Important Dates, Revised

March 21, 2012 Nick and Heather's wedding a la Mexico!

March 31, 2102 - Chris and Sam's wedding

April 21, 2012 - Sarah and Matthew's wedding

June 23, 2012 - Kim and Dan's wedding

July 21, 2012 - OUR WEDDING!

Mark's Vacay To-Do List

• feed Ruby lunch, see if she will eat lettuce
• mist Ruby's hands and feet
• feed Ruby supper
• call James and ask him when you can drop the cheque off to him
• give James the rent cheque
• sweep and swiffer the floors
• call Jessie often and tell her you love her (if you want)
• pack a bag for Jessie: her wig, her blue balloon necklace, and a black or grey sweater (that opens down the front...try the floor, basket in the bedroom, basket in the closet)
• make Jessie an awesome cape to go with her princess dress
• bring Jessie's bag when you pick her up
• eat the oreos and cupcakes...do not eat ANY Halloween candy!
• eat supper
• put the Halloween treats outside our door in a bucket when you leave

Halloween!





Drinks I want to try in Mexico :)

• pina colada
• banana mama
• Spanish coffee
• tequila from Quinta Dona Chelina
• breakfast mimosa
• hurricane
• wild shooter
• dirty monkey
• anything alcoholic in a pineapple or a coconut

Wedding Stuff

I have begun wedding planning again!

I am relieved to be excited and moving forward...as I had an extended pity party for myself when we decided to postpone last fall (to save $$).

Things are really coming together!

Here's what the day COULD look like:

6am – wake up!

9am - bridesmaids meet at Kirk’s place/groomsmen meet at the apartment

9am-12pm - hair, make-up and getting ready

12pm – brownbag lunch

12:30pm – head to church

1:30 - 2:30pm – ceremony

2:30-3:15pm receiving line (break for you)

3:15-3:45pm extended family shots (2 or 3 poses, several takes for each pose) at the church

4-5pm alternate location (in Sackville), Bridal party and parents (I am only looking at taking a few pictures of our parents/siblings)

5-5:30pm same alternate location (in Sackville) Jessie and Mark

6pm for 6:30pm reception dinner at Roccos (bridal party and immediate family, 20 people)

8:30pm – 12am reception cocktail and dance at the Kinsmen Club (max 170 people)

:D

this is how I end letters :)

Sincerely,

_________________________

Jessie McGrath

Office Manager

Classic Physiotherapy Corporate Office

Behavioural Ecology

I was watching Grey's Anatomy on my computer last nite.

Ruby was in my hand.

Just sitting.

And then she started watching too.

BTW, she does this thing where she likes to jump on peoples shoulders.

So she watches the screen intently for a little while.

Then...outta nowhere launches herself off my hand at the screen as a head shot scene is playing. 

She tried to jump on Kepner's shoulder. 

And her face made a little bang as she hit the screen. 

It was cute. 

She's fine.

Just confused.

Me

If I were a snail...

My Commute

Jog to bus stop...running late.

Wait 6 minutes.

See bus.

Irrationally worry that the bus won’t stop for me.

Bus stops.

Standing room only.

Biker (on a bicycle) changes lanes and cuts the bus off.

Bus slams on brakes.

Man comments that even he isn’t stupid enough to do something like that.

No one answers.

People leave the bus.

Sit.

Old man gets on the bus.

Stand. Near the back doors. No one else is standing...and I don’t mind.

2 large women get on the bus. They sandwich me. As if there is nowhere else to stand. We are the only 3 people standing on the bus. Their faces were inches from my head.

I say something smart like, “Uhh, I think...I’ll...stand back there” and quickly move out of the Jessie sandwich and stand in the back of the bus.

People leave the bus.

I eventually sit.

Watch big lady #1 sit between 2 people in the back of the bus. It’s like Santa fitting down a chimney...somehow, against reason, it happens successfully.

A little kid tells his dad that he wants to be a car when he grows up. Wait, a truck. A truck that delivers dog food.

The women in the plaid skirt adjusts her argyle plaid socks (of a different pattern, not complimentary).

My stop.

Walk down Quinpool.

See a spit wad on the sidewalk the size of my hand (fingers included).

See a pylon on top of a “no U turn” sign.

I am greeted “Good morning” by the electronic scrolling sign on Killam Properties. I read further to see that you can win free laundry and apartment cleaning service on their website.

Stop at Tim’s.

Pay for my coffee (under 2$) with debit because I can’t find my toonie.

Leave Tim’s.
A construction worker looks me up and down.
I wonder if I still have it...or if he was just looking at my coffee.

Feel a poop coming on. 4 blocks left to go.

Nope, just gas.

Poop?

Gas.

Arrive at work.

Can’t find my keys in my purse.

Find keys.

Enter Classic.

Work day begins. Longest Commute ever.

idecorate

Q. What kind of makeup do ghosts wear? A. Mas-scare-a.

Q. What do you call two spiders that just got married? A. Newlywebbed

Q. What do Italian's eat on Halloween? A. Fettucinni Afraid-o

Q. What do ghosts drink at breakfast? A. Coffee with scream and sugar.

Q. Where do ghosts go out? A. Where they can get sheet-faced.

Q. Why did the ghost go into the bar? A. For the Boos.

Q. Why can't the boy ghost have babies? A. Because he has a Hallo-weenie.

I love Halloween.

latest purchase

Oh YES.

