Fresh Sparkling Snow :3

Monday. We meet again.

I had a pretty alright weekend. How was yours??

So as you know, Saturday night, I headed out to Strathmore. Why?
Do you remember this from last year??

The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good (and who wanna learn to do other stuff good too)!
So my family out there, has a tradition to make "gingerbread houses", or rather graham cracker houses decorated with a BUNCH OF CANDY!

Let me tell you, I walked into their house and it was definitely a little more Christmasy than mine ;) You should've seen their tree...(I forgot to take a picture :<)...it was huge! Not so much tall...but it was a really really fat tree. Obese they called it. Nice...but fat. (There, there tree...you'll be thrown out in about a month anyways :D!)
They had more decorations throughout the house and even had Christmas movies playing!

This year for my graham cracker house, I went a little more traditional.

Looks more like a candy house witches use to lure little children :D

 But let me tell you, I had to keep rebuilding it about 3 times because the roof was so heavy. Too many smarties and skittles I guess...

Anyways, it was a good time... thanks guys :D
Hopefully George spends a little less time under the couch when we come next ;)

OH! And I saw this on the way to their house as well...

:D
Awesome.

Do/have you made "gingerbread houses" of any sorts??

I'm pretty sure I've never made an ACTUAL gingerbread house...which is fine though. 

Moving on...

 December the 10th... my favorite holiday scent. Well this year, a couple weeks ago...I picked up a couple festive smelling foamy soaps from Bath & Body Works. One was cranberry (which is good), the other was called 'Fresh Sparkling Snow'. The snow one, is SO GOOD! I don't even know how to describe it...sweet..but festive and delicious? I don't know, it's good. 

As for more traditional scents... I love most of them...cranberry, vanilla, cinnamon, gingerbread, mint... but I usually don't like how strong they are. 

So what's YOUR favorite holiday scent??

Trudy out for meow :)!

  

Happy Birthday to Me?(!)

Well hello there. It's my birthday. SURPRISE!

It's been a little bit because... well basically because I didn't feel like blogging/didn't have the time. :D

So this past weekend was a fun one :) It all began Friday night with sushi at Kinjo with Holly and Tyler (Scott's cousin and his cousin's wife - I've mentioned them before but I'm too lazy to go find where). And it was delish! I love Kinjo now :D (But I always get the same things...and I likely always will). Afterwards we headed over to Starbucks and Chapters for a hot beverage and a wander and to chat. Then it was back to our place for a bit for even more chatting. :D
Thanks Holly and Tyler, we'll have to do it again soon!
(Sorry you couldn't come up Nani...next time!)

Saturday was a nice relaxing day in the morning... and then in the evening it was my birthday fiesta! Benifred and Francesca came and we made tacos and commenced the beginning of the murder mystery Francesca had created. Basically, we were all different characters and we had to find who had murdered Senor Sanchez! Francesca gave us each clues that we were able to use to question each other.
It was really fun - thank you!

And we got a kitty cake :D

And Sunday was the Calgary Temple dedication. Which was also good...though our broadcast cut off part of the way through...

Last night, was dinner with Scott's family. Thanks everyone! Nice to see you all again :)!

Which brings us to my actual birthday today! The double deuce. Nothing too exciting...but it's nice to hear from everyone. Thanks for all the birthday greetings ;)

So here's 22 things...
A) you may not know about me
B) are on my mind
C) are birthday related.
So here goes!

1. I actually haven't had many birthday parties that weren't family related. When I was 18, I had a little gathering of friends and when I was 21...I had another. But when I was young, I don't even remember!
2. I don't really remember my birthday's when I was younger at all. Am I senile? Can you remember yours??
3. I really like ice cream cake. We still have a quarter of the DQ ice cream cake seen above :3
4. I never thought I'd be married before I was 22...not at all!
5. I have so many scratches on my hands from George, but I still love him.
6. I'm hungry. You should NOT be allowed to be hungry on your birthday dang it!
7. You should actually probably not have to work or do anything on your birthday at all.
8. I find it crazy that I've been living in Calgary for 2 years now. It seems like it's been much longer.
9. I also find it crazy how much my life has changed in the past 2 years! Especially the last year.
10. I miss the 2 sisters that used to live in Calgary... that was always fun.
11. I still get up early to work out even though I don't have to...I just prefer to get it done.
12. Yes I even worked out today.
13. Lambie asked me if I've seen results. Answer: No, because I still eat what I want most of the time.
14. I still don't know what to do with my life :<
15. I no longer have any living grandparents.
16. I still love spending time with family and friends.
17. I bet no one's still reading this list ;)
18. I really love Turtle Pecan Cluster blizzards. I bring this up not because I think about ice cream all the time (I do), but because I just got an email for buy one get one free blizzards from DQ :D
19. The last clothing related purchase I made was a Tower of Terror t-shirt from Disneyland and I haven't even worn it...
20. Other than that, I don't remember the last time I bought clothes. It's likely time to change that.
21. At least I can still fit into all the same clothes I guess? Or is that a bad thing?
22. I'm getting old. You can see when I smile how wrinkly I'm going to be (around my eyelets)! You chose this Scott!

