This is what I did today!!!

I took my favorite music video character out Trick-or-Treating today. Remember the Bee Girl? Here she is in an updated look. Plus, she was on her bzzz-tacular best behavior and then went for a nap promptly afterwards! :-)

(Aren't we adorable?)

#10 - X365

Paul P. - You have to be the craziest guy I know. You are trouble with a capital T, Baby! You are "balls deep" with everything you do, and I love it! I love being in your peripheral vision and just being a part of your scene. You have introduced me to so many neat people with interesting theories and strange past-times.

You are one of the reasons why I love my part-time job. You are full of stories and experiences that I can appreciate and enjoy. Last Christmas, we hung out after work, you, me and E.H., and it was a night filled with fantastic music, drinks, and amazing conversation (My three favorite things). You are there to listen, when I need some good advice, you are there to talk when I need to listen to someone else, and you are there to go out and distract me in the best ways possible.

You are a talented filmmaker, and I look forward to your big screen debut. I know that someday soon, I will be in line to see a PCP Production at the cineplex and I will think back to how we used to "touch some butts" and do some "butt touchin" and wonder how many casting couches you will have people sleep on to get where you are going to. :-)

Much love and stuff,
Tracey.

#9 - X365

Jody H - You and I were T-R-O-U-B-L-E whenever we got together :-) This leads to an honest question: Do you think that our bra's are still hanging in the club room at that place in that town...??? Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge.

You practically lived with me that summer in the Green House. That's why we were so good together in Saskatoon at first. We were perfect for each other. We both wanted a good time, and each made sure that the other was keeping entertained. I did not realize how many places served alcohol when you are driving from Assiniboia to Saskatoon. I will never forget the night we pulled over on the highway to get out of the car and watch the northern lights shining, and people kept stopping to see if we were alright.

I miss your enthusiasm and your willingness to to help a friend out. You seemed really happy the last time we talked, and I hope that your life keeps getting better and better. Love You Girl!

#8 - X365

Rebekah B. - Where do I begin? You are the person I can tell anything to. You truly know everything there is to know about me. You know about June 21. That is my biggest secret. I don't really know what made me tell you, but it was a good feeling to let you know about it. I finally met you after knowing about you online for a couple of years. You should have never befriended me! Look at all of the trouble I cause :-) Tee hee hee!

You understand my fascination with Engineers, my obsession with Grey's and my new love of Pies and Pie Makers. You are there with a sympathetic ear, a pot of tea and girly movies when I need them. You are also the reason that I have been kicking ass (and losing mine) at the gym.

I don't think you hear it often enough, but Girl, you ROCK! I know that you are having a rough time, but you will make it and I am here to do your bidding and be at your beck and call. So Call Me! I love you and Mr. B and little Miss B. too!

Whoots to late nights!

I am pooped! I was up way too late watching scary fliks with 3 cute boys and an even cuter chickie! I am preparing for the all-nighter that I'm gonna pull on Halloween for Paul's party.

I need to find a costume!!! I have had some great ideas, (and a few stinkers too) but of course, I wait until the last moment and then run out of time... I suck. I know. :-)

Any ideas out there?

#7 - X365

Mr. C - You were my Grade 10 and 12 English Teacher. You loved Shakespeare and Chaucer. In fact, I believe you were on a first name basis with both :-) You had us memorize lines of poetry and prose, and I can still quote the "quality of mercy" monologue from The Merchant of Venice.

You probably think that blogging is a waste of the written word, and therefore, you will never see this post, but you are the reason that I feel like a Scholastic failure. You set an extremely high standard and I reached it in Grade 10. But when Grade 12 rolled around, I was too busy being cool (and Drunk) to really take notice of what you were trying to get me to achieve.

I apologise for not reaching the heights you wanted for me. I wanted them too. Now I am struggling to find my way back there. I regret not believing in you the way you believed in us.

#6 - X365

Brent B. - We met in college and I was able to help you out when you got tossed out of your apartment by tossing you into a spare bedroom in my house :-)

That was a decision I will NEVER regret. I will always remember our late night talk where I declared that only 2% of the guys in my life were decent human beings, and that you were that 2%... I was really happy that you and Bonnie got together. I know that she is the Soulmate that you truly deserve. I was so sad when I heard about Zachary. I wish that I could have been there for you in some way. I know that people come together and grow apart, it's only human nature, but I wish we had stayed close. You were a bright spot in a dark winter.

