American Idol, Cupcakes and Health...sort of

Idol:
So another season is over. I have to admit the finale was more fun than it normally is. And I have a newfound love for Burt Bacharach (make all the fun you want). I do have to comment on a few things though:
a) Although I can't stand the 4 commercial break dragouts till the winner is announced this year I felt they left not enough time for Taylor to really say anything.
b) I am glad Chris did not win.
c) Katherine would have had a far better shot at winning if she had not done so many Mariah Carey-esque runs. She has a beautiful simple voice. She over did it.
d) I like Taylor in his audition and he grew on me the whole show.
e) I still love Clay Aiken
f) Meatloaf's performances was without a doubt one of the worst performances by such a big artist that I have ever seen. I mean it even topped Britney Spears for bad. So bad. Shockingly so. I'm still a bit stunned.
g) Simon is still smart.

That is my Idol rantings.

Now for cupcakes:
We found the coolest store in Dundas. It's right beside Walkers Chocolate (by the Pita Pit where Erin works!) and all they sell is Cupcakes. It's called, funnily enough, Cupcakes. It's at 1050 King St W and they are open Monday - Saturday I think 12 - 8ish. They sell for $2.50/piece or $13/6, $24/dozen. Now that is a lot to pay for cupcakes but they are good cupcakes. They even had a Pupcake which was mostly peanut butter for dogs! Chewie loved it. So if you are looking for a perfectly unhealthy meal, hit Walkers Chocolate for an appetizer, walk next door to Cupcakes for your dessert, across the road to Pita Pit for a semi healthy main course, and across the road again to TCBY for a frozen yogurt pallet cleanser!

Health, or lack thereof:
I still can't talk. The ENT specialist can't see me till August 4th. I am stressed about surgery and about this and I am getting exceedingly frustrated playing charades. I love him to death but Rich is one of the worst at reading lips and charades. My preop was over 2 hours. My doc's appt after that was over 1 hr and 15 minutes late. So I was 1.5 hours late for work. I'm a bit annoyed at the medical people in general right now. Except paramedics of course.

I think I will watch So You Think You Can Dance tonight. Idol is where I can critically analyze and get into it cause I actually know what is good and bad, not just what I like and don't like. I like the technical aspect of Idol that I get to see. The dancing show however, that is mindless entertainment. I can't dance. I know I can't. I'm so impressed by people who can. I have no idea if that spin was "technically right". All I think is ooooo sparkly. So I am off to watch and relax.

Chewie is 71 lbs we found out. A bit smaller than we thought but she's not done yet.

Grrrr....

I still can't talk. It is sooooooooo frustrating. Ever since the week before my birthday (late March) I have been having trouble with my voice. It hurts by the end of the week and the weekend helps me recover, then I'm back at it at work on Monday. By this week it was brutal. It was bad Wednesday and I had a migraine so I called in sick and spent the day sleeping mostly. Thursday I still couldn't talk but I figured I might as well go in.

I tried to take calls for about 90 minutes when I gave up. I said I'm not sick, but I can't talk it hurts too much. So they found me something else to do (and they weren't too happy about it - so frustrating). So I spent my day doing orders on the comp which was fine with me. I would have been more than happy to go home too, and they almost wanted me to, but they have to pay me either way, they might as well pay me to stay at work and do something.

This weekend Rich is on nights. That has definitely helped. The problem is I'm so freaking lonely without anyone to talk to, and I can't talk on the phone. This morning I woke up having not spoken at all since last night around 8pm, other than a quick good night to Rich on the phone. I thought I was doing better. A friend called to let me know a friend of ours had her baby this weekend. That conversation lasted about 3 minutes, then immediately after the phone rang and it was my mom. Another 3 minutes, and now I'm ready to swallow that stuff the dentist puts on you to numb you so I can't feel my vocal chords.

I can't sing, I can't talk, I can hardly cough or sneeze. I am getting exceedingly frustrated. Rich is terrible at charades and I think much faster than I write. Typing isn't bad, but I'm rarely at the comp with someone else there. At work I was able to respond to people in type, but at home it's not really that helpful. So off to church I will go, armed with steno pad and pen, feeling like a complete dork.

