striving for happiness...

it was a free download on itunes and i really enjoy it....its called my ex-lover is dead and it is by the stars.....

...today is the saddest day of the year?

because

a. it is suppose to be the coldest day (atleast we got a +5)
b. this is the day most people quit their new years resolutions (but seriously new years resolutions are for improvement in the year...if you break it one day try again the next!!)
c. christmas bills start floating in (i am taking the dan approach here and say it doesn't matter if you are going to work the next day)


so all you guys that are celebrating the saddness don't worry tomorrow will be better!

It has become so easy to forget about writing on the blog and I apologize for that. Today I'm sitting and scanning old photo albums so I thought I would write on here while I remembered! I had the most relaxing and lazy weekend...I did nothing but watch tv on dvd, realized how funny 'Scrubs' is, and have become obsessed with '24' (starting with season 1 - I've got a lot of catching up to do!)
Something has gotten me very excited today - have any of you heard of this yet? It's got a title and everything!

I've become something I never thought I would - an avid and (sometimes) overzealous online shopper. Some days it feels like all I do is sit online and shop/browse/wish/comtemplate! But it's so tempting, especially when I come across things like this, which is a beautiful book. Or even this which looks so damn cute. Or maybe I'll just buy some of this or this for some fantastic projects. Yup - I'm officially obsessed.

So that's it for now...hopefully you become inspired. And happy Monday. I'm off to coffee now.
Casey

you know that friday song..."I just wanna bang on the drum all day!"? I was singing it to Dennis earlier to get him out of his funk but he just told me to stop or he'd hit me! Some people just don't appreciate good entertainment! So I'm off to Red Deer in half an hour - I figure a half day would even out my tough full week. I mean, you can't go wrong with taking Monday off, then being snow-bound on Wednesday (or just not wanting to drive across the city in a blizzard), and then a half day on Friday. I love it! Anyway, that's my plan...should be back tomorrow sometime (no promises set in stone, yet!)
Have a good one - casey!

Hey everyone...

Sorry for the lack of posts - it's been crazy at work for the past week, and I stayed home yesterday out of sheer exhaustion. So today I'm back to feeling well rested and (as they say in Sal's favourite Taco Bell commercials) GOOD TO GO!

Had a pretty good weekend in Calgary - Sal spent a lot of time talking about fish with Vic, and we all spent a lot of time drinking at night! Good news though...Sal is DOWNSIZING his ginormous tank and we're getting a nice little 2-foot cube tank. I'm very excited. Saturday I spent the day with Loy doing fabric shopping and thrift store shopping and we found the COOLEST little vintage/consignment store! I wanted to buy all of the formica tables and vintage hats.

Like I said, yesterday I stayed home and slept in and relaxed. It was wonderful! I think Sal has become hooked on watching Roswell with me - he won't let me watch any of the episodes without him now. Then last night we saw a sneak preview of the movie PAN'S LABYRINTH. It was one of the coolest movies I've seen in a long time. Actually, cool isn't the word. More like beautiful and haunting. Sal was a bit nervous before it started because Ryan (Megan's boyfriend, who invited us) told Sal it was a bit of a scary movie. But he was fine, and although the flick had some frightening parts he really enjoyed it! But be warned - it is a Spanish movie with subtitles. Sal was happy to hear that as he could understand the movie without reading!

So that's it for now...talk to you soon!
Casey

p.s. my resolution is to Bring Back Disco!

In the year 2007 I resolve to: Fill my house with chocolate pudding. Get your resolution here.

I'm still finding it unbelieveable that it is already January of 2007!!
Hopefully everyone had a fun and safe new years celebration! We sure did - in fact, I'm pretty sure Sal fell in love with his bottle of rum and then fell in love (again) with his bag of cheetos! Went to a girl's place who he went to school with and we ended up taking the bus home afterwards. Gotta love free transit! Even in his drunken stupor Sal was still able to bitch about how much he hates taking the bus here. It was really really funny!
Back to work this week, and it has been easier to get back into the swing of things than I thought it would! I mean, especially since all I did over the holiday break was watch tv and movies, eat, and sew a bit. it was really really wonderful!
Anyway, it's already hump day which means only two and a half days left in this short week...have a good one!
Oh - question of the day: what was your favourite christmas present to give and receive?
Mine: to give was the embroidery of elephants I gave Megan, and I loved the little drawer set Sal gave me (and the fabric store gift certificate and the quilting book and scarf set...it's too hard to choose!)

