chanukah

happy chanukah!
tonight is the first night, not one person wished me a happy chanukah at work, nor did they notice my dreidel earrings! so different then if I was in Montreal.
Yesterday I had such a bad day at work, we were on an outing, and when we came back, I had to unload the bus, and these cold winds started. It was unbearable, the residents were screaming. My left hand actually went numb, I kept feeling to make sure my ring was still there. the only thing keeping me going , is knowing that 2 weeks from today, jon and I will be in florida!

florida!!!

yay!! we are booked to florida! so excited. I always planned on going, but i didnt know what my work schedule would be. Well it worked out better than I expected, Jon and I are going for 8 days!!!!!!! We are flying from Detroit. We leave christmas morning at 630am.

This is me making a pie;

photos!

HI All! this post in going to be picture full. You will see what ive been up to the last few weeks. enjoy!
Me at macys last night, the mall is decorated so nice!

Here are mimi and frog on halloween!


Here is jon with his homemade blueberry pie, magazine subscription, and cast iron teapot.



We went out for jons birthday in michigan to a fondue restaurant called the melting pot. It was a lot of fun! we were there more than two hours. A four course meal. Look at the dessert plate they brought us to dip into chocolate! mmmm it included cheesecake and brownies!







Today at work there was a christmas fair, so I had a table selling handmade christmas cards, it wasnt so busy, and I have half left, but I did manage to make 53$

Today is my day!!!! Im going shopping in the states, all by myself. I hope I come back with some good finds.
Grandpa is still in the hospital, he is getting fed up! He wants to go home. I am going home in a few weeks, cant wait to see him!
Yesterday I picked up two things from my registry, a crock pot, and a garment steamer. I am very excited about both of these. Ill let you know how they are!
Off to the USA!

HI!!
so...grandpa is still in the hospital, but doing much better. Things are well in windsor, except Halloween night I had the stomach flu. So weird, i dont get the stomach flu! ever!
Anyways. I am so excited about New Moon, I dont know what to do with myself. It comes out on Jons birthday, so were not going then. Which is fine, because I dont want to see it when all the teens are there yelling. So im thinking maybe ill go to the late Sunday night show. So I have jons birthday to look forward to, november 20, and the on the 21, there is a bazaar at work, and I am going to have a table selling scrapbook cards. I have so far made about 20-25 christmas cards.
Here are some pictures from the party!

Im sooo tired! I had to drive Jon to the airport this morning at 5 am! Then I went back to sleep for two hours, but I had a nightmare the whole time, and now its time for work.
He has an interview for a summer job in Ottawa. He is then taking the overnight bus back tonight. oh my!

The engagement party was great!!!!! we were so happy! More on that to come.
Back in Windsor now, the weather is quite nice compared to Montreal.
My grandpa went to the hospital yesterday, they are keeping him, his kidneys are failing.
He did come to the party though! I thought he wasnt going to, but he came and he was having a very good day, he was very with it and had a good time!

I said yes to the dress

yay! bought my wedding dress this morning! more on that later. Just leaving now for Mont tremblant , where jon and i are staying at the hotel where the party is tomorrow. I cant believe its tomorrow the engagement party!!!!!!

I did it, I went wedding dress shopping!
Just my mom and I, my sister had to work. I tried on only four dresses, because I am very picky. I know exactly what I dont want. I really like one, that I think might be it. It was very different, which is what I was going for. I am still going to look a few other stores, because I can not be certain that this is the nicest one! Although im sure it is.
Saw my grandparents yesterday, some changes there. My grandpa was in his robe, he is too lazy or weak to get dressed. So he did not come for dinner. Tomorrow I am taking them for lunch, I think the morning is better for him. I am not expecting him to be able to come to the party on Sunday. I think it is just too much for him. Hopefully we will have fun tomorrow!

Flying home tomorrow after work, and ill be there for a week! yay! the engagement party is a week from tomorrow. We have already gotten a lot of gifts from our registry, so exciting!
I have three appointments for wedding dress shopping, so hopefully I will find something. Although I have no idea what im looking for!
p.s. How good is vampire diaries???????

Today was a good day. Jon and I spent the whole afternoon together out shopping. We went to buy him an outfit for the party. He looks sooo good! I cant wait to see him in it again. I also found a very tacky gold sparkly hairband that I will wear!
After we went to one of my favorite places.... Costco! We found 2 things there that we registered for, for much cheaper. Unbelievable. The first, was a crock pot slow cooker, it came with an extra tiny one as well, all for 50$. The one we registered for was smaller, and 30$ more. crazy. (We didnt buy it though.) Then we saw an espresso machine also a fancier model for cheaper.
The best thing I saw was a nice fancy Scrabble game, in the deluxe black box, 50$, so if anyone is reading this... we really want it!

hello!
I cant believe it is already october, time is flying! Im going home next sunday, for a week. Very excited. Our engagement party is two weeks from sunday! I got my dress,and I have decided to straighten my hair for the occasion. Jon does not like it, but im hoping he will get used to it :)
I am so in love with Vampire Diaries, best new show on tv!

