SuperHeroPrincess

I am hoping desperately that we get to go on vacation this year.  We definately need a vacation!!!  Paul has been doing nothing but work and I haven’t had a decent vacation since I graduated from College (about 5 years ago).   I need a BREAK!  I keep day dreaming about the nice white sands, the calm blue waters,  and the ice cold Margaritas!!  Not sure where we will decide to travel but I’m leaning more towards CUBA!!  I hope that there are no problems with the country’s political state during that time because I want to see it before it becomes a hot destination (if they decide to let American’s travel there).  My second option is Punta Cana in Dominican Republic, but since there are a few cases of Malaria at the moment, I would rather not go (to be honest there is always have a risk and the chances are quite slim we will get it, but still).  Sandals in Jamaica is another option but we’ll have to see… 

 Other than that, I’ve been pretty busy with Dance class and Voice Lessons.   I also went to the cinema yesterday with a friend to see Step Up 2: The Streets.  I LOVED IT!  It’s a must for anyone who LOVES dance movies.  The dance scenes are amazing! 

 Listen To: Drop Dead Gorgeous by Republica

 Watch: Step Up 2: The Streets

Ciao!

JennJenn                        

Ok so my birthday is coming up shortly and you know what that means… I’m getting OLD! YIKES! This year I will be the big 25. A quarter century, half way to fifty and closer to thirty than 20. So you can see why I’m freakin out! To celebrate, Paul decided to surprise me with a trip to Toronto. I had the Thursday and Friday before Thanksgiving off already to go to the Matt Good concert. The concert was again amazing. Not everyone can pull off a solo accoustic tour but he definately can. Dala, who was the opening act, was just as incredible. If you’ve not heard of them before check out the song “Anywhere Under the Moon”. So we wake up Friday morning after the concert and in my mind we’re heading to Xtown. We’re a little ways out of town when I start to wonder where we are going. Now being a typical woman and having no sense of direction, I wonder if we are going the right way, but being wrong most of the time I decide not to say anything. Eventually, Paul mentions that he thinks we’re going in the wrong direction. Now obviously he was having a little laugh at me because he knew damn well we were going in the wrong direction. I tell him to turn around at the next opportunity and when he doesn’t I start getting a little suspicious. Paul asks me if I know where we’re going and I reply “Xtown?”. He reaches in the back seat and throws his notebook to me and asks me to read it. Inside there were directions to the CN Tower, the Hilton Hotel, times for We Will Rock You and more. The weekend was amazing. I have always wanted to see a play in Toronto and We Will Rock You was fabulous! Paul and I really enjoyed ourselves and are planning to see Dirty Dancing sometime in the New Year! Dinner at the CN Tower was enjoyable. Paul and I have been to the revolving restaurant Merlot in Ottawa which we both found to have a more romantic atmosphere but the view was beautiful and the food delicious so I had a great time! We also ate at the Old Spaghetti Factory which I’ve always wanted to try and got a collector hurricane glass. The Hotel was great! I will definately stay there more often, the rooms were comfortable with a glass elevator and on the 25th floor we had a view of the CN Tower and a birds eye view of the downtown. We also went to the ROM Museum and were very disappointed by the fact that all the cool exhibits such as the Dinosaurs and Egyptian Mummies were still not finished refurbishment. We also went to Yuk Yuks and had some laughs. All in all it was an amazing way to celebrate our birthdays on a romantic, fun and surprising trip! THANK YOU PAUL! You are so amazing and I appreciate everything you did/do for me! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! LOVE YOU ALWAYS!

JennJenn

Check out the article below from the Globe and Mail….

Vitamin D can lower risk of death by 7 per cent

MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT

From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail

September 11, 2007 at 11:12 AM EDT

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070911.wvitamin11/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Since the risk of death is 100%, I’m really curious to know how these pills will lower that to 93%.  Well I’ll try anything for a 7% chance of being immortal MUAH HAHA!

I’ve done alot of cool things since the last time I’ve posted here is a little breakdown of everything….

