Pretty Sure......

That Diet Coke(and/or Blue Gatorade) + Peanut M & M's are my cure all......


If any of you are having generous hearts and feel so inclined to send me a little care package, leave a comment and I'll send you my address (Just know I'd do the same for you:) ) But with Canadian loot(for all you Americans)


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Weeding Out 2009

Dec 31st 2008-- I'm pretty sure I said something to the effect of " I think 2009 will be my year"-- I really need to stop saying that.... I think the Universe is playing mean tricks on me. Tonight I think I'm going to say " I think 2010 WON'T my year" Take THAT Mother Nature... A good case of some Reverse Psychology. Let's see if that worked.

Last night I had a minor melt down, as I let one of the Worsts' of 2009 go.. gone...out of my life for good...--Probably don't ask me how I feel right now, maybe wait a few days(or til Dec 31st 2010). This is going to be good, I know it's for the best that's for sure.

Well, Tune in tomorrow for my goals for 2010. :)

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Definitions PLEASE!

Ok, so I need some clarification from men and women on the following....


.I just got called a "pretty little firecracker" from a patient. Good or Bad?.

.."you're cute?.. I have a hard time with this one, a friend in highschool said he only calls girls cute when he doesn't think they're hot, and doesn't want to hurt their feelings--ever since then, whenever a guy calls me cute, I throw a fit:) like last night ALSO, the word pretty. I'm having a hard time with that word too... to me pretty reminds me of "kind of" so you're 'pretty cute'= not quite cute. I had a debate last night with someone about that word, he called me "difficult" grrrr

..."You're a 7?"... On the LOS scale I'm pretty sure that's really good, above average... however, I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't know what the LOS scale is. I don't know if I deserve to be higher or lower there...not too sure how to take that one. hmm...

....Is it wrong that I like it when others initiate text convo's?.... I guess I'm lazy! ha!



Thought please :)

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My Blog, I'll say what I want.

and all I want to say is........


My bum sure does look good in these new scrubs I got for Christmas. Thanks mom for making my tush look cute :)



I keep getting compliments at work :) I like it!



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Balance.....

I have a problem with balance in every aspect in my life. I'm constantly making lists, and checking them twice, and I get stressed out if I have more than 2 or 3 things to do and they're not written down. Us Bigelows have short memories...hell so do the Wickens' I'm pretty sure I'm hooped!

**Just for the record** I never use to get stressed, I use to handle it like a champ. I had lists for getting unstressed. It's just a viscous cycle.


Anyways. I'm reading back on a lot of my posts(sorry for all the grammar, and spelling mistakes) I never said I was good in English. I'm more of a science/math girl--bet ya never took me for one of them huh? no one ever does. ** HOLY SOOOOO OFF TOPIC ** As I was saying. I've read back on a lot of my posts, and well, they're SO RANDOM! I have all sorts of crap mixed in with everything. So here's my question. Do I spend the majority of my time blogging about funny/life things and add a few spiritual posts in every once in a while(weekly) or do I just write it as it happens, and have a melting pot of posts so to speak?

I need advice. Also, I want a cute blog back ground, some cute font, maybe some buttons, but I'm blogging stupid and I don't know how to do it. Anyways wanna give me a tutorial? I'll send you something cool in the mail(maybe)... Ok I totally will :)


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Waxing mistake.....

Ok, so while I was unpacking all of my loot from Christmas(P.S my room is totally pimped out) too bad the only one who ever really sees it is me... hmm oh well....

Anyways, so I found my waxing pot-one from my friend who is a professional waxer(is that what they call it?) well, she is, and for Christmas last year she got me my own waxing set like the one she uses at her salon. There are 3 different types of wax(for different areas) and these pre-treatment,and post treatment creams. Well, I heated up the wax to wax my eyebrows(I'm pretty much a pro at it) and I cut the strips, and applied the wax, put the strip over top, rubbed in the direction of the hair and went to pull it off..... and the strip came off, but the WAX, yah that was still stuck to my face. :( I looked at the wax and it was the 'least sensitive' wax that you would use for *ahem* down there.... and well.... uhh.... it was stuck on my face(and if you're close with me, and we're bbm(blackberry messanger) friends, you may or may not have recieved the picture proof of this) and if you're VERONICA, you'd laugh your ass off at me. :( -- It pays to be bbm friends with me, you'll recieve "laugh your ass off" pictures regularily. So, I started freaking out, and grabbed the wax off lotion and applied it GENEROUSLY, and it wasn't coming off, my fingers were sticking to my eye, wax was getting EVERYWHERE, and I was having a minor melt down. After half a bottle of wax off, some soap, warm water(scalding hot) my face has merely been rubbed raw. Atleast I only did the onside....(Always looking on the brighter side of things)

