October and Chelsea!

October

October is a month that I love very much. It’s a sign that the winter months are coming which right now I am very excited about because I KNOW that this year it is going to snow in Vancouver. Every Year that I have lived here it as snowed, and as the years increase, so does the snow. I also believe that it is going to be a white Christmas because, for the most part it was a fairly cold summer. Gotta love Climate Change… Which I don’t even know if I believe in, but that is for another blog, another time.
October is also an exciting Month because its Jeff’s B day, Mom and Jeff’s anniversary, (which actually is not THAT exciting for me but mom has been talking and planning her anniversary this year as long as I have been planning my wedding. I guess the big One O, is monumental,) JC’s Birthday, and Halloween.
I love Halloween. Its so awesome, OK other than the fact that it’s Satan’s Birthday or something and Witch’s and Demons everywhere are getting all pumped up to celebrate. But really, the Joke is on them. Come on Halloween is the season of giving! People dress up in fun costumes and get candy from people. That is awesome. My favorite part of Halloween is however, the babies more particularly, the babies in costumes. Last week I went Halloween costume shopping with Christina and her 1 month old baby Chelsea. I think it was up there as one of the most fun days of my life. What could be more fun than going around and finding mini penguins, tiny frogs, little mummies, small bad wolf’s, mini pumpkins and The winner, and beautiful bright pink butterfly with antenna’s and everything. It covers Chelsea from head to toe. My heart can not contain the love that I have for that little one dressed up in a full body Butterfly outfit and you can only see her cute chubby face… I love it… I need a picture in her costume, I will post one soon.
Anyways Im posting some pictures for you enjoyment as Chelsea is probably the cutest little baby ever!

Screaming Infidelities

My building manager (Wayne) officially thinks that JC is cheating on me. It all started when Gabe was in town. Wayne saw JC and Gabe hanging out on the Monday that JC had off and he knows I work Monday to Friday. He saw them come out of our suite in the morning. JC told me that they both had the just woken up look on their faces and Wayne game them a funny look. When JC was driving Gabe to the airport later that day, he saw them driving. He walked up to the truck and told JC to be safe, have a good day, and WINKED…..
(Weird, I know. This is also strange because we NEVER run into our building manager this much, Ever!)
During this week, I was bringing in some groceries and there was 3 bags and One milk jug, I Couldn’t carry it all at once and Wayne saw me struggling a bit, He came over to help. When he was helping/ watching me do work, he asked where JC was, I not thinking was like, “Oh He has been super busy with I don’t even know what?” Then fake laughed a bit to myself. I Just said that because I didn’t feel like explaining my life story to the building manager! I realize now that that was just another drop in the bucket for him thinking that JC is having an affair on me. He was probably thinking… “Oh I know what JC is up to.”
The main kicker was this morning. Last night I found out my tire had a nail in it. THANK GOD, for the trusty “help Stephanie in emergency” kit that Jeff made me a few years ago. There was this tire sealant in it, I didn’t even know that existed. (Yes the kit was equip with tire sealant and not only that, a REAL flare, and emergency blanket, an SOS sign, light reflectors, booster cables, candles, a flashlight, and much more!) Anyways the tire is repaired until after work when I go to get a new one. JC gets out of bed early this morning to check on the car and the tire. He sat in the front seat and drove for a min just to make sure it was ok. Then he sleepily in his PJ’s walked back to the house. I guess it looked like he was coming into the building from somewhere else, and who does he run into?… WAYNE!
Wayne: “Long night eh?”
JC: “Yeah, Steph had a popped tire, I was just looking at it.”
Wayne: “yes, listen, you be careful.”

JC just walked away…

Baaaahahahaha that is hilarious!

I cant wait till Laura comes to visit in 2 weeks!

Awkward

Awkward…

Today is a glorious beautiful Friday, The sun is shining and the clouds are parting, I get up from my desk to go get a drink of water from the kitchen and to my dismay, something else was parting.
I walked into the Kitchen with my trusty water cup and standing right over the water cooler is one of our graphic designers, and he not just standing he’s stretching. This is not just any old stretch. Picture this his face was facing me and his arm was bent backwards over the water cooler onto the wall behind it, sticking his pelvis out with one leg back. It was strange. So obviously I’m going for water, I cant just turn around and walk back out because that would be awkward in itself. You have to understand one more imperative thing to this story, This guy has big muscles and is proud of it. As soon as I walked in the kitchen he started counting down from 6 like he had been counting previously from like 30 or something and I know that he wasn’t because as soon as he saw me he was like…uhhh 6, 5…, 4…, 3….,2 with a huff and one…. Ahh that feels good… So I’m standing with my water glass staring at this guy for this one very awkward minute thinking “Can I just get to the water?”
Then to make matters worse, (this is a word for word account) he was like “Oh sorry, but after I have an intense workout I need to stretch regularly the next day”
I was like “okay…”
He goes, “yeah last night I went to the gym and did like 20 extra reps than I normally do”
I go, “Cool, Do you mind if I just get in there” with a fake little nice giggle. (meaning the water cooler)
He goes, “yeah yeah cool, You like water eh?”
I smile
He Goes, “Yeah I think that I may go again, tonight, unless my friends want to have a party or sumthin.” (THIS GUY IS LIKE 30. No wonder he is single.) (well im assuming he’s single.)
“cool” I say


Then I start to leave the Kitchen ASAP and he proceeds to but both hands behind his back, stick out his pelvis so I actually have to go around him, and starts intensely counting from 30. Then I hear as I leave the kitchen, he stopped counting…

It was so awkward/strange….

