7 Months to Christmas

So tonite I was home alone (yes on a Friday nite) hanging out with me. I decided to check what was on T.V. Since we don't have cable... there was first much playing around with the rabbit ears... eventually I was able to get a movie channel. Although everyone looked like they had a twin and it was a little fuzzy, it was enough to follow the movie.

With the lack of choice of channels I was forced to watch the only movie on tonite - which happened to be, "Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York".
Perhaps many have never even seen this show a first time... this was sadly to say my 4th time.

BUT - it brought a sense of nostalgia and a desire for Christmas. I was starting to sing along to the Christmas carols and feeling like I should be pulling out the tree.
The part that didn't feel right was the fact that we still haven't finished putting away the decorations from last year.

During one of the commercials I took a glance at the calendar and realized that it is in fact 7 MONTHS to Christmas -- actually to Boxing Day.
Can you believe that the year is almost half over? I still haven't put a dent in the Christmas pounds I put on and basically it's almost Christmas again.

We should start seeing Christmas commercials in the next month or so... the pre-boxing day sale!

Well, we might as well start shopping now and ensure that we really are ready for Christmas on time this year... even early perhaps!

Early Merry Christmas!

Officially B.C.ites

I am officially 100% a B.C.er now. (Jan is almost there...)
I have the B.C. plates for my car, B.C. insurance (that is costing me double), and B.C. drivers lic.

I do have to say that seeing the B.C. lic plates on my car will take some getting used to... I keep walking past my car looking for the silver bullet with cute AB plates.

The only small little detail left to deal with is getting the front plate drilled onto my car. Currently it is jammed in the front passanger side window. My car has no holes for front plates, so gotta find me a drill and get me some holes!

Someone Heard our PLEA...

In a past entry Jan (notice Poo Poo I called you Jan - not Janet) and I showed our desperation for someone to come and visit us or call us through our MSN conversation that was posted.

AND our plea was answered. Kimmmy D came to visit us.

This is the before picture - the start of the weekend

AND...

This is the after picture... ending off the weekend with a great walk on the beach in White Rock!

This too could be you if you came out and visited us!!!

Comments

My roommate is the prettiest person ever.

In 3 days there have been over 58 readers of my blog!! woo-hoo!! That's very exciting. What plagues me is not knowing who you are. SOOOOOO - you are invited to participate in my blog by simply enter a comment, and typing your name. That's all you have to do. Type your name. If you can spell your name, and you have at least one finger, this will be possible.

(Thanks Janet... she wrote that for me... she also likes to read my blog and the comments of my faithful readers - perhaps her and I should just start a joint blog?? Hmmmm)

My Car Has Bad Breath!

well.... it's very sad.... my car has been diagnosis with bad breath...

Today I took my car in to have the out of car inspection done.
(I will have to do a air care inspection every two years - to me it sounds like they are checking if it has bad breath)

I for sure thought my car inspection was no brainer... of course my car being a 2003 is fine and good to go.
TO MY UTTER SHOCK AND Disbelief - my car FAILED the inspection!!!!

Yes that's right - my car has bad breath.

Technically it's my windshield they are making me replace and there is some funny noise in the front end they have to look into...

What this means -- They will NOT pass my car until I FIX that stuff - which means I can NOT get car insurance until I pass the inspection - which means that I have to buy another day of temporary insurance in order to have those repairs done.

Sigh... good thing this is such a beautiful city that it's worth every dollar!!!

Car Insurance

I think I'm going to write a book about "how to move to BC - 101."

Making THE CAR CHANGES:

You start with looking at the ICBC website (aka the car insurance peoples) and it says first you need to get your drivers before you can get your registration and insurance.

WELL the question is - WHERE do you go to get your new drivers lic. Looked on the internet, phone book, internet, phone book, asked Vancouver people... can't find someone who knows where the heck to go...

FINALLY - stumble across an office...
They took away my AB drivers lic... that hurt.
Now I have a yellow piece of paper - and no photo ID for 1 week -- I just realized this will be a problem this weekend in going out.

SO I walk across the street to some insurance guy and he says - oh I need some photo ID to get the registration and insurance. WHAT THE... They just took it away from me and said I wouldn't need it for the registration and insurance...

The guy had mercy on me and said he'd do it anyway.

THEN he tells me I need to get some air test done on my car. Like my car has bad breath or something. AND you have to do this every 2 years. WHAT A CASH COW! And we thought photo radar was bad.

SO - I have no insurance on my car b/c the insurance from AB is now expired.
So I have to buy temp insurance for one day so I can go get my car's breath checked so I can actually get some insurance on my car.

Wow... I need to hire an assistant to do this stuff for me!

my near death experience

Before I start let me give some background info to this story.

