TGIF ...

Finally .... the Friday before my holiday's begin! It seemed to take forever to get here but at last, my last day! I have a fairly busy week planned which kinda sucks cause I'm sure it will make my holiday's fly by! :(

Tonight we have the Street Legal races (unless they get rained out) and we were suppose to have tomorrow off but now the track management has decided to have a "fun day" from 4-7pm tomorrow night!? I wish they would have made it for longer, seems like such a waste to just go out there for three hours!? My Dad also comes home tomorrow night so we need to remember to pick him up from the airport at 9pm! Since we don't have to go to the race track till 4 on Saturday I am hoping to go do a little shopping. I decided I am going to spend my birthday money on a new "die cutter" from Michaels, it is for cutting out shapes and words for scrap booking. I also would like to make my own Christmas cards this year and use it too make cute shapes and such. I also want to make a stop at Toys R Us to try and find a kids couch that folds out into a bed. Like this one in the pic but I'm hoping to find a "Princess" one or animal print. After our dog has her surgery she will not be able to jump on the couch so I thought it would be nice to spoil her a bit and get her her very own couch that can be folded out into a bed for night time!!! :) I pre-bowled last night so that I can stay home with her Thursday night, hopefully she isn't too much of a suck! ;)

Then Sunday is more racing, it is our last weekend so I'm quite excited about that! And for the rest of my holiday's I would like to paint our new shed that we just built, clean out my flower beds and maybe clean out some cupboards. I think I might also look for some good sales on sweaters for the winter, I am absolutely freezing already and it's not even that cold out yet! I don't know what I'm going to do when it is subzero temps! I also need to start walking again and I think I will just go on the treadmill for now until the dog is healthy enough to go with me. I feel like I need to move more and get active again I just feel so ot of shape! ;)

Happy Birthday and TGIF !

Well today is my 30th Birthday and I woke up this morning to 30 pink bras and a giant blow up clown on the front yard! I was so expecting penguins .... not bras! I thought the bra thing was for older ladies, ladies that lived through the "burn the bras" days!? I'm so embarrassed -- mostly cause of the giant clown! ! :P

Last night at the bowling alley they made a big announcement on the PA about me turning 30! And tonight we have to work at the Street Legals, where I am also expecting something -- I'm not too sure on what yet but I'm sure there will be another announcement!

Then tomorrow I was suppose to work but I told my boss that I had too much too do and wasn't going to make it in, which he was fine with. So now instead I get to clean the house, go to Costco to pick up supplies, get a hair cut and wait for people to show up for our BBQ! I'm actually expecting quite a few people, maybe like 40? I'm shipping our dog over to the 'grandparents' so that I don't feel like I have to watch her all night and can kind of relax a bit. The weather is suppose to be awesome, which is great cause I really didn't know what I would do if it was crummy weather.

My Dad is spending the night at our house tonight, he is leaving early tomorrow morning for Belize. He lives quite a distance from the airport and we are a little closer so he won't have to get up quite as early. We have friends that live in Belize and he usually goes down once a year to visit but usually it is in Feb not Sept, which is rainy/ hurricane season!

So I'm thinking that today is going to be a long day but at least it is Friday and I can kinda sleep in tomorrow! :) I plan on letting loose a bit (diet wise) for the weekend so I don't expect a very good weigh in next week but you only turn 30 once ... right!? ;) I would love to go for breakfast (bacon n' eggs) on Sunday morning, I haven't done that for a long time! But I guess that depends on how I feel, although I don't plan on drinking at all (not after last weekend!) but I guess we will see what happens! ? I get to POAS tomorrow morning so that will determine a lot of what happens! ;) Keep you fingers crossed but I starting to think that it might be a BFN! :(

~~ TGIF ~~

Well I did call in sick yesterday, it didn't help much - just let me sleep in for a bit. I'm back at work today and my back still feels funny, I feel like I have a lot of pressure on me - if that makes any sense? Like if someone was sitting on my stomach? I'll give it a little longer before I go to a doctor though, cause I'm stubborn like that! Last night was our first night back at bowling, it was nice to see everyone again. We found out that the guy that has been our "president" for the past few years is not coming back this year so we need to elect a new one. Me and the hubby are also debating if we want to be the ones to buy gifts this year. I think it would be fun and I really do enjoy looking in the flyer's and finding deals but it's the shopping part that bugs me! Dealing with the sales crowds and Boxing day crowds ... just to get the deal! :P It was quite a long night and I am even more tired today ~~ almost slept in this morning!

This weekend is full of racing, one of the last full weekends, the season is almost over - which couldn't come any quicker! I don't think we are going to have the garage sided before my b-day. I didn't want to have it half done or have a mess in the backyard so we agreed it would probably be best if we just waited. Hopefully that doesn't mean wait till next year and it will hopefully still get done this year, just not till after my party! ? But then again ... it seems like everything we (I) wanted done this year is going to have to wait till next year now !! Like the garage sale, finishing the patio door, put the new sky light in, start on the basement ... just to name a few! :P

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listen Or lend a shoulder to cry on You're there through thick and thin Many people consider you their "best friend"!

