Bras, Bras and More Bras

Okay, so I’ve been to a ton of places to be fitted…every department store says that they are taught to be professional fitters (Sears, the Bay, Nordstroms and Macy’s) and specialty stores like La Senza, La Vie en Rose and Victoria’s Secret.  Do any of them know how to properly fit you?  My answer is NO!  Sure the ones that they give you might seem okay and after you spend a fortune, they very quickly don’t seem to fit right once you leave the store.

Recently I’ve been recommended to go to Diane’s Lingerie on Granville Street http://www.dianeslingerie.com/qs/page/7176/0/82.  Boy, do they ever know what they’re doing.  They spent about 45 minutes giving me various styles and then looking and touching (yes, they do touch) to see how it fits.  At first I thought they would push the most expensive bras on me, but I quickly found that wasn’t the case.  It turned out that one of the “cheaper” bras fit me better, and the saleslady was most adamant that I not purchase the $190 that I really loved as it didn’t quite fit me to her liking! 

Honestly, it was very expensive (I spent close over $400  for 3 bras), but it’s been a month and the fit is amazing.   I think this was probably the best money ever spent!  And the saleslady said that with proper care, they should last at least 2 years — crazy ain’t it?

The nice part is that they now have me “on file” so if I ever want to buy the same one, I can call ahead and have them wrap it up for me so that I can run in, pay and leave…virtually within minutes.  Talk about personalized shopping!

Future Son-In-Laws & Potential Daughters’ Boyfriends – BEWARE!

This is a warning to any boys/men who want to date or marry one of my daughters – BE AFRAID!! BE VERY, VERY AFRAID!  BAHAHAHAHAHA!

Why do you ask?  Well let me tell you…

A couple of weeks ago, Bel & Ori were playing Barbie dolls.  Then we see Barbie A going up to Eric (male doll) and screaming “I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!”.  Barbie A then proceeded to take her hand and physically slapped Eric back and forth across the face many times.  Then they threw Eric to the ground, ripped apart his legs and sent their dogs to bite, tear and rip at this groin!  Oh, did I mention that they had tied a black cloth around his head, and had his hands held behind his back by one of the Barbies?

A little while later, we then saw Barbie B (who Eric had cheated with) being strung up and hung with a noose-like rope around her neck.  Hmmmm….

Then this past weekend, they were once again playing Barbie dolls.  All of a sudden, I hear Eric saying “Come on baby, you know I love you!”. And then…yup, you guessed it, Eric got body-slammed a few times, and beaten up.  Let’s just say that if he was a real person, he definitely would’ve ended up in the morgue…in itty, bitty pieces!

So I’m guessing that I won’t have to worry about boys messing around with either one of my daughers in the VERY far future when they are finally interested in dating boys and then getting married.  And I guess this would also have to be a warning for any females who may be considering to start a relationship with one of my daughter’s significant other…no man is worth your life!

Hmmmmm….I have absolutely NO idea where this had come from.  They watch very limited TV (especially since we don’t own one..LOL).  And no one we know has had issues like this!  Hmmmm…maybe chidren’s imagination aren’t always a good thing…

Conversations With a 5-year Old

So the other day, the kids were playing and doing some things that they probably weren’t supposed to be doing.  So I warned them about how even though I wasn’t in the room, I can see what they are doing.  Ori asked me how I would know, and I said that I had “eyes in the back of my head”.  She said “oh” and that was the end of that conversation.

Well today, I walked to the bathroom to floss Ori’s teeth just as she was putting away her toothbrush.

Ori : “How did you know I finished brushing my teeth?”

Me:  ”Because I’m a mom.  It’s like magic!”

Ori: “Ooooh!  Magic!  Mommy, do you really have eyes in the back of your head?”

Me: “No, I don’t really have eyes in the back of my head”

Ori: “Oh, do you know when your students are bad?”

Me: “Yes”

Ori: “Do they sit in the corner then?”

Me: “No, I send them out of class”

Ori: “Oh, they are bad”

LOL.  Sometimes my baby just cracks me up!

Twilight

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that I’m obsessed with Twilight….LOL.  I think it’s the whole love story between Edward and Bella (yeah, I’m a big sucker for romance).  Though I have to admit that Robert Pattinson wasn’t quite how I imagined Edward to be, he’s pretty good in the movie version of it.

