I should have worn pants today

I pretty much hate this week.




I feel like everyone has just abandoned me. I'm tired of being the only one who shows up to work 5 days a week. I'm tired of sitting in front of my computer all alone with little work to do. There is no one to talk to and it makes the day go by so slow. Plus, Chad has been super busy at work so carrying on a conversation over gmail is impossible because he never responds.

Chad also had to cancel plans twice this week because he is now the President of the Strata Council and there is all this emergency crap that's come up and so I've had to take a back seat to it. I've barely got to see him so far this week and when I have seen him I've just been in a bad mood knowing that I only get an hour with him before he runs away again. And I know this is not his fault and that he doesn't want to deal with all this Strata stuff but it frustrates me to no end especially because we had plans and I was excited about them and then they were canceled.

Dinner plans with Matt got canceled last night too because he had to work late. We've been trying to get together for a month for my birthday dinner. I have no idea when we will be able to reschedule because my calendar is almost fully booked for the next month.

I watched the finale of Rock of Love last night and I could have predicted it was going to end like it did. That is how lame I am this week. I have resorted to watching Rock of Love. Someone shave Bret Michaels head please. I hate his weave with a passion.

Just thinking about the logistics of tonight and what needs to get done stresses me out. And all the while I sit here at work with nothing to do.

I am so friggin restless that I am going insane.

On a positive note all the wedding invitations went out on Monday so some of you should be receiving them soon if not already. I've already got 3 replay's back! People are speedy. And if you don't get an invitations its not because I don't love you, its because its hard to cut back on your huge extended Italian family so there is enough room for friends when your venue only holds 250 and you are already over that number.

I need to charge my ipod.

I'm outdoorsy in that I like getting drunk on patios

I quick post before everyone comes back from their meetings and finds me not working. HA. Like thats never happened before!

I tried to re-create last nights dinner for lunch today but it doesn't work with leftovers. I went to the supermarket down the street to get some tomatoes for lunch but the whole place creeped me out. Some older Asian man in a suit kept following me and it was really dark in there. The whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. The tomatoes I bought smell off and now I'm scared to eat them because they came from a sketch bag store. Thankfully I bought a Mars bar tho.

Today is my one year anniversary at my job. No one knows this tho, or they don't realize it. I dressed up today but not really cause it was my anniversary, basically because I had the time this morning. I highly doubt I will get any recognition on the matter. It has however, been the most interesting year of work ever. Fashion is crazy.

I over did it at the gym last night and did not feel good afterwards. Note to self, don't burn every single calorie your body has or you will pass out. Mmmm Mars Bar. I'm still too scared to go down to the weight section with all the guys. I think they might beat me up.

Tonight we are going to Sports Check so we can buy gym stuff. Mainly I need runners and Chad needs breathable tops and new shorts. One time he had his gym shorts on the floor after going to the Grouse Grind for a month and not washing them and dared me to smell them. Me being all tough was like fine hand'em over. Sweet Jesus I have never smelled anything so bad in my entire life. Crotch odor + crotch sweat = the pervyish more horrid thing in the world. You will NEVER smell anything like that in your entire life. I suggest you try it. I still can't get over how they smelled.

Chad is disgusting if you didn't already know. Remind me again why I am marrying him? (101 days to go!)

I've actually been productive today. There isn't much work to do so instead of completing the small tasks on my TO DO list I just surf the Internet for hours. Today however, I decided I didn't want to be bored any more and have completed quite a bit already. Go Danielle!

Also, Congratulation to Chad for being less gassy this month! YAY!

Ok back to cutting swatches.

Get me the elliptical machine and a stiff drink

I waited too long to eat lunch and now I feel sick because my stomach is empty and I was working too much. Damn you zippers.

I came home from work yesterday and made Maui ribs. They were damn tasty. Actually Chad BBQ'd them but it was my idea. Post dinner I went to lay down on the couch while Chad worked on all his work and I passed right out I was so exhausted. This meant that I missed RT's phone call and Elises birthday party. And now I feel like poo about it. I even made her a hand made card out of work supplies. Dammit Danielle!












