Uhhhh ya...hey there

Basically...I've been busy. Not overly stressed, just lots going on. One of the main things being Stampede!

Scott and I went Friday to wander around the market and park and hit the grandstand show (as Scott had tickets for buying the new truck). Monday I worked a half day and then headed back to Stampede (because I had some family going {nice to see you all! :D}) and to hit some rides! We also had a couple friends join us for a bit.

Anyways...we didn't go on a ton of rides, but it was still a fun time. But boy...was it HOT - real hot. I wanted to take another gun picture to replace last years (my facebook profile picture) but alas, I didn't. Oh well, no changing it for now I suppose.

So, we walked a ton...spent a pretty decent chunk of change...had delicious deep fried foods (and lots of ice cream, and lemonade)...sweat buckets...saw awesome fireworks...enjoyed massage chairs...lusted over the massage chairs...but mostly, just had a good time :)

Here's a few pictures from that:

These dudes are creepy... A million times creepier in person. At least.

Sweet little dummy...

Scott and I on a ride...I'm a dummy too.

:D

What have you been up to? Are YOU going to Stampede? And how's your summer been so far?

Yesterday, Scott and I got an internet guy to come in...so we now have that taken care of, which is nice. 

We also got to go to Lake Midnapore with Scott's (and my future) sister in law and and niece (so cute). It was awesome, relaxing, and super hot. Then we got to spend a little time with them at their house :) Annnddd drink slurpee's. 

** TODAY JULY 11 IS FREE SLURPEE DAY AT 7/11 (first 1000 customers)**

Other than all this...just still trying to get things sorted in the apartment (kind of), get all wedding things together, and also have a good time.

Hope you're enjoying the heat!

Ta ta for meow :)!

PS. I'm getting married in 3 DAYS! *.*

Ballooner Landing!

Do you remember that show?? Here's the theme song for those who may not remember... and to fully horrify all those who may have never seen it :D

I don't know...it just seems pretty creepy now, but I used to like it! 

YAY for early 90's ;)

Where did that come from??

Well this morning, on my way to work, there were a couple hot air balloons dotting the sky. I tried to take a picture...but ended up with a ridiculous video instead -.-

ANYWAYS, it reminded me of this TV show I watched looooonnnggg ago.

 

So what else is up...the sun has come out! :D And has left me with a little bit of a flip flop tan. (Which I wear...basically all the time) ;)

Scott got his pre wedding hair cut...which I didn't take a picture of D:

But it looks good :)

I myself, have decided not to get a pre wedding hair cut. I'll wait a bit and have as long of hair as possible for the wedding.

And this morning I was 15 whole minutes early for work! So what did I do? Well I took my car to THE CAR WASH (music should be playing in your head right now...) And now it's so beautiful and shiny :3 Mmmm~!

I believe that's it! Almost Stampede time!

Fare well for meow :)!

Behind Sapphire & 5 Things Friday :D

Alright, I may as well make at least ONE more post about Behind Sapphire. SO I (and Strongbad) got to hang out with them one more time before they left Calgary. (Which included Tubby Dog and Bubble Tea!) I even tried a couple of the Dogs...(as in one bite of 2 kinds)....1. Sumo Dog(?) with seaweed, some sort of ginger, and I don't even know what else. 2. Peanut Butter, Jam, and Captain Crunch (yes on a hot dog). What I'm going to say - they were interesting ;)
I did however get myself a Bubble Tea (as per a suggestion from Steven {drums}) of Mango Peach with pearls. It was pretty scrump :D!
Then we went back out (to Strongbad's aunt and uncle's place) to watch a movie. We had in mind to watch O Bother, Where Art Thou, but well... that just was not in the cards apparently! So instead, Brayden {bass} made the executive decision that we'd watch How To Train Your Dragon (as he hadn't yet seen it). As you may or may not remember from this post, I was a big fan of the movie... BUT I seemed to use Steven as a pillow for half the movie anyways ;)

Tuesday (not to mention car problems) I ended up going to Stampede with BK, Strongbad, White China, Francesca, & Francesca's squeeze {haha...still no rundown or new name yet ;)}. Anyways, it was my first Stampede experience - and it was a lot of fun! There were good rides, good eats, and good times (even after it started raining near the end). Highlights from the venture... 1. Starship 4000 {an anti-gravity type ride} - at the end of the night the guy running the ride would let us stand up and flip upside down and such. So fun! Except he kept leaving the "control board" and coming to talk to me(?) Weird.... ._.
2. Lemonade! I love getting the lemonade at these things. It's so tasty!
3. New toe ring! (I don't think you need a description on that...)
4. Missing soccer to stay later at Stampede! (for shamesies on me). >:3
5. The motocross show. These guys do absolutely INSANE things, I would die...seriously.

