Ninety Two Thingssss

92 Truths

NAME: Nicole.

AGE: 19. But I'll be 20 in ---- 8 days. WHAT!

BIRTHDATE: August 17, 1992. 

WHAT WAS YOUR:

1. last beverage = Diet Coke. 'Course.

2. last phone call = Mama.

3. last text message = Mama... haha

4. last song you listened to = As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber. (:

5. last time you cried = Tuesday morning when I dropped Carter off.

  

HAVE YOU EVER:

6. dated someone twice = Yup. Stupid me.

7. been cheated on = I sure hope not.

8. kissed someone & regretted it? Yup. A few times. The same person. Haaaaha

9. lost someone special = Nah, everything happens for a reason.

10. been depressed = It's possible.

11. been drunk and threw up = Nope. Why would you?

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

12. Purple.

13. Yellow.

14. Teal.

WITHIN THE LAST YEAR (2012), HAVE YOU:

15. Made a new friend = Yes! Meghan!

16. Fallen out of love = No! I fell more in love, as if that's every possible.

17. Laughed until you cried = Yep. Sometimes I act like a pothead.

18. Met someone who changed you = Yes, again - Meghan!

19. Found out who your true friends were = Mm. Nah.

20. Found out someone was talking about you = Yeah - and it resulted in the manager talking to me!

21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend's list = Yup!

GENERAL:

22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life = All of them!!

24. Do you have any pets = I wish.

25. Do you want to change your name = I just did! And believe me, it is a pain n the butt.

26. What did you do for your last birthday = Nothing yet.. Hopefully it's good.

27. What time did you wake up today = 6:40. Same as every morning.

28. What were you doing at midnight last night = Schleeping!

29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = Carter to come home again..

 30. Last time you saw your Mother = Yesterday morning.

31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life = My job....

32. What are you listening to right now = Freaking Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. What is wrong with me.

33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? = I don't think so, actually. But I want to talk to HIM!

34. What's getting on your nerves right now = Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Frick...

35. Most visited webpage = Facebook.

37. Nickname = Nick and Cole. That's about it.

38. Relationship Status = Married! Woah!

39. Zodiac sign = Leo.

40. He or She = I am very much a 'she'.

41. Elementary =  Ranchlands Elementary School. Stirling Elementary School. And Raymond Elementary School.

42. High School = Raymond High School.

43. College = NAIT.

44. Hair color = Blonde. 

45. Long or short= My hair? Or me? My hair is like to my shoulders, but I love me some 20" extensions. But I'm pretty tall.

46. Height = 5"7.

47. Do you have a crush on someone? = My husbaaaaand.

48. What do you like about yourself? =  My boobs. And eyes.

49. Piercings = Ears.

50. Tattoos = I kinda want one haha but that's not happening.

51. Righty or lefty = Right! 

FIRSTS :

52. First surgery= I've only ever had my wisdom teeth out. But they put me under for it, so I think that counts.

53. First piercing = Ears.

54. First best friend = Amber and Kimber.

56. First vacation = Europeeeee! Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

58. First pair of trainers = Iiiii don't know what that is.

RIGHT NOW: 

59. Eating = Nothing.

60. Drinking = Nothing.

61. I'm about to =  Kill myself if I keep watching freaking Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

62. Listening to = ..Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

63. Waiting for = Myself to get off my butt and go get groceries.

YOUR FUTURE :

64. Want kids? = Yes!

65. Get Married? = Married life is the bomb dot com.

66. Career? = Medical Transcriptionist.

WHICH IS BETTER :

67. Lips or eyes = Eyesssss.

68. Hugs or kisses = Kisses.

69. Shorter or taller = Taller.

70. Older or Younger = Younger. ;)

71. Romantic or spontaneous = A spontaneous romantic!

72. Nice stomach or nice arms = ARMS!!! Mmmm :)

73. Sensitive or loud = Bothhhh.

74. Hook-up or relationship = They're both fun haha.

75. Trouble maker or hesitant = Both!

HAVE YOU EVER :

76. Kissed a stranger = Nope.

77. Drank hard liquor =  Nope.

78. Lost glasses/contacts = A billion times.

79. Sex on first date = Nope.

80. Broke someone's heart = Probably. Sad.

81. Had your own heart broken = Yup.

82. Been arrested = Nope.

83. Turned someone down = Yup.

 84. Cried when someone died = Yup. 

85. Fallen for a friend = Yup. And look where it got me.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

86. Yourself =  Yes!

87. Miracles = Yes.

88. Love at first sight = Nah.

90. Santa Claus =  Always and of course.

91. Kiss on the first date = Yup.

92. Angels = Absolutely.

August Loooong!

Lucky for me, Carter was able to come home this weekend!

This is lucky for two reasons.

#1 - I miss my husband a lot when he's gone.
#2 - We had tickets to see Rascal Flatts at Big Valley Jamboree on Sunday!

