No Youth. March 21

Today I didn't have any youth to lead because all our high school kids are on spring break. I felt wierd after weeks of youth in a row to not being there this week. I was also a nice break too. I love youth but it can be nice to have an evening to myself to just read and hang out alone. I can get that way sometimes.

Routines. March 20

Today felt like it was all about getting into routines. I did an hour of wii fit this afternoon, which felt great. Then I headed to my sister's for our 4km run before heading back home to shower and get ready to meet my friends at Starbucks. Most Tuesday nights we meet at Starbucks and then car pool to Abbotsford to go to Vespers. An evening of worship and songs with our friends at Columbia Bible College. I really enjoy those evenings.

Monday. March 19

This morning was fairly average. I went to YA's in the evening. I always enjoy it. I have a lot of great friends there and it's great to be able to hang with friends who have the same faith and beliefs as yourself. All in all a great start to the week.

Costal Church. March 18

K and I met up with L and her younger sister at the Starbucks this morning. We were going to the 12:30 service at the Costal Church in Vancouver. Most of us haven't been there before but heard lots of great things about it. K's been there a couple times and really enjoyed it. The service was great. Thought provoaking and genuine. You could tell the pastor spoke from his heart and wasn't just up there talking away. After the service we headed home. I got back to Chilliwack shortly after 2. I drove to my sister's and we went for our first 4km run. I have to say even though I felt out of shape it felt really good to say I was able to run the 4km in 38 minutes. :)

St Patrick's Day. March 17

Today was great. I went to my sister's in the afternoon and went for a 4km walk with her. She is training for the Vancouver Sun Run and wants me to train with her. I said I might. I am not a huge fan of running but it is great exercise and will help with my weight loss. In the evening K and I went to the Duke of Dublin with some friends for drinks and snacks. We had a really great time and laugh our heads off at C and K's hand animations as they sang along with C's brother who was performing there that night. K and I ambled home around 11. All in all a terrific Saturday.

Average. March 16

Today was an average day. Nothing super special about it. I applied for a couple job postings that looked interesting and got ready for the weekend. :)

Dinner and books. March 15

I lost another pound this morning. That makes three pounds lost so far this week. I makes me feel super motivated and happy. I also bought the last book in the Hunger Games triology today. I started reading "Mockingjay" before I headed out for dinner with one of my best friends Kel. I haven't seen her in almost six weeks. We usually see each other about once a month or so but she was sick for the last three weeks and we needed to wait til she started feeling better. I was really glad to see her tonight. I missed her. We had dinner at Boston Pizza and caught up with each other. We had a really good talk and then headed out a couple hours later. I went home and read the remaining chapters of "Mockingjay." It was just as amazing as the other two books in the series. It was the perfect end to the three books. I can't wait to see the movie. I hope they do the series justice.

Youth and Reading. March 14

Today was another good day and another pound lost. I also bought the second book, "Catching Fire" this afternoon. I started reading it before going to Youth. I was just as good and engrossing as the first one. I went to high school Youth. We went to McDonald's for treats and small groups. We had a really good time. I gave my cell number and email to the girls in they ever need to talk or have questions. I drove D home from Youth and then headed home. She doesn't live that far from me so it's not really out of my way or anything. I finished reading the second book and could wait to buy and start reading the last one. This series has been terrific so far.

Weight lost progress. March 13

Today was good. This morning when I checked my weight I had lost a pound which doesn't seem like a big deal to most people but for me I know it is progress and helps me keep on track and to feel motivated. The day was fairly average otherwise. I did buy a book today. I usually just buy ebooks but I was feeling like I wanted to hold a paper book in my hands. I bought the first book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I looked really good and the movie is coming out soon so I thought I'd see if I liked it too. I started reading before I headed out with friends in the evening. I found myself hooked by the end of the first chapter. I brought it with me while I waited at Starbucks to meet up Mad. We are heading out to Abby to meet up with L and then head to Vespers together. I always enjoy Vespers. It is always a great night of worship and helps me feel closer to God and my relationship with Him.

Monday. March 12

Today was the beginning of the week. I decided this week to focus on not eating junk food and exercising. I did pretty good. No junk food today and I did 45 minutes of wii fit. I didn't go to young adults tonight cause I just wasn't feeling it. I have a goal to clean my entire place from top to bottom by the end of the week so let's see if I can get that accomplished.

