This blog is dedicated to dumb and dummer and extict owls everywhere...

We took alex to Saucers...where me and Linds and her sis Elise work...

We walked to CMU and alex saw my 'castle', try not to be overwhelmed by the dorky red slippy's, they are my dorm-life public showers ( i don't want to catch foot fungus so I don't care what color they are)...but oh, so comfortable slippy's....anyway...

the zoo....and the three amigo's?...three musketeers?...three friends:)

I am trying to be ms photographer here...it's all about the tree...and the assinaboine park...and sargent sundae's ice cream...

I just make my friends pose in cooll places now that I am the photographer...they humor me:)

where is the goat????? can you find the goat???? Instead of where's waldo...where is the token zoo animal...spot the goat!

this is what a room looks like when we all get together...alex's shoulder....

Linds cooks and she made us amazing ribs and this meal that was sooooooooo good...but I thought her family would think I was dorky-er (than they already know me to be) if I made them let me take a picture of the feast...

to owl's and preserving the natural habitat everywhere...

mams and pappers luv the camera...I am becoming quite the picture nazi...seriously amazing camera....luv you all

Post Scripts

PS I totally shreeked in Linds ear when she congratulated me on being done all my summer courses...sorry Linds...

PSsI took my last exam for a few months today...yeah me:)

PSss My cousins came to visit me this week...my first official visitors ever...all the way from terrace bay...got to meet the new baby Luke...soon to grow and become Dr Luke:) and as always just being happy to be with family, all of a sudden i realized I miss our huge family get togethers and all the belly laughs I get from all the outrageous things that happen...I mean we aren't that funny really, but when we're all together and my cousins are giving me a play by play of all the things being said or done; all of a sudden everything is hilarious and we are crying it is so funny...
I remember a random walmart trip me and my auntie Carol were sharing to my sister Carissa at my cousin Kath's wedding reception (yes, I know, follow along carefully please) by the end we were all crying and Carissa was laughing so hard lots of the guests were turning and looking at us...it was hysterical and since when is walmart that funny...it's not actually but there you have it. my family = random things= funny. and thinking about those funnies now makes me 'a bit sad' I won't have some good ole kicks with the fam at Suzie's upcoming wedding...
and when i told Nikila she was pretty she said, no I'm hot...which i thought was funny...Nee Nee

PSsss Alexandra Brooke Michel is coming to visit me (and Linds) and we are going to the lake...yeah, yeah, yeah.....

PSssss I got lots of mail this week and my auntie wrote me on my grandma's writing paper...so i had a piece of grandma this week...it made my week...

PSsssss Wimbledon Tennis Open is going on right now...my dad is so not cheering for Federer...which i never knew until he won the French and my dad was bummed he broke Pete Samprass' record...I was shocked, shocked! But my dad sticks with his favorites and he has been a Pete man from the beginning...so funny to me cause Pete doesn't even play anymore...but Pete's the man I guess...anyway, I kinda hope Murray will win, give the ole UK a big patriotic boost...but really, now that Nadal's not in wimbledon I don't think anyone will beat Federer...unless his wife goes into premature labor:) sorry Dad...my vote is Federer...

PSssssssIt rained yesterday, kind of a thunderstormy rain that makes you think of when you were a kid and you would hide (well I would) and start saying your little prayers to God to keep you safe and you'd wonder what is feels like for your life to flash before your eye's and how long it should take if your only 9...yes, that kind of storm...and so I just stared out the window and watched it

PSsssssss k, I'm done now

Choir Conductor

Once there was a feisty, type A girl who took over a high school choir. Talented and determined she pushed and sometimes pulled those adolescant kids into performing. Inspiring her charges she brought fun back into touring and made mail call unforgettable for all. Her dedication to the high schoolers extended beyond just the choir duties but to their lives and all the possibilities ahead. She pushed and goaded and chastised them to live up to ideals and high expectations. Her approval and wisdom was sought in all things from relationships to spiritual matters. And her sincerity and challenge to each person in her care continued on even after they graduated and moved forward in life.
I remember rowdy practises, shopping for outfits and then long performances in those outfits, posing for 'the poster' pictures, Lord I lift your Name on High (with actions) performed about a billion times...
but mostly I remember her, introducing each piece of music or entire musical, smiling as she faced us and conducted, in everything a determination to carry it thru to it's end with energy and heart.
And now, even this specific section is coming to a close, although I highly doubt that this is the last choir or musical endeavor for such a gifted lady. 10 years is an amazing contribution and I am just lucky enough to have been a part of her work. A thank-you doesn't even cover it. So while she is moving on and also saying good-bye and letting go of the 'first' choir that she put her heart and soul into; just thought I'd 'blob out' that I for one and grateful and humbled to be called a 'His Singer'....
proud of you girl...I hope this helps me get a free CD when your album is ready:)

ethiopian food and coldplay

SO I think you can tell that we didn't have the best seats ever...but we did have an amazing time and the performance was unforgettable...the best part was half-way thru the concert when they just finished Lost (I think....) and held the last note and then the first 2 notes of viva la vida and the whole stadium surged to there feet all at once and we were singing it along with him...it was CRAZY...i have never seen that happen for one song before it was intense...the drummer was my fav in this song...I get chills just thinking about it...






bare with until I get better pic's up...all i can say is I went in thinking, I'll probably be dissapointed cause I have been looking forward to this forever and my expectations are high...not gonna lie, better than I had hoped and that is huge...

I said, " Make me look like Katie Holmes..."

but she couldn't replace my face...oh well. am enjoying the new do...
my hair was super greasy and I didn't feel like washing it before the pictures but now that I look at these pic's I am wondering why I didn't wash my hair before the pic's cause I think the greasyness shows...but maybe thats just cause I'm looking for it...and now I told you all so you can look for it too...

Duck, Duck, Goose

yep, there everywhere, the canadian goose...dropping their turds all over the sidewalks and yards...but there nice to have around...I feel sorry for the ones that live around the golf course...what a sad way to go...."Duck!" but no, it's a goose (sometimes I astound myself with how funny i am)...but I call them ducks too...Linds told me that on her way to pick me up the other day, a mother goose was crossing the street with all her little gosslings and they were so bottom heavy they kept tripping over their feet and then helplessly flapping around on their backs unable to get back up...so cute...we were laughing so hard in the car and then we got to the university to take our exams...
turns out i didn't do that bad on the exam...nice to know. I am relieved...now I am gearing up to finalize all the travel arrangements to South Africa...gonna help out with a family who takes care of HIV abandoned babies...so far they have adopted 15 kids over the years...on top of careing for infants and toddlers who are eventually adopted...I guess they take in babies that are very sick and dying too...it's weird cause I have been having dreams about going over there and holding a baby who is very sick, possibly dying...sometimes I get overdramatic about stuff so I really do hope that the dreams are just my own fears of not knowing how to handle so many kids or fear of not being good with any of the kids...funny how all these things hit me after I mail in the application and buy the ticket:) mostly I am excited and so ready to have this adventure...these kinds of things are what all this training is all about for me; so I am pretty ready to leave the books for a bit and have some practical... if you remember say a prayer in august and a bit of july that would be awesome...for the babies, for the people I'll meet and work with, and of course me too...