Pretty sure from now on, I'll just go stop being a cheap ass, and pay for her to do it.



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What I'll Miss The Most.....

Well, I'm back at work..... and I'm surprised that I'm not tearing out my hair yet. It's not THAT bad, but now that I said that it's going to get really bad(just my luck)


I've been thinking about what I'm going to miss the most now that Christmas is over... I've narrowed it down to 3 things.

.1. Christmas Music on the radio <3 it.

..2.. Diet coke in glass bottles-- I feel like I only ever see coke(diet) in glass bottles at Christmas. I think I've drank more than my fair share of it tho. I could probably hold off til next year.

...3... Giving service, I give service throughout the year, but Christmas time is an excuse to serve those you don't normally serve, OR serve someone who you want to, but don't want to get looked at werid--Does this make sense?


What are you going to miss about this time of the year? I'm excited to make my new years resolutions. Stay tuned for that post, it'll be interesting :)



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I know I know I KNOW!!!

***PLEASE DON'T HATE ME, I HAVE ZERO PICTURES FROM THIS LAST WEEK, I SUCK SO BAD, I'm so horrible at taking pictures... It's a 2010 resolution, and now that I have a sweet cam I can do it***

So I'm in desperate need of a blog update... this is going to sound even worse when I say that I've checked my blog every single day...to read everyone elses but never posted. I'm kicking myself now...

Ok, so we're just going to have a post with events as they happened... I got to Taber on Tuesday just in time to head to my parents house, shake a few presents under the tree, and then get ready for my uncles funeral(It was the weridest thing I've ever been too, and I'm just going to leave it at that) Then I went to a Christmas Reunion Party that we have every year. We see old friends from highschool, eat food, and catch up

Wednesday I did a bunch of running around with my momma, had my new winter tires put on my jeep(she's a beaut) rescued my dad after he got into an accident in my moms new jeep(YUP, and you better believe I gave him the whole"you really shoulda been watching where you were going, you're lucky no one was seriously hurt" speech that he always seems to want to give me. Granted, I've only ever been in one accident, and I was the one hurt.. so everyone felt bad for me. Aside from getting to play the adult role for a few minutes, everyone was fine, the jeep will get fixed and my dad was not seriously hurt. CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! :) Later, that night we had our tradish--Chinese food dinner on Christmas eve. It was soo good. This is such a fun part of Christmas, I look forward to it every year. Went home stuffed to the brim on Chinese food and watched some Christmas movies.

CHRISTMAS MORRRRRRRNING--Normally I'm the first kid awake, and then I go jump on my family. Wellll this year much to my dismay my sister was awake first and she's less than pleasant in the mornings..(I'm not as obnoxious as she is when I wake her up) Ok, so maybe I jump on her, tickle her, and pull all her covers off but DANG IT I wanna open presents. It wasn't eve 7:30 when she woke me up(I usually am kind and wait atleast until 8) geez. So we all woke up, assumed our positions under the Christmas tree...We all got rather spoiled this year, I almost hate telling people what I got, cause I got too much... but here goes -- New TV(after 24 years my parents finally got smart, and changed the names on most of the presents that were for me,cause they know the first thing I do when I go home, is I shake presents) so after opening tons that said to my mom,dad and sister I got suspicous when the last present under the tree was for my dad, but he wanted "me to open it" cause it was too heavy to move. So I ripped the paper off that sucker and realized that the NEW TV was for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE wooohoooo :) I got a Wii, Wii Fit, Biggest loser wii(haha I'm a fatty who needs more than the gym) New Digital Camera, clothes, tons of awesome things gift cards. I got spoiled rotten this year. Dinner was INSANELY good as usual, and we just hung out and had an easy chill relaxing day. We talked to family that is away. It was nice.