Having the dog wake you up at 5 in the morning to go out to pee and then wake you up 5 more times before 7:30 really messes with your sleep which means I am very cranky. That's right I am a princess and use to my mom taking care of everything and now shes gone for a week and I am cranky. The next thing you know Chad will start to get concerned with my attitude towards cleaning a 3 floor house after working 8 hours and fear that come September 7th I will fall apart as a house wife and he will regret his decision. Even though I have proved myself on about a billion occasions and have thrown several dinner parties and always do everything in my power to ensure that he has a clean comfortable apartment to live in.

I love how everyone is looking at this like my BIG test to see whether or not I will fail in September. I don't get it. Do you want me to fail? This situation is slightly different then my situation come September and haven't I spent the past year and a half proving myself. Srsly. Enough already. I think we all know that I can take care of a house and cook and bake and fix clothes and wash clothes and sweep and clean. Although I can't quite iron like my Nonna does.

I think half the reason I am so cranky these days is because everyone is watching me like I've never done any of these things before. Like I have never had to take care of myself and my brother and my dog before, like I am oblivious to what it takes to run a home. It's like they are watching me because they expect me to fail. If they new I would succeed there would be no need to watch.

I'm just so tired of all of it. Yes, come September things will change and it will take some getting use to but is it really obvious to everyone that I am just going to fall apart and become some miserable human being?

When is the day going to come where people will just know I am good at what I do and can stop saying 'this will be a good test for you'? I think I've proven myself already.

He said his dad was a tailor but really he just ran a sweat shop

3:24 and I am sleepy.

The parentals left yesterday for a week in New York and the dog slept on my bed the whole night which meant every time he got up to switch positions he woke me up and I had to change positions. Slightly annoying though he was very well behaved.

I have quickly come to learn that every weekend from here to September is going to be insane. If we aren't doing wedding stuff then we are doing house stuff. And if we aren't doing house stuff we are out every day and every night with friends having drinks and celebrating summer. It is the most wonderful feeling in the world having it nice and warm and sunny outside and spending those moments with people you care about. The only problem is Monday arrives and you have no energy.

The weeks themselves are starting to fill up quickly as well. With at least two nights dedicated to the gym I have 3 other week nights to do things. Those nights quickly get taken up as well with friends wanting to get together and the odd night to ourselves to relax and catch some sun.

Many things happened this weekend as well and I took pictures of everything. Friday night was Ryan T's surprise birthday party. Saturday was my cousin Emilys wedding and lunchon, and Saturday night was dinner and hockey at our place. Sunday was driving the parents to the airport, sun tanning, gym, car washing, dinner, drop off at my Uncles and finally salami and wine at Darios. Needless to say the tired bug finally hit me.

We are suppose to go to my cousin Elise's birthday tonight but Chads got a lot of work he needs to get done and then hes got a meeting which might or might not run late so tonights events are all up the air right now.

In the mean time here are some pictures from Emilys Wedding...

Not your typical wedding dress but stunning none the less

There are too many pictures from this weekend to all put up in a post so I will just link the photo albums and you guys can go check em out. I think from now on I will just link all the photo albums from the weekend on a Monday post instead of spending the entire week talking about what I did on the weekend.

Ryans Birthday Party - Here
Emilys Wedding - Here
Dinner & Hockey - Here
Salami & Wine - Here

Ok one more hour of work before it is nappy time.

They act like people give a rat's clitoris

(HAHAHAHAHAH...omg I stole that line from a celebrity blog and I died laughing.)

At the beginning of the week I started to blog about all the things that happened on the weekend but then it got too long and I got bored and then work got buys. So to re cap really quickly here we go...

Friday
- Another pre-wedding session with Zio Bernard
- Drinks with Dario & Marlee on our Deck
- Drinks with Dario & Marlee at the Cactus Club

Saturday
- Fit wedding dress with Matt
- Chad over to wash car
- Metrotown with Matt to shop
- Buy Chad summer shirts
- Buy me gladiator shoes and a high waisted knit black skirt
- Back to the apartment for dinner
- Run to Safeway to get food for dinner
- Die of heat in the apartment while trying to eat steak
- Downtown to Urban Outfitters to exchange a top I got for my Birthday from the In-Laws
- Out to Steve & Ashleigh's in White Rock for beer and Chit Chat

Sunday
- Church
- Pick up cookies from Coffis Meat Market
- Home to hang out
- Back to the Church hall to set up for my parents 25th Wedding Anniversary Party
- Party but leave early because the Rossi's don't know how to party late

Monday
- Over to the apartment to re paint the moldings
- Clean closets and drawers instead of paint
- Lunch - Hot Dogs (They were amazing this is why I am listing them)
- Clean more
- Meet Dario & Marlee at Deer Lake for some Canoeing
- Go home cause its raining
- Clean more
- Head over to the parentals for dinner (leftovers from the night before) with Dario & Marlee and my God Parents
- Watch Dateline and fear Chad killing me in Mexico

Yay Long Weekends!



