It's a little bit funny...this feeling inside

let the drummer kick

It's almost the weekend. Yes, I know it's Thursday, and the weekend doesn't start until Saturday..but I HAVE THE DAY OFF TOMORROW!! (I'm a little exctied).

AND! I'm going camping.

We'll see how this whole sleeping outdoors thing goes. I'm sure it'll be a blast. Fingers crossed for no rain! (And if there must be rain, fingers crossed for light showers!!)

I need to decide when I'm stopping working. May be later then expected/hoped for. We shall see.

Indeed.

12 of 12 - JULY

12 of 12 is an idea from Chad Darnell. A very fun idea, that I've been trying to participate in this year..and perhaps the whole reason starting up my blog again. I've tried very hard participate each month...I've been slightly unsuccessful.

The 12th day of the month fell on a Sunday, meaning not a weekday, meaning not a work day. Let me set the scene.

Saturday was on the most beautiful days we have had thus far this summer. L and I decided not to head to a (real) beach because we both had to work early afternoon, and wouldn't have enough time. We decided upon heading to the beach on SUNDAY.

K "I wonder if it's supposed to be sunny tomorrow"

L "hmm.."

K "I'm sure it will be, it was nice today"

Very good logic on my part, non?

Turns out it was a very sunny/beachy day on Sunday. Not at all. But we headed out anyways.

1] 11:05 AM - Apartment
Last night, after work (at 10:30 pm) I attempted to make cookies. Did you know that if one makes cookies with the rack on the BOTTOM row in the oven, that the cookies may cook faster then intended? And then may burn? And then may smoke because they are so burnt? As it turns out, this happened to me on Saturday night. Then, the fire alarm in my apartment went off. After freaking out, I calmed myself and put the pan in the sink and put water on it. This make the smoking stop and also the alarm. Thank goodness.
I then decided to cut my losses and stopped baking. This is what I woke up to: dirty pans and burnt cookies.

2] 11:45 am - Tim's parking lot
Having 80% accepted that it wasn't going to be a beach day, we decided our trip to the beach would be a "nice Sunday drive". And what is a "nice Sunday drive" without Tim Hortons??

3] 1:20ish - Beach #1
Funny sign at the awesome beach we stumbled upon on our way to our intended destination.



4] 1:20ish - Still at Beach #1
Can you find the "lifeguards on duty"? There are two. One on a towel, head away from the water. The other, in a hole UNDER the surfboard. Now, perhaps there was another one watching the people in the water, but I couldn't see them.

5] 1:30ish Beach #2
Finally we made it to our original intended destination.

6] 1:35pm - Beach #2
On the (freezing) cold beach. The water was cold. Very very cold.


7] 1:40pm - Beach #2
Searching the beach for rocks. Pretty!

8] 2:00pm - Streets of Souris
Finally off the beach, driving back to town through the lovely city of Souris, came across this sign. Got to watch out for those squirrels!

9] 2:05pm - In the car
Got some DP and headed back onto the road.

10] 3:30pm - Apartment parking lot
Got home and the rain we drove through on our way out had come into town. It didn't last long though

11] 4:45 pm - Apartment
Having recovered from the cookie baking incident of Saturday night, I had another go. Turned out alright.


12] 6:00pm - BBQ
A friend was having a BBQ get together. I love BBQ. We bought fancy hot dog buns (seen above). Lucky for us, the rain stopped and then held off for a while. I brought my cookies, and they were a hit (well, there were none left to take home, which I'm taking as a good sign)!



That is all for this month!

water is in the air

So beyond bored.
So glad I get to be not doing this job forever and ever.

Lunch today saw the return of the outdoors! Even if it was one of the muggiest days of the year thus far. So muggy, and sticky and gross. But I was able to eat in the park, and find a table, AND bonus it was under a tree. It was nice.

So nice that I’ve been inspiried and came up with a plan for this weekend and an activity. I cannot write about it on here, as I have a suspicion that L. may read this and ruin a surprise. Because surprises are fun! Who doesn’t like surprises!?!

BBQ tonight. Pumped. I love eating BBQ.

working weather

The weather outside is not very nice. And this makes for long days I find.

The past couple of weeks, I've gotten into the habit of eating my lunch in the park near work. It works great because I get to (1) eat lunch (2) be outside, and (3) refer to (2). The rain and mugginess and fear of downpours have kept me from enjoying this midday treat since last week sometime.

I really like being outside for the little period of my day. I look forward to it, and then I enjoy it so so much, and then I come back into work with the attitude of "alright, I CAN do this!". The outside is kind of like my (magical) new shoes.

I'm a pretty lucky girl.

It's been decided.

This is what I thought...

A quick post to help the last minutes of work willfully pass by quicker.

Some random thoughts on my day:

1.6 Maxum - what is this? The name of my pen. Weird.

My Toast. This wasn't just any toast. It was wonderfully delicious toast, made on fresh super soft bread. But then the stupid toaster popped too much. And one of my pieces of toast fell!! Not just feel on the ground fell, because I totally would have eaten that. No big deal. No. Fell down between the counter and the fridge, ie into the land of dust and crumbs and yuck. There was no way I was eating that. Which was sad. Because one piece of toast is just so unsatisfying.

Blogs. So just because I read a person's blog religiously doesn't mean that I am that person. And so I shouldn't be as happy/excited as I am for said bloggers new baby! (baby's are cute btw).

Also. I have a rant about something that was said to me the other day. It'll come tomorrow.

Now. I shall get ready to leave for another day. And I get to bike home! I'm excited for this, because it is so very nice outside.