Oilers Hockey

Both of my boys are die hard Oilers fans. It is surprising that neither of them have given up on this team, the team hasn't been doing so well. The last cup that the Edmonton Oilers won was in the 1989 - 1990 season, that's 20 years ago! The team did come close in 2006 - 2007 making it all the way to game 7 of the playoffs but couldn't quite pull it off and lost to the Carolina Hurricanes.

I was over at my middle son Derek's today and he was showing me some of his boxing day deals he purchased. As you can see he bought 8 hockey caps, the got an Oilers hoodie and a really nice Oilers spring jacket, and for amazing prices. 

Now the fun will begin, I think that it's going to be another family ordeal to go out to West Edmonton Mall and collect the players signatures. I'll go but this year I want to make sure that I get Sheldon Souray to sign something for me, although I'm not sure what just yet.... ok I just want to hear Souray talk, he's got the sexiest voice I have ever heard AND he's the most handsome hockey player I have ever seen in my life! Ladies check out the link and let me know what you think! 

Dare to Be Different

I was at home for most of my day, reading, making notes, doing laundry... that sort of stuff, and it was absolutely gorgeous outside, a beautiful +4! Around 9 tonight I couldn't take it anymore, I HAD to get out for a bit (spring fever set in) so where else is there to go that late at night other than good old faithful WalMart? I went under the guise of "needing" a tote to put away my Christmas decorations, the tree is still standing.

I couldn't help but browse for a while, total avoidance of coming home right away, and I came upon these darling teddy bears. Naturally an idea popped into my head and you got it, I was rearranging the Valentines teddy bears to take a photo. I know, I really should get a life, but the one I have today I wouldn't trade a thing for the old life I once had!

So here it is,  my challenge to you is:  dare to be different, go out of your comfort zone and live a little on the edge. Take some risks, (like I'm one to talk, rearranging teddy bears at WalMart!), allow your heart to love as though it's never been broken before, dance like nobody is watching, and live as though heaven is here on earth!

NorQuest Alumni

Today was the first official meeting of my college's Alumni Association. I am honored to be a part of helping build the NorQuest Alumni Association and it really is an honor that my opinion will count. I was the only current student at this meeting today, the rest of this committee are staff members and one former student.We are going to have this Association up and running in no time at all. 

It is exhilarating to be a part of something which is going to be so big! This will be such a learning opportunity to see this Association grow from the ground up, after all the sky is the limit!

I was privy to some of what is going to transpire and there's some big things coming up! That's about all I can say for now... all will be revealed once the ground work is laid!

Not That I'm a Dummy...

Well here's the book which I will be reading for pleasure when I get the time between text books and essays.  I want to learn more about my camera. I wonder what they don't have out for Dummies? I'm trying to think of some odd subject... wait a second, I wonder if they have Social Work for Dummies? That sure would save me a ton of money on all those text books and an immense amount of time in reading! I'm going to have to do some investigating!

(I'd be a real "dummy" if I were indeed serious! lol)

Bicycles in the Winter

Today I couldn't believe this, some people are actually still riding bikes in this weather! Today it was about -20c down at the college, the freezing cold winds cut right through my jacket and I have a three in one coat. It was cold. I don't know how these people do it, bad enough it's freezing out there, but the roads...they're almost sheer ice in some spots.  There's also embankments or mounds of snow on the sides of the roads so this makes me wonder where they are riding. I know that it's illegal to ride on the sidewalks, so if they are driving on the roads please watch for them. I view this as not being a wise choice and I can only guess how many accidents there might be caused because of the bicycles on the roads. 

 Talk about ironic, tonight I almost hit a guy on a bicycle while I was driving downtown. It was dark, he was cutting across the middle of the street and not at a crosswalk plus he was dressed in dark colors. Thank God I didn't hit him! 

Goodbye Christmas

Good-bye Christmas decorations, hello brand new year! Only the decorations are being said good- bye to this year...and no they're not all put away yet (I still have the tree to take down one of these fine days but I'll get to it).  I'm going to try to resolve to carry Christmas with me as much as I possibly can this year. 

I love the spirit of Christmas, who says that it must only come out once a year for a few weeks? Bah-humbug to them! Choices is what it's all about and I am choosing to be the best possible person I can be and keep my Christmas spirit alive as much as I possibly can each and every day throughout this year. 

Already Forgotten

I went to log in on the computers in the library today and I couldn't get in, I kept on getting "log in error." I went to the help desk and had to be relogged in through the main computers. I was only gone from December 17th until today, hardly long enough for a computer to forget me!

The countdown is on through, only four more months in classes, a two month practicum and I will be finished at NorQuest College. I will have succeeded in obtaining my diploma in Social Work and I am hoping to be in University come September of this year. With dedication and determination I know that I can do this. One essay at a time I shall have a degree in two and a half years!

Three Cute Babies

Today I spotted these cute little guys while I was at the Chinese Superstore. I wanted to purchase these three baby Buddha's and bring them home with me but this year I am going to attempt to declutter my life so I passed them by. This is going to be a real challenge for me to get rid of many of my things which I do not use, but if I'm not using them why keep them?

I figure that most of what I need I carry within me, why clutter up my world with needless trinkets. I'm not going to get rid of all of my things, just some... it's a start by just not purchasing things I see and think are cute!

Jesus Christ Superstar

Tonight I went to the Jubilee to see Jesus Christ Superstar with Johnny, his daughter and her husband. I had never seen this performance but I remember hearing the songs years ago. This musical was quite interesting, it's not anything that I'd rush right back to see again but none the less I'm glad that I went. 

It was unfortunate that there was a rather large guy sitting in front of me, anytime he'd bend over to talk to his girlfriend I couldn't see a thing. Thankfully he didn't seem to have too much to say. The lady sitting next to me I think has ADD, she couldn't sit still and that became rather annoying. I managed to finally zone her right out. The performance received a standing ovation, and yes I too found myself on my feet, it was worthy of this gesture.

The funniest part of tonight, I went to the parkade to leave and I couldn't find where I parked! I knew that it was on level one so I toured around there, no car. I must have walked in a circle because somehow I found myself at the exit of level two so down the stairs I went back to level one. There was this one couple, she was calling out to him and he was responding, the two met up and I asked them if they too had lost their car... that they had. I told them jokingly "Good, I don't feel quite so bad now!" We all had a good laugh.

Now what will I find to take photos of for the next 363 days of this year? Hmmm... this could become a challenge this year, one that I am up to I might add!

Days Gone By

This first day of 2010 I am sitting and reflecting on this past year. When I first set out to do this Project 365 I never realized just how much fun I would have doing so. I have taken photos of everything from donkeys to toilet paper rolls and almost everything in-between.

I had decided some time ago to print out this project and insert the pages into scrapbook albums so that I could look back every now and again and reflect on days gone by. Before today I had up until about the end of April printed and tucked away neatly into its album. Now I've been copying, pasting, editing, and printing for my morning and what fun I'm having reflecting on my life over the course of this past year. 

I have come to the conclusion that I might not lead a high profile life, I do have something to say about almost everything (I think that comes with being female), and that I have had one heck of a fine year in 2009. Not only have I completed this project, I have also met some wonderful people in doing so. As I have mentioned in previous posts I can't find it in me to walk away now, I just got a new camera not that long ago and I'm actually learning a bit about how to use it! 

So cheers to all of you, I hope you are all enjoying the first day of your New Year!