should never run with scissors (or be around sharp objects)

I've done it again! I had a great idea for Christmas crafty things and it involved the use of my carving tool and linoleum. I know that you aren't supposed to cut towards yourself. I've made the mistake of cutting my finger before with the same tool and it smarts. Well...it happened again.

I don't think my brain was on, or had even remembered the last time, but I was doing my thing and wanted to get a small piece out of the way, and had to hold the linoleum very still to make it a straight cut. With much force to make a clean cut, I slipped and nailed my middle finger (literally hit the nail so that's where the cut stopped, just under the nail). Oh my goodness that smarted! My brain remembered to hold my cut above my heart (I had it above my head to avoid seeing the blood). Oh the pain! The cut is curved like a "U" shape that scoops my skin under the nail kinda. I don't want to take off the band-aid to take a picture of it cause it was gross looking.

I almost thought I would need stitches, or that they would just pull that skin off. Neither of those appealed to me, so the bleeding stopped and on went 2-3 band-aids for maximum protection.

It takes twice as long to type now and hurts when I use that finger. This is what I was doing when my finger got sliced:



On another note, Tony came home and I got a picture of him, he had others, but this was the best one.

Cozy!

These are my new fingerless gloves from my friend Kelsey. They are tres awesome! They are elbow length and keep me warm when I am at the computer. Typing with regular gloves just didn't work out.


They are a tweed colour and they make me want to learn how to knit. Maybe she can teach me...hmmmm :) I shall get on making her a robot butter dish I think.

its fall!

I am trying to go on walks a lot more these days. Instead of walking to the bus right at the Emily Carr, I walk to the next one at 5th ave . So anyways, I don't know if I've posted a photo of the carpet in the apartment building, but here it is in all its glory!

Thankfully its not in my house. Instead I get carpet that has cigarette burns on it and is so wrecked.

This is the street that I live on. I think the little smart car is cute. I tried not to include too much of the mushy leaves that are on the street. Yuck!

On my way to my destination I always pass this place. They used to just serve very American diner food. Now they serve sushi. *gag*

My tree infront is almost bare. Poor tree.

This is part of the giant holly like tree near our house. I think I am going to secretly take some and decorate with it at Christmas.


More leaves on almost bare trees. I really wanted to get a shot of a super huge plane flying by, but the sun was interfering.


Ahh finally my destination! Its Christmas at Starbucks! YAY! Here baby, have some caffeine for today. Don't worry, its only a tall size.

chocolate chip banana bread with flax seed

Rainy days make for good baking days. Yesterday I found some really cute mini loaf pans on sale and grabbed those as well as some Christmas cookie cutters. I felt guilt today because I buy bananas cause they are good for us and then I never eat them. Sometimes I'll throw one in a smoothie, but I forget about them sitting there on the counter.

At least my guilt is gone as I have used all the bananas in my bread. Very easy recipe that my sister gave me when I moved out to Vancouver. Half way through the recipe I could hear my mothers voice "My grandchild will thank you for all the brain cells you give it when you eat things like flax seeds". We were with her at Costco when they were handing out samples with yogurt. She told me that its super good stuff (I already knew that), so Tony grabbed a big bag of it. I didn't like its grit when using it in yogurt, but I figured I could hide it it other things.

Hidden in the bread I couldn't taste it, so that is a bonus.

chocolate milk bubbles

I forgot how fun it is to make milk bubbles, even better ones are the chocolate milk bubbles!

Bird and I were cleaning in the bathroom this morning. He has the best time in front of the mirror chirping and dancing around.

We put a sand paper like covering on his pearch and hes been rubbing his beak and head against it (I think hes sharpening his beak, Tony thinks hes just ready to molt again). Turns out I was right. He has been biting Tony more in the evenings and it hurts a lot more than it used to.

Sandpaper was not for his beak, but to sand down his little claws (which is not happening).


So during my crazy busy thanksgiving we went to my Mother-in-laws house and did dinner. Got a chance to look through old photo albums (one of my favourite things). We did this at my Grandmas thanksgiving dinner. Awesome blast to the past. Anyways, one of the things we got to take home was Tony's blanket that his mom made for him. Its beautiful and intricately made, and so warm!


