Summa Summa Summatime...

I LOVE SUMMER! I wish I had one of those jobs that you got to take the summer off.. you know like a teacher.. or a person who owns a snowboarding shop.. Just to be  able to have the whole summer off to just lounge around and sit on a beach somewhere... (not that teachers really get to do that) Wouldn't that be great?!

Soo this past week I started a crazy diet... (well not crazy as in cut out all carbs or don't eat anything that has red food colouring--I don't think the food colouring one actually exists..) but one of those diets to balance out hormones and get your body in to the balance it's supposed to be in. Well it's hard.. like really hard.. it was only day 3 when I started craving some delicious chocolate.. or ice cream.. or cookies.. or candy.. really just anything that isn't good in the first place. So I thought I would put my diet out to the world.. I need to be held accountable and this I figured is one way for people I know to know that I am doing this and (maybe) keep me in check.. I think it helps to know that other people are watching what you do too! As I sit here eating my Spinich and Berry Salad with some sort of vinaigrette dressing I really am tempted to ditch the whole thing and buy a Big Mac.. or something else disgustingly unhealthy.

One other thing I am really wanting to try is the 30-day Shred.. with the trainer from the Biggest Loser (yeah she seems pretty hardcore). I bought the DVD the other day and I will be heading out those efforts probably today... because really you can only ever start things on a Monday. You know maybe that is why Monday is the most HATED day ever!

Well my life has been pretty busy and fun these past couple of months. I went to Vegas with my Mother-in-Law in May and had an awesome time spending way more money than I should and enjoying some much needed sunshine. Then June 15th I went to Arizona for the first time. I went down to see my sister and help her family pack up the house and also help her fly back to Calgary with her 4 kids. My BFF Brigitta came with me. (On a side note I went both of these places without Matt and he was a little more than a bit miffed)--I think my husband works too much. Arizona is hot! Seriously.. that's the hottest I have ever felt in my entire life.. I am pretty sure on multiple occasions I told my sister I was melting, literally. Arizona is also, not very pretty... I expected more. Maybe it's a different kind of pretty (a line my mom used to say to me when I would get discouraged as a teen by the beautiful people in the world that I could never live up to). I think I just didn't realize that it's really too hot for anything to grow without great help! It was a really good trip. It felt like years since I had been able to see my sister and talk to her for more than 5 minutes on the phone. I seriously suck at talking on the phone. It was really good to see her and her awesome family. They are back in Calgary and it makes me soo happy to have them close! 


I also made a very tough decision this past month. I quit working as a Dental Hygienist. I actually quite enjoyed cleaning teeth, it's the people that got me down. Ever since I was a teenager I had anxiety issues and going through school for Hygiene made them worse. The teachers were not always nice, you were terrified during every clinic that you were going to fail every single thing, and the teachers made it seem like 1 failure in any part was a huge deal! I had multiple occasions where I came to tears (really that's not a hard thing for me to do considering all my emotions are tied to my tear ducts-even anger). But I gave working a really good run. I tried for 2 years to enjoy what I had spent money, time, blood, sweat and tears on to no avail. So finally at the end of May I sat down with Matt and talked about it. This was probably one of the hardest things I have had to do so far in my life. I had to give up on this part of my life, and I am not a quitter! I felt like I was letting everyone that had supported me down. I felt like my parents would be disappointed and that my husband would be upset about the loss of income. It took a lot of guts for me but I finally decided to do it. If something makes you miserable, isn't it better to eliminate it if you can? Well I don't quite know what career I will be taking in the future, hopefully stay-at-home mom some day but until then I am working in an office (I think I'm pretty good at this) and trying to figure out what in life makes me happy. I wanted to write this in case my parents read my blog.
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Dear Mom & Dad, 

I want you guys to know that I love you! I appreciate how hard you had to work to put me through school. I am grateful for the support and help you gave me financially, emotionally and mentally. You were a great driving force in getting me through and I promise it didn't go to waste. I want to thank you for raising me with values that help to lead me to my wonderful husband. You showed me that I deserved to be treated right. I am so grateful that you raised me in a church that showed me the value of families. I am grateful to have you both and I look forward to getting to know you better as an adult (yikes.. I'm an adult). I hope you are not disappointed in my choice but I understand if you are. I love you very much and I am grateful to have you in my life.

Love, 

Emily

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Alright enough sappiness. I apologize for the randomness but such is life! Enjoy summertime! Get out there and soak up some sun for me!

Peace and blessins! Peace and blessins. 

(if you don't know what that is from you are missing out so click here)


Happy Monday (if there is such a thing!)

Emily

An Ode to Matt

Sooo I can't sleep. I have far too many things running through my brain. I attended (and am in the process of attending) a Dental Hygiene conference here in Calgary and it got me thinking about a lot of different things. It's been a while since I had to learn stuff.. I'm off topic.

So one thing I appreciated today was Matt. It was a really long day. I had a headache all day that turned in to a migraine (I hate it when that happens). Anyway when I got home my awesome husband took care of me, he went out and got me some Ben-Gay (which really helps with my shoulder tension), bought me a fruit tray (fruit is pretty much the only thing I can eat with a migraine) and got me some Pom (a drink I love..). Anyway that got me thinking. I don't show as much appreciation to him as I should. I was laying in bed trying to sleep and I just couldn't shake this feeling that I should write down my thoughts. So here we are.

