My new baby!

Last night, Ron and I went to the Honda dealership, and I purchased my 2nd baby: the 2007 Honda CRV EX model!

It's mine, all mine! It's the car that I've always wanted actually, so now I have it. I pick it up on Saturday.

Can you picture me driving this?

Did you know?

That our buddy Adrian J. is in a music video? Canadian artist Matt Dusk's music video as a matter of fact. You should go check it out! You can find it on Youtube!

Da Wangsta's Wings!

Di and I went over to Da Wangsta's place for dinner tonight. He just got back from Australia and New Zealand, so we heard all about his 3-week trip! He made jerk chicken, his famous chicken wings, broccoli, and steamed rice! It was quite good...I was a bit surprised. Hud's one of the only guys I know that can cook a pretty good meal! (hint hint Ron)

It was fun! After dinner, he let his pet rabbit Rex out to play with Kahlua (Ev's dog since Di's babysitting while she's in London). All Kahlua wanted to do was lick Rex, but Rex kept running away from her (typical male).

MY Wednesday Night Dinner!

except on a Saturday!
Ron and I hosted OUR first dinner party at his place Saturday night! Because of my bad back, I couldn't cook dinner so we did the next best thing: Lin Garden take-out! Almost like what I would have cooked, I'm sure! ;)

After dinner, dessert was served to Menalle: a Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Cake served with Tassimo-prepared coffee! Happy 40th Mel! :)

And then all the fun games began! The boyz tried Ron's new Halo 3 game...and even Jared had to join in and show them all how to play! mmmwwhaaahaaaa. This was then followed by the Guitar game...Norm wins the award for most 'style' while playing...I think it brought out the 'rocker' in each of us!

And then the dance-off began with the Dance Revolution game! Surprisingly, Di did well in this game! I think she should use the moves she learned next time we go out dancing! :P

For those of you looking at the bottom right photo, this was Mel and my version of trying to look 'bad-ass'. Too bad they weren't lit! hehe

A vegetable medley dinner...

I went to Quel's for dinner tonight, and to my surprise...the meal consisted of vegetables! You have to know Quel to know that she doesn't eat vegetables...let alone cook with it! Asparagus, portobello mushrooms, sweet mashed potatoes, red/yellow/orange peppers and chicken (we had to have SOME meat!).

It was a very delicious dinner...and healthy too! After dinner, we played 2 games (that were like, from the 80's!): Quarto and Labyrinth. They were fun, but it would have been more fun on my DS! ;)

Thanks again Quel!

Dinner with an odd combination...

Tonight, I met up with 2 ladies for dinner:

• Rowena - my ex-boyfriend's younger sister
• Melanie - a girl I hung out with in highschool, who I haven't seen in over 14 years!

The connection: they work together! Rowena started working at the company six months ago, and met Melanie. After conversation, she realized this was Roel's younger sister! Melanie came with me to a highschool dance years ago at Pope, because Roel had invited us to it, so she remembered him.

As weird as this dinner was, I went and had a great time! Who would have thought? Melanie is now married with 2 kids (a 10-year-old girl; and a 2-1/2 year-old boy)...while Rowena's single and wants to travel the world! And then there was me....the girl with the bad back, and walks like an ol' woman!

Back to the grind...

Because of my car accident, I had taken off the entire week last week to recuperate! It was nice not to have to worry about work for a while. BUT, I can't postpone it any longer. After my physiotherapy appointment tomorrow morning, I'll be heading back to work (sigh).

Over the weekend, Ron and I both test-drove cars! The insurance company confirmed with me last week that my poor baby will be a write-off. Let's have a moment of silence to commemorate my 8-year relationship with my first car:

R.I.P.
2000 Honda Civic Si Coupe
Oct. 4, 1999 - Oct. 5, 2007

We stopped at the Honda dealership first to test-drive the SUV I've always wanted: the Honda CRV!
It's a nice ride and so much bigger than my old car!! But as Ron said: It's a good 'family' car! hehe...Now I won't need to buy a bike rack.

We then stopped off at the Infiniti dealership, so that Ron could test-drive the G-35 Sedan. It was a sweet ride...very powerful, with a lot of cool "techy" things inside it.

After that, we checked out the H&M Warehouse Sale (nothing great, don't worry)...and then I took Ron out for dinner to an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant to celebrate his new job! I'm excited and very proud of him...climbing that corporate ladder! ;) He starts in November!

It was quite an exhausting day, and by the end, my back started hurting, so we just went to rent a movie: Just My Luck starring Lindsay Lohan. It was a teeny-bopper chick-flick, but I love those types of movies!

Today, we just relaxed since my back was still hurting. We just went to Sam's Club (since Ron will have to return that work membership of his soon) and then watched the football game.

Guess I should get my stuff ready for work tomorrow....yuck.

THANKSgiving...

This year, I'm thankful that I'm still alive! I was in a car accident last Friday, and have spent most of my long weekend recuperating from it.

Rather than having to repeat the story (it makes me a little teary-eyed having to keep thinking about how close I came to NOT being alive), here goes:

I was on my way home Friday night, talking to Ron on my cell phone. There wasn't room in the driveway for me, so I parked my car on the street in front of the house. I took off my seatbelt, and was about to turn off the ignition and say bye to Ron on the phone, when suddenly...BANG! I was hit behind by another car.

After the shock (and a huge bump on my head), I looked out my window, and saw two 13-year-old's get out of the other car and run! I realized then that the car that hit me was stolen. Why else would they run?

Neighbours came out then, and called the police and the ambulance. I told them that I lived in the house in front of me, only to realize I was no longer in front of MY house, but my neighbour's house! The car had hit me so hard, that it dragged me all the way to about 20' in front of where I was originally.

I have a sore head (from that big bump), pains around my neck and my lower back...but other than that, I'm OK. Ron took me to the hospital after we did all the police paperwork and called the insurance company.

Had I gotten out of my car 5 seconds earlier, who knows what may have happened (this is the part where I get a bit teary-eyed).

So, that said.....happy THANKSgiving everyone! I know what I'm thankful for....

mmmmm...Roast Beef!

Wednesday night dinners are back! They've actually been back for a month now starting with Ev's Italian feast...then Norm's Filipino breakfast theme...followed by Di's hearty beef stew!

Tonight was Mel's turn! And the menu you ask?

appetizers: Honey Glazed Croissants
Salad with bacon and egg
main course: Roast beef with roasted potatoes and broccoli
and for dessert: Vanilla bean ice cream & Raspberries in an Almond Florentine cup

It was deeeelicious! Because I've been trying to lose weight, I told myself that I would NOT eat until I was completely stuffed (like throw-up 'cause you're so full stuffed), but THIS dinner was so good, I couldn't help myself! Oh Mel, look what you did to me. Definitely worth it though. Thanks again.

LIMEY! :P

Chillin' and relaxin'...

I haven't been home in 5 days! I've been sleeping around from one place to another....heheh.

So tonight, instead of meeting up for my regular Tuesday squash game, I decided to go home (that, and 'cause I ran out of clothes to wear). What to do...what to do....laundry? clean? pay bills?

boring.

Instead, I decided to go onto my computer and work on these photos below. The original photos are about 30 years old, and were a faded brown colour. I scanned them and started touching them up in Photoshop!

Who is it you ask? It's Ron and his older sister, Rose. We're gonna give her a copy of it for her birthday next month (since Ron has the only copy). Cute eh?