Michele & Bill's Birthday Flowers 

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Ok, looks like the one from last night posted. Oh well. I'm just going to leave it as it is for now - as it'll capture my thought patterns from both times. Have a great one!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

This is my blog and I can wish myself Happy Birthday if I want *grin* Even if I AM a couple days late. I did try making this blog last night, as well, but it gave me some sort of error and I lost it. And seeing as it was late, I didn't have the energy to sit there and type it out again, so I'm doing it now!

The past couple weeks have been both busy and not. It all depended on the day and what was going through my head at the time. Last week, I was depressed for a bunch of it, mainly because my birthday was approaching. I just turned 30 on the 22nd, and it was a big deal for me. The only problem was, other then a very select few (Rick, Michele and Rick's Mom) no one seemed to care. I had an email conversation with Mom during the week (mine, not his) and that made me feel marginally better, but didn't erase it. Then Friday, I walked into work and my team-mates here decorated my desk for my birthday!! I have streamers and balloons all over my area... and I'm leaving them up as long as possible!! I got the card from them on Monday and Donuts yesterday, too. Donuts may not be healthy, but it's the thought that counts :)

Anyway, my spirits lifted a little on Friday coming into work. Friday night, we drove up to the cottage, and when I walked in I was bombarded with an excited Heather (Rick's niece) who wanted to tell me that we were sharing our birthday dinner with each other. This I already knew, but to be confronted full force of her excitement, helped my mood. The birthday dinner itself was on the Saturday. I was not impressed with Rick's sisters in that they did not help him make it. I don't mind helping - as I did - but you're not supposed to cook your own birthday dinner. I wish they would follow their own rules. After dinner, Rick had me open the first part of his gift - a silver locket on a chain. I've had to move it to another chain, but the locket is gorgeous. I just need to find, or make, a picture small enough to fit. I've worn it every day since.

Sunday was relaxing and we went home that night... Monday I had to work and nothing much happened. Yesterday, however, is another story. I'm in the middle of a call and one of my supervisor's comes over and says that I have a flower delivery in the hall. I looked at him, put my customer on hold and had to get him to repeat himself. He did. I had a flower delivery in the hall, and he was waiting outside the doors for me. I actually kept my customer on hold, and went out to get it riveted by how beautiful they were. I carried them in to raised eyebrows, answering unspoken questions of "Who sent them" with "I don't know yet". I ended up calling my customer back, and opening up the flowers. The card read "Happy 30th Birthday, Love Bill & Michele (hey, and I just noticed that they spelled your name right!!). My favourite flowers are gladiolas. This bouquet has purple glad's, a beautiful colour of roses and yellow/white tulips (there is one pink/purple/white tulip too), and today they are all starting to bloom. The roses were in full bloom yesterday, but the glads and tulips were still furled up. There are also purple little flowers, kinda like purple babies breath scattered through-out. All in all, it's a gorgeous arrangement. I took some pictures this morning, and will post them tonight when I download them at home.

So... instead of one day of a 30th birthday, I celebrated it for like 5. Not a bad year, I'll say. Thanks to all who helped to make it special.

Today, I'm tired... I'm doing OT for a call volume that never materialized, so I've been awake since 445am. I can't wait to get home. A quick dinner, a shower and bed. Well... I need to do the pictures before bed, but other than that, I'm going to bed early. On that note, I'm signing off. I started this thing at 12:49pm this afternoon... between calls, lunch and everything else, it's taken me this long to finish, but I'm glad I finally got it up. I'll talk to yous later...

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Ok, so even I'm two days late *Grin* But that's ok. I'm making time to sit down and do a blog. The past week hasn't been very eventful, but very thoughtful.... meaning full of thought. Until today :) Well... this weekend...

Last week, I was actually getting quite depressed. My 30th birthday was drawing nearer... (on the 22nd) and no one seemed to care (cept Rick of course, and his mother). It actually took an almost-six year old girl (Rick's niece Heather) who was excited to be sharing her birthday dinner with me, to get me out of the dumps. Yeah, I was not very happy about having to MAKE my own birthday dinner (when Rick's family's rule is the birthday-person doesn't do the cooking OR the cleaning), but it worked out for the best. I got a beautiful silver locket from Rick, that I'm wearing every day so far, and will put a picture of him in it, as soon as I get one small enough.

Friday, I walked into work, and my team-mates had decorated my desk for my birthday. Yesterday, I got the card that they all signed. Today, they brought in donuts. Not very healthy, but much appreciated :) And then, in the middle of a call, I got a message that I had a flower delivery out in the hall.... I went out and got it, and carried it back in with a few raised eyebrows. When I opened them up, the card said: "Happy 30th Birthday, Love Bill & Michele". The flowers were beautiful!! They're on my desk. I'll post a picture when I get one. There are 3 beautiful roses, in full bloom... a few purple gladiola's and some white flowers that haven't bloomed yet (neither have the glad's but I'm looking forward to it). I think the white/yellow ones are tulips - but I'll keep you posted. Michele - I know the glad's (My favourite flower btw, Rick musta snitched hehe) were supposed to be yellow, but that's ok, the flowers are still beautiful and I love them. They're going to stay on my desk at work until they can't stay anymore - then I can enjoy them every day. But I did look up her work number to call and say thank you vocally!!

