My Roommate

So my one roommate is Kelly. She is a 17(maybe 16) year old exchange student from Hong Kong who is studying at the high school here in town. She is far away from home and I can tell she feels very lonely. I would really appreciate it if you could pray for her. I have debated before if I could hear her crying at night but now I am pretty positive that there are some nights when she cries herself to sleep. Also if you have any ideas of how I can reach her and make her feel more comfortable please let me know. I try and talk to her everyday when I get home but it always just ends be being really brief. So anyways if you could pray for her that would be great. Thanks.

Bowling

OK so as I mentioned before I am in a bowling league with Jeff, Jen and Colin. So last week I was the top bowler on my team and this week I didn't bowl as well as my average from last week which is fine. Some members of my team beat me on individual team scores but I had the overall high triple for our team. The thing is I have a problem with my team and it's not being beat by them but rather having them cheer for me when I do badly. It seems there new goal is to beat me so when I do badly they are excited by this, is it just me or is this wrong?

Work

OK so on Wednesdays at work I work in the kitchen. Doing baking or whatever job they have for me. So last week they taught me how to make flatbread, let’s just say it didn’t go very well. I was having a hard time learning how to get the flatbread on the grill and mainly I was having a hard time rolling the flatbread. Then when the flatbread was done drying I took it out and placed it on a tray. I then picked up the tray and turned to walk it into the kitchen when I caught the edge of the tray on a corner causing me to partially drop the tray. The thing is when you drop flatbread it basically shatters into small pieces which we then can’t sell. Oops. I felt horrible. So yesterday they got me to do flatbread again and I was much much better at doing it. I had like no problems getting the flatbread onto the grill and I did a much better job rolling it into the right shape. The two ladies in the kitchen even told me I did a much better job than last week. So that was sweet give it a few more weeks and I should be better and better.

So I joined a bowling league with some friends Jeff, Jen and Colin. Last night was our first night of bowling. We did ok. I bowled a 173,162 and a 171 which isn’t amazing but it was the best on my team. So now on Wednesdays that is how I will spend my night at the bowling alley yeah I know some of you are laughing Natasha R you can stop laughing at me.

On Saturday I am going up to Tofield after work for Thanksgiving. I will be staying with the Langager’s J

That’s pretty much all that is going on with my life.

The New Look

So what do you think about the new look of my blog? I noticed yesterday that someone had a picture on the top of their blog so I thought I wanted to do it too. So at first I tried a photo of me but the photo was way to big so when I decided to change it and decided on the flags concept. It took a few changes to get it looking right. But I like how it turned out.

Side Story: On Sunday Natashia and I were walking to church in the evening and I asked this lady about where a road was and she said sorry she didn't know and kept on walking then she turned around and started talking to me. I was pretty sure she was from Pakistan and was just about to ask when she told me she was so then we talked about Pakistan and told her where I had been. She told me about immigrating to Canada and the conversation lasted no longer than five minutes but it was a really good talk but made me miss my friends in Pakistan.

Oh my look at the time I gotta run or I am going to be late for work

Finally

Ok so this is long over due I know but I haven’t really felt like writing it which I know isn’t fair to those who check my blog.

So a lot has happened in the last month. After finding out that I had no internship for September I cam down to Camrose with Sarah Walsh and was planning to only be in town for a few days before heading home to live and work in Creston. I wasn’t super excited and after talking with some people I decided to stay here and work in Camrose. So I am working at the Lefse house. Mainly I waitress and work in the front but occasionally I work in the kitchen depending on what day it is. I am living in a house with three other girls. Two are upstairs and another is downstairs where I am. In the basement we have our own kitchenette, living area and bathroom.

Things are starting to come together for my internship to start in January. I will post more about it when I know until then I am going to leave it at that. If you could pray for me that would be great.

Since my last post I turned 23 which didn’t really change things. My birthday came and went pretty uneventfully.

Until later God Bless

what do i do with my life?

so my internship in calgary for september has fallen through....what does this mean? there is nothing lined up for me until January and I am not really sure how I feel about this...what do i until then? i have such little time to organize anything so it looks like i will be moving to creston and living with my parents until at least christmas....after that i don't really know i am kind of cconfused at the moment and wish i knew what God's plans were for me....

