Random: May 18

Jamie 

How's this for random? This totally made me laugh in a souvenir shop in Quebec. They had such great stuff. I got an awesome pair of moose jammie pants!

 

Shannon
My cat Googled. For realz.

Suzie

We rented the RugDoctor a while ago to clean our carpets (which was such a pain but did a great job). This week with my throat infection I was suddenly able to detect the last big of fragrance from the shampoo in the carpet because… ouch! Oh the joys of house selling. It was worth it though. Was only $50 in comparison to having someone come and do it for us.

May 17, 2014

Shannon
It was my second week of doing Library Loot and Friday Reads and I'm still enjoying it! I know it's not quite what people expect, but hey - I don't feel the need to conform :)

Suzie

I finally did it! I got summer sandals and they were only $40. I wasn't even going to look because I don't want to spend money but they were so much like my old ones that I loved and Mom loved and when I went to the cash I found out they were on sale. It feels healing to have these and I felt like Mom really urged me to the cash to buy them.

May 16, 2014

Jamie

Yesterday was such a treat. I got to spend the day hanging out with my dear friend Jenn Lee, who was in town for a signing for her latest book, Building Your Business the Right Brain Way. It was glorious to have a really relaxed time to just hang out and catch up instead of grabbing a few minutes here and there as we've had in the past! She had a great reading at Indigo and I got to meet Valarie in person too, who has been to several Creativity Coffees with me online! What a day!

Shannon
It's been a crazy week of finale-ing TV, every day there are several more shows that say goodbye until the fall (or forever...goodbye Star-Crossed!). I wonder what the heck I will do next week when I have all this free time on my hands!

May 15, 2014

Jamie

Yesterday was a wonderfully lively day! After getting a bunch of work done in the morning, the afternoon was spent recording stART, being interviewed for the And Then... chronicles, appearing at the Go Green Inside Telesummit and then being a part of the Soul Art Day hangout! Lots of fun and lots of interesting conversation!

Shannon
Cat overseer! I was doing some organizing, and guess who decided to "help". Well, at least he didn't knock everything over!

Suzie

Our magnolia tree is just started to bloom!

May 14, 2014

Jamie

When we left for Quebec City on Friday the garden was bare! Shannon sent us some wonderful picture updates and yesterday I was able to go outside and see how the garden is growing! After such a harsh winter, I've been wondering how things are going to do. I'm delighted to see that the lilac is coming to life. I can't wait to smell her blooms.

Shannon
This image probably doesn't look like much, but it's my big huge list of books that I've been working with. I finally finished the research part of the list, and now I might dive into figuring out which books I'm actually looking to read on the list. So exciting. And finishing the list was very rewarding.

Suzie

I decided Reg and I needed a break together so we went to see Spiderman 2 which was a very flawed movie but I still enjoyed it. Because we skipped the 3D and I have a Scene card it was only $12 for the two of us! When we left there was this display for the next dragon taming movie. We love the TV show and watch it on Sunday mornings. Toothless looks so cute!

May 13, 2014

Jamie

On our last day in Quebec we did a bus tour out to Montmorency Falls. Yes, that's a bridge that goes right over the falls. And yes, I even went on it! I still can't believe it. I thought it was a "no way!" for me but I did it. Yay! In fact, it was far (FAR!) scarier to cross that bridge you see in the distance in our swaying bus across the mighty St. Lawrence. That scared me even more than flying!! OMG. 

Shannon
Another Monday, another planning day! I didn't actually do that much planning, but I did some. Brain has been very full, it was nice to get some ideas on paper and hopefully they will grow into more!

Suzie

Reg had a night out with some gaming friends so I took the opportunity to put together a new video, finally! I love working on videos but it takes all my time and attention which I have had little of these days. It was fun to put together and am so happy I got it under 3 minutes long!

May 12, 2014

Jamie

On Sunday Justin and I went to the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Quebec City. This exhibit by Jean-Paul Riopelle touched me deeply. The series extended over three rooms and were the paintings the artist poured out of his heart after the death of his love. Especially with it being Mother's Day, I was moved by the process of grieving reflected in the extraordinary and beautiful works of Riopelle. What a blessing.

 

Shannon
After ages of working though The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I finally finished it! For just a wee book, it took me a long time. I wasn't super enjoying it, but then it finally picked up and wow... pretty awesome. One more book read! YAY! I think one is even on one of my lists... oh, I hope so!

Suzie

This Saturday there was a Halifax sort of open house called Open City where there were all sorts of events. Here is my friend Emily on the right doing hoolahooping. We also had $10 lobster poutine, free cupcakes and lemonade and got to try a wedding cake and so much more. It was tiring but awesome!