My weekend.

Well, I am gone to vancouver for the weekend. For missionsfest.
Hopefully it will be enlightening and fun.
I am seriously doubting the latter seeing as my body hurts in many different places and the word fun right now is not in my vocabulary.
But we will see.

I had my audition for the choir today. It was..good? I got in, if that means anything.
It was my first time going into KCS in so long. It had not changed at all. Which brings me to my next point.
I am so glad I did not have to go to school, cause if I had I would have gone there and it would have drained my creativity and spirit. Not saying the place is bad, just not meant for me.

So anyway. Have fun this weekend. I will be back and when I do come home expect a..
Picture Post!( I am not done one in a long time and it is way overdue)
A post about my burns..(HA Jill, you are not the only one who gets burned, takes pictures, then blogs about it.)

Oh I just LOVE my life right now.

I want to go back to grade 4 when I didn't have to worry about anything..and I didn't have any friends except my brothers and their friends.

Every time me and Matthew Tootsie talk about Starbucks he rants on and on about the Carmel Mochiato(Like I know how to spell those italian words). And every time he talks about it I put it away in my mental notebook to try one. Of course anybody who knows me know that I am the worst memory ever so I never remember to order it when I actually get there.
Well, that changed last week. It was like an epihany, I walked in and I remembered and I ordered and...it tasted nasty.
Although being my mothers daughter(can you recall the 'pink panther' incident) I kept sipping away at it cause maybe just maybe it would change and I would love it. I even went the pains of hiding the drink in my coat as I walked into Timmys and then putting a timmys cup overtop so nobody would notice..it was gross it was a waste of 4 dollars(I don't remember how much it cost but is must have been around there.)
I think I will go back to my Mocha with 2 pumps vanilla

Well, first of all. It has been over 10 days and frankly I do not regret it. I think I am falling out of the whole blogging thing and it feels good :P.

Anyway, I am cleaning my room right now. Like one of those ones that you evaluate everything and throw out lots of things and it looks all pretty and organized at the end. It's looking good already.
I get bored really quickly with some things..one of those things being the setup of my room. In my old house I would change everything around like every two weeks. Which was pretty dificult cause I had a bunk bed but I always did it by myself. In the midst of changing it, it would look like a disaster but the finished product always look fresh, new and good.
Here in my new room I don't change it around much, especially since I have a piano that pretty much weighs a ton. Even so, just moving the chair or putting the curtains differently makes me happy. Anyway, I have no idea why I am going into such detail with this.

LATER:
There, this day has been pretty much a total waste.
But, I got the details for the Christian school choir so hopefully I will be starting that next week. The only bad thing is they have practice three times a week. The bonus is they are going to alberta(will be my first time ever) and on the way back stopping at west edmonton mall. This makes me alot excited. Of course it will add alot to my plate but I'm sure it will be worth it.

Okay. There is probably alot of other things I could right about but it's my bedtime..
Night.

:(...x8....x9

I really should be sleeping but since I love you guys so much I will grace you with a post before I go.

So today I did a whole bunch of nothing.
Then I went to a movie...Bride wars which was brilliant.
But it was really strange, before I went into the movie as I was manuevering the crowds trying to get through, this creepy, hairy man reached over and pulled my hood over my head :). I was scared, but he just gave me a creepy smile and I kept walking.

So yes the movie was good but it put me in a bad mood.

And thats pretty much all I have for you guys.

Hannah..

Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search."
1.Hannah needs a boyfriend(too true :P)
2.Hannah Needs Some Alone Time(also true)
3.Hannah needs a hug(Hmmm as long as the persons last name rhymes with "Feglerc"
Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search."
1.Hannah looks like a train wreck(that kind of mean...even if it is true)
2.hannah.looks. like.a.tree
Type in "[your name] says" in Google search"
1.Hannah says she was almost kidnapped and sold into prostitution 30 years ago
2.Hannah says Hi
3.Hannah says Byebye( I guess I didn't like talking to you)
Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search."
1. Hannah wants to go back to London(well I don't know about the 'back' part but I would love to go)
2.Hannah wants to adopt from the U.S.
3.Hannah wants children
Type in "[your name] does" in Google search."
1. Hannah does music
2. Hannah does Kayak camp(yahoo! my life long dream)
Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search."
1.Hannah hates work/life balance
2.Hannah hates cake
3.Hannah hates cameras
Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search
1.Hannah asks where are her parents
2.Hannah asks Tom to be her maid of honour
3.Hannah asks is it to much to be loved for being me?(it's what I ask myself everyday)
Type in "[your name] likes " in Google search.
1.Hannah likes lemons
2.Hannah likes acting in ocean movies
3. Hannah likes chinese food.(that's a lie)
Type in "[your name] eats " in Google search.
1.Hungry Hannah eat the world!
2.Hannah eat monkeys (My secret has gotten out.)
3.Hannah eats concrete
Type in "[your name] wears " in Google search.
1.Hannah wears mama's dress(not out of the house though)
2.Ms. Hannah wears dresses made out of potholders(It's called recycling, people!)
3. Hannah wears a hat.
Type in "[your name] was arrested for" in Google Search."
1.Hannah was arrested for cat fishing out of season.(I can't believe myself. To even be fishing in the first place)
2. Hannah is arrested for the brutal slaying of...(it cuts off and I am too scared to visit the sight.)
3. Hannah arrested for barking up the wrong tree(all these years I haven't known you could get arrested for that)
Type in "[your name] loves" in Google Search."
1.Hannah loves playing in the park(That is a true fact.)
2.Hannah loves middle age(Eeep!)
3.Hannah loves Rob.(hehe wouldn't you like to know who he is.)

