Regret

You know when you try something on and you love it … but for whatever reason, you walk.

Then, it plagues you. You regret your decision. You made a mistake.

…and for whatever reason, you can’t attain it? Wether it be money issues, sold out, discontinued, can’t even find the damn store?

I found a beautiful winter jacket in Zara last winter. I loved it. Only I’m an XS and it was a medium. It was *gigantic* on my small petite frame but absolutely gorgeous. I walked and I’ve regretted it since!!!

a.b.c

A. Age: 25
B. Bed Size: Queen
C. Chore that you hate: Putting utensils away. I can do the dishes but utensils piss me off.
D. Dogs: Once I get a house, a rottie or doberman

E. Essential start to your day: I usually meander to the office to feed the fish and turtle, as well as water the plans..
F. Favorite Color: Purple
G. Gold or Silver: Silver gold.
H. Height: 5’2
I. Instruments you play: Clarinet in elementary
J. Job Title: Child and Youth Care Worker

K. Kids: Zero for now but 2-3..

L. Live: Saskatchewan

M. Mother’s Name: Denise

N. Nicknames: “Audge” (rhymes with Podge)

O. Overnight hospital stays: In college, severe asthma attack

P. Pet peeve: Stuck up snobs

Q. Quote from a movie:ONE MAN, ALONE, BETRAYED BY THE COUNTRY HE LOVES… always ALWAYS cracks me up.

R. Right or left handed: Left handed

S. Siblings: One older sister, One older brother

T. Time you wake up:  Work nights, I get home at 8 and sleep til noon. Any other day, 9-10am.

U. Underwear: La Senza BUT Vlado told me the ones I had on looked like old granny panties. Ironic that the set they are from are called, “The Sexies” …Vlados grandma is s.. K, I won’t go there.

V. Vegetable you hate: Mushrooms
W. What makes you run late: Alarm not going off or Vlado taking his time. I’m a pretty prompt person.

X. X-Rays you’ve had: Teeth, ankle, chest
Y. Yummy food that you make: Cookies and egg sandwiches.. My weakness.

Z. Zoo Animal: Elephants!

*grumble*

It all started with my internet failing and Shaw telling me that it would take until Friday to fix.

I finally finished my rotation and my entire “weekend” would be spent carless, in an apartment, with no internet or TV? Fail. Big fucking fail.

Ever since? Everything has gone wrong in the span of 4 hours. It started out huge and now, I’m petrified to even move.

In the shower, the hot water burnt me. I fell and twisted my ankle on Vlados’ shoes he left lying around. My work called me because they heard I was quitting. While doing chores, I dumped coffee grinds all over the floor. My kobo and camera aren’t charging. I invited my sister over for coffee and (1.5 hours later) still hasn’t shown up. My important card isn’t in the mail. Smashed my forehead into an open cupboard.

…I want to scream. I just made toast and when I realized it wasn’t plugged in? Yah. Almost crawled into a heaping crying ball.

So, whiny baby aside? Perfect time to give thanks.

• Thankful we both have stable GOOD incomes and we are both commited to working towards our goals. Yes, we might live chq-chq but we are preparing ourselves for the day when we don’t have to do that.
• I’m thankful for the fact I have a stable and reliable (oh wait, didn’t my sister just NOT show up??) loving family that is supportive. My mom took a red eye flight to Toronto for my Uncles funeral. C’mon, get a grip.
• Even though I want tons of superficial materialistic things (camera, new laptop, ipad, hair extensions, blah blah blah!) I’m grateful for the things I do have that most aren’t lucky enough to have.
• I’m thankful that my life has options to fix itself in Canada. My serbian boyfriend hasn’t seen his family for close to 3 years to have what I was born into.
• ….. I’m thankful that my internet finally started working again and it was a one up from there on.. hopefully.
• I’m thankful for my friend Dan. We’ve grown apart recently but no matter what, hes still a close friend and we can always pick up where we left off.

What are you thankful for?

Baby Dinosaur

In June, Vlado and I went into petland. He had always wanted a turtle as a boy. He had “saved” an old tank from a co-worker and thought this was the perfect opportunity. So we signed on the x and they said “within 2 weeks, a baby red eared slider turtle will be shipper here for you!”

Vlado was estatic. He spent over 300$ on filters, rocks, cleaning supplies, food, netting, plants, etc. He spent hours researching, buying, and analying. He was an expert before I knew it. Two weeks went by and nothing. No phone call, no e-mail, no contact from them.

