BFF Contest Update

So, after getting my score of 38/40 for my BFF contest, as mentioned, I was just happy that I didn't bite the big one.  And it wasn't the lowest score.  ROFL!  Yes, I know it's just a title for a contest, but for my competitive friends, I think you'll get it...just wanting to be the best/top.  WIN.  

I had forwarded the link to a couple of people to show my score.  And yep, 38/40.  I got comments like, "O, I would have given you straight 10s" or "a 9 for friendliness?!  Craziness!"  All sweet comments indeed.  

But I had this one friend make fun of me..."you got 40/40!  That's perfect!  How much of a higher score is there?"  ROFL!  I thought she was crazy but now I had to look.    Sure enough, 40/40.  Even my husband had a good laugh about it. 


Maybe she had a change in heart when I gave her straight 10s.  ROFL!  I must have guilted her into giving me a perfect score and not realized it.   I'll take it.  


Well, she's got 5 more dates and let's see what happens!!

BFF

I've been a long time listener of 95.3. It's a good station and I get what I need from it. One of the shows I really enjoy is the afternoon show with Kiah and Tara Jean. They have this awesome chemistry, they're funny and seem to always get themselves in trouble. I follow them on Facebook just to see what they're up to. A couple of weeks back, I saw a post for Tara Jean looking for a new BFF.


Here's the ad if you're interested: http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/TaraJeanNeedsABFF.aspx


I have always adored Tara Jean. I think she's stinking funny and pretty down to earth. And I really wanted to meet her...so yes, I entered the contest to hopefully be one of her 10 dates in 10 days. But I didn't hear anything back so I thought I was out of the running. Fair enough, lots of interesting people out there and maybe my set of frienship skills isn't what she was looking for. Granted, it was Kiah who was doing all the choosing. But I thought, good for me for entering because at least I tried.


Fast forward to yesterday. I was in the car checking my Twitter account...yes, killing a couple of minutes before I went to the restaurant that I was meeting friends at. And there were some tweets on Twitter by Tara Jean about this contest. So I sent a tweet back asking her if all the contestants had been chosen. She answered no, but asked if I entered.  I tweeted her back saying I did, I wanted to be Scrabble buddies and asked Kiah (who was also part of the tweet) to pick me! Seriously...what did I have to lose?


Because I was short listed for next week (I didn't know that) and there was a cancellation suddenly, I ended up going today to meet Tara Jean! SWEET.


As I was getting ready to head down to Edible Canada, I started getting nervous. Ummm...I didn't quite realize that "scores" were put up on the website. And I had forgotten that she gets to review me and I get to review her on air. Everybody who listens to the station hears about it. EEEEK. What if she HATES me and I end up looking like a tool?! I'll never find any new friends!!!


Of course I checked out the previous scores of previous dates. Dang. They got HIGH scores. This could be very bad for me. But hey, I just told myself to suck it up because I was going and I was going to meet someone I've always wanted to meet.


I made it down and got the restaurant early. Decided I was going to study the menu. Yep...pick a food that I wouldn't embarass myself eating. And before I knew it, she showed up and conversation ensued!


I had a good laugh about her picking menu items. I didn't realize she wasn't a red meat eater. At least she had options at this restaurant...one one of her previous dates, she ended up going to Chop Steakhouse. 


Anyways, she wasn't sure about the duck fat fries. Heck, I ordered the fish and chips meal because it HAD the duck fat fries on the side. So I just told her to try it...if she hated it, no big loss to her. But if she liked it, she could always order more. These were the food items we ended up with:

Fish and Chips

Rice flour tempura, sesame cilantro coleslaw, crispy duck fat frites

 Roasted North Arm Farm BABY Beet Salad

Whipped fraser valley goat cheese, mustard greens

Crispy Cauliflower

Spinnakers brewpub malt vinegar - opted out of the capers

Creme Brulee

Infused with Chai Tea

Can't remember what this one was...but chocolate something!

