Finally a break! Well okay sort of. We have our first sale of the year out of the way. It started out bumpy, we were not actually on the street but in a parking lot behind a restaurant in the kids zone. Wouldn't have been so bad except we had a fire truck on one side of us blocking us from view of the street. Super annoying. So we spent from noon until about 3 pm there when someone came around and asked us if we wanted to move to the street. Didn't go bad after that! We managed to move all of our product, table, wash stand, take down our canopy/tent thingy and get it all set back up in 30 minutes. Thankfully we had an extra set of hands when a co-worker stopped by mid-move! After all was said and done, we packed up and went for a beer at one of the patios that was set up on the street. Left just as it was starting to rain. Not a bad day really. We purchased our tent thingy and got a custom made sign done, complete with shiny grommets! Looks super awesome, and we still managed to make our money back!
Currently we are in the midst of a couple of things. We are trying to work out what kind of things we are going to sell at the November craft sale. We are thinking of expanding our baby stuff section of crocheted things! This year we are going to have one traditional granny square baby blanket plus one or two (hopefully more as they work really fast) fancy star blankets with little matching sweater jackets to match! Also going to be doing some fun hats, scarves and mitts as well. Thank goodness there is more than one of us that knows how to crochet! On top of all of that we are doing our soaps and lotions and have decided to switch to a melt and pour for some. After this sale we will be moving on to cold pressed soaps...very exciting! We are planning to ask Lauren's dad if he can build us 3 more 3'lb soap molds. We may also be adding a bubble bath and a body butter. We are so excited!
Also on our list of things to do is another diaper cake for someone at work. I am working on an baby blanket and accomplished a lot tonight. I am officially finished my 80 squares and am half way through crocheting it together one way. I used this super awesome green instead of the standard minty green baby yarn...Bernat Softee Baby in Soft Fern. Love love love this colour...want to make scarves out of it! Now they just need a baby yarn in a brown or two and I will be happy!
Planning our vacation for July. Very much looking forward to it! We are heading up to Aaron's 5 star get-away for 10 magickal days. It's going to be awesome! Hoping the lake will be high enough for us to get the boat out of the boat house to get some fishing in. Also hoping the beavers have not blocked off the river as we want to go kayaking down river again. Who knows maybe a beaver damn would work in our favor? Just have to find a way over it! Can't wait! Been practicing my BBQ'ing skills lately and everything! I make a killer steak apparently!
We have come to the conclusion that we must put our wedding back a couple of months. We are going to join the party in October on the 29th, 2011. Our window still is not fixed and the condo is still not up for sale yet. We are starting a relentless phone campaign on Monday morning. On a brighter note, I think with the change of season we are going to change the colours for our wedding. We are thinking brown. Like a silky chocolaty brown, with either a apple green accent or an orange accent. We had a good time pitching ideas around today as well. He was very open to the idea of his best man guitaring me down the aisle to a tune he wrote. (Fraser is very musically talented as well as artistically) We also thought it might be super cute to have our center pieces done with hollowed out gourds done up like jack-o-lanterns with tea lights inside. I am pretty sure that I will be wearing a gold dress down the aisle. Now wait, don't freak, I am not talking shiny gold here. Probably a little darker than ivory. Have tried on one in that colour and it goes fantastic with my skin...can you tell I am super excited?!
Staying up for midnight shift sucks. Aaron is in bed sleeping and I am watching Mythbusters. Although I did make cupcakes tonight at like 1:45 am. On Thursday I had asked my boss for a half day on Friday. He booked me for a whole day and I came in. I had a meeting to go to about this new harassment law, and then my boss said that I could have the whole day if I made cupcakes...chocolate with vanilla icing. Somehow his mistake gets him cupcakes. I am not sure how that worked out but he's getting them! Honestly he has been hinting at it every chance he gets...even supervisors from next door have been hinting as well. Crazy.
