Cheries Back for Blogging fun!!

Hi all! Well I know that its been a while since a blog has been written and my loyal fans (all 2 of you ha ha!) have been waiting. So I will wet your blog palate with some photos from last weekends trip to Brockville!

This is a picture of Maria with the twins, you will notice that Josh is actually getting some air time as he jumps in the air.

Here is a pic of the boats that what were part of the poker run! My favorite was the one that the name was "git er done" Yes very classy indeed.

A happy shot of the Sharpes on the way to Rib fest day of fun! Anyway this is just a warm up stay tuned

Im still alive

hey everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that Im still alive. Life is going along nicely. Nothing very exciting right now. Anyway I promise to get inspired soon and write something exciting!!!


Cherie

If I were were President of the world......

I have been thinking lately about how unfair and cruel the world can be. It rewards the wrong people and rips off the good people. Therefore I have given it some thought and I have decided that if I were President of the world I would do things differently:

I would make all the rich people share with the poorest people in the world so that they had their share too

I would ban beauty contests and people like Nicole Richie and the Olsen Twins would be examples of things that you never wanted to be like.

I would take away what people take for granted in their lives just to teach them appreciation and then I would give it back only if they promised to treat it with respect

I would take all the babies in the world that are born to unfit parents and I would give them to the poor couples who try and try to have children and could give a good life to a child.

I would make people take a mandatory parenting test and if you failed you would not be allowed to procrate.

I would lock all the criminals up and throw away the key no questions asked

I would make all the bad food that we eat be good for you and instead salad would have 1300 calories a serving and a piece of cheesecake would be worth nothing.

I would make exercise happen while you were in your sleep.

I would make sure that everyone got at least 4 weeks paid vacation

I would take all the people who are at the top of a company (who take all the good shifts, stats, and holidays) and I would put them in a low wage fast food job to teach them not to be so greedy with their time off and let someone else have a good turn once in a while

yes that is just a short list of what I would do.. I dont know why I felt compelled to write this but I did. Its stright out of my head.

Some Im sure are glad that Im not the president.. but maybe just maybe Im onto something......

The Best Movie of the Summer!

Talladega Nights! The funnest movie of the summer. This movie is pure entertainment, Will Ferrell makes this movie a hit by his hilarous interpretation of all that is ridiculous about race cars and the how ridiculous people get about this "hobby". It gave me a good laugh thats for sure. However I kept trying to see where the fun in watching it came in.. other then Will and his wit I see nothing interesting about racing. Its mind numbing to watch cars circle a track over and over. I can not for the life of me understand why there are so many people out there who find this entertaining. Anyway I digress the point is Will gave a good rubbing to all the trashy rednecks out there that sit at home with a bucket of KFC and wrap their sad little lives around this pass time. I wonder if they ever get curious about life beyond racing... doubt it! Anyway go see it its a great funny mocking movie! Best of the summer! Cherie gives it 2 thumbs up!!! Enjoy

More Great Photos from my fabulous vacation!

Hey Everyone well Im back with more pics, as I was looking at the cake I realized it was 45 years not 50!! Oh well they are such a great couple they will get to 50 in no time- and that party will be even bigger then the 45th!! Anyway Here are some more pics for you to enjoy!

A yummy Taits cake , it did not last long thats for sure!

A pic of barrys Nannie Marshall, Chris and Olivia. Barrys Nannie was a hoot she had a great time. Chris wool socks in the summer? He came so close to a swim!!

Me and My honey enjoying the sun in Nans backyard. I decided to give barry a wet hug after I got out of the pool! Im sure he appreciated that!!

Maria and Bonnie man the BBQ to keep the hungery group happy! Burgers were great!

The twins are the two cutest babies in the whole world, had alot of fun playing and swimming with them. Here they appear to be trying to get into the bucket... not sure your gonna fit Olivia.

Anyway thats the updated vacation pics I hope eveyone enjoys them as much as I had making them. Its been a great summer so far for family get togethers. Next weekend the fun continues with a trip to Brockville for Rib fest and to plan the ever growing vegas trip now to include Chris, Maria, Poppy and we are working on a few more peeps. Anyway will be fun more pics then!!!

Our Week of vacation

Here are some moments from our week off. We started the week by going to my brothers cottage, then onto Brockville to help Barrys Nan and Pop celebrate their 50th! This Blog is out of order and not Cooperating.. The other pics that are unlabeled are: Barry driving stewerts boat, turns out hes the next skipper after all! Nan and Pop 50 years and going strong!! A group shot of Barry and I with Pat stewert and Ashley at the cottage. Had a great time. Next blog more pics to come!


Barry and I on the boat catching some Rays




Me with the dying butterfly that Barry ran over!

Bad Day

Without going into details as I think Im starting to learn that while I enjoy blogging and sharing my life with people.. not everyone needs to know the nitty gritty details of my life.

Anyway lets just say its been a bad day. I feel completely awful and unhappy. I am stuck with all these negative feelings that I want to just get rid of but am having trouble finding a way to let go.

The best way to describe how I feel is what I came up with this afternoon. I feel like Im a runner and I have been training for this big race, just as Im getting ready to jump from the starting line I realize I have an awful cramp in my leg... I look at the track before me it seems unpredicatble, with no clear end and I think I dont know how I will finish this run with my cramp. That is how I feel somewhat powerless and at the mercy of things out of my control.

I will admitt that Im a worry wart (that is clear from my past blogs) however I just see this journey stretching out before me and Im having trouble seeing the bright side and Im having trouble with the fact that I cant tie things up in a neat little package and "fix it". Anyway Thats why there have been no new blogs this week just lots going on in my head. I will say this I am lucky to have Barry and my good friends as both are wonderful supports to me. I hope that one day (in the not to distant future) I can look back at this blog and think wow that was no big deal at all. I also hope to be back to my fun writing stuff.... might just take some time. Anyway thats all I got for now.

We are Back

Hi all! Just a quick post to let you know that we are back from the vacation! Had a great time, always seems to go to fast!! Anyway I will post more later with some pics from the trip. For now I have a mountain of dirty laundry, sour milk in the fridge and a house in a state of disaster with bags and stuff everywhere! Stay tuned more to come! Hope you did not miss me too much!

Holiday Time!!

Well we may not be on our way to Cuba as seen in this lovely pic of us, but we are heading for a cottage a little R&R and some much over do quality fun time! I am hoping that this vacation will help me put some things in perspective. I have been on edge for a while now. Im dealing with some issues that I did not really expect to effect me. So Im trying to work through my feelings about some stuff. Its been tough and I feel like I need some time to defuse and figure stuff out. Anyway I hope that everyone has a good week, I will have lots of pics and updates when I come back! Take care!

My babies!!

I just thought I would share a rare photo of my babies! It is not very often that they actually sit still let alone sit side by side! Mr. Columbo and Scooby tend to have a love /hate relationship! Yet here it is almost believeable that they are friends. A true Kodak moment... sorry Barry I mean a true "blacks" moment!

On another note Im very excited we are on vacation in 2 more days!! Yupee! The itinery for the week is gonna be great we are going to my brother's cottage for the first half of the week to hang out with them and catch some rays. Then the second half of the week we will head to Brockville for Barrys Grandparents 45th wedding anniversary. It should be a great time really nice to have a week off and spend it with family who love and care about us I cant wait!!! We will have many photos when we come back to share. Oh dont forget to stay tuned for the fall updates the vegas trip is in the works and we are hopeful that a certain Brockville couple will decide to join us!!!

