Just a quick set of words here...
To my husband and best friend, Happy first Anniversary!
I can hardly believe a year has gone by, literally in the blink of an eye. Here we stand, side by side together and more in love than ever. It may be only one year of matrimony, but it still feels like a lifetime. I love you so much, and am so happy that you are the one who knows me inside out. All of our wishes are coming true, from our first date at the meteor shower :) I love (noun) to love (verb) you. Hugs and kisses, your Chani.
Wow. I guess there were more than a few words :)
August 29, 2010
August 28, 2010
Sometimes it is hard to make up a title for these things...
Finally here I am at the end of the week. Saturday. Hoorah... Excuse my lack of enthusiasm, because I have just endured the longest week of my life. I didn't even have any time to myself, let alone more than 20 minutes alone with Martin. Every day, up early for school, be busy at school learning the last of the theory for the final exams, come home and eat dinner while spending time with baby Zee, two or more hours of homework and working on projects, then finally sit in bed for 20 minutes and read before passing out to another day. Oh, and all night... Get up and nurse. I love it, I really do. I tell myself all the time! I feel it all the time. But sometimes things just get so busy and so muddled that you forget what day it is, and whether or not you put on deodorant! There are so many projects due at the end of next week, as well as a big final exam, and hardly any time to study and do projects at the same time as everything else. Having a family does have it's challenges when you are also continuing your education, but after all of this... I really see what God has in store for us. He wouldn't put these loads on us if He didn't think we could handle them. Besides, only one more week... If I can get through it :)
Graduation is also coming up soon. October 2cnd to be exact. I have purchased 200$ of tickets, for four of us to go (my parents will come to the family dinner, things worked out better that way), gotten myself a purple dress which Martin picked out, picked up cute shoes, and found accessories to compliment the rest. On September 27th I have a date with a colourist to have my roots touched up and a new do created. See, I have been using this shampoo/conditioner combo called FAST, it doubles the rate your hair grows each month. I already have an inch! By that day... I should have enough to trim it and reshape it but still hold the length. I am regrowing my hair out :) This shampoo seriously does wonders, but you can only get it from certain distributors, and only one from Edmonton! On that day I will be getting an all over chocolate brown colour done with TWO blonde sections underneath in chunks. It should look great! I am pretty excited. I also paid for cap and gown and am thinking of getting a white marker so the 7 girls in my class can sign their well wishes onto it. I think out of the whole school of over 60 graduating stylists and however many fashion students, our 8 person class of esthetics will be the loudest and most dramatic out of everybody. We do have charisma going for us ;)
It snowed today. In August. Just light flakes here for a while, nothing more... But snow nonetheless. It feels like autumn more often than not, and I am excited for winter to be on it's way. Favorite season along with fall, you know! Martin and I are thinking of making a trip to Saskatchewan for Thanksgiving if our schedules work out together. I really really hope so. I need to get out of town for a little while. Save my sanity... Thankfully this long weekend we are going to the cottage at Mann Lake. Yesss!
Graduation is also coming up soon. October 2cnd to be exact. I have purchased 200$ of tickets, for four of us to go (my parents will come to the family dinner, things worked out better that way), gotten myself a purple dress which Martin picked out, picked up cute shoes, and found accessories to compliment the rest. On September 27th I have a date with a colourist to have my roots touched up and a new do created. See, I have been using this shampoo/conditioner combo called FAST, it doubles the rate your hair grows each month. I already have an inch! By that day... I should have enough to trim it and reshape it but still hold the length. I am regrowing my hair out :) This shampoo seriously does wonders, but you can only get it from certain distributors, and only one from Edmonton! On that day I will be getting an all over chocolate brown colour done with TWO blonde sections underneath in chunks. It should look great! I am pretty excited. I also paid for cap and gown and am thinking of getting a white marker so the 7 girls in my class can sign their well wishes onto it. I think out of the whole school of over 60 graduating stylists and however many fashion students, our 8 person class of esthetics will be the loudest and most dramatic out of everybody. We do have charisma going for us ;)
It snowed today. In August. Just light flakes here for a while, nothing more... But snow nonetheless. It feels like autumn more often than not, and I am excited for winter to be on it's way. Favorite season along with fall, you know! Martin and I are thinking of making a trip to Saskatchewan for Thanksgiving if our schedules work out together. I really really hope so. I need to get out of town for a little while. Save my sanity... Thankfully this long weekend we are going to the cottage at Mann Lake. Yesss!
