29 posts tagged “friends”

Last night was a little get together with some of the girls. It was a really nice night out - tis the season! I have gorgeous, wonderful brilliant friends... outta my league!

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Since reading  that book the other day about the woman who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, I am now convinced I'm losing my mind when I have a blank moment of dumbness.

Examples:

1) I was in Sears yesterday with a metric ton of presents, and I had no idea which exit to use. Seriously I stood there and had to think North or West? visualize the mall on a map of Windsor, and I almost just went out the mall because I knew I could find my car from there. Duh.

2) At the restaurant a friend and myself were talking about homemade Bailey's. Two minutes later I'm telling her about a fun shooter and I can't remember the word Bailey's! Duh.

3) I forgot to make my Thursday night football pick in all my pools. This is the first time I've missed Vegas Insider in 4 years. Duh. Damn!

4) I asked a friend what time it was, as she was heading home and I decided to go as well. When I got in the care I realized it was only 10 minutes to 10, and not 10 minutes to 11. Oh well. Duh.

So every time my brain stalls for a minute I make it worse by immediately thinking, 'I'm getting Alzheimer's!' instead of trying to think of what I need to say, or do. Duh.

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My shopping excursion went fairly well. I have only a few more things to pick up. There is a lot of gift certificates this year, I'd rather give a gift, but sometimes it just makes so much more sense... although it won't look like much under the tree.

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I think we're getting our tree sometime this week-end, and we have a party tomorrow night. Tonight is steak night, great night, date night, and it's going to be a FAB week-end!

Because I have no skills! Arg! Worst week ever! That's all I have to say about that!

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This next picture is dedicated to Grouchy Old Man... I thought of you (for some reason!) when I saw this picture my email this morning... I think your cat would like the picture as well...

So Kiks and Jim's party was really good. Their newly configured basement worked perfectly for the get together. Everyone really seemed to enjoyed themselves... and it was a great time... but even at Christmas, with all the good feelings and appreciation for health, family and friends: some people continue to be selfish, ignorant, hurtful and suck in general.

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William's work party at Beachgrove was a good time as well. I would like to share some advice for those people attending a work party:

- Do not get visibly hammered at the work party... especially when you are 'the new guy', having only worked there for a few months.

- Don't let your spouse become visibly hammered at the work party.

- Rockin' it on the sparsely populated dance floor at a conservative venue is not recommended. Neither is getting jiggy with it.  

- Don't let your spouse go into the bathroom alone if you suspect the possibility of her passing out without the benefit of undergarments.

- Damage control in said situation may include preventing the boss' son from discovering the indiscretions mentioned above.

- Don't sit outside main entryway, smoking darts, languishing in your drunkenness, awaiting a taxi.

Reasonable advice, no? I'm awaiting William's phone call informing me of related shop talk from this morning! 

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I really need to focus and get organized for Christmas. We have only one decoration up in our house up and no tree yet. I have purchased only 4 gifts. I have completed all the Christmas cards (they will be others I have forgotten, and will remember over the next week - so wisely I have not packed away the Christmas card work area. There is booze we need to purchase for our Christmas Eve day festivities, and for gifts as well. There are food items I need to buy for the dinner at our house (for 20 people) on December 27th... I have 2 get togethers during this week and 1 one the week-end. There is a lot going on and I'm not feeling on top of things! I love the Christmas season, but I'm feeling distracted and am not quite into it yet....

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I have 6 more books to read by the end of the year to reach my goal of reading 50 books in a year. I missed recording a few in the 30's and I think this has messed me up! So for now, my Nintendo DS is put away, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 is in virtual hiatus as well as actual.

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Life is good!

Apparently I haven't posted for 7 days... I think that's a record. A sad record.

Anyways, this past week-end (you may have noticed my banner) was our annual Cleveland trip. This year Kiks and Jim came along for the fun, and it was a crazy awesome good time. The dinner at the Chophouse was a little disappointing (not mine, mine was super great). They have awesome home brew there and I of course drank up.

 Somehow near the end of the night we realized Kiks' bra was on the outside of her shirt. Yes, it was that kind of drunk outing... Billy made me choke down a ham sandwich which probably saved me from a severe hang-over. What a good husband!

Kiks had never before experienced an NFL game, and Jim had never been to the Muni-lots and under the bridge, where all the die hard fans party. 