Day light saving time. March 11

Today is the beginning of day light savings time which always feels strange and makes everyone super tired. I guess the late nights of the weekend caught up with me because I slept in the morning. When I woke up I really didn't feel motivated to get up or do anything. Most of the day I just laid around and did a lot of nothingness. I felt really good.

Apologetics conference. March 10

Today was an early start which felt even earlier because I didn't get home til late last night. I drove out to Surrey this morning to go to the 2012 Apologetic conference. It was really interesting and had a lot of great speakers. Two of my favorite speakers were Mary Jo Sharp and Dr. Paul Copan. Mary Jo talked about how to open a dialogue with an athesist. To Listen, Question, Respond, and Know. She brought up a lot of good points and even some common sense ones that people often forget. The seconds speaker I really liked was Dr. Paul Copan. His topic was "Is God a Moral Monster?" It was really interesting and made me really think. I drove back to Chilliwack in the evening and went to a friends house to act out a murder mystery game with a group of us. It was really fun. I had never done one before but I was great, I'd do it again sometime. We made it kind of a long evening but it was fun just the same. Before heading to bed I remembered to turn my clocks one hour ahead so that we can spring forward into day light savings time.

Concert. March 9

Today was great. I had a good day and at night K, Mad, L and I went to the Parachute Band concert in Langely. The first group up was the Nine-O-Five Band. They were pretty good and got the show started. Then were two guys: Aaron and AJ. They were really good, best of the whole night actually. Last was the Parachute Band themselves. They were also really good but my favorite was definately the two guys before them. After the concert we all went to the Boston Pizza at 200th Street for a really late dinner and afterwards headed home. All in all it was a terrific start to a great weekend.

Relaxing. March 8

Thursday was an excellent day. I put my cheque in the bank in the afternoon. Stopped and grabbed a Subway sandwich on the way home and then ate it while listening to Blood Brothers on my ipod and playing nintendo. I put up some listings on eBay and did some work on the computer. My oldest sister M called at night to ask if I could drive her to a hospital procedure that she has tommorow afternoon. I said I could and then spent the remainder of the night watch some tv, cleaning my place and other random things.

Movie night. March 7

I had a pretty good day. It was movie night with the high school youth. We went to see the Lorax in 3D. It was really cute and the kids were hilarious. It's always fun seeing movies, especially kids movies, with youth. They laugh at the funniest things and are funny themselves. I have been a youth leader for a while and have been getting to know the kids. D is probably one of my favorites. She is the pastor's oldest daughter and she's a great kid. There were a couple other kids that there that normally don't come as often. I love that they came along. One of the girls, L, came this time, she's super nice and I hope she comes more often. After the movie K drove D and I home and I watched tv for the remainder of the evening. Then I tucked myself in.

Vespers. March 6

The day went by fairly well. I was really looking forward to going to Vespers in the evening and then it looked like no one else was going to be going and that was disappointing. M texted me around 7 to ask if I wanted to go with her because it looked like no one else seemed to be going. We meet at Starbucks at 8, bought our drinks and then headed out to Abbotsford to Vespers. We had a great evening, singing and worshiping with others. I always really enjoy going to Vespers. There are only a couple more Tuesdays left until the end of Vespers for this year. I have really enjoyed it this year and hope to go again next too. I dropped M back at her car around 10:30 and then headed home and to bed.

Reestablishing goals. March 5

Today was good. I made the decision that I need to get back to eat three main meals and limiting my snacks as well as doing at least 30 minutes of wii fit per day. I read some books in the afternoon. Ate dinner and then did 30 minutes of wii fit before heading to young adults. We had a really good time and talked more about the spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit. We mostly discussed the speaking in tounges and the interpertation of it. I got back home around 9:30 and then headed to bed.

Baptizm. March 4

Today I spent the morning cleaning my place and watching tv. I did 30 minutes of wii fit in the evening before I got ready for the evening service. At 6 I got ready and got my stuff together. I arrived at the Main Street campus to meet with the pastor and the other people who were going to be baptized. At 7 the service started with a couple songs. Then we each were baptized. We got in the tank while our video was playing and then afterward we were baptized and the pastor prayed for us. After the baptizms we sang a few more songs and headed home. It felt really good to be baptized, to be able to confess my faith in Jesus publicly. It makes me really grateful that I live in a country that allows me to express my faith and love in Jesus Christ. I met with K after the service at Starbucks and then headed home about an hour or so later. All in all it was a really amazing night. I have the feeling again like I did earlier this year that many changes are headed my way this year.

