Have a great Summer!

I am goin to the ranch...its become a reality today as I shopped with Dawn for some stuff for the ranch. I am goin to Eagles Nest Ranch in a couple of days and will be gone for the summer. The sad part is one of my good friends Mary is moving back to Ontario in a week and a half and this is the last couple of days I will see her for awhile. I will miss her tons. We have really gotten close in the last couple of months and its been great. Well I am excited for the ranch and also scared at the same time. I know I will do fine and it will be a great experiance...but there are other things on my mind and well I need to get over them. So everyone have a great summer and I will update my blog on the weekends so you all can see how my summer is goin. Nikki Out!

Summer is here

Well summer is now around the corner like it came fast...and I am off to the ranch for the summer this week. It's kinda scary and exciting all at the same time. I dont want to go and I do want to go its so confusing. But I know thats where I need to be for the summer so I am off. I am having one of those days where you just want to be alone but you know its not a good idea if you are left alone...you know those days everyone has them. No matter how much I am having I cant seem to get my mind off of certian things. Everyone seems to think I am overreacting or worring about stupid things but for real things are a bigger deal to me then they are to others. No matter how much someone tells you not to worry you still do. I am sure some of my friends are getting sick of me complaining or what they call it overreacting but for real I am sick of life sometimes...I just want to sit in my room and do nothing. I am laying it all out here because I am starting to think that sharing my life with the faceless world I see on here is better. Its better and makes me feel happier. I feel like I am alone at times and I know I am not because I always have God who is my daddy...I love that speaking of daddy's. Tomorrow is Father's Day...and I say who cares. Not an important day for me nope I dont celebrate it...no one to celebrate it with...my father left my mom before I was even born. And I dont see it as a big deal untill this day...my friends are all busy with their dads tomorrow and some of my other friends have their own plans for tomorrow and what am I goin to do...sit here by myself and pretty much toture myself with my thoughts. Yeah lame I know but whatever. Well I think I am done ranting for now...there may be more before I leave if not I will leave updates on the summer on here...let this summer be a change and come back new and stronger and refreshed.

I got my net back

Ok so this is what happend my internet was broken and I couldnt go on since monday...I know thats a long time I was going through withdrawl. But lets update on Nikki's life I have been hanging out with Jelea and Mary lots and thats about it...I have had an allright week. It was my last day of work today for the summer. I am leaving for Eagles Nest Ranch next week...I am excited but worried at the same time. Also Mary is leavin us soon and this is the last weekend I get to hang out with her its so sad. I dont want her to leave me...but life goes on and we have plans right girls. Hmm what else to say...so since I didnt have the internet I have done a lot more too and I have actually went to bed and yeah...wow my life is boring I dont know what to say...so I am out and will update before I leave again.

The weekend that time stood still...