Frustrated

OK so I am slightly frustrated with Superstore. This is what there logo looks like...


and this is what I think it should look like...
OK now let me explain why I feel this way. So I went to Superstore to get some Digital Photos printed. Below is a document of events.

1st Visit- Of the four machines only one has a spot for a USB key so I wait for it. When I finally hit the browse photos button it loads about 4 of them in like 3 minutes which is way to slow. So then I am like fine and I am also told this machine is usually busy. So then I wait for the other machine because I decide I will get some prints off my SD card. So the rest of that part goes smoothly.

I then came home and burned photos from the USB onto a CD.

2nd Visit- The first machine I go to won't read my CD so I wait for the next open machine. After spending about 30 mins picking pictures I go give the guy my receipt and get my little ticket. My plan is to get them the next day after work.

When I got home from work there is a message on the machine from Superstore telling me that my photos didn't go through. So I am like great I have to do it all over again.

3rd Visit- So I go in again and place the order which takes less than 30 minutes this time because I am getting pretty good at. I take the guy the receipt and he gives me my ticket. I ask the guy to call upstairs to see if they have gone through he does and they hadn't but he says it takes a few minutes but he reassures me that if they don't go through then we will call me.

So I come home and no phone call so I am like great it worked.

4thVisit- I went in today to pick up my photos and it has been two days since I dropped them off. I give the guy my ticket he can't find them and then this other guy looks for them. Can't find them. I am slightly annoyed so after ten minutes of them looking because they don't really want to tell me that they can't find my photos it's confirmed they don't have them and I have to place the order yet again. This time it only takes me 10 mins to make the order because by now I am becoming a pro at it. I then waited 15 minutes in the photo department until they confirmed that the order did make it up stairs. Now I have to go pick them up tonight. They better be there or I will be very very not impressed and may even ask to talk to the manager which I hate doing. Will see.

June 23

I feel that I am finding myself back at my old post from June 23rd. Now more than ever.

More Wedding Pics

I love this photo. Alex was looking into the water at the fish so we all joined him. I think it is such a cute photo.
This is the kokanee mascot the Sasquatch. He blew the horn on top of the roof of the brewery after they had finished signing the registry. Then he came down for a few pictures.
I thought of this photo and told them to take it and then I remembered that earlier in the day Kate the flower girl had seen a photo of Natashia and Sarah kissing my cheeks and she was like eewww. So I thought it was funny that we took this photo.
My sister and I on the bridge.

The girls of the wedding party. The flower girl is Brad's niece Kate.
I really like this photo. Even from behind Alex looks adorable.
Ok so my friend Litsa had this photo in here wedding album and I liked it and I knew it wouldn't look quite the same with a smaller wedding party. It would of worked better if Wayne hadn't been acting to cool to fake a reaction.
Sisters on the bridge again.
My sister and brother in law.

Signing of the registry.
My dad walking my sister down the aisle. My dad was looking pretty spiffy in his suit. It's new and hip. He told the lady at Moore's that it was his four event suit. 3 weddings (Carolyn's, Tim's and mine) and a funeral (his). hey he said it not me.
Standing at the front. I wish I was getting married soon so Alex could be my ring bearer. He is just so adorable I love him.

My sister and Alex looking very good. I really like this photo I think it is one of my favorites so far.

A Wedding Pic

Ok so my sister is no longer Carolyn Proud she is now Carolyn Ziefflie.

They got married this past Saturday at the Kokanee Brewery in Creston. The wedding was outside underneath two trees. It was a very nice service preformed by the Lutheran Pastor in town Pastor Harry Haberstock. After the service we went for photos in the caterer's back yard. This is the one photo that one of Carolyn's friends gave me to hold me over until she gets back from Toronto. As you can tell by photo the ring bearer was adorable. When he walking down the aisle he decided he was going to stick out his tongue it was pretty cute.