I was very satisfied with the amount of stuff we did. We crammed in a lot but it didn't have that super busy rushed feeling which was good. It sucked that we didn't end up going canoeing because of the rain since Dario bought a canoe and all. Yes that's right. He bought a canoe. Thankfully we have an entire summer in which to do so.

I didn't take that many pictures because my camera is on the fritz and is frustrating to work with. I need to go drop it off to get fixed next week after this weekend events.



The sun is finally out today after a crazy ass thunderstorm and lots of rain this past week.

I realized this morning that my flip flop collection sucks because they are all sooo old and falling apart. The majority of them were bought when I worked at Bootlegger and got 50% off. That is OLD. I will be heading out on a mission to buy new ones soon.



Oh yea my boob! I got my stitches taken out and replaced with Butterfly stitches just to make sure the wound doesn't open. They eventually fall off as the wound heals. Its all pretty snazzy and I will be left with a scar I think.

Ok I need to go get some sushi before I pass out. BRB.



Ok back. Anyways, yes. So I haven't been able to go to the gym for the past two weeks because of my boob so last night was the first time I had gone since then. OMG it felt so good to work out again. Even though I haven't been working out for a long time I started to feel like a fat slob during those two weeks. Last night consisted of 3 half hour cardio sessions, a weight session, and an ab work out that turned me into a brick house. It was amazing. I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK. I know, what have I become???



So tonight we got ourselves a little surprise gathering but I can't say to much about it since it is a surprise after all. Hopefully I will get some good pictures this weekend.

2 1/2 more hours of work! YAY!


Patio Pictures are HERE.
Birthday Party Pictures which I never posted or wrote about are HERE.

I don't feel like blogging.

Sorry PatZ.

Maybe later?

I gots too much to do right now.

Plus, I spent my blogging time this morning writing a letter.

I gotta make a dent in all the stuff thats on my desk.

SorryZ.

Maybe this afternoon OK!?

Oh, but Chad said he wants you to bring him back a man skirt.

So I think you should do that.

Ha.

...

On a side note I am currently listening to Journey and having some very bad Tony Soprano withdraw.

TONY WHERE ARE YOU.

I need to see you.

Buttons, Zippers, Lining, Binding

I am dressed like a bum.
The back of my left foot is all cut up and sore from the shoes I wore Sunday night.
Lots of things happened this weekend, some of which I have pictures of but have not uploaded yet.
There is a pile of things on my desk to do and I should try and get them done before I leave to get my stitches removed.
This makes me some what panic. Ha.
My nails are really long and it makes it hard to type.
Ok I need to get back to ordering stuff, but I am alive.
Hopefully there will be some good content on here shortly.

Hey did anyone see the Dateline thing last night about the guy who killed his wife on their honeymoon? Yea, Chad and I watched it. Now I fear him.

DON'T KILL ME IN MEXICO CHAD. I HAVE CONNECTIONS.

I have no problem with our age difference

HEY OH. It's bloody sunny out! Normally my vampire tendencies would lead me to hide under my desk away from the sun and all its glory, but today I am lovin' it. That's right JT, I'm Lovin' it. Unfortunately I am stuck at work in an office the day before a long weekend. It sucks I know. What sucks even more is that Chad is at home right now sitting on the deck half naked 'working' from home on his laptop. Bastard. I don't know how he always manipulates the system like that.



Last night Chad went to the gym for a couple hours and since I am unable to do any sort of physical activity until my wound heals I was left to relax all by myself. We bought these really cheap and un stable looking beach lounge chairs to use on the big deck for suntanning and reading. I always feel like I'm going to break those thing when I sit down on them. I wounder how Chad chair will hold up. ;) So I grabbed the chair and headed out to read in the sun. It was the first time my legs so sunshine in I don't know how many months.



