Friday 

I went with the parentals to Visions Electronics (so they could buy a new TV for their bedroom) and listened to them argue over 50 dollars. Mom wouldn’t give in and buy the TV Dad and I wanted her too. I became fixated on an 80″ TV, but I think that will be a little too big for the next place.

On the way home we stopped by my Zia Marias to show her pictures of the parentals trip to Mexico. It is always enjoyable visiting with Zia.

I caught an episode of Triple D (thanks to Marisa for the phone call) where they featured Vancouver restaurant The Red Wagon. Holy Mother it looked awesome. Claudia caught the episode too so now we have a date for some Pulled Pork Pancakes, Short Rib & Brie Sammiches and Pork Belly Confit.

Saturday

I went with the parentals to pick up my Moms sewing machine which had been serviced. Yes, I tend to get bored and tag along with the parentals a lot like I am 6 years old. I drooled over the Phaff industrial machine they had on sale. I totally miss sewing on industrial machines.

I then went through all of my 2008 photo albums (that I have saved on my computer) and put them in date order, which was painful because the dates on all the photos are screwed up and nothing say the real date on them. Thankfully I anally fill out my google calendar and was able to figure out the majority of them. Next I have to figure out what I want to print.

For dinner we participated in Dine Out Vancouver and went to the Poor Italian with Dario and Gina. The food and service were excellent. We even got a free lesson in cork smelling (our first bottle of wine was no good according to the manager). Gina is a foodie like me, so it’s great going out with someone who loves talking and eating food! Our dinner (and company) were so good I didn’t want the evening to end.

Sunday

We went and viewed 2 housed. The first we knew was too small, but it kind of looked adorable so we went to the open house. It was definitely too small and needed a lot of work. At the 2nd house there was a bit of a misunderstanding and we never actually got to go in it, we just got to walk around the outside. The whole situation put a bad taste in my mouth (along with the fact that street the house is on is way busier then I expect) so I don’t think we will be going back actually view it.

I still have a gift certificate to Pier 1 from our wedding. I only ever bought a couple of things with it and have had a balance sitting on it for 3 years. We stopped in on the way to the In-Laws thinking I only had $20 left or something. Turned out I had $65. I had no idea what to buy so I bought this because I have always wanted one. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what else to buy so I just left it at that. Save a little for the new house, when we buy one.

Dinner at the In-Laws was excellent as always. I need to get my hands on Mama Ciavarros recipe for Yorkshire Pudding. So.Damn.Good. We also took a stroll down memory lane. They are putting their house on the market so Papa Ciavarro has been working away in the basement organizing and getting rid of things. They put together a box of all of Chads childhood keepsakes and such. I will have to post some pictures of mister adorable.

Today

I thought I was going to lose my mind over all these inventory issues but I managed to actually solve them all on my own, which makes me feel so much better about the situation. I am going to meet with the big boss man tomorrow to try and find an easier way to manage the samples that I am in charge of and I think I actually have a pretty good solution that will make inventory a breeze from now on. This makes me so much happier then I was this morning!

So I never really cleaned my room out when I moved, which made it somewhat easy to fall right back into. Stuff animals still in place. Favorite argyle blanket still on the bed. Jewellery and scarves hooks still on the wall. It was more like I had just cleared a bunch of stuff and not necessary moved.

What is it with teen age girls and thinking it is cool to collect random empty bottle of booze? What are we hobos or 80 year old Chinese grandmothers? I don’t know what it is, but my friends and I all went through this phase. I guess we thought we were cool. These bottles have been sitting in my room for years, like almost 10 years. I finally decided it was time to let them go.

Of course, I did keep just a few, for sentimentality, and they had some pretty sweet labels on them. The case of Guinness I bought when Chad and I first started dating and he came over to my house to BBQ me food. I bought his favorite beer to impress him. How adorable. That was also the night he burnt his knuckles on my Dads BBQ. I think it was a sign. Anyways, I was going to recycle them but at the last minute I realized one of my decorative shelves looked rather sad being all empty now so I place the case up there. It matches the colours scheme in my room, I swear. Think of it as art and not as hording.

Speaking of hording, I am making Chad get a nose job so that I don’t have to hear him breath anymore. True story. OK, true story but not that selfish of a story. The guy has never actually been able to breath through his nose but never thought he should get it checked out. He is a boy, why should he bother doing so!? Turns out he has a deviated septum. Yes, he is getting a nose job to fix his deviated septum. The same excuse that every 16 year old girl from Beverly Hills gives, except for him it is actually true. I am very much looking forward to this. Non selfishly so that he can finally breath normally which will be much more comfortable for him and selfishly so that I don’t wake up in the middle of the night from him breathing heavily through his mouth because his nose doesn’t work. He goes to the doctors next week to figure out the logistics of this adventure. Really it just means him staying home from work for a week playing Skyrim.