Still here, still here in Windsor.
Pretty boring weekend, Jon and I celebrated the Jewish new year together.
I am getting excited for our engagement party, 4 weeks from this past sunday!
Today my grandpa went to the hospital for two weeks to give my grandma a respite. We are all against this, we wanted them to get help in the house. It was very sad this morning when he said to me "i dont want to go, I have to go because I have no brains."
I hope these two weeks go by quickly for him. My mom did find a great lady who has been going over for 5 hours during the day, so she will be going to the hospital as well.

The proposal

Everyone told me that if I helped pick my ring that it wouldn’t be a surprise. Well it was, a big one! This is the story of when Jon proposed to me on August 11 2009. We always talked about wanting to get married this coming summer, but I didn’t know if it was actually going to happen. Jon knew he could not propose until after my sister’s wedding, August 9.

So in my head, I thought that he better do it right away if we want to start planning a wedding for the following summer! In May, we were in the mall here in Windsor, and Jon casually said, let’s go look at rings. I thought he was joking! But we did, and then again in Montreal. We picked a design that we both liked, and that was that. He did go back the next day with my mom, to meet with the diamond guy. I never imagined that he was actually planning to buy it! I decided that from that day, I would never mention it again.

I tried not to think about it, but in the back of my mind, I knew that it could be any day after August 9. Samara’s wedding finally came, it was beautiful. We got the regular ‘you’ll be next’ comments, but I never imagined how soon it would be. The next day we were at the brunch, and I saw Jon go over to my dad and whisper in his ear. I thought to myself, oh my god, but I didn’t want any surprise to be ruined, so I looked away, and did not mention it to Jon. Normally, I would have ran up to him and asked what he was talking to my dad about! I am very proud of myself. It turns out that he was indeed asking both my parents for their permission. Jon had told them earlier that he was planning a surprise for me, but he waited in person to tell them what it was. After Jon was being sneaky asking me when I’m going up north, and who would be there. Again I told myself not to ask questions. In my head I was going crazy, I didn’t know if I was imagining things, or if this was actually happening!

I went up north Monday afternoon, and Jon was going to come up on Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon the phone rings, its Jon and he says his car started smoking and he pulled off the highway in Ste Adolphe D’Howard. My initial reaction was annoyance, because I was enjoying myself relaxing in the country! My dad took the phone and got the directions. (he was in on it) We ran out the door, followed by my mom who claimed she wanted to get groceries on the way back. As we drove there, all I kept saying was that it’s not fair, why did this have to happen to Jon. We arrived at a gas station and we didn’t see his car. I got so mad, and started yelling at my dad that he didn’t get good directions, and that we didn’t even know which car Jon was driving! (at this point, I really had absolutely no idea!!) My dad went in to ask about another gas station, but he was really making sure he knew where the special location was.

We then pulled into a driveway, and once again start yelling that this isn’t a gas station. My dad says it’s an information center, and get out of the car. I looked ahead, and saw a lake, and a gazebo. That’s when my heart dropped. I thought to myself this could be it. My dad was walking back to the car trying to hide a smile, he had just given Jon the signal that we had arrived. My dad awkwardly walked around the car, he was trying to figure out how to get me out. Finally he just opened my door and said come walk. At this point, I thought 99% it was it, but I didn’t want to say anything in case it wasn’t! It turned out that it was a boat marina.

I looked up and saw Jon standing in the distance, he was in a brand new outfit, (a pink polo shirt and white capris, I always wanted Jon to get a pink polo shirt, and I had just bought him a pair of capris and loved him in them). That is when the saxophone player that Jon hired started playing our song, Maybe I’m Amazed. As I walked to him, my parents went back to the car. That’s when I started crying hysterically, what a sight. I walked to Jon and we started dancing, there were a lot of ‘oh my gods and I can’t believe its.’ I then noticed that he had a party boat all decorated with streamers, and our video camera set up. Jon tried to give the musician a signal to stop playing, but he was so involved in his music that he didn’t see it. Finally he stopped and Jon got down on one knee. I must have been shaking like an idiot! He gave me the most beautiful ring, and then he said, which is your left hand!

