Jan
27
And being without you is like standing at a cement-filled wall with a roll of Yugoslavian nickels and making a wish.
Filed Under Family, Wedding, erica, leah, life, micaela, sisterhood | 4 Comments
I don’t really have anything specific to write about, but I know that my sisters will be happy to get to work/wake up on a Monday morning and see an update, which motivates me to give it a shot! I am quite sad that the weekend is ending, because I know this week is going to bring me some stress. Kent has subletted his apartment in order to live closer to his new job in Stratford as head chef at a super cool restaurant! I am very excited to live with him and have a place that feels like home, instead of living like a nomad between his tiny bachelor and my parent’s house. Anyways, the subletter moves in on THURSDAY, which means I need to get a move on in finding us a wonderful place to rent that is super cheap so we can save up to buy an even more wonderful place in not too long. Which is extremely difficult when you consider my full time job, brownie group, dance group, yoga and pilates classes…. but I do have Tuesday off which may be my only saving grace.
ANYWAYS. This weekend was a wonderful one. I spent all of Saturday with Leah, we got our hair styled, went out for lunch with our aunt Rosie at Kent’s restaurant, and went to see Michael Buble in concert. He was so funny and fun and great and of course an amazing singer. We were among the youngest ones there but that is because we are old souls! ha. And have fabulous taste in music. He brought out the romantic in all of us, heck even Leah and I held hands for a bit. 
After the concert, we trekked through the snow down Richmond in our heels to a bar to see a bunch of old friends. We specifically wanted to see our friend Simon who is visiting from Edmonton, and shower him with love because he is awesome and the funniest guy alive. All in all….. We could not have planned a better girly day! Being with Leah always makes me feel good about life. I think that we bring out the best in each other - just like the right colour highlights bring out the best colour in your face. Then today, as every Sunday, I spent the day with Kent, and the evening with my sisters Erica and Katelyn, and the best yoga teacher in the world (in my totally unbiased opinion), my cousin Lara.
Last week after seeing 27 Dresses, Erica asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding! I am super excited because of all of the fun things it entails - wedding shows (starting next Sunday!), dress shopping, bachelorette party, and of course the wedding itself.
This is a picture of Leah, our friend Simon, me, and my best friend Michelle from Saturday night. Look how happy Simon makes me!! 
And another picture of us with Simon from a few years ago, this time with our little friend Jason!
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Jan
14
Meeting the parents and setting a wedding date
Filed Under Wedding, erica, life, relationships | 7 Comments
This past weekend was eventful for D and myself - D’s parents were in town and we got together with them and with my parents to discuss wedding plans.
Although they have met only a couple of times, our parents get along great. It was really nice to be able to enjoy an evening chatting about everything that is to come! Our wedding date has been (tentatively) set for April 25, 2009. Ages away, but it’s great to have a date to focus on. Next step: Securing a venue and vendors…
Erica
Dec
3
A Letter to Those of You who Arrived at FiveBlondes via Search Engines
Filed Under SEO, answer, blogging, erica, facebook, google, internet, life, random, scrabulous, technology | 2 Comments
Firstly, thank you for visiting. If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake.
To the visitor who searched for “where is nudge button scrabulous“: alas, Scrabulous has altered the use of the ‘nudge’. No longer can you nudge at will; now they make you wait a few days. Personally I enjoy that feature as I have had up to 12 games on the go at once. It can be hard to keep up!
For our many visitors who arrive with inquiries on how to keep track of who has visited your Facebook profile page: I must redirect you to Facebooking101.com. They note that there is currently only one FB (same initials as FiveBlondes…coincidence? Yeah, prolly) app that tracks who visited your page - and those viisting must also have that app for it to work properly (if at all). Anyway, it’s called Trazkor, and it doesn’t seem to work.
Looking for Erica Lauren, adult film star? Well, we have Erica and we have Lauren, but sadly (for you) no Erica Lauren.
Lastly, we have what is perhaps my favorite source of traffic. Those of you looking for “Lululemon Butt Pics”. While we do love our Lulu, if there are any pictures of our butts in them, it is not intentional.
So, to all you disappointed visitors I extend my apologies and st the same time I thank you for visiting. I hope you found something you liked.
Nov
22
Five Busy Blondes
Filed Under Family, environment, erica, furniture, internet, life, personal, photography, thoughts, university, writing | 2 Comments
Wow, not much going on as of late! Finals are coming up for those of us in school…naturally an important time of year. Micaela celebrated her birthday earlier this month with a new Lululemon sweater which I have yet to see, but am already very jealous of! Paisley - I love paisley! Kate and Scott are obviously back from their honeymoon, but seem to be having the same kind of difficulties that D and I are having getting telephone and internet service worked out at their new house. Who knew the real world would be this difficult? Leah’s birthday is coming up - always a party - and I hear that Lauren is getting snowed on in Ottawa and is planning to head to Tremblant soon?!? Luck-yyy!! By the way, Lo, I see that Allison Forsyth is sitting out the ski season - there’s a spot on the national team open for ya!
D and I went to Pier 1 Imports last weekend - I was there to browse, D was there to buy a coffee table (even though we have 2 already - long story) despite my insistence that we did not need a new one. I was holding out just fine…until he pointed out a red and brown wood chest with inlaid flowers on the side…possibly the coffee table/storage unit of my dreams. Browsing turned into buying and we now have 3 coffee tables (though one is destined for the woodpile at the farm).
Now all we need at the new apartment is a rug for in front of the gas fireplace! I love this design for a rug - in fact I would buy that one except it is a coconut fibre doormat. I guess I will continue my search!
I”m always looking for a creative output, and I love computers, so I’ve decided that my next ‘project’ (as in, the project I will take up when I no longer have to spend evenings at school!) will be a blogging project. Or, rather, a continuation of THIS blogging project. I want to use the Wordpress CMS and design our own, unique theme for the site! This goes along with a side project that I can’t mention right now. 
I am excited to get started on it and have found some great resources already, such as those on Lorelle’s blog. I know that there are many super cool free Wordpress themes available on the net, but designing one myself will give me so much more satisfaction in the end, and also skills to build on.
Speaking of designing and skillz, we’ve not shared this photograph on the blog and I think we should because it is absolutely beautiful. These are our Oma’s hands as she works on Kate’s wedding dress - she hand-stitched thousands of beads, crystals, and sequins onto the dress over the summer! I like that the photo highlights her own wedding ring. She and Opa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in January - and we’re having a big party to celebrate next summer!
