Oct
6
Cowboys and Shower Curtains
Written by Leah. Filed Under Calgary, animals | 21 Comments
Tim and I went to the Canadian Rodeo Tour Championship today, no pictures because … well all rodeos pretty much look the same. Generally winners are decided upon based on times, lasso-ing skills, sheer brute, manly cowboy strength, speed, and general overall craziness for actually choosing to sit upon a 3000 lbs animal while its testicles are being yanked so hard that it wants to eat you. I don’t even watch the bull-riding anymore. I witnessed a horrible accident at the Calgary Stampede earlier this summer and I because of it I now choose to hide my face behind Tim’s back and whimper for the 8 seconds rather than watch and have heart palpitations for 8 seconds.
The real winners, in my books, are the (sexy) cowboys and their (even sexier) cowboy names. Pregnant women and bloggers like Swistle should go to the nearest rodeo to be inspired by these amazing men and women. Okay, moreso the men than the women, but I will get to that.
Cowboy Names, in order of preference:
1.) Come Bouvier (They pronounced it as in “Come over to my house for dinner,” but I pictured it more like “Co-Mee.” Just gorgeous!)
2.) Cimmaron Gerke (Simm-ah-run Gur-Kee. WOW! Be still my heart, and co-mee over to my house for dinner tonight, I will spoon feed you Bananas Foster for dessert and then we can talk about your muscles.)
3.) Tied for third are Blade Young and Dean Edge (Hello Blade and Dean, welcome to my dreams.)
4.) Rocky Dallyn (Like my old boss’ Welsh pronounciation of “darling.” Rocky Dallyn sounds like a cowboy superhero. Little did I know, but it is my favourite kind of superhero. Okay, well it is now.)
5.) Dallas Frank (Sounds like a country singer. Dallas has probably got an edge, and a real knack with the cowgirls. I picture him, bottle of beer in hand, leaning up against a bar in his little plaid shirt and cowboy hat chatting up all the ladies, with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Hi Dallas! I am a lady, come chat me up - I, too, have a little twinkle in my eye…)
6.) Davey Shields Jr. (I just think this one sounds like a really strong name. A name that has lasted through generations. I bet Davey is a real stand-up guy,)
And the team cowboys (some events are team events) overall winners are:
Murray Linthicum and Dwight Wigemyr. (Dwight? Wigemyr? I know, right? But when you put the two together it just sounds so right. And Murray Linthicum - what a beautiful name.)
And then there are the cowgirls … Honestly they are all amazing, talented women but I am sorry ladies - you have awful names.
1.) Gaylene Buff (Gaylene? Really?)
2.) Aimee Willis (I envision the 28 year old redneck living in a trailer with 4 kids and her new boyfriend.)
The others were fine, nothing to write home about (literally, in this case! HA!) but not as lovely and imaginative as my cowboys. Even the horses and bulls get really awesome names. Our cats at home are names Herman and Dragon Baby, which are actually pretty awesome cat names, but dogs and cats generally have names like “Sadie” and “Patch” but these animals had names like “Border Denial” and “Street Dance” and “Gallant Warrior.” Now you have a whole other reason to watch the PBR channel while pregnant!
One more thing I am excited about - my new shower curtain! I have been admiring it for months and finally on Saturday I went out and bought it, and I want to share my excitement, because Tim apparently doesn’t get excited over things like shower curtains - come on Tim! It’s the little things in life. On that note, he also doesn’t get excited over cowboy names. One thing I am learning really well out here is being able to entertain myself! I kind of like it, it’s a new idea for me as I have been surrounded by lots of really awesome people the past 21 years and always had someone with as much energy as me entertaining me.
See that little hint of red on top of the toilet? Those are candles that are usually in the kitchen, but last week I woke up at 5:35am feeling really sick so Tim got up and drew me a bubble bath complete with those candles! It was so unbelievably sweet.
Also, I am currently becoming a surrogate Aunt. Currently as in, Nat’s sister is in the hospital RIGHT NOW having a baby boy! Be expecting some baby photos on here real soon. I am going to spoil the heck out of that little baby! Hopefully Nat’s sister has been to a rodeo lately, and got some good cowboy names!
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Oct
2
I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote
Written by Leah. Filed Under Opinionated, cars, thoughts | 18 Comments
Which debate are you tuning into tonight? It was hard for me to choose, so I made a compromise:
There’s Palin and Dion. One thing I have taken out of this debate (so far) is that MAN, the Americans sure do know how to put on a better show. At times, the debate between the five Canadian prospects is messy and overwhelming, although truly reminiscent of a visit to Parliament where you will see shouting matches and vulgar language. It is more of a “debate” in the true sense of the word. Whereas the Americans is all neat and tidy and more professional looking. Does that matter? SHOULD it matter?
