's a brief summary of what I've been up to in the last month:
- Finished up my placement at the health center, it was an awesome experience and I came away from it feeling really confident in my skills and very thankful for all I learned. It was an amazing time. :)
- Went to a Christmas party at friends of Tim's on Dec. 14th, it was an appetizer party and it was super fun, although I ate WAY too much and felt quite ill for about 2 days after.
- We hosted a few friends at our apartment for a Christmas get-together! It was a great time and I was so excited to have people over with our pretty little Christmas tree and decorations. I'm so sad though, I realised we didn't take any pictures of the party or of our apartment while it was all decorated.
- We made our way over to Belleville to spend time with Babi and Didi and the rest of the Berezny family for a wonderful evening of visiting and great food. The next day we made our way over to Pickering to spend time with Grandpa and Mary and the rest of the Radford clan for another wonderful evening of visiting (and great food!).
- We were supposed to go skiing for a few days at Blue Mountain over the break, but alas, mother nature did not cooperate and the hill was closed due to lack of snow. :( We have new snowboards and have yet to use them. Looking forward to it soon I hope....
- We spent a wonderful week with my family - which included lots of yummy food, great visiting, sitting in front of the fire, spending time with special friends - it went too quickly and before we knew it we had to head out. One funny event is that this year Tim braved boxing day shopping with me, my mom and sister Lissy, and I have to say I was so impressed at his performance! He stood out in the cold for an hour lined up in front of Staples, and then braved the crowds at Wal-Mart! What a man. :P
- We came home here briefly to drop off all our gifts from my family and all the goodies we acquired boxing day shopping. Then we headed over to Toronto to meet up with Gary, Sue, Jeff and Mark and the next morning we flew out to ARUBA!!!!
And we spent a fun-filled week in aruba windsurfing, sunning on the beach, eating all sorts of amazing food (if you ever come across a Texas de Brazil restaurant, you HAVE to go!), and even scuba diving!!! That's right, I braved the ocean and went scuba diving. It was pretty darn cool and hopefully sometime soon I will have a few pictures from the adventure that I can post on the site. Unfortunately, our camera was stolen while we were in Aruba, so I don't actually have many pictures from the holiday, but Tim's parents have sent us lots of great pictures that are also pretty fantastic. And I would definitely go back to Aruba again, it's a really neat place.
So as you can see, we had a pretty eventful holiday. Now we're back home, I'm back into the swing of school and Tim starts his new job Monday!!! That's an answer to prayer by the way!!! :) He'll be working at St. Joseph' s Hospital doing administrative stuff! And he's really excited about the job. So thanks for your prayers, and if you want to know more about it, feel free to email us and ask. :)
Here's a picture to leave you with:
- Finished up my placement at the health center, it was an awesome experience and I came away from it feeling really confident in my skills and very thankful for all I learned. It was an amazing time. :)
- Went to a Christmas party at friends of Tim's on Dec. 14th, it was an appetizer party and it was super fun, although I ate WAY too much and felt quite ill for about 2 days after.
- We hosted a few friends at our apartment for a Christmas get-together! It was a great time and I was so excited to have people over with our pretty little Christmas tree and decorations. I'm so sad though, I realised we didn't take any pictures of the party or of our apartment while it was all decorated.
- We made our way over to Belleville to spend time with Babi and Didi and the rest of the Berezny family for a wonderful evening of visiting and great food. The next day we made our way over to Pickering to spend time with Grandpa and Mary and the rest of the Radford clan for another wonderful evening of visiting (and great food!).
- We were supposed to go skiing for a few days at Blue Mountain over the break, but alas, mother nature did not cooperate and the hill was closed due to lack of snow. :( We have new snowboards and have yet to use them. Looking forward to it soon I hope....
- We spent a wonderful week with my family - which included lots of yummy food, great visiting, sitting in front of the fire, spending time with special friends - it went too quickly and before we knew it we had to head out. One funny event is that this year Tim braved boxing day shopping with me, my mom and sister Lissy, and I have to say I was so impressed at his performance! He stood out in the cold for an hour lined up in front of Staples, and then braved the crowds at Wal-Mart! What a man. :P
- We came home here briefly to drop off all our gifts from my family and all the goodies we acquired boxing day shopping. Then we headed over to Toronto to meet up with Gary, Sue, Jeff and Mark and the next morning we flew out to ARUBA!!!!
And we spent a fun-filled week in aruba windsurfing, sunning on the beach, eating all sorts of amazing food (if you ever come across a Texas de Brazil restaurant, you HAVE to go!), and even scuba diving!!! That's right, I braved the ocean and went scuba diving. It was pretty darn cool and hopefully sometime soon I will have a few pictures from the adventure that I can post on the site. Unfortunately, our camera was stolen while we were in Aruba, so I don't actually have many pictures from the holiday, but Tim's parents have sent us lots of great pictures that are also pretty fantastic. And I would definitely go back to Aruba again, it's a really neat place.
