The REAL Deal!

So I have eaten a fair bit of Chinese food in my life time. Its good stuff! I usually get it packed away in the round tinfoil like containers or like these here: I also watch tv, and felt so ripped off when the people on TV use the cute little take out boxes. They are so neat looking, it made me jelous to see them eating out of their cute little containers with chopsticks -- I can use chopsticks, but its not the same.
Well, Tony found me a place that puts their food in those AWESOME boxes! I went with him more for the box than the food, however the spicy Thai Pad noodles were awesome. Coconut Noodle Express has won my heart!


Boo to all the places with the tinfoil or Styrofoam containers, these are the best! This makes living in Vancouver better :)

halloween....

It consisted of us eating mini chocolate bars and watching dvds. nothing crazy happened. Tony did carve a pumpkin with 2 other friends at work. Now, you may see his creation.
When he described it to me on the phone, I pictured something way worse. I like its ears.

o rly?

I was making dinner last night, and I heard a bunch of giggling and snorting.
Didnt know what was so funny.
Tony was sitting there hysterically laughing, he even snorted.
The boy was so excited to show me this picture. (keep in mind his favourite animals are birds).


And now I present to you what Tony thinks is the CUTEST picture EVER!!!!
(Only Aria might get this picture by the way)



He is giggling as I post this, this picture has replaced our wedding picture on his desktop now...

The day mik came to town!

So I haven't done this in a while! Man!
So Mikaela came for the weekend last weekend.
She slept on my new couch.
She liked the couch!
We wore our fake hair!
We watched Recess! Oh man I missed that show!
Ate mac and cheese and weenies and soup and had fun!
Went shopping at metrotown. It was great! She had so much fun.
Surprised her by walking into build a bear and asked her to make one.
She loved the whole build a bear experience, I recommend it to everyone--yes its for kids, but man its cute and so fun!
She has a picture of her and her bear. She had that bear with her the rest of the weekend.
It was cute.
Then she got picked up and went home.
Work is alright, it kinda sucks, and only because I dont know everything and hate not knowing.
Here are some entertaining pictures of us! (and the new slippers Mik bought this for herself)

Fake hair!!!! Oh I love those wig things! I shall wear mine to work!

What makes me smile?

1. a blustery day
2. Mikaela's fashion show after a day of shopping
3. being in Aria's fort
4. farting silently and seeing somone else get blamed hehehe
5. Watching Tony's facial expression when he watches the birds, or when hes watching his new favourite movie "Happy feet"
6. Smiffy's cackling noise when she sees the birds
7. The flowers my husband gave me after my crappy friday

Those are my 7 happy things right now....hehehe its been an interesting week.
***Pictures of my pink hair and Mik's blue hair are for tomorrow!***

After dinner games....

So thanksgiving was lovely! We went to my parents place and had a huge dinner! Matt and Katie and Grandma Abrahams were all there as well. We were all kinda being silly (I think it was the turkey). The silliness went from making the crystal glasses sing, to showing everyone at the table you weird body tricks --- Aria's magic thumb, Tony's weird thumb, Katies funny face noises, Mikaela's eyebrows, and my great trick of really nothing. I am not double jointed or crazy eyed, or nothing. Oh well, its fun to watch them all do weird things.
Oh and then the clean up fun-- more like clean up torture. Even as the photographer, I got nailed a few times. I was unarmed and everything.

Katie got a bad one from Aria on her thigh...she was down for the count. Aria had a lot of practice in YWAM so she did dominate the kitchen. Someone got me right above my knee and it stung! They did try and gang up on Aria, but it was unsuccessful. I am tired, turkey tends to have a nice sophorific effect of me. I am going to watch tv, goodnight!

Moved in kinda...

I have offically moved into our own apt!!
YAY!
Tony walked in looked around and then looked shocked and said "We should have gotten a studio apartment, I am so not used to all this space." He was right in a way, it feels huge here. We had been trapped in a tiny bedroom for too long.
So, its nice. Got everything moved in a few car loads. Beth came with the car and we packed and cleaned. Then we went to the wack to pick up some dishes and wedding presents, the car was so weighed down then. Mom sent us with a big box of food--Thank you Momma again! We needed it!
I finally got to play with some cool wedding presents!! hehe new dishes are cool! wow, I am a dork.
Set up the bathroom and kitchen. I shall now show you a suprise that I found as I opened the drawer under the oven.

mmm grease and french fries and burnt bits....thanks messy lady before us. Oh well. To combat this evil, I came prepaired!

