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Found my old blog again! 2 things I've realized after reading some of the old posts.... 1. I cursed WAY too much 2. I drank WAY too much LOL Wow times have changed and so have I....

Matchmaker, Matchmaker.....

Ok as I sit back and reflect on my life I realized something....I'm one hell of a matchmaker. LOL Yep that's right, just call me Cupid. It started back last summer (Jan correct me if I'm wrong...lol) where my first match made in heaven began. My dear cousin Janet was single...my dear friend Adam was single. I tried to match the 2 up before but had no such luck. I invited them to my place for a bbq hoping I would see love in the air. Instead I seen dead silence....nothing...not a spark. lol Ok so maybe I played it wrong and put them both in an awkward situation but I tried :( So as a second attempt I thought maybe booze would help...ya know, a lil liquid courage for the shy type. lol So one night Jan was having a lil party at her place and by fluke Adam decided to visit me that very day. I mentioned the party to him and said he should come....he was hesitant and said maybe. So I'm up Jan's not thinking twice about Adam and bleep bleep...(that's an msn messenger chime btw lol) Jan's computer monitor turns orange. It's Adam. "Weird" Jan says, "he never talks to me". lol He asked her for her address and said he was on his way down. OMG I almost died....I didn't think he would ever do something so daring. lol Few minutes later there he is. Needless to say it's been bliss for the two of them ever since that night. They are both great people who are perfect for each other (and I knew it all along!!! lol) So my second attempt at love was for my very own little sister Kim. She dated some boys in the past that didn't live up to my standards as an older sis so I was on the search!!! lol On one of my many trips to Edmonton, my other sister Aimee had introduced me to her boyfriend's friend Charles...aka Chuckie. lol He was a nice boy, well grounded with good morals. (ok Chuckie you can pay me now for the words you just made me say...hahhaah kidding) In all honesty...he was a great catch! So as I got to know him better I knew he would be great for Kim. They are a alot alike and both single!! Score! lol So I fly home and tell Kim all about him. She is intrigued. So I plan a trip back to E-Town but this time I bring Blue (aka Kim lol) As soon as they seen each other I knew it was a match!!!! I did it again!! God I AM GOOD! LOL So now I have to listen to the multiple texting and lovey dovey chats they have together....gag me! lol How many days till he arrives Blue??? lol Yes, she has a countdown to when Chuckie visits Nova Scotia....and no Chuckie...you don't need a passport. lol So as I sit and think about the wonderful matches I've made in the past year I ponder.....Why can't I put my skills to good use on myself?? lol Darn it...I guess it doesn't work that way!!! Who wrote that dreaded Book of Love anyways??? lol Well I guess I'll just sit back and wait for cupid to shoot me in the butt.....lol Until next time...

A Glimpse at 2007...wow where did the year go???