Last May Paul and I went to WALT DISNEY WORLD yes THE WALT DISNEY WORLD!!! It was amazing of course, we stayed the first few days at the Howard Johnson Maingate East, it was a really cheap hotel and not bad quality for the price you pay. The first day we went to the Kennedy Space Center and Cocoa Beach. It was Paul’s first time seeing the ocean so that was pretty wild and we had dinner on a pation on the beach it was gorgeous. The second day we went to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. We obvioulsy didn’t get to see everything but we did get to go on the staples. The best rides at Magic Kingdom would be: Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion. The best rides at Epcot would be Soarin’ (amazing), Test Track, Mission to Mars. The third day we did Animal Kingdom and MGM. It was a long day and I was pretty tired, we ate dinner at this amazing restaurant called Sci Fi Dinner, you eat in a car and watch old sci fi movies like the 50 foot woman. The best rides at Animal Kingdom are Killimangarom Safari, Bugs Life, and Expedition Everest (my favorite ride of all). Rides we liked at MGM were Rockin’ Roller Coaster by Aerosmith (Paul’s fave), Stunt shows, Beauty and the Best Show, Hollywood Tower of Terror. There were many others that were great but it’s been awhile.
We then moved to the Gaylord Palms resort a posh hotel where Paul was having his conference. I went shopping with one of Paul’s co-workers and her hubby and we had dinner at a great seafood restaurant. I had a great time reading relaxing on my balcony in the Atrium and sitting by the pool. Paul promised he would bring me back with an addition. You need at least a week at Disney and we tried to do the most possible during 2 days but we missed alot.

What else is new….?
Visited my friend in Sudbury for some girl time! Hope to do it again when we’re not so stressed :S

I changed jobs. I’m doing the same thing but making alot more an hour at another office. I love it, the people are great and I’m doing alot more of the stuff I like to do.

We took an amazing trip to Barrie to visit some friends. Bought TONS of stuff at IKEA for the house and it’s starting to look great! Can’t wait t’ill our friends come visit us in a few weeks to do some 4wheeling and hunting.

My Grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. We had a great time taking family pictures and spending time at the cottage.

We finaly got our chandelier in our dinning room after a year! YAY!

Coming up in the next month
Friends coming from Barrie
Matt Good Concert WHOOHOO! I had to take a day off without pay and stay in a hotel so I hope I get to see him after the show!
Paul and my 25th BIRTHDAY WHOO HOO!

I think that is pretty much it for now. I’m going to try to keep up on my posts. If I can get Paul to stop hogging the computer hehe!

CIAO!

Hello Everyone and Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was awesome!  Paul and I got so many gifts for the house!  It’s amazing!  We barely need to buy anything now!  This is what I got:

- Lagostina Pots (a set of 6 with a steamer)
-A singing duck
-Breast Cancer candle and ornament
-Picture coasters
-Decorative ladder
-White Towels and Face Cloths
-White Dish set x 2
-White entertainment dishes
-Disney’s Robin Hood DVD
-$40 gift card for Coles
-Sweaters
-Knives
-Pop Corn Popper

I got more stuff but I’m too tired to remember exactly what it was!  Paul and I have been so busy I don’t remember most of December! 

We had an awesome Christmas party a few weeks ago with alot of our friends.  A spaghetti supper, some games and a gift exchange.  I think everyone had a blast!

We had suppers everywhere with everyone.  A craft gift exchange with the girls in my family and a Xango Christmas party.  Paul’s work Christmas party which was a poker night ( I actually won 4th place ).

Last Friday (I took the day off) we left for the Camp where we celebrated Christmas and then I got really sick and pretty much stayed in bed the rest of the time (I’m still recouping).  We came home on Sunday (Christmas Eve) and had a dinner here with Paul’s Mom, Danny, Darcey and Memere and we went to church and opened our gifts.

This morning my family came over to open gifts at 9:30am we had a huge breakfast (eggs, bacon, potatoes, waffles) and this afternoon we are heading to Paul’s Aunts for a few hours and then my Aunts for supper and a gift exchange.

Man what I would really like is to take a nap, but it’s too late now!

Merry Christmas!

