Summer Fun

Summer is upon us...at least that's what I keep telling myself. I officially left the world of retail and I am enjoying every single moment of it.
I am the Publicity Officer and Admin Support for the Congress of Black Women of Manitoba Inc., a mouthful to be sure.  i am currently organizing an event that is to be held at The Inn at the Forks on June 24th @ 8pm.  You should come!
I am so excited to be using the skills I learned in the past year to complete this task. I have deisgned a ticket and a poster and have been actively collecting great prizes and ensuring that we have excellent entertainment.
I am learning quite a lot in this process and I cannot express how good it feels to be doing something that you truly love...

Visit us at-http://www.facebook.com/pages/Congress-Of-Black-Women-of-MB-Inc/158647390864979
and give us a like!
Or go to our website to learn more about what we do...www.cbwc-manitoba.com/
You can also follow us on Twitter...   @TheCOBWofMBINC
Stay tuned, it's gonna be a hot summer!

The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz

Local playwright, Armin Wiebe describes his play as "a novel that wanted to be a play."  After years of working on the novel Wiebe decided to adapt it for the stage.  Wiebe says his play was lucky enough to have gone through alot of workshops, and benefited from input from a few different local writers.

Once his play got into the rehearsal stages, many things needed to be done to make it ready. from last minute editing, to speech training for the actors. On his choice for inspiration, "I liked it, and it's a recognizable piece," said Wiebe. A key component was that the Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz was played under dialogue and the open faced piano somehow connects the audience to the music.

The play is centered arouund a Menonite couple living in the 1930's. A love triangle develops between the the wife and midwife, Susch and Teen. The couple is yearning for a child but to no avail. Then a new arrival to their isolated farm changes all that and more.

Yeah

The past moth in Cre-Comm has not been without it's challenges...but I can honestly say that everything that I have  experienced thus far has definitely brought with it a positive aspect.
I have been fortunate in the fact that not only am I scheduled to quit my job in retail but I have lined up at last count 4 jobs that I will be doing this summer-The Summer of Siggy- that are directly related to my career aspirations.
I can now officially call myself a Publicist!!!  I can say I am a movie star too...shooting is over the summer...I can say that I am an event planner-June 24/25 is the date (details to follow).And most of all I can call myself happy and satisfied. I have no regrets about past incidents and look forward to an eventful next few months.

I have a list of things that I wanna do this summer and I will  be updating my blog with once I  complete them, with details...plz come back and read about my excellent adventures because my life is filled with nothing but...j/k but not really- til next week...stay sexy Winnipeg...

the company we keep

You lie with dogs, you get up with fleas...yah, my mom always told me that growing up...and for the most part I listened..."you're known by the company you keep" she said...That one I heard alot too...but we all like to think that we know better , that we can somehow avoid all these sayings and life will be grand...
Now, having a solid 3 decades under my belt in no way garauntees that I am wise or infallible...I know right?
Anyhoo the one thing in life that I know for certain is that I am confident enough in myself to avoid certain behaviours and practices that may be unresistable to others.

I have been called many things in my life, but although they have not always been positive, I welcome them if they were a direct result of a part of my personality that took me a few years to wear without regret..I am blunt, some say rude, outspoken...I like to think though that I am just real...I honestly just don't like to pretend...I always envied my older brother that gift he had of imagining that he was a sword fighter, sniper and even space alien. He would run around the yard just screaming his heart out...I on the other hand had to go grab a book, I just could not get into pretending to see something that was not there...

I daydream, dont get me wrong, but I cannot and will never try to be or act in a way that I am not absolutely true to...If I don't like something I act accordingly. Now don't get me wrong I am not a mean person, I will never intentionally hurt anyone, but I won't pretend...I treat people the way I want to be treated and expect the same...I am loyal to my friends and expect the same...Is that really asking too much?

You can run from alot of types of people in life, but you can never run from a liar...true story...If you cannot believe someone there is no trust and if there is no trust, tell me what do we have left...Some people make it a part of their everyday life to wear two faces...they smile and act friendly to people while murdering that person's character every chance they get...While they use them for their own gain...Some people are just made that way...

Now while I have been known to make the snarky comment or even express my intense dislike of someone, what you will NEVER see is me then facing that person all smiles and friendly...If I dislike you I simply stay away...and I welcome anyone else to do the same toward me...What is the use of being fake? Why do people feel the need to be that way...That takes up too much energy and is just plain unnecessary...

While my way may not be the best, it definitely is the most honest...and that's fine by me...
I am sure I am not the only one to ever be on the wrong side of that equation, in fact I know that I have been that person before...when I was 11 years old!  You kinda realise after a while that people just don't like that trait in people...

The best way to make friends is not to pretend, but to be yourself, because that HAS to be enough...Every day I leave my home and return determined to raise my kids in a way that I would love for other people I interact with to be...confident enough to know that they don't need to lie or pretend to make friends, to be good friends, to simply treat others the way they want to be treated...

Loyalty is a commodity in short supply so I encourage people to recognize when someone deserves it and dole it out accordingly...One of the best compliments I have ever been paid was that I was extremly loyal to my friends...That meant so much more to me that being told I was cute...cuz that was a given...lol...but seriously? I would rather be alone than to be surrounded by hypocrites...I would sit in a corner by myself rather than sit with a group of people I don't care for...does that make me a snob? probably...will i sleep better at night? damn right I will...cuz I looove sleep and I refuse to lose it over people that are not worth it...
I am pretty cut throat with my friendships...but...I try my hardest to be a good friend...and so I refuse to accept anything less than what I impart...

"This is my face...deal with it"...that pretty much sums up my view on life...but I say it with a genuine smile...

it's friday

Well it is, it's Friday.  Thank goodness for Rebecca Black cuz I would have never known.  All of us Cre-comms have been running ragged for the past month...so much to do but it's all coming to a head early next week. 
The place has been booked and schedules have been cleared for one afternoon anyway, to just pretend that everything before that day was a mere dream.  Hopefully the weather stays nice-ish and we can stuble through the streets freely without fear of wiping out in any snow banks.
Til then though its just a bit more grinding before the party can begin...

friday

Hi today is a great day it is Friday. Today kicks off a week long weekend for me...I get to sleep in on Monday...I get to go back to bed after getting the kids and hubby out the house...Yay!!!
This week will also be when I get all my stuff organised, sit down and do alot of writing and did I mention sleep in?  I think this week I will not leave the house until I absolutely have to...

I read, I saw, I conquered

Writing a book has always been a dream of mine.  I love books...I love books even more because you would not really guess it but they are the perfect subject to use when trying to hit on someone...that's right I used a book to flirt with my now husband of eight years, when we first met...lol...I met him in the library, for some reason people are always surprised when I say that...

It started simply enough, I was doing research for a paper on depression...what can I say I was new to the city and knew a total of three people, all family...and it was cold...anyway, so I braved the cold to the then Centennial Library and was making my way to the appropriate section when I spotted him...Long hair, intense eyes and the kicker? he could read, because he was, and also what he was reading, one of my all time favourite authors Dean Koontz...that was pretty much the clincher...So I approached him and asked him to show me where he got the book...lol...yah I am slick like that...

pic of the book that started it all...taken from Google images

 I dont know if I would ever self publish anything that I write, I would want to go the more traditional route of being turned down, over and over agai...why/? well i think that being able to convince someone that your writing is worth printing gives you a much btter sense of accomplishment...thats my personal feeling...I would however, use a book for shameless 'self-promotion' just ask the hubby ;)