Snow, Snow Go AWAY!!!

I am SO sick of the SNOW!! - I live in BC because I LOVE the rain - the snow I hate - I'm so glad that it is almost over.

Here are some pics that I took to show just how much snow we've had in the last few days.

Hey who wants to have a BBQ?

What your Step!

Would you like to take a seat?

Anyone want to go for a drive?

I wonder what's hiding under all that snow!

In a Land Far Far Away...

Many unforgettable characters appeared for a single evening in celebration of Lady Maia's 23 Birthday!

The Magnificent Lady Maia the one who brought us all together.

Malificent and Empress Fariane

Malificent and Alice

Little Red Riding Hood











Gandolf the Grey Wizard












A Samurai









A Tree Guardian all the Way from Middle Earth









The Tooth Fairy









Wendy and Jason the Argonaut









Beauty and the Beast

Paul Bunyan and Cinderella

The Expedia Gnome!

Got a little angry....

Hip-hip-hooray for Crazy fun parties!

So - Who are you going to be...

Yesterday Maia asked me 'Who' I was going to be for her fairytale birthday party and at that point I had no real anwer - but now I do.

I am going to be...drumroll please...Fariane - Empress of Flanaria - insert stunned silence here

Okay so none of you know who that is which is fine because I made her up - haha

A few years ago I wrote a short sci-fi/fantasy novel and Fariane was my heroine.

Now I'm really excited about your party Maia - I was kind of dreading it before - you know trying to dress up all pretty and stuff can be hard for some people but now if I look weird it's because I'm the ruler of an inter-galactic Empire from far far away - haha!

I Have Been Remiss...

I haven't posted in awhile...though it has not been as long as since Tyson last posted-Haha. I feel like a lot has happened since the last time I posted anything such as...
I went to see a VERY funny movie with some great friends (Stranger than fiction is hilarious)
I spent some time in the prayer room...and God slapped me around a bit (He likes to do that to me)
I applied for a Program at a different College (I don't know if I got in yet)
I found out that I got the 3rd highest score on my midterm in my Advanced Business Computers class (imagine how I could have done if I hadn't been the first person to leave-Haha)
Maia turned 23 years old (Now she's as old as me-haha)
I lost power at work and had to go home early - I bought the ingredients for a new brownie only to find out that my house didn't have power either (Dumb-dumb)
I got kinda freaked out because I swear there was someone walking around the house during the power outage when there really shouldn't have been - I wasn't the only one who heard it - needless to say I didn't sleep that night
Power didn't come on again till 6:15am the next day (I totally shouldn't complain some people still don't have power)
We still don't have Internet because of the power outage
I got asked to help with Sunday school (and I said I would because I can't say no to Susanna)
My boss asked me to work on Saturday - today (and I said yes because what else am I going to do today-haha)
I made the new brownies and the icing turned into more of a custard and so they're not so much a brownie as a dessert
I made a disgusting batch of bad brownies (I burned that recipe-yuck yuck yuck)
I've been out for various lunches and dinners and had some interesting conversations about what is wrong with the world and kids today
My boss quit her 'new job' and will be back working with me full-time after Christmas

I think that's it...yup - that's pretty lame

24/7 Prayer Day 5

YAY!!! My car is fixed - the part came in without a problem yesterday - however...the guy told me it would be $120 so I brought $120 with me - it actually cost $121.20 - They didn't take debit and I have taken all my credit cards out of my purse so I won't 'over spend' - luckily he accepted the $120 and told me not to worry about the $1.20 - It so silly - if I was driving my car I would have had money because I always keep change for the parking meters at UCFV but I was driving mom's car I didn't have any change - I felt SO Lame. "Sorry but I don't have $1.20" insert lame girl giggle...Actually I didn't say that I told him I'd be right back I had to find the $1.20 - I was going to pull cash out of the machine on campus (it would have cost me $2.00 to get the cash in fees but you gotta do what you gotta do). Anyways, he told me not to worry about it and I got the part.

I then picked up mom from church - then we picked up Stephen and he replaced the ignition in less than an hour.

I now have two keys for my car. "Two keys?" you ask "Yes, two keys." One key for the door and one key for the ignition. Thankfully they look different and so I won't be messing up my door locks or ignition.