We walked onto the boat and I noticed that he had roses, champagne, party sandwiches, raspberries and other snacks. (People always laugh when I mention the party sandwiches.) My parents came down, and then there was a lot of screaming and hugging and making phone calls. Samara had left on her honeymoon that morning, but Jon called her the night before to tell her. When he called, she yelled I knew it! She had also seen Jon talking to my dad at the brunch. Michael had been in on it the longest. Jon and I went out alone on the boat, and I had so many questions about how, and when. I still don’t understand how he organized this all from Windsor. Where did he find the place and a musician? We went back to the dock and then my parents came on the boat for a little bit. When we got back to the house, all my cousins were there so it was very exciting. The whole thing was perfect!

I know Jon would be upset if I did not mention one other part. He was trying to figure out a way to get me to the marina. He decided to make up a fake Lululemon sale in the Laurentians. He even had one of his friends call and leave a message in French on our answering machine. Not to mention, he made Michael get him the number of a calling card so I wouldn’t be able to trace the call. Unfortunately, I listened to the message once, could not understand how Lululemon got my number in Windsor, and forgot all about it. At that point, Jon created a fake letter with the Lululemon logo, header and footer. Sometime around then, he decided this was all crazy, and decided to go with the broken car. Ironically, his car battery did die the next day.

August

Wow
August has been busy!!!!
So my sister got married, and then I never had time to write about it or show pictures, because I got engaged 2 days later! (that story will come shortly).
her wedding was beautiful, she was soooo happy. It was a very long day starting with hair and makeup, and then pictures.
After, jon and I got to spend the whole week up north, it was really fun, and so nice to be in the country. I got to swim in the lake, and just sit on the beach, and then stare at my ring.
Since then Im back at work, and starting today, im working part time only. This has already come in handy because I have 6 days off and Im heading home on Thursday. I will meet with photographers and finalize on our venue. We have set the date though! August 15 2010!
Here are picture from Loveys wedding.

Jon and I at the wedding


My grandparents dancing!

Im engaged!!!!!!!

Jon just proposed!!!!!

I am going home tomorrow night, going to be a long day. I have to carry my dress through the airport, on a 2 hour stop in Toronto. i will only get to montreal at 1145pm.
Other then that I am in the middle of a cold, why now? I hope it is gone tomorrow.
The other news is that jons mom has been in the hospital the whole week, we are hoping she is on the way to recovery.
And more bad news... the girl I was replacing on maternity leave is coming back early! I was hired to replace her in a full time position for approximately one year, well she has decided to come back september 1, instead of october 20. So I will be going down to part time now. And I will not be with my same residents, I will still get to see them at big activities, but I will have to focus on another unit. I am not happy about that. oh well.
In good news, my sister is getting married on Sunday!!

one more week

One more week and I get to go home!
Looking forward to it!
The other day at work, it was my evening program, and we were watching the Golden Girls. I saw that one of the residents who does not talk, had dropped her teeth. So of course I had to pick them up, so I did so with a paper towel, and put them back on her tray table on the wheelchair. Well a few minutes later, I notice that she has placed them on the tray table of the person sitting next to her, also someone who doesnt talk! So now Im wondering , whos teeth are they!!! So I had to inspect everyone around them, to see who was not wearing top dentures!
On a more pleasant note, My friend/cousin Erin was here this past weekend, we had a great time! Went to the states shopping, and she found a dress for my sisters wedding.
I also went shopping to RW, one of my favorite stores, and they were having a huge sale. They had mens capris on sale, and I asked myself, is Jon a man who can wear capris? I did not know. Well I bought them, and it turns out, he is a man who can wear capris, and they look soooo good on him!!!

happy again!

Erin IS coming after all! After much stress and planning, and panicking, she is able to come! She is getting a lift today to toronto, from there taking the bus to windsor. And then on Monday she is going to take the RobertQ airbus (airport shuttle) from here to toronto airport, and then fly home to montreal! so 4 ways of transportation! all because of the via rail strike. I am very happy though!

im so mad!!!!

AHHHh I hate when these things happen. My friend Erin was supposed to come visit this weekend. She was going to take the train from Montreal to Windsor, well all of a sudden Via Rail is going on strike! I cant believe it! And all trains are canceled. I hate when I get so excited, and then things dont work out. Not fair! And, the city of Windsor is still on strike, almost 4 months!

Thanks for the comments about the printer ink, after reading others also, I decided not to do it! People say they can leak and ruin the printer. So I guess I wont take the chance, even though it is sooo cheap!

