Bedknobs & Broomsticks

A few things

Lately I have -

gone camping in Jasper with some co-workers and friends

won our beach volleyball playoffs and got FREE T-SHIRTS

we are getting ready to move

gone shopping at the West Ed too much

reading two amazing letters I've received from my favorite pen pals

britt is getting ready to go on vacation in LONDON for a month

got a ton of errands done and still have a ton to go

had a lovely skype date with this mr

any of you guys recognize the backdrop of this pic?

New Apartment!

We are FINALLY MOVING TO A NEW APARTMENT! YES YES YES! This place is bank and from our apartment tour is going to be awesome. To iterate exactly why I’m so excited please observe the following table:

	BEDROOMS	BATHROOMS	KITCHEN	BALCONY	FIREPLACE	LAUNDRY	PARKING
PRESENTLY	1 bedroom	1 bathroom - tiny ass tub	1 sink	HA	Nada	Coin laundry across the road	Dirt alley spot - uncovered
NEW	2 bedroom	2 BATHROOMS - TWO  BATHTUBS!!	2 sinks - dishwasher - heaven	HUGE	Cozy :)	Washer & Dryer EN SUITE!	Underground parking lot - secure & heated

Funny enough – the buildings are actually off the same street. Just a few avenues from our place now. I am sickeningly excited about moving into this new place. I daydream about it on the daily. My very first apartment that I will be moving into empty. The whole thing is ours – a blank pallet waiting to be filled with anything and everything we can imagine. And that is in our budget. O I just came down to Earth. Okay I’m back – imagining myself lying in the middle of the empty living room making a lovely carpet angel. I cannot wait.

So we have basically three major rooms we can decorate, other than the bathrooms. We aren’t allowed to paint but we are allowed to put up nails (No screws! Lol) and tacks into the walls to hang things. We have our bedrooms and the living room/kitchen area. Brittany actually came up with the idea of decorating the main room as kind of a “Travel” room, put up lots of maps and maybe a few globes and different decorations or items from places around the world and places we want to visit. This sounds a very cool but a little hard so we’ll see where we get once we move in. I actually don’t see my sister as much of an avid decorator. Very creative, she just likes to do lots of other things out of the apartment where as I will be obsessing. She will decorate her own room I think with intentions to decorate further. I will organize and decorate the SHIT out of it. I cannot wait to set up my own bed, desk and vanity. Speaking of, I need to get a vanity. I AM a vanity girl. The bathroom will hold all of my jewelry on display and a ton of books. It will be like my mini-library. I CAN GET A BOOK SHELF NOW AND GET ALL MY BOOKS SHIPPED TO ME I miss my books desperately. I have already bought and read two since I’ve been here.

The kitchen I picture us keeping it pretty clean – we will cover the fridge and maybe put up an original painting or two. Britt owns a table with two chairs. I would love to have 4 different chairs actually for the kitchen table, I like the look of it being mismatched. And a lovely lace table cloth with a vase of flowers mmmmm. I would actually love our living room to have a book shelf as well maybe 6 or 7 rows high and we can fill it! Basically I want out apartment to look like Urban Outfitters, Anthropology and Bed Bath & Beyond’s trifecta love child.

IKEA will probably be our best friend. Or kijiji. Actually I think I’m going to start looking now for furniture – lots of people are moving around September 1^st. We are going to need a couch, chair maybe, kitchen chairs, television…I am going to need everything for a bedroom I have no furniture save a desk and an ottoman. I should really get a sewing machine – curtains, slip covers..t-shirt quilts.  

Well I’m glad we had this chat.

Sometimes it is that private

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ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIE BIRD

Okay this story goes as most Tyler-Fraser stories do – if you’ve missed hearing them as much as I’ve missed telling them, then saddle up kiddies.

This friggin Magpie has been hanging out, literally, underneath my car all week. Both me and my sister have seen it. Every time we drive somewhere we are both like “Where is it! Where is it!”.

FYI If you don’t live in Alberta – this is a Magpie. The craziest bird around! They are everywhere here, like the same amount of crows pigeons and seagulls anywhere else.

Finally I got home the other day and I look behind my car and there it is lying dead basically with its tongue sticking out and little X’s over its eyes – I mean it could not have been any deader. It was 100% directly behind my tire, so I obviously ran over it (BY ACCIDENT). It was inevitable that thing was stubborn.

So I go inside and all I can think about is how I’m going to get rid of it because this is a mother of a big bird here. Big ol’fatty bird. I’d need like a shovel or something.

This morning I went out to my car to go to work and the Spawn of Satan was NOT ONLY ALIVE but RIGHT UNDER MY DOOR squawking at me! Dear god! I walked around my car expecting to see old deady lying there but the bird was GONE. Seriously. That bird was dead dead dead. And yet there it was again like friggin Pet Cemetery!! I had to turn my car alarm on to get it to hop out from under my car. 

There is only one possible explanation for this – the zombie apocalypse..has begun..beware of roadkill.

Weight Loss: Week 3

WEEK 3 RECAP: My goal for this week was to minimize eating out. Thursday came around though and I actually really wanted to go out and eat a good meal with my sister basically go on a date with her. Sooo we went out to this place called Milestones and it was super super gooood. We ate steak and shrimp and asparagus and lots else. Then we got ice cream on the way home. I realize eating out less shouldn't mean never ever again indulging in good fun. This all I feel was justified! As long as it doesn't happen everyday.

Friday night was the Skrillex concert: FULL FLEX EXPRESS TOUR. Basically a 7 hour long extreme workout. It. Was. Awesome. While in recovery Saturday morning we ventured to Dennys for deliciousness. And then we went to get groceries...cuz we had none.

What I learned this week: Eating out is not always bad and I shouldn't feel guilty about it every time I do indulge.

My goal for next week: Is work on my physical activity. Get to the pool and swim some laps. My back has been acting up a lot.

This week was another good week - 2lbs for a total of 4.6. Again this is slow, but that's how some weight loss goes and I'm happy it's coming off rather then staying on! Cheers until next week!

The most wonderous of brunch adventures

This is what happens when you have no other solid plans for a weekend except for making brunch with your sister. Hellloooo Saturday.

Eggs, turkey sausage, turkey bacon, ham, grilled potatoes and pancakes with strawberries.

Holy - holy yum.

Oh ya, ha, we also made mimosas. Ain't no true brunch without mimosas baby.