So celebrate for me, and for goodness sakes...have some dang ice cream.

Toodles for meow :)!

Sunrise

Did I see the sunrise today? No... though it is pretty cloudy, so I'm not sure anyone around here did.

But I did randomly get this song stuck in my head today.

I can almost envision a sunrise...almost.

So it's been pretty rainy/miserable here this past week...but I know (hope...really really hope) that the sun will be back soon enough.

Sunglasses and all...

Anyways...

So I've been gone for a few daysies. Because I hadn't been getting any love from all y'all ;'(

Just kidding.

This weekend Scott and I got a few weddingish things done... YAY!

UPDATE --

- we went to the place where we'll be having our reception... it should be really nice

(hopefully the weather cooperates...)

- we registered at one place (The Bay)

(Dear gosh! Have you registered before? What did you think of it??

It's so annoying D: ...things are so expensive, and it's hard to decorate a future house that you haven't seen yet...)

- we still need to do our invitations

- we actually have another engagement photos session this Saturday 

(hopefully it's not all rainy...)

- still no luck on house business

One other thing I wanted to mention...Do you remember last year I was playing Soccer??

Well I'm playing soccer again :D

Yesterday was our first game...so it was a little slippery, and we definitely lost...but it was fun!

I'm looking forward to the next game :)

I have a few pictures I took on the weekend that I'll share.... TOMORROW! :D

This post is long enough ;)

Anyways, hope all is well on your end... and that you're having some sunshine, lollipops and rainbows on your end.  Have a good weekend? Get up to any adventures?

Byeas for meow :)!

Good Golly Jeez

Trudy is about to go into another random post (which is actually every post I guess...).

Did I have a spectacularly amazing weekend full of wonder and beauty? But of course.
Anything to blog about? Not really.
Was it really all that? Maybe.

Anyways. I actually don't remember everything entirely. But Scott and I finally made a last minute decision to go see The Hunger Games at 11:15 (thus not getting to bed until like 3...).
We were there like an hour and a half early so we got quite swell seats really, but Trudy's just don't really function all that amazingly being out so late. (Lame right?)

I will say...the movie was quite good! And had it been a different movie, I likely would've fallen asleep ;). I still liked the books quite a bit more...but a movie can only do so much (until they prove otherwise anyways). I would definitely recommend you seeing it if you're interested though ;)

Sattuuuurrdaaayyy. Scott and I did something...something that involved pictures and walking and balloons. (Sounds kind of kinky when I put it that way ._.) Anyways, it was a good day. You can guess what we were doing if you want! It was a fun day...but my feet were so sore by the end I was limping D: (new shoes...I'm an idiot). Afterwards, we went to Boogies Burgers. And it was quite scrumptious! Kind of expensive...but deliciously expensive ;). I got some Mushroomy Burger, spicy fries, and a reaaaaallllyyy good milkshake. The chica at the till recommended it to me.... Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Oreo.
Strange? Maybe.
Delicious? Definitely.
Fattening? Who cares. (I probably should...)

Sunday...nothing too worthy of mentioning, but it was a swell day nonetheless!

How was YOUR weekend?

And I will end with a few random pictures...

Cute little kitten with its kleenexy kitten bed.

Me, being a poser...snapping shots of mahself. Y'know how it is ;)
I got a hair cut! All of them actually!

So...what do you think of mah jacket?
And yes! Just after this, I busted out into some flamingo dancing...or something...

And I just found this funny :)

That's it, that's all.

Ciao for meow :)!

Ya ya, I'm here

Today was one of those mornings you know...

There's not much motivation to get out of bed most mornings...let alone a MONDAY!


My apologies, I was kind of MIA for a few days there. But never fear - I have returned!

So weekend and such. Fine fellow and I hung out for...well basically the whole thing ;) Watched some extended edition Lord of the Rings, perused the mall, got him a haircut (which looks nice :D ), and celebrated a pseudobirthday (for fine fellow) by having a feast of roast beast followed by delicious cake. It was so good :3

How was your weekend? What's new in your world?

One positive thing has resulted from today. On the way to work I saw this and suddenly I knew...all my clothing worries would be solved for the remainder of my days.

(ya...right...)

Ta ta for meow :)!

Moving on....

