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Clarke Maverick Von Skidmark

2006-11-07T10:07:00.000-08:00

What started out as a run to go get a fish for the house turned into much more. We walked into the pet store and he was just sitting there. Literally once i saw him i knew we weren't leaving without him. On that note:

WELCOME CLARKE MAVERICK VON SKIDMARK

Honestly the funniest and cutest bunny ever, he loves to run around the house, or should i say the living room, he doesnt go on the tiled floor because his feet slide out from under him. Anthony and i were laughing hysterically at him last night, he does this ass jump that you have to see to understand. Come by and see him if you want. Oh man he's so cute, i've wanted a pet for such a long time!!!

HALLOWEEN BASH 2006

2006-11-03T07:12:00.000-08:00

Well another halloween has passed, and this years party was even more of a success than last years. The costumes were insane, people drank too much and the food was great!! Anthony and i dressed up as a vampire and a devil (see photos), and the rest of the costumes were great if not better! Jer and Sandra successfully dressed as a corpse bride and groom (sidebar: jer looked like the guy that scared the hell out of me at halloweekends in CP last year) and they looked FANTASTIC. Chrissy came as the 80s rocker with her bag of coke (flour) in hand, and heather came as the Bah. she was a bear with no ears, im sorry but that was just hilarious. the inflatable costumes were grand and our own pregnant michelle came as a pumpkin. Times with friends like that are the best, everyone is always so busy (myself included) and when we can all kick back like that and just have a great time, its always fun. So from Anthony and myself, thank you everyone for showing up and making it another huge success.
Enjoy the pics...for more go to bryans site at www.flashthecat.com

This one's for Chrissy

2006-11-02T13:25:00.000-08:00

Well apparently i suck and have not updated in over a month!. A lot has happened however, i have just been too swamped to update! I am now successfully off unemployment (although my old boss still owes me 2000 bucks) i got a job at sault college (and LOVE IT) and started my own business. Greenleaf Studios. so keep an eye out for it. I'm still designing townies, so that is going great, and taking a lot of time. fortunately i enjoy it. other than all of that we held a halloween party and had a heck of a good time. i'll post pictures of that tomorrow when chrissy reminds me. that's pretty much it for now, i have a date with my man tonight, so mmmm dinner. oh and i miss my sister, and my neice, i hope she's feeling better. cleveland in 2 weeks, which will be great, right sandra? oh and im still fat.
thats it for now folks. love ya all

oh and check out curts new site, its pretty cool.

oh and i hate snow

oh the oc starts tonight again, and a new greys

i think thats it

nighty night

Quarter of a century...holy crap

2006-09-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

Well folks, it finally happened...yesterday i turned the big 25.
We had such a great day. When Anthony asked me what i wanted for my birthday, i told him that all i wanted to do was spend the day with him. So we ended up waking up, and he made me a game that i got to pick what i wanted to do for the day, he had all these little cards folded for me to open, it really was fun. So our day included U-Betcha for nachos (which i havent had since our ntn rituals), then some shopping. After that we proceeded to bulk barn to get a bunch of icing and stuff for us to make cupcakes and decorate them. My mom is throwing a little party for me this afternoon, so we planned on bringing them there. They are decorated so awesome! and we had so much fun...here's what the final ones look like.

After the cupcakes we went to gran festa for dinner and had an amazing meal. It was so good. With full bellies we went to the casino to spend some time there. Anthony won $100.00, which odly enough was the amount that our 2 meals cost for the day, so he got that back which was super! After the casino we went home got in our comfy clothes and played mario party. It truly was a fantastic day. I'm so lucky!! Thanks for such a great day baby!!!

Happy Birthday Jes!!

2006-09-11T07:32:00.000-07:00

YEEEEEHAWWWW!!!

2006-09-07T20:20:00.000-07:00

Project 2007 finally announced!!! Well folks(for those that care) Cedar Point's newest roller coaster was finally announced today. Construction begun as soon as last season was over, and wondering minds were constantly curious to see what it was.
Frontier Town in Cedar Point is very old time themed, therefore it was no surprise that they put in a themed ride. I mean this thing has tunnels, rocks, water, and a huge amount of track. Not really any record breakers,just lots of new stuff that cedar point doesnt currently have. Although part of the track does go UNDER the launching station, which is pretty fancy. If you care, or just want to know what the hell sandra and i have been blogging about, check it out at www.cedarpoint.com

Photo post for previous entry...

