That was a close one

Wow in just a few hours on Friday the weekend got complicated.

Friday night I left to pick up Marc so we could get some things at the grocery store. While there we noticed some people buying water but didn't think anything of it. We head over to Subway for dinner and hear that provigo is sold out of water. Odd. Then we get a paper saying "Do not consume water, even boiling it wont work. Do not shower, do dishes etc." Basically don't go near the water. Well damn. Grocery stores were sold out of water, luckily our roommate has a lot of water and we were able to use some of his. BUT we needed to leave in the morning for our trip, we wanted to shower before leaving. We spent the evening running around in the rain and it was humid, we didn't want to sit in the car for a few hours without showering.

So we start talking about changing our plans...we couldn't think of anything. Marc then calls the hotline and we are told no you can use the water as long as you don't get it in your mouth. YAY! So the plans are back on. I had plans to go to bed early because I wasn't feeling too good but we didn't end up going to bed until midnight. Oh well.

So yesterday was great! We left a little later than planned but it was fine. Thankfully the rain held off for most of the day and we were able to go apple picking :). We grabbed some Ice Ciders and some Mead. I'm not a fan of Mead. So I think Marc will be enjoying that bottle alone. What's was really great about yesterday is we never got lost, we almost did because Marc was dead set on a road we were supposed to turn off being the next direction when in fact it wasn't for another 10-15 minutes and there was another road we had to turn on first :P We were really glad we didn't have to change plans and that the weather turned out to be nice. It was cold (totally ok with me!) but the day was a lot of fun.

Today someone is supposed to come pick up the treadmill, this time we didn't have to change any plans of our plans to meet them but still if they don't show up and don't email with a reason why I will be pretty pissed.

Anniversary Weekend

This coming Monday will be our 2 year wedding anniversary. We didn't have anything planned except go to dinner but then we were talking about an Ice Cider place we went to a few years back down in Hemmingford and we decided to go check it out again. So tomorrow we are spending the day checking out this cider place as well as apple picking at Petch Orchards and trying some honey and mead here.

On the way to those places we will probably stop by at other cider places and maybe some cheese places. We are pretty much just going with the flow. I hope it will be fun :). The weather doesn't look good though so if it continues to rain we wont be apple picking because we really do not want to do it in the rain and then get back in the car for a couple of hours all wet. But we'll see, maybe the weather will change, at least for a bit ;).

Other than that we don't have anything else planned, we hope our favorite Indian restaurant opens on the Monday so we can get some take out. We might go to Ikea to get a computer desk but that isn't for sure yet. Our desk is old, we found it in the lobby of our first apartment building and has lasted for a long time but it's time to say goodbye to it lol.

I think I might be coming down with a cold. The weather here has been odd, it gets hot and then cold and today it's raining a lot. My sinus's are going crazy, lets hope i'm not sick tomorrow!

Trip is off but it's not the end of the world

Marc saw the doctor yesterday and she said is what ok...until he told her the length of the bus trip, at which point she seemed unsure and nervous. Also his blood is low and that worries me a bit, it hasn't been low in a long time. Anyways we agreed that if the doctor did not give the ok and sounded 100% sure about it we would not go. She said it might be ok if he wears two stockings but even then it wasn't 100%. We do not, I DO NOT need to have someone else in the hospital. We are a little sad that we can't go, we wanted to see family and our little niece (we couldn't wait to see her! She's at that age, over 6 months, where they are a lot of fun). We were going to bring her some gifts (cause she needs to be spoiled by her aunt and uncle) but now we are going to mail them over. The shipping is not too bad so we just need to agree on what to send her lol.

Maybe in a year his leg will be a little better and traveling for long periods will not be that bad. We could have taken the plane but it was too much, and I have never been out there (never been past Toronto) so taking the bus sounded more appealing. Marc and I also like long road trips together :)

Marc decided he is going to get a dehumidifer (I hope that is spelled right), our place gets really humid in the summer and apparently this can help. We don't mind the heat, it's the humidity that is killer. Thing is they are not cheap and we are hesitant to spend almost 300$ on something that may not work well or break down.

The hunt is on!

I like lists

I really do. They complete me. I make lists for everything. I do not go grocery shopping without a list, I do not go to my parents house without a list.

