Where does time go?

So it has been one month since I blogged, which seems incredible to me becuse I felt like I just did! An update: school is crazy, I was possessed to take 6 courses and I am paying for it now, all I can think about is that it is only 2 weeks until I am done!

In other news, Sam and I have officially got our vacation plans in order. We are going away to Collingwood (a resort area in Ontario) for 3 days in February, and then in August we are going to Florida for almost 2 weeks! I am so excited about going to Disney World because I have only been to Disneyland once and it was after the Mexico Missions Trip, and Sam and I had our first date there. Besides that we are going to rent a car and travel the coast, go to Miami Beach and go scuba diving at Fort Lauderdale where all the shipwrecks are. Anyways, I am just super excited because we haven't been able to get away for a holiday since our honeymoon.

Well nothing else exciting is really happening in my life, basically I am consumed with homework and thinking about my applications for teacher's college!! Wish me luck!

A Weekend Away

So Sam and I have been trying to get away for a weekend since our anniversary! My parents and sister were visting for two weeks after our one-year anniversary, so we said we would go away before school starts, well its almost November and we still haven't been able to get the time to go. We want to go to Buffalo for some good shopping, but who knows when that is going to happen; the Canadian dollar will probably be worth way less! On a brighter note I know for sure that we are going away in April to the Family Life Marriage Conference in Niagra Falls, we went to one while we were engaged and had a great time, so we are going again! Anyone who wants to join us can let me know soon because we are going to register soon!

I am alive...

So, I am amazed at how time flies, I didn't realize that it has been so long since I blogged! I am here and alive, just really busy! This week especially I have 4 midterms, and my studying fervour is dwindling away with each one. Other than school being busy, I don't really have anything crazy or new happening in my life, although I did get a new pink laptop! I have been taking it to school, and taking notes in class is so much easier now because I can type faster than I can write. I am actually sitting at a cute cafe on campus at this very moment enjoying my new toy! My sister on the other hand has really exciting news because she is finally ENGAGED! So congratulations to Hannah! I am really excited about the wedding, but I am sad because I am across the country and am not going to be able to do all the "Matron of Honour" duties and actvities. I am working on some stuff from my house, and Hannnah and I talk all the time about wedding stuff, so I hope as the process goes along I won't be too upsetg about missing all the fun parties! Well, I guess I better get back to studying for my midterm that I have in 2.5 hours!!

Gym Fiasco

So today I went to the gym, good right? Well I arrived later than planned but I made the best of it and worked my tail off. I went to go into the shower and realized that I had forgotten my towel. So as a last resort I used the t-shirt I had just worked out in, which clearly defeats the purpose. After that I went to brush my hair and I had forgotten my brush, thankfully I had a comb but needless to say it did not do its job! So I finally get ready, using my moisturizer bottle as a round brush, and I walk to my locker where there is a women, fully naked, bending over towards me in front of my locker. I can see everything, and I mean everything! So I squeeze my way in, trying not to look at anything, when she starts up a conversation with me. I mean my arm is practically touching her breasts and I wish I could have said: "I don't want to talk to you lady, your NAKED!" So I got out of there as fast as I could! Who says your life can't be like the movies?

Busy Busy Busy

So this semester I have decided that I am going to try and be "Super Melody" and do absolutely everything! I am taking 6 upper level courses, which to date are requiring me to write 8 essays. I am also leading a lifegroup for a bunch of youth girls, and being a friday night youth leader. I have agreed to be come our church's Ministry Team Leader for grade 2-4 and teach throughout the semester. This is all other than my part time job, which takes up 20 hours of my week! I have to say that with all this busyness I have had no time to clean the house or do laundry! Thankfully my wonderful husband has been an amazing help with doing the dishes and working at the housework, I couldn't appreciate that more! This afternoon is the first time in almost two weeks that I have had more than an hour at home that wasn't after 10pm, I am planning to get a lot accomplished! I am going to finish the laundry, clean the bathroom, begin my essay, make a fabulous dinner (Pasta Shells stuffed with Ground Turkey and Cheese) and watch the season premiere of Survivor China. What's the expression: "With great plans, comes great success"? I hope that is true of the ambitious semester I have set out for myself. Wish me luck!

Sunny Day

So I have officially started school again and I have to say that there is nothing like walking on my campus on a beautiful sunny day with the wind blowing and the creek rippling. All I can do is be thankful to God for the sunny, BC-like day with no humidity! I hope everyone (the few of you who read this) are having as great a day as I am, or was as I am off to bed now.

PIZZA!!

Despite how much I love to cook, and despite how much time I put into making meal plans and grocery shopping...tonight I am tired from work and just want to order pizza! In other news I found this really cool "Health Journal" in Chapters today. Each page has places to record what I eat for each meal, exercise, water, goal, weight and date. It is like a jazzed up version of a Weight Watcher journal. I have been on WW for a while now, but it ended a few weeks ago and I lost 12 lbs but I subsequently gained 2 of them over my holidays so....instead of spending the money on another 3 months I have decided to have another go of it at home. I will use my new journal and have Sam weigh me in on Thursday mornings (which was my regular WW time). I am also going to try and email with another friend of mine who is also trying to lose weight, I am hoping that this motivation and accountability will help me lose a bunch of weight before christmas! This of course conveniently coincides with my decision to eat pizza tonight and start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

The Return to the World of Television

When we first moved to Guelph our first basement suite included tv in the utilites and then when we moved to our current place we opted not to pay for tv. So it has been a good, long period of crazy bunny ears and moving the tv all over the living room just to see if we can get CBC for the Canucks games! Rogers is having an amazing sale so we have decided to dump Bell and go with them because for just $20 more per month we can get everything with Rogers and have VIP cable, I have to say that I am pretty excited. We have been trying so hard to be wise with our money and budgeting and the fact that we have made a switch and are getting more for our dollar is rewarding. I am on this budgeting kick right now because Sam and I literally do not know where all of our money goes each month, we always have enough but I have a feeling that we could be saving more effectively if we entered everything we spent into a document. I have made the template for September and I hope it is going to show us that we have more money than we think we do. SO, here's to the return of tv, the return of the Canucks (timeshifting is going to be awesome), and to budgeting!

I'm a Newbie

So, here I am! After almost a year of reading others blogs and thinking that it was such a cool way to document my life I have decided to do it! I will strive to be a faithful blogger who shares interesting tidbits about my crazy life with my dear husband. On another note Sam and I have been designing the youth room, which is just happening now, after being at this church for a year, however I am so excited about what we are doing! The colours we are using are various shades of grey, blue and green. On two of the walls we are colour blocking squares with blue, green and light grey. Stay tuned for pictures. All this painting has given me an awful migraine and a really sore neck and back, who knew that painting was so painful. Besides the paint we are looking to build a snack bar (similar to Burnett's coffee bar on a smaller scale), which will not only have food but books. Sam and I found these really cool shelves at IKEA that can be mounted on the wall. So all in all the youth room is coming together, and I am enjoying playing designer and spending money that isn't mine!