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Well, I did it. I finally took the plunge and made the switch to self hosting.

It was definitely the hardest thing I have ever done. You coders out there are pure geniuses as far as I am concerned.

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Cheers to 4 years!

“New year is living life in a new and fresh time on the same path of destiny” – Mohammed Abad Alrazak

Last night Jamie and I celebrated 4 years of being together. It is kind of crazy, I feel like I was just writing this post last year….
I was thinking today on how significant 4 years really is, even though in some aspects it’s not long at all. I was thinking back on the past 4 years and everything we had done and everything Jamie has been by my side for.
I was barely 18 when we started dating. He was there as I graduated high school (in spirit, because we were still ‘new’ and my parents didn’t meet him yet).
He was there as I dragged him across the border into the US to get vanilla coke after spending the day in Niagara Falls.

He was there as volunteered for the sexual assault centre. He was there when I would be up at strange hours answering phone calls.
He was there as I started college. When I contemplated switching my major, he was there when I ultimately did switch.

He was there when I turned 19. He was there as I went into a casino for the first time; he was there when I proudly got to use my ID.

He was there when I lost all the money I bet. He was there when I bought alcohol for the first time with my ID.

He was there to wake me up for the second year in a row NYE after having a little too much to drink.

He was there when I finished my first year of school a week before starting my second year (Note to self, never condense 3 years of school into 2 years).

He was there when I completed my second year, went hardcore knitting while being off, and causing permanent nerve damage.
He was there when I went to the Hockey Hall Of Fame for the first time, and had to endure that.

He was there to pick me up after Shannon and I would decide to day drink and craft all afternoon.

He was there to see me start this little blog of mine, and he was there to watch me fall in love with, and talk about all my new friends.

He was there when I graduated college.

He was there when I had the daunting task of finding a job.

He was there when I went to my first ever hockey game.

He was on the other end of the phone when I got to pet my first donkey.

He was there to make sure I would stay awake after donating blood, passing out, and being told I cannot go to bed before 10:00

He was there when I got a job.

He was there to get up with my and make me breakfast and dinner before and after work.

He was there for any momentous moment in my life for the past 4 years. He is still there.

He is there to give me a Monster and chocolate when I had a bad day.

He is there to text me if it is past 9:00 and hasn’t heard if I made it to work on time.

He is there to tell me not to put wet towels on the bed.

He is there to make me go to the gas station with him so he can fill the air up in my tires.

He is there to listen to me talk about characters in a book, or a show like they are real people.

He is there to remind me to be a better person.

He is there to drive me around the country to take pictures of cows.

He is there to teach me about sports, even though I really don’t care.

He is there so I can vent about traffic, gas prices, and the damn cottagers who insist on coming home with me every week.

He is there to make me laugh when I really need it.

I don’t know where or who I would be if it weren’t for Jamie. He keeps me grounded, teaches me patients and kindness every day, and shows me how to be a better person.

So here is to another year of memories and of firsts.

Two On Tuesday

“I’m lactose intolerant. I have no patience for lactose and I won’t stand for it.” – Jerry Seinfeld

7. Lactose Intolerant Journal. On my iphone, I keep a journal of when I get really bad lactose intolerant pains.. Not the minor ones which are tolerable, but the heaved over “I’m about to die” pains. The funny thing is, I am well aware I should stay away from dairy. Then when I am wishing to die, I ponder how I ended up in that situation – it’s not that I really had THAT much dairy.

8. I need earbuds in my ears. I have no idea why I do this, or what makes me do this. But a lot of the time while on my computer I have my earbuds in. No music going, not listening to anything, but I like the feeling of having the eadbuds in my ears. I must say, I was so happy when I got my iPhone 5 and they came with the new and improved earbuds – I can have them in longer without my ears starting to hurt.

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Week One
1. I love pimples
2. I obsess over UPS

Week Two
3. I hate dried fruit – Kind of.
4. I am addicted to coloured pens.

