let's try this again, shall we?

a warm hello to any and all who visit here and many thanks to you for returning, despite the gaping holes between entries over the past six months or so. the good news is: i'll be posting much more often starting tomorrow. my birthday is swiftly approaching, which means it's time to update last year's list and post a new one! also, look for new additions to 'all the knig's women' and 'hall of dames' in the next few days as well as some photos i've taken recently and perhaps -if i can muster the courage- a youtube video or two of my new found hobby as an amateur chanteuse :)

much love & talk soon

*scrunching up eyes and sending good thoughts through computer screen*

a bow tie affair

once again, i find myself apologizing for not having blogged in far too long - but this time i have a legitimate excuse: i've been preparing for my brother's wedding this coming saturday! he's the bow-tied brother on the right in the above photo and i'm to be the master of ceremonies at the event (*eek*). i still have much to do and the day is almost upon me, so i can't stay long. after this weekend, all comes floating back down to normal and i'll have much more time to spend here. in the meantime, enjoy your labour day weekend! xo

summer daze

you'll have to forgive my fairweather blogging as of late. i've been enjoying the outdoors more than the computer screen, as i'm sure you can all understand. this weekend i'll be heading to a good friends cottage and i couldn't be more excited. nothing beats fresh air, trees, people i love and lots o beer n chuckles. looking forward to nights like this one...


wishing you all a marvelous weekend filled with chuckles of your own. take care of yourselves! see you next week! xo

dad

my favourite photo of my dad, who turns 70 tomorrow. happy fathers day people!

time for action

i saw a photo of myself from behind on a friend's blog this morning and was absolutely mortified. i have been overly indulgent in food and drink for many moons now and the resulting pudge is worse than i had imagined. no more excuses for me. i'm gettin off the fat train this instant! buyin me a ticket to Health Town. who's comin?

forgive me

i hope you'll forgive my absence this past week. busy as a bee at work and haven't had a lot of time for blogging. in two hours i'm off to the hair dresser to chop off all my locks! provided i'm not traumatized by the results, i'll be sure to post a photo of my new doo. i'm wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thanking you ever so much for continuing to visit me here. i got nothin but love for you people! xo

get your paint on!

sorry sorry sorry sorry. i haven't written in donkey's years. but i've some news! i've just spontaneously signed up for a 5 week online painting course with Lisa Congdon and Mati McDonough! i'm one o those peeps who really needs a push and some structure to her creative endeavours, lest they fall by the dreaded wayside - so this'll be perfect for me. i'm so excited, in fact, that i gotta run n work on my first lesson right away! you can join me if you like, but you must hurry 'cause the 'course is underway. do it!!! here's the link.

where the hell am i?

i'm feeling a bit disoriented today. back at work after two blissful weeks of vacation, grumpy and light-headed from the stupid newyear's diet i'm subjecting myself to, and totally unclear as to what i want to do with the slip-n-slide of a brand new year stretching out before me. lucky for me, i tend to count my birthday as an annual day of reckoning more than january first. and with that but a month away (february 8), i'll be working on this year's list. it's an awfully big birthday for me this year, so i've a lot of thinking to do. in the meantime, i'll just keep eating rabbit food n birdseed and snapping at strangers 'til i can't take it anymore :/

hope you all had a happy and safe holiday season. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

a much needed rest

i hope you'll excuse my absence this past week or so. i've been off work for nine days enjoying a stay-cation with my husband. though i'd planned to finish all sorts of errands and projects, i ended up doin a whole lot o nothin. which was absolutely grand. nothing beats doing nothing sometimes, y'know? didn't do any blogging either, which i intend to make up for with some holiday mix tapes and gift guides and resolutions! look for the first of these in the coming days. hope you all had a wonderful week!

[photos from Life]

how embarrassing

after all the fuss i made about Nuit Blanche (see below), my evening ended up being more about fun than photographs. but if you'd like to see some great photos of the event taken by other people, check out this flickr group.

*sigh*

what a dreadful morning i'm having, my friends. awoke to a broken lock on the front door. whilst waiting for the superintendent to fix the thing, checked my mail for the first time in weeks, only to find a collection notice for a 12 year old phone bill from my university days -that my roommates apparently decided not to keep paying after i'd left- to the tune of a thousand dollars (which i surely do not have). also in this treasure trove of mail was a letter from my condo board asking for 60 bucks in payment for a noise complaint made against us in June [just a wee get together, but the balcony door was left open and apparantly my neighbours are ancient and no fun]. set out on my way to work, the heavy weights of debt upon my shoulders, and halfway through my ride, the left brake on my bike up-n-falls right off. just hangs there, dangling from the brake line [like i can afford to fix my effing bike right now]. upon arrival at my place of business i purchased a big giant coffee in the lobby, only to discover that the lid was ill-fitted when i dribbled hot coffee all down the front of my shirt. i have since advised my colleagues to keep me at arms length for the remainder of the day, lest a 16 tonne anvil should fall from the sky in my direction. poop. this is my life. here's hoping your day is going infinitely better than mine.