Saturday I got even more spoiled when my mom, sister and I went to the City to do some boxing day shopping.(note--boxing day is the Canadian Equiv. of BLACK FRIDAY) for all you Americans. I got tons of new clothes....

Sunday, I went to church at my parents family ward, I feel like a celeb when I'm there ,everyone is so excited to see me! They have this tradish that when all the kids are home from school for Christmas they have some of them come bear their testimonies, and tell what they've been doing for the last year, and I did it when I was 19-living in Utah so I thought for sure they'd pass me up...I'm old, and not in school...I'm boring. But the Bishop called on me last minute. I guess it was easier telling the WHOLE congregation that I live in Calgary, I'm NOT married(and I'm ok with it) where I'm working, and what my plans are for the next year! I got to chat with a bunch of friends I hadn't seen in a while which was nice. Then I went into the City(lethbridge) and met up with one of my FAVE girls/old roomies Jaylene and saw It's complicated and went to Moxies for dinner! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOO fun! The movie was hilarious, the company as even funnier. The whole time we sat around and chatted about old times, and laughed so hard. I love that girl so much. I love how no matter how busy each of us are, when we do get together it's like no time has passed, we catch each other up to speed on our lives, and laugh about old times! She's going to be one of my most fave people FOREVER! I'm so excited she's moving back to Calgs, maybe we'll get to live together again :)

Today I was super busy. I washed my jeep, vaccumed it, got goceries, came home, unpacked(everything but my clothes, that can be done tomorrow) set up my new tv,wii,wii fit and biggest loser.... and now I'm making lunch, and blogging.

I'm exausted. I'm not looking forward to going to work tomorrow :( Oh man, well I had a nice week off, so I guess it's time to bring on the stress! I can handle it!

--How come your week of vaca always seems shorter than a work week. UGH.

--Ohhhhhh and I found a way to make more money without getting a legit job(I tried the hooker thing, its too cold here in the winter time) ha jks. I am going to start reffing highschool basketball/volleyball games. My friends husband does it, and he said they're looking for girl refs, they pay between 40-50 a game and you do two a night, and you can do as many a week as you want, plus tourneys. That's some pretty decent side cash. All reffing $$ will go towards travelling :) YAY speaking of travelling. I'm going to Seattle in May with some of my girlies. I'm sooo stoked! YAY!



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Thank You Old Man

Wellllllll it's no surprise that I've been a little cranky pants the last little while. But from here on out I'm a happy camper! Today when I woke up I was going somewhere with my mom and there was this old man with a snowblower out cleaning the sidewalks of the whole street. How nice is that man. He was old. It made my heart happy. But it made me sad that such an old man was doing it. Someone should be doing it for this old man. -- Everyone who reads this, please go shovel the side walk for someone. especially someone old. thank you. :)


Tonight I am going to my annual Christmas get together with all my friends from highschool. I am excited. Some of them I haven't seen since the LAST christmas get together. I miss them. I miss all the crazy inside jokes that we have. I miss all the funny things we use to do in highschool. I miss the "Daisy, Lou, Michael, James" dates we use to have. Soooo fun! I am soooo giddy right now. I'm excited to see my friends. Soooo excited I'm goin to wear my nice clothes, and actually brush my hair/wear make up. Most of my friends are now married with kids.... so it'll be fun to hold all the super cute babies, and tell everyone about all my horrible dating stories I have. Atleast I'll help them be thankful they're married. HA! <3 it. Sooooo excited!


Merry Christmas, and All the best in the New Year. I'm sure I'll be blogging again before 2010. BUUUUUUUUUT you can never say it too many times :)



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I could use my red nose about now....

How I even have time to blog right now is beyond me. I am SOOOOOOO busy I just am grumpy. Not a bad grump(is there such thing as a good grump?) hmmm well I'm just really stressed cause I have a huge work load, I'll probably be working late tonight, I wanted to go to the Nativity tonight, but I might still be here. Errrr.... I guess I should stop blogging and get back to work.