I immediately thought blog!

This Story “caught” my Eye.

You will never believe this but…
See the little girl in the picture, Well on day fishing she handed her Rod to her dad. Look closely at the rod in the picture...
Yes, that’s right it’s pink…
Yes… that’s right it’s small…
Yes… That’s right its Barbie!!!!
The caught that gigantic fish with a Barbie fishing Rod. How hilarious is that!

Hahahahahahaha
Think about this story when you need a laugh!

A way overdue Wedding Blog

A way overdue Wedding Blog.

My Wedding Day
My wedding day was one of the most fabulous days of my life. I ate I drank I was merry.
It all started early Saturday Morning at about 8 :00. It wasn’t raining! Holy crap! It was a good 35 degrease, at least. We started off doing hair. We is my bridesmaid, me, my mom, and Jeff. (Although Jeff didn’t exactly do hair per say…) We did our hair la deed da… it look fab, well ok. Michelle’s did not look good at all. Gabey did Michelle’s hair and it looked absolutely terrible. She got really flustered and did a bad job. I was sitting at my chair thinking about how great my hair looked and was just feeling bad for her. (don’t worry it worked out in the end, we re-did it.) The funny thing is that everyone knew it looked bad but no one wanted to say for some reason?
After hair makeup stuff was done we proceeded to have a nutritious breakfast. McDonalds Happy Meals. Oh that was pure joy. I was then stuffed into my dress so tight I could not breathe, but man I looked good! The girls all proceeded to the limo leaving Jeff to drive behind. We were supposed to be excited and drinking Champaign, but I felt like I was going to throw up and I didn’t even think I was nervous… Until this point I guess. I couldn’t breath partially due to the tightness of my dress and partially due to nerves. Once we were out I could breath a bit better.

The ceremony was one crazy thing. It just seems so strange to have to walk down an isle in this huge gown, hey I’m not saying I didn’t like it, it was just a really strange feeling. It was also like34 degrees out! Wow I was sweating like a mad man. I was a very strange experience though. To have so many people that love you come from all over just to support you on your special day. My cousin was playing the most beautiful music I have heard. It was surreal to walk down the isle. I have thought about getting married my whole life and that day was the day. I was exactly what I expected. The only way to calm my nerves was to completely pretend that I was not talking in front of everyone. I guess that kind of like the envisioning people in your under ware thing except I DID/DO NOT want to picture some of my relatives in their under ware. (freaky....)
I really liked walking down the isle with my Dad. That was cool. I liked the whole vow thing as well. However I was glad when That part was over, just cause there is a lot of pressure and so much planning and to have that part over and get the party started was awesome!

We proceeded to a “thanks for coming lineup” (I forget what they are actually called.)
Then we took pictures (which I just got back) There is some AWESOME Ones! There is like 2000 pictures… Im still going through all of them! I cant even believe it! There is some awesome ones. If anyone wants to check out like 150 of them you can go to steveowst.com type clients and password Stephanie.

After all that My favorite part came. The Reception. My brother Aaron Did the most amazing job I have ever seen anyone do. (I could be the MC at your wedding Aaron ;) )
He started off introducing everyone to song, which was very cute. The groomsmen walked into “sharp dressed Man” by ZZ Top (I think that is the artist name?) I wanted the girls to walk down the isly to “Bitch” by merideth Brooks… but apparently that is not “wedding appropriate” says JC. Blah…….
Then came the speeches I couldn’t possibly highlight all of them so I will take one thing that stuck out to me about all of them.

Michelle and Angela: The fact that they think of me as someone they can talk to about anything and not feel judged was a bit compliment. I also like the funny stories that were funny to me but prob no one else gets.

Laura: Her love just shone right through her speech. I liked how she said that she was my boyfriend for the time I was single. Which was true.

Gabe: My little sissy… she said exactly what I expected that she looks up to me and loves me and she doesn’t know what she would do with out me. The feelings there were pretty mutual!

GROOMSMEN: Basically in all these speeches I realized what great friends JC has. All the stories of the experiences they have went through, some I didn’t want EVERYONE to know about, but they were good

Scott: I grew to love Scott in a new way that night. To see how he loved and looked up to and respected JC and myself was phenominal

Mom and Jeff: I loved Jeff’s story about when JC and I first met. I could tell Jeff really thought about what he was going to say. Im lucky to have such a great step dad. My mommy was so frekin cute, I could just tell how happy she was and when she said she couldn’t have pick a better guy than JC, I knew she meant it.

Dad and Karen: Short and sweet I liked how they said it wouldn’t always be awesome but they have faith we will work it out. I liked that they really showed support in their speech.

