Jocelyn, Joy, Jigsaw

I want to dedicate this post to my friend Jocelyn. First off, because

a) she just graduated with her undergrad degree in Psychology! Wooh!!
b) she claims she checks my blogs a million times a day and therefore I don't post enough.

So here's a post especially for her, with a picture of her diligently studying:

It has been fun this last week to celebrate with my friends who are graduating! Last night a few of us went to The Keg to celebrate which was great and then hung out at my place. Was delightful.

In other news, I received my Antarctica photos books yesterday! I am not in love with them.. well they're nice, but I should have ordered them in glossy, not matte finish. So the pictures are nice, but they would look ten times better in glossy. I might order one more copy just for myself in glossy.

But, along with my box of books, I received another box! Upon opening it, I found Melissa and Philip's wedding book. So nice. Okay, random because I have no idea who these people are and apparently they live in Ontario. Their wedding book looked kind of trendy on the outside, but on the inside, it wasn't nice at all. The layout that is. They have all the picture names under them. I'm hoping it was ordered by the photographer, but if not, that's too bad. Haha.. anyway, very random that I have this book and now I have to drop it off to be mailed to the people who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their book.

And here's a picture of my cool partylite elephants anticipating some tasty veggies. Mmmm.. I had a couple friends come over for a tea party the other day and it was delightful! So great to catch up and just hang out.

And just an update, puzzles are taking over my life.

I got my long awaited for GRE scores back in the mail yesterday! haha.. Upon looking at my scores, I realized I should have studied. Some people prepare an entire year for this exam.. I book it a week beforehand and just got write it! hahaha.. I didn't do horrible and was still above average, but I know I could have done way better had I known what was going on! But the analytical writing part is the section that you can't really prepare for, and I got in the highest score bracket for that one, with 92% of the people who wrote it at the same time scoring lower than me. So yay for writing abilities! :)

Yesterday I had a revelation of something incredibly profound that I was going to blog about. And now I've forgotten it. Hopefully it was indeed profound and will secretly change my life now without me knowing about it.

Oh! I have a new blogging friend. Her name's Laura and she's absolutely hilarious and I love her stories! In fact she's coming over in a couple hours to make french toast. Anyway, check out her blog, and welcome her to the blogging world! http://laurawarkentin.blogspot.com/ (and i figured I would link to her blog a few times in this paragraph. haha)

That's all for today! Leaving on a road trip tomorrow! Woooh! So stay tuned for those adventures! :)

Fat, Flowers, Filter

I started a new blog.

It took a long time to get to the point of actually starting it, but it's been an idea in my mind for a long time. Not sure what it will all entail or where it will go or even what all the content will be, but feel free to join me there. I titled the blog "Diary of a Fat Girl". This may seem a harsh title to some, but I thought it was catchy, and that's what it's about. It's a blog about my journey of being overweight, losing weight, but also discovering more of who I am in the process and viewing it holistically. I would love for you to visit and follow the blog and would be delighted to hear your comment and feedback along the way. So here's the link: Click here to go read!


Yesterday I saw these beautiful roses and figured I would buy them for myself because why not? :) They are beautiful and smell amazing and add a nice brightness to my kitchen (not that it wasn't bright in the kitchen in the first place...)

And here's a helpful household tip for those of you who are like me and have no idea what things need to be regularly done in a house.. Okay, I assume most people know something like this... but I just learned it the other day, so thought I'd share my newfound knowledge...
Air filters for your furnace should be changed every few months.. not every two years. Oops. Here's a picture of the old, slightly dirty one and the nice new white clean one! I'm expecting my furnace efficiency to be incredible now!




And here is a picture of my latest purchase. I have wanted an elliptical for a while now, and saw an ad in the paper for Flaman Fitness and their promotion event of "Pay for your pounds." Intrigued, I read on...

At the time of purchase, you weigh in at the store. Six months later, you weigh in again and for every pound that you have lost, they pay you $10 up to the price of the machine. So you can earn a lot of your money back and the exercise machine is fairly affordable then. So, I figured I'd give it a shot! My goal is to earn 600 dollars, so we will see how that goes!! :) But kind of fun motivation. And nice for when it's rainy outside.

And that's it for this post! Hope you enjoy the new blog and go change your furnace air filter!