Loooooooong Weekend!

We just had our first long weekend of the summer and the weather was everything you could wish it to be: warm, sunny, absolutely delightful. On Friday night a friend of ours was playing in his band at Me and Suzy's in Pt. Stanley so naturally we had to go along and cheer!

 Pt. Stanley is one of my favourite places to visit: it's only a 45 minute drive (shorter if you speed!), it has an active harbourfront, great beaches, quaint shops and lots and lots of live music.

I love taking pictures of kids, especially kids at the beach. While we worry about our cellulite and sprawl on our blankets like beached whales the kids are having a blast playing in the water. Amazingly, due to our warm spring I guess, the water was FILLED with people, mostly kids!

 There's nothing more precious than the sight of a bare bottom on the beach, I should say a baby's bare bottom! There were a few bum cheeks on display that I wished I hadn't seen, c'mon girls...show some modesty!!

Ahhhhh, to be young again!

 One of the other things I love about Pt. Stanley is its architecture and bright colours!

The marina is separated from the lake by a lift bridge. Some little person sits in the tower all day making the bridge go up...and down...up...and down...

The pansies were in full bloom and guarded well!

Here are the three members of Sonic Buddha! We're friends with the drummer, Ken, and that's his son playing bass guitar behind Jerome, the guitar player. All three sang and their harmonies were really quite good.  (think Beach Boys type harmonies!)

Here we are trying to keep warm! It got quite chilly Friday night but we didn't let that get us down. Nope, just brought out the blankets and kept the Irish coffees coming!

In other news my mug rug from Carla arrived and has been packed into a box headed to P.E.I. I love the bicycle and travel theme and especially the quote from Herman Melville: "It is not down in any map, true places never are!" Makes me think of Bilbo Baggins and his journey.

I'm starting week two of my work refusal and stress leave. I haven't really heard anything from work as to whether any changes have been implemented yet. Time will tell. I start physio on my neck and shoulder this Thursday. I'm getting a lot of reading done and trying to relax. Tomorrow I'll book a massage. I won't truly be able to relax until a) the recommendations from the health and safety committee are implemented and b) I'm back in my classroom and c) summer begins and I hit the road.

In the world of finance I am eagerly awaiting June's budget! I'm going to try and forget about May although there are still 9 days left!! OHH! and exciting news!! I've already spent June's money too!! Woot woot; I'm on a roll!! Watch out!!

OK, so here's the explanation.  I went on sears.ca to check out stoves and fridges as this is the summer for appliances for my PEI home. Well....to make a long story short...I would get a good deal IF I made the purchase before May 22 (today!), then the sale would be over. So, I used my credit card (lots of points earned!) and will pay it off May 31st when I get paid. So the money won't actually go in and out of my PEI Maintenance savings account except in theory only. They will be delivered to my new home on July 3rd! Less than $1500 including taxes and delivery charges for both stainless steel fridge and stove! I'm so excited!

How was YOUR weekend??

A Number of Things

My lovely mother used to write a column for the Norwich Gazette and she called it "A Number of Things".  Like her, I don't always have just one topic on my mind to write, I often have, well, a "number of things".  So today's post title is brought to you by:

Va va voom, mother dear!
Wish I was as thin as you!

First I'm going to show you what our talented Carla made for me. I'm going to a baby shower on April 1st and look at me, I've already got the present and paid for it out of my gift fund! A blanket, ribbon blankie and burping pad.

 About a day or two after I found out that the mom-to-be was decorating the nursery in a "Peter Rabbit" theme Carla posted her new baby sets made with, what else, "Peter Rabbit" fabric backed with minky! And the predominant colour is green which is perfect as this couple isn't going to find out the gender of their baby.

Well, I mean they will eventually but not before!

 Worried about spit up Peter?? Don't worry, it'll wash out!!

Also included is a hand made card - so sweet!

That wasn't all I purchased, oh no! I had also ordered a mug rug pour moi! I loved the brown paisley materials Carla had posted recently and when I saw the mug rug she made for Makky's mom (I think!) I just had to have one for myself!  And look!

It fits on my little side table perfectly.

 And is a really nice match to my brown paisley chair where I sit to read and blog every day.

 I think this picture is upside down, not really sure, but does it matter?

It works! I love it, thanks Carla!
And I'm not done yet! Carla gave me a bonus gift! Yes she did, I know, she's so sweet!

 It's my own little whimsical wallet - isn't it so cute?? I adore it!  My favorite fabrics!

 So what am I going to use it for?

I'm going to carry it everywhere with me in my purse. It'll replace the boring white envelope I currently carry to put my receipts in. See, there's one in there already!
Thanks Carla - that was an unexpected treat!

Strange story: on Friday when I was leaving Carla's I noticed something hanging down underneath my car. I don't think that's supposed to be hanging like that - and at first I thought it was part of the car. I got down on my knees to take a closer look and saw the word "Emerson", then "play", and "record". At first I thought it was from a pile of stuff I'd taken to Talize, a second-hand store. But that didn't make any sense. I pulled and twisted and finally freed it from the car. Then I hoped and prayed that all of the car's fluids wouldn't leak out!! It was indeed the plastic front of somebody's old VCR!! One of us must have run over it and it got jammed under the car. So far the car seems to be running fine and there are no warning lights on or strange noises or odors! So far no one is admitting to running over anyone's VCR, but then Kazi drove the car last year with a flat tire and didn't notice that either...I'm not accusing anyone...just sayin'.