Week Three
5. I am my own lead singer
6. Gel pen collection

My Bedroom Tour

“My bedroom is my sanctuary. It’s like a refuge, and it’s where I do a fair amount of designing – at least conceptually, if not literally.” – Vera Wang

Last weekend I found myself in a bit of a rut. I wanted to update my bedroom. My mom and I spent a full weekend getting to just how I wanted it ….. When I was 16. As much as I still love it, I wouldn’t mind a change. This comes with a slight issue though. I graduate college in April, meaning, I will probably be leaving soon. I feel like it is a waste of money, the minute I paint, there goes my comforter, lighting and everything else in order to match the ‘new’ room.

I have complied photos of my room in hopes some of your very smart people can give me a few ideas. It will give you the opportunity to see what I have to work with!

It was hard to take a photo of the overview, so I made this 2D and 3D layout of my bedroom for those who need to visualize it. My room is by NO MEANS large, it is pretty small, and I have big bulky furniture (queen size bed, bookshelf, stand mirror, desk, dresser, vanity)

This is the over view of my bedroom. The view from the door, the opposing corner, the “hidden” corner, and a close up of the circles. We actually used 3 different sized mixing bowls to trace on the circles. Large – brown, medium – dark pink, small – yellow.

I complied the photos from right to left, starting with the first thing you would directly see when you walk into my room – my bed. Jamie bought me the “little monkey” for our first christmas together – he calls me “monkey”. The first thing beside my bed is my vanity, which has a filing thing. I use it for my vast collection of every single scent of hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works, along with lotions, body wash, soaps, and other things from Bath and Body. Moving to my vanity, it is an organized mess. It hold the rest of my Bath and Body products, hair products, and nail polishes which did not fit into my nail polish rack.

My dresser is interesting. It is on the adjacent corner that the vanity is on. On the same wall that the vanity is on, looking onto the dresser, I have this board that houses photos of Jamie and I, mainly our ‘travels’. The plate holding my Tiffany and Co. boxes and pouches, I actually decorated, and baked. Fun and cheap little art project! (Dollar store plate, sharpie marker, 350 degree oven for 30 minutes). My dresser also holds random things like belly rings, my barn yard friends, and other miscellaneous items.

On the opposite corner of the dresser I have a desk. It pretty much just holds my every day make-up. I also have a bottle of Malibu and cups for jello shooters. You never know when you need to make a jello shooter. Under the desk – I am almost certain it gives my OCD mom a heart attack when she walks in – is all my knitting stuff. Bags upon bags upon boxes upon boxes.

On the adjacent corner I have my full body mirror, with my nail polish rack leaning on it. It is supposed to hand on the wall, but that thing is SO heavy, I am afraid to hang it. Beside the mirror is my closet door which I hang an extra Coach wristlet (Madison Collection) from it. I forgot the wind. It separates the dresser from the desk.

Ending with a few miscellaneous item, I have a book shelf which essentially just holds school work and my Gilmore Girls DVD boxed set, and the OC DVD boxed set. On top of it I have all my perfumes and body sprays. It is difficult to see it, but the crystals hanging from my chandelier almost perfectly match the pink on my walls. Lastly, I forgot to show this with my vanity – I store my makeup brushes in this wooden holder.

That is my room. That is what I have to work with. I would love some ideas!!!!

