Sunny Friday of a LONG weekend…

How come some companies close early on Friday’s of a long weekend, and others are forced to stay open…in case you hadn’t gathered, I work for one of the companies which stay’s open to the brutal end of the day on a Friday of a long weekend.  Today has been a typical Friday before a long weekend.  I’ve had more calls than I can count on 1 hand of people who “absolutely NEED insurance this afternoon” but of course for one reason or another, can’t come into the office.  Of course, it must have slipped his mind that he needed $6000 worth of insurance on his camera before 3pm today…  Some people…just astound me with their stupidity…however, that is one of the fun things about my job.  All the weird and interesting people I encounter.  Due to privacy and what not, I am unable to talk directly about client files, but I’m laughing to myself right now…(those in my office likely think I’m mad, but that’s ok). 

Troy & I are taking the LONG drive to Kelowna this weekend to visit his parents.  I’m excited, however I usually end up doing the driving on long road trips (cause I’m a good race-car driver, and am a good manuveror, and because Troy can’t see real well in the dark) and I’m feeling the 3pm slump BIG-TIME right now.  Its like I could curl up in a ball and hibernate for the winter.  I’ve been SO tired for the past few weeks…maybe that’s what I’ll do this weekend….hang out with my newly acquired set or parents and sleep.  Mmmm….sleep.

We are going to rent a car…Troy’s likely going to pick it up shortly…from Enterprise.  I wonder if they’ll give us a small “smoosher” car.  (those are the ones that look like someone smashed into them and smooshed it a little).  That’d be fun. Mike and Michelle got some kinda weird smoosher from Enterprise when they were here for my wedding, Mike thought it was the greatest thing…I wonder if we’ll get the same one.  J 

Well I better get back to work.  Have 1 hour and 19 minutes left of work…and then Zzzzzzz….(hopefully). 

Have a great weekend all!

S

Shara Bierman

Well this is my first post as a married woman. We've been married 2 weeks now...and its been a blast! Our honeymoon was a lot of fun. Some of the highlights were: our helicopter ride over Niagara Falls our 4 night stay at Inn On The Twenty, our horse-drawn carriage ride through Niagara-On-The-Lake, and our time at the cottage. Also our couples massage at the Spa On The Twenty....mmmm...

We had a blast, and our wedding day was fantastic too, as well as our Ontario reception! It was so much fun. We are now home and recovering for the contant "high" of wedding excitement, as well as honeymooning. It will be hard to go back to work.

Some of our pictures have been posted to the web by our photographer. Here is the link! Hope you enjoy! Wedding Photo's & Engagement Photo's.

Ok, well we're off in a couple minutes to see our cute Nieces, so...hope to hear from all of you soon!

S

Great Dent

I have made a great dent in the cleaning/organizing of my soon-to-be home. Troy had his bach party last night, and I went to a welcome home party for Jonathan & Heather Dueck, but came home early because I have lots of wedding stuffs still to do. I'm proud of all the work I got done, and am up early this morning, to try to complete all this crazy work before the end of the day. Today the wedding events start.

Chelse and I are going to spend the night together tonight. We had an alone night before her wedding to do girlie things, and just hang out, and had wanted to do the same before my wedding. We'll watch girlie movies, get some snacks and spend some much needed time together.

Tomorrow one of my oldest friends (she's not old, but she's one of the friends that I've known the longest) is arriving to Calgary with her husband. Michelle and I met back in a grade 10 science class. We clicked immediately, and have been the closest of friends. We haven't seen much of each other in the past couple of years which is too bad, but I cherish her. Anyway, she is arriving Monday, and on top of all the wedding stuffs I get to do on my day off, we are going out for dinner to my favorite..."Joey Tomatoes".

Tuesday is a work day, but my friend Lisa Johnson arrives! :) Tuesday night is a night of tying bows! :) (on the programs). I've been eagerly recruiting people to tie bows, so it shouldn't take too long, which is great. I'm looking forward to hanging out.

