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I'm so upset, pissed off, hurt, and a lot more descriptive words right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted a wedding that was easy, and fun, and generally as stress free as a wedding could be and here I am, fucking bawling with anger and everything else... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHuuuuuuuuuuuuGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So I went to Moncton to try on my dress last Thursday! YAY! I tried it on and apparently the 15 lbs i've lost thus far made a huge difference! When I tried the dress on in Nov. it was about 6 inches from closing and now it's about 2inches!And the guy said it has about 6 inches in the seams that can be let out! So I paid 1/2 of it and 1/2 of my beautiful veil that matches the dress perfectly! The guy also said that had they been able to order the dress in the original size that there is no way it would have fit, and it would have been almost impossible to make it fit in the bust-ish area b/c it would have been way too big! yay!

Birthday was really just another day aside from the million birthday wishes on Facebook :) I worked in the am and then again at the gym that night then watched biggest loser and finished my b-day cake from the fam. on the weekend. But mom and daddy gave me $50 towards my level 1 Reiki class I want to take and my sister said she's going to give me some towards it when they get paid :) so yay! that's about 1/2 the cash I need to take it and Kris said he'd cover the rest. I'm very excited about it. I've been wanting to do it for a while but felt I wasn't taking proper care of myself and felt I was not in a good personal place to attempt Reiki, so i'm very excited to take the class. My brother got me the 25th anniv. CareBear which is also totally exciting!!

Speaking of my brother, he arrived via plane in Freddy at 11:00, without his luggage for the 5th time, Air Canada sucks! And they were going to the mall to try to pick up Guitar Hero for my sister (alas, they were yet again sold out) and then were washing "Tina", his Dodge Charger, then coming here. Well it's almost 5 and they have yet to arrive. I'm hosting a potluck for a girl at work here at 7, so it'd be nice to see him before everyone arrives!

I went into the spare room to change Wembley's (the hedgehog) cage and noticed she hasn't touched her food or water for a couple days :( I picked her up and she was cold to the touch and not very responsive at all, she would hardly open her eyes. I went and put some wet catfood in a small jar of water and mixed it up with some honey and gave her some in a syringe. But when I was giving her the mixture I felt warmth on my arm and she was bleeding out of her bum :( :( She took 9 cc's of the mixture and I put her in her travel crate. About 1/2 hour later I took her out to put the hot water bottle in and she was a lot more responsive and no longer bleeding. I called the emergency vet but noooooo , the only vet in fucking Fredericton that knows anything about hedgehogs is not the one on call. Basically, she said to do what I was doing and to hope she didn't die before Monday!


Anyway Chris and Mackenzie are here. Pray for my Wembley!

Many of you know that when I went to order my PERFECT wedding dress that I found it was discontinued and could not be found anywhere and that the sample at the store was too small. I decided I was going to get my prefect dress made.
The lady who was going to make it said it would be no problem...that was at Christmas, and I haven't heard from her since.Come to find out she thought my wedding was in August! So I decided I was going to forget about her and go with the lady who made my prom dress, Nancy Carter. Nancy said the dress could be made but that it would take over a year to do the beading on the dress!!! BUT she then told me that the sample dresses usually have about 4 inches inside the lining of the dress that can be let out! WHICH WOULD MAKE IT FIT ME!

I still was not feeling good about it because I tried the dress on before Christmas and was not feeling hopeful that they would still have it. So this morning I called.

Me: "I was wondering what you guys did with your samples of dresses that have been discontuined?"

Man: "We usually sell them on sale."

Me: "OK, because I tried on a dress before Christmas, but when I called a few days later it was not available.
Man: "Oh the Justin Brandon T641

Me, almost in tears because that was my dress: "uh huh!!"

Man: "Yup, it's still here! I remember you! I'll put your name on it and you can come try it on when you can get to Moncton!"

Me, blubbering with tears, excitement, joy, and shock: "wow, I think I love you."

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I cannot even explain my feelings right now. Honestly, i'm so excited!!! I cried for 1/2 hour! I'm excited, and relieved. This is the most perfect dress ever! YYAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Mom and I are going to get it on FRIDAY!!! yyyyaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

So I have discovered I am not a very patient person! I have endless amounts of patience with children but as for house things like putting up shelving, hanging picture frames and hanging flower pots, my patience is very limited! When Kris was home I bought 3 long skinny floating shelves to fill our big empty wall in the living room and I near put one through the fucking window, until Kris stepped up and put them up for me, same with the picture frames going down the hallway. I HATE frigging with shit like that and he loves it lol But today I got up at 9:00, because Sprite was not liking the idea of me sleeping in, and started cleaning the house. Well I decided that my ivy plant was getting to big for where it was and went to Wal-Mart to get the shit to hang it with. Well the hanging of the actual plant went fine but then I had bought tiny hooks to put in the wall to let the ivy climb... fuck. They were near impossible to get in the wall!! My hands were sweaty and the hooks were tiny and I near fucking lost my mind getting them in the wall. grrr... I get upset with myself for how angry I get when things don't work the way they should! Anyway it's up and the plant is climbing its plant ass off.