Weekend According to my iPhone

“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.” – Jane Austen

1. Friday night Jamie and I went for dinner to our favourite place. I feel like I need to stop documenting Friday Nights as they are constantly the same. We did change it up! I had a giant panzerotti and he had a burger.
2. This was interesting. The people behind us asked the waitress where she was from (she has an accent). She said “Poland”. They decided to talk to her for 15 minutes about the trips they take to Chez Republic every year. But wait, it gets better. They also asked if her she knew the new Chez wine…. Interesting
3. Starbucks! Jamie had an iced caramel Macchiato and I had a salted caramel hot chocolate.
4. I could not sleep in Saturday morning for the life of me. I was up and ready to go at 6:30 (or 6:38 to be exact)
5. Later on in the day we brought my dad a coffee at work. The lids were not on correct as you can tell by number 6
6. The coffee leaked and went everywhere. We had nothing to clean it with except a napkin. I would hate to feel how sticky that is…
7. Upon further review my hand looked abnormally larger. So I took another photo to show that I actually have small hands. I am proportioned.
8. Dinner! It was so good! We marinated chicken in a yoghurt mixture, and baked it. We put it on pitas with lettuce, cucumber, onion and tomato with tzatziki sauce. So good!!!
9. We were pretty lazy Sunday morning. Jamie shared some snuggles with little Jasper before getting ready.
10. I TRIED MOUNTAIN DEW! It was absolutely disgusting. Jamie seems to think I just have a hate on for “Pepsi Products”. It’s not my fault they ALL suck!!
11. It was remembrance day. 2 minutes to 11:00 the radio stations played “The Last post”, read “In Flanders Fields” and then had a moment of silence, then played “Highway of heroes”. I took a picture at 11, looking in the mirror. I wonder if any of those Veterans could have imagined how the world turned out?
12. We had subway for lunch and met a CRAZY “Sandwich artist” he was the definition of a Sandwich Artist. He went on and on to Jamie about the new bread liners and how amazing they were. Which was after he told Jamie all about his childhood. While we were eating we witnessed him go on and on to other people about the bread liners..
13. Nothing really went on for the rest of the day. I did get this pretty picture of the sunset. I have an online friend in England and I always send her the photos as she thinks Canadian Sunsets are beautiful.
14. Around 7:00 we went to the store to get some ice cream and a waffle bowl. It was amazing. We got “Loaded Brownie bits” it was delectable.
15. Jasper tried to suck up to me to give him some. There was chocolate so I couldn’t. but he looked so desperate.
16. Once he realized that he was not getting any ice cream, he stared at me with this weird scowl on his face. Poor guy.

Weekend According to my iPhone

“Who among us hasn’t envied a cat’s ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?” – Karen Brademeyer

1.  Friday was horrible. It consisted of having our first flurries of the season. It never fails to amazing me; there is no mention of snow until November 1st, then BAM thats all your hear about. I learned just how hard it was to photograph…. Thank you instagram for showcasing the snow.
2. Yes, you are reading that right. It was a whopping 2 degrees celsius (that is 35.6 for you farenheit users). I hate the cold.
3. Date night, Jamie and I went to the “Pizza Factory” again.. surprise surprise. Thursday night, my stomach was a little odd, so Friday I tried to have as little dairy as possible. No pizza for us!!!
4. For dessert, we had starbucks. Jamie had an Iced Caramel Macchiato, I had a Peppermint Mocha Frap (lactose free milk!)
5. Saturday morning I shared some snuggles with Mr. Mason. His name is just Mason. I don’t want to confuse anyone. I met a cat once named “Mr. Jones” – how cute right!
6. We were heading into town for Jamie to switch banks and there was a house we were passing who so ‘elegantly’ painted their driveway bight yellow. It reminded me of the yellow brick road. Some people seal their driveway, others paint it…
7. I am not sure if you can tell by this photo or not. This is the woman who was helping Jamie switch his bank… Her hair was about to her waist, and incredibly frizzy. It was almost like she got it permed, then tried to blow dry it straight, and then teased the hell out of it. Oh, and don’t be mistaken by those bangs. Those baby’s had a 1/4 inch curling iron to them and curled until it was tight against her scalp. **Fun fact – after this photo was taken she said “I just have to ask… are you guys brother and sister? You just look so much alike”… yeah talk about how awkward that got**
8. We left the bank and wanted to play walmart bingo. Have you ever played? You go into walmart, and look for anything you would see on “The people of walmart”. Jamie and take pictures or it didnt happen! Sometimes you will get a photo of someone hitting someone else with their scooter, or a 10 year old carrying a baby… it can be an awesome afternoon.
9. Jamie, my mom and I went to an open house. I cannot tell you how dirty it was. Soap scum, used toilet paper, stains – disgusting. I will also add that it is listend for $449,000 AND the people who lived there before built a new house and have moved out. My mom came home and cleaned.
10. Later that night Jamie hooked my laptop up to the TV and we all watched “Gone” with Amanda Seyfried… Have you seen it? What did you think?
11. Sunday morning we had starbucks again. Jamie had an Iced Carmel Macchiato, and I had a Peppermint Mocha (lactose free milk). I like the frap better.
12. I spent the day watching foreign films. It is a slight guilty pleasure of mine. By foreign I mean Australia or British. I watched “Sleeping Beauty” it was Australian – it was…… weird. Watch the trailer. That was 2 hours of my life I will never get bad. I also started “Womb” it is British, it was very slow, I only lasted 20 minutes. Jamie and my dad watched both football and the NASCAR race. Jamie won his first ever proline ticket (you wager and pick a minimum of 3 football games a pick who will win, and by at least 3 point, 6 points ect).
13. Lastly, my movies were interrupted at times by my mom asking questions about her blog.

