feet love...

tuesday again!? yikes. this will be a quick one-i've got a final to go to!!
visit my teacups in peony for more and to join in yourself :)

i got duped...

the scene: coming back from nyc (2009) on a bus, 2am, i had been sleeping since we left at 10pm. the bus pulls over at a rest stop so everyone can get mcdonalds and use the washrooms. then i ask dylan a simple question...

'how come the bus never has to stop for gas?' (in a 12hr ride, it never got gas once)

he replies every so quickly, 'it's powered on air'

i give him a confused look, thinking this one thru...he sees my confusion and takes even more advantage of it...

'ya, didn't you see that it said that on the website? it runs on air!' he says

i am utterly perplexed and respond with, 'isn't that like, the future? why isn't everything run on air?'

then, he kind of started laughing and i clued in, and the both of us were dying of laughter. true story, it's definitely one of my finer moments. haha

can't fool me...

on thursday morning, dylan was asking me if i wanted him to come up for the day. i said no because i had a lot of work to do and i had to leave for class at 5 anyways. so he said ok and that was that. sometimes he will tell me he can't come, or isn't coming, and then surprises me anyway, which is nice. but this time, he made sure to tell me he wasn't going to surprise me and not to be upset when he doesn't show up later haha (most of time i just 'know' when he is going to surprise me, and then other times, i think he is going to, but he really doesn't lol).

so anyways, i was in class, and dylan was texting me, asking me if my friend was walking me home (we walk together up until the subway, then i'm pretty close to home), and i said ya, like usual. then he texted me again, 'is class almost done?' i started getting this feeling that he was going to be at my place when i got home.

as i was rounding the corner to my place, i looked in my window to see if lights were on-nope. so i walked up to my place, put my key in the door, and was worried he was going to be standing there and startle me lol i always keep my kitchen light on (so i have light on when i come home at night) and the first thing i notice is that my kettle is on my kitchen counter and the water is filled up to the 8 cup line..i kind of freaked out, and my mind was racing, did i have coffee today? no; did i make oatmeal today? no; did i use my kettle today? am i losing my mind again? i quickly realized the answer to all of the above was NO and i don't fill the kettle with that much water, because it takes much longer to boil. but who does? dylan. i looked in my bedroom, and he wasn't there...keep in mind, my place is like 300sq ft or smaller. i'm snooping around my place all suspicious, i let chloe out of her crate in my room and come back into my living room to take her out for her pee. then a shoe comes flying out of my closet. and i say, "dylan get out here" kind of nervously; nothing. so i go to walk out and then diana and dylan come out of my closet!! haha i laughed, but my heart was beating a little.

they said they had been planning the whole thing all day..sneaky buggers. they also said they were dying of heat hiding in my closet for like 15 minutes lol

i think they were hoping for this face, sorry guys. pic here

had it not been for the kettle, that probably would have been what i looked like. also, they set up two different angles of cameras to video tape the thing-although it's not very exciting lol after that, we went and saw remember me-really enjoyed it! i'm not a typical fan of r patz, or twilight, but he definitely looked sexy in this movie!

better luck next time folks, i'm too smart for surprises ;)

tweet tweet

i've had twitter for a while, but it's for my personal stuff and friends. i wanted one for my blog too, so i don't have to worry about following any bloggers on twitter and fearing that my friends would somehow find out about by blog. remember, they don't know about it! anyway, i made one today! yay.

find my button on the right if you feel so inclined ;) lol

good day...

i went to the corner store to get some m&m's on my way home for a snack tonight-i noticed they had coconut ones. are these new? i saw my aunt had mentioned them on facebook a few weeks ago, and she was looking for them. she couldn't find them anywhere, not even the m&m store when she was in florida. apparently they are limited edition or something. but when i went to the store, they were just there staring at me. so i went back and got her a few packs after i talked to her and made sure they were the right ones. i also got myself a pack.
these things are goooood clark (in cousin eddie's voice from christmas vacation).