Dear Stress,

Please go away. This is supose to be a HAPPY time of the year, but with recent events at work, and people quitting/leaving I'm left to do the work of 3 people like me. THAT inceases my clinics/day over 100% (thinking about that is giving me a headache) I'm going to try to get thru today, and enjoy the next week I have off, and I worry about all my work when I get back(and the work of two other girls until further notice) eww I can't think about that, cause that stresses me out even more! Only 30 minutes left until my lunch break(nap time) and then only 3 hours left of regular work hours... errr :s

I realize that I've been a downer lately, All I do is work,and do the work of THREE desks. Oyi. It's not that bad. I just need to come up with a system. Come in early, leave late, work thru my breaks... I will be compensated nicely :) ooo that makes me happy!

Love Lach--



Here's a happy note to leave on.... I just got 4 cards from other nurses/dr's. Telling me how bloody fantastic I am(one card actually says that) They made my day.

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A Piece of Humble Pie

Well.... I really have nothing to blog about right now... Last night one of my friends said.... "where have you been all my life" and I told her "at home, or at the gym" haha it's true thats what my life has come down too lately.. She said ditto..So I'm glad I'm not really missing out on much :) I haven't even been out on a date in a while...


Last week our R.S Presidency got together to make a "Christmas Treat" for the sisters, and we made truffles. I was quite impressed with my rolling of chocolate and dipping it in icing sugar... So I thought that I was going to make Roast for our work Christmas Potluck... I have had a crockpot for a year, and haven't really used it....how hard is it to make a roast? Not too hard...or so I thought... Here is the following convo(s) I had with my mom..

**At Safeway**
Me- Mom, how do I make a roast?
Mom- Buy the roast, but onion soup mix, onions, carrots, potatoes... put it all in the crockpot, turn it on and BAM ROAST
Me-Done, thanks mom. Love you!

**At home**
Me-Mom, so do I put the meat in the slow cooker then the seasoning THEN the veggies, or can I put the veggies in then the seasoning?
Mom-meat, then seasoning , then veggies
......damn......take out all veggies,season meat, re add veggies
Me- Thanks mom, love you.

**before bed**
Me- Mom, do I put water in the slow cooker?
Mom- Do you want a dry roast?
Me- No...ew....
Mom- well what do you think....
Me- Yes?
Mom- Bye lachele, love you....


Ha, please remember that my mom and I do not live together.... that is how the conversations wentish... I can't remember exact details. POINT is.... it's harder to make a roast than I thought


SIDENOTE-- The roast was FANTASTIC, and everyone LOVED it. I'll be making it more often to impress people with my MAD skillz <-- notice how g-unit I am using a "z" instead of a "s" :)


Well, since the truffles and the roast turned out soo well, I wanted to make a little Christmas treat for the girls I work with. What better more AWESOMEST treat to make than popcorn balls? Soooo yummy... So I trudged to Safeway Saturday to buy all the stuff....

Me-Hey ash, is confectioners sugar like white or brown sugar?
Ash- I don't know.... why?
Me- I'm making popcorn balls....and I need to know
Ash- Mom says is icing sugar
Me- I didn't even think of that-- I'll just go put the other two sugars back that I was going to buy just in case.

** I get home, and I start following the instructions... add corn syrup, marshmallows, butter,icing sugar in a pot, bring to a boil and pour over FIVE cups of popcorn. So I wanted these to be the BEST they eva had... so I used kettle corn. <3 that stuff. Well I popped a few bags....and measured out 5 cups.... it didn't look like that much, but I followed the RECIPE exactly.... I made the stuff on the stove and then poured it all into the big bowl and it COATED EVERY KERNAL.....ewwwwwwww

--Side note-- When it calls for FIVE cups of popcorn... I gathered it means 5 unpopped cups..... They didn't turn out that well, I had unpopped kernels randomly stuck in the middle of each bite.... and it's SOOOOOO freakin sweet. Needless to say I'm just going to give them to someone I don't like and hope they choke on the kernels :) haha just kidding! I'm planning on making more when I go home for my Christmas Reunion with my highschool friends. They'll be super impressed. Trust me.


