Pedway Traffic Jams

Alright I am pretty new to this whole big city thing. I work right downtown in a very busy building. There are many busy buildings in the downtown core, and they are all connected by either pedways or a mutual doorway. I do like the luxury of having the pedways only because I don't have to walk outside when it is -30 outside with wind chill....brrrr. For those of you who don't know what a pedway is, here is the definition:

A pedway is an elevated walkway for people, connecting buildings to each other, high rises, or the street. They are used as a quick way to move from building to building, away from traffic and unfavourable weather.

What I try to do is not leave our office at lunch that way I don't have to deal with pedway traffic jams. I find them really bad in the morning, at lunch, and after five. Mostly lunch aaarrgg. So my problem with the pedways is this: I think being from a small town I am accustom to people being more aware of their surroundings and people walking than it is here in the city. Here in the city people are so self absorbed that they will walk right into you, or just stop when they know that there is a line of people behind them. I like to think of myself as a fast walker, I don't like to hold people up that are behind me, so I guess I sometimes expect the same from others.

I really don't think it is hard to be more courteous of our fellow man and let people pass you if you are a slow walker. I understand that some people have limitations to their walking and that is fine, but for those of you who don't pay attention and are just being ignorant, all I ask is that you be a little more aware of your surroundings. Sorry to use the blog as an outlet to complain about one of my pet peeves, but I had to let it off of my chest.
In closing:
Fish heads to those who are slow walkers and ignorant about it
Flowers to those who are courteous :o)

Wedding Woos

It is almost 6 months till my wedding. I am starting to get more and more excited. I worry though if everything is going to be alright and completed by the time August rolls around. I am very thankful for my sister. She has been so much help through this. I owe her my sanity. Because of her I am able to enjoy my engagement with my hunny, and not really overly stress about the details of the wedding. We are both just kinda puttering away at the little details. Tonight I had a friend of my sisters come over to consult me about my hair, and what colours would look good in my hair. My dress has black on it, therefor I need my hair to complement the dress. Oh the decisions. My colours are black and white.... that's it. Very simple I think. I am enjoying all of the perks of living in the big city. It is amazing how many times you can look through wedding magazines and still find something new that sparks a thought in your mind.

So I have concluded that as of today there is 192 days left till my wedding. I don't know how prepared I am for this. I have only been waiting to get married for about 5 years or so, and now it is all happening so fast. I toss and turn in bed each night trying to decide what to do for center pieces, what to do for flower arrangements for my bridesmaids, what dresses I am going to get for the girls, then I think about the boys, and what sizes of shirts they need, and where I am going to find them.... ahhhh the list is never ending. I know that I am fine for time and everything is being dealt with, it is just hard to shut my mind off and kinda put it at ease and tell myself that all is fine.

My focus right now is kinda directed back to that baby blanket that I have been working on. The baby is now here so I MUST finish it before we head to Vancouver to visit. I just want to congratulate our good friends who welcomed their first baby boy into this world. He was born on Saturday, and I can't wait to see him later in February!!! Welcome to the world Kegan!!! Way to go Ellen and Mike you have a beautiful little boy. I just hope that Cam doesn't get any ideas (yet) about baby's :o) We need to finish up this wedding thing first.

Zoe and Trinket

Zoe has a little friend named Trinket. They love playing together, running after one another trying to gain ownership over Zoe's bean bag bed or her lamb skin. ( They usually play over at our house because we have carpet and they both can get better traction for running and cornering) It is very cute how Trinket feels protective of Zoe when she feels Zoe is in some kind of danger or threat. Trinket is considerably smaller than Zoe yet you can tell she kinda dominates Zoe, but with the most respect a little chihuahua can have for a different breed other than her own :o) They are very similar, yet different at the same time. They are both princesses and spoiled little girls. They both don't overly enjoy playing with other dogs other than their own breeds, yet they love each other and would play around all day. So here is to their friendship!! I wish you two a dogs lifetime of friendship and love.

How can I part with it?

When I found out that good friends of ours was having a baby I was overjoyed for them. For many reasons. I wanted to do something nice for the new baby. This is the first baby in our group of friends and I wanted to do something special for the little one. So, I started a Winnie-the-Pooh cross stitch blanket. I never realized how much work it was actually going to be, or how detailed it was going to be. I started it in the summer of 2006, and I just finished it January 19th. I still have to do the final touches, such as finish up the butterflies around the corners, and once the baby is born I want to stitch his name on the blanket. My sister was a little worried that I wouldn't get it finished because I had put it down for a little bit. I knew my deadline, I had till February 16th. That is when our flight leaves for the coast so it had to be finished for that. Once I finished I was a little sad. I knew that I was going to have to give this thing that I have been working so hard on, and for so long that I questioned that i didn't want to give it away. Of course I will part with it and give it to the baby, I know that his parents will cherish it the way that it should be. I have many pictures of the progress along my journey of making it, but I will share the final picture of it being finished.

So that is it, whatcha think ;o) I will maybe post another picture of the butterflies that go on the corners of it when I am finished with that.

Till next time......

Here is a story for you.....

