teh adventures of jess and heather...

Another girls' night out, and more adventure than we've had in a while. We usually seem to attract some attention - we can't help that we're two very attractive women, after all - but last night was more than usual. It was rather entertaining. Seemed like everywhere we went someone would start talking to us, or sending us drinks, or wanting to play pool with us. Seriously, they were all over the place! We started at Aardvarks Blues Cafe - it was fairly uneventful there, had a couple of drinks, listened to the live music, then went to Old School Club for a bit. Had a couple of drinks there. That was where the guy sent us drinks. We were standing at a table, drinking our drinks, chatting, people watching, etc, and this guy came over with two drinks and said some guy at the bar had sent them. Interesting. Then I went to use the bathroom and came back and there were two guys chatting with Heather. lol. Nice enough guys, though the one that then started chatting with me was a bit dull - not really all that interesting. I was ready to leave shortly after that.

Our next stop was The Honest Lawyer, to play some pool. It's our favorite pool hangout. So we drank some beer, shot a game of pool, and then left. Chatted with the doorman a bit on our way out - we are known at some of these places now - and then went to Koko Pellies. It's an older crowd there mostly. I like hanging out there. While we were at the bar about to order drinks a couple of guys came and started talking to us. Younger guys. Our age. They were rather interesting to chat with though. No dull conversation there! Talked about music and stuff. Got me wishing again that I had some musician friends to play with, maybe be part of a band again. I miss that stuff! Anyway, that was interesting and entertaining. We closed that bar - they were sweeping up as we were walking out the door. lol. Been a long time since we stayed that late! Was nice to have some good conversation though. But wait, the night didn't end there!!!

So we left Koko Pellies, the guys we were chatting with went somewhere to eat, and we decided to check in with my bar owner buddy and see if he wanted to hang out for a bit. He's always told me if we ever wanted to hang out after hours to just give him a call. Didn't reach him on his cell, but as we were standing in front of his bar trying to call him, someone came to the door, asked who we were and let us in. So we hung out with Pat and a bunch of his guys for a bit. And again, had some stimulating conversation with one of his bartenders. A really nice guy, seemed really honest and down to earth. Older - but didn't look it. We were both shocked when we found out how old he was! lol. He had some good stuff to say though, good view on things and good advice. We got to talking about relationships and differences between men and women and communication and stuff. Very interesting convo! Very insightful and made me think about stuff and realize what I need to work on with how I communicate in my relationships. It's always nice to get good advice from guys about shit like that.

So that was our interesting night. A good girls' night out, I would say - though my body might have argued with that this morning. Oy! I need to remember to drink more water when I go out, so I don't end up feeling like that! It's not pretty.

And that's it for this chapter in The Adventures of Jess and Heather....

christmas meanderings

Christmas time is here again. It seems to come faster every year. It's the first Christmas I won't be home with my family - I will in fact be all alone Christmas morning! I am slightly depressed about that, but what can ya do? It's got me thinking about all the different traditions and how we usually spend Christmas day at home. It's got me appreciating the little things. One of my favorite Christmas traditions is the stockings. Not so much for anything that was put in them, but just for the fun of opening them up Christmas morning, sitting in the livingroom with the little ones, and the older ones, and eating candy before breakfast. lol. We'd sleep under the Christmas tree and Destiny and Whitney would be up early, so that what I'd wake up to - them opening their stockings, or watching veggies tales or early morning cartoons. Then we'd have a leisurely breakfast with the whole family - omllettes and vegetarian breakfast sausages and hashbrowns, or something else special and different. After breakfast, when the dishes were all done and the food put away, we'd open gifts. In my family we always draw names, since there's so many of us. So someone would start and give their gift, then the person they had would open the gift, then give the gift they got for the name they had. Christmas was never extravagant for us, but it was a special time to spend with the whole family. We'd sit around and play card games or chat or watch a movie all together. That's what Christmas is to me. Christmas Eve we'd always go out to my grandparents' for supper and visit with them for a while. And there would be lots of Christmas goodies. Fudge, cookies, fruit balls, maybe fruit cake. And we always have a big family dinner with my dad's side of the family too. But this year, I am going to miss all of that.

I won't be completely alone all Christmas. I'll be spending a bit of time with Jon and the kids this afternoon, then going to my place for the evening - might hang out with a couple of friends tonight, as I don't really want to sit at home by myself for Christmas eve. Then tomorrow I'll probably be having Christmas dinner with Jon. But it's the waking up on Christmas morning alone that I'm depressed about. It certainly won't feel like Christmas this year! But I guess it could be worse. I do have gifts to open, and I did have people to buy gifts for as well. It's just the little things I'm missing - but those are the ones that are felt the most...

timeless

earth forges a desire
within her ancient waters
unseen
as the essence of dreams
is born in timeless treasure

christmas time is here again...

Yes, I realize it's been a while. I am fully aware of the fact. But you're lucky I keep a blog at all, so I don't want to hear you complaining, ya hear?

Let's see, what has taken place since last I spoke with you? Not a whole lot, it seems. I am still working at the Caffe - and still enjoying it. Two or three shifts a week there is good for me, but not too much. The people I work with are pretty cool, and it often actually cheers me up to go into work! How bizarre, eh? Our Christmas party was last weekend. Jon went with me. It was an okay party. Was the Caffe and the Caffe owner's husband's business office as well - so there were two groups of people there, and most of them I didn't even know. The Caffe staff were put in the back room and it felt like we were at the kids' table. Not too cool. The food wasn't that great either. But it was all paid for. Open bar and everything. Wasn't too bad of a time. I actually ended up getting to know Jon better, and had a great time chatting with him. It was a sexy, romantic evening with him. My favorite kind. The next day was not so fun though. I was sick. And drinking the night before did not help the cold/flu that I had going on. I had to go in to work at 10 and I felt like shit all day. Woozy and nauseous. Not cool. I was sick for about a week there - part of the time it was like a cold, part of the time like some kind of flu. Very weird. And very not fun. Yes, yes, I know... I need to start taking vitamins, and eat more fresh fruit, and all that good stuff. I know! I've been telling myself that too.

I am getting excited about Christmas. Going to be doing some baking sometime this week. Actually, Heather is going to come over one day and we're going to bake up a bunch of goodies. I have a number of recipes I want to try - including of course my traditional maple fudge. It wouldn't be christmas without it, so don't worry, it's on the top of my baking list! Going to be a good time for sure! Jon has already put in his hint for shortbread cookies. He's cute. So those are on the list as well. It will certainly be a good time. Put on some christmas music, maybe have some wine, and of course sample what we make!

I need to do stuff like that more often. I really enjoy baking and doing crafty artsy stuff, but I never take the time for it. Lately I've been just craving it. Craving the opportunity to be creative and make something yummy or beautiful or unique. I should start sewing again. I love making quilts - and have all kinds of material saved just for that. I just need to start doing it again. The only problem is I don't really have a space to do it. I need a room somewhere that is just for things like that - for sewing, crafting, etc. With a dresser or shelves or something to organize all my crafty things, a place to keep a sewing machine, and plenty of space to work and create. Ahh, I'm dreaming now...

Well, t'was lovely chatting with you, but I must be on about my day now... Farewell, dear reader! Until next time...