... is under way. Yee haw!
Next post will be from Washington or Oregon.
December 19, 2009
December 11, 2009
Nine More Sleeps...
...til our Mexico Road Trip.
This is the highway running through the Mexican city of Bucerias (Boo - ser - ee - us) about 20 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta. My Fella and I spent a fair bit of time here last year looking for a 60 foot internet cable and a good vet.
And if you feel like life's getting away from you and ya need a quick break, check out this tune from Baz Lurhmann. It's a perfect for a snowy Friday.
October 23, 2009
What's Goin' On
It's been a busy week:
- Started the Rosetta Stone Spanish language course and trying to finish at least one lesson per day. Love it.
- Had my first eye check-up in two years and ordered a new pair of prescription sunglasses. "All the better to see you with, my sweetpea... So I can kick your butt at tennis in Mexico this winter ... mwa ha ha ha" - evil laugh :)
- Researched/started a position in Davis + Henderson Income Fund (DHF.UN). Purchase price was $14.10 with a yield of 13%. It's trading at $14.81 this morning.
- Went through my clothes for the third time in 6 months, looking for more charity donations.
- Started a list of furniture we want to give away to friends (our sectional, queen size bedframe, bookshelf, etc.)
- Listed a bunch of furniture on Craigslist and made my first sale.
- Did more research on RVs since we've recently discovered the beauty of Airstream trailers. Good reno project?
- Currently making 'Bean Stuff' in the slow cooker this morning. It's pouring rain in my little Okanagan beach town - a great day for 'Bean Stuff'.
And in honour of the title of this post, here's one of my fave Marvin Gaye tunes:
September 18, 2009
Final Friday of the Summer
Fall begins next Tuesday so this is the last weekend of summer 2009.
The Okanagan forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 28 today. It's my day off but I have some quick errands to run (ship off those baby clothes, restock my fruit bowl, clean old plants off the balcony) and then I'm gonna take a walk to the dock this afternoon and say goodbye to summer :(
I watched this video on YouTube this morning - Richard Marx and Endless Summer Nights. It is soooo eighties cheesey. Love it.
And I had to laugh out loud at the gal in the video with the ponytail on top of her head. There is no photographic evidence but I wore my hair that way almost every day in high school.
I found this pic of Richard Marx with Daughtry. Wonder if Marx misses his 80's hair...
August 20, 2009
June 25, 2009
Pave Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot
Praying for rain today.
For the past couple of days I've been repainting the parking stall lines in our condo parking lot. Sweeping, taping and then painting 57 sixteen foot lines.
My knees hate me.
When someone first brought up this project during a condo board meeting, there were tons of volunteers. We'd save about $1000 doing it ourselves and we'd get it done sooner than waiting for a painting crew. But now that it's time to actually do the work, everyone is suddenly busy.
I'm on the condo board and couldn't really back out, so I:
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shlepped around our little Okanagan beach town searching for traffic paint and other supplies (which the strata will reimburse me for)
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put together a "Painting Schedule/Move Your Car" notice and hand delivered it to all 39 units
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have been crawling around our parking lot for the past two days, taping and painting white lines
Before:
After:
Tuesday I taped and painted 25 lines myself. Wednesday My Fella helped me do another 14 lines before it started raining. But today my knees and back are refusing to cooperate.
One more day of line painting should finish it off, but it looks like rain today. I hope, I hope, I hope.
May 15, 2009
Friday/Payday
You made it to the weekend.
It's sunny ... AND it's payday. Although for most of us, that paycheque slid in and out of the bank so fast, the ATM got whiplash.
Here are the Beatles, Money - courtesy of YouTube:
April 20, 2009
More Chicken Stuff
This is further proof of my love for chicken. In all forms.
A couple years ago McDonalds came out with something new called the Chicken Snack Wrap.
They had a contest to come up with an advertising jingle and myself and a radio buddy put together a rap jingle. We promoted the wrap with ... a rap.
We are two very white people who should never rap. Never. Ever.
April 12, 2009
April 09, 2009
Extreme Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning is when you tidy up and toss out after a long cold winter.
Extreme Spring Cleaning is when you have insane thoughts of moving into an RV (see Project Gypsy under Categories) and you have to get down to the bare minimum. Today I finished going through the kitchen cupboards in search of more victims things we don't use.
Herb pots, a Coke serving tray, a steel wine rack, Mexican pottery - all cool things we haven't touched for more than 18 months. Easy to get rid of.
It was a lot harder going through all my cds. Working in radio for half my life resulted in a huge cd collection. I have given away hundreds of cds over the years, but somehow I kept accumulating more. I'm down to just over a 150 and have burned all my favorite tunes onto my laptop. Ten is the maximum number of cd's I'm keeping (my all time faves) and the rest will find new homes at the radio station or at the public library.