I guess I got a little too cocky, and I need some humble pie. Oh well.... I'm 2 for 3. That's not too shabby!


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My Spirits have been LIFTED

My visiting teacher Kami ROCKS.... she's moving to Utah in a few weeks, so this was the last time she was going to come visit me. It was sad....


I had told her a few weeks ago that I was having a rough day, She brought me a present that she said was sure to turn my frown upside down...I'm wearing it as I type... :)


--Sidenote, Clowns SCARE me. ALOT. She gave me a clown nose. To wear whenever I'm having a bad day( I very well might being driving,sleeping,working,running....with this nose.... so if you see a random girl wearing a red nose...you'll know it's me :)







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Blog Sistas!

Here's a blog sista shout out to seriously my most fave blog on the worldwideweb.... Declarations of a Diva... She's soo cute. She recently posted about how she thinks we're blog sisters... I totally agree.. I feel like shes the 'american' version of myself(assuming she lives in the states)


Div,

I'm sorry snake is such a douche bag(I do know what that means, I googled it one day)--thats enough for another post-- I think you're FANTASTIC, and I'm sure you're probably drop dead gorgeous... I want to be friends in REAL life :) I'm sure we'd get along amazingly.


Don't sweat the small stuff, you're awesome! I hate dishes too, and just remember the BEST is yet to come.


Love Lach. <3

Good Excuse!

The conversation starter these days is : "So, are you all done your Christmas Shopping?"

My prompt response is: "Well no, I haven't even started yet."


Why haven't I started shopping yet? WELL, I don't know what to get anyone, and I have a LONG list of things that I could get MYSELF, see the problem. Apparently in some cultures(mine, and every one that I've heard of so far) It's not very proper to buy yourself presents at Christmas....

Any ideas on what I can get a mom, a dad and a 21 year old girl? That's really all I have to buy for this year... and a few odds and ends for a work function....


If I don't get any ideas, anytime soon, I'll be forced to go buy myself presents. :)


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This is what I get......

I get the following text from my best friend last night.....

Lauren McCance: "Hey, so I think you should get married so we can hang out more."

I nicely replied....." I'm working on it."

Lauren McCance: " Well, could you work a little faster, I miss you."



Ahhhh all I could do was laugh. Lauren I miss you too. It's true I'm sure I'd see alot more of quite a few of my friends if I just jumped on the marriage bandwagon. Atleast if I just got married to see more of them, it wouldn't matter if I liked who I married, cause I wouldn't really have to hang out with JUST him all the time, Then she'd tell me to jump on the having a baby bandwagon. I see where all this is going.


All in due time Lolls...all in due time ;)



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Everything Means Nothing.....

This is my NEW motto for life. Courtesy of this really cute blog that I found. I feel like this girl and I are sisters, or maybe just twins. Oh Drama Diva how I love you. I like to think I don't have drama in my life....but let's get real! I do, I HATE it tho.

I'm a young adult girl....who reads too much into things, and gets worked up over more than I should..... Hence the reason that from now on... "Everything means nothing" I'm going to stop reading into things. I'm looking for crystal clear-cut answers and if I don't get them, I'm not wasting my time.

I'm curious to see how many other girls read too much into things, get excited too early for "things" and then end up being disappointed in the end. I can have to do with ANYTHING. Please post your feelings on this matter. I surely hope that I'm not the only one who feels like this.


P.S I'm a little sad that no one read-commented on the mormonbachelorpad.blogspot.com. It really is pretty dang comical. The thoughts of these guys probably make up for the better part of the guys we have to choose from for Eternal companions( Heaven help me.) I think this is one of the reasons my new motto came from. These guys are REDIC, but I'm pretty sure Jake is getting what's coming to him. SUCKER! I'll admit that I'm pretty upset that this blog is coming to a close(maybe), it was my form of comic relief to take my mind off some of the pathetic stuff going on in my life.(nothing too serious, just drama as Troy puts it)

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I feel bad.....