So he got home on Wednesday and Thursday I had to work. After work we just went to dinner and came home because I had to work on Friday too, but I woke up at like 4 in the morning and I was really sick so I called into work. So Friday was pretty chill. We bought a couple of Ikea chairs and put them together, and then the missionaries came over to talk to Meghan -- that's a different story completely, I'll blog about that later! -- and then we went and bought a futon and put that together. Then Carter and Meghan decided that it would be a good idea to have an all nighter (I went to bed at 1:30. Crazies).

Saturday was Edmonton Heritage Festival! It was so cool! Basically, all the different ethnicities in and around Edmonton set up pavillions and they have cultural foods and dancing and crafts and stuff. It's really neat to see all the different ethnicities.

On our way like real Edmontonians -- we bused.

I was tempted to leave him there.. ;)

We found Wales! Lots of family in Wales.

And the Phils! Ethan is serving n the Phils!

Isn't he the cutest Kenyan woman you've ever seen?

Sunday was the day I've been waiting for since Christmas. Oh my goodness.

BIG. VALLEY. JAMBOREE. 

I've never been to such a great concert. I can't wait till next year (when Alan Jackson and Lady A will be there!!).

We went for Rascal Flatts, but also saw Michelle Wright and Kix Brooks (of Brooks and Dunn).

Yayyyyyy for Rascal!

This is what they call the 'concert bowl'. What you see is half of all the lawn chairs people bring to sit on during the concert. So. Many. People.

And this is what I woke up to.
Joe Don Rooney (the guitarist) of Rascal Flatts is following ME! on Twitter! Baaaaah.

Happy :)

Just another Monday Funday.

-- wake up -- get dressed [new jeans! yay!] -- straighten hair -- make oatmeal -- attempt to eat oatmeal -- too hot -- wait -- eat oatmeal -- watch love it or list it -- realize i'm going to miss my bus -- brush teeth -- put on jacket -- put on shoes -- leave -- walk halfway down the block -- realize i forgot my lunch -- walk halfway back -- struggle to take off jacket and purse -- grab lunch -- basically sprint to bus stop -- sprint across road to avoid a cement truck -- make the bus -- get off the bus -- get to work 10 minutes late. oops.
so then i worked and it was all fine and dandy and hunky dory. then we found out there was a tornado warning/watch for the edmonton area, so i was pretty stressed out. nothing happened until i got home, and even then it was just rainy. super super rainy. but i can handle rain. theeeeeen i got a real good craving for a cupcake, and i knew that a blogger i follow (Kylee) posts yummy treats on her blog all the time. so i went a-stalking. and found glazed donut muffins. commence drooling.

Glazed Donut Muffins

batter:

- 1/4 cup butter

- 1/4 cup vegetable oil

- 1/2 cup granulated sugar

- 1/3 cup brown sugar

- 2 eggs

- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

- 1 teaspoon cinnamon

- 3/4 teaspoon salt

- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

- 2 2/3 cup flour

- 1 cup milk

glaze

- 3 tablespoons butter (melted)

- 1 cup icing sugar

- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla

- 2 tablespoons hot water

directions

- preheat the oven to 425°f. lightly grease a standard muffin tin or line with 12 paper muffin cups.
- in a medium-sized mixing bowl, cream together the butter, vegetable oil, and sugars till smooth.
- add the eggs, beating to combine.
- stir in the baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla.
- stir the flour alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour.
- spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pan - filling the cups nearly full.
- bake the muffins 15 - 17 minutes, or until they’re a pale golden brown.
- in a medium bowl, prepare the glaze by mixing together the melted butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla and water.
- whisk until smooth.
- when muffins have cooled slightly, dip the muffin crown into the glaze and allow the glaze to harden. [double dip optional]

Nicole gives it 3.5/5.

Sidenote -- Carter is back up in Anzac.. And I'm sad. So if you wanna play with me sometime this week PLEEEEASE shoot me a text or Facebook message. Or Tweet me. Or leave a comment. Please. Hahahah

it's definitely monday.

oh. my. gosh.

this monday has definitely been a money.

first - on saturday - carter called me while i was at fort edmonton with my mother-in-law and sister-in-laws and said that he was on his way to the fort mcmurray hospital (he's working out of town - read here for deets) because he hit his hand with a sledgehammer. he basically described it to me as a belling tool-hand-hammer sandwich. my poor husband. :( good news: it's not broken, just definitely bruised. bad news: he's staying in anzac for the rest of the week.

okay. so back to monday.

last night i had to start fasting at 7 so i could get my blood taken this morning. so la-de-da, i woke up an hour earlier than i usually do, took my insulin, then walked to the lab by my house (figure 1.0).