After 3 weeks, I called them. Turtles are hard to get but it will be here in another week. Vlado got his little boy smile back.

one week and nothing. This went on for about 3 months. Finally, Late August hit and a very pissed off Vlado went and collected his money. He was miserable. He packed away all of the turtle equipment and turned off the light of his aquarium.

He didn’t talk about it but sometimes, I’d notice that a plant was moved, or he had designed the rock formation differently. He still craved his turtle. Frantically, I contacted every single pet store in the city. Nothing. It was a turtle dry spell.

Randomly, two weeks ago, I was at work and had time to kill so I was on the Saskatoon SPCA website and noticed 3 Red Eared Sliders available for 20-. I e-mailed, they e-mailed back. I told Vlado. He didn’t get excited, he just said, “we’ll see” and shrugged it off.

So off we went, to the animal pound. He walked in and shook his head immediately. The turtles were in a cat litter box of water. Red Ear Sliders are huge and mostly aquatic. They start off as the size of a quarter (baby) and within 8 months, they are the size of your palm. They need room to swim. 3 huge turtles in a cat littler box with black water? Thats animal abuse. Surprising coming from a place that “rescues” animals.

Vlado’ first comment? “They’re too old. They aren’t babies..” Ugh. I was so discouraged! He stared at them for the next 10 minutes. Finally, he said quietly, “Its not like I can leave it here Audge” and so, after careful selection, he chose the smallest one.

He got visibly upset when they placed the turtle in a box and closed the lid. Within seconds of being out the door, the lid was ripped open.  After insisting that I drive home, the turtle box was placed gently in his lap.

So we are the proud owners of a beautiful abused red ear slider named Baby Dinosaur. We can’t pick her up whenever we chose and sometimes she hisses at us… Vlado buys her feeder fish to catch, the best food for turtles, and even a ball for her to punt around. He spends hours at the petstore talking to the workers about temperatures, pH levels, and calcium levels. When we first got her, her shell was completely black. Shes shedding and slowly but surely, gorgeous shades are coming out. This is a sign of a healthy lifestyle.

…and the best part of this? Vlado is madly in love with her. He is often just laying on the floor infront of the tank, tracing his finger on the glass. When she follows his finger, he start smiling. Its adorable and I’m glad that we rescued her.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey

It took me forever to find this and now I’m addicted to it. I will freely admit when I’m laying in the bubblebath, this is on my toilet, streaming.

Team Melissa !

xo,

Audge.

Reality is the new faux-

 Thats the problem with the world I think. We all need to pretend to be some sort of envious perfection, when its far from reality. Reality isn’t perfect. Reality is something that you hear from the skeletons in your closet, screaming in defeating horror.

Today, I worked the midnight shift @ work. Our close friend was coming over for a visit. Vlado decided they would hit up the bar and play some pool.

….and I panicked. Not only is my boyfriend gorgeous with similarities to Matt Dillion, but he is the guy whose going to stop and help you get your car started. The guy (and I’ve seen this!) who races out of his car to go help a collapsed elderly woman up..and she was crying, and he was hugging her.

*pause* No. For real.

Which one is Matt Dillon?!?! WHICH ONE?!?! … (haha you thought I was gonna show pictures of him hugging an elderly woman.. not even important compared to Matt Dillion.. because I’m a gigantic asshole like that)

Where was I? Oh yah.

 Usually, he’s like, “I’m gonna go hang out at my friend’s house whose girlfriends friend wants me” and I’m like, “Peace out gangster love you like whoa”- we usually are a smooth sailing relationship when it comes to trust and security.

 He makes me feel safe and I’m a work in progress – I’ve done some pretty weird things during my “party without Vlado” moments. (But I’m pretty darn cute so I got the boy hooked, lined, and sunk.) Lets leave it at almost falling into the river, taking a photograph of some stranger taking a pee, copious amounts of alcohol, a car accident and a lululemon skirt when it wasn’t the most appropriate time as I wasn’t at the gym. Nothing stupid or flirty, or serious – just some kinda dim judgement calls…that I find hilarious and he finds obnoxious.

Tonight was weird. I didn’t want him out partying while I was at work. I didn’t want him in the sea of (much more) beautiful women (then yours’ truly). I don’t know why. In our city, the Northern lights were out so lets blame them for my weird emotional mood. So I pulled the gross jealous girlfriend act. I slammed a few doors, uttered a few threats, cried, and stormed to bed.Then ran back in the room and did it all over again for EXTRA dramatic effect while he stared at me, wide-eyed, and confused. No Vlado, that wasn’t de ja vu, just your girlfriend being retarded.

