A Sunday afternoon in Wakefield..

Last Sunday the better half and I took the steamtrain into Wakefield for an afternoon of fun...

There was some fantastic french canadian music (yes, to my better half's dismay, I was singing along)
the yummiest cheese bread we've ever tasted..
A delicious brunch at L'Hibou on the main strip.. (it had a vibe of Friends with owls all over the place... soooooo amazing) 
and we walked along the tracks through the village... (my better half pictured above)

fantastic day with my love.

This made my day...

"A photographer should never apologize for their work. Animals, still lifes and landscapes don’t complain, only people."

nuff said.

via here..

The view outside my window..

It's not really raining, It's pouring outside. Considering the beautiful weather we've been having these past couple weeks, I can't bring myself to complain as much as I should be. After all, one of my favorite things to do during the fall is take pictures of wet leaves resting beautifully on pavement. Yes, that time of year is officially here! It's about time too, they are calling for rain for the rest of the week. My old self would take a couple days off work and sit by the window reading a good book, sipping on tea and listening to the rain.. But since I've taken 4 sick days in the past 2 weeks, I think I would be pushing my luck a little.

I've finally managed to shake my cold.. It's still kind of here, but not as strong as it was last week. I've managed to get a few of my co-workers sick, but I know I'll end up getting sick in the end.. Again. It never fails.

Ahhh fall... how i've missed you!!

Tea, Hobbes and a box of kleenex..

Sick... sick as a dog. For the past week, I have been nursing a stubborn cold and more than ever it's putting up a huge fight and won't seem to take a hike. On days like this, I stay home pop in a Scene it DVD game and test my useless pop culture trivia knowledge. This time around, I decided to switch things up and play something different.. 

The brain game puts your brain to the test with quick speedy rounds jam packed with sudoku, problem solving and memory games.. at the moment, my mind is kinda fuzzy.. so playing this game for the first time proved to be a bit of a challenge. I gave up pretty quickly and went back to reading Calvin and Hobbes.. (let's just say.. being called a DODO bird because of low test scores really didn't bode well for my ego) 

It is 2:50am..

I am currently sitting in my living room eating Rolo ice cream pops, drinking green tea and watching season 2 of Family Guy. It only seems appropriate that I watch Cartoons on Sunday...

As far as I can remember, I've never really had a hard time sleeping.. ever. But so far, tonight has just been one of those nights. It must be a combination of the sniffles, the better half's ridiculous snoring and copious amounts of dog hair in our bed left over from the beasts week long visit. {Not such a wonderful combination if you ask me}

It'll give me time to catch up on a few things.. maybe enjoy my tea on the deck and watch the sunrise..

Fall is here…

Which means we are a few months away from this…

Scary thought right?

Too much rain = flooding!!

Yesterday turned into quite an eventful day!

The rain still hadn't let out and there were record volumes of rain dumped over the city. There is a former swamp land not too far from where we live. No matter what happens, there always seems to be huge flooding problems when it rains like this in the neighborhood. Thankfully we probably won't ever see it get this bad around our home. *knock on wood*

After the sun peaked out for a bit we decided to take a drive around to assess the damage...

This had just happened as we were driving by.. pretty scary if you ask me! Everybody got out of the car safely.. unfortunately, the car wasn't so lucky..

Mother nature.. please give us a break!!

So we haven't had the summer we've been hoping for yet... it's pretty much been like this on and off since May.. kinda gloomy right??

I'm seriously in need of some fancy rubber boots.. hmmm

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(update Thursday PM) soooo apparently Rain is all we are going to be seeing for the next week.. Boy am I glad we don't have our summer theme park trip planned yet!! (but you know, a light drizzle wouldn't be too bad) You never know...

via the weather network

who knew?

the gazoo would make a comeback!!?? 

playlist for a wednesday afternoon..

here goes...

The Vines - I'm only sleeping
Amos Lee - Love in the lies
The Cardigans - Carnival
Sly and the family stone - Everyday people
Luke Doucet - Brother
Mikey Wax - In case in go again
Ben Kweller - Lizzy
Stabilo - ? (yes this is the actually title of the song..)
Dido - Sand in my shoes
Bonnie Sommerville - Winding Road
Ryan Adams - Answering Bell
Ray Lamontagne - You are the best thing
G. Love - Hot Cookin'
Jason Mraz - Mudhouse Gyspy

Iggly, Piggly, Oops!