Ok so I haven't been on this site since my last post which scary enough was exactly one year to the date....all by mere coincidence. 2007 came and went as fast as the seasons change and as everything else in life, my life has of course evolved as well. It was a good year, interesting to say the least. The highlight of the year was definitely my new job. After long weary months of waiting to get called back to Citizenship my career path suddenly made a turn...for the better! I applied for a job with Air Canada Jazz here in Sydney. Always loving the airline industry from working with United I thought I would take a stab at it. After another long wait thinking I blew my chances, I get a call. I have to go for an interview. Super...I'll do it. Well I get there and am interviews by 2 lovely ladies (as if I'm not intimidated enough with the presence of 1 lol) So the interview goes well (I studied up on Air Canada let me tell you lol) Then they decide to give me an over-the-phone interview with a french lady from Montreal....and yes I have to speak French. lol So the interview is over and I leave frustrated thinking I blew it and continued my life as it was. Few weeks later I get a call and have to go for a drug test and medical exam.....yahoooo!!! So they fly me and my now partner in crime Wendy off to Halifax for the tests. Again, we wait and we wait and we wait...thinking Oh my God...did we not pass the tests??? lol Then the call comes in....we both get the jobs! Soooo excited at this point especially hearing of our sweet sweet flight discounts. lol So I quit my current job directing traffic for NSPower and head back to Sydney. They sent us both away for 2 weeks training in London, Ontario and what a blast that was! We made great friends, had an amazing instructor, ate great food, drank great alcohol, all while learning how to work for the airline...lol. So we started work back in July and things are insanely overwhelming...sooo much to know!! I'm still spinning around trying to get a grasp on things...lol Then they send me away AGAIN for 2 more weeks in London but this time my partner is not coming :( So I went and pass with flying colors and had another great time in YXU lol. The weekend I was there I decided to be daring and use one of my flight passes and take off to Edmonton for 2 days. Glad I did, it was the best weekend I had in a long time! We partied and laughed and had a blast! I made it back just in time for class on Monday...lol Thank GOD!! lol So as the days go by things are good...no big news to share..nobody got married or had babies...that I know of that is! lol Some heart breaking news was that my best friend lost her baby at 7 months pregnant :( It was devastating news, she was having a girl...I was going to be an "auntie" again. But we live by the saying that everything happens for a reason and thankfully we cope. RIP baby Kira. So the summer flies by and I decide to take another jaunt to Edmonton but this time with my sis. We go and have another great time and during our stay she meets the love of her life...Chuckie :) So the summer comes to an end and sadly enough I never stepped foot into the ocean.... :( Always next year I guess. So the fall comes and Jean Guy and I drive down to Massachusetts for a wedding. We shopped till we dropped, went to the most enchanted wedding (and I say this because it took place in a castle...lol lucky shits) and just had a wonderful time. So Air Canada decides to send me all by my lonesome to Vancouver for some Cargo training! So I obliged. I went and stayed at a kick ass hotel with the sweetest room I've ever been in. Met some more great friends, one of which took me downtown Van to see the sites....wow what a beautiful city, I was breath taken. Anyone who has never visited should do so at least once before they leave this world. It's totally worth it! I also manage to slip another 2 weeks in Edmonton where I helped Aimes decorate for Christmas and Winter plan her trip home. So it's now Winter (ughhh I shiver as I say it lol) and Winter is coming home...lol Wow that sounded weird. lol So I fly her home on one of my passes (well she almost made it all the way) but has to make some changes in her itinerary...needless to say she made it!! :) So Christmas comes and goes as it always does...and at least Wint is here for a little while. It's now January....I'm still loving my job especially the "easy on the eyes" pilots I get to see everyday...hahahaha....let's not go there! lol I managed to get in another trip away to Ontario to see my friend Robin last weekend and boy did we have fun! I'll skip the juicy details for another day. lol Hmmm I seemed to omit my love life from this post...another year another confusing head on my shoulders. Boys Boys Boys....what are we going to do with them??? Sometimes I wish I could just hop on a plane and take off for a few days and not have to think or worry about anything.......oh wait.....I can do that! hahaha Kidding. Those who know me know how confusing my love life is so I won't bore those who might actually be reading this. What I have learned from 2007 is not to be scared to try new things, meet new people and see new sites. I'm no longer afraid to try "out of the ordinary foods", travel alone, make new friends, even if they live across the country and what a beautiful country it is. Be spontaneous....it's fun! Live life to the fullest and travel as much as you can! Well ladies and gents this is a final boarding call for me....hope you enjoyed the flight.....until next time :)

PS. Throughout the year of 2007 I partied with Janet and we had fun!! LOL ;)

