belated turkey day

again with the being overly busy... here is my Turkey Day weekend summary.

Friday night I hung out with Michelle, Steve, Judy, Connie and Kelly. We watched X-men and ate Steve's homemade baked spinach dip. Hmmm yummers.

Saturday morning saw Judy and myself loading her car and heading over to Canandian Tire to buy paint and other supplies to paint Dom's office. After a stop at Starbucks we were joined by Connie and Steve at the office and work got underway. Twelve hours later we were done with the transformation. Don't worry we took plenty of breaks... I even put in an hour at the gym. See the post below for photos of the transformation.

Sunday, I went to Elevation and then came home to do some cleaning. The day was beautiful so Michelle and I went exploring in our neighbourhood. We took a bunch of photos which you can see a few posts below. We arrived back at the apartment just after my parents and Tean arrived from out of the city. We spent the night making preperations for Thanksgiving, watching tv and enjoying each other's company.

Monday morning we were up bright and early for the Oktoberfest parade. What beautiful weather! It was a long parade and a bit boring but it's really cool to see all these people on the streets and feel like you're apart of something bigger then the box we've made of our every days lives. After the parade it was down to business preparing Turkey dinner. It turned out awesome. The food was fantastic... and so was the family time!

The parade was full of Marching bands from all over the world... they MAKE the parade

This is a cool shoot of these old red cars

I love this shoot. Look at the trumpet, you can see the crowd in it.

Michelle took this photo of me watching the parade

In all her glory: Turkey Dinner!!

and pumkin cheese cake for dessert! yum!

priceless

5 people
+ 2 coats of primer
+ 2 coats of gray paint
+ 1 new black rug
+ 2 new Ikea chairs
+ 1 hook
+ mounting hardware
+ a piece of plexiglass
+ a set of new curtains
______________________
PRICELESS
look on Dom's face

BEFORE and AFTER shoots

There really are two white chairs even though you can only see one. You can't see the black rug in either of these photos but it's there. Isn't the plexiglass cool? (great idea steve!) Wet erase markers work great on it. The wire and clips for hanging were a super cheap flexible idea I dreamt up. Oh, and the wipe board behind the door isn't supposed to be there.

I heart autumn

I can appreciate all the seasons but I've concluded that I love autumn the best. I love the colours, the crunching of leaves, the memories of leaf-pile jumping, wearing jeans and a shirt and not having to wear a jacket or sweating, the buzz of activity around the city, and yeah I already mentioned it but I'll say it again... the COLOURS!

Michelle and I went for a walk on Sunday afternoon. What a gorgeous day!

here's a shot totally perfect to use as a desktop photo

this is the ivy growing up the Bauer house which exploded into red last week.

Michelle took this photo of me picking leaves.

I utilized a solar flare to take this cool shot of Mishu

a door leading to nowhere

this is a great shot Michelle took

My trip to LAS VEGAS - Part 3

Well I guess "soon" is a relative term. It's been 10 days since the last post and over a month since I came back from vacation.

Anyways, here goes.

Thursday morning I awoke early and met my friend, Thomas at the entrance to the Excalibur. After a few issues with our convertible Beetle we started on our trek to the Grand Canyon. A few wrong turns, lunch at a small diner with the locals, a crazy 40 mile dirt road, a gun totting cowboy, and 3 hours later we arrived at the West Canyon.
It was incredible!! --- I could spend days contemplating the marvel of this natural wonder and the God that created it.

Friday brought with it sunny skies and one last chance for me to wonder the city. After packing I spent the morning walking and shopping. And that's it... the end of my time in Las Vegas!

but... the adventure doesn't stop there.

Once arriving at the Buffalo airport at 1 a.m. we discovered that Keri's car was dead. After 2 failed boost attempts the tow truck arrived. Another failed boost attempt saw Keri and I climbing into a green-monster-shrek-towmobile for a trek to the border. There the CAA flatbed truck met us. We finally arrived in Guelph at 7 a.m. and crashed at Keri's parents. I finally greeted my sister's at 7 pm Saturday, a full 16 hours later then expected.

An awesome trip all in all!

on the road

at a lookout along the way... about 3/4 of an hour past Boulder City.

a dirt devil on the dirt road we were travelling

approaching the canyon

here is Eagle point (do you see the eagle?). Absolutely no guard rails... exhilerating!

Thomas at the edge of the canyon

sitting in the same spot... within 2 feet of the edge. I definitely was on my stomach with my head and arms over the edge... I'm such a daredevil, haha.

a great photo by Thomas

a huge Joshua tree

we drove by the Hoover dam to and from the canyon (but we didn't stop)

the airport strip on the way back into Vegas

a cool shot of the Statue of Liberty replica at the New York New York hotel.

enjoying my last moments of dry heat (and great hair!)

Alright so that's it! Hope you've enjoyed.

Cynthia