Saturday. March 3

I slept in this morning. I tidyied my place somewhat and then did 30 minutes of wii fit. I watched episodes of Alias and played nintendo. Unfortunately in the afternoon I got a headache and took a short nap. I had planned to go to the leader's dinner at Jesse and Twyla's in the evening but my head was hurting to much. I went to bed early so I would be feeling better for my baptizm on Sunday.

Friday. March 2

It was a usual Friday. With me excited that it's the end of the week and looking forward to my baptizm on Sunday. I didn't do alot in the evening but hang out and play nintendo. Maybe the rest of the weekend will be more exciting.

New day. March 1

Today is the first day of a new month. I hope to make this month worth it, exercise hard, eat properly and lose weight. It was a pretty relaxing day. I set up my calander on the white board and tidied up a bit. I bought an itunes card today and bought the latest episodes of CSI. "Stealing Home," and "Unplugged" they were both really good. "Stealing Home" was about a missing wife and a stolen house. "Unplugged" was about a little boy who was kidnapped and the nanny who was murdered, all suspicions point towards the husband. I really enjoyed today to which my thinking makes me think this month is going to be good.

Leap Day. Feb 29

Today is a bit of a funny day. It only comes by once every four years. It was also anti-bullying day. I decided to eat some fast food today and make it the last day of the month and the last day of junk food for the next while. As of March first I plan to eat less junk and exercise more. I want to see the results at the end of March. I baked chocolate cupcakes and iced them pink and made marshmellow flowers with pink and blue sprinkles for Youth tonight. We had a getting to know them event where we ate nachoes, cupcakes, and other treats. We played games and played the kenict dance games. It's suprisingly hard. It's either watch the moves on the side as they come up or watch the "dancer" on the screen and try to follow along. It was a pretty fun night all in all.

Tuesday. Feb 28

Today was a regular day. I received Super Mario 2 in the mail today which I actually thought would be more fun than it actually is. I have to say so far I love Super Mario 3 the best. I was really looking forward to Vesper's tonight but K told me that CBC has reading break this week so there won't be any Vesper's tonight, disappointing but I'll deal. Instead I got my papers together and went to H&R Block to get my taxes done and my return back so I could put it in the bank. My return was bigger than usual because I had my tuition from the first seven month of the year to deduct. The tax return money really made my day.

Beginning of another week. Feb 27

Today I was feeling a little weird. I can't really describe it but the whole day felt somewhat off. In the late afternoon I took a nap and then did some tv watching and reading before going to bed early. I text with K some before that and we both said that we were skipping young adults this week. I think I need to start getting a bit more exercise. It might help disapate the weird feeling.

Worship evening. Feb 26

I went to the 9am hillside service this morning. I sat with K and J. The service was really good we read from 1 Corinthians 12 about the spiritual gifts that the Holy Spirit grants to us. After the service J and I drove to the states to do some shopping across the border. We came back around 3ish and she dropped me off at home. I watched the first Lord of the Rings movie before heading out to the Last Sunday worship service at Main Street. It's a worship service that my church does on the last Sunday of each night. I wasn't able to make it to the last one so I wanted to make sure I went to this one. I invited dad to come along with me because I know he enjoys my church and would like to come. The service was about an hour and a half and was really good. I love singing and it was an entire service of just singing and worshipping. I loved it.

Saturday. Feb 25

Today was a relaxing one. I watched movies, read books, and hung out at home. I also napped some and played Nintendo too. At 8pm I drove out to the Langely Colossus to see "Chronicle", with Tara. The movie was really good and it was great to see Tara. We usually only get to see each other once a month or so because she lives in North Vancouver. After the movie we talked a bit and then I drove back home. I got back around 12 and climbed into bed.

