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Another week has gone by and here again is my weekly update.

My last day of work for this year was Tuesday. The call centre that I work in made the decision to transfer the phones to our other location over the Christmas Holidays so that all of us could enough time off. I return to work on January 5, 2009.

I finished my Christmas shopping this morning. I had thought I was done yesterday, but I had gotten the wrong size in one gift so I had to try a different store for the right size.

I am spending most of the next 3 days out at Selena and Curtis'. They graciously agreed to host the "Bell" Christmas this year. Grant will be joining us as he can around his work schedule.

Plans are still coming along for our wedding at the end of January. Mostly we just have little things left to do, so it's pretty stress free.

That's all I have for this week's update.

5 of 52

Well, another week has come and gone, and it's time for my weekly update.

The weather here has been very, very cold. We were in a windchill warning all weekend, and temperatures have been slowly warming up. I hope that it will be nicer next week for Christmas, as we are driving back and forth to Selena's.

We finally have the cake ordered for the wedding. When I walked into the cake shop a week earlier, I saw the cake that I wanted (with a few variations) and it's within our price range. It's always nice to check things off the list.

Grant inquired today about getting a parking spot at his building. Unfortunately, all the spots are currently being rented (26 spots for 52 suites). The resident manager told him that he will be next to get one when comes open. This could make the rest of the winter very interesting if we are only able to park on the street and not be able to plug the car in. Apparently, there is permit that we can get from the City that will allow us to park on the street in front of his place (except overnight during the winter due to it being a snow route). Normally between the hours of 9 am & 5 pm, it is 1 hour parking on his street. Here's hoping that someome will give up a parking spot soon.

There hasn't been much else going on here. One would think that with only 5 weeks 3 days to the wedding that I'd have too much to do, without enough time to do it in, but that's not the case. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything.

I'm still working on my goals. I don't have any more of them completed. I'll update when I do (some of them should be completed soon I hope).

4 of 52

Here again is my weekly update.

I went to see my family doctor on Thursday. He called me in to discuss the ultrasound results that were sent to him. He has referred my to a general surgeon, with the thoughts that I might have to have my gall bladder removed. I'm hoping that it doesn't come to that and that they can just break up with sound waves. (I've that is a new way to treat gall stones)

Saturday was my work holiday party. Grant and I both had a good time, and enjoyed the great food. After the dinner, we had a dance and karaoke. They gave out a couple of door prizes. Grant won the "romantic package", which has chocolates, wine, massage oil, wine glasses, candles, a CD and a night at the Inn at the Forks. It will be great to use that for a relaxing night sometime after the wedding. I also won 200 minutes of lay down tanning from a local tanning salon. I was wanting to do tanning before the wedding, so this will make it easier.

It's beginning to look more and more like winter here in Winnipeg. It's amazing how many drivers don't adjust their driving habits with for the weather conditions. Maybe I'm just too cautious when driving on snow and ice, but so many people fly past me. Drives me crazy.

It's hard believe that it's only 44 days until the wedding. Seems like so much, yet so little time.

Completed 2 Goals

Yesterday, I was able to cross 2 of my goals off my list.

#12 - Buy a new computer (with cash) - my computer died on Tuesday. It wouldn't even turn on. I was already thinking of buying a new computer soon, so this just bumped it up a little. I decided to get a laptop, given the size of Grant's apartment (which is where we will be living after the wedding).

#87 - Purchase a good printer - when I bought the laptop, they were having a special that when you buy a new desktop or laptop computer, you can purchase an HP 3 in 1 printer for only 30 dollars. So, I took advantage of that deal, and I now have a printer, scanner and copier.

I'll do my weekly update on Tuesday.

3 of 52

It's time again for my weekly blog update.

Not much has happened this week.

I got the ultrasound results. I do have gallstones. I don't find that they are bothering me too much, but sometimes they act up. I'm trying to have one meal a day as a "clear liquid" meal, to try and give my body a rest. Seems to working ok so far.

I haven't made any progress on the roses this week. Too many early mornings with late nights, or I wasn't at home.

Grant and I went for a date night on Saturday. We went to Kelsey's for supper, and then went to the cheap theater and watched "Righteous Kill". It was a very good movie, and I highly recommend it. I won't spoil it for anyone though.

Sunday, we went out to Carman for church and our final session with Wayne and Collette before the wedding. This session was basically just a little exercise to see what kinds of personalities we have and how compatible our personalities are. Turns out that we compliment each other very well.

We had to rush in from Carman (cause we left late), to have supper with Grant's family. We met at Mongo's Grill at Kenaston and McGillvary. The food there is FABULOUS. You basically walk through and choose your veggies, meats, noodles and sauces, then they cook the food right there in front of you. It was amazing. I very highly recommend it.

This Saturday is my work holiday party, and Grant and I are both looking forward to it. I'll post about that next week.

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I know I'm a little late on my weekly update, but it's been very busy the last couple of days.

Friday, I ended up leaving work early and headed to the emergency room. I had been experiencing some chest pains, and my co-workers all figured that I shouldn't be at work, and were encouraging me to go. It turns out that I may have gall stones (have to wait for the ultra sound to prove it).

Saturday, my maid of honour arrived into town. We spent the weekend working on wedding stuff. I'm handmaking my favours, so we got to work on those. I'm about 40% of the way done them.