I wish you and her a lifetime of happiness and I want you to make a ton of babies together. You are a FANTASTIC Dad, and I know that you will have the chance again.

It's quiet here in Marshmallow land

My Parents are headed to the big city to visit and because they both have different business ventures to take are of this weekend. The sucky part of this is that I work all weekend, so I have little to no time with them. I work all day tomorrow, and then I am headed off to bed early to be up for work at the call center at 4:00AM... Yes, I said four AM.

Poop!

The only bright spot (pun intended) in this weekend is the FANTASTICALLY large full moon that is shining through my front window right at this moment. I am so in love with the moon. Today at work, Paul said that all the women in the world get more amorous during Full Moons... I wonder if that is true? Hmmm... He might have been making it up, but if I was with someone special right now, it would take less than a half a glass of wine to do the trick. (That might not be just because of the moon though :-)

#5 - X365

Leila B. - Girl, you were one crazy, fun, wild friend! I don't ever talk to you anymore it seems. I still look back on our trip to Craven and just shake my head and smile. There are things that happened in Craven that stay in Craven. You instilled a love of the Tea Party in me, and there is no other person I would have been trampled for other than you.



Let's have some cold Pizza, eat some "expired" Rolo cake and rehash some old times, heck, let's just get in the car and road trip to someplace new and have another adventure! I miss your laugh. You have a genuine laugh that makes me smile every time I hear it. Call me and we can cause trouble together once again!

#4 - X365

Rodney G. - You were the first boy that I ever remember being my babysitter. I didn't know what it meant at the time, but you were my very first crush. I adored you! You were the only boy I knew who would play with my Barbie dolls. I didn't know why you made the dolls hump Ken like that at the time, but now I get it :-)

You were sweet to let me, an annoying little kid, up into your treehouse and play with you. I have some great memories of playing up there. I remember standing on my fence yelling across the alley to you and your brother, "Boys, come and play with me!" and you two would. You included me more than I probably deserved.

I think you are married, and you have kids now, and I hope that they get an awesome treehouse like the one that you used to have :-)

#3 - X365

Pam K. - You were the first person I ever Hated. I am ashamed of it now, (and there will be a few people that are going to be shocked at this post) but I am afraid to add you to my facebook, because I am worried that you will reject me.



For some reason, your validation was so important to me in High School, that I thought that I was an absolute loser because we didn't ever hang out. I acted like I was too cool to give a damn, but I really just wanted to be your friend. I look back now and I wonder why you didn't like me. We never really knew enough about each other to hate the other one, so why did we never talk? I didn't want to be your best friend, or have sleepovers and braid your hair, but I am sure that we could have at least talked to each other... I am realizing now that being petty and rude just for the sake of being petty and rude is really stupid and I want you to kow that if you ever read this, please add me so we can talk. Maybe we can't be friends, but I do want to be friendly.

#2 - X365

Ryan C. - I told you this the other night at the movies, but I need to say it again. Thank you for asking me out on a date! You were a beacon of light in a rough time and I adore you for being you thus far. I cannot wait for more (mis)Adventures that I will embark on with you and your friends. I am going to get all hot this winter at the gym, and next spring, I'm going to join you all at Ultimate and kick your asses! (I just need to learn how to play and figure out how to go about getting really good without any of you knowing... :-)


Here's to many many more Movie and Beer nights, (Not in that necessarily in that order!)

New Beginnings - New Promises - New Commitment

In an effort to post every day, I am joining something I have seen on a few different websites. This will be tough for me, because I know that I don't blog every day... Heck, I can't even be bothered to eat every day. :-)


Here it is! The first of a whole year's worth of blog love, blog lust, blog like and even a little blog dislike to a few. This is my first of:

X - 365

Kim D. - You have been a friend since grade 1. Sometimes you were my best friend, sometimes you have been my worst enemy...(You know the couch and the boy that I speak of...), but there wasn't anything that could keep us apart for longer than a couple of weeks. I forgive you for suckering me out of gas money to Moose Jaw every time we went to the movies in High School...consider that Karmic payback for the movie in with Sheldon R. in Rockglen where we sat behind you two during your date!