Snowboarding. Feb 24

Today was great. I met up with J and Jay at 3pm and we loaded up J's car and headed out to Vancouver to the mountain. It was snowing on the way up and we arrived around 5:30. We decided to do the Mystery chair for the night. We started our first run at 6. It was quite cold but flying down the mountain on a snowboard really warms you up. We stayed on the mountain until 9:30, we managed to get in 10 runs before we were tired and cold enough to head back to the car. I had a really good night. Snowboading with good friends and working on my toe edge and my carving. I am getting better every time I go and loving it more and more. This was my 10th snowboarding trip this year. I am really glad I have been able to make the most of the season especially because I bought a snowboard, bindings, boots, helmet and snowboarding clothes this year. The car was a little stuck in the parking lot because it had been steadily snowing all night but with a little shoveling and pushing of the car we were off and heading back home. We got back to Jay's around 11:30, I put my stuff in my car and headed home. I got there a little before 12 and then climbed into bed and fell asleep shortly afterwards.

Thursday. Feb 23

Today was a relaxing sort of day, with a lot of nothingness mixed in. I watched some tv and played a little super mario in the evening. I was suppose to go for dinner with Kel but she was feeling sick and such so we moved our dinner to next week. I watched a bit more tv and then ended up going to bed a little earlier than usual. I am really glad it's Friday tommorow because not only does it make it the weekend but I am also going snowboarding with J and Jay.

Manning, video and youth. Feb 22

Today was pretty great. K and I drove up to Manning to go snowboarding. It was a beautiful day and there was so much powder it was crazy. After a run we decided to take a break and go the lodge for a snack. We ended up talking for quite a while and then decided since we were quite tired from the super long run and it had been a free day anyways that we would head home. We just both weren't feeling like doing more runs and the drive up was so nice it made for an excellent trip either way. We talked some more on the way back home and then stopped for lunch at Ricki's when we arrived back in town. K dropped me off at home after lunch and then I worked on typing up a few things for my baptizm video that was being recorded that evening. I arrived at the church offices at 7pm and took about 20 minutes to do the video. It actually was really easy and not as frightening as I thought it might be. I'm not really a fan of public speaking so I wasn't expecting to love this part but it was fairly painless all in all. After the video I went down to Kid's City and joined everyone for high school youth. We talked and listened to Jesse's message about relationships and friendships before playing a couple rounds of pictionary. It was pretty hilarious, especially when you have to draw with your eyes closed for some of them. After youth we cleaned up and then I headed home. Before heading to bed I went to my parent's and helped my dad plan his next accounting 11 class that he has later this week. He's paying me for my time to help him so that's kinda a nice bonus.

Missions, worship. Feb 21

Today I slept in and then watch Disney's Tangled again. It is super cute and funny. I think it's become my favorite Disney movie so far. Tonight K, D and I went to the meeting at Kid's City about PCC missions for 2012. Their our three mission trips scheduled for this year. I really want to go to the Romania chuch plant and evangelism trip scheduled for the Fall. It would cost about $2300.00 each. I should start saving up now. After the meeting we all met up at the Starbuck by the mall to drive together to Vespers. We had a really great night of worship and then headed back home. By the time I had dropped everyone off at home it was 11pm before I got home and tucked myself into bed.

Chocolate night. Feb 20

Today was pretty good. A fairly relaxing start to a good week. At 2pm I drove out to Abbotsford for a job interview. I think it went pretty well. I am suppose to hear back from them. I really hope I get this job. I picked K up at 6ish, we stopped at the store to get chocolate and then at Subway so I could get a sandwich before we headed to Young Adults. We had a really good time, our topic was spiritual gifts and how to discover ours and what God is calling us to do with them. We had a chocolate theme and everyone brought some. K and I headed home around 10 and I went to bed shortly after I arrived home. It was a pretty great start to the week.

Church. Feb 19

Today K and I went to the 11am City Life service and then out to lunch at White Spot. The food was yummy as usual. The service was good but a bit different than usual because they were having a special service high lighting their school. K dropped me off at home for a couple hours and then we headed out to the Christian Life Assembly service in Langely. It was really good. We really enjoy going to their evening service. Now that K isn't working Sundays anymore we are going to try going to alot of their evening services. After the service they were having a prayer call. We prayer with the pastor's wife for the following week.

Blue Heron. Feb 18

Today I slept in a little longer than I meant to but I still got up in time to go for a 4km walk with mom at the Blue Heron. It felt really good to get out and get in a good walk. The remainder of the day was a relaxing one. I did a little baking, played some Nintendo and not much else. All in all the kind of Saturday that rest you up for the following week.

