life is short. love never dies.

ok - had a pretty good weekend!

1) friday me&Mares finished up S3 of Leverage - so now we're all set for S4 when it starts in June!! (YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY)

2) Saturday was amaaaaaaaaaaaazing!! Steve got skullycat and their mom tickets to Cavalia for Mother's Day, so he and I took Kaeda to Steveston, got drinks from Sbux (and while Uncle Steve was getting his ladies drinks, Auntie Cait played "Where's Kaeda" with Kaeda outside. In public. Where people could see and laugh WITH us. not at us. WITH US. After taking a walk along the boardwalk, we went home, Steve and K watched Homeward Bound 2 and I chilled with Bowynn a bit. Then the boys fed me dinner, the Mom's came home, and the Woman and I escaped to get some dessert (mmmmmmmmmm Marble Slab!!) then went shopping at London Drugs.

3) Sunday was pretty good too. the Sis and I watched the Fast and the Furious movies (omg, #3 shouldn't EVEN COUNT. ITS HORRIBLE!!) then had naps, then went to dinner at the Flying Beaver with a couple of her friends.

tonight, its dinner at Dad's (which we missed last week b/c of stupid work) so i'm excited for that.

you know what else i'm excited for?



if you guessed Hawaii 5-0, you'd be CORRECT!! OMG THIS EP LOOKS INCREDIBLE!!! IS IT 10PM YET?????????? 

(seriously, Dinner at Daddy's, Castle, and H50 are the only good things about mondays. no lie)

 oi...

Ok, so on Sunday, i hopped on a ferry to visit my Best Friend Karen (who lives in Victoria) for 3 weeks. ie. All my vacation time. She's super pregnant. 

So i get there and she and Kaeda pick me up and we go get pizza and starbucks coffee for brelupper (breakfast, lunch and supper. it was 3pm-ish. i hadn't eaten all day. shut up.)

then we watched How to Train Your Dragon - one of Kaeda's favourites. I doubt she remembers that we saw it in the theatre together, but whatevs. 

After Kaeda went to bed, Me and Karen watched the first 2 eps of Season 2 of True Blood. It was pretty good. 

Around 11pm, we both hit the hay, making plans to maybe do a little shopping the next day, blah blah blah.

Yesterday, I get out of bed around... 730 or 8 am, and Karen's in the kitchen, preparing muffins. 

and she's all, "So yeah... my water broke."

O.O

Yeah, ok, so, she was SUPPOSED to have the baby while i was there - that was the plan. but the baby wasn't due until Dec 3!! 

AND AND AND!! IT WAS FREAKIN SNOWING OUTSIDE!!!!

timeblind and I had had a few talks about this, and seriously, MY GREATEST FEAR was that I was going to get STRANDED BY MYSELF with Karen, and none of the midwives would be able to make it to us.

cuz, yeah, She had a HOMEBIRTH!!

So I took over making muffins (which turned out delicious, tyvm - Blueberry Raspberry Butterscotch Chocolate Chip!!) and then she was all, "um... maybe you can go to Safeway and pick up some stuff for Chilli?"

So I had to DRIVE OUT in the SNOW in a car thats NOT MINE and has NO SNOW TIRES in a city that I DON"T KNOW VERY WELL... yeah...  it was kind of a slightly traumatizing morning. 

So i get to safeway, get everything on my list, and make it back home a-ok. Then i eat one of my scrumtious muffins, and start making chilli. Karen, in the meantime, was vacuuming. 

Karen's mother-in-law came by to pick up Kaeda, and we chatted a bit, then they were off.

Then we both kind of chilled out for a bit. We did some laundry, and changed the kitty litter, and... yeah. Her contractions didn't start picking up until about... well... I remember wanting her to call the Midwives, and then they called her a few mins later... 

and then around five, they still weren't here (i don't know what time they called at), and Karen had just had another contraction (not that she hadn't during the course of the day, but this one was around 5 mins after the one before, and lasted about 45 seconds, and that's when they said to call them or smth), and I gave her a look, and she's all, "I guess you want me to call them?" and she did, and they were at the store. They showed up maybe half an hour later. Well, 2 of them - Kim and Heather. 

So i had to go find a hose so they could fill up their birthing pool, and basically I just stayed out of their way. Sometimes I would follow Karen around the house and tell her to breathe when she had a contraction...

MEANWHILE, B, Karen's fiancee, was on the mainland, and had to get on the 5pm ferry and BOOK IT back home.

Seriously, you guys, he made it JUST IN TIME. 

Basically, he walked through the door, took off his sweater, and Karen started pushing out the baby. 

