Back from Toronto

This trip was SO much fun! I met some totally great people while up there!
Janelle, Matt, Justin and I were inseperable for most of the time. Everyone thought we were like best friends, when in reality we had just met. I love meeting people like that. That are just cool and So easy to get along with.

So here was the schedule:
Wed - basically flying all day. Sitting by Layle was SO great. She's the perfect person to get seated by on a long flight. Small chat in the beginning of the flight. As soon as you're safely allowed to use portable devices...DONE. We both plugged into iPods and read the rest of the way. Plus she's really nice and Vicki always talks to me about her like I should know her - and now I do! Thanks Layle! Renting the car, and nearly killing everyone in the car a couple times on the way to the hotel! haha. It's hard to listen to the navigation and talk to everyone and try to realize how many kilometers away things are, etc. Then went to the warehouse to set up the booth.

Thursday - 7am (5am my time) had to get up to do make & takes in the lobby of the hotel for the stores that were there. My class was 8-9:30 and it went SO well. YAY! I got invited out by a couple of stores there to come teach in their stores! I say sure - if you're going to pay my way! haha. Then at 10am - I was done for the day. We had lunch at the hotel, and then Lindsay & Julie from Cosmo Cricket and Matt from BoBunny hopped in the car to Niagara. It was the first time meeting Matt and he's a chatty boy - but really funny and kick back. Here are some pictures from that trip:

Then we got back just in time to "freshen up" and go to the dinner with a special guest speaker. Everyone was supposed to wear Pink because the woman was talking about her breast cancer experience. Pictures of the gang all fancy: (the first guy was this guy that was HILARIOUS! and offered to have me come up to Victoria BC to teach in his store. He was all pimped out in pink. Even wearing ladies pink socks. SO GREAT! The rest are Justin & I, and then Janelle, Justin, Matt & I. I love that the boys wore pink feather boas!)

That night we (above 4) went to Walmart to load up on Canadian items: Katchup chips by Humpty Dumpty (sick!), Dill Pickle chips (delish!) and their chocolate/candy items we heard about all day! Plus we checked through the self checkout in French! Pretty funny because none of us speak Francois and it took us about 10 minutes to figure out we were swiping our cards in the wrong spot. Then we had a P.J. Party in my room and watched 3:10 to Yuma which was really not that fantastic...but fun just to relax and laugh and be silly.

Friday was a day in the warehouse selling. It was still really fun and totally laid back. I sold a lot and got a really good order just emailed to me from the distributor, so I figure my work was solid and meant I could leave at 3pm! haha. So we did! Janelle had to leave early to catch her flight so it was just me and the boys Friday night. We TOTALLY missed her! Dinner at this place called Montana's. I nearly died of laughing when we asked our waiter what there was fun to do there (we had already established with him that we were from the states) and he suggested the Fajitas. HAHA! Also it was this lady's b-day at the restaurant and they made her wear this hat while they sang to her and clapped:

Driving around was fun. We saw the temple - which looked like all the other ones. Then we had another P.J. Party - again in my room and watched The Mist - which was THE WORST FILM EVER! but good to laugh about!

Pictures of the P.J. Party: (in order: Justin in the corner/Matt on the couch, Justin, Matt's self shot of his leg (he's going to love that I included that one), and the boys on the couch. I need to figure out how to do video because that's a still shot of this clip of Matt doing something in a Sean Connery accent. It was funny!)

Justin left early Sat morning, Matt changed his flight to mine and we played "who would you rather" most of the way home! His toughest one "Elton John or Richard Simmons" (he chose Elton). haha. And now I'm home and already missing the PJ parties! Oh well. It was a REALLY fun trip! Also got to see some of my Fav people. Miss Vickie looked cute as ever and told the best, most elaborate stories at dinner! Love that girl! Hope you all had great weeks too! I think you're officially all caught up on mine now!

My Celebrity Soulmate

My friend Holly pointed me in the direction of this fun little quiz. I was a bit surprised at my match, but who would kick this guy out of bed! Gorgeous!


Take the Quiz

Although then I re-took it a few times, just to see. New questions gave me George Clooney twice and then Will Smith. Weird.

Oh Canada....