A year in Review...Reflections of 2006

Wow, all I can say is WOW. It's been ages since I wrote in my blog and now I feel so overwhelmed to do so! lol Gulp....here goes! Well I guess I will reflect on 2006 and just write what I can remember. From August 2005 till March 2006 I was employed with Citizenship & Immigration Canada on a term position and it was the best job of my life. I met some of the best people on earth and some of the looniest whom I would like to forget. lol 2 words, PINK PANTHER. For those I've worked with, they know who I am talking about. We had many laughs, many yummy lunches, lots of great talks and even a few tears (esp March 28th) Fortunately we still remain friends and still have yummy lunches! lol Hopefully we will be back to work again real soon! (fingers crossed) Nothing really exciting happened between January to March except the fact that I joined Weight Watchers and lost 25 pounds!! Woo Hoo, sooo happy!!! So Jean-Guy and I are on the rocks and we actually break up for a while. When I finished work I decided it was time I visited my family in Edmonton so I booked a ticket. During our split, Jean-Guy and I reconcile and he decides he would like to visit Edmonton with me. I departed on June 18th and he wasn't flying out till 10 days later. I had so much fun during my time in the big city. I spent all my time between my brother John's and my sister Aimee's. We had a blast together! We went to Sylvan Lake and did some jet skiing, we ate at the best of restaurants, we drank loads of booze, we shopped till we dropped, we even went to beautiful Banff, Alberta! Banff was amazing, we bought some cowboy hats and strutted downtown, we shopped at Louis Vuitton, we drank (some of us more than others...sorry Ry lol) we even went on a gondola ride up a huge mountain and seen the breathe taking Banff Springs Hotel. My trip lasted 4 weeks and unfortunately during my last day for reasons I choose not to discuss, Jean-Guy and I had a major fight and broke up yet again. Needless to say he flew home alone and I stayed an extra 10 days. Glad I did because I got to see my most favorite band in the whole world..Our Lady Peace. Yep! Aimes, Ryan, Melissa, myself and Chuckie had one of the funnest (i know that's not a word, lol) days ever. We went to Capital Ex!! We rode free rides (pretty girl special rocks! hahaha) we played free games (lovin the special LOL) and we drank tons. We had a blast, despite the spat and the missing persons! lol We topped the night off with the OLP concert and I was within touching distance of my man Raine. Yumm. During my trip however there was a sad time, my best friend's nan who was like a nan to me passed away. I miss her still and think about her often and I know she's up there looking down on us and keeping us safe. Miss you nan! The time had come to head back to the Cape and leaving my friends and family was heartbreaking but I knew it wouldn't be for long. So it's now late July and I am home. I am single. I am also experiencing unknown excruciating stomach pain. So yadda yadda yadda....I met a guy. A guy who I had alot of fun with (get your damn minds out of the gutter you pervs lol) We did alot of fun things together including finding fossils, rock collecting, beach combing, camping and he even spent time with me in the hospital (turns out my stomach pains were gallstones! Ughhh). It's August and I am slowly recovering after major gallbladder surgery but I was excited because my sister Aimee and Ryan are coming to the Cape for a visit!!! I am regretting not spending enough time with them and not showing Ryan the true parts of Cape Breton (next time I won't spend my summer in the hospital!! lol). But nonetheless, we did have some fun together. We drank and partied, they did some camping, and we had a blast at the wildlife park...we even fed the bears! lol Sadly they have to leave and head back to Edmonton. During the time of the final break up of Jean-Guy and I and meeting my new guy friend, I did alot of thinking. The more thinking I did, the more confused I got. lol Kinda funny eh but it's true. I believe that everything happens for a reason and in the end my guy friend and I part our ways. I don't have any regrets, I had a blast and most important I learned alot. During that time I also loose one of my best friends and her bf. Yep, Winter and Rick head West. They drove out and plan on living and working in Edmonton, sad to see them leave but I suppose it's for the better so I support them! Congrats by the way. So it's now September and all I feel like doing is listening to that damn Green Day song "Wake me up When September Ends" lol. During that month I slowly start to talk with Jean-Guy. I felt I didn't want to loose him as a friend cause he really is a good person, he just made bad decisions. So we talk and hang out a little but I made it clear I didn't want anything. I guess your heart and brain don't work together because my brain was telling me to stay away but my heart was keeping me there. Only God knows why we do the things we do sometimes but I went with my heart. Yes we got back together yet again and I sure was surprised. The man who always said he was too "busy", the man who said he never wanted more children or get married, the man who put me last on his list now put me first. All I ever wanted from Jean-Guy was to be appreciated and to be thought of and it was finally happening. I felt wanted, I felt needed and most of all I felt loved. I guess people really can change, sometimes they just need a kick in the butt and some time apart. lol We actually spend some amazing time together including a lavish trip to Toronto for the most spectacular, most beautiful wedding I ever attended in my life. I drank the best wine, ate the best food and partied with the riches. It was an unbelievable trip but it ended way too soon. Things are going surprisingly well and it's now Christmas. Jean-Guy and I make a couple trips to Halifax for shopping and we actually had great times together. For the first time in my life I spent Christmas Eve with a boyfriend. Yep, Jean-Guy stayed here in Sydney for Christmas and it was wonderful. I got so many nice things and loved every minute of the holidays. Spending time with my family is all that matters to me. Also my best girl Winter got the RING! She and Rick got engaged on Christmas Eve!!! Woo Hoo...sooo happy for them!! So it's New Years and my good friend Annette and her man Perry suggest another trip to Hali. I oblige. So myself, Jean-Guy, Perry and Annette head up for New Years. We stayed at the beautiful Lord Nelson hotel and dined at the deloush Steak and Stein while we listened to the entertaining Barber Shop Quartet. lol We drank and got dolled up and headed downtown to see Bruce Gouthro play and at midnight we seen some awesome fireworks. We decided to head back to the hotel for some cheese and booze. lol We snacked and drank and loser me fell asleep. Ughhh I feel so old! lol I promise to stay awake next time! lol So it's now January 16 and I just threw a surprise party for Jean-Guy on the weekend for his birthday. We was so surprised and so happy that he started to cry. He said he never had a birthday party before and that this one was his first. WOW, I had no idea. It was fun! Saturday we ate at the Steel City and did a little gambling...me being the cheapo that I am I only put 5 bucks in the machine and whammo! I win 120 bucks! hahahaha everyone is pissed cause they are shelling out 20 bucks a pop and spend as much as I won. lol So the weekend was great and it's now 1:42 am and I hope I remembered everything that I feel was important to me in 2006. If I forgot anything then let me know! Hope you enjoyed my year as much as I did. Thanks for stopping by....until next time...

