you were meant for me.

jewel. i loved this album when it came out. the video for this song was so weird. it was her playing guitar and singing in a public washroom with fake green vines hanging on the walls and stuff. so weird. sometimes i find some comfort in 90's pop hits while i'm at work. i know all the words. its fun to sing along. makes me feel good when i sing along.

patrick and i had a little talk when i started. saturdays he does his specialty show up until i go on air. the saturday kiss classics. its a good show, lots of awesome oldies. he said he listened to the cd's i gave him, and there were a lot of talented artists out there. he liked them. he brought up on concern of his about my idea of wanting a show to play the music i like - he said that the problem with it was that when i leave, it ends? we spend all this time, and the station's money, building up and audience for it... and then when i decide to move away or whatever, its over. because the entire idea for the show is based off my passion for this kind of thing. i reassured him that i wasn't going anywhere. tyler and i are working towards buying a house. i do believe i am in vernon for the long haul. he responded with a kind of surprised, 'oh, well thats good to know.' i think it helps my chances a bit. he said it was far fetched still... but the responses i am getting about it now is a little more willing. i am working on my way in there. inch by inch. just like i planned. i feel like there should be an evil laugh inserted here. haha.

tyler and i managed to get rid of one ugly free couch and chair today. it was awesome. tyler put them on craigslist and we got an email the next day... guy came and got it. nice big empty space in our living room now. lovely result. we have been sorting and throwing things away and giving things away the last week. it always feels good when you move and sort through all your belongings and get rid of the excess. i love getting rid of clutter. it has finally given me purpose to organize through my sewing room and put everything away in the dresser i have for my fabric and notions and everything. not to mention tyler has shoved everything that he didn't want to look at in my "sewing" room. it was more of a random junk room. never got fully organized and put away. oh well. i did manage to talk him into getting rid of most of the stuff he shoved in there (including his little fake christmas tree... WOO!). my mom came by to pick up a touque that she sold, but tyler had taken. she left with a garbage bag full of clothes to be sorted through, a heating pad, a tv, bag of old halloween costumes, and i'm sure a few other random things. tyler joked about how mad dean would be at us for her coming home with more STUFF. haha. he is always so funny about all the stuff my mom gets from random places. she is RESOURCEFUL. can use anything for anything. its cool. now we just have an extra rockband drum set and mic for xbox 360, a falling apart couch that needs to go to the dump, an extra queen size bed, and a box of random garbage we have collected. oh yes, i also have two really old bikes i'm trying to sell. they need a little love, but they are both very cute! i'm hoping to make a bit of cash off them, considering bikes are so damn trendy right now.

our new place is much smaller... so tyler has no excuse to hang on to random CRAP. i like it. simplify our life. much easier to be neat and tidy. otherwise i start to feel like my life is falling apart around me. i can't handle having a disastrous living situation. starts to just stress me out and eat away at me. agh. no good. i think that's why i am soooo excited to move.

i also enjoy getting rid of all the crappy stuff we have. i sort of decided that we're pretty rooted here. the next time we move, we both want it to be into a house that we buy. no more random moving all the time. so its time to start acquiring some stuff that we actually like. we're buying tyler's sister's couch off her (it has been sitting in their garage for the last 6 months). its a beautiful large sectional, beige, microfibre and so soft and comfy. i also want to invest in a nice kitchen table. something quality that is solid wood. something i like. and i am keeping an eye out for a cute little antique writing desk or something for my typewriter. and i found a wicked desk at ikea (i was looking online, as we don't have one around here). it is a little cube shelf, with a desk that comes out of it. so i can keep all my random supplies on the shelf, and use the desk part for my sewing machine!! all in due time...

we also need to sell the car. we paid our $1500 repair bill... and now just want to be rid of it. it's now in fantastic condition. and its a good car. tyler just knows how much i HATE driving it, and he doesn't want to deal with it anymore. i'll ride my bike for the summer, and we'll find something else in the fall. i'm excited to get riding my bike again. i miss it. that feeling of the wind just flowing past you... like flying. i feel so free. mmmmmm.... i can't wait for summer. the okanagan is so pretty in the spring and summer. such a wonderful place to live.