This weekend our family lost a great man.

Rest in peace Uncle Vlado.

 

That a girl goes through…

Today has been kind of blah for me.  I strained my neck and back last night backing out of a driveway and due to my current injuries from my car accident it hurt like hell!  I didn’t go in to the office this morning because I couldn’t move and then had a nice relaxing physio session.  My Dr told me that I added to my injuries and that I better get my butt into bed and rest so back home I went.  I put on my pj’s and some music and got into bed to work.  Harley is the best when I’m home sick.  He just cuddles right up and purrs away.

I have a crappy feeling that I’m letting people down and that some people are disappointed in me today.  It’s one of my insecurities and I hate it when it creeps its way in.  Sometimes you just can’t help it though.  Not everyone is going to like you or what you do every day and you’ve just got to turn that negativity around into something positive.  I think that it just makes me work harder to prove to myself that I’m doing the best I can.

Got invited to go to a Raptor’s game tonight and sit in the 2nd row behind the net.  What a day to be stuck in bed!  I love basketball and have only gone to 1 NBA game in my life.  I wish I could’ve gone tonight but c’est la vie.

I’ve got a secret cheer up weapon in my arsenal today though.  Tonight is the night that I finally get to watch Breaking Dawn Part One.  I’m really excited to see what the film looks like and yes I’m a nerd but I don’t care.

Tonight is also the second Boy vs Girl night at Supermarket pitting Robyn Dell’Unto against Morgan Cameron Ross – tonight it’s Robyn’s turn to shine while Morgan heckles her from the crowd.  If you haven’t seen these two perform yet you should get your butt down there to see them.  I’ve been a fan of Robyn since her CD release party last year and she has a gorgeous voice with great songs.

Hope you guys are having a good week so far.

 

 

This morning started off a little stressful but ended up turning into a nice evening.  After we sorted everything out and finished running around I came home and decided to clean and start cooking.  I absolutely LOVE cooking and making things from scratch.  I don’t do it enough and I’m going to make a big effort to cook more this year.  I made an amazing butternut squash soup and banana oat muffins.  I’ll post them tomorrow and if you like butternut squash you’ve got to try out my new recipe.

I finally found a nice place to move into after months of looking and applying and being disappointed.  It’s so hard to find a good apartment lately and we’ve seen some disgusting and beautiful places.  I’m sticking to my East End hood, which I love, and getting a nice main floor place with a working fireplace, backyard and huge kitchen!  I have been dreaming of wine and relaxing by the fireplace since I signed the lease.  Perfect for Canadian winters.

I’m really excited for 2012.  The past two years have been very challenging and thankfully things have started to feel a little more balanced.  I can’t wait to move into our new place and decorate.  I’ve decided to get rid of as much as I can and start fresh.  New year, new girl, new life

Well my soup’s ready and then I get to watch Breaking Dawn for the first time tonight!  Hope you all had a great weekend.

I lost a bunch of posts from the very beginning of my blog, I think they were even imported from my first blogger site.  When I made the switch from kaponetwo some of the posts just disappeared and I couldn’t figure out what to do.  It’s probably been too long to figure out but maybe one day I will.  My blog feels really bare lately and its frustrating.  I’ve got lots to do and say but not enough time to write it all down.  I guess that’s a good thing though.  I’m too busy to sit down and write.  There’s always so much going on.  I made the best butternut squash soup ever last night for dinner.  Jason loved it and he said some pretty ridiculous things that I’m not going to post.  haha.

We’re going back to Florida soon and I cannot wait to go on a road trip.  I’m only going for a week this time and Jason for the winter so that kinda sucks that I have to fly home without him.  I need to move and get a bigger place soon.  I’m looking in the Beach/Leslieville area so if you hear of anything let me know!

Life has been busy and really great lately.  Hope it’s been the same for you.

A year ago tonight I walked into The Cottage in FMB with my cousin Tanya.  I was feeling very down in the dumps as most of you know until a man in a Captain America costume put his arm around me and told me I was the prettiest girl in the bar.  Who knew I’d fall for a man in spandex

 This is about 1am last Halloween – excuse my drunky face

 

 

I can’t believe it’s been a year since we met (again) (that’s a story for another time).  I love you more and more everyday and I’m lucky to have you in my life.  I can’t wait to see what the next year will bring.

 

Last weekend

The Samba Days contest.  Hurry up cause it closes at 12:00pm today!

You could win an Explore experience and could be doing something like:

• Indoor Skydiving
• Paintball
• Indoor Rock Climbing
• Air Combat Flight Simulator
• Horseback Riding
• Bellydancing
• Pole Dancing
• Circus School

Some of the experiences are for 2 or 4 people so you can treat your friends or significant other to an adventure!

To enter the contest you have to go to THIS POST and follow the instructions…

1. Take a look through the SambaDays Explore Activitiesand post a comment below telling me which one you’d like to try (you can always change your mind if you win)AND
   
2. Tweet or FB – I want to win an Explore Gift Experience from @carlyannedotcom & @SambaDays
   ***make sure you link to me on FB so I can see it***

 

If you live in Ontario and are 18 + I hope you plan on voting today!  Go to Elections Ontario to find locations and any other info.  You can even vote if you don’t have a voters registration card by bringing these acceptable forms of ID and voting locations are open 9am-9pm, so there’s really no excuse.

