Book one down.... Mitch Albom's "The Five people you meet in heaven"

I finished the first book just a while ago for my summer reading challenge. It was a good read and a short one too at under 200 pages; if you are strapped for time it's exciting with not a lot of detail. The lack of detail was frustrating at times because it was hard to understand what was happening. But the ending was near perfect.

I recommend the story of "Eddie the maintenance guy" to just about anybody. I would think the story is appropriate for most children 10 years and older but you may want to read the war part for yourself first.

It is an interesting look at heaven and what really happens when you pass on.

Next book I'm reading is the 28 stories of AIDS in Africa.... I'm 11 pages in and captivated already... I think I might have more to say about that one than just a good read.

Canada Day... a few days late

We had a great Canada Day. I enjoyed my time off... Andrew and I went to the Confederation Building to see the things that the government had to offer and they were minimal... some stuff for small children and some older entertainers singing really old folk music... not really our cup-of-tea. So we decided to find out where the fireworks were going to be. Quiddi Viddi lake... and that is on the east end of St. John's... we live in the west end... it's easily a 30min drive. We found that and planned an "escape route."

We grabbed supper at Wendy's... and then we went mini-putting.... too much fun! We fed ducks and swans... that was also very fun... then we went down to the lake early. There was a great band playing and lots of food.... cotton candy, popcorn, moose burgers, sausage dogs, hot dogs, nachos, tatters, fries, and pizza! Then the fireworks started and they were great.

I had to work in the morning so we didn't stay out too late but it was an awesome time.













Feeding the ducks

Me and Andrew

Fireworks!!!!

Je suis finis!

Ding Dong, the witch is dead.... well maybe not but the old apartment will soon not be ours!

The bathroom is scrubbed, the kitchen clean, the fridge sparkling, the oven... well it's left the way we found it... with so much dirt baked on it just won't come off but it is as clean as it gets!, the walls are cleaned, the floors are moped and the carpet has been steam cleaned.

Let me just say that steam cleaning is not hard... we rented the machine and did it our selves saving $46.00 (that's over half the cost).

The Keys go back tomorrow and I can't wait... It has really been a thorn in our sides for a long time. I need to shower and relax... start to enjoy my summer...

I've even realized that if I wanted to go home for the summer that it just wouldn't have happened until next weekend at least. So I've made the right decision. Money isn't everything and we're having a great time.

I probably won't post again until after the weekend... and I'll have Canada Day pictures!

I'm still here!

I got my cookbook from Perri in the mail the other day and if you haven't gotten one yet, your missing out! GET ONE NOW... I love it... it's hard covered and it looks so pretty, but the best part is when your reading through the recipes almost all of them sound yummy. That's so hard to do because Andrew and I don't like pork (other than ham and bacon), onion, and celery. I just leave out the onion in the recipes that they are in. I'm not a fan of olives or most beans and peas either.... maybe we're picky but I find it easy to cook for us because we're similar!

Well this post is all over the place... I have to work 6 days in a row this week... but I have Sunday off and it's great! I'll still get paid because of the holiday and I have it off so I can enjoy Canada Day with Andrew and we can see the fireworks on the waterfront.

It's funny how you do things with no expectations and then...

You find out your a bit of a pioneer at your University.

Don't get me wrong... I'm not bragging, just a little flattered. I'm not sure how many of you have heard of Facebook but I have an account since Octoberish of 2006. I noticed that there was nowhere for my friends and I to chat on there about MUN our University. SO, I made a group and there was about 6 of us there for a week and then about 25 for a month and even then I knew most of the people in the group.

Well, after Christmas, Facebook fever hit like a wildfire in California... and now there are about 4500 people in that group.... there's only 15000 students at MUN so that's about 1/3 of the current population. (Although there are profs, future students, alumni and such so maybe it's more accurate to say 1/4 of the current population and then some "others").

A reporter from the Gazette contacted me yesterday. It seems she's doing a piece on Facebook for their next issue and she wanted to interview me being the creator of the "largest MUN group on Facebook." I kindly obliged and now I'm hoping she does a good job with the piece and takes my words and opinion in true context to what I gave her. I mean she does have poetic justice with her piece.

*NOTE* The Gazette is the School newspaper that is produced monthly by the administration at the University and slightly circulated so not many people read it but the MUSE is the Student Union's paper that is a weekly publication and widely read by the school population... so as you can tell I'm really not going to be a celeb any time soon lol.

A Quick Update... Should be back as regularly scheduled soon ;)

Well we've moved... sorta....

The U-Haul went really well we moved all our major pieces in one trip! That was very exciting. My cousin, her fiancee and a friend from home all helped...

Now we have to move out the dishes from the old kitchen... we have everything working here, 75% of stuff put away and nothing in the kitchen... not even any food really!

Plus I'm working 3 evening shifts in a row... yuk!

On a side note.... we still have to clean up the old apartment... the oven needs to be sprayed... the walls need to be washed, the carpets vacuumed and cleaned, and the floors moped. We also have a little touch up painting to do. The carpets would be done except the vacuum broke... I think it's just a belt but Andrew hasn't had time to look yet... (that's a definite "taking care of the wifey" chore).

Anywhoo... I'm off to put some stuff away, eat, pack lunch, make some sort of dinner, figure out a bus schedule and go to work... FUN!

The BIG BIG WEEKEND!

Well it's finally here! MOVING DAY(S)!

Today the new phone number, internet and DSL TV are being hooked up at the new place! So we can finally move in and be rid of this cursed apartment. We have to get "new" keys cut (See a couple of posts before for further explanation) and move in our furniture.

So obviously it's gonna take more than a day to move... Tomorrow I'm working but in the evening its back to moving things and Sunday it's the grande finale.... the U-Haul is being rented. There's just a few things you can't fit into a Hyundai Accent lol...

After we get moved into the new place and settled we still have work to do here. In our lease it says that we have to shampoo the carpets... and of course the bathroom has to be cleaned and the dreaded non-self-cleaning oven has to be cleaned (Uuurrrggg!.... I think I'd rather be shot). We also have a bit of touch-up painting to do. Living in a place for 2 years leaves a few nicks, dings and bangs... but we'd like to get our damage deposit back (so there's sneakiness involved).

We'll I'm off to shower and get down to the new place... I might not be back for a few days.... but that's ok because I'll be in my new apartment all tucked in!