Goodbye 2011

I can’t believe what a whirlwind of a year 2011 has been. I remember this exact moment last year as if it were yesterday. Since then so much has changed. I’ve had many goodbyes, but just as many new beginnings and experiences. I’ve had many firsts, and many lasts. I graduated high school, had my last dance recital, went to my first party, had my first kiss, got my N, drove for the first time by myself, got my first real job, started and completed my first semester of college… this has been a crazy year. The most memorable for sure! I’ve lost friends, as well as gained friends. I’ve become so much more independent. This is also the first year that I’ve noticed that I am more outgoing. I think it’ll always be something for me to work on, it’s still one of my new years resolutions however I’m noticing changes in myself. I’ve learned so much in what seems like such a short amount of time. I can’t believe another year has gone by, but I really hope that 2012 bring just as much as 2011 did. It was a great year, so I have high hopes. For myself, I’m going to work on being more outgoing and really not caring what others think. I’m also going to focus, really focus on school and doing well. I’m going to try to overcome my slight addiction to nail polish and my newest addiction to earrings. I will have self control! I’m going to make more of an effort to spend time with the people I care about because I’ve learned that you never know what can happen. Also, I’m going to try to keep my room clean. Maybe some exercise, twice a week, wouldn’t hurt as well. So, there are plenty of things for me to improve on, but what I want most is for me to be myself and be happy. I want to learn and grow more. I want to be that person who always looks at the bright side of life, for the most part I do but I tend to complain about quite a bit as well. Recently I realized just how lucky I am. I don’t have a lot to complain about so why waste the energy? I feel like I have a lot more to say but I am done for now. Maybe I’ll add on tomorrow! If not, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SHOES

After a long day of shopping yesterday, Mia and I both managed to spend all our Christmas money!
Best purchase of the day? Steve Madden boots <3

MERRY CHRISTMAS

So it was another successful Christmas! As usual, my sister and I were spoiled, but I still think my favourite part was the actual dinner and family time! It came and went way too fast, but it was a very Merry Christmas if I do say so myself.

Merry Christmas Eve!

My family is nuts, but I'm so thankful for all of them! It was another great open house.

Why do I still have all my presents to wrap?!

best news i've heard all day!!!

Christmas Time Is Here

I cannot believe that tomorrow is Christmas eve. It seems that the older I get, the faster time goes. Even after spending the last four days downtown doing Christmas activities: Van Dusen Gardens, seeing lights, trees and gingerbread houses, the Christmas Market, I still don't feel ready for Christmas? I'm excited of course, but I would be happy if it were still a couple weeks away! Anyways, I am happy I work tomorrow because I hate that time between everything being set up and ready and waiting for everyone to arrive at my house. It honestly feels like years. Work will take my mind off the waiting! Plus I still have presents to wrap, so I'm a little behind and won't have the time to sit around waiting. But anyways, Christmas is here, i'm shocked , and before I know it, it's going to be the Christmas of 2012.

i have the best friends in the entire world

December 21

Yesterday was an adventure! We started off going to the Macmillan Bloedel Conservatory which was neat. It was so pretty! There were Christmas lights and exotic birds everywhere. We spent a couple hours walking around and around again, taking a million pictures. By 7 we decided we should go to my uncle's house and eat. However we ran into a small problem. My grandma forgot to write down his address. Normally it wouldn't have been a big deal, but he recently moved so no one knew where he lived. After driving around for an hour, somehow I managed to remember it. Sometime in August, my uncle sent me his address and by some fluke, I remembered it! We finally unpacked all our stuff and were all a little grumpy but decided to go out for dinner. We came across Milestones so we decided to go in. Our waiter sucked, but the food was yummy! That left us feeling better so we popped into HMV because it's closing so everything was super cheap! We also went into Sears to get a Christmas present for my dad. Just in case he somehow finds my blog, I'm not going to tell you what it is, but lets just say it is regularly $60, and was on sale for $19.99! Anyways, then we were going to go to the Christmas Market but it closed at 9, so we went back to my uncle's apartment. We were going to do nails but were all so tired that we decided to watch a movie instead. I have no idea what it was, but it was cute! Then today, we got up and went to the Hyatt to look at the gingerbread houses. They are amazing! We also went into the Four Seasons because they have such beautiful decorations up. Then we stopped by the Christmas Market which was a waste of time. It looks neat from the outside but all it is, is tons of ridiculously overpriced food and little shops. Like $10 ornaments made from straw, and $9 wieners. That was kind of disappointing considering we spent $8 to get in! Oh well, now we know! We went back to the house and packed our stuff and cleaned up, and that was about it. Although it wasn't the perfect evening that we had planned, it was nice and did make me feel more in the Christmas spirit!

Hello world
Hope you're listening
Forgive me if I’m young
For speaking out of turn
There’s someone I’ve been missing
I think that they could be
The better half of me
They’re in the wrong place trying to make it right
But I’m tired of justifying
So I say to you
Come home

Downtown

Tonight I'm spending the night at my uncle's house with my mum, sister & grandma! We're going to do some Christmas activities so hopefully that will leave me feeling festive

CRAZY!

According to wii fit plus, I have lost 12 pounds...
Moral of the story? There is no need to exercise if you don't eat gluten & dairy!

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Isn't it funny, that feeling when you know something is going to happen before it happens? It's like our soul knows.

My grandma told me a story of a man who can see peoples auras. He got into an elevator with a group of people and noticed that none of them had auras that he could see. He got off at the next floor. When the elevator doors closed and started to go down, the cable broke and everyone in the elevator died. Those people souls knew they were going to die, and left their bodies before the incident. That is why he couldn't see their auras. Crazy isn't it?

