tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43898676326879041422024-02-19T02:43:07.854-08:00something to blog aboutthis is the story of a long overdue attempt at starting a blog... with all those best intentions of connecting to friends and family, and sharing some bits and pieces or ideas- but I guess I'm mostly doing it for me. I used to be a dear-diary kind of gal.green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-50443544351115642002015-09-18T19:05:00.001-07:002015-09-18T19:05:10.118-07:00Catch up, dog days<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Down to the last days of "summer". Time flew by and here's the summer catch up, mostly in pictures. </span></div><div><br></div><div>I volunteered at the Vancouver International Soccer Festival<br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WaIh_5n6L990KH96xUexyoM9JN7BxzgsAbNGmfjW3TdsIjgSVQzmelP2tHr8om7oe8RltZCKW1EiVMOMz1LSra7J5VKMs9JsjhrKG60LaAk_F6SRpr5u9aDDyGJEsRr8pr7AZOQjbmDQ/s640/blogger-image-280922356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WaIh_5n6L990KH96xUexyoM9JN7BxzgsAbNGmfjW3TdsIjgSVQzmelP2tHr8om7oe8RltZCKW1EiVMOMz1LSra7J5VKMs9JsjhrKG60LaAk_F6SRpr5u9aDDyGJEsRr8pr7AZOQjbmDQ/s640/blogger-image-280922356.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Trip to Victoria, best friend, best little girl, best coconut milk latte in the northern hemisphere </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOnOCOvpbvx0KGzYbN9D18aIQ3Gjw291t7LifF79IS-ovT5ownz99ZBy4oJL4gtHOupkcMw07tybb74WxoGwYDHg_sf3y6-90YbazdukmLP9Gy52Xf9KgxRJl9oIGTfL8VsLidr2am3WQ/s640/blogger-image--1839391008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Even got the coveted corner spot where the river wraps around us- and as usual we were one of few up there. We fully intended on going up to the lake, but instead parked ourselves at the rivers edge and did not move. For 3 days<div>When we finally packed up and left and went to the lake it was wonderful and warm enough for this fair weather swimmer. </div><div>Man, camping makes me truly happy. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-ybM8URkqgKHqRARFsewDjOAzNhcG3MMVU5hAMdpvveYnHUnq5w4tJ4BvEHTZjpcOIWjwo9NGK1JZX_FDjvfeuJzQw1tTm6Ftaa4nmDQD_g3mZN4vZ1s2uTLyYiTLLM5Z5Fi1CHrl3md/s640/blogger-image-737157355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-ybM8URkqgKHqRARFsewDjOAzNhcG3MMVU5hAMdpvveYnHUnq5w4tJ4BvEHTZjpcOIWjwo9NGK1JZX_FDjvfeuJzQw1tTm6Ftaa4nmDQD_g3mZN4vZ1s2uTLyYiTLLM5Z5Fi1CHrl3md/s640/blogger-image-737157355.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFgoZFBmB34vdw44VLNABzdHDqEGVYeFPKeuc0SaB-kSXkqHt6A6qOhIBpl8HrfQi7hEnAYSILTb0zmuNY31lknDEjUOS79ZRyAVzPOlMcGNKdBRItwcTwS7HxOIc00yRqOmJD9VRm78w/s640/blogger-image--1671874015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFgoZFBmB34vdw44VLNABzdHDqEGVYeFPKeuc0SaB-kSXkqHt6A6qOhIBpl8HrfQi7hEnAYSILTb0zmuNY31lknDEjUOS79ZRyAVzPOlMcGNKdBRItwcTwS7HxOIc00yRqOmJD9VRm78w/s640/blogger-image--1671874015.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v_Juz8OHKA8kkgfTCiPRWqMpkORQMafahPPjLBRvJXFKgS366nY6AcoIjA8sg0qvr4LwBDglyDuE6HUp31y5eMR69R1jbySQjOXumEpP1RXQRtpeFNcYy7zt_7GKkgI1OA6REQX162z_/s640/blogger-image--1055585780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v_Juz8OHKA8kkgfTCiPRWqMpkORQMafahPPjLBRvJXFKgS366nY6AcoIjA8sg0qvr4LwBDglyDuE6HUp31y5eMR69R1jbySQjOXumEpP1RXQRtpeFNcYy7zt_7GKkgI1OA6REQX162z_/s640/blogger-image--1055585780.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBixxYKTgdzCst04YsqdngfQO8XOOXnzMWNgkZW4ag4-arvpkYb4j6Bf0d44PbH0BgQIH_uQtHffDCCfkuu5yHslqWWwzIyjX-wpC03l1cBfDqnhCzceH9CKEBVeqNMlNxUNSdXm9JHhRG/s640/blogger-image-63128385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBixxYKTgdzCst04YsqdngfQO8XOOXnzMWNgkZW4ag4-arvpkYb4j6Bf0d44PbH0BgQIH_uQtHffDCCfkuu5yHslqWWwzIyjX-wpC03l1cBfDqnhCzceH9CKEBVeqNMlNxUNSdXm9JHhRG/s640/blogger-image-63128385.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m44xVZo7hygOPk6k9QoiG3tiy-PXQdQxV7X13DaZhvge8oVdenuYIs0nq49wQfYW8RLMLVEVx9m5A2TljgkwnYoFSgMI_ZlW232qCgO0NAnZlrIoDv5Cg4woEDwjD7Y9U4rowGn4thGF/s640/blogger-image--468785086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m44xVZo7hygOPk6k9QoiG3tiy-PXQdQxV7X13DaZhvge8oVdenuYIs0nq49wQfYW8RLMLVEVx9m5A2TljgkwnYoFSgMI_ZlW232qCgO0NAnZlrIoDv5Cg4woEDwjD7Y9U4rowGn4thGF/s640/blogger-image--468785086.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1uMxFUo4kxvotCwAPsyBbuAZTPoXGyR1uwkFWqFXYqPXMEim_rlfCqd4kaXeDotxXKhlScAP7uPbb9nmnfLjyxKRRTZbcIClucB9hW2H_FA4FqXOERz3po0fcfKcuseSfNnJJoD6ruPh/s640/blogger-image-1210101090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1uMxFUo4kxvotCwAPsyBbuAZTPoXGyR1uwkFWqFXYqPXMEim_rlfCqd4kaXeDotxXKhlScAP7uPbb9nmnfLjyxKRRTZbcIClucB9hW2H_FA4FqXOERz3po0fcfKcuseSfNnJJoD6ruPh/s640/blogger-image-1210101090.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-4511144408324619932015-07-06T19:05:00.001-07:002015-07-06T19:08:10.004-07:00not sew good: quilting accidentWho knew? Let this post be a lesson to you all... The perils of quilting. There are some dangerous tools involved in making quilts: sharp needles and pins, scissors and apparently the most hazardous of all, the rotary knife. You put life and limb at risk every time a baby needs a quilt. <div><br></div><div>Sewing took a turn a couple weeks back for me. I was working on a baby quilt at my kitchen table, cutting fabric into strips when I dropped my rotary knife on my foot. So. Much. Blood. </div><div><br></div><div>I manged to get a few band aids on and hobbled over to VGH emergency. 4 nurses later, 3 hours later, 2 stitches later, I got home. And sewed that last strip. Considering it was only my second trip to a hospital for me in 38 years that's not too bad, but I still never want a repeat of it. Wear shoes when quilting people!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYdTm1UOLZo5DJVckurCO4DjVIv1YaI6C82zWUzmXpgcabXVNjjFpkdeprfIOL9IWyy-gzejFUaU8gFyoQ9SZstUWejosdONE7_mlz5yXUj6J92vn8hfs9Zjz2xUBeVzDPWz9OucD7Ljq/s640/blogger-image--1472329385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYdTm1UOLZo5DJVckurCO4DjVIv1YaI6C82zWUzmXpgcabXVNjjFpkdeprfIOL9IWyy-gzejFUaU8gFyoQ9SZstUWejosdONE7_mlz5yXUj6J92vn8hfs9Zjz2xUBeVzDPWz9OucD7Ljq/s640/blogger-image--1472329385.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYdTm1UOLZo5DJVckurCO4DjVIv1YaI6C82zWUzmXpgcabXVNjjFpkdeprfIOL9IWyy-gzejFUaU8gFyoQ9SZstUWejosdONE7_mlz5yXUj6J92vn8hfs9Zjz2xUBeVzDPWz9OucD7Ljq/s640/blogger-image--1472329385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqQwKlZZqDKo-wLdXKbtZrf3sRPu_iNUAxg89AJ4cw5GKHSkAMhUDvJ5aQnL5E3CFgheNB_N1Vs6YevUWeHLm23HMJdMQi5E6kptxw5RFAIx9V5zBDq7E-el9K_dd-FtHewcGKhq4ZpCx/s640/blogger-image--1947643343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqQwKlZZqDKo-wLdXKbtZrf3sRPu_iNUAxg89AJ4cw5GKHSkAMhUDvJ5aQnL5E3CFgheNB_N1Vs6YevUWeHLm23HMJdMQi5E6kptxw5RFAIx9V5zBDq7E-el9K_dd-FtHewcGKhq4ZpCx/s640/blogger-image--1947643343.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgricE1dV9gX6qbopvDqJdefjOfNcuWjEEXE6YZwkYTSrZ-PtBkxZslReMRA-DBgk951vQmFdnaFssWmzo0F9-ePh5EaSg0zK5dtNKfhRj5lOdYHOR85DJ_-ZGrF7qSNRrZhnWOIi8vk7Df/s640/blogger-image--2028328912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgricE1dV9gX6qbopvDqJdefjOfNcuWjEEXE6YZwkYTSrZ-PtBkxZslReMRA-DBgk951vQmFdnaFssWmzo0F9-ePh5EaSg0zK5dtNKfhRj5lOdYHOR85DJ_-ZGrF7qSNRrZhnWOIi8vk7Df/s640/blogger-image--2028328912.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-67988943505077857532015-06-20T00:16:00.001-07:002015-06-20T00:52:27.698-07:00"is there a NURSE on the plane?"I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge my brother KD who has just graduated from UBC Nursing. He has been an LPN for about 5 years and went back to become an RN Registered Nurse. He did preceptorships in mental health, children's hospital and maternity. <div><br><div>He does a job I could never ever do. With patience and care and sensitivity on a level I could never achieve. I am very very proud of him. </div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7N1wMDL9ggsp3IFftB3ofWUezvrRkx9A0jFYWwwwH6LCCBPiRGvrPQ586f2gu_cqJDQybWv6-lnajwpV6y1Ne30Ext8b0VUoi96Y8RXFrOp9lC-Di1QKCfh03bHwR249l8eWzYEFGlktc/s640/blogger-image-1257652609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7N1wMDL9ggsp3IFftB3ofWUezvrRkx9A0jFYWwwwH6LCCBPiRGvrPQ586f2gu_cqJDQybWv6-lnajwpV6y1Ne30Ext8b0VUoi96Y8RXFrOp9lC-Di1QKCfh03bHwR249l8eWzYEFGlktc/s640/blogger-image-1257652609.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfRBfpA3-oTJU9-8_xBv4QcCj6eBO4V97NQzcFxuuSo07eisDUsMIUMPvx2EWuqrFU0fjKCF-M0g0Qj7ddxNEzxZ5BsDkY_iLRqN-SaONbYtLLveD3U3IOTN7O3JlU_jOgFc0SLPR1nlB/s640/blogger-image-930289408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfRBfpA3-oTJU9-8_xBv4QcCj6eBO4V97NQzcFxuuSo07eisDUsMIUMPvx2EWuqrFU0fjKCF-M0g0Qj7ddxNEzxZ5BsDkY_iLRqN-SaONbYtLLveD3U3IOTN7O3JlU_jOgFc0SLPR1nlB/s640/blogger-image-930289408.jpg"></a></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-68161786670012224042015-06-18T00:38:00.001-07:002015-06-18T00:40:25.796-07:00stumped<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The first camping trip of the year came and went- it was as usual, not disappointing. </span></div><div>This time we were a mash up of 5 of which some of us had never met each other, camped together or been to this site before... My coworker DZ and 2 friends at GK and I. </div><div>The first luxury was that the boys foraged ahead and set up camp, tents and stocked our firewood. The second was that it was a long weekend so we had time to relax. </div><div><br></div><div>We did a day trip up to Ross Lake, which in previous years I actually swam in- but I'd never seen anything like it- right now as far as you can see.... grass. I had heard it was a field before it gets flooded each summer, but I wasn't expecting apocalyptic terrain. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTqvYaBQ4dH7W0o8yh4VTndNTU2J1yoZ561shQoeXv7nFHdk7Kv_zIk1TAM02gm44jpC6nJtzA1H5KSPQM7ZQHkPMNyG-VeG4WhVZzOPhHhh81V3cl3P2xtAcmNrXw743snhRr8D_4FH3/s640/blogger-image--13701503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTqvYaBQ4dH7W0o8yh4VTndNTU2J1yoZ561shQoeXv7nFHdk7Kv_zIk1TAM02gm44jpC6nJtzA1H5KSPQM7ZQHkPMNyG-VeG4WhVZzOPhHhh81V3cl3P2xtAcmNrXw743snhRr8D_4FH3/s640/blogger-image--13701503.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-HzolKBl5LdIhhb88HeLAme0CHxdIcUEs7o6Uf9xOXQ52iGPDUFbrm8xwkYj3v8DcXcuGaHqcKd2rK0m2QjpFs5D7Mc1z2obpUTLJpXb0p4I4p38g4XBA2vmNkOelG2o1dFixHwbyWWL/s640/blogger-image--1470012173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-HzolKBl5LdIhhb88HeLAme0CHxdIcUEs7o6Uf9xOXQ52iGPDUFbrm8xwkYj3v8DcXcuGaHqcKd2rK0m2QjpFs5D7Mc1z2obpUTLJpXb0p4I4p38g4XBA2vmNkOelG2o1dFixHwbyWWL/s640/blogger-image--1470012173.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stumps. Stumps everywhere. We hung out in the sun and wandered around for a couple hours...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm always mildly creeped out by the darkness of lakes not knowing what is underneath you, but now I know: it's chewbaca fur</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjzG4iqMlrpKnazyCjHUJbeaiWscKyhXGNZrkS6KQENcusrt-4WUPeC-94otRAQlg_fmLOsM4DVqmkZf-QJB5erG0gd8AplqLjykJAbAK_3izss5SUmcXmNaNUNMUWx2tEAl8gpfJeyfV/s640/blogger-image-110413174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjzG4iqMlrpKnazyCjHUJbeaiWscKyhXGNZrkS6KQENcusrt-4WUPeC-94otRAQlg_fmLOsM4DVqmkZf-QJB5erG0gd8AplqLjykJAbAK_3izss5SUmcXmNaNUNMUWx2tEAl8gpfJeyfV/s640/blogger-image-110413174.