Woooooohooooooooooo!! We ended up getting our four day weekend afterall. Too late to plan any camping, of course! But we still got it. :)
DBF ended up getting an extra leave day (at the last possible minute), and I sent yet another email to my lovely bosses...and voila, extra long weekend. Maybe they could all hear me whining from afar? haha.
Sure enough we woke up to rain today though...typical. It is supposed to be sunny today and tomorrow, so maybe this will blow off. It's not raining right now, but it's grey and gloomy...boooooooooo. Still warm though, so we're off for a relaxing adventure anyway.
We decided to pack a little lunch and grab the dog and just do a day trip down the shore to check out the potential camping spots. We've never been to the parks, so we might as well see what they are like before we pick a place to spend a weekend anyway. I really just wanted some "us" time so that's what we are doing.
Mojo likes car rides and we can let him run a bit when we get to the parks so it will be fun for all of us. Hopefully the rain holds off, but if not, oh well!!
Hope you all have fun plans for today!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
I just need a minute to vent!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I'm so annoyed and frustrated right now!
Good news: DBF's sailing schedule got changed at the last minute. He was supposed to leave tomorrow for five weeks, but due to some unforseen preparation issues they have been held back for about a month. He'll still have to go away, but not for quite as long and not until the end of July now. (So he'll be away for August instead of July). Technically we still miss out on part of the Summer together, but that can't be avoided so I'm happy just to have him home now.
Bad news: This weekend should be a long weekend, right? Canada Day is on Tuesday, so you would think that most government agencies would be taking Monday off as well, right? mhmmmmm. So I get all excited that "holy shit, Arron and I might actually get like a four day weekend together!!! this never happens!" Yup, but nope. Leave it to the freaking Navy to decide that they have to work on Monday. Booooooo. So no one can make any special plans for the weekend because they just have to come back to work for one day in the middle of it. Stupid.
I'm especially annoyed because my job was totally willing to help me out and give me the two days off (and I'm not even supposed to get Canadian holidays), but that nice gesture goes to waste because I can't even take them up on it.
Sure, he could book an annual vacation day, but then that can bugger up any future time off he wants for trips to see his son, so again I get burned. Well, not me...but us. It's always "our" stuff that gets the shitty end of the stick.
You would think since they just screwed them all out of any Summer plans they had already made (ie: because they were supposed to be home in August but now they won't be) that they might step up and give them a long weekend to spend with their families....but, noooooooooo.
Today I hate the stupid military.
(and to top it all off, we decided we might still go camping anyway, but stupid Nova Scotia provincial parks have a no booze rule until July 1st anyway. Boooo. Who camps without some drinkies? Someone just doesn't want us to have a little getaway....)
I'm so annoyed and frustrated right now!
Good news: DBF's sailing schedule got changed at the last minute. He was supposed to leave tomorrow for five weeks, but due to some unforseen preparation issues they have been held back for about a month. He'll still have to go away, but not for quite as long and not until the end of July now. (So he'll be away for August instead of July). Technically we still miss out on part of the Summer together, but that can't be avoided so I'm happy just to have him home now.
Bad news: This weekend should be a long weekend, right? Canada Day is on Tuesday, so you would think that most government agencies would be taking Monday off as well, right? mhmmmmm. So I get all excited that "holy shit, Arron and I might actually get like a four day weekend together!!! this never happens!" Yup, but nope. Leave it to the freaking Navy to decide that they have to work on Monday. Booooooo. So no one can make any special plans for the weekend because they just have to come back to work for one day in the middle of it. Stupid.
I'm especially annoyed because my job was totally willing to help me out and give me the two days off (and I'm not even supposed to get Canadian holidays), but that nice gesture goes to waste because I can't even take them up on it.
Sure, he could book an annual vacation day, but then that can bugger up any future time off he wants for trips to see his son, so again I get burned. Well, not me...but us. It's always "our" stuff that gets the shitty end of the stick.
You would think since they just screwed them all out of any Summer plans they had already made (ie: because they were supposed to be home in August but now they won't be) that they might step up and give them a long weekend to spend with their families....but, noooooooooo.
Today I hate the stupid military.
(and to top it all off, we decided we might still go camping anyway, but stupid Nova Scotia provincial parks have a no booze rule until July 1st anyway. Boooo. Who camps without some drinkies? Someone just doesn't want us to have a little getaway....)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Good thing most of the neighbors know us and like us now...
...cuz I think Mojo just went for a little jaunt around the neighborhood.
We keep the back door open pretty much all the time to keep the air circulating around the house (it's pretty stuffy in here). And since DBF just built us those handy-dandy stairs, we make sure to block those off so that the dog can't just wander off. By "block" I mean that we drag a patio chair in front of the opening. :) Who needs a gate?
Ha, well apparently we do.