It took her 2 minutes. Yeah. she started at 7:32 pm, and Bowynn came out at 7:34 pm.

I have never witnessed a birth before. It was... interesting to say the least. It was weird, but beautiful. Especially since it was a homebirth, But yeah... seeing Little Bun come up from the water was... something. Looking kind of grey, and tiny. 

SERIOUSLY. SHE IS ITTY BITTY. AND ADORBS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 

This morning I got to hold her. I had been reading/sleeping until about 1030am, and came out to say hey, sat down in a chair, was told that there was coffee (to which i was all YAAAAAAAAAAAYYY on the inside), and Karen put Bowynn in my arms. She kind of blended in to my poncho that Karen made me (and gave to me as an early xmas present), as she was wearing a red sleeper. 

seriously. so tiny, and kinda squishy and soft. and my ice cold heart might have melted a little. 

THESE PARKER GIRLS. I TELL YOU. THEY MELT MY ICY HEART.

but yeah. Kaeda came home for a little bit, to see Mom and Dad, and her new little sister. 

Grandemere decided to leave with Kaeda when Karen tried to lie down for a while, since both B and I were around to watch Little Bun. 

But yeah... had a pretty chill day. 

I love being an Auntie!!

so my weekend was absolutely fantastic!!

( Friday was amazing!! )



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( Sunday - Grilled Cheese, Cat Lake, & a BBQ Surprise Party!! )


And i'm totally looking forward to THIS weekend when i'm in kelowna with my family. its a girls weekend, and we're going to go see Iron Man 2. Yes, i've already seen it, but my aunt hasn't and that's all that matters.

OOH, im also going to go see Predator tomorrow with a buddy from work!! so i'm excited about that.

but yes. Friday. Going to Kelowna. Good times will ensue. I can't wait to see the fam again.

 i just don't know anymore, you know?

about a lot of stuff. 

but whatever. my week off was good. last friday i hopped on a ferry with Bear (my car) and went to the island to see The Woman and Her Spawn (aka skullycat and Kaeda). we had a nice visit together. didn't write anything, but we seem to do that better when we're apart than when we're together. we came up with some new ideas for our story (that WILL be published one day!! hopefully) so we'll see how they work out. 

Actually, one of my days there was quite memorable, as we went to Sidney, BC, and... seriously. Ok, I grew up in a placed called Steveston. Its a little fishing village in Richmond, and its.. quaint. I love it, but whatever. Sidney? OMG, ITS LIKE ITS A DOPPELGANGER OR SOMETHING!!! ITS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE STEVESTON!!! ON THE ISLAND!!! which shouldn't shock me or kinda weird me out, but it did, and it does. 

I MEAN SERIOUSLY, IT EVEN HAS A POST OFFICE/MUSEUM!!! 

it was a little creepy, but kind of cool and awesome. but thats just me being kinda geeky. 


anyway. the olympics are here. LOL to the opening ceremonies when the thing didn't work. i mean, it was a good opening (i LOVE KD LANG, BTW. SHE'S AWESOME AND AMAZING AND I LOVE HER VOICE!!). and YAY to good ol'Wayne. He's pretty cool. 

but... i feel kinda bad for saying so, but i... don't really care all that much about the olympics. I mean, its awesome for all these different nations to get together and everything, but... meh. i mean, it was cool that i saw the torch. twice. both with my bff Sarah. (who is totally my bff, and i was so happy when she said it, but i'm weird like that, and yay!) but... i dunno. it is cool. 

What IS cool is that i'm excited for one thing. Feb 21, i'm going to watch curling!! I won tickets! so i'm excited about that, because while i'm meh about it and everything, i'm glad i'm experiencing at least a part of it. When its in my city, you know? i won't ever get a chance like this again, and i won't ever make an effort to actually GO to an olympic game, so, yay!!

so... a couple weeks ago, my dad asked my sister and I if we were okay if he were to go on eHarmony. and we said of course. 

all i want is for him to be happy. i think he was a little... nervous? or... apprehensive about asking/telling us about it, because he wasn't sure if we WOULD be okay. but i'm happy if he's happy, and that's all there is too it. 

he told us today that he had started earlier than what he told us, and he had been out a couple times with a lady, but that didn't really work out (she said she didn't want/need a third date, so me and mares offered to go beat her up, to which Daddy just laughed), and he's been talking to a lady who lives on the island, and i think he's going to go meet her this weekend. my dad just had his birthday, and he just turned 61 (which is why we were with him tonight, to celebrate his birthday even though it was earlier this week), and apparently this lady is 50-something, so we made joking comments about him 'robbing the cradle' and how he's a 'sly dog', and i think he liked that we're really ok and joking about the situation. 

so, after that little conversation, we played cards for a couple hours. before that, we were teaching him a few things about his ipod. and before that we had dinner. 

ok. so. i know i'm telling this story out of whack, and i'm really surprised if you're actually still reading this, but OMFG. 

