Sunny in Vancouver??

It seems when the sun is out here, it is COLD. The clouds protect us....but soak us.. There is no winning.The mountains as seen from Burrard St...It's so rare to see them as they are ALWAYS cloud covered

Olympic Madness!

What was supposed to be a simple day buying some mittens for a friend turned into INSANITY when it turned out that the Olympics HQ was having a special event. I should have known when I passed the DJ spinning beside the escalator.....

and yes, that is Kurt Browning.

Mike Fisher

Not the player! My fish!

In other exciting news, I got two jobs. One in the Canucks team store, and one with the in house entertainment doing camera assist and training on the graphics! Nice.

My heel seems to be finally healing. I went to an awesome physio who worked magic. I hope to be running for Monday and then the big race is Sunday
Whee!

Ups and Downs

So I quit my job and I've never felt better. Looking for stuff in the TV zone. Hoping and praying something happens sooner rather than later. But the time away is good for perspective and it's not Starbucks, which is what matters!


Woefully working on wedding plans. David is super understanding and knows how much I don't want a wedding. So he's letting me not do as much as I want. So it's a super chill wedding. I'm either going to wear my prom dress






which is on the left, it comes with a white wrap. or I'm waiting until the spring for a the light flowy spring white dresses :D. No stupid wedding dresses for me! One of my bridesmaids insisted on taking me to some dress shops and I hated it. I hate big heavy dresses. I'm not doing it. It's MY wedding. I don't have to do anything I don't want to. David agrees and that's all that matters.





Anyway. The weather here has been rain. I had no idea how much it rained here....you hear about it but you just don't get it until it happens ALL the time. The worst is the mist...it just mists! And also it doesn't just rain. You always have to have an umbrella b/c a sunny day can just turn to rain in 5 minutes. What a weird city.

I'm halfway through my running course. I have something wrong with my heel though. It's concerning. I'm going to try to go see my physio in Victoria about it. I have a race to run December 5 so I want to be able to do that. It's super important to me. It's raising money for the Salvation Army to feed families this Christmas. I've been so blessed to have had nothing but amazing Christmases with my family for the past 24 years, full of food, gifts, love and fun. But some people don't even get to have the food part, which is sad. I always said I want my first race to be one that matters, and to me this does.

David and I are spending Christmas in Vancouver this year. Just the two of us :o. It's going to be a big change. But the first on the road to our life together. We're hoping to get back to Victoria before the month is over. Sure do miss that place....and ALL the people.

We've also decided that the church we were attending is no longer for us. There is no community, it's moving to a mega-church feel, I absolutely do not agree on what the money I'm supposed to give each week is going to, and the small groups are just too tightly controlled and so forced. So we're on the hunt! The church we went to last week was definitely not us. While in a beautiful building with fantastic worship music, they use fill in the blank forms during the sermon...the pastor blows through the passage and slows down to fill in the blank...and EVERYONE fills in the blank...it's super creepy...and they have their Christmas mission being a ballgown exchange.....it just flabbergasted me. It's a super yuppie church..PASS.

So we'll see what church we find this week. I'm stuck at home all day waiting for UPS to deliver my Itouch...and resting this heel :(

Loves!
Me.

Help me help others!!

I'm running my first 5k race on Dec 5!! The Santa Shuffle raises money for the Salvation Army, which helps SO many people during the holiday season

Please help me reach my goal to feed at least one family this holiday season

santashuffle.com


Every little donation will help!

Thank you

Looking out across the night-time
The city winks a sleepless eye
Hear her voice shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs

Get me out into the night-time
Four walls won't hold me tonight
If this town is just an apple
Then let me take a bite

If they say, why, why? Tell 'em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Tell 'em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?

Reaching out to touch a stranger
Electric eyes are everywhere
See that girl, she knows I'm watching
She likes the way I stare

If they say, why, why? Tell 'em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Tell 'em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
I like livin' this way, I like lovin' this way

Looking out across the morning
The city's heart begins to beat
Reaching out, I touch her shoulder
I'm dreaming of the street

If they say, why, why? Tell 'em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Ooh, tell 'em
Why, why does he do me that way?

If they say, why, why? Cha cha cha
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say why, why, why? Ooh, tell 'em
Why, why does he do me that way?

If they say, why, why? Ooh, tell 'em
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Da da da
Why, why does he do me that way?
I like livin' this way

I'm Gonna Make A Change, For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference.Gonna Make It Right . . .

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat. Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard, A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul. They Follow Each Other On The Wind Ya' Know
Cause They Got Nowhere To Go
That's Why I Want You To Know

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place, Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change

I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish Kind Of Love
It's Time That I Realize That There Are Some With No Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me, Pretending That They're Not Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred, Somebody's Broken Heart And A Washed-Out Dream
They Follow The Pattern Of The Wind, Ya' See Cause They Got No Place To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With Me

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change


I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror, I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make The Change
You Gotta Get It Right, While You Got The Time 'Cause When You Close Your
Heart You Can't Close Your . . .Your Mind! Then You Close Your . . .Mind!
That Man, That Man, That Man, That Man With That Man In The Mirror
That Man, That Man, That Man I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways

You Know . . .That Man No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change

I'm Gonna Make A Change
It's Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
I've Got To Make That Change,
Today!
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
Brother . . .
Hoo!
You Know-I've Got To Get
That Man, That Man . . .
You've Got To
You've Got To Move! Come
On! Come On!
You Got To . . .
Stand Up! Stand Up!
Stand Up!
Stand Up And Lift
Yourself, Now!
Gonna Make That Change . . .
Come On!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know . . .

Make That Change.