2006-08-18T11:39:00.000-07:00

Friends

2006-08-18T11:02:00.000-07:00

Ever just look at photos of your friends?
I'm sitting here and its 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and i just started looking at pictures of our friends on the computer. Have it be friends from high school, attending weddings, concerts, cedar point trips, florida, gymnastics events, or whatever. I literally have been looking at these photos for an hour and just laughing. Thinking about all the stuff that ive been through with them just makes you realize how valuable the people in your life are.

I love going through the photos of the gangs of us at the back door, all the drunk times were just hilarious, and now because everyone has such a busy life its hard for us all to get together like that. Sandra, Jeremy, Anthony and I have definately had more than one time where the 4 of us hopped in a cab and headed over just because we were bored. Anytime Sandra and i are out, there are bound to be a couple of boob shots taken. Its not like we can miss them eh sandy? Then there are the ones where anthony and jeremy need to give the finger. Ahh just thinking about it makes me laugh.

Then there are the Cedar Point ones, with Heather peeking her head through the wax dragons..remember the really gay guy oh man that was funny. And the ones with you guys stuffing your faces with cotton candy.

Needless to say i've become quite the photo whore, with my sister out of town for school/the rest of her life, i find a need to take loads of pictures with my step family. We went out the other afternoon and i literally took 103 photos mostly of my neice Kaleigh. I'll have to post a picture of her, cause she is just one amazing child.

I've had 3 friends that i've been friends with for over 11 years, and i think that is a pretty remarkable thing. My friends have helped me through depression, the divorce of my parents, boy problems, and many many other things. so i guess right now i want to thank EVERYONE that considers me their friends, because without all of you, my life would be nothing.

K here are some pics i was laughing at...

Project 2007

2006-08-17T09:12:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is a little overdue, i understand that. However my life lately has been BORING.

For anyone that doesn't really know me, i have a SEVERE roller coaster addiction. I'm not sure what it is about them but i know that i get a major rush when i am on them. i've been going to cedar point with my family since i was about 12, and i blame there for the massive addiction. my sister, father, mother and i used to go there every year. obviously once the divorce happened, that changed and my dad took my sister and i and our friends. after daddy found maryanne, her and her daughter stevie came with us for 2 years, then i gradually threw anthony into that loop. i hooked him real good. he is now just as addicted as the rest of my family as well as myself. anthony and i went by ourselves one year and it was great. however after that we've started bringing multiple people with us who we now call the cedar point crew. Jeremy, Sandra, Heather, Bryan , Danielle (my sister) and her boyfriend Jamie, have all come with us in the past 3 years.

we've seen many rides come and go there, more than enough, and each new ones brings not only a new thrill but the anticipation of riding it just becomes amazing!!! we got to ride skyhawk this year, which was the new ride this year, and its basically i giant swing. now to the c.p.c. this seemed kind of tame.....until we actually saw it. oh man, it goes high, and you only have a lap bar. try and imagine when you were a kid sitting on a swing in the park, and tring to go as high as you possibly can. this ride is the same concept except its about 150 feet in the air. holy shit, the 6 of us were just standing there in line, staring at it. i LOVED that feeling, of being so excited to go on it that i was actually a bit nervous. that feeling is half the ride, just not knowing what to expect. so with that being said i bring you.....

PROJECT 2007

with the past two years cedar point getting two thrill rides, this year will yes infact be COASTER YEAR. a year that many coaster freaks enjoy. cedar point will usually send out the press release before the end of the season to get folks geared up for the next summer. however this year was MUCH different. i have been on the edge of my seat since literally march of this year wondering what it is going to be because they are not leaking out any information. nothing. not even the style of roller coaster that it will be. when we were there in june, we tried to guess every possible thing that it could be, but no solid answers. the construction zone was set up and construction started early season. all it really looked like when we were there was a bunch of supports, nothing really too interesting. WELL until today when i stumbled across some photos. apparently they started assembling the coaster on monday and some of the track is actually up. i still have NO idea what it is going to be, but all i know is that it is something DIFFERENT. not something that they have already. cedar point usually does the record braking height and speed coasters, bu this time i think it is something that the visitors to cedar point have not yet experienced. only time will tell, and all i know is that i have to keep this feeling bottled up until NEXT JUNE when the c.p.c will ride again......

here's a pic to see what i was talking about

The past two weeks...