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(That's the dried grass on the bottom of the lake)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc0yYATEpwLWbUQBR017JV6yzTo5oADAgfdQuQHy5XXNB8tCmqlX_FX0Abdr6GQZaVzXR92eBZaHhyphenhypheneqeM-0_SvlLGPi8cQYmB-c7Uf3hBKaCrvA0Yj6XEzp0kZWfK9VpQSTYFv_wz129/s640/blogger-image--1354276797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc0yYATEpwLWbUQBR017JV6yzTo5oADAgfdQuQHy5XXNB8tCmqlX_FX0Abdr6GQZaVzXR92eBZaHhyphenhypheneqeM-0_SvlLGPi8cQYmB-c7Uf3hBKaCrvA0Yj6XEzp0kZWfK9VpQSTYFv_wz129/s640/blogger-image--1354276797.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Rest of the weekend was cooking and eating and beer, a round of all terrain bocce and rousing game of "would you rather" and so much laughter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And ceasers </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MPMi66VKrFgqFr3iQjpp0k63pOqf9QQAGuvOQyP-NoX3ASnJU6WBPJED9su7XP39_7CrTAeiXf1cHI4hM2femwdCoOurr4O0MCkQSLqd13X7L0F0cVpj4vdWS_L2cCx3Gmpp2EYgybya/s640/blogger-image--1877711692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7il4LzYHrRmF3JKJBHxa2KAdGiKD-6AtZ83uVQ6RLcX-QEdMmwUTazP9Ct68Dyur0dHlpUrRkoMUb6BIEYENdEGF0QHIVL_29RKjY1difWMZUZZ7D7Z3mj2RHJWAW78uomy2SQtmS8hQ/s640/blogger-image--924745149.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We also found this crazy little bridge over the river</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUPMHIDe0a6EkPulEWLlS_QVGYIswQUSEzC9A7i2ksFBpAYZrWG5NfRVqTKTXVuOURqVLQ2hADSmYlwP7NgtgmTbkKVobmmLftsTx4zhulzdh0g-Gw7MZone-GYljI-ZhCTAsC3N2Xpeh/s640/blogger-image--1582463744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUPMHIDe0a6EkPulEWLlS_QVGYIswQUSEzC9A7i2ksFBpAYZrWG5NfRVqTKTXVuOURqVLQ2hADSmYlwP7NgtgmTbkKVobmmLftsTx4zhulzdh0g-Gw7MZone-GYljI-ZhCTAsC3N2Xpeh/s640/blogger-image--1582463744.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-vL-RyrDGzNd69rXMiIe9vN183iUJih1oyvxEFrWVxMy925Lm5zFV7v1xx5xLlLRwXJmFOUtHSWXtyYq9l2UlkhTVHEB15TsdB1jEnfq8Lf8QDC0uAbd10geoUAftX_uGEBpemJ4zkCz/s640/blogger-image-425876144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-vL-RyrDGzNd69rXMiIe9vN183iUJih1oyvxEFrWVxMy925Lm5zFV7v1xx5xLlLRwXJmFOUtHSWXtyYq9l2UlkhTVHEB15TsdB1jEnfq8Lf8QDC0uAbd10geoUAftX_uGEBpemJ4zkCz/s640/blogger-image-425876144.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fabulous as always!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-5632285462571693962015-03-19T23:22:00.001-07:002015-03-20T00:17:08.758-07:00running away to join the circusIt's sort of happened in a round about way. I remember watching Circus of the Stars as a kid (remember that?)<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkX-mDRRTHY</span></div><div><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font><div>And I was the kid climbing to the top of the tree. And hanging upside down from places I shouldn't. </div><div>It might have been a weird thing to want, but the flying trapeze was something that I locked away in the back of my mind and knew it was something I'd like to try. </div><div><br></div><div>Then about 10 years ago a former coworker moved to Montreal and I think the first update we got from her was a short clip of her doing just that. Trapeze. And then a couple years later a blogger I had been following from New York wrote a post on it as something her and her husband did as a date. </div><div><br></div><div>It was getting closer...</div><div><br></div><div>Last year I went to a special event at the revitalized New Westminster Quay and who was flying above us? Inside? People on trapeze. I nearly lost my mind. </div><div><br></div><div>So a couple months ago when I saw a deal on Social Shopper for a trapeze class for 2 at ANOTHER trapeze group in Vancouver area I immediately told the first friend I saw, mr CH and as I was uttering the words "who would ever go and try this with me..." I realized I was talking to that very guy. </div><div><br></div><div>We booked our session, which normally takes up to 10 students in one class, but in the end it was just us 2 and 3 instructors to ourselves. It was only a 2 hour class and I knew there was a ground lesson, but I did not expect to be climbing up a 24 foot ladder, with a safety harness in less than 20 minutes. </div><div><br></div><div>Seriously. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTZhLjVvkQCKKrQK7kFVUO3kL_ljfOJWRuZj3NLXR7wHkJ04wqrs5xfojcHHSFxci2zmUlQfP9GcGZ5G8NKguDCUsngolACvaIz7DqEoemEm7tdTwNFHfRi6ac-4pVhWIMhrSGDuakI4I/s640/blogger-image-590598197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTZhLjVvkQCKKrQK7kFVUO3kL_ljfOJWRuZj3NLXR7wHkJ04wqrs5xfojcHHSFxci2zmUlQfP9GcGZ5G8NKguDCUsngolACvaIz7DqEoemEm7tdTwNFHfRi6ac-4pVhWIMhrSGDuakI4I/s640/blogger-image-590598197.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTZhLjVvkQCKKrQK7kFVUO3kL_ljfOJWRuZj3NLXR7wHkJ04wqrs5xfojcHHSFxci2zmUlQfP9GcGZ5G8NKguDCUsngolACvaIz7DqEoemEm7tdTwNFHfRi6ac-4pVhWIMhrSGDuakI4I/s640/blogger-image-590598197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBPVH4aR5F94k3-o9G7I34NDmjo5TOWSwN4XcJKCi0IFf3weI2_obsnuNDQMGsJXHOwuuGmiwWoLv3cCWGn8oYYOL4yENlcDJhp-jGnsqQ0da_gmMfW-J7aywvJ7qh4ZaMeEYikn82I5C/s640/blogger-image--1838136264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBPVH4aR5F94k3-o9G7I34NDmjo5TOWSwN4XcJKCi0IFf3weI2_obsnuNDQMGsJXHOwuuGmiwWoLv3cCWGn8oYYOL4yENlcDJhp-jGnsqQ0da_gmMfW-J7aywvJ7qh4ZaMeEYikn82I5C/s640/blogger-image--1838136264.jpg"></a></div></div><br></div><div>Yep. Climbing that ladder. </div><div><br></div><div>Forgive me, but I realized the <i>gravity</i> of what I had signed up for only when I was suddenly standing up there. That was the hardest part. Leaving the platform. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w3-9ecuZf0Ux6Csg6z-AHI5F9K3CxvZYgnu3kIYVpTK4m7PjEcmAsY4yJl6w2MR3XqgmuayhyaxzWVpX3gV30TT6O1FA9FFlAa0-SvxgEM05MKL7LyW9ajqBf_lQyotdfdfHcmJpUAoa/s640/blogger-image--2128243545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w3-9ecuZf0Ux6Csg6z-AHI5F9K3CxvZYgnu3kIYVpTK4m7PjEcmAsY4yJl6w2MR3XqgmuayhyaxzWVpX3gV30TT6O1FA9FFlAa0-SvxgEM05MKL7LyW9ajqBf_lQyotdfdfHcmJpUAoa/s640/blogger-image--2128243545.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w3-9ecuZf0Ux6Csg6z-AHI5F9K3CxvZYgnu3kIYVpTK4m7PjEcmAsY4yJl6w2MR3XqgmuayhyaxzWVpX3gV30TT6O1FA9FFlAa0-SvxgEM05MKL7LyW9ajqBf_lQyotdfdfHcmJpUAoa/s640/blogger-image--2128243545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIpfRyb-IfjXTwdj9CpLm85k6BqxhTO6rza9RCcpChYKEUafAoatTQ03QHjmij5KHswO_Cue8GSfaI4EEou3L_vWnq0wsKd6LclLzZYP3hV2LkM9BYK3VGXz2ZGOF48CI17ND4Y-4m-2t/s640/blogger-image-1916953673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIpfRyb-IfjXTwdj9CpLm85k6BqxhTO6rza9RCcpChYKEUafAoatTQ03QHjmij5KHswO_Cue8GSfaI4EEou3L_vWnq0wsKd6LclLzZYP3hV2LkM9BYK3VGXz2ZGOF48CI17ND4Y-4m-2t/s640/blogger-image-1916953673.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div><div>There was one instructor up there attaching me to safety harnesses, holding me back (I realized after, only with their bare hands), getting the bar to me and an instructor on the ground manipulating the safety ropes when needed to control my fall and shout instructions. </div><div><br></div><div>Seems like simple instructions, but the panic sets in and I felt like I was hearing nothing. Just follow their voice. </div><div>NOW. And NOW. NOW. </div><div><br></div><div>My first attempts I could not get my legs over the bar- note to self: the key word is momentum. </div><div><br></div><div>The best run, it worked- not smoothly- but it worked. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwzejc1pcVOebEvakmfSIaRwdgJkHR2SnnNX0I7CpbWlB0wTxCRnxHDaLA0bvD_GpVDgyHONmZEvz3kKr1fVJFRPTQvrUG8pgikpUiZPmhnu-21uPq44fB99z7vjyym5gumDQJaPI4fQQ/s640/blogger-image-82222408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwzejc1pcVOebEvakmfSIaRwdgJkHR2SnnNX0I7CpbWlB0wTxCRnxHDaLA0bvD_GpVDgyHONmZEvz3kKr1fVJFRPTQvrUG8pgikpUiZPmhnu-21uPq44fB99z7vjyym5gumDQJaPI4fQQ/s640/blogger-image-82222408.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwzejc1pcVOebEvakmfSIaRwdgJkHR2SnnNX0I7CpbWlB0wTxCRnxHDaLA0bvD_GpVDgyHONmZEvz3kKr1fVJFRPTQvrUG8pgikpUiZPmhnu-21uPq44fB99z7vjyym5gumDQJaPI4fQQ/s640/blogger-image-82222408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJhCjrF7zEsstienAZO9CCFejB0WS96-820KJJTRJgYOysvYoPO52Z-YX5IOKDP2_vuKByWLscjkLNXBn81XCjzSkAsUrMK7JzUdrcpXmu0xYo4IvzIO_tkNlW7MVj1j600CkxBsk8I3u/s640/blogger-image-1006141776.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJhCjrF7zEsstienAZO9CCFejB0WS96-820KJJTRJgYOysvYoPO52Z-YX5IOKDP2_vuKByWLscjkLNXBn81XCjzSkAsUrMK7JzUdrcpXmu0xYo4IvzIO_tkNlW7MVj1j600CkxBsk8I3u/s640/blogger-image-1006141776.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw8tVpUDrkgQMuA5FYfNRjW94aSOQQp9BAJKRkdzFu23zd_uxMExsSeQWPOOvEPoaaSFDfxWMBvZlcU0QyN7L5T31dbiB7LczPs2lxIbX1UjJLHfznu_quVKzYWC_DM-jrWss3xdC44OJ/s640/blogger-image-2033792072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw8tVpUDrkgQMuA5FYfNRjW94aSOQQp9BAJKRkdzFu23zd_uxMExsSeQWPOOvEPoaaSFDfxWMBvZlcU0QyN7L5T31dbiB7LczPs2lxIbX1UjJLHfznu_quVKzYWC_DM-jrWss3xdC44OJ/s640/blogger-image-2033792072.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2auChfP9eX8MfFqLzFeH9jje9nf8Vj-UFzCDtq2RkhW-c0dMcBu7C8wU_pllL2ZSdAoAuwBASuSZEBDW4CcfkJOW6SqLuNLK7h1AzuLdYLMrnjSmvZtErsFDzzVcnzD9Bp21QtfRhFbf/s640/blogger-image--1476532469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2auChfP9eX8MfFqLzFeH9jje9nf8Vj-UFzCDtq2RkhW-c0dMcBu7C8wU_pllL2ZSdAoAuwBASuSZEBDW4CcfkJOW6SqLuNLK7h1AzuLdYLMrnjSmvZtErsFDzzVcnzD9Bp21QtfRhFbf/s640/blogger-image--1476532469.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2auChfP9eX8MfFqLzFeH9jje9nf8Vj-UFzCDtq2RkhW-c0dMcBu7C8wU_pllL2ZSdAoAuwBASuSZEBDW4CcfkJOW6SqLuNLK7h1AzuLdYLMrnjSmvZtErsFDzzVcnzD9Bp21QtfRhFbf/s640/blogger-image--1476532469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ge4vrdmdTnM7hKI3jkJpV3Ws8zJdt6g-AP0VbYaEBdiquy0-XqijjaLZKjTMygPpUE-dfLLcm91Gt5BkUJs1r1znnOzQvzM94CmVxcKEeSidTfxNHD1gcYqw6qFhTYBxsGg78azIzP1i/s640/blogger-image--46682119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ge4vrdmdTnM7hKI3jkJpV3Ws8zJdt6g-AP0VbYaEBdiquy0-XqijjaLZKjTMygPpUE-dfLLcm91Gt5BkUJs1r1znnOzQvzM94CmVxcKEeSidTfxNHD1gcYqw6qFhTYBxsGg78azIzP1i/s640/blogger-image--46682119.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">BTW believe it or not the dismount from the bar is a back flip. I thought they were crazy- it wasn't a suggestion, it was expected- and that it would be totally impossible, but that's what I'm doing there as I dismount from the trapeze bar. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZBUmIahJD4QrI1Afy2aqnOFfdcPoIF34XCUF010JX419sN9AAqxLd-pK2z3O99JKKGzzq8SqMrPbCY2dgmsDSO6vvve44PgJeFKYcRiWzDAhuLb4_fV_x0nuzfmgnMecPskapX2V5PGv/s640/blogger-image-443621128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZBUmIahJD4QrI1Afy2aqnOFfdcPoIF34XCUF010JX419sN9AAqxLd-pK2z3O99JKKGzzq8SqMrPbCY2dgmsDSO6vvve44PgJeFKYcRiWzDAhuLb4_fV_x0nuzfmgnMecPskapX2V5PGv/s640/blogger-image-443621128.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oh thank you net!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeEFK1PzTt8MMM9LjCkVrzHMpnn8Y7i8cDaAdfn5kkNR7bY1YKbY1_5jVKKWEptbkNqzDc9K2-PgFBqr1X6jMWV39sIUDR4_cc3yBhZEpeaoIJ-gM0JD6tFppiW1Z3kOwek8QqFp7vg73/s640/blogger-image-1546186604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeEFK1PzTt8MMM9LjCkVrzHMpnn8Y7i8cDaAdfn5kkNR7bY1YKbY1_5jVKKWEptbkNqzDc9K2-PgFBqr1X6jMWV39sIUDR4_cc3yBhZEpeaoIJ-gM0JD6tFppiW1Z3kOwek8QqFp7vg73/s640/blogger-image-1546186604.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>And it felt so damn good. </div><div><br></div><div>Once that basic was mastered, in less than an hour we moved onto the catch. One of the other instructors got up there too and the idea is if you do everything right- they grab you and off you go swinging with them holding you by your arms. They literally catch you in the air. For me, at this point I was running out of steam, and never quite got there, but CH got it on his 2nd attempt. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyYdk7IB7LnNbupZLmawq7oIXIgOJ2v50_oEH-GyRouCZgIyylQHytbhYfZg6JaVJE2UhF3bj6rwMySZ9Kr1bRIHl87sn2hyRsoyGB4xPUj7xXVKaC8FNKiAJSj_F4VPNmokqW-Ys5Yu5/s640/blogger-image-1579436387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyYdk7IB7LnNbupZLmawq7oIXIgOJ2v50_oEH-GyRouCZgIyylQHytbhYfZg6JaVJE2UhF3bj6rwMySZ9Kr1bRIHl87sn2hyRsoyGB4xPUj7xXVKaC8FNKiAJSj_F4VPNmokqW-Ys5Yu5/s640/blogger-image-1579436387.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyYdk7IB7LnNbupZLmawq7oIXIgOJ2v50_oEH-GyRouCZgIyylQHytbhYfZg6JaVJE2UhF3bj6rwMySZ9Kr1bRIHl87sn2hyRsoyGB4xPUj7xXVKaC8FNKiAJSj_F4VPNmokqW-Ys5Yu5/s640/blogger-image-1579436387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexrshQqo7twAX6U-07JStgPxrwt6lGJ8i3Zhux5AOf11sn45CMnY1xugi4gBU7H3Wnd__RBx_gxdE_LTBZt8X-8xKVvpGoc3iLZbKRkztLn6vFjUJIUJoo3_osFRlfrV8qtkicRmodwZG/s640/blogger-image--130712325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexrshQqo7twAX6U-07JStgPxrwt6lGJ8i3Zhux5AOf11sn45CMnY1xugi4gBU7H3Wnd__RBx_gxdE_LTBZt8X-8xKVvpGoc3iLZbKRkztLn6vFjUJIUJoo3_osFRlfrV8qtkicRmodwZG/s640/blogger-image--130712325.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHJGW3XByFDLp32FTHdWQ2bJ6ZDpo6ixTvXN38bYhLkMLFOjmg5R6Nfh1lRB64Sm4Xa1ja_DwLxd0uLfLMwLXlnhzDYax63JoV0mqIghTFZxrFYK-ubrJllmnV-v57rgaAvRqB_uy5Ccj/s640/blogger-image-151945319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHJGW3XByFDLp32FTHdWQ2bJ6ZDpo6ixTvXN38bYhLkMLFOjmg5R6Nfh1lRB64Sm4Xa1ja_DwLxd0uLfLMwLXlnhzDYax63JoV0mqIghTFZxrFYK-ubrJllmnV-v57rgaAvRqB_uy5Ccj/s640/blogger-image-151945319.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHJGW3XByFDLp32FTHdWQ2bJ6ZDpo6ixTvXN38bYhLkMLFOjmg5R6Nfh1lRB64Sm4Xa1ja_DwLxd0uLfLMwLXlnhzDYax63JoV0mqIghTFZxrFYK-ubrJllmnV-v57rgaAvRqB_uy5Ccj/s640/blogger-image-151945319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsms12x6NDZil72IRvKnxpaeSRglHj70w9Xorzpf4AktzQOU1hoKqwBh9cICuhS107Dbd1lNipMoyWPsJX-bVSIz74uNIksyIXnObbDkym09bV8HIhcVh-k7lsfvMrXfovjRMAyJKd3HCL/s640/blogger-image--1845289882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsms12x6NDZil72IRvKnxpaeSRglHj70w9Xorzpf4AktzQOU1hoKqwBh9cICuhS107Dbd1lNipMoyWPsJX-bVSIz74uNIksyIXnObbDkym09bV8HIhcVh-k7lsfvMrXfovjRMAyJKd3HCL/s640/blogger-image--1845289882.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not bad. Not bad at all for less than 2 hours. </div></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Great and talented instructors. Cool space. Thank you so much to the team of high fliers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In the adrenaline of<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> it all we signed up for 2 more classes. In the adrenaline of it all I did not realize how sore I was. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not going to lie, I'm in pretty rough shape. Right now I'm at 48 hours later. I feel like I've been hit by a car. I think I sprained a toe on my last dismount- it's purple. I can't lift my hands/arms above my head- so I can't wash my hair or put it in a pony tail. I sneezed tonight and had to brace myself, and this evening sitting next to a 9 month pregnant lady who asked me to pick something off the floor for her I was no help. But, we will recover, and we will go again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Check them out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">West Coast Flying Trapeze</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">http://www.westcoastflyingtrapeze.com</div></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-26939393583732173762015-02-16T18:49:00.001-08:002015-02-16T18:59:04.794-08:00Sew good: Selfie DollSo today there was this super fun event at work- <div>(But honestly... not going to lie. Last week when I was asked to do it I was feeling all sewn out, ottomans and all)</div><div><br></div><div>There was a student event this week that the counselling department was hosting: a <i>Selfie Doll workshop</i></div><div><br></div><div>Last week my coworkers were asked to make some as samples for the event, and as time went on we all got more, and more and more into it. By last Friday we spent most of the afternoon fantasizing about all the outfits we were going to make for them. I went home from a night out on Friday, which was basically Saturday, and then I sewed till 2:30am. </div><div><br></div><div>Then, it REALLY got a bit crazy when it was valentines day night, and I'd hit some kind of new level when I had been working on an infinity scarf for over an hour. For a doll. A DOLL. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJF1bYENuqSX5FrPH4n7fvKVQaJPTjyrHiAxQRZa5C-1TM8rjoQBhbJE-tF_mi1h1ZvefdPoef7WekcrDjjG8lh0lsh-yHnmON25npmX-gw7I1D9J68KqwpC0kBNEj_Gfw8XWhRLbXfQu/s640/blogger-image--1962846484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJF1bYENuqSX5FrPH4n7fvKVQaJPTjyrHiAxQRZa5C-1TM8rjoQBhbJE-tF_mi1h1ZvefdPoef7WekcrDjjG8lh0lsh-yHnmON25npmX-gw7I1D9J68KqwpC0kBNEj_Gfw8XWhRLbXfQu/s640/blogger-image--1962846484.jpg"></a></div></div><div>I texted a couple coworkers for support. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIxsv0-2WHgazoPd-k8Mim73Cedvd7rLjzHHQGg6CA8zsynXTH8sqoa9nkQeTeukmRJHm9KQiURK0-yD-pAANiH3rkt2RlTSqiOTda_BMlXV7hojeu_EcA0BHlBZb2pzPMY4AtTMnMNcI/s640/blogger-image-9629180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIxsv0-2WHgazoPd-k8Mim73Cedvd7rLjzHHQGg6CA8zsynXTH8sqoa9nkQeTeukmRJHm9KQiURK0-yD-pAANiH3rkt2RlTSqiOTda_BMlXV7hojeu_EcA0BHlBZb2pzPMY4AtTMnMNcI/s640/blogger-image-9629180.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div>But then the pay off. Oh... The pay off was amazing. There were 7 or 8 of us dressed like our dolls today. It was so fabulous. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFO3ZfW8UGUXJ9-uu5Sz0JXyA15ak3ZuncyjmlZSzWJpecxXIJpGDQx92ff8i29J-jfovsYd5GXaccq0C8LuMEX2-usuzH006hateVVOl3VX9trTT6rrai7btRjUezNNSG01pebV0ScuRF/s640/blogger-image--1917641736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFO3ZfW8UGUXJ9-uu5Sz0JXyA15ak3ZuncyjmlZSzWJpecxXIJpGDQx92ff8i29J-jfovsYd5GXaccq0C8LuMEX2-usuzH006hateVVOl3VX9trTT6rrai7btRjUezNNSG01pebV0ScuRF/s640/blogger-image--1917641736.jpg"></a></div>Just hanging in the office</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7N9ZoP33RuPxs0iB4ZLf_roLmDYiPzbWldt8gQyBQMi0hyAWmkg2-cN-0bKr7BQXOG1OneggjkKRWR0ckkHTBxQVFHDl9-pRcrKIyYMYaw0ccEJ4pC59ct093N6WVdOph3RRQ2c5D9J5/s640/blogger-image--1398350039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7N9ZoP33RuPxs0iB4ZLf_roLmDYiPzbWldt8gQyBQMi0hyAWmkg2-cN-0bKr7BQXOG1OneggjkKRWR0ckkHTBxQVFHDl9-pRcrKIyYMYaw0ccEJ4pC59ct093N6WVdOph3RRQ2c5D9J5/s640/blogger-image--1398350039.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Just hanging in the concourse gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbxcT6_UyvRjzGQS6HjmYN8xSP4ofoKgLQ398YDrfuzNB3m1UhegHSBSr_Ri94WxOwlYk-BQEEzLDTon0fpNi2EnP-mrZAEX1zSXmqbEzVfj9lWYxOMOaJx-QWaz6k7IOWgofQiJBVpex/s640/blogger-image--1475615375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbxcT6_UyvRjzGQS6HjmYN8xSP4ofoKgLQ398YDrfuzNB3m1UhegHSBSr_Ri94WxOwlYk-BQEEzLDTon0fpNi2EnP-mrZAEX1zSXmqbEzVfj9lWYxOMOaJx-QWaz6k7IOWgofQiJBVpex/s640/blogger-image--1475615375.jpg"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvzLH1wD9HioGVulggbFKFT3MgWYJalDwLiRZybB5C4pq6ay3nGpRlTxXOj8OrxcVgvooV_R4Ge3QhnqIoLLAStLZ6hAC4ry3i_M2OqGOefzMeS02Op0QwXq6fozt9WhGmyZ44JzA-W7b/s640/blogger-image--1888174562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvzLH1wD9HioGVulggbFKFT3MgWYJalDwLiRZybB5C4pq6ay3nGpRlTxXOj8OrxcVgvooV_R4Ge3QhnqIoLLAStLZ6hAC4ry3i_M2OqGOefzMeS02Op0QwXq6fozt9WhGmyZ44JzA-W7b/s640/blogger-image--1888174562.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was kind of a fluke, but if someone was likely to own neon orange polkadot socks, it was me<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKqw7M9W66S2a1uyGuh5VoPyTmTgnV0IOkstixC9F2W739mJOvFaQ77mCrqcZa4uuv-zv2hCHiSl9GlBh7g6zxHEYNf2pcVuFiXDkmA_VMHBH-LcpTUP82t5t-DQqU_z6ZG-mujnD8IOw/s640/blogger-image--1178111651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKqw7M9W66S2a1uyGuh5VoPyTmTgnV0IOkstixC9F2W739mJOvFaQ77mCrqcZa4uuv-zv2hCHiSl9GlBh7g6zxHEYNf2pcVuFiXDkmA_VMHBH-LcpTUP82t5t-DQqU_z6ZG-mujnD8IOw/s640/blogger-image--1178111651.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKqw7M9W66S2a1uyGuh5VoPyTmTgnV0IOkstixC9F2W739mJOvFaQ77mCrqcZa4uuv-zv2hCHiSl9GlBh7g6zxHEYNf2pcVuFiXDkmA_VMHBH-LcpTUP82t5t-DQqU_z6ZG-mujnD8IOw/s640/blogger-image--1178111651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nkdfZ8uduNgnFaoM1VPMLzPjcq824oPM0wWuG4B2CvwweBODCp3fDQlSXqN1vVI2PA86AWtk9h4e9cudeAOX-vGF4HFfLwlRApI0TJ_yCrsWCjvyitrp-ka2-sCBvRXXgPLGqqwjQoBj/s640/blogger-image--967733228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nkdfZ8uduNgnFaoM1VPMLzPjcq824oPM0wWuG4B2CvwweBODCp3fDQlSXqN1vVI2PA86AWtk9h4e9cudeAOX-vGF4HFfLwlRApI0TJ_yCrsWCjvyitrp-ka2-sCBvRXXgPLGqqwjQoBj/s640/blogger-image--967733228.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-32980350146019047062015-02-12T00:11:00.001-08:002015-02-12T12:29:26.945-08:00Sew good: upholstery is awesome<div>I can now add amateur upholstress to my repertoire. </div><div><br></div>Starting this year off being productive and crafty I signed up for this ah-mazing class. <i>Upholstery Coutour </i>with Martina Voss at 1000 Parker Street. The intro class is making an ottoman- which gives you all the basics of upholstery and might sound small, but we used every last second to finish our pieces in this 6 week (18 hours total) class. Martina's background was originally fashion, and it shows. <div><br></div><div>Here are the basic steps through photos:<br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwNUXd0UV5GuaZU81-tjtRbThBaQE9SUTs-fL3kLa7Hk9J6YnMNWM9xRzadtVrBLIz8h7Kgxr4C7YuHTmmyHAbxO9R_TmAVONqKFC8Ctr2iPUHqaF3Un9DrVt8iNta4ekPvvlVbpWy9A2/s640/blogger-image--1640059040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwNUXd0UV5GuaZU81-tjtRbThBaQE9SUTs-fL3kLa7Hk9J6YnMNWM9xRzadtVrBLIz8h7Kgxr4C7YuHTmmyHAbxO9R_TmAVONqKFC8Ctr2iPUHqaF3Un9DrVt8iNta4ekPvvlVbpWy9A2/s640/blogger-image--1640059040.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We started out with a recycled frame- this one has a touch of local flair having come from the Westin Bayshore. </div><br></div></div><div>We first had to attach our jute webbing with tacks and hammer</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWaX7MzyG8NX0mfiFje4lW4FANCH-2_U7OdKv-hEOOX3PJT3MKDp51ZCYnJKye0RCfVy1jfuUGM5FJL1AncoDJO_YRJDY7MHUXgE8-De8PNBb7aQqSf48ybWnE1WZmjIPC8f6QLEwp9Br/s640/blogger-image-1846770741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9lphJi3CsNqeYoL7JJmbJoG2P704rZAr3eBFTqTWbZU4LdTgQSUCttxLw48jtll60gQgxHlWbfuUVGwrXkeCpLPsEpnZRhfkyQdw3LtqD2-YogL__DIGQ-k-xKXfTg3Ce2z6jKu-RVAI/s640/blogger-image--78552661.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then we had to attach this bumper to help structure our foam<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjx0nRjXlweYU1QkV0-uc3VE46P81l35IFwhYCY09Hu3_lrHSBd9nC3Iw-yToUUaMngq71qPmecHGL_5TjuMiIiDqkEaTUcInnB5EsbtL9a2Lsmf-G2msuDIIGH6eqd9APnsYSdfjHfhR/s640/blogger-image-1855265924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjx0nRjXlweYU1QkV0-uc3VE46P81l35IFwhYCY09Hu3_lrHSBd9nC3Iw-yToUUaMngq71qPmecHGL_5TjuMiIiDqkEaTUcInnB5EsbtL9a2Lsmf-G2msuDIIGH6eqd9APnsYSdfjHfhR/s640/blogger-image-1855265924.