Wednesday my family arrives! Yeah! I haven't seen my brothers Josh or Andy, or my sister-in-law Becca since Josh and Becca's wedding last year! I havne't seen my Grandparents in that long either, and none of those guys have met my soon-to-be husband! Anyway, we'll hopefully have some much needed catching up time. Wednesday night is my stagette...which I'm now gettting a tad nervous about after talking with Chelsea and Heather last night. Those 2 are trouble!

Thursday night is the Open house, and I can't wait to see my Uncle Ron, and his family! Its also been since J&B wedding since I've seen them, and it'll be cool to have them around. They're a really awesome family. I'm also going to meet a lot of Troy's extended family...and a lot of people we haven't seen in a while will be there.

Friday is the day of madness...meeting photographer, showing him photo-sites, taking him for breakfast, getting my hair trial done by Emma, getting church set up, rehearsal, rehearsal dinner...it'll be a whirlwind.

I am so thrilled about this week, I can't even stand it! This time next week I will be Mrs. Shara Bierman. YEAH!

I better get started on this work!
S

Stormy Day

I just want all of you who are reading this to know, that there are 167 posts in my blog. This is unheard of for me! I've started several blogs in the past, and they have all been abandoned for boredom or whatever. This one...although I don't write everyday, has been quite successful I think. Anyway.

1 week from today, I will be getting the finishing touches on my make-up and hair, and putting on that wedding dress of mine. WOW. I can't believe it has come up this quickly! How fun! We are in the home stretch now! Both Troy and I are excited, despite a couple of ment downs this past week....we are doing so good. WHoever came up with the Honeymoon after the wedding thing, was genious. We're both going to need it.

BIG NEWS!!!!! Chelsea & Andrew are home! YEAH! I'm thrilled and they stopped over last night unexpectedly, and what a great surprise! I'm so glad to have my best friend back! :)

Many things going on this week. Not sure who all is reading this blog...but I have a stagette on Wednesday night, Open House at our condo on Thursday night, and then the wedding on Saturday. If you need info on any of these events, please let me know.

Ok, well I better finish up here, I'm just about to start work for the day. Not sure if I'll have more time to write this week...but if not...please pray for great weather for me next Saturday!!!

S

Bed Day Tomorrow

So today was "moving" day. I got all my stuff moved over to Troy's place...and all the stuff we are storing, to Darren & Nicky's place. Troy is off to Centre Street to play and I am "playing house". How fun it is to "set up" a home. I have had a blast doing it so far, and its so much fun to have all my stuff here now...well all the stuff I'm keeping. I have an entire appartment of "stuff" at my place, that will furnish a women in need.

Tomorrow we are getting our new bed. King-size, pillow-top, pocket coil sealy mattress. How exciting! I can't wait to put the bedding on it. I don't know why...but I'm thrilled about that.

Two weeks from this very moment, I will be Mrs. Troy Bierman. Hmmm. How exciting! Then a honeymoon...and then back to reality. Life as I know it is about to change...I'm thrilled.

Chelsea and Andrew are coming home this week, and I'm thrilled about that as well. Every morning I think..."so and so many days till I'm married, so and so many days until A&C come home." It'll be nice to have my best friend back. Jonathan & Heather are back from Africa as well, which will also be fun! I'm glad to have them back too...although I haven't seen them yet. Maybe tomorrow.

OK, I'm going to get back to playing house now. I know my blogs have been boring lately. Check out my link to Tasha's Blog. She's one of my funniest friends, and one of my most favorite people on the planet. She has some great blogs, and they're entertaining.

S

Less than 3 weeks...

