Big Bubbles...

There's nothing like a pack of Hubba Bubba gum to bring me back to the good ole days...Nope...not swing sets...not jean cut off shorts...not those colourful ponchos. Gum was the one thing that never failed...everytime i went grocery shopping with the mom, i had to snag me either a Bubbalicious...or the Hub. Usually the Watermelon flavour or Strawberry. To this day, gum get's me...It doesn't matter that it lasts for just five minutes...or that there's only five pieces per pack so i hesitate to share...or that it makes your jaw click...it's all about the tender luscious first few chews and the huge ass bubbles you can blow with it!!! Shout out to Lacey for giving me 4 packs of deliciousness for Christmas!! :D

Magical Fingertips...

I got a massage today...much needed. I have one question though...is it normal to feel a little nautious and headache-ish afterwards? Maybe its' cause my therapist was concentrating on my neck area. (By the way, my therapist is very very good y'all...she's my bud Andrea. She's very young, but makes up for it with those magical fingertips haha...). It's funny that, no matter how much it hurts to get all those knots grinded and squished, the idea of getting a massage is so dreamy and inviting. Every time I'm in the middle of the near torture on the massage table...I think to myself, "I am not coming back for a REALLY long time..." But there I am a couple months later, getting all giddy and pumped up to get another massage. Oh and FYI...always remember to shower before you get one...you don't want to be one of those people that massage therapists tell gross horror stories about...;D

Missing Out

Thanksgiving is one of my favourite holidays to celebrate...as it is for most of you I'm sure. BUT the thing that sucks is that I always end up having to work...I know i'm being kind of a whiner (I'm a good complainer), but it seriously makes me a little depressed. I don't think I've had a 'workless" thanksgiving for a few years now. Although I'm very thankful that I have a job I enjoy, I still can't help day dreaming about the good home made supper, home made dessert, and of COURSE the awesome company that I'm missing out on. This get's me thinking about how thankful I am for an extended family that i absolutely love. I know some people that have families that are kind of broken and they don't get along and there's lots of animosity...not with the Woudstra's! I do thank God for that...There's nothing better than goofing off with the cousins' for hours at a time :D...I hope there's still some time after my shift tonight to catch them before they leave...maybe we'll watch the Oilers game!

Concerts Concerts Concerts...

Edmonton right now is seriously in it's prime for big name concerts. I've been lucky enough to go to Jann Arden (big in Canada), Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, (Tegan and Sara on Tuesday if you can consider them big at all), and NOW....Billy Joel...I just bought tickets yesterday and i'm sooooooooooo pumped! Billy is like a major icon in the music biz...and i'm so happy i'm able to (sort of) afford this ticket! Especially considering those other shows broke my bank slightly...My good bud Kirstyn and I are going together...and we got tickets slightly behind the stage...i'm not too too sure what to think about this...we chose these seats because we will be WAY closer to the stage itself compared to the other tickets that were available. Have any of you ever been to a concert where you sat behind the stage??? Tell me how it was if you have...I'm so PUMPED though, regardless :D

Summer Love

This summer has probably been the best summer of my life so far...First i went houseboating and met some really sweet new friends and had the best vacation EVER! here are some classic pics...

THEN! as i've mentioned in a previous post...i was in my cousin abbie's wedding...my bud sally requested some full length dress shots...so here are some of my faves...

AND THEN...it was the super sweet Canadian Reformed soccer tournament in Chilliwack! there's nothing better than hanging out with awesome people, making more new friends, AND playing the best sport ever too! here's a couple gooders...

Andrea and I had a sweeeet road trip (with the BEST mix CD's known to man)...Our team didn't end up doing the best as we lost to the green team there...but it's cute cause we're all friends enough still to take a picture together after :D

Best Summer EVA!

Peep!

So I've realized that i suck at posting...when I compare myself to some of my other peeps...they seem to have so much cool slash funny stuff to talk about! I don't think I could ever dedicate a whole post to Star Trek or my Neighbors. Although i do always make room for fake naked pictures. The whole point of this post is to strictly give people something new to read since I've been sucking at blogging lately.

oh and if you want a quick laugh phone this number...669-5270

Oh Dear...

They were such a hit on facebook...so I decided to flaunt them even more...

This wasn't planned at all, (well maybe the one with Kirstyn was a teensy bit)...but it was seriously fluke. I was on the couch and i burst out laughing because Kate looked BUCK naked...it's situations like this I'm glad i lugged my Dinosaur camera around...