So as you can see, we had a pretty eventful holiday. Now we're back home, I'm back into the swing of school and Tim starts his new job Monday!!! That's an answer to prayer by the way!!! :) He'll be working at St. Joseph' s Hospital doing administrative stuff! And he's really excited about the job. So thanks for your prayers, and if you want to know more about it, feel free to email us and ask. :)
Here's a picture to leave you with:
December 05, 2006
Festive celebrations
Well, the holidays are on their way and with the holidays comes all sorts of fun get-togethers and lots of food. On the weekend Tim and I had the opportunity to partake in a couple get-togethers and get into the holiday spirit.
Saturday night was a potluck for my class, so Tim and I went out and we had a great time! I had prepared a turkey along with my friend Sherri for the event, and although it was a lot of work, it was worth it! Definitely VERY yummy! :) We also built and decorated a gingerbread house, and it was a big hit! Who doesn't like giant cookies covered in candy? :P The party was fun because it gave me the opportunity to catch up with friends I hadn't seen in a while and to just relax and chill out. And we got to try everyone's specialties, which was great fun! The only down side to the whole evening was the fact that Hamilton has the most messed up parking system in the WORLD! For half the year you are supposed to park on one side of the street, and for the other half you are supposed to park on the other side. And it just so happened that as of December 1st it was time to park on the other side of the street, so 7 of us (7!!!!) got parking tickets! Can you believe that? You'd think they'd give a couple day's grace period or something, but no....everyone was parked on the "wrong side" of the street and everyone got tickets. They definitely made a killing of our party that night.
Sunday we had a relaxing day at home, we put up our Christmas tree (WOOHOOOO finally!!!!) and then hung out with Ian, a good friend of ours who spent the day catching up. He and Tim played video games all afternoon while I wrapped Christmas presents, and then I joined in for a little while to play rampage (I got Tim some old-school games like pac man, rampage, mortal kombat etc etc). It was kind of fun to play, although I did lose interest after a while. :P
Other than that, we had a pretty relaxed weekend, we had lots of yummy food, I made turkey soup Sunday night, and really just enjoyed hanging out. I love how the holiday season lets you slow down a bit and spend time with those you care about. :)
Saturday night was a potluck for my class, so Tim and I went out and we had a great time! I had prepared a turkey along with my friend Sherri for the event, and although it was a lot of work, it was worth it! Definitely VERY yummy! :) We also built and decorated a gingerbread house, and it was a big hit! Who doesn't like giant cookies covered in candy? :P The party was fun because it gave me the opportunity to catch up with friends I hadn't seen in a while and to just relax and chill out. And we got to try everyone's specialties, which was great fun! The only down side to the whole evening was the fact that Hamilton has the most messed up parking system in the WORLD! For half the year you are supposed to park on one side of the street, and for the other half you are supposed to park on the other side. And it just so happened that as of December 1st it was time to park on the other side of the street, so 7 of us (7!!!!) got parking tickets! Can you believe that? You'd think they'd give a couple day's grace period or something, but no....everyone was parked on the "wrong side" of the street and everyone got tickets. They definitely made a killing of our party that night.
Sunday we had a relaxing day at home, we put up our Christmas tree (WOOHOOOO finally!!!!) and then hung out with Ian, a good friend of ours who spent the day catching up. He and Tim played video games all afternoon while I wrapped Christmas presents, and then I joined in for a little while to play rampage (I got Tim some old-school games like pac man, rampage, mortal kombat etc etc). It was kind of fun to play, although I did lose interest after a while. :P
Other than that, we had a pretty relaxed weekend, we had lots of yummy food, I made turkey soup Sunday night, and really just enjoyed hanging out. I love how the holiday season lets you slow down a bit and spend time with those you care about. :)
November 25, 2006
Mmmmmmmm Shortbread :P
Being in the Christmas mood, and since Tim was busy with school work and couldn't help me put up the Christmas tree, I decided to experiment with a new recipe.
Usually I make whipped shortbread, which is lighter, but I wanted to try a more traditional, denser recipe. It turned out really well, I made some in a round pan and some in a press mom gave me last Christmas. Both worked out well, although if I do it again, if I used just the press, I would split the recipe in three.
Usually I make whipped shortbread, which is lighter, but I wanted to try a more traditional, denser recipe. It turned out really well, I made some in a round pan and some in a press mom gave me last Christmas. Both worked out well, although if I do it again, if I used just the press, I would split the recipe in three.
Shortbread à la round pan
Shortbread à la press
Scotch Shortbread Recipe:
Preheat oven to 300 F
Combine:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
Add:
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
- beat together until light and fluffy
Blend in:
2 cups flour (it calls for all purpose, I used unbleached and it worked fine)
At this point you can roll it out on a floured surface to cut out cookies, or you can split the recipe and press the dough into an ungreased pan (or a special Christmas press) - if it's in a pan, remember to prick it with fork several times. You can also use a butter knife to cut it into fingers/triangles etc in the pan.
Cook in oven for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven, recut fingers/triangles, sprinkle with icing sugar/granulated sugar/coloured sugar sprinkles. Let cool.
It's a yummy recipe, makes rich shortbread that's not too sweet.