After photos we returned to the brewery for the reception. The party lasted until 2am when the nice RCMP man showed up and told us it was time to stop. We were fine with this we all thought they would of been by sooner.

I will post a lot more photos when I get them and I would put an album on facebook.

:D

In Memory of Kita

This is a picture of my sister's beloved dog who was sadly put to sleep today. Kita began to get sick a few months ago and then lost his sight sometime in April. This post is in Memory of him.
Kita doing something he loved. If he saw water he was in it no questions asked. You would take him on a walk on a trail and he would go into the bush and come back wet because he had found some sort of water.
So it looks like Kita is going to bring back the stick to the person who threw it but that was not the case. Kita rarely brought it back close to the person. He was very protective of his sticks. You only threw toys for him at the house because otherwise you would sometimes end up having to fetch them. He also liked to hide his toys in a bush.
Kita loved rolling around and playing in the snow.
Here he is just chilling we must of tired him out.

Kita was very protective of his loved ones mainly my sister. Whenever we took him for hikes he would run ahead and then my sister would hide and as soon as he turned around and noticed she was gone he would go looking for her. Then later I would hide and usually I would just come out of hiding because he wouldn't come looking for me. If Carolyn was ok then he was ok.

Kita was also pretty gentle and afraid of thunder. If you heard thunder you had about five seconds to get him into the house or he would be gone. I don't know how many times we had to drive looking for him.

My favorite thing about Kita was after I would go to my sister's house after being gone for a few months I would get out of the car and call his name and he would come bouncing and all excited to see me. He was pretty loving.

The worst part about all of this is it's only 10 days until my sister's wedding. But it is better this way cause the wedding would of only been very stressful on Kita and the really hot weather in Creston was getting to him.

Please pray for my sister as she is pretty upset about this and is dealing with the loss.

Good Bye Kita Dearly loved friend and family member

This one is for Erin

So Erin L kept on asking me to take photos of where I work. So the one day I was really bored and then I realized I had Sarah's camera in my purse so I took some photos.


This is a photo of the transfer station. This is where people go to drop off there household garbage. It goes in the blue bins. Then we have bins for wood, metal and cardboard. You wouldn't believe the stupid things people put in the wood bin.

This is the transfer station from the other side. We have four household garbage bins but only two are open at a time.

Here the fridges are all lined up. After they are placed here the loader will come by and move them to another location where the Freon can be removed before they head to the metal pile.

Here is a pic of me sitting in my truck. It was a really slow morning and I was tired and I almost fell asleep.

This is a picture of the dirty wood pile. (dirty means painted or stained, etc.) We weren't actually using that pile the day the photo was taken. Cause the wood chipped(tub grinder) seen in the photo was being repaired and blocking the usual dumping spot.

This is a photo of the dirty wood pile we were using that day. I waited 9 hours for the loader to come and spread the front part so I could pick through it. I didn't finish we ended up having a fire on the top of the hill so I had to race up there.

This is my truck sitting at the wood pile. I basically sat in it all day and waited for customers.


Here is the tire pile. It used to be a lot bigger and it another spot but we have recently had like 6 semi's come and we have loaded them with the tires.

So that is pretty much it. I forgot to take a photo of the face. That is where the garbage trucks dump and also where our household garbage bins from the transfer station are dumped.

The Pics Requested

Hey Natasha here is the pic that you wanted showing all of Krystal's dress.


Natashia sorry I don't have a full length photo of what I was wearing. I can tell you that They were dark grey with a light pin stripe dress shorts along with $3 superstore yellow flip flops.

More Wedding Pics

Chelsea, Krystal and I
Marian, Chelsea, Krystal, Me and Julie

Marian, Chelsea and I
Krystal and I
Chelsea and I

Tofeild Pics

The "Lewis" girls while not exactly we are missing our Nat Wurm who is in England working for the summer. :( But I still think it's a cute picture



Hannah (an honorary Lewis...sshhh don't tell Wanda), Me, Erin and Michelle

Thanks Girls for a fun two days. I love you.

my summer vacation

So I know it has been some time since my last post but I was gone for a week. I was on Holidays. I wouldn't say it was relaxing but it was lots of fun.

