One last thing...

So You Think You Can Dance is back on...best performance..*correction this is the best performance:

So awesome!

B

9 holes

So I am not the greatest golfer. I really enjoy hitting the ball long distances, but putting is not my thing. I also lost interest halfway through the game...of 9 holes! I didn't do terrible, but didn't do great.

After golfing Allen and I went grocery shopping and came home to do some yard work and chores around the house. I decided to make us fish tacos for dinner. I used halibut that Allen caught last weekend. I bbq'd it up with a bit of tex mex seasoning, then laid it on a bed of goodness. Avocado mixed with a bit of sour cream and tomatoes, lettuce and cheese. It was delicious!

Allen's taco looked a little different as he doesn't like avocado much.

Finally my exciting news... I am attempting to grow an avocado tree! I found some info online... check it out ;)

I'm hoping it works and I end up with an avocado tree! Wouldn't that be great! :)
Anyways Im off to watch some Whale Wars then a movie! I love lazy Saturday nights!
B

Weekend lineup

How has your week been? Mine has been pretty busy. I TOC'd the last 3 days. It was pretty good, especially yesterday as I got to watch a school talent show. CUTEST thing ever! Little Kindergardens got up and sang twinkle twinkle little star. One little girl sang a song and I think halfway through it she got nervous and twitched to Insy Bitsy Spider. :)

After watching the game last night, (yahoo canucks won) Allen and I came home and pretty much went to bed. He was pooped and I knew I could go to bed then too.

Here is my weekend lineup:

1. Coombs or 9 hole golf/ driving range
2. Cleaning (laundry, dishes)
3. Make lemon drop cookies
4. Find a recipe for overnight oats
5. Early Fathers Day lupper tomorrow. My parents, brother and grandparents are coming up tomorrow to celebrate my dad and grandpa...

I am so glad its the weekend. I am really happy because I have the whole weekend off! Yahho! I get paid for 3 hours, but don't have to come in! Pretty sweet I know!

Here are some new songs that I am enjoying:

1. Sultan and Ned Shepherd- Call My Name

2. Mary J Blige- Someone to Love Me (feat. Diddy and Lil Wayne)

3. Lupe Fiasco and Trey Songz- Out of My Head

Enjoy your weekend!

B

Bucket List

I thought I would follow Morgan and other bloggers and post my bucket list. I started my bucket list 3 or 4 years ago and I have managed to cross some things off it. Buying a house, getting a puppy and getting a Nikon camera. I have had a pretty productive year! :)

My baby girl is a year old next week!



So here is a sneak peek at my bucket list!

~Travel, travel, travel! Here are some of the places I am dying to go: Greece, Italy, Portugal, revisit Australia, Hawaii

~Get my own classroom...one day I will be able to set up a classroom of my very own

~Pay off student loans

~Ride a camel

~Learn to speak Spanish

~Take up yoga

~Visit the Christ Redeemer in Brazil

~Go on an african safari

~Attend a music festival outside (like The Gorge)

~Take a hot air balloon ride

~ Read Oprahs Book List

~Donate blood

~Get married and have some kidlets

~Help build a school in an underdeveloped country

There is a few for now :)

B

Weekend recap

I am a bit behind on my posts..my apologies. I have been busy enjoying the nice weather! This weekend was jam packed with bbqs at our different neighbors, camping, working and yard work. Allen and I went to a bbq at our neighbors on Friday. It turned out to be dinner, then a bit of a get together as a bunch of people from the firehall showed up. For dinner we had fish tacos (heavenly)....played cornhall. It was great. Then Saturday we watched the game at a local golf course with some new friends, hit some balls at the driving range, then randomly decided to head to the west coast. So at 9:00 we all loaded up and convoyed up there. We got to the property at 12 and sat around the fire till 3 in the morning. We woke up to beautiful sunny skies.



When we got home from our impromptu camping trip, we went to our other neighbors for a bbq to celebrate their one year olds birthday. Their son was so cute as he ate his birthday cake!

Overall it was a great weekend. Very go..go go..but good!

