Road Trip Day 3!!

On the road again early! Will be making it to Calgary today!

Mike had to clean the windshield after last night's drive!!



Have to keep an eye on the road these deer are everywhere! We just saw a dead one that had taken the mirror off a car or truck!

Mike hit a bird and unfortunately it didn't survive!

Saw our first truck with a shot gun rack.

We stopped for a bathroom break in a sketchy area. Forgot that nothing is open today.

Saw a random bull on the side of the road not fenced in!

We are back in Canada!

Crossing the border was bizarre! We pulled into a garage and the one and only guy drilled us on what we had, where we were from, etc. Sooo different from what we have at home!

It is windy here but cooler! Only 24!

Only 18 in Elkwater Town Site/Cypress Hills. Once again beautifully landscaped - reminds me of The Muskoka's!

Saw the worlds largest tepee.

Saw elk.

Made it to our hotel! Looks shabby on the outside, I was worried! They are in the process of renovating it. Luckily the inside was done! Our room is nice and roomy!

When we arrived the girls had a warm welcome from various staff! One of them got even got down on the ground and have them a good loving!

We had a late dinner and off to bed early! We were tired!! Meeting Alison tomorrow!!!

Finish Up Friday

Wow, What a Thursday I had yesterday. It was pretty much a day of waiting around!

But I made it through!

I had an appointment in London for an oil change for the truck and to get it checked over before we drive it out west. My appointment was at 10 AM. I arrived and they told me they were short staffed and that it would take longer.

So what is a girl to do? Get a ride to the mall? I think so! Although the mall that I went to was crappy, I still managed to make out with a few things!

Like this:

 1/2 off!! Ok!!!

I also got a wedding shower gift, 3 pairs of Capri's, 2 tanks and 2 dog toys!

Score!

I ended up calling my Mom to see if she wanted to meet me for lunch, which she did of course! So we had lunch at East Side's. Now I have lunch for today too!!

I went back to the dealership, in hopes that the truck was done, which is was not and waited around for almost 2 more hours. I have decided to skip out reading The Vow... I have just got bored of it. I took on several people's advice and have started 50 Shades Of Gray. We will see how it goes.

Once I got back to town, I had to stop in town and pick up my prescription and then headed home.

 I found hubby resting in the tent on the newly inflated "airbed". I have forgotten how small a queen is! We are spoiled with a king!

Looks like we are supposed to be spoiled with another HOT weekend!! And as I look at the forecast, it is supposed to be HOT all next week too!!

Wednesday night we mercied the team we played!! 18 - 0!! We were trying to give them a run in, but it did not happen!

This pretty much finishes up my week!

M has ball tonight, I am hoping for another win. He is in a golf tournament Saturday and we are hopefully heading back down to the lake on Sunday!!

Happy Weekend Friends!!

Another Wonderful Wednesday!

Can I just say how beautiful it is outside again today!!! It is soo beautiful that I decided to wear a dress to work today to celebrate spring!! I took a picture (in the bathroom here at work - which has a halogen light... which means crappy photo) to give you an idea:

The picture does not really do it justice... but hey what is a girl to do when she is stuck at work on a beautiful day?

I am loving that the weather today is supposed to be 28 and feel like 32!! Yes Please!! We are breaking records already today and it hasn't even reached it's high for today!

I am attempting to learn how to crochet and have figured out how to make a "chain", but the yarn I am using is not really working, so I am going to have to give up until I can get new yarn. I have soo many projects on the go, I should work on completing one before moving on to the next!

I love M's new truck, especially the new license plate!! It has my initials and my birthday in it!!! It was a complete fluke, but I love it!!

I love that I found my necklace!! I went to wear it yesterday, but could not find it anywhere. I was freaking out all day that I had left it behind somewhere. I was soo worried about, that before I left for work yesterday I then couldn't find my shoes - that were right where I left them. I called Mike in a panic telling him it was an Emergency call. He could hear the fear in my voice and told me we would find it! We did just that when we got home last night. Thanks to photo evidence, we realized when it was last worn and traced our steps. We found in a travel jewelry bag!! It is now safe and sound on my neck - where it belongs!

I love that I am off tomorrow and it is supposed be gorgeous again!! Maybe - just maybe I will get me a tan... serious pastiness happening over here!!! I do have a busy day planned tomorrow, so who knows if it will happen!

I have been dying my hair dark for a while now, but I am now considering changing it up and getting blond highlights again! I just hate the maintenance.. aka roots!

And now for some Pin Loving:

I think I need to make one of these:

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Love this idea to organize my fabric:

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And I believe this is something everyone should know:

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I think I need to make these:

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And these:

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I also think I will try this healthy alternative:

Jamie Oliver's Frozen Yogurt - PIN

And now for some inspiration for the week:

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Happy Wednesday Friends!!

First Day of Spring!!!

Today is the first day of spring and it feels more like the first day of summer!! It is going to be 25 degrees today, with a humidex of 29!!! That is like 77 degrees Fahrenheit my friends - in March!!! No complaints here what-so-ever!! I think hubby will be getting the yard cleaned up this weekend and the patio furniture out! Yesterday I had to sit on a dining room chair to sun myself!

Tonight we go pick up M's new truck. He is pretty excited!! I will admit I am too!! It is time to say goodbye to the big green beast!!!

It has been a "fun" 4 years.... actually it was fun up until this last year!!

Like the many trips to the lake:

It was also good for when the weather was bad! It assured me a safe trip into work with it's 4 wheel drive. I will be sure to get some last pictures of it for the memories...

I was sure to tell M "Happy Truck Day" today before he headed off to work.

He was pretty pumped this morning, he even came back to the house before heading out to the field to make sure I got up for my first day back to work this morning.

Even though the weather is nice, I was definitely ready to come back. But I am still looking forward to having Thursday off!!

Manic Monday

Okay, so I took a mini blog break without telling anyone... forgive me, but I am back!!! Unfortunately I did not go anywhere exciting, but my time off was well used!! Before we get into that, allow me to announce the winner for the credit to Kreative Corner Designs - and that would be Melissa from Grin & Barrett. Big thanks goes out to all of those who participated!!

Now on to what happened while I was away:

• the weather was awesomely fantastic!!!(Like +20 degrees) A lot of time was spent outside enjoying it, which meant not as much was accomplished indoors - but I am over it!
• Snoopy's birthday was on Friday and I was reminiscing my sweet puppy, whom I miss dearly!!

• I got my nails done!!! They are too cute:

Pink Tips!! Ready for Spring!!

• another coat of paint was put on the banister, but I'll be honest, it is still not done!!
• I bought some bar stools for our kitchen counter that has not been redone yet:

• We went truck shopping and found M's truck!!! We are very excited to say goodbye to the Explorer... I will not miss the tricks that beast played on me... or the strobe light interiors... or well anything... Say hello to M's new baby:

It is a 2009 Ford F150. I still cannot get over how spacious it is!! We pick it up tomorrow night!!

• We then continued to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!! Funny thing is about M's truck.. it's not green, which M has always only bought used green vehicles... we sort of broke the chain, but he did buy it from a guy in a green suit!!!
• Here is a picture of us before heading out to a party all decked out in green - although M's hair isn't done in it... and it was taken on my blackberry:

• We managed to get a lot done around the house yesterday, including the bedroom cleaned! We even changed the duvet to the one we got as our wedding gift!! I forgot how much I loved it!!

Now I have some stuff get done today, and some blogs to catch up on!! I hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

It is back to work tomorrow for me!