Unfortunately I only mildly tan and that's with hours and hours of exposure with a little help from some self tanner. My normal skin colour is transparent. Srsly. I am as white as a sheet of paper right now. It's that bad.



Anyways I sat and I read and basked in the sun for about half an hour before it went behind the trees and I started to freeze to death. It was still light out though so it was beautiful. There is something about having the apartment all to myself on a sunny evening that is just magical. Omg I am so in love with everything about the apartment right now. I mean there is still more then half my stuff to move in and still some new furniture to buy but just imagining it all in there makes me feel so at home. I can't wait 'till its all done and ready!!!

Ok now I am sick from all the candy I ate. I've just been informed that the water has been shut off at the apt. all day due to repairs which means Chad hasn't showered all day and will most likely smell in a horrible horrible way. I am so looking forward to that.



Have a good long weekend!

Don't touch me. My boob is healing.

(WARNING this post contains a picture of my stitches! Yay!)

Now I know what 1/37th of the pain of getting a boob job feels like. OK maybe less then that but still.

Yesterday I had my mole removed and replaced with three nicely placed stitches. Pretty exciting stuff if you ask me.

What scared me the most about the whole thing was that I actually had no idea what they were doing. I assumed they were going to cut it out and stitch me up but then someone said something about a laser and I was all confused. I was also a little unsure about exactly where this procedure was going to take place as I had only ever been in two of the different rooms at the doctors office and both were ill equipped to preform such a procedure.

The secretary brought me into the 'Biopsy Room' which freaked the crap out of me. Usually I am such a 'man' when it comes to these things but I was seriously panicking inside. I have a very high tolerance for pain but I've never been sliced open with a knife while being conscious so even though they were going to numb the area I was still scared of how it would feel.

My family doctor has had another doctor from England helping him out for the past 5 years and since it is usually easier to get an appointment with her rather then him I've been seeing her for basically the past 5 years. I thought she was going to be doing the procedure since she booked it for me but to my surprise they were both going to participate in it.

They re-checked my body for funny looking moles and found another one on the back of my shoulders that they are going to keep their eye on and possibly remove at a later date. Then it was time to plop myself down and say good-bye to my funny looking mole.

They poked me with needles to freeze the area but that didn't hurt. I lay there for 5 minutes waiting for everything to settle and take affect. Next came out the knife.

I didn't really feel anything other then pressure. It was almost kind of neat to lay there thinking 'Hey I'm being sliced up right now'. I find a strange kind of joy in things like that. The only part that felt weird was after she cut around it she cut under it to un attach it from the flesh below. It felt like holding up a chunk of meat and cutting it away from the bulk of meat having the bulk fall away as you cut. If that makes any sense that's exactly what it felt like. She showed me the chunk after she cut it away. I couldn't bend right to see the hole now in my boob.

Next it was time for stitches. Another thing I have never had done other then possibly when I was a kid and aside from having my wisdom teeth removed.

Seeing as though I couldn't feel anything (as in the needle piercing my skin) the sensation of being stitched up was very cool. Like I said, I am a freak when it comes to this kind of stuff. It falls right into my obsession with piercings and tattoos. It's a wonder I'm not covered in metal and ink.

It was also very weird as a person who has sewen so many things in my life to then be lying there getting sewen up. It was like the all the fabric I've stitched over the years was getting me back. It was very bizzare.

I kept the picture small so you won't all puke, but you can click to make it bigger if you're sick like me.

After that they bandaged me up and sent me on my way. The mole went off for testing and I went home to relax. I felt pretty good afterwards considering I was still frozen. I went over to Chads for dinner thinking I could still handle some exercise at the gym. That was until the freezing wore off after dinner and everytime I moved my right arm it pulled on my stitches. Nice. You should have seen me attempt to wash my hair in the shower.

Today I am sore and swollen. My right arm works but every so often I move in a way that pulls at the stitches and it hurts. It is very cool tho to look down and see thread holding me together. It's like a battle scar. I likes scars, for the most part. I use to spend summers as a kid trying to see how many scars I could get on my knees and legs before I going back to school. I was such a tom boy.

I have to wait a week and then I go back for a check up and to get my stiches removed. I kinda like them tho, they're like three little piercings. Hahah I'm so crazy and now yearning to stick needles in my body in the form piercings and tattoos! But not to worry, Chad would most likely kill me if I attempt it.