August 22, 2010
School news, Books & Weekend funnies
This weekend was interesting. After two half days (Thurs & Fri) at school and the other portion of the day home with the little bee to help him feel better with his cold and teething, we were able to have some exciting moments with family. Martin's grandparents from Winnipeg were here visiting the whole week (leaving for home on Tues), and we had a big family BBQ on Saturday night. Zacharie played with a two year old named Lucas, we got to know some of the Beck family (Martin's mom's side of the family) and enjoyed the traditional BBQ eats. After a slightly charred edged burger, and several pieces of Zucchini-Chocolate cake later, Martin and I got to sit by ourselves for a while and finished watching the movie Watchmen. Interesting, long, and a great splash of super heros and villains. A good end to the evening.
On Friday at bible study, I was on child care and we were all singing and dancing in a circle pretending to be princesses (the two girls I was watching were 2/3). Saturday morning I walk into Zacharie's bedroom to say hello and good morning, only to find him standing in his crib swaying back and forth singing LALALALA! I guess he caught on to what us girls were doing, and felt like he should be part of the crowd too, and ever since he has been singing and dancing around the house... Or crawling away with super speed. Even at church this morning, he was humming away in my ear during worship or "singing" along with the rest of us :) Precious!
Tomorrow is my BIG anatomy exam, and I am a little nervous. I am praying to have my wits about me and not freeze up on this one. I have been getting all 100's minus about three but have no lower test scores than 97. Hopefully tomorrow is the same. I have done my part in doing the practice exam, going over what I got wrong, and then re reading the whole unit. I will re read again before bed, and before school in the morning. The rest is up to what He has planned for me, but I feel confident nonetheless. In school I am going to be finishing up this week with advanced body treatments, such as body wraps, balneotherapy (water therapy, etc), polishing, etc. We have already done Swedish and hot stone relaxation massages, and man... What a hard week that was ;) They were nice, but I think I like giving rather than receiving them. Next week is all about Reflexology, can't wait!
Oh, and if anyone hasn't heard... I am finishing the Twilight series of books. Yes, I know, me! But it turns out they are impossibly amazing and I have found myself dying to read them whenever I have a spare moment to myself. Sadly this weekend's reading allotment has been taken over by responsibility to myself and my studies with this exam tomorrow. But I might have to create a time slot before bed to read a little. Maybe just a few pages... I would suggest the series to many. They are a good read!
On Friday at bible study, I was on child care and we were all singing and dancing in a circle pretending to be princesses (the two girls I was watching were 2/3). Saturday morning I walk into Zacharie's bedroom to say hello and good morning, only to find him standing in his crib swaying back and forth singing LALALALA! I guess he caught on to what us girls were doing, and felt like he should be part of the crowd too, and ever since he has been singing and dancing around the house... Or crawling away with super speed. Even at church this morning, he was humming away in my ear during worship or "singing" along with the rest of us :) Precious!
Tomorrow is my BIG anatomy exam, and I am a little nervous. I am praying to have my wits about me and not freeze up on this one. I have been getting all 100's minus about three but have no lower test scores than 97. Hopefully tomorrow is the same. I have done my part in doing the practice exam, going over what I got wrong, and then re reading the whole unit. I will re read again before bed, and before school in the morning. The rest is up to what He has planned for me, but I feel confident nonetheless. In school I am going to be finishing up this week with advanced body treatments, such as body wraps, balneotherapy (water therapy, etc), polishing, etc. We have already done Swedish and hot stone relaxation massages, and man... What a hard week that was ;) They were nice, but I think I like giving rather than receiving them. Next week is all about Reflexology, can't wait!
