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| Ok so I just found a piece of paper in my room with this on it and i have a vague memory of sean giving it to me.......like last summer-ooops.Too bad I found it after the legacy of 592 has ended.Oh well-to my former roomies(and their girlfriends) I wish yas all the best on the other side of the street. Miss yas Ashley |






It's official.
Jane Caiger, BSc (Honours) Foods & Nutrition.
Peakes tonight!
Angie, this update is for you!
Final exams are upon many of us yet again. This is my second last set of finals for my undergraduate career! Who knows what next year will hold - Grad School? RD Job? Don’t ask me because I currently have NO idea.
Moncton trip with Jules to visit Angie was a blast, I had such a good time – Angie thanks for being such a great friend and for the awesome breakfast. My fave pic from the trip is below.
Gilly came home recently for her Dietetic Internship Graduation (congratulations again) and we had a blast! My fave pic of the night is below.
Classes are going well, and my honours project is taking shape. Still working on the literature review but it’s almost finished, and then in January I start collecting data. Next semester will be a busy one that’s for sure, but worth it!
Cats are doing well, Simon and Ellie are starting to include Benji a little more and as a result he is attacking them less haha! This past weekend I took my niece to see “Happy Feet” which was hilarious for all ages! I loved the movie and want to see it again.
I just finished making some Christmas cards (which have a Siamese cat on the front) for some of my professors and friends, I can’t wait – only 27 days until Christmas! That’s the only update I could muster haha - Hope it does the trick Ange!

When I choose to persue a science degree over a music degree I promised myself that I would still continue to play music, somehow, someway. It’s been almost 6 years since I’ve played an instrument on a regular basis. How did I lose my way?
At one point in time music was my life. Music was one thing I knew how do really well, I took pride in that. I took piano lessons for 5 years when I was younger, mind you I didn’t appreciate taking the lessons then, but I am really glad I stuck with it as long as I did. After moving on from the piano I started playing the Alto Sax, which I played for 6 years. Now I know how to read and play a multitude of instruments and have been craving, craving, craving playing music.
I would love to buy a sax and I will, eventually. Unfortunately the saxophone is a loud instrument and living in an apartment certainly puts a damper on owning one. It’s really funny, last Christmas a few weeks after Charles proposed he told me that he was torn between buying me a saxophone or a ring! I’m really glad we’re engaged, and I would HATE to have a sax sitting in my apartment and not be able to play it, so things did work out for the best. I love him for always wanting me to be happy.
So, Charles and I have been talking, and I am getting a piano!!! Well, not exactly, I’m getting a portable grand piano ahhhh! It’s ordered from Sobers, and it should be in within a few weeks! It’s an investment that's for sure, but I deserve it!
I looked around and researched what I wanted, you can get the keyboards in 61, 76 or the full 88 keys, I definately am getting 88 keys. Other requirements were that I needed a music stand, and seat which this model comes with! I like the sound of the smaller version, so I am sure I will like the sound of the more expensive 88 key version. I also love how the keys are weighted which will make the transition from piano to keyboard much easier.
"The DGX-505 is the top of the line in the Portable Grand series and is destined to be one of the most popular portable keyboards we’ve ever made, based on sales of the model it replaces – the DGX-500. It comes with everything shown; wooden side panels, matching wooden stand and sustain pedal. It has an attractive, easy to use panel and a wealth of features including 88 lightly weighted piano-style keys, high resolution stereo piano sample, SmartMedia storage, USB computer connectivity, a large bitmapped LCD screen capable of displaying notation and lyrics for songs, pitch bend wheel for more expressive playing of string and brass instruments, and a six-track sequencer that is designed for the utmost in simplicity; two button pushes and you’re recording. For those interested in learning to play, we’ve beefed up the “Yamaha Education Suite” (Y.E.S.) found on previous models with a new interactive version, Version IV, which includes “Your Tempo” and “Repeat & Learn” modes. Finally, the new performance assistant technology allows you to play along with songs and not make a mistake – guaranteeing even a complete beginner a rewarding musical experience!"
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I can't wait. I already have loads of sheet music ready to go, I'm getting a lot of music by Vanessa Carlton, I really like her voice and the piano score seems challenging but doable!
I feel encouraged and ecstatic!!!!!