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then sculpt some corners<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPH22cvTbIKVBMCpU9Wig8_F3mCV1aoOSdYb6rS7pzMGReCMWSht_zU1asv74kskNDj2ol3yvqycRS9QNTKiWEoa-DFPwOQfNvBUIRvNyToErDaL0GGG09B4Da4w0J1zDB6rhHz2pMPpE/s640/blogger-image-1769068890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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On to sculpting into the shape and level of pouf you want...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1AY5PRa-91WerOFTEoS8vnjOnRTxzpRii2rcPM1uWU7f6qrawhYXaV8sd4Q_iKDw-4tuaDoMOK5RYHRJ_jlNZl8T4Eds2_KpU5MUlLeChekjqVgEb-ZiXvl2SRU3P7c3sFhvbh5p_duD/s640/blogger-image-1085072645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1AY5PRa-91WerOFTEoS8vnjOnRTxzpRii2rcPM1uWU7f6qrawhYXaV8sd4Q_iKDw-4tuaDoMOK5RYHRJ_jlNZl8T4Eds2_KpU5MUlLeChekjqVgEb-ZiXvl2SRU3P7c3sFhvbh5p_duD/s640/blogger-image-1085072645.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At this point you might already be pretty satisfied and happy. Hey, it looks like something I could sit on! It has corners! Restoration Hardware sells some stuff that looks like this! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But don't stop. Now you get to choose the fabric. However...this is where things got hard for me. (Or I made them hard, it was a toss up) I love fabric. I went shopping no less than 7 times. I have dozens of swatches. The problem was the fabric I wanted was not upholstery fabric. In the end I added some expense and lots of time but it was pretty worth it in the end. The compromise was that I could use my fabric if I made it thicker. Cue the quilter in me. I actually made my fabric into a quilt before I turned around and cut it up to sew it again. </div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Quilting diversion:<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL0x9NbvMQ95O_oJwnScn6fuJ_qa3oK8MttTg2H8JVvDT2_h8oLAy3GQFtA0Tv8jbS63ciXKGGVfWdp6LSxJPqQblti93gcBgMnJd7zl8ctY4uaefHhJVI0d2wP5UuwhMIuwtYGrbiF5N/s640/blogger-image-1892274851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL0x9NbvMQ95O_oJwnScn6fuJ_qa3oK8MttTg2H8JVvDT2_h8oLAy3GQFtA0Tv8jbS63ciXKGGVfWdp6LSxJPqQblti93gcBgMnJd7zl8ctY4uaefHhJVI0d2wP5UuwhMIuwtYGrbiF5N/s640/blogger-image-1892274851.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pinning my fabric. It's maramekko <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj-lkGbQiA_in-s2u83SnHcDxwgIGteuVdFEzOsIVSqvR1YY4kYMqh0mtohfQXuJDqXuKp5tO5Ftl0O-7apTKGNq8NtKvzwB1Zo4raQKqUGaZuOMKkDvXpkmjqpuYdvdnGvXnei-z3q9s/s640/blogger-image--1579594664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj-lkGbQiA_in-s2u83SnHcDxwgIGteuVdFEzOsIVSqvR1YY4kYMqh0mtohfQXuJDqXuKp5tO5Ftl0O-7apTKGNq8NtKvzwB1Zo4raQKqUGaZuOMKkDvXpkmjqpuYdvdnGvXnei-z3q9s/s640/blogger-image--1579594664.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Trusty machine</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then, a lot of math. Measure 18 million times, cut once. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdSBXhgK9eDHCHe61XMxaeXsGj8qWPKRLjkt_poTjWjE1O_pTygELm23TquA5WDgmKENFAcZx73PFz1xJCw39Vc76xOlhPQrdzikd_f7acxPzurikWDtHkLtCt8FFM3BVDIZlLtrn5dtG/s640/blogger-image--316609424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdSBXhgK9eDHCHe61XMxaeXsGj8qWPKRLjkt_poTjWjE1O_pTygELm23TquA5WDgmKENFAcZx73PFz1xJCw39Vc76xOlhPQrdzikd_f7acxPzurikWDtHkLtCt8FFM3BVDIZlLtrn5dtG/s640/blogger-image--316609424.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The plan:<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdSBXhgK9eDHCHe61XMxaeXsGj8qWPKRLjkt_poTjWjE1O_pTygELm23TquA5WDgmKENFAcZx73PFz1xJCw39Vc76xOlhPQrdzikd_f7acxPzurikWDtHkLtCt8FFM3BVDIZlLtrn5dtG/s640/blogger-image--316609424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCUqm52lACtLmVBqWE6pEOsBqbp_pEo8h4efBBZFAC_CJuhI6W64-QinnlL5lgWHEnz4gHQZV-pFltgxAab9Awh727WXEKaNISD8aIwprhxhyphenhyphen50XEdjR1lPVRonAxudwJR8xG7ffVZrvj/s640/blogger-image-1981005596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCUqm52lACtLmVBqWE6pEOsBqbp_pEo8h4efBBZFAC_CJuhI6W64-QinnlL5lgWHEnz4gHQZV-pFltgxAab9Awh727WXEKaNISD8aIwprhxhyphenhyphen50XEdjR1lPVRonAxudwJR8xG7ffVZrvj/s640/blogger-image-1981005596.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6C5jJNrIIpQ_v-2ezzcbvv-BQHSTIL0eeXQC41vjf19T3e-ZQSu24lEP5PeIXRoruhpLagXlgGHL13DzvaJ64l1fJyyyxs7PM8bFcldQwUqyL0nNM4oL4ER-33nIR3nIDGbMhbuJyXPbQ/s640/blogger-image-480270387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB_y0SUWA5CSn_6eDRNIM0hCANOwmYozt6UfoFnD4Hr71PWze9CpbvVNG4_brc92Xyoao7D4hp8BDuTpMHyDzhol-U5awF09xp-C06Qx-NCDbDkpeooYl2jUTmnU1KgRJ5Vwesxh0HfM9/s640/blogger-image-1040780703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB_y0SUWA5CSn_6eDRNIM0hCANOwmYozt6UfoFnD4Hr71PWze9CpbvVNG4_brc92Xyoao7D4hp8BDuTpMHyDzhol-U5awF09xp-C06Qx-NCDbDkpeooYl2jUTmnU1KgRJ5Vwesxh0HfM9/s640/blogger-image-1040780703.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also had to make all my own piping. First time on an industrial machine. If my sewing machine is like driving on a bumpy country road, industrial is like being in the Indy 500. Fast. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTl9YIiCLwYrrNLjmAyulKXorEiGv3yXlx85sPm1HboujGs_X3LxnVt2rLG28MLjUidMxNIx4cuoXYiLsMGPkKZRJz-fpn8JQuGTJPDdtDXhhaWyz-jlXRDjnm9heMYC_BAM8GwCmGeb6/s640/blogger-image--162943329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTl9YIiCLwYrrNLjmAyulKXorEiGv3yXlx85sPm1HboujGs_X3LxnVt2rLG28MLjUidMxNIx4cuoXYiLsMGPkKZRJz-fpn8JQuGTJPDdtDXhhaWyz-jlXRDjnm9heMYC_BAM8GwCmGeb6/s640/blogger-image--162943329.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTl9YIiCLwYrrNLjmAyulKXorEiGv3yXlx85sPm1HboujGs_X3LxnVt2rLG28MLjUidMxNIx4cuoXYiLsMGPkKZRJz-fpn8JQuGTJPDdtDXhhaWyz-jlXRDjnm9heMYC_BAM8GwCmGeb6/s640/blogger-image--162943329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwFsliAAHiEX-bMkNZHOjpkKoEVqRAoqCw9d8V2vQsAlYSjDeA7pOP_qWaFw9YppsC10TQsELaA570Ms6kk1k5OwDJebro8SFXOkk9l9rmbxWbpUt5X3XiDFOpV_ThXSSTWBu1x3G4dJ1/s640/blogger-image-119592451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwFsliAAHiEX-bMkNZHOjpkKoEVqRAoqCw9d8V2vQsAlYSjDeA7pOP_qWaFw9YppsC10TQsELaA570Ms6kk1k5OwDJebro8SFXOkk9l9rmbxWbpUt5X3XiDFOpV_ThXSSTWBu1x3G4dJ1/s640/blogger-image-119592451.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Slipping it on for fit. I had to take apart one side and tighten it up<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwFsliAAHiEX-bMkNZHOjpkKoEVqRAoqCw9d8V2vQsAlYSjDeA7pOP_qWaFw9YppsC10TQsELaA570Ms6kk1k5OwDJebro8SFXOkk9l9rmbxWbpUt5X3XiDFOpV_ThXSSTWBu1x3G4dJ1/s640/blogger-image-119592451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh7JkgVCZJguy-WV19xNOMy2EJ7ffHebiV0JHn08LavITIlErNSCry2QVrU-qNU-MhePAwoU-1cgbsVKf9ssfUEpBPxoNKoXH1zfHyO6l0K1obqlkG8oYdh0BbyH4mDEsC59rtgyCER_F/s640/blogger-image--588442861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh7JkgVCZJguy-WV19xNOMy2EJ7ffHebiV0JHn08LavITIlErNSCry2QVrU-qNU-MhePAwoU-1cgbsVKf9ssfUEpBPxoNKoXH1zfHyO6l0K1obqlkG8oYdh0BbyH4mDEsC59rtgyCER_F/s640/blogger-image--588442861.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Progress<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh7JkgVCZJguy-WV19xNOMy2EJ7ffHebiV0JHn08LavITIlErNSCry2QVrU-qNU-MhePAwoU-1cgbsVKf9ssfUEpBPxoNKoXH1zfHyO6l0K1obqlkG8oYdh0BbyH4mDEsC59rtgyCER_F/s640/blogger-image--588442861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiqCFO1bRmd0hKF9ZHIX7fS2BqAQCSsHWyTKbrpXk4z_DEZkVp00zbxOcq-24mXf3TejAC8ovV6s0GpnqEO8fi7PW1-ZVb74__vKCui5oWpMKw0rA6mC3O32m1bwJmpa9vOXhS60DsFaO/s640/blogger-image--1137666302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiqCFO1bRmd0hKF9ZHIX7fS2BqAQCSsHWyTKbrpXk4z_DEZkVp00zbxOcq-24mXf3TejAC8ovV6s0GpnqEO8fi7PW1-ZVb74__vKCui5oWpMKw0rA6mC3O32m1bwJmpa9vOXhS60DsFaO/s640/blogger-image--1137666302.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Corners!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiqCFO1bRmd0hKF9ZHIX7fS2BqAQCSsHWyTKbrpXk4z_DEZkVp00zbxOcq-24mXf3TejAC8ovV6s0GpnqEO8fi7PW1-ZVb74__vKCui5oWpMKw0rA6mC3O32m1bwJmpa9vOXhS60DsFaO/s640/blogger-image--1137666302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1XW-AsI9ps6kraqpY3PEwVQyoXyj8ZoklF79Jior7zONTJN8FobNuzDlHvNfjgYv81K0Z9bvJzcLpio2FsM2KEaUvAPJ1egmsCbb-_cZHRJ_SM2tUXneD1aQfF6HN3AT7pTJdN56sVGt/s640/blogger-image--414893158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1XW-AsI9ps6kraqpY3PEwVQyoXyj8ZoklF79Jior7zONTJN8FobNuzDlHvNfjgYv81K0Z9bvJzcLpio2FsM2KEaUvAPJ1egmsCbb-_cZHRJ_SM2tUXneD1aQfF6HN3AT7pTJdN56sVGt/s640/blogger-image--414893158.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Attaching it to it's frame. For most everything else staple guns were used. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfAsij-uPIaHiuQXkdmoTzC72fY8Co1hzAxvXC7WQzwNW77RrxSS3Iffd3HGCcMPvbdPwgoIVJmv89nbCeIdLNfeSJjm9FxzpGyi2g8hDeCoAm1giXy3ymevJELSNCkpQTJR4nrX5aDXj/s640/blogger-image--1255855854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfAsij-uPIaHiuQXkdmoTzC72fY8Co1hzAxvXC7WQzwNW77RrxSS3Iffd3HGCcMPvbdPwgoIVJmv89nbCeIdLNfeSJjm9FxzpGyi2g8hDeCoAm1giXy3ymevJELSNCkpQTJR4nrX5aDXj/s640/blogger-image--1255855854.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfAsij-uPIaHiuQXkdmoTzC72fY8Co1hzAxvXC7WQzwNW77RrxSS3Iffd3HGCcMPvbdPwgoIVJmv89nbCeIdLNfeSJjm9FxzpGyi2g8hDeCoAm1giXy3ymevJELSNCkpQTJR4nrX5aDXj/s640/blogger-image--1255855854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFtdCOBVtxCz6u9zJATvrM3ZzdA-dyWraWDDMqcFZOMzg4cCbS2JTpTee3aUSWhBP-HjsTzM6kTf_WN00uXkh4dTjD-aXm0zfnLKg-H4D8fM3h8GN43bgS-JGcLkfpfx1pvA-eYl944tu/s640/blogger-image--1765415758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFtdCOBVtxCz6u9zJATvrM3ZzdA-dyWraWDDMqcFZOMzg4cCbS2JTpTee3aUSWhBP-HjsTzM6kTf_WN00uXkh4dTjD-aXm0zfnLKg-H4D8fM3h8GN43bgS-JGcLkfpfx1pvA-eYl944tu/s640/blogger-image--1765415758.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Attaching my bottom piping and cardboard strips to clean up the edge. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTb8nC6lxrSsBq7eP4koGIoYI6a1IPdNav_-arYRYCJeAqemH7Lc8Ketlr3Yrd4NfOTelPxlP9AvWXmJWa0_tm5SnJO1Z-nlK2TGlHn3CfotDwIunwffGPeOsslVxvjGOzGi46rqCVoUWM/s640/blogger-image--711818374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTb8nC6lxrSsBq7eP4koGIoYI6a1IPdNav_-arYRYCJeAqemH7Lc8Ketlr3Yrd4NfOTelPxlP9AvWXmJWa0_tm5SnJO1Z-nlK2TGlHn3CfotDwIunwffGPeOsslVxvjGOzGi46rqCVoUWM/s640/blogger-image--711818374.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Secret love note to myself)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVYMpe204MOV1DQop2MBvhot7Mn-pIz20xVMeOxrQpdwxn3RrPzRWckn9EOHeNaVm0xj7pv81K_kR6CRqG50kcHG7MvvZvUFNH3fsbCPec6jsoHrTM0T_sYPZuIoMWjuKnzPyzXuRK0dR/s640/blogger-image--1372724181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVYMpe204MOV1DQop2MBvhot7Mn-pIz20xVMeOxrQpdwxn3RrPzRWckn9EOHeNaVm0xj7pv81K_kR6CRqG50kcHG7MvvZvUFNH3fsbCPec6jsoHrTM0T_sYPZuIoMWjuKnzPyzXuRK0dR/s640/blogger-image--1372724181.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We then attached a dust cover on the bottom to hide the inside/underneath. No one will ever really see this, but I loved the toad stool fabric for my toad stool!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRQR07rJlsboj4bDj9IfMHXnn2HtxNMu-ERqMQsfZq4kKwlQmP3h7jy4oucB_uGjW_mkLyc8yfZjIA79RRVBPSrBRyH7AYO4zbZxeB1xAd6N028ygO04aIeXEQlBQXPxkPlhDm9P-8s_D/s640/blogger-image--1953655324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRQR07rJlsboj4bDj9IfMHXnn2HtxNMu-ERqMQsfZq4kKwlQmP3h7jy4oucB_uGjW_mkLyc8yfZjIA79RRVBPSrBRyH7AYO4zbZxeB1xAd6N028ygO04aIeXEQlBQXPxkPlhDm9P-8s_D/s640/blogger-image--1953655324.