How well did I do?  Well, I probably won't end up her bff...but I didn't stink up the joint and embarrass myself.  That's always a plus.  

http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/Channels/TaraJeanNeedsABFF/story.aspx?ID=1641901

The radio interview will be up soon at:

http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/Blog/BFF/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10337007

At least the portion I heard on the radio today, she thought I was funny, she had a great time and good chemistry.   I had a really good time and I got a chance to try out a new restaurant.  Overall, really great conversation about a ton of stuff with a person I've never met before, great experience and so glad I did it.  


Alright, what am I going to try next?  =)   

Weekend

Well, the snow came...and thankfully, it didn't get in the way of my weekend. I'm all for snow...on the mountains. No need for it to be on the road! Anyways, Saturdays are always busy with lessons. Swimming and Mandarin for the kids. And it just takes pretty much the whole day because of the location of activities and the length of them. But I didn't have to miss taking my kids to lessons because of the snow. That's good. Sunday was a fairly busy one. Bit of clean up before we headed off to Toys R Us. One of my kids will be celebrating their birthday soon and she wanted us to take her to the toy store so she could choose her own gift. Fine by me! But we had to build enough time in there so she didn't feel rushed. She chose a number of packs of these toys called Moshlings. Well...she taught us how to look for ultra rare characters even though they were covered and they were supposed to be secret. LOL! The whole family spent 1/2 hour looking for these ultra rares. Whatever. She was happy. Then it was off to Timbuktu...or more like Whonnack. Holy smokes...in the middle of nowhere...but the family had to head out that way to attend a good bye party. This lovely family is moving to Calgary and it was their send off. And I wouldn't have missed it...this family really is lovely. But better yet, their whole extended family is amazing. I got to catch up with all of them and share so many stories. I find it so ironic because I know these people more than my husband does...and he's the one that introduced me to his friend that belongs to this family. So, some tears, lots of laughs, some great fun with the family...all around lovely weekend.

Mindfulness

I really believe in being mindful and present. This could be while having a conversation with someone, appreciating a place or just a moment in time. But you can't be mindful all the time. For me, I tend not to be very mindful when I'm listening to music! One of my favourite songs right now is Carly Rae Jepsen's new song called Call Me Maybe. It's a pick up tune, it's fun, it's pop, it's just cute and awesome! So think about me loving this song, singing to it while I'm driving and trying to do a right hand turn. Yes, I'm checking traffic...singing this song...and not noticing the guy's car in the next lane. And I'm totally mouthing the lyrics: Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, so call me, maybe? Yeah. He was lip reading. Yeah. He thought I was talking to him. Because, that's just me...constantly telling guys to call me. Poor guy. I probably frightened him away. Oh well, let's just say I'm glad he couldn't see my embarrassment afterwards!

Change of Website...Again!

Well, I really enjoyed the dynamic version of this website. I liked how photos could be separated, I liked the flipboard approach...but for a number of reasons, I've had to go back to a more static version of this website. However, I felt that a change was still needed. And maybe I'm feeling like I need some blue sky...so I went with more a blue themed type of background. It will do for now. And the blue makes me happy.

Marketplace

Tonight, I watched a taped episode of Marketplace. It's a CBC show that does have merit. However, I don't watch it often because I really can't stand most of the hosts. But tonight's episode was about Canada's stores with the worst customer service. They ended up being Zellers, Canadian Tire, and Walmart. Well, I can definitely agree with Zellers and Walmart. I don't go to those stores for customer service, I go there for the best price in something. But even then, sometimes I have to think about going. Canadian Tire has been hit and miss with me. But fortunately, I've found some folks there that are actually helpful. I have to admit I didn't last through the program because watching it was so brutal. I've had bad enough experiences that I don't need to see someone else's bad experiences. UGH. And seriously CBC, change the hosts on Marketplace. Yes, some of them are THAT bad.

Gold Coins

Every type of industry has a season. Right now, it's wedding fair season. All the ads are about wedding fairs. Yes, I've been to those, but no need to go those anymore. And for whatever reason, I've started to notice that it seems to be gold coin season. I don't know how many ads I've seen selling gold coins. There are ones to buy gold coins at Golden Eagle or ones from the mint. I've even seen them on FB (seriously, what keywords am I putting in to get these types of ads?). I haven't had the time to look into gold coins. And hey, I'd probably look at it if gold takes a big dive and I buy low. So I'll just look at the pretty coins at this time.