Tasha

Evolution of my love story

For Valentines Day I thought I would look back at the evolution of my love story…so here it goes…………

The weekend before we got engaged

4 months later at our wedding

About a year later just after before we bought of first home together

Us a year later after the house, the dog, the studio and a few years together

Stay turned for an updated image of us at presnet day.

Happy Valentine Day

What happens when I am working.........

This is the site I stumbled across this afternoon...my dogs watching afternoon Televison, when I am hard at work in the office.

Normally dogs don't sit on the couch like people, but my girls think they are humans.

I ran and grabbed the camera so you could all witness the just how spoiled they really are...

I went to pick up the pillows and kick them out and this is the reaction I recieved...dogs these days ;)

In the News.....

Depiction was featured in the lastest issue of Bridal news!

You can check it out at

http://www.media.theweddingring.ca/magazine/J08/p26.html

and

http://www.media.theweddingring.ca/magazine/J08/p27.html

Happy Chinese New year everyone!

Here arew a few fun facts about good and bad luck as they relate to the New year....

Good luck

• Opening windows and/or doors is considered to bring in the good luck of the new year.
• Switching on the lights for the night is considered good luck to 'scare away' ghosts and spirits of misfortune that may compromise the luck and fortune of the new year.
• Sweets are eaten to ensure the consumer a "sweet" year.
• It is important to have the house completely clean from top to bottom before New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year. (however, as explained below, cleaning the house after New Year's Day is frowned upon)
• Some believe that what happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come. Asians will often gamble at the beginning of the year, hoping to get luck and prosperity.
• Wearing a new pair of slippers that is bought before the new year, because it means to step on the people who gossip about you.
• The night before the new year, bathe yourself in pomelo leaves and some say that you will be healthy for the rest of the new year.

Bad luck

• Buying a pair of shoes is considered bad luck amongst some Chinese. The word "shoes" is a homophone for the word for "rough" inCantonese, or "evil" in Mandarin.
• Washing your hair is also considered to be washing away one's own luck (although modern hygienic concerns take precedence over this tradition)
• Sweeping the floor is usually forbidden on the first day, as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year.
• Talking about death is inappropriate for the first few days of Chinese New Year, as it is considered inauspicious as well.
• Buying books is bad luck because the word for "book" is a homonym to the word "lose".
• Avoid clothes in black and white, as black is a symbol of bad luck, and white is a traditional funeral colour.

Carrie & Ian are married!!!