So I'm sitting up in my office (which faces the back yard) and through my open window I can hear what sounds like Mojo's collar jingling. I look down, and low and behold there he is just trotting around the back yard. Um, ooooops.... we don't have a fence. I give a call, and he comes happily skipping back to the deck...up the stairs...and I watch him actually step over the planter. Ah-ha! So that's how he got past the chair! Bugger!
I go down to adjust the chair situation and realize that he's panting like a mad man. Errrrr.....panting like maybe he'd just had himself some serious activity. Ya, I'm guessing a nice little run around the street and houses and general neighborhood.
Whooooops. :)
We keep the back door open pretty much all the time to keep the air circulating around the house (it's pretty stuffy in here). And since DBF just built us those handy-dandy stairs, we make sure to block those off so that the dog can't just wander off. By "block" I mean that we drag a patio chair in front of the opening. :) Who needs a gate?
Ha, well apparently we do.
So I'm sitting up in my office (which faces the back yard) and through my open window I can hear what sounds like Mojo's collar jingling. I look down, and low and behold there he is just trotting around the back yard. Um, ooooops.... we don't have a fence. I give a call, and he comes happily skipping back to the deck...up the stairs...and I watch him actually step over the planter. Ah-ha! So that's how he got past the chair! Bugger!
I go down to adjust the chair situation and realize that he's panting like a mad man. Errrrr.....panting like maybe he'd just had himself some serious activity. Ya, I'm guessing a nice little run around the street and houses and general neighborhood.
Whooooops. :)
Monday, June 23, 2008
And these are the people in your neighborhood...
Saturday night's get-together quickly became a who's who of our neighbors. Love it!
We started out planning the evening as a way for some new friends to meet some old friends in order to grow our social circle. Now that Summer is here and we've been settled into our new place for six months I am starting to go a little stir crazy with not knowing a whole lot of people to do things with. Especially with DBF's travel picking up more now.... I NEED to meet some more people!
I met a great couple through another friend of ours, so we invited them and thought we would have an intimate evening of maybe four couples....hehe, but I should have known it would turn into a party cuz that's just what we do! :)
The original friend actually ended up not being able to make it because she and her date both got food poisoning the night before. Drag!! But the other couple came so we got to visit and get to know them which was the plan anyway! Then our other super-close friends arrived and it turns out that the wives both work for the same company. So the idea behind us all getting to know each other totally worked out.
DBF had invited a few neighbors, but we really thought that only the one guy next door would show up. We've become friends with him and his wife, but she is a flight attendant and was out of town. And we thought maaaybe the guy from down the street would come, but again his wife was supposed to be busy so we weren't sure.
Well, surprise us both by everyone showing up! :) Guy from down the street got his wires crossed and his wife wasn't busy, so they both came (which was great because I've wanted to get to know her!) and shortly after that the guy from next door came. A little later we were surprised to hear the doorbell and it was the couple from the other side of us, plus their house guest. Soooo cool, because they are usually pretty quiet. Good thing they came too, because we learned that we had his name wrong all this time....LOL. And then to top the evening off, the couple from across the street stopped in when they got home. They are in a band and we thought it would be much too late when they got home, but we were still going strong. Again, lucky me, another woman when I really thought it would mostly be the guys from the neighborhood. Somewhere in the midst of all those people, DBF's buddy from work and his wife arrived too.
Glad I made as much food as I did (BTW, the food was a hit!! People were super impressed with the "spread" I put on.)! The blue cheese potato bites were awesome...try them!
Do you know what though? I didn't take one photo. Not one!! Me who is so usually camera happy. My girlfriend had a camera that I know got used, but I have no idea what she took shots of...hopefully we find out soon!
The night went on until about 4am... the last few boys still hammering away on their guitars and trying to mesh drunkenly together. A good time!! (and not a lot of mess believe it or not...I guess it helps that I was too busy to drink a lot and kept tidying as we went.) We are so pleased with how it worked out! I've never really gotten to know many neighbors anywhere else I've lived, but here everyone is sooo nice and friendly and conveniently about our age. And now we are the cool kids on the block, so we'll try to do this again soon!! :)
And the original couple that we started this all for had a good time and invited us to join them for a dinner party sometime soon. Yaaieeee!
We started out planning the evening as a way for some new friends to meet some old friends in order to grow our social circle. Now that Summer is here and we've been settled into our new place for six months I am starting to go a little stir crazy with not knowing a whole lot of people to do things with. Especially with DBF's travel picking up more now.... I NEED to meet some more people!
I met a great couple through another friend of ours, so we invited them and thought we would have an intimate evening of maybe four couples....hehe, but I should have known it would turn into a party cuz that's just what we do! :)
The original friend actually ended up not being able to make it because she and her date both got food poisoning the night before. Drag!! But the other couple came so we got to visit and get to know them which was the plan anyway! Then our other super-close friends arrived and it turns out that the wives both work for the same company. So the idea behind us all getting to know each other totally worked out.
