Our Friday Evening Walk

Summer hours have begun for me at work, woohoo!

I get to leave at 1:00pm on Fridays until Labour Day.

Today, Adam came & met me and we went to see

a matinee - THOR.

We made it through the previews being the only 2 in the theater.

When the movie started, 2 more men came in.

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I give it an 8 out of 10.

 I loved how Thor spoke, "He's fine! We drank, fought - he did his ancestors proud!"

He also looked mighty fine in jeans & no shirt.

After the film we went to pick up a few groceries.

As I was walking to the subway, I held the door for a

lady who had her hands full.  She told me I was an angel without wings.

She then said to Adam, "Your Mother is so nice."

HIS MOTHER?

He has more grey hair than me!

To be honest, it stung a little.

He thought it was amusing.

When we got out of the subway to come home, the sky

was just amazing. Thick white clouds that peaked like

snow capped mountains.

I came in, grabbed Crockett & my camera and we

went for a nice long walk.

Here it is in pictures.

This was the sky as we started our walk.

I got this shot right before Crockett watered them.
They will grow big and bright.

Sunset Pug

This cat watched Crockett's every step intensely for a few minutes
and he was completely unaware. He was too busy sniffing the grass.

Pretty. I've come to discover I like taking macro
photos of flowers and plants.

It was getting a bit dark so I raised the flash.

 

This was the sky as we finished our walk.



Really enjoyable walk.

My feet are sore and Crockett is fast asleep.

Rain Rain Stay Away.

My New Celebrity Crush

Bradley Cooper.

Oh my goodness, that man is just too yummy for words.

I am looking forward to The Hangover Part II that opens May 26'11.

For me, laughter really is the best medicine.

Last weekend Adam & I saw Bridesmaids and it was great.

I laughed so hard that I cried....more than once.

This summer looks to be filled with many Movie Dates.

But seriously, how difficult will it be to watch this guy for 120 minutes?



He is sooooo good lookin'

I actually prefer him with long hair, unshaven

and a bit dirty.  Odd.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Pure escapism.

I wish I could draw.

If I could, I'm sure I'd spend hours drawing Sprites,

Hobgoblin & Thimbletack - both happy & angry

I want to buy the book collection not only for the story, but the art.



Source

 This is a story made into a film that I can and have watched

over and over and over.

If I was in the movie business, these are the kinds of films

I would want to work on.

Films both kids and adults love for the same and

very different reasons.

Source

This is how I felt when I was a kid reading books
that had great characters.
They read it with you.

Source

With the rainy weekend upon us, it
is the perfect opportunity to watch the DVD.

Fill In The Blanks Wednesday

Prompts from: The Little Things We Do.



Rain, Rain, Sun, Rain, Rain, Rain

Really? Seriously?



Why Do I Blog?

The reasons why I started and the reasons why I love it

now have changed.

I started to blog:

To keep my mind active and to improve my writing

To document our lives and share it with family and friends

To keep a record of Crockett

To become more computer literate

To impress my husband

I continue to blog because:

I have been inspired by so many women

I've become exposed to people, places and ideas I never would have otherwise

I enjoy taking photos and posting them

To express myself openly and honestly

I like looking back at my life, it helps me look forward

It's given me a voice

It's kept me optimistic

It's enjoyable and I prefer it to watching TV or killing time on Facebook.

I currently follow about 10 blogs.

This "Why Do I Blog" came from Alycia at The Curious Pug.

Here are my favorites - check them out!

The Curious Pug

The Nie Nie Dialogues

C.Jane Enjoy It

The Mom

The Little Things We Do

Post Secret

The Christie Project

This Is What I Meant By That

Checkout Girl

and everyone should spend time browsing and shopping on

Etsy

Toronto Marathon 2011 Post Edit

Today was again a day that makes living

on Yonge Street exciting.

It was the Toronto Marathon.

It started with the half marathon and this year

they also had a walking half marathon.

I took Crockett outside at a time when I anticipated the participants

of the full marathon to pass by our building.

We are at the 5km mark, so the runners are still fresh.

The lead runner was bib # 1 Josephat Ongeri

His final placement was 2nd with a time of 2:29:19

The 2nd place runner was bib # 4 Brendan Kenny

His final placement was 1st - THE WINNER - with a time of 2:27:20



These are the first 2 ladies.
I cannot see their bib #'s unfortunately.
The 1st 2 for the women:
(as I write this post - the race continues & only 2
women have finished!)
THE WINNER - bib # 2 Melissa Begin with a time of 2:54:51
2nd place - bib # 9 Nathalie Goyer with a time of 2:58:20

 POST EDIT:

The female marathoner in the above photo wearing the pink top was the WINNER!!!

A zoom lens shot up Yonge Street.
Runners as far as the eye can see.

A group with the pace bunny.
These folks were on pace for a 4:00:00 race.

The view from our kitchen window.
More spaced out now, but still going strong!

Early Morning May Sky

It's a dreary grey rainy Saturday morning.

The weather forecast for the rest of May is rain.

I took some photos of the sky on my way to work

during the 1st week of May.  I posted them on my Tumblr page,

but feel now that they belong here as well.

It'll make me feel better to see the beautiful blue sky when I login.

These were taken at approx 6:45am.

The clouds looked as though they were painted on

and you could see the brush strokes.

It was windy so they were moving and changing fast.

Truly spectacular.

If I had the choice of missing my bus or taking these photos,

I would have been late for work.

Luckily, all was good, I got my shots & caught my bus.



Close Up Crockett

Crockett puts up with me with such an easy going nature.

Today I must've taken 50 photos of him.

These are my favorite.

Blogger Bump

Blogger angered quite a few people on Thursday.

Posts were lost.

It made me realize how I would be devestated

if I lost all my posts.



Blogger Status

Friday, May 13, 2011

Blogger is back now. We're still working on restoring some of the data. For more details, see this post: http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/05/blogger-is-back.html

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We’ve started restoring the posts that were temporarily removed and expect Blogger to be back to normal soon.

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To get Blogger back to normal, all posts since 7:37am PDT on Weds, 5/11 have been temporarily removed. We expect everything to be back to normal soon. Sorry for the delay.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Blogger will be in read-only mode while we resolve some maintenance issues. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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