The end of another week. Feb 17

Today was good. Mostly like just because it was Friday and the weekend is finally here. I really hope it's not raining tommorow. I'd love to go for a walk at the Blue Heron. Maybe mom will go with me in the morning. I enjoyed the day and played Nintedo as well as baked a small cake. I also watched Disney's Atlantis that came in the mail today. All in all today was a relaxing day and the great end to a long week.

Thursday. Feb 16

Today was a slowish day. I hung out and enjoyed life. I was hoping to go for a 4km walk at the Blue Heron but it just rained to much for it to be something I felt like doing. Oh well, maybe tommorow or Saturday. I got a few things in the mail today. I received the two mini skirts and the Asterix and Obliex figures. The one really positive thing is that I received a couple positive email responses to my replies to the job postings. I also received a phone message saying that a company wanted to set up an interview on Monday. I am really excited. I hope it pans out. I'd love to have a new job. I am going to call them back tommorow and get it set up.

Changes. Feb 15

It's strange how fast life can change. When I got home from work today I applied to five different postings I found on the internet. I have been doing lots of praying about it and it really feels like it's time for a change. I spent the remainder of the day catching up on tv episodes and just hanging out. At 6:30 I drove to Kid's City and met with the other high school youth leaders. It's my first night being a youth leader. It was a great night to begin. We had a chocolate fondue with treats and played bingo with the kids all night. They are a great group of kids. I'm going to like being a youth leader. A great opportunity to get to know great kids and influence their lives and give them support and someone to talk to about God or life in general. I headed home around 10pm. All in all it was a really good night.

Vespers. Feb 14

Today was Valentine's day. It's funny I find that most people either love or hate these kinds of holidays. Such as my co-worker M totally hates the day and kinda gets mad when people mention it, where as my friend K love the day and goes all out for it. I am one of those people that can take it or leave it. I certainly don't hate it, I sometimes do stuff for it but if I don't end up doing something Valentine's day like it doesn't especially bother me either. This Valentine's day I worked my usual shift of 7 - 3 and then went home and opened the mail. A little black cocktail dress I ordered off ebay arrived. It's so pretty, it love it. Then at 8, K came and picked me up to go to Vespers for our usual Tuesday evening. We all usually meet at Starbucks by the mall and carpool together. It was K, A, D, A's friend T and her friend J. J hasn't come with us before but he was super nice and fun to talk to. We went to Vespers from 9 to 10 and then drove home. I got home around 11 and climbed straight into bed. Getting up at a minimum of 6am every morning for work means I really should be getting to sleep at least by 10:30ish so when I get home at 11 or later I try go straight to bed so I'll be able to get up the following morning.

Monday. Feb 13

Today was pretty good for a Monday. I worked my usual 8 hour shift and then headed home. I played some Nintendo, watched some TV and did a lot of nothingness. Usually on Monday nights I go to Young Adults. But tonight I just wasn't feeling it. Instead I made some dinner and watch the Net with Sandra Bullock before going to bed early. Maybe I'll feel more motivated tomorrow but today I just didn't feel like doing much of anything.

Longish day. Feb 12

I slept a little later than usual so I decided to go to the 10:30am service. K text me during the service to tell me she remembered to bring the shake stuff for me and asked if I'd help her do some set up stuff for an event she had to do at the church at night. I said sure and I'd meet her at the back after the service. I made a quick detour to Kid's City after the service to grab my crim check papers that I had forgotten a week or so ago. Then I meet K at the main sanctuary and we got started. We set up tables and chair. Put on table clothes and plates. Decorated the walls, chairs and lights with streamers and then took a break to White Spot for lunch before heading back to finished off the decorating with some posters and such. We ended up getting finished around 3:30. I had barely driven home and got changed in pajamas when my sister Lis called and asked if I wanted to come over for coffee. I agreed and headed over. I was there for an hour or so and we had a really good time catching up. We haven't seen each other as much as we use to so I was good to catch up. Afterwards she followed me back to my place because I told her I'd let her buy one of the new weight management shake containers off me so we could both try it out. I then settled down to watch a few tv episodes and found myself falling asleep early again. Oh well I guess my body needs it.

