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I find it funny that I used to love watching award shows. Used to. Now, I just can’t be bothered for pretty much all of them. I occasionally watch some of the Academy Awards but that’s about it, and even then, my attention is usually pretty short.

I think I watched about 2 minutes of the Emmy’s that’s it. I did however log on to People.com to see the dresses afterwards and I’m watching Entertainment Tonight as I type this. I guess my attention is drawn to snippets at best. I do understand that I should probably hop over to Youtube to see if I can find the opening…I can’t imagine it’s not there.

Anyone watch the Emmy’s…did I miss anything else?

Update: Just watched the opener…oh my goodness, that was bloody AWESOME.  I don’t think I have ever seen such a great opener for an awards show.

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Mother Nature has decided to tell us that she is still very much in charge. Last Friday I froze because I went out in shorts and a t-shirt, determined to wear them a bit longer. Well, that lasted a whole 24 hours before she decided to throw another log on the fire and turn the heat up again. It’s in the low 30Cs and that doesn’t include the humidity…that just makes me melt. I may actually get to bring the dog in for one more swim before school starts next week.

What’s really annoying…by the weekend the temps are supposed to be half of what they are now. I know I live in Canada, but it still amazes me that we can get such temperature swings. And apparently we are going to get warm weather through Halloween. I can’t complain about the temps, but the allergies, that’s another story!

What’s good about the weather…the only day I have to go into the school this week, Thursday, is supposed to be rainy and the start of the temps starting to drop.  That will certainly make it a bit easier to go.

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SIL was in a dragon boat race on Saturday.  To park, we ended up parking on the bike path – I didn’t know it at the time, but we lucked out by not getting a parking ticket.  There just wasn’t enough parking for the number of people who were attending.

This was the first race she had ever been in…as a matter of fact, it was the first for most/all of the team.  And…

They came in first in the gold category.  The only category higher was platinum…and they almost made it into that category on their first race.  After the first race they were 11 out of 59 teams.  Not bad for a bunch of newbies!!

And while we were there, we saw the biggest husky I have ever seen.  I’m 5’5″ and the head of this dog was above me hips.  Apparently he wasn’t done growing either.  I found out from SIL afterward that the dog was just a pup…at six months old!  Holy crap, that’s going to be one BIG dog.

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Shopper’s Drug Mart…what are you doing?

I went into my local Shopper’s the Monday and wandering the aisles I came across quite the “display.”  Not only was there Thanksgiving decorations, with a bit of Halloween thrown in…and Christmas.  There was also Easter and Valentine’s Day.  Really, seriously!!  I think this brings a whole new meaning to the one stop shopping idea.

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Anyone got a pressure canner they want to lend me?  I’m not fully serious about this, but I was hoping to can some of the HUGE bag of green and yellow beans my neighbour sent me home with on Sunday night.  Alas, I think I am going to have to survive with freezing the beans instead, as there doesn’t seem to be a safe was of preserving them without a pressure canner and I’m not spending $150+ just to get one.  Either way, homegrown beans in winter will be awesome!

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If you’re a NASCAR fan, you’ll probably know about this t-shirt.  Kevin and DeLana Harvick made the most out of a stupid comment made by Joey Logano and decided to raise money for their charity.  I just helped the cause.

The look on the one girls face made me laugh…not your typical t-shirt for small town Ontario!

And just incase you were wondering, I’m linking this post up…

So I will probably flog this one for a week or so, but after having several people ask me about it last week, and many more ask me about it in the previous weeks and months I have finally added a Google Friend Connect widget. The only problem, it’s not that easy to find. You’ll have to head right down to the bottom and add yourself because the silly thing is wider than my sidebars. I’d love it if you would add yourself.

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It’s almost time to head back to school. Actually, classes start exactly two weeks from today. Last year was such a very hard school year, despite having a great group of students that it’s taken everything I have to get ready for the coming year. I’m very glad to hear that I am not the only one who has felt like this. Apparently, several of us A-type teachers have done next to nothing this summer. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. On the good side, it means we have tried to relax and rejuvenate. On the bad side, we’re likely to do the same thing to ourselves again this year because we will feel like we are so far behind.

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Friday night Hubby put the movie Airspeed on.  Oh, it is not a good movie in any way, shape or form, but I found myself watching it anyway.  I wish that Canadian productions were better, but they are not,  not even close.  What I did find funny, aside from the horrendous acting was the fact that Elisha Cuthbert (from 24 fame) was in it and I didn’t even recognize her!  Let’s just say she’s come a long way in her acting abilities since then.

