Jan
30
Meet the Greatest Culinary Minds in Canada
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Leah to Micaela: “You’re wittier than I am. You write the intro. Plus I’m a little bit drunk”
So here we go – a video was created for you, take a glimpse into our life in Calgary this week. The boys in the video (in order of appearance) are Kent, Tim and Tim’s best friend Jack. Mic, Kent and Jack are all visiting Tim and I in Calgary from Ontario for the week and a good time is being had by all. See for yourself!
P.S. Yes, Tetris is the best video game created by mankind and we are very serious about it.
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Jan
29
Vegas, baby!
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Denis and I took today off to Get Sh*t Done, as we like to say. We got the worst part of our day done at 9am at the dentist’s office. Thank goodness for super-early 8am appointments! I can’t believe I was able to stay awake through it as I’m usually still in bed at 8. The passport office was surprisingly fast, and we have the good fortune of parking at a meter that had 44 minutes left on it. Sisters, my parking karma was Louie-like.
Finally, the big news of the day: we’ve booked our honeymoon! We have been looking at brochures and websites and considering our options for the past couple of weeks, talking to friends and family, and of course looking at pricing. While we had originally talked about taking a trip to Vancouver and doing some sightseeing in British Columbia, after thinking about what we wanted to do we narrowed our choices down to either a Caribbean cruise or Las Vegas. The verdict?
We’re going to Vegas! (as if you couldn’t tell from the title…)
I’m dying to see a Cirque du Soleil show and I’m eager to take a day trip to see the Hoover Dam. Den enjoys playing the slots (the first time we ever went to a casino together, he won over $500, while last year I had some good luck here in London!). We’re not huge gamblers though and we’ll definitely not be spending every day in the casinos!
We’re going a week after the wedding and will be staying at the MGM Grand. I’m so excited! Our landlord thinks that going to Vegas is “cheesy”, but I disagree. Besides, isn’t your honeymoon supposed to be a time to relax and have fun with your new spouse? It doesn’t matter where we are as long as we’re having fun.
I’ve gotten some advice already about what to see and do (such as the fountains at the Bellagio), but if you’ve ever been to Vegas (or even just want to) we’d love to know what your favorite attractions are!
Jan
28
I love you more than…
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I love you more than Nutella
I love you more than Botox
I love you more than french kissing my puppy
I love you more than Jesus (ps.i’m a jewish girl).
I love you more than Pooh loves his Honey.
I love you more than comments on my blog.
I love you more than the smell of old books.
I love you more than sleeping diagonally across the bed, so I’ll move over if you want.
I love you more than pigs.
No folks, Lauren is not in love. And no. I’m not Jewish either, and I don’t get botox. I do however love the smell of old books, comments on my blog and Nutella. These “I love you more than…” came from a site called I Love You More Than Blank. As most people who have been reading this site for a while know, I love things like Postsecret, Six Word Memoirs, and Group Hug. They just hit that right spot, like those pictures Mic posted earlier. You can even follow “I love you more than” on Twitter!
Any more of these awesome websites on the internet I should know about?
Jan
27
Judging from the comments on Leah’s post earlier today, a lot of our readers are going through some January blues. Personally I always love January at first- it’s a new year where nothing at all has gone wrong yet.
But it’s the end of January now and while I have to say my life is pretty good, I do think that these frigid temperatures have gone on for long enough. I mean it’s been well below freezing for the past few weeks and while I would love to face cold like this girl does…
…I’m afraid I’m more inclined to hibernate like this girl:
Helping to keep me sane this January?
One of my favourite reality shows, The Bachelor. Jen can attest to the fact that I spend most of the show either hiding my face from pure embarassment for the girls that go straight in for the makeout session that Jason clearly is not interested in, or yelling at him for having no idea about which girl is right for him. He did redeem himself in my eyes, however, at the end of last night’s episode by kicking off three girls instead of two. They were alllll wrong for him. 
My pick?
Jillian, an interior decorator from Peace River, Alberta. Yep, she’s Canadian!
Also making me smile this month – cheesy things I come across on blogs. I’m a sucker for cheesiness. But you need things like this saved on your computer so you have something besides word documents and power point presentations on the computer to look at when the internet is down.
Wonderful ad:
Best Ven Diagram ever:
I don’t know why, but I love this photo:
I could go on forever, but instead it’s time to get our readers to focus on the positive – What’s making you smile, making your heart flutter, or making you yell at the tv with (all ingood fun, of course) rage this month?