In other news, we are actually going to view a house tonight, but I’m not holding my breath. We are way too picky. Looks like we will be hanging out at Casa Rossi for a while!

I smell like bleach.

We did the laundry last night and Mom told me to put in too much bleach. Clearly that is why everything smells like bleach. Thankfully the office is half empty today because if not everyone would probably have to stand 10 feet away from me in order to not be annoyed by the smell. I don’t know how I am surviving right now. I just want to rip this damn tank top off! Blah.

Chad ordered me the KitchenAid Pasta Maker attachment for Christmas and it arrived last week. I took a swing at making ravioli again. Same recipe, but with much thinner dough. I also made some pan fried Chicken cutlets and a Caesar Salad as Dario and Gina were coming over for dinner. Small and simple, unlike my usual dinner parties. Everything tasted excellent and I feel much more comfortable in the ravioli making department now which is good. This has caused Chad to become obsessed with freshly made pasta and he now wants me to make it when every possible. I might try Fettucine with his Moms famous meat sauce this Saturday.

Sunday the four of us helped out at the Befana event that our Italian group puts on every year. It was Ginas first time being introduced to the ‘Italian Witch’. The lady you ‘plays’ the Befana is like the cutest Italian Nonna of all time. She reminds me of my Nonna on my Dads side. ADORABLE. We get free pasta and sausages out of the deal, and really, that is reason enough to volunteer. We ended up watching the last 10 minutes of the Broncos vs. Stealers game on Darios android phone, including the insane over time finish. Where were you when Tebow threw a pass to beat the Stealers? Oh, we were in a Gym with a bunch of Italians eating pasta and watching the game on a cell phone. Random but true.

Claudia is in Chile for another week, which makes the office very lonely.

Tonight we order sushi for dinner. This makes me very happy. What makes me even happier is that on Friday we are all getting together for sushi again, but this time we are going to use light saber chop sticks. Oh you just wait for those photos!

I’m half Japanese and half Italian, didn’t you know?

I am so out of sorts.

I got a call this morning from my doctors office informing me I missed my appointment. That’s never happened to me before. I am always so on top of everything. It wasn’t a major appointment, just a prescription renewal that I made 6 months ago, hence why I forgot it. It was totally my fault. I don’t know where my head is. Actually I do, it is all over the place.

This year is so wacked. Nothing has gone according to plan, which I guess is what happens in life. My life is 90% plans so when things don’t go according to plan I’m left in a daze.

I can’t believe how long we have been living in limbo. Limbo at home. Limbo at work. Always LIMBO. I can’t believe I’m still talking about how long we’ve been in limbo. I don’t even know what to expect anymore.

I can’t get over the fact that I forgot my doctors appointment.

I guess all I can do is put my head down and work and wait for a sign that tells me what I should do. We are leaving it up to fate. There is nothing left to do but leave it up to fate.

I need to find more time for blogging.

Is it 2005 all over again?

Where has my head gone?
Where do you hole up to mutilate the day away from me?
Where has my head gone?
Well I felt it slip away

Hi,

It’s Labour Day. I’m trying not to do any labour today. Tomorrow will include more labour then I like.

Chad and Dad are in the basement listening to music and bottling wine. They need to get things organized for the up coming wine season.

It’s 3:00 and we are supposed to be leaving so we’ll have enough time to get ready before heading out to a BBQ but no one is moving. It would be nice not to move and just sit here all day. But then again, I did that for most of yesterday.

I got my hair cut yesterday. I also got my eyebrows waxed for the first time in like 3 years. I don’t know why I find it so hard to trust people with my eyebrows. I seriously have some control issues. I also bought Mr. Ciavarro an anniversary gift. We weren’t going to exchange anything because we really have everything we need (other then a house, but that’s a different story) but then at the last minute I decided that wanted to exchange something small. I asked for a bracelet, lets see if I get it. I think he will like his gift. I’m excited to give it to him. I love giving him gifts.

After my adventures I came home and we made dinner. I then proceeded to watch 8 episodes of the Golden Girls. I just can’t get enough of them. Chad went out with the boys and despite going to be early, I woke up when he came home and couldn’t fall back asleep for 2 hours because I kept having thoughts about the apartment and just started to worry about it. Silly I know, but I am now exhausted from my mid night worry fest. Le Sigh.

I’ve been really good at staying positive when it comes to the apartment even though we are still in the same boat we have been in for 6 months. It’s hard and frustrating and I want to punch things, but I am forcing myself to stay positive. This is all happening for a reason, right!? Right.

OK, the boys are done now so we have to go. Hope you are having a fun day.

Peace Out, Hombres.