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Have you heard of Groupon, or FabFind, or Teambuy or Living Social?  I cannot tell you how much I’m loving these sites.  I don’t buy from the very often, but last week I purchased a coupon from Groupon…$25 for a $50 GC at the Gap!  Love it!  Needless to say I went shopping for a few back to school items on Friday.  Between the coupon and the additional money I had to put in, I ended up with a savings of about 40% off the amount I spent…on top of the sale prices the clothing already was. I hope that makes some sort of sense. (BTW, I’m not being paid for any of this paragraph at all…I just love the sites!)

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I have been as lazy as I could possibly be this past week because I screwed my knee up AGAIN!  I actually did it while we were at the race in Michigan, but I haven’t bothered mentioning it until now.  I know better, but I can’t help but push myself a bit more than I should.  I was planning on making a Dr. appointment to get it checked out over the summer, but it hasn’t bothered me until now.  I’ve had knee problems for over 20 years now and back then there was nothing that could be done for me.  I really should make the appointment though so maybe I can get some physio or something for it.

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Speaking of bad body parts…my FIL got some really bad news last week about his bad.  Long story short, his doctor said the problem would heal, and now, months later he finally got to see a specialist who was hopeful that he would be able to help him with the pain.  Not so, unfortunately in the time that it took to get to the specialist and set up the procedure the spine has gone too far and the surgery would have been too risky and the doctor didn’t want to risk it.  So, now there appears to be nothing they can do and my FIL has to live with the pain.  Sadly, this is not the first time small town doctors in my area have screwed up…years ago it took two months to diagnosis my father’s heart attack.  Sometimes small town living can really suck the big one!

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On that note, I’m off to enjoy what is left of my summer vacation.  I only have one day that I HAVE to go in before school starts and I plan on being a bum for as much of the rest of it as I can.

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Oh and just to plug it again…I finally added a Google Friend Connect at the very bottom if you are interested in adding yourself to my list of followers.  Thanks in advance.

We got back from our yearly NASCAR roadtrip yesterday to find…

That the raccoon had decided to take out my hummingbird feeders once and for all. The raccoon came for a late night visit several weeks ago and we hadn’t seen it since, but I guess with the dog visiting my in-laws the raccoon knew it was time to try again. The worst part…the stupid thing broke my favourite feeder. GRRRR! Stupid raccoon!

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This has been the year of the bugs inside my house and I am waiting now on the plague of locusts. We had ants back near the end of the winter. Near the end of June, early July it was earwigs – and the jut creeped the heck out of me. Now…it’s spiders! Oh my goodness the spiders. I came to the spider web (actually I think it was more than one) strung out the length of the bottom cupboards. It was just crazy! I had cleaned up all the webs and spiders (or so I thought) before we left so to come back to this many webs was a bit surprising. At least it was my friendly spider who resides outside the one window (I will share that one later…it’s HUGE!).

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I just came in from hanging out the first of many loads of laundry (the disadvantage to trailer camping as opposed to hotel…no one to clean your towels) and there is this crazy bird out there. I can’t see the thing, but I can sure as heck hear it! The bird keeps screeching like mad whenever I am out there.

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The animals seemed to have a great visit with the in-laws. The dog didn’t seem to like being dropped off this time – which also happened to be the first time she’s been there since the in-laws dog died. )Perhaps there is a connection there.) The cat, she apparently got on perfectly fine with my in-laws cat and only snarled once at my FIL. This is a much better track record. Her hind legs though, are still pretty bald! She took to licking them excessively a few weeks ago now – I thought it was a reaction to a new sample food but perhaps now. She looks absolutely ridiculous too! At least she’s not licking them raw now, so it’s not as bad as it was.

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I almost forgot about the mouse. There was one that decided to take up residence in our trailer and I thought I had gotten rid of it – dryer sheets to run it off seemed to be working, except for when you are trying to get said trailer ready and you take them out. Now, we’re not sure if the mouse travelled with us, or if we picked one up on our trip. Both Hubby and I think it came with us. Needless to say I was less than impressed when I opened a drawer I had cleaned to see dropping in said drawer. I ended up buying some new silverware because disinfecting is a little hard when you’re camping. But the topper…going out in the trailer last night when we got home to see droppings in the kitchen sink. I can only imagine what this mouse had been going through riding around in the trailer as we bumped down the road. Perhaps we scared it off, but something tells me that’s not so. So…it goes the dryer sheets again…just as soon as I finish clearing everything out and cleaning up all the newly left gifts.