2006-07-31T20:10:00.000-07:00

Some of you know already, and some of you don't. I no longer have a job. I was layed off from cre8tivedge and have been not really doing too much for the past couple of weeks. I considered it just some down time from my chaotic brain. I'm not going to dish out all the details cause they aren't needed, however i am ready for a new chapter in my life. I'm learning how to cook...now for those of you that don't know, i'm not the most talented in the kitchen. I once microwaved some butter for popcorn in a plastic cup. Point made. However in the past 2 weeks, ive managed to make some pretty decent meals that didn't harm anthony. I also have this infatuation with baking. The only problem is that i find myself eating it all, whether it makes me sick from the eggs or not. The house is staying relatively clean, and things are somewhat in order. So if anyone is off during the day and feels like hanging out just call.
As for the no working this, i just finished applying for EI tonight, so hopefully that will pan out good, also im picking up a few design jobs here and there. I love doing that stuff so much, hopefully i can eventually have my own thing up and running. I like to think i do good at what i do, hopefully other people will too. (ps ross thanks for the plug)
Other than that not much else is new. Mom comes home soon from the east coast, and katie from china, so im excited to see all of them. And i can't wait to see my little neice. She is just such a doll. Maybe ill do a whole post on her, haha.
So drop me a line, cause im sure i'll be working on my computer...or maybe at the gym, but we'll see ;)

The SICKNESS that was the Keith Urban Concert

2006-07-16T17:59:00.000-07:00

Well what can i say except this man is nothing short of amazing. That pretty much sums it up! Little Big Town was really good, i actually enjoyed them! The concert was packed and thankfully the weather co-operated when the concert started, it had finally stopped raining and turned out to be a really nice night. Anthony, I, Jer, Sandra, Heather, Chrissy and BJ all sat together, and we had great seats. It was so nice to get there and know we had a seat...definately worth the extra 10 bucks. We had these drunk ladies in front of us. It really was quite amusing, haha. The only lady was so drunk she insisted on holding my hand for a 1/4 of the concert so she wouldnt fall off of her chair. Seriously now, thats hammered. Speaking of hammered, Anthony and Jeremy sure didnt mind the fact that there was beer there. Then again of course we were in the states, so go figure. 6 beer ended up costing Jer i think 24 bucks, holy shit, that's some expensive american beer. Other than that there was this poor girl who couldn't get up on the stage cause keith had asked her to. She was just not able to get up, the audience thought it was pretty funny and I did too, however you cant help but feel bad a little bit. hehe. The night was great, the man is SICK i repeat SICK on his guitar, half the concert i stared at the way he was playing , and it was just instense. There is a reason why he does what he does. The night was a such a good time, i wish we could get more concerts like that. It would make life in the sault a little more interesting.

Blogelation

2006-07-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

Check er out, head over to www.blogelation.com and see this new project of Curt O'Neil and Craig West. It's a great idea for the Sault Ste. Marie music scene. Check it out and support it in any way that you can. By the way I think the logo and ads are pretty cool. But that's only cause I made them :)

Just a bunch of stuff...

2006-06-30T11:39:00.000-07:00

Last night was the banquet for SSMGC. it was so great to see my old kids. i miss them, i still wish that i was able to manage both jobs. Here are a few pictures from last night. I wasn't going to go because i had a really bad head day yesterday. But getting dressed up did help a little bit. I miss the kids so much though...

Other than that nothing really is new. Fozzie came to see me at work today with curt, so that was nice!
Anthony passed his banking test, which is awesome.
What else can i say, its a friday of a long weekend!!! everyone enjoy it!

Going Veggie!!!

2006-06-26T06:56:00.000-07:00

Yup... that's right folks, Anthony and I are going vegetarian. I'm actually looking forward to it, the hardest part is finding the recipes. I spend the majority of yesterday looking online for recipes that didn't include eggplant etc. Looks like we might have to start eating that as well as many other odd veggies. If anyone has any veggie recipes that could help us out that would be great.

CEDAR POINT 2006!!!

