Susie's married!

This weekend was Susie's big wedding weekend. I took Friday off work and headed up to Uxbridge early with her and her girlfriends to do last minute organizing for her big day on Saturday. Knowing my best friend, I figured she was super stressed and everything would be all over the place so I offered to be her "wedding co-ordinator" for the weekend. I had no idea what I was in for... there was a loooong list of to-do items and not enough time in the day. Lots of last minute details that seemed to change minute by minute as my indecisive friend kept changing her mind!! Anyway, we finally got the tent and forest situation figured out and got back to her sister-in-law's place around 10ish to relax and for me, write my speech. Saturday morning we had a great breakfast at Lori-Jean's house and then off the spa we all went for manicures. Too bad mine didn't last. But with so many things to do that day, it was the least of my worries. Then we all headed back to the house to get ready. Susie's dress was a work in progress right to the last minute with Lori-Jean sewing it up right before she had to put it on. Her family was scrambling around the wedding site getting all the last minute stuff done (thank God we didn't have to be there!) and we spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready. By 4pm we climbed into the car and arrived at her brother's house only to be met with the beginnings of a rainstorm. There was a little panic as we figured out what we should do, drag everyone back into the tent, or just go for it. After about 10 minutes of back and forth, we settled on making the best of it and climbed into the horse drawn wagon in the rain. By the time we got to the forest, we were pretty wet, but luckily all the guests had umbrellas with them. The weather was warm though, so the rain wasn't so bad, in the end it added a romantic element to the whole thing. Once I accepted that I would just look like a wet rat, the rest of the night was fine. No need to worry about getting dirty after that!! After the ceremony we went back up to the tent for the reception. I spent the hour before dinner running around meeting caterers and servers and also desperately trying to finish off my speech. By the time dinner was ready, I still had a paragraph to go and my time was approaching... eventually I ended up winging the very last part but in the end, again, everything worked out. People laughed when they were supposed to and I ended up making it all the way through with only one pause for crying. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. As the speeches continued Gerwyn realized that he had locked his keys in the car so we went down to wait for the tow truck to come to open his door. I ended up missing Susie and Josh's final speech but luckily I made it back for the slideshow and Gerwyn got his keys.

With the exception of a few electrical problems later in the evening , the rest of the night was great, there was a live salsa band (so good!!) and a belly dancing performance too!!
At around midnight Gerwyn and I were ready to call it a night (he was still recovering from his flu which wasn't improving after being in the rain,) and we headed home. All in all it was a fantastic night and Susie and Josh had a great time. But if there was one thing I learned from this whole experience, its that a wedding co-ordinator is a MUST! The last thing I want to do on my wedding day is stress about where the tea bags are or who's going to run out to get more ice...

Nap time

Today I took a nap. A two hour nap. And now I am awake. Last night I had a coffee around 4pm (since I was planning on going to see JT later that night, I figured I needed the caffeine) and I ended up not being able to sleep. I woke up this morning exhausted and was actually nodding off at my desk today. So when I got home I decided I would take a "quick" nap before going to the gym. Unfortunately quick nap ended up being almost 3 hours so at 10:00 I got up and finished my laundry, made Susie's money box for her wedding and now am updating the blog. The next few days are going to be quite busy for me with last minute planning for Sue's wedding so it was nice to just veg out a little tonight however, now I am left awake and not much to do. Well, actually I have many things to do, clean, write my speech, clean, but I don't feel like doing any of that stuff. I just want to veg out, it feels like I so rarely get time to actually read a book or just do nothing anymore... I kind of forgot how great it is!

Are you Superbad?

Tonight Gervinder and I are going to see Superbad. I'm sooo excited. Every time I see the trailer I crack up. Favourite scence so far: the skinny Chinese kid doing his cat impression. Let's see if it can live up to the hype!

Yesterday I threw Susie's staggette with her friends Hana and Amanada. The theme was COCKtail party and it was hilarious. There were penises everywhere, all shapes and sizes and many different colours.... green guacamole penis... yum! We played a special version of charades (Movie: E.Three: The Extra Testicle), popped the penis pinata and then of course we finished the night off with a special appearance by Officer G-String, he put Sooz under arrest and read her her rights. It was hilarious and she was shocked so our work was done. All in all, a crazy, raunchy send off to a crazy, raunchy friend. Next week: the BIG day!!

Spicy!!

This weekend was filled with Food Festivals in the City. Taste of the Danforth and Hot and Spicy food festival. Friday night I had Susie and her friend Hana over for burgers (which weren't spicy) to do Susie's wedding hair and try on her wedding dress. They stayed til about 2 am which was the latest I've been up in awhile, hopefully we got a lot of accomplished. (I was so tired, I don't really remember.)