FIRST OFF, I LOVE MY FRIEND KIERAN SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. HE'S ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE MEN (and yes, i called him a man, which should say something about how much i adore him right now) IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW!!

ok, so, I got Daddy Eagles tickets for his birthday!! I also got tix for me and Mares. so its a family affair, and we're going to see the eagles, and seriously, guys, seriously, you have no idea how much i love this band. i was listening to them in the WOMB. this band has been a BIG part of my life. I saw them for the first time when I was in Grade 4 (the Hell Freezes Over Tour), and then I saw Don Henley in Kelowna a few years back.

but seriously, guys, its the EAGLES, AND I MAY EXPLODE FROM JOY. 

but yeah, Daddy seemed SUPER happy about his b-day gift from us, and i'm SOOOOO happy. i mean, i knew he'd LIKE them, but i think he's actually kinda excited about it, which makes me even MORE excited. 

ok, the reason i love Kieran? he told me about the Eagles concert. i think he may have told me when he found out, because he knows i love the Eagles. and i LOVE the eagles. i do. seriously, probably in my top 3 bands that i love, ever. he may have also helped me GET the tickets. so i am pretty much am indebted to him forever (within reason). 

he doesn't think its such a big deal, but... he's been really great lately. and everything that he has been doing for me has meant a LOT to me, even if it doesn't take much effort for him. and i've been trying SUPER hard to be nice to him. its been working, i think. SO yes. How much do i love my Peanut? OH SO MUCH. (this could change at any moment, but as of right now? i luff him forever!! I luv him sooooooooo much that i even told him he didn't have to buy me a Ring Pop. in fact, the other day, i bought HIM a ring pop. THAT'S how much i adore him.)
anyway. so yes. i have EAGLES TICKETS, OMFG, AND NOW I CAN BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, BECAUSE NOW MY DAD KNOWS AND I MAY JUST BURST FROM HAPPINESS. ok ok, its not until May, but whatever. I have tickets, and whatever, they're on the balcony, but whatever, i'm going to an Eagles concert. and that, my friends, is AWESOME. 

and i'm going to leave it on a high note. because really, i can't really top that. i don't really SEEM like i'm excited for this concert in person, but... it just kind of hit me. i bought the tix the week before, but... now its REAL. I'M GOING. TO SEE THE EAGLES. LIVE. IN CONCERT. THE EAGLES. BEST OF MY LOVE. ONE OF THESE NIGHTS. HOTEL CALIFORNIA. THE EAGLES. SERIOUSLY. 

*explodes from joy*

So...

yesterday I went Pitch-and-Putt-ing. And it was really fun!!

I didn't want to go at first. I just wanted to stay at home and chill with my sister and have a nice home cooked meal like the day before. But Janice and Sarah - my Work Family - would have none of it. They were all, 'so we'll meet you there at 6:30, yeah?' , and they wouldn't let me NOT go. So I talked to Mares and asked if she wanted to go too, and she said sure.

Janice and Sarah had been bugging me for at least... an hour, an hour and a half before I reluctantly agreed. All it took was a few minutes to get my sis involved. Oi.

BUT, i had a GREAT time. I like going out with the girls. Sometimes guys take golfing so seriously. We had one rule - NO keeping score. Sometimes if it was close enough to the hole we were all, 'eh, good enough' and moved on. I also got a few good hits - they got some air, it went pretty straight, and went pretty far. I'm no Tiger Woods, but everyone seemed impressed, so it was cool. I was even thinking about maybe going to the driving range or something. I mean, I'm about as good at golf as I am at bowling (and i SUCK at bowling), but hey, it was fun!  Janice was using a Wood for most of her drives, so of course we had to make inappropriate comments about "Her Woody" and how "She had to move her hands down the shaft" and everything. It was good fun.

Sarah didn't finish the 9 holes with us. After the 7th hole, she had to go pick up her BF Nick, but the rest of us stayed. And we still had a good time.