Love JennJenn

Four jobs I have had:
1) Travel Agent
2) CSR
3) Bartender
4) Front Desk Agent

Four T.V. Shows I watch:
1) The Office
2) America’s Next Top Model
3) Canada’s Next Top Model
4) 24

Four places you have been on vacation:
1) North Carolina
2) Mexico (well it was actually for work)

3) Florida
4) Ottawa

Four Web sites you visit daily
1) Google.ca

2) aircanada.com

3) Sabre Vacations

4) My online banking

Four of my favourite foods:
1) Pasta
2) Pierogies
3) Chips and Popcorn
4) Cheese

Four places I would rather be right now:
1) Off
2) some deserted island with just Paul, lots of food and some drinks

3) France
4) Italy

Favorite purchases this year

1)House

2)Chaise

3)Table

4)Couch

5)Pink Razr

Ok so last week I had the chance to go to Mexico for work.  As most of you know, I am a travel agent and we sometimes get to go on FAM (Familiarization) trips (where a company sends you to check out a bunch of resorts from their glossy brochures, this one was hosted by Nolitours and there was also one from Air Transat).  Ok so this was really a work trip but how many people can say they get paid to go to Mexico!  Ok so it starts out last Thursday (November 2nd) morning at about 3:30am.  The alarm goes off and I jump in the shower to be ready to make my flight at 6am.  My first plane leaves on time and all is well.  Get to YYZ (Toronto Airport) at about 8am pick up my luggage and head to terminal 3.  I then have a loooong 8 hour wait until the plane takes off.  I pretty much am high on excitement so I just find a quiet corner and read my book until it’s time to check in.  I meet a girl in the duty free shop on the Transat FAM (I’m on Nolitours) so we chat for a bit and find our roomates.  I ended up with this 40 year old who turned out to be a bit of a character.  So the four of us go to the bar to get an early start. I have a few more drinks on the plane and finaly land in MEXICO! Go thru customs and the customs agent actually says to me “You’re alone, I’m alone let’s get together” EWWWW! Anyway so we get to our resort and it is gorgous! We stayed the first night at the Gran Caribe Real. It was gorgeous! It was all white and it was NOT a high rise, it was amazing! That night a bunch of us went out to Senior Frogs and danced our little tushies off, it wasn’t busy at all which kinda sucked but I can see it being a hotspot during the busy season. The second day we went and looked at a bunch of resorts and stayed at the Grand Oasis Riviera Maya. It had a gorgeous white sand beach but it was dark and raining when we arrived so we decided to swim in the infinity pool. We had a blast and hung around the resort all night because we were pretty tired from the long day of resort seeing. Next day we went to see more resorts one in particular the Royal Porto Real was amazing. There was also the Barcelo Colonial but that one was a given. Came back to the hotel and finaly got to take a swim in the ocean, I’m totally a pool girl lol! Anyway that night we had a live band play music in the lobby and we danced the meregue and other spanish dances and had a great night. Met tons of cool people but I wish Pauly was with me. I missed him!

Ciao

JennJenn

Well this is my first post as a 24 year old.  That’s right I am almost 25, which means next year I’m going to be celebrating my quarter century.  YIKES!  25 has always been a scary age for me.  It’s way too close to 30 and way too far from 20.  It’s the age when you have to start thinking, is this really how I want to spend the rest of my life?  I can definately say that no I don’t want to be unwed for the rest of my life, I will definately want to get married and start a family.  Sometime before I’m 30 for sure.  I definately want to travel more, see the world, Europe especially, the first place I want to go is Italy, then France, Germany and Scotland.  I would love to see Russia, and Japan and China.  New Zealand and Australia.  Brazil and Peru.  I also want to have a Louis Vuitton luggage set and the Popincourt Haut bag.  I know that I probably won’t get to do all the things I want to do, unless I win the lottery, but all I can say is that I’m pretty lucky to have what I have at 24.  I have a wonderful man in my life who loves me forever and ever, I have an amazing house with an awesome backyard and my new furniture is on order, I’m going to Mexico for work on Thrusday, I have friends and family who care about me, I have my health, a cool truck, and tons more.  All I can say is 24 ain’t so bad!

