Comeback

HELLO BLOGGING WORLD!
(Hi Faith)

I have been missing blogging a lot lately - but every time I sit down and stare at this blank page/screen I just have nothing to say (which if you know me at all, is pretty rare). But I've been nudged (thanks Dad, Juliette, and a few random friends) to get my butt back in gear and post regularly, so this is my feeble attempt at a comeback.

Yesterday, over gchat, I made Juliette ask me a bunch of random questions that I could answer to help get the ball rolling. So here are the super random questions she asked me and I tag EVERY single one of you to answer these same exact questions, or something.

What kind of food have you been eating lately?

Ummm kind of whatever floats my boat. I know that's probably not the right way to answer this question, but it's true. I usually eat oatmeal with natural peanut butter and chopped up banana and berries for breakfast. Lunch is usually a salad - or chicken - or leftovers from the night before. Dinner is whatever I've planned ahead of time. This is a HARD question, Juliette. I'm over this. NEXT.

What's your current guilty pleasure? (and if you don't say the instagram one, I know you're lying in your post).

Note to self - never share secrets with JULIETTE. Ugh. Yeah, so I currently love browsing the hashtag #engaged on instagram. I love love. I love seeing peoples rings, and reading engagement stories. I've been browsing through this hashtag for like a month now - don't judge me.

What tv show have you been binging on lately?

I binge watch shows on Netflix and never usually watch shows that are actually airing on tv each week (because that requires too much of a commitment). I'm currently binge-watching Chuck, and when I'm not watching that, I'm finishing season 2 of OITNB.

What's something you've been stressing over lately?

Moving. Justin and I are moving into our own place and leaving Amanda ( infinite sad faces :( ), and despite the fact that there's ZERO pressure from Amanda for us to leave RIGHT NOW, it is still so stressful. We have fallen in love with a few places and didn't get them because we needed at least a month's notice for Amanda, and they wanted us to move in a week later. Ugh.

What' s been driving you crazy lately?

All the secrets and lies that Justin has been keeping. I KNEW he was acting weird, but didn't entirely know why. I know this is kinda vague, but I'll elaborate more on this tomorrow, or Thursday!

What's the best thing you've seen on pinterest in the last month?

They're both wedding related - because wedding pins are my favourite (usually).

This - I want this at my wedding.

And this! They turned their wedding vows into art.

What's your next vacation going to be?

Probably a trip to Halifax (Nova Scotia) to see my family.. or maybe California.

Are you still running?

Not as often as I used to, but I'm trying to run more. I'm usually averaging once or twice a week right now - I'd like it to be 3-5x a week!

Is your left wrist sore from having to carry your rock around all the time?

hahahaha - I had to include this one because it made me laugh

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That's it for now - but I really really really am trying to make a comeback! Who knows, maybe you'll see me around here tomorrow!

...Have You Ever Been So Tired?

Most days we're all pretty tired. Okay, maybe not most of us.. maybe just the some of us who have sleeping issues and don't ever get an adequate amount of sleep. Anyway, most days are just kinda groggy, and then after my 42 shots of espresso (this may be a slight exaggeration), I'm good to go. Well today is different. Today I'm struggling on a whole new level of tired-struggleness (see, I'm making up words), and I know you're probably all wanting to know why.

Last night I went to bed at 10, and I think I fell asleep around 11:00pm. Not so bad. If I slept 11-6 that would be 7 hours, and I'm totally good with that. But unfortunately that didn't happen. No. I woke up, thinking it was morning and time to get ready for work. Stood up, stretched, yawned, went to the washroom and saw that it was REALLY dark out. Darker than it should be at 6:00am, so I headed back into the bedroom to discover that it was 12:00am... MIDNIGHT. I had only slept for ONE HOUR. What the heck, self?

I obviously crawled back into bed because I had 6 more hours of sleep, but my body was all 'it's time to wake up, lets go' and I had a super restless rest of my night. I was wide awake until 2:30m woke up at 3, went back to sleep at 4 and woke up at 5, and then passed out until 6. Oh, how I hated my alarm on a WHOLE new level this morning.

