Llamas ARE Tricky!

Well another Wednesday night has brought many laughs.  I think all these things in my head....and now I'm starting to think that no one else thinks the way I do.  I start to talk....and it all sounds normal to me...but seems to catch everyone else off guard.  I started off talking like this: "Llamas are really tricky"  and everyone started laughing....but I felt as though I sounded completely logical!  The other day I saw a Llama with only it's back in vision and it's head was down....so it looked alot like a sheep.  My love for sheep gets crazier everyday!!
Today was great though!  My car has every single thing fixed so it's perfect!  I officially named it "Perfect Black".  I think there was a video game we used to play with Jared called Perfect Dark....many years ago.
Laura also sent me a message that made my whole week!  I sent Liam a few little gifts for his birthday, and i was so anxious to know if he liked them or not!  They were Cars themed, and I figured that was a safe bet!  And Laura said she asked Liam if he remembered me, and he said I'm his best friend!  Something so simple just makes me so happy!

I am dreaming of going to Alberta soon!

I have started a journal of writing down little things that make me happy during the day.  Just simple things that make me smile, or make me feel joy.  Its been fun, cuz now I sorta have an eye out for the little things....so I'm more observant.  I think it will be fun to look back on it, and see if the things Ive written down still bring me joy.  I live in an area where there are things everywhere that make me happy!  I have a few examples: "I love when I see animals all together, like they are friends"
"My Mom loved my homemade chili"  "a customer called me his favorite girl"
Most of the things I write down are about sheep that I see on my road.  I am completely obsessive about them!

On Saturday night I went to a Keith Urban concert in penticton with my parents, Amanda and Ryan, and Ryan's sister.  I had so much fun, and I wanted to share a few things that made me very amused!
1- I saw a girl wearing white and pink cowboy boots.....we knew she wasn't a real cowgirl!
2- There was a big group of guys and girls a few rows up from us, and they all danced together, and held onto each other and sang to each other (we assumed they were dating).  Then they left to go up front, and 2 of the guys came back with 2 new girls, and danced with them and sang to them!  Ha ha!
3- We were cheering and then something came over me, and I screamed my head off......and I couldn't stop laughing!  Ryan's sister joked that she heard me where she was sitting.
4- There was a guy on our left, that kept doing drum solos...and guitar solos at random times.



The streamers!!

 

5- Right at the end they had confetti come down from the ceiling, and it went everywhere.  And then there was streamers that fell in just 2 spots, and everyone sitting there was tangled up completely!  I screamed and laughed at the same time, I just couldn't help it!



KEITH!



Sheep!!

Well its been an okay couple of days.  There has been some new interesting tv shows on, that I KNOW I wouldnt be able to watch if Dave was here.  One was about a hair salon in Alaska (apperently sara palin had her hairdo "created" there), and it was fun to watch.  I always enjoy watching Dr.Phil and that new show that Anderson Cooper has.  There was an episode where he had his mom on his show, and they showed this "all about me" book he wrote in when he was 5.  At the beginning it asks what color hair you have....and you color it in....and he checked off gray, and colored it in.  I laughed my head off at that.  I find when im by myself watching tv....I tend to yell out my own opinions.  I dont really know why....but i guess if I feel strongly about something....I think out loud.  I swear my landlords must think im a nutcase, and say "I wonder who laura's talking to.....theres no extra car in the driveway...hm...she sure laughs alot down there..."
But I know for a fact they arent the only ones who think im crazy.  Ive joined a new small group this year as a leader.  Last night was the third night.....and so far everytime I either answer a question or comment on something.......every single girl there laughs at me!  For example, a question we had was "what is your passion?" and before I even could think....I blurt out "sheep!"  and even I admit....thats not a typical answer!  One of the other leaders Im paired with goes on to say..."I can name 3 of laura's passions :Sheep, Pepsi, and Dave!"  So if that doesnt make me sound crazy....I dont know what would!

I found out tonight that Dave gets back on Saturday, so now I wont be so lonely at home (the only person who's been "over" is Jillian Micheals...and she's mean....and yells at me).  Dave also told me tonight that he really wants a chainsaw for his birthday.  We dont have a yard....not even one tree that we own.  But once that boy gets an idea in his head...its hard to get it out!