So what about you…anything random to talk about this week? Well, why don’t you join in on the fun. Or perhaps stop by and see what others are writing about.

So this past weekend was the 40th Biennial Family Reunion of Hubby’s mother’s family, and…it rain! And rained. And rained some more. I gotta tell you though that it didn’t make that big of a difference in the festivities. The food was plenty and then some. I cheated, sort of, and bought these freakin’ awesome ginger snaps, because I wasn’t turning on the oven this week with the heat (okay fine, I was being lazy…it was actually cool for a few days). I did however decorate them!

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I’ve also spent a bunch of time getting our trailer ready to go for our yearly trip to Michigan. Yep, if you haven’t picked up on it, we are a NASCAR family. Yep, it’s completely against the environment. Yep, the cars go around in circles (well ovals) for hours. Yep, there are a lot of drunk people (we are actually not among that group…I can’t stand the taste and Hubby just can’t be bothered). But you know what, it’s bloody AWESOME. There’s just something different about being at the track. Not to mention it’s a few days for Hubby to sit and relax…no working on the garage, no working on the truck, no working at all. Although what’s really funny…he does a lot of the cooking. He doesn’t cook all that often at home, but when we’re gone, he cooks. So, it’s a nice break from cooking for yours truly.

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With our trip this weekend comes the end of summer for me. When we get back I’ll likely head into the school for a day or so to get things set up for September. It may seem really early to some but I want to get everything set up before everyone else is coming in and wanting to chat. We also have PD Days before the Labour Day weekend, so there won’t be much time to set up the classroom during that week.

I’m one of these people who would really like year round schooling. I’m ready to go back, sort of. I’m still hoping to win the lottery this Friday – $50 million, not that I need anywhere near that much, but let’s be honest, I’d happily take it!

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This has been one of the hottest summers in years. Since Mother Nature and I don’t have a great relationship most of the year – too cold, too wet, too snowy. I’m not easy to please when it comes to weather apparently. Well, let me be honest here, I really haven’t had much to complain about this summer. Mother Nature has treated us well. Thank You. (Now watch, it will probably snow next week just to make me bite my tongue for even putting this down here).

There is absolutely no randomness to this post today.

I don’t know what’s going on this summer here in Ontario, but it seems not a week goes by when there isn’t a drowning story on the news.  As a matter of fact with the number of drownings I could almost say that there doesn’t seem to be a day go by with out this being a news story.  So far, since the spring there have been 43 drownings (as for July 29…and we have  a long weekend coming up).  43!  That is just far too many!

It’s been children, it’s been adults.  Drowning does not discriminate.  They have all been accidental, although for the most part preventable.

Parents do not take your eye off your child when they are near the water…any water.  It doesn’t take but a few inches of water to drown a person.  Put them in a lifejacket.  Teach them the basics on how to swim.  Take the steps required so as not to add another person to this list.

If you’re a non-swimmer, take lessons, it’s never to late to learn to swim.  Where your lifejacket when you’re out in a boat!  Don’t be stupid, just wear the damn thing if you can’t swim.  I don’t care how uncool you may think you look.  It’s better to look stupid than to be dead!

It always drove me nuts when I was working at daycamps and sleep-away camps and the staff didn’t wear their lifejackets in the canoes and kayaks.  I was there to set an example and I always wore my lifejacket, it didn’t matter how warm it was outside or how ugly the jacket may have been.

A lifejacket sitting in a boat doesn’t do you any good if you boat goes over and you can’t swim.  Exactly how are you going to get that jacket on while trashing around for dear life.  The jacket sitting in the boat also doesn’t help you if you are hit on the head when being thrown out of the boat.  It’s pretty hard to swim when you are unconscious.

One of the drowning victims was out with his children.  He drown and this children (thankfully) were found floating around in the lake hours after the fact.  They had their lifejackets on.  The father was smart enough to put a jacket on this kids, but not himself?  Doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever.  I cannot even imagine what it was like for the kids, the oldest being 10.  Those children are going to remember that forever, FOREVER!

I’m going to be blunt when I say I don’t get parents who won’t/don’t put their children in some sort of swim lessons just because they, themselves are not swimmers.  How does that make any sense?  You don’t swim, so your children don’t swim!  HUH?!  How does that make any sense? Find a way, get your kids some lessons, have them learn the basics, do something.