Well this weekend was amazing there is soo much to say and I may forget some of the things I want to say...but here it goes. This weekend Mary, Jelea and I went to Regina we didnt tell anyone we were leaving or where we were going...we just wanted a girls weekend getaway and it was a blast. So we left friday after work and thats when the madness I mean fun started. The ride up to Regina felt quick and it was a blast with the three of us we laughed so hard and bonded a lot. So we got to Regina late I actually dont remember what time...we went to Jelea's aunts condo and had a dessert called creme brule(I dont know the correct spelling) and it wasnt bad but I prob wouldnt have it again. Then we went to bed cause we needed sleep and we wanted to get up early in the morning. Ok so 9:00am saturday morning came and we got out of bed. We had decided that we were going to get haircuts so off we went to get some hair cuts. Well that was the longest I have ever waited to get a hair cut. We waited forever while these older women took their time on these other peoples hair. Then we got ours...I got the most cut off my hair is now just below my ears. I like it tho...we also highlighted my hair as well. It was fun...while we were waitng we had constant crituqing going on from the critic also name Mary but it so funny. I had fun...so then after we all got hair cuts off we were to do some shopping oh and eat at Wendys. We went to Old Navy and we also went to Chapters(which we spent and hour and a half in), we went to the Roughriders store and I said go Eskimo's while in the store ha ha. Um we took some great pics around Regina. Then we went back to the condo and after that off to the farm. Well thats what we thought...we decided to go past the farm to get milkshakes from this supposidly amazing place...so we went to Indian Head ha ha and we got some funny pictures there too. We got these milkshakes and they were amazing oh my goodness I loved them. I needed batteries so I wanted to stop at this store...well you know how in scary movies there is always this sketchy store and when you go in something bad happens and you dont come out well that is what this store looked like I thought that I was not going to come out of this place...so in I went and they had all different kinds of batteries but not the ones I needed I was a little angry but got over it fast. So then Jelea took us to the farm where she grew up and it was cool to see that. Then we drove around this little town and looked at stuff and that was cool to. Now off to the farm(we should have been there by now) we needed to get there for supper...another scary moment for Nicole. You know how in scary movies the young adults always go down this long dirt road and something bad happens well thats what this felt like. I was actaully scared it was cool tho cause the water from the puddles were going higher then the car. Well we made it to the farm...this was a cool time. We went to the barn to play with the kittens but we didnt have much time cause we needed to have supper. We had a great meal...we had steak and potatoes and stuff it was awesome. After supper we went out to play in the rain and on the farm...it was like a step back in time and it was awesome...Mary got these rubber boots to go out in and Jelea and I just wore our runners. Oh man it was muddy out there...so we went back to the barn to play in the hay...then we went out to this big yard. We played on machinery and Mary played in a cow pattie...ha ha that was funny. Then we decided to climb hay bails...wow that was funny. I got stuck between two of them trying to get up I finally got up and was dirty and wet. Then I wanted down...ha ha I got down without falling. Wish I could say that about Jelea...she said guys its easy look yeah easy eh...she came down and hit a mud patch and wham fell on her butt ha ha that was funny...it was easy tho remember that. Then we went back in the houe for pie and to finish the hockey game. After that we went back into Regina to dye my hair and hang out for a bit. Then we went to bed and we slept in the next morning and didnt go to church we needed sleep. Then Jelea took us to this amazing restraunt mmm it was so good. Then we went to cosco...yeah that was kinda boring...then we went back to chapters on our way out of town(spent another hour there again...Mary finished a book she had started the day before) yeah that was fun too. The ride home was great too we had laughed so much this weekend and prob embarrassed our selves so much this weekend that it was awesome. Hey Mary...who is Pam Stenzel ha ha. This was a weekend for the memory books.

Ok for real I havent had this much fun in ages...like the title of my blog says this was the weekend that time stood still. It was like we were kids and we got to do whatever we wanted..it was like life didnt exist and there was nothing to think about or do. It was like straight out of a movie you know when girls go on a road trip and have the time of their lives and bond so much and its just amazing. I will never forget this road trip it was probably the greatest thing that has happend to me this year. I experianced something this weekend that was amazing...I got to experiance Sask differently which made me appreciate it more. I got to experiance a farm in a different way and it was totally awesome...but most importantly I got to experiance true friendship. These are two people that I can see myself knowing forever no matter how far apart we are. This weekend was like cement and it left our friendships concrete. I love the two of them and I am glad that I got to spend a weekend with them. It was truly unforgettable. I didnt even want this weekend to end...I have never laughed this much in my entire life time and it was awesome. I didnt even want to come home. I wanted it io last forever. Thanks guys for giving me an amazing weekend to leave all our worries behind and have a great time. We made a memory..and I will always love the two of you. Who would have thought Sask would be so much fun.

Be the world to them...

Their little hands and little feet are very busy
Sometimes you wish they weren’t
Their eyes that look at you and say love me
And at the same time thinking about what to do next
Their questions are so interesting
But sometimes inconvenient
Their arms swing at others
But also wrap around you
Their words so true and sometimes hurt
But other times they make you feel on top of the world
They are the world’s most precious gift
Sometimes you just want to get away from them
Their minds don’t fully understand
But at the same time so full of wisdom
The secret of life lies within them
They believe in you and believe you are the world
They believe they can do anything
Nothing is impossible
There is so much to learn from them
They are full of honesty, compassion, generosity, love, and patience
Yet they are looked down upon
And treated badly
And left to be alone
They deserve the world, so give it to them
They are children and cant speak for themselves
Nicole Andrews 22

