Just NB

There are only a few days of 2009 left...and since I haven`t really been blogging (but have really missed it!) I thought I`d make a list of 9 things that occured in my life during 2009 (although really - a more appropriate number would be 19...) 1. I went to Los Cabos for the first time. I didn`t like that part of Mexico – or the company that I went with (said company was subsequently eliminated from my life). 2. I failed Advanced Financial Accounting...for the second time. Or is it the third time now? I`ve lost track, I think...I don't know...I don't do numbers. ;) 3. I went on a girl’s trip to Las Vegas. Enough said. (Ok...we were behaved...but only because one of us got knocked up before we left.....ahem...) (The t-shirts had to be edited posting...well...because they did. :O ) 4. I changed jobs – I went from a fairly every day routine job – into one that challenges me like I never thought a job could. I have hard moments...hours...days... but I absolutely love it . ...

I usually do this almost every weekend while I'm in MG...so figured I'd try to do the same while I'm in Canada. Friday: Started off with some shopping with my BFF... but not before a quick a drive thru Tim Hortons. I miss ordering coffee from a window!!! I have to drink this: To balance out for this...yum. Only comes out at Christmas. Is so full of petrochemicals (??) and other crap but is soooo worth it. Next stop: my first Christmas party in Canada!! Miss my buds! Maybe.....I had a few drinks.... or it was just that hot that I needed to lay in the snow to cool off?? Or...I was drunk. Saturday: Up early to drive to the lake. I need to get a picture of this at nighttime with all the beautiful lights! Trying to take "snow" pictures. After a quick breakfast at the lake, it was off to Canmore for the awesomest fondue party. I think I ate a pound of cheese... Sunday: Up...earlyish for some breakfast...then on to take on the ...

Two years ago (it seems like so much longer than that) I lived with my BFF and her daughter for almost a year when her husband was away in Afghanistan. The ups and downs of living with a one year old were priceless, and I fell completely in love with her daughter...and I'm proud to say one of my best friends in the whole world is a three year old (and am a bit sad that I won't have the same opportunity with her very newest addition....since I'll be living far, far away...at least she can grow up watching the MG movie). So I was thrilled when I got an email a few weeks ago from my BFF (while I was still in MG), telling me that her daughter was having a Christmas party at pre-school, and she had specifically requested me to go with her as her date. Kids are too cute. It was (of course) my priveledge..... I initially wanted to wear a matching outfit with her...but then she found this infamous monstrosoty in my closet - a three year old's dream sweater... They put on...

Environment Canada recorded a -46.1*C (-58.4*C) temperature at the Edmonton International Airport on December 13th. Yep - that's the day that I got home. It has current warmed up to a o a bamly -26*C (-38*C with windchill) today. And...I had to PAY to come here (well....the project did) and travel for like...fourty hours to get here. I CHOSE to do this. Do you know what it feels like when I leave the house? I cough non-stop for about three minutes. The air literally takes your breath away. When I finally arrived in Edmonton I was stuck on the plane. All but one gate was frozen. Our plane was next in line - but something on the plane in front of us froze. When the captain made that annoucement I started to crack up laughing. Ahhh....Edmonton. When we were finally able to get off the plane - the luggage compartment was frozen shut - so we had to wait around the airport for two hours for our luggage. Ahhhhhhh.....Edmonton! If my family or friends ever think that I don't lov...