I also went to the Salvation Army store (love) and got an old "broken" table. I'm going to make it into a make up table for our bedroom. There is shitty light in the bathroom and I have a lot of crap lol. The table is skinny so it'll fit in the bedroom perfect! and all it needs is a little paint and a few screws! Yay, another weekend project!

HOLY SHIT! 4 deer just ran through by my house! ..nope 6! wow! crazy! One looked awful young. Isn't it too early for fawns?...

Anyway! I also got all the place markers for the wedding done today! I had a very busy day of wedding stuff and lotsa cleaning, and re-organizing. I still have tons to do around the house in the way of cleaning. I also need to clean some spots in the carpet with the spot cleaner I borrowed from my boss thanks to -40 weather and a hairless dog. And on Sunday I am having 2 girls from the gym over for a pot roast dinner...mmmm... So I have a busy weekend ahead of me and I kinnda like it :)

Not a lot of time to update, as LOST is coming on soon! But Valentines day was so nice, and simple. We woke up and hung out before we hunted for a breakfast place around 11. After yummy food, we went to pick out our wedding rings!!!!! It was awesome and I am so excited!They are so pretty!!! eeeeeee! YAY! We then reasoned with ourselves to not buy Rockband. We both really wanted it but logically we cannot afford it and we have no friends, really to play it with lol. Our house is apparently too far away from everyone for anyone to actually come visit. Which pisses me off considering all the talk of get-togethers, drinking, poker, etc. that went on before we bought the house and there has honestly been like 4 people who have ever been here. However all these people manage to cram up in an apartment and hang out, most often without calling/messaging us to see if we'd like to attend. I'm over it though really. I'm now just as happy hanging out in my house with my pets and planning my wedding.

Anyway back to Valentines day...we came home and watched a movie. I then decided to wing a supper that I have never made before and ended up making a kick ass whole wheat chicken parm. mmm... me likey, and I will most def. make it again. After supper we decorated cupcakes together and now Lost is on!!

Point of the entry: We have few friends in Fredericton, but our Valentines was fantastic...oh and 3 more lbs gone this week.

So both of my stupid computer are dead which makes me cry, as I am dumb and am sure i've lost all my pictures
:(

I am on Kris's laptop right now,and have been checking facebook and emails now and then but it's not the same, It made me really sad to actually see how much I felt my life depended on a computer, not a good feeling but I still can't help it!

Anyway, not a lot to update on, other than I've lost 8 pounds!whoot! That makes me happy!

But now Kris has woken up and wants his lappy back lol

Nothing of actual note to post really. I have a killer cold and feel like I go runover. Everything hurts. I've been lazy all weekend and havn't done much of anything. Except on Friday night I made 127 wedding favours before I ran out of chocolate rocks, which sucks. I have 23 left to make, and i'm hoping and praying that they still have some of them left, they seem to be a seasonal type of candy. I swear if they don't have any i'll flip out lol.

I was sitting watching TV yesterday morning and all of a sudden it hits me...The wedding is less than 5 months away. I had a mini freak out and called Kris. We have no money at all. We had a bit in the wedding account which is now spent on material, paper for invitations and programs and deposits. It was funny becasue later that night Krista calls me saying the same thing, that it's 5 months till the wedding lol. I love her, she's the only and the best person I could have for my Maid Of Honour. She sent me a 2 week spread sheet/time line about what has to be done when, it was fantastic!

Kris comes home next weekend, then the weekend after that will be spent in Miramichi doing wedding things. We have so much to do and it's even harder when he' not here. We need to order our cake with his mother, order our flowers, double check with the catering, make sure we have chairs for the service, decide who/if we are going to have someone come in to decorate, get the rest of the bridemaids measured, bring the brown material home she she can start making the dresses. I also need to find the material for Krista's dress, which is going to be hard according to the bitch at fabricville. And Kris and I need to meet with the lay chaplin from the Unitarian Church and start working on the actual ceremony so we can get the wording ready to get the programs started.. ACK!

So much to do, no money and running out of time!