Anyway, I've been doing some really stupid things this morning whilst being really really ridiculously good looking tired.. so I'm going to share those things with you. Because sharing is caring, guys.

So... have you ever been so tired...

... that you put your pants on backwards? Nope? Me neither.

... that you push and push and push on a door that says 'pull' and wonder why it won't work?

... that you put your contacts in the wrong eyes?

... that you drop something and pick it up about 10x?

... that you see the Google sign today and think 'aww look at those cute little cartoon broccoli's' and wonder what holiday or random day of the year it is that Google is celebrating.. and then remember that it's St. Patrick's Day, and those are clovers, not broccoli.

Whatever, we can't all be perfect and know what clovers are at 6:30 in the morning when we've basically had zero sleep. And on that note, I'm going to roll out before I fall asleep on my keyboard and miss work.

He's My Lobster

I always wanted to believe that there was someone out there for me, or that I'd find love/happiness/the crap that you see in movies. I've been photographing couples, weddings, families, etc. in my spare time for the past couple years and I've seen so many wonderful couples stand in front of my camera and I could see the love, I could feel the love - it was beautiful. But over the past 5 years I came to the conclusion that that kind of love wasn't for me.

But all of that changed one year ago - a wonderful man came into my life unexpectedly... and so ended my single life. In the past year I've experienced some amazing moments - I laughed, I cried, I stepped out of my comfort zone, I grew as a person, I opened up my soul to this man, and I fell in love. I found my lobster.

That bow tie was an inside joke between Justin and I before we met up for our first date, and Justin brought it along with him. That picture on the left is a picture that I took of Justin on our first date, and the picture on the right is the selfie that I took for him the next day to show him that I was happily sporting said bow tie.

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I'm going to take a minute to get super mushy, now is the time to scroll to a few pictures at the bottom if you don't want to read it:

Justin, 

You came into my life at the most perfect time. I knew I never needed a man, but I also started to believe I never wanted one either - you changed that. From the moment you sent me that first message, it was different. I blew you off (or so you thought) with my first few messages - but once we texted back and forth a dozen times, I knew I wanted to meet you. Our first date was the best first date of my life, and every time I think about it - it puts a smile on my face. 

This past year has flown by so quickly. It's weird - I feel like our first date was just yesterday, yet I feel like we've known each other all of our lives. I'm pretty sure you know me better than anyone else in this world, and I'm grateful that you allow me to be my true and honest self with you. You have seen me at my best, and you have seen me at my worst - and you still haven't gone running for the hills.. so I guess you're a keeper.

You know how to cheer me up after a bad day, you push me to work harder and be a better person, and you respect me and show me love. You're polite and caring, and you listen to my boring stories and lame jokes - even if you don't care about them. You tell me you love me every single day, and you make sure you tell me I'm beautiful at every possible moment - oh, how I'll never get tired of hearing those words come out of your mouth.

I love how you will sing Frank Sinatra to me as you force me to dance with me around our kitchen and living room and twirl me around and around - because you know it instantly puts a smile on my face. I love how you get me a glass of water every single night before bed, without me even having to say a word - because you know I'll get thirsty. I love how you'll write little messages on the mirror when I'm in the shower - because you know when I step out of the shower, it'll make me happy.

I love you more than I could possibly ever put into words - but, of course, you already know that. I look forward to all of the adventures that we're going to take together, and I can't wait to celebrate a lot more anniversaries with you - just like this one. 

 

Happy anniversary, bebee. 

xoxoxoxo

If you're not a fan of the show Friends (what is wrong with you?) then you may not understand my post title, or the whole point to this post... but essentially, Justin is my lobster. Watch the clip to understand what I'm talking about.

My Worst Valentine's Story...

Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and I've got to say - I couldn't care less. I'm not the kind of girl who gets excited over the fake hallmark holidays. It probably has something to do with the fact that I've been single for every single Valentine's Day that I've been alive, until this year, or it could be that it's just a stupid holiday.. who knows. It's a day that people celebrate love, but who cares when you're single? I just celebrated how awesome I am.