I can swim, although if I’m honest, I’m not the strongest swimmer anymore – I don’t get to swim 3 days a week like I used to.  Either way, I wear my jacket out in the boat, I just don’t want to take the risk, my life is worth more than that.

Another thing you can and should do, especially if you are a nonswimmer.  Go into the water with your lifejacket on.  Go out to shoulder depth and then…lift your feet. Yes, lift them.  You need to realize that your jacket can and will hold you up if you do end up in the water.  When you can’t swim and you end up in water over your head you are still going to panic, especially when you realize your jacket can and does move around a little bit – especially if you are wearing those gawd awful orange ones that are very boxy.  They will ride up.  You need to hold onto the shoulder area and relax (I know kinda hard to do when you can’t swim!).

I’m speaking for experience.  I have worked as a lifeguard/swim instructor.  I have also watched Hubby unexpectedly get dumped in his kayak and panic because of the lifejacket moving.  I ended up getting Hubby a better fitting jacket to make him more comfortable in the water.  And the first thing we did with the new jacket (and I wished I had done with the other one)…got him in the pool and told him to lift his legs.  I admit it was priceless to see him bobbing around realizing he was being kept up by the jacket.  And the next thing we/he did…he took off the jacket and asked me how to swim.  And then he practiced a bit.  It was an ugly dog paddle, but he was trying nonetheless.

It’s never too late to learn…and please, please, be safe by the water.

One of the highlights of my week was this tweet.

If you don’t know, Nate Ryan is the NASCAR reporter for the USAToday and a fill-in on Sirrius NASCAR radio.  He was tweeting about the events of the Nationwide race more than a week ago now and I sent a comment and a question.  It’s kinda col to have a reporter tell you, you asked a good question and they would try and ask!

That wasn’t even my first cool Twitter event of the week.  We went to the Brad Paisley concert last week but because of Hubby’s schedule we couldn’t make it to most any of the opening acts.  I couldn’t find anywhere, with time Brad Paisley himself was supposed to perform.  I threw a tweet out to @LiveNation on the very random, but highly unlikely chance I would get a response.

Not only did I get a response, I got three!  All of which made me very happy because we were going to be able to see the entire Brad part of the concert.  More on that tomorrow though.

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How is it possible, that Hubby, in his late-30s has never had a leg cramp?!  He woke me up at about 4:30 the other morning freaking out (just a little) about the fact that his leg couldn’t move and the muscle was all hard and OMG what was go on?!?!?!

After a bit of “coaching” from me he was able to get the leg stretched out and the muscle relaxed and I got to go back to sleep.

Of course I had to hear about it the next day.

Again, I ask, how is it possible he hasn’t had one of these before?  I have many several of them a year.

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Coming back from the concert last week I re-realized something funny and weird about my night driving.

Hey, it was late, Hubby was sleeping and I guess I needed to entertain myself somehow…and I want to know if there is anyone else out there that does this?

So it’s dark, really dark.  We’re on the highway, in the middle of farm country…that’s how dark it is.  Yes, there are a few cars on the highway and I was about to pull over to pass.  As all good drivers, I checked the blindspot over my shoulder and prepared to pull over…and, they I checked it AGAIN!  I get this in heavy traffic.  I get this during the day.  But at night?  I don’t know why but I tend to check my blindspot multiple times driving at night (I do it during the day too) when really if I couldn’t see lights a second ago, where on earth did I figure lights were going to mysteriously appear?

Does anyone else check that blindspot multiple times at night…even though you know that there was nothing there and nothing even remotely in the area?  Just wondering.

I’ve been enjoying my summer vacation and getting the time to lounge around reading all of the blogs that I enjoy so much.  Actually, there are days I don’t know what to do with myself because I catch up on my reading rather early – as opposed to the days during the school year when I have over 100 posts to read in my reader.

First…a great site with contests going on until the end of the month:

Christmas in July is going over there right now, with prizes and gift ideas.  It’s a bad site for me to go to right now since I’m in the Christmas crafting mood, but I think I will survive it.  Go, click over there now (you can come back here after, just promise me…) and check out all the cool things going on.

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One of the blogs I enjoy reading is:

I am inspired by the stuff that she does.  Then last week she posted the most incredible site on her blog and inspired doesn’t even come close to explaining what I thought.

These are created with driftwood…yes, driftwood!  Take a look for yourself over at Heather Jansch’s site. Wow!

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Over here at:

I spied these yummy looking goodies!