~casey

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

and only 358 days till christmas this year! lol

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

MOM!!!!!



Hope you have a wonderful day...and a merry christmas...and happy kwanzaa.

And I hope you eat a lot and don't get sick!

Casey

happy christmas everyone!

I still can't believe it! This year is (unfortunately) going to be a last minute christmas for me. I'm already so over-tired this week from going to bed past 11:30pm each night so far! I don't think I'm going to make it!!!
This is going to be a short post as I'm crazy busy at work this week. So if I don't see you before Christmas, I hope you have a relaxing one with loved ones. See you soon!

Love, Casey



...and Buddy!

Christine & Dan on the arrival of Kate Mary-Ann (sp?)! We are all sooo happy for the two of you...I hope you're ready for our excitement! I'm still in a bit of shock, I think! Can't wait to see the three of you.

It's a bit strange that we saw Christine friday night with a basketball under her shirt, and now she's got a little girl to take home! Did anybody else have an eventful weekend? I lazed around all day saturday and did a bit of baking and watched my new favourite Christmas movie: 'White Christmas' - just a warning, though, if you decide to check it out. It is a musical with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney so there is a lot of singing and a lot of dancing. And it made me cry! Funny how modern day musicals (namely RENT!!) don't make me emotional like the old ones!

Saturday night we did Operation Red Nose again and didn't get into bed until 5am! It was a long long night, and I'm glad friday is our last night! Then yesterday we had mom and dad over to check our modestly decorated apartment and then headed out for dinner at a friend's place and played Lord of the Rings Monopoly. It was hilarious - you don't receive 200 dollars when you pass GO, you receive 200 POWER. It was pretty hilarious! Tiffany loved the placemats I made her so that was really wonderful!

Anyway, only four and a half days left til Christmas break and I can't wait! Things are going to be quiet around here which will be nice. Anyway, have a super monday!
-casey

until Christmas!!!!!!! I'm starting to feel a bit shaken up as I've realized I still have more than one gift to buy now! But Megan and I are hitting Whyte Ave. tonight after work so I should get a few down! Hope your week has gone well...mine has been busy! What, with Mustard Seed tuesday night, sewing last night, shopping tonight, dinner tomorrow night, Operation Red Nose Saturday, and then dinner Sunday, I don't think I'm going to be able to make it until Christmas.
So Dad has been in Qatar for the last two weeks and hasn't been feeling the greatest - his knee has been killing him, and something in the water has NOT been sitting well with him. He's been seeing some boxing trainer for the knee and has been walking around on crutches for almost the entire time he's been there! Not the best feeling for a guy who love seeing and experiencing the countries he visits! He's even had acupuncture (see below!):



He's home tomorrow night and I'm sure hoping he'll be well rested come Christmas when all of us kiddies are up at 8am...AGAIN!...
Anyway, that's it for me for now - after I get home tonight it will be back to the sewing table. Have a good one!
~Casey

one more thing...this video made me laugh...reminds me of being a kid and bugging mom or dad while they were on the phone!

Well, I lost my glasses and I finally, after agonizing for weeks have found a new pair!!!!!

Here they are for your viewing pleasure. The color will be black. I can't wait to have full vision again!

I am so excited! I am amost done my Christmas shopping! This is a world record!
I am going to finish it off tonight when I go shopping with my Mom and that will be it! Yay!

I have some Christmas fun for you all to partake in below:

Become an Elf

Make Your Own Holiday Sweater

Wrestle That Reindeer

Shake the Snowglobe

If you want some more Christmas fun go here.

Have a great day everyone!

today me and my mom are going to do some christmas baking and watch christmas movies so i am going to post some pictures up that you can enjoy instead of writing a little diddy! they are up on kodakgallery.com if you want to check out more!

pinkies up!

i love tequilla

I am so sad right now.

I bought these beautiful leather gloves from Gap about a month ago, they were so cute a feminine, gray with white polka dots! I looked like a serious fox wearing them!

This morning one is suddenly missing AAARG and I have no idea where it has gone? I havent' even worn them since Wednesday and had them in the car and then put them in my purse to bring in the house and when I took them out this morning there was only one? The one time I indulge in some nice gloves I lose one!

I am calling everywhere I can think of today and I am going to search the house in case Lola stole it and made it her chew toy!

Anyway, I know this isn't exciting news but I am sad, I needed to vent it out! Now I only look half as foxy with one glove!

IT WASN'T A GOITER!!!!!!!!!!!