You may recall the other day me mentioning how bored I am of my boring old teak patio furniture. Well, NOT ANYMORE.
l-r Gleaming Pink, Mango, Shock Red; all by Montana Gold
HOW AWESOME ARE THESE LOOKING??? I’m not done yet, I ran out of the pink and yellow. Luckily, Symphony’s dad’s gym is really close to the art supply store so he’s going to pick me up some this afternoon, so I can finish them tonight or, more likely, tomorrow. After emptying two and a half cans, I have a terrible spraypainting cramp in my right hand! Plus, tonight Taylor and I are make a fun-filled trip to Canadian Tire for those bright blue resin Adirondack chairs I’ve been obsessing over.
I was also able to find the giant rainbow paneled golf umbrella that I really wanted at a different dollar store for just $11! Now to figure out how to turn it into a patio umbrella…
Puppies & Hydrangeas
I took the dogs (and kids, but I can’t share those pictures) to the park this morning. Georgie actually held still for long enough for me to get some decent pictures of her, glowing in the sunlight.
someone needs his teeth cleaned…
I love hydrangeas, and there are so many around my neighborhood, in all colours. Taylor was nice enough to photograph some for me.
Adorableness canineified. Look at that face!
No Patio Lanterns Required
lol I think Taylor needs to be more aware of where he is in relation to the sun
Last night I dragged Taylor on an ill-fated trip down to HomeSense on Robson Street to look for some of those brightly coloured resin Adirondack chairs to use in the backyard- I saw a ton of them there just the other week, but unfortunately they are all gone already! So disappointing. We are going over the bridge to Home Depot/Canadian Tire this weekend and there’s a bigger HomeSense there, so maybe they’ll have some. EDIT: I just looked at the Canadian Tire website and they have them there for $20. SOLD AND DOUBLE SOLD.
I’m also sick and tired of my patio furniture.
SNORE. It’s teak and I’m over it. I want to spray paint it, and I haven’t oiled it in over a year so it should work. I mean, I hope it works! I have bright red, yellow and pink paint left over from other projects, and I bought a couple of rainbow umbrellas to try to make a mini-patio umbrella- a couple in case I mess it up!
I got this at the dollar store, awesome.
Eventually I want one more like this but for now my dollar store specials will have to do!
Also, I took Georgie to the vet yesterday for her shots and a checkup and she’s gained a whole pound! What a good puppy!
Formal Portraits
This is my last post today, I swear.
Popsicle Party
This post is so late! Actually the whole party was so late, we were too busy eating nachos and watching Aladdin on Friday night to make any, plus we still had a bunch of those terrible watermelon ones left from last time. Sym eventually ate all of them so this afternoon I decided to make some simple, mid-week popsicles.
I just used this Sun-Rype Apple Lime juice. When I was a little kid we RARELY got juice boxes, usually just on long car trips. There would always be just ONE apple lime juice box and I’d have to battle my dad for it. It was my favorite and I still love it.
ew, ignore the hair. I DID, haha.
I made them this afternoon and they were done by this evening so Sym and I tried them out and they were delicious! Totally crisp and refreshing and perfect for the hottest day so far this year.
how cute is this kid?
btw these are the LAST EVER pics taken with my old camera, except for the carton of juice which was taken with my new camera.
How I Love That Man of Mine
Taylor got a package this afternoon, and when he opened it, guess what was inside?
A new camera! But wait, Taylor already has a camera, a much fancier one than this. I’M the one with the broken- oh wait.
the last picture ever taken with my SD790 IS
Yes, for the second year in a row Taylor has surprised me with a new camera after I’ve broken mine (the one I have now he bought for me when I jammed the lens on my old one right before we eloped to Hawaii). Not only did he buy me a new camera, but he made sure I wouldn’t buy one for myself by telling an elaborate lie about new models coming out and blah blah blah stuff he knew I’d just be like “OK WHATEVER.” That trickster!
Anyway my broken one isn’t THAT broken- the side panel that the wrist strap attaches to pops out if pull on it (the strap, I mean), but it still takes perfectly decent pictures, so I might be selling it. If anyone needs an emergency camera for a reasonable price, let me know!
It Continues
So we already know Dougal & Georgie are best friends who like to hang out, but today Georgie showed me that she misses him when he’s not here- by sleeping in his crate.
She could very easily have chosen Kichou’s crate, which is also open AND has delicious forbidden chihuahua food in it, but she chose Dougal’s. So precious!
Speaking of Kichou, I FINALLY managed to get a picture of him and Georgie with no bared teeth and snarling.
Of course, two second later she bit him on the butt. That puppy!
More of the Usual
Someday I will get tired of the Dougal-Georgie friendship.
That day is not today.
He’s all eyes & ears and she’s a constant blur. I never thought Douagl would be the calm one; he’s always been a total spazz! I guess he’s finally grown up.
Some pictures from this morning…
this birch tree is so pretty but it hemorrhages seeds all over my stairs that get tracked into my house and make a huge, endless mess
my neighbor’s lilies, you can smell them from about ten feet away
the moon!
… and last night
the coziest place in the world
Midday Picture Post
A lap dog in her natural habitat. Please note her own hair stuck in her mouth because she was doing some crazy flails and bites.
You know how regular plastic jars of Nutella are that awkward shape with the weird bulges at the top that make it hard to scrape out every last speck of chocolate hazelnutty goodness? So annoying, right? Well there’s this totally bizarre little bodega near my house that sell the regular chips-pop-cigarettes, but also random foods from around the world, and one of the things they carry is Nutella in these glass cups. These are awesome because:
• it’s way easier to get out every last speck of chocolate hazelnutty goodness
• they only costs $3 so I have less guilt about buying them
• instead of having to wash out and recycle or just throw away the empty plastic jar, this packaging is totally reusable as food storage, a vase or even a drinking glass- the rim is rounded and smoothed and properly finished
So basically for just $3 you get easily-accessible Nutella, PLUS a practical and versatile glass! Not too shabby.
My printer is totally sucking and probably needs to be replaced, BUT I literally just put new ink cartridges in it that I don’t want to waste. I had a whole bunch of free sample packs of 4×6 photo paper so I’ve been printing out tons of ~inspirational~ pictures, to put up on my not-yet-purchased bulletin board. I now have a stack about 3/4 of an inch thick that’s a combination of six or seven family photos combined with a million pics from my tumblr. Since the printer is so bad and the paper is pretty small it doesn’t really matter that the resolution isn’t great.
Finally…
… aaaaand just in time for me to go back to work.
On the bright side this means instead of being trapped inside with the kids going squirrelly all week we’ll get to spend lots of time outside. And hey, there’s always the weekend!