Waiting for the tsunami

I'm so sorry that I'm so far behind in commenting on everyone's blog posts! I do have a good excuse though. I've been trying to read all of them at least- but with limited internet sometimes I fall behind.

Right now I am in Boise. As I mentioned earlier, I had a last minute flight on Monday. That actually had to be changed Friday night- I had to fly down first thing Saturday morning. I flew from Calgary to Seattle, Seattle to Portland (weird, I know) and then Portland to Boise.

My sister described to me the way my 'mum' had been acting. She has refused food for months, but she still would eat at least once a day, but was refusing it completely in the last few days. She would sleep all day, and was not very coherent. When you asked her something, she would just mumble and you couldn't understand her. Her eyes were glossy and she seemed confused at times. She is literally half the size she was a month ago, I think she could fit into a size 6 dress, and she is very fragile. Friday afternoon they thought she would go in the night. Thankfully she didn't.

I got in Saturday afternoon and she was sitting up and fully alert! She even requested some of her favorite foods, even though she only can eat a few bites (which is significant improvement from the day before). Because she was eating a little, she seems to be having a lot more energy, but she has also started throwing up. I usually have to leave the room as she doesn't have much warning. She has had lots of visitors, including my dad and step mom on Father's Day. Today she said she slept really well last night, and even wanted to go to my sister's basketball game tonight. We keep telling her that she needs to see my grandma (her mother) but she refuses. She doesn't want to my grandma to see her like this. We keep pushing, but we will see how today goes.

We have been doing a lot of research on what happens when someone is dying. Since my mom right now seems as though she is getting better, I have assumed that she experiencing the "surge of energy" that is very common in people who are terminally ill, and very close to passing. This boost in energy is described as a spiritual energy that the body allows for the person to say their final goodbyes and spend quality time with loved ones before they pass. This surge of energy usually happens right before a person passes, usually within days. So with that being said, haha, I am just waiting... trying my absolute best to be patient and understanding. My younger sister could not be more in denial however, which is making it even more frustrating because she wont talk to anyone- and has a total disrespect for everything and everyone, and forgets that she isn't the only one losing their mom.

I read one person's experience of when they lost a loved one. They described it as standing on the ocean shore, knowing that there is a tsunami coming but you have no place to run. So I am just waiting for it to hit. I've been preparing myself for this for years. I knew this how she would go and I think what's more heartbreaking is watching my sisters and my grandma- I'm so worried for them. I know I will be okay, but I just worry for them. Everyone is experiencing this so differently and everyone is so emotional and pissy all the time (that may just be girl hormones). The next few days will be very difficult for all of us.

I just wanted to update you all on what was happening. Thanks for all the well wishes- it's greatly appreciated! Thanks so much! Love you mommy!

Jone's Soda bottle caps can predict the future

A wide range of emotions encompass you when you get a Thursday afternoon phone call from your family explaining that your trip in two weeks you have planned to come down to say goodbye to your mother, needs to be moved up. I now have a one way flight to Boise booked for Monday morning.

Can I just say how grateful I am for my awesome boss? I'm really happy I turned down another job offer yesterday... more of that to come later. I had a Jone's Soda yesterday, and it predicted this.

As for now, I am needing to prepare myself. BAH! I hate cancer. It can go stuff itself.

Photo shoot with China

Me and cats, are like oil and water. Foil and cavity fillings. Salt and open wounds. Chalkboards and... okay, you get the picture.
We've been thinking about getting a kitten for a while now, but obviously nothing has happened yet. Our friends/neighbors just got a little baby kitten a few days ago, and it's adorable, so we'll see what happens now that we are attached to someone else's pet.
Anywho, we watched Warren's dad's house a few days ago while he was out of town (in Banff, lucky guy). Warren's dad has two cats, Cosmo and China. Cosmo doesn't like me, and nor I him so the feeling is mutual. China on the other hand, likes everyone, and I have often times found myself allowing her to sleep on my lap. I was baking and making dinner when we were over there, and both Cosmo and China would not leave my side. Maybe it was the heat from the oven that they wanted, but either way it was super cute. So I grabbed my camera and decided to try to take some pictures of them. I've never been able to take decent pictures of these two nincompoops before- they always end up blurry. This time however, I think I did a pretty good job. So there ya have it.
And now you get to look at all the pictures I took... there aren't that many. Both China and I lost interest pretty quickly.

Uuuuuuuuuunfortunately, Cosmo will not be making his internet-blog debut today. I couldn't snap a good shot of him.

Okay, I lied. You can see Cosmo's ear in this picture. That's the best he would do. Mr. Grumpy-Gills is what he should be named.
After about 5 pictures, I decided I was done with filling up my camera with pictures of cats. Am I turning into an old cat lady?! Both me and the kitties went our separate ways for the rest of the night.