Printer Ink

I asked this question on the SC board, but it seems to be kind of slow there, so I will ask here.
i was wondering if anybody buys the 'fake' HP ink for their photo printer. I havnt yet, but I am thinking about it. On ebay it is sooo cheap!

here I am

Well it has been awhile. Ive been quite busy, watching tv and all. I started watching my Friends dvds again, love them!
I am going to post pictures of my visit with the family soon.
I cant believe that i will be going home in 3 weeks from tonight, and sams wedding is 3 weeks from sunday! where did the time go? Ive been going to the dressmaker here, and my dress will be all fixed for tomorrow. The dressmaker is 78, and she lives alone. she is very lonely. One of her cats died this week, she is devistated, and thinks the super killed him, something like that! oy. poor lady.

here is my masterpiece, the birthday cake I made for me, featuring Mimi Price Hutkins.
Her middle name is price for 2 reasons. Many years ago our neighbors in the country had a dog named Mimi, and their last name was Price. (by the way, that was the only dog I ever liked.) the second reason is because she is a Fisher Price doll! I only added the price on recently.

Just hectic here having 3 house guests! Very busy!
Havnt had a chance to check out any other blogs, I look forward to reading them Monday! my family will leave monday morning, and I am off work that day!

birthday pictures!

So my bithday has come and gone, every year I get say thats its over and have to wait so long again, but this time I have something to look forward to, my parents and my sister are coming to windsor on thursday! Im so excited, I saved my birthday cake to have when they are here.

Here are some many pictures of the last week. Wednesday night, there were fireworks on the detroit river, they were said to be the biggest in North America, I found that hard to believe. After seeing them, I decided they were the longest, but not the best in quality. The fireworks at Epcot in Disney are much better! I was shocked to see so many people there, who knew there were that many people in Windsor! Here is a picture of the ambassador bridge with boats in the water.This is a shot of the GM building, there is also a tunnel you can take to get to detroit instead of the bridge, when you come out to the border, the building is right there.

For my birthday one of my gifts from Jon was a dinner and dancing and fireworks cruise on the detroit river, called the detroit princess. We did this Friday night.
It was very nice, but really long, it went until 1am, because it had to travel to Wyandotte michigan for the fireworks. The fireworks were great though, much better than wednesday nights! Hee is a view of Windsor from across the river.
The boat had 4 decks, each with a dining room and band/DJ. Even a DJ outside.
The food was very good too, I had low expectations because it was a buffet, but it turned out quite nice. Since Im in Windsor, I have been to a few work events/conferences, where there is no food for a vegetarian. I am not one, but I do not eat pork and ham, which seems to be quite popular here. Im sure it is quite popular in montreal too, but living in the jewish community I did not see it like I so here, which is EVERYWHERE! So anyways, I was happy to see lots of food that I ate, then again, it was detroit, not windsor. people at my work really like ham! To me, party sandwhiches mean tuna and egg, to them it is ham. (they also think my dads name is pronounced 'Berry', but it is Barry. And they think I wear 'ponts', instead of pants.

Jon had the waitress put a candle in my cake!
Jon got me this great birthday balloon, love it. and wrapped my presents in very nice wrapping!
My sister got this really cool thing at her shower, and I had showed it to Jon, Its called chop to pot, its a cutting board that you then squeeze the handle and the sides come up, making it easy to dump the stuff into a pot, without spilling. Anyways, jon got it for me!
and here I am calling my mom and sister to tell them!
On Saturday, my birthday, we went to a place called metro beach metropark in michigan. There was a beach, and a pool. Jon was in charge of packing a picnic. He did all the work! got all my favorites, uncluding a salami sandwhich on an onion roll.
for dessert, a cheesecake with candle, and raspberries and whip cream!
And of course, it was also mimis birthday, here she is flying with mr frog on the balloon!

im 24!

Happy birthday to me!
We just got off the detroit princess cruise, got back home to canada at 115am! too late for me. It was very nice, had a great time, and I will post pictures tomorrow!

Another strike and a Surprise

So today we found out that the LCBO (like SAQ) is going on strike. Add this to the 10 week strike that the whole city is on, crazy. I wanted to get some champagne for my birthday, so we went to pick up a few things. The place was packed! Everyone was there loading up carts, and the shelves were half empty!

Yesterday I made an appointment for a pedicure, I knew my mom was maybe going to get me a gift certificate for the spa here, and give it to me only when she comes next week. But I wanted my toes done for the dinner cruise Friday, and my birthday Saturday. So I went anyways, and when I got there, they said it was paid for, and a note saying happy birthday from mom and dad! What a nice surprise! Jon had let my mom know that I was going.
They had these very cool chairs, with the bubble bath attached. I never had one like that before.