After voting I’m gonna head down to Workpace One to check out Social Media Marketing 101.  Casie & Sheldon are speaking and I’m interested to learn about Daryl D’Souza’s business.  Workplace One is a shared office space for entrepreneurs, small businesses and professionals.  I think it’s a great idea and I’m looking forward to seeing what their space looks like.

Because I’m all about change and growth right now as soon as I saw this personality quiz from the NYT on Casie‘s blog via Lauren  I had to see what it said about me and share it with you:

You are culturally adventurous in all walks of life and love to explore different avenues of tastes and trends. Because your body is also important to you, you look for flavors that are unusual but still healthy and delicious, and you are constantly on the lookout for the next food trend. You are an emotional spirit and you make really strong connections. Good friends and lots of laughs are the recipe for really happy days. And nights!

 

          

I found these photos last night when I was cleaning my desk and started to think about all the things that have changed in my life since then.  It has been an absolutely crazy past year or so for me and I’ve had some major life changes.  I wasn’t sure if I should post this, but after a great talk with Christina I realized that it’s all part of life and why the hell not.

Then I woke up this morning and read my daily horoscope:

 

	Your horoscope for October 4, 2011
	This is a great time for you to take a difficult situation, work through it, and come out victorious, Carly-Anne. Do not feel bad about things in your life that are sitting in a crumbled heap before you. Destruction gives opportunity for brand new growth and advancement. Recall the phoenix who rises up from the ashes, and embody the spirit that makes the phoenix so powerful against all odds.

 

And that was what I needed to hear.  So here it goes…
A year ago the rug was pulled out from under me and everything in my life changed.  I went from being everywhere and right in the middle of a personal blog challenge, 30 Days of Blogging, to pretty much dropping off the face of the earth.  I surfaced again on an island and spent the next few months just enjoying myself and trying to sort out my life and figure out what I wanted to do next.  In the midst of all of this, my poor blog didn’t get much attention and I have really not been writing as much as I want to.  I have so many unposted things from the past year and have not really been keeping up with my site.  Some of them are pretty interesting IMO and instead of just going to waste, I figured why not share them now?

So starting with today for the next 30 days I’m going to catch up on all things that I missed putting out along with some new stuff including a contest and giveaways.

Thanks to everyone who’s been along for the ride the past year.  And thank you to my Florida man for being so good to me.  I love you ♥

 

 ”Happiness hit her, like a train on a track…

…Leave all your love and your longing behind, you can’t carry it with you if you want to survive.”

 

 

Sarah Von of Yes and Yes (you may recall her blog from my Show & Tell posts) has a very honest and inspiring post today and I thought it would be a great idea to share here as well.

Her post is called “All The Ways That We Are Adorable” and was brought on by a discussion on the Every Buddy boards about going out in public without makeup.  One commenter posted that she was lucky enough to have long dark lashes that didn’t require mascara, but then wrote “Why is it so hard to say nice things about yourself? Especially physically? *sigh*”

Sarah decided that it’s time to say nice things about ourselves and posted five great things.  I added to her comments and I think we all could use a little boost .

So I want to know – what do you love about yourself?  What makes you different and makes you stand out?

My answer was:

• I am small and thin
• I have blue eyes that change colour depending on my mood (blue, green, gray)
• I have a crazy, high-pitched laugh but my voice sounds really good when I sing.

and I want to add

• I love my ski jump nose
• I love how I look in a bikini now
• and I love that my hair is getting longer!

Can’t wait to read your responses!

Going to A Panel Discussion on Panel Discussions tonight with Kathryn and maybe Jason if I can drag him downtown.  Looking forward to hearing Casie, Erin Bury & Late July speak.  The boys on the panel should be interesting as well, but I’m showing love to the ladies today.   It’s FREE and for more info and tickets go HERE

Had an amazing weekend of doing, well not really too much.  Saturday was a pretty lazy day of cleaning, unpacking and eating.  Then some beer drinking and Jason and I wandered down to check out the Woodbine Park Jazz Fest.  Then we strolled down to Lick’s so I could introduce Jason to my favourite burger place.  I LOVE their Nature Burgers soo much.  After an evening of walking we went home to finish watching Trailer Park Boys.  Jason has been “studying Canadian culture” as he puts it and has watched all seasons of TPB.

#SundayFunday was spent at Mom & Dad’s house by the pool.  Such a beautiful day and I love how nice it is at their house.  I’ve been thinking of asking if I can have a pool party up there.  I think it’d be a blast to get everyone out of the city for a day and Mom & Dad would love it.  I’m definitely gonna ask. After spending the day poolside we came home to a clean house and I got to work on a kind of assignment for something new that I’m working towards.  Jason made us a late night dinner of Grilled Cheese with Pickles (SO GOOD), mixed greens salad and tomato soup.

The perfect end to a nice weekend.  What did you do?