(figure 1.0)

and got in line. 40 minutes later they called me in. now i'm not afraid of needles. hello, diabetic! but as of late (like my tb test that i had for work) they've made me slightly light headed. so the little filipino lady put the needle in my arm and started taking blood. and the more she took the worse i felt. by the time she finished i was ready to throw up. i was so light headed. the last thing i saw was her bringing me an orange juice.. apparently i blacked out and came back to when i was laying in a bed with an ice pack on the back of my neck. it was so horrifying. i think it had a lot to do with the fact that i hadn't eaten in 12 hours because that had never happened to me before. then obviously i went to mcdonald's for breakfast - since i was already late for work - and i was feeling much better after.


when i got to work - only half an hour late! not too bad, considering! - one of my managers asked me to go with her to her office. i was expecting to do a performance evaluation since i've been there for a month.. but instead she told me that i need to stop taking 25 minute breaks (we get 15 minutes twice a day and 30 minutes once a day) and that it's inappropriate for me to leave the office to take phone calls. WHAT?! the longest break i ever took was 16 minutes, and that was because the crosswalk light took too long to let me cross. and i NEVER leave to take phone calls. who is that important that i have to talk to? are you kidding me? but i didn't argue with her. i just nodded. but it made me so furious. the worst part is that i'm like pretty positive i know who said it, but i'm just keeping it to myself.

THENNNNN. on my way home from work. the freaking bus driver GOT LOST. ARE YOU JOKING ME?!?!?!?! i looked up from my phone and i was like.. uhh. what? (figure 1.1) is the route my bus is supposed to take. (A) is where i get on and (B) is where i live.

(figure 1.1)

 this is the route that he took. (A) is where i get on, (B) is where he dropped me off, and (C) is where i live.

go ahead and ask how happy i am right now.

A Lonely Post.

I try to keep sad things like this off my blog.. But I just need to get it out.

Carter and I have been together for over two years. And I'm going to say that for about half of that time we've been apart.

When we had been together for 4 months he joined the Canadian Military Reserves, so that's where it began with weekends apart. Big deal, right? It was really hard for me, actually. I worked all week and wanted weekends with my boyfriend, but I couldn't have that because he was doing what he loved. So I supported it. And nine months after he joined it he took a leave of absence. So we went back to being together every day.

After we'd been together for just over a year, I moved to Edmonton and he moved to Slave Lake, so we only had weekends together. I was in school and he was working, so he drove 3 hours to and from Edmonton every weekend just to see me for 3 days. And that sucked. But it was good for my school, he wasn't around to distract me.

He moved in with me after our wedding in February, and we have spent every. single. night together since then -- almost 5 months! And now he's working in Fort McMurray for a couple of months. Which means that we'll only see each other every 10 days.. And that's really sad for me.

But I can't help that we're just being prepared for when he goes into RCMP training. In Regina. For 6 months.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Long Weekend!

This last weekend was the July 1st long weekend! So it was our first time to Raymond since April -- boy, do  I miss my hometown (and family).

Friday we got there pretty late, went in and said hello, then headed to G'ma & G'pa's house to sleep - they let us take over their place for the weekend while they were camping.

Saturday we obviously went for a pancake breakfast, then Carter headed off with his sisters and I went into Lethbridge with my mom. Bonnie and Larry came to Canada for a week of fun! So we had a barbecue, and... I don't know what else we did! [Oh ya, husband got sun burnt. Bad. But I told him to wear sunscreen!!]

Sunday we decided to go to Waterton!! We had never been together!! But it wasn't warm or anything at all. In fact, we were only there for maybe 2 hours because it was so chilly!

Classic Cameron Falls shot.

We 'hiked' up beside the falls.

Cameron Lake!

On the side of the road on the way down from Cameron Lake

Up by the Prince of Wales. It was pouring!

Then, cause it was July 1, we headed into Lethbridge for the fireworks! They were actually really good.

Mammy - isn't she adorable?

Ahahah Brooklynn..

I love fireworks!

The bros were there too!

Monday was Raymond's Canada Day celebration!! Holla to parade and massive barbecue and packing up and coming home...

My handsome husband!

And me.

Me and Rylee!

She's such a stunna.

Look at Brook hahah

It was so sunny and warmmmm!!

Best fraaaands.

Justin and Brick were in the parade for Summer Games.

Shriners. Lol.

Baaaagpipessssss :(

Mini Darth!

Classic Raymond parade float..

Yep, always a redneck parade.

So fun.

Raymond rush hour - happens once a year for 15 minutes.

Driving home :(

See my sunburn? And our bikes! Yay!

i wanna pug.

i gots new hairs. cha?
i also got tendinitis. ouch.

..yep

This is me.

No judge.

Dayy Inn Thee Liife (:

L is for the way you  LOOK at meeeee

 O is for the ONLY ONE I seeeeeeeee

V is VERY VERY extraordinaryyyyyy

 E is EVEN more than anyone that you adore..

And LOVE is all that I can give to you

LOVE is more than just a game for two.. 

Two in LOVE can make it..

Take my heart but please don't break it..

LOVE was made

for me and youuuuuuuuuuuuu!!

Words from the song 'L.O.V.E.' by Nat King Cole. :)