So yesterday on facebook I hear that the Cheeseburger Birds are back in the maritimes! I haven't heard them out here in Calgary so it makes me sad. Technically, they are mountain chickadees (or the Carolina Wren also has a similar call but they are not as common here) so you would think that they would be out in Calgary where there are mountains rather than on PEI where there are no mountains. Then again, I don't think I have ever heard them IN Calgary. I think I remember hearing them a morning we were in Banff though so maybe they don't like the city. These birds are a real sign of spring for me though so now I'm a bit sad that we haven't heard them yet.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
My new favourite commercial...
Because of the Black Keys song....love Tighten Up by the Black Keys! My favourite song! But pretty sad I couldn't get tickets to the show in June! They sold out in under an hour:(
Saturday, February 5, 2011
I'm a bad blogger!
Who lets just anyone blog? There should probably be a rule that if you don't blog at least once a month you are not allowed to blog anymore but I figure in my case it is okay because no one reads my stuff anyways.
So yesterday was a fantastical day - that's my great word of the day! It was absolutely beautiful out (well it was +8 or something but in February that's pretty nice), I finally found time to take my shoes to the shoe guy and he fixed the heel for free in less than 30 seconds - yay for the shoe guy!- and I got two pieces of mail at work and they both came with pink paperclips on them! I LOVE PINK!!!!!! Then at the end of the day my friend Chris told me about how Rocky Mountain Soap Company was having a deal where they would swap any old lipgloss you had for a brand new one of theirs for free so that you would try theirs.
Yay! So I swapped my Victorias Secret lipgloss which I hate because it's too sticky for a lip plump cinnamon lip gloss from Rocky Mountain Soap! YAY!!! So up until 4:15 the day was just wonderful!!!!!
Then some drunk idiot at Centre Street thought it a good idea to get pinned under a train and shut down the train service for hours doing rush hour. I doubt that it was his idea really but wow people are stupid. It seems that there is always someone not paying attention on the platforms and falls off or thinks that they can outrun a train that weighs 42 tonnes per car (and there are 3 of them) and then you have to add the 162 people per car that are squished into there so it's not a light vehicle despite its name of "Light Rail" Train.
Anyways, so the trains are shut down at rush hour and people are stuck. So Chris says she will drive me home from her car which is 55 blocks away but we can take the bus. But after waiting for the bus at numerous stops we figured out there was no possibility we were getting on the bus that would take us close to her car. So we started walking, and walking, and walking.....
Walked all the way down to her car. about 5.2kms away. Luckily it was nice out of course but the snow had been melting all day so our feet were soaked from all the puddles. Figured it was our workout for the day!
So last night, satisfied I didn't have to go to the gym, Nicole called and asked if I wanted to watch a movie. We went down to blockbuster and rented Exit Through the Giftshop:
What a great movie! I didn't know much about street art or Banksy, just that he was some guy who put pictures up here and there and no one knew who he was. Was one of those thinker movies though. A bit in appreciating street art and the difference between street art and graffiti and a bit in knowing the difference between doing something for money and doing something because you love it.
While watching the movie though, we stuffed our faces with homemade nachos, guess that cancels out my walk huh?
Tonight, I am heading to the Atlantic Trap & Gill to get a taste of home. Wonder if the band will know Barrett's Privateers.
So yesterday was a fantastical day - that's my great word of the day! It was absolutely beautiful out (well it was +8 or something but in February that's pretty nice), I finally found time to take my shoes to the shoe guy and he fixed the heel for free in less than 30 seconds - yay for the shoe guy!- and I got two pieces of mail at work and they both came with pink paperclips on them! I LOVE PINK!!!!!! Then at the end of the day my friend Chris told me about how Rocky Mountain Soap Company was having a deal where they would swap any old lipgloss you had for a brand new one of theirs for free so that you would try theirs.