Today, I went out to Steinbach to have another fitting for my dress. It now fits perfectly.

Tomorrow, I have my ultrasound to see if I really do have gall stones.

Work is going good. Things are slowing down for the holiday season, but that is normal in this industry.

As for my 101 in 1001 project, I have made a few changes to some of my goals, as I realized that they weren't worded right to begin with.

Here's an update on some of the goals:

#79 - Try a new restaurant every 2 months - I actually have tried two new restaurants already this month, and will be trying another one on Sunday. I'm only going to count one of them though. Grant took my to the Royal Crown Revolving Restaurant for my birthday. We went for the lunch buffet. The food was very good, and of course there were way too many choices. The view was spectacular. It's amazing how big Winnipeg really is. There was never a point where you could tell where the city ended. I highly recommend trying it sometime.

#84 - Donate 100,100 grains of rice on freerice.com - To date, I have only donated 700 grains of rice, but I keep forgetting to go to the site everyday. I'm going to add a new bookmark in my "Daily" folder in Firefox, so that I remember to do this more often.

Those are the only goals that really have any progress at this point. Keep checking back for more.

1 of 52

When I made my list of goals, one of them was to update my blog weekly for a year. So, without any further ado, here is post 1 of 52.

Lately, most of my spare time has been spent working on wedding plans. They all seem to coming along really well. I have sent out the invites, and plan on starting to make the favours in the next week or so. I still have some of the supplies to buy for those.

I continue to play Buzztime Trivia as often as I can. Since Tuesday was a holiday, I didn't have to work and was able to go play Showdown, which I don't get to do very often. We were doing quite well, and had a good score going into the final round. The category was "Orchestral Works." Most of the group was saying that they didn't like the category. I told them that I liked the category, but wasn't going to make any promises that I would get the answer. The question was, "In Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, what instrument is used to represent the wolf?" I was so sure of my answer, and one of the other players agreed with me. Turned out we were wrong. I felt so bad. Anyone know the answer???

I think that's about all that is new in my world. I haven't completed any of my goals yet, but when I do, I will cross them out and maybe post an update on how it went.

101 in 1001

I got this idea from another blog that I stumbled across, and thought that it was a pretty cool idea.

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.

2. Stay Focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.

3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.

4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.

5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.

I'm going to post my goals at the side, and update them as I complete them.

Update

Once again, it's been quite a while since I've posted anything.

On August 21, Grant and I were involved in a car accident here in Winnipeg. I was driving in an unfamiliar area of the city, and was trying to figure out where I was, and by the time I saw the red light, I was already in the intersection. Unfortunately, there was a semi coming through the intersection and he broadsided the car.

We were both taken to Health Science Center by ambulance. Grant had two fractured ribs and a collapsed lung, and was kept overnight for observation and released on the Friday. I have a small fracture in my left hip, and compression fractures on two of my vetebrae (these may not be new though). I also got a nasty bruise from the seatbelt, but that healed very quickly. I was admitted to hospital and was fitted for a brace. I was in for a total of 8 nights before I got the brace and was allowed to go home.

It's been just almost 3 weeks since the car accident and Grant went back to work on Monday. He still gets little twinges of pain if he moves the wrong way, but is recovering really well.

I'm off work until I'm out of the brace. It's not easy sitting at home, not being allowed to do much (no heavy lifting, bending). I am working on little details of the wedding, but I'm not enjoying being housebound.

I tried to add some pictures, but I can't seem to get them to upload right now.

Engagment Pics

I've posted our engagment pictures at the park that we took on Saturday.

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Food, Glorious Food

I'm not refering to Oliver, and nobody was begging for more.

Tonight, everyone in head office was invited to dine at Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse with the General Manager's from the hotels, who were on their way to Gimli for the annual GM conference.

I've never gone to Ichiban before, and was it ever a treat.

Our meal started out with Vegetable soup, and a cucumber salad. Very delicious. We were given the option of having Chicken Livers for an appetizer. I decided to be brave and try them. They weren't that bad.

Next the chef (who cooks right at the table), mixed up a batch of fried rice, after doing the "Japanese Egg Roll". I almost ended up wearing one of the eggs.

While we were eating the fried rice, the chef cooked up the main course of shrimp, chicken and steak. It was very delicious.

We were all stuffed, and some of us were more stuffed than others.

Sorry, there are no pictures, but I didn't think to borrow Charlotte's camera for the evening.

Church Picinic

Yesterday, Grant and I headed out to the annual church picinic. We had lots of fun. There were games, food, more games, and fireworks. It was also a great chance to visit with people that you don't really get a chance to visit with on Sundays. For the games, we were in groups of 4, and Grant and I were lucky to be paired up with Ray and Lisa. They are a wonderful couple, and a great example to us. The games were lots of fun, and spawned many laughs among the groups.

Long Overdue Update

I've been told by a few people that I need to update this blog. I guess they are right.

A lot has happened in my life since my last post.

I met a wonderful man, Grant, and am now engaged to him, with a wedding date of January 24, 2009. I was introduced to him by a coworker who knew him, and the rest as they say is history. He works as a security guard here in Winnipeg, and enjoys his job.

Wedding plans are coming along slowly but surely. I'm planning on making my own invitations, programs and wedding favors, so the coming months could end up being very crafty (and I'm not a crafty person).

I'm still working at the same job and still enjoy going to work everyday.