I am thankful for epic nails.

In the City...

 

Jessie tosses a coin in the fountain at Public Gardens.

Thomas: If you don't mind me asking...what did you wish for?
Jessie: Well...I wished that Mark's car would get fixed, haha. What did you wish for?
Thomas: I wished that our friendship would never end.
Jessie: Awwww, Thomas! I wish that too!! I am such a horrible person.
Thomas: Don't worry...I actually wished that I'd get laid soon.
Jessie: Thomas!!!!

Jessie laughs...a LOT.

Jessie: Did you really??
Thomas: No, I wished the first thing I told you. I just wanted to make you feel better.

the McGrath-Cunningham residence

• Jessie is hormonal or has had a few drinks
• a mini discussion/argument ensures at bed time
• Jessie sleeps on the couch
• Jessie wakes up in the middle of the night
• Jessie goes back to bed
• Mark snuggles a little, remaining back to back
• Mark lets a HUGE, smelly fart rip
• the fan pushes the fart smell directly in to Jessie's face
• Jessie squeals and frantically waves the sheets around to dispel the smell
• Jessie tries to fall asleep
• Mark snuggles, and cutely touches Jessie's toes with his
• Jessie giggles and toe touches back
• Mark snores, indicating that he has been asleep the whole time
• Jessie sighs loudly, rolls her eyes, and can't fall back asleep until she blogs about it

Thanks-giving!

• my relationship with God
• Mark
• Dad
• Cindy
• my mom
• Nadia
• Josh
• Brittany
• Matt
• my extended family
• Mark's family
• Megha
• my friends
• Ruby
• my appartment
• Thomas
• Vanita and Rakesh (and Classic)
• my coworkers
• my health
• my curly hair
• my clothes
• my food
• my heat, hotwater, elecricity
• my cell phone
• my safe country
• my trip to Mexico ;)
• sunshine
• fresh air
• the Metro Transit system
• educational opportunities

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.  ~Eric Hoffer, Reflections On The Human Condition

He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.
~J.A. Shedd

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.  ~William Arthur Ward

Innovation

The solution to your purse sliding off your shoulder while you are walking:

Attach a little square of velcro to the shoulder of your coat and another to your purse strap.

The idea just came to me.

Rain

Rain
Peaceful, calm, happy

Rain
Sorrow, pain, violence

Rain
Love, kindness, kisses

Rain
Cry, hurt, hate

Rain
Stay

Rain
Go

RAIN, Rain, rain...

- Rebecca Leonard

How heavy fell the rain that day
From burdened clouds of mournful grey.
The torrent forced them stay their height -
Composure swayed by onerous might.

My skin wrung wet with icy chill
As mud embraced that sodden hill.
But mind of mine had elsewhere gone -
'Twas clouds abandoned I was on.

The driving drops advanced their gears
To camouflage my sneaking tears -
Whence now did swell such floods of pain
To see me melt into this rain…

On equal bearing now were we:
This rain; myself, in harmony.

- Mark Slaughter

Rain, rain, rain
As kids, by then
We played in pools
And chased butterflies
Beautiful were flowers
Rain, rain, rain
Splish, splash, splosh
Warming is my heart, rain
This night, all come, sleepiness
Your song. My lullaby, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Happy kids and butterflies
Rain
Warm hearts and lullabies
Rain, rain, rain.

- Charles Ogola

Rain, rain, fall today,
Wash away my debts to pay,
Cleanse me of my sins I pray,
Rain, rain, fall away.

Rain, rain, fall away,
Wash away the blood today,
Wake us from this dream I say,
Rain, rain, here to stay.

Rain, rain, here to stay,
Keep the sin of hate at bay,
Love is coming here to stay,
Rain, rain, fall today.

- Shiloh Thompson

Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

- Joel 2:23

You can stand under my umbrella. Oh baby, it's raining.

the loves of my life...

1. God

2. Mark

3. family

4. friends

5. Ruby

6. my fish, Marinara
7. Tim Horton's pumpkin spice muffins

I would like to comment on Tim Horton's marketing and new promotions these last few months: I am impressed.

Confessions of an Office Manager

• I curse. A lot. Mostly when I am driving. I really try not to when I am driving Thomas places.
• I am extremely curious to see which couples will divorce...statistics are statistics for a reason.
• It is giving me a tiny bit of pleasure to see Mark take the bus this week.
• I tend to assume that everyone thinks the same way I do.
• I baby-talk my dragon.
• I have already put up some Christmas decorations...Halloween is so September. 
• If I take you to your treatment room right away, it means:
•  your appointment is about to begin the moment you arrive
• you are late
• you are early and I really don't want to have to look at you until your appointment begins

New Body Art?

Tattoo # 1:

Tattoo # 2:

 or "hope" written in a kid's handwriting...

My Wig

My wig makes me feel happy. I think I know what Mark's tilley hat means to him now.