Condo Warming Party

This Saturday night past, I held my Condo warming party. I had approximately 30 of my nearest and dearest friends in attendance, and it was a great success!!!

I had a great variety of hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and the condo was packed. I always find that creating memories in a space is what makes it feel more like a home.

The memory of the party, the friends in attendance, and the energy of the evening is what I am left with. I took a picture at the beginning of the evening before any guests were here, and someone took one at the end of the evening. Regrettably I was having too good of a time to have remembered to take any pictures in between!

Still, I have the memories in my head. My friend Elizabeth came up for the weekend from Indiana, which made the evening that more memorable!

I had a couple of friends from out of town stay over, so I made a nice breakfast on Sunday morning, with a MAJOR hang over I might note!!! I make too good a Cosmo~ Thanks to Stephen and Lizzy for being clean up crew on Sunday morning.

Thanks to all my friends and family who were in attendance. You all made the night!!! Love you!

Happy Birthday Stephen

Today is my friend Stephen's birthday. We went to 'Canoe' for dinner tonight. Canoe is located on the 54th floor of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower. WOW, the view was spectacular. I have been wanting to try 'Canoe' for sometime, so it was nice to have a reason to go.

Hope you had a great Birthday Stephen!!!! Many happy returns my friend~

The Surreal Life 3

Anyone??? Anyone??? I have nothing here, if anyone can help me with an explanation for this show???

Seriously, I thought that the last step in any celebrities failing career was Casinorama, but alas I am wrong. It is 'The Surreal Life'.

I got home late this evening, and as I checked my email had the TV on in the background. My misfortune had me tuning in to the 3rd unfortunate season of this tragic series.

Seriously...who produces this rubbish, and further more, who watches it???

Crazy ass dysfunctional people, some drunk blond amazon woman (Brigitte Nielson) smoochin' up on some crazy dude with gold teeth (Flavor Flav????) Please make it stop. Nightmares are imminent!!!

Let's be real, there is another show on TV called 'Intervention'...all those appearing on 'The Surreal Life' are all desperately in need of one!

There....I feel better......I can sleep now~

Time to Pay the Piper

Ok, so back in October when I ran the Toronto half marathon, I sustained a leg injury which prevented me for running for quite a while.

Over the past several months, it's been cold and I have been staying inside. Couple that with Thanks Giving and Christmas, well needless to say I indulged in a little more eating that I should have.

So long story short, I am FULLY fat right now. I have gained probably 25lbs, and feel just gross!!! I need to buy new clothes badly, but don't want to spend money when I am going to get back in shape, so add insult to injury, there are days I don't even want to leave the house.

......Cut to my new commitment. I declare here and now that I am committed to getting back in shape. I am going to get back to eating properly, and MOST important, I am going to get back into running and working out at the gym!

So, mark your calenders people, three months, that's June 18, 2007, I will be back to my fully fit self.

New clothes will follow, and I will have my MOJO back~

Slumber Party

A few months back, two of my friends Susan and Julie suggested that I host a 'Slumber Party' at my new pad.

So Saturday night I hosted 4 of my favourite girls in all the world. Mariana, Eva, Julie and Susan.

The ladies showed up with sleeping bags in tow, and we all settled in for a fun filled evening.

We started the night with candles lit and music playing. Smoked Salmon hors d'oeuvres, Mariana's amazing guacamole, with fresh cut salsa and tortilla chips, olives, it was all sooo great.

With the drinks flowing, we made short work of the nibblies. We then moved into chocolate fondue!!! I can't even tell you!!! So good. During the day I had made some home made chocolate chip cookies. We used those to make home made ice cream sandwiches, which we rolled in Hershey's chocolate chips. Needless to say we were all on a sugar high~
It is rare that you get to enjoy an evening with friends that doesn't have to end, it added to the level of comfort that we were all staying put for the night.

We all got our sleeping bags prepared and finally called it a night. Note to self: sleeping bags are designed to keep a person warm in very cold temperatures. Can you imagine what they were like in a heated condo??? Can you say WARM?!?! As much as we were all troopers, we lasted until around 3:30am on the floor and slowly migrated to available beds. My back never appreciated my mattress so much!!!

Breakfast the next morning was a collaborative effort. Eva makes a wicked scrambled egg!!!

Ladies....I love you each so much, I can't thank you enough for a great evening!!!!!