Once Upon a Weekend...

This weekend was nothing too special, since I worked Friday night and Saturday night. Gotta love always getting Sundays off though when I work Saturday night.

I already told you about how my nephew came over Friday, to stay for the weekend, and my sister brought her kitten in to meet us when she dropped him off. It also would've been my friend Keith's birthday on Friday.

Saturday we took nephew to the park to let him play and TRY to get pictures. He never stopped running the entire time, making photos fairly difficult.

And that's all the photos I can post today because Blogger will not load any others. I should know, I've been trying since yesterday. Awesome Blogger.Very awesome. I did manage to post some on my photography blog yesterday.

Sunday was more of a lazy day. I visited with B for awhile and we watched 'My Best Friend's Girl'.

"Dusty she's going to lose her shit like a shit collector with amnesia."

Not as amusing as the first time I watched it, but still entertaining enough. 

I don't know if you know how addicting Dr. Mario is, but I played that for at least and hour last night. And I'm ready to go play for another hour or so right now. Very addicting. 

And now that the weekend's over, it is my last day of not knowing the baby's gender. Then I'll be rushing to get my invitations done and mailed, all baby name crazy, and trying not to buy my first pink or blue outfit. It will be hell. I cannot wait. This crazy wiggly thing in my belly needs a nickname, even if it is as lame as 'baby boy' or 'baby girl'.

I don't know if you've seen this YouTube video, but you need to. And all the other talking animal ones because they are awesome. Trust me.

And I have 99 followers now. What's up with that? Someone please hit follow and just give me my triple digits. Make me feel special.

Tell me about your weekend. 

Easter Dinner with Another Family

I got an awesome, random phone call the other day from one of my best friends, Scott, who was super sweet and invited boyfriend and I to his family's Easter dinner. At first I didn't think I could go because of work, and because they live an hour and a half away. 

But we ended up going! 

I stopped along the way to visit my sister and nephew, to see what the Easter bunny brought him. 

He was pretty happy with all his candy and chocolate, and his new toy cat. He wasn't so interested in the clothes :p

We took a picture together then I had to get back on the road. 

Easter dinner at Scott's was a lot of fun. His family is incredibly nice, where you feel comfortable like with your own family. He has a 6-month old niece and 3-week old nephew that were there too and I love seeing cute babies. 

We decorated the Easter tree while we waited for dinner to finish cooking.

It's so simple and cute. I want an Easter tree! (Does anyone else have something like this? I've never heard of them before)

We also did a quick sailor photoshoot before dinner.

Dinner was amazing. Ham, so many veggies, homemade rolls, and homemade lemon meringue or coconut cream pie for dessert. I ate two plates, plus pie, which is a lot for little me. Baby didn't go hungry that day.

We couldn't stick around for too long after dinner because I had to get back to town for work, so we left feeling happy and stuffed. It was a great Easter with someone else's family.

My Photos, Lately

Starting right now, I plan to block out everything that's been bothering me lately, for the next 24 hours or so. It's my day off, and unlike my last one, I hope to enjoy it a little more. 

Without thinking, I'm just going to post photos of what I've been up to lately, that for some reason didn't make it into the blog.

So going along with my plan to think only happy thoughts, here is my favorite little boy who plays a big part in brightening up some of my days. 

Like when he visited for a half an hour yesterday, gave me big hugs, and asked me when I was going to go pick him up to visit. If only I could pick him up to visit everyday. 

I finally got a few pictures of him the other day when he was visiting. We went out to eat with mother and boyfriend. Little B decided to try a lemon. Obviously it didn't taste great but he kept trying it anyway. 

[ April 9, 2011 ]

[ Same shirt, different day, making his 'I'm mad at you!' face. March 21 ]

[ Did you know my best friend is practically the cake boss? March 26 ]

[ New camera lens finally made its appearance - I have yet to practice with it too much though. March 28 ]

Obviously I haven't been up to a whole lot. Coming up in my life:

• April belly photos - Month #4 (See: January, February & March)
• First real baby doctor appointment - April 19
• First ultrasound!
• Better weather! 
• Photoshoot with new camera lens (hopefully soon!)
• Best friend's wedding weekend beginning May 5
• Moving in with boyfriend - End of May

Lots of excitement. 