So Christmas was busy but full of awesomeness. It's hard trying to have three different Christmas dinners at three different houses, plus two boxing day parties/potlucks, while trying to spend enough time with all family members so no one feels left out LOL. Kris and I cannot wait until next Christmas when we're offically married and are no longer obligated to spend Christmas eve apart with our familes. I love spending time with our families but after 6 Christmases together it'll be nice to spend one together.
We always try to spend nights over the break everywhere, my parents, his parents, my sister and now my brothers. But it's hard. I'm not overly fond staying at his parents becasue they both smoke in the house and it makes me stuffy, and my throat and eyes hurt, not to mention that I smell like an ashtray. He doesn't like staying at my parents house becasue of all the barking dogs, and now the barking birds, and the fact you get covered in hair no matter what you do. So we usually call my sisters house home when we're there, but then the parentals get upset that we're not staying there.... but I love them all, so we do what we have to do!

We ended up staying in Miramichi a few days longer than we were going to becasue.... My sister had her baby 3 weeks early! YAAAh! Carson was born on December 30 :) and he's BEAUTIFUL and perfect! I'm once again a very very proud auntie! It's nice to have a boy in the family again and I havn't seen my sister this happy since we lost Carter. SO things are going well :) I'll have pictures on facebook soon too.


OH!! For Christmas my brother made me a ring he's been planning for a couple years to make.... MY HANSON RING!!!!!! yeaaaahhh! I cried. yup. It's fantastic and took hjim forever to make because he sawed it all out with a tiny tiny blade. Pictures soon!

MY PUPPY IS HERE!!!!!!!! I named her Sprite and she is super amazing! She's really smart and is learning very fast to pee outside, sit with only hand signal, touch things with her nose on command (come in handy in later obedience trainig), put her clothes on and take them off (with helpLOL) and jump up on her hind legs and give a high 5. LOL Cresteds are overall very smart but very very stubborn and pig headed. They learn the commands quickly but then decide they just don't feel like doing them.

So two nights ago when I was taking Sprite outside I touched the top step and fell down all of them on my back, while carrying the puppy!! I somehow managed to turn more onto the right side so the puppy didn't get hurt at all but MAaaaannn! I thought I was going to die. I got whiplash, hurt my shoulder, elbow and sprained my right wrist, and my back is entirly black and blue, and probably some other shades that havn't been discovered yet. I finally managed to get back in the house. But as if that wasn't bad enough!!! I had to go back downstairs becasue I had laundry in the washer. That was fine, but in our basement there is a door dividing the furnice side (where the washer is) and the finished part. The door is a little too big for the door frame so you have to slam it to wedge it a little to keep it shut so the cats don't get it...yeah, I slammed it to hard (with my foot) because Simon was making a run for the door, and wedged it too well. I was seriously locked in the basement for 10 minutes. I couldn't open it, no phone, no one home for 2 weeks, and all the upstairs doors locked. It was baaaad. I eventually got out by using the claw side of a hammer to start at the bottom of the door and work my way up the door prying it open. NOT a good night! I'm still really sore, my entire body hurts.

And on that note, this long entry is over!

OK seriously! I got a fucking funwall because my mother wanted to send me somthing NOT so everyone and their dog can spam me with stupid shit!!

--I don't need a friendship rose! I know who my friends are, thanks.
--Yahoo is NOT sending any money to any sick child for every person you send this too, remove your head from your ass.
--I know who my "crush" is, we're getting married in 6 months, I don't need to count to 10, scroll through all this shit to find out!
--I am also NOT going to die if I don't repost this stupid shit!
--Nothing good/bad is going to happen if I send or do not send your spam onto others! Karma will do it's job.
--Me counting to 10,spinning in circles while holding my breath and doing a summersault will not cure world hunger!
--Sending this to all your "friends" and then hitting F8 WILL NOT DO ANYTHING!!FAAAWK!
--Sending me a clip of baby seals being clubbed will NOT stop them from being clubbed! DO SOMTHING! Saying send this on so people know...nope not going to stop them from clubbing! If you feel strongly enough to send it to me then do somthing productive!


PLEASE!!! STOP SENDING ME STUPID SHIT!!!!!!!!!

If you want to send me things that are actually funny,dirty, genuine Christmas wishes then by all means do so! Send me things you know i'll enjoy! Like the global warming theory guy that Krista send, the Christmas wishes from Krista's mom, the 80's mash-up.
COMMON people! Ugh! I do not ever want to have to spend that much time EVER again deleting useless crap off of my Facebook!

Ok.
Seriously Cats.

Where is my plant?