Meat and Potatoes.

When it comes down to I am like the stereotypical man in some aspects.
The biggest one of which is: When there is nothing else to do, eat. Well, not even when there is nothing else to do. Eating is just pretty much always on the top of my priority list.
Number two aspect: What I enjoy best is Meat and Potatoes. Doesn't really matter how the potatoes are cooked and what kind of meat it is as long as it is Meat and Potatoes.

So what do I do when my plans for the next two days are screwed and I have nothing to do. Cook up some meat and potatoes.
But this actually excites me because I have not done cooking/baking in so long and usually I do the latter so I am looking forward to eating some of my main dish.

First tip to getting into my heart:Cook with Garlic.
Garlic is pretty much the love of my life. If it calls for a teaspoon I put in a tablespoon sort of thing. And don't even ask how many cloves I put in my spaghetti sauce.
I use it in pretty much everything, maybe not my baked items(or do I? :).
Side note on Garlic. We never used to buy fresh garlic because even though I liked using it those times were few and far between so whenever I went to use it it would be bad and I would have to get a new one so there was really no point but now I use it at least once a week.

So for my first selection I have a steak. I don't really know what kind it is. I just found it in the freezer in a bag with no label. I am marinating it for about an hour, in a mix of garlic, mustard, oil, salt,pepper, water, vinegar and various other things. I haven't really ever done a steak with a stove top before so this will be an adventure.

Next order of business is the potatoes. I always do them cut in chunks or like fries so this time I am doing Mashed. Probably with some sort of fresh Thyme mixed or some other herb(depends on what I have in the fridge.) Theres not much to say about that cause well, if I do to much with the potatoes they will overpower the steak which is a baddd idea. We want it to compliment the steak, although I will of course, add some garlic

For the healthy part I am thinking an assortment of vegetables sauteed in butter but, I doubt I have much in the way of veggies so I might have to replace that thought with a light salad with homemade dressing.

In the plans for dessert we have fresh out of the oven brownie with icecream and hot fudge.

I know it sounds wonderful, lets just hope it turns out wonderful.

*Gasp* I just sampled the mashed potatoes and they taste so good. They are really fatty but sooooo good.

Okay, so I have eaten my meal and here is my thoughts.

The Steak: It tasted..okay. It was good for being the first one I've made but it wasn't all that great in actuallity. And it was really rare.
The Potatoes: Great Of course!
The Salad: So, I made the backup plan, a mixed salad. But it was good just the same.

And now I have to go put my brownies in the oven.


Oh my goodness. Usually I cannot stand my own baking. And I almost never have any dessert with ice cream..it's kind of nasty in my mind but this was fantabulistic.
Amazing.

So after like 3 hours of work it turned out okay.

You're back!

Yesterday was pretty awesome.
I went to the Blazers game curtesy of Silken and Mcdonalds.
My mindset before we got there was that it was going to be boring but it was fun and I really got into...having lots of cute guys there did help the whole excitement level alot.

And then the Gehrings dropped me off at Behns house so I could give him his present and I went along with a bunch of them to the church and we played pictionary. The teams were a little unfair though..

And yeah I went back to Behns house and sang in rockband for a couple songs.

And I came home and went on the computer for a while and fell asleep while talking to people(having a laptop it a bad idea cause I always use it on my bed and then end up falling asleep.

In other news, I'm in a band apparently. Two to be exact. My biggest dream come true :P. Of course why did my dream pick this year to come true when I have so much other stuff I have to be doing.