Life is still good and I am still a Clanna be Fatts! lol

Ok so it's been ions since my last post and thought since I put up some new pics, I would make a new post. Life is going fantastic, work could never be better since we got rid of a certain someone whom we like to call "The Pink Panther" lol and I finally for the first time in my life, bought my very own car!! WOO HOO I love it so much I would marry it! bahahaha Christmas was the best, everyone including me got some sweet gifts and I spent the holidays with Jean-Guy and Joel in Sydney. New Year's Eve was a blast too but it ended WAAAYYY to soon! lol Other than that my life insists of working, working more and then working even more...over time kills me during the week but when the pay cheque comes in you realize it's all worth it! My birthday is this month too! Woo Hoo again! lol Well it's not much of a glamor post but just wanted to keep in touch with the world and once again...here's some new pics...hope you all enjoy!

Life is good, even if I'm a Clanna Be Fatts...LMFAO

Alright let's forget my last post it just puts me in a crappy mood. On the flip side I recently received some awesome news and my life is FINALLY starting to turn around. As my friends know I have been trying to get a job with Citizenship and Immigration Canada for the past 3 years. It's so god damned hard to even be considered to write their test let alone get hired on. So 3 years ago I applied and didn't even get the opportunity to write the test because I had no office experience. 2 years ago I applied again and was physched to be able to write the test. Now I have heard horror story after horror story about that damn test! I did all the practise exams, went to a prep course offered by the Anne Terry Project that they held for people to get prepared for the test, I brushed up on my math, grammer and just plain ole common sense. I wanted this job and I wanted it bad! A friend of mine wrote the test 6 times (That's 6 consecutive years in a row!!!) and failed each time so I was pretty nervous to write. So the time comes and I wrote the test. I had mixed feelings about it, it was hard, my nerves were shot but I did the best I could. The results came back and I almost thew up! I PASSED!!! YAY I made and Ok mark, but I was just glad I passed! Its a long slow process with the government (go-figure) so I impatiently waited. They contacted me months later and wanted me to write a Second Language Evaluation Test to test my french. I wrote it and did OK. Soooo I again waited and nothing. :( I was bummed out but wasen't ready to give up. The next year rolls around and I had all intentions to go back to school to take an office course to see if it got me any further with the job. So I apply again, I write and guess what? I PASSED!!! I made higher than I did last year too! I was happy. Either way I was going to be doing something come September. So like the past I knew I had to wait, wait and wait some more. I'm sure everyone was giving up hope, but that didn't matter to me cause I wasen't giving up! I went on with my life but always had the hope I would be working there someday. One day a few months ago the phone rang and it said "Citizenship and Immigration" I was trembling! I answered and spoke with a woman who wanted me to fax my resume right away! I was sooo excited, they never asked for it the year before so I figured it was a "good" thing. So I faxed it off that day and again, nothing happened. The weeks went by and school was looking like the only option, which was fine but I would have had to work and pay for it on my own. I can't get a student loan, line of credit, no sponsorship from EI...NOTHING. I knew it would be hard but was willing to do it. School starts in 2 weeks and guess who ISN'T going? MOI!!!!!!! LOL Nope, don't have to! I finally got the call after 3 long shitty years and not giving up hope! I start work Monday from 8:30-4:30 and after Monday I get to pick my hours!!! How sweet is that! They open at 7am and close at 5pm, closed on ALL the holidays, closed at Christmas and NOT OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS!!! She said I can pick from like 7-3, 7:30-3:30, 8-4, 8:30-4:30 or 9-5 baby! I have never been happier in all my life I swear! Finally! I truely believe that if you want something soooo bad, never give up and you will have it someday. Even if you have to make sacrifices, bust your ass and impatiently wait....don't give up! I hope ya'll get what you want in life cause it's the most awesome feeling in the world. Now let's celebrate!! lol And I didn't forget what I promised! First paycheck...the booze is on me, so let's get it on!!! lol

