I Miss Summer!

This time of year, it feels like it's been winter forever, and like winter will never end. We haven't had too much of the minus a gazillion degrees Celsius weather, but we've had snow on the ground since it first fell on November 21. Some lucky people get to spend a week or two down south this time of year (like my sister M who is just wrapping up a nice warm cruise), but not me. So I'm longing for summer!

I thought I would live last summer again by looking through my unscrapped summer pictures. It didn't make me feel much better, but it did inspire me to scrap this:


One day early last summer, the kids and I went to Waterways to hang out at the beach for a day. The day before was hot and humid. The day after, hot and humid. But the day we chose to hang out at the beach, it was almost cool at a windy 23C. Ds (who once jumped in these waters on Victoria Day weekend) didn't mind the cool weather though and made the best of it by building sandcastles and elaborate waterworks by the edge of the water all day.

Supplies - T at the Beach

Patterned Paper and T monogram: Basic Grey Scarlet Letter
Cardstock: Bazzill
Embellishments: Westminster Finery by Tinkering Ink and buttons by ?
@ symbol - Thickers by American Crafts
The word beach - Wonderful Words by Deja Views
Letter stickers - unknown

On the bright side, going to bed early the other night probably did me a world of good, as I didn't come down with a cold this week after all. I'm all tired out from an intense workweek though, and have to deal with 7 a.m. hockey practice tomorrow.

On the here's-something-different front, I spent this evening playing NHL 07 on the Playstation 2 with ds!!! I was (of course) the Senators but couldn't completely duplicate my favorite team because of the players available last season. I managed to score a couple of goals but I pretty much got blown away by ds (who kept apologizing and telling me I was doing REALLY WELL for a beginner). Ah, good times.

Happy weekend everyone!

Random Stuff

I haven't created anything new in a while so don't have anything scrappy to share with you, other than my random thoughts...

1. Just fyi (Nathalie/famille1999!) the Sens won against Detroit on Saturday night. 3-2. Helluva game. Alfredsson rocks. Ds and I had the best time! It took almost an hour to leave the parking lot after the game, but that didn't bother me in the least ... I just listened to the post-game show on AM 1200. Yup - this hockey addiction is worse than you all thought it was.

2. I un-decorated everything except for the hutch in the foyer (still filled with my Christmas nutcracker collection). Tree's still up in the living room (taking it apart, boxing it & dragging it downstairs is dh's job). It looks funny all naked. Since one shouldn't post pics of naked things on the internet, here's my tree all-dressed.




3. There are days when I wish I had an easy simple uncomplicated stress-free no-decisions-to-be-made job. I can handle work pressures, high volumes, etc.; what I find hard is when people turn to me for solutions and I don't have any. Hoping to dream of a solution to a particularly difficult problem tonight. I sure can't think of one during my waking hours.

4. I started having chills and aches at about 4 pm today ... by the time I climbed the bus for the ride home my throat was sore ... now I feel like crap ... oh no. I need a cold right now like I need a hole in the head!





5. Dh is really busy, with new business coming out of thin air. Between his busy and my busy, we are lucky to even cross paths once or twice a day!




K, I should get off the computer and get into bed. An early bedtime is the way to go tonight! I can sort of hear my scrap desk calling, but I think I had better ignore it. My mojo's probably sick too.

Night y'all!

Just one more teeny tiny hockey post

Wow, I am so stoked for tonight. Ds and I have tickets to the Sens - Red Wings game. We purchased these last fall as a Christmas gift for ds, and I chose this game simply because it was on a Saturday soon after Christmas (and also a little bit because Jan 12th is my Dad's birthday, the first one since he passed away, and I thought going to a hockey game would be a good way to remember him). I had no idea that this would be such a hyped-up game; the Red Wings are 1st in the Western Conference right now with a very impressive record (10 points more than the Sens at this point). We could very well be facing them in the Stanley Cup finals this year. So what a bonus, to be going to such an exciting game tonight! And I just heard that Emery will be starting goalie. Hmn. It'll be kinda hard to pick my new favorite Senator when my current (former?) favorite is on the ice!!

So far today I've slept in (8:00!), done the groceries and un-decorated the family room (hoping to get the rest of the Christmas decorations down tomorrow). Now we're off to ds' hockey practice and after that, it won't be long before we change into our jerseys and head off to the game. I love it when I have stuff to look forward to!

Happy Weekend, everyone...