Happy 9 month Anniversary to Us!

Yesterday was our 9 month anniversary!! Really I will use any excuse that I can to post my wedding pictures!!! I have to say that yesterday was great. We had our yard sale that went very well made a nice little chunk of change, and we got rid of alot of stuff!! Then we went with a couple friends to Bobby C's for some lunch on the water front here in good old bowmanville. It was a gorgeous day for it!

After that we went swiming at Cedar Park and had a good time in the water enjoying the sun. Topped the night off with some time on the deck with some tiki torches and just relaxing. It was the perfect night!!!

Anyway I just want to say that its been a great 9 months Barry and I are learning more about each other everyday and enjoying the married life. Life has its ups and downs and while we are not happy everyday (cause thats just not reality people!) I feel content with life, and happy to have Barry to share the journey and all of our exciting dreams and hopes for the future.

Love you honey happy 9 months- I will meet you at the Bellagio in October!!

A Cute Picture to Share

Here is a cute shot of Poppy and Mr. Columbo. This was taken in Brockville when Barry went to visit last weekend. They are two very cute Fellas!

Skunks and wedding gifts

Well Folks Im sad to report that two things that will never be the same.... the "dead skunk" that I hit again and my plate dessert tower I got as a wedding gift. I just got home from a shift at the hospital, as I was driving along singing to my favorite country tunes when I saw a black and white lump on the road, sadly it was a dead skunk. I thought I was gonna miss it, but alas I hit it again... Im sure it is much more pancake like judging from the feel of the thump.

If that was not bad enough I got home and decided I need a little snack, so I open my fridge and on top of it is my very special much loved dessert plate tower! Crash it hits the floor smashing into a hundred pieces..... Im so sad! no more nicely displayed desserts for enjoying! Im sorry Beth it was a lovely gift... alas it is now gone.

So thats it RIP to my plates and the skunk, Im sorry you both came to such an awful end. Anyway that is all from me Im tired and must sleep. Good night everyone!!

Random thoughts from a tired mind

I know not a very original title, but its now 12:19am and Im pretty much tapped out of original ideas. Anyway I just thought I would share with you a little update since someone was looking for an update.

Im getting geared up for the yard sale this weekend, I spent most of the night getting things ready there is soooo much stuff. I find that keeping busy is a good distraction to the fact that Im really missing my husband these days. As most of you know we are on opposite shifts right now and we dont get to see much of each other (unless you count a grunt hello at 2am or 7am!). Im really proud of him as hes got a new job that hes working really hard at and I think is doing a fabulous job. However I do miss him so Im using the time I have to get things in order around the house. Anyway Im doing alright and the count down is on only 9 or 10 more weeks to the end of this shift!!!

Im relaly looking forward to our vacation which is coming up in the next week, we are gonna go to my brothers cottage for a good part of the week. It will be nice to just have some time to relax, so Im gonna stock up on my books and magizines!!!

There have been some other frustrations in life that as all people experience come and go as things do. I would like to say a big thankyou to the friend that let me off load my worries on you tonight. I really need to talk and it was great to have your ear- so thanks! Anyway Im trying to have perspective and not let people or things out of my control get me down. There are changes at work that are causing some stress... but I just have to remeber back to my hospital time when I was exhausted and could barely keep my eyes open and things dont seem so bad now!

The big thing I have learned in the last little while is its all perspecitive. You can look at a situation and think that its clear cut and dry... then you see that there is more to it then you thought and you rethink things. I know that I have the power to control how I handle and deal with situations, the hard part is getting your mind to have a positive attitude. Its so easy to let all the negative thoughts get to you and block all the positive things. So Im working on staying upbeat when things are getting me down. Its better for my overall health and well being. Anyway thats it from me Im tired I gotta sign off and head to bed. Night everyone!

YARD SALE IS COMING

Cherie and Barrys Yard Sale Extravagenza Is Coming!!!


When: Saturday July 15th

Where: Our Place (call for directions)

Time: 7am- till we are tired

Why: We have so much stuff!! We need to declutter.

Come and get it all from furniture to clothes to books, movies, kitchen stuff. We are your one stop yard sale shopping needs!

Hope to see you there!!!

A weekend of camping fun

Well the weekend is over but it was a fun time!! I went camping with Heather to Sibbald Point. We arrived friday night to find that we were situated in the midst of party central. We were surrounded by "young people" I say it like that cause its finally getting to the point that Im finding the gap between what was once me what is now "them" further and further. Anyway lots of people partying it up.

Heather and I set up camp and enjoyed a nice weekend. Among the highlights were:
- The racoons that walked away with a full pac of english muffins. I had accidently left the supply tent open a tad bit at the botom. We got up in the morning excited to make Cherie Mc Muffins only to find that the muffin part of the equation was gone. Now normally racoons or other animals bite into stuff and leave a mess of left overs around. Not these creatures the only sign that there had been life was a couple paw prints. So that means these must have been byonic raccons that just walked into the tent and picked up the package and walked on 2 legs back into the forest to eat my muffins. That is creepy!

- There was a large group (I will refran from giving the cultural groups name) anyway I would say a good 20 + people on this one small sight down the way from us. They just sat and stared at you as you walked by, no hellos just werid staring. I have to say that this group of people did not look like the typical campers that you see in the woods.. it was just funny as these are not the typical scenes that I have ever encountered in the woods. In the midst of this large group of yelling, calling out and staring folks there was this one very different guy he reminded me of a sock in a load of towels. I had to sing the song "one of these things is not like the others".

Anyway a weekend well spent. Im planning some camping trips in Aug. Any interested parties please feel free to comment here or email me if you have some time and would like to be part of a future blog of camping fun!

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You Must see the Daily Dancer!

Hi everyone Ok I have to share with you a link that Barry and I have discovered. its called

Dailydancer.com I have to tell you its the funnest stuff you will ever see. Basically its this guy hes a newfie, lives out in BC and he just dances. Thats it plain and simple he picks different songs and dances to them. Its so hilarous that I just have to encourage you to check it out. I look eveyday and it always cheers me up! Sometimes he has guest appearances from family and friends and its just too much! See todays dance with his sister!

Anyway just wanted to report Im feeling better tonight and have been some stuff in perspective with the the help of my friends who always listen to me which I really appreciate! I worked at the hospital tonight and I delivered the cutest baby ever! The parents were so nice and so grateful for my help. It just felt nice to be appreicated! my day job lately there has been alot of complaints, and being a manager Im the compliant department. So not that I mind dealing with it as its my job to do so, but its nice to go and do something rewarding and feel like I made someones big speical day- the day they have their child more speical.

Anyway Im trying to take some of the challenges I have been feeling as my mom used to say " a day at a time" Not let myself get overwhlemed by what I like to call "big picture syndrome" I look at huge things in all that they involve and worry, instead Im trying to break the challenges down into bite size pieces and just chew what I can eat day.

I hope your all having a great first week of July! More to come stay tuned!

Some Random Thoughts

Do you ever feel like your a worry wart? I do, Im a worry wart. I can worry about anything just give me a topic and Im off the worrying races. Infact Im sure I could be in the worrying Olympics and win the gold medal prize.

Im finding myself worrying lately about stuff that I cant control and that I need to just relax about. I dont know why I worry I think that sometimes I just worry cause then Im prepared for the worse cause scenaro. If I have worried about all the bad things that can happen then I dont have to feel bad if they happen cause I have already dealt with it. Stupid eh? I would be the first to admitt that its dumb.