John and Linda: I liked how they said that they were willing to try and get used to the fact that they have a daughter. I can really tell how much they love JC it is completely evident in everything that they say.

Aaron: This wasn’t an official speech as just a few kind words. We are best friends. That stuck out and how he is accepting jc as a new brother. That meant a lot

THEN CAME THE DANCE…

This was the best part I love love love loved seeing everyone dancing together! It was so much fun! Man alive! To have everyone just letting loose and dancing all night long was awesome. Even my parents danced. Everyone danced with everyone. All families intermingled and just totally let loose. It was so fun to see everyone singing a long with the songs. It was a huge party. I loved that. I think that all family reunions should have dance’s and DJ’s! Yeah! Lets do it again! Can we do that?

I loved my wedding. It was so great. Everything about it was awesome.
I’m so lucky! PS: THis PIC IS PEOPLE LETTING LOOSE> AAhem Mom and Jeff

When Im Bored at work.

I was bored at work.

The last friday of every month is orange day.

There was a contest.

I entered.

Need I say much more? lol

Here is My entry that I regrettably sent.

What it means to be orange?

When I first came to Ritchie Bros I walked into the building with glee.
My first real job, my first new fob, I though, “Well Gee!”

I sat at reception, under those lights so bright,
People would walk by saying Good Morning and Good Night.

Everything was normal since I started on a Wednesday
But came Thursday, then Friday… I didn’t know what to say!

People came in with crazy bright orange shirts,
Some were low cut, oh those little flirts!

Then bagels cookies and buns galore,
Who could really ask for more?

Then I timidly asked, Why this orange trend?
A tad bit scared that I would offend,
Would the orange monsters come after me?
Walking around with smiles full of glee?

“Company Unity they said to me!” I thought, “That’s lame how good could this be?”

My thought was interrupted by a clang and a clatter,
The Christmas tree almost fell on the poor girl on the ladder!

The noise was heard and you would never believe
Five orange shirts came trying to appease.

That girl never fell off the ladder,
Not a scratch, not a nick, not a girl shaped splatter.

I realized that day that being Orange is about work AND play.
Being orange is a community, and that community, includes Me!

AHHHHH Wedding season....

Long delay for the blog, I’m sorry! I have been planning my wedding, which has been quite busy. I can’t believe I’m getting married. Wow
There is good things and bad about the whole wedding process. If you know me at all, I am a procrastinator. This makes things difficult in planning a wedding. However also made me realize something, something’s about planning weddings are myths… so I’m here to share with everyone the great wealth of knowledge that I have gained when planning my wedding.

Top 5 Wedding Planning Myths…

01. You future husband wants to be involved in the planning.
a. This is not true; he just wants to be involved to make you happy. He does not care about colors, lace vs. silk, flowers on banisters or really anything to do with decorations.
b. Question what is the one thing that they do want say in? That’s right if you said the buffet, food or dessert. All answers will be accepted.

02. You are the most popular person in the world.
a. This is not true; I found it very interesting that friends I had never talked to talked to me because they want to come to the wedding. As much as you would love to believe that everyone wants to be you, its false

03. You look great no matter what
a. No you cannot eat and eat and eat. Just because you are getting married does not mean that you will not gain weight
b. Yes you still have to shower. Just because people say you have a bridal glow does not mean that you shouldn’t shower to the point that your forehead is actually glowing because of oil.
c. You cannot wear PJ pants everyday just because someone loves you does not mean you can do this. (I gratefully learned this lesson from my brother and then one day JC hinted I should wear jeans…how insulting BUT SO TRUE!)

04. Everyone is interested in every detail of your wedding.
a. Just because people ask about the wedding and how plans are going, does not mean they really want to know. They may want to know you 1 to 5 min overview, but they do not want to know every detail. TRUST ME I KNOW. Enough said!

05. Finally If your Day and Your day only
a. Also not true it’s just as much your mom’s, dad’s, sister’s, friend’s, and dogs day as it is yours. SO SHARE THE WEALTH

In light of my wedding season I have a few Jokes to send you off with I thought they are quite funny!

01. What's the difference between in-laws and out-laws? Out-laws are wanted!

02. To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

03. Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

04.Three men were at a bar. Two of the men were discussing the control they had over their wives, while the third remained uninterested.
After a short while, the two men turned to the third and asked, "What about you? What kind of control do you have over your wife?" The third man turned to the first two and said, "Well, just the other day I had her on her knees!"
The two men were dumbfounded. "Wow that's incredible! What happened next?" they asked. The third man took a healthy swig of his beer, sighed and grumbled, "Then she started screaming at me to get out from under the bed and fight like a man!"

04. If your wife laughs at your joke, it means you either have a good joke, or a good wife.

05. One day a man came home to find his wife admiring her breasts in the mirror. He asked her what she was doing and she said, "I went to the doctor today and he told me that I have the breasts of a 16-year-old girl!"
The husband replied, "Well, what did she say about your 75-year-old ass?"
To which she replied, "Honey, your name never came up!!!"

LOL the last one Is my favorite… See you at the wedding...that is if you are invited! hahaha I like to pretend there is more than 3 people that read this page.