Then some drunk idiot at Centre Street thought it a good idea to get pinned under a train and shut down the train service for hours doing rush hour. I doubt that it was his idea really but wow people are stupid. It seems that there is always someone not paying attention on the platforms and falls off or thinks that they can outrun a train that weighs 42 tonnes per car (and there are 3 of them) and then you have to add the 162 people per car that are squished into there so it's not a light vehicle despite its name of "Light Rail" Train.
So last night, satisfied I didn't have to go to the gym, Nicole called and asked if I wanted to watch a movie. We went down to blockbuster and rented Exit Through the Giftshop:
What a great movie! I didn't know much about street art or Banksy, just that he was some guy who put pictures up here and there and no one knew who he was. Was one of those thinker movies though. A bit in appreciating street art and the difference between street art and graffiti and a bit in knowing the difference between doing something for money and doing something because you love it.
While watching the movie though, we stuffed our faces with homemade nachos, guess that cancels out my walk huh?
Tonight, I am heading to the Atlantic Trap & Gill to get a taste of home. Wonder if the band will know Barrett's Privateers.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
This diet thing is not going so well....
So in an effort to fit into my bathing suit in time for my Mexico vacation next month, I have decided to do the diet and exercise thing. I'm really terrible at dieting though as I love food too much and I love food that's really bad for me! I am doing ok at the exercise thing but really really terrible at the dieting.
One of my first decisions was to give up my wine....this is not easy for me as I LOVE my wine! No specific kind of wine, just wine in general. I have only been wine free now for 8 days and it has been killing me. Ok so it's not really killing me but it's hard. It's especially hard when I'm trying to get out and meet new potential dates and the first idea for a meeting spot is going to be going for drinks. The second option is going for coffee and I HATE coffee so....do I go for "drinks" and have water? Seems sort of inappropriate.
So at home in an effort to not have to put away my wine glasses and the experience of sipping on wine I have started drinking my diet ginger ale out of a wine glass. It's not bad :) My friend Jason had an interesting comment to this:
The nicorette for wine. Figured out that part. Now what else can there be with the diet fix? Last night I was on my way home from the gym and I was starving from not eating anything since 11 am and it was 7:00 p.m. and there is a Papa John's pizza next door so of course I ordered:
mmmmmm cheesesticks!! Or garlic fingers as they call them on the east coast. Yum. I ordered a small but it is still about 8-10" and of course I sat down and ate it all!!! But at least when Nicole called to ask if I wanted McDonalds a few hours later I was too stuffed to ask for anything.
Today a new craving..... CRAVE Cupcakes. My friend Keith turned me on to Crave cupcakes last year when he brought me 6 and I have stayed away from them except for one day when they had them at the office (but that was for charity so totally allowed right?) but I have been really NEEDING one. Actually a specific one:
YUM!!!! It's fantastic and I love it! Is there a nicorette for cupcakes?
One of my first decisions was to give up my wine....this is not easy for me as I LOVE my wine! No specific kind of wine, just wine in general. I have only been wine free now for 8 days and it has been killing me. Ok so it's not really killing me but it's hard. It's especially hard when I'm trying to get out and meet new potential dates and the first idea for a meeting spot is going to be going for drinks. The second option is going for coffee and I HATE coffee so....do I go for "drinks" and have water? Seems sort of inappropriate.
So at home in an effort to not have to put away my wine glasses and the experience of sipping on wine I have started drinking my diet ginger ale out of a wine glass. It's not bad :) My friend Jason had an interesting comment to this:
The nicorette for wine. Figured out that part. Now what else can there be with the diet fix? Last night I was on my way home from the gym and I was starving from not eating anything since 11 am and it was 7:00 p.m. and there is a Papa John's pizza next door so of course I ordered:
Today a new craving..... CRAVE Cupcakes. My friend Keith turned me on to Crave cupcakes last year when he brought me 6 and I have stayed away from them except for one day when they had them at the office (but that was for charity so totally allowed right?) but I have been really NEEDING one. Actually a specific one:
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