Right now Im finding myself struggling with some stuff, and Im trying to not let worry take over. Im really trying hard to just get past stuff that is bothering me and look at the bright side. Today this was hard, I really struggled to not let negative thoughts take over. So tonight I have been making myself busy and trying to be happy for what I have.

I find at times like this it helps me to list my blessings it puts things in perspective. So bare with me as I know that I have done this before but its therapeudic and I find that using my blog like this helps me.

1. I am lucky to have a wonderful husband who fills my life with love and laughter
2. I am healthy I can walk my dog around the neighbourhood in the sunshine
3. I have a nice home that is big enough for my family (Barry, Myself, Mr Columbo and Scooby O Mally).
4. I have a good job with great co- workers that make me enjoy going to work.
5. My job allows me to sleep at night instead of being awake all night.
6. I have great friends that cheer me up and join me on the ride through life with its ups and downs
7. I have faith, I believe in God and I believe that he can help me through life and its struggles.
8. I have dreams for the future, I have so much to look forward to and enjoy with Barry our journey has just begun.

Anyway thats my thoughts. I feel better just letting my blog readers in on stuff, and its therapeudic to write.

Please Help Cherie

I need some help with my long weekend. I know I just posted a poll for you all to answer. What I also need is a little help with my own plans. Sadly my dear hubby has to work so Im pretty much flying solo. Most peeps I know are busy and away. I just dont know what to do. So here is what I have come up with so far... bare with me as you take a journey into the inner workings of my mind....

1. Go to Brockville: I could go and would love to bein Brockville with Barrys family as they are so nice and fun. I love spending time with them. However the traffic is gonna be bad and I dont know if I want to sit in it all weekend. The driving alone kinda stresses me out so I feel like as much as I like the idea of it, the travel stress might over rule that

2. Work on saturday at the hospital: Need I say more? does this in any way shape or form say fun July 1st weekend? Nope didnt think so.

3. Paint my kitchen: this is something that I should do... however not something that I want to do...

4. Organize for my yard sale: I figure why should my dear husband get to miss the fun of this job? I should really save it for him to help me with.

5. Have a me weekend in which I have no plan and no agenda I could go for walks rent some movies, go to a public pool and chill... I am leaning towards this idea however I fear I may get bummed out being by myself.. but still not a bad idea

6. sit on my sofa and enjoy the air conditioning while watching hours of mindless telly all the while wishing I had a pool, cottage or trailer to go to. Not such a great idea.

7. Go camping by myself... again dark scaryness with just me in a tent in the woods? Im no daniel boon. I love to camp but like dancing, sex and doing tequilla shots its best if one has a partner to do it with.

8. Go to the library and do something educational...... hahhahahahah gotta ya on that one didnt I!

9. Go for a mindless drive and see what town I end up in and have a day picnic.. perhaps I should have an imaginary friend then they could do fun stuff with me. That might be a thought

10 Create and spend time with my imaginary friend. Althought at 29 years old Im not sure that people might not think me odd talking to myself... that might end with me being admitted somewhere and medicated... better not do that.


So theres my list its not good, its not horrible, but it needs work. So I beg you my readers to give me your thoughts and help me to have a happy Canada weekend.

Reader Poll: Your July first weekend

Hello everyone as you know the first long weekend in July is fast approaching. I thought I would conduct a poll to see what it is you are all doing. So dont hesistate to leave me a comment on how you plan to spend these glorious three days....Read the questions and answer in the order given (gees dont I sound like a teacher! yikes!) Hope you all enjoy!

1. What are you doing for the Long weekend

2. What would you rather be doing on the Long weekend

3. Who are you spending the long weekend with

4. Whats your Idea of the perfect Long weekend

Meet me at the Zoo!!

Barry and I went to the Zoo!! Here is a sample of the fun:

Me and the Fishes!! It was so hot I would have loved to jump in the water with them!

Barry and I with our monkey friend.... Can he come home with us?

Rid'em cow boy.... or rid'em hippo?

True Love! How sweet!

My hubby and his kumo dragon! What a goof but I still love him!

Cherie's Crazy weekend

Hi everyone! In an effort to keep up my ever going pursuit of being / remaining young I had a great weekend this past weekend. Every year there is a party at one of the nurses from the hospitals cottage. I of course attend, its not a fancy affair infact if we are being honest here its an all out drunken party!! Lots of good times had by all.

So let me lay it out for you. Myself my friends Deb, Wendy and Sam decided to drive up together friday night. Deb was the driver me as navagator and the other gals as back seat comic relief. Anyway even though Deb and I have made the trip three times now we still have issues each and every year. Things started out alright Sam brought us a litte drink that she had made at home, and we had a little sip. Then to kill the bordom and the fact that we were hnugery we ate a few jello shooters in the car.... this is when things started to go wrong. By the time we were ready for a stop break for some dinner at McDonalds we were adding a little lemon gin to our sprite- by the way for those of you who have not tried this its quite tasty it rather sneaks up on you! So we are driving to Orilla heading to Cold water, myself and the two in the back seat are now drunk as can be. (and yes I know this is wrong but hey what can you do?). So the long and short of this story is we ended up an hour past where we were supposed to be due to my navagation and saying to Deb " oh yeah this is were we are supposed to be hee hee " So we get to Gravenhurst - yes Gravenhurst and realize we are so far away now.

Finally after a long journey we arrive at the cottage and join the rest of the nurses in party motion (sorry missy no "shes like the wind" was played). I start giving out Jello shooters to everyone I see and then I arrive at the hot tub and give the group of gals in the tub a shot then for some strange reason I decided to jump into the tub fully clothed! yup thats right I just hopped in with eveyrone else. I ended up staying in the tub for about 2 hours singing bob marley songs that were on the stereo and having my fellow nurses brought me drinks. It was a very fun time.

The next day not so fun, I did not puke or hang out of any closets or do anything of that nature. However I did have a massive headache, but thats nothing that a little tanning on the dock and some 11am champaign and OJ cant fix! Yes the weekend continued with all day drinks. I have to say I think that my liver is super tired and will need a break, a very long break!!

Anyway Im still proving that Im young and can hang with the best of them!!

coming soon to Newlyweds

Hey everyone,

I know its been a while since a post and I promise tomorrow to be a good blogger and write. Anyway just to give you a taste here is what you can expect:

- Cherie and the crazy nursing cottage weekend
- My supervising efforts while my husband does manual labour
- Bug bites and why they suck


Plus many more life insights. So stay tuned!!!

Negative Nelly go away!

I have a problem today, my friend negative Nelly has been sitting on my head all day. It does not seem to matter what I do I cant shake her. I am feeling very frustrated about a number of things right now. None of which I can do anything about, I have no choice and no hope anything changing so I just feel a sense of powerlessness. Thus I have been dealing with Negative Nelly on my head reminding me of all the bad things that I dont like right now.

There are people that I want to vaporize that would make my days much less stressful and fun, there are people that I would like to stand up to but cant cause as much as I dont like what they say they are technically right and I have no choice but to do as they say.

There are situations that I try not to dwell on and I try to see the positive in but when Im frustrated with things around me they surface to remind me that they are still persisting. I dont have an answer and I really should be thankful for what I have but for today I am negative Nelly and I just will hope for a better day.

On a postive note here are things I am happy about:

I love my husband who treats me like a queen
I love my house that is just big enough for myself Barry and 2 crazy pets
I am healthy and balanced
I have a good stable job that has the hours and life balance that I like
I have dreams and plans for the future that Im excited to pursue
I have family and friends who care about me and that I love
And when all else fails I have chocolate!!!! There is always chocolate!!

