what else is in there?

i just found an old pretzel in a pocket of my bag as i was digging around for my lip chap which is constantly finding new and odd places to hide itself. this has made me consider the possibility that i may need to dump out my bag and see what other "treats" are hiding there. i sincerely hope that there will NOT be anything green, furry or questionably smelly. wish me luck.

reading rules

right now i am reading The Golden Compass and all i want to do is curl up with a cup of tea, a warm fleece blanket and read all day. it is really nice to get back to reading again, it has been so long since i have been able to (or felt that I had time to) read. but now i am on a roll and there are two more books in the series so i have more reading to look forward to.....YAY!

kid nation first impression and ideas

kid nation may be my new favourite show. i have only seen the premiere episode but so far it is quite interesting. yes it is a reality-type show (boo) but it involves 40 kids without adult assistance or supervision who have to create a working society for 40 days in the New Mexico desert. pretty interesting to watch the kids, aged 8 to 15, try to work out how to function together. the kids are are little geniuses, which takes away from the concept a bit, but i think this is a very interesting idea. perhaps we should get all the world's leaders together, take away all their "people", leave them in a deserted town in the middle of nowhere and tell them they need to sort their sh&t out. oh wait....better plan, add their wives into the mix as well....yep there we go NOW we are on our way...

still i have to watch a few more to see how it goes.

the count down is on

so here is the scoop we are planning to drive from canada to the tip of south america stopping where we choose along the way. i know...yes we may be crazy. travelling to central and south america was my idea but the driving part was all t's, so there..he can't try to push this insanity onto me. the plan is to leave mid-january which is good timing because it should be about -40 here (for real).
since arriving home about 4 years ago i have been itching to leave again. don't get me wrong i love my hometown but i just feel there is so much out there to see and learn about that i would be cheating myself if i did not step into the unknown again. and one of my biggest fears is waking up at the ripe old age of 80 and realizing that i should have gone for it instead of spending my life being too chicken to risk it. that being said sometimes i wonder if it is a good plan career-wise to leave at the young age of 26. it does mean a whole swack of resume issues...but i am going to have faith that i will either be able to find work down there or that my next interview will be with an avid traveller who will hire me and pay me $80k a year because i am so well-travelled. ha ha ha i make myself laugh i really do.
so there it is...the countdown is on 4 months to go.

i never win anything

but TA DAAAAAAAAA today i won something!

it is not that i am unlucky but as far as draws. raffles, carnival games, well... pretty much any sort of event that one could win a prize by competing i never win. i am not bitter about it...in fact i am ok with it, not everyone can win.

but this morning at i donated $5 to eat a yummy breakfast, and after this delish breakie there was a draw for everyone who had participated and they called....ME and i won a $50 gift certificate to a shopping mall (which is fabulous because i saw another dress i love....more on that some other time)

perhaps a change of luck is upon me.

freaking exciting!

things freaking me out....

• it is September...we leave in January
• our apartment has somehow accumulated waaaaaay more stuff than expected in the last 4 years
• we have to clean out and pack up our stuff (see above) and store it...somewhere
• what am i doing with my life (this is a constant thing to stress out so no reason why it shouldn't make it onto this list)
• how am i going to pack up my beloved clothes and shoes and live out of a backpack again (yeah yeah whatever i can't help it)
• will our little beloved VW (a.k.a Marlin) be up for the driving challenge
• how are we going to get around Columbia???

but i am excited about

• hitting the road
• learning to speak spanish more fluently (please please please)
• beaches to hang out on
• learning to surf..i have to before we move to NZ otherwise i won't be able to keep up with the boys
• my amazing camera that is going to capture this adventure
• getting to see another part of the world with t, this time as a couple (yeah whole other story..perhaps one day i will blog about that)
• the potential to maybe work abroad again
• seeing the world from another point of view
• saying "see ya" to the oil and gas madness that has taken over this province
• meeting new people and cultures
• that feeling of not knowing what you are going to do that day

didn't yo' momma teach you right?

we saw crowded house last night. t, my lovely kiwi husband, is a fan and i got him tickets as an anniversary gift. it was one of the best concerts i have been to in a long time. the only was unfortunate thing was the obnoxious women sitting behind us. it started off 2 ladies, who i assume were drunk (i think that is the nicest excuse for them) talking SO LOUD over the opening acts. i think my entire row was holding onto some serious rage. i decided that the best bet would be to get the usher to speak to them, that way we could all prevent a "scene". perfect! the usher spoke to them they were pretty quiet for the show....but about 3 minutes into it this other mother/ daughter combo starts to shout about their respective days. honestly...it was enough to make me lose it..i didn't but i was pretty close. this can't be said for the guy who was sitting in front of them, he turned around about 3 times to talk to them and every time they were unbelievably rude back. low class my friends low class.
but the concert was too much fun and it was great to see t smiling and bobbing his head along to old faves. i am happy that i could give him a little bit of his home here in canada...
oh yeah and someone in front of me smelled like old sausage. EWWWWW!