S’more Brownies!  Don’t they look amazing?  Hubby is not a big brownie fan, and I’d probably eat the entire pan myself, but…we do have a have family parties and reunions coming up and I may just have to turn on the oven to make a batch or two of these.

It’s summer, I can’t remember the last time I used the stove…the BBQ has a side burner so all of my cooking has been done out there since the heat finally came.  I even made pancakes on the BBQ the other week…love my griddle topper!

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I LOVE batik fabrics!  Love them!  I have stack of fabric downstairs just waiting to be cut apart and assembled into a quilt/bedcover.

How could I not love this blog?  She makes her own batik fabric…and has a book on how to make your own!  I’m in love and I’m in need of another book order.  Drat, I was doing so well too.  Look at the fabric she’s made…

isn’t it just gorgeous?!

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And on a more serious note…as in it’s not all yummies and craft today…

Holocaust Dance Video

Have you seen the video? Youtube took the original video down, but you can still find it from others who have decided to share their downloaded version.

I have to admit, I don’t have a problem with the video.  I take the Holocaust seriously.  Teach it to my students.  I even brought my students to see Hana’s Suitcase this year and the conversations the unit generated were phenomenal!  I just wish this video had been made public a month and a half ago because  I would have shown it to my class to see what their reaction would have been to it and to open the discussion about appropriateness.

The reason I don’t have a problem with this video is very simple: he survived the Holocaust.  I look at it as a celebration of what he survived, with this grandchildren, before it is too late for him to share this experience with them.  That’s it, that’s all, that’s how simple it is to me.

I truly do hope I haven’t offended anyone by posting this.

And if you’d like to join in hop on over to Unmom for a bit more Random Tuesday.

Why is that even though I know what’s coming it still makes me upset?  We (Hubby and I) like to watch Deadliest Catch every Tuesday.  I think we’ve actually watched the show since the very beginning.  Last Tuesdays episode was the beginning of the end and I found myself with tears in my eyes.  If you don’t watch the show, one of the main “characters” passed away back in February (and I knew back then that it happened) and in true reality TV form, the show has been following not only the events and happenings of the other captains, but also Captain Phil.  Discovery Channel has done a fabulous job of covering what happened, from Phil being found in his stateroom (after a massive stroke), to his admission and transfer of hospitals.  Tonight is his last  episode…and I plan on having a full box of kleenexes beside me.  I may also have to watch in another room.

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Oh, the farmer’s market!  I made it to the farmer’s market again this week and Ontario produce is finally making an appearance.  I ended up gathering four bags of fruits and veg.  Getting fresh veg is just so much better than the store bought stuff.

If I had more sun (and during the heat I’m glad we don’t) I’d like to have a garden.  Alas, we have tried and failed, but thats okay I’m happy to help my local farmers and buy the food they are growing for me.

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So my Five Finger shoes, yep, they actually are comfortable.  They look ridiculous (and creepy) but they are just so cool!  I don’t know yet if they are helping with my knees but I do notice a difference in my calf muscles.  I can feel them more when I’m walking.  I love walking in bare feet but don’t like the sharp objects (stones, twigs etc) that are around the house and these shoes are a perfect compromise.

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I am so behind in what I wanted to do this summer and you know what…I don’t care!  Well I do care, but it’s not really stressing me out.  I still have a bit of a cough, but otherwise I’m pretty much over my cold.  I may not have enjoyed the cold, but the forced relaxation…that I enjoyed, a lot!

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My friend brought me an early birthday/Christmas present from her recent weekend getaway to Chicago. (They’re not in the same month, not even close)

Like Oprah or not I like the bag!

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I still don’t have the last few plants in the ground yet.  Where they are being planted is in the direct sun most of the day and in the evening, the mosquitoes have been crazy.  I was hoping that with the heat they may have died off, but no such luck.  I am contemplating getting the plants in the ground (before they die) and moving them in the fall.

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My latest Facebook game…

I seem to find a game every summer that is a time killer.  Yet again, I have not been disappointed!

Well, it’s not much, but it’s the randomness that jumped into my mind tonight. Care to join in…

My summer vacation has officially started, not that it started all that great.  What started as a head cold swiftly made it’s way to my lungs and completely knocked me off my feet.  I don’t remember having a cold this bad in a long, long time.  I spent many hours Saturday sleeping because that was about all I could do – something to do with lack of oxygen from full lungs I’m sure.  If I weren’t on holidays it would definitely have been a sick day, and I don’t do sick days very well, I don’t like the extra planning for a supply teacher.  Apparently I’d rather infect my students.