I seem to be worrying lately about things that have not yet happened, I dont know why I do this to myself but I keep playing the what if game, I need to just relax and let things happen instead of worrying about nothing. Anyway Im gonna stay positive and look forward to the good stuff.

The Complicator

I do believe that everyone has one person in there life that fits this title (I feel bad for you if you have more then one). I have one that was gone for a while, but has returned to add complication to things that are simple.

Incase you dont understand what Im talking about the complicator is the person who can complicate anything. I could say I think I will go have a diet pepsi now, well the complicator would have to say: why a diet pepsi? should you look at having a regular pepsi? What are the implicatotions of drinking the diet pepsi, What will happen once the diet pepsi is finished? Perhaps we should have discussion about the diet pepsi before you rush into drinking it. Do you understand what Im talking about now? The complicator is the person who I believe there sole purpose is to make the simple complex and often will be the person to create work projects were there are none to be had.

In closing I think that we should take all the complicators put them on an island give them a rubics cube and let them have a go at that, Im sure the time it takes them to figure it out will be more then enough to get me to retirement!

48 hours of nonstop action = Cherie's Youth Intact!

This is a symbol of my youth, for any of you out there that doubted that I was getting on in years now that Im approaching the big 3-0 this blog is for you!

Let me give you a recount of my weekend:

Friday: Friday morning I went to work at the office, then I came home slept for 2 hours and went to the hospital to work a night shift. I thought to myself I can do this Im still young! Plus I will get a sleep break on nights... well of course it was so damn busy we did not stop all night. So I got off at 7:30 am

Sat: I leave the hospital go home shower and Barry and I head to Canada's wonderland, having an hour nap in the car, then I travel the far reaches of wonderland - might I add carrying an arm full of toys that Barry kept winning for me- how cute is that! Now if he could only take that luck to the lotto I would be thrilled! Anyway a funnel cake, sore feet and 2 big toys later we leave wonderland. I get home at 8:30pm shower and head over to Julias for a night of party fun!! That night started with wine and talk and proceed to dancing till 3am at Good ol Willy's place! Thats right after having last slept a full night on thursday I was dancing the night away till 3am! I had the help of Jose and my good friend Jacob to get me through, and they enjoyed every minute of it!!!

So as Im sure your all aware there are a few distinct personalities that any person will find at the bar, you dont have to look hard, often they will be right in your face. Allow me to explain:

1. The Drunk older man: Drunk older man tends to have alot of facial hair, and is showing the signs of years of smoking. He tends to slurr his words and think that he can talk to any women who walks by him. He believes that muttering his words he sounds like a hot guy who will suceed in picking up women. Example Saturday night we met this gentleman, We are walking by and he says to me blah mutter mutter. I say Im sorry I dont know what you said. Julia and Missy also take a turn at trying to decode davinci himself. Finaly he puts his arms around us in a huddle and says "ladies what are we gonna do about it all" We all look at each other in complete confusion and then walk away leaving drunk older man to mutter to other some lucky lady.

2. The Drunk Younger Guy: Drunk younger guy unlike drunk older guy at least smells a degree or 2 better. However the annoying thing about drunk younger guy is that he does not mutter he comes up to you boldly and starts dancing against you and around you in order to show you that even though hes drunk hes still got the moves! Note: drunk guys is often unaware the he dances like Elaine from Seinfeld. Example: Missy is dancing next to me when this guy comes out of nowhere grinds behind her then grabs hold of a country like barrel thats placed on the dance floor and dances with it like a poll with his ass in our general direction. Sadly drunk younger guy was followed by apologetic girlfriend who said how sorry she was that we had to witness that.

3. Finally there is Drunk girl: Drunk girl is generlly a nice normal member of society that once she gets a few drinks in her completely takes on a who new personality. Drunk girl thinks she can sing, dance and basically look sexy no matter what she does. She will often engage in embarassing behaviour that will result in large regrett later. Many of us have had a morph experience into the drunk girl. Drunk girl tends to happen somewhere between, an elegant glass of wine and licking salt off the bar for whats supposed to be "just one more shot of tequilla" Take for example the girl at the bar "trish" Trish spent the night jumping up on the stage where the band was playing trying to dance with the band, and sing along with the band.. may I say sing very badly! Towards the end of the night she proceeded to dance on tables, and be asked by bar staff to get down, she would listen for to seconds and then start jumping up and down like a bunny rabit to the beat of the music. You may wonder how I know that her name was "trish" Well as we were leaving Trish was being dragged out by her friends when we reached our car. Trish was behind our car carrying on with her friends and some other drunk young guys (see description above). They seemed to be oblivious to the fact that we wanted to leave. So finally My dear friend Missy got out of the car and said very calmy can you guys move. Then drunk girl yells in a slurred voice "Im Trish" Missy responds with "I dont care - move out of the way" AH yes and as Trish and friends moved one of the drunk young guys proceeded to moon us. Sadly a drunk Julia was dissappointed that she had missed the white full moon. To bad Julia I will make sure you see the moon next time! Bellow is a picture that many of my readers will recall! Yup a classic example of Drunk girls on the prowl!!!

Anyway It goes to show ya you might be 29 going on 30 but realy its all a state of mind and from where I sit ladies and gentlemen- I still got it!! oh Yeah!

Stay tuned.....

Hello my loyal readers! Its been a few days since I have posted anything.. I just wanted to say stay tuned!!! The following topics to be covered this week:

1. cherie is actually still young and can stay up and party for 48 hours
2. Tequilla Willy's: The good times, the bad times and "trish"
3. My random thoughts

So stay tuned.. For Newlyweds enhanced upcoming version: more pictures more stories more of what you love me!

Life is Funny

Life is funny, Im feeling pretty deep (especially considering its only monday!). Life is funny because if you had said to me 2 years ago that I would be married, in a new job making plans for the future I would have laughed and told you that you were crazy! I look at where Im at right now and I think wow Im so different, I find myself interested in things that I would never have cared about, I find myself day dreaming about things that would have been nothing to me before. I think about where I am now compared to where I guess I thought I would be and I feel happy and lucky.

I have made some decisions lately that I really did not think I would make - and be able to stick to, I feel myself feeling ready for life and the mysteries ahead. I dont mean to sound cryptic but Im sure all in good time things will be clearer - for myself and my readers! Anyway Im taking life a day at a time enjoying all the steps and preparing for the ones to come. Im relaly happy but Im kinda freaked out about how easy it has been to make some changes in my life that will definatly lead to a new path. Its all good I guess I just surprise myself. I go back and forth and change my mind about things 100 times and then finally bam! Decision made no turing back. So Life is funny I never really pictured myself as an adult (who does its too scarey!) but I am one and its not as bad as I thought it would be. Anyway thats my days thoughts. Off to make dinner now- after all as a good adult and wife I should do that - ha ha!

Me, Julia and those crazy Chicks!!!

Im extremely excited to say that Julia and I are the proud owners of 2 tickets to the October 28th concert featuring the Dixie Chicks!!! First of all let me just say that I had trouble sleeping last night cause I was so worried about the purchase of the online tickets. My fear was not that I would get bad seats, but that I would not get seats at all!!!! So I lay awake my alarm set for 9:30am. The tickets went on sale at 10 am and my finger was posed for action at my computer. For those of you who have never bought online tickets allow me to explain the delicate situation to you: you put in what tickets you want (easiset is to say best available seats) then you click and wait. Once the screen shows you the two tickets available its like your standing in an old fashioned ticket line those tickets on the screen are reserved for 5 min and most likely are as good as it gets! Scalpers buy large blocks of tickets and sell them at high costs. Likely for me (and Julia) I have a fast finger and I got great seats we are on level 1 of the ACC in seats 3 and 4!!! Im soo excited!