Enjoy! :)
(recipe courtesy of "purity cookbook")
November 23, 2006
Santa Claus Parade!
On Sunday I went to the Santa Claus Parade in Toronto with my friend Sherri. It was really fun. I had never been before and was very excited to go because I had watched it on TV as a kid and had always wanted to go myself.
So we started our adventure by heading out from Sherri's apartment building (where Tim had dropped me off on the way to church) bright and early. We left around 9:45ish so that we'd have lots of time to park, hop the subway and get some prime curb spot before the event.
We arrived at the Yorkdale mall and found out that half the city had the same idea as us - park there and take the subway into town. We waited in line for about 15 minutes before we got into the subway station, but then we were on our way.
We got off at Queen's park, and we couldn't believe how many people were there for the parade! There were kids of all ages! Some children were in the street (which had been blocked off for the parade) drawing messages and pictures for Santa with sidewalk chalk. It was really cute. And the feeling was so fun, everyone was excited to be there despite the cold.
The parade took a lot longer than we thought it would to actually get to where we were standing, and then it took a lot longer than we thought it would to get through it all.....it was a heck of a long parade! There were all sorts of floats and bands and walking clowns and costumes of all kinds - some more Christmas-y than others. :p But it was a fun experience and overall, despite the cold Sherri and I had a great time! :D One really cute thing though was at the very beginning Canada Post workers came along and collected letters to Santa. Nice eh?
After the parade we walked around for a while, got some pizza, went to the Eaton's centre for a little shopping and then headed back to the subway. We actually took the subway the wrong way because we had crossed town, but in the end we hopped off and switched trains and still ended up where we needed to be in the end. It was a really fun day and although we were tired, it was worth it. Enjoy the pictures! :D Sorry they're still a little wonky, still trying to figure out the picture program. :P
So we started our adventure by heading out from Sherri's apartment building (where Tim had dropped me off on the way to church) bright and early. We left around 9:45ish so that we'd have lots of time to park, hop the subway and get some prime curb spot before the event.
We arrived at the Yorkdale mall and found out that half the city had the same idea as us - park there and take the subway into town. We waited in line for about 15 minutes before we got into the subway station, but then we were on our way.
We got off at Queen's park, and we couldn't believe how many people were there for the parade! There were kids of all ages! Some children were in the street (which had been blocked off for the parade) drawing messages and pictures for Santa with sidewalk chalk. It was really cute. And the feeling was so fun, everyone was excited to be there despite the cold.
The parade took a lot longer than we thought it would to actually get to where we were standing, and then it took a lot longer than we thought it would to get through it all.....it was a heck of a long parade! There were all sorts of floats and bands and walking clowns and costumes of all kinds - some more Christmas-y than others. :p But it was a fun experience and overall, despite the cold Sherri and I had a great time! :D One really cute thing though was at the very beginning Canada Post workers came along and collected letters to Santa. Nice eh?
After the parade we walked around for a while, got some pizza, went to the Eaton's centre for a little shopping and then headed back to the subway. We actually took the subway the wrong way because we had crossed town, but in the end we hopped off and switched trains and still ended up where we needed to be in the end. It was a really fun day and although we were tired, it was worth it. Enjoy the pictures! :D Sorry they're still a little wonky, still trying to figure out the picture program. :P
Santa!!
Santa's workshop
Santa Claus Parade Pictures 2
Me and all the parade goers
Messages to Santa
Puppy dressed up as Santa's little helper
Trying to keep cozy and warm
Santa Claus Parade Pictures
Sherri on the way in the car
My hat
Loooooooooooooooong line in the subway station
Sherri with all the parade goers
November 18, 2006
oops
Just so you know, I was trying a new picture posting program, and I didn't do it quite right......hope the disjointed-ness won't be too annoying. :P
The MBA formal
Last night was the MBA Christmas/Grad Formal. It was really fun, Tim and I had a great time. We were sitting with really nice people at our table (some good friends of Tim's) and the food was fabulous, the music was fun - I think the only down side was that our camera battery died soon after we got there. But here's a few pictures from the evening.
The highlight of the evening was definitely Tim not only being voted the most likely student to return as a prof in ten years by his classmates (LOL) but even more importantly, he won the Co-op award, which is presented to the graduating co-op student who has made substantial contributions to the school and peers, demonstrated initiative, leadership etc etc. It's a huge honour. I was so proud of him!! What a guy. :P Enjoy the pictures, sorry the pics of Tim accepting his award are so dark, it was all candlelit at that point and I was too far for the flash to work well. Enjoy the essence of the event at least. :P
The highlight of the evening was definitely Tim not only being voted the most likely student to return as a prof in ten years by his classmates (LOL) but even more importantly, he won the Co-op award, which is presented to the graduating co-op student who has made substantial contributions to the school and peers, demonstrated initiative, leadership etc etc. It's a huge honour. I was so proud of him!! What a guy. :P Enjoy the pictures, sorry the pics of Tim accepting his award are so dark, it was all candlelit at that point and I was too far for the flash to work well. Enjoy the essence of the event at least. :P
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