Take that evil dirt! Me and Mr Clean can Take you!!!!
So here is another picture of my kitchen after it was cleaned.

Its kinda small, but its not bad. I made spaghetti last night, kinda just so I could use the pots and pans and all my cool stuff.

The ipod came on another adventure, this time it was providing excellent music to rock/cook to.
oh, and those mms are all pink! I love them!

I would talk more pictures but its too dark now, and the cellphone camera is just black.
(that one pic of the i pod and Tony in the background, well thats all we have in the living room, the desk and computer and boxes). I have a blanket on the ground, and its like having a picnic inside at dinner time lol.

Anyways, I shall go to bed now, I will be posting more pics of my apt later--the picnic spot! and our lovely view of the alley tomorrow.

KEYS!!!

I has the keys!!! All 8 of them!!!
WOOOOO almost time to move in!!!
Saturday is moving day!!! YAY!!!
NO MORE SMELLY ROOMMATES!!!

my new favourite show.... and other things...

Ugly Betty!!!!
Cant help but love the bushy eyebrows and fierce orthodontia shes got going on. Reminds me of mean girls and the devil wears prada.
Went to work for the first day. It was slow, boring and the best part was the free drinks they give all their employees. Vending machines, coffee, juice and water all free. I drank all day. I didn't eat anything. I don't like eating in front of people that I don't really know, I just feel weird. I hardly ate anything on my wedding day. I so wanted to, but I couldn't, but then I was just stressed out too.

Learned about what you can and cannot sell on eBay. Cannot sell body parts, weapons, nazi paraphernalia, amongst other things. Cant believe people would sell that stuff anyways, but oh well. Pay pal is your friend apparently and I might just try it out. I haven't actually ever bought or sold anything on eBay, just looked around. I am too chicken. I might scope something out and buy it infront of the class when we learn all that stuff. I am in need of a new purse...hmmm....

What else is new...havent fought for the blankets in a while, Tony seems to share now. He hasnt taken all the pillows in a while either. The pipes make weird humming/ groaning noises when the hot water runs. Its weird and gets pretty loud. Anyone know how to fix creepy pipe noises?

Almost done this month, sooo ready to be moving into my own place! I am soo excited about doing that! I am gonna go and watch another episode of Betty. Ta Ta!

Pigeon Tamer Extrodinare!!!

Yes, there is such a thing as a pigeon tamer. Fierce scraggly blonde hair, walked with a limp, had a little crazy look in his eye. His pigeon, creeped along his back, and across his shoulders. Pigeon even cuddled his neck. You should have seen Tony's expression when he saw it. You see, my husband loves birds. All birds. He giggles when he sees pigeons or robins on the street. He loves to see them hop around or chase each other.
He told me that one day he shall train a bird. He said that he will train a budgie. Closest he got to training one, was he said that it would hop on his shoulder and then fly off. Yes....we shall see, one day I might have a BUDGIE Tamer!!! oooooohhhh! But, yes, that was what we saw, crazy guy and his pet. Blech, all the bird poop and disease that thing had made me a little grossed out. This all went down in Gastown while walking to the spaghetti factory. mmm I had lasagna, and it was so good.

Going to orientation tomorrow for work, don't know what happens, probably a tour of the place and the rules. Its three hours long ish :P then I get to go home to Chilliwack.

Got really bored today, bought cookie dough from a package and made it. I personally would have loved to eat the dough, but after a few bites, I realized that its probably really bad for me. I baked them and they are on a plate for the rest of the roommates here. They are boys, they should eat them. I hope...

kinda lonely

kinda just feel lonely here. I don't start work for another week, and I have nothing to do. Cant bake, cant really cook anything. Theres no place to store food or freeze it and tonys roommates take up most of the space in the fridge/freezer. I am only here another 2 weeks before we get our own place, but it feels like forever.
I get sooo bored. Been through a season of house and Malcolm in the middle and am getting sick of being around. Walks by myself are boring, and I forgot my i pod cord to charge it.
I don't know...I don't wanna go shopping and spend money. I guess I could finish making cards, but I am sick of sitting inside.
I dont know, i guess I am feeling lonely/bored.
I am gonna stare at the ceiling for a while.

Wedding Pictures

As you can see by the title, I have posted some new wedding pictures for anyone who's interested. There are way lots more that I shall have to scan and put on, these are digital taken by my friend Dave (Stephanie's boyfriend...shes the redheaded bridesmaid).
I have ceremony pictures, and more formals, and I am being pressured to get off my computer so someone can use it to play the Sims2. Its only my computer, but its alright, its coming to Vancouver with me on Sunday!!! yay! I have so missed it.
So without further ado, wedding pictures!