After my car got fixed we (Mom, Steve, Emma and myself) went to Montana's for Mom's Birthday Dinner. You may remember that Mom's Birthday was last week - yes apparantely Mom's birthday gets to last for weeks on end. What was cool is that Anna and Rebecca (who are at PRBI) sent Mom a cheque to cover the cost of the restaurant Birthday Dinner as their gift to her. Wednesdays are unlimited ribs and Steve ate something like 4 plates full. (Shocking I know - Steve eat a lot no...never).

Hopefully, I will actually get to the Prayer Room today...

24/7 Prayer Day 4 (AKA Broken Car Day 3)

So I got a call from UCFV and the part is in and hopefully it will be the right one. It is going to cost twice as much as the part was originally supposed to but it is still cheaper than going out and buying it myself.

Hopefully - Stephen will have time to replace the ignition today - but if not then hopefully he will have time in the near future.

We're supposed to go for mom's birthday dinner tonight so today may not be the best day to fix my car but we shall see.

It's funny that since the first day of 24/7 I haven't been able to get back to the actually room but God has been speaking very clearly to me.

24/7 Prayer Day 3 (AKA Broken Car Day 2)

My brother called me this morning and asked for the phone numbers he needed to call my mechanic and UCFV. (I was worried about phone calls and my dearest brother who did not know about my concern decided to take care of it myself). - I was worried about the calls simply because I am a girl and my car is a car and no matter how liberated a girl I am I am still a girl and I'm not sure exactly how to answer every question that mechanically inclined men will ask about my car problem.

Stephen arranged for the part to be sent to UCFV and I would pick it up from there after work. Unfortunately, the part that was sent was the ignition switch - which mentioned in the previous post is NOT broken. It was funny because the guy showed me the part that was sent and I was able to say with authority that that was NOT what I needed. So we got the right part ordered - hopefully.

24/7 Prayer Day 2 (AKA Broken Car Day 1)

As I got into my car to go to the church for a stint in the 24/7 Prayer Room my car decided to break. My lovely brother came over and deduced that the ignition is broken but the ignition switch is fine.

As I cried my tears of distress my mother told me that I should save my tears for my sick children and husband who is 3 hours late coming home. Seeing as these things aare fictional and my car trouble is real I - understandable I believe - did not appreciate this advice. Though I did stop crying - I don't usually cry it was just SO frustrating that it should break again - now - just when I think I am getting ahead.

My brother suggested that I call my mechanic to price out the cost of the repair and call UCFV to see if I could get the part cheap from them. For some reason internally I REALLY did not want to make these phone calls in the morning.

I did call my boss that night and tell her that I would be very late for work but would eventually arrive.

As I was lying in bed that night God gave me His own advice - Grow up! Here I was upset that my car needed to be fixed it's nothing to be worried about - we already have a solution to the problem - just deal with it!

24/7 Prayer at FLEFC - Day 1

So yesterday a bunch of us 'young adults' set up the 24/7 prayer room at FLEFC - the prayer room will be open from November 5 - 11/06. I have included some photos of what the prayer room currently looks like because it will likely be tranformed by God and His 'Watchmen' over the next week and it will be pretty cool to see how much it has been changed.

Happy Birthday Mom!

It's my Mom's Birthday Today - Hip-hip-hooray Mama Maria! She's turning 31* this year - I wish I had a picture of her to post with this but she has this nasty habit of burning all photos that happen to feature her smiling face. Haha

The plan for her birthday was to make her breakfast in bed but I made the mistake of giving her a choice between breakfast and sleep - she chose sleep. (Who didn't see that coming?)

I was also going to make her a birthday cake yesterday but she elected to have me make a cheesecake instead - which I did (what the birthday girl wants the birthday girl gets).

I am taking her to Petticoat Junction today to get her hair done - she didn't over rule that - yet.

I was going to take her to The Keg for dinner tonight but she would prefer to go on another day - Tuesday November 14, 2006 (only 11 days after her birthday).

All this and she doesn't think she is demanding...haha!

Hopefully she will enjoy her Birthday LOTS!

* This number is fictitious