So on the 3rd I left GP at 11:45 pm and finally arrived by bus in Camrose at 9:15am on wed. I arrived with only one minor mishap which involved me riding in a taxi with a stranger and then in the stranger's sister's car. I was met at the bus station by Pat. I then went to her house and slept and after I woke up spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening visiting with the Lewis's it was a great time.

I spent the next two nights at Shannon's place. On Thursday I went shopping like all day with Jen T trying to find an outfit for me to wear to Krystal's wedding. I finally purchased one which I later returned that evening and bought a different one with Shannon which I really liked. You see there was this shirt I really wanted but couldn't find bottoms to go with it when I was with Jen so I settled for something else but then Shannon and I found bottoms.

Late Friday afternoon I left Camrose and headed to Regina. I was able to catch a ride with the Sorenson's which was a huge blessing. I got into Regina late but Chelsea was kind of hyper so we went to Tim Horton's with Marian.

The Big Day. Krystal and Evan's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and I got a little teary when I saw Krystal in her dressing waiting to enter the church doors.

The Happy Couple Evan and Krystal Moore July 7th/07

As you can see Krystal looked very beautiful in her dress.

I had four hours to kill in between the wedding and the reception so I went to the mall and went shopping with Jen and Shaylene(sp?). And guess what? I found the dress for my sister's wedding which was exciting. Coral is a color of pink right? After the reception I drove to Saskatoon and asked Allison at the last minute if I could sleep on her couch. And thankfully she said yes. Thanks again Allison.

On Sunday after church I got a ride with Lori and Marian who were on there way back tree planting. They stopped at the corner of HWY 16 and the road to Tofield. Pastor Kevin and Kendra then came and picked me up. You see I hadn't told the summer team that I was coming. So when I got to Erin's house I rang the front door bell and they got Erin to answer and you should of heard her scream. I love surprising Erin because she reacts so well. Michelle and Hannah were also happy to see me. I then spent the next two days hanging out with the girls which was lots of fun.

When I was packing my bag for the airport I said to myself I should put my dress in my backpack in case they lose my suitcase. So I get to GP I am waiting and waiting for my bag it doesn't come. My bag is now lost but it's ok I got it back today.

I went back to work today which was kind of sad after being off for a week but I need to save so it's better I work.

Take Care

FREEDOM WRITERS

http://www.freedomwriters.com/

Ok so everyone you need to check this movie out. Sarah and I watched it the other night and it was really good. It is based on a true story. It's kind of like a Coach Carter type movie. The cover of the movie doesn't look exactly like this in stores. The one in stores also has Patrick Dempsey's face on it.

So head out to your local video store and pick this movie up. Then go home and make some popcorn and enjoy a good movie.

There is a clip below.

Freedom Writers Trailer - YouTube EXCLUSIVE!!

I haven't actually watched this trailer so I am not sure if it spoils anything. Watch at own risk.

Blog Update

Please check out my prayer blog at http://catsprayerrequests.blogspot.com/ or the link on the side.

Thanks

my current state

So I am chilling here in S'toon right now. Sarah and I left GP right after work on Thursday and drove to Camrose and spent the night. We then spend the next day visiting people at CLBI and going for lunch. After that we drove out here. On the way Sarah and I were listening to music and we basically found our theme song for the current point of life we are at.

The song is called complicated and it is by Carolyn Dawn Johnson I have copied the parts that I feel I can really relate to. If you want to listen to it http://www.cdj.com/music/room_with_view.php

I'm so scared that the way I feel,Is written all over my face.
We used to laugh, we used to hug, the way that old friends do.
So complicated, I'm so frustrated.
Oh, It's so confusing. I wish you'd just confess. But think of what I'd be losing, if your answer wasn't yes.
Oh I want you to know, but then again I don't, It's so complicated.

Oh, I hate it. 'Cuz I've waited.So long for someone like youOh, what do I do.Oh should I say it.Should I tell you how I feel.I want you to know,but then again I don't.It's so complicated..It's so complicated..It's so complicated.Ohh..


This song is my life