Back To Dearborn

Time: 10:07pm
Mood: Exhausted
Song of the moment: Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses

April is fast becoming the most stressful month of the year! So much as been going on at work that I really haven't found the time to prepare for my upcoming trip in May, except for two weekend when Jimmy and I made the trip downtown to MEC to buy some trip supplies - ended up spending $200+ on stuff! haha! But any chance I am able to squeeze in some down time I just want to laze around and do nothing. Like last weekend - Easter weekend - I didn't even go to church! I've digressing from a "seasonal" Catholic (only going to church during seasonal occasions) to a "wedding" Catholic (only going to chuch for weddings). I feel awful about that.

As I mentioned before, work has been nuts. I had to do a major presentation last week for a major flooring manufacturer - my first one since I started working here. It went really well - it was actually more of a discussion than a presentation, but still, I was nervous! I'm back in Windsor this week for work (sarcastic *yay*) to run some material trials. I'm stressed about the trials because things don't seem to be going the way I would like them to, and it might mean I have to come back next week Monday to finish off the trials. I really don't want to do that! On top of that (to add to the pressure), the materials I'm running need to be submitted for testing - a test that I'm flying out to view. Plane tickets are already booked, so the clock is ticking on this! Ahhh!!

So I took a trip over to Dearborn today - I haven't been there since I quit PMP. Why did I go? I had to buy some flooring products from Home Depot. Unfortunately they don't sell that product in the Canadian Home Depot, but they sell it in the States. So I figured, since I was already in Windsor, might as well drive over and buy it. So I was at the Home Depot, walking towards the flooring product section when all of a sudden this crusty man walked by me and said "Girl! You know you're sexy!" WTF?!? ROFLMAO! The moment he walked away I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Most hilarous thing ever! Stuff like that could only happen in Detroit! haha!

I ended up meeting with Ruby for dinner. I haven't seen here since I stopped coming down to Detroit. It was great seeing her again :D I always like seeing old friends!

*sigh* 3 more days until I can go home....

80K!

Time: 12:33pm
Mood: Happy!
Song of the moment: The Killers - Spaceman

My car hit 80K on my way to Windsor yesterday! Aww it's getting older...

To commemorate this occasion I took a picture :) Taking picture while you're driving - not recommended! LoL

Facebook vs. Twitter

Time: 9:09pm
Mood: Awful (my stomach is upset... again.. blah!)
Song of the moment: Ne Yo - Mad

I've been hearing all the buzz about Twitter and how it's the "in" thing to do in terms of internet social networking. So I thought I would check it out to see what all the hype was about.

I can see that Twitter basically took the most popular thing out of Facebook - updates on what the person is doing. I admit, when I do go on Facebook, I no longer browse through my friend's profiles, or write on their walls. I'm checking up on their status and commenting on them. But I find I still like Facebook better. It is possible that I'm just used to the idea of Facebook, but I still find it fun. Or would it because I simply have more friends using Facebook than Twitter?

I guess I like the idea of having the option of doing more on Facebook. Let me give you an example. Last year, my coworkers are I were engaged in a fighting game which involved vampires, warewolves, zombies and slayers (I'm sure a lot of Facebookers know what I'm talking about). I admit this game was the dumbest game ever but we got so into it. It got really competitive.. and I do mean REALLY competitive. We started forming alliances with each other, even going on message boards to find people to fight us so we could gain more points. But the point of the matter is, this website and it's little games brought us together - it was that fun thing we all did.

Although I'm still enjoy Facebooking every day, I'm going to continue to try out Twitter for the time being. Lets see how long this lasts....

My New Obsession

Time: 6:20pm
Mood: Tired
Song of the moment: Lily Allen - The Fear

Ever since I got my camera I've been obsessed about taking photos. I have completely exhausted the items I can take pictures of inside my house... my fireplace mantle clock has called it quits on being my model LoL. I have been itching to go outside and take photos but it's been so bloody cold outside. I want to really practice my outdoor photography skills in preparation for my trip this year. The worst thing to do is to learn during my trip - I'm going to have horrible photos!

I've been reading up a lot on photography and how to use the camera. I think I've skimmed the manual about 10 times and each time I pick up I find something I didn't know about. I know I know... I should just read it instead of skimming it. But those who know me well know I'm very impatient, so reading it just doesn't cut it.

The newest skill I've been practicing - metering :D

So back to the fact that I've been itching to take photos outside. So this past Sunday, Jimmy and I decided to take a small little hiking trek around a park near our house. Apparently there is a park that's a 5 minute drive from our house that has a nice 2km hiking trail. My parents were there earlier that morning and told me about it. Since it was a nice sunny day, and it wasn't too chilly outside, I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to take photos outside. I'm really glad I went because now I know what I need to improve :)

Here are some of the photos I took at the park... plus one of my mantle clock! LoL

First Post Of 2009... A Little Late Eh?

Time: 1:03pm
Mood: Alright :D
Song of the moment: Taylor Swift - Love Story

I know I know... late February... a little late for the first post of 2009! I find as my life stabilizes I blog less. There's less to talk about yet so much as happened! Let's begin shall we?

2009 has been great so far! I managed to book our trip for this year, and it's going to cost me a pretty penny! Jimmy and I are headed to Nepal, Tibet and India in May! I'm SUPER excited about this one. I ended up booking a tour through Gap Adventures because I can't stand those tours that whisk you onto a bus and shuttle you around like cattle. No thanks to that! And I got some hook-ups so I got a slight discount on my trip :D So the tour has me flying into Kathmandu, Nepal and spending a few days there, then off to Lhasa, Tibet for 2 days to acclimatize to the elevation. Then we're going around to various villages in Tibet, which also includes a brief hike to Everest Base Camp #1. From there I will head back to Kathmandu and that's the end of the tour. I decided to add a small trip 2-day to New Delhi, since I have a stop-over there anyway. I really want to check out the Taj Mahal, which is located in Agra (about a 2-3h train ride from Delhi). I'm very excited about that!

Because we are going on this awesome trip that will offer spectacular visuals of landscape and culture, we had to get a nice fancy shmancy camera to capture all of it! We decided to splurge on a Nikon D60. Now I'm OBSESSED with everything photography! I've always been interested in photography, but I've never acted on it. Let me tell you - it's an expensive hobby! This camera has become like a Barbie doll for me - I've been getting all these accessories for it! In addition to spending money on the camera and the lens kit that came with it, I also bought an additional lens kit, plus filters and and a camera bag to hold it all. And I'm planning to buy more! LoL but I'm loving my new hobby. I'm still learning all the settings but I'm slowly getting the hang of it. I'm getting sick of taking photos around the house though...all I want to do now is just go outside and take photos! But it's way too cold right now.

Jimmy turned the big 3-0 last weekend. I can't believe my hubby's an oldie now! hah! But I still love him just the same, if not more :D We had a fun celebration at home - a pot luck. There was more food that you can swallow! And he had 3 birthday cakes! One for each decade of his life :D It was a fun day, but what followed was not so fun. Jimmy came home early on Tuesday with the stomach flu. Right then and there I knew I was going to be the next victim. And sure enough I was. The stomach flu is the worst - you can't eat, you're in pain... not a fun time. I was out of commission for 2 days! I guess it was good Jimmy had it too... we kept each other company on our sick days :) Turns out we weren't the only ones that had it... my mother-in-law got it, my sister-in-law and her husband got it. And the worst one of all, my poor little nephew got it. Poor little guy! I really hope no one else that came to the party had it :S