Celebrity

Dan has been working at Best Buy for 2 months now. And in that time he has seen these people come into his store:

Dion Phaneuf, from the Calgary Flames team.

Ryan Ockey, the owner of Cardel Homes.

Josh Goberman from Calgary Global TV. He does the traffic every morning in the helicopter.

Theoren Fleury, former Calgary Flames player.

Also, CBC came into his store with cameras. Later that night he was watching the news and saw this. Forward it to just before 15:00 minutes and watch the segment to 17:00 minutes. Dan is there helping a customer!

One day my husband is going to be so famous... or has it already started??

20 Year Old Potatoes

Today is my sister's 20th birthday! I can't believe it... 20. That means there are now no more teens in the Olsen family. Kimberly has accomplished quite a bit within the last year. She is now a Massage Therapist, and loving YSA.

I hope you have a great one Kimbles McBimbles! I was so depressed when I hit 20, but now it doesn't seem so bad!

And yes, she's single!

My Life Is Average

I know it has been awhile since I have posted anything, but I have been pre-occupied. I was reading a friend's blogs and she mentioned this website: MLIA

So now when I am bored, I read it. I have never read so much in my entire life. It's so addicting!

Nothing has really been happening with Dan and I lately, so that's another reason why there haven't been many posts. Dan's busy working, I'm busy working, and we rarely go out. I know you don't want to hear about it, so I suggest you go to the above website and have a good time.

Glenn Cousin Party

Last Friday Dan and I were invited to a dinner party at Dan's cousin Steven and his wife Naomi's house. And let me just say, it was so much fun! There were a lot of Dan's cousins there; Tanya & Matt, Kyle & Pam, Jesse & Tamanda, and Anna came later. We had a delicious potluck type dinner, and then a bonfire in the back yard where we made smores. There was so much catching up to be had and that's what everyone was doing. It was so much fun getting to know everyone better! I really think we should plan to have these events every month or so. I can't wait to see everyone at the Glenn Christmas Party! I think I have the best in-law family ever.

One Year Sucess

I just realized that as of yesterday, it's been one year since I started my blog up again! I think I've been doing pretty good keeping it updated. I was so bad at it in the past, I never could keep up with all the activities of my single life. But now that I'm married, I think I've got it somewhat under control. I hope all of you readers have enjoyed this past year as much as I have! And thanks for reading!

Here's to the many years to come...

Swine Scare

Is it just me, or is the H1N1 getting really annoying? Dan and I really like to watch the news as much as we can, and lately, all we've heard about is H1N1. Take last night for example, the first story on the 11:00 News for Global was about H1N1, and they talked about it for 8 minutes! To put that into perspective, the next story they talked about was about a Canadian Soldier who had died in Afghanistan and they talked about that in 1 minute. And to make matters worse, we hate needles, and that's all they show while they are talking about it! I think we get the point.

Now I don't have anyone close to me who is suffering from H1N1, but I don't think it's as bad as the media is making it to be. And 99.99% of the cases that ended in death have been because the patient had additional complications. I think everyone needs to calm down and just think logically. I've seen so many people in public washrooms not washing their hands or not washing their hands properly, and the majority of the time it's adults. This is no time for everyone to panic, we just need to take a step back and be more cautious of what we can change in our daily routines to stop the spread of viruses or diseases. Standing in line for hours on end to get a vaccine that has only been tested for a few months is not the answer. Sure it may work, but I think it's just an excuse to not sanitize properly. And now we are fighting over the vaccines! The latest in the news is that people are upset that the Calgary Flames team has already gotten the vaccine before the emergency workers in the city. Do people even realize what this had become? And has anyone noticed that this whole time that they've been covering the stories of where or when you can get vaccinated, there have been no serious cases of the H1N1? The last one that I heard of was that young boy on a hockey team who unfortunately died due to getting the Swine flu. But that was weeks ago! I do feel for this family, I really do, but what people don't understand is that people have been dieing from the Flu for a really long time, but it's just not as advertised in the media.

All I want is for people to really think about what they're hearing in the media. This can be a scary thing to go through, but there's no reason for us to be scared if we live healthy, sanitary lives. And please note that I don't want to start a commotion from this post, I'm just tired of hearing about the same thing day after day. When will this all end?

I got this picture from this website. I think it's very suiting. You should take a read!

Seeing Double Again

I know I'm a dork, but I'm going to post this anyway.

It's November 2nd, and we've been married for 2 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days :)

Star Struck

Dan came home just before 10:00pm last night and he told me a story. While he was at work, most of the staff started whispering and running and gathering to one place of the store, the movie section. They were just staring at this guy:

No one went up to ask him if he needed help with anything. How awkward would that be for him? Having all of the staff at Best Buy surrounding you but yet no one is helping you find your favorite movie. So Dan decided to step up and approach him to ask if he was finding everything ok, and he ended up helping Dion Phaneuf buy a bunch of things from Best Buy! We thought it was pretty cool.

