I love the rain!

It's been too damn hot here lately so the rain today is such a good relief! It is so nice just to sit here and watch the rain! I love the days were I can just relax in my sweatpants, curl up under a blanket and just read a book, or play on the net! I missed these days. Welcome back rain!!

Let's hurry up and get things started already!!!!

Here I go waiting again!!!! I am waiting to hear back on the dozens of jobs that I have applied for. I am waiting for the immigration department to give Max the work permit he needs so that he can find a job and get his career on the way. I am waiting to see what kind of house we will be able to get once we get established in at least one of these jobs, so that I can leave the coffee house and it's drama (OHHHH THE DRAMA!) behind and start on something that I will find intellectually stimulating.

Ahhh, some normalcy!!

Well it's getting pretty damn close. One more night in the airbed and Max and I (we have been sleeping separately) can have our bed back! His mom and dad leave tomorrow. In all reality it wasn't as bad as I thought that it would be. My mother-in-law can be rather nice when she is relaxed. She has even made the comment that she doesn't really want to go back home tomorrow. I guess I can take that as a complement!!

I am really looking forward to calming down and settling in. Max has already booked his ticket back here for the 9th of September. So that means I get the bed to myself for over a month and then it's back to cohabitating bliss!

Singing the coffee shop blues!

Well all is not well at the coffee shop, business is slow and well quite frankly I am getting bored. Plus the usual stuff that goes on here is starting to make me go crazy!

It's getting closer!!!

So it's now starting to get down to the nitty gritty. Max's sister and boyfriend are going to be here on Saturday, which is starting to get me all excited it's only a matter of time and his parents and the rest of his family are going to be here!! Not only that but we have officially started the immigration process as well.!

I'm bored so here a Meme!

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
On my knee I have three of them, from a knee surgery when I was 13
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Nothing much other than my high school diploma and some pictures.
3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?
It’s a Motorola, although I think that I am going to get razor soon
4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO?
All sorts of music, anything that makes me tap my feet or sing along
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
Yes I do, 7:26 in the evening
6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
Tie: a good job for me and a good job for Max
7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
Snow.
8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
My husband.
9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SMELL?
My husband.
10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
Yes.
11. DO YOU GET SCARED OF THE DARK?
Yes, if I am in a strange place
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?
Enternity Love… can’t get it Canada
14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Long hair
15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING PROPOSED TO AT?
The airport, because that is where it happend
16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS?
Ironically enough, neither, even though I am a manager of a coffee shop!
17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
Cheese
18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Ice Cream
19. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
Probably Max
20. DO YOU SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE?
Yeah, woman, it’s much different from man!! I do speak some Swedish
21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU (OF THE OPPOSITE SEX):
A gold chain.
22. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
Yeah, my husband
23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
Nope, don’t think so
24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
I have no idea, I like Burberry scarves!
25. WHAT`S YOUR DREAM CAR?
A Mercedes Benz convertable
27. WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR DREAMS?
To move out of my mother’s basement.
29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
Tell ‘em outright.
30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:
Twenty-seven
31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
Brunettes
32. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL MOST OFTEN?
Home
33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
”Fucktards”
34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF CANADA?
Yes, been to Europe many times
35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Procrastination
36. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?
In Canada, In Alberta
37. FIRST JOB?
Depends, babysitting is not on my resume, Innisfail Meat Packers is
38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
Hell yeah
39. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS SURVEY?
Watching the news
40. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Butt reduction, tummy tuck, and a breast reduction (or at least make’em perky!)
41. WHY DID YOU FILL OUT THIS SURVEY?
Because I was bored and thought it would be fun to put on my blog
42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
Ahhhhh, I guess that I am so thoughtful
43. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
Wouldn’t hurt my feelings very much, but I would have to admit my birthday would be rather boring
44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Couldn’t tell yah, it’s like 6 months away!
45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
Two, hopefully twins, get it all done in one shot.
46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
I was named after a jewelry box.
47. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
All the time
48. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVORITE?
My pinkies
49. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
On Saturday, when I found out I got my last course for my degree.
50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Yes, when it looks nice.
51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Honey ham or roast turkey
52. ANY BAD HABITS?
Too many to list here, swearing is one.
53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
Quite a few, the Eurovision ones.
54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yeah, because I think people are attracted to those who are more crazier than who they are.
55. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?
Yeah, I probably told my mother too!
56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
No, but impressions do!
57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
I swear
58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
Sweden
59. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?
No not really, I’m a skeptic.
60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
I have no idea
61. WHAT ARE THE FIRST THREE NUMBERS IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
403
62??
?
63. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
All the time, it’s a must.
64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
Yeah, it was the nineties and it was the thing to do at the time
65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY?
Brains
66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
Moose, Michi
68. DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Depends on the shoes.
69. WHO IS YOUR CRUSH?
Max
70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Vanilla, because you can add anything to it.
71. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT ON A DATE?
Friday night, dinner and a movie with Max
72. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?
Blue, Yellow and White
73. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
None, lost them when I was 17
74. WHO/WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW?
You just asked that, I don’t know
75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Sure! Fun for everyone!
76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
The TV
77. LAST THING YOU ATE?
Pizza, about 20 minutes ago
78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Ahhhh, I think it was Max.
79. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Humor
80. FAVORITE THOUGHT PROVOKING SONG?
Comfortably numb
81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE:
Stupidity
82. FAVORITE DRINK?
Non-alcoholic: Pepsi Alcoholic: Paralyzer or Dacquri
83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN:
Capricorn
84. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?
Skiing
85. HAIR COLOR?
Right now? ½ brown and ½ black
86. EYE COLOR?
Hazel
87. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES?
Yes and contacts as well
88. SIBLINGS?
Nope, unless you count the dog
89. FAVORITE MONTH?
December, I love snow!
90. YOU LIKE SUSHI?
Yes, who wouldn’t??
91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
America’s Got Talent (Max’s choice not mine!)
92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
My birthday! It’s New Years Eve!
93. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
No, I asked Max out!
94. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter, definitely winter!
95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Both!
96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Just Max, and one other guy but I was only 14!
97. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
I haven’t got a clue
98. WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Ditto
99. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
Morley and Me and Clearing the Aisle
100. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
Yes, I should hop Max!!