I feel bad for not posting anything since thursday.... it hasn't even been a week yet, and I already feel bad. I have no new news, or juicy gossip, or whatever... Sad.


It was MISERABLE this weekend... like -49 temp. I was soooo lazy. I went to the gym, I went to church... and other than that I watched Christmas movies.

I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. Saturday. YUP. Saturday I'll go finish all my shopping. Well, I guess I need to START, before I can be close to finishing. OYI.

Everytime I go shopping I just see stuff I want for myself. Now that's Christmas Spirit if I've ever seen it.



Well, I really HONESTLY have nothing. Tonight I'm making gingerbread houses, and going to the gym.

Tomorrow is the special fast for Paige, so I'll be at the church tomorrow night after work, then to the gym. Wednesday night I'm making 'truffles' with the rest of the Presidency to give to the sisters for Christmas. I don't even know what a truffle is... I'm pretty busy this week.... Friday I'm going for 'drinks' with the girls I work with....-- Diet coke and lime on the rocks! Oh heeeeeeeeeellllll yah! haha

Well, I'll post some pictures of gingerbread houses, and truffle making.


TEEEEEEEEEEN DAYS til I get to go home and eat chinese food with my family, and watch christmas movies ALL night with my sister, and OPEN presents! :)


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Shout Out....MBP

Ok, Ok, So I totally have this shout out that I'm going to do right now. If you remember about a month ago I came across whatnot2date.blogspot.com and I thought it was classic, she was right about alot of things, and she had some good ideas. Well I was reading her latest blog entry and it was her 'opinion' of another blog that one of her readers suggested that she read. WELL of course I had to go there and read it.... 3 days later I'm FINALLY finished reading the WHOLE blog, and I'm at a loss for words! It's seriously sooooo funny!

What I wouldn't give to be one of the girls in their blog... ha ha.... (I'm being sarcastic) It definately keeps me entertained thats for sure! Thanks boys!

If you get a chance, and have some time... go read mormonbachelorpad.blogspot.com and let me know what you think!


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New Gym

Well.... I am on day two of my "new" gym....the one closest to the hospital... it's well.... it's a little bit G H E T T O Seriously! Yesterday when I walked in I almost turned around and walked right back out. BAH! But I tried it out, it's very dimmly(sp) lit, it has the RANDOMEST set up ever...there are leg presses next to treadmills which is next to a stretching mat.... there is ONE water fountain.... the list could go on.. let me just get to the point of this post!

I am not the -bestlooking- workerouter on the face of the earth, I kind of actually look like a man! But I think that might be a good thing, it shows I'm working out and I'm sweating right? WHAT I don't get is how so many girls go so primped and just walk around-- I'm not too sure why I never noticed this at my other gym, but it just sticks out to me so much more at this one. Probably cause it's so close to the university, and such that girls go to meet boys... perhaps! Maybe oneday I'll become THAT girl, who goes to the gym to meet guys! Probably not anytime soon tho! I've got WAY too much work to do!

Now that I'm off my soap box, I know alot of people who go to this location, it's close to where alot of my friends live/work/go to school so I assumed I'd see a few of them. Well I never banked on the following happening earlier tonight...

.....I just finished running 5 mile sprints(I know, you can all ooo and aahhh at me now) I'm pretty rad! ( I feel like a grandma right now tho, two days of that and I'm beat!) I'm getting on one of the bikes to do a 60min cool down, and I feel this guy from my church walking past me, very slowly....with his head straight but his eyes clearly looking in my direction...well I don't know him very well so it would be werid for me to look up, and start a convo.... so I just look down.... I look up again and THERE he is...walking straight past me, with his head straight forward and his eyes looking at me... 10 minutes later THE SAME THING HAPPENED he walked past me twice...(so he's now walked past me 4 times) in the hour span I was on the bike he walked past me 8 times....being all awkward...so awkward to the point where the guy on the bike beside me says:

"Hey, I sure hope he's looking at you, cause if not I'm going to kick his ass"

HAHA!