Meet Matt. He is awesome. I will start by telling you Matt is a painter. Now I feel I need to make a case for this. A lot of times when I tell people this, they have a predisposed notion about painters (they are uneducated, when are they going to university to get a more professional job, they don't make a lot of money). This makes me mad. I'm not going to get in to that. 

Matt is one of the hardest workers I have ever met. A lot of people would love if work wasn't happening for a week or two due to weather or other factors (myself included). Matt goes stir crazy after just a day. If something needs to be done, he will do it. If he has to work seven, 10 hour days one week, he will (I can't say he loves these times but he is willing to what has to be done). I don't know many people that would take that on. He works so ridiculously hard and I appreciate it. I cannot say I have the same drive.

Matt is skilled at what he does. How many of us can say that we can paint a perfectly straight line between the wall and ceiling or even wall and baseboards without tape? Definitely not me... and not a whole lot of people I know. That takes skill. 

Alright, I love my husband. But I also have a huge amount of respect for him. I am grateful for his talent and skill along with his work ethic and drive. I don't think he hears me say that enough. So I am proclaiming it to the world. My husband is awesome. He's the best.  He's just right for me.

Just thought you all should know.

I am now going to crawl in to my nice warm bed and try to sleep. I apologize for  spelling mistakes, uninterpretable (that's a word right) sentences and confusing paragraph structure. It's late. I'm tired. I just had to get words down. Alright all you internet surfers. Goodnight! I hope you look at those who are most important to you and take time to let them know it. It's a great feeling to be appreciated.

Just a treat. He doesn't always look like this.

This is the Matt I  know and love.

Goodnight,

Emily

A Little Update

I know it's been a while and I am terrible at actually writing in my blog but here is an update on the past couple of months!

Alright in January we went on a cruise. Our first cruise (and probably last according to Matt). I thought it was awesome! We went to Universal Studios in Florida first and had an amazing time (Harry Potter World!!!!). The cruise left out of Florida and was a 4 day cruise to the Bahamas! Which was amazing! The weather was gorgeous and we had some awesome friends around. Oh the reason for our cruise? My friend Sandra was getting married! It was an amazing wedding in the Bahamas and she looked gorgeous! We got to know her hubby and he is a pretty great guy... (this makes me happy because Sandra is also pretty great). Soo the cruise was awesome.. not nearly long enough for me but also too structured for Matt (being on a boat and not able to leave.. also having to eat at a specific time --not really Matt's cup of tea).

On to February... Well February is a special month.. it's my birthday... it's also Valentine's day--a double whammy. So Matt planned an amazing birthday celebration for me and although 1 plan fell through he still made it an amazing day (last year on my birthday I had to work.. so that sucked... this day was 5000000000000000000x better). So he surprised me with Dinner at Joeys, then tickets to The Vow and then a visit to a hotel so it could be just us (we were still living at his parents). So that was my birthday/Valentines day, the rest of the month is a little bit of a blur. My family celebrated my birthday (the 14th) along with my little bro's birthday (on the 15th of February) at the Cheesecake Cafe and had an awesome dinner which Matt was too sick to attend sadly.. he seems to get sick a lot.

We moved in to a new apartment, we had been living with Matt's parents to try and save money for a house. After 6 months we decided we could probably wait a couple more years for a house and live in an apartment for a while. Really good choice. It's hard to not have your own space. We are really grateful for Matt's parents letting us live there though!

And now March.. Well the middle of February we moved.. March I unpacked (along with some help from my Mom) and Matt got sick.. for pretty much the whole Month. He had Bronchitis which (we think) turned into Pneumonia and then his lungs were inflamed.. he was on antibiotics twice and nothing seemed to work. I was making him take handfuls of pills a day trying to get rid of whatever the heck it was! Then one day.. it was just gone.. not sure what it was, not sure what cured it but still so very glad it's gone!

Lastly an April update. So I wanted to prank Matt on April Fool's day but I am not a very good pranker and totally forgot until the day of, which was a Sunday.. and apparently you can't prank after 12:00pm so I was too late.  Well we got a fish! His name is Scofield. For those of you who were not Prison Break fans.. Scofield was the main character in that TV series. He was also nicknamed Fish by the inmates as well as Pretty by one in particular (T-bag). Anyway Matt and I loved that show and it is available on Netflix, we got in to watching it a while back and when the opportunity came to name a pretty fish I thought of Scofield (pretty good right?). We were fairly worried about this little Scofield because he wouldn't eat. You see I thought he hated us. He would take the little piece of food in his mouth, chew for 2 seconds and spit it out! How frustrating! We thought "if we kill this fish, we can't ever have kids". Well it turns out he was getting used to the place and now eats like 5 of those little pebble things a day. He is a healthy happy fish and we love him!

Well that is pretty much it for life updates. Matt also started painting Condo's this month. He is in charge of a crew and has a lot of new responsibilities along with some definite perks! It's pretty great. He is amazing at what he does! Me.. I am still working as a hygienist as well as a administrator and for the most part I like it. Some days it is rough but it's pretty good.

Hopefully that update was sufficient and I apologize it's not more comedic. I wish I was a comedian but it seems I try to hard! I hope everyone is well! If you want leave me a note to let me know I am not just writing to myself!

Much love,

Emily