I'm off to Toronto in the morning! My company has a distributor up there that is having an event. I'll be flying all day tomorrow, setting up my class. Thursday will be teaching my class on how to market product to the Canadian market and then....FREE DAY! I've asked my FAVS (Lindsay & Julie) from Cosmo Cricket to come to Niagara Falls with me for the rest of the day. Should be a good time and I'll try to take lots of pictures. (oh, and yes I was trying to add a bunch of links into this email.) Have a great week! Be back soon!

My first sign of Spring

I'm loving this weather, which the JERK weather man said today wasn't going to last. Well just to pee in his Cheerios - I believe Spring has Sprung at my house and here's why.Ducks in my swimming pool yesterday. They're just getting the water ready for me! Thanks guys!

Zicam is of the Devil

So here's the truth, and nothing but the truth (so help me God).

Monday morning, after being deathly ill for 2 days I started taking this drug called Zicam. My mom had said she heard it worked great for colds and flu. Shortened symptoms, etc. Great, now there are Urban Legends about Wonder Drugs? Just what we need. But - after the dizzy, aching, freezing symptoms - a shorter symptom record was sounding pretty glorious. *insert track from Willy Wonka singing 'i've got a golden ticket' here*

Well I got this box full of these things. I'm not really keen on sticking things up my nose in the first place. I don't know - I think somehow it's going to touch my brain or whatever. But it's this box full of Q-Tip like things dipped in medicinal goo. You break the seal, swab the inside of your nose, dip the swab back in the medicine and repeat on the other nose-hole.

If, without being reported to the NY Journal of Medicine, I could take a picture of the chaos that is my nose - I totally would. This morning I woke up with COLD SORES! (ya that's right) lining the inside of both nasal cavities. As if being sick isn't horrible enough!?!?! I should sue their asses.

Apparently I'm allergic to one of the following:
Zincum Gluconicum 2x
Benzalkonium Chloride
Glycerin
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Purified Water (my money's on this one - haha!)
Soldium Chloride
Soldium Hydroxide

Anyway, Buyer beware! Now on top of being ugly because I'm sick, now I really am...just ugly. With Shanks growing from the inside out of my nose! ps - they're not really shanks, but for those of you that know me...I do love to use that term whenever possible. (Note: a Shanker is an STD. Lovingly nicknamed Shank by my Sophomore year health class. For some reason it never lost it's humour!)

New side note: I just went on their website and submitted the following story:
Your cold remedy gel swabs actually gave me cold sores on the INSIDE of my nasal cavities. Now, on top of being sick...I have the added bonus of nearly swollen shut nostrils and having to cringe with pain when I blow my nose. Fantastic work on that one!

I'm not sure, but I'm hoping the sarcasm comes across on that one :)

A couple friends on Myspace

Have done this...and it seemed like a fun thing. Feel free to try it yourself! Here are the directions:
1--Answer the questions below
2--Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (www.photobucket.com)
3--Take any picture from the first page of results and post. (click on the picture and copy the HTML code) Don't explain, it's funnier that way!



Questions:

What is your name?


What Month were your Born?


What is your favorite Hobby?


Favorite TV Show?


Favorite Color?


Celebrity Crush? (ok so he's not really a celebrity, which is probably why i CRUNCH him)


Favorite Disney Princess?


Favorite Vacation Spot?


Favorite Type of Dessert?


Favorite Smell? (clean of course)

On this night, 3 months ago...

I weighed the same as a small country. Thus joining Weight Watchers. I still weigh a small country, but this country is now 26.2 lbs lighter! WAHOO!!

I think being sick this weekend and not eating for 3 days helped my cause - but whatever it takes! Anyway, just had to share my news.

Humiliation and Sickness

Okay so this winter I have been quite the cocky girl. I think we've nearly had a record of snowfall and it's been REALLY cold, and yet - I still insist on wearing cute high heels, etc.

Last week on Tuesday I was running late for work (as always) and toting my guitar downstairs to leave. It was a foggy day, but not cold. First step onto the cement and I completely ate it! A few choice words came out of my mouth, and then I started laughing imagining who got to see that graceful display. Girl in dress, high heels, and a guitar over her shoulder - completely eating it. HILARIOUS!

Except that today...5 days later - my knee looks like this:

GORGEOUS RIGHT?! haha.

As if that wasn't horrible enough - yesterday (Saturday) I got the worst Flu I've ever had in a long time. The Chills, achy, dizzy, sore throat. I mean you name it, I had it! This winter effing bites!