Saturday Ev called me around 10 to remind me that we were getting together for shopping at Holts. It was a nice hot day and we enjoyed walking around so much that we went from Holts (and Bloor) all the way to Winner's at College. (Then we bit the bullet and took the subway back downtown, I was super tired!) After a nap back at home, Gerwyn came over and we met up with Ev and Kahlua again to check out the Hot and Spicy food. After getting lost downtown (even after all these years, I still get lost now and then,) we finally found Ev and pigged out on super spicy Jerk Chicken (one bite and my mouth was on fire!), Curried Goat, rice and beans and Columbian beef. Since Kahluki wasn't allowed in the tent, we left her with Gerwyn while Ev and I got the food. Every time we looked up to check on Gerwyn, he was surrounded by 10 different girls. Kahlua is a serious chick magnet. Even when we were all walking around together, people would constantly stop us to ask us about her. I felt a little like a celebrity! We finished the night off with a deeleecious crepe (chocolate, bananas, nuts and ice cream, YUM!) which between the three of us went down in seconds. (We had to fight Gerwyn for it.) Then we walked around the boardwalk and again got stopped every five seconds to answer questions about Kahlua and finally ended the night back at Ev's.

Sunday after Grams, I went home for lunch ate the spiciest pepper I've ever had. My mom grows her own in the backyard and always warns me to "watch out for the hot ones" but I don't know what this means, they all look the same? Anyway, I mistakenly took one of the wrong ones and boy did I regret it. I practically downed a litre of water trying to stop the flames on my tongue. Later in the afternoon, Hanna and Jenny came over and we all headed downtown for a bbq and hanna's famous cookies at my place. Gerwyn came back from Beerfest (already hung over by 6) and we all enjoyed a nice dinner. Unfortunately Gerwyn was the subject for Hanna and Jen's 20 questions about when we were going to get married and have kids. He handled it very well though, cool as a cucumber. However after they left, he quickly suggested we stop talking about it which suited me fine cause those conversations are always SO serious!!!

This week will be busy with last minute plans for Susie's stagette. But I'm also looking forward to the biggest event of the summner, the EX!! I love the EX and can't wait to go. I can taste the tiny tom's right now... I think I'll buy my tickets tomorrow...

I'm finally IN!

So today is my first official day as a home internet user. Grant came by my place tonight to fix my internet and now I'm finally all hooked up. Apparently the problem was an incorrect DNS setting. He fixed it in 2 seconds. 2 weeks without internet for nothing!!

Anyway, now that I've finally joined the millions of people with internet at home, you can expect regular blog updates! (hopefully...)

So what's new today? I have adopted five new babies. Cybele is off to France for a year so she's giving away all of her houseplants. I've been an admirer of her plants for awhile as she always takes great care of them and they always look very interesting. Unfortunately I couldn't take any of the big ones but I have five cute new cacti that I hope will thrive in their new environment!

I also have a new room again. Hanna is almost moved out and I have my 2nd bedroom back. What should I do with it? Originally I used it for storage and that is currently what its turning into but I feel that I should be better using that space... any ideas???

The return of the Lazy Saturday... and Sunday... and Monday!

This weekend was time to recuperate from vacation. A vacation from our vacation if you will. Gerwyn and I did absolutely nothing and it was grrrrreat! Friday night he came down and we rented "Pathfinder", a typical boy movie about Vikings fighting. It wasn't THAT bad if you ignored all the dialogue and just appreciated the fight scenes. Nothing like a guy getting his head chopped off. Saturday we slept in (finally!) and then headed to Thornhill so Gerwyn could change his shoes (yes, that's right.) and then we took another nap followed by a movie at Yonge and sheppard ("Transformers". It was definitely more than meets the eye!). Saturday night was supposed to be "going out" night with Mel and her sister who was in town for a week, but by the time we got back downtown (around 10ish?) we were so tired from all the excitement that we just fell asleep.

Sunday I got up early and headed to grams and then came back later in the afternoon to super clean my condo. Then I headed back up to Thornhill for dinner with Gerwyn's family. There were 10 of us in all, including Gerwyn's mom and his aunts and uncles from the States. We ate at Carnival, a brazillian grill on hwy 7 and man, was it good! It was non stop meat!! They just kept bringing swords of different grilled meats to the table, it was our dream come true. Everyone enjoyed it and we all came out full. Of course that didn't stop Gerwyn from polishing off the chocolate and ice cream that was left over at my condo later that night.

Monday was yet another day to relax with a walk to the Eaton Centre and then a nap for Gerwyn while I prepared our bbq dinner with Vic, Darren and later MelandNorm. After a hot dinner on the rooftop, we all walked to Solferino for some yummy gelato. Then Gerwyn and I rented another movie "DejaVu" and spent the rest of our long weekend on the couch vegging out.

Now I'm officially rested...

My birthday and our anniversary!

Two birthday cakes, one birthday dinner and one anniversary dinner make Diana a very happy girl!!

Wedding in Naples!

Naples, Florida that is... Here are pics of our trip to Naples/Miami for Gerwyn's sister's wedding. Unlike some people, I prefer to give my details in person so I'll just post the pics for now.

T - 15 minutes to go!

Just about to leave, our cab will be here in 15 minutes. I'm all packed and ready to go. I checked the weather and its supposed to rain all week though. :(

I am updating my blog (like a good girl,) and Gerwyn is.... (can you guess?) ... just getting out of the shower!! Still has to pack his bag and then we're off!!

Wish us a safe trip girls, see you when we're back!!

P.S. Thanks for my birthday dinner again last night, it was great to spend it with you guys.

And that goes for you too SALABIA!

Give it a good blow job Sal!!