My 30 Photos - Part 3

21. a picture of someone you always have a good time with:

Here lays my best friend and ex-roommate in a pile of snow bean chair guts. It was my bean chair. We brought it outside for some unknown reason, maybe to sit on while we drunkenly waited for our cab to pick us up. I believe we shoved it between our two cars, hoping it would stay hidden. NOPE. We got home from the bar to find artificial snow everywhere and we LOVED it. We rolled around in it in the parking lot for at least 15 minutes. We didn't love it so much when real snow covered it, and some of it was still there when it melted in the spring. What a MESS.

22. a picture of your parents when they were your age:

That is hard to find, so instead here is a picture of my mother's mother - who is probably somewhere around my age in this photo.

23. a picture from last summer: 

24. a photo of your closest friend of the opposite sex (not sig. other):

25. a picture of you on a favorite vacation: 

Uh my only real vacation. Ontario 2010!

26. a picture of an accomplishment:

I graduated high school, class of 05! I also graduated college but who cares about that.

27. a picture of your closest friends:

Not all my closest friends, but 3/4 of my closest girls. Sorry boys. Note to self: we need more group pictures!

28. a random picture from photobooth:

My fake scared face, as first seen here.

29. a photo that makes you smile:

This one gets posted a lot, cause it's one of very few nice pictures of us.

30. someone you will never let go of:

Seems pretty self-absorbed, right? But no, I mean that little kumquat growing in my belly. You're stuck with me for life!

My 30 Photos - Part 2

11. a person you can tell everything to:

12. a picture of your everyday life:

I work.


13. a picture from a place you love:

The CN Tower didn't excite me much, but I loved being in Ontario, and my short time in Toronto. It was my first time anywhere far from home.

14. a picture that reminds you of great times:

I was SO sick this entire weekend that my friends were visiting - it wasn't anything that kept me in bed but it was a bad enough fever that I was pretty high on cold medication. Regardless, I had a blast. Here, we were hanging out in Zellers like it was a regular day at home.

15. a class photo: 

Kindergarten! I'm the one in the white dress with the flower on my right shoulder - I'm middle-left of the photo.

16. a picture from the best day of your life:

I have a hard time picking out a 'best', but the day my nephew was born is definitely one of the best days of my life.

17. a picture that always makes you laugh:

Note: The boy did not get hurt.


18. a picture of your spare time:

Sometimes in my spare time I go 'shopping' just to try on weird clothes with wings instead of sleeves.

19. a photo from a great night:

An awesome night out with old friends. We were all over the place that night. This is me in my chef's hat at Sarah's dorm. February 2007.

20. a picture of the people who are closest to you:

I don't like this one because I know there's no one picture of the people closest to me but whatever. I picked three pictures.

View: Part one

If you play along, too, let me know! 

My 30 Photos - Part 1

Everyone's been doing this, and I am not one to be left out. 30 photos. Plain and simple. Originally stolen from Sometimes Sweet. Here's part one of three.



01. someone you spend a lot of time with:

Since boyfriend would be the obvious answer but he's mentioned below, I picked mother for this one. After all, we do currently live together, but I still don't see her as much as one would think. We work complete opposite schedules.


02. a picture of you:

Christmas 2010.


03. a random picture of you and your sig. other:

Nothing more random than an old webcam photo.


04. a picture of something that makes you happy:

Seeing Pepe up and joking around. A stroke can't knock this guy out of commission.


05. an old picture of you:

It's one of the oldest ones I could find. It's in high school - the day of my 16th birthday. Nicole, Me and Sheldon.

06. a picture of your sibling:

Sibling? I've got two, and they're twins. This would be them back in 2009, brother's high school graduation night.


07. a picture you never posted on your blog before:

Here's a random. Me and the pants from hell. This would've been my second year of college. I lived in an apartment with two roommates - one male and one female. These were Cody's ugly black silk pj pants that I HATED. Eventually, I got to throw them out, but I think it was still a long time after this picture. Once, I hid them on him for a long time.


08 . a picture of a person you miss:

Two of my best  friends.


09 . a picture of people who know you now and then:

I've known Scott since 2002, and Sarah since God knows when.. probably 2000, and they are now the only close friends I have that still live on the island. Out of the friends that know me the best right now, they've known me the longest.


10 . a picture of your favorite place:

My favorite place, and my favorite person.