Its perfect to be wrapped in to watch tv in the evenings. I used to have one that was blue, but it was made more loosely than this and got huge holes in it.

thankful

This year is certainly one to be thankful for. Almost finished with Canadian thanksgiving, one more place to go tonight and then turkey days are over.

Did a small thanksgiving with just my sisters and parents. My dad got all excited that he made his own butterball turkey. Yes, he injected it with melted butter using and syringe. Thankfully I was not there to witness that. Tony had to stay and work on friday, so it was just like the old days when it was only the 5 of us.

We then did big turkey dinner at my Grandmas house with my extended family. It was awesome seeing my cousins that I haven't seen in forever and hanging out and relaxing. I don't have the pictures from the event, my mom has them on her camera. :( I should be taking mine over more, but its way more convenient to use theirs.

So off topic, I saw the "Niagra" episode from "The Office" and loved it! Its one of my main shows now.

I think this is my favourite quote from the most recent episode of "The Office":

Pam is constantly throwing up because of the pregnancy. If she eats something the fetus doesn't like, she is screwed. It's amazing: a three ounce fetus, is calling the shots! It's so bad ass.

So true, baby calls the shots these days. Anyways, off to surrey for a bit.

to clear up some confusion...

I've been telling people that I am going to BCIT cause its a little easier to explain. I tell them I am taking courses for graphic design. The confusing part is that my program is partnered with Emily Carr so I am also taking classes there. Its a nice mix of technical stuff at BCIT and art stuff at Emily Carr. I haven't ever been to Emily Carr before this week, so I took a trip to Granville Island before my first day and it wasn't too hard to find, yay!

So at BCIT I am learning how to use a mac more effectively for my graphic design stuff, which is awesome cause I know that even though I own a mac, I need to better my skills with it. I was using PCs almost exclusively before that (except elementary school lol). Also learning the programs like InDesign which is proving to be quite the challenge (well mostly the first class, but hopefully it gets better).

So its been fun, I've loved buying new art supplies. New paintbrushes are my favourites so far, as well as the new sketch book.

Its really nice outside, so I think a walk to Starbucks for something decaffeinated is in order. I miss Timmy hos so much. If they had one near my house, I think this Starbucks thing would stop.

Tony is feeling a little down about not being in school yet, I feel bad for him too, cause I know he would love to be back again.

I also totally forgot that thanksgiving is next weekend, and I am thinking about making a smallish turkey. I love turkey soup and left overs and without making my own turkey, I don't get that awesome stuff.

oh baby

Its baby time! My first reaction was probably utter shock when I saw that the pregnancy test came back positive. I thought that if I didnt check the test results, or postponed the test that this all might be in my imagination. Well, I managed to check the test, and ta da! I think we were both in a lot of shock, Tony especially. He kept telling me that I was just timing things all wrong.

Well, after taking 2 tests we were 100% positive. I am feeling better about baby, so is Tony. Hes excited / nervous now cause we need to figure out how to afford a baby and still finish school for Tony.

Had a doctors appointment and things so far are good. They did 3 blood tests, 2 to make sure my hormones were still going up and one to find out my blood type (I have no idea what it is). My poor left arm had green bruises for a while, the other arm was ok. Tony liked watching my blood explode into the test tube things. I just laid there with my other hand covering my eyes and cried and shook. Needles are a huge fear and so when I walked into the office I would start shaking all over and need to sit. The smart girls who work there said I needed to lay down, which was good cause I would have passed out otherwise.

Next we did an ultrasound to see how things were going. Baby is the size of a small grain of rice. (Tony calls it his little rice or just baby). I saw the baby's heart beating on the screen, so its doing good. Baby is 7 weeks 5 days old as of today.

So as for me, I feel a little oogy, more so now. Haven't thrown up due to morning sickness, so that's nice. We shall have to see what happens once school starts.

I've been postponing writing this post cause I don't want to jinx anything. Its really early still, and so I worry sometimes, but I have a hopeful feeling that this baby is here to stay.