also, when i came back, i saw that i had mail (i never get mail to my toronto address, not even bills-except for the very odd letter from dylan-so it always excites me). it was a card from my parents just saying hi with a metro gift card in it (grocery store)! yay, perfect timing, because i needed to do groceries and am in serious need of fruits this weekend.

ok, back to reading! and eating coconut m&m's. yum.

feet photo!

even though i'm busy working my butt off, of course i couldn't miss feet photo day! remember when i thought spring was here? it was all 17 degrees, tshirt wearing weather? ya, well that was all a joke, because lately i have been needing slippers to keep my feet warm! might help if i had pants on, or shut my windows, but i like fresh air and i prefer to wear shorts around my place with a housecoat or sweater. it's back down to about 5ish degrees and raining. oh well, at least i don't have to study with the sun being a tease outside, like "come take the dog for a walk, it's so nice out, you know you want to go window shopping..."

as per usual, go to my teacups in peony
for more :)

ps. i left my place at 830 today (and then came back home) to head for starbucks for the free pastry..expecting a HUGE line, and it was much shorter than expected..so i got my free lemon poppysead bread :) happy.

home stretch...

i probably won't be posting much this week...it's the final week of classes and i've got a bunch of papers and finals coming up (like a paper due today, and a final, another final, and then another paper due next tues, wed, thurs). then i still have 2 finals during the actual exam schedule - which is like april 7-23 i think...oy.
so, i will be busy.

oh, and on saturday and sunday, dylan and i watched all of season 3 of dexter..only one more to go! so good. i was happy it didn't end in any cliffhanger, seeing as i won't be able to watch season 4 for a bit..

(oh, and starbucks is giving away any pastry tomorrow with the purchase of a coffee until 10:30am, or until they run out-you need a coupon, but you may be able to get it from their site..just an FYI-hopefully the lineups aren't too long!)

thinking of camping...

it's about damn time dylan finished this video! it's from when we went camping back in JULY!! (see the post here)
this nice weather has got us thinking about camping again, and how fun it is, and how we can't wait to go again-eating hot dogs, lots of chips, corn, drinking, sitting by the fire etc..so relaxing.

anyway, here it is...it's a little long, but enjoy :)

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(i still love our nyc video, which you can see here)

feet love

i love the bottom of these shoes.

i was a little sad on tuesday that we didn't get to do the whole 'feet photo' thing, but that's ok, it was with good reason ;) but, without further ado, here's another round of feet photos. these pics are from my 2008 trip to nyc, don't mind the dirt on my ankles in the 2nd picture, i had been walking around all day lol
the salesman at macys was very good, and talked me into paying a lot more than i would usually pay for shoes haha but i actually get a lot of use out of these shoes and i love them!

head on over to my teacups in peony for more :)

i actually had this post ready for 2 days ago (shh), and then figured i would just schedule it for next tuesday instead, but since nicole decided to do a feet post tonight, here we go! (make sense?)

my new fave music

i've recently become obsessed with hall & oates ...love them! ha

pic from google -----sexy, no?

more specifically, 'she's a rich girl' and my #1 fave, 'you make my dreams come true'
i swear, that song always come on my ipod at the right time, and seriously, i get so happy. it's the perfect summer song too. about a week ago, when the nice weather was just starting to show up and people had their windows down, a girl drove by with 'dreams come true' on so loud and i just smiled so big lol
also, my mom is a huge fan, so when i was home on the weekend and was making my cake pops we had their greatest hits cd blasting. good times.

i've gotta go listen to it now.

pat on the back, "good job" for dylan

dylan has been at his retail job selling hiking clothes/shoes/shorts etc since about mid-december. he works part-time, since he is a student, and he was just told he is the #1 'items-per-sale' seller in all of ontario! and he got just over a dollar raise and was given store keys and manager-on-duty title!
just wanted to say GOODJOB to my dyl. like he says, he could sell sand to the desert lol he also has a way with words and talk anything into anything haha
so, all of this in only 3ish months.
kisses

enjoy your new status! ;)
oh, and happy st patties day! enjoy having all those green beers, you drinkers out there!! (i'm not one of those beer people, but i did wear green today;) )

she's back!

