Pedicures Anyone?

After I was done work today at 12:30, my mom, my sisters and I, went to get our nails done. It was a first for me, so I was excited. I sat down in the chair, turned on the massage thing and relaxed. About a half hour later, my feet were starting to ache cause they were in water too long, soaking. But the lady finally came and started. She used this brush on my feet and it tickled waay to much.. she kinda got a little upset that I kept moving my feet, but I couldn't help it :) She was nice and friendly and all and happily did my toenails. The other lady that was working there, was just beltin' out a song in Chinese...I'm kinda glad I didn't understand it. So I got my toes done and then she quickly did my fingernails and I was done... but then I realized I wanted a design on my toes so I asked her to do it.. she huffed, but said she would. and it looks really good. I love it..
Now we're almost all set to go. Just need to start packing..
I also went to a hymnsing in Burlington. It's just a thing where a bunch of teens get together at the pier and sing. But tonight was kind of a fail. There were. like, 7 of us, with no guitar. Well. We started singing and it was all going well, until this soccer team walked by. At least I think it was a soccer team. They were all wearing the same thing, and it kinda looked like soccer jerseys. Anyway, they walked right in front of us, going as slow as they could without looking like idiots. It was kinda embarassing. For everyone. They were all smiling and such and we all kind of looked at them funny. They started clapping and cheering.. felt really weird, considering we pretty much sucked, but they finally mosied( is that a word??) along and left. Thank goodness. After an hour, we gave up and went to sit in Tim Hortons for 3 hours. Good times...
Well, that was my day.. Kinda fun, not gonna lie.. I'm getting really super excited now; only 3 more days!!!!

Fly Swatter or....Windex??

So today I was at work. And while I was at work, I observed that there are waaay to many flies around.. They were driving me crazy. So I looked around for a fly swatter but of course, there wasn't one anywhere. I looked in every drawer and cupboard but none was to be found. So I started using our bookings book to kill them, but then I thought, "hmm... my boss won't be too happy if she sees fly guts all over the back of this book..." so I stopped. I decided to look for something else to use....I was looking around, and I found some Windex. Don't ask me why, but I thought it just might maybe work. And it did!!! I just sprayed some on a fly, and the fly kinda slowed down and then all together stopped moving.. it was amazing. It actually worked. No joke. May sound cruel, but I was having fun; there are enough flies, I'm fairly certain nobody is going to miss 30 or so. It was probably the most exciting part of my day :)


Oh.. and we are in the single digit number of days until we leave!!!!!

2 Weeks!

In about 2 weeks, we will be on a plane, flying over the ocean, to the home of many of our grandparents, great grandparents, and so forth. I can't wait!!! With the help of Brittany, I've managed to finally get up a countdown clock.
I've started and almost completed my list of things to bring. My mom continuously reminds me that they do, in fact, have washing machines in Holland, but I'm an overpacker, and then when I for once decide not to overpack, I forget something. So overpacking it is. The time has gone by pretty fast; but not fast enough :P But waiting is half the excitment, right?? I have a brand new, purple suitcase, that I can't wait to use :) My parents are thinking of buying a laptop for when we go, so we have continuous access to a computer. I am going to try to post something every day, with a couple pictures, to make all of you jealous :) haha. I'm trying to think of stuff to bring on the plane, to pass the time...any suggestions??? So far, my list consists of: a book and my ipod. Thats all I have for today. :) I'm so excited!!!

Blood. Its in You To Give.

So.. today I went and gave blood.For the first time, ever. I was kinda nervous, but pulled through. Haven't fainted yet :) They asked me some dumb questions, and I had to laugh. The nurse just glared at me...But I tell ya, it was great. Someone kept coming up to me to give me something or other.. Juice, piece of pizza, juice, a snack, more juice... and all for free. My dad said that they day my sister turns 16 we're dining out. At the blood donor clinic. haha. And the lady that took my blood was nice.. made me laugh, kept me relaxed. For the most part. Oh, and she told me that tomorrow I was supposed to drink, like, double what I would normally. Great! I'm at work, drinking twice as much as I normally do, which means I have to take twice as much water with me to work, on my bike, and then I have to actually think about stopping and getting something to drink, and wait, it gets better. No bathroom. This should be fun. Never knew giving blood would be so much work :P
But I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
aaannd... I get a card.... awesomeee!!

Hup Holland Hup!

So the highlight of my day today was watching the soccer game...sad, I know.
I got up way to early for a summer day, left for work at 7:15, worked only until 10:00 because my mom needed the van, got home, watched the very first episodes of JAG, which by the way, are somewhat amusing because they are so old and the acting is, well, not so great. But they get better. Or so I've been told. Fingers are crossed. My dad and brother got back from work around 2 just to watch the game. It was a good game. Because Holland won. I can honestly say I never expected them to get this far. But I'm pleasantly surprised :) If I could just go on a tangent for a sec. that'd be great. One of the key players on this team is Kuyt. And he never gets any credit for anything. He is the glue thats holding the team together(or so the commentator said). He is everywhere, all the time. Its amazing, really. He's assisted in a lot of the goals that they've scored. And yet all the recognition goes to the scorers. It bugs me. But don't worry; you're a winner in my books, Kuyt. I can't wait to see how they play in the finals. So after that stressful 2 hours, I chilled(actually. I had to put on pants and a sweater) and watched more episodes of JAG. So exciting.

Finally

So I've always wanted to have a blog. My very own blog. And now I have one. I'm so proud of myself :) It was one of those things on my ever growing to-do list. Along with sky-diving, travelling pretty much everywhere, living in one of those towns in the middle of nowhere where everyone knows everyone, and hiking down the Grand Canyon. I don't know how many of these things I'll actually acomplish but I can dream, right? Now my list is one shorter by creating this blog. One down, about a million to go.

So here we go...