Abbie's Wedding

07/07/07 proved to be an awesome day for my cousin and all of us involved in the wedding. I was a bridesmaid along with abbie's sisters and it was more fun than i thought it would be. We all looked superb and got tons of compliments...that's always a good feeling...and i didn't fall walking down the isle which is a plus :D The groomsmen were super fun and we all got along great...we even went to McDonalds for a pit stop and got some photos in there wearing our Mc Bibs haha...all in all a happy day and the only freaky part of the day was when my Auntie Audrey forgot the fruit platters and Michele, Dannie and I had to pick them up from Safeway ten minutes before the ceremony! Thanks for that Auntie A haha...it was all good though, there's nothing like recieving a few cat calls running through a parking lot :D

This One's For You Sally!

Hey Sally...long time no see or talk...but I've totally thought about you and have missed you!

What a Sweet Escape!

Ok, sorry about the lame ass title...BUT...Gwen Stefani was the Shit tonight...and i want to let everyone know...I wasn't sure what she was gonna be like live...because i heard her on Ellen a couple months ago...and it wasn't ideal. But this show blew me away...the BEST part was when Gwenners ran around to the back...and then ran up into the crowd and she was RIGHT below us...i mean RIGHT below singing "Cool." It was a gong show trying to get a good picture with a whole bunch of chicks pushing and shoving haha...what an amazing time...

the pics come courtesy of my good bud Cynthia...

Toe Update

So yes of course it's an infected ingrown toe-nail...I went to the doctors today...and I have to get it amputated!...Joking! But I do have to get a small surgery done to cut part of the nail away. I wish I knew exactly what this puppy was when I FIRST got it...otherwise I would've gone to the doc's a looonng time ago. But my damn optomistic outlook always thinks it's going to get better on it's own...not this time Nadine. sheesh...I'm going for surge next week...and I'm freaked!

Someone PLEASE tell me it sounds worse than it is...

I'm going to go cry in my room now...

Ewww Sick...Warning Gross Picture!

Ok...so this is pretty sicko...but I thought it was blog worthy. For the past week or so I've been suffering with this stupid toe injury. I don't even know what happened for this to occur. My only explanation is an ingrown toe-nail from cutting my nail too short two weeks ago. But i've never had one of those in my whole entire life, plus, I heard that those were hereditary. I've cleaned the darn thing so many times...and some days it'll be totally fine and seem like it's healing...and then others it looks like this sick-ass picture. The thing is...I keep scaring myself thinking it's like a case on Grey's Anatomy...you know how someone comes in with a small little problem...and they end up having to get a limb amputated...eeeee! :

7 Little Secrets...

These are some things not many people know...if any...they aren't my deepest secrets...but they are funny and a little embarrassing...

1. I used to go to Wesley Vanderveen's house all the time to get my haircut from his mom...and one time I stole 2 dollars from him. He had a whole treasure chest full of loonies, I thought he could spare a couple...I also used to steal gum ALL the time too :S

2. Most people know I was completely addicted to slurpees before...but in grade 10 or something, I used to buy 2 of the biggest sizes as well as a bag of chips, and sometimes a pack of gumballs like EVERYDAY after school for a few months straight! GROSS...now i just get the small sized one...

3. I am the supreme master at Minesweeper! I can spend hours on end playing that stupid Microsoft game. I've probably stayed up till about 4 am several times playing it...I'm actually playing right now :)...my personal best is 92 seconds on the expert size...BEAT THAT!

4. When I lived in the country back in the day, I had a neighbor with a small farm. And when I was bored I used to trespass on their property and snoop around. One time the lady saw me and I ran for my life...my brother and I trespassed sooooooooo much back then haha

5. Michael Plooy was my first kiss in Grade 5 on our feildtrip to Rundle Park...Jason Labossiere kept watch...but then he told everyone a few days later...thanks Jason...

6. I've gotten three traffic tickets in 2 weeks before...I have a total of about 6 ish, ok maybe 7, just for speeding...and I have gotten three big doozie ones that cost about 400 bucks each, I even had to go to court for one because I was going more than 50 over the limit (a lame construction zone...don't judge me)...I had my liscence suspended for a month a little more than half a year ago...are you surprised?