Literally...I'm moving D:
Lambie's boyfriend is coming home so I get the boot (a boot I was willing to take, but a boot nonetheless). Though it's a pretty good deal! I'll be living with 2 other girls (who are quite easy going and friendly), only sad thing will be sharing one bathroom between the three of us D: But I'm sure I'll manage just fine (as it's only for 2 months anyways).
Soooo, yesterday I moved about half of my things in... and tonight I'll be moving the other half and then getting settled I suppose. I'll keep ya posted with how things are going ;)

The weekend is fiiinnnnaaaaallllyyy here! (GAH - I have a ton of McSqueet bites! --yes that does mean mosquito). ;) So, we'll be having a joint birthday party for Francesca and a going away party for Strongbad (as he is about to head back to work! - we'll miss you!). What else is going on this weekend? I have no idea! But I'll let you know after it's over :)

Have any good weekend plans - hmmmmmm??

Shoutout to W and the giant - I don't believe it's my place to talk about why on here, but it was a special day nonetheless and I was thinking of you :)

Also shoutout to BK who got his mission call to Halifax (french speaking) - congratulations! :D

Ok - one more shoutout... to the sun! Please stick around this weekend! <3 (and yes, I'm aware I frequently talk about the weather :P)

Andddd I really have nothing more to talk about... heh heh. Hope your weekend is fantastic!

Bye for meow :)!

RANDOM FACT ABOUT ME -- (I have no idea if I've shared this before or not). I usually like to have nail polish on my toes all the time... but I haven't had it on for many a month! I should get on that... I could also mention I always have a toering on (like quite literally always - never take it off), but most of you already know that ;)

OH! Update - today is my 3rd day without sugar/ice cream/chocolate :D YAY! (Lambie is doing excellently as well). So far so good (I know it doesn't sound that impressive... but you should know I love ice cream!), but I have a feeling bad things will happen tomorrow at our party D: Am I allowed one indulgence?? PLEASE?!

Also, 2 songs that have been on my mind today..... ;) (Shoutout to Strongbad for this song... he knows why) :o (and shoutout to Francesca for this song!)

Lots of shoutouts in this post - I know! I think you'll all be ok ;) Later!

Friends? :3

Alright weekend over - back to reality (oh there goes gravity -- what song am I using here). No hints! No google! But if you do know... comment ;) And you get a point! (A meaningless point - but a point nonetheless).

So it was a pretty goooood weekend overall! You realize how quickly you can become close with someone after just spending a large amount of time over a short period. I've really gotten to know quite a few people and I like them all! But throughout the weekend, there was a core group that spent the most time together - and I'll tell ya, there was some bonding! (not in weird ways...if that's how it sounds). Once you spend a lot of time with someone or just start connecting with them and hearing more about their life...it's bound to happen! I quite enjoy the people I have around me and I'm grateful to know them! Haha. My perspective on friends has changed quite a bit since leaving the bridge... I still enjoy having a few very close friends (which is more what I had), but here I've gotten to know and become friends with a LOT of people. And I will say it's difficult to maintain that friendship and keep things going and help them feel cared about (in a sense). But I'm doing my best, and I'm happy to know the people I do.
A few people of noteworthy mention for now will be...
...Francesca (yes, I do still alter the names) a spunky youngin'! (I'm no longer the youngest one). She's very artistic (in fact she did a portrait of me :o ), very pleasant to be around and also loves a good argument - she's always right. She's also a runner and is training to do a marathon (go you!). She spent the whoollllle weekend with me, and I will say it was fun! I'm glad I could get to know her a bit and can't wait to get to know her more.
...BK a joker that all can get along with. He's quite amusing but knows the limit and doesn't take things too far. He's one of the people that can really bring a group together, easy to talk to. He's also artistic and works in constructionish.
...White China so chill and relaxed but quite funny. He's very quiet sometimes, but when he does say something...it's always worth it. And he makes the best facial expressions. Overall - quite amusing!
There are definitely more people...but I would say that is the core group as of now. And I hope no one gets offended for not getting mentioned because I know more people hang out and I still love you and think lots of you and have things I could say about everyone!

Anyways, I'm glad for all the people I have met... I know it's difficult to maintain relationships especially when you don't see people very often. But I'm trying my best for what I have the time for right now. Love you all!

Shout out to W, good luck in your school and wedding prep. My thoughts and prayers are always with you and your family and you know what that entails. Love you :)

And that's it for this one :D

Au revoir for meow :)!

OH! Check out this song.... I guarantee lots will think it's annoying, but I just thought it was and interesting combination that I came across. No hints! Just check it out! ;o

RANDOM FACT ABOUT ME -- I love swimming :D I like to think I'm a water baby, of course I can't REALLY swim (I more dog paddle) but I STILL love to do it :3