Welcome to day 20 in the countdown! I'm sure anyone reading this is HOPING for this day to come and go so they no longer have to be involved in this hideous countdown, but really, what could you expect....for a couple who celebrated every monthly anniversary of their relationship. :) Anyway. This weekend is an uneventful one (we're hoping). So far, we have done some unpacking, and settling in of me, and more of my stuff. I suppose I'm not settling in, only my stuff is. We went out with Mr. Darin Wilson, Troy's best man, and one of my favorite people on the planet, to Joey Tomatoes. That was a blast.

Today is running wedding errands...well at least I know that is what we are doing today, not sure if Troy knows or not.

I woke up at 4:30am and could not fall back asleep. I made myself wake up because I was having horrible dreams. I can't believe all the bad dreams I was have. I can only remember snap-shots of the dreams I was having last night, but a predominant theme in my dreams, is being chased. Anyway. I couldn't fall back asleep for an hour, and now, at 8am, I wake up again. I hope the insomnia is not coming back. I do not need that right now.

Do NOT under any condition, take your vehicle to Crowfoot Village Honda. Basically if you pay $269 to have your car detailed, would or would you not expect CSI to not be able to find a single hair or cough breath in there. Without getting into all the details...their detailing job, was worth about $10 to me. And not only that, but in the process, they uninstalled my car starter! So...of course we complained had the car starter re-installed, and the detailing was supposed to be re-done...however apparently re-done to them means, actually getting it dirtier. Hmmm. So, if that is the kinda work they do with detailing...I can't imagine the job they did under the hood on installing the timing belt, and such. Don't give those guys money. They are refunding us our $269...well at least they are supposed to be doing that. I'll let you know for sure. Don't go there.

Um...I don't know what to say...except Chels, I forgot the phone number to where you are staying again. Can you call me on Monday so we can chat?

Bye All.
S

I am so blessed!

Another bridal shower yesterday, how fun! It was a great time, and there were a ton of people there with their smiling faces and tea hats on. Deb & Lise planned this event, and it was a tea party...which I've never really ever had before...apparently you wear a tea hat. I didn't really bring a tea hat, but I had a very nice hat made for me out of tea bags which people had graciously brought with them.

I got a lot of very nice gifts, and it was great to have so many people out to support me. It was fun.

I'm doing "wedding things" today and then going to go back to our disaster of a condo, and unpack the things I moved over to Troy's on the weekend, and settle in our new loot!

Thanks for reading! ONLY 26 MORE DAYS until I'm "Mrs. Shara Bierman" Weird and cool all at the same time!

Ciao!

S

Shopping Spree

Today I went on a shopping spree! It was incredibly fun! I got all kinds of new clothes for summer...and spring I guess...hopefully no more Winter here in Calgary. So for the first time ever I'm watching an Edmonton Oilers hockey game...what's wrong with me...yes problems...I know.

So we got our home phone set up! How fun! So those of you who want the number let me know.

33 days until the wedding...that's not too many days. Only 30 days from now will be our Open House night...and I'm so excited about that! Meeting a lot of Troy's relatives from out of town, and seeing some of mine. I can't wait!

Tonight is the big Calgary game...I'm nervous already...I may do some pacing...I can't believe its on at 9pm. I know...a true fan would watch the entire thing...and I will...but I will be horribly tired in the morning when I get up to go to the gym.

Anyway...crap...Detroit just scored, and they are in the lead now 3-2. I have to cheer for Edmonton as fellow recepients of the Ralph bucks. We need to stick together.

I better go...I'm just stalling my nervousness.

S
**I miss Chelsea...

Oh the times we had...

Carmen

Tasha, Kerri & Laura

Pictures of Saturday night in the mountains

Girls Night Out

Mmmmm....what a fun evening I've just returned from...

My friends Laura, Tasha, Kerri & Carmen had told me that they would pick me up at 4pm, and that's about it. We took off...and not even a word about the plan...excellent conversation and about an hour later we arrived in Canmore to find somewhere yummy to eat. We went to this great place...don't remember the name...but had some great food...we shared duck crepes, goat cheese fondu, this beef/lettuce wrap, a mushroom surprise and crab wontons...it was delicious.