The dixie chicks are a symbol of my youth there music has helped me along in many different situations from the fun party night at my favorite country bar, to studying for my nursing exams to teary moments playing some of their slower melodies. Anyway I love them and I have missed my opportunity to see them several times- but not this time I will be there front and center!! I remember a particular song that Im sure Julia and I can laugh about now... Julia used to have a boyfriend that was as we found out later less then the best out there. So when Julia and I were roomates I used to play "Earl has to die" whenever he came over. Sorry Jules, not very nice of me at the time, but I think we can see the humour in it now! Anyway fun times past, fun times to come!


I am getting used to and enjoying their new CD, each one has a different flavour, this one is very sentimental. There is one song that is of controversy regarding their comments about the actions of the American President.. anyway Im not very political so I wont even go there. I will say this the song is what I feel liberating we always feel we have to be "nice" and have everyone like us - or at least that is something that I struggle with. I used to not be able to bear if people were mad at me or I felt the need to apologize for everything. I find this soung speaks to the fact that sometimes its ok to take a stand on something and not be sorry for it. I can think of some instances in my life were I have taken a stand and to be quite honest am not regretful or apologetic about it. Its not to say that I dont believe in forgivness or the importance of fixing things cause I do hold those things dear.. its just that I also believe that there are times to not be sorry and not "make nice". Anyway I am posting the lyrics you can decide for yourself! Think of me October 28th- I will be one country lovin fool that day!

Forgive, sounds good.Forget: I'm not sure I could.They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting.I'm through with doubt:There's nothing left for me to figure out.
I've paid a price,An' I'll keep paying.

I'm not ready to make nice;I'm not ready to back down. I'm still mad as hell, An' I don't have time, To go round and round and round. It's too late to make it right; I prob'ly wouldn't if I could.'Cause I'm mad as hell:Can't bring myself, To do what it is you think I should.
I know you said:"Can't you just get over it?"It turned my whole world around,And I kind of like it.

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby, With no regrets, and I don't mind sayin':It's a sad sad story when a mother will teach her, Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger. And how in the world can the words that I said, Send somebody so over the edge, That they'd write me a letter sayin' that I better,Shut up an' sing or my life will be over?
I
'm not ready to make nice; I'm not ready to back down. I'm still mad as hell, An' I don't have time, To go round and round and round. It's too late to make it right;I prob'ly wouldn't if I could.'Cause I'm mad as hell:Can't bring myself,To do what it is you think I should.
(I'm not ready to make nice;)I'm not ready to back down. (Whoa, oh.)I'm still mad as hell,An' I don't have time,To go round and round and round.It's too late to make it right; (To make it right.)I prob'ly wouldn't if I could.'Cause I'm mad as hell:Can't bring myself,To do what it is you think I should.What it is you think I should.Oooh, ooh.
Forgive, sounds good.Forget: I'm not sure I could.They say time heals everything,But I'm still waiting.

Dear Clothing Industry

Dear Clothing Industry,

It has come to my attention that you actually have very little insight into the adult women and her clothing needs. Allow me to elborate:

First of all summer is here and its that time when we get to shed our winter skin of sweaters and coats in exchange for shorts t-shirts and tank tops. The season is great however not so great is what I like to call the crotch shorts. Now if your not sure what I mean by crotch shorts allow me to eleborate, crotch shorts are those that are so short and tiny they ride the crease of your thigh and are pretty much wedged up your bum. Another aluring feature of the CS is its shortness allows you to see all the bumps and lumps of leg cellute. The only people who should wear crotch shorts are those who are perhaps age 1-3 where its cute or those who have missed placed their underware and are wearing these under their clothes.

Take this short extreme to the other end and we have this seasons ever popular bermuda short. The bermuda short is that which comes to the middle of your leg. Its supposed claim to fame is that its a trendy way to make your legs look lean and long... however a not so attractive side effect is that while your legs look long your ass and hips look huge. I dont know if this short came from bermuda but I feel badly if this ugly piece of clothing was unfairly named after Im sure what is a lovely place.

Now we have the capris pant which by name is not a short. There are many different styles, some of which are not bad, however these again are pant like and not shorts only exposing ones ankle. How can you be cool and comfortable with a capris that is basically a pant that teases your ankles into believing they are free from pants?

So you may ask what then is the perfect short. Now clothing industry listen very carefully I will type it slowly: it is when the short sits comfortably between mid thigh and your knee. It is loose and offered in things like denium, kahaki, and various other styles. Is this so hard? Do we have to be dominated by bad style choices?

Lastly I would like to address the size issue Im not sure if your are aware that the average womens size ranges from 14-16, but when you go to the store there might be 1 or 2 of these and a far greater portion of really tiny sizes. 16 that is a far far stretch from size 0 or 1. I dont know how you can be a size 0 its basically saying your nothing there is no number attached to your size, therefore you must be invisible to the general population. Also xxs- it was bad enough when there was a xs now its xxs . Industry there is only 1 category of people that fits into this , we call them infants. So before I get off my soap box I will say this: we need to stop following the magizines and televisions that tell us we are not worthy of nice clothes if we dont wear a xxs or a size 0. I spend a great deal of my time feeling bad because I dont fit in the mold that the clothing industry says I should. However I like to be fashionable and pretty so to theose who make the clothes I suggest you take a good look at your demographics and stop mass producing clothes geared to the bodies and styles of 12 year old girls.

Im now going to go back to my pajamas shorts as they are the only decent things I have at this point in the heat. Thankyou for listening.

My Beautiful Gardens!

This Year Barry and I have excelled and created a nice little homey feel to our home on the outside. Have a peak at our work!





Just look at all the wonderful work Barry and I have done! Not bad for a couple of non-gardners!

Happy Birthday Melissa! 28 Years Youngish?

Well the years march on for Missy today! Pop the fine wine, get out the balloons and lets have a look back at this now 28 year old:

Missy in 1994: Young and full of life



Missy 1996: The hair is longer but the youth remains intact.

Missy: Bride to the left with eyes closed. The years continue to be good to you!! Even when drunk you can pull off classy!

Alas the clock is ticking, thanks to technology we have been able to accruately predict how Missy will look in another 30+ years. Wow!

To cheese, wine and Missy - all things that get better with age! (see ya on the 30 side, I know you will be joining me soon!) Cheers tonight!

Im Lost about Lost

I am gonna keep this short but I want to ask one question: Is anyone else completely confused about Lost? I have a major addiction to this show its up there with Survivor. At first all the twists turns and unresolved mysteries were fun and interesting.. Now they are annoying! I am so confused that I dont even know what my name is when I watch an episode!


I wish I knew what the writers were thinking, infact I can tell you what they are thinking- here is how a typical day between two writers for lost goes:

George: Hey Earl

Earl: Yeah George

George: what should we write for Lost this week?

Earl: I dont know George (scratching head)

George: I know lets make an episode about an elobrate interconnecting plot in which all the characters are involved in multiple unexplained situations. That way when people watch they will get so wrapped up with each mystery they will forget what the original plot and mystery were about.