My Alberta car insurance expired yesterday and I haven't had an opportunity to get some BC insurance. (Trying to figure out the whole process to change all that stuff over is a huge task!)

SO... in order to drive today I needed to borrow someone's car... and who do I know here in Vancouver that I could ask... well that would leave Janet.

She reluctantly handed over the keys to her precious blue baby... asking me if knew how to drive a standard... giving me instructions on how to take good care of her car.

All was going well until I was almost home... I didn't even stall the car once.

THEN I was merging onto Caribou road and there was this big truck behind me... and he was quite far over on my left side making it impossible to merge into the traffic because I couldn't see because he was SO big...

BUT he wasn't stopping... he was forcing me more and more forward into the traffic.... but I couldn't see so I didn't want to go forward... and I was running out of room... and all I could see was his big headlights getting bigger in my mirror. He wasn't stopping... he was about to squash me like a bug.
I laid on the horn... and he had the nerve to honk back... jerk... he was the one blocking my view and trying to drive over me.

It wasn't the truck that would have killed me... it would have been Janet after she saw her squashed bug. I would be dead... not breathing...

Rats... I hate rats... rats make me crazy...

I was informed of some disturbing news this past week...
There are RATS here in Vancouver and Janet has now seen TWO!!!

I'm not sure how I'm feeling about this information.
I have never actually seen one, but I can envision a big black hairy mouse the size of a cat with red eyes glowing and a long thick scaly tale with big white teeth...
I know that if I do see one I'm going to either throw up or faint.

I don't like rats.

MSN

This is an exert from an MSN conversation that Jan and I had today.
I was sitting on the couch in our living room and Jan was sitting at her desk on the other sid of the room...
I think we need to get out more!

Jan = Janet
Dancing Queen = Sus

Jan says:
hey - wanna watch the OC when i'm out of the shower? ha ha

Jan says:
you're a poo-poo head

Dancing Queen says:
hmmmmm yeah

Jan says:
no you are

Jan says:
so there

Dancing Queen says:
no you are

Jan says:
i beat you to it

Dancing Queen says:
is it too late to go out?

Dancing Queen says:
soooooo

Jan says:
i'm a faster typer than you

Jan says:
where would we go

Dancing Queen says:
you're a poo poo for infinity

Jan says:
huh?

Dancing Queen says:
no return for anything I own!

Dancing Queen says:
we need to get out more!

Dancing Queen says:
I need to write this on my blog!

Jan says:
you can go to the poo-poo lounge

Dancing Queen says:
WHAT?

Jan says:
then people will really think we're crazy

Jan says:
not just guess we are

Dancing Queen says:
like they don't already?

Jan says:
come on

Jan says:
they respect us

Jan says:
totally

Dancing Queen says:
they do?

Jan says:
i know some people do for sure

Jan says:
we need to get out

Dancing Queen says:
ROF:

Jan says:
out of this apt

Dancing Queen says:
oh yeah........

Dancing Queen says:
we

Dancing Queen says:
are

Jan says:
what is ROF?

Dancing Queen says:
loosing

Dancing Queen says:
it

Jan says:
lost it

Dancing Queen says:
rollling on the floor!

Jan says:
past tense

Jan says:
ohhhhhh

Jan says:
insert awkward silence

Dancing Queen says:
HA

Dancing Queen says:
ummm

Jan says:
as I picture you rolling on the floor...

Dancing Queen says:
so about those crows

Jan says:
um.

Jan says:
so I'm going now

Dancing Queen says:
no

Dancing Queen says:
don't leave me

Dancing Queen says:
I need you

Jan says:
we should just post this whole message on your blog

Jan says:
then

Dancing Queen says:
yes yes

Jan says:
they'll ship Mark TO US

Dancing Queen says:
perfect!

Dancing Queen says:
it's a plan!

Jan says:
And we don't have to pay

Jan says:
they'll start a fund

Dancing Queen says:
right!!

Jan says:
to 'help' us

Dancing Queen says:
you're brilliant!'

Jan says:
so smart

Jan says:
I know

Dancing Queen says:
smrt

Jan says:
I am THO THMART

Dancing Queen says:
THO THO THO THMART infinity

Jan says:
and THILLY THOMETIMES

Jan says:
i'm hungry

Dancing Queen says:
THNO THNO you're tnot thilly

Dancing Queen says:
mee tooooo

Dancing Queen says:
what shall we eat?

Jan says:
Firefighters

Dancing Queen says:
YES!

Dancing Queen says:
let's go!

Jan says:
all right

Jan says:
i just have to throw on a towel and a hat

Jan says:
and flip flops

Dancing Queen says:
no, you're fine just the way you are

Dancing Queen says:
I love you just as you are!

Jan says:
ha ha

Dancing Queen says:
I heard you laugh

Jan says:
ok, let's go get me fatter then

Jan says:
greasy wings

Dancing Queen says:
its 9 p.m.