pic via
lady gaga is coming back for another north american monster ball tour!! and toronto is on the list again! so so excited.

balls of delight called cake-pops

i found the website bakerella last week and i immediately fell in love and wanted to make everything on there! i decided i would try the cake-pops first. first you make a regular ole cake (i used boxed for the first time, just in case they didn't turn out and i had wasted my time actually making homemade cake) and let it cool. once it's cool, you crumble it in a bowl.

then, you mix in icing once it's completely crumbled.

and you make weird faces.then, roll into little balls.and get your hands dirty.

then, sticks go in (or not, it's optional), and the balls go in the fridge to set for a bit, or the freezer for faster results.

the fun part is next. getting different colors of candy coating, melting each at a different time. i just melted mine in a mug and then stuck the cake ball, got it fully covered and it took out and spun it around a bit to dry. i had nothing to stick them upright in, so i had to put them back down on the baking sheet, which gave them a flat top..not happy, but now i know for next time.here they are! i love the look of them!as you can see, some were a bit bumpy, but pretty decent for a first-timer.

my parents both absolutely died over these..so did dylan and i..my friend even came over to grab one before she went to work..and dylan took 2 to work and everyone was ohhing and ahhing over how good they were.
seriously, A+ in my books, and these are absolutely being made again. i would love to do them with red velvet cake next time...i'm already drooling...

(i made 10 cupcakes and one 8'' cake pan with the one box of cake mix..once again, in case these pops didn't turn out, at least i got a few cupcakes out of it. so, that being said, i would have been able to make a lot more cake-pops had i not made the cupcakes too)

this weekend i...

• did no homework
• watched a lot of dexter (finished season 2!)
• double date at the keg
• was sick
• made cupcakes and cake-pops
• ate too many sweets
  
• shopped with my friend at the mall
• had some good times
• watched it rain--ALOT, and HARD
• and now, i'm back in toronto
  

hey, it's my blog anniversary!

actually, it was on the 8th, but i kind of missed that.

anyways, i started this blog 1 year ago, not knowing what i was getting myself into, how long i would keep it, how often i write, and god only knows about what?!
but, to my surprise (and i'm sure to the surprise of dylan too, bc he is the only one who knows about this), i have kept it up and i actually love it. it gives me a place to rant and rave and basically it's an online diary that i can look back and see what i have been up to.
and then of course, there are the comments that are uplifting and make you smile every time and the blogs that i read daily and adore.
i feel like i'm really just starting to get a grasp on this, and open up more (because really, i'm very private, hence the whole, no one knows about this blog..)pic via weheartit

well, without further ado, here's to the next year..
♥bree

losing.my.mind.

ok, what is wrong with me??
first off, let me explain..i live in a house that has been divided into about 13 individual apartments. to get to mine, i go through a door which has a lock..in this little hallway, there are 3 doors-one (locked) to my apt, another (locked) to another persons apt and a bathroom door-which we both share.

anyways, i was hanging around watching CSI, reading a magazine, doing a whole lot of nothing. i hear a little whine from chloe. so i go in my bedroom because whenever she plays on my bed and she loses a toy down the side, the whines like a child for her 'mom to come and get it for her.' and she isn't there

...so i check back in my living room where i was, and checked her dog bed beside the couch..not there either (my apt is all of like 200 sq ft probably, if that). i'm thinking, omg..so i open my door, and there she is..scurrying in with her tail in..
poor thing..then she runs around the apt all happy to see me again and i give her lots of hugs and kisses and apologies. she was honestly out in the mini dark hallway for, i'm gonna say 3 hours. how awful is that?? i felt so bad, so i took her for a nice walk and she's getting a treat. she must have fallen asleep out there.

but seriously, what is wrong with me?? i must have left her there after i came in from taking her for a pee.

like i said...losing.my.mind.how could i forget about this face??! oy

life, or something like it...