Seymour. Feb 11

I got up at 6:30am ish to get ready for my day of snowboarding at Seymour with J and Jay. I left my house at 7ish. Weird thing tho was the police office who drove up to my house as I was leaving to ask if I had reported a fire. I said no and he said someone at my house address had. I told him there were more people in the house and he was free to go to the door and ask them. He was walking up to the door when I drove away. I got some gas for my car and the headed for Jay's house where we were all meeting up. We got his car packed up and we on the road by 8am. The drive to Seymour usually takes a bit more than an hour. The nice thing about leaving that early is there is less traffic on the road and less people on the hill when you get there. Both positive things to me. J and I started out on the Lodge chair and Jay left to get in a run or so on the Mystery chair and check out the conditions there cause J wanted to try it today. J and I got 2 runs in and the Jay meet back with us. The two of them went off to the Mystery while I got in another 5 runs on the Lodge chair. I loved it. It gave me a chance to practice my toe edge by myself without any eyes or pressure. By the 4th run I was doing it perfectly and loving it. I meet back up with them after they got 2 runs in on the Mystery chair. We got another 6 runs in before we decided to head over to the Mystery chair before we were done for the day. Getting off this chair can be a pain but it wasn't as bad as the last time K and I came. We got in 2 runs before we all felt done for the day. It was really good. The snow was terrific and the run it's self is fabulous. We headed back to the car and got on the road by 2pm. It was a pretty great day altogether. When I got home a took a long nap and then played some super mario before laying on my bed listening to audiobooks. I ended up falling asleep early but considering my lack of sleep the night before and all the snowboarding today I guess my body just decided it was done for the day.

Friday. Feb 10

So today was pretty good. My work day went by at it's usual pace. We had a little incident in the morning with a customer service person who called and was especially rude to my co-worker but other than that nothing out of the ordinary happened. After work I headed home because my snowboarding trip ended up being canceled. Instead I went home and set up my nintendo console and played super mario for the next couple of hours. I love it so much, I also find it's super addicting. K texted around 7ish to say she'd be by in a few minutes to pick me up. She, Jules and I were going to go to a coffee shop and listened to a band that was playing there. Unfortunately it was a small coffee shop and we got there a little later than we planned and there wasn't really room to sit. Instead we listened for a bit, K and I both bought a cd and then we headed to Finnigan's for some drink and nachos. I was a pretty great evening all in all. We got back to Chilliwack around 11pm and then they dropped me off at home because I was leaving for snowboarding with Jay and J in the morning and didn't want to be dead on my feet. I ended up playing a little more super mario before heading to bed tho.

Blah! Feb 9

I got up this morning and didn't feel any better than the night before. I also slept quite crappy which is unusual for me. Ususally I can fall asleep right aways and almost nothing wakes me up, but not last night. Blah! I got to work in good time and worked the first two hours of my shift. When my boss came in he took one look at me and said that when my co-worker came in I could go home if I wanted. I gratefully agreed and when M came in a little bit later I packed up my stuff and headed home. I drove home and climbed back into bed and didn't get out until late afternoon. Then I proceeded to watch tv and listen to an audiobook before I could convince myself getting out of bed was a good idea. Once I got out I made myself some food and then took some advil and did 30 minutes of wii fit in between clean up my place a little. It wasn't bad but it just needed a bit of tidying. Shortly after that I watched some Blood Ties episodes and then climbed into my bed with my freshly washed sheets. It felt really good and I fell asleep almost immediately.

Middle of the week. Feb 8

Today is the middle of the week. It's one of the reasons I love Wednesdays so much. Work went a little slower than usual today but it wasn't horrible or anything. After work I went to town and picked up a parcel from the post office and then went home a watched a little tv. I really didn't do a lot else cause I wasn't feeling the best. I ended up going to bed early hoping that in the morning I would feel a lot better.

Tuesday. Feb 7

Today was pretty good. I think I am getting a bit of a cold but hopefully it will be gone soon. Work was usual. K and I and the others went to Bakerview church tonight to have Vespers. We went there because they were doing a recording of their band. Usually it's at Columbia Bible College. I was a really good night. A little later than usual because we started closer to 9:30. By the time we dropped everyone off and K drove me home it was 11:30. I was starting to feel the lack of sleep by then. I really need to start going to bed a little earlier during the work week.

