A Very Important Birthday

Filed Under Family, birthday, blonde, dreams, exams, sisters | 14 Comments

Wow, doesn’t it seem like there is always a birthday happening at the FiveBlondes? It works out for us, as we sisters love to celebrate.

Today is an extra-important birthday - it is her last single birthday, her first foray into her LATE 20’s, and she was the first of the infamous five blonde farm girls. She was the one who started the often asked and ever-hated question … “Which one are you again?”

Without this girl, our blog would be a puddle of words, swept into a closet in a farm house only to be forgotten about.

So Eri Scari - HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM YOUR SISTERS! This year will be such an exciting one for you, and for all of us. And Thank you for bringing this site to life and us so much closer together. And as the Dutch would say, Congratulations to your parents. Happy 26th!

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Jul

9

Do The Panda! And other strange wedding dreams.

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Before I launch into writing, I want to tell everyone that I am changing D’s blog name. He will no longer be known as ‘D’ so that I no longer have to begin sentences nonsensically explaining what “D and I” did. Ultimately I would of course like to use his real first name (HINT HINT), but so far I havn’t been able to convince him that no one will stalk him and that he won’t be fired from his job because he is mentioned on a blog. Shock and horror! Anyway, I will now be referring to D as “Mr. X”. I know that it sounds extremely generic, but the “X” actually has signifigance in our life (not to mention the general sexiness of writing about my life with Mr. X!).

I’m still working on persuading him to let me put his picture on the blog sometime so you can all see how cute he is - especially since (sisters you will be happy to hear this!) he will be growing his beard back starting this weekend! I love the facial hair. I can’t stop Mom from posting his picture on her blog though…hint hint! Unfortunately I also can’t stop Mom from leaving pictures of my WEDDING DRESS on the KITCHEN TABLE, making it extremely possible that Mr. X might see it! MOM!!!

Shoot, where was I? Oh yes - As wedding planning has moved into the forefront of my brain over the last few weeks, I’ve begun to dream about weddings. And, as it seems with all dreams of an impending life event, things go very…strangely. I’ve had some weird dreams caused by his family in the past (the one that comes to mind involves a squirrel named Shirley with talons jumping out a freezer onto my face - they still tease me!), and these dreams are just as odd.

In my first, short wedding dream, I arrive at our reception only to be told by Mr. X that the party is over! Indeed, everyone is leaving our reception hall and I haven’t had a bite to eat, nor danced a step. Bummer!

The second dream is the stranger of the two. The ceremony goes off without a hitch, and I’ve (finally!) made it to the reception. At one point someone (I think mom?) takes me to the ladies room and persuades me to switch outfits. I realize that sounds really odd, but odder yet is the fact that I am not wearing my wedding dress anymore. I’m wearing a skirt. So we switch and I’m now wearing jeans. At my wedding. Every bride’s dream (HA!). We head out to the hall again, just in time to see Leah and Tim launch into the latest, choreographed new dance craze: The Panda.

I gotta tell you, in my dream the Panda looked pretty darn cool. Leah and Tim seemed to really have it down pat - whatever it was. However, I just cannot get over the fact that, in my dream, there was a dance inspired by panda bears. Seriously, what about pandas is dancable? I think about them and I think,

Slow
Lumbering
Bamboo

The Panda was anything but slow and lumbering. Bamboo may or may not have been used - my dream didn’t give me a good angle to watch it from (don’t you hate that?). But yowza. Pandas. There is something wrong with my mind.

May

20

FiveBlondes is going National!

Filed Under Calgary, Family, Work, cars, dreams, leah, relationships | 8 Comments

I have put off writing this post because it always felt so far away, but time sure does creep up on you sometimes. A little while ago, you may recall that I was questioning life choices after graduation. Well, decisions have been made and now I am about to follow my dream boy across the country to the beautiful city of Calgary! The car drives out next Tuesday, May 27th. We are road-trippin’ our way across the nation to our new home for the next year. Lucky for us, I have amazing relatives out west who have already invited us into their homes until we find our perfect place to make into our home. Today was a bittersweet day, because I finished my last day at my current job (professional barmaid, bartender, petal, bar wench, whatever those crazy Europeans come up with at the moment), and have left my amazing coworkers and bosses at My Favourite Pub.

Currently I am deciding what Calgary-Leah will be like … I thrive on change and actively pursuing new and exciting adventures.

Hometown friends - there will be some sort of gathering chez Bontje farm on Sunday, so pop on over if you have time! I will keep you updated concerning times.

P.S. Don’t forget to vote for us!

Feb

14

What does my dream mean?

Filed Under Wedding, beach, dreams | 7 Comments

Hey all, youngest here. So lately I’ve been really into finding out what my dreams mean. Mostly because my roommates friend is really into it an he always asks me what I dreamt about. Last night I dreamt:-I was walking on a beach-It was Ericas wedding and it was in the middle of a city. Thats all I really remember from the dreams. Sometimes I have really vivid dreams and remember so much of it the next morning, then when I tell it to a friend I always end up remembering more and it takes like 10 minutes.

So according to dreammoods.com, the first part of that dream means that my two states of mind are meeting. The sand symbolizes the rational and mental processes, and the water symbolizes the irrational, unsteady and emotional aspects of myself. There was more sand on the beach than usual…does that mean that I’m going to become really smart? And there was also a huge moat on the beach separating me from the ocean, so I really have no idea.

The second part (Er’s wedding), symbolizes a new beginning or transition in my current life. Interestingly enough, dreams about weddings are usually negative and highlight some anxiety or fear (perhaps about me being the only sister without a boyfriend for Valentines day? Not like thats a new concept or anything). Alternatively, wedding dreams reflect issues about commitment and independence. So that’s my dream in a nutshell, haha.

If you’ve had any weird dreams, feel free to comment with them! -LB

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