I am currently MISSING a plant. No trace of the pot, the soil or the plant at all. They've done this before and I found the upset pot with soil everywhere, the plant itself was later discovered in the litterbox. But not this time. Nothing! I've searched the entire house! I have NO idea where the hell this ENTIRE plant is. All they left was the plate underneath it!

Is there UFO's that practice plant abductions?


Maybe I'll find it while searching for my left red hooker shoe, which is also missing.

Nine hours till Kris comes home!!!! Ugh I miss him soooo much! It's one of the best feelings when he comes home. It's strangly like a first date, I'll spend hours getting ready (which I NEVER do), making sure everything is ready for him to come home, and all the while with this butterfly like anticipation. It's strange, considering we've been together for 6 1/2 years haha There is no better feeling then when he walks into the airport and we see eachother :) When the first hug and kiss makes me feel like my heart is just going to explode with happiness LOL I can't wait :) I love waking up with him, I love going to bed with him and everything in between! Did I mention that I can't wait!?
I'm super excited for our first Christmas in our house! I am so excited to put up lights and go get a real tree! Not go cut down a sad sapling with a dollarstore knife like we did in first year on Forest HIll LOL Although that was fun too. But I almost feel like it's a new start and even though we won't be married for another 6 months I feel like it's almost like our frist real Christmas together, even though we've lived together for 4 Christmas's already.
Since he'll be home tonight and I still have lots of self-prep to do I should finish cleaning the house LOL

eee!!!!!

So this past weekend was awesome!

Mom, my sister, my neice and I all went to Moncton to shop for my wedding dress!!!! We went to the first place which seemed sketchy, it was a second hand store (but the dark, musty kind, not the ohh! yes! kind) Anyway we went in anyway and learned they had lotsa new dresses as well as old ones but they were on this top floor balcony type thing.They refused to let Peyton up there which was not cool. They said it was because of the balcony railing + insurance but the poor little thing was heartbroken and my sister was pissed! Mom made me go up anyway even though I just wanted to leave. I tried on two that were okay, but just didn't give me the "ohh! My WEDDING!" kinnda feeling. Plus even if I did find one there I wouldn't have bought it from a place who wouldn't let Peyton around the dresses, not impressed.
Store #2 was high class and made me a little uncomfortable, plus the women kind of yelled (ish) at Peyton becasue she was jumping around a little. I mean come on! She's 7 years old and was not running around or touching things she was just excited frig off! Anyway I tried on one that was to die for BUT so was the price LOL $1100, no thanks! The women there thought I was crazy too LOL becasue I was well, being me and acting foolish when trying to make my boobs fit into a dress which was 4 sizes too small!
Store #3 was in a womens basement and was so cramped that I was just not wanting to be there, I was having a touch of anxiety by this time. Anyway we pick out 3 dresses that were nice and in the style that I was looking for. The first one I tried one was just perfect! I knew as soon as i seen it that it was THE dress! *sigh* :) But Mom made me try on the other two which were Blah in comparison. It's perfect perfect PERFECT!! And although the price is over my budget by $100 it has a built in corset and it's just effing perfect! It's an ivory, A line dress with two folds that meet in the middle making my waist look crazy small (in comparision to its actual size). It also has corset style ties in the back (which cut down on alterations) and it is beaded but not super flashy like. It's perfect! Simple yet beautifully elegant! and the train is embroydered all pretty like! eee! I'm so excited!

Then when we were leaving mom tells me more good news! We've been searching for another Crested for me and finally a breeder has one!!! and she's mine when she 12 weeks old, which will be in Jan.!!!! A dress and a Puppy! Then last night mom called me and asked if I would be intrested in a rescue Crested! So we are tying to get some more info on him and see what he has for issues and such. I know that in the future I could handle a rescue with issues that required time but right now it wouldn't be fiar to the dog for me to attempt to take on complicated issues, I simply don't have the time. But as long as his issues are minor, we may be getting him too! Kris seems fond of the idea of a rescue which is only one of the many many reasons i'm madly in love with him!

Speaking of the man i'm madly in love with! He comes home in 6 days!!!!!! He's been gone now for 8 weeks! Such a crazy long time! I pick him up at the Fredericton airport at 11:40pm Sunday night :) So don't expect an update for a couple days after that lol

Oh and for Miss Torri! Our new address:

15 Lapointe st.
Fredericton, N.B
E3A 4C2

And send me yours if anyone wants a Christmas card!! :) :)

Wow It's been forever since i've even LOOKED at livejournal! I have no idea what's going on with anyone that I don't know in RL, and even in the lives of people I do know! I have no real excuse onl that things got crazy and I got out of the habit, but damn I miss you guys!!

The short version of the past...9 months, i think, is:

- Wedding planning is going well, lots of things coming together on that front :)

- Kris is still working out west which is still horrible and we both hate it, but..