So why are so many people obsessed with the Edward/Bella story?  I think it’s because of the intense love (or as my hubby calls it “obsessive love”) between them.  And it’s the way Edward loves and takes care of Bella — the words that he uses that evokes that feeling of longing for most females that they find an “Edward” who will make them feel cherished, loved and adored.

If you haven’t read Twilight yet, it’s a pretty good read, and the movie isn’t too shabby either.  I can’t wait til New Moon (the movie) comes out in November … Jacob (Taylor Lautner) looks pretty good though I can almost be arrested for saying that (LOL…he is only 17…sigh…now I’m drooling over babies…LOL).

Though I may look and drool…LOL…I definitely have my own “Edward” in my hubby.

Updates, Updates and More Updates…

Okay, so I’ve been terrible about updating my blog…sigh…so be warned that this may be a looooong update.

It’s been a busy few months since my last post.  I had a fabulous birthday.  My honey bought me a beautiful ice cream cake from La Casa Gelato (Death by Mango and Chocolate Peanut Butter — yummy!) with a Lilo and Stitch theme.  We’ve been watching all the Lilo and Stitch movies lately with the girls.  Wil especially loves it when Lilo says “And I get mad? And I *pound* her?”

March started off with a fun but crazy weekend away with my “peeps” at Loon Lake.  Nothing to do all weekend but eat, chat and scrapbook.  Oh yeah, and I managed to slip away for an hour of massage and aromatherapy — now that was fantastic!  It was absolutely beautiful up there, especially since we managed to get a lodge all to ourselves away from the main group.  So it was one big party!  And let’s just say I learned a new word…”pyuck”  and found out some interesting things about some of the group (always happens when alcohol is involved)…LOL.  And it snowed all weekend. In fact, we thought we might be stranded up there, especially since there was an accident on the Sunday just as we were about to leave.  We ended up having specialty coffees (if you know what I mean) while we sat around waiting for the guys to clear the accident and grate/salt the road.  Was that ever a scary trip back down the mountain…thank goodness Nancy is an awesome driver!

During spring break, Ori and Bel both enrolled in a Arts and Science camp at Renfrew Community Centre.  They spent the week learning about science as well as practicing for a play/performance based on sea creatures.  Ori was a dolphin and Bel was a crab.  It was very cute and I think the girls had fun.  They’ve asked to attend again next year.

April started out really busy.  Both girls are now enrolled in 2 sessions of gymnastics on Saturdays.  So they are there for about 3 1/2 hours.  FREEDOM!  Wil and I can actually go out and do things — not like before where we had 45 minutes to run out for a coffee before we’re due back!  We can actually hit Commercial Drive to buy produce, browse the aisles of Bosa Foods and hit the Lululemon outlet before we have to pick them up!  It sure does get easier when the kids get older!

Bel has also started swimming lessons on Sundays.  We decided that we shouldn’t let her ezcema stop her from swimming so we’re just extra careful about moisturizing her skin afterwards.  She seems to be enjoying the lessons.  We’ve also enrolled Ori though she’s repeating Whales — unfortunately she’s already finished all the levels but can’t move on until she reaches the age of 6.  But she wanted to swim so I guess there’s no harm in letting her take the same lessons again.  She just likes to be in the water and seems to enjoying meeting new friends at the same time.

This past week has been a nightmare…or maybe I’m just too pampered.  LOL.  I’ve been working part-time for a few years now, and since November, I’m only working 20 hours per week.  This past week was chaos.  It was a start of a new semester and I’m teaching a new course which means a ton of prep work.  Plus someone was away so I was teaching for 6 hours a day for the past 3 days.  And I feel soooo exhausted!

Thank goodness I had the chance to relax last weekend as I headed up to Whister on Friday night with my good friends Sonja, Tracy and Nancy.  We stayed at Tracy’s sister-in-law’s condo and was it ever nice!  We spent Saturday day in Whistler village, spending waaay too much money in the stores.  Then we had a fantastic dinner at the Chophouse…the tasting menu was only $39.00 though the martini was $11.00!  Then afterwards we took a cab into the village and spend the rest of the night at Buffalo Bills.  We had so much fun dancing and drinking…though now I remember why I don’t drink anymore…sigh…memories of my stagette coming back to haunt me!  Thank goodness we ran into the same taxi driver that we had earlier…I don’t know if we would’ve made it back to our condo…LOL.  Let’s just say “what happens in Whistler, stays in Whistler”!