What kind of friend are you?

TGIF!

I went for coffee yesterday with an old friend I found on Facebook, it was so nice to catch up with her and hear all the latest gossip. She always was a good gossiper and seemed to know a little about everyone. If you wanted to know the scoop on anyone she usually would have something to say about them!? I'm not sure how she got all her info but it was always fun to hear the dirt - he he. She really hasn't changed much, besides the fact that she is married now. We talked for about 2 hours and then I headed home, it was fun seeing her again and hopefully we will do it again soon!

I also picked up my rings yesterday from getting sized, I missed my rings greatly and it feels so good to be able to wear them again! I was also looking around at the jewelers when I was there ... just to see what they had, but boy were their prices expensive!! I think they try to trick you cause they had these huge price tags on their rings and after you look at one you like they say it's on sale for this outrageous price (like half off) so you feel better about spending only $2500 as opposed to $5000 for a ring! :O Which I don't think I would ever spend $2500 on a ring but after he gave me the "sale" price it didn't feel so bad to spend that much on a ring. Where if he just told me the sale price right away I would have just walked away! I don't think there really is a sale I think they just raise the prices so you feel like you are getting this big deal that you just can't resist cause it's on "sale"?? Make sense ?

There are races this weekend but I don't want to stay out at the track, I think we will come home every night. Tonight is the boring street legals, tomorrow is a diesel "blackout" (which will be stinky and smokey), then Sunday is the regular weekend races. After this weekend we should have three weekends off from racing!!! I am hoping to get LOTS done around the house on the long weekend, hopefully building a new shed and siding the garage! And the third weekend in September is my big 3-0 birthday bash at our house so I need to get things organized for that. We also are suppose to start a new season of bowling soon too, Sept 6th I think!?! We play 5 pin every Thursday night (9pm - 11ish), it usually makes for a rough Friday but it's fun and gets us out in the winter.

Fun Friday :)

Hubby left yesterday to go to the ball tournament so I was home alone! I decided to dye my hair since I was home alone! he he It turned out pretty good, I think!? I bought this kit at Shopper's that was on sale for $20, it was a streak kit. I was thinking of going blonde but of course I chickened out and bought the kit that was a little more what I'm used to. I had to do a complete dye job first, which came out as a mahogany color. Then I tried to do streaks but it was kinda hard to do them by myself, they turned out quite orange - more red then I thought they would be!? I was hoping they would be a little lighter but I think it looks OK. It took almost an hour to dye and streak my hair, hubby doesn't know that I did it so we will see how long it takes for him to notice tonight! ? ;)

After work today I have to go pick up my Dad from his job, go home and pick up the dog and all our stuff (clothes/ food), stop for dinner and then we will be on the highway headed to Edson! It should take us about two hours to get there, just in time to see the teams first game! I'm so looking forward to this weekend, it should be tons of fun and relaxing for me (since I'm not playing). I'm kinda dreading the drive on the highway, the roads always seem to be worse on long weekends, everyone is in such a hurry and drive like idiots! Hopefully since we are leaving so late we won't run into any moron drivers! ;)

Hope you have a great weekend! Here is a little bit of trivia for you....

Calories burnt from doing only 20 minutes of:

ACTIVITY CALORIES
Leisurely walk 80
Dancing 120
Cycling 160
Running 90
Aerobics 140
Weights 140
Cleaning 50
Driving 35
Swimming 100
Tennis 120
Rowing 200
Golf 45
Circuit Training 260
Skipping 100
Gardening 160
Skiing 130

You can also check out THIS website to see how many calories are burnt doing other activities! :)

Happy Friday! : )

For those of you that are superstitious (like me) .... it is Friday the 13th! :o I don't think I am that bad but I do notice when black cats cross my path or if there is a ladder on my path I will go around and not under, little things like that! And if anything bad did happen today I would blame it on being Friday the 13th~.

Last night I went out for coffee with an old friend that I reconnected with on Facebook. We went to elementary school together and then she moved away and I guess we just grew apart in junior high?! We both were trying to remember what happened and why we had stopped talking? I think the best part of the story is that I introduced her too her now present hubby (who she has been with since 1992ish - when I introduced them) and they now have two boys and seem to be living a pretty good life! Whoda thunk it!? LOL We had a really good talk, caught up on all the old friends we used to have and each other's family. Next step is to introduce the hubbies to each other, we were thinking of having a BBQ!? ;)

We have a wedding to go to tomorrow and it is suppose to be really hot! Hubby and I are planning on going shopping tonight for new outfits. He wants to get a pair of dress pants (which totally surprises me - usually he considers black jeans as dressing up) and I need a new dress/ outfit. I'm not sure what I want yet, I'm thinking of just getting a skirt and nice top but maybe something else will jump out at me!?

Not too much else new in my life, I'm so glad to have a weekend off! No race track at all - not even tonight! I am hoping that I can find time this weekend to scan more pics and post them on Facebook, OH and I want to take a pic of me all dressed up for the wedding and post it here. I am down 13lbs since the last pic and I think you can really see a difference now! :)