10 Days

Well this week Dave went to work in Cranbrook for 10 days (he left on Monday).  And i had an extra day off this week, so i have had to find projects to do while he`s gone.  The first thing i did was clean out our pantry.  OH MY was it ever awful in there....so much so that the door wouldn't close because of all the uncollapsed boxes.  And don't ask how many of those boxes once had Pepsi in them!  So i cleaned that all out, and sweat my way through it.  Ive been repainting a shelf i got many years ago, and have a little table i will paint.  and i have also been busy with thinking about Christmas gifts!  I want to be very organized this year, so i can get everyone exactly what i want to get them.  I'm only on day 3.....so hopefully i keep busy!  the evenings are the worst, but tonight I'm getting out of the house to go to youth group.  so hopefully i don't go crazy.....but i know once i start talking to myself and saying "miss my Bucky" non stop then....i know I've lost it!

SEPTEMBER

It's September.  September is a bittersweet month for me, it has two very different anniversaries.  The happy/exciting one is the anniversary of mine and David's wedding two years ago (tomorrow).  Two years of great change...moving out of my parents house, to have a new home with my new husband.....learning to run the household by cooking and cleaning and keeping everything in order.  Opening my mind to new dreams of a little family, and a perfect house (with a sheep).
This month is also the anniversary of taking my very first antidepressant pill.  Five years ago this month.  Half a decade ago.  But in no way do I regret taking that step and convincing my Mom to take me to the Doctor.  The hard part for me is thinking back to five years ago, before I realized that something wasn't right.  It breaks my own heart thinking about how hopeless my mindset was, and how helpless I felt.  I hope to be off of my pills as some point, but for now I am fine with taking them.  For the rest of this month I am trying to focus more on the good anniversary, and not think about the bad one.

BLUEberries

So something funny happened the other night.  I worked until 10pm and had to get a few groceries after work, so i went to wal mart and got a few things (including blueberries).  I came home to find Dave ready to go to sleep in bed, and I immediately went into the kitchen and opened my box of blueberries (which i know Dave didn't see that i bought).  And every single time I open the box and start eating....something comes over me and I cannot stop!  Then outta nowhere Dave yells out `STOP eating those blueberries and come to bed!`  I was shocked, and yelled back `how did you know I was eating blueberries`.  I guess this happens quite often....and if I'm in the kitchen, and I don't turn on the TV yet....and everything is quiet...then I must be eating blueberries.
I guess Dave knows me pretty well!

I NEED A SHEEP!

So on Saturday Dave and I (his two cousins, and one of their girlfriends) went to the Armstrong Fair!  The first little while it was just buck and me, so of course we went to the barn to see the animals!  We saw the goats first (one animal I do not like!), the only cute ones were called...nigerian dwarf goats, so they were littler.  Then came the sheep, and I had to hold back my squeals of excitement!!  I felt like a little kid again, I was talking to the sheep `hello little baby, you are so cute!` Then we saw the pigs...which stunk to high heavens!  The first one we saw had this little name tag, saying his name was snorty.  And as we walked by...he didnt stop snorting!  haha!  There were really cute little piglets that had the cutest curly tails.  Then at the other side of the barn, they had more sheep!  Really wooly ones, and my favoritest one Ive ever seen, and ones with 4 horns that were like a foot long.  Then we went to the cow barn, and that one stunk like crazy too.  I see cows every single day, but I guess I forgot how massive they are!
The whole night was alot of fun, great company, awesome food (I had a horse blanket, 3 different kinds of cotton candy, french fries, almond mocha fudge icecream!) and good weather!  I went on one ride, and screamed the loudest and the longest out of everyone on the whole ride...Dave wasnt suprised. 
There was only one bad thing that happened the whole night.  I was waiting in line for food by myself, and a tall guy walked behind me and said (very clearly so I could hear) `Whoa you need to get outside and get some sun`, then laughed with the lady he was with.  I am very pale, Im the lightest shade of makeup in any brand, and I always have been.  In the past I have been very self consious about it, and tried tanning beds.  But this summer, something switched in my brain, and I didnt make it a big focus for summer....I am TRYING not to tan or burn, so later in life I can have good skin.  God made me pale, and thats just the way Im going to stay!  It makes me crazy that its not always `acceptable`to be so white, and that tan is the only thing that looks good.  Dave really just likes it when Im happy, and for me not to worry about my paleness makes me happy!
And once I told Dave what that (dumb cigarette smoking idiot) said to me, he wanted to know what guy...so he could `talk`to him.  He was long gone by that time though.
I ended the night with a nice bubbly hot bath, and felt great!

On a side (happy) note, I weighed myself....and I have lost 5 pounds!  I have been trying really hard to get healthy and just feel better about my body overall.  That was the highlight of my day for sure, oh and eating corn on the cob like Im five and get it all over my face!!

This one stuck his head through the little gate and I loved it!



I just LOVED the wrinkles on his neck!




2 little piggies!



My MOST favourite one of the whole day...I wanted to take him home!



I loved his woolyness, and I think he was rolling in the hay!