After roaming the lots for a couple of hours (of course started drinking at 10am - Jim at 9am...)

 

Of course, it wouldn't be a trip to Cleveland without visiting the team store. We didn't buy anything (I was obviously already geared up!), but had fun in there nonetheless!

 

we ventured over to the Blind Pig to watch the early games. We arrived at the perfect time, as it packed up fast. It was a rowdy big crowd...

they were filming a commercial in there (we signed releases, who knows if anyone will ever see it - they'll probably use the take when I was in the bathroom), and there were, well, a whole crop of um, 'little people' (guys actually), sitting at a 'little table' giving away 'little Miller Lites'. Jim spied a 'little person' using a 'little urinal' in the men's bathroom.

Even the walk to the stadium is fun... we arrived a little later than we would have liked because of the commercial, but everyone is so pumped and ready for a good game.

The game was really exciting (although a loss) and our seats were awesome. Looking back I was so annoying that the couple next to me moved 2 seats away. It may have something to do with nacho cheese sauce... Oh well! 

After the game we partied back at the hotel - that's when I decided to wrestle everyone and dance like in an Old Navy commercial. I have suspicious bruising and a very sore left leg, 'How cute are these boots'. I'm very grateful that there isn't any photographic evidence of my bad behavior! I could hardly walk yesterday, and didn't feel like a three hour car ride home... but I survived.

For me, every second of the week-end (okay, not the car ride home so much) was awesome. Going on a nice long cruise is so relaxing, and camping is always fun, but in Cleveland we really tear it up! I love that city! More picks tomorrow on FB.    

Well, American Thanksgiving is over, and it was, (if I say so myself) quite successful. It was a good time, with one very odd, slightly awkward pop over. Ah well... We had a few people cancel, and one guy (who could have potentially brought up to 5 people) thought we were having people over on the Saturday after Thanksgiving... uh, no - but now we probably are.

Last Sunday the Jude and I

attended the Lions V Browns game in Detroit. It was the best, most exciting game I've ever seen, even though the Browns lost - it was an amazing time. It was interesting to see how Detroit hosts a football game - I've only ever been to Cleveland and the Silverdome, so seeing the difference in the tailgating (we only saw a bit)

and the atmosphere downtown was really cool. Ford Field is pretty nice, but so different the the Browns Stadium - and a totally different vibe.

We went to Cheli's Chili first and it's absolutely stupid that they can't serve alcohol before noon. That Detroit by-law is costing businesses some serious dough. All in all, it was a great time, and when they play each other again I would certainly go.  

Well, well, well... I've been a fairly productive LG for the last few days... I've cleaned out the garden, the pond, and yesterday I switched out all the summer clothes for the winter clothes. It took a lot longer than I thought (hours really), but I have about 2 bags for donation and about the same amount of clothes will fulfill their dust rag destiny, (as soon as I get the good scissors from my mom). Still to do: clean out the garage, put up the fall decorations, and clean the b'junk off the windows casings.

Exciting life isn't it?

Hm!

I've been invited to play in a tournament on the 17th, which is awesome. It's match play format with me representing the 'Essex County Ladies' versus the 'Kent County Ladies'. It's in Blenheim

and I've only played that course twice, but I remember it to be quite nice. This invitation makes me feel good, as initially I my name was given by a woman whom I really like and respect, and it makes me happy that she thought of me. I'm sure at times we all feel lost in the crowd and unable to please, so it's good to be thought of now and then.

Today I'm having lunch with KT and SuprT, then I'm attending a board meeting at SC - I'm not sure (no one is really) if I can serve on the board or not. If not, that's fine - but it was nice to be nominated, (by one of the owners, part of the management team no less) as she must think (or at least have thought) that I could be helpful to the operation of SC. If I'm able to serve I'll have to be certain to mention her, and all the little people, in my acceptance speech.

Good God, I hope you know I'm joking.  

There is not too much going on this week-end which is rather nice. It's been great having people over the last couple of weeks, but if William and I are alone this week-end I certainly won't be upset. Either way, I'm happy.

Let me check, yep, life is gooooood.  

In the last week I've had more contact with 19-21 year olds, then since, well, I was 19-22 years old.

On the week-end (you may have read), two girls of that age came over with the bartender from SC, then a couple of days ago there was a little get together at a friends' house and Baby Coug (she's about 21) made an appearance.