This is a poem I wrote today. I love children so much and they are so important. And yet you hear on the news everyday that one has been abducted or killed. Its right in our own city...everyday at work I see a hurting child and they arent supposed to be hurting they are supposed to be left to be children. To enjoy the world...to be happy. I see everything from physically abused children to emotionally abused to children to children who are angry at the world. It breaks my heart to see that the world is so cruel that children even have to deal with it. Adults are the world to a child they look up to you. And yet we still break their trust...and yet we still dissapoint them. Everyday we are destroying the worlds future...everyday we are ruining a piece of happiness in one childs life. There is so much to learn from them...they know how to dream...they know how to believe in you and most important they know how to cheer you up when you are sad. They care about you and always ask whats wrong...they will never let you down. Then why are we letting them down? Why arent we making the world a better place for them? They believe in you. Then why dont we believe in them? I jsut want to say next time a child is just getting on your nerves and you are getting frustrated with them. Next time you look down on a child. Next time you think that someones child that is throwing a fit in wal-mart is bad. Next time you think those thoughts. Think what did we do to make them like that? What can we do to make it better? Be the world to a child...they will never let you down.

I want to be like an ant

I want to be as strong and as big as an ant. Ok now before you say here goes Nicole again or get weirded out think about this...an ant can carry 20 times its body weight now imagine if we could do that much work. Also ants are very fast the legs of the ant are very strong so they can run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse. Wow that would be cool...so you are probably wondering why I got on this topic. Well I was watching an ant pull a feather today and I was thinking how amazing it is for that little ant to carry such a big item. Did you know ants are a very neat and tidy creature too. They work really hard thats all they live for its crazy. Now think about this if humans could get as much work done as an ant you know how many things would be finished in this world. If we were as dedicated to our work as an ant we would all love our jobs and be good at them. I was a little stressed out about work today but watching this ant made the stress disapear. And now lets look at the size of an ant...its very small and not many people notice the work that they do...there is something there that I want...yeah I want to do all that work but not get credit cause God deserves all the credit...but just think being that small and getting all that work done...people would know its God then. I think there is some truth in an ants life we need to be more like the ants. Now dont get me wrong they are annoying and pesky at times. But think about their size and strength. To me thats powerful. God made ants for a reason they have a purpose and maybe to teach us something. I dont know you may think this is lame but I got revelation out of an ants life today. I want to be like an ant small but powerful.

Where is my prince charming?

Sometimes I hate being a girl....being so emotional and feeling so helpless. Dont get me wrong it has its ups too but for real. God wired us so weird and I sometimes hate it. Like you all know I am 22 years old and soon I will be 23 and there is no guy in sight even for me. I thought there was but I guess I was wrong about it. Hmmmm maybe I will be single for the rest of my life I dunno but soon it will be like I am old and never have anyone....and be alone forever. Ok I am sure most of you didnt expect this to come from me...cause yes I am happy being single I got true revelation on this...but I dont want to be single for the rest of my life...I am almost mid twenties and I want something to happen you know for me to meet him and hang out with him as a friend and then a relationship bloom. I dream of that. My knight in shining armour with his white horse coming to rescue me from this nightmare I am in....thats who I want. And I am ready. Ok yeah I know I am prob not but for real I want it to happen. Well I dont know what else to say I just wanted to rant about this for a bit and now that its out I am good.

Dreams do come true!

Well everyone I had a great day. Today marked a new chapter in my life. I graduated college. You see in high school it was something I was never interested in I didnt want to go to college...so I took three years off. Then after that I went to the Medicine Hat College and embarked on a new journey one that I thought was going to be easy. Well wasnt as easy as I had thought but it was a good trip. Some people try to tell me it was an easy program and that it wasnt as important as becoming a doctor but you know....I am still proud of it. This program was a two year program and it is called Early Childhood Development. It was fun and I learned a lot for the most part when I went to class...and when I stayed awake and payed attention...so for the two days in the entire two years that happend I learned a lot...ha ha just kidding I payed attention for more then two days. But anyways the odds were against me and graduating college was only a dream that I thought I would never attain but I did. And it was great. So all you people in high school who thought that I would never make it....I did! A dream came true today. Also thank you for those of you who came to my grad it really meant a lot to me. I really wanted to celebrate it with my friends who stuck by me through the whole thing...thanks guys. Also to those who remembered about me this day thank you for everything the cards and the flowers...I didnt expect it all I wanted was to be in good company but I got that and more. I am truly thankful. I am now a Childcare Professional and I am going to do this job as best as I can. Thank you God for this gift and the chance to go to school and a chance to beat the odds.