Well I am off to bed, will post some pictures of what I have been up to soon!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
still alive
Yes I am still alive and kickin'! Haven't been blogging for a while, as crafting season is upon us and we are busy building stuff! Have a sale coming up in June. Last weekend was spent in Grand Bend with my dad and Julie. Had a great time relaxing on the deck and bbq'ing! The most exciting thing going on? This Friday the condo company is sending out a company to look at our leaking bedroom window! I may have mentioned this window before...it's the one that has been leaking for a year and is what is preventing us from putting the condo up for sale!
Will be back again soon!
Will be back again soon!
Monday, March 29, 2010
So I am stuck at home with a bum ankle for the next week or so. I don't know how I did it but I managed to get tendinitis in my ankle. What a great time for an update!....well I guess maybe it's not so great of a time...I have been stuck to my couch! Although tomorrow I get to go to physio...that will be the highlight of my day!
Yesterday I managed to escape the condo with the help of my very intrepid fiance! We had gotten a gift card for HomeSense at Christmas and he wanted to go and check out some kitchen stuff. Off we go to the mall! My sweetheart took pity on my and my gimpy foot and dropped me off at the front doors while he searched for parking! While we didn't find what we were looking for in the kitchen section we did find something in the bedding section! A lovely set of 600thread count Egyptian cotton bed sheets and a lovely new quilt...which the cats seem to be enjoying!
Well, I was going to put in a picture but it seems to be not showing up :(
Oh also, pulled up the blinds in the bedroom today to let in some light and low and behold what do I see? Little leaves on the bush right outside the window!
Yesterday I managed to escape the condo with the help of my very intrepid fiance! We had gotten a gift card for HomeSense at Christmas and he wanted to go and check out some kitchen stuff. Off we go to the mall! My sweetheart took pity on my and my gimpy foot and dropped me off at the front doors while he searched for parking! While we didn't find what we were looking for in the kitchen section we did find something in the bedding section! A lovely set of 600thread count Egyptian cotton bed sheets and a lovely new quilt...which the cats seem to be enjoying!
Well, I was going to put in a picture but it seems to be not showing up :(
Oh also, pulled up the blinds in the bedroom today to let in some light and low and behold what do I see? Little leaves on the bush right outside the window!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Just a Quick Post
Okay guys, just a quick post to plug my honey's and his best friends video. They have entered the Dorito's Virilocity contest! Pleas take a moment to check out their entry and give them a vote! If you like it, feel free to re http://www.doritosviralocity.ca/Gallery/
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http://www.doritosviralocity.ca/Gallery/VideoDetails.aspx?v=329114
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Amazing amateur space photography
Wow. And when I say Wow, what I really mean is...W.O.W. Look at this picture. How much do you think it cost to take it? Launching the satellite, customising the carefully-controlled precision camera, getting the images back down to earth, and so on? $750, for the whole job. It was taken by a private citizen in the UK, and NASA is so impressed that it contacted him to find out how he did it.
The camera, wrapped in loft insulation from a DIY store, is attached to a small computer that makes it take photos every five minutes, beamed to earth using a radio transmitter. When the balloon reaches the 22 mile point, it pops, because the air pressure outside drops to a point low enough that it cannot keep the helium inside.
Harrison then recaptures the camera, which falls gently to earth thanks to a parachute built into the box. The camera is equipped with a GPS that lets him pick it up from wherever it lands. Generally, it falls no less than 50 miles from where it left off.
Sadly, the original story published in the Daily Mail only gives us two of his stunning photos. I'd love to see a short video stringing together all of the shots that the camera took, in sequence. It brings to mind a project I saw in Make magazine, in which someone put a digital video camera in a home-made rocket. But 22 miles? Amazing. Can Canada beat Britain in amateur space photography? The challenge is out there, people. I'm off on a quick trip to Home Depot and Futureshop. See you later!
Danny Bradbury, MSN Tech & Gadgets