The Dirty Thirty

Today is a big day, today is my big sisters 30th birthday! Although we may have only spent one birthday together in the last 12 years, I thought I would take moment to celebrate this milestone for her.

Many of you have come to know her has Crystal Cattle, Crystal Blin or the blonde lady with the camera in her hands. To me she has always been my big sister. As with most sisters we have had our differences, but she has always been there for me when needed.

We started out in the show ring together, piled the make-up and hair spray on for dance performances, and have been lucky enough to be each others Maid of Honor. Through our travels we have even found a way to "bring" each other along for the journey to NYC and Australia.

"Crystal" in the NYC subway

"Stacy" checking out the zoo

Over the last 30 years we have all been blessed to get to grow up and know Crystal. Things have changed a bit since 1985. Simmental heifers have gotten a little less leg and a bit more red. The clothes are a little less poofy and the hats a little lower.

Cyrstal's first show

Mom, Grandpa, Crystal & Dad

Regardless of how things have changed, we all want to wish you a great 30th birthday and many more memories in the next 30 years!

Birthday Boy Facts

Well today is Dan's birthday and because he is getting featured on the blog more all the time I thought I would share with you 10 things you might not have know about him!

10. He is getting his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with his thesis being on orthodontic appliances. Yes he is a very smart guy!

9. Before dating me he had only been to a friends farm a few times. He was young so he never did much, but we have changed that in the last year

8. He is very well "trained". Everyone thought that when we moved in together I would have lots of bad habits to break, but the truth is that I think he might be cleaner than I am!

7. When he is not at school, he is coaching power skating with Elite Power Skating. You can even see him here in action

6. He officially has his first animal. A bull calf of mine that was born this January came out not quite the colour I was hoping. I disowned him and now he is Dan's calf. Now it is up to him to halter break, feed, and sell Wildcard.

5. He is an iphone guy and bugs me about having a Blackberry.

4. He is a big nerd at heart. We now have a playstation, xbox and wii in our house and he loves the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

3. He is 345 days older then me.

2. He is a serious scotch drinker liking unpeaty scotches.

1. He may have a slightly smaller closet then me, but he has just as many clothes as I do!

Murder on Simpson Drive

This weekend we held our 2nd Annual Murder Mystery party. With so many friends having birthdays around the same time, it is a great time for us to all get together before the summer and have some fun. This year's theme was 80's Rock Stars!

White Owl

This week my good friend Shaun celebrated his birthday and he also finished getting his second diploma from NAIT. To celebrate his graduation his class is throwing a dinner at the hotel I work at.

I thought that I should get something to congradulat him on this big acheivment. I thought about it, and then suddenly it came to me.

A few months ago all Shaun could talk about was this new whiskey that he found. Rye/Whiskey is a very common drink here in Canada. Sure in the US you have Crown Royal, but until you try a drink of Gibbson's you have never tasted pure heaven, or liquid candy!

This new whiskey was called White Owl. It is an undyed rye/whiskey that is pretty high end, about double of what Crown Royal is worth. Shaun raved about how good this drink was, but because he is a college student, he didn't really have the budget to buy himself any.

Needless to say, this is what was waiting in his hotel room for him when he arrived at the hotel tonight.

Hope you enjoyed Shaun and thanks for sharing!

Birthday Wishlist: Round 2

I have been in need of new luggage for a while. I got a great set when I was 18 for my birthday from my parents. They have seen many miles from cattle shows and friends houses, to Thailand and many trips to the USA.

The large one now has a flat spot on the one tire and makes a terrible noise when it is being wheeled around. The carry on one the handle will only go up half way making it way to hard to use unless you are a child.

Needless to say it is time to retire them. I am not picky when it comes to luggage, only a few requirements.

The first is that it needs to be light weight. I tend to be a heavy packer so a few extra pounds in just luggage can be the make or break.

My second requirement is that I would really like 4 wheels. Again, I tend to have lots of stuff when I travel, so it would be great to make it as easy as possible to get around.

My third and final requirement is that it is not black. Something a little different, but still classy would be great. I love the idea of zebra luggage, but might get some funny looks when showing up at business events.

 Love the color of this set. It can be found here

This set is really nice to. I am a big silver fan too

Birthday Wishlist

My sister started this in her "Birthday Month" a few weeks ago. Since we are now in my "Birthday Month" I figured I would start a few of these posts myself.

I seen these the other day on The Pioneer Woman and thought that they were so cool. This is my favorite use for them.

You can find the placemats at b.a.Friend

Welcome to Snobwood

This weekend we had a Murder Mystery party to celebrate my birthday! It was great to get everyone together and have a fun night.

The synopsis of the game was that someone was murdered at the country club that we all belonged to. It was up to us to find out who was the murder. The game was really fun and everyone got into it.Stacy "Ophelia- the assistant golf pro" and Pascale "Lucy- crazy niece"

Brett "Sandy- the amateur photographer" and Pascale

Quinn "Crissy- the super model", Brett and Pascal

Courtney "Ivana- Wealthy Socialite" and Sarah "Honey- Lady of the night"

Keith- "Tyler the playboy"

Dayton "Mow- the greens keeper"

Stacy and Chris "Hal- the head golf pro"

Jason "Chip- the Caddy"

Shaun "the business man"

Pascale and Quinn

Keith and Anna "Rosie- the waitress"