MEDIC

I'm only working half a day today because I have to go to the doctors to get a mole removed from my right boob. I have no idea what the procedure entails but I'm sure I will be fine even tho part of me is slightly scared.



Last night I continued helping my mom sew her dress. It frustrates me to no end though because after years and years of experience I have learned that going out and buying a pattern a pre-made pattern and then making it into the garment never ends up fitting right. I gave up on pre-made patterns years ago especially after learning how to draft my own. That is the only way I will sew things now a days, if I actually create the pattern myself.

Anyways this dress is quite complicated to begin with and it has taken us quite a bit of time trying to figure it out so far. I had to adjust the bust line so that it would fit my mom properly but now it looks like fitting it in that area has caused it to be too tight in another area and now I don't know what shes going to do. I would hate for her not to be able to wear the dress after all the money spent on the fabric and the time and effort trying to make it, but I have a feeling she won't end up wearing it. It makes me want to pull all my hair out of my head. She should have just bought a dress in the first place. It makes me so angry. AHHhhhh.

After 3 hours of work and the end result of it all being that it might not fit I had to leave for my own sanity. Chad was watching his beloved show Dog Fights (not its not about actual dog fights but about fighter pilots) and I showed up right at the end (Thank God) so I was able to steal him away for a couple hours.

He has started reading to me 'The Da Vinci Code". Yes that's right, he reads to me. It is the greatest thing ever. He likes to read out loud and I like to listen. PERFECT! Omg we pretty much are the cutest things ever and you most likely want to puke right now.



Look my feet!

Ok I should go eat something before leaving to get all chopped up. Not looking forward to it.

I'm sitting on the floor and it's hurting my ass

(I started this post Saturday afternoon and that's why it doesn't make sense but I am posting it now anyways)

I'm eating a cupcake and drinking tea. It is a nice combination.

My mom is sewing her dress for the wedding and it is becoming a little bit of a disaster. I am sitting here as on call help. My resources are very valuable.

I uploaded pictures from my dinner last night. I guest I should post them here.

We went to Granville Island for the Brewery Tour. Yes, that's right "I" chose to go on a brewery tour on my birthday.

We got tasters out of it which was really the point even though Chad drank half of mine. It was interesting and we had time to kill so it made sense. Plus Chad was giddy like a school girl.

They got us to eat some so we could tell the different taste between the different kinds. It tasted like cow food. Maybe because that's exactly what it is.

Chad was very excited and tried to associate his Wine making knowledge to the Beer making.

I guessed the 4 ingredients right. Barley, Hops, Yeast, & Water!

Chad looked really hot on our date.

The Harbour.

Mr. Seagull.

We sat down on one of the benches by the stream to watch the ducks and birds. There were two bird fornicating on a post and Chad wanted me to video tape it but I declined. He thought it was the greates thing ever.

Went to the Sand Bar for dinner as you all know because I talk so much about it and how much I love it. I was wearing a cute shirt and I should have got Chad to take a proper picture of my outfit. I need to do that more often.

We were matching AGAIN. Both wearing white shirts and jeans. I don't know how we do it. We were starving by the time we got there.

And now for all the food pictures!

Table bread to share.

Tuscan bread for Chad.

My Salad of LOVE. Shocking.

Steak and Prawns for Chad.

Fusili with Salmon, Scallops, and Shrimp, in a Creamy Garlic Pesto Sauce. Amazing. The pieces of Salmon where a bit weird and didn't really go with the rest of the meal but it was still good. Oh and Sun Dried Tomatos which were super yum too. I had to take half of it home because I was so stuffed from all the beer and wine and food.

Wolf Blass GOLD Label because I am worth it.

We ended up being there for close to 3 hours eating and drinking. It was very nice.

Chad got me a pink sweater from Urban Outfitters. I heart it geatly. Some of the jewellery pieces I wanted they didn't have so we are going back this week for a Birthday Shopping Spree. Music to my ears!

Also, the bedroom furniture we ordered arrived Saturday morning! I was so damn excited and it looks amazing. It actually looks like an adults bedroom now! We just need to set up one more piece and it will all be done. Now we just need to get a new mattress and sheets (which will be wedding shower gifts from my Mom) and we will be all set. I am giddy. I can't wait to finish decorating the bedroom!

Birthday Dinner pictures are Here.