Ooh Tea Cosies!!!

My sister and I took a recent trip to Kingston for the afternoon to pick up some lovely vases for her upcoming wedding. After a trip down the 401 that Noah probably would have avoided, a transfer of a unmarked box from one trunk to another in an underground garage, and a lovely lunch, we headed downtown Kingston for further fun.

My bestest friend from high school and his wife joined us (in fact chauffeured us) around the town. We did a small drive by tour of Fort Henry. Saw the incredible leaning trees and an empty field that we just had to get out and read the place marker. Turned out the empty field use to be a hospital. Back into the car and down to the shopping area where we found a lovely craft market displayed. There were a lot of artisans here and a few I have seen sell their wears at other markets. The best from this small excursion was my buddy James re-enacting an event that happened several years ago when I was visiting him.....

(cue dream sequence) I couldn't believe it when I was walking with James through a Christmas craft show that quite some time of passing booth after booth James squeals with delight....(yes squeals!!!) "Oooh Tea Cosies". Look at this guy. 6 ' 4", big, burly and is excited about tea cosies. He told me at the time...."this is what buying a new home does to you". I of course never believed his story. However, it's still a great tale in both of our minds and one we'll probably laugh another 25 years about.

First House is Only a Week Away

Well by Friday of this week I will be a happy new home owner. Not only that, but it will be a brand new home. Extremely exciting, scaring, and overwhelming all at the same time. Here's hoping they get all the stuff they need to get done to hand it over to use by then.

Blue Jays Vs. Kanas City Royals

I treated hubby to a Jays game last week. I knew the weekend was going to be super hot for a change and that we both had the day off. So on I went to the Jays' site to see what special event may be going on to get tickets too. They Jays are great in that they have many special events that then have a few tickets cheaper then normal. The 25th of May happened to be Greek Heritage Day. So off went to sit beside Zorba and had a great day in the sun, watching the Jays kick butt and best of all was the location of the seats. We got to sit first row just past the 3rd baseline. How could I pass up tickets like that?!?

Flowers in Epcot

During my recent trip to Orlando for the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering I took some time out for myself and wandered around Epcot for thier Flower & Garden festival. It was really beautiful to see the whole place in such gorgeous bloom. Here are a few of the shots I took while walking around the special gardens and regular ones as well.













Another afternoon of wandering around Animal Kingdom allowed me a few more hours of doing one of my favourite things; taking more photos.

Niagara Trip With My Brother

Scott and I went away over night to Niagara Falls this weekend. As always, we had a great time together. The lady at the desk at the hotel was kind enough to let us know that if we upgraded for $50 we could have better view, a coupon for dinner and breakfast. Well dinner and breakfast was already planned for and we were on a limited budget so we stuck with the room we were assigned.

I think we ended up with a pretty good view. I'm not sure what the extra money would have had us see.We rode the shuttle far too many times, but it was a convient way for us to get down to Cliffton Hill. Ice cream and the midway were a must here.

A brief (and I mean very brief) time at the casino proved unfruitful so we ventured off to the hotel pool instead. Can't lose money there.

My New Stairs

We're playing the waiting game right now waiting for our new house to be built. It's our first home for both of us, so naturally we are extremely excited. We had a move in date of January, which got bumped to April, which has now been bumped to June. Well at least the move-in temperature is getting better and better all the time.

Toronto Loves Bon Jovi

Well haven't had a photo up here in a long time. Mostly because I've been a little consumed with my crashed computer and the potential lost of my photos. Note to self, back up or up load photos more often.

Here are some pictures I took on my camera phone. It doesn't take great pictures usually, but these ones turned out not too badly. These are shot during Bon Jovi's 4th concert (March 10, 2008) in Toronto in the last several months. What an amazing show. Jon Bon Jovi is a class act and seemed genuinely excited and humbled by the out pouring of love and devotion from the Toronto Fans. I certainly hope they will continue to visit and entertain us for years to come.