Earl: ha ha hey now thats a great idea! We can keep ratings up and keep audiences confused for at least a couple more seasons before they see that we dont actually have any kind of plan for the show! Infact I think that at the end of this season we should have a couple of guys in a bunker in a snowy climate freak out about something.

George: why would we do that?

Earl: I dont know sounds fun, lets go get a beer

George: Earl your a genius!

Earl: Thanks George


So that my friends in the thought process that I believe goes into Lost. Will I stop watching with this theory in mind you ask? Nope damn them Im hooked! Its like a bad accident you dont want to watch but you have to! I hope next fall has even more complicated messed up mysteries to fool with my head! I can only dream.

If your a Lost fan feel free to post your thoughts/theories about the show!

Nostalgic Moment.. its a long one!

Im feeling Nostalgic... I know what your thinking oh brother here she goes again.. I have to admitt that what triggered this trip down memory lane is watching the series finale's of That 70's show and Will and Grace. Corney eh? I guess the topic of the shows kinda got me thinking, about life. I mean on both shows friends and family reached cross roads in life and took the necessary steps to move forward. I guess this is a truth that goes beyond the tv to real life. We all make a journey around this world. I have been watching all these real life stories unfold.

I think about where I have been and how I have got to this point in my life, all the things that shape me and my world view. I have been blessed with many gifts in this life in the form of friendships. I think its one of lifes great honours to see the people you love evolve , grow and realize their potential. I have friends so dear that are both here in my life and those that are across miles. The stories of each of their lives has helped me to develop all the parts of myself.

I think back to a small town where I met this crazy red head (and you know who you are hee hee) We used to be 14 year old kids stalking boys at the local motel.. we would dream about the days ahead and not look at us all grown up your on your way to Africa to change the world in your own way, and Im trying to understand my world here in Bowmanville. I hope you know that I love ya whereever you go in this world!

I think back to yet another small town where I met a girl who could sing, and had the cutest blond boyfriend I used to be so jealous of your talents. Now your still the best singer I know and to think that you have done the most amazing thing.. you have raised two beautiful sons and are making all those you know so proud of all the things you have accomplished and overcome. I remember all the little things, the dairy queen sundaes, the failed baking attempts, the kareoke- who could forget the kareoke! Whenever I hear that song " I Hope you Dance" I think about the last time we sat in my house with both my parents alive and waiting to watch us move on with life. I think they would be proud!

I even think about people who were there for a season, I think of my college buddy the girl who taught me to be a little "bad". We may have only lasted for a few seasons but it has its purpose, you taught me how to be my own women and F*&$% em it they didnt like me. Those days were fun, much tequiella, much dancing, much fear to face the medical world. Now I've heard that your off in your own world doing well, I would like to think that perhaps I gave you a little softness to see the lighter side. I owe you the thanks of balance you showed me how to be both my best self and laugh at the human side. Thanks!

Then there is that girl with the little white car, the girl who knew all the words to grease, the girl who predicted from the first day that Barry would be my husband.. I should have just listened to you and saved myself much heartache of the endless search for "the one" that was right there all along. Our mutual love of country music, our talks about life, and everything in between- Im sure you remember the Sudbury trip? LOL I learned alot from you! It has been a pleasure to watch you grow, you had your heart broken and it was hard to watch that pain in your life. Now its so amazing to know you as an adult to watch you take some new exciting steps I am honoured to still be such a big part of it all. I look at you now and see an adult! Its scarey but I guess we both are.. but we still know how to have fun- lets not forget that.

I know that this is long but I just have to keep going cant leave out the players in the story of my life. The theres the girl with the big glasses, the one that I was "warned" would not be a good person to hang out with lol. One of the few people who has had the joy of being my roomie. Those where speical days I will always treasure that fun time. Im sure I could list 100 things we have gotten ourselves into. I will always remember the blue lagoons, the talk girl and Myles. You have taught me to slow down I get so ahead of myself and want to jump into things and you showed me how to think it through. I have had the joy to watch your story unfold from teenage girl to cool college chick to gardening wife and "doggie mummy". The story gets better with time.

Who could leave out the only girl who thrives on the grossest of my medical melodrama! The only person who wanted me to keep a crappy homecare job so that I could tell you my drama. I will however never forget you letting me cry the blues from under the covers in your bedroom over my job woes, I can think of one stormy night you got the call in Kingston- and I have to say that our talk that day is perhaps the reason I made it to being a nurse you got me through my wits end. I have seen you go from library book "collector" to classy professional women. However I think that you and I can still sit back with a bottle of jacob and regress to perhaps a slopper self, once in a while. Your loyalty over the years is rare and special to keep close by. Just remember I am a very good "buddy" canadate!

The theres that farm girl, she can out run me for sure, and Im sure that she could get up earlier then I can ever hope to. All the laughs and fun adds a speical dimension to each and every memory. I recall a young girl who would throw on garbage man overalls to go dumpster diving, or have a crazy "farmers" party. I can hardly believe that life is so different- your gonna be a mom! Its super exciting and Im so happy for you! I cant wait to meet that special little someone thats gonna be a a little piece of your fun personality.

Oh gosh I have to say that life would be no fun at all without that dark haired girl on 2 center who kept me sane in my final days! You came through for me on my big day and were an amazing support, I think from you I have learned how to be more assertive, how to stand up for myself as a professional and as a person. You are my never ending source of entertainment and good times! Who can forget the bathroom stall and the drunken labour nurse pledge! Or the near miss deliveries where the two junior nurses were the only delivery people in site!

Then theres that crazy nurse who helped me pick the lice, yes the lice! I dont think that there will ever be another person who knows more about that time in our lives then us. We shared a time of real growth, we went from students to professionals during those summers. Who could forget the bagel binges, the "its your turn to get the door", Moggy's got an emergency call 911! Your this prostar nurse now with all this amazing drive and these goals. You have helped people all over the world and for that I admire you. When we get together Im still the "pink daisy" and your still the melon ball! that will never change even if we are 90!

The of course I know that if hes reading this hes like hey! What about me? Well of course I have not forgotten about that skinny boy. The guy who gave me grief in english class and got me kicked to the front. The guy who has taught me an appreciation for all things star trek not "track" by the way for all you non trekies! There are just 1000s of things that you have brought to my life. So many memories how do you pick just one. The days at your house in the elephant spray pool, the saturday night scanner sessions. The big prank that scared you! Then of course theres your first horse back ride, your first snorkling experience. I recall with laughter the night we brought you home after your 19th, and dumped you on your bathroom floor.. I guess since then I have returned the favour the odd time! You have given me the most love and joy. Its gone from a story about you to the story of "us". From a first kiss to a ring to a marriage. The story just grows and gets better everyday. I cant wait to the day that we have our own little people to tell our stories to. We are so lucky to be surrounded by all these people who are the characters that add to the story of our lives. I have to thank Mrs kirbys history class for being the outlet that cemented our friendship, if it were not for a whole semester of boring modern western I dont think that alot of important foundation would have been made. So when our kids say they dont see what the point of taking this class or that class is we can smile and give them a good reason to stick with it! I love ya baby you make my world worth the journey!

Oh gosh please dont be mad theres so many people who deserve to be part of this post, but I feel like Im at the Oscurs and theres a guy with a big cane trying to pull me off the stage. Anyway to everyone who has or does create the story of my life I say thankyou for sharing your life with me and for being part of this story. I cant believe that so many steps have been taken to get to this point, there are changes in the next few years for all of us.. Im sure around every corner but lets never forget where we came from, it was far to fun to lose it!. Good night everyone my fingers are super tired!