Life Happens

Life happens no matter how much you want to stop it...no matter how much you just want time to stand still it wont. I love my life at times but there are times when I just want time to stop so that I can enjoy that moment as long as possible. I am sure you guys have felt that before. Like when you are having an awesome time with a friend you never get to see...you just want that moment to last forever. Expecalliy if that friend makes you feel like you are important and that nothing else in the world matters..ohh sorry I got lost for a second. Anyways I am at a point in my life that I have to grow up and move on in life. God has these amazing plans for me but sometimes I feel like I am getting pushed into them too fast..I know I am 22 and its time for me to grow up but for real I dont want to. Sometimes when I am sitting here its hard for me to think of myself as an adult with a career and living on my own. I always sit here and remember the time when I was a child and nothing seemed to matter and our biggest problem was who was going to be what in our imaganitive play. The world did stop and those moments lasted forever. Why cant I have that still why cant the world stop now. Was it the world stoping? Or was it that we werent as busy then and time didnt matter? Well I dont know but I always sit here and remember those times when and it was my favorite time in life. I have to realize that people come and go in my life and I have to realize that my friends are growing up too and that they are moving on to new and exciting places. I have to start realizing that they are stepping into what God has for them and they will not always be around. Its almost like the world wants you to loose your imagination and become numb to your suroundings. So that when bad things happen or people leave you then you dont care...heck its not a bad idea to become numb. I am willing to give it a try. Who needs people anyways...God is what we need right? I dont want to stand in the way of my friends lives so its better if I move over to the side and let them do what they want. Let them be who they want to be...even if it tears me up inside. Even if I feel like a part of me has died. There are certian people in my life that I have given my heart to and some of them kept and protected it dearly and some of them have torn it apart. I love my friends no matter how they treat me. I will always remember them and they will always have a special place in my heart. But there is one thing I cannot do and that is stand in the way of their dreams and destiny. So I will move to the side.

How long does it take 4 ADD people to get home from Edmonton?

Our trip home from edmonton started us leaving Dawn's house so that we could get on the road early and heading to Ikea.>insert irony here< Well we went to Ikea and this store was amazing so we looked around for a bit then we waited and waited...then istead of waitng we decided to go wendys for some food...and we waited some more. So finally we were done waiting and so we got on the road with full stomachs and even fuller bowels. So Kurtis, Justin, Jelea and I were in a car together enough said. We get on the road and start driving so as we are driving we are eating pisatchios and sour soothers and whatever else was in the car at this time. We are having a grand ole time then...

Kurtis: Nicole sharted. Jelea sharted. Justin REALLY sharted, Will someone save me? In the name of all that is holy…please…

...the flactuents start and now the car smells man it was great. So we get to innisfile(I dunno how to spell the name of the town). We stopped there to get drinks and go to the bathroom. DOLLER STORE??? SHINY CONFETTI!!! So we went to the grocery store and then we saw a doller store and decided to stop there to see what they had. Well Justin and Kurtis bought these toy guns that shoot confetti they were awesome...those entertained us for about five minutes. So we all get back into the car to drive home. So has we are driving the smell is getting thicker in the car and we are laughing too hard to do anthing it was a great time. So we get to calgary...I thought we were goin around calgary but we didnt. We then were like hey lets go to peters drive-in...so we were drving down a road and then all of a sudden we were like hey its not this way...so we back tracked and went the other way...FOUND IT. So we got some milkshakes and fries mmm that was good. So now we get back into the car with or bowels ready to explode. So we are driving down the road and I really had to go to the bathroom and so did Jelea and Justin and wait Kurtis did too...so we stopped at bassano to go to the bathroom...so now that we are relieved we can continue our trip. So on the road we go so we are driving down the road...and we get to brooks someone says hey lets confetti Andreas car and I was like yeah...Justin asks do you know where her house is and I said yes. So we turn into brooks...We take the the first turn towards her house then we are driving down the road and Justin is like now which turn and I was like that would have been the one we just passed...so we back track some more. Slowly we are getting lost in brooks so I phoned Andrea pretending that I was sending a package to her and asked her what her address was. So we get the adress and we find her house and knock...so we spent a bit there talking with her and her parents and telling them about our adventures. So then finally we get back on the road again on our way home. Between Justin, Jelea and I we were having the car smell pretty bad it was so great. So finally we get back to Medicine Hat at midnight...home sweet home. We pretty much laughed at ourselves because we kept getting distracted by things to do. So the anser to how long does it take for four ADD people to get home from Edmonton is 7 hours. Yes thats correct I said 7 hours...we wanted to be home at 9 but things jsut kept happening. I wouldnt have traded it for anything the ride home was probably the best part of my weekend. There was more to my weekend but I just wrote this because its funny and the highlight of my weekend...dont get me wrong YC was good this year too but I will never forget the car ride home. Well its 1am and I have to work tomorrow so I am goin to bed...Nikki out!