 He left, feeling awful and secretly semi-happy to be away from me. I fell asleep.

I woke up an hour later to his phone call.

Vlado: uhm. Hi. Just making sure you’re awake for work..

Audge: Duh. I’m obviously awake.

Vlado:…………..Okay.. well, I love you..

Audge: Yup. Is that everything? Bye. *click* (Girls= such bitches!)

I’m pissed off and seething, making ridiculous plans to sleep at my moms tomorrow, leaving every single drawer open because he hates it with a passion.. “Screw you buddy. You wanna go for a beer while I sleep? WATCH ME OPEN THESE DRAWERS AND PISS YOU OFF.” – Yah. Mature. Then I  went to work.

….ten minutes into work, he bbm’s me to come outside. Standing there is him with a gigantic grin, holding two cups of Tim Hortons.

…One for me.. and one for my co-worker.

Hey Vlado, Did you know I love you?

PS: Fully aware he is probably doing the scared shitless dance and throwing Tim Hortons tidbits in my face to make me be quiet. Just shows how awesome he knows me!

Malislatkis’ “racing out the door” snack

 

This is my hands down favorite snack.

1. Boil about 5 eggs. I probably do this wrong but I turn on the stove, throw 5 eggs into the cold water, crank the heat to the hottest it can go and return in 20 minutes.

2. Buy buns in bulk. Grab 1-2. I can eat two of these in 5 minutes so I usually make two. Rip it open with my hands.

3.  Open a jar of tomato paste and a spoon. Spoon some into the bun, crack open the egg, put the egg into the bun and smash it with a fork. Add salt and pepper and race out the door.

Not only is it fast, but its HEALTHY. One egg contains 6 grams of high quality protein. Tomatoes have lycopene which aids in heart disease prevention, cancer and premature skin aging – plus its awesome vitamin A.

Anyways, my snack on the go 🙂

2 new “follow these blogs”

Don’t you hate when you read a blog interview and think, “Damn this chick sounds awesome, blog it up!” only to realize shes boring and has nothing interesting to write? I hate that. Writing styles disengage.

These blogs? My new favorites. You will not be disappointed.

xo, a.

http://thissinglelife.com – This girl is not only single and bitter, but she’s funny and sarcastic. Even her twitter makes me laugh. Every single morning I enjoy her twitter with a cup of Earl Grey. Heres hoping she stays single and blogging for my enjoyment because I’m an asshole like that. Plus, shes pretty and has nice black hair that I want on my little head. So I’m obsessed, and jealous. Always good drama at Mali Slatkis ❤ xo

http://www.eatdrinkchic.com – Cool photos, cool girl. She’s the kind of girl who seemed perfect in high school and who I was jealous (trend?) of and wanted to trip, or publicly humiliate… because of my asshole tendencies. She’s my martha stewart in a blog who doesn’t know I exist.

EDIT: OMG. While stalking her more, not only is she GORGEOUS TOO, but her SURPRISE FRIGGIN WEDDING IS ADORABLE AND MAKES ME WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF. I actually (ACTUALLY!) felt my lower lip quiver and little droplets of love form in my little brown eyes. Effin Vlado. Ask me already you dumbie!

Harass away fellow friends!

Home Reno: office

Our office was a disaster. We didn’t have any plan for it. We just stuck the word, “office” on our spareroom. Realistically, since moving in? It has been “junkroom” –

Lovely?

So, sneak peek, of our new office. We have spent hours ransacking kijiji, handing over twenties, painting, sanding, kissing, laughing, arguing, eye rolling, and storming out.

Sorry the photo is so grainy and dark – it was night. it was my blackberry.

Yes. We chose bright colors. Here is a transcript of our fight.

Vlado: black and… limegreen.

Audge: NO! PINK!

Vlado:……limegreen.

Audge and Vlado: $%&#$% x1000. Stomping. Glaring.

….Both of us laying in bed, side by side, staring at the ceiling.

Audge, mutters: Yellow?

Vlado, gritted teeth: fine.

Luckily, we both love it and the fight has subsided. Enjoy 🙂

New Shoes :)

…compliments of Vlado. Vlado got a leather bomber from GUESS but this is my blog- not his!

Mine are pure black which I can’t seem to find over the internet for photos. I LOVE THEM! Size: 6

Labels: Rebels “Tao” shoe

Cost: 80- but got them for 50-

From: Winners.