I don't know, I guess we should just trust ourselves because no one knows better.

If I'm 80, I'm loving it

Birthday dinner was deeeelish!! I don't care who thinks I'm a grandma for having my 18th birthday dinner at Swiss Chalet, it was the best thing ever. To top it off, my parents bought me a red velvet cake, don't forget the cream cheese icing, from Zena's! Yay for gluten free cake! I have nothing else to say beside that was a delectable meal.

Why are there such terrible people in this crazy world of ours?

So it's finally time

Today is my last day being 17! Exciting exciting exciting! I already feel like I'm 18 so I'm happy the day is finally here!

why oh why!?

I would really like to know why I attract such needy, creepy, weirdos!
No, I'd rather not go hot tubing with you.
Nope, don't want to give you a massage either.
As for your complaints, I don't really care.
And I definitely don't want to come over and watch movies in your bed....

who needs guys when....

YOU CAN HAVE THIS!

I'm a loser!

I just laughed so hard at this picture, not that funny it just really amuses me!

OH! This one is good too:

I bet i'll surprise you with this one:

 

time flies when you're having fun!

I really can't believe it's december. I remember last year, just after christmas having a conversation with Mia about calanders. I got a glee calander for christmas and flipped to decemer 2011 and said to mia, "We'll be done high school, and the first semester of college and i'll still have my glee calander." I don't know, it was crazy to me to even think that far ahead and now here we are!

correction!

Hi, apparently I'm stupid & deaf. My guardian angel is not my mum's step sister whom she has never met...it's her Grandma Flo! I should have known! I've actually seen her spirit. But anyway, she wanted to be acknowledged so we bought a little angel ornament for the tree :)

TONIGHT

we are young,
so lets set the world on fire,
we can burn brighter,
than the sun

Power of Intention...

i'm so happy that tonight is going to be fun

Christmas!

I had a very successful day of Christmas shopping today! After a lot of uncertainty, I finally have gifts for my family and friends, not including Mia because she was with me. Ah, I'm so pleased. Despite the shopping trip solely meant for gifts for other people, I managed to buy myself: lotion, nail polish, gum, concealer, and lip balm. But hey, I got a free shower gel/shampoo/bubble bath (yep, it's all three) from Sephora for my birthday! Yay! The only bad part of Christmas shopping is that it makes me want to give everyone their gifts NOW! I can't wait! I really love Christmas shopping, it makes me so happy afterwards, even though I spent a small fortune.

wow

I'm glad to say that I'm officially done my first semester of college. It's still crazy to me! I loved the new experiences and I definitely learned a lot. I'm also glad to say that I passed all my classes (passed being the key word). I managed to just squeak by in psychology, thank god. I could go on and on but I won't! I'm just amazed I'm finished!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1QJDWdT1u8

oh my gosh, this is so sad but so sweet!

thank you

My mum had a reading last night and her step sister, who she had never met came through. She told her that she had been watching over my sister and I and that she will continue to. She told my mum our ages, and that she was the one that helped the "17 year old with the car incident." She told me what to do.

About 2 weeks ago I was driving to school, stopped at a red light and all the sudden the car started rolling backwords. I tried to step on the brake but it was stuck, pressed all the way down and wasn't doing anything. So I tried to step on the gas but again nothing happend. The light turned green and I was stuck. There were cars behind me and I was freaking out. Out of no where I thought to turn on the hazard lights and lets the cars pass me so I could turn the car on and off again. I didn't really know how I had thought to turn the lights on until now.

So, I want to say thank you so much! It's nice to know I have someone looking out for me :)

I think I'm ready to give up on love.

I'm tired of wasting my engery for nothing so I think I'm going to stop looking for love. Whenever I look, nothing works out. We'll see if something comes along this way I guess!

Today was better!

I woke up after a 12 hour sleep and was extremely tired and still sore, and dizzy but I wasn't feeling nauseous! Somehow I still managed to serve most of the costumers at work though. I've also been eating throughout the day, rather than just the waffles I ate yesterday morning. But,I might be going for a massage tomorrow :) That would be great! I think my plan for the rest of the day is homework, homework & more homework.

long long day

I woke up with a pounding headache and not feeling great. I thought it would pass. Then I got to the hospital for an orientation which ended up taking 50 minutes, rather than 30. So, I rushed to work, but got there 8 minutes late. Lucky for me, the machine you punch in on wasn't working so no one noticed. However, it was the longest shift ever. My whole body started aching: back, neck, hips. I still had a headache and to top it all off I had this queasy feeling in my stomach the entire time. I honestly thought I was going to die. When I finally got home, I was excited to have a bath and go to bed. But, I open the bathroom door and find my dog stuck in there with 2 piles of poop. So, I closed the door because there is no way in heck I'm cleaning it up, and now here I am lying in bed. I think I might go to sleep.

tea, friends, & cozy cafes

It's all I need in life

In response to mia's shoes!

I also could not restrain myself and bought these babys:

I can't wait to wear them! It feels nice to own a pair of nice heels, even if I don't wear them often :)



So It's December!

As of today I am going to write one post per day!

Today is a good day. I have no more english or STSU. I presented my STSU project and I must say it went very well. My teacher loved and she said it almost made her cry. That is exactly the effect I was going for. I don't speak in class and my professor said the best projects come from the quiet ones because it allows us to finally open ourselves up to the rest of the class. I tried to do just that, and I think I accomplished it. I cannot even begin to explain to you how happy I am that this project is done and over with! Ahh, I am so ready for this break