No Rest for the Wicked

After shamefully neglecting my blog for months and months and months… I thought I’d update it with a few pictures of things that have been keeping me out of trouble for the past few months.

 

 

Here Comes the Bride

3 days until the big event and “Runaway Bride” Beckett is holding steady ; )

 Here are some pix from one of her showers a couple weeks ago. Maybe I’ll throw in a couple from her stagette later… umm, maybe not… ; )

This is the bouquet that I got to make from all the bows and ribbons from ALL of her gifts. I loved it! It was the best shower I’ve been to, mostly because I had a task with which to occupy myself ; ) Man, did she get a lot of loot! Has me seriously rethinking the whole elopement plan should I ever decide to tie the knot!

Here’s the “before” picture of the bridal party… “after” picture to come after Friday.

Hmm, is Beckett really sure about who she wants to marry?

 

Hmmm…..?

The Great White North

I hadn’t experienced a Canadian winter in over four years until I went home this past December. I had forgotten how much I love winter and snow! I was worried that my five years of living in the tropics had made me a winter wimp… but my three weeks at home in the cold were wonderful! I especially loved wearing my winter clothes! I never feel cozy here in the heat… just hot and sticky. I’ve been back in KL for almost two weeks now and feel like it’s hotter here than it has ever been! Argh!

Since it doesn’t often snow in Vancouver, I made sure that I would find some so I went skiing with some friends, including my good buddy Nicole, up at Cypress Mountain. Ahh, sigh… Vancouver truly is the best city in the world…

But then… the snow came to us. Here’s a picture of my parents’ street the day I left Vancouver for KL. Talk about extremes…

Sisters: can’t live with them… can’t shoot ‘em ;)

This past Sunday I called home and experienced one of the worst things that can happen to someone who lives on the other side of the planet from their nearest and dearest… well almost. After doing the chit chat routine with Ma for a few minutes. It will always make me laugh that everytime we talk on the phone she asks what’s the weather like? ummm here in KL now? hot and wet. yesterday? hot and wet. tomorrow? you guessed it… hot and wet. Gotta luv her  

So after the oh-so-informative “how’s the weather?” chat, Mom jumps into something new with “I’ve got some bad news for you… Kelly(sister) was in a car accident.”  I seriously felt my heart stop and all these questions immediately enter my head: is Kel ok? is she in the hospital? am I going home? who will look after my class? can I change my plane ticket? will I stay at home? And then… I really should be a more organized teacher. Half a second later I got the “but she’s okay” part of the message, and all was well again. Thank heaven.

Here’s to you Kelbelle. Can’t wait to go skiing with you this winter when I’m home. Am so happy you and Angel weren’t hurt. Love ya heaps and heaps. But do realize this… when we’re heading up whatever mountain, I’m driving!

Here’s us tanked at this year’s Canada Day Party (to my Yankee friends, no I don’t wear my Canadian flag pin all the time!)

And here’s Kel’s little green bomb… totally totalled. I say, life is short Kelbelle, buy the VW Beetle you’ve wanted since you were 13.

Life is Good

Things are finally looking up….

Top ten things in Tamland:

1- went to the ultra-posh KL sports medicine clinic yesterday and YA-FRIGGIN-HOOO!!!! I don’t need another surgery on my 98 year old knee… yay!!!! but do need heaps of rather expensive physio that is unlikely to be covered by my crap health insurance (heaps to be said for Canada’s universal healthcare policy)

2- after procrastination of epic proportion… I have finally finished my report card comments

3- just got back from a much needed beach holiday, nothing beats sitting next to the ocean thinking about nothing and everything all at once (see above pics of Tam with cutest baby in the world Aidan and super surfer girl Devon)

4- going on a Hallowe’en Hash Harrier Run tonight with Lynn and Hot Scott, finally the gross KL haze seems to be going…. but now it’s raining again… jungle run will be slippery and muddy

5- break up diet in combination with ongoing mild stomach bug ( I know sort of icky… but whatever) kicks ass over South Beach, have now lost all the weight I gained post first knee surgery and can once again fit in to fabulous suits I had tailor-made in Colombia, just in time for recruiting season

6- have decided for certain I am NOT going to a recruiting fair but have decided to activate my file with a recruiting agency… just to see who bites

7- have booked my flight home for xmas… and special bonus, I’ll then have enough miles to fly home for free in the summer

8- heard from both a former principal and former headmaster who have agreed to be referees for my CV and various school applications… phew!

9- finally not feeling freaked out or overwhelmed by plethora of “world is my oyster” options for where I’ll land next year… am confident it’ll all be good… even if (maybe especially if) I end up landing in my “dungeon” at home 

10- I bought my own copies of season 1 and 2 of Grey’s Anatomy…. my new fav show