Tim Hortons

Lately I've been starting my day with a large cup of Tim Hortons coffee. Usually it's done by the time I get to work so I refill my cup with the sludge from the office... I remember in 1st or 2nd year Uni I started getting half coffee - half hot chocolates. That's the equivalent of a cafe mocha minus the whipped creme and chocolate sprinkles. Then in my last year of Uni I was drinking 2 XLs a day of Tim's coffee. Now I'm drinking slightly less than that, but I'm definitly hooked for life.


Whenever I used to go to Tim Hortons with Daniel he normally gets one of the promotional donuts that they have (key lime and strawberry bloom). So today I picked up a blueberry bloom donut in loving memory *sniffles* of my Daniel. I think that they're making the blooms smaller now...I'm not usually a big fan of donuts, but if I had to choose I'd probably get a vanilla dip but only if it had the sprinkles that are long (i.e. not round). It's my sister that got me on the vanilla dips. So good!

Here's one of Daniels fave Aqua songs, enjoy!

(Baby I am missing you)
I want you by my side
(And I hope you'll miss me too)
Come back and stay
(I think about you every day)
I really want you too
(You swept my feet right off the ground
You're the love I found)

Dragonette

I came across Dragonette while scouring my sisters CDs in a bold attempt to fill my 8G IPod Nano. Now that I have too much music I'm going back and deleting any extra music I don't like from my IPod. Luckily for the Canadian Band Dragonette, I fancy their music. Their most recognized song was I Get Around, but I can't get enough of this other one: Black Limousine. Apparently that album didn't fare too well...

As far as music goes 99% of my favourite music has female vocals in it. Even the male artists like the Jaxx and Benassi use female vocals. Another attraction... bands with a girl fronting. You've got No Doubt, Aqua, and Dragonette!

Anyways, I later found out that the lead singer from Dragonette, Martina Sorbara collaborated with Basement Jaxx (aka the Jaxx) on their single Take Me Back To Your House from their Crazy Itch Radio Album. She even stars in the video! This excites me. Now I get to look forward to a new release from Dragonette and the Jaxx next month!

For now, I'm a true believer...

Civic Day Shopping

This morning me and my mom went to Square One for some shopping. We couldn't go anywhere fast because of my blasted knee (more on that some other time) but we did pretty well. My mom stocked up on Cards at Carlton. Apparently they're revamping their card reward system... I wonder why...? Not that I ever buy cards... I think that I'd rather spend an extra $5 on something else than a piece of paper. But she got 8 cards where 2 were free.

Then we went for some coffee at Second Cup - my treat :) and bought some Cucina soap refills at Fruits & Passion. Buy 2 get a small one free. Laura, Rainbow Jade, Wal*Mart, then EBGames for Gears of War 2. Scott will be happy: hopefully he'll let me play with him soon - lol. As we were making our way out I wanted to look at Pumas at the Athletes World. Then we looked at the Pumas for women...

My mom is really getting gung-ho about losing weight and getting healthy. Her new motto is 'Just Do It'. I remember as a child we never got Nike shoes because they were so expensive. I guess times change 'cause she bought a pair of Nike's - I hope she puts them to good use. My mom offered to get me a pair of shoes because it was a BOGO-HALF deal, but there was nothing I liked so I didn't get a pair. The sales lady was very insistent to the point where she was like "Lets make a deal". She suggested finding any pair I liked and she could ask her manager to make it a BOGO-HALF. So I try on a shoe but it was falling apart on one side. So in the end I didn't get a new pair of shoes. But what's the point of getting a pair of shoes I only kind of like? I wasn't in love today (with any of the shoes, I mean)

While we were at the mall my dad went to a Chinese Supermarket H&H (Think T&T but smaller, lol what's the deal with all these names? What's next, Asian gas stations named G&G?). Anyway, he went to buy fish, $5 for 2 fish. Sounds pretty good but only a small amount of the fish he got is edible by my parents standards. Give the same fish to a different family and they probably would use 90% of it... So we're having fish as a sidedish for dinner. It was very good and good for you too!

After dinner my mother decided that she wanted Dairy Queen and at the time it seemed like a marvelous idea to me. It figures, she wants to start a fitness regimen with Dairy Queen... I got my usual Pecan Mudslide - not on the menu, but they made it for me anyhow :) OMG it made me feel so disgusting after, the next time I have one, I'll have to drag Daniel along so he could help me :)

Daniel is Missing!

Okay, so Daniel is not actually missing. Odds are that he's somewhere between Pescara and Rome. But Canada is missing him and so am I! Today we helped my sister set up her bed and other things (stupid IKEA!), but overall it was kind of a lazy Sunday.

I miss you

Moving Day - Christine's move

It was in February 2008 when my sister moved back in with us from her fiancees place. That is where she accumulated such things as a buffet, futon, and an IKEA bed and PAX wardrobe. Moving her in the winter was brutal and it was such short notice that it took much longer to move because we were all unprepared. Flash forward a year and a half and now we're moving her out into her own to a place in the Younge and Eglinton area.

Her moving back in brought more commotion to the house - it brought a cute fur ball named Cooper. Cooper is a black Maine Coon (i.e. a cat) and myself and my parents have really taken quite a liking to the little guy. Especially my retired dad who always spends a significant amount of time with the cat every day. It's funny because growing up we never had pets and now with Cooper in the house, I'm wondering why not. Anyways, we're all concerned about how Cooper is going to respond to his new surroundings.

The place is beautiful. It is in a heritage apartment building and Christine has a fireplace and a nice view as well as more than enough space for her and Poopies (aka Cooper). The move itself brutal. It was my sister, myself, my parents and Lau as well as Danielle who helped on the Toronto leg of the move. I had hurt my knee tubing a week ago (more on that some other time) so I tried to stay away from the stairs, but I think I did pretty well considering. In any case it's all over with now.

All that's left is the unpacking and the configuration of all of her shit! Hahaha - Good luck! I hope that she's happy in her new home. I'm looking forward to some house parties! (Doesn't the brother get first dibs on the futon? Or is it Daniel? Win-win situation! :p)

We'll miss you Poopies!

At least we can chat on the phone Christine!