niagara

my weekend in Niagara Falls was awesome! i lost 50 bones in the casino, but i got some great pictures! these are some of my favourites. my lady friends and i also went to one o those old timey photo places where you dress up like saloon girls and they take your picture in sepia. the results were fabulous, but i'm not allowed to post them. boooo.  and just for fun, here's some delicious jambalaya and me eatin' it! 

oh, and in case there was ever any doubt, the king is everywhere :)

the hangover

so hungover. need macdonalds. helped a friend of mine get rid o some extra booze last night. now i'm at work. can't wait to go home and throw myself on the couch. i need one o these:

WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

weeeeeeeeee!!! my baby's coming home tomorrow! and i am almost as excited as these manic Elvis fans! sorry i haven't posted in a few days, it's been a bit of a crazy week. i promise i'll be back to daily posts on monday. until then, i hope you all have a magnificent weekend! be sure to hug your dear ones tight and tell them how much you love them. xo

Nate vs. the volcano

the recent erruption of Eyjafjallajokull has left thousands stranded across the globe, one of whom happens to be my husband. though scheduled to come home from England yesterday, it seems he'll be stuck there for at least another week, depending on conditions. i miss him. this one's for my baby:



Rudy misses him too :)

here's lookin at you

i've reached 100 followers! i'm so grateful to you all for visiting my wee blog. as a thank you, i'll be having my first giveaway on Tuesday April 5. i'd tell you what it is, but it's a surprise :) that may be the next time i post here, as tonight is my husband's art opening and the easter weekend is promising sunshine and warm breezes, which will likely keep me outdoors for the duration. with that, i wish you a relaxing and rejuvinating long weekend! see you Tuesday :)

i am 3(4)

above is a picture of my brothers and i on my third birthday, back in 1979 in Kenilworth, England. it's difficult to see, as the photo has seen better days, but i am wearing a big red button that says I AM 3 (which i still have, incidentally). today i turn 34. on a winter monday. and though i may be tired, cold and hungover from my weekend festivities, i still feel like a three year old at heart, and if someone made silly buttons for 34 year olds, i'd be sporting one as we speak :) here's to another year young, and may you all keep the children inside you as close to the surface as possible! xo

bienvenue 2010!

...and so the holidays pass and we all return to our regular routines. lucky for me, i've another week off work in which to play with my christmas presents and bring my new years resolutions to fruition. this year my darling husband bestowed upon me the most incredible gift: a Canon EOS xsi! this is extraordinarily meaningful to me as it will allow me to improve my photography skills in hope of someday dabbling in wedding and event photography. plus, i can take pictures for my upcoming etsy shop, and fun photos for this blog, like the one of me above, taken by my husband. i have named my camera Gladys, and below is the first portrait i took with her, of my very handsome husband and our baby, Rudy.

as for my resolutions, the biggest one is the get-healthy-lose-weight-feel-better thing, which i'm sure you're all familiar with. we've cleaned out the fridge of all junk and i'll be playing happy housewife this week, making healthy dinners and packing lunches. more than that, we are committed to eating responsibly, thanks to a recent viewing of the phenomenal documentary Food Inc. (which everyone on earth should watch). for the losing weight part, we've enlisted the help of Wii Fit, which helped my sister-in-law lose 40 pounds. i seem to be allergic to gyms, but i love a good video game, so we'll see how it goes...

right now i'm off to the grocery store to buy fruits and vegetables and all that sort o' stuff. hope you're having a great day!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

i am the biggest jerk. i keep promising posts and delivering pin-ups :/  what can i say, life has taken over these past few days.  monday morning i'll be good as new and back to blogging. i love the feeling of staring down a fresh new year of unmarked paths and sparkling opportunity. i wish you all a wonderful evening filled with champagne and kisses! and may the coming of the new year bring you clarity and bounty.  bon chance my friends! 

cleaning house

my sincere apologies.  i know i said i'd be up and running again yesterday, and i've all sorts of things planned for the next few days (like new years dresses and best of 2009 lists), but at the moment i'm busy doing a bit of preparatory house cleaning to usher in the new year [clad in far more than this young lady].  i've so many stories to tell you of marvelous christmas gifts and heartfelt resolutions, but i haven't the time today.  please do come back tomorrow, as i promise to have something interesting for you.  hope you are enjoying your holiday as much as i am [no work 'til the 11th!!!] xo