It was a very relaxed and good weekend. Hope all of you had a good weekend also!!!

Weekend According to My iPhone

“Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” – John Shirley

I think I have mentioned it before, but I will say it agian. “Hi, I’m Jules, and I am addicted to Twitter, and Instagram”. I am constantly taking useless pictures which make me look like a photographer to share on twitter. Twitpic? What is that? Instagram my friends is where to turn to. By saying that, I came up with this idea (well, I am sure it has been done before, although I have not seen it, I will not take credit for it) I am going to compile photos of my weekend which I have taken to describe my weekend. It is about 1:30 pm, but our Sunday’s tend to be incredibly laid back which will result in no additional photos.

1. Jamie and I have been having “date night” for almost 2 and half years now. Date night is our Friday night ritual. 99% of the time we go out. We used to have this “rule” where it was somewhere new each time. hahahahaha. We live in a small town. I think we went through our options 8 weeks in. Now, we go to one of 2 places. They know us by name and don’t give us a menu. Pathetic? Or just routined? Describing date night caused me to remember one of our firsts. Jamie made me asparagus, tomato salad and another vegetable (ah. I can’t remember). The first photo is of us, out for dinner, waiting for our meal.
2. Dessert!! I am obsessed with Starbucks! I am a proud Gold member!!!!! Jamie has issues ordering. If anything annoys me, its improper ordering. His favourite is an “extra large vanilla milkshake” or “Venti Vanilla Bean Frap, no whip extra vanilla bean”. Friday night though, he had a Venti Caramel Macchiato, and I had a Venti Tazo Chai Latte, easy water, no foam, lactose free milk! High five for being lactose intolerant!!
3. After dinner we came back to my house and watched “Argo” with my parents and my sister. My mom blogged and half watched. (check her out!).
4. JellyBean is scared of people and hides for hours if the doorbell rings. She does really like Jamie though. She can often be found near him.
5. Saturday morning! I shared some snuggles with the little dog (Jasper). He is my little buddy Saturday mornings. Follows me around until we leave. I don’t mind, he’s nice and warm
6. Jamie and I shared our pizza left overs for a late breakfast/early lunch! We had hot pepper, bacon and mushroom on the whole thing, and on (my) half pineapple and onion.
7. We were on our way back into my house for dinner. My mom was making stew! The perfect cure for a cold, rainy and windy day. The one thing I learned was how hard it was to take a decent photo to display just how horrible the weather was. I still failed.
8. Before we could go into town Jamie had to deliver garbage at the dump. He lives in an even smaller “town”, so small they don’t even collect your garbage. Definitely somewhere I could never live. Every time I go with him (and stay in the truck of course) I have to laugh at this sign. Serious, what kind of physical abuse does the dump employees have?
9. Sunday morning. There was absolutely nothing on TV. I had to watch a 30 minute segment on fishing. FISHING! Did you know it is considered a sport? I tend to protest this. It is a leisure activity. If shopping cannot be a sport, neither can fishing. I’m sorry. Just NO.
10. It is another cold and rainy day. I decided to bundle up in my old high school sweater.  Although I haven’t been in high school for almost 3 years, it still feels weird wearing it without my kilt.
11. Subway lunch! We tend to have subway 90% of Sundays. We go into my house on Sundays for dinner with my parents. We usually stop at Subway prior to. My mom is either cooking dinner or making something to blog about (serious. check her out. say I sent you) so it is easier for us to just grab subway. I had a BLT and Jamie had a club!
12. We had to stop at the pharmacy. A few years ago they renovated it to look like you are stepping back into the 1900s. They recently added the convenience section where you can get candy, lottery, and coffee. Looks pretty cute!
13. Finally, we stopped to get everyone a coffee! I think he is sleeping on the job.