mr. shymanski has had a disturbing change to his work schedule for the past 2 weeks. he has been working 10 hr days x 7 days/ week. he usually has a nice mon-fri 8-4 gig. these 10 hr days run from 7-5. It is now 10:37pm. The 10 hour day has officially come and gone, but Alas, Mr. Shymanski is still at the plant fixing problems. He may be there all night. Perfectly appropriate that he is stuck working for the first time, on the day/ afternoon/ night that Mrs Shymanski has been headachey, pukey (is that a word?) and down right feeling awful ALL DAY. Mrs Shymanski went to a friend's house this evening ( even went against the 'no night driving rule' - a temporary aftermath of the lasik eye surgery), and upon returning home, puked her guts out. Thankfully, she was able to get out of the new car smelling CRV in the nick of time. Augh. I should really take advantage of these long days by scrapbooking, but Mr Shymanski's hockey stuff, our golf bags and everything else that makes this tiny house rip at its seams is cluttered in that room. Its becoming much like Monica's closet on Friends. The rest of the house? Immaculate. But don't enter that storage room. Augh. Chloe and I are missing Mr. Shymanski. Boo Hoo.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
margarine. ( you know the old lady who prounounces it MAR-JA- REEEN)
PLEASE. if you never read another blog again...... read this one.
( and my comments that i posted on it)
http://alifeinprogress.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/smooth-as-butter/#comment-218
pictureless blogs are boring.
travis and i out on our FIRST anniversary!
our sweet little baby, Chloe. She loves stumps. Lucky for her, our backyard is full of them.
Me and my adorable little dog.
the whole fam. back row (left to right). rachel (sister in law), philip (brother), travis (husband)
front row (left to right). ryan (brother in law), leah (sister), myself (3 days after lasik), hazel (mother), jack( father)
sushi and costco
today was the day i work my one day/ week job at the optometrist office. it was 'jeans day' ( we get to pay $2 one friday per month to wear jeans. the money goes to the charity of our choice. i chose cystic fibrosis. i got reading this blog www.confessionsofacfhusband.com Also, I had a schoolmate die well before graduation from it. after work, my sister and her husband and travis and i went out for some delicious sushi and headed to costco.
oh costco......costco is our weakness. this was our FOURTH visit this week. its pathetic. the workers recognize us. my friend Gen works there, and sometimes it feels like we work or live there with our frequent visits. its mental....we usually visit 1-3x/ week.augh! and if you are at all familiar with costco (or anything like us....) a visit = minimum $90.00 (ok, usually $150). the deals rock, it just adds up way too quickly. this week, we bought some groceries, a book, some candy, 2 hoodies, some PJs, an I Pod touch, cheese.... its ridiculous.
anyways. the $17.00 hoodies absolutely ROCK and i'm loving my new PJS. We live in a crappy town which we hate, so blowing our money is justified?? Augh.
i watched 'baby mama' and it is pretty darn funny. if you LOVE SNL..check it out.
i'm off to make travis' lunch for tomorrow and head to bed.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
get to know me
who am i?
my name is angela. i am the third born child in my family. i live in a small, dirty city which i detest. it is the city that i grew up in, dreamed of leaving. i finally did ( to attend college in another province), but somehow ended up back here. my family lives here. other than that, we are here strictly because of my husband's job (which for the time is a very good one, especially for someone just out of college)
my parents live on a lake in the city. they are building a new house which is turning into a quite an adventure. my brother ( 4 years older than i) and his wife ( she's from england) recently bought an adorable little house in this city. they have a sweet little min pin/ chihuahua. my sister ( 6 years older than i) and her husband moved back from living in vancouver for the past 6 years. they bought a beautiful new house a few blocks away from my brother.
i am a lifeguard/ swimming instructor ( I run a small swim school in my spare time www.freewebs.com/splashswimschool ).
i live for photography, swimming, golfing, scrapbooking, music.
i love to cook and wish i could devote more time to sewing projects. my friend charissa is an amazing seamstress.... http://billygoatdesigns.blogspot.com/ (buy some of her stuff. its awesome and made in canada. i LOVE the headbands. way the heck better than any lululemon)
i also really love this blog.... ( I'm all about going green, saving the earth and being healthy and find my opinion very similar to jen's. ) http://alifeinprogress.wordpress.com/
i've always loved photography. it enables me to express myself, create art, preserve memories and have great photos to scrapbook with. i took photography throughout highschool, and recently bought the CANON REBEL XSI. I'm now dabbling in the world of digital.
One of my great loves is TRAVEL. I have been across canada, many of the states, germany '03 england ( twice '04,'06), ecuador/costa rica ('05), mexico ('07), dominican republic ('07), hawaii ('08). My husband and I are planning an extended holiday to Panama/ Costa Rica this december. Next year, we hope to drive the oregan coast to California and possibly head over to europe. Its great to have a husband hooked on travel.
On the topic of my husband..... We met in spring '04. We started dating in spring '05. Got engaged at the end of '06. Married june 23, 2007. I love him to bits. He's quiet and thinks before he speaks. These things... I am not.
Together we have the cutest dog ever. We adopted her in April 2008. She is a short haired, long tailed, jack russell terrier named Chloe. We have affectionately given her about 10 nicknames and taken 2000+ photos of her. We are obsessed.
I am an optician/ optometric assistant. I do this job one day/ week. Travis works fulltime as an Instrument Technician at the husky oil refinery in our town. They are partially to blame for the stinky smell/ pollution which makes me sick and makes me detest this town.
For our 1st anniversary, we bought ourselves golf clubs and got quite into it this summer.
We love The Office. its on right now. so see ya!
first things first
hello there. welcome to my new blog. where i am going to attempt to blog more regularly, more controversally. i'm angela. i used to blog over at www.atshymanski.blogspot.com
I guest posted on my workmate, Chelsey's blog a few weeks back. Check it out: http://chelsandjonpoelman.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-first-and-last-post.html
I will be back to blog later ( mr. shymanski just bought a new I Pod Touch and wants to set it up)