AND on to Wednesday. Strongbad {at the wheel}, Francesca and myself headed down to the Bridge to see Behind Sapphire perform an actual set live. Matt {guitar} was kind of difficult to track down ;), SO we ended up hanging out with my parents for a few hours. We had dinner, played cards, talked - fun times.
Then finally it was time to head to the Owl Acoustic Lounge! And it was so good! Such a high energy performance with great songs. I even bought a CD - yay! (Yes, I'm a groupy...but they're really talented!)
We then got to hang out with them for a while after the performance...help take down, help Steven play Tetris to get all of their equipment and things shoved in the back of the van, help Grant {vocals} eat some peaches ;), and then say good bye :(.
It was so sad that it was finally over. You guys are absolutely fantastic, and I cannot wait until I get to see you again! {Miss you!}
And for all those reading out there...if you haven't checked them out yet, do it now!
Here's the link to their page again. Or just YouTube them! I promise it's worth your time.
My favorite songs arrreeee...... 1. Lest Ye Stay
2. Oh My, What A Fine Day
3. Christmas Nigh
4. Nearer My God To Thee
5. Just their little videos. They're quite amusing ;)
(It was the best reason to be up til 4 and get up at 7:30 for work the next day...I think)

So...I've already had 2 mini lists of 5 things. But I decided I'm going to do an actual 5 Things Friday list (as you may have seen on other bloggy mcbloginsteins). The theme of this week will be music.

5 Things Friday
Music Edition

1. Well because I've been talking a lot about Behind Sapphire lately, I should definitely share at least one of theirs. This is probably my favorite song (you'll need to turn it up a bit as it is a recording from a live show). But they do have some songs on YouTube that are better quality ;)

Note: As you may notice...there are a lot of people in the band at that time. Their band is kind of ever changing. But Matt, Grant, and Steven are pretty core members I'd say. Brayden isn't in the video...but he's awesome nonetheless ;)

2. I actually found this just recently. And I find especially this song amusing because she sounds so similar to Nicki Minaj (P.S. I'm not saying I'm a huge fan or anything :P). I kind of think this cover is better than the original though :X. I also checked out a few of her other songs...but she sounds like...well kind of like an annoying rapping girl in all of them. She's definitely got some skills, just saying I'm not the biggest fan of all of her covers. She has some originals as well if you want to check those out ;)

**SIDENOTE** I would post the actual videos on here for all of these....But I don't know how to put up more than one D: (And I just figured out how to put just one up today). Help me??
**RETURN**

3. I have no idea why I thought of this song today.... But Shout by Tears for Fears is my #3.
I don't have any story behind it, nor reasoning for picking it. Basically, it just sounds amusing to me.

4. Metric! We were listening to one of their CD's on the way to the Bridge. I have a few favorites (Help I'm Alive, Dead Disco, Sick Muse and more), but I decided to post a link to Gold Guns Girls. I've only really been familiar with Metric for....probably the past couple years. So I'm still working on familiarizing myself with them.

5. When I mentioned Sick Muse (by Metric), it reminded me of the band Muse. My favorite song by them would likely be Uprising, though Knights of Cydonia is pretty good as well. Muse probably isn't one of my favorite bands, but well...they popped into my head and therefore make the list!

Now this has been long, so I'm calling it quits! (Seriously....half {if not all} of you probably passed out 5 minutes ago)...

Au revoir for meow:)!

RANDOM FACT ABOUT ME -- Often times, when I sing along with music...I don't even realize I'm doing it! I don't know if that would be considered skilled, or simply just thoroughly annoying (though either way, I think it's still skills) ;) Toodles!