lifestyles of the rich and famous

i’m always carrying something around with me. lately it’s been my agenda/date book, my mandates notebook, my laptop, water bottle and change of shoes for the office.  why not carry along a piece of my vision board as well? when did i lose sight of that?

something that did make me smile today was my first and only convocation gift: my very first fountain pen from VJ, MJ and the Janzen crew. Big ups to them.

i also need to get new business cards printed.  and then hand them out like candy.

stable - established rep - attractive pension plan - subsidized cafeteria - .. yeah.. subsidized cafeteria would be fantastic - a desk to display my pictures

excitement builds as the weekend approaches:

- mauro’s medical results land in trinidad

- diana and dennis come for a visit

- NJ & VJ are in for a visit

- alicia keys tickets go on sale

- spring is in full effect

general contentment comes from the following:

- mauro gets his residency soon

- i can go to the gym more regularly

- my cupboards are stocked full of goodies

- my health is back to 100%

- the days are longer than the nights

- my taxes will be done soon

- tanya’s coming for a visit

This guy Thomas REALLY amuses me.  He sits in the cubicle across from mine.

Thomas gives everyone the Manhattan Once-Over each time he passes someone.  When I am able to speak French fluently, I want to have his accent and his drama-queen intonations. 

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Today I caught Thomas as he kicked the coffee machine. Afterwards, he assured me that he was not angry with it.  And he said that with a straight face.

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I just found out that Thomas is from

FRANCE

! That’s why his accent is different and French is much more fluid.

a haircut is in order. i am tempted to chop it all off, but it’s getting colder, so i’m not sure what to do.

i sold out my anti-facebook peeps. sorry. but i was promised that i could have high-profile fashion photo shoots if i joined! sorry! i guess i’m the sorry one.. haven’t booked my fashion shoot yet. *thumbs down.

i never realized how fun life is without studying. well, i think i knew all along that my life sucked when i was still studying/working.. but NOW.. my standard of living has sky-rocketed!

french.. that’s the next project.. that, and cirque du soleil. how coooool would that be? tres cool! i can’t wait to see where things go from here.  i’m pretty frustrated with work right now. i wish someone somewhere would just pick up his/her socks. 

i am stocked up on writing supplies, the pages of my notebook are finally looking like they’ve been flipped through, and i am awarding myself more C’s than ever before. that is good news! i have settled into a pretty laid back routine.. getting a lot of rest, taking naps when i want, unstructured studying, reading about an hour a day - life is good.  well kinda… at least from what i see.

i have pretty much kept to myself recently, so i really don’t know a lot about what is going on in everyone else’s world.  the reason that i haven’t joined facebook was so that i wouldn’t be OVERLY connected.. but now i am blaming facebook for keeping me disconnected! i’m not going to sell out just yet.. but believe me, i’m tempted.  the results are scary when you make the decision to stop calling people, so thank you thank you thank you to everyone that’s failed that test.. and thank you for the interruptions!

i’m supposed to teach people about what i’ve been reading in my book within 48 hours of reading it.  so, consider yourselves learned.  don’t look at life based on what circumstances or conditions that you’re in.  you should realize that you have a choice to change your attitude about the circumstance or situation that you’re in.  yes, it’s a slap in the face to think that you cause your own demise.. but it’s true! i know it’s true for me.  i’m broke because i’ve decided to be broke. i can stop it by not spending more than i make.. or i can continue to blame my work for not paying me enough, or the market for pricing goods too high.  maybe i’m preaching to the choir, but i’m bored.

it’s time to go home now.. and this is pretty exciting, since it’s tuesday, m&m rents new releases for 99 cents, my mom has the day off, and she most likely got a bunch! yay for tuesdays!

i only have 8 days left on my wellness pass.. and i still haven’t achieved my summer goal of having a body sexier than this girl i know. boooo. nate’s growing a mustache like handle bars, and i told him i didn’t like it.  i think was actually upset about that.

anyway, worse things have happened.. and are happening.

my first long weekend of the summer! yay!

drove down to fargo, and ended up in minneapolis. got a to-die-for dress.. perfect for centre-staging and stealing spotlights and such. when your aunts are wearing A&F, you know it’s time to find a new clothing line for yourself. i do NOT belong anywhere NEAR forever 21.. no matter HOW cheap the clothes are.. EVERYTHING in the states IS cheaper. mauro saved me an iPhone / $300 since he fixed my ipod. it was fun being bonnie and clyde again. we were very tempted to just drive all the way to mexico.. the diamond lady was trying to sell us (well, mauro, actually.. hehe) a diamond ring with a CRACK in it! this was no inclusion.. it was a visible to the naked eye crack!

i’m soooo close to the ufe now.. just a couple weeks left.  i really hope that i pass m6 which is the final little hump before i am officially a candidate. it’s just ONE summer i keep telling myself, and no matter how much i try not to commit to anything, i am getting way over my head in summer activities! gotta get more focused.

birthdays.. okay. tanya’s was AWESOME! i just wish i experienced MORE of it. i was such a party pooper.. apparently i had bubble tea that night, but i am pretty sure that i was more than satisfied with the dinner tanya prepared! omigod, the food was amazing.  apart from ryan’s russian party a couple years ago, i had not had caviar.  tanya stopped at no expense to get all the best for her guests, in true ukrainian fashion.  she managed to fit, oh, i don’t know 15? 16? people into her apartment.. and have a dance off! yesterday was harbie’s bday. hilarious! that guy is sooo funny, and me, diana and mauro have been dying to meet mandy.. finally we did!

last weekend, i also visited victoria biotch for the first time- pretty legendary day.  marlene and vic were the warmest of hosts to their pimpin’ cabin.  nathan showed us around his hamptons-feel summer getaway, and we brought back tasty treats from the bakery. dave was coined the first jew ever to set foot in VB, and i was probably the 3rd asian ever.  we didn’t even bother telling anyone that mauro is brazilian, that might have caused some serious mayhem. all in all, great time.

so the rule has been established, i cannot kiss justin timberlake.   not even if jessica biel pulls mauro out of the crowd and kisses him herself.  hmpf.  (i just had to ask; innocence certainly is bliss)  well, i guess JT’s not THAT hot anyway. just 6 sleeps! um.. after JT is mabel’s wedding.. then diana’s bday.. then omigod…..

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okay bye!

There’s nothing to lose by buying into this mumbo-jumbo; I don’t know ANYONE that doesn’t believe in it 100%. All I can do is add my testimony that it actually WORKS! Almost immediately, I began to see signs of my new life.

Home owner in Tuxedo

Playing house with Mauro

Playing mom to Kallie

COMPETENCY WITH DISTINCTION

Cheque in the mail

Thankful for everything, excited to see what else is in store. There’s enough for everyone, so giddy up.

I had a brilliant idea while watching the daytime program, Sugar, to make Cedric a cake to celebrate his last day of Grade 2.  I walked to Superstore, got all the ingredients.. and hyped it up to him last night. 

This morning, before doing anything else, I started to work on it.  I was even boasting that it’s so easy to bake.. and that I could do it for a living any day. Everything went smoothly according to plan until it was time to ease the cake out of the pan.

Apparently it WASN’T yet time.. and the cake kinda fell apart on the plate. It looked horrible, but I was convinced that I could piece it back together, using chocolate pudding as glue/mould.  Yep.. not too shabby.

It came time to make the glaze. The lady from Sugar made it look easy enough. COndensed milk and semi-sweet chocolate were the only 2 ingredients. Mine didn’t exactly turn out like hers. IT was a bit more thick.. and probably better suited for brigadeiro. I slopped it on the 2-layer cake anyway.. and hoped for the best.

The cake has a lot of character and was definitely made with the of best intentions and lots of heart.

p.s. Cedric, I’m sorry your cake sucks!

I don’t know what I was expecting when I signed up for these ‘all girls’ events, but so far, so good. They seemed to spring on me at the exact same time too, as though women world-wide had a simulateous calling to mingle at non-marriage- (non-boyfriend-) threatening events. I suppose that even the single girls benefit as well, since it gives them a night off from boy chasing, or being chased by boys.

No pictures from Splurge.. but as soon as I get my turn, and buy something totally extravagant, I’ll post a picture of it!  Here’s a snapshot of GNO:

It’s my turn to plan the next one… suggestions appreciated!!