For the past couple weeks, we have been in and out of Toys"R"Us looking for toy ideas for the 1 of many birthdays coming up this summer. We walked up and down many isles starting from small puzzles all the way up to Nintendo land. We spotted quite a few new additions to kiddy land. Some of which are very unusual to say the least. I just don't get how people think these things up… What ever happened to ol' Teddy Ruxpin or the Carebears?

The strangest of the many toys are these funny looking creatures. Created by the same "geniuses" who brought us Teletubbies, in The Night Garden is a BBC children's show geared towards young toddlers and babies which explores the differences between being asleep and being awake from a child's perspective. (did you get all of that?) After seeing a few of the characters in stuffed form, I really don't think I'd want my kid to watch this.. Here are a few pics I snapped up last weekend.. Kind of creepy.. Don't ya think?

Looks like a Bald ewok.. don't ya think?

I think I'm going to stick to the familiar Elmo and friends, thank you!

This weekend..

I will:

Clean the garden
Paint the garden bench
Organise the office
Make waffles
Call granny (long over due)
Get rid of at least 3 garbage bags of clothes (tip of the iceberg)
Take one minute for myself and breath
Practice taking pictures
Walk the dog at least 9 times (3 times a day *F*s*S*)
Purchase a cheesy lawn ornament
Have beers with the neighbours
Visit at least 3 yard sales
Enjoy a homemade dinner outside on the patio

And most of all, remember to smile.

Enjoy the weekend folks.. The sun is finally here to stay..

Bed Head.. for pets?

While on a walk this past weekend, the better half and I spotted a brand new pet shop in the neighbourhood. We were pretty pumped about having one close by, since could finally stop in with Rufus for a quick treat during our afternoon walks.

We snooped around the store for a bit and saw the assortments of dog foods and toys they offered.. then something caught my eye.


I couldn't believe it..

It's bad enough I can't afford Bed Head hair products for myself... do you actually expect me to purchase a small bottle of de-tangler for $21.99 for a dog no less? Super insane.

vintage birthdays

taken 12 years ago... happy birthday to me!

It doesn't get better than this..

This week's Thursday night consists of lounging in bed with the dog.. while he's passed out with his head on my lap...

The boy is downstairs playing guitar like a rock star.. insisting on playing the same song for the past hour

I wouldn't have it any other way...

So I kind of splurged.. Like bad

I vowed to never leave the house with this thought in my head.. "I will buy something to wear tonight".. Never again.

A supposed $50 purchased turned into a $140 one.. for 1 item.. Who the hell does this on a whim?? Apparently I've fallen right back into my old habits… I didn't even look at the tag when the guy rang it in.. I didn't look! I assumed it was $70.. And after my jaw almost hit the floor when he slipped out the amount, I still bought it!! I'm going crazy here!!

I had a wonderful night showing it off though… I've also made sure to wear it everyday this weekend.. Hopefully this guilty feeling will go away soon..

After having spent a total of 5 minutes in the mall and did the stupidest thing ever, I met up with a friend for our monthly sushi night extravaganza. Sushi night usually is a pretty expensive one. It is seriously worth it though.. When we eat sushi, we go at it hardcore. There is this crazy amazing Asian fusion place in the market (Ottawa) and they serve the craziest sushi concoctions. Our guilty pleasures? The Diablo and Kinki rolls.. so good. They also have a great 2-1 special "Happy" hour.

{diablo roll - once of our faves}

You pay $3 more than you would a normal roll however you get 2 of the same! Such an amazing deal! 4 rolls with a couple glasses of pino usually run around $30 each. We usually leave pretty satisfied with bellies full to the brim.

We also hit up Fat Tuesdays for a few cocktails and had a late Disney Trivial Pursuit night… always a good time.

This weekend was also my darling's birthday celebration!

{yes, this cake was not a joke… yibbydee booo was really written on that piece of chocolate}

Amazing oreo cake.. There is still a good quarter of it left in the fridge.. Thank god it expired yesterday! I'm going to have to go up a dress size in order to finish that monster!! all in all, It was a pretty great time. We haven't really got the gang together in a while for some good food and drinks.. It felt really nice.

We also got to skype with our friends who are in Taiwan until the fall. We miss them to pieces.. It was really difficult getting a connection (which was really strange) every 5 minutes the thing would cut out and we'd have to call again.. So annoying.. I think the Mac has this weird Internet issue. Anyways, We finally got things rolling for over 45 minutes about an hour into the convo.. A little late, but it was really nice talking to them.. There were a lot of tears..

{friends gathering around the mac}

I'm sure they can’t wait to come home.
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Sorry for the mess of a post.. It's been a hectic few weeks and I'm sure this has been boring…
Hopefully there will be interesting posts soon… promise.