I did see the doc Friday night and she told me to rest it as much as possible for the next week and a half or so. She's referred me to a specialist cause she has no idea what it is. So keep your fingers crossed this will just clear up on it's own.

Back to being silent.

Tired

I'm tired of:

... work.
... my voice hurting.
... not enjoying shopping anymore.
... not seeing my friends more.
... not having friends close by I can call just cause.
... stressing about surgery.
... not feeling like I'm doing well in any area of my life (cept going back to school yaaayy)
... not being closer to my family.
... not having our own home.
... not having more energy.
... worrying.
... wondering when we should start a family.
... filing.
... gas prices.
... Rich not having a contract at work.
... Paula Abdul.
... crying over series finales on tv.
... crying in general.
... tired of being tired all the time.

So not really looking for responses to this one just venting. Keep your fingers crossed my voice recovers. Not sure what's wrong, being referred to a specialist, but my work entails talking all day long and it's painful. Hopefully they will be accomadating. 5 more days of work till time off yaaaaay.

Love you Rich. Thank you for putting up with me being tired.

Good friends, good food, good times, very sleepy.

So last week we decided to have a bbq. Rich and I enjoy entertaining although I'm not sure I am that good at it yet. The main problem with the date is I was working till 4 so Rich was pretty much on his own for the prep.

We shopped on Friday and did some running around getting ready, did some cleaning, Rich did the manly yard work and things like that. I worked on a triple chocolate cake that took for ever to finish but I was very happy with the end result taste. The look of the cake could have been a bit better, but it was yummy. It was a fun night and so nice to catch up with some friends.

Caught up with Jon and Lindsay who are getting ready for their upcoming wedding. Lindsay was nervous around Chewie but they got along quite well. They had wedding type stuff to attend to so they were off reasonably early.

I had picked up the most fun Natasha from work and brought her home with me. She is so much fun to have around - such a big help and super for backrubs! Always great to have at a party.

John and Kelly were there as well and it was nice to get caught up with them also. Rich and I keep saying we need to hang out with them more. With any luck John will be working with me soon so hopefully that will make it easier for the four of us to get together. Kelly brought some awesome chocolate chip banana bread that I just ate more of with my lunch. She also gave me a gift that was so sweet and a wonderful surprise. It came at a perfect time and I don't think they realize how helpful it will be to us. Thank you again! Oh and she also opened my eyes to the world of stumbleupon. So cool.

Rounding out our party was Darren, Melissa and Liam. Darren is Rich's partner at work and Melissa is his wife who I love - such a sweetheart. Liam is my favorite person shorter than me. So fun. They are expecting triplets which is so exciting. I said to Rich I can't wait to help out cause there will always be one for me to hold! Darren as usual helped Rich with his husbandly duties of light fixtures and things I have no clue about (neither does Rich really so Darren was there to help/do/teach). It was fun to have them over again.

So all in all it was a fun evening. Rich cooked up the sausages and they were yummy, the cake was pretty good if I do say so myself, and although I am SO exhausted today, it was a good night. I am looking forward to Friday as it's my next day off and I could use some sleep. Lots of sleep.

Back to talk to customers (who seem to get dumber by the minute).

Happy Mother's Day Mom, Peggy, Marma and Grandma!

Hubby

I have the most wonderful husband in the whole wide world.


Just wanted to share.

Nothing to blog about....again.

So last week at church as she was leaving Kathy told me it was time to update my blog. I fully agree however I have very little to say. We are in Kingston right now sort of celebrating my brother's 19th birthday. There is a whole lot of teenage testosterone here.

Chewie has been sick. The vet told us to give her Pepto Bismal to cure the runs. I discovered Rich has been feeding her many things she shouldn't really be eating....apples, oranges, MANGO. We have been a bit worried as she was car sick on the way here, sick again this morning, and has had the runs since Thursday, however I am happy to report at 6pm this evening Chewie had her first regular poop since. We are very happy.

I am very excited about school. Excited about buying a new laptop as well. Not excited about the overtime I am going to have to work to afford it.

My voice is very sore again. I am not recovering from talking all day at work very well.

I am getting increasingly nervous about my surgery. Looking forward to the time off work though. A bit worried financially about restocking my wardrobe afterwards.

I hate the dentist.

That's about it. Off to eat dinner.