From there we made a stop at a grocery store (and by this time I'm thinking...great...here it comes!) and proceed to Banff Gate...(not sure if that's totally corret) but it was this amazing cabin in the mountains...it was incredibly beautiful! It had a kitchen and living room which were one great room...with a cathedral ceiling...a fire place...and a wall of windows looking out on the mountains. We got some snacks and drinks...and talked for hours. I think we finally rolled into our beds at about 2pm...or maybe a bit before...Carmen and I shared a bed, so we stayed up and talked for a long while.

I got some fun lingerie (which yes, as soon as I got home the first thing I did was try it on, and that was really fun!), and Laura had prepared a fun game. That night...we definitely covered every subject under the sun...baring none...it was definitely a night I'll remember for a long time.

S

The Bed is Here

It is being set up as I write this email...how exciting...we aren't going to get our matress for a few weeks I guess...(so I can get the 60 days exchange policy as well). I'm so excited though...to get the bed set up so we can start seeing how our room will look...and then the mattress...and putting the egyptian cotton sheets on....and the fluffy warm duvet...I'm just thrilled.

I don't know what else to write....

s

Waiting Patiently

I'm at Troy's this morning waiting patiently for the men coming to deliver our bed. (or Marriage Chariot as Ryan calls it). I am thrilled...and can't help going to the balcony every 5 minutes to see if there's a big truck there. Also...I think the phone we ordered may come today...we're getting a landline...and I think it'll be ready today! YEAH! (well as long as we get the phones). Only 40 more days from today...wow. We had a nice weekend. The game on Friday was awesome...and the Flames of course, won in overtime. Last night they weren't so lucky and the amount of turnovers and the fact that they barely showed up in the first period bit them in the butt. If I remember correctly they had this same problem throughout the playoff's last night, but Sutter always managed to pull them together to get them to the final game. Hope he's able to do the same this year...how fun. I did tell Troy however that I'm not sure I can handle playoff stress as well as wedding stress...

What else...moed some more stuff over here...this is really fun. Really looking forward to our honeymoon...its the longest amount of work I've ever taken off at once, so that'll be really great.

I also have the 2nd "wedding type" event on Saturday night. Some of my girlfriends are taking me out on Saturday night. The plans are hush hush (to me) but I'm super excited! The weekend following that, there's a church wedding shower for me, and of course I'm also thrilled for that. How fun it is to be getting married!

I wish the doorbell would ring!
I should go check the balcony again! :)

S

I'm A Winner AGAIN!!!

Ok I am alive and well..but extremely busy! Work has been crazy busy, and the rest of my time has also been filled with things to do. I tried to post last night, but when I signed in, it said they were doing maintenance at the time and it wouldn't be available for an hour. Boo to that. Anyway, I won 2 tickets to the first play-off game for Calgary vs. Anaheim tomorrow. I'm so excited! I won them from work. What else...working on wedding stuffs...decorations etc...um...nothing realy new going on, except that time is passing so quickly! ONly 44 days left...HOLY COW! So much to do in those 44 days. Tonight we are working on getting our Parents Gifts taken care of. That'll be fun. OH YEAH...we're also getting a home phone line soon...so although I won't post on here, but those who want to know the number (when we get it), I'll definitely send out a group email...so if you don't get one...email me directly.

Um....it is SO beautiful here right now...its unbelievable. I want to be outside playing but there's some things we have to do.

I miss Chelsea. COME HOME SOON. PLEASE! I found something AMAZING for you know who the other day. Mmmmm...can't wait to show you what it is! HOW FUN!

So excited about all the RSVP's rolling in! Its thrilling!

Thanks for reading!
S

Eden

Eden with some of her presents from Uncele Troy & Auntie Shara.

Vienna and Eden enjoying Eden's new "truck"

She loved her Cupcake shirt...this is Troy's and my nickname for her.