One of my favourite crying, romantic, sob story movies is PS I Love You. I cry embarrassingly hard everything I watch it. Dean even timed it out, I cry every 10 minutes and sometimes continuous. I'm a cry baby when it comes to movies, but this one is just so touching. I recently read the book because of my love for the movie. As always the book is much different and more in depth than the movie, but the basics stay the same.
The story revolves around a 30 year old woman who lost the love of her life to a brain tumour. Sad and tragic no matter what, but even more so at a young age before you've truly lived your life. They had no children yet as they weren't ready and sadly missed out on in the end. Their love for each other was so deep and pure, missing each other during work hours, but not in the stalkerish sense (some of yous will understand this true love). The woman (Holly) locks herself in her house, doesn't eat, shower, clean or talk to anyone as she is completely heartbroken and lost without her second half. Her husband (Gerry), feeling guilty and heartbroken as well for he knew he was dying, wrote letters to Holly, one per month for a year after his death to help with the coping and keep him in her life for just a while longer.
The story takes you through Holly's year without her husband. The ups and downs of being alone, relying on your friends and family and sadly moving on, but not forgetting the wonderful years they did have together.
The movie in turn makes you examine your life and how you're living it. It makes you not want to waste any time with your partner and live life to it's fullest potential because unfortunately life can be cruel and you slip away too young.
The book is an amazing read. The writer Cecelia Ahern makes you feel every emotion of Holly and her friends. I enjoyed this book so much I bought another book by her called Thanks For The Memories. The movie is also a must see for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, girls and guys.
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Camping and Summer Fun
It is July. Everyone is officially done school which means summer fun is everywhere! Here in Edmonton, we are the city of festivals. There is something going on every weekend and during the week. So far there's been Bacon Fest (which I sadly missed due to work :(), Blu's on Whyte which is a huge jazz festival plus others. We have tons coming up too so it is literally impossible to be bored in this city. There's always amazing food, music and carnivals going on.
The other summer fun thing to do which I was introduced to last year is...drum roll please....camping! Up until last year, I had never been camping before. I also had no interest in it, the thought of it didn't excite me at all! My thoughts were, 'I don't want to pee in the woods', 'I don't want to get attacked by bears', 'I hate bugs', 'I don't want to sleep on the ground' and the thoughts went on and on. Our first camping trip last year was just an overnight. There were bathrooms and showers and no bears around. I made it home in one piece plus a fat lip due to drunkenly being kicked in the face, but other than that unharmed. It's also my favourite camping trip to date because on that trip, in the tent is where Dean first told me he loved me :)
We went camping for the first time this year on the weekend. We went to Freeman River which has bear and cougar warning (fantastic) but we made it home in one piece. Burgers, beer pong, s'mores, fishing, tanning and vodka. It was a great camping trip. I'm slowly being turned into a camping girl, but it's going to take awhile I think.
The other summer fun thing to do which I was introduced to last year is...drum roll please....camping! Up until last year, I had never been camping before. I also had no interest in it, the thought of it didn't excite me at all! My thoughts were, 'I don't want to pee in the woods', 'I don't want to get attacked by bears', 'I hate bugs', 'I don't want to sleep on the ground' and the thoughts went on and on. Our first camping trip last year was just an overnight. There were bathrooms and showers and no bears around. I made it home in one piece plus a fat lip due to drunkenly being kicked in the face, but other than that unharmed. It's also my favourite camping trip to date because on that trip, in the tent is where Dean first told me he loved me :)
We went camping for the first time this year on the weekend. We went to Freeman River which has bear and cougar warning (fantastic) but we made it home in one piece. Burgers, beer pong, s'mores, fishing, tanning and vodka. It was a great camping trip. I'm slowly being turned into a camping girl, but it's going to take awhile I think.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Girly Time Pampering
Who doesn't like to be pampered? We as women and men like to do things for ourselves. And why shouldn't we? We work hard during the week (and weekends for some) and we should be able to use some of our hard earned money on ourselves. Massages, hair, new makeup, fantastic restaurants and going out are just some of the ways we pamper ourselves.
My new favourite pamper is shellac nails. I love having my nails painted and with regular polish (even top coat) my nails chip within 1-3 days. I don't have that much time on my hands that I want to spend doing my nails every few days. I discovered a fantastic nail shop within walking distance from my apartment. It's called Q-Nails (on Whyte Ave). It is run by 2 ladies (one from Vietnam and the other from Cambodia) and both do such amazing jobs. They have great attention to detail so you don't walk out with anything less than perfection. There's a great colour selection and they order in custom colours for their shop so they don't have the same old boring colours as every other nail place. The arm massages that you get with your manicure are great as well. You leave there feeling quite relaxed.
I highly recommend shellac nails over plain old polish and fake gel nails. Regular polish as I mentioned cracks and chips too fast and fake gel nails are pretty, but also expensive to have done (starting around $65-$80). Gel nails are too bulky for me, doing small things like picking up bobby pins or change quickly became impossible to do. The gel nails are also scrapped off your natural nails which causes ridges in your nail. Shellac nails about $40 and last just as long as gel nails, but its your own nails making it much more appealing to me as I do have nice natural nails to begin with.
So my lovely ladies out there who enjoy nail pampering, I say shellac nails all the way :)
My new favourite pamper is shellac nails. I love having my nails painted and with regular polish (even top coat) my nails chip within 1-3 days. I don't have that much time on my hands that I want to spend doing my nails every few days. I discovered a fantastic nail shop within walking distance from my apartment. It's called Q-Nails (on Whyte Ave). It is run by 2 ladies (one from Vietnam and the other from Cambodia) and both do such amazing jobs. They have great attention to detail so you don't walk out with anything less than perfection. There's a great colour selection and they order in custom colours for their shop so they don't have the same old boring colours as every other nail place. The arm massages that you get with your manicure are great as well. You leave there feeling quite relaxed.
I highly recommend shellac nails over plain old polish and fake gel nails. Regular polish as I mentioned cracks and chips too fast and fake gel nails are pretty, but also expensive to have done (starting around $65-$80). Gel nails are too bulky for me, doing small things like picking up bobby pins or change quickly became impossible to do. The gel nails are also scrapped off your natural nails which causes ridges in your nail. Shellac nails about $40 and last just as long as gel nails, but its your own nails making it much more appealing to me as I do have nice natural nails to begin with.
So my lovely ladies out there who enjoy nail pampering, I say shellac nails all the way :)
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Canada Day
Happy 147th #Birthday to my beautiful #Canada! I'm so happy I have the day off today so I can enjoy all the festivities that are going on. There is something to do on all sides of #Edmonton including parades, face painting, pancakes breakfasts and the huge #firework display and the first time lighting of the High Level Bridge!
My plan is to go to Fort Edmonton Park to celebrate which is a pioneer town in the city. I've never been before, but I've heard great things. Later on, I will of course be taking in the firework display from the legislative grounds. To my fellow Canadians, enjoy your Canada Day!!! and to every other beautiful person enjoy your day :)
My plan is to go to Fort Edmonton Park to celebrate which is a pioneer town in the city. I've never been before, but I've heard great things. Later on, I will of course be taking in the firework display from the legislative grounds. To my fellow Canadians, enjoy your Canada Day!!! and to every other beautiful person enjoy your day :)
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