Speak

I got thinking about the prompt for today in the Blog Every Day in May challenge, and I kind of liked it.  We all have those songs where every time you hear it, it brings back some sort of memory from a certain time in your life.  Today we were supposed to list five of those songs that speak to us.

Chantal Kreviazuk - Feels Like Home
This has been my favourite song forever.  Well, since How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days came out.  My sister and I argued over it being our first dance song.  So it's going to be her first dance song (she better use it!) and I walked down the aisle to it, and it was the last song we danced to at our wedding.

High Valley - A Father's Love
When my Grandpa passed away, my mom set up a slide show to this song for his funeral.  Now I can't hear it without crying.  People can have really tough exteriors, and they may not always show their emotions and say "I Love You" (I'm one of those people), but they always have their own ways of showing it.

The Fray - All at Once
I listened to The Fray's CD on repeat during second year of university.  I had just gone through a breakup and was going through a rough time.  School was hard.  Ask my mom about my mini breakdown where I told her I was going to drop out and be a flight attendant....too bad WestJet never called me back....I guess this line was the most meaningful, especially when it comes to a breakup  "sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same"  



Nikki Yanofsky - I Believe
Memories of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics - this song gets me every time!  I know the song was Canadian, but I think that every country in the world can relate to the feelings that it evokes.

Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
Just kidding, haha! But how good is this song.

Trisha Yearwood - She's in love with a boy
I loved this song as a kid, and I knew all of the words at a very young age.  To be honest, I always hoped I would end up with a guy who's "got the short end of the stick" just so that this song would be true.  But I'm pretty sure that my dad likes my husband.  I guess that's a good thing.

 

Busy Weekend, Lazy Blogger

Prior to this past weekend, I thought that I would be blogging up a storm this week with all of the weekend activities!  Now I'm just not feeling it though. 

It was a good weekend.  We started it off with a surprise 60th birthday for Ryan's mom.  I forgot to bring my camera, doh.  But it was a nice party and it was good to see all of his parents friends since we don't get to see them very often.  They are a fun group of people!  The tables seemed to turn as we left the party at 10 because we were tired and they were all still having a great time!

Saturday night was the Canadian wedding reception for the destination wedding that we went to back in April.  Everyone had a lot of fun.  You know Ryan had a good time when he sleeps until 9:30 the next morning...Usually no matter what happens the night before Ryan is up by 7:00 at the latest on Saturday and Sundays.

Sunday was fairly low key, but Sunday night we went out for dinner for my brother's 21st birthday.  Little ginge is growing up so fast. 

So there's my weekend in a nutshell.  Needless to say, I'm exhausted from all of the activities.  The end.

Life Lessons from Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes is the new Lindsay Lohan and so there is just so much that we can learn from her. 

1. Don't toss a bong out your apartment window.
I feel that this is obvious, but I guess some people need to be told.

2. Don't tweet your crazy
Be a little bit mysterious and hold onto some of your crazy

3. Googling yourself is not appropriate ID
If it was, every time I went to the airport, I would just google my blog.  See?  This is my blog, that's me.  I don't think they would go for it.

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4. Don't shave your head.
I thought that we already learnt this from Britney?  I suppose it turned out alright for Miley so maybe Amanda thought it would work out for her too.

5.  If you have shaved your head, don't wear this wig to your court appearance.
I don't even know what to say about this.  What was she thinking? 

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6.  Don't call 911 when the cops are already at your house to arrest you.
Calling 911 on the cops.  That's a new one.  I don't know what you would plan on accomplishing by doing this.  Hoping that more cops would come arrest the cops that are trying to arrest you?  I don't even know.

6 is an odd number to end at, so that's pretty annoying.  I'm sure Amanda isn't done teaching us.  I'm starting to think that she wasn't acting on The Amanda Show and that she really does have that many personalities. 



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A Tough Question

Last night this question came up from my sister-in-law:  Would you be tested for the breast cancer gene?

She said no.  She doesn't want to know if she's probably going to get breast cancer, she just wants to live her life.

I'm not so sure though.  I guess my main question was what would happen if I tested positive.  If I tested positive at say age 35 after having children, would our health care system pay for a hysterectomy, mastectomy and breast reconstruction?  If so, then I would consider being tested because I would be able to do something about the situation to prevent the cancer. 

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On the other hand, if it wouldn't be paid for, (which I'm guessing it wouldn't, because it's unlikely the government wants to shell out money for preventative measures), then I don't think I would have the testing done.  We aren't all Angelina with enough money to cover all of these surgeries.  And as much as breasts are just an appendage (or so I keep telling my husband), they are a symbol of your femininity.  If I had breast cancer than sure, take them off.  (I know it still wouldn't be easy, but I would do it).  But to have them removed for the off chance that you might get breast cancer?  That would be tough.  So basically, I would require some sort of reconstruction as well. 


So it's a tough question.  I guess it's like knowing your future.  Do you want to know, or would it affect your life and your decisions too much?  What would you do?