Once upon a time there was a little dog named Otto. He was our family dog, due to age we had to put him down in the summer of 2004 at a ripe age of 15. My mother was very attached to this little guy. He was essentially her dog, she was home with him for the majority of his life. (I was very attached to this little guy too I miss him dearly) I am very thankful to say my mother was a stay at home mother for the majority of our upbringing. At the time I had my little puppy Zoe. She brought us laughter in a time where it was needed. I however grew up and went to school and moved away, and I had to take my puppy along with Cam and myself. This saddened both my parents at this point. My dad had spent countless hours with Zoe at home while I was at work when I lived at home. Either way if you talk to either of them they will tell you that I ripped her from their adoring arms.

My sister Danielle, my brother Brett, and myself thought that we need to get our parents a new puppy. They had been looking for a few years after Otto, but the right dog never came to them. They had a few leads on a few, but nothing ever worked out for them. One day I was at work and I came across an ad for Cairn puppys for sale in Saskatchewan. Immediately I email the ad, and arrange this puppy for my parents. Everything was set, we were going to get the puppy in a week. As we were arranging this little meeting none of us children said word one to my parents. We told other people what we were up to, but everyone that knew agreed what we had planned for my parents was worth keeping the secret for a couple weeks.

So here was the plan:

We couldn't just give her the puppy, no! We had told her that we weren't coming home for September long weekend. Because we went to Nelson just recently. We also decided that we could have fun with our mom for sure, and she would get my dad going. So we created our own email account as a kennel and posted and ad on the internet and sent it to my mom to reply to, and try to get a puppy. So she was emailing our kennel email, and we were responding to her about the puppy as the kennel. Meanwhile she would call us, she would forward emails from the 'kennel' to us, and talk to us online about this puppy that she had found and how promising it was going to be, but reminding us all the while that they didn't have their hopes up. So as the kennel we emailed her an application form for her to fill out. So she filled it out and emailed it back to the kennel, and forwarding a copy of it to our personal emails as well. Us here in Edmonton were enjoying ourselves with laughter over this little prank we are pulling on my parents. The weekend comes to pick up the puppy so we head off to Camrose to go and pick this little one up. We were prepared to look after her for a week while we waited till the long weekend to surprise my mom and dad with her. So eventually as the kennel we emailed my mom back stating that she wasn't chosen to have this particular puppy. This puppy was too busy and required a fenced yard, which my parents do not have.

My mom was a little crushed. But she kept her hopes us because she felt like she had a good relationship with the Kennel people and that she would get a puppy from their next litter. I felt bad writing the email telling her she didn't get the puppy. She even phoned my cell after she recieved the email to tell me that they didn't get the puppy :o( So I went along with it and offered some words of encouragment. Many people we told this story too thought it was cruel to do that to her as well. I would just remind these people that in the end she is getting a puppy, so she just has to work for it a little bit. Anyways, we brought the puppy back to our place here in Edmonton and she was very cute, but I swear she was a little devil. She looks cute and all, but she was a little bugger. She would nip at Zoe and bite us all of the time. She sure cried a whole lot as well. But who couldn't love this:

So finally when the September long weekend came, Danielle and myself packed up Charlie (he's my car) and the puppy and we headed off to Nelson for the weekend for the grand surprise. And what a surprise it was. My dad was overjoyed with the new little addition, and my mom was still at work. So, we waited till she got off of work and surprised her with us being there. We had the puppy hidden from her. We wanted some attention as well because we did come home to visit. Then once she was home and we visited for a little while, we let the little she devil loose. She ran down the hallway past my mom. In shock my mom started crying and scooped the little one up and cuddled her to bits.

It was the most rewarding thing that us children have ever done for my parents. They have named her Toona, and she is the cutest little thing in Nelson. We are all waiting for our payback, but I think that they enjoyed our little prank on them :o)

Till Next time.....

My First Blog :o)

Hello future friends :o)

Being my first blog I am imagining that I am going through what most first time bloggers go through. I kinda don't know how to start the blogging journey I feel I am embarking on. A very good friend of mine has encouraged me strongly to start. I have a differnt way now to express my thoughts and maybe try gain some wisdom or understanding from my random ramblings. I enjoy that when you read some blogs you can sit back and think that you have learned something from someone, or laughed along with someones funny experience, or maybe even shed a tear for a fellow blogger.

So hear we go, let my first blog to be a little about me.
My name is Breanne and as my name says I have a pug. Her name is Zoe. I also have a fiance named Cam. Him and her are my entire life. I love both of them with all my heart. The wedding is in August, so just a little heads up many of my post will have many many thoughts on my wedding ;o) I am trying very very hard not to be a 'bridezilla' and to this point I have been doing very well. My pug is like my child. I think that we have a bond between us that no one will have. My mom claims it is because I have always been her constant, I am always the one who is around for her. Cam has had the occupation of forest fire fighter for many years so he has always left us in the spring/summer and one fall season to go and rappel from helicopters to go to a fire. So me and Zoe would hang out and do everything together. I am happy to say that he has retired from the fire fighting business. He is currently back at school. .... So to sum that up Zoe is usually around or close to me.

Wow I didn't realize what time it is, I should be getting ready to go to bed. We have an early morning tomorrow. So that is all I have for time tonight. I think I have to figure out how to post pictures and such so that I can start creating my page.

Breanne and Zoe off to bed..... :o)