THHHHHHHHEN, I get back on the treadmill for a little runski :) and I see this kid I went to high school with walking past me(with a super ugly short chick HA) He glances at me, and then kept walking... I haven't seen him in FIVE years, and I only knew him cause he played varsity basketball when I played varsity and we'd travel together...OH YA that and he use to copy off me in one of our math classes in grade 12. So I guess we knew each other well enough, but it had been 5 years, I didn't really care to talk to him, I wasn't worried about the way I looked, cause lets be honest, he hung out with me after a 50 minute basketball game! He'd seen me at my worst! I was watching tv, look up and BAM! Matt Tudor is standing right in front of me! ** I think I left out the part, where I maybe had a little crush on him in grade 11, and my friend Lane and I would stalk him..** Sorry I didn't really think it was THAT pertinant to the story... I guess I was wrong.


I'm not really sure where I was going with this story, other than I saw Matt, and had another kid trying to be all stealth..but failed miserably. I probably would have said hi, but I don't know his name.....


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FML

I've never really been into that site FML or even really use that saying, but right now sounds like a pretty damn good time to start!


Well I should just get down to it!

--I live in Canada...and it's cold.... FML

--I now have to work til 4:30 on christmas eve, and will miss chinese food with the fam. FML

--I am 23 years old and feel like I'm 75 right now.... FML

--My hip/groin hurt, I get home from the gym and apply 'icy hot' to my outter hip, and inner upper thigh..... FML... This isn't the first time I've done this either, I'm not a fan of the sensation!

--I just worked out for 3 hours, came home and my shower is torn apart.. FMLx2

--At the rate I'm going at, I'm going to need a hip replacement before my 25th birthday(5 mile run & 5 mile sprints).....FML

--It's really cold in my room, I don't think the vents work, I wake up 34254364 times a night cause I'm slipping into hypothermia.....FML

--IT WON'T STOP SNOOOOOOOOOOWING......... FML

--My living room is cluttered with BOXES of my roomates crap....FML

--Just realized that money doesn't grow on trees.... FML

--I was unlocking my front door, with my phone in my purse, I looked down and it was calling the LAST person I'd ever want my phone to accidentally call.. I think he picked up........ FFFFFFFFFML!


** I had a few other FML's while I was driving home from work, but I don't remember them **

It's been a rough few days! What can I say?

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Tis' the Season to be Jolly!

Faaaalalalala llllla laaaaa la la!

Tonight is the Christmas Party for our ward, and I'm so excited for Turkey dinner, I however am NOT excited to wear a dress when its -28(yup no word of a lie, it is)

I sure hope Santa is there so I can sit on his lap and tell him the only thing I want for Christmas is the roads to be nice on the 24th so I can actually go home(My parents are taking care of all my other Christmas Requests) I've been a VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRY good girl this year :) No speeding tickets, No Photo Radar tickets and I don't have a maxed out Credit Card :) haha!

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Yesterday, I had the chance to give the Presidency lesson in Relief Society, and I think it went over pretty well. It started with a story on service out of the scriptures in Mosiah about King Benjamin, then it went into some Christmasy stuff and ended with the whole room including myself in tears. Thats how Relief Society goes, and that my friends is the reason I love Relief Society. I am pro RS--I have to be after all :) I'm little Miss RS :)

A girl in our ward named Paige Stronach was recently(and by recently I mean Thursday)diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) pretty much what it is, is her body is producing inmature white blood cells. It's a rapid producing cancer of the blood pretty much.

UPDATE 1
-Paige was Diagnosed and Admitted to Unit 57 on Thursday, and has recieved her 3rd dose of Chemo as of yesterday.
-Her immune system is EXTREMELY weak right now.
-She's in very high spirits!
-She's being treated by some of the leading hematologists/oncologists in the Country, and I know that she's in very good hands(I work with these Dr's)
-She has already cut her hair--and looks SUPER cute with short hair!
-She is expected to lose her hair in 10-14 days(it's natural)
-She has recieved an outpouring of love and support and is GRATEFUL for everyones prayers/fasts and all of the above.
-She will be in the hospital straight thru Christmas.

If anyone would like to go visit Paige she is at the Foothills Hospital on Unit 57. Here are a list of the do's and don'ts associated with visiting. If anyone would like specific infomation please msg me with your email address, or email me directly and I will give you all info needed to go visit her.