*Happy Sigh*

Awhile my laptop stopped reading the charger and since it has the crappiest battery is just died and I left it for a long time. Then I finally went to my computer fix it man and he has revived my poor little machine. Many thanks Paul.
But I am sooooo happy to have it back. I didn't want to do anything with my pictures while it was away and I had to constantly be juggling for time on the two family computers.
I am just too happy now.

Hmm, another happy moment was yesterday. I had my first double cheeseburger. To tell the truth the first part was all that I had imagined(which is great) but then the second half tasted funny. Hopefully they will be better in the coming trips to McD's.

Today, Oh wow, I talked to my Manager about becoming a trainer and she answered me with a simple yes. Which is pretty annoying after all the preparing and waiting and nervous breakdowns I went through.

Let me think of more happy items.. Nope, happy moment has passed.
But I am thinking this past week has been a really good start of the new year. I AM HAPPY!

1. I had a dream where Lanny Geddert died. It was so sad. And that fact that I had it is a little bit morbid.
2.I have so much on my mind right now. Such as.
3. What am I doing this summer? KISSM, Camp, Work, Being a bum.
4. To stay or quit Timmies.
5. Grade 12
6. Grad Band of '09
7. Next year.
8.My hair....sorry for such a shallow one.

But yeah.
Snow camp was so much fun. When we were driving there Kelsey kept going 'this is going to be the best snow camp ever!' And I always joined in because who cannot when it's kelsey and her enthusiasm but I wasn't really feeling it but as the weekend prgressed I realized it was. Some highlights.
1. All the sessions, The music was AWESOME(of course) and I really enjoyed the fact that the 'learning' times were hands on and usually I am kind of annoyed at the whol sexist thing non co-ed thing but I had a really freat group that I connected with and we had so much fun.
2. Volleyball. Okay besides that fact that I sucked...and my team never won. It was amazing. And I was laughing all the time...especially on Sunday morning but yeah. I think I got better. and I have bruises to prove it.
3.Playing with Mathwell and Alex..we had like a mini band going on there and I'm pretty sure we sounded good too, which is always a plus.
4. The trips too and from

Yeah so the whole thing was amazing but those were just some highlights.

Umm today, was an amazing day at work. I got to work with some pretty amazing people and it was fun and I got everything done on time and friends came in.. And I was serving these two older ladies. And I felt as I was being my normal self(as in being polite and stuff) but at the end the one who had payed was just like 'I wanted to comment on how nice you have been' and I was like awwwwww melt your heart kind of moment. That pretty much made my day.

OKay, I can't really think of anything right now..

Britt Nicole- When she cries

What's that? You want an idea for giving me a gift with no reason for giving that gift at all?
I would love if you gave me this CD.

Christmas and a little bit of everything.

Okay, I have figured it out. Even when things go good I don't want to admit it so when asked I usually shrug or something.
Well, today that changes.
Christmas was great!(even though I am not a huge fan)
Christmas eve service was good, I sat with my parents for a first time in a long time.
Then after Matthew and Behn came over and we ate and played games and opened a present each. Then I watched a movie and finally went to bed. Surprisingly even though the little boys had planned on waking up early, I was the first of the kids to get out of bed. And we waited a while before waking Noah up.

We opened presents, Then I watched Gilmore girls until we had to leave(which wasn't alot of time mind you).
Me and Behn went to Kandace's to drop off her present then to Behns house to get Rockband.
Then drove over to grama's and opened presents there and then played rockband for the remainder of the time.

Afterwhich we drove back to auntie Vicki's house and played games there, had dinner, opened more presents, had dessert(Ice wine Mmmm), went home.

And that's all I can remember from that day. Well, I do remember staying up late 'cause I didn't want the next day to come.

Boxing Day. I woke up at six. *Groan*. When I actually started working it was fun, I do enjoy working day shift and it went really quick too. Mom picked me up then and we went to the mall. I had never been boxing day shopping. I bought a few shirts, PJ pants and Behns birthday present(Jan. 9 People..).

Today I went sledding, and then to work.

I know it is sad, but true...Lately I have given up caring about friends. Or what I do.

Last time I was at the mall. Which was only a couple days ago, I saw this beautiful pair of pyjama pants. They were lime green and black plaid. It was simply amazing. But I didn't want to spend money so I didn't buy them. I was kicking myself after since they were so perfect.

Then today my mom actually gave me money to buy them and I went in and...they weren't there. :(.

So I'm thinking the green one is going to be my grad dress.
But I haven't decided on a colour yet.