Nostalgic Moment

Hippies take it all!

I give a salute to my favorite hippies- Tyler and BJ! Tonight they out witted the frat boys for the million buckaroos!! It was close there was a point where I wondered if brawn would over take brains... but in the end our tree hugging , peace out, beard growers won!

Good Luck Tyler and BJ! I hope that there is plenty of peace love and grooveness to keep ya going!

Update on LSC (life style change)

I have decided to stop calling my eatting habits a "diet" . I dont need a diet they clearly dont work, most poeple on diets fail and gain back the weight. Even myself has in the past had the mentality that I would "diet" lose the weight and then I would just go back to eating what I want. Not so joe. Im gulp.. getting on in my later 20's and my metabolism is certainly not the same! I never had a great one to start but I guarenettee that its worse now!

Anyway so its not a diet its a lifestyle change. Things this week (being the last two days lol) have gone well. I have eatten well, went to the gym and drank enough water. Now I just need to work on getting more sleep, Im bad for staying up late. I think it was probably a little bit over zealous of me to state that I would post here each day about my health journey so instead I think I will just do it at least a couple times a week.

I will share with you the reader my menu today just to keep me honest:

B: 1 egg white, 2 slices of weight watchers bread (translation mideget bread), yogutr and glass of milk

L: Veggie soup, chicken breast, grapes and yogurt

S: apple and rice crackers with cheese

D: potato, chicken ( I eat polutry alot!) mixed veg plus another bowl of veggie soup ( made it myself very low cal and well lets just say it cleans ya out!)

S: fat free pudding

So thats not bad at all comes to under 1500 cals which is a nice range to be in for weight loss.

Im gonna do this, I want to lose 15 pounds by the end of June, that will put me back in my old size thats how close I am to two summers agos clothing! just 15 pounds and Im back on track. I have to keep perspecitve and do this! So dont hesitate to give me a kick in the butt every now and then! I sometimes need it!

Grey's Sad-atomy

Let us all say a sad goodbye to Grey's Anatomy till September. I just spent the last 2 hours on the couch crying while watching the season finale.

Let us say goodbye to Deni Izzy's ailing heart transplant boyfriend, who went through a season of trauma, faced numerous surgeries, several heart failures and a near miss transplant only to recover ask Izzy to marry him and finally have hope for the future... then while happily reading a magizine throws a blood clot and dies. yup nice way to go! So Izzy is a basket case and I myself was right next to her in the basket during this whole ordeal!

Let us say goodbye to Izzy medical career for putting Denny into heart failure on purpose to get him moved up the transplant list and stealing him a heart. Poor lost Izzy I feel for the girl caught between the medical issues and her heart- I of course cried when she confessed to her deeds!

Let us also say goodby to "doc" the loyal friendly dog that beloned to Both Merdith and Derek- unfortunatly he developed cancer and had to be put to sleep. Another moment of weeping on the coach for me!

Let Us say goodbye to Burke's surgical career as a top heart surgeon- now after his gun shot wound he may never pick up the scapel again. Poor Burke, let us hope Christiana can get over her emotional insecurities and be the girlfriend she wants to be!

Finally let us say goodbye to Derek and Addisons marriage after he had sex with Merdith in an empty patient room!

I must say that the hospital I work at holds way less interesting drama! Yes it is sad I now must wait till September to see all my favorite people come back and entertain me. It is indeed a sad-atomoy day!

The rest of yesterday

Well things went well yesterday with the diet. Then disaster struck... we went bowling last night wtih Julia and then some how ended up at dairy queen! eek! had a blizzard. So that was not exactly part of the diet but I figure not bad overall.

Anyway thats just a quick confession

Weight update

So sticking with my promise to share my healthy lifestyle endeavers I am gonna give you an update:

Weigh In: I knew this would be bad Im up 4 pounds from my norm

Mini Goal: lose 4 pounds by end of May

Meduim goal: 10 pounds by July long weekend ( I lose very slowly)

If we get to that I will set a new goal


Todays Menu so far:

brunch: egg white omlette with spinich and peppers
2 slices of weight watchers bread
glass of milk

Snack: banana and yogurt

Dinner : out but will make good choices

water : 4 glasses, 4 to go!

Mothers Day Tribute

Its that time of year again, for me its a bitter sweet day- Mothers Day. I have wonderful memories of my mother and how great her love for me and our family was, but this is mixed with a little piece of sad. I wish I could take her for a Mother's day tea or give her a nice bunch of lilies. I used to always get her Yardly's English Lavender perfume. She loved it.

There is alot I could say about my mom, too many memories to count.. So this mothers day I try and look at what she gave me - the gifts that I try to carry and let live on through me. I can definately say Im not perfect but I try to carry her values with me. She gave me compassion, the ability to love, the ability to laugh at myself. She taught me about God and the bible. I remeber sitting with her as a little girl and she would say prayers with me and read from the bible. When I was scared about monsters or bad dreams she would pray with me and remind me that God was gonna take care of me. She gave me a love of animals, dogs espcially- just ask Barry and he will tell you that I cant walk by a pet store without going in and talking to the puppies. She taught me how to make beef stew and dumplings- that was something she used to make for my dad and I.

It was the combination of the complex values and simple things that she used to make me the person I am. I hope that most of the time shes watching and proud of me. So today I will share one of my favorite moments: when I was in grade 1 we lived in Ajax and right near the school so she used to get me ready and kiss me goodbye I would walk up the street and she would run upstairs to the bedroom window and watch me on my way to school. She would call out Bye Cherie I love you. I would wave back and say bye mom I love you. So every now and then when I feel a warm breeze or the sun on my face i feel like shes at heavens window saying Hi Cherie I love you. I look up at the beauty of the day and I say Hi mom I love you too.

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." -- George Washington (1732-1799)

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there, just know that every little moment with your kids (big or small) will be forever in their memory and treasured. I hope that someday I can give the kind of love I recieved.

Help Ive fallen so far off the wagon

I have fallen off the wagon. The diet wagon that is. Most of you know that I have been doing weight watchers for about 3ish years. I have had some sucess losing 70 lbs. I have in the last 2 years managed to keep 50 of it off, but I have not had any luck losing the 20 I had regained and then some. I have no idea where I have gone wrong. It used to be so easy but it would seem that not only is it getting harder to lose its getting harder to keep it off.

So I have been off the wagon for about 2 weeks, I have not gone to the gym I have eatten crap food if its bad fo ryou I have eatten it. Anyway I have reached a point where I feel like a slug, I feel fat, and my pants are starting to feel snug. All of these things point to Cherie needs to get back on the wagon. I dont know why its so hard, I find Im good all day , then I snack at night. I go to the gym cause i feel I "have to" not because I enjoy it, therefore it creates a feeling of gym resentment. I find in order to lose weight I have to have a strict diet and exercise at least 5 days a week. So its a cycle I do this well for a while lose a few, then I get fed up and tried of this regiment and I fall off the wagon. There for I usually manage to stay in the same range. However this time I find that I am having trouble getting the motivation to get back on track. So I thought I would try a new idea, I am gonna use my blog as a journel to keep me honest about what Im eatting and doing. So I am gonna try and come on here and bare my diet soul to the world in order to keep honest. I lose weight best when I eat whole foods, low glycemic carbs, and limit my sugars. Plus exercise. Sounds like a party eh? Anyway heres my pledge for this week:

I will drink 8 glasses of water a day
I will exercise at least 4 days this week
I will eat healthy foods
I will limit snacking
I will only eat when Im hungery

Im gonna give this a try. Now Im not so bold as to post my weights on here eek! Too scarey! So instead I will weigh in tomorrow and I will post how much Im up from my norm, then I will post the changes every saturday.

