Category Archives: summer hit list
>…it’s been awhile
>I have been totally enjoying my summer… and enjoying the lack of internets available where I have been staying.. It’s ‘almost fun’ living in an internet ‘dead’ zone… but tonight I am in town at my bro and sis-in-law’s house and have a signal and was able to hop online for a quick update!
So what have I been doing?
Having LOTS of fun on the beach(at my family cottage)…. catching up with various cousins, and their kids… jumping in the lake to cool off.. then sitting on the beach only to get HOT all over.. so it’s a ‘repeat’ kind of cycle that I have perfected and enjoyed! (and in case you wanted to know… there IS a beach to sit on now.. and it seems to be growing as the days go by!)…
Here’s Charlotte my cousin (and God-daughter), Kat( my sis-in-law) and ME! 🙂

>A week in London…
>…Ontario that is!! Before I left Toronto I got my hair done… and my toes as well!! I did manage to visit a few friends in and around the GTA (Greater Toronto Area)..but those are stories for another time!!!
Here’s my new ‘cleaned’ up hair’… complete with the magic of the straightening iron.. something I have still yet to master… perhaps one day!!
Here’s Sar… doing the bubble thing for her little girl!! Thanks again Adam and Sarah for your hospitality.. .if you ever find yourself in Winnipeg… be sure to stop in and say HI!
…I think there needs to be some explanation of this photo… I had just had dinner with my friend Sarah & Adam and Erin & Dan… apparently with all the visiting… I didn’t get a photo til we were walking out of that place… so I put the timer on my camera, set it on a pay phone in the front doors… lined us up… and then well waited for the flash! (it only took a few tries…) the first couple had some people walking through!!
On Saturday night… my friend Jen (who I met last year when I was living in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, she was researching for her Masters Thesis, but lives in London with her hubby)…So where was I? Yes, Jen came over to Erin’s place… we got ready and went out dancing…. it was good conversations.. good choices of beverages…great dancing.. despite the ‘hawt, sweaty mess I became on the dance floor!’
….and again another reminder of such amazing friends I have!!
- Dance like no one’s watching…
- Cuddle some babies…
- Road Trip…to London, Ontario…and visit some awesome peeps!
- Laugh til my tummy hurts..
- a few pedicures… and a hair cut by my hairdresser in Toronto!
>MMMMmmmmm
yup… another thing crossed of the list….
(although this might have to be crossed off a few more times… hehehe!)
MOOSE TRACKS®: Vanilla ice cream with chocolate peanut butter cups swirled with Moose Tracks® fudge. (taken from the Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream site….) …this is SOOOOO DARN GOOD!!!!
>A Touch of Royalty…
>Remember when I made my “Summer Hit List”?
Well I have started to cross things off the list.. the first thing to go?
Seeing the Queen of course! 1. get a glimpse of the Queen…
Some of the younger Royal Watchers… (too CUTE!)
…there was a wide range of Security, I felt sorry with them in their uniforms, or suits…it was so darn hot!!! But then again.. uniforms/suits… are such nice things to look at… (oops!? did I just type that out loud…yes, I think I did!)
As the crowds grew around me… people tried to get shade, and chill as much as they could…
For the news guys and others it meant hanging out under the umbrellas, not for the rain.. but for some sort of shade!
I hung out with L. in the the ‘pretend’ shade in front of the media stage… (Side note: I only ended up with a little bit of burn.. seems like I missed a strip on my shoulder right close to my tank top line…when I put on my sunscreen…but all in all I didn’t get that burned at all!)
One of the camera guys brought me back a cold bottle of water..(I had brought 2 water bottles, but had drank most of both by this point) so having someone bring me some COLD water was heavenly!!! Yahoo for COLD water!!!
..and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra started to play… and I noticed between the main stage and the ‘Royal’ Box… the Royal Flag had been hoisted!
One final wave… (and as soon as they got down the stairs… the heavens opened up and we got rained on!!) It was such a welcome thing!
>Summer Hit List…
>With only two more sleeps til I have holidays… I’ve been trying to come up with a hit list of things to do during my time off! I’m excited for summer… last summer I spent up in the Arctic.. (and as fun as that was… it was a different experience!)
- maybe get a glimpse of the Queen…
- Road Trip..to Ontario…back to where I grew up!
- Chill on the beach I’ve been going to since I was a baby…
- Dance like no one’s watching…
- eat lots of Kawartha Dairy ice cream–(and line up in Minden for a large scoop of goodness!)
- Cuddle some babies…
- Road Trip…to London, Ontario…and visit some awesome peeps!
- Laugh til my tummy hurts..
- Go water skiing…
- visit with Great Aunts and Uncles, cousins–1st, 2nd, 3rd and even those 1st, once removed (yep my family is huge!!)…
- Sleep on the beach…
- Road Trip to Buffalo.. with stops in the Niagara Region to visit some more peeps!
- Swim across the lake…
- Do some cliff jumping…
- Take HEAPS of photos…and get lost in my photography…
- Finish knitting a baby sweater for a new baby…(that’s arriving soonish!)
- Sleep… have a lot of naps!
- Drink a few “mother’s ice tea lemonaid’s” (seriously–I’m in love with those guys)…
- Hang out with my nephews..
- round up the things I have left with various people in Ontario.. and go through it and bring whatever I need back to the ‘peg…but get rid of the other things!
- Curl up with a good book…on a rainy day–and well read!
- a few pedicures… and a hair cut by my hairdresser in Toronto!
- Toss in a few family reunions, family bridal showers…and a side of who knows what else!
- Get a tattoo
- Find a hammock and have a nap–while looking over the lake at the cottage… (I know where the hammock is–but let’s hope my Great Aunt and Uncle still have them up!)
- Road Trip back to the ‘peg with my COUSIN!..(with a possible stop on Manitoulian Island to visit friends I made in Nunavut, and a sleepover in a teepee!?!)
- plus much more… I mean I’m not one to actually plan things.. more of a go with the flow kind of gal!
Any other suggestions?! (I’m sure I’ve left things out…) and perhaps I’ll keep a pictorial account of my ‘list’ and keep you. dear readers, in the loop!
Two more sleeps… I can’t wait..I’m in need of some holiday times!! (hopefully I won’t think about my salary getting cut in 1/2 (as of July 1st) as I’m working only a .5 until Christmas! shhhhh perhaps if I don’t think about it might go away!?)
edit note: last night I thought of a few more things… so have randomly added them to the list… I’m sure this is the list that will keep on growing!?