Aww the boys looked soo cute. Earl is on the left and the Matt is on the right, hes the best man.

Earl, Matt, Tony, Me, Aria (maid of honor) Stephanie and Mikaela.
It was sprinkling outside, but not too bad. My friends were text messaging me all morning because it started raining. I had like 21 msgs in my inbox on my phone. They were all concerned. It was cute. I wasnt too worried about the rain. I was only concerned about it raining during the ceremony (which it didnt, thank you God).

I wasnt paying attention lol

Thank goodness I was sitting on plastic, my parents think of everything when they take pictures.

It was sooo windy on the docks. Poor girls were soo cold. The boys gave up their jackets for us for a while. Mikaela got my shawl.

Blowing in the wind.

Right after the ceremony we took family pictures....lthese are my grandparents from alberta.

me and my daddy

The family :)

So that is the end for now, maybe tonight I shall resize more and upload them. Hoped you had fun seeing them.

Value Village!!

We were shopping in chilliwack with Mikaela, Mom, Aria and Tony.

Went to the mall, and then went to value village to try and find Mikaela pants.

Me, Aria and Tony were a little bored...I personally love looking at the fur coats they have, and all the weird knicknacks. We got a little carried away. Oh and Halloween commeth, and that brings all the tacky costumes to that thrift shop! Oh man, even if they didnt have the cheap costumes, they still have awesome clothes to dress up in. My Aunty Laura bought us crazy clothes that sparkled and glittered from there to dress up in when we were little.

Here is our photoshoot that we took there :

I wonder how many animals it took to make this coat look good....

OLA!

Work it Aria!

Swords!!!

Aria has more of these :) see ya all later :)

wedding pictures...

it is finally finished! I am kinda glad the whole wedding thing is done, Tony is too.
It was lots of fun and stress, but it was great.
I am not the kind of person to have a lot of people always watching me, so it was a little scary at times.

Now, what you have all been waiting for, some formal pictures from our photo shoot. Stephanie's (bridesmaid) boyfriend Dave took these. My Dad took the ones on film, so they are not developed yet.

***Due to technical difficulty, the pictures are not loading, my other computer is in chilliwack***

I shall post them later :( or you can try this link to them:
http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/mirandatony/?action=view&current=IMG_2286.jpg

kurtas

She really should post her india stuff on her blog, but since she hasnt, I shall show you her neat clothes from india.
Some have bits of mould that wont come out ever, but they are still pretty.
Kurtas are what they are.
She had to wear them every day she was out there I think.
I wore her favourite one with the black fat fisherman pants (which were amazingly comfortable).
Mik wore the pretty blue pants one and aria wore the one with mould on it a little.
So pretty.

now with PICTURES!!!

My blog has been pretty boring with no pictures, so here we go!
Been pretty busy planning the wedding, but I had to show you some new additions to the family.

Davy is the light brown one, davy is short for Davy Jones.
Then we have little Jack (Captain Jack Sparrow) and Elizabeth. Jack is the little black guy.
They are cute. Davy freaks me out a little with his big kickers.

It was my dads birthday today.
Ran out of candles, so he got a very lovely red flower candle on his favorite cake.


You can tell you are getting old when.....oh man. He should probably get glasses soon lol.
Happy Birthday Daddy!

Isn't she lovely? ya, dinner will not be the same without them that is for sure.
Aria made me a very awesome sideshow, it made me cry.
I will probably cry when I see it again on Sunday, I am hoping not though.

Anyways, that is all for now. I shall post more most likely after the wedding...

sooo busy...

so since aria has been home, we have been immersed in wedding details.
so much to do :P ugh...I will be happy the day of and probably glad when its all done.
get to wrap party favors and make little things.
too busy right now though. I will post the picutures when its all said and done.
I am going to go out and go shopping for more stuff now :P

Shes on the Plane!!!

She just emailed to say she was leaving! Shes coming tomorrow! Very EXCITED!!!! We are probably gonna be at the airport a few hours early just in case. Got presents for her today. Me and Mik went shopping at the mall. Mik did well, no whining and she was wonderful. Man that girl can talk me into spending all kinds of money :P I had fun though.

Maybe I should clean my room now that aria is returning. Hmmmmmm I can do that later. I could pack more of my stuff too, but I hate packing. Such a procrastinator I am.