i'm 22, i'll be 23 in a few months.
i got my college diploma along with dylan right after high school (well, we met up in the 2nd year)
i'm in my 3rd year at university doing a double major in criminology and sociology and a minor in sexual diversity studies. and don't get me wrong, i love what i'm taking.
but i still have no idea what i want to do when i'm done. not that i feel like i have to know right now, given that i still have a year left, but a little nudge would be nice. see, if i was good in the sciences, i have no doubt i would be in forensics, analyzing bodies, or blood spatter analyst (dexter)..but, since that's not the case, it's not an option.
4 of my girlfriends are graduating teachers college in the next few months, another is graduating from nursing in may and another is in med school.
i feel like they are all starting their lives in a matter of months, well at least by september, when none of them will be going back to school, but rather to work.
and then i will still be in class. sometimes it sucks to think about, but at the same time, i know i'm not ready for a career job yet. but then i was looking at this picture yesterday before class...

it's from a cup of jo and i was in awe when i saw it. i just loved it. the openness, the ladder up to the cubby, the built ins (me and dylan love books and libraries, i have a tonne of inspiration pictures saved, i should share them sometime), everything...
anyways, i clicked on the link where it's from and got to looking around at more pictures of the house...and something just hit me..i can't even explain. it was just like, i don't want a regular job. i want something creative. i want something more. and why this picture hit me like it did? i don't know..i really don't even know what i'm trying to say.
i want to live in a really cool apartment, in nyc, in greenwich village, with dylan and chloe. i want an awesome closet and an awesome library for all our books. (dreams)
and on top of all this, it seems everyone around me is getting engaged...there has been a couple people on facebook within the last month or so and they're all my age (one was even taken on a surprise vacay with her bf, ended up in paris and got engaged there..talk about fairytale right?) but, i know that for me, it can't happen for a while, because well, we're both still in school and have zero moolah. even so, i don't want an expensive proposal, i just want something thoughtful and creative, but that's off topic. le sigh
so this is what i was thinking of yesterday and it's really just a rant and what is going through my mind lately. everyone has their own circumstances, some are more privileged, and you have to live your life in your way and not compare yourself to what others have, but darnit sometimes it's hard. that's all.

don't fret dyl, everything is all good. ♥

it's tuesday again..

wasn't it just tuesday yesterday?? seems that way...
anyways, that means it's feet photo day!what a difference from 2 weeks ago..from snow and boots to no socks with flats! i like it!
like usual, visit my teacups in peony for more!

spring has shown up...

wow, this weekend the weather was so nice!! dylan and i spent the day walking around toronto and eventually made our way to Yorkdale mall, which i hadn't been in about 10 years. really nice mall, but way to crowded with slow walkers, children and strollers-what can i expect, it was a saturday?! i got 2 tops from urban behaviour..usually i hate shopping there because i literally don't fit in half the stuff, or i take a L or XL...crazy no?!?and then it makes me sad lol but the tops are simple and cute, and a bonus, it was national SPC day, and it was 20% off everything..so that made it better...then we finished off season 1 of dexter and left off at episode 5 of season 2 last night...loving it.

today, the weather is supposed to reach 12 degrees!!! (quick calculation for the fahrenheit readers...53!!!) cannot wait for that.
anyways, time to wake dylan up, take the dog out, and get on with the day.
(oh, and jason and molly on regis and kelly today-and their wedding on tv tonight..if anyone cares haha ...i really don't care one way or the other, but i will probly watch)

pic viawehearit

big plans this friday night...