Future

Well since there are people who think that I needed a new post I will post...also it truly has been awhile since I posted so here goes it. I just got home from the movie Over the Hedge...I think thats what its called and I was hangin with Jelea cause well we havent hung out in forever and it was a good time. So my week has been allright up untill today...I have had a pretty stressful day at work and to me it doesnt normally happen considering I love my job. Ohhh tuesday I preached at my faithworks class it was one of our assignments and I think I did very well...God spoke through me and it was like wow...it was cool. Funny thing is I was thinking of a good blog today and I forgot what it was about. Ohhh you know what I have been thinking about latley...destiny and the future...mostly because I think thats the theme in the young adults in med hat. They all want to know where they are going and what God is going to do for them. Me included but today I got great revelation on this topic...If we knew our next step the question in would we want to take it...If God showed us His plan would we be ready for it? Would we want to go where He wants us to go? I think God doesnt show us for that reason...because think about this we already think that we cant do things we already think that we are no good...if God told us the plan the devil would just have more lies to throw in our face so I think that God doesnt tell us so that we can have less to worry about. And why not be happy with just God...who cares what our future is like because right now we have God and He is not going to lead us into somewhere bad. If God wasnt with us we would have no future. Also your future just doesnt fall into your lap you have to work at it...you have to sweat a little. So as you are working and as you sweat you leave marks along the way. So then when you get ahead and look back you can see the marks that you have left along the way and be happy because you actually worked for something. Right now in my life I am not worrying where I will be in a few years I dont care you know why cause I have God directing my steps and I gave up looking. I am doing what He told me to do right now and the future will come. I have hope in my Father and future...hope means to look forward to in confidence and expectation...and I am confident in my God that He will give me the desires of my heart. So I pray that you...all my friends see this too and I pray that the revelation I have gets into your knower and that you guys start walking in it. Remember be faithful with the little so that God can give you the big. Have a great rest of your week everyone. Nikki Out!

Next Chapter

So I have been tryin to write a blog for the last couple of days now but I didnt know what to write. But I think I got it. I have been sitting here these last few days thinking about my life...I have lived for 22 years I know that is not along time considering people can live to one hundred or longer. But in the 22 years I have lived I have been through a lot. I have had dreams and dreams have been broken, I have had great freindships and broken friendships, I have failed and succeeded, I have lost and won, I have ran and walked. In my life I have done many things and everything that I have been through was a great learning experiance even tho I didnt think so at the time. You are prob wonderin why I have been thinkin about this well lately I have been thinkin about my future. About what God has for me and how its all goin to pan out. You know what else I have been thinking about...is I am graduating college in a couple of weeks here and in high school no one ever thought I was goin to do it. But here I am graduating college not like I took a hard program or anything it was actually pretty easy but I am doing it...I have finished a very important chapter in my life. And it is pretty exciting. Now I sit here and think I am 22 with a career...wow thats cool and sounds awesome. I have come to a realization today as well and that is I am not a failure. I have done something that many people thought I would never do. So as I sit here and think about my life I realize that in the last 22 years I have put my mark on many people's lives and affected lives and the best part is I have lived. Now I sit here and go on to the next chapter in my life as a young adult with a career and not only that but a purpose.