Michele - thank you for helping to make this birthday one I won't forget. I can't wait until September when I can give you a big hug!!

Ok... I'm going to bed now. When I can think clearer I'll write again!!

A Really Good Day

You're probably sitting here wondering why I'm writing a blog for the third day in a row. "She's never done this before," you may be thinking... or maybe "What the hell is she thinking?" may be running through your mind... either or, doesn't matter, cuz you're the one sitting here and reading it :) But I had a really good day and I wanted to share it with you.

Today started out normally. Got up (a little earlier than usual, but oh well), got ready for work, left, hopped the bus, got to work... just a couple hours into my shift, Norbert (my manager) came up and asked me to do him a favour. You see, whenever him and I do a coaching session we sit there and talk for most of it, just shoot the shit, and then he takes 5 minutes somewhere and tells me what he needs to tell me. In one of our conversations, I told him that I'm pretty computer savvy and can do almost anything he wants on the computer if he needs help. So anyway, he comes up to me and asks me to help him with the set-up of some spreadsheets. He showed me what he wanted, handed me the files (well put them on the drive where I could access him) and gave me carte blanche. I do have to admit that I did a good job :) But he got me off the phones for most of the rest of the day to do the work. It was really nice of him to trust me with that... and to actually remember that I can do it :) It made me feel good.

That was most of the work stuff... but today is also payday. And usually once a payday Rick and I go out for dinner to a nice restaurant. Tonight, he was craving the Mandarin (he does the mussells and shrimp... I find other things to feast upon!!) so we went to the one in Pickering. We spent the evening talking about our day and how we feel about certain things, and current events etc... we both try following the news online while at work, but we tend to look at different sites and see different newsbites, so we got to share a few with each other. But the coup de grace was this: dessert time. The Mandarin has these little cups made of chocolate that have mousse in them (strawberry, chocolate or mocha). We talked and joked and I cannot remember why, but he said that he wanted to put one of those mousse cups on my nose. I dared him to - and even said to use one of mine (he specifically said that the reason he wasn't going to is because it was a waste of a good dessert!). So, what did he do? Turned it upside down and basically stuck my nose in it!! When I took it off, I had chocolate mouse all over not just my nose, but my glasses!! I was laughing so hard I almost couldn't get it all off!! I couldn't believe he actually did it! I guess you had to be there, but it was just priceless ;) Almost as funny as us falling out of the boat and into the lake last year *chuckle*

Anyway... it's late, and I want to sleep at some point... but I wanted to tell about my great day :) Tomorrow (or Sunday depending on weather) we're going to travel agents to check about our trip to Victoria. I'm getting more excited!!!

A nice surprise...

I came home from work last night to a heavenly smell wafting to the front door from the kitchen. Rick was making dinner. It smelled wonderful!! He showed me what was brewing, and what he was going to do further... On the stove he had home-made Cream of Chicken soup/stew. In the steamer, it was full of brocolli. He proceeded to grab two large, foil-wrapped potatoes off the table, two porkchops from the fridge, a bottle of Bull's Eye BBQ sauce and the BBQ lighter... He barbequed porkchops in my favourite BBQ sauce; Baked Potatoes in the BBQ, he even bought sour cream (yes, the fat free kind... it should be called Yogurt!!) and little onions for topping. The Chicken stew was amazing. I was very impressed.

So all in all, it was an amazing dinner. Thank you, Rick, for cooking for me :) It was a great treat... and for those wondering - Yes, I cleaned up afterwards!!

Blogging from work...

It's been a week since I posted... sorry about that. Apparently, Michele and Bill are supposed to read the blogs tonight... they're safely ensconsed on their new house, and they have internet, but they're buying a desk tonight after work. I hope you enjoy your read :)

I was wrong on the date of the twin's birthday. Mark and Ryan were born on the 3rd, or so my mom says. Gracie was the 13th. I mailed them gifts the other day. They're not too expensive, but just something small so that they know that I was thinking of them. I hope Lee-Ann actually gives them to them. Right now, that's my main point of stress, but I shouldn't stress about it (according to Dad). He's right... it's eating me up inside. Hopefully, after their birthdays I'll be able to let it go again.

Tyannah's birthday was the 4th, though. She's now a year old :). We tried calling Rob & Tracy on the weekend and they weren't there and there was no answer. Maybe they were in Brampton for Mother's Day... or Collingwood... regardless, I hope to get a hold of them soon.

