I heart My So-Called Life!

I am reminiscing this thursday about My So-Called Life because sometimes it's just fun to reminsce about the good ol' times (on TVland)!

Remember when Jordan kissed Angela in the hallway and it was so exciting and then they walked hand in hand down the hallway (and the next couple of episodes Angela was cutting classes?!)Oh Jordan Catalano! I so wanted to be Angela, the angst of teenage life and the beautiful teenage guy band member who owned a red car and had dyslexia!

 i was never sure why they cancelled the show...i jsut remember it was too sudden and abrupt for my liking.  I believe like a lot of fans like myself there was no closure and i wish there was for my sake! Makes me wonder what Angela and Jordan are up to?

Did you watch Jordan and Angela?
Were you devastasted when it was no longer?

Life is a series of Moments!

There was supposed to be a snow amarmagaddon where I am visiting in Canada but it never did come as much as they predicted. It's been great being back home. I almost forgot how to drive in all that snow. I really didn't think i needed this but it's been fun spending some quality time before the wedding. Yesterday my niece and I went for some lunch at a restaurant called Moxie's. We ordered some fantastic food and really enjoyed our afternoon. Then in the evening we pulled out some old archived videos of the family and had a ball watching it into the wee hours of the night. Do you ever look at the young version of yourself like in your teen days and smile at all the awkwardness that you thought was cool beyond words. In this one video I was decked out in this flowu skirt, laced up top under a jacket that looked like a nice bed comforter! I was rocking this outfit at a wedding and looking and feeling good and having a ball dancing away! That part of me hasn't changed. I'm still a dancing queen! Watching the video reminded me of the reason I wanted Mr. Pancakes and I to have a wedding reception after all so that our families can come together where we can make memories to add to our moments! Growin up I remembered a lot of parties and get togethers at my house and the videos confirmed that enjoying each others company as a family is really what life is all about! Coming together to celebrate birthdays, graduations, baptisms, summer bbqs, weddings and funerals and just comin together as a family is what life is all about. I heard someone say that life is a series of memories and watching videos last night and coming home has definitely reminded me of this! Can't wait to add the wedding to another series of family memories!

Got My Gucci Fixed!

I made the almost hour trek out to the fancy frames place to get my glasses fixed...The Frame Mender.com! I got there, the older gentleman wearing spectacles of course took my glasses and told me how much it would cost and asked me to wait. I sat down and didn't even have time to pick up a magazine and decide on an article when he called me. I was afraid he would tell me it couldn't be fixed; Hold and be hold, he fixed it for me in less than five minutes. I left the frame menders a definite satisfied customer! There is still some sun out in my area so i have my Guccis back on, just in time!

HAPPY OCTOBER

HAPPY OCTOBER FELLOW BLOGGERS!

I cannot believe a month has already passed since i started blogging and i have more to say!

I attended my first Married/Enegaged Couples Ministry at my church today and i had such a blast.

I will share some of the things i learned in my session tomorrow.

It's amazing how fun and funny church folk can be sometimes...i forget sometimes that just because someone attends church and is a member of a board and or ministry at church doesn't mean they do not know how to have fun! Anyway more tomorrow.  Off to bed! 

Again HAPPY OCTOBER BLOGGERS!  

A new month begins and new experiences awaits!

A Whole New World...

At first i wasn't sure about this whole bloggin' world but so far, i am enjoying it!
Other bloggers are definitely willing to help with opionions and suggestions and it allows me to live outside of my head which has been fantastic.  It has been a growing process thus far.   Bloggin' has become more therapeutic in the last couple of weeks than i thought.  Thanks to all the new bloggers that i am meeting and ones that i am going to meet.  My Pastor always talks about having a heart of expectancy and so i am expecting great and fantastic things to happen while i continue to blog.  Bloggin' has opened up a whole new way for me to express myself without judgement! Initially, i felt as if i was CHEATING on my journal (i have been journalling since i can remember) but this is just a different outlet for me as i come into my adulthood--wife/mother.  Thanks Ms. YUMMama and MsBabyPlan for the awards...still figuring how all of this stuff works but i hope to get there someday soon. A Whole New World....think Aladdin and Princess Jasmine!

Making Wish Lists

There is a movie on Lifetime which has led me to reflect on 'wish lists' and making lists of wishes we want.  Like how on my wedding planning wish list includes a wedding fairly godmother to sprinkle some fairy dust on my wedding day and it will happen without me having to lift a finger. Anyone know one of those? But i digress, the premise of this movie is about an organized lady who decides to make a list of the criteria of the man she is looking for and ends up meeting a man that has none of the criterias on her list, leading her to the belief that sometimes the man that you are looking for is not necessarily part of the master plan.  It's a cute premise and movie but also true to reality because a lot of women (and perhaps men) do this, make lists of characteristics we want in a mate.  Some of us may actually put pen to paper when making our lists ( i did once) and or have the list in our mind.  However we do it, we all have the characteristics on the list: his height, his eye colour, type of job, funny, rubs my back, enjoys sports, will play scrabble with me and so on and so forth.  Lists are important because it focuses one on their goals and and the steps to achieving them however it can stifle our ability to go with the flow and allow the higher powers to do what it does. In my case, making a list of the characteristics i wanted in a future mate was significant in focusing me on what i liked and didn't like in a partner.  And in the end, i found in Mr. Pancakes most of the characteristics i wanted in a partner but other characteristics were definitely not on my list and truth be told, I met my perfect match.  The moral of the story is wish lists are important (whether you write them down or have them in your head) because it helps you focus on likes/dislikes however sometimes when universe sends you something different in your way, open your arms and receive it because in the end the master plan has already been written!

Labor Day

I am lying in bed on this glorious labor day morning as Mr. Pancakes is making us a pancake breakfast, of course i am smiling and thinking about the workout I need to do today to balance the eating of pancakes. Eating and exercise, it's definitely a give and take. But I digress because I wanted to reflect on labor day a little. I grew up in Canada so for me Labour Day and not Labor Day signified day before first day of school. The first day of school outfit, shoes,backpack with new school supplies, the binders and pens were always my favourite. Being excited about seeing friends that you hadn't seen for the entire summer, wanting to share all the exciting things you've been up to. Meeting your new teacher for the first time hoping it's not going to be mean one, seeing the classroom for the first time, which one of your friends is going to be in your class. Need I mention the first recess when it all felt real to be back in school, the laughter, the stories and gossip and just being with your favourite people at least for the first couple of days. The first assignment was always entitled:My Summer Vacation! If I had to write that assignment now, it would go something like this: This summer I worked a lot of hours. I went to North Carolina with Mr. Pancakes where he proposed with a beautiful ring and asked me to be his future Mrs. Pancakes. We started planning the wedding. I went to Rohobeth beach with my girls and pledged that we will always take trips together. My summer vacation was not really a vacation but it was filled with lots of fun and exciting moments! Those were the days! The day before labour is definitely more exciting for kids who are excited about returning to school. For me labour day now is about having an extra long weekend, relaxing with Mr. Pancakes and reminiscing about those good old first day of school excitement.