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRQR07rJlsboj4bDj9IfMHXnn2HtxNMu-ERqMQsfZq4kKwlQmP3h7jy4oucB_uGjW_mkLyc8yfZjIA79RRVBPSrBRyH7AYO4zbZxeB1xAd6N028ygO04aIeXEQlBQXPxkPlhDm9P-8s_D/s640/blogger-image--1953655324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJpTJPy2D4z12B-4uNu9EZ6eXTOdhl7zymLpqJK38HL8J03ZoNvMZcHDaio3wqijtUHavr6ABGvcQQ4TJwUqnhIlA3p-VZnGG7ZMli4lGQXh3hje7Ic_k92KFG_lv99-CLLFv_9SzjOJ1/s640/blogger-image--288865626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJpTJPy2D4z12B-4uNu9EZ6eXTOdhl7zymLpqJK38HL8J03ZoNvMZcHDaio3wqijtUHavr6ABGvcQQ4TJwUqnhIlA3p-VZnGG7ZMli4lGQXh3hje7Ic_k92KFG_lv99-CLLFv_9SzjOJ1/s640/blogger-image--288865626.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRQR07rJlsboj4bDj9IfMHXnn2HtxNMu-ERqMQsfZq4kKwlQmP3h7jy4oucB_uGjW_mkLyc8yfZjIA79RRVBPSrBRyH7AYO4zbZxeB1xAd6N028ygO04aIeXEQlBQXPxkPlhDm9P-8s_D/s640/blogger-image--1953655324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNmQ0QGuAWX88rg9W0gUn0u5WLBDmkCNljh_I81KsHafD5pyWbac7d81r9P2AmA7p9G2AWHnfT2_XatTF538JO1Vz-dGir8HJBRyve-uhx3n9hTI9KNlhLPBJ59MhtIzOIJe0rxLeKb0y/s640/blogger-image-1774445866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNmQ0QGuAWX88rg9W0gUn0u5WLBDmkCNljh_I81KsHafD5pyWbac7d81r9P2AmA7p9G2AWHnfT2_XatTF538JO1Vz-dGir8HJBRyve-uhx3n9hTI9KNlhLPBJ59MhtIzOIJe0rxLeKb0y/s640/blogger-image-1774445866.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>TA DA! Done. Well, nearly done I still have some hand sewing to do which will finish it up but I can do that in house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was an amazing class. I don't think I've ever felt this exhilarated after going to school. </div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-3577181398841397932014-12-29T22:30:00.001-08:002014-12-29T22:30:55.323-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KEtjZmRSS7l-TUPGwymScBCSYGaVig2LJpjl2G6nWPKSxWy3zESC5d6P5_ACTn-jwXt_wHmuiIbHIAD5_AZDSZJwdGZaPivlo_kkGHiJgEVh4GaI75Rj8paIgjVYp3vWbe3I0TmuKHQu/s640/blogger-image-1238753394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KEtjZmRSS7l-TUPGwymScBCSYGaVig2LJpjl2G6nWPKSxWy3zESC5d6P5_ACTn-jwXt_wHmuiIbHIAD5_AZDSZJwdGZaPivlo_kkGHiJgEVh4GaI75Rj8paIgjVYp3vWbe3I0TmuKHQu/s640/blogger-image-1238753394.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gyO5QDe6sRKowsJeTRUjWemk3IcrbB-6tsUue2v0aUuoo_uKbhb4Y50P5ndT3nwrpDFlxKLCrKdLn2e_UEfGqWjoDoktoKc-8NCDuYVX9R_Q2czifA4lhtyg0zfFk0Q7KI_YBpVMQbEW/s640/blogger-image--1236419410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gyO5QDe6sRKowsJeTRUjWemk3IcrbB-6tsUue2v0aUuoo_uKbhb4Y50P5ndT3nwrpDFlxKLCrKdLn2e_UEfGqWjoDoktoKc-8NCDuYVX9R_Q2czifA4lhtyg0zfFk0Q7KI_YBpVMQbEW/s640/blogger-image--1236419410.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gyO5QDe6sRKowsJeTRUjWemk3IcrbB-6tsUue2v0aUuoo_uKbhb4Y50P5ndT3nwrpDFlxKLCrKdLn2e_UEfGqWjoDoktoKc-8NCDuYVX9R_Q2czifA4lhtyg0zfFk0Q7KI_YBpVMQbEW/s640/blogger-image--1236419410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf_-ngmAi_zE33mf2zntbwi-1kiqhdeqsJYVCUlkzd5U9By34GOwoN2FQ1_iGoN9mIzYVXJZhZxGrdiQTeU7wR__AeI1fxiZPkX0Z8EJaiZjULP_BOdmpVEGzaIF88Na5vhVwLr1OmVBH/s640/blogger-image--1599372617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf_-ngmAi_zE33mf2zntbwi-1kiqhdeqsJYVCUlkzd5U9By34GOwoN2FQ1_iGoN9mIzYVXJZhZxGrdiQTeU7wR__AeI1fxiZPkX0Z8EJaiZjULP_BOdmpVEGzaIF88Na5vhVwLr1OmVBH/s640/blogger-image--1599372617.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeOEin-f9CsmIoiQyPlUcNiYhfJAmL5UWkAi7SJ67Jw7rn33bHwSWmI8zLT96d2yexXEvsldXyO87JTBG21lDEbPb-xc_OXY0Ai54GFi473mToE1MRdAZHPJZ6H7rxpeTKknWFYx1wyTg/s640/blogger-image--1773339788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeOEin-f9CsmIoiQyPlUcNiYhfJAmL5UWkAi7SJ67Jw7rn33bHwSWmI8zLT96d2yexXEvsldXyO87JTBG21lDEbPb-xc_OXY0Ai54GFi473mToE1MRdAZHPJZ6H7rxpeTKknWFYx1wyTg/s640/blogger-image--1773339788.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-21440849942936281272014-12-21T22:23:00.001-08:002014-12-21T22:25:00.429-08:00WaimeaWe have a childhood friend who now lives in Hawaii. I contacted him before we went and coordinated a surprize visit from him, for an early birthday present for my brother and a catch up- It's been too many years since street hockey and snow forts...<div><br></div><div>Since the surprize was had (and it went so good) we decided to make a day trip up to the north side of the island: reason being there was this huge surf competition on,<i> the Billabong Pipemasters. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1twRCM2oZOyedh9V_7wAV1TM9DL3z2TRSJTwBuH2IgmT-PaAIDaYJ_8W7BOBCukwf904kwTb_lfL1i3N5KSNlPhxlNeyV0Nnn73AT0ZNeg-w1kJak_EiJ4iIKfo4-4fc-ULYEi3FC9ER/s640/blogger-image--292007906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1twRCM2oZOyedh9V_7wAV1TM9DL3z2TRSJTwBuH2IgmT-PaAIDaYJ_8W7BOBCukwf904kwTb_lfL1i3N5KSNlPhxlNeyV0Nnn73AT0ZNeg-w1kJak_EiJ4iIKfo4-4fc-ULYEi3FC9ER/s640/blogger-image--292007906.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>The day we finally went, the competition was actually called OFF because the waves were too big!</div><div><br></div><div>But it was beautiful- stormy and wet and those waves were dramatic. We still stopped at 3 or 4 beaches along the coast. Warning signs everywhere not allowing swimming. There were still surfers out there but it was intense. </div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjod7y3xdmRxu6hKCNx_95vuaCZJspjXlLqwVXDNux7ebIqoKJIKsiw8RGxenw8dFm4t1qgzsslJULQzHaJAYn0v_hdprMh_Jh6PHmxneypy1XbBe7OiejbCnyoo9uXnLRYLTwtwXIg2R_/s640/blogger-image-695075828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjod7y3xdmRxu6hKCNx_95vuaCZJspjXlLqwVXDNux7ebIqoKJIKsiw8RGxenw8dFm4t1qgzsslJULQzHaJAYn0v_hdprMh_Jh6PHmxneypy1XbBe7OiejbCnyoo9uXnLRYLTwtwXIg2R_/s640/blogger-image-695075828.jpg"></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqMygY5irMOVJ2lC1mbO5So-5wPFg9rTzkPxskXoZimR_4CtRaDO0aeFayh7T7FpLsACTRQMo0RaJ2wTLVXwVZNNfhMT_uNk6JB8xk64DSkNp3TMeRCHSqRpe68f5hxv7T8yvRMp725wT/s640/blogger-image-482110120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqMygY5irMOVJ2lC1mbO5So-5wPFg9rTzkPxskXoZimR_4CtRaDO0aeFayh7T7FpLsACTRQMo0RaJ2wTLVXwVZNNfhMT_uNk6JB8xk64DSkNp3TMeRCHSqRpe68f5hxv7T8yvRMp725wT/s640/blogger-image-482110120.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsQaRReVijubK0LXrvtcV9f4l74pMuhdZlPFtn9nUm5CXVDD3ZAyrowvrjmht1BqjK-kdHvY0WhzRY0082eKQhfHkaXgnBg4Fh902jpwaq735g8l83oYGk5I62hvao739-YL8EXCNerxh/s640/blogger-image--826529419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsQaRReVijubK0LXrvtcV9f4l74pMuhdZlPFtn9nUm5CXVDD3ZAyrowvrjmht1BqjK-kdHvY0WhzRY0082eKQhfHkaXgnBg4Fh902jpwaq735g8l83oYGk5I62hvao739-YL8EXCNerxh/s640/blogger-image--826529419.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(People taking risky selfies)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58iy7PZ0a4WUFuirymmkmc0M2BeR_EBDr7psJjAXgmVjbwipknWEjMKRe9Ty70qav0gHCwfr2i_CRohOe40ApLIRXIZLSpud8vyMIM1lk2-MOLcGsyd6JoTvJhSxqa3TDrUESFNEOP6y4/s640/blogger-image--707770542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58iy7PZ0a4WUFuirymmkmc0M2BeR_EBDr7psJjAXgmVjbwipknWEjMKRe9Ty70qav0gHCwfr2i_CRohOe40ApLIRXIZLSpud8vyMIM1lk2-MOLcGsyd6JoTvJhSxqa3TDrUESFNEOP6y4/s640/blogger-image--707770542.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was a great day out. Thanks GK for taking us to the 'country' for a beach day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vb-xOiyqYLgW9Wkxd6Uc54kdSMBmD4cDD6SPjmps-fMEIH7Hfa6WTuHg5l5ww5f3RUdez4y-yYACzEbaiwENt-d-sY4Sh3KFfL2YmdsFRFC-nBHv9deoR1gYg5vmauv8H0A1_G5LgzI6/s640/blogger-image--2022897467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vb-xOiyqYLgW9Wkxd6Uc54kdSMBmD4cDD6SPjmps-fMEIH7Hfa6WTuHg5l5ww5f3RUdez4y-yYACzEbaiwENt-d-sY4Sh3KFfL2YmdsFRFC-nBHv9deoR1gYg5vmauv8H0A1_G5LgzI6/s640/blogger-image--2022897467.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZQxopFIYgz_gDq3Q0Xi9G0gxQZElIAXHZXXuPA1rccKYnTIBRW6Jbzr1DqAOD_cJiJYKjJ5HTNjh61qqOoO9KxJKLpZB1lChFINo7rq5W6pipSOHGpKR7sB5seYctj8kFQK_QCmN4sgm/s640/blogger-image--876741059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And the view. 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And when we got to the top there wasn't wind, a breeze. Just still, and hot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As we passed some Aussie girls on that last flight of stairs- on their way down I overheard the best conversation I heard all week:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Q: "is THAT a breeze?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A: " no, I think that's just us walking against the air..."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Exactly. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-15491574586715487882014-12-18T20:29:00.001-08:002014-12-18T20:54:42.037-08:00AlohaJust got back from a wonderful break away with my family- besides the wedding in the summer we have not gone on a family trip together for some years. We went to Hawaii- and spent most of our time in Waikiki. <div>Waikiki is like our old neighbourhood- we spent a lot of family trips their growing up, and honestly our end of the beach has not really changed. We have pretty much only ever stayed in the same 2 hotels (that are across the street from each other). My mom was reflecting though on the early days- when we were little (like 30-35 years ago) the big difference was that we were the only kids at the beach. The only 2. It was more of a honeymoon destination, or for people on r&r from the army. Now, it's packed with families and people of all ages enjoying the sun and surf. </div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigT8YRWFhGRUbm1lddteAG8FSWfFSSzN721rAG2NaEA6_SlODPa_SARMKvjOst9YXKKmC9DzMBgtBbvvSADYF0eNA1heOmcUf3ad3SLsQy3ZCKdTkGqjCvE0nJXf3AQAtxryVjF6gNrv1/s640/blogger-image--370229236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigT8YRWFhGRUbm1lddteAG8FSWfFSSzN721rAG2NaEA6_SlODPa_SARMKvjOst9YXKKmC9DzMBgtBbvvSADYF0eNA1heOmcUf3ad3SLsQy3ZCKdTkGqjCvE0nJXf3AQAtxryVjF6gNrv1/s640/blogger-image--370229236.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-9310Kkdo2P0n3eg7tOlyZEmYpuAeYuYNossz4tTD5PUikVl1rZA2CKSRj3xbNXQtC-sWq_oSK2PQaUCQPYUcNdus0j929-adPvJ94p1aVq5FMj-Zg18knRsHBwwvzVspVNsdwYuRGya/s640/blogger-image--861684143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCAf-6a_wTcluQgaARIUaTzcoFE3MFJf0DcLa0TW-nfheQc4RyDnjR5yjhl8jsIyXz-uYYsXcBDtHDZ3avX4_PGveLehixMzU8-RMU1YWB4vlYObxrvMQHeM0bEg5oZ0ndspS__9ETLLp/s640/blogger-image--1782388758.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Super relaxing. By Thursday I had decided I did not want to go home. Like, ever. And my tan isn't too bad either. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H8WwQxj8ufSlv8TA0lt_wuBBehbis_BRP0fBMlQMRP83c7uA2rB3FbbdNFOn7IO6sIPo9evynG_SPrLdmzqGfu5g9J7KwROIgmTnutdp6rECmzbNzZQS1ypyFT4e5bSER2fzBXb9qwnk/s640/blogger-image--891273705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H8WwQxj8ufSlv8TA0lt_wuBBehbis_BRP0fBMlQMRP83c7uA2rB3FbbdNFOn7IO6sIPo9evynG_SPrLdmzqGfu5g9J7KwROIgmTnutdp6rECmzbNzZQS1ypyFT4e5bSER2fzBXb9qwnk/s640/blogger-image--891273705.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-77295125950886018942014-12-18T19:44:00.001-08:002014-12-22T17:12:48.565-08:00Wrap it upI was so glad to wrap up this year with another bookbinding class at Atira- the women's resource Center on the downtown east side. <div>People were in festive spirits and as it turns out I wasn't the only workshop running. Another lovely lady had collected pine and cedar boughs from near her home as well as around east vancouver- I joined them in making a wreath for my door. </div><div>Over the few hours I was there I made books with 5 or 6 ladies. Had some lovely chats, ate treats and had a surprize visit from, none other than Santa himself. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxMCSo_yvDUcj6IXphg1rxJDdnZ8Bsi02cpIWLnGdCtBkv697XnDLfbqsIroKg_Rq_ybaYt5JJNtSn83y_3D9syHib_mb7XCj8riX72c9ODTpb1xeMhyphenhyphenaBvhhCDIl88s8vWA_q4z_iGvc/s640/blogger-image--654874248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxMCSo_yvDUcj6IXphg1rxJDdnZ8Bsi02cpIWLnGdCtBkv697XnDLfbqsIroKg_Rq_ybaYt5JJNtSn83y_3D9syHib_mb7XCj8riX72c9ODTpb1xeMhyphenhyphenaBvhhCDIl88s8vWA_q4z_iGvc/s640/blogger-image--654874248.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmthH-9lqhzwLSmtWE9Zqilnn4jsyhr5QyOJrCvPFiJGJ1wsINrFpQtyQbId9GeZFefuH6ZBhx5rs4zZcsjsUwWVX95NUcmsqeLcnt8OR8TRY8oSdB0K6tG1O8nHOHyTCEKvuMoRwVmb1/s640/blogger-image-1347521569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmthH-9lqhzwLSmtWE9Zqilnn4jsyhr5QyOJrCvPFiJGJ1wsINrFpQtyQbId9GeZFefuH6ZBhx5rs4zZcsjsUwWVX95NUcmsqeLcnt8OR8TRY8oSdB0K6tG1O8nHOHyTCEKvuMoRwVmb1/s640/blogger-image-1347521569.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEElNDZLME-NyzMhAigSypTxW5nEEvHHUBvSlU24zijjLdPR130RSs8TnqYUNx_jPzcIGxWaNtcXzLDkspA7ql5BynLTv2H6dloPpYq1-Nk8wlByzMJiRe0OPXgZxKq5b3OM5mkygd0pL3/s640/blogger-image--1425877044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEElNDZLME-NyzMhAigSypTxW5nEEvHHUBvSlU24zijjLdPR130RSs8TnqYUNx_jPzcIGxWaNtcXzLDkspA7ql5BynLTv2H6dloPpYq1-Nk8wlByzMJiRe0OPXgZxKq5b3OM5mkygd0pL3/s640/blogger-image--1425877044.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-58988915020164767742014-11-04T22:16:00.001-08:002014-11-04T23:22:31.011-08:00HalloweenHope everyone had a fun Halloween-<div>Mine was good and busy with basically 3 parties and 2 costume changes...</div><div>How that happened I don't really know. </div><div><br></div><div>At work we often come up with a group theme and this year someone, who neglected to actually dress up originally suggested Disney princesses... But we're and art school and all so it developed into "princesses gone bad/villians gone good" which was much more fun. We had a bad fairy with her 'arrested' placard from booking and over the hill cat woman. I was Nancy de Vil, you know her as Cruella, but this is before she went all bad. </div><div>We also decorated the office- I am quite proud I put all my love of CSI and Dexter to good use and made this chalk outline of Bambi's mom. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtS4Iaa6LbFCJWgsKUf17fgx8s4UOKYd6XlyCg0Lbe81t_QjGSYFUqWzBf_hfnQTa8c7s9jd8ocAAJCvKp22SjoYXz8XH_HLS8IinlWGE6y_KaAUrEDkIDXsAQ9J14jJUJw8bOC7UHOYta/s640/blogger-image-904362800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtS4Iaa6LbFCJWgsKUf17fgx8s4UOKYd6XlyCg0Lbe81t_QjGSYFUqWzBf_hfnQTa8c7s9jd8ocAAJCvKp22SjoYXz8XH_HLS8IinlWGE6y_KaAUrEDkIDXsAQ9J14jJUJw8bOC7UHOYta/s640/blogger-image-904362800.jpg"></a></div></div><div>After work I went to the law firm where people went all out</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8Z9glhsLL8YUHH_HiPDlNOPeLrzsfv7aUe-2amxxgHKmFlwFaVONuNbc-PRvH0FitDczG69QjgmPb7MffD-tEinsgkSR46TVmS9QcCkb_pLeuzx0NO0Ztdve4rVdBYSeSCASJmQlXSUl/s640/blogger-image--958562882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8Z9glhsLL8YUHH_HiPDlNOPeLrzsfv7aUe-2amxxgHKmFlwFaVONuNbc-PRvH0FitDczG69QjgmPb7MffD-tEinsgkSR46TVmS9QcCkb_pLeuzx0NO0Ztdve4rVdBYSeSCASJmQlXSUl/s640/blogger-image--958562882.jpg"></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And after that, a friends party where the theme was cults- that's a whole other post, but I went with friends in a group costume and we were a hit. Come on. You have to be a group when partaking in cult activities...but it looked something like this:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnfoX4o50xgaKr1Sp0Y5SgrKQ-DvS5XIcRSLn32eXsgkvIB48BnWPIck_Uv0g5vjpkWwOjsGRSH_e8MJyI4IZJyKEjmMBHuNWH5gvLjjBRMvI8C6oXXfhJajqlIPyOkN-NGVoKJQLEQHA/s640/blogger-image-262047456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnfoX4o50xgaKr1Sp0Y5SgrKQ-DvS5XIcRSLn32eXsgkvIB48BnWPIck_Uv0g5vjpkWwOjsGRSH_e8MJyI4IZJyKEjmMBHuNWH5gvLjjBRMvI8C6oXXfhJajqlIPyOkN-NGVoKJQLEQHA/s640/blogger-image-262047456.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpmFTfaFEq8fLAfl69pVzT7xTyrv5x_M3VOyhvia1Wl7Fm0WS2P1lbBCpwEQl4Pn9Rga8gsbrQniD8Nym9aamycwkurAFcmKC_xt1zxdNtuiKbRMog5BUbOo9mEGremIjV4GXpIFbCJPr/s640/blogger-image--1158381242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpmFTfaFEq8fLAfl69pVzT7xTyrv5x_M3VOyhvia1Wl7Fm0WS2P1lbBCpwEQl4Pn9Rga8gsbrQniD8Nym9aamycwkurAFcmKC_xt1zxdNtuiKbRMog5BUbOo9mEGremIjV4GXpIFbCJPr/s640/blogger-image--1158381242.jpg"></a></div></div></span></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-78071727569294972862014-10-13T19:28:00.001-07:002014-10-15T10:57:34.136-07:00Ms. Lily Allen<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Or Phase 2 of my musical mavens. <div><br></div><div>Lily Allen hasn't toured in five years. I thought my chances to see her were long since passed- she had good reasons. Got married and popped out a few kids so I really thought that might be it. Let's just say it was one of the most pleasant surprizes this spring that she would be touring through Vancouver again. It felt like forever since I'd bought the tickets and the show happening. I wound up taking my brother as my date- he did not know her music, and had never been to the Commodore so I thought it would be a good introduction to both. </div><div><br></div><div>The opener was Lolawolf who sounded and looked very familiar and then we realized after she was Zoe Kravitz (sounds like her dad, looks like her mom)</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_y0MQoUaVFgSte-y1dlMxQkgK3Rq-0CyoGiFU0b9IYBdr5VlOHbHuXDTZVFJG_W2c4OBTKFMTlHbflMUEip1ZfDVXJjfzcJ8k1TmnwPDs5pIxsOAUY4L3Ji_rMAmyQJgfTLQ0atgvzHse/s640/blogger-image-785529381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_y0MQoUaVFgSte-y1dlMxQkgK3Rq-0CyoGiFU0b9IYBdr5VlOHbHuXDTZVFJG_W2c4OBTKFMTlHbflMUEip1ZfDVXJjfzcJ8k1TmnwPDs5pIxsOAUY4L3Ji_rMAmyQJgfTLQ0atgvzHse/s640/blogger-image-785529381.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Ms. Allen came on and stole the show. She played everything I loved and she had the crowd digging it. She was cute and funny and totally charming. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkeaoYJcVagfFJRLEZMqBSTXGABUoQBu461-H_lKIFSDUuG_PgQygO2xJzhB0YObc83qRcbt4u_O5DSFUB7zUv2U8-Ga9deez0bVZW8J7_DEMTpp3Ssxsp6Et3anAneprTX4cF9ZxzVc2/s640/blogger-image-1671886182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkeaoYJcVagfFJRLEZMqBSTXGABUoQBu461-H_lKIFSDUuG_PgQygO2xJzhB0YObc83qRcbt4u_O5DSFUB7zUv2U8-Ga9deez0bVZW8J7_DEMTpp3Ssxsp6Et3anAneprTX4cF9ZxzVc2/s640/blogger-image-1671886182.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hlt8US8UH4qQKnG9vRErDQRQ475QlC91Vgq-mHzjMOXt6qfhWpO1TQLC1JGHWtyD_c0jvdbOquvAtPEZVSm0hcAr3ORqMwvspPQ2RNSIbhlkjnyfMhRfD2QZPA_VWkACj1KBet1zp-dq/s640/blogger-image--2096674232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hlt8US8UH4qQKnG9vRErDQRQ475QlC91Vgq-mHzjMOXt6qfhWpO1TQLC1JGHWtyD_c0jvdbOquvAtPEZVSm0hcAr3ORqMwvspPQ2RNSIbhlkjnyfMhRfD2QZPA_VWkACj1KBet1zp-dq/s640/blogger-image--2096674232.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNsCduouBoz1tv7SKwUIuxQ_hZ7yGXSBaAaYBGNT_Keqi3On64MrOQKIv3HTwrTD63hItB4-Z8QWps0eyPYCKS_RIhx-VwCeQI1o58E6lN3gEBhee9auNvAE-cKXzwxRCwnxWo4A-je5A/s640/blogger-image--1376163868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNsCduouBoz1tv7SKwUIuxQ_hZ7yGXSBaAaYBGNT_Keqi3On64MrOQKIv3HTwrTD63hItB4-Z8QWps0eyPYCKS_RIhx-VwCeQI1o58E6lN3gEBhee9auNvAE-cKXzwxRCwnxWo4A-je5A/s640/blogger-image--1376163868.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtPU-7m98vIPxYDEyPyAWYYctwQ9FNj1LgUuswbqwq6cWqj8pdM6y4Xi0H_iZATFl6HxsLNMacjZNCDRCL372u3agsMoimF_4WPjZEMZkWBzbsZSudVGDnOXkGCMjI0hQVqsjnqcfPT8d/s640/blogger-image-813803711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtPU-7m98vIPxYDEyPyAWYYctwQ9FNj1LgUuswbqwq6cWqj8pdM6y4Xi0H_iZATFl6HxsLNMacjZNCDRCL372u3agsMoimF_4WPjZEMZkWBzbsZSudVGDnOXkGCMjI0hQVqsjnqcfPT8d/s640/blogger-image-813803711.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ykl7BCei6CCj89mI3S6r7YZc6DWBY5dg8k4OcN51H6lNd_1ptMPehhq9YR6prhHuGMsgX6CrC2Q0TUflQ_m7FVOA8EsTSm_V2iIRvqIZ3zWIGafwzPBVEPZHBUkvt0UDfcnUOWW0Szx8/s640/blogger-image-211090885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ykl7BCei6CCj89mI3S6r7YZc6DWBY5dg8k4OcN51H6lNd_1ptMPehhq9YR6prhHuGMsgX6CrC2Q0TUflQ_m7FVOA8EsTSm_V2iIRvqIZ3zWIGafwzPBVEPZHBUkvt0UDfcnUOWW0Szx8/s640/blogger-image-211090885.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And yes those are baby bottles on the stage. Ode to her new life... Less about drugs and parties, more about babies...</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-77695097651283899402014-09-21T18:33:00.001-07:002014-09-21T18:34:35.784-07:00Float onThis is about 2 things: one, I've been watching a lot of Fringe lately, and two, the temptation of a Social Shopper coupon for trying Float House was burning a hole in my pocket.<div><br><div><div>It was pretty cool I have to say. I scheduled it for the end of a week, among a few long weeks of the start of school. The floating was a bit surreal as it's hard to imagine that some salt can have that much of an impact on buoyancy. At times it felt like I was bumping up against the sides and at other times I was miles away from the edge. No sound, no light. Except the sound of me snaping my toes echoing<br>in the water. I was in there for nearly 90 minutes and I must admit that at what was probably the hour mark, I came back from <i>somewhere</i>. Somewhere. </div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And if floating in a sensory deprivation tank will get me all that close to Peter Bishop, then sign me up. </div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLKvu0UYLsSCOHZcprKuBV1FTCfFz4JvMzLPm7j1Saho-clKs-cOyJyLLPkNhR0sNjHxS33u2gB0mVQWbW406dPMkPhx-gfJv0DNhniU9VE5rXQ78P7e5JXjueQHRgO_IISwcZboWdDAm/s640/blogger-image--1130069141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLKvu0UYLsSCOHZcprKuBV1FTCfFz4JvMzLPm7j1Saho-clKs-cOyJyLLPkNhR0sNjHxS33u2gB0mVQWbW406dPMkPhx-gfJv0DNhniU9VE5rXQ78P7e5JXjueQHRgO_IISwcZboWdDAm/s640/blogger-image--1130069141.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SjLszzR4o9e1OnQGILLpR8CW3d76vCt5G58jPQzqhf8P-WMPoE72n_NcpSmUsVYVGIiFt8eT_ro1Z-Blp37qHZj_iUemeIjSV9BqJX0bOaExvmT6_JEtyfJBOBA4BPdgwZUk4XzXTbhQ/s640/blogger-image-1281609327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SjLszzR4o9e1OnQGILLpR8CW3d76vCt5G58jPQzqhf8P-WMPoE72n_NcpSmUsVYVGIiFt8eT_ro1Z-Blp37qHZj_iUemeIjSV9BqJX0bOaExvmT6_JEtyfJBOBA4BPdgwZUk4XzXTbhQ/s640/blogger-image-1281609327.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SjLszzR4o9e1OnQGILLpR8CW3d76vCt5G58jPQzqhf8P-WMPoE72n_NcpSmUsVYVGIiFt8eT_ro1Z-Blp37qHZj_iUemeIjSV9BqJX0bOaExvmT6_JEtyfJBOBA4BPdgwZUk4XzXTbhQ/s640/blogger-image-1281609327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXI8OVSlf1mvNf6YrnBlPgWUJ-Vq4mvczrkuGVOk0P9s-XQ_Ed5Qs0eHTiRb_SyH6W-s-fBBIE6Kr_G1TBnSASKrhpQG235M7XTJdrJtJYcQHELISd6-IK47pjypLvPm3GDdvFVz3hBYO/s640/blogger-image-1332933092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXI8OVSlf1mvNf6YrnBlPgWUJ-Vq4mvczrkuGVOk0P9s-XQ_Ed5Qs0eHTiRb_SyH6W-s-fBBIE6Kr_G1TBnSASKrhpQG235M7XTJdrJtJYcQHELISd6-IK47pjypLvPm3GDdvFVz3hBYO/s640/blogger-image-1332933092.jpg"></a></div></div><br></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-89936117570295143542014-08-25T20:14:00.001-07:002014-09-03T22:27:09.006-07:00In the wild<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What another glorious camping trip! Probably the last of this year. </span></div><div>For something different we went en masse, 5 couples. Double campsite, tent village. Lots of meat, lots of bacon. Lots of stories. Lots of wood to burn. Characters, plus one beast of a dog. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pIoKFxa0OfN8dLyccWpi3bD4P1ti243bRophemuID-qzYCfKx6BuBSXrXLghzfRmeIFwn9iiL2wU-4HzLvwMFhBa6JO7MKis246J65ivSfYIsn_xys8zHBmPGDh3q-EfUiSOT5lQhZTd/s640/blogger-image--669235807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pIoKFxa0OfN8dLyccWpi3bD4P1ti243bRophemuID-qzYCfKx6BuBSXrXLghzfRmeIFwn9iiL2wU-4HzLvwMFhBa6JO7MKis246J65ivSfYIsn_xys8zHBmPGDh3q-EfUiSOT5lQhZTd/s640/blogger-image--669235807.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQbpauHjLq4eSjdx2KP2dkK-Cc_0mcLjNjN_abAnC2QDU8eGnrfOgTj7XVo2nYPjntve4Qxgc1eyrGrXXBO9Zs_15NXh0_U-4NzzIQw4trhCe4ZEFsPaYg6YiOvb4pqzu8oxRxQptXHR4/s640/blogger-image--2034571629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was wonderful! See you again soon! X</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-81784750842955371552014-08-07T23:19:00.001-07:002014-08-07T23:20:33.478-07:00my rosesI was lucky to get to spend another birthday in Portland. We tried to figure it out, maybe 4 or 5 birthdays in PDX over the last decade with my man CR and a few of the crew. <div>I had the apartment in the city pretty much to myself and wandered, drank fancy coffees, bit of shopping, interesting drinks, fun people and had a really nice time. </div><div>Besides the gun range we also checked out some new bars/restaurants, I had an amazing birthday dinner cooked for me, surprize rendezvous with some friends from home, and a sake brewery. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNb0wetg-IBW2FrEc_GqUo8TFCimIgLgWplu_0zUnN6G8wj1iuFq2txzBajkBJ7xjdj7IJZsF9me3tZQISbtSHGLH_X4iDfEi-c3UU8RXfSD8SNcDweyLRX0ofan5ItVC9WmgRICALOwB4/s640/blogger-image-88401021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNb0wetg-IBW2FrEc_GqUo8TFCimIgLgWplu_0zUnN6G8wj1iuFq2txzBajkBJ7xjdj7IJZsF9me3tZQISbtSHGLH_X4iDfEi-c3UU8RXfSD8SNcDweyLRX0ofan5ItVC9WmgRICALOwB4/s640/blogger-image-88401021.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Change room change up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fsJnnHQQfK9JCF_BlqyG6_z5AZwrr4UZiIGoo0o0N4r2wYjsCxKuk6JrEp_0oNFdPuz_ewq432TTdhKqsTmDsyhJNxN-Mv9rXtaZK-Cz4OGCW5yrUlRTL1W9h5zZLSMuU6N1oKsADNru/s640/blogger-image-944550825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaoBpHcI3OoirFB-Fq-fJFZmtCqgfziym9Z12HW0XM13EnxK9AwREbiaE79FLLJ9tG07ag54wA4B_2OUFJwwQ07U1lG3SerkOFCZc9wiLqMG6QGlpzZw8Quy5Sz-ZRyRcfEG8lYAqXn03/s640/blogger-image--304147079.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">St. Cupcake cupcakes aftermath, Cards Against Humanity</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VHhNIynn1poym9GjaZucpZGmE76XAvdnN7ra29J6tCsX8t3uFg42iG4AezVGjArAnGUK84xmResWh1pZ9XUy7hT0ydo4-CA_HkqkffsV6j_m46K4UeeF5i0qqSJVypB_YSZuhhdd3B9C/s640/blogger-image--1490820334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VHhNIynn1poym9GjaZucpZGmE76XAvdnN7ra29J6tCsX8t3uFg42iG4AezVGjArAnGUK84xmResWh1pZ9XUy7hT0ydo4-CA_HkqkffsV6j_m46K4UeeF5i0qqSJVypB_YSZuhhdd3B9C/s640/blogger-image--1490820334.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Birthday hazelnut affogato in the Pearl</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NJ_HqGdqb5zopvzzHPRAbUSf2YPEtubBvxWDX66naY31DHmrFVqFgNzorE6m2DSgLPMfl4uamD73vdi4tkXNgC22s9YtZO-KR3-UlwsyAzWmZgrMt2921neORlfNMnRSxoiqYpEunejB/s640/blogger-image-421037538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Check it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Great week, great people. Thank you CR and Miss A for an awesome time. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-41466609586057179712014-08-04T01:13:00.001-07:002014-08-04T01:15:51.673-07:00trigger happySometimes the "only in America" rings so, so true. This week while in Portland I was going about a usual day, wandering through town, a bit of shopping when CR texts me and drops a casual "btw we are going to a gun range tonight". It was actually a birthday plan for another friend who's day it was the week before and this was what he asked to do for a celebratory treat. <div>Unbeknownst to CR this is something I have very much wanted to do for quite some time. As I rode the Max out to Beaverton to meet them I was so excited... but also preparing for disappointment that they wouldn't let a Canadian out there with a gun, or fear when I suddenly had no idea what kind of yahoos I was going to shoot guns with. In America. </div><div><br></div><div>This was a private gun club that another friend of CR's belongs to. He is ex army and he owns the guns we shot with, brought all the ammo, and was an amazingly serious, informative and kind instructor. It was awesome. </div><div><br></div><div>We started with the hand-gun pistols. I was up first and I hit the black target in my first shot. Not bad for first round. The guns are, surprisingly heavy. Plus trying to stay calm and focused, some nervous tension AND hit your target, lets just say my arms were sore the next day. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJzxsTZb8GFBkpPReHVRnRHTJHbU1gjBrgnKdkES12p3c6neNKydcA-Pzv7hqsnC8AOXUZ4WkjHPirMvYzcVetY5HBgBtABwloDLeMOKqLj_FSjrjT2Oy06XWf3zx4pX_K2eIPNxnPYUQ/s640/blogger-image-1987182823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJzxsTZb8GFBkpPReHVRnRHTJHbU1gjBrgnKdkES12p3c6neNKydcA-Pzv7hqsnC8AOXUZ4WkjHPirMvYzcVetY5HBgBtABwloDLeMOKqLj_FSjrjT2Oy06XWf3zx4pX_K2eIPNxnPYUQ/s640/blogger-image-1987182823.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJzxsTZb8GFBkpPReHVRnRHTJHbU1gjBrgnKdkES12p3c6neNKydcA-Pzv7hqsnC8AOXUZ4WkjHPirMvYzcVetY5HBgBtABwloDLeMOKqLj_FSjrjT2Oy06XWf3zx4pX_K2eIPNxnPYUQ/s640/blogger-image-1987182823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWivkqZwqFthaPL36AiOy-04eziTI0dCCfRaGUGGmFyIrDdxtTUa5cqoFOKQ_yHHqcGyAaALyhzSnfMg0H9MGhXujR4Zx7oahSZ1C5sBanXG-0YsdbwZw_4kvZURrV5m9WSDeEBmLLaMeN/s640/blogger-image--163983071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWivkqZwqFthaPL36AiOy-04eziTI0dCCfRaGUGGmFyIrDdxtTUa5cqoFOKQ_yHHqcGyAaALyhzSnfMg0H9MGhXujR4Zx7oahSZ1C5sBanXG-0YsdbwZw_4kvZURrV5m9WSDeEBmLLaMeN/s640/blogger-image--163983071.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWivkqZwqFthaPL36AiOy-04eziTI0dCCfRaGUGGmFyIrDdxtTUa5cqoFOKQ_yHHqcGyAaALyhzSnfMg0H9MGhXujR4Zx7oahSZ1C5sBanXG-0YsdbwZw_4kvZURrV5m9WSDeEBmLLaMeN/s640/blogger-image--163983071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5RJYuj9TTQSC0HoQBF6B4Ytk1SdXQP8eqJglyuaDaLm86sL0ev0SH55zSaPrJOD0fQIkBZuKhO2tEr2UVASOvOmAUCysgIGx6GKctiQkPspS_zVDXm7OBJFvluJ9YZn6vIQqGiwoSs8K/s640/blogger-image-1434629890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5RJYuj9TTQSC0HoQBF6B4Ytk1SdXQP8eqJglyuaDaLm86sL0ev0SH55zSaPrJOD0fQIkBZuKhO2tEr2UVASOvOmAUCysgIGx6GKctiQkPspS_zVDXm7OBJFvluJ9YZn6vIQqGiwoSs8K/s640/blogger-image-1434629890.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We went on to a different range area to shoot rifles. Here you could lean the gun on the table, use a couple props to help you aim. I was most nervous about the kickback and that I was going to get hit in the face accidentally by the body of the gun- but if you pull it in close, and lean your cheek on the gun, your whole body moves with it. It was also a lot less startling when I was the one pulling the trigger. You know what's coming. Turns out I'm a pretty good shot. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP8hKfqTzTm1SxjyWSSe0Zbvv3osYpr6r13QMnSQXO2uuDayBLYYuTHbymwy4WQRf91qvutpcWFpi9JU3lYImxRedx2CPjsPzTvqREVpK71luOUwMTzwBVCvkC5JIcLM9ipfzjgkF4CRc/s640/blogger-image--974231826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP8hKfqTzTm1SxjyWSSe0Zbvv3osYpr6r13QMnSQXO2uuDayBLYYuTHbymwy4WQRf91qvutpcWFpi9JU3lYImxRedx2CPjsPzTvqREVpK71luOUwMTzwBVCvkC5JIcLM9ipfzjgkF4CRc/s640/blogger-image--974231826.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reloading<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP8hKfqTzTm1SxjyWSSe0Zbvv3osYpr6r13QMnSQXO2uuDayBLYYuTHbymwy4WQRf91qvutpcWFpi9JU3lYImxRedx2CPjsPzTvqREVpK71luOUwMTzwBVCvkC5JIcLM9ipfzjgkF4CRc/s640/blogger-image--974231826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13Rm8C1zdSaw3y6XbfzKcrkCrhiW6lUqShFyZZre20MCsElZpy03HNy4qerqZ5S_FBTIJ18ud9ntgcaoDxOcGM4BnVNLGiFPcDs82DxsOAD1I6U7xpi_rZhja6Pp45dNDog6kOu_sndrc/s640/blogger-image-417738372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13Rm8C1zdSaw3y6XbfzKcrkCrhiW6lUqShFyZZre20MCsElZpy03HNy4qerqZ5S_FBTIJ18ud9ntgcaoDxOcGM4BnVNLGiFPcDs82DxsOAD1I6U7xpi_rZhja6Pp45dNDog6kOu_sndrc/s640/blogger-image-417738372.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13Rm8C1zdSaw3y6XbfzKcrkCrhiW6lUqShFyZZre20MCsElZpy03HNy4qerqZ5S_FBTIJ18ud9ntgcaoDxOcGM4BnVNLGiFPcDs82DxsOAD1I6U7xpi_rZhja6Pp45dNDog6kOu_sndrc/s640/blogger-image-417738372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpwI-jKGGtre1AMmfSMnGdU0uis8KJMhTMgUgiHG-4c7iJlK8TgAFQrZ6RGahdeASOne5b0OoVUdgHus-VcnPBumKSqsJsSc683lT0hR3syXDNX16i6Vh3Pq1KSHcvLXv2toBks4RjeVC/s640/blogger-image--642763825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm a ten. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>BTW if you're going to do it, I figured I gotta do it right. Yes I rocked the red lipstick at the gun range. I was the only lady there and I meant business. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15WpXHH_YQlYcHIe6_uYZkgBop2Ymy7gVqPqXQvs2pW4U5QwTeDClTpFIAaRbx0kjNe5582yjZ5SH36YtyDsiRkDL8a4oFQ8dgk5JKxhV8XPaxiL80JQtkMS-87iogEG8bJAbiLULQOQ1/s640/blogger-image--1869320508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15WpXHH_YQlYcHIe6_uYZkgBop2Ymy7gVqPqXQvs2pW4U5QwTeDClTpFIAaRbx0kjNe5582yjZ5SH36YtyDsiRkDL8a4oFQ8dgk5JKxhV8XPaxiL80JQtkMS-87iogEG8bJAbiLULQOQ1/s640/blogger-image--1869320508.jpg"></a></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-81725460807151537642014-07-31T00:21:00.001-07:002014-07-31T00:25:07.581-07:00Banff<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> started my summer vacation with a trip to Banff Alberta for the wedding of a family friend. It was a full weekend with so many great events and people. Everything was amazing and the locations were always stunning. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukUTnCfB4W9RR5a6HJfR3slFqrpPAl1vTmcCGR3-77Z_rpzF3IiUgQtjFFplkI-QSBLhfbSScdJ4coaqZa8H-eBqf0mIknphpeiC520-8AP-FQhDNLyktXx7mzps6DgGLpvCo_q5KH-pa/s640/blogger-image--334905981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukUTnCfB4W9RR5a6HJfR3slFqrpPAl1vTmcCGR3-77Z_rpzF3IiUgQtjFFplkI-QSBLhfbSScdJ4coaqZa8H-eBqf0mIknphpeiC520-8AP-FQhDNLyktXx7mzps6DgGLpvCo_q5KH-pa/s640/blogger-image--334905981.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ia8zuzuDzqfsR4HKRFRuIMan5DEr4iO0_fahB1Ohkshu-NjRmR28MYjYGMiLy8EyEXh8fVOUtz2Xq4uCD5qt1Z4p5aCwg0xQeT0TbJ2UghGMH0P9WuKrUi3S96695vCOgg7xm9p8ddbU/s640/blogger-image--1345791016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ia8zuzuDzqfsR4HKRFRuIMan5DEr4iO0_fahB1Ohkshu-NjRmR28MYjYGMiLy8EyEXh8fVOUtz2Xq4uCD5qt1Z4p5aCwg0xQeT0TbJ2UghGMH0P9WuKrUi3S96695vCOgg7xm9p8ddbU/s640/blogger-image--1345791016.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb3kHgWK5WTCQi6o1kQEgh4zOy-dWe_Kaet4SC046m_mpS8Q4h7KWYzeeXGWOOKCXCR3pXLNxaqF-sxoC0g0vgCRvAiQ7emp_px84MsubN3GQrrinJraw-bkcm8PfRZ-TUt-oOQnKEAAI/s640/blogger-image--1826336929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb3kHgWK5WTCQi6o1kQEgh4zOy-dWe_Kaet4SC046m_mpS8Q4h7KWYzeeXGWOOKCXCR3pXLNxaqF-sxoC0g0vgCRvAiQ7emp_px84MsubN3GQrrinJraw-bkcm8PfRZ-TUt-oOQnKEAAI/s640/blogger-image--1826336929.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLwb6_vcMIQye8EKL6MVwwvRRxPNtuFI1Iolzj0qFUUeGPscD0vXyXK-ClLtlrJr3SfVttftUFi01UohrFlleg_PD2xXBJCITktgiU53FPTYMDyUWMH-XqY8BdBXeLcXb5MWwj_2XBONx/s640/blogger-image-59161365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLwb6_vcMIQye8EKL6MVwwvRRxPNtuFI1Iolzj0qFUUeGPscD0vXyXK-ClLtlrJr3SfVttftUFi01UohrFlleg_PD2xXBJCITktgiU53FPTYMDyUWMH-XqY8BdBXeLcXb5MWwj_2XBONx/s640/blogger-image-59161365.