Some people just don't know any better!

Alrighty it's 11:22pm on Sunday and I feel pretty good about myself right now!.....NOT! I honestly don't know what goes on in people's heads sometimes, probably nothing since I don't think they actually think before they open their big fat rude traps! I know I'm a fat tub of lard, you don't have to tell me! Jeez! My mother's friend just made a comment that wasen't very nice, but she honestly didn't think it was rude!!! She must be from fuckin Louisdale..Home of the Rude people!!! lol My mother and I were talking about how bad I have arthritis in my legs (had it since I was 10 years old) and she was recommending certain meds and shit and that's fine. I got a glass of water and was just walking out the door and she says this "Oh Melanie your legs will only get worse with the weight on" I turned around and hoped she didn't say what I thought she said so I said "WHAT?" and she repeated herself. She truely didn't think it was rude, she kept a concerned face and thought it was good advice. WHAT THE FUCK??? My mother just looked at me cause she knows how much of a bitch I can be and I don't give a shit who you are, say something rude....yer gonna get it right back! But for my dear mother's sake I gave her a little glare, turned around and said "THANKS!" in a sarcastic, slightly bitchy way. Ughh I just don't know sometimes. I don't care how fat you are, I would NEVER, EVER, EVER make rude comments like that...not only would I NOT do it to your face, I wouldn't even do it behind your back. It's probaly the meanest thing in the world, it makes you wanna go commit suicide and the people who say it sometimes don't even know it bothers you. What gives? I find it's mostly older folk who say things about people's weight. Not sure why, but they do. Take Jean-Guy's father for instance, hell the first time I met him he was driving me from Sydney to Louisdale (He was in Sydney doing some arrands so I hitched a ride) we were chatting about sports and how I used to play hockey and soccer so he says "so did ya find ya put on all that weight since ya stopped playing sports?" I wanted to jump out of the car and pray about 15 cars run me over. Nice eh? And keep in mind, this is my back then "new" boyfriend and it's the first time I've met his father, so this man doesn't even know me!!! He's made plenty rude fat comments since, I can recall a time we were having supper at their (jean-guy's parents) house and I can't remember exactly what he said but it was another RUDE comment about me being a lard ass and I stopped what I was eating, dropped my fork, cried and stormed out of the house. Mother Theresa (jean-guy's mother) and Jean-Guy nearly died. They didn't know what to do, I cried for hours and the worst part was that I was working for Jean-Guy's dad and I had to face him the next day. Even though we worked side by side, I never spoke a word to him for 2 weeks. It was horrible. So this is just a little note to warn the brain dead fucks out there who feel the need to tell people they are over-weight, fat, chubby, need to loose a few pounds, wow you put on the weight shit talk to think twice about opening their own BIG FAT MOUTHS!!!!!! :)