Tonight I'm having supper with Bria and Erin, not sure where yet?
I’m starting to feel a little stressed about school, anyone else feeling stressed? I have a midterm on Monday in Clinical Nutrition which will be difficult so I’ll have to study all weekend and I have a report due for another nutrition course which is also due on Monday. I have to do a literature review for my honours project which I have to have a rough copy of by October, 30th EEP! The lit review involves reading like 100 papers and writing about the most significant, pertinent papers. I’m going to be pretty busy for the next few weeks.
I am officially done working at Resolve, I resigned, so at least I will have a few weeks of Sunday’s free to study/do homework before I get another job. After 4 years I am finally out of the call center business, thank god.
In other news, Gilly came home on Tuesday and we had a great time reminiscing about old times. Erin, Bria, Gilly and I went to 42nd street lounge for martini’s and then Gill and I continued to drink into the night… as per usual.
The Neon is currently at the shop getting inspected! Hopefully she’ll pass with flying colours! I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Here are some pics- back to homework!


Comment to be added. Fans of Helen Mirren especially welcome. :o)
Cynthia and I had a woman to woman talk day. I know it had to come sooner than later. I am proud of her. We are doing well together. Jack's attention has brought her forward in her thinking. She is adapting to Island life quickly. Cynthia is even speaking Islandise :). There is a dialect in PEI. It is acknowledged and is a part of the culture. We must continually be on our guard for exhaust. We also spent the day clearing up the excess clothing. Today it was shoes and underclothing. Cynthia also helped me with our photos. My little organizer made a marvelous job. :)
Jack had a wonderful day in Charlottetown. He drove a friend in for a medical appaointment and later lunch. Jack is making friends through others. Not one of them play golf :). Jack is starting to listen. Tonight we are thinking aloud how to honor an old friend, for his assistance to us. I do have a new husband. :) We were barely speaking a year ago. I love the new noise in our lives.
Newal is making his presence known. The twinges are familiar and welcome. Snoopy misses Zandra and comes on my walks. She has a sixth sense when the bus is due to arrive. Ever faithful the Snoopste waits at the end of the drive. As soon as she senses the bus is nigh, she stands at attention. Is there a dog any more loyal than a Lab? Probably, but this one was the pick of the litter. Off for a nap. The weather continues to be marvelous. There was discussion about St. Patrick's Day storms. In 2006, it appears that it will not happen. God bless!
today i realized that it's not sunday -- it's monday, and i missed work. i just didn't go in, because i thought it was sunday. i didn't even stop to check. and last week, i almost missed TWO classes, because i just FORGOT about them. honestly, i think i am losing my mind. i've never forgotten anything before, and there is so much stuff on my mind, i have absolutely no room left to retain anything. so instead, i just forget it all like an immature child who needs to be reminded about everything. i don't think anything could be scarier.
if there is anything i hate about amazing weekends like this one, it's the fact that it only makes it a thousand times harder to go back to life on monday... or in this case, tuesday.
sometimes i really don't know what i'm doing, or why i'm doing it... or where it's going to get me in the end. sometimes i think i was pressured into it indirectly, and sometimes i think it's because i had nothing 'better' to do. but sometimes i think that this isn't it for me... at all. i don't think i'm supposed to be here at all, and i feel like there is a much better place for me. but i have no idea where in the hell that place is -- so instead, i get through another week, and another month... and another year. and i'm scared to death because at the end of the year, i'll have nothing. i'll have a fourty-thousand dollar diploma, a serious debtload, no skills or qualifications, and what's worst of all -- no plan.
i'm not talking about here, here. i'm happy here, and i'm happy with who i am now, and i love the girls and my apartment... but i just don't see anything ahead, and it's fucking scary. sometimes i want to get away, but i'm scared to let go of what i've had forever, and i have no idea what i would do, or where i would go... or with whom. i hate it all. honestly, i wish i was twelve again. i would have never thought at twelve that i'd probably be the happiest i've ever been.
