Colourful Days

Terrific Thoughts of Tracy Thursdays - Post #3

This one is from way back when we decided to move to Belleville. I have to admit that the move was hard on me. I love Toronto. I loved my job (I gave them 3 months notice that I would be leaving). I enjoyed our little apartment and our little area of Toronto. But I moved to the sticks, boonies, far from the city... but after 3 days of living in the sticks, the squirrels and the isolation really got me me. Seeing this, John called Tracy up and asked her to come visit me for the weekend because I was miserable. And as per usual, she did! I was so excited that she was coming!

So we got already and bought food for a feast of a weekend... gave her directions on how to get here and waited and waited and waited. I heard the car pull up the road and then they pulled in (she brought her boyfriend at the time) and then heard her say "Where the hell did you take my friend?" - My thoughts exactly!

Birthday Time - Turn on the Sirens!

 

I love making birthday party invites and I was lucky to hold on to this little guy a few weeks ago (during a very crappy day) so I was happy to re-pay the snuggle time with a birthday invite design. The real one isn't blurry, promise.

Creation #3 - Red

So as you can probably tell, I'm on a little bit of a streak and I'm going with it because there are lots of times where I have no umph to do anything creative and then others times that's all I want to do. Right now, I have to do this ... I signed up for the Home for the Holidays Show and its coming up quick!

Here is my most recent piece, it literally dried over night. (I have another piece in stage 1 out of 4)

#2 - Coneflowers

Here is number 2 in a series of pieces that I am doing for an upcoming arts/crafts show. I start with an old window, paint a little something on the back side (I use latex paint as it's durable and won't come off), then I applied the coneflowers cut out of scrapbooking papers on the front and then applied japanese papers on the backside to give the background.

re-cycled window. re-purposed papers.

Happy Birthday Bennett!

Next year will be the big birthday but we will celebrate this one anyway. You are one great father, husband and friend. I am so happy that you finally got to go on a fishing trip... mostly because you enjoyed yourself and that it also means I don't have to go. Love you lots!

Trick or Treating 2009

It's Wyatt's first official year of trick or treating and I think he really liked it! It was a little iffy that he as even going to put on his costume all afternoon. He didn't take a nap so I wasn't too optimistic about the chances of the hedgehog costume seeing the trick-or-treating festivities. However, as soon as he saw his sister and brother getting dressed up and the first couple of kids coming to the door and getting chocolate, he was all in.

The hedgehog made it out for an hour of trick-or-treating... he said trick or treat all the way up to everyone's doors and then would freeze once the people would come to the door... nothing would come out of his mouth except for a quick 'oh tank you' once the treats dropped into his loot bag.

 

Our super cute  and her friend went trick or treating with me for one hour and then went around with a neighbour for another hour. I found out that she had the limo service being pulled around in a wagon once the sugar rush stopped all the energy from going to her legs and walking back home.

 

and our stick man found some friends to go around with (so he wouldn't be seen with his mom trick or treating) and they hit a couple of seniors residences where they proudly announced that they happened upon a buffet of baked goods!

Terrific Thoughts of Tracy Thursday - Post #2 (Tracyisms)

The other day a friend sent me a long email and it got me thinking about some little things that put a smile on my face on one hand and then made me miss her even more. But I think I smiled more than not smiled when I thought about them so I hope it does the same for you as you read them.

She loved her puzzles, board games, cards and could master a multitude of video games

She loved to dance... I remember her and Julia busting a move to Madonna at the cottage

She came out on her wedding day not wearing any shoes.

Her living in her yoga pants all 3 days at the cottage

Her unwillingness to make anything in the kitchen and would rather send Dave out for takeout

I'm glad that she didn't have to do dishes or laundry or clean or cook.

I can't forget her calling Julia her little monkey.

Autumn Days

Last Saturday was a perfect autumn day and when the boys came to get me after training we took advantage of a great part of where we live. The River. It turns out that the salmon are swimming up river and it's great fishing right now. So while John and Jax fished, Wyatt and I took a walk along the path and watched all the leaves fall from the trees, ran after the squirrels and oohed and aahed over all seagulls diving in to get the fish.

Then when it was time to go, I turned around to find this little image of my two boys walking hand in hand.

Dreaming

Right now I'm thinking about going here

Manhattan Poster by Jim Datz - Second Edition

available @ http://threepotatofourshop.com

And really thinking hard about seeing this in Toronto at the Canon Theatre in the new year.

 

Can you tell where I would like to run away to right now?

The Crash and the Ressurection

Last Sunday, the kids were playing and I was still in a little bit of daze and all I heard was a shattering crash and then a "Jackson!" Instead of getting mad of the loss of a $13.00 lamp (a great deal - thrift store find), I took a shower and let John clean up the mess and let the kids think about what they had done (sometimes this is the worse punishment - silence).

But later on in the day, I decided to hit another thrift store to look for halloween stuff and I found an excellent shade to replace the one that shattered all over the livingroom floor. And this is what it looks like now. Guess it was just meant to be.

Kind of reminds me of the ceilings at the Bellagio... but much tackier because it's made out of resin and plastic and will never shatter like it's predecessor.