Jan says:
and beer

Dancing Queen says:
your computer just told me that

Jan says:
do you really think they'll be open?

Dancing Queen says:
yes yes... beer and wings

Dancing Queen says:
why not?

Jan says:
ok let's go

Jan says:
I'll need a few mins

Dancing Queen says:
ok

Dancing Queen says:
to do what?

Dancing Queen says:
don't leave me poo poo

Jan says:
omg

Dancing Queen says:
what?

Jan says:
you're not lauging

Dancing Queen says:
awwwwwww poo poo.... I'm going to cry

Jan says:
That would be if we were fighting

Dancing Queen says:
I'm laughing inside

Jan says:
but since we'ce never fought out loud, it would be even funnier on the computer

Dancing Queen says:
my stomach is jiggling

Jan says:
oh my

Jan says:
maybe no beer for you

Dancing Queen says:
have we never had a fight?

Jan says:
um

Jan says:
i don't know

Dancing Queen says:
silence....

Jan says:
have we?

Jan says:
-

Dancing Queen says:
I don't know....

Dancing Queen says:
we really must be bored!

Jan says:
yes

Jan says:
we need friends

Jan says:
silence

A Tribute to Snow.

Oh snow.... where art thou?? I miss you so dearly -- NOT.

Oh snow... your cold frozen flakes remind me of the clear crisp ocean.

Oh snow... your frosty bite can not compare to the fresh ocean breeze on a sunny spring day.

Oh snow... keep my dear friends in Edmonton company as I have to endure this green lush land of flowers and mountains and vast ocean. - Someone's gotta do it.

Oh snow... I think of you everyday as the warm sun browns my pale white virgin skin.

Oh snow... My car misses you... misses the sliding and slipping and spinning of tires on ice.

Oh snow... you are forever gone from my life........

Things I Never Thought I'd See...

In the last few weeks I have seen things I never thought I'd see...

- a blizzard of pretty pink flower petals... covering my car inches deep that I had to use my snow brush to get them off.

- A man driving a harley motorcycle talking on his cell phone... he was trying to drive, change gears etc while holding the phone b/w his shoulder and ear.

- A business woman dressed up in a power suit with a helmet on driving a scooter through full downtown Vancouver traffic.

- A parkade so big that it is a whole city in itself... so big you need a map to navigate your way through it.

- A couple people laying in sleeping bags on the sidewalk in the middle of the busy midday traffic on Robson Street with nice luggage parked beside them while they have a mid-day nap.

There are some strange human beings here in Vancouver!

Mr T

FIRST - I must say, this city is so amazing... it was a clear sunny day... the flowers are blooming the trees are in full bloom, the grass is long, lush and so green... the mountains so vibrant and big looking... the ocean so blue (well minus the green slim) and vast...
So, I heard it snowed in Edmonton yesterday. Yeah that's too bad.

OK... I must clarify some misconceptions that many seem to be having.

Earlier I mentioned a story about Mr T... the telus man... that took my number and wanted to go out on a date.

I may not have been very articulate in the previous entry.

I DID NOT DATE THE TELUS MAN... Nor do I plan too...
He joined Janet, Scott and Me for one nite out to the core of Vancouvers nite life.
That's it... nothing else to tell...
I hope that clears up any confusion about that.

SO, Janet is sitting on my bed eatting a bowl of cereal watching me as I type this and then ever once and a while laughs (not sure at what - perhaps the voices in her head are tell jokes again)... as milk drips out of the corners of her mouth.

OK now Janet has just left and then returned with a toliet bowl brush (a new one - she just purchased tonite) and is under my blankets trying to scrub my legs...
The voices are getting louder in her head telling her to do strang things...
Well at least my legs are clean now.

I must sign off for now and go see where Janet has gone too... make sure that the voices are not making her run around our apartment building with boxers shorts on her head... or something like that.

Naked Creepy Box Guy

We have this apartment building across from us where we are able to see many new and interesting people...

Tonite we were sitting on our balcony taking in the fresh crisp ocean air when we noticed across they way the "Naked Creepy Box Guy" (which we have named the one neighbour) was standing in front of the TV for a quite a long time... only wearing boxers... while the guy directly above him was also standing in front of his TV wearing no shirt... (couldn't see the bottom half).
What they were doing we'll never know... but decided that really we didn't want to know.

So - we decided that we must invest in a telescope... or maybe not.
AND we also decided that we can not be walking around our house naked anymore because otherwise they will call us the naked creepy gay girls.

Gas...

My new favorite website is:
http://www.vancouvergasprices.com/

I'm finding that all the cheapest locations are an hour drive from my house...
good thing I have a map so I can find these cheap gas stations.