To do…

Boyfriend and I were driving home from a fanstic steak dinner and Mamma Mia when we started discussing how in a year and a half, he’ll be thirty. After a momentary freakout he realized he needed to get a start on the things he’d wanted to accomplish before then. I, like Brandy, love lists.

So this is my list of things to do before I turn 30.

Before I Am 30 I Should:
• Become fluent in French
• Double my RRSP
• Obtain my CHRP
• Pay at least $5,000 a year extra into my mortgage
• Buy, and pay off, a red Mini Cooper
• Learn ballroom dancing
• Get married (and then stay married)
• Travel Europe
• Travel Canada
• Learn about wine
• Read the entire works of Shakespeare
• Learn to decorate cakes
• Get back, and stay, in shape
• Volunteer with an organization for a cause I believe in
• Become a better friend/sister/daughter /significant other
• Learn to bake bread
• Learn to wrap presents without them looking as though a car ran over it

Hmm….there must be more…

What do you suggest?

Maybe There Is No Other Shoe…

Boyfriend and I have been together for about six months now and yes, I know, that’s not very long but I think I might actually see a future with him. I’ve spent a good portion of the last six months having a constant back and forth with the little voice at the back of my mind that regularly offers its opinion that Boyfriend just can’t be this good a guy, there must be something wrong somewhere.

But maybe…just maybe…he really is this good a guy…who takes care of me when I’m sick, who goes out of his way to do things for me, who is there for me…and who won’t hurt me. And maybe I don’t need to wait for the other shoe to drop.

Back Up Plan

If this whole career thing doesn’t work out….I could always be a professional wedding guest. I already have a closet filled with dresses.

Bonjour!

Je m’appelle Ruby. J’aime le français! J’ai appris comment dire que j’aime acheter des chaussures!
(My name is Ruby. I love French. I learned how to say I like to buy shoes!)

So I am a geek. I have classes twice a week, three hour sessions, and they just fly by. I really enjoy learning this language. I picked up a French newspaper at the school yesterday and I was really excited because I could recognize some of the words. GEEK!!!

The hardest thing about French class? I want to anwser in Spanish!

A Review of My Life meme

I found myself tagged by the very fashionable B and of course, I must oblige.

10 Years Ago

1.) How old were you?: 16
2.) Where did you go to school? I was in high school, it was…fun.
3.) Where did you work?: Claire’s Accessories in the mall
4.) Where did you live? at my parents
5.) Where did you hang out? My room, the mall, school, at my friend’s houses
6). Did you wear glasses?: contact lenses
7.) Who were your best friends? A girl whose wedding is this October! We’ve been friends since the first day of grade nine.
8.) Who was your regular-person crush? Probably the same boy every other girl in school was head over heels in love with…I ran into him last summer, he was hotter in high school.
9.) How many tattoos did you have?: None
10.) How many piercings did you have?: two, one in each ear
11.) What car did you drive?: Toyota Corolla
12.) Had you been to a real party yet? Not really, just small parties at people’s houses
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: single off and on

5 YEARS AGO

1.) How old were you?: 21
2.) Where did you go to school?: A university I loved!
3.) Where did you work?: the Psych labs and a clothing store in the mall.
4.) Where did you live?: A three bedroom apartment with two roomies.
5.) Where did you hang out? my apartment, the Ex’s apartment, the library, the sorority house, and my two beloved pubs
6.) Did you wear glasses?: contacts
7.) Who were your best friends: people that i’m still friends with now
8.) How many tattoos did you have?: None
9.) How many piercings did you have?: five, two in each ear and my belly button
10.) What car did you drive? the Corolla still, I LOVED that car.
11.) Had you been to a real party yet?: And felt the morning after too!
12.) Been to another country?: A couple yes.
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Taken

NOW

1. How old are you?: 26
2.) Where do you work?: At a company that managed to give me a job I love!
3.) Where do you live?: In a fabulous little townhouse I recently purchased.
4.) Do you wear glasses?: Still got the contacts
5.) Who are your best friends? a girl i met in high school and two girls from university.
6.) Do you talk to your old friends?: From high school? A few but we’re not nearly as close. From university, quite a few.
7.) How many piercings do you have? One in each ear.
8.) How many tattoos?: none
9.) What kind of car do you have? This one
10.) Had you been to a real party yet?: Yes, I’ve actually been to and thrown a few.
11.) Has your heart been broken?: Yes
12.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Happily taken

I’m going to tag: anyone who wants to do this of course!

A Tale of Two Mothers

So I met my boyfriend’s mother this Saturday for the first time. We also went to Boyfriend’s best friend since childhood’s wedding (Boyfriend was the best man) on Saturday where I met the groom’s mother as well.

Mother A:
Said about five words to me and asked all of one question: “Do you have any siblings?”

Mother B:
Threw her arms around me, gave me a big hug and told me she was so excited to meet me because she’d “heard wonderful things from her son” and I was the girl that had Boyfriend head over heels. She walked arm in arm with me while we were in the park for pictures, chatted with me the whole time and when we said goodbye she said she couldn’t wait to see me again.

I’ll let you guess who was who!

Have a Seat…

Come on in, make yourself comfortable…I finally have couches!

It’s this one:

But in chocolate brown microsuede…with these cushions…

and these…

I’m thinking the flowers will be spring/summer pillows the zebra print will be fall/winter.