It's a BOY!

The Olsen family has been filled with an abundant amount of girls. In my immediate family, there are 6 girls and 1 one boy. Three girls, one boy, then three more girls. I fall second youngest. We have all grown up and moved out and some are starting families of their own. The first grandchild for my parents was a boy, Keegan. This was such a happy moment to finally have a boy in the family again! Next there came eight girls. Yes you read that correctly, eight girls all in a row. Don't get me wrong, I love every last one of them, and they are all great kids. We just feel kind of bad for Keegan. He is now 10 years old, and the only boy cousin. I am happy to announce that we have a boy who is about to join our crazy family! My sister is due in March, and she just found out that she will be having her first boy! This will be her third child. We are all very happy, and excited to meet the little guy. It's going to be so weird to not dress this baby in little pink dresses and bows!

Congratulations Jodie and Aaron!!

I Am Thankful

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Dan and I didn't get much of a long weekend like I had hoped. Friday night we went with a bunch on other young married couples to the Calgary Corn Maze. To me honest, the corn maze wasn't that great. But the company was! After that, half of us went to Tim Horton's for hot chocolate and donuts (that's where we went) and the other half went to Denny's. It was getting late, so we headed home.

Dan had to work from 10:00am - 6:00pm on Saturday. So we didn't get a chance to do much together that day. While he was away, I hung up some pictures around the house (which I am so happy I did, it looks a lot better) and I did the laundry. After Dan got off work, we met at Superstore and did some grocery shopping. Not too exciting I know..

Sunday was Thanksgiving Day. It started out with Church at 9:00am (5:30am for Dan with his early morning meetings), a couple episodes of The Office, then a Sunday afternoon nap, and finally dinner! We had dinner at Dan's Parents' house with the company of Spence and Laurie with 2 of their 3 kids, and Grandma Rees. Dinner was so delicious! We couldn't stay long because we also had to work the shift at our building that night. Bummer. This year we didn't have a dinner with my side of the family. I think things didn't really get organized because right now my parents' are out of town, well, out of the country. At the beginning of the month, they went down to General Conference, then they drove down to California to go to Disneyland where my Mom spent her birthday (Happy birthday mom!) then on their way back, they are stopping in Las Vegas. All of this was planned last minute. I think they are both enjoying the fact that my Dad is now retired. They will be coming home on the 21st. So needless to say, nothing got planned from my side of the family for Thanksgiving Dinner.

Monday morning came along and Dan worked again from 10:00am - 6:30pm. Good thing he got paid time and a half that day. While he was gone, I made Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins, and did the dishes. When Dan came home, we went to a movie with my sister Kimberly "Couples Retreat". This movie is so funny! Pretty much every scene had something funny in it! And that is how we ended our "long" weekend. It wasn't the greatest for me to spend it mostly alone, but it was still nice to get things done.

Now it is Tuesday and what a day it has been! This morning I got out of the shower and I noticed that it had snowed the night before... a lot. I left the house and I saw that 14th Street was closed. Great, now I have to take the back roads. All of the roads were so slick and there was traffic everywhere with all of the road closures! I finally made it on to 14th and started on my way, with my speedometer reading "0" most of the way. I thought I might know of a better way, so I turn early. I get a bit lost, but I see someone who might know where they are going, plus they had 4 wheel drive like me, so I thought it was my best choice to follow him. Not so much! He went down this hill, this really steep hill. He was a ways a head of me, so I assume that he got down just fine. There was a white car in front of me, and then a blue car that pulled in in front of him half way down the hill. I start to go down the hill and realize that the white car has lost control. He smashes into the blue car and keeps on sliding down the hill. Meanwhile, I am loosing control, and then I lost it. I thought for sure that the blue car would start following the white car and pull in front of me to get their insurance information, and if it I would have hit them for sure! Instead, the girl gets out of the blue car and runs on foot down the hill to the white car who has finally come to a stop. And I am still out of control. I definitely had a prayer in my heart to keep me safe and amazingly enough, I was steered straight the whole way down the hill. I didn't veer to any side like the other cars had done in front of me. I know that I was being watched over. Once I gained control again, I was shaking. I tried to go further and ended up getting caught in even more traffic. I finally decided that my safety just wasn't worth it. I was already really late for work. I called in and told them that I was going to go home and try again later. And this was an hour after I had left the house. So I went home and Dan and I watched an episode of The Office and then I tried to venture out again. I left at about 9:45am and this time, I stayed with the roads that I knew best. It took me until 11:30am to get to work, but at least I made it safe and sound. And that is what I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving season.