China however, must have liked getting her picture taken because as I went to crawl into bed, I found this on my pillow:

Closer...

Ugh. It was cute and all... but my pillow?! The place where I bury my head into at night... the place where I inhale and exhale very close to... the thing that I flip over about 8 times a night because I like the feeling of a cold pillow...

In other news... I am finally watching Eclipse tonight. Is it really as good as everyone says it is? Meh, I don't really care if it's any good, I'm really only watching it for two reasons:

Have you seen this video from the Oscars? I giggle like a school girl every time I see it. Hehehehe!

Bike Rides and Flooding

This post is way late. If only the days had 25 hours, I'd have enough time to everything I want to. Only in a perfect world however, do you wake up bright eyed and blueberry everyday and only in a perfect world can you stay awake past 7pm. Such is life.

Anyways, so Warren finally got his bike finished! He took it apart, re-painted it and updated all the parts. He did a great job. I could never do something like that. So here are some pictures from our first bike ride a couple weeks ago (I told you this post was late). We rode from our house to Warren's dads.

On our strenuous bike ride over... I had to stop and take some pictures of all the flooding that happened in Fish Creek Park. This river usually doesn't get too high... in fact, it's normally not a very swift river, and it's relatively small.

 Don't worry, we totally rode through that puddle. It was awesome.

Cool shot of the city, EH?! (see what I did there there with 'eh'?)

After we finally made it over the river and through the woods- Warren's dad took us out to see his new Tom Cars. Ya ever heard of them before? Google them. Here are a couple of shots I got from within the trailer. Super excited to ride in these babies...

Sorry they aren't the greatest... like I said, I was in the trailer. I will most defs' get better pictures... one day. One day soon, I hope...

I need your help!

Fellow friends!

I am just trying to boost my clientele and sales in my budding Scentsy business, and I am needing some good advice on how to do so. Any ideas? Summer is generally slower, but I could use a little help.

Oh, and just so you all know... this month is my foodie blogs blogiversary, and THERE WILL BE SOME GIVEAWAYS! [Finally!]

{Items that may or may not be up for grabs include:
Sweet kitchen accessories from Crate & Barrel
Gift cards from Anthropologie
and of course, SCENTSY PRODUCTS!}

I don't think I could be more bored

I've been at work for an hour, and I'm already resorting to blogging. It's 10am and I am now eating my oatmeal I brought for "lunch". Both boses are out, and my other two co-workers are also slow and bored.

Sorry if this puts you to sleep.

Erg. I am bitter. One thing I have been stressing about lately... who am I supposed to call when I have a question that only my mom can answer, when my mommy is gone?!

...Like that one time when I got tree sap in my hair.
...Or how to duct tape your car back together.
...And that time when I spilled nail polish on the counter.
...When my nephew dumped out a bottle of shampoo on the carpet.
...Who is going to navigate me through Idaho Falls?
...How do I turn on the BBQ?
...How to remove mascara from your clothing?
...How to cook a turkey.
...Why you can't substitute baking powder for baking soda.
...Or, yeah, that time when I stuck a fork in the bathroom electrical plug-in.

This is just a snippet of things I have asked or currently need to ask my mom. At first, it started out with me being upset that my momma would never get to know my future offspring. And then I got over that by telling myself that she'll get to know them in heaven before they come to Earth... before I get to know them.

Ah, now I feel better.

But who am I supposed to call when my kid does this...

Who is going to coach me when I feed my kid spaghetti...

My friends, this is a sure cause for concern! I don't know what I am going to do...

In other news, this summer, July, is going to be uber busy. We are going to be heading down to Boise the beginning of July to see my momma, then we will be flying to Vancouver for Graham's wedding, then Matt & Kate are coming up, then there is the family reunion (which we decided last night we were not going to be able to attend) and THEN we will be flying to Denver for Whitney's wedding. And that takes us to August, in which we have another wedding that we may or may not be attending and our 3 year anniversary. Within all of that, I am pretty sure there will be my mom's funeral. Oy vey.

So, for all of my life, I have been looking forward to this year, 2011. Why? Because I am 23! Which in case you didn't know, is my lucky number, and I was born on the 23rd so it's my 'golden year'. Only this year has been anything but golden. First my mom, then having to go back to work, my car getting vandalized... boo.

Excuse me while I have myself a little pity party over here.

We got our car appraised yesterday. I like how we have to go through all this trouble just to have some short scrawning guy take a bunch of pictures of our car. If it's pictures he wants, I've got some. He can't even assess the damage or tell us what kind of service we are going to need... seriously? All we really know is that we are going to have to pay the deductable for our insurance. I have a feeling however, we are going to have to pay for whatever the cost is to fix the damages. That's just me, I will be surprised if we don't have to pay for more than the duductable. Only in a perfect world. Nonetheless, we have gotten several orders for Indian babies...

Happy Hump Day!