For the last 10 Valentine's Days (maybe more), I've had a hot date with my other single girlfriends. It has always turned into a girls night - cooking dinner at home, going to a movie, going out and getting drunk, etc. It has always been another excuse for a girls night with my close friends, except last year.

Last year was the worst Valentine's Day you could imagine. I mean, don't get me wrong - I didn't CARE, like.. at ALL.. but last Valentine's I cried into a bowl of ice cream and tried to nap all afternoon. Doesn't sound dramatic at all, right?

Lets back-track a little bit here... last Valentine's Day I had my wisdom teeth extracted in an emergency removal surgery. You see, the first week of February I ended up having a bad case of strep.. while I was dealing with all the fun side affects the come with having strep, my jaw started to hurt - a lot. So I got it checked out, and sure enough, my wisdom teeth were cutting through the skin and the gums and teeth had gotten infected from the strep bacteria... funnnn. So on Valentine's Day I left work around 11am to head to the dentist and have my wisdom teeth extracted. I was so fortunate that my roommate bestie, Amanda, took the afternoon off work to pick me up from my appt and bring me home. It was honestly one of the worst afternoons of my life. The drugs wore off and the pain, oh the pain was horrific. I was starving, but I couldn't eat anything. I tried to eat some ice cream and it was just SO painful and I remember sitting on my bed crying into a bowl of ice cream because of the pain... and probably also because I really just wanted to eat that ice cream.

And that's the story of my terribly dramatic Valentine's Day. However, exactly one week after the worst Valentine's Day of all time, I went on the best date of my life - my first date with Justin.

If you ask me, Justin has it pretty easy. I don't really care about 'V-Day', I don't need chocolates, and presents, and all things pink and red, I don't want teddy bears, or 42 dozen roses, I'm just happy to not have strep throat, not have to have my wisdom teeth out, and have somebody who is willing to put up with all of my shit wonderful, totally non-annoying, tendencies.

Blogging Fail 2015

I've only blogged twice so far this year... and it has already basically been a month since my last post. Gah, blogging is just so hard these days (#TWSS).

I have so many post ideas and things I need to write about it, but it's just finding time that seems to be a massive struggle! So, I've decided to give you little snippets on the types of posts coming your way in the oncoming weeks...

I plan on getting my butt back in gear and start doing a lot more health and fitness posts though (hope you're all super excited about this - you should be).

Justin and I recently joined a gym (AND IT WAS TERRIFYING), which I'll fill you in a bit more on later. Essentially we are doing a 90-day challenge with weight loss, eating a lot cleaner, and trying to just better ourselves physically.

Valentine's Day. You either love it or you hate it... I've got a list of reasons why this Valentine's Day will be better than last years no matter what happens.

Justin and I are coming up on our one year anniversary (it's crazy how it has gone by SO quickly, I feel like I've known him forever - yet our first date seems like it was so long ago). I'll probably be blogging more about this, or maybe not - we'll see.

I have been binge watching Friends on Netflix for the past month - I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode at least 10x and I don't even care. Watching it from start to finish is just perfection. Could I be more excited? (do you see what I did there? no? moving on....)

I need a vacation... there, I said it. I haven't really had time off since last August - and that was such a whirlwind of a trip with minimal vacation time, so I'm really needing time off. Can I please just go lay on a beach somewhere for 5-7 days? That would be nice.

Last week, I saw Sam Smith in concert. He was absolutely wonderful and more amazing than I could have imagined.

And now I basically have nothing else to say, so I'll share a couple pictures because who doesn't like pictures?

Post work-out... not sure why we're smiling, we just had our butts kicked

Super Bowl snuggles with my favourite pup

Justin dead lifting 300lbs.. NBD

Hair cut + beard trim for him = happy me

Sam Smith <3

Sometimes karaoke happens

Selfies, always

Post run through Stanley Park last week.

Aaaand that's actually it, for now. I promise I'll be back to posting again soon-ish..