We're going up to the cottage for my birthday weekend. I honestly wanted a party, but no one that I actually would want to be there will be able to be there... my parents won't come, Lee-Ann doesn't give a sh1t, M&B are in BC and everyone else has their own lives. I do understand that... but Lee-Ann had a party. Rick had a party. It almost feels like no one cares that I'm turning 30 and it's an actual big deal. I'm trying to focus on the positive, but it's really hard... Ok, I'm tearing up SO I'll continue... We're going to the cottage to put in the dock. I've asked Rick to call his mom and request a birthday dinner. Presents are appreciated, of course *grin*, but I would like a dinner like she does for Rick's family. Hopefully we can do that - if I can't be with who I want, at least I can be with who wants to be with me, and who is able... :)

Not much else is new, to be honest. Work is work... between Greg (a guy I work with) and myself, we were able to get the 2nd edition of the Team Newsletter done. It's just awaiting the OK of our manager. It looks good :) We worked hard on it. I hope everything goes well.

Oh!! We finally got the exercise equipment from Jesse (a girl at Rick's work). We got an eliptical and a rowing machine. No, we have yet to use them, but we have to get them upstairs first, and to do that we need to clear up the living room :) So I'll keep you posted as to when they start being put to good use.

Alright, NOW I'm going to go :) Work is busy, and almost over... so I'm going to sign off (and the fact that it's taken me about an hr and a half to write this hehe) Night!!

Thoughts....

Today is the twins birthday. They're 5 today. Lee-Ann is not holding a party for them, or Gracie, this year, as it's too hectic... I understand that... but I miss them. I had a dream last night that Lee-Ann walked up to me and handed me a birthday present (mine is in 3 weeks, I'll be 30), and apologized for treating me badly. Then I hugged her and wouldn't let go. I was so happy!! But it was just a dream. I don't even know if I should call and talk to the boys tonight. I just want to wish them a happy birthday.... do they even remember me?

There isn't much else I can think of to write at this time, to be honest... my thoughts are a tizzy and my brain isn't functioning as fast as it usually does *smile* NO COMMENTS RICK! ;)

Signing off...

Weekend thoughts...

Hey there :) Sorry it took a few days... but work was crazy!!! We have the computer back. We got it back on Thursday. We ended up getting a motherboard/chip/RAM combo from TigerDirect.ca, but went to the actual store. Our old motherboard only worked with SD RAM and apparently you can't get them anymore. So we had to get a motherboard for DDR RAM, and luckily it came with it. So, regardless, we bought it. And a set of speakers. This new motherboard has the ability for 5.1 channel surround sound. Rick set it up on Friday and it's actually really cool, I'm impressed (and these days it takes a lot to impress me... and more to even make me notice theres a difference!!). So we've been popping things into the computer and playing music that sounds good with the bass (as the speaker set came with a subwoofer). It's amazing how much more you enjoy music when it sounds amazing :)

We went grocery shopping today. Probably spent too much money, but what can you do, right? ;) We got a lot of stuff (and yes, Michele, we're turning healthy again... sorta) and we should be okay for a while now. But we found a few things - have you tried that new water by Aquafina? There are two new flavours, Citrus and Raspberry... we've been looking for them all over... today we found a case of flavoured water by Nestle - Orange, Strawberry, Raspberry and Banana (I'm only partly sure about the banana, but there are 4 flavours). I was very happy to see it, and we bought it right away. We also got salad (and dressing) strawberry's, banana's, some meat, cereal... lotsa stuff I cannot remember... but we're going to make orange-strawberry-banana smoothies tomorrow... I'm looking forward to that!!

I'm feeling kind of off these days. Nothing seems to make me happy, I seem depressed all the time.... maybe I am. I keep meaning to call the doctor and put me back on anti-depressants, but I keep forgetting... I'll have to book an appointment with him soon to go and talk to him... I feel like shit. Rick is trying to keep me happy, but it's few and far between that I am. I don't like this feeling. I don't know how to stop it, though. Sometimes it's getting like it'll never stop. I try to focus on the positive... but there are times when I just cannot. I'm hoping it'll pass... I'm hoping it'll get better....

Oh hey, on another note (and decidedly more positive one) we heard from Michele!! She emailed us on Thursday. Her work is good so far, Bill had a working job interview on Friday (I hope that went well!!), they found a house that they move to next week. Things seem to be working well for them, and I'm glad!! I miss them like crazy!!!! But I'm happy for them. Oh, Rick found this webside (theride.ca I think) that has some pictures of M&B on them. It was cool looking through them all. I honestly never realized all the equipment they wear at times!!

Tisha wrote some new blogs lately, too. It was cool to read them and catch up with her. Hopefully she reads ours as well!!! It seems like that's the only way to keep up with her, even when we're IN the same country!!

Anyway... it's getting late. I'm going to finish off my chat with Al (the friend that took me out for dinner) and then head to bed. I didn't sleep well last night. I look forward to hopefully doing so tonight. Til later...