& that's the way life goes

I’m late to jump on the Dexter bandwagon but OMG I just finished season 2 last night while the Super Bowl was on.  Sorry, I really don’t care about it at all.  C and I were looking for a new show after we finished the Rescue Me series (when is season 6 coming to dvd?????) and Dexter filled the void quite nicely.  I’m constantly amazed at the twist and turns in the plot.  Sure there are little things that bug me about it but this show is definitely a winner.

I have a serious girl crush on Isla Fisher, she is so cute.  After finishing Dexter C and I watched Wedding Daze.  Cute movie but definitely not a movie with any substance.

Excuse me, when did Jason Biggs get attractive?  Uh and he had a pretty hot body at the beginning of the movie with his skimpy little red undies.

Even though I didn’t watch the Super Bowl, I did see the Chysler commercial.  It was nice to see Detroit in a positive light, especially to an audience so big.  Sure, maybe people in other states saw it as another commercial, but I hope that isn’t the case.  There are some really great things in Detroit that get over looked. The people that make up the city get put down, but there are a lot of 20 and 30somethings that have decided to move downtown.  It is a city that is often the butt of jokes, but it’s where I went to school and where I frequently visit and I’m proud of it.

I do wonder how much Em was paid to appear in this ad…

I’m deliriously tired today.  You would think a whole day outside in the cold would have knocked me out last night, but not so much.  I couldn’t fall asleep and when  I did I woke up 2 hours later to some noise and then I was wide awake.  I tried laying out on the couch but that didn’t work either.  I finally did fall asleep but I swear I woke up ever hour or so.  Ridiculous.

Oh well, C thinks it is because I was still so pumped from snowboarding with Bessie all day.  I came home and couldn’t stop talking about it.  It felt amazing to get back out on the slopes.  Maybe I was still on a high from the day.

on the chairlift

i <3 this picture

=)

We had a couple mishaps and I’m sure we were entertaining to the worker at the top of the hill because of our antics getting off the chairlift.  He even came out to give commentary a couple of times.  The only scary part of the day was getting our boards tangled up on the exit from the chairlift at the end of the day.  I swear if I wouldn’t have laid flat the chair would have punched me in the face.  We didn’t let the chairlift win, we made sure we had an pretty exit and a good run before we called it a day.  I’d say we rocked it for not having been out on our boards in a few years.

On Friday I was at taekwondo doing normal kicks and all of a sudden I felt a pop in the back of my leg.  Yeah, I pulled my hamstring.  I was terrified I wasn’t even going to be able to go to snowboarding so I left class and picked up some icy hot and on impulse a thermacare heatwrap.  Oh.My.God. that thermacare heatwrap was the best thing I ever bought.  It was stayed warm for longer than 8 hours and really relaxed my aching muscle.  I went from limping with stiffiness to just a minor aggrevation on saturday.  If you ever pull a muscle or just have an ache I highly recommend trying the thermacare heatwraps.

(And no, I was not asked or paid in any way to endorse thermacare heatwraps  I happened to pick them up on a whim.  Though if they wanted to give me samples, money or coupons I would accept .)

This past weekend C and I ventured over the border with our newly printed passports after getting up early for yoga (me) and hockey (C).  I’ve had a passport since I was 20 but never used it to go anywhere cool.  Since you can only use your passport with your maiden name and your marriage certificate for 6 months I needed a new one.  While C was off work for his neck surgery we went to our local post office and filled out the applications and paid the fees.

(I will let you in on a little secret, getting our passports was a major step for a vacation we will be taking this year!!)

C grew up playing hockey and back when he was a boy, getting over the bridge/tunnel to Windsor was no problem.  He played in a lot of travel leagues so going to Windsor is a walk down memory lane for him. His brand, spanking new passport was burning a hole in his pocket so we decided to visit Windsor.  We went probably about 5 years ago, when all you needed was your birth certificate.  We kept seeing commercials on CBC for Spago and we had to try it. (Eek, I’m long winded today, storytelling.  Out of practice)

Border crossing always makes me nervous.  I always feel like I’m guilty of something even though I’m not.  It has to be their training in steely stares.  We were pretty lucky going and coming back, my friend LP always gets harassed.  Shoot, when I used to go to Canada with her we always used to get harassed.  I guess she just looks like she’s up to something lol.

Anyways, our first stop was the old Windsor Arena where the Spitfires used to play.  Next time we will go to their new arena and hopefully watch a game.

We spent the rest of the afternoon driving around Windsor and checking out the Detroit River.  We stopped to walk around downtown and I found the best Buddha next to the elusive one we found in San Diego last February.  I adored the one in San Diego, I wanted to buy him but he weighed at least 90lbs and we had no idea how to get him home.  I still think about him, I wish we would have bought him.  While we were walking around I spotted a Laughing Buddha statue in the window of this shop.  C went in and asked the price and before I knew it we were at an ATM and he was taking money out to buy him.  Isn’t he cute?  I need to paint him but I’m clueless, suggestions?

When we got back over the bridge we stopped in at Circa for some cheesy, cheesy pizza. Yum. Circa brings back so many memories of college. We went home and settled in with a fire and hockey night in Canada. It was a perfect day.

Sunday we got all our errands out of the way and we went to Sticks and Pucks at a local ice rink.  I haven’t been on skates in at least 5 years.  I was pretty stoked and I was surprised at how it just comes back.  I didn’t fall once and only wobbled a little in the beginning.

I actually found a local beginning women’s hockey league that starts in the Fall. They play Sunday evenings and the first four weeks is training and learning the game. I’m seriously considering it. Anyone want to join me?

Yay for a new year! I don’t know where 2010 went but I’m looking forward to what 2011 will bring.  Have fun and be safe!!

xoxo

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I hate to say that Fall is officially here, but dang, it’s chilly out there.  The only good thing about it is that I am now constantly wearing the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned.  It’s like walking barefoot, for realz.  (I’m not in any way being compensated for saying that, but if Sanuk wants to give me a free pair, I’d be all for that)

I might have gotten caught taken a picture of my feet on my desk…

I feel like I’ve had so much going on lately and no time to talk about all the fun I’ve been having.

Eminem/Jay-Z

Even though there was drama concerning the douchebags sitting next to us I had an amazing time with Jenni, Mal and Jessica.  So much so that I was thinking about the concert for days after.  Thoughts of how hot Eminem is and just the general amazingness

Holla

Drake, 50 Cent, D12, Trick Trick and some others showed up. I might have been a little hysterical when Dr Dre made a surprise visit. I may or may not have hurt Jenni by grabbing onto her arm, screaming and jumping up and down. I’m not too proud to admit it.

Wedding

A friend of my friends, that are more like my sisters, got married. We didn’t stay all that long because we were getting up at 4:30am the next morning to start our long Labor Day weekend.

The LONG weekend up north

We got up at 4:30am and drove up to the cottage. I slept a little bit while C drank all of my coffee. We spent the majority of the weekend inside because it was chilly. I finished two books, we got some little projects done, watched Scrubs and Definitely, Maybe. We did enjoy the sun when it did come out periodically by taking walks on the beach. We also got one big project done on Tuesday, our last day up there. It was sunny but WINDY.

Besides all that I spent the rest of the days eating everything in sight. We bought the best food to take up there. Our dogs were their usual pathetic selves and after the first day or two Scooby was suicidal.