7. Some of you might've heard this...I whistle while I go to the bathroom...ever since I was about 5 years old and learned how. It's a good way to pass the time :) plus the bathroom has GREAT acoustics...

I must not have too many secrets cause it took me FOREVER to think of those...

Ok now...you can leave me a comment...but with it you have to say a little secret of your own...or you can just do this same thing on your own blog! :)

For Crying Out Loud...

I got rejected by Costco today...apparently they only hire people with FULL availability. Well guess what I think of that...LAME! If you're looking for people to work at your store...why don't you hire someone who is available six days a week until 5 at least, with 4 years of cashier experience, and someone who has a good attitude and is quick and efficient too...that's ME. No wonder every single place in this city is looking for workers...they wouldn't be so needy if they just hired people, instead of being so freakin picky! Arrgghhh! I feel like a failure...

FINALLY

So today, since I didn't have to work...I rolled up my sleeves and decided to finally do it...

I've been putting it off for like, seriously, a year...

My closer friends might know what I'm talking about...

Yes, I cleaned my car! For those of you who've been in my car lately know how badly it needed it too. It was SICK! I swear there were creepy crawlers just waiting to jump out from under the seats. *shudder* I don't think I've given it so much as a wipe since I bought it...eeek. I was on the verge of embarrassed every time someone had to take a ride in good ole Betsy. So I thought I would just get it over with, and it feels GREAT! I CAN'T beleive how disgusting I let it get. Remind me never to be a lazy ass again when it comes to keeping my blue baby clean, sheesh!

Mama's Day

I think I'm falling into a rut here...For the last three years I've gotten my mom flowers for Mothers Day. Granted they've been different types. Tulips...Orchids last year...this year I decided on the Gerber Daisies. They were pretty darn close to this picture...just not as green and straight and perfect and they were white and red, so maybe not like the pic at all. Anyways, from the reaction my mom gives me...she's happy with getting flowers...but is she really? That is the mystery...I think I would be satisfied with flowers if I were a mom, you know rather than getting something lame like oven mitts or something...

But maybe next year I'll find a nice necklace or earrings...just to throw mom a curve ball :)

Hope you had a great day mommers!

More Jannie Wannie! :)

So me and Katers went to Jann Arden the other day...once again a great show! Her hilariousness is what makes the concert for SURE. She always has some great stories about pads and other feminine products. They are classic, and this time she painted one of her signature angel paintings ON STAGE, she put it up for auction, and then donated the money to World Vision. Will you ever see another singer do that?! I don't think so!!! Me and kate again got closer seats this time. Nothing will compare to the first show we went to...but this one was still very stellar. I would show you a couple pics...but I am from the dinosaur times and have a film camera, so you'll have to wait :)

my bud kt has some pics right here for now though > http://www.kt-sgt-pepper.blogspot.com/

The Day I Met Jann...

This day was the biggest dream come true so far in my life...I've blogged about this before somewhere else...but now I have the photo to prove it! Ignore the fact that the girl who took it SUCKS at taking pictures, like way to cut off our feet you wiener...that could be a whole new post right there. So I'll give a little background to the pic...my friend Matt from school knew how much I loved Jann...and she was coming into the station he works at. He gave me a heads up that she was coming around and I OF COURSE dropped my life and zoomed on over there. It was GLORIOUS! :) I am a JannFann for life!

Hairshow!

I was in the ABA hairshow this past weekend as a hairmodel for A/G and it was a pretty crazy experience. First of all, people who know me KNOW that this kind of thing doesn't suit me AT ALL. So it's kinda funny that I actually followed through with it. So, after three or four warnings from friends that know people who's hair turned out disastrous ...I still trucked on to the Agricom. My hair turned out such a great colour and cut and everything so I was super relieved about that. They gave me a different style each day...

• Renaissance Woman: this one was just straight and styled
• Gold Plate: this one was major fluffy curls with half my hair weaved like a basket

I would say the hardest part about it all was that I had to model up on a catwalk thinger. HAHA Ridiculous! Nadine, modelling? hahaha...what a gong show! But I ended up having a blast, even with 15 hours of down time behind the black curtains. Thanks for telling me to go Kirstyn, and for the great pictures! I would definitely do it again. Anyone want to come with me next year?!


ps...They gave me 11 free A/G products and 2 fancy bags to put them in too!

you can view more silly pics @ http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19804&id=654810371