update

I dont really know why I am posting I dont have much to say but I wanted a new blog. So lets see whats new...well its offically dawns birthday today...HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN. I had an all right week I got to hang out with mary for most of it and this weekend was allright too...until i got hit in the leg with a baseball twice in the same spot...man that hurt. Mothers day was good...ummmm lets see. I am struggling with some stuff tho...the enemy keeps lieing to me and tellin me that I shouldnt go out to the ranch this summer and he keeps tellin me that i cant do it...even tho i know i can. ummm I am really worried about who i will be in a cabin with I would feel more comfortable if it was with someone that i know...i dont want to be with someone i dont know...ummm lets see what else can i say...i am supposed to be in bed right now mom has spoke aka dawn...but i am not cause i am not obediant ha ha ha...anyways thats an update talk to you all later.

Sick as in gross

You know whats sick Echinacea its the worst thing in the world...I have been takin it since friday and its so gross. You drink it and as it goes down it burns man its gross. You know what else is bad the vitamins I have been taking they are grape flavor and they are sour and not good. I am taking these items because of a lovely friend of mine one who is concerned about my health...man I am happy I have her as a friend but they could have made this stuff taste better. I just felt like I needed to tell the world about this sick stuff...I was bored of serouis blogs I had to tell you about somethin gross. Everytime I take them I cringe in fear because I know what its goin to taste like. The worst part is the smell of the echincea it smells like it tastes and thats not good. Well I dunno what they are supposed to do cause all this week I have felt sicker then ever so yeah I dunno...well I am out...just remember what is good for you isnt always fun.

Hangin by a string

Well I did go to work today but I left early telling them I was sick...which I do feel ill but I think what I feel more of is sadness and pain for a friend. I just feel like the last few weeks I have been hangin by a string...slipping everyday. Now I know some of you who read this are goin to think there she goes again and why cant she just get up and stay up...well I think that all the time about myself. This time is different...I am not giving up on Christianity or God. I just am not trying as hard anymore...I am completly empty and I cant run anymore. I am tired and I feel like I cant handle anything thrown at me anymore. Life is so weird. There are times when I feel so happy and times where I just want to hide and never come out. Today my heart feels sad and broken and I just need to be alone for a awhile. I do this often where I shut the world out of my life but you know what sometimes I come out better and sometimes its worse...I never know untill I actually do it. Some people will try to convince me that its bad but whatever. I am hangin by a string and its getting harder to hold on but I am goin to try to never let go untill my feet are on solid ground and I no longer have to hold on to a string. So for now if you are praying for me it would be best to pray for strength and just for God to be there with me to hold me and guide me. Thank you all of you for being there.