Ciao

JennJenn

So things have been going pretty well this past week.  Paul and I had our weekend alone and it was awesome.  I came home last Friday to these gorgeous Orange roses, Paul then told me that we were going out for supper to a restaurant I’ve wanted to go to for a long time.  I picked a local restaurant that serves yummy seafood.  We then walked around the mall and came home and tried to watch a movie but I fell asleep so we just went to bed.  Saturday morning we did tons of running around.  We went to the mall to get a book autographed by a local writer and looked for this to get for our birthdays that are coming up soon!  Paul’s on the 13th (yes it’s a friday) and I’m on the 22nd.  Picked up a few odd things around town and did groceries to make a spaghetti sauce for Sunday.  Went home and spent the night together cuddling and watching movies.  Sunday we made the spaghetti sauce and did a major cleanup in the house.  Put away things that were still not unpacked and made the whole house seem alot better.  We made our awesome spaghetti sauce and then went to visit Paul’s gramother in the hospital about an hour away.  We then went to Margo’s surprise birthday party in the same town.  She had an amazing caramilk cake YUM!  Tuesday was really fun, I got to go to a Native reserve way up north to visit with some of our clients.  It was amazing to get to meet people I deal with on the telephone on a daily basis!  Also to know my boss trusts me to go up there and meet with our major clients (85% of our income comes from these businesses) alone for the first time.  Wednesday I was off because I work this Saturday ( I know Saturday of the long weekend boo) but I got tons done, made a test of my Christmas craft and it looks like it will be really easy to do and made my greek salad for our potluck Thursday.  Today (Thursday) we had our awesome potluck, we had sweedish meatballs, I made a chicken cheese ball, and my greek salad,  we had a crab dip and a salmon pie and this delicious raspberry rhubarb pie for dessert.  It was a great pie it was baked with sour cream in it, didnt even know that was possible!  OH AND I found out I was accepted for my work trip to MEXICO!!! 3 nights in Cancun baby!  Sure I will be working and not lounging in the sun drinking pina coladas but still I get to see, hear, smell and touch CANCUN!  Anyway that’s about all for now, can’t wait t’ill tomorrow cause I get my bed!   HECK YES!

Ciao Babe

JennJenn

So a few weekends ago, Paul and I went to North Carolina to see a workshop given by Network Marketing Guru’s Bob and Nancy Failla.  It was the best workshop ever! We learnt sooo much!  North Carolina was fun, the flight between Toronto and North Carolina was interesting, I sat beside a huge football player, I was smushed in by the window and it was really hot in there.  It was my first time on a jet plane, usually I fly on a propeller plane, so it was pretty exciting.  The football player was going home from a business meeting and he was telling me of all the things I need to do in NC.  He said I need to try some Peach cobbler and some southern BBQ.  He also told me what mall we need to go to and that we should see if we can get tickets to a football game.  Well unfortunately I didn’t get to do any of those things.  We did go to some pretty good restaurants though.  The first night we went to Outback which is a Australian steakhouse type of thing.  It was pretty good, I had some crab dip and wings, and the best strawberry kiwi lemonade martini ever.  Paul and his family arrived shortly after 1am that night, (we were on seperate planes) and then we went to bed.  The next morning we woke up early and went to Biscuitville for breakfast!  It was great, kinda like a McDonald’s egg mc’muffin but waaay better.  After breakfast we went back to the mansion we were staying at, it was a 1800 victorian house with a guest house and all, and then went for lunch at this really cool brewery where we had this amazing pale ale.  We then got to go shopping!  I spent over $50.00 at the bath and body works and $30.00 at Barnes and Noble.   Their malls are more like a outlet mall where you have to go outside to get to the next store.  After shopping we got ready to go to Pricilla’s 2million dollar Mansion for a meet and greet with Don and Nancy the night before the presentation. They are the greatest people you will ever meet. They really know their stuff and got me motivated. After the meet and great we went to eat at the Steak and Shake. Sounds pretty wierd but they have the best shakes ever! I had a banana one but there were caramel apple and a bunch of odd flavors. We took pictures with the silly hats - to be added later. The next day we went to the meeting which was awesome, we took a bunch of pics with our downline and some Doctors who really believe in the product it was great to see what a difference this could make in our lives. We then went for supper at this great italian place and went home. Margo (who owns the house we were staying at) had to make an apppearance at a wedding at the country club and asked if I would be her son’s “date” to keep him occupied. Um Heck YES! It was awesome a FREE MARTINI BAR! HELLO! Chocolat martini’s on me! Yum! It was pretty cool, lots of snobby people who thought they were better than everyone but hey FREE MARTINIS! We then got back to the house and watched a movie where I fell asleep and started getting ready for our early flight the next day. We had to leave at like 3am so Paul and I didn’t sleep, but we did get to go for a ride in a sweet car, Paul’s dream car a Subary WRX. Yeah so anyway got on the flight in the am and finally got home and Paul slept for the entire day while I watched movies and chillaxed.

That’s pretty much it
OWN YOUR LIFE!
JennJenn