2006-06-19T08:44:00.000-07:00

The food was good, the company was good and the rides were AMAZING. Overall just a great trip. There were virtually no lines to wait for the rides, except for the Top Thrill Dragster...which was totally worth waiting for, it took about an hour and a half. The Sunday morning, we must have rode the Millennium Force seven times, they definatley call it the number one coaster in the world for a reason!. We got our photos taken at the Old Time photo shop too, we decided to go western, so the boys could be cowboys..which yes made the 3 ladies dress as hookers. I must say it was kind of fun, especially since im a jeans and hoodie girl! I can't wait to go again next year, it will be so much fun. Here are a few pics...ENJOY!!

Well, this took a while!!!

2006-06-19T08:16:00.000-07:00

Almost 3 months, but Im finally getting to it now..haha. Florida was amazing, We did so many amazing things. Lunch at Pineapple Willy's and many hours by the pool. It was some good times. Other than that, nothing much is new... the usual i guess. Danielle has gone back to school and Jamie her boyfriend moved to London, So he's now only about an hour away from her...which she loves! Who can blame her.
Umm...what else...the house is good, but Anthony and I are starting to look for one of our own. It's nice not to be in a rush though, we are perfectly happy where we are so, it will just take some time to find the right house.
On the weekend it was the triplets birthday and we had a huge pool party over at Sandra and Jer's house, it was a blast. I think most people definately had enough to drink for the next week. But good food, good friends, and good times...you can't really ask for anything else can you.
Katie and I went to see Kenny Chesney's Tour in Grand Rapids 2 weekends ago...talk about a good time!!! I was still in the middle of my sinus infection, but had a great time! Dierks Bently was there too..WOW he was good ;) Carrie Underwood replaced Sugarland who was supposed to be there.
I'm gonna try and update this more often...cause 3 months is a little long.

Panama City Beach 2006

2006-03-27T12:49:00.000-08:00

Well the countdown is officially on...it has been since about 2 months ago, haha. The last time anthony and i were there is was 3 years ago, already. wow that went by fast. We are yet again heading there in 10 days...needless to say i am so excited i can barely contain myself. I really can't wait to go...the weather there is so beautiful, i mean, i am not one for hot weather (obviously) but this weather i love, its not humid, its just fantastic...oh wow im excited...thats really all i can say without walking there right now, hahaha. We get to go to the big city of dallas texas on our way too, the country buffs we are, we are both pumped! Well just the airport, but none the less dallas.hehehe.

The incredible shrinking clothes

2006-03-21T08:26:00.000-08:00

My sister and i travelled to Birch Run this past weekend to do some shopping (thanks daddy). While there not only did we have a great time, but noticed that clothing is rapidly getting smaller. Now i dont mean in forms of sluts, they will wear anything that is too small for them, i mean size wise. It really was a little frightening to see all of this... no wonder people don't want to eat anymore...simply so they can fit into clothing. It really is quite pathetic. I mean here in the Sault i bitch and complain that im fat and dont fit into clothes yada yada yada, nothing new. However down there i actually felt good cause i actually didnt want to fit into those clothes. I literally put a tank top against my thigh and it fit it...danielle and i were like ok, that has to be a joke or something from the kids section. danielle continued to say well maybe it has some stretch to it...NOPE it sure didnt. Do women not have boobs any more, or hips...im honestly wondering why these clothing compaines are making these, it just doesnt make any sense. I mean this tank top could have fit my neice...oh by the way she is TWO.
I guess im just having a hard time understanding why they are making these clothes. By the time i have kids im scared of what is actually going to be happening...

ok I am the worst blogger ever

2006-03-15T09:41:00.000-08:00

Considering my last entry was the 27th of February or something like that....I am officially the worst blogger in the world. Then again, nothing new has really happened..same stuff day after day.

I watched the end of american idol last night...that chris guy that sang last was just amazing..not too bad to look at either ;) the amazine race was good, even though they did the stupid thing of making it a "to be continued" episode...god i hate when they do that. lets see what else happened yesterday..oh ya. i got home from work and decided to have a shower before i met my girlfriends for dinner, as im in the shower, la de da, washing away the stupid power decides to go off, lets just say for any of you that know me, that was not the best of situations. the funniest part though was that it actually took me a few minutes to realize what happened...i thought maybe anthony came home and just turned the light off on me...but then realized that the lightswitch is inside the bathroom (unlike the one in our bedroom). so i just stood there for a few minutes yelling so loud im surprised that they neighbours didnt come see if i was ok (dont know if that was a result of the depression or the fact that i was just really really pissed off) after that i got the shampoo out of my hair and attempted to get out of the shower. have you ever tried to get out of the shower in the pitch black...not so much fun..but try it...why the hell not right? so i had to leave the house with soaking wet hair (awesome on a day like yesterday), dinner with the girls was good. it was good to see them.

on a happier note....FLORIDA IS IN 22 DAYS!!!!
oh man im so jacked!!!!!