DBF had invited a few neighbors, but we really thought that only the one guy next door would show up. We've become friends with him and his wife, but she is a flight attendant and was out of town. And we thought maaaybe the guy from down the street would come, but again his wife was supposed to be busy so we weren't sure.
Well, surprise us both by everyone showing up! :) Guy from down the street got his wires crossed and his wife wasn't busy, so they both came (which was great because I've wanted to get to know her!) and shortly after that the guy from next door came. A little later we were surprised to hear the doorbell and it was the couple from the other side of us, plus their house guest. Soooo cool, because they are usually pretty quiet. Good thing they came too, because we learned that we had his name wrong all this time....LOL. And then to top the evening off, the couple from across the street stopped in when they got home. They are in a band and we thought it would be much too late when they got home, but we were still going strong. Again, lucky me, another woman when I really thought it would mostly be the guys from the neighborhood. Somewhere in the midst of all those people, DBF's buddy from work and his wife arrived too.
Glad I made as much food as I did (BTW, the food was a hit!! People were super impressed with the "spread" I put on.)! The blue cheese potato bites were awesome...try them!
Do you know what though? I didn't take one photo. Not one!! Me who is so usually camera happy. My girlfriend had a camera that I know got used, but I have no idea what she took shots of...hopefully we find out soon!
The night went on until about 4am... the last few boys still hammering away on their guitars and trying to mesh drunkenly together. A good time!! (and not a lot of mess believe it or not...I guess it helps that I was too busy to drink a lot and kept tidying as we went.) We are so pleased with how it worked out! I've never really gotten to know many neighbors anywhere else I've lived, but here everyone is sooo nice and friendly and conveniently about our age. And now we are the cool kids on the block, so we'll try to do this again soon!! :)
And the original couple that we started this all for had a good time and invited us to join them for a dinner party sometime soon. Yaaieeee!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Party Planning
DBF gets home on Friday! Yaaaieeeee!! But leaves again for FIVE WEEKS next Thursday. Booooooo!! So we decided that we would have a little gathering on the weekend. I've met a couple of friends through another friend that I would like him to meet, and this is really our only chance until late August.
I started out planning a casual BBQ, but due to peoples' schedules, that just wasn't going to work out....so I've turned it into an evening of yummy drinks and snacks. There will only be 8-10 people, so I'm sure I've gone overboard, but everyone loves to eat so I'm not worried. :)
Here's the menu plan so far:
- two batches of Sangria (one white, one red)
- meat & cheese tray
- herbed goat cheese & red pepper jelly
- warmed brie with honey and almonds
- assorted crackers & baguette
- toasted bread (rye or maybe sourdough) with olive tapenade
- grilled scallops with lemon herb marinade
- spanokopita & tzatziki
- these yummy potato bites I saw in Rachel Ray mag
- plus all of the usual little filler bits of olives, cherry tomatoes, grapes, etc
- possibly something chocolatey, however a guest is making mini-cheesecakes!
I am off to start the big shopping tonight, then can get the last minute fresh items on Saturday morning. I think I will stop by HomeSense to look for a few new platters too...because I say that every time I make appies, but never actually get around to it. I'm looking for white, simple and fabulous! :)
Aside from the meal planning, some tidying and cleaning will be in order...but I've been keeping on top of it for the most part, so nothing too excessive...thank God!! Should be a great night. :)
I started out planning a casual BBQ, but due to peoples' schedules, that just wasn't going to work out....so I've turned it into an evening of yummy drinks and snacks. There will only be 8-10 people, so I'm sure I've gone overboard, but everyone loves to eat so I'm not worried. :)
Here's the menu plan so far:
- two batches of Sangria (one white, one red)
- meat & cheese tray
- herbed goat cheese & red pepper jelly
- warmed brie with honey and almonds
- assorted crackers & baguette
- toasted bread (rye or maybe sourdough) with olive tapenade
- grilled scallops with lemon herb marinade
- spanokopita & tzatziki
- these yummy potato bites I saw in Rachel Ray mag
- plus all of the usual little filler bits of olives, cherry tomatoes, grapes, etc
- possibly something chocolatey, however a guest is making mini-cheesecakes!
I am off to start the big shopping tonight, then can get the last minute fresh items on Saturday morning. I think I will stop by HomeSense to look for a few new platters too...because I say that every time I make appies, but never actually get around to it. I'm looking for white, simple and fabulous! :)
Aside from the meal planning, some tidying and cleaning will be in order...but I've been keeping on top of it for the most part, so nothing too excessive...thank God!! Should be a great night. :)
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