- We bought a HOUSE! Kris and I have a beautiful home in Fredericton that will someday hold our family and our lives together and I love it here! I love every part of homeownership, even the yard work LOL

- We got a new kitty, that Kris hasn't even seen yet! His name is Simon and he's baaaad LOL But he's sweet and very cuddly. Eleanor finally has accepted that he's not leaving and has warmed up to him very nicely. I look like I fell into a rose bush on a daily basis as Simon has not yet learned that Mommy =/= a climbing post, and he thinks his name is "SimonStop."

- I have a new baby niece, Alexa Jade, who is beautiful and perfect. AND my sister is also pregnant! and due in Jan.! Babies! YAh!

- *deep breath* In June, before we moved into our new house, my beloved doggie, Tru, passed away from a brain tumour :'( I'm still heartbroken, she was my best friend who was with me through so much, since I was 12 years old. I still miss her everyday and still cry often, I just miss her so much. I know I never would have gotten through it without my best friend and maid of honor, Krista. Kris, thank you so much for all you did for me, and for Tru-Tru, in those days. I never would have been able to be there for her like I needed to be without you. She loved you very much too. :)

- I've finally taken a huge step for me and have become active in the local Pagan community! Last week I went to my first ritual drumming class and it was amazing! It gave me a feeling that I needed, that I am in the place in my life, spiritually, that I need to be! It was fantastic!


Anyway, I need to get back to school work but you'll hear from me again!! I think i'm just too much of a facebook whore LOL


muah!!

Someday I will update

I GOT MY DIAMOND!!!!!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kris and I are offically engaged!!!! Yesterday at the playground where we first went and in the same spot where we kissed!!!i'm soooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I got the most perfect and beautiful ring in the entire world! and the best man too. Pictures to come.. lotsa family stuff to do today.....

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!







P.S-Duane, I hope you got your card!

haha It's now 12:15am, and I just received the following MSN message from my drunken mother :

Shelley says:
we are home and i haV TO GET YORUFATHEWR TRO
Shelley says:
your father to bed, typing stnading up
Shelley says:
too funny !! I your message
Shelley says:
weill do itagain when yopu areome
Shelley says:
home
Shelley says:
I have to get your drunken father off to bed

hahaha. Oliver and Mark called from the Black Horse, also drunk as arse. And Kris and Andrew recorded a drunken pod cast for Kris's show. http://web.mac.com/thesnaggleshow i've yet to hear it, it's probably bad bad baddddd.


I wish I was drunk.

Man! It's 10:30 on a saturday night and my mother and father are at the Oparah House and are both 100% shitfaced! According to my father ( i just called his cell) he is "drunker then a hoot owl!" and my mom is hammered, being all giggly and shit. I'm sad. I always seem to miss out on the awesome family things. My brother is there as well, and my sister and Todd are trying to get out of the party they are at so they can go to the OH too. I really wish I was home. I'm doing impossible research on how the history, fact or fiction, of ancient witchcraft affects modern witches. During the phone call Dad made it known he's "so damn proud o'ya" for being in school but I cried when I hung up...Quietly of course, as a drunk Kris and Andrew are playing multipul video games in Kris's room. For some reason Andrew thinks leaning into the screen is going to better his chances of winning....I'll let ya know if it works.


All in all, I miss my family, and I need to be home. I miss my nannie, and have been crying a lot about that lately as her 87th bithday was on the 14th and I wrapped all my Christmas presents and cried becasue I didn't have one for her.Then I walk by what I got her last year, hanging on my wall, and I cry. There's lots of crying going on, and sadly only 30% can be blamed on PMS.


Back to my impossible research...15 page paper, due Teusday at 4:00, 0 pages complete, exam studying tomorrow and Monday, Exam Monday at 7:00Pm.

I need to go home.

All Christmas cards are on their way. With snail mail hopefully they all get there before Santa does! For anyone who's asked my address is:

390 Northumberland St
Fredericton, N.B
E3B 3K1

Pre-school Christmas concert is tomorrow and it's going to be pretty cute. I'm off to make sandwiches for the snack after!

12 days till X-mas day!

im fucked for this exam....fucked



fucked




fucked





FUCKED!!!!

I hate Crim. and my prof marks soo hard.....fucked!


Everybody now: FUCKED!!!

OK I want to join in the ranks of Christmas card giving! If you would like a card from me, regardless of how often we speak or where you live leave your name and address in a comment!!! (they are all screened!)Krista that includes wherever on earth you may be by then!! I already have internation stamps! XoXo

"Have at er"