TILT

1.Mystery Book..I am going through a phase right now.
2.Giving people presents..it actually makes me really happy.
3.Christmas(okay now that was heavily sarcastic)
4.Thrifties.
5.Playing Peewee hockey(who knew?)
6.Getting a text(it makes my heart happy)
7.Playing in the snow. I went outside yesterday and made snow angels and traipsed around but it was kind of lonely.
...Okay now I will just list favorite foods cause as weird as it seems this is what I do when I am bored.
Pepsi
Grapefruit Juice
Pizza hut pizza
fruit gushers
those cinnamony twist things you can buy at coopers
sourpatch kids
spaghetti
mr. noodle chicken soup
lipton chicken noodle soup
tacos
taco salad
french fries from mcdonalds....anything from mcdonalds :P
Kisses...of the chocolate variety
chocolate croissants.
black forest ham
djion mustard.
I am going to bed...

Shhh, it's still a secret.

Since I don't think my mom would think to check my blog in the next 48 hours, I am going to tell you why I think that boys cannot anything themselves and always need a woman's supervision.
Hey, I'll even give you 6 examples.
DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to get recognition or be prideful or anything I just want you to know what really happened since I put so much work into this.
Lets start the story off with last year.
Two days ago last year I set off to Kelowna for the weekend, where I bought my mothers birthday present. But since I was so late getting home on the Sunday(her birthday) I did not give it to her until the next day, whereupon she thanked me, started crying and explained that nobody else in my family had remembered.
WOW, pretty harsh.I of course could not let this happen again.
Let me tell you, I was up many night planning and panicking.
So here is what I came up with
Dad: Bring home flowers after work and then the two of them go off to Milestones for dinner( which I reserved for while shopping at London drugs on my cellphone because we only have one phone which is in the kitchen where she is practically all the time)
Matthew: A Painting(I have not seen it yet but I'm sure she'll like anything he paints. Funny story on this one. I needed to get a canvas for him but my mom was going to go to Michaels without me so I asked her to get one. She automatically thought it was for school and the canvases only came in three pack so she suggested giving the other ones to Matthew so I had a brilliant cover for bringing them to his house.
Behn: His is a mystery. He was the only one I felt..moderately safe in leaving him to decide what he gets her. Of course just 5 days ago he was still asking me for suggestions.
Cade: This one was hard to get. A picture frame with a photo of the kids in it. So, I had to decide that we all had to be matching. And like none of my brothers have white shirts so I had to donate some of mine and steal some from dad's closet. It took forever to get them all dressed out the door and in position. Matthew of course had forgotten the memo about the jeans but it's not that noticeable. Once they were in position they kept making fun of the way Alex was taking the pictures and Noah is very camera shy so out of all the pictures there is no single one that has all of us looking at the camera and smiling. This is the best of the lot and the one I picked for my mom.


Myself: Well, by the time I had figured everything else out I had run out of ideas for myself. So mine is a little unusual. 2 boxes of the cake mix that my mom really likes, and a salt mill.
Sean: A box of Purdey's Chocolates which I bought a while ago and put in the freezer so I hope that they turn out fine.
Noah: A set of 4 mugs but they have different van gogh paintings on them so I think she'll like them.
If that were not enough I just arranged yesterday that Matthew and Behn will come over for a birthday dinner on Wednesday so I have to make a cake and spaghetti for that since you can hardly have the birthday girl make her own dinner.
So anyway, there you have. The big \ surprise that I mentioned in a previous post but I don't remember which.
Hopefully today will go well.

So,

I decided since I don't know what to do with my life I need to start trying things out, getting hands on experience on things I might like to do just to see if I actually like it when it comes down to it or if it's more of a fantasy idea.Well, my first career was hairdressing. And I thought "What better way than to cut my own hair."

The results weren't pretty.



Just kidding. Last week, or the week before I was looking at my hair and decided it was too long(kind of that awkward stage where it's too short to go past your shoulders but too long so that it just sits on top. Nasty.) I was going to wait and get my hair cut somewhere but I'm cheap and impatient so I did it myself. It doesn't really look any different. But I guess that's better than looking worse.

I have been thinking seriously about getting it cut short again. We'll see where that goes.

I think God is punishing me.

So tonight Sean made this Ethiopian meal and I ate some but because I didn't want to finish it, I joked that it didn't agree with me.

And now I am experiencing intense pain in my abdomen.
It's just a wee bit ironic.

I guess this is supposed to teach me to not waste perfectly fine food.

I have not been feeling well today so what better to than....:
1. Watch girly movies(never been kissed is such a cute movie)
2.Clean my room
3.Do laundry(50 pieces even and two dimes to boot)
and anything else the day has in store for me such as...working :(.But it's with two of my favoritest people ever so it shouldn't be that bad.