After we finished up, Mares didn't really feel like cooking a big meal - it was 8-ish after all, so we just hit up McD's - its cheap and fast and easy. So we went home and ate and watched the Vicar of Dibly (a britcom that's pretty funny). I also watched The Legend of the Seeker, which unconfessed has turned me on to. I'm hooked. I just finished up ep 5 last night.  Also? Vikki and I have agreed that Craig Horner looks kinda like Nathan Fillion, who we both love. Plus? Craig's body is not too bad either. But yes. Richard is fairly endearing as a character. and Kahlan is pretty. and Zed is awesome. And can I just say that Richard and Kahlan fighting side by side in slow motion is kinda hot? because I totally will. Its hot.

I almost want to laugh every time they mention Darken Rahl, but i blame goldenrockstar  for that. In our Rock Band rock band, he made a guy named Darken Rahl, and he was... well, he was tall, with long blond hair, and a really shiny gold outfit. with a matching shiny gold banada over his face like a bandit. So to see Darken Rahl with blue eyes and dark hair and evil posture, it kind of makes me laugh. But he seems like a badass in the show, so... you know, what with the killing and such.

Speaking of Drew, he and I have plans for dinner tonight. AND there's a surprise of some kind!! he won't tell me what it is, but I know its not a Pony. He already said that it wasn't. So. whatever. that's ok. I kinda like surprises. But yeah, I feel like i haven't really seen him in a while, and I need to catch up with what's going on in his life.

And tomorrow is my night with kepp0xy - we're thinking Subway for dinner, and then we're watching some eps of Star Trek: The Original Series, The Holiday (the RomCom), and some eps of Roswell (because, that's what we're watching right now).

unconfessed  and I are trying to make plans to hang out (and watch Legend of the Seeker!! She's an enabler!!).

Look at me, trying to be all social and stuff. I usually like to just chill and relax at home with my sis. But right now, i feel like being SOCIAL. and DO stuff. with PEOPLE who AREN'T my sister. Maybe cuz i had so much fun at Pitch and Putt. which is saying something, since I do not have a good history with golf.

Just to give you an idea... when i was about... 9-12 years old (i can't remember how old i was), my aunt and mother took us girls out golfing for our first time when we were in Midway. (Ok, the actual golf course is in Kettle Valley, but whatevs). So anyway, we go, and my Aunt, Mimi, is teaching me how to swing a golf club properly. So she tells me to go, and so I swing, not realizing that she hasn't stepped back yet, and I hit her in the face with my 5 iron. So i'm freaking out because i just hit my aunt in the face, and she's all, nono, its fine, blah blah blah, but everyone was all, 'um, actually you're face is turning black and blue, maybe you should go to the hospital' so she goes and leaves my mom with us three girls, and then Kim gets a nosebleed and its not stopping, so we just basically gave up on the golf as everything was going wrong.

SO. anyways, that was my FIRST experience with golf. My aunt was ok, btw. I hit her in the perfect spot, apparently. Any lower and i would have broken her jaw, and any higher i would have gotten her temple. And now, when she smiles, she has a little dent by her cheekbone.

But yeah. That's my update so far.

how's everyone else doing?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY isaysquee!!! HOPE YOUR DAY IS FULL OF AWESOME!!!



so on wednesday, karen and kaeda came by the office so that we could go for lunch. Kaeda was a big hit with my co-workers and everyone adored her and were really impressed at her steadiness on her feet. I totally got to be proud auntie. it was fun. my friend Sarah joined us at white spot, and we all had a good time, i think.

On Friday, I spent time with kepp0xy . Its been a while since we hung out in person, since we pretty much email each other daily and what not. But still, we re-watched eps and scenes of Merlin after having dinner at Fat Burger (MMMMMMM). And of course, we talked and talked and talked. But i didn't stay until 3am like i normally do, since i had to wake up early. So i left around 1230-ish. But it was still good times and it'll have to happen again sometime in the near future. =D

on Saturday me, Mares and Dad went to the States. We headed out at 7am and got to Seattle around 930ish. So we found coffee and got in line to get tickets for the Lucy Exhibit. It was interesting. there was a lot of lead up to get to the actual bones, so I learned a bit about Ethiopia, none of which I can remember right now. But still, it was fun and interesting. Then we took a little free bus tour (FREE BUS!!) along the Pike Place Market area-ish, and it reminded me a lot of Granville Island. Then we had fish and chips that were yummy (but not as good as Dave's OR Pajo's), and then we wandered a little bit, and came home. So it was nice quality time with the fam.

When we got home, me and Mares continued watching Ugly Betty, as that's what we're marathoning at the moment. OMG, i'm totally in love with this show. I love everyone. I do. It's a crazy show, and its fun, and interesting, and the characters are all layered and interesting, and I just love this show. I might have to own it. We just started Season 2, and its pretty good so far. Its so funny because its like a day-time soap, but its not trying to be serious like a day-time soap. it doesn't mind making fun of itself, which is one of the reasons i like it so much.