Alright Im gonna get back on the wagon.. its hard work but its worth it! So now that Im done complaining I will think about the nice bike ride Im gonna go on tomorrow. Stay tuned for my weigh in, its not gonna be pretty I can almost tell you how much i weigh at any given day. If only chocolate was calorie free!!! Good luck to me!

Home Safe and Sound

Im back from our great capital. Was a very productive couple of days. It taught me 2 very important things: Accreditation is very confusing and its gonna be a long year! We have an accreditation date set for Nov 2007. If you can believe it we are actually supposed to be starting the process now 18 months away! Like yikes! How scarey is that? I found out that this "process" involves all this stuff that we do for a year to prove we have quality indicators and all this "language" that adds up to : you are doing a good enough job for the gov to say your "ok". Anyway at the end of all these months of papers filled with stats (my very least favorite thing in school), you have to go through this intense 2 day interview where these people called surveyors come out and analyise everything from A to Z. They interview everyone. My general take is that they are scarey people we probably spent 30 min discussing their needs for the interviewing days. We must provide them with lunch, coffee, refreshments, an IT person on call for their computers, a driver to take them to any locations of other services that we provide, a paper shredder, 2 separate rooms to conduct their stuff. Binders of stats and info neatly ready for reviewing. I am like Oh my God! the lord himself is coming to visit perhaps he will bring the queen, Britney Spears and maybe even Simon cowell with Ryan Seacrest! Thats how it felt. These people are serious, they dont smile they dont have personlities, they just have pens, note papers and pocket protectors. But the nice thing is after 18 months of work we will have the relief of a quick turn over time of knowing whether we got accreditation status or not: a mere 45-60 days (give or take). yup no stress there! The accreditation to help you get why Im sort of stressed is basically the future of my existence in this nice world I live in now. No accreditation= no contract, no contract= no agency, no agency means Cherie is the newest Walmart greeter in town. So this may not be the last thing you hear on this "accrediation" word. Oh the other thing I learned while away: Dont try to argue with a Russian coffee shop owner about whether the specifications to your "latte" are really coffee or not. It will only end in a poor coffee and getting a very grumpy service person.

I say I would ike a latte with skim milk and half the esspresso. Half the esspresso? He says in a think accent, I say yes half please. Then its not a coffee he replies. I say it is to me can you make it? No No to me it is not a coffee you are ordering. I say : I like it that way can you make it? He looks at me puzzled as though its mission impossible. I say again: can you make it or do I walk a block to Second cup, then he says why do you want only half the esspresso? I say that I cant sleep at night and its now 10pm. So he says why dont you get a decaf? I say can you do that? He says yes I say fine. He walks away to make it muttering to himself in Russian. The next morning he sees me and says something to his helper walks away from me at the counter and then the non english person takes my order. Which I loudly announce that I would like a regular latte with all the caffeine they have as its now morning and I want to be awake. The girl just looked puzzled.. but I know the coffee nazi knew exactly what I was saying!

Anyway thats it for me: oh one other piece of good news! I really did win a spa package and its a grand one might I add! we are talking head to toe pampering! I cant wait!

Updates

Hi all

Well I just thought I would write a quick update. Its gonna be a busy next few days. Im working at the hospital 12 hr day tomorrow - its been a while!! I hope I dont fall asleep from the sheer early hour that I have be be up!

Anyway other then that I thought I would share some exciting stuff Im going to Ottawa on sunday till tues. Im going with my boss for a work related conference. We are starting the year long process of acreditation simply put we make our agency look as good as we can shine it all up then the ministry of health does this big interview/review and gives us (hopefully) there fine stamp of approval. This will improve our future odds of being the best at what we do. Anyway it should be cool we are gonna go on the train on sunday and its gonna be neat to learn all the stuff. Plus it does not hurt that its all paid for by the company!!!

It also appears that I have won a spa package through Barrys work. He entered a draw and there was a message tonight saying he had won.... now if you all recall there was a time not long ago when I was fooled by barrys tricky work collegues. I am not dumb enough to get tricked twice. I say fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me! So I wont be excited about this till the actual papers are in my hand. I hope its true- and if the work people have struck again then well they will have to face my rath! However thats a whole other blog! Well night everyone stay tuned for more excitment from my life!

Meeting Jill, grey hair and the kids next door

Well I can imagine that reading the title has lead to some curiosity to my readers. Allow me to explain: I will start with what is currently bothering me the neighbours to my left have two "tweens" you know what Im talking about that ackward age between 10-13. In the past we have not really seen much or heard much from these kids, however much to our horror the parents of the "tweens" have bought them a full sized trampoline. How did we first discover this? Barry and I had gotten home from a long day at work and we were changing out of our work clothes... now I dont know about you but I tend to walk around in my underware at times. This was one of those times Barry and I were looking for our comfy clothes and not properly attired. So Barry walks into the living room which faces our backyard. The only thing you can see is the fence next door and the yard so we had the curtains open- not expecting to see anyone Barry walked out half undress shall we say and was startled by the popping up of a head of the annoying boy next door. Every few seconds we would see this head pop up and disturb our privacy. Needless to say we ran and closed the curtains to avoid giving the first peep show in our neighbourhood. So to our delight the trampoline has brought friends to play and much noise. Infact at this moment they are playing on it with loud loud teeny bopper music (not even good teeny bopper music might I add). The most annoying part is that the song keeps stopping and then the same 1 min segment is started over again. Again and again it plays. I know that if there are any parents in the crowd you are probably thinking we are just not intouch with the world of kids- well your right we are not. Yup I am at this point in my life a self proclaimed "DINK" So until that changes I will continue to hate this trampoline and think of ways I might be able to get it out of our lives. (Im open to suggestion also)

So now going back to the weekend. We had a great weekend, got alot of stuff done in the garden and around the house in General. However a startling discovery was made... Barry and I were on our way out to meet Missy for dinner when as we are getting ready to go he standing behind me says" what is that and proceeds to rip a hair out of my head. After giving a yelp of discomfort for the lost hair I notice that the hair that he has just pulled out does not seem like mine. I mean Im a dirty blond this hair appears almost white... but no that cant be it has to be that its just highlighted and apearing platnium. I did go into this state of denile for a few minutes but it did not last as I soon had to fast the awful truth.... Barry had found a grey hair. My first real grey hair. My youth is dead my life has taken the down ward spiral.. Im getting.... *sweating*, gulp, Im getting OLD! So Barry being the wonderful and supportive husband that he is was good enough to do a search of my head and notify me that not to worry there was more where that one came from. Apparently they have infiltrated my world and I can no longer deny that age is slowly tightening its grip on me, whats next wrinkles??? I cant even think about that right now.

Lastly but not least my dear friend Missy had an unfortunate case of mistaken idenity. We were meeting her for dinner on the weekend when she was approached by 40ish looking male with a werid afro typ hairdo and a nice beer gut to ask her if she as "jill" She gave it some thought and decided that no indeed she was not Jill. The man walked away disappointed. Then of course "Jill" did appear. Jill was a 40ish looking year old women. I think that guy was dreaming. Why he thought that my 20 something friend could possibly be the women that was clearly his blind date is beyond me. All I can say is keep dreaming buddy cause Jill has left the building!

Anyway thats all I got in my head so Im drained now. Later people!