Pretty Sweet I guess

This weekend was pretty sweet for many reasons. I went to Edmonton and I got to see Dawn and hang out with her all weekend and I got to see her mom which I love…I love her mom she is inviting and caring and fun…sometimes I wonder why I was born into the family that I was born into…I love my family but it may have been easier if I could have talked to my mom about things and if she was more inviting. Now don’t get me wrong I know that all families have their problems and are not perfect but sometimes I just wish things were different. Anyways I know there is a purpose for me being in the family that I am in. Anyways back to the weekend, it was pretty cool some stretching happened this weekend and it was soooo good for me and I don’t think I would have been able to do it on my own. My friends are very supportive about things and help me a lot and I really appreciate it. Dawn is such a good influence on me and I think this kind of relationship we have was something I needed. And so Dawn I know you read my blog and I want everyone to see how much you mean to me…Thank you for this weekend…thank you for everything you have done for me and thank you that you for all the times you have been there for me…and even tho I am three years older than you thank you for being mom like to me…ha ha I really need that in my life. I love you tons and you will always be someone I keep in touch with. Ok back to my weekend, So Friday we got to Edmonton and went to the West Ed mall that was all right…then we went to the cheesecake café…mmmm cake I like cake…sorry I got lost there for a sec. Then we went back to Dawns house and hung out there that was fun until I got mad at mau…ha ha games they are fun. Then Saturday came and we went shopping on White Ave I like that street it is a good time. We went up and down the street looking for one specific thing and I cant say it on here right now Mary can tell you after she gets it…ha ha anyways then Dawn took us to see the outside of the Parliament Building ok now for those of you who don’t know me that well yes I love politics and I love things like goin on tours of things like that I have never seen the parliament building in Alberta so I though ok lets go. So she sowed us the fountains that you are aloud to swim in I thought that was cool. Then we decided to see if we can get into the building but we couldn’t it was locked. So we started walking away and we were walking past this door so in my head I thought I wonder if its locked…so I went to open it and it actually opened I was like wow and so Dawn and Josh and I went into this little building…we ended down in these tunnels underground that were pretty cool…turns out we were not in the parliament building and then a tour guide is walking past us with a group of people and he is like do you guys want to go on a tour and I was like YEAH…so he took us on a tour…turns out it was a tour of the parliament building so I got really excited we actually got a tour of this building now this building was amazing it was so beautiful I enjoyed it so much. I think I was more excited then the other two but I am also kind of a geek when it comes to things like that. So I learned some interesting facts about the government of Alberta and this building…ok so when the building was first built in 1905 it would have cost 4 million to build that was when pop was 5 cents today that building is worth 400 million…that’s a lot of money eh. Also the tour guide showed is where there was a bullet hole in the brass door of an elevator where there was a live shooting in the parliament building I thought that was cool. He told us how Alberta got its name which was an interesting story here I will tell it…this guy wanted to name the province after his wife and her name was Lousie Caroline Alberta and well Lousie was too close to lousiana in and Caroline was too close to North Carolina so Alberta it was…pretty cool eh. Well now he showed us where Ralph Kleins office was he has a whole wing to himself that’s sweet. The he told about the mace which this is kind of a lame tradition. Ok so they have to have this mace in the meeting room or else they cant have a meeting that’s kinda like an idol is it not but whatever. Then we went into the chambers and he told us about how they have meetings and why they do certain things that they do today here is two traditions that they still do today…one back in the day they chose a speaker…the speaker is the person who sat in the front and made up laws…well this job was not liked because if the other people didn’t like the laws that the speaker chose they would kill him on the spot…so they had to drag the speaker up and throw him into the chair…well today they don’t kill you if you make up bad laws but they still grab the person and take them to the front and put them in the chair..the next fact is back in the day they used to carry swords and in these meeting you always had to have your hand on your sword just in case of a fight so you didn’t have two free hands to clap when you agreed with something so they just banged on the desk with one hand…even tho we don’t carry swords today they still bang on the desk with one hand today. Yep I learned that at the parliament building…now I also go to see this really cool thing. There is this spot in the parliament building that is called the magic spot I will explain…on the main floor there is this fountain and on the fith floor there is this spot that you can stand on and it sounds like the water is pouring just above your head this is very cool we all took turns standing this spot and it really did sound like it. Well I learned a lot more about the parliament building but I am only half way through my weekend and this is getting really long. So if you want to know more I can tell you later. The crazy part is I never remember anything about anything and I remember the entire tour it was amazing…I guess if you are interested in something its easier to pay attention. Well then after that we went back to Dawns house to have supper and by this time Scott was done getting his tattoo and so we got to see it and it was cool if you want to see it I am sure he will put it on his blog so you may be able to see it there. So then we watched saving private ryan that night. Then Sunday we went to church which I love Dawns church it is so fun cause it reminds me of my home church. Ummm then we had a BBQ lunch at her sisters and that was fun cause we got to hang out with her sister and her husband it was cool. Then we drove home and its fun cause I was with Scott and Josh and Melissa and we got to talk and have fun in the car nothing like goin on a fun weekend with good friends. I had a great weekend and am excited to go back in three weeks. My highlight of the weekend was hanging out with Dawn and was the parliament building and everyone knows that as you can tell that’s what this whole blog is about ha ha and I am sure I will be talking about it for the next week ha ha. Well I had a great weekend and I am glad to be back home and see all my other friends Monday is also going to be great day I am looking forward to hanging out with Mary…well talk to you all soon and I put up an awesome pic of the inside of the parliment building.

Just a note

Well just a little note saying I will be gone for the weekend Josh, Scott, Melissa and I are off to Edmonton to have a great weekend. Its 2:39am right now and I cant sleep cause my roommate has friends over and its really loud my alarm is set to ring at 6am so well lets just hope I am not cranky for the car ride ha ha. Anyways I hope you all have a great weekend and see you on monday.

