My List of Firsts

Something I like to do every summer is reflect on the things I've done in the past school year. I make notes throughout the months of things I've done for the first time. And even though summer has passed now and I've fallen off the blogging bandwagon pretty hard, this year has been an exciting one!

It's the first time I've

- Had a mud fight

- Ate chicken and waffles (it was at the Sugar Bowl and I had heard people RAVING about it...did not blow my socks off)

- Tried head cheese (the ever most tiniest amount. Garlicky)

- Been to a U of A basketball game

- Graduated from post secondary

- got food from a food truck
- Bought a car

- Gotten engaged

- made bread successfully

- Sent my food back ( Usually I'm a no fuss girl. But I went to a 50's diner and paid for an overpriced burger. When it came it was burnt pretty badly. And I sent it back!! I felt so bad but empowered at the same time!)

- Been to taste of Edmonton (out of the 4 years I have lived in Edmonton I have never been to this event. I loved it!)

- Got Married

- Learned to play Nertz (A really intense card game I learned at Arland's family reunion. I'm no good, but addicted)

- Got laser eye surgery

-Planted a garden of my very own

- Climbed Golden Ears. Now I tried my very best but I could not make it to that peak. We were only about and hour and a half away but I was exhausted. 22km and 13 hours later I called it a day.

- Seen the Tempest. I've never read it and it was my first time seeing it. But I think it was my favorite Shakespeare (I've now seen Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream (x2), Twelfth Night, A Comedy of Errors and the Tempest.) 

Back! And Better Than Ever

    Hello blogging world! I've had several requests (?complaints) the a new blog post was in order. And what's a people pleasing girl, like myself, gonna do with her unhappy public?! So as per request, this is your delivery.
Since my last post (in October, which I admit myself is rather shameful) I've:

- Finished my education!

The exams stressed me pretty much to the max, but I pulled through and am now proud to call myself a Sonographer. I started work at Canada Diagnostic Centres and am absolutely loving it. The people I work with are great, the hours are amazing, its awesome to finally be getting paid for what I was doing anyway! All around win!

I wrote my Canada board exams shortly after starting (results aren't in yet so the celebration isn't official yet!)

-I went home                                                                                                                                     

It is always so wonderful after a long stretch of being away from family to go home. Got some quality time in with the sibs and just chilled after a really rough couple of cramming weeks.

My daddy and I went for a bike ride (it has been years since I've hopped on one of those contraptions). And he totally whipped my tush up those hills. We all got alcatraz Pj's for Christmas. Momma's a talented woman. (who is mightily enjoying that choke hold of Dad's)

We made the Nativity scene out of gingerbread men. See my life-like recreation of Lulu!

-I got laser eye surgery!                                                                                                                

Poor mom was a personal taxi for weeks. I had my eyes done and was an invalid for days and Clayton had his wisdom teeth out within a week of my surgery.

And I could sugar coat it, but I'm not going to. It was painful. I could not open my eyes for a day and couldn't tolerate light for 3. But I'm happy now. I love waking up and looking at my clock at the other side of the room and knowing what time it is. Or getting up and just going, falling asleep and not having to take contacts out, not having to pack contacts, solution, case and glasses when I go somewhere over night. Awesome.

                                  

I'm still with that cute-looking blonde boy.

                                       These are the flowers he bought me when I was feeling sad

These are the flowers he bought me when I finished my board exams and surprised me by sneaking into my house and leaving them on my desk

These ones are for Valentines day. 

And I didn't snap a shot of the beautiful white lilies he got me after I finished my Provincial board exams.

He came out for a visit during the break. 19 hours on a greyhound bus, folks! He is a trooper! I picked him up at 4:30 AM the morning he got in. And we had a blast! Going to the movies, sight seeing, visiting Vancouver, going on the skytrain, shopping in the states!

Apparently we also ate a lot of food. This would explain why he's now put P90X on my desktop. Subtle, Hun.

And so when a boy buys you so many flowers and spends prolonged periods of time on a bus, endangering his neck to the crazies who ride it, just to see you, there are certain consequences.

- I got engaged                                                                                                                                 

Vancouver Temple May 9th 2014. 

NBD

That has been a wild, crazy, frustrating experience! And to all those girls who have had a binder of the wedding they've wanted since they were 6. Let me tell you now, you've forgot something! There's no way the human mind can possibly think of all the things you will actually need at one time! Sheesh!

But it's also a crazy amount of fun. This past weekend we got the bridesmaid dresses.

And if we were going for a 60's theme this would have been perfect. Pictures of the real deal will be released after May 9th. You can bite your fingernails until then! And I might borrow yours too, cause I don't have any more fingernails to bite!