Lisa told me about Pureology when I was home getting my hair done for CJ's wedding in June, she said it would be really great for my hair given my penchant for colouring and abusing it. It was $30 for a small bottle though so I was like "ummm...no". The other day I was leafing through either Cosmo or Glamour and what do I come across? Them gushing about Pureology and how all these celebrities love it because it doesn't have any "bad" chemicals in it; it's all natural. So I go online to look for it since I looked for it in Yuma and, being Yuma, of course it's nowhere to be found. So online it's $30-35 for a 33 oz. bottle. Ouch. So I put it on my Christmas list and maybe my Mommy and Daddy will get it for me. Never thought I'd be asking Santa for hair products :)
I learned my lesson though. Always listen to my hairstylist. She really does know best.

I need to go. Po just knocked over his 40 lb. bag of dog kibble and is having a free for all. If he gets into it too much more he'll be having a different kind of "free for all" all over the carpet.

CJ called me last night. I love talking to her. Craig is gone and Fenner is in B.C., so even though it was over the phone it still felt like we were two single girls again.

I need to go shower and get dressed and meet Kass for breakkie.

I'm back.. I had a Dean meeting tonight. I like bossing people around. Hehe, no I like KNOWING more than the other people there and bossing them around. Okay, I'm just being bad, we had a constructive meeting but I'm glad I'm one of the the co-ordinators b/c otherwise ppl go off on tangents and then we'd never get ANYTHING accomplished. I like being the young kid telling the old people what to do ;)

Hrm, Ryan has linked to me. I should link to him. I'll go do that now.

Craig is gone. His flight was late so he couldn't make it to the Pink Poodle to see Monique for me! :(
Bugger.

I need to brush my dog. My "goggy", as Gracie calls him. She's so cute. I wish she was here so I could squeeze her cheeks and pinch her butt. I have her tomorrow. All in good time. Patience is not my virtue.

Okay. I'm supposed to be blogging about how my bestest friend from Phoenix (that would be Ryan) and his gf Brooke came down to visit on the weekend. I think they were under the mistaken impression that I wanted to spend time with them, when in reality I just wanted to get some Coffee Bean action and a Cherry Bon Bon. I am addicted to those things. This could potentially become dangerous.
No, hehehe Ryan Rocks!

In other news...
Kass got a trampoline! If anyone needs me I'll be over there jumping.
I miss CJ and Fenner.
My Halloween costume has arrived! My mummy is awesome!!

I better go pack for Craig and finish my Dean work.

Dog bathed. Smelling pretty.

I just got excited about going out to buy Craig socks. It passed quickly, but still. Sometimes I frighten myself :)

There is stuff that I am supposed to be doing that I don't want to do. And the stuff I WANT to do I can't do until later. Heh. Bleh, I don't think sugar is too good for me.

I heard that John Mellencamp song Small Town when I was in Kingston and I really related to the lyrics. I'm not usually one for finding meanings in songs but this was just like me
I cannot forget from where it is that I come from,
I cannot forget the people who love me.
I can be myself here in this small town,
And people let me be just who I wanna be.

Granted K-town isn't exactly a small town and is twice the size of Yuma, but there is none of that social class bullshit that runs rampant down here. In Yuma all those SUV-driving doctors' wives in their Nordstrom clothes stare down their snotty noses at us "regular" people.
That's what I miss about K-town; everyone just mingles regardless of class or occupation. I read an article once that had polled an equal number of Canadians and Americans who had won substantial amounts playing the lottery. The first things most of the Americans did was buy the biggest house in the ritziest neighborhood and buy new cars, etc., etc. The Canadians, for the most part, paid off some debts and continued living like before they won.
That's one of the things I won't miss about this country if I ever get to leave.

And what is with parents down here buying their teenage, barely-able-to-drive, kids cars and shit?? Maybe they should stop trying to ease their guilt over never being around with material junk and work on spending more time with their kids.
That "I work 60 hours a week so I can make lots of money and buy the newest, biggest SUV and go on fabulous trips without my kids, and go into debt up to my eyeballs so everyone thinks I am well-off, but to make up for my selfishness I'll buy my kid a car when they turn 16" mentality.
Makes me want to vomit.
Another one of the things I won't miss.

I'm back. It's hot. My dog needs a bath.

