Merry Christmas!

You can always depend on the kindness of strangers...

Ok. Maybe not. But today was a heartwarming sorta day. Which was sweet because it's Christmas Eve. I'm finding it very hard to make it feel Christmas-y being so far from home and my family. It just doesn't feel like Christmas to me really, but at the same time it's still sweet. We have our tree up and we even have a bunch of Christmas cards from friends on our entertainment unit. (Thank you everyone! You've made it feel like a home around here!) There's a good supply of presents under the tree, which is really cool...and there's freshly baked cookies and more presents to be wrapped. There's stockings hanging on our fire place and we have a fire going. (Ok they're candles.) It smells yummy in here and there's not much more we could ask for really. I wish I was home, but not every year can be the same for the rest of my life, right? We'll video tape, we'll take pics and I know they'll do the same at home. We'll have Christmas in February! It'll be awesome.

But back to today...I made some cookies and told the guys at work I'd bring them some today since they had to work and I didn't. Hehe. I had to get a few photos printed anyway and needed to buy a few more little things for people. So I took the seabus across the pond and went downtown to drop off the cookies. They all loved them and were so sweet. One of the guys even though he wasn't there had left me a present! Aw! So sweet. I dunno what it is yet though, apparently I'm not supposed to open it til tomorrow! He wasn't there so I'll take him some more cookies on Boxing Day. The guys were all so sweet, so that was fun. I went and got all the things I needed/wanted and some extra. Found some cute presents for others I had trouble deciding on before. Perfect! I went back and wished everyone at the store Merry Christmas and picked up my photos...then headed backed to the seabus and I had some time so I stopped at Starbucks to get a hot chocolate. But I had next to no cash on me and they weren't taking debit! So I turned around and asked the lady behind me if she knew if there was a cash machine in the Station, she didn't know and suggested some of the stores in Gastown but said they charge like so much to take cash out that way. So I said thanks and was like, Oh well, I guess I don't need a drink that badly! And sorta laughed (because I really didn't, lol.) But much to my surprise she gave me two dollars and some change and told me to buy a drink!! I couldn't believe how sweet she was. I told her she really didn't have to do that and she said sometimes we do things we don't have to and have a Merry Christmas. So sweet! I couldn't say thank you enough, it was just so touching. What a nice lady. I felt bad though because I'm carrying all this shopping and really not looking like I shouldn't have money, haha.

I decided (although I was really going to do it anyway) to pay it forward and do C's laundry for her...and I was going to give the guy playing violin on the walkway some money, but I still didn't have any other change, haha. So I will next time.

So to that lady and everyone else...

The Tree is UP!!!

Awww...we put up our very first ever Christmas tree in our very first ever home away from home! So sweet!



It still needs something on the top of it though...hmmmm...

And I hung icicle lights in the blinds! Yay!



Of course there were the shiney balls for the tree too! Hehe...



And my family sent us cute decorations...I *heart* my Lucky Bear! And C was equally as impressed with her SpongeBob decoration! Hehe...





But I'm feeling rather sick today...so I better get to bed I think...tomorrow.....

WE BAKE!!!! Yay!!!!

Slainte.

Final LWR

So tonight I caught the final episode of that Ewan McGregor show I've been obsessed with...The Long Way Round. They finally made it to North America and they showed them going through Alaska and into Canada...all the way down through Calgary where Ewan almost got killed. Can you imagine? He makes it all the way through the fuckin Road of Bones and Mongolia and everything...then some snot nosed kid rear-ends him on the TransCanada Hwy and damn near kills Ewan McFuckingregor. If it had been me (though that would never happen, I'm a good driver...ahem) I prob would've been crying. "Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod...I almost killed Ewan McGregor!!!!!!!!!!!" I'd prob be more upset than he was. None the less, he didn't die and they made it down into Montana and all the way to NYC.

