Walking on Sunnybrooke..

Every night we walk our pup the same route and every time we pass this shrub, I always kick myself for not having a camera strapped to my body.

Glad I had it on hand tonight : )

Weekend gardening

I've been anxiously awaiting the day where I could finally get my hands dirty and start prepping the beds for a brand new season of gardening. I love to garden.. It's a passion gifted from my dad.. for years I've watched him create an oasis of flower beds from scratch. I also like to think of gardening as a form of therapy; nothing makes us happier than getting our hands dirty and making something beautiful and caring for our lovelies.

Over the years I have learned to love and care for my perennials and show them reasons to keep coming back stronger as the years go on. Every spring, I look forward to seeing their little heads peek out.. my favorite part, this exact moment..

well hello there..

In a couple weeks, my spring ladies will be here.. how I've missed them..

I spent most of Sunday clearing the gardens of the garbage winter usually leaves behind. I also gave the lawn a well deserved combing. I missed the boat on lawn maintenance this past year and I vowed to make it a goal to get the best looking lawn on Sunnybrooke dr.. I have a feeling it will be a successful change. (toes crossed!)

I have to say I was a little bumbed when the birdhouse didn't survive the winter chills..

I guess our birds will have to enjoy the upgrade from condo to cottage soon! The search is on for the newest addition, hopefully we'll find something soon.

And now I leave you with the best part of getting your hands and feet dirty.. The amazing at home 'sink pedi'.. just read a trashy magazine for a half hour and let those babies soak for a little TLC time...

your toes will thank you later.. mine always do!

Dog Park Days..

This week has been an exceptionally bad one so far. To change things up a little, we've been doing activities we normally wouldn't do on a weekday to help us get out of our funk and change our moods a little. Yesterday, we decided to blow off some steam by taking the little guy to his special haven, The Dog Park. (his most favorite words of all time)

Seeing this face makes it worth the trek every time.

From worst to great...

Yesterday, was a bad day... Today didn't start off as great either, but I've just decided to forget the madness, power through the rest of the deadlines and be done with finance for the rest of my public service career (well, heres to hoping at least!)

After seeing me at my 'best' after work, the better half decided I needed a break from a computer and suggested we have a board game night. This changed my whole night around from being terrible to amazing. Reasons I love my hubs to be!!


We picked up some hot chocolate at the neighbourhood Tim Hortons, turned on Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice and played games until we both started falling asleep

Couldn't haved asked for a better way to end the night...

another reason to love our neighbourhood...

For the past few months, I've been hearing the faint sound of "old Mcdonald had a farm" outside my home office window. Thinking it was our neighbour's kid playing around with a barn animal farm type of toy, I would just ignore it and carry on to what I was doing..

So last night, as we are hanging out in our driveway trying to plan out our evening (mostly going to the airport to pick up a package from FedEx - i love getting packages btw), we spot this ice cream truck slowly driving down the street.. with good ol "MacDonald" blaring through the speakers.. seriously?! When was the last time you saw an ice cream truck driving down your street? We never get this kind of excitement in our neck of the woods.

Our neighbours ordering dessert at the end of our shared driveway

I have never been so mad... well I wasn't mad.. just disappointed in myself. I love ice cream.. it breaks my heart that I only got to find out about this magical truck now. Hopefully he goes by again this weekend.. I would hate to miss it!!

Side note: from now on, I will always look outside my window when I hear unusual sounds coming from the street. Guaranteed!!

Goodness gracious.. what a day..

Since early May, things on Sunnybrooke have kicked into high gear. We had our first Annual Sunnybrooke Drive Street party on Saturday. What a great way to meet your neighbours and share a couple laughs.. Our front door neighbours performed for the street, had stick on tattoo station for the kids, chalk drawing contests on the road, a fishing booth, a play-d'oh station down the road.. just fun!!

Have I mentioned I love our street? everyone is so friendly!!

Unfortunately for us, we weren't able to stick around more than a few hours.. But we did make our rounds to make sure we said Hello to everybody we met along the way.

Hopefully next year will be just as successful..

We're thinking of getting a bouncy bounce for the driveway... can't wait!!!

the blooms are out...

Finally... my beautiful Irises come out to play.