How Disciplining A Child Makes You Feel Bad & Sad…

Our 5-year-old has been having some issues.  She sometimes gets mad when you ask her to do things.  She always gets upset if we shower any affection at all on her older sister.  Plus, she’s been getting in trouble for not focussing…you know when you ask her to go get dressed and it takes her 20-25 minutes because she keeps getting distracting by other things like her sister, the fridge or a piece of lint on the floor…

Anyways, a couple of weeks ago, she was constantly getting scolded as she was fighting with her sister, crying over little things (like having to eat dinner) and just some other minor issues.  It felt like it was never-ending.  By the time we had to go out to a family dinner, I heard her say to her sister “Everyone seems to be mad at me today”.  Awwww….poor baby….

And then this past weekend, both kids kept getting into trouble.  They got their computer privilegse revoked, their picnic revoked, their movie revoked and their treat of sleeping downstairs revoked…and that was just the one day!  So the next morning, Ori comes up to me and says “Mommy, I was VERY naughty yesterday”.   Awww…

So why do I feel bad that they were disciplined?  I definitely don’t want to raise a brat but are we too hard on them?  It just breaks my heart to hear them say stuff like this, but I want them to understand the difference between being a good person vs. a bad person, and to be respectful to others.

Sigh…who knew parenthood would be so tough…

Books, Books and More Books

Sorry I haven’t been blogging much this past month or so.  Unfortunately I managed to get a virus on my computer which in turn incapacitated some of my programs.  My computer is finally back and running smoothly!

So in the meantime, I’ve been spending a lot of time with my brand-new DS that my hubby got me for Christmas.  I’m really enjoying Mario Kart, Hell’s Kitchen and Harvest Moon Island of Happiness.  The Harvest Moon game in particular is very challenging (though I thought it was just a cutesy game at first) and is really making me work hard to try to get a farm running…hahahahaha.

But mostly, I’ve been reading…books upon books upon books.  So far this month, I wouldn’t be surprised to say that I’ve read over 20 books??  I don’t quite recall the names of all the books I’ve read (especially since I sometimes read trashy romance novels..lol), but a few of them really stick out in my mind.

Twilight & New Moon by Stephanie Meyer – Two in the series of four, about a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire.  Twilight was definitely a far better book as it was more gripping, and intense.  However, I did end up reading each book in one night as I couldn’t put it down. Though sold as a book about teenage romance, it wasn’t all about sex like most other books (i.e. Gossip Girl – those these books were a fun read too).  I can’t explain, but it was touching and almost scary to read about a love so intense.  I can’t wait to read the other two books in the series, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.  I’ve actually got hubby to start reading Twilight…lol

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult - An excellent book which tells a story about a teacher falsely accused of raping a student, and what happens when he tries to start over in another town. Like all her other books, this story really touches your emotions and makes you wonder how stuff like this can happen.  I’ve already read a few of her other books…all excellent, though all really touches your emotions and makes you really think about what could happen.  The Pact is about a double-suicide pact or is it murder?  But it takes a look into whether we really know what is going on with our children, and do we even know what is happening to us during our most difficult teenage eyars.  Keeping Faith is about a family torn apart by divorce, and how a little girl starts seeing God.  And My Sister’s Keeper….now this is definitely a gut-wrenching story about a young teenager who tries to get a court injunction against her parents from being to take her kidney as a transplant for her older sister who is dying of leukemia.  Jodi Picoult’s books are great in that she tells each and every one of her stories (at least the ones I’ve read), but every character’s perspective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me know your thoughts and what books you enjoy!  I’m always on the lookout for a good read!

Happy Chinese New Year

Wishing everyone a prosperous and lucky new year.

And the Winners Are….

Rihanna and Kaitlyn P.!  Congratulations!   I’ve sent you both an email asking you to send me your contact info so that I can ship out the bluetooth earpieces.  I may not get out to send them off until early next week (depending on the weather) but I promise they will go out next week sometime.

THANK YOU to everyone else who came by and left a comment.  It was fun to read them all!  And my daughters had a great time pulling names out of a bucket! 

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday, and may you all be surrounded by friends, family, love and happiness!