sometimes i just wanna say "fuck it" and disappoint everyone because i know they're only going through the motions of caring. i know they don't know why i'm doing it, or where it will get me. i sometimes don't even know why i'm here myself. i want to be that sloth we saw on 20/20 on friday. i hate all this running around, and forgetting everything, and having to make up excuses for being a plain idiot and missing work, and i wish i lived in a place where time was irrelevant, and there were no schedules... and your life was just a day-to-day thing. i fucking hate all the constraints. i wish i could live at the beach and never worry about being disturbed. as long as i had someone to talk to, i would be happier than ever.
i feel like i have no idea how people see me, or how i want to be seen... and i don't know yet if i like the person i am, or if people like me for the genuine person i am. i sometimes question virtually every friendship in my life and wonder what the motivations for each are -- on both parts. i realize i'm making zero sense, but i'm just totally frustrated. i feel like any friend i have is a friend of a friend, and that if i walked away tomorrow, i'd lose them all... but at the same time, i feel like they're the only ones who care. i wonder if i'll ever stop feeling like i'm an outsider and actually feel like i'm a real friend. i feel like any real friendship i've made on my own (with the exception of katherine, of course) is completely baseless and fake and rotten... i feel like because i'm not that kind of person, i'll never quite be up to the platform i've elevated you to, i'll never really be "up to standards." so many people that i've loved and known since childhood have changed entirely, and i feel like i'm still the same, and because i haven't changed, too -- i'm just out of luck, and honestly nothing makes me more sad.
i love the kind of day where you wake up with absolutely no plan in mind, and go to bed thinking it was the best day of your life. i want that kind of day more than once a year -- or less. i want that kind of day all the time. it's really not fair. i feel like there are absolutely no surprises left in life.
this is why i should have barricaded myself in the library all weekend. i've done no homework and i have a million deadlines to meet, and i've lost all desire to even try. i would honestly love for someone to just quit life and come on a roadtrip that never ends with me.
the scary thing is, i'm dead serious.
- frosty treat closes for the season tonight at 10. i'm heartbroken. how many things did i not do this summer? frosty treat, pet the llamas, campfire at the beach... :( it's been a pretty sad summer. all i wanted was a raspberry frozen yogurt in a waffle cone. i'm so sad!
- wootwoot for gas going down... the economy rules!
- last night i went to see the final "anne of green gables" -- it was amazing. aside from the weirdos on the corner with the "hugs are free" signs... i had to avoid that shit.
- tara and i are pool champions and we're going to start a pool league in law school. can you believe i actually WON a game?
- six days until turkeyfest, bitches.
pace.
after keeping us up last night, and waking us up at 5 am! Nate takes a nap on the couch.

Kelli on her 1st birthday (boy oh boy does Nate ever look like his Mommy)

The colour is called earthy brown, it's not the exact yarn the pattern calls for, but I guess patons doesn't make Shetland Chunky ragg K.W.anymore ? But according to this site it's the same weight so it should work out. (I did a swatch, and I got gauge!!! :)

I made them with patons sws yarn bought at Leisure world. I seem to be shopping there a lot. It's a little more expensive but I've been a more than a little peed off with Michael's lately, I went in there with my 50% off coupon, thinking I could use it on some yarn, but every ball was marked down just enough so you couldn't use it! So I thought alright I'll use it on a magazine? not anymore! Michael's has put so many restrictions on the coupons there was not one thing I could use it on. (Sorry for the rant.)but really, why even bother giving out coupons at all.

The Newfoundland Mittens.
patternhere
and another version of it here and my favourite one
I modified the pattern slightly, on the 5th rounds, I dropped the contrasting colour and picked up the main colour and knit the knit stitches and continued to slip the slip sts



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