The two girls who were at our house were CONSTANTLY on their phones. At one point (whilst playing Passout), the one girl set her dance music crankin' phone in the middle of the table, although we had the satellite on an 80's music channel (much more appropriate background music for Passout). Conversations were passing these two by, and a few times a story had to be repeated to catch the girls up.

At Nic's the other night, Baby Coug was on her phone quite a bit. BC was sitting beside me, and at one point we all burst out laughing, and I thought because she was silent that maybe she was offended - then I saw that she was texting.

To me, in my old 36 year old ways, this is totally unacceptable social behavior. I know that this has been a big etiquette debate for a while now, but most of my friends aren't into texting or checking FB updates etc. while with others, so it really never affects me. In this situation I felt that obviously what ever, to whom ever is being texted, is more important than the 5+ people present.

If I got up from the table, walked into the living room, flipped on the TV and watched a show, you know my friends would be asking WTF I was doing - but texting is okay?

One time (actually again at Nic's) KT's younger sister, told everyone that she was expecting a call, and that was totally cool, but other than that, it pisses me off. Do parents allow this during Sunday dinner (if there is one)? Do teachers allow it? Is it okay to zone out when you are with company? 

Things change though, etiquette and what is the social norm evolve rapidly.  Not so long ago, everyone dressed up to travel, ladies wore gloves and a hat and now it's perfectly fine to wear joggies and a hoodie when flying the friendly skies. Now, it seems like everyone under the age of 25 has headphones in the ears and a cell phone in their hands - oblivious to their true surroundings.  

Perhaps I'm just a decade off the curve, but really, I don't want to be in constant contact with everyone I know, even the people close to me. I want to be with the people I'm with when I'm with them, or else I would be somewhere else.

And that is that.  

It's been a little busy here lately... 

Thursday:

I attended the General Meeting at Sutton Creek. Very informative. There are some great people at SC, and I had some good laughs (Marcello is convinced if they bring back the players that have passed away play time will increase dramatically... the goal should be living people joining the membership - brilliant).

Friday:

I didn't feel too hot after consuming one too many glasses of vino at the meeting, but was able to get the house sort of cleaned. Glo ball, which is my favorite golfing event of the year, was Friday night, and I spent the afternoon in bed with a migraine. Rats. Ah well.

Saturday:

Sunday Open On A Saturday - it was a good format pairing A and D players in a scramble format combining the scores of the B and C players, also playing a scramble. We came in fourth, and I won closest to the pin on #13 (amazing as I rarely hit that green - it was against the wind, so I had to use my driver to reach the back of the green - about 160 yards... that's pathetic, but oh well...). It was most fun.

Later that afternoon Kiks and Jim came over for a prime rib dinner, and were joined by a couple of guys from SC. Around 10pm the big event started - M vs. N - a Wii tennis battle for the ages. Nick tried to psych Billy out by wearing a Marino jersey, but Billy replied with his own jersey and hat. Nick won, but somehow the trophy is on our mantle - blocking my hole in one ball btw - I get no respect!

Some spectators:

The challenge:

The trophy:

Nick brought over a waitress from SC and her friend and Link. Us girls spent a little time in the hot tub, but it was warm outside, so we thought it wise to play Passout (25th anniversary edition, released in 1986 - meanwhile the two girls were born in 1989... how weird is that?) around 1am, and yes we were successful in making a young girl pass out. It was a proud moment... okay, not really, but fun nonetheless. I have never seen so many drinks spilled in one night. Jim was our booze runner and constantly at the ready with multiple towels. Good times.

Although we didn't get to bed until after 4am, the 'kids' were up around 8am looking for coffee, and William pulled himself from the comfort of our bed to comply (we grind - they would never have had success). I was feeling less than 100%, and spent most of the day in bed - Billy cleaned the house, thank God. I missed dinner at MomG's, but did a few things around the house, and watched a little football and some DVR'd shows.

Lessons:

- Don't drink so much

- Get some sleep

- Enjoy every sweet minute of life

 

This week has flown by! I've been pretty busy with golf stuff (18 hole league, 9 hole league and the tournament) and getting ready to go down to TN next week. Some girls came over on Wednesday night to watch a couple of episodes of The Real Housewives of New Jersey (those chicks are whacked!), and the party at Kiks' on Tuesday was a big success. Once again, I'd like to acknowledge that I have amazing friends and I'm really lucky for all the people in my life.