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Check out that caribou stained glass. And those cherbs floating over the mountains at St. Mary's church<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXB1UCoBwoShNReaeg4xgzAbmRlOXjTJnhIeDJXj972EJsQ3k3VS_8FTitOz1Np3xVXyldxrwcKExOgEaB7BoZWmMi9ocftxhaeg2MnvLgb7tVIx9togaxgKq7EFKTPehwdH_bcQBpmvjE/s640/blogger-image--1576932604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXB1UCoBwoShNReaeg4xgzAbmRlOXjTJnhIeDJXj972EJsQ3k3VS_8FTitOz1Np3xVXyldxrwcKExOgEaB7BoZWmMi9ocftxhaeg2MnvLgb7tVIx9togaxgKq7EFKTPehwdH_bcQBpmvjE/s640/blogger-image--1576932604.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXB1UCoBwoShNReaeg4xgzAbmRlOXjTJnhIeDJXj972EJsQ3k3VS_8FTitOz1Np3xVXyldxrwcKExOgEaB7BoZWmMi9ocftxhaeg2MnvLgb7tVIx9togaxgKq7EFKTPehwdH_bcQBpmvjE/s640/blogger-image--1576932604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgq3Hba0eDLBhfJLXSNW7IaGc7fOwXbJCxJmJP0msVpXuz9F8WvCxTLl2RuXQTUY0gLA_FrL2nXyFA5lrZROcuE9YSYjnnjyS45oy5TthvoAZxP23z7P3IS9shXWeZUCMpP1XZMw5EKAe/s640/blogger-image-699639849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgq3Hba0eDLBhfJLXSNW7IaGc7fOwXbJCxJmJP0msVpXuz9F8WvCxTLl2RuXQTUY0gLA_FrL2nXyFA5lrZROcuE9YSYjnnjyS45oy5TthvoAZxP23z7P3IS9shXWeZUCMpP1XZMw5EKAe/s640/blogger-image-699639849.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgq3Hba0eDLBhfJLXSNW7IaGc7fOwXbJCxJmJP0msVpXuz9F8WvCxTLl2RuXQTUY0gLA_FrL2nXyFA5lrZROcuE9YSYjnnjyS45oy5TthvoAZxP23z7P3IS9shXWeZUCMpP1XZMw5EKAe/s640/blogger-image-699639849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-7YIaA9qLjOdsyCKJNbnQLm7n1nZ490jGoBbwwtR13TU7DeZ9owTNvXQNgrCSUKiEfN0JL6cXqcu2pqt3QAux6Y9bXZMJZZPS9rpl_8BrYcXPjnIrKiYIc9Ft-WqBtMmSKgsrAxtuZUs/s640/blogger-image-783167659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-7YIaA9qLjOdsyCKJNbnQLm7n1nZ490jGoBbwwtR13TU7DeZ9owTNvXQNgrCSUKiEfN0JL6cXqcu2pqt3QAux6Y9bXZMJZZPS9rpl_8BrYcXPjnIrKiYIc9Ft-WqBtMmSKgsrAxtuZUs/s640/blogger-image-783167659.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dance floor at the Cascade Ballroom, Fairmont Banff a Springs Hotel. Bride on the dance floor. I can not really think of the last time I have shared the dance floor with my parents and brother. It was so much fun</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-43056793067108614422014-07-20T16:34:00.001-07:002014-07-20T16:34:24.783-07:00Vancouver International Soccer FestivalA good friend of mine had been telling me for years about her volunteer work for the annual Vancouver International Soccer Festival, VISF. It's an organization which promotes sport and community and the power to overcome personal and national struggle with the outlet of sportsmanship. This year my friend was the volunteer coordinator and a few other friends and I came out to work with her. <div><br><div>It was pretty much the hottest weekend Vancouver has ever seen, and I sweat like it was no body's business and all I did was man the info tent, tidy the beer garden and pick up trash. Those teams were out there in the hot hot hot heat. We actually ran out of water. Twice. </div></div><div><br></div><div>It was a really fun, good spirited event which was a welcome cry from the usual annoying shenanigans of sport in this city. I think a difference was that these fans- <i>are</i> the athletes. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbSskWeBCMpBGa6ioXKCmEnZ1DwQYtAgcBXB2RnkZlKuYX5oHavebn603ZfAC9GtEvL6MGNAtba_tgRWBskJ6F2IT1jSL-SRdYpi7oyySYVkkYB1aU5-pLlJywhGis47euUFyIxfchXXX/s640/blogger-image-1480536373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbSskWeBCMpBGa6ioXKCmEnZ1DwQYtAgcBXB2RnkZlKuYX5oHavebn603ZfAC9GtEvL6MGNAtba_tgRWBskJ6F2IT1jSL-SRdYpi7oyySYVkkYB1aU5-pLlJywhGis47euUFyIxfchXXX/s640/blogger-image-1480536373.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQnSD0C6IYZqbhdTSYMGEpv0n4J9NJhhUrHyP19MjLbNJkHkqz6Y61rHCbL7giBF65CzBoKFRSBGRzz3QYbgmwoxf7RIEj3tgvdIHCCImI-XDdfrGwppIe5gdNO-E1ZDzAc4gsw1gOAp1/s640/blogger-image-523797853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQnSD0C6IYZqbhdTSYMGEpv0n4J9NJhhUrHyP19MjLbNJkHkqz6Y61rHCbL7giBF65CzBoKFRSBGRzz3QYbgmwoxf7RIEj3tgvdIHCCImI-XDdfrGwppIe5gdNO-E1ZDzAc4gsw1gOAp1/s640/blogger-image-523797853.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV38Q3oRRnCdfH9h13aN5Suix4r1J94thBel6R9wLhkf9J9eLm3WAzexiCM9qrN0Uy-KTPh0FrEnwMmTL5FvFU0ZWVN6mppK2cS3tn27P2igAb-o84tmrNR_yu_-xtYSvi2g2u3QNrqMfo/s640/blogger-image--1916002294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV38Q3oRRnCdfH9h13aN5Suix4r1J94thBel6R9wLhkf9J9eLm3WAzexiCM9qrN0Uy-KTPh0FrEnwMmTL5FvFU0ZWVN6mppK2cS3tn27P2igAb-o84tmrNR_yu_-xtYSvi2g2u3QNrqMfo/s640/blogger-image--1916002294.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ7LJrEQMY2rUrfObqCEYWjNku3pD5UOJ1DWjWwz8OTqTMUvJWkK7tcKv309-UO6i6rz1NeNqfr-dEBq_8Z8hA09nc9MYquR5rQD67ywU1ekggmRcMfxk-1y5pfabagEdITKVGLFm_nyz/s640/blogger-image--766616853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ7LJrEQMY2rUrfObqCEYWjNku3pD5UOJ1DWjWwz8OTqTMUvJWkK7tcKv309-UO6i6rz1NeNqfr-dEBq_8Z8hA09nc9MYquR5rQD67ywU1ekggmRcMfxk-1y5pfabagEdITKVGLFm_nyz/s640/blogger-image--766616853.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yeah. I realize no actual soccer pictures. Beer garden (those are teams though). My amazing burger from on site food truck. The fields at dusk. My ride home after a long day, in a convertable, which was a treat!</div></div></div></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-28711750283195638422014-07-17T19:11:00.001-07:002014-07-17T19:12:47.281-07:0022 years. What the what? The 2 years that have gone by like that. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFMEEmfJrAztCuQtQfgUsVP59rfVK3B2riyx8YC6KijqJ3NSdWRSfJgJh-ctjLru2Z0XG7N03Omd3jnSumGaiyS2lNifGi5JUI9nUkB3V2MjrYDluLrzFLbkHPb2H-8m2dLdc7pbn0Gj1/s640/blogger-image-1804315506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFMEEmfJrAztCuQtQfgUsVP59rfVK3B2riyx8YC6KijqJ3NSdWRSfJgJh-ctjLru2Z0XG7N03Omd3jnSumGaiyS2lNifGi5JUI9nUkB3V2MjrYDluLrzFLbkHPb2H-8m2dLdc7pbn0Gj1/s640/blogger-image-1804315506.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2 Birthday balloons for the birthday boy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScKtziiU72Ygm1dHOTLGmpw5uc6LHydRQqvONZCM3TzZcXuf6-ej8n8QMTLVoWniB-x3-aQBufo9DZx6xdN3FrlAVq9bCilXPIpG0lSGcZ8JBfAP3HZCI_MWw1uotwgCeVrQQPLjfIss0/s640/blogger-image--229803689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScKtziiU72Ygm1dHOTLGmpw5uc6LHydRQqvONZCM3TzZcXuf6-ej8n8QMTLVoWniB-x3-aQBufo9DZx6xdN3FrlAVq9bCilXPIpG0lSGcZ8JBfAP3HZCI_MWw1uotwgCeVrQQPLjfIss0/s640/blogger-image--229803689.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1atTcZYZNIfeYDBLduUH21VDlTR4wPnLJ6xK9FIyO05xwpuqcYkml2fqGXZ1m6YOhUhLjUMKAvPmmyY5oqotwN7pQl4g_N-ZK0I67f9WJEadSit4H1lYHFAb3JaKEYNhWlL0oK-4DZdq/s640/blogger-image--1427167803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1atTcZYZNIfeYDBLduUH21VDlTR4wPnLJ6xK9FIyO05xwpuqcYkml2fqGXZ1m6YOhUhLjUMKAvPmmyY5oqotwN7pQl4g_N-ZK0I67f9WJEadSit4H1lYHFAb3JaKEYNhWlL0oK-4DZdq/s640/blogger-image--1427167803.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2 fish, one of his favorite creatures </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI1M99g_7XYE2IW_oesgZElTkR8N4PeM5WEZr0iFP_kmGiavCti3s14LR-49e7pNxuXTUgZX_YS0l8267alcAmbhQUH1wx4GGW483dlYd_SoSwIDZAnSAuPMbRAG-6EhRducxWn9FzQc7/s640/blogger-image--893365110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI1M99g_7XYE2IW_oesgZElTkR8N4PeM5WEZr0iFP_kmGiavCti3s14LR-49e7pNxuXTUgZX_YS0l8267alcAmbhQUH1wx4GGW483dlYd_SoSwIDZAnSAuPMbRAG-6EhRducxWn9FzQc7/s640/blogger-image--893365110.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And 2 year old antics at our birthday picnic. Buckets & water. Rolling on the grass. Checking out the photo book I made him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvGI5tnlItgg-TYUqjyDDO0Bua6Ldi_xYMjZAPEqsLQirDMI6yw0OxEtBezIHLp0uKI7NGaa0mTnadQH_4VzZH35GIKvfoaPsAIHnCodd2hEVgkI3aEOrO-eBq_fDC7NSmhUSoBa8Re0q/s640/blogger-image--1188463803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvGI5tnlItgg-TYUqjyDDO0Bua6Ldi_xYMjZAPEqsLQirDMI6yw0OxEtBezIHLp0uKI7NGaa0mTnadQH_4VzZH35GIKvfoaPsAIHnCodd2hEVgkI3aEOrO-eBq_fDC7NSmhUSoBa8Re0q/s640/blogger-image--1188463803.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOiZ2oPm1TO9jCHCPIZ5iV4VnLgOWhLZe4e5qZaOgJ2gcGDzEUUavSjk7OiWpMDpLiqmZqvp9KHxRGWiFTHUEiFnehsAF50dr3mjDqNy8DZYFNMKMYDPQeqz-o-1lviRilMn77qDbeTYt/s640/blogger-image-1959150804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOiZ2oPm1TO9jCHCPIZ5iV4VnLgOWhLZe4e5qZaOgJ2gcGDzEUUavSjk7OiWpMDpLiqmZqvp9KHxRGWiFTHUEiFnehsAF50dr3mjDqNy8DZYFNMKMYDPQeqz-o-1lviRilMn77qDbeTYt/s640/blogger-image-1959150804.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRsBilq-02KT483Ga_qaKdtcDbd5DzkytT_DW_MUR5EQQmvpjk5j2Rk6BLuk4IOI6ZjzRN6NBP59A5MBRE3uWRljeutGzHOL7dmNuosrbjWUt1nCZSI0TtQfoyWPqmM8xIkHMW_xxg-C2/s640/blogger-image-1296001065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRsBilq-02KT483Ga_qaKdtcDbd5DzkytT_DW_MUR5EQQmvpjk5j2Rk6BLuk4IOI6ZjzRN6NBP59A5MBRE3uWRljeutGzHOL7dmNuosrbjWUt1nCZSI0TtQfoyWPqmM8xIkHMW_xxg-C2/s640/blogger-image-1296001065.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy birthday my little n!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-23792591327863119742014-07-03T00:37:00.001-07:002014-07-03T00:39:43.397-07:00Silver lining<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This weekend the weekend couldn't decide what to do. Are you a long weekend? Are you a normal 2 day weekend with a bonus week day off weekend? A couple of us were lucky to take the Monday so I had what felt like an eternity off. EB and M and I went up to my top location near Hope, Silver Tip. You can't make a reservation ever so we always just go for it and hope for the best. Night one we were 1 of 5 sites out of 45. Night 2 it was so quiet we started to freak ourselves out. Night 3 was just as quiet, but we'd warmed up to the darkness- and there was WAY less cracking in the bushes. When we drove out if there on Tuesday, we were the only ones on the property. Crazy! </div></div></span></div><div>Apparently the weekend before was a VW convention that filled the joint...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUD3pMGOnseegU5PsD3XVJ85aNjucytp4KrB7b7mKWPCjDvt1k4Zo1qejPE4ZbCte4KduCk-wvrFABySHTBJDNUpXj-CxU4w7CtTRMnCMCpNbafc8lFORyWuj_b35bSPnz5XWu03P6HE-d/s640/blogger-image--154811256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUD3pMGOnseegU5PsD3XVJ85aNjucytp4KrB7b7mKWPCjDvt1k4Zo1qejPE4ZbCte4KduCk-wvrFABySHTBJDNUpXj-CxU4w7CtTRMnCMCpNbafc8lFORyWuj_b35bSPnz5XWu03P6HE-d/s640/blogger-image--154811256.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJDDKkP3bkljIHZb3JL5vJ1DiAYfZoVDILo-xK6gjGfaU5B6QjRFrmM93JTOUgu08mVkBQAl0pAp5YOZjivfMI2wqUszNsTy7GQzr_IS0sIsAtTbS9RokyQ2QXSciMMVvaKLkr2SXnunh/s640/blogger-image-328007321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJDDKkP3bkljIHZb3JL5vJ1DiAYfZoVDILo-xK6gjGfaU5B6QjRFrmM93JTOUgu08mVkBQAl0pAp5YOZjivfMI2wqUszNsTy7GQzr_IS0sIsAtTbS9RokyQ2QXSciMMVvaKLkr2SXnunh/s640/blogger-image-328007321.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rTrgHM5r26nxdlxelO2NjpXoiJkeDzosFsxvWJBMfWtu6LBp0e9w6H9OdfRhQc27pwuSwQuYxPYetityzBvp8KBv1IHhyzVTk3BZp7qSYrZ2AQ1nWbFLMz0Zr-EuK657gc4xnThIHKDV/s640/blogger-image-1592915485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rTrgHM5r26nxdlxelO2NjpXoiJkeDzosFsxvWJBMfWtu6LBp0e9w6H9OdfRhQc27pwuSwQuYxPYetityzBvp8KBv1IHhyzVTk3BZp7qSYrZ2AQ1nWbFLMz0Zr-EuK657gc4xnThIHKDV/s640/blogger-image-1592915485.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioiLpm-kMeKyQ02gWuXVcPjuzxnunYnyrHXