My G.P. experience...

Just for you Polt! This is the one George did for me...hubby got Wonder Woman, which he is gonna locate and which I will post later (along with the tattoo pic I keep promising AND a pic of what I got him for Christmas this past year!). We got a pic with him too but since the scan of that was lost when we switched 'puters, and all that's left is the ACTUAL photo, I am not making ANY promises about that ever appearing here! ;o)
And due to my Alzheimer's, I forgot that this was done in August 2001, only a couple of weeks before 9-11...we actually discussed after the fact how GLAD we were that this trip did not take place any later.

It's our special day!

Or it's one of them, anyway! Like most couples, hubby and I have many anniversaries...first meeting (though we have some controversy on THAT subject - see below!), first kiss, first...well, you get the idea! ;o)

Anyway, today is the fourteenth anniversary of the day we officially started going out. And I have my little sis to thank for that...

Hubby and sis (and her not-boyfriend-boy-friend) and I went to a movie that Sunday evening. I had just broken up with the guy I had been dating for almost three years on the Friday so I could pursue my feelings for hubby, so this was all very new to all of us (my family included as they really liked the ex). But apparently, he had made a decent impression on my sister because, over Mr. Sub sandwiches after the movie, she decided to take it upon herself to ask him what his intentions towards me were! LOL Not in so many words but basically she said "So, have you two made it official yet?", which prompted hubby to MAKE it official later that night, giving us this day to celebrate (among our other milestones)! The next day, he gave us another special day by asking me to move in with him (or did I give us that day by saying "yes"?), although we had only really known each other since the beginning of April (though he swears we met twice before, I remember only one other time so I maintain that's all there was!). And the rest, as they say, is history. Lots of it great, some of it not so, and still other bits that I would choose to re-do entirely, given the chance...but only if I could be sure we would end up where we are today, because that I wouldn't trade for anything.

Happy anniversay of the day we started going out, Dear! :ox

Heard this in the car on the way home...

These lyrics (except for the boy part and the chemical part! lol) largely reflect how I look back at the last nine years of my life...and actually, to some extent, everything before that too. It's not a GREAT song but it is kinda unusual and catchy once you hear it a couple of times...and I like it because of the lyrics.

It makes me happy to think I am moving further and further from this place everyday...but it also reminds me about the kind of selfishness that allowed me to end up there in the first place. For me, the title is a cop-out...it was the way I justified my behaviour and had nothing to do with WHY I was able to act the way I did. But now that I think of it, maybe that's another reason to like it; the fact that I now recognize that it's a cop-out..or was, at least for me...

Note: I took out some stuff in the middle 'cause it doesn't really apply...hey, I can do that 'cause I have that power! :o)

When I was a young boy
I was honest and I had more self-control
If I was tempted I would run
Then, when I got older
I began to lie to get exactly what I wanted
When I wanted it - And I wanted it
Now, I'm having trouble differentiating
Between what I want
And what I need
To make me happy
So instead of thinking I just stop
Before I have the chance to contemplate the
Consequences of action
Bridge:
And I will turn off
And I will shut down
Burying the voices of my conscience hitting ground
And I will turn off
And I will shut down
The chemicals are restless in my head
Chorus:
'Cuz I lie
Not because I want to
But I seem to need to
All the time
Yeah, I lie
And I don't even know it
Maybe this is
All a part of my flawed design
...
Bridge [x2]:
'Cuz I lie
Not because I want to
But I seem to need to
All the time
Yeah, I lie
And I don't even know it
Maybe this is
All a part of my -
'Cuz I lie
And if I could control it
Maybe I could leave it all behind
Yeah, I lie
And I don't even know it
Maybe this is all a part of my
Flawed design

Flawed Design - Stabilo

It's where I live!

Not really but it IS a reasonable, hand-drawn facsimile...it's the decorated model that sold us on the place. Ours is, of course, nicer since WE chose all the colours etc. but I don't have pics of our actual place so these will have to do! :oP




The front foyer (reflected in the mirrored closet door) and the bathroom











The bathroom...we got the upgraded soaker tub (which is like a FOOT deeper...harder to get in and out of, but MUCH nicer for baths!)











The dining room...doors to the two bedrooms












Living room...door to the balcony












The opening form the living room to the kitchen












The kitchen...we've got the same colour cabinets but upgraded so they have a nice pattern on them. Plus, my tile and my countertop match and are way cooler than this! It's actually my favourite room...the one that turned out the best.






It ain't much but I love it! And when the place actually goes condo (which it has to do in order for us to get our mortgage...which we have to in order to OWN the place!), supposedly at the end of June now, we will finally be the proud owners of our own place. It's only taken us 14 years...we're still young enough to enjoy it...barely! ;o)

So long...and thanks for all the fish!

Okay, so it has been a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time since I've gotten around to posting anything...I am SUCH a procrastinator, as anyone who's ever met me (even briefly) would tell you!
A LOT has happened since then...here then, is a Coles Notes update. Let's see:
1) in November hubby and I bought a condo (refurb of existing apartment, not new but completely redone)
2) in December we had a lovely (for the most part) Christmas and holiday season
3) in January we almost lost some really close friends over a really stoopid misunderstanding on New Year's Eve (it's all good now!)
4) in February we took possession of the afore-mentioned condo (with some bumps but luckily, nothing major was wrong!) and started accumulating the new stuff to furnish it
5) in March we moved into said partially-furnished condo for good (or at least until we've amassed enough equity to make buying something bigger/better possible), I was a little disappointed that Brokeback Mountain didn't win more Oscars (namely the acting ones) but overall I was pretty happy with the way it went, and
6) so far this month, I've planned a "girls weekend" with my sis, sister-in-law and some friends, managed to maintain some semblance of cleanliness and order around the apartment (which truly is noteworthy, as anyone who knows hubby and I even remotely would again inform you!) and have booked almost all of my vacation for the year at work, giving me something to LIVE for! ;o)







Here's the pretty cottage the gals and I will be enjoying in a couple of weeks...can't wait!


So, that's my life for the past 6 months, in a nutshell (no, THIS is my life in a nutshell *mimes being inside a nutshell*...I know, I'm a geek)...I'm gonna try to post more regularly from now on because this was meant to be a kind of diary and a diary with no entries is a bit pointless not to mention BORING! Also, a couple of very sweet people actually have links to this thing on their blogs so I now feel some sort of responsibility to them...thanks guys and I'll try to be fascinating...or as close as I can manage! :oD
I'll post pics of the condo next...