I'm cleaning the house right now, although it's in pretty decent shape... this afternoon we're golfing with Revenue Canada John and his Revenue Canada wife, which should be most fun. I posted my best score ever at Sutton Creek on Wednesday (an 89 - really good for me!) during the ladies 18 hole league, and I'll looking forward to see if my recent good scores (two 91s last week) are a fluke or if in fact I have gained some skills. Skills are good.

Tomorrow I'm golfing with Kiks in the afternoon to get some play aheads in, then steak night, great night on Saturday night.

Life is flying by, but it's so gooooooood.

A long ago friend (whom I haven't spoken to in nearly 15 years) Facebooked me, and I added her. Why not? I am an adult, and she's friends with about half the people in my list.

So the question is, do I message her and explain how I felt about her as we grew up and through the situation that ultimately ended our friendship? Do I tell her my side? So many times (at least on TV shows... haha) former friends can't remember why they fought. I certainly do. Every little bit of betrayal, and I've heard that she had these feelings as well - or actually I don't know about that for sure, there were a lot of rumors and like I said I haven't talked to her in about 15 years.

It's also not that I want her as a real (as opposed to FB) friend - I can barely keep up with my friends as it is, especially in the summer, and I seriously doubt we have anything in common. Like come on.

The only reason I'm considering this is because of those damned dreams about highschool or University that I mentioned the other day... do I have unresolved issues floating about in my subconscious? Is this a past subject that is causing present concerns?

I am seriously open to advice.

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I think that perhaps I should re-evaluate my favorite season.

I have always proclaimed to be a summer girl. Y'know, in my minds' eye I'm a bleached blonde with a hot body spending endless lazy days on the beach. Okay, not really even close. But as spring is beginning I'm feeling this may replace summer as a more mature and realistic season for me to love.

I love watching the garden and all the plants pop up and the trees turn green. Every day I notice the subtle changes in colour and growth. The golf season begins, so I can reunite with friends and see the course come alive. There are the hopes of a new season (can I please break 90 at SC this year?) and in general so much to look forward to...

When I think of summer, I think of hiding indoors because it's so damned hot. Burnt, crispy grass and thirsty plants. Of course there is still camping, golf and other great things - but the excitement of  'newness' is gone.

I think I'm a spring girl.

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I'm so happy it's the week-end. The weather is about 20* above average, so it's going to be in the 80's today. Yes! I golfed yesterday (and not too bad either, except the 11 on the first hole!!!) so I don't feel like I'm missing out by not hitting the links today. I'm going to finish cleaning the house and do a little work outside. I cleaned out the garden beds yesterday, so now it's the unfun tasks of raking leaves that are not easily accessible, going under the deck, and cutting down the Giant Plume Grass (itchy, scratchy stuff). The yard is looking good!

It's still way too early to start the pond or plant anything in the garden. Patience is truly a virtue of a successful gardener.

I hope to catch some of the draft today. Oh oh - I just heard that the Lions took QB Matt Stafford (to be announced formally today at the draft). That's disapointing. I was really hoping for Curry... It's hard to keep up on what's going on in Cleveland - I'm completely brainwashed by the Detroit Sports media (I'm also a sponge of useless Detroit sports facts - you can test me). Regarding the Browns - there are trade rumors regarding Edwards and Quinn (huh?). I'd be great if they could clone Josh Cribbs - that guy can do it all! Anyways... I want the summer to pass sweetly and slowly, but I can't WAIT for football to start in August!

Tonight? Of course wine, steak, hot tub, and a 24 marathon (I think we have 7 episodes to watch!). Awesome - I love our week-ends.

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Life is exceptionally good.  

 

SuperBowl (aside from the Steelers' victory) was just great. We only had a few people over, but it was most fun. I really only saw a little of the game, as us girls were in the hot tub, (being served drinks by the good men) for a long time. The company was good, the food great, and we had lots of laughs...

Kiks and JP got here nice and early so we headed over to BMW's for a little bit. I was surprised at the good turnout so early. There were quite a few people there that I haven't seen in years.

What a good Sunday...

 

 

Good times.

I have some things that I would like to discuss, but I feel that I have to develop my thoughts more before I attempt to write...

All in all.... life is good...