Interesting Day

I really dont know how to write this post cause it sounds kinda lame no matter how I say it. Ok so we took the kids at work today to the cinderella play at the college right. And we all know the story of cinderella so we know that she wishes to go to the ball and have a beautiful dress right. Well she was singing this song about wishes and stuff and it was amazing I have been emotional these last of couple of ...

ok time for a break. this is Scott now. Scotty II Hotty. So what's up everybody? i've never blogged before. it's a new experience. i don't think i'll ever do it again. so enjoy this. this is nice and random. i like random. everybody likes random. don't you. that's not a question. that's an order. you do like randomness. well, the intermission is now over. i'll give it back to nicole now.

...days so this really got to me. So when the fairy godmother came to her she sang this song that said beauty is not what is on the outside but what is on the inside. Ok now lets catch you all up I struggle with seeing myself the way God sees me so God sees me as beautiful right and I struggle with that. So when the fairy godmother sang this song all of a sudden it hit me. I am beautiful...God sees that I am beautiful...I really am. I know this sounds like a lame way to get and so many people have been trying to get into my head but I actually got it today.

The girl in this play sang a song about wishes and wishing and them coming true and it was just sooo amazing. Cause it's like dreams and and just keep believing in them and they will come true. Cause think about it cinderella has no reason to be happy she has to do all the work in the house and she wears rags. But yet she is really the happiest person in that play because she has her dreams still and no one can take that away from her. Now its weird how I got all this out of a children's play but it was so amazing. I also think I just rambled on in my own little world but hey its my blog and the title is called inside the mind of Nikki. Oh and sorry for the interuption of scott he decided he wanted to try to blog. Well that is all for now I will keep you all updated on my life.

Always thinking

To be or not to be that is the question? Ha ha that has nothing to do with my blog I just wanted to write that. Anyways life is busy as usual and I spend my evenings thinking which for me could be a dangerous time. I think a lot about my life and about where I am going and what I want to acomplish in life. There are so many things that I want to do in life but sometimes I feel like there is no time. We work five out of the seven days there are in a week(well those of us that are lucky to have a monday-friday job) but my lifes goals dont include working that much. Dont get me wrong I love my job and I love what I do...like I have a career and I am only 22 some people dont get their careers till later on in life. Its amazing...I'm not even mad. Anyways I am the type of person who needs change and I am hoping not to be doing this job for the rest of my life. I want to travel(which I have never done in my life unless you count not leaving your province or going to the province which we dont speak of) and I know there is going to be opportunity to travel cause I am going to Ontario in January and to Europe in the future but that is only part of this world. I want to see Italy and China and believe it or not I want to travel the States. I also have this other dream that I have never told anyone but here it goes. You know how in school you read about these people who changed something for the better...like their names are in your test books. Well in college we read about all these people who changed childcare to the way we do it today. Well I have some interesting things in my head about doing childcare that are not yet heard of, not yet written about and I want to be that person to write about it and have my name in a text book. I want to be the person that changes they way people see childcare so that a few years down the road the name Nicole Andrews will be studied in college. Thats what I want to do. There are so many things that people arent doing in childcare that I see and want to change. God gave me these eyes that see things different then others and I want to use that for good. I want to do something about it and I will. Well thats one of my dreams and I know someday that dream will no longer be a dream but a reality. For now I am going to keep living my life and keep walking to see where God is going to take me.

Changes

So I dont normally make long term goals but lately I have. Some of you know them I am goin to work at my daycare for two years then open up a daycare here in the hat. But I think I changed my goals. I am gonna still work at the daycare for two years. Then I think I am gonna move away. I may move to Ontario if I find out I like it when I go up in Jan. In two years I am definitly going to do the Europe thing tho even if I have to go by myself I am doin it. Then I think I may settle down somewhere else. I need a change...I need newness if you know what I mean. I like change and well I love my city of Medicine Hat and I do have a heart for here I will never forget my roots. But there are things I also need to leave behind. I know some of you are thinking what happened to my Edmonton dream for the last three years I have been thinkin of movin to Edmonton but I am not sure I want to anymore. At one point in time I was thinkin of movin back to Calgary where I was born but I think Ontario all the way to the other side of Canada would be a good idea. I need out of Alberta. Well enough me rambling about moving. I dunno what else to say so talk to you all later.