Don't
-No plants or flowers
-No balloons or latex
-Nothing that would make her bleed(nail clippers, files, razors,etc)
-No colonge/or strong smells
-Do not visit if you are sick, recently been sick or live with someone who is sick
-No outside food or drinks
-Max 2 people to visit at a time
-Please call/text her mother before coming to ensure she is up to visitors
-No children are allowed on Unit 57, so please be aware of that.


Do
-send cards,letters,pictures
-Call her mom before hand(msg me for details)
-If you have something you'd like to give her but you are unable to make it here, you can give it to me, and I'll make sure that she gets it.(msg me for my contact info)
-Pray/fast for her.



If anyone has any questions about the special fast, or the break the fast afterwards(Tues Dec 15th) or visiting Paige please contact me. You can msg me right here on my blog or you can email me at lachele.wickens@albertahealthservices.ca or lachelewickens10@hotmail.com. If you know me well enough to know my number feel free to text me or give me a call as well. Also, if anyone doesn't know their way around the hospital I would be more than happy to show you around(assuming I'm free) once you get here, I'll give you my directline here at the hospital to arrange times.

I love this time of the year, and I hope to be able to remember to keep giving service all year round. In the last 48 hours I haven't thought once about my problems, just about how insignificant they are compared to other peoples.




"When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God."

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The Wedding Scrouge

Has anyone realized that I haven't been blogging much lately. Normally it's 2-4 times a week and now it's Monday again and I feel like I have absolutely NOTHING to blog about! However, like the good,semi-dedicated blogger I am I will muster up something and try to make it as entertaining as I can.

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Well Saturday I went to a wedding( I hate weddings) I use to love them, but now I really HATE them with a passion!(I have millions of wedding invitations of friends that should have seen me at theirs,but I bailed) Maybe I'm the wedding scrouge. Well, the wedding was nice, the food was delish. It was a girl I work with, and so I knew I'd be chillin with some other women from work to which I was a bit nervous for, but I was plesantly surprised by how different they were outside of the office. I did the Chicken Dance...with a 2 year old... I danced with an Old man, and had someone pinch my bum.... THEN I was forced into taking part in a humilating wedding tradition(This may or may not be the reason I LOATHE weddings.) **The bouquet toss** UGH! This has to be the most retarded tradish EVER! How embarassing is it to call out all the single ladies(who probably already hate their lives cause they're alone, and watching someone celebrate being with someone they love forever) congregate in a tight circle waiting for flowers to be thrown from the bride to decide their future. But, the show had to go on(and wouldn't unless I got in the circle) TAKE ONE--the bouquet was thrown by the bride and landed a foot and a half infront of me, to which I JUMPED back a few feet and hid my hands.... HA! it's not for me! I ducked outta that one pretty good! She decides she needs to go it again to be "fair" Ugh TAKE TWO-- She THROWS it at me. BAHHHHHHHHHHH-- They sure love to make the little mormon girl the joke of the wedding... For this EXACT reason, I decided NOT to take a date, I never would have heard the end of it, and the girls I work with would have embarassed the hell out of me!

**Sidenote** I have caught 5 bouquets...and I'm still single, I may have bouquetitis which means that catching the bouquet has the opposite effect on me than it would anyone else, so I'm pretty sure I've just doomed myself to 5 more years of singledom! If I'm married before I'm 30 I will be highly surprised!

My fave quote of the day was from my friend Trish's boyfriend in regards to her catching the bouquet.... "Don't you DARE catch it" Yet he catches the garter..BAHAHA! Looks like I was doing Matt a favor. I think I deserve to be compensated for my services! The flowers are very pretty tho!

All in all, I was highly surprised with what a good time it turned out to be!

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I'll do just about anything for a good blogpost

That title is totally legit. I was just telling my friend that I took a blogging break, because I just couldn't keep up with having to do an activity that would be worthy of a blog post. But now that I am back and ready to go. I am taking suggestions for post ideas....

I will do just about anything for a good post<--- anyone who knows me, knows this is true!

I look forward to hearing your suggestions :)


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