Sunday, March 20, 2011

Moonlight Run 2011

Well, we survived!!! Bryan, my mom and I signed up for the 24th Annual Moonlight Run this year and although Bryan and I were kicking ourselves prior to the race for our decision, it turned out pretty good (considering we didn't really train for it)!!!

In total the race was 6 km (3.73 miles) and included 1 km down the hill of death at the beginning of the race, and 1 km back up the hill of death at the end of the race. Let's just say I didn't think I would make it back up the hill and I was fully prepared to live the rest of my life in the river bottom....at least until Bryan made it up the hill, got the car, and drove down to rescue me :)

I would like to say that being the youngest member of our trio, I bet both my mom and husband, but unfortunately that is not the case. Bryan, who is clearly in much better shape than me, completed the race with a time of 37:51:35 and came in 354 out of 1488 overall. My time was 40:40:35 and I came in 496 overall. My mom's time was 40:51:30 and she came in 511 overall.

My mom pushed me the entire race, left me in the dust on the way back up the hill and it was only on the final turn that I found my only remaining energy to sprint ahead of her, barley beating her to the finsh. Lesson? I need to work out more.... :S





Overall, it was a fun night, even with the snow falling around us as we ran. At least there was no wind!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Meet Bella...

We have a cat named Bella....we love her!

She likes to sleep, eat and poop (sounds a lot like a baby if you ask me...)

She likes to sleep the most....what cat doesn't???

Well, she can't seem to make up her mind on where she prefers to sleep the most...so she tries a bit of everything...


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Helpful Household Hints

So my mom has these books for
helpful household hints
 using SALT, VINEGAR and BAKING SODA!!

I borrowed them for a light read and found some pretty good tips!

So I thought I would share some of them with my faithful followers!! :)




1. Any spill on your stovetop can be cleaned up more easily if sprinkled with SALT first.
2. When you're faced with stubborn, baked-on food, add boling water and 3 tablespoons SALT, then let stand until water cools and wash as usual.
3. An occasional handful of SALT thrown into your fireplace fire will help loosen soot inside the chimney.
4. An iron with rough or sticky spots on its surface can be cleaned by running it, set at low, over a piece of paper with SALT on it.
5. Soaking in a tub of SALTwater can be a great itchy skin reliever. Just add 1 cup SALT to bath water.
6. The simplest remedy for minor sore throat pain is a warm SALTwater gargle. Just add 1 teaspoon SALT to 1 cup warm water, and gargle several times a day.




1. If your microwave is spattered with old sauces and greasy buildup, place a glass measuring cup with 1 cup water and 1/4 cup VINEGAR inside microwave. Boil for 3 minutes, then wipe inside of microwave with a damp sponge.
2. Keep VINEGAR in a spray bottle near shower and squirt shower curtains once or twice a week (no need to rinse) to help reduce soap film and mildew build-up.
3. Clean ceramice tile, linoleum and wood floors with a mixture of water and VINEGAR.
4. Make nail polish last longer by soaking fingertips for 1 minute in 2 teaspoons VINEGAR and 1/2 cup warm water before applying polish.
5. Sprinkle your pillowcase with apple cider VINEGAR to control nighttime coughing.




1. Stainless-steel sinks can be cleaned by sprinkling BAKING SODA onto a sponge or cloth and scrubbing the surface. Rinse and buff dry.
2. Reduce garbage-can smells by sprinkling BAKING SODA in each time you add garbage.
3. Once a month, sprinkle BAKING SODA on carpets, let sit overnight, then vacuum.
4. To eliminate odour from kitty litter boxes, sprinkle 1/2 cup of BAKING SODA.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Condo.....before and after!!!

Well, it is 2011...crazy! I can't believe how fast last year went by...I got engaged, planned a wedding and got married, attended 3 other weddings, finished anpther year of school (less than a year left!!!!), and we bought a condo!!

If you have been visiting my blog over the past almost 2 months then you would have noticed that it was somewhat neglected (Mom, I am referring to you here). Apparently when you have a month off school for Christmas break, it is easy to find other things to do rather than updating a blog....I did obviously!

Anyways, I finally got my butt in gear and dedicated some of my Saturday (which probably should have been spent on homework...oh well) to some much needed blog updates....either that or I was sick of my mom nagging me about how behind my blog was.

So here are some of the long awaited pictures of our new condo! We took possession of the condo 2 weeks before we actually moved in so that we could paint and put in new carpet. What a difference that made! we were so glad we decided to put the time and money into doing that because it made such a difference. So this virtual tour of our place is for those of you who have not had a chance to come see it in person....enjoy! :)

 Front entry BEFORE

 Front entry AFTER

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Christmas Countdown cont'd

There are only 31 days left til Christmas!!! My most favorite day of the year! :)