(first off, i finally got my paper done-certainly was not a grade A effort, but it's done nonetheless...phew.)

secondly, this picture above shows exactly what our big plans are!! that's right...first season of dexter (we are on episode 6), a yummy dinner and 4 free red bull which were handed to us on campus after dropping my paper off!

this is exactly the type of night we both needed...just hanging out...

umm, wtf?

i just found this picture again. it made me laugh. and i remember it being taken. dylan and i were walking home from the mall, and we spotted this man. dylan stops me, and pretends to take a picture of 'me' ...have a look...notice the man in the back..in the orange jump suit, just hanging out??! he looks a little cold, like he just came from prison, or maybe he escaped, but then again, he wouldn't just be chillin there lol (jk about the escaping part)

however...why was he by himself???

weekend plans...

this weekend, dylan is coming up (actually, today!) plans? well friday i will finish my paper and hand it in, and hopefully relax after that. maybe make some homemade soup. saturday is supposed to be a glorious 6 degrees. woot woot. so we might go take a walk around the distillery district during the day.the distillery district last year... the tree lights up when you walk under it..cute stuff

on saturday night, perhaps we'll go see alice in wonderland?? probably just like everyone else in the age group of ohh, say 10-55!?! lol
i also have a stats test which i have to study for. and teach myself all 5 chapters-because i didn't learn shiz all from class/the prof.
so, that's all....

staring at a blank page..

that's about right....here

this paper is taking its toll on me!! i have to play the role of the defense counsel (or the crown or the judge, but i chose defense) and argue a case about farmer who was arrested for weapons and drug offenses..blah blah blah--a whole search and seizure case. i just cannot.get.started.
it's due tomorrow at 6pm...i am about 99.9% sure i will be handing it in late on friday, and take the 2% deduction. because you know, paper after paper, test after test, i need a damn break! i'm starting it, it's not that i'm just leaving it..but i am working very slowly. and dammit, i will allow myself one thing late! ugh.

so very true...pic here

more feet photos!

tuesday is here again and that means nicole at my teacups in peony
wants more feet photos! so here is one dylan and i took last year, or maybe the year before.

sneaker love.

i'm a master...

so i have been tagged to do this little info session by joyanna of rbandj. it was a while ago, but at least i'm doing it! actually, it has just taken me a while to think of things lol
so here we go, i am supposed to list 6 things i am a master of and then pass it on to 6 others. so, without further ado...

1) i am a master of grilled cheese. i swear, i could open a restaurant with just grilled cheese goodness-they are always perfection if i do say so myself...my mom even asks me what i'm eating when i'm talking to her on the phone and she hears the "CRUNCH" ha

2) i am a master of essays/papers-well no not really, but i seem to have to write 1 or 2 a week, and while i may have mild breakdowns in the middle, i always get through and do pretty well..(i don't even want to think about how many papers i have written in college and univeristy-i'm gonna go with about 70-80--seriously)

3) i am a master of reality tv-you name it, i pretty much watch it-sad stuff, really. the bachelor (ette), jersey shore (barf), buried life, million dollar listing, food network stuff, ugly betty, and everything in between...

4) i am a master of booking cheap trips-true thing! mostly NYC, the first year dylan and i went, we payed $80 for a return trip on a bus, the next year it was $18 and this year, $14..i know where to find the good deals ;)

5) i am a master of listening...i think i am a pretty good listener-i enjoy what people have to say (for the most part lol) and i used to want to be a therapist so i could listen to people's lives all day...

6) i am a master of procrastination--ok who isn't?? like really!? case in point-i have a paper to work on due tomorrow, and i am doing this lol and i also have one due thursday FML...actually, i am a master of school procrastination in particular-everything else in my life, i am completely organized and on track with. i am a stickler for being on time.

so, that was actually quite hard!! now, i pass this on to anyone who would like to fill this out too and tell me what you're a master of!

why is this underlined and i cant get rid of it?! ugh..blogger is so confusing sometimes!

ratio of win to lose-we will soon see

it's time to put those second cup and starbucks coffee cards aside for a while...and use the tim hortons one..because it's roll up the rim time!!
i'm usually a big time loser with my cups, but hey, i want the $10,000!!! or the SUV, or the laptop...you know...even the 100$ tim card... there is lots to go around..
if not, i guess i could deal with a free donut or coffee (there are 31 million of those prizes ha)
but again, the money would do a great deal for the massive hole of debt (thanks school)
pretty please?!??