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So now that vacation has begun, I feel overwhelmed.  It was a crazy busy school year and I’m overwhelmed about not having as much to do?!  There’s something wrong with that.  I’m sure the feeling is only temporary…I hope!

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I’ve started the first book on my summer reading this…so far…it’s okay.  More later, when I’m done. (No L, not your book…that’s next.)

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It’s bloody hot here now!  Last Tuesday it was a whopping 14C out…by the Sunday…30C+.  It’s official Mother Nature doesn’t know what she’s doing. This is the weather forecast for the week…

See that “feels like” temp on Wednesday…shoot me now.  That’s just plain crazy!

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I think we’ve decided to try golf.  By we, I mean Hubby and myself.  We spent whatever time I was awake on the weekend at different golf shops.  You know what I have to show for it…golf balls.  It’s a start.  As always I seem to pick the wrong time of year to start looking into a sport…finding shoes is almost impossible right now.  I’ve almost chosen a set of clubs.  This is exciting news because it will give us something else to do when we go trailering.

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My goal this week…to get the rest of my plants in the ground.  I have a bunch of lavender plants to plant, but need to get the new garden dug and honestly I haven’t been in any shape to do it.  Based on the heat…about 11 pm sounds like a good time to do it.  I will get it done though.

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I’m making my second trip south of the border in less than 2 weeks.  I have a pair of shoes I need to exchange…they fit, mostly, but I forgot to adjust the straps on the ankle to their a little too big. Funny thing…my mom also has a pair of shoes to exchange too.  She looked at the size, but didn’t try them on.  They’re men’s shoes.  Oops!  Oh well, that means more yogurt and K-cups!  I’m weird like that…drive 3 hours to bring back groceries.

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One of my favourite things about summer and the heat…cooking on the BBQ.  I make everything out there.  Last year I made cookies and lasagne on it.  Not sure what crazy things I will try this year, but I have a few months to figure it out.

Care to join in on the fun, or perhaps see the randomness of some other awesome people.  Hop on over then.

Thank you for your patience…I’ve been too tired, too busy and not home to be able to post over the past few days.

It’s the last day of school for the kids today and boy oh boy is everyone ready for it.  I have to go in again tomorrow and finish up but it should be a pretty easy day.  I also have a few students coming in to help me out.  How crazy is that…they are willingly coming in on the first day of their summer holidays.  Gotta love them.

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I finally got my US shopping itch resolved this weekend.  I wasn’t planning on going until later this week but when my mom called asking if I wanted to go on a roadtrip to drop off my brother and sister-in-law I really couldn’t say no.  Beside she paid for the gas and the hotel! I definitely scored there.

I couldn’t believe how quiet it was going over the border.  There was one car in front of us going in and four or five coming home.  It took less than 15 minutes to come back.  And I learned something coming back.  Aside from never admit to bringing back dairy products…don’t ask, how of all the stuff I brought back cheese and yogurt were the two things I mentioned.  And my mom…she told the guys she brought back…butter!  So I learned that we can only bring $20 worth of dairy products back during a visit.  Good to know, but also kinda sucks.  Milk is so much cheaper, like half the price.  So is cheese.  And we don’t have Yoplait yogurt up here and I LOVE the Key Lime flavour!

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Sometimes it pays to complain on Twitter about the service of a company.  I posted a tweet about the bad service, well actually it was refusal of service – because it was too close to closing (10 minutes from) at New York Fries.  Guess what?  They started following me and asked me to follow back so they could get more information.  I feel for the poor girl who refused to serve us…I highly doubt she’ll have expected me to post on Twitter, let alone have someone from the company ask for more info.  I don’t think she’ll know what hit her, but I bet she’ll just make the fries next time.  (I only made a stink about it because my sister-in-law is allergic to just about everything and it was the only thing she could eat.)

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I’m somewhat disappointed to be Canadian after this weekends G summits.  The G8 appeared to go off without a hitch or so much as a protestor.  The same can’t be said about the events in Toronto.  As a matter of fact on the way home from Niagara Falls we saw the caravan of buses flying down the highway.  Little did we realize until the 11 p.m. news that the buses were full of police officers being brought in as back up.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out this little video.  I’ll take a bit of comfort in knowing that some of the more aggressive protestors weren’t even Canadian.

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I’m looking forward to the summer break…a bit of Key Lime yogurt and a long weekend with the Hubby!

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