Free Snowboarding. Feb 6

Today was fabulous. I went to work and the day past by nice and smoothly. After work I went home for a short nap and to get my stuff ready for snowboarding. K came by and picked me up at 4:30 and we headed out to Seymour with our free passes for a evening of snowboarding and fun. Usually I snowboard and she skies but we realized when we got there that she had forgotten her ski boots and the rental place wouldn't just rent her ski boots. So instead she decided to rent snowboarding stuff and try it out. We started on the bunny hill and the first run she was getting really frusterated because she was having a hard time standing up and staying up. By the second run she was getting the hang of it and feeling better about it. We did one more run before taking a break at the lodge where we entered a raffle draw and I won a tuque and a hat. It was pretty great. When we were done getting warm and taking a break we headed back to the bunny hill and got in three more runs before we were done for the night. Not only were we feeling done but it was also the last run before they closed. On the way home we stopped in Langely at a Starbucks for our drinks and blasted Hillsong the rest of the drive home. It was a fantastic evening but by the time I got home I was ready to hit the hay. Never loved the sight of my bed so much.

Relaxing. Feb 5

Today is Sunday and I am just relaxing and doing a lot of nothingness today. I slept in and when I woke up I laid in bed listening to some of my audiobooks. I got up in the early afternoon and took a shower and then headed over to Lis's for coffee with her and M. I was there for about an hour and then headed back home. I spent the remainer of the day reading, listening to audiobooks and generally just laying around. It was really great to have a day where I didn't have to do anything. I really made the weekend complete.

Saturday. Feb 4

I slept along time on Saturday morning and early afternoon. I was still quite tired from Friday night. At 4 K texted and asked me to come to Hillside and help with the foundation set up because they didn't have enough people. I got dressed and drove over. It went pretty quick and then K and I picked a movie to see tonight and then we went home to shower and change before the movie. We decided on "Man on the Ledge." It was busy at the theatre but we still got our tickets pretty quickly. The movies was really good and worth the theatre prices. After the movie we went to the Main Street campus to pick up a few things for Sunday and then headed back to the hill. I dropped off K at her place and then headed home. I had been home a few minutes and then K texted me and said she was hungry and asked if I wanted to go back out for some food. I agreed and she said she'd pick me up in a few minutes. We had one of those frusterating moments where everything we wanted to eat was either closed or not available. We ended up on settling on going to Save-on-Foods to buy some food we could make at home. When I got home I settled down with watching a disney movie and eating my bagel and treats.

Youth Night. Feb 3

My work day trundled along quite nicely. After work I iced the last of the cupcakes and got my stuff together for the youth night. I arrived at 6ish and unloaded all the cupcakes, cookies and rice crispy treats I made from my car. All the leader helped set up a few things and had a prayer meeting before the kids arrived. The kids started arriving at 7pm. It was a loud and fun chaos. At eight we got the kids sitting in the main room for worship hour. At 9pm we went to the bowling hour and got the the kids orgainzed into lanes with a leader each. We bowled from 9pm to 11pm. It was great. An organized, load and excited chaotic night. The kids had a great time. We played two games in the two hours and by the time we were done everyone was ready to head back. We feed the kids with pizza, chips and vegtables when we got back. After that we set out the desserts and all the kids set up to either watch movies, played video games, or card games. At midnight some of the leaders and kids went over to the sancutary to play "murder in the dark" and "the chair game." I headed home around 1am. Tired out and with the beginning of a headache but still having had a great night all in all.

Weekend is nearing... Feb 2

The work day went a little slower than the rest of the week but it still wasn't too bad because it is Thursday which means the weekend is almost here. After work I went home and hung out and watched tv for a while. Then I took a short nap before going to town to pick up a few groceries. When I got back I made another tray of rice crispy treats and iced 24 cupcakes while listening to "Welcome to Temptation," by Jennifer Crusie. I love that book. Sometimes I like to read it and sometimes I like to listen to it. I really like having the options. Before bed I watch The Incredibles and then fell asleep during Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I went to bed a little earlier than usual because tommorow is the Youth All Nighter and I need to be able to stay awake for that. I should be great.

Beginning of a new month. Feb 1

So excited for the beginning of a new month. I always am. There is something fun about things starting all over again. Today work went by quickly again because I had invoicing to do. After work I watched a bit of tv before making chocolate cupcakes and glazed the sugar cookies. Randomly I also made rice crispy treats which I will bring it to the Youth all night event as well. The day went pretty good all in all. I also did 30 minutes before going to bed.