I feel like a huge dork now, because I am depending so heavily on you right now. You make light of our situation, but I am really sorry for any burdens that I am placing on you. I hope that you know that I love you. You have turned into a beautiful, strong woman, a fantastic Mom and a loving wife. I want your family to continue to grow and prosper.

(But I swear, if you EVER become like Jon and Kate Plus Eight, I am so out! I will not change eight sets of diapers... you are on your own girl! :-)

Guess what I did last night?

I sat down and made a mixed tape! I am so Totally a child of the 80's!

Thank Goodness I didn't tape songs off of the radio... Do you remember doing that as a kid?

We actually made a radio station and played songs and DJ'ed our own programes. It was fun. I can still remember Carmody and Lisa and I making the shows for WFUZ.

"W-Fuzz, 'chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Happy Halloween!

For Paul:

I cannot wait for your Halloween Party!!! I am super excited for a good time...

My official coming out.

I hope that we are all ready for this... By we, I mean me.



Hello. My name is Tracey Quiring. I am a blogger.



Phew!

That was easy!



I grew up in a small town in Southern Saskatchewan, I am the oldest of five kids, I have an incredible love for music, movies, books, and my friends are VERY important in my life. I like the color blue, I love hot wings and I have a hard time turning down Ice Cream...



I fall in like easily, but love is a tricky subject for me. I watch too much tv and I like to drive. I hate the gym, but I like the way losing weight feels. I like chocolate milk, but I don't like fudgesicles that much. I can't tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke, but I believe that some people can.



I wish that I knew if God was real. I want to believe that he is out there somewhere, but lately when I talk to him, he hasn't been talking back. This scares me. More than it probably should.



I know what I want, but I'm not sure how to get there. I have a few ideas and it will be fun trying them out. We'll see where I get to. You can come along for the adventure if you want to.



I want to be a little bit more confident. But I never want to be arrogant. Let me know if I start to get that way.



I like our talks on the internet, but I am tired of being the_yecart. Not that she is a bad person. She just gets the credit for being this really cool internet chick, when I do all of the work. By the way, Yecart is Tracey spelled backwards... Pretty smart, eh?



I hope that this makes little to no difference to those of you who read this blog. I am still the same chickie. I just am being a little bit braver, and a little bit bolder. Baby steps to bringing the true Grrrl inside of me out into this world.



Thank you for sticking around here with me. I really appreciate it more than you know.



Love,

Tracey.

Strange and Beautiful - Aqualung

Dedicated to the Person who gives me Butterflies... Whoever he may be!

The problem with blogging is...

That it can't be anonymous, if you want your friends to know where it is... Speaking of which, Hi Amy A. out in beautiful BC. If you can read this, you are in the right site!

I guess I need to stop "lurking" on my own blog... Maybe soon :-)

It's currently 3:19am, and I have almost been up for 24 hours straight. I woke up at 3:45 am on Thursday morning to go to work at GC. I've started in Traffic now. CRAZY!!! But, now it's nearly a whole day later, and I am still up. I am a mess!

I would have gone to bed way before, but first, I had to see Gray's Anatomy at 10, then I facebooked and burned a copy of Knocked Up (actually Kim burned it, I was just at the computer while the program ran), then I had to watch the movie, because I had to... Stop questioning my reasons...

Then finally, I just opened my Bloglines, and saw a Major backload of files. i guess I should check it more than once a week :-)

Discussion tonight During The Hour...

Actual Transcript:


Dude Roommate - Hey, isn't this the show with that George Stroumboulopoulos guy...?

Me - Yeah, it's The Hour. You know, George is my Boyfriend.

Dude Roommate - No, I did not know that (stifles a laugh).

Me - I just got an amazing Idea! I will change my name to Stroumboulopoulos! I mean, if I have to change my name, why go back to the old one?

Dude Roommate - Yeah, I mean, I would even change my name to Stroumboulopoulos if I could...

Me - That would be the best $200 I ever spent!!!