I think we've been mainstreaming it a whole lot as of late, since i've had 2 dreams already that were about Ugly Betty. Not that I mind, of course.

but that's whats going on so far. I don't really have a life.

Wow, my weekend was jam-packed.

Friday,  skullycat and i went to a potluck hosted by kepp0xy and isaysquee at Kelly's friend Bronwynn's house. I knew everyone there, more or less, so that was cool.

Karen and I agreed that at least one person there wasn't used to all the weirdness that our friends display. We have some pretty messed up friends. Its awesome. Alex and I kept hitting on Kelly, and practically EVERYONE there was insulting everybody else in some way. So awesome. So much fun. So much good food. We also had some great convo, and a few of us geeked it up. We should do stuff like that more often.


Around 9-ish, I took Karen home so she could put the baby to bed, then I headed over to goldenrockstar 's place to see ppl there. The whole gang was there, which was almost weird since we haven't all been together like that in a while. The guys played rock band while Amber and I watched. It was a good time. They totally rocked out to 'Eye of the Tiger' which is the easiest song.  Earlier at the potluck, we had rocked out to that same song, except with Jensen Ackles. Hee.

I fell asleep around 1am on Drew's couch, so it was time to go. I got home, read for a bit, then finally went to sleep.

Only to have my sister wake up me way earlier than I had intended to wake up to tell me we were meeting her friend at the mall to go shopping.

I was not impressed.

But she bought me a coffee and we got all the shopping we needed to do done (after 5 1/2 hours). Then we had to race home, shower and get dressed, and get READY for my sister's Work Xmas Party.

We had a blast. I got drunk with her friends and co-workers, and made a few friends myself. I had 6 drinks and 3 shots (but as we all know, shots don't count when you're drinking other things because they are so little), so I was pretty happy by the time the party was over.

We had to wait 30 mins for a cab, i'm not sure it was because of the snow or not, but whatever. So then I called my ex and basically pimped myself out to him so he would give us a ride home, and even though he was tempted, he refused. So i called him a sucky friend and my sis and I waited for our cab.

Our cabbie was nice, and took it really slow because the roads were awful. We arrived home alive and well, if not a little cold, and still drunk. Good times were had. Also? My sis won a DVD/VHS player! W00t!

Yesterday me and my sis went over to skullycat 's place to decorate cookies with her mom, isaysquee , sheena and aggie. Chelsea showed up later, and was kinda like our 'tester'. Much fun was had. karen and i were mean to each other in our usual loving way, and everyone was having a great time eating and mixing and teasing and such.

It was nice to just spend some time with the girls and hang out and talk and stuff (and listen to christmas music). I'd like to do that more too.

This week is Maren's birthday week, and yes, my sister celebrates for a whole week (if not longer) for her birthday.

oi. i have to wrap presents.

Look at me go!!

SO. anyways. yesterday after work (and after feeding the Kitties wet food as it was their birthday) i went to see aluminiumdonut and buy things from her. I picked up Miss Pettigrew, and debated on Speed Racer (it was $16.99) when Donut told me they were 2 for $20.

HOW COULD I RESIST???

so i bought both. Donut and I made plans to have pie and watch Speed Racer on Wednesday, as she has not seen the awesomeness of it yet.

I also saw Cal, which was nice. He's so funny.

But then it was dinner time at Daddy's. MMMMMMMM Tuna Caserole. so yummeh. He always makes the most delicious things. (Usually we have salted salmon, but i guess he doesn't have anymore.) Still, the macaroni was so good. Then I played Zelda: Twilight Princess and got pretty far since I found out how to do things. I've almost rescued the boy and monkey! YAY!! But then it was tv time, and that's more important than Wii.

Oh Chuck. I still love you. You are the most adorable-est person in the world. or something.

Then we went home, as the sister and I were kinda tired. We watched a couple episodes of Due South (Paul Gross is HOT. like, HOTTTT.) and then went to bed.

But i re-affirmed my plans with kepp0xy on Friday before that. We're totally watching Miss Pettigrew, because Lee Pace rocks our socks, and its cute, and omg Lee pace.

Speaking of OMG, I'm excited for House Tonight. EEEEEEE!

However, I'm going to a spa Cafe thing first, methinks. So I'll tape it and stuff. Tonight is good tv night, but I'll get the sis to tape other things too. It'll be nice to hang out with Chapters ppl again.

I think that's it. I think this weekend me and Dad (and Maren?) will finish Iron Man. He missed out on the last half when we watched it in Midway because of golf. so that'll be good.