So about a month before we leave for Winnipeg I am making a list of what to pack. I pack a few times before I leave for a big trip, it makes me happy and it brings down my stress level. Today I started said list and I emailed it to Marc for him to add what he needs and he tells me this: "I will know what to pack a few days before we leave". What? What? *bangs head on wall* No, I need this list! He of course knows my insane need for a list...he just ignores it :P. So I take it upon myself to write out his part because it makes me happy. I email it to him and tell him "that one way or the other I am making you write a list now because I know you will feel the need to correct things on your list". I think, though, he will ignore it just to bug me some more.

So I have the first draft of my list ready, in the coming weeks I will refine it :) Yes I am weird.

I will also have a list of what to do before we leave and what time we should be there and what to bring (bags, purse etc.) to the bus stop. I think by June 1st I will have no less than 3 lists going.

Last night we were talking about the trip and thinking that it might be better to cancel going and try later this year. Marcs dad was in the hospital a few weeks ago and, although he is home now and looking much better, we are worried he will have to go back just when we are ready to leave. We don't go on many trips, and we tend to have bad luck so we are nervous. We did find out, though, that we can cancel the tickets for the dates we pick and move them to another date within a year for only 15$. So knowing that, we decided that if we get the go ahead from Marcs Doctor on Thursday we book the bus tickets on Tuesday. I then began the crazy list making.

Today I woke up feeling like shit. I tried to workout but my body was having none of it. Hopefully tomorrow I will be feeling a little better.

The wedding.....yawn.

Everybody is gushing over this royal wedding thing. I mean good for them for being happy etc but really it's kinda over the top. But then again I really don't like weddings to begin with.

This morning I had to actually put effort into finding news that wasn't about the wedding. The whole damn world did not stop people! It's so irritating that people are gaga for two people they do not know! And people got up at 3am to watch this? Don't they have lives?

And there is my FB page that is littered with wedding stuff now *gag*

Enough of that.

My dinner plans were almost ruined!! O..MI..GOD!! But they are ok :). I found out that my youngest brother will be leaving for Quebec City on the 4th and will be gone for 3 days. He didn't give me any more information, the bugger, so i'm there wondering how they are counting their days: Will he be home Friday or Saturday or maybe even Sunday if the 4th and 8th are strictly travel days..I did not know! So I called my mom up last night to get the details so I could cancel the dinner if needs be, and I was told he would be coming back on the Friday so all is well in my world of planning.

Insurance might be too much to go to Winnipeg. We checked some places up and we really do not want to spend an arm and a leg going. If I'm spending a lot of money on a trip i'm going south. Also we still don't know if Marc can even go so everything is up in the air. I also need to find a job so if I get one and can't leave then....well we don't leave. In about a week we will know more.

Planning...for once it worked out.

I don't like to plan dinners or parties that involve a lot of people. From past experience it never worked out, people would complain about the place or how it was being planned, etc. Yesterday though I decided that I was going to take my mom out to dinner on mothers day and that my two brothers would be there. By 8pm I had the dinner booked, the brothers confirmed and mom confirmed.

When talking to one of my brothers he suggested maybe going to Gibbys. I heard good things about them but I was sure it would be expensive and I was right. From what I read (they didn't post their prices on the online menu...that tells you something) for 3 people it would cost almost 200$....WHAT? Sorry but I am not rolling around in money. So I spent awhile stressing about where to book and I settled on a restaurant that we have all been too before. The food is good and the prices are good. I confirmed with my brother that this is where we will take her. Then the hard part came: Getting my mom to go :P

I knew that if I didn't book the table before I called my mom would talk me out of taking her out. So I called her after booking and of course she said "O no don't do that" to which I replied "Too late the table is booked" She still tried to weasel her way out but I said no we are taking you out, we want too. It has been a hard year, with daddy passing, and I think taking her out will be nice. She wont have to cook, clean or worrying about anything. And dammit this mothers day she's getting out of the house :)

The weekend after we will be taking Marcs mom out to breakfast, we hope his dad will be up to going too. He's been sick and can't really be around people so we're not sure if his mom will want to leave. We shall see.

We are also finding out today if we can actually go to Winnipeg. If we don't have travel insurance (and costs to much to get it) we aren't going. I don't want to lose over 400$.