Enough with the heat already!

It is so hot right now!!! Pretty much everyone here has taken refuge in the basement because it is the only place in the house in which you can sit and not bake to death. AHHHHH, I can't wait for the snow!

Lazy days of summer!

Yeah this sucks!! Here I am stuck at work because if I don't get 40 hours in someone is going to complain and well I don't like the sound of that, but yet I have this yearning to be out and about so to speak.

The weather is realtively nice, by that I mean that it is nice but in a way a bit too hot for my liking!! My husband is here for the summer and well I always want to be doing something with him because it always seems like time is so short with him.

Plus there is this degree of freedom that I feel that I have never felt before, I don't have to go to school any more. I can sit back and relax, I don't have to look at everything so critically anymore, I can take things as they are and not analyze the heck out of it, or I can analyze the way that I want to and not how some else does!!

Well I guess that I should get back to work and do something, or better yet what I should do is something that makes me look like I am busy but in all reality I am not, I killed two hours this morning doing that. It was rather fun!

Glad that I didn't decide to do this on my own!

Well I can't say that business is good. I am lucky if I make enough money to cover my own salary let alone three others!!! I am pretty happy that I decided to do this because now I know.

So how on earth do I get more people in here? We are in a good location (could be better like on main street, but at least we have tons of parking!), it just seems as though we aren't getting in the people that we could. GRRRRR

Thank you note hell!

I just got home and just realized oh shit! It's been a week since my bridal shower and I still haven't gotten my thank you notes done!! Guess what I am doing tonight!!

Immigration ain't so hard!!

So I'm sorry that I haven't had the time lately to post about our little trip down to an immigration expert. It was an interesting experience. The guy totally sounds like he knows something which is nice because when you are dealing with this sort of bureaucracy it's easy to get the wrong information. So for about $2500 CDN my husband will be able to live here full time in hopefully seven to eight months time. Pretty cool eh! As it turns out we could have gotten this all started back in September when we got married and he could have been here by now. The other good news that we found out is that if he can find a company that is willing to do all the paper work involved to get a work permit he can do that as well while he is waiting for landed immigrant status! YAHHHHH!!

Finally things seem to be coming together, now if I could only find a job related to my education!!!

OOOOhhhh now what do I do!!!!

Wow this is it. This is the first summer in a very long time where I didn't have a course looming over my head! It's so strange, it's like I don't know what to do with myself!!! I have a whole shelf of books to be read, three rubbermaid totes full of wool waiting to be knitted ( yeah I learned how to knit when I was about 8 and now I make blankies and mitts for everyone I know) and a very very full time husband!! Yet I still feel like I should be doing something else. But then again I think to myself that his little sister and her boyfriend are going to be here in a weeks time, trust me it's going to keep me occupied for the next three weeks, then his parents, an aunt and uncle, an older half-sister, and a cousin to contend with. Yes I think this will be very interesting indeed!

I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recieved an e-mail from my prof today and he told me that I passed my Religious Studies course, so this means that I GET TO GRADUATE!!!!!!!! I will walk in November!!!!!! I can't believe this! I swear I must be dreaming!! YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Michelle B.A.

Ohhh has a nice ring to it doesn't it!!