The part of the show that's always gotten me is their honesty with each other and the whole thing. Both of them were always so candid. Then when they got closer to home they were so sweet about seeing "the girls" (their wives)...it was just so cute. The producer ends up playing a bit of a joke on them when they are staying at this B&B sorta place for their last night before going to into NYC and the wives and Charley's girls are actually there. (Ewan won't let his kids be shown on tv.) And the producer is interviewing them in this little porch swing set outside and Ewan is all like...they aren't here are they? And the Producer is like..no, no no, they're not. And he's like...that would be great, but I figured they wouldn't be. They aren't here are they???? The producer...NO, no, no...they're not. Then they go on to talk about something else and you hear one of Charley's girls squeal behind them and come running out and Ewan's head just WHIPS around and they freak out and run to their wives. Omg. It's one of the sweetest things I've ever seen on tv. Just so touching. To say nothing of the way he kissed her....haha. Ahem.

Anyway....the part that made me cry though (yes, I cried, ALRIGHT!?) was when they finally rode into NYC together and they'd been joined by all their buddies and the OC Chopper guys all on their bikes....and Charley and Ewan popped two big ass bottles of champagne and then they are hugging each other and crying...sigh. Cute boys hugging each other and crying, it'll get me every time. Haha.

On that note...check out the site and see Charley do the Race to Dakar! Can't for that show to air!!!

New GBS Podcast!

So I'm being tortured right now because I'm a good roomate and waiting for Christine to get home before I listen to the new GBS Podcast but it says they talk about Rock Star INXS! OMG. They better be nice to my JD, cause I wuv him! I wonder when they did the podcast though, as Alan is in Oz right now playing with his posse and Russell Crowe....hmmmmm....

ARGH! I WANT TO LISTEN TO IT...maybe I will anyway...

I'm not good at coming up with titles...

Really. I'm not. So I'll just jump right in...

Here are some completely random photos for you! Like I said, I dunno where to start so I'm just going to start where I feel like. Hey. It's my blog, baby.

So wednesday, as reported in the last installment of M's Blog...we went and saw George's show, The Hour! Yay! And I think we took one of our cutest pics yet with the Stroumbo...oooh yeah...



We also learned that he does a talk show every Sunday night that were NOT aware of! I actually remembered to listen online this week and it was great! Two hours of George and his The Hour producer chatting about whatever they feel like! Awesome. Go to www.cfrb.com and check out the Stroumbo Show every Sunday night. It's well worth waiting the whole week for...

The same day we were downtown for George we took a bit of a walk around and I had to take a pic of this building:



Which is really just the library, but it looks awesome. What city has a library like that??? VANCITY baby!!!

So back a few weeks now, we went and saw Mraz. Jason Mraz. It was my first Mraz show and he did NOT disapoint. He was hilarious and I do love some humor with my music. He put on such a great show and the Commodore Ballroom is amazing! One of the coolest venues I've been to so far here for sure. They have these crazy blinds that come down from the ceiling to cover all the windows during the show. Sorta creepy, but pretty cool none the less. The only odd thing about the Mraz show was that he didn't sing his big single from his new album. Who does that? He ended with the second single from his new album but never sang the first single AT ALL. WTF? Anyway...he was great all the same and we didn't actually notice he didn't do that song til we were walking down the street afterwards, haha.





We both also bought shirts there...mostly just for the bag though...



Some where in there I also got my hair cut and I turned blonde again by magic. Magic. Yes. Magic, I says! I'm much more of a photographer than a photographee though...



And then back to NOW...cause we must live in the now, right? Christine's friend from Surrey came out to visit us and see our apartment the other night! Yay, Serge! We went on a little bus adventure to C's 'Bucks and got some hot chocolate and had some creepy drunk guy follow us for awhile...then we took another little bus adventure and saw all the christmas lights...and finally we made it back home and attempted to watch Anchorman. Which didn't work cause our TV SUCKS and shuts off at random. But needless to say, we took the camera with us!!!









It was tres fun!!! I love it when we have people come just to see us and hang out. So much fun. I can't wait til this crazy holiday season is over so I can have a normal work schedule again and everyone isn't so busy. Normally I'm super excited for Christmas but this year I'm not that excited. It's like February is Christmas month for me because I get to go home and my good friend Di gets to come visit me here and everything happens in February man! So I'm a bit bummed about this holiday season, but we'll make it our own and have fun anyway. I think it'll be better once we get our tree and it feels more Christmasey here. We got an awesome little Xmas care package from home the other day though, so that helped cheer us up! Yay for real mail!!!

And the last photo of the day...just because I think it's the cutest thing ever...my bro and his son...miss you guys!!!!