The Addiction of Grey's Anatomy

2006-02-27T07:54:00.000-08:00

A little over a month ago Katie and Melissa sat me down to enjoy a night of Sunday television...little did i know that that would become a crazy addiction. I had never watched Grey's Anatomy, even though the show is now well into the second season. So between them and my sister, i was pretty much caught up to date. Nevertheless I now watch it every Sunday, and missing it would just not be an option. Following the superbowl episode (best episode ever) I was ADDICTED. I had to wait a while but ended up renting the entire first season, and finished it in a matter of 2 days, not even. For anyone who does not watch the show...you need to. It's amazing!!! On that note i present the top 10 reasons why i love Grey's Anatomy:

10. It's actually habit forming.
9. So many scenes take place in the elevator of lust, i mean, that's awesome.
8. I talk about these people as if they were my friends or family.
7. The Meredith/Derek/Addison blowout is eventually bound to happen.
6. Burke and Christinas relationship...it's nice to know there are other people as kooky as Anthony and I.
5.I actually laugh out loud...this has not happened since new episodes of Friends have aired.
4. Miranda Bailey's attitude towards EVERYTHING!
3. Cristina Yang (she needs no more explanation).
2. George O'Malley and the fact that he is adorable....and well George O'Malley.
1. IT'S JUST THAT DAMN GOOD!!!!!

To be a zoo guy...or to not be a zoo guy

2006-02-21T13:20:00.000-08:00

I encountered this conversation with a friend today... lets just say he was having a bad day. I still dont fully understand where he comes from sometimes but man its funny...

Not Jeannette:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck
Jeannette...working says:
bbbbbbaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shit
Not Jeannette:
i wish i was rolling in a pile of bear shit right now
Jeannette...working says:
you are hilarious
Jeannette...working says:
i literally laughed out loud with that
Not Jeannette:
i'm serious!
Not Jeannette:
if i was rolling in bear shit I'd either be
A. camping
B. a zoo guy
Jeannette...working says:
you are hilarious
Not Jeannette:
you wouldn't want to be a zoo guy?
Jeannette...working says:
Not Jeannette:
that's a shame

ya that was the conversation...dont ask questions because i dont know
Just read and laugh..i know i did

My poor brain

2006-02-20T19:32:00.000-08:00

How many times in one day do you think that you think about food??? Im sure by now that my brain is sick of thinking about it...Literally I think that I think of it about every 5 minutes. I honestly think that i eat every five minutes. It has to be like a disease or something, i just dont understand it. Some people go ahead and say just dont eat, or dont eat that much, to that i say YOU SUCK, they are just blessed without this need to be scarfing down food every 5 minutes. It really is quite pathetic come to think of it, and as im sitting here typing away, im honestly thinking about what i want to eat when im finished. oh wow thats sad...thats really really sad.

When anthony and i decided to do this "diet" thing so we could get in shape for florida, i was all for it, its nice to see the weight come off etc, however all i want is one big plate of french fries, covered in salt, oh man that sounds so good right now. Im babbling on as usual now, but i literally cant stop thinking about these fries...i thought about it all day at work andnow im thinking about it more, isn't this a little strange. I want them yet i know when i eat them i will end up feeling gross and yet somehow i just dont care. Wow i think i have a problem.

I just want to eat like i used to...is being fat so bad...stupid media making me think i need to look like jennifer aniston or whoever...stupid stupid stupid. yet somehow they suck me in, make me look at the magazines and wish that that was me, all skinny and size 0. grrrrrrrrrr, yup that pretty much sums it up... now im gonna go have some food and go to bed...thats sure the way to go jeannette

ps. i think this was the most pointless thing i have ever written

Go Figure

2006-02-20T19:30:00.000-08:00

Well I can't say it took very long for me to do this...I dont even know why I wanted to do this. Just something extra to do maybe...Anywho...thats about it for now...pretty boring eh!!!