Last night after the sad canucks game, Allen and I joined some folks from the fire hall to play a game of beach volleyball. We ended up playing for 2 hours! It was a blast..but I am a little stiff this morning. Definately something I could get into! So much fun!



For my next post, I am going to follow Morgan's recent blog post about bucket lists. Stay tuned for my bucket list.

B

Spa day at the Dentist?

My flowers are starting to come out! Yahoo!

Yesterday I went to Costco. It wasn't too bad. The parking lot was a zoo, but inside was pretty good. I didn't buy tons..just a few necessary items: dog food, chicken, chicken wings, bananas, pineapple, Kashi cereal and a new book :)

Today I went to the dreaded dentist...arg. I went to a new office today and it was fantastic. My hygienst was a male...dressed in a dress shirt and dress pants. It threw me off. I was expecting scrubs. Anyways, he did some xrays then gave me a paraffin wax treatment for my hand. My little hands went to the spa, while I got my teeth cleaned. Anyways it was a more enjoyable trip to the dentist.

On my way home, I stopped off at one of the local thrift stores. I go there frequently as they have the best used book selection. I picked up a few more books. Some good finds....oh and I forgot to mention..I found Booky Wooky by Russell Brand at Walmart for pretty cheap. I have been wanting this book real bad!

Check out SOME of my summer reads:

Some good reads..some "we will see" reads! I can't wait! I am reading Girl in Translation right now, then it will be Booky Wooky!

Now on to the weekend. This is how my weekends shaping up:

Tonight is dinner at our neighbours. We gave them some Halibut so they are cooking us some hali tacos!

Tomorrow I work and have a staff meeting..at a pub! Yahoo!

And Sunday, I think Allen and I are going fishing. Should be fun to get out on a boat for a little while. Its supposed to be nice this weekend so its going to be the perfect time to be on a boat. I just have to make sure I bring a hat and some sunscreen. Don't want to sizzle on a boat.

Hope you have a good weekend. Enjoy the sun!
B

Costco Costco!

Good morning!!

Ready for the exciting news? Costco opens today! Yahhoo! I am so flipping excited. I am probably..scratch that..I am going to brave Costco today on its opening day. I know.. I am nuts right?!?! We really need dog food, and chicken and I really don't want to go anywhere else to buy these items. Oh my I cannot wait. I am going to scope out all the good books. Cannot wait! I am secretly hoping that its not insanely busy, but I think I am in denial.

In other news, yesterday I TOC'd again. It was  busy busy busy! I was in a K class. They were very active and kept me thinking. The highlight of the day was putting on 2 songs from Charlotte Diamond and having a little girl ask if they could dance. I said yes, allowing them to dance in their squares on the carpet (keeping them from being too silly or bumping into each other).  Well this little girl was the cutest thing I have ever seen. She had moves I tell you! Very cute! Needless to say... I slept hard last night! I was pooped from the K critters!

On Monday we got our grass hydroseeded! We have grass coming! Now that we have weird sprayed sea foam looking stuff all over our yard... I can really see how large our front yard is. We are going to have lots of grass to cut. Now we just have to make sure we don't let our front lawn get as long as we let our backyard get.

Please ignore our make shift gate. Its been replaced with a proper gate now!

What a stud! Don't you love our vintage lawn mower??

Sunday night Allen and I went to The Hangover II. I hate to say it, but I was a little disappointed. Firstly, Bridesmaids was better. Better comedy. Second, The Hangover II was kind of dull and dragged on. I could have rented it. Oh well!

Here is my list for the day:

1. Costco Costco Costco (when I say this I think of that song Shots!Shots!Shots!)

2. Take dear Emma for a walk

3. Find a book to read. I tried to start Pride and Prejudice last night. Not so into it. I am following my friend A's idea of reading a classic novel then whatever and so on.. So far not doing very good.

4. Figure out what to make for dinner

5. Write a progress report for one of my students

6. Maybe do some weeding (not very likely)

7. Following my friend Morgan's recent post, I am going to look for a Zumba course here in town. I've been wanting to try Zumba, but haven't actually looked for one. Now I need to look for one for real this time!

Hope you all have a good rainy day.. I am so done with this rain. It is supposed to be really nice this weekend! Yahoo!

B