July 9, 2016

Jamie

I'm so thankful that the weather has broken, at least a bit. I just melt in that deep heat. Thankfully we have air conditioning, but also an old house so it doesn't quite make it to the studio :( It's nice to be able to open all the windows and we're starting to be able to trust the kittens a bit more with that. They love the smell of the fresh air and watching all of the action outside. I did see Shibumi stretch on the screen once (ack!) but other than that, they seem to be okay just observing on this side of the screen.

July 8, 2016

Jamie

With being so sick last week and now hustling to catch up, I feel so behind. Still, yesterday it was good to take a break and have lunch with a dear friend of mine and then run some errands.Those errands happened to take me by Indigo, which was having a 40% off colouring book sale. And yes, I might just have come home with one. (And now I am eyeing that Little Birds one there.... hmm....)

Shannon
Woohoo! I finally got to 300 Subscribers! Sooooo exciting. I realized now that given sometimes I got up/down with the number of subscribers, I probably should wait like a week or so until I feel confident that it is actually is and will stay there. But even so, this is the first time I've hit this threshold. YEEE HAWWW!!

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Suzie

Very exciting that my Inferno Doritos arrived so I could do an unboxing video and photoshoot! Was a rough day after a night of nightmares and migraines so it was good to get something done and end the day with D&D.

July 7, 2016

Shannon
Although technically this could be my view almost any day, it was a welcome view today after getting home from a dental cleaning. Oh my. I've not been in so long and it's just not a fun thing. Spent the rest of the day catching up with the crew of Deep Space Nine. I am so thrilled all the Star Trek series are on Netflix, it's so homey to watch them. I am really enjoying the comraderie (even if it's between characters that don't like each other) of all the crew, and have enjoyed each and every episode I've revisited so far.

Suzie

A pretty quiet day. Just went for a walk to get library stuff and rested a lot of the afternoon. Still having tummy troubles though which is a bummer.

July 6, 2016

Shannon
I am soooooo happy to have finished The Subtle Knife! This series is so great, but I got stuck on this book almost 10 years ago (jeepers!), and have had it sitting in hiatus-limbo for so long. That as an accomplishment feels great, but it's even better to have enjoyed the book itself. I didn't love it quite as much as The Golden Compass, but it was still really good and I can't wait to finish off the series. Only one book to go!

Suzie

I have been working really had at adding lots of content to my site and created this super-fast video on a black bean dip I made. I wanted to get new music from Audio Jungle but it was all wonky so I used my superhero music which is way over the top but what can you do? Spent most of the day working on new posts and finished a couple of jewelry pieces but my exhaustion and nausea have been brutal. Guess it's a good thing my doc cancelled because getting to that appointment would have been bad news.

July 5, 2016

Shannon
It was so excited to finish all the books I was reading right at the end of June, because it meant I could pick and choose a whole new set of what I want to read for July. And here is that pile'o'books! It makes my nightstand feel very small!

Suzie

What a weird day. I wake up to find out my special appointment where I get my tests results was cancelled. Horrible pain day but I make it to the meeting and then walk all the way to our market and realize that everything I need to buy is HEAVY! I get home and the important delivery for a post that was supposed to arrive, never arrived. Weird day.

July 4, 2016

Shannon
Holiday weekend time! Although I couldn't get out cuz of my knee (grr!) this awesome holiday weekend dinner made it's way to me. Thank you Jamie and Justin! It was nice to spend some holiday time together in spirit.

Suzie

It was kind of a weird long weekend. We started off with celebrating Canada Day and then going out for coffee. Then, I got really sick to my stomach from being so over-tired and busy. I rested a lot but then Sunday managed to go out to Central Park for a walk. We also stopped by Kin's, my favourite market, for lots of fresh produce. I need more quiet days like this but this week is going to be busy. Again! Argh!!!
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July 1, 2016

Shannon
The big event of the day was getting out to the eye doctor. I tried to get a good shot of my crazy dilated pupils, but none of them quite worked out. So I bring you... the letter F!

Suzie

After one of the longer nights of my life I had very little energy to do anything! But, I had shrimp that I had to cook and so I finally made a pressure cooker risotto and it was astoundingly delicious. I worked really hard on the photography for the post (this is a cell phone photo) and it is going to be a beauty of a recipe to share. Next week. Think I need a blogging break.