I went to Grampa's grave with Nana today. I don't remember being there before. I probably went at some point but must have been very little. I took along a picture of me and Po and left it at his headstone. Nana hadn't been there in 2 years and the evergreen shrubs on either side of the headstone had gotten BIG. Taller than me and very bushy. Nana was appalled that it looked so umkempt so I think mom is going to go back with her at some point to tidy it up. Finding the grave took almost half an hour, hehe. The cemetary is HUGE and Nana thought it was in Spruce (all the roads and sections are named after trees) but we drove around and got out and looked and couldn't find it, so we finally went to the office and asked and they looked him up and photocopied a map for us and we finally found it. Turns out he is on the corner of Pine and Spruce...but more in Pine...sort of depends which entrance you use. That place is BIG; I know people who have gotten lost in it.

I'm supposed to go do Bobo's laundry so she has clothes for work tomorrow. Hah. Only sisters. Only us ;)

I had such an awesome time! Thanksgiving was GREAT! CJ and Fenner finally got up around 1 pm. After Fenner had his caffeine he returned to human form. They brought birthday prezzies for me! CJ was all excited and made a big ceremony out of presenting them to me. There were even clues in the card about each of the 3 prezzies and I had to guess what they were...
1) Super Man (Girl?) underwear! A red pair and a blue pair! Now I just need a cape.
2) A lava lamp! It's so cool - we plugged it in and it was on all day yesterday :)
3) Halloween toe socks! CJ and I now have matching pairs (just diff. designs).
They are such good friends. The card was hilarious too. Hah.

So everyone came over here and we ate and looked at their official wedding pictures and called her parents, and Nicko called us and it was just a really great day. It was sunny and warm and breezy.

At night Fenner hung out with Dad, and CJ and I spent HOURS in her room talking about everything...old bf's, ppl we knew from HS, marriage, husbands, kids, etc. Fenner came up around 2 am and joined us. The 3 of us were flopped on the bed talking, SO tired but not wanting to go to sleep. Fenner suggested I camp out in their room so we could spend the night yakking while we half-slept but I decided to go to bed cause CJ has a 6 hour drive back to Detroit today. So 3 bottles of wine and drop of Kahlua later we called it a night and finally went to bed around 3:30 :)
We all ate breakfast together this morning and then CJ and Fenner left about an hour ago :(
I'm so lucky they came all this way to spend Thanksgiving with us...the only thing that would have made it better was if Craig was here.

Everyone is up but CJ and Fenner. They got here around 5 am. I heard them come in but went back to sleep. Even when she isn't exhausted CJ can sleep until like 11 or 12, hehehe, so I think it will be awhile before she gets up. I'm excited - I want to go in and jump on her bed and wake her up...I'd do that before she was married but Fenner might not appreciate it :)

When I woke up at 5 am I was laying on my arm which was asleep and had super pins n needles...and I was having a very strange dream about Drew Barrymore living across from my parents and I was dressed up as Catherine Zeta-Jones. There was a third element but I can't remember it now. Mmmmhrmm.

I closed my window when I woke up in the night. It was cold and clear out and the air smelled so fresh and cool and the stars were SO bright. I stared out the window for a few minutes. Before I realized it was 5 am and I should go back to bed.

I guess I should go pick up Kim.

*snort*
So Rush Limbaugh admits he's addicted to painkillers. Explains alot.
Hah, *smirk*

Dean rocked at the debate! Watched it on CNN with Dad.

Today was the nicest day...sunny and breezy and 20c. Tomorrow and the rest of the weekend are supposed to be like that too! It's just like summer! Tomorrow dad and I are taking the bike out for one last ride before winter. Then p/u Bobo from work and shoe shop til we pick mom up then curry for dinner, nummers! Then Sat. dinner at Nanny's, then Sunday night CJ and Fenner arrive then Monday we all do Thanksgiving!!

I love being home. I wish I could be like Samantha on Bewitched and wiggle my nose and transplant us and our AZ friends up here and go on with life as usual and no one would be the wiser. Except me of course. And maybe I'd let Craig in on it too... ;)

Watch Dean at the DNC debate tomorrow night!! 8 p.m., live on CNN!!!

Ok, I think I have ascertained that this is working. 3 months later.

I love being home (Canada). Everything feels so real and fresh here. The weather, the people, the POLITICS. I know this city and it knows me. Unlike in Yuma where I feel like I don't belong and everything seems sweaty and gritty and brown.

So much Dean work to do. But it is for a great cause! Julie's friend and mentor (a major-film director) just donated a chunk of cash to Dean's campaign, woohoo! Karl Rove won't know what hit him...and hopefully it will be a large, speeding bus. Oops, I better not write that or else I'll be labeled unpatriotic and be deported (after being declared an enemy combatant, of course) hah ;) Let's try being just a little more paranoid, shall we? :P
I need to go find the old Joe Canadian commercial, that rocked....

Hrm is this working?