Oh, and if anyone hasn't heard... I am finishing the Twilight series of books. Yes, I know, me! But it turns out they are impossibly amazing and I have found myself dying to read them whenever I have a spare moment to myself. Sadly this weekend's reading allotment has been taken over by responsibility to myself and my studies with this exam tomorrow. But I might have to create a time slot before bed to read a little. Maybe just a few pages... I would suggest the series to many. They are a good read!
August 17, 2010
Exciting, exciting!
I just wanted to inform all of you hive followers that the youngest bee has FINALLY gotten a tooth :D We are proud as can be, and I am sure that once it gets bigger Zee will be too. It has been a long weekend and day or so through this last major step of cutting his first tooth, but we all made it through. So far, no biting with the nursing (luckily) and I am ready to face that when it happens. It is bound to happen with an actual tooth at some point. Usually he is very good at not biting.
I started the last portion of class time at school, and after the long weekend in September I will be just completing hours and officially certified in all areas. I am especially looking forward to learning Reflexology which is two weeks away! Thanks go out to Natalie, for agreeing to take on the "oh so hard" task of being my final practical model. She will get to "endure" through a day of back treatments, full body relaxation massage and reflexology... The poor thing ;)
Martin... Not a good practice client for Swedish massage, or any at that. But I am thankful he let me do his back and ease some of the discomfort he has been having of late. But he is just too darn ticklish to do anywhere else!
Well, that is the update for now. Currently working on completing or starting the three projects due in the next three weeks, studying for a major anatomy exam & wholistic therapies exam, and preparing for my photo shoot at the end of next month. All while snuggling my baby Bee & my Smartie <3
I started the last portion of class time at school, and after the long weekend in September I will be just completing hours and officially certified in all areas. I am especially looking forward to learning Reflexology which is two weeks away! Thanks go out to Natalie, for agreeing to take on the "oh so hard" task of being my final practical model. She will get to "endure" through a day of back treatments, full body relaxation massage and reflexology... The poor thing ;)
Martin... Not a good practice client for Swedish massage, or any at that. But I am thankful he let me do his back and ease some of the discomfort he has been having of late. But he is just too darn ticklish to do anywhere else!
Well, that is the update for now. Currently working on completing or starting the three projects due in the next three weeks, studying for a major anatomy exam & wholistic therapies exam, and preparing for my photo shoot at the end of next month. All while snuggling my baby Bee & my Smartie <3
August 11, 2010
August 9, 2010
So Sorry for the wait...
Hey everyone! So sorry about the wait for another post... I know some of my family is following, and they are probably waiting to hear some news. Well, things have just been so busy around here. School, parenthood, marriage... Well I am going to try and now take a moment every week or so to update this thing called a blog. Now that I have deleted my facebook, I seem to have oodles of time on my hands in the evenings. Not so much this weekend, as I have been searching for possible employers and emailing accordingly. But this is a short post tonight so Martin and I can sit down together and watch a movie!
Thanks for being true readers, and all my love.
Thanks for being true readers, and all my love.
June 5, 2010
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So the first semester is almost over. My final exam is less than a week away, practical and theory. I intend to do well :) I have been lucky so far that my hard studying is paying off with good marks. Sometimes it is very tiring to just study and complete endless pages of homework during my weeknights and often whole weekend. Home just after six pm, play with Zee until his bedtime between seven thirty and eight, then homework or studying until ten thirty for bed. Barely enough time to have intimate moments with my husband, or talk about anything aside from the latest thing the baby did. It's an amazing life, and I am blessed with it... But we were very happy to take a few hours to ourselves and go out for dinner together. Tonight we went to the Keg steakhouse. He had prime rib, and I had chicken. And it was wonderful to get to go together someplace by ourselves. The atmosphere was very romantic, with dimmed lights and hand holding... I had a wonderful night all in all.
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