Blogging Mojo!

I think I have officially lost my blogging mojo!
I will try to get back to blogging soon!

We went to an Halloween party last night and I am so hangover today! Not used to drink anymore haha! I'm not 18 anymore, clearly!!!


A little update on the past few months:


-I finally graduated with my Master degree!

-I worked in Montréal for 2 months during the summer
-I FINALLY got a job in our hometown: I'm a French immersion teacher for immigrants
-We had to move into a new apartment in July (in the same city we were already living in!)
-My boyfriend also got a new fantastic job
-Life in general has been really busy
-I'm trying to adjust to working and not being a student anymore!


What's new with you?

Graduation Day - June 16th 2012 !!!

Tomorrow, June 16th 2012, is my graduation day from Université Laval (Québec city). I am so excited!

I graduate with my Master degree in French-Canadian Literature (M.A. - Master of Arts) and I could not be prouder of myself! It took me a lot of time to finish my Master degree but I finally DID it! I can say that this is my biggest achievement and the thesis I wrote might not be the best, but it's mine and I'm proud of it! I will have a 140 pages book with my name on it and this is the result of my hard work!

I look back on all those years (22 years) I was in school, pursuing an education and I can't help myself but think about my beginnings.

This is where it all started, in 1990, in kindergarden, when I was 5 years old. This is the year I started school and where I started to LOVE school... I have always been a good student. I loved homework! Teachers loved me and I loved them all. They were real role models for me, I thought they were so impressive! Grades were important for me and I wanted to only get A's. And I was getting A's and I was so happy and proud! I have always felt very encouraged by my parents, they were proud parents!

21 years later, I still love school and I think that education is SO important.  A higher education is the biggest gift you can give to yourself!!!

I'm not sure what I will do with my Bachelor's and my Master's degrees, but I know that my education will bring me a lot.

Tomorrow is my graduation day and it may mark the end of an era. I think that my educational career is over but I'm not sure yet!

Cheers to all students that have graduated in 2012 and I wish, for all of us, a lot of success!

Makeup girl!

While looking at old pictures with my mom, I found that picture that proves that I have always loved makeup!

Here I am at 5 years old!

I loved lipstick for sure haha!!!
And look at my hair! Crimped hair was so in!!!

Ten Random Facts About Moi!

1. I don't like big changes.

2. I can't stand people that think they are better than other people.

3. I love pink nail polish!

4. I want to lose 10 pounds. 

5. I love Québec city and I'm sad that we are not living there anymore. I lived there 6.5 years and it really felt like home. I want to move back there. 

6. I think I spend more money on my hair than I do on clothes. 

7. I hate math. I took Advanced Math in High School and I was so bad. I had to work so hard and I got C- senior year. 

8. I love fruit so much, I eat apples and pears all the time.

9. I'm sometimes jealous of other people.

10. I think I watch too much television!


Any random fact you want to share?

Life Lately and Menu Monday!

I have not written in a while on my blog, I didn't feel like blogging at all.

In the past 3.5 weeks, I have done a lot and a lot of things have happened, like those things:

• I am officially done with my Masters. I'm getting my diploma on graduation in Québec city on June 16th! I can't wait!

• I met my niece for the first time, she was born on March 30th. She is so precious!

• I have done more than 300 km of bike.

• I have done the 30 Day Shred!

• I lost 5 pounds.

• I have organized old pictures (more than 2000!) and it was really fun to go through more than 2 decades of pictures!

• I read 6 books, just for fun! 

• I began to write a novel! Not sure how it will turn out but I'm trying to write! 

Also, I'm leaving for Montréal in a few days to work for 6 weeks, as I do every year. I will stay at my sister's apartment and I can walk to work, I love it! I can't wait to be in Montréal, I love that city! I will miss Boyfriend of course, but I need to work! 

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It's the beginning of a new week! I have not done Menu Monday in a while!

Menu Monday


Monday: Tacos
Tuesday: BBQ pork chops, wild rice and a salad
Wednesday: Asian sauté
Thursday: Chicken tournedos, veggies and tomato salad
Friday: Pizza and feta salad

What's on your menu for this week?

Friday Confessions

• I confess that I would love to live somewhere else than the province of Quebec, temporally or permanently, I don't know! When I was young, my family moved to New Brunswick for 1 year, so I can say that I have lived in NB and Quebec! So I have been to New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, but never been to Western Canada. I would like to move to another Canadian province, like Ontario maybe, I really love Toronto! But Boyfriend hates Toronto! Boyfriend loves British Colombia, he has lived in Vancouver for a few months several years ago and he enjoyed it so much (warmer weather!)!

• I confess that I have a lot of stress going on in my life right now and I'm not sure how to deal with that.

• I confess that I have not worked out a lot in the past few days because our stationary bike was broken! But it is now repaired, so I can go back to my normal routine!

• I confess that I want to buy new books! I love books! And since I'm on a limited budget, I cannot! (Insert sad face here!)

• I confess that the house market here is insane! The prices of houses are so high and are totally unaffordable for us! I'm talking about $200,000 for an old mobile home! Or $360,000 for a 1970 bungalow that needs a lot of updates!

• I confess that I need to get a lot done today!

Happy Friday and happy weekend!!!