I liked at the beginning of the American debate when Biden quietly jabbed Palin by saying “Nice to meet you.” HA! Take that Palin, I don’t know what it is about her (perhaps all the negative bloggeries swaying my opinion slightly) but she just rubs me the wrong way! She is dragging her teenager all around to interviews all over America with her, why? That girl should be in school learning! My first thought when I noticed that she had her daughter with her for Katie Couric’s interview was that she was sending a message: “Be easy on me, my little girl is here and doesn’t want to see you being mean to her Mommy.”
Also, I don’t like the way they are dealing with gay rights. In my opinion - gay or lesbian Americans who can get married means HAPPY AMERICANS which is what America really needs right now. Their economy is heading towards the shitter, these people may have lost all their assets and investments, but at least just let those two women get married so they too can live a happy and fulfilled life! Happy Americans will lead to a happier country, in my own (admittedly slightly naive) opinion.
Okay, there is my two cents rant about politics. Now on to rant about something else - Tim’s car.
I love Tim’s car. This 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis has been through the best of times:
His car is really a party animal.
Last week became the worst of times:
It got broken into, window smashed and his GPS stolen. Can you believe that this happened in my own “secure” parkade in the basement of my apartment building?!? My building is not huge, just 6 floors with about 10 apartments on each floor and isn’t in a really busy, dangerous neighbourhood (or so I thought). This caused a huge fight between my building manager and I, resulting in my walking down the main street downtown crying! I was just soo fuming mad that this happened. The $250 repair bill didn’t help either. Calgary isn’t the safest place these days, I have laid in bed at night worrying about my own safety at times. I grew up on a farm (we don’t even know where the keys to lock our doors are) and then moved to Guelph, the only place I was exposed to actual crime and violence was in the papers.
P.S. Biden just said “Because I’m a man, I don’t know what it’s like to raise two kids alone.” WHAT!!!! Mr. Matt Logelin, and the thousands of other North American men should be shaking their fists right now, just as I am. Biden, take that back! A man is just as capable of raising children as a woman.
EDIT: Now I’ve gone and made a fool of myself - I knew I shouldn’t have talked politics! Correction to Biden’s statement: It was more along the lines of him talking about the fact that he WAS a single parent. Did you know you can already find a complete transcription of the entire debate? I found that really interesting.
Uh-oh Biden, look what just happened:
I’ve lost you.
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Oct
1
Wedding Talk!
Written by Micaela. Filed Under Wedding, micaela | 6 Comments
My best friend Michelle threw an engagement party for Kent and I a couple of weeks ago. It was a great time and lots of our friends showed up to congratulate us. We are so lucky to have so many wonderful friends in our lives. Thanks to Kate for being the official photog - we didn’t get pictures of about 80% of people at the party including Kate and Erica and their significant others but here are the few that she put up on facebook.
We arrived to find this sign on the door:
The pianist at our church and a friend of all of the five blondes, Michelle (not the party host Michelle!)
My mom and I enjoying some champagne - my drink of choice, celebration or no celebration.
My friend Carol from high school - she is the craziest, funniest girl ever and I love her for it, party host/best friend Michelle, me and Kent.
Carol, likely making me laugh with one of her wild stories.
Michelle made me this fabulous cake and I practiced a cake cutting picture for the wedding. She thinks we look devilish here. 
I’m so ready for the real thing now.
Erica and D brought along some fireworks of Leah’s that they found at the farm and we set them off outside.
Another longtime friend named Michelle was there to celebrate too along with her boyfriend Jeff.
Thanks for coming everyone!
On Saturday I’m going to Toronto to the only bridal store in all of Ontario that carries my dream wedding dress: the Pronovia Valdemar:
I love everything about it - the fabric, the style, the fact that it isn’t overly poufy, the flowers which make it original, and the flowing back. Hopefully I like it as much on myself as I do on the perfect-bodied model. Let me know what you think of it!
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Sep
30
I need help eating.
Written by Erica. Filed Under food | 14 Comments
I’m having a problem with food lately. You might say we have a complicated relationship.
Right now I’m sitting at my desk with a half-eaten Michelina’s Spaghetti dinner beside me. I could barely make it past the first bite and now the smell is making me sick. Excuse me while I dispose of it…
There. Now why didn’t I do that ten minutes ago? Anyway. My favorite granola bars? Can’t finish them. I used to go through a box a week, but I haven’t bought any since August. I have half of a chocolate bar next to my computer monitor that I just can’t eat. Yesterday’s lunch, leftover meatloaf that I enjoyed the evening before, came home barely touched. I open the fridge, stare, and close it.
I am practically living on frosted flakes. I kid you not.
I need help. I am craving veggies, I know I’m not getting enough. I hate spending money on food, I know that sounds really stupid but the receipts just pile up and pile up. It bugs me. I’m a picky eater, I hate that too. It doesn’t help that I’m not feeling well. I survived my rebound cold but I’m still not 100%.
Maybe I just need new food ideas. For the sake of my already-scrawny self, please share yours?
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