Bah I will never get it done tomorrow, so off to clean I go.

whats this?

Could it be???? We were told a package from aria would arrive, and we thought it was stuck in customs, but no, it finally came! Aria has to be here first before we can open it :( *sigh* oh well.
Its neat looking, pretty primitive. It was sealed in wax dots all along the seams, and its a cloth like material on the outside.

He he I cant wait to open it! Aria is home on the 5th!

the UPS man came!

Mikaela is gone to camp, so it is just the three of us at home :) Dad went to work, and my mother and I were watching some sort of tv show when the doorbell rang. Thinking it was mikaelas friends wanting her to play, I answered and was suprised! the UPS man was on my doorstep with a package for me! WOOOO the mac stuff is here!
This is what I ordered Jennifer :

3 brushes, and the seedy pearl eyeshadow. I had ordered one more thing, but forgot it, and its coming in a few days I expect :) FUN FUN FUN! *I also added my face primer with sunscreen stuff in it. Got that a little while ago.*

more weekend fun

Mom and Dad took us to Vancouver to check out places to live. We didn't have much luck. Called a bunch of places, left messages, got nothing. Checked out a bachelor suite. I figured it would be small, but I had to see it. It was half my bedroom with a kitchen, and the kitchen is like a converted closet. The bathroom in that place was up the stairs on the next floor. When you walked up the steps, you felt like you might fall through the green fake carpet through the rotted stairs. yay! We shall see what God has in store however and I trust that he will take care of this.

Went to a Mexican food place in Vancouver, it was YUMMY! had a chicken chimmichanga! it was sooo good!

When everyone eats beans on the way home however, makes for an interesting ride back. the windows were rolled down some of the time.

I ordered some really neat mac makeup and am getting it soon! hehehe makes me excited!

the weekend...

Was busy! Did makeup with Jennifer on Friday, learned a ton...and then proceeded to purchase some things from mac online and I cant wait to do it all :) Thank you again Jennifer for hanging out and showing me cool tricks! hehehe. Checked out the newspaper for apartments and was very disappointed in finding nothing that was cheaper or close to where we want to live in Vancouver :P frustrating. Checked the craigslist and responded to ads, however have no response to any emails. More frustrating! ARG!
Hmmm....scanned a ton of pictures to the computer for wedding stuff. Got flowers sorted out, must now get a place to live still, read the rest of harry potter 7 before anyone spoils anymore of it (stupid la senza sales lady). I was up till 2 am reading it because I wanted desperately to finish in a day, and that hasn't happened, but hopefully will tonight.
Up until the wedding will be sooo busy, and I am stressing out, but its ok. things are getting done kinda.

Going to find something entertaining for you all. My last pictures weren't that great.
Oh, and my parents rented "Breach" and it was very interesting if you are into fbi spy movies.

This was when we were making the invitations...I almost got him in the face with a red fingerprint hehe.

I have more pics later to post, but not yet...

The flood that never came...

This is what we did to prepair for the flood that might have hit us. Thankgoodness it didnt, cause the shower exploding poo water was bad enough, and I cant imagine what a whole basement of water would be like :P

So, Mom, Dad, and I moved everything from storage and all the valueable basement items upstairs. The only place to put everything was Aria's room because shes not here :D

The cat loved sitting up high supervising. They went nuts while we moved, they raced around the house and chased eachother. Kiwi was wiped out and fell asleep on my lap right after. Smiff got lost downstairs and cried helplessly until mik found her.

She hates moving.

Mosquito's and more

Bah!!! Silly internet explorer 7 will not load any other windows right now, so I shall just have to wait until later to try and make more comments.

Work was boring, the americans have their holiday, which is not one day but probably going to last until monday. Man, its almost like Christmas for them again but in July.

Soooo what else does July have? The harry potter movie and book! I AM SOOO EXCITED!!!! Also, Family BBQ is coming up, I am excited about that as well, get to see all you long lost cousins again.

Mikaela's bday and Aria's Bday are coming up...what do they want? hmmm....must find something quick, Miks is coming up soon.
The mosquitos are all over the place, I hate them! They greet me in the morning as I leave my house and sing in my ears when I try and sleep. Man, I regret taking down my netting that hung over my bed. I might use that stupid electric zapper and keep it next to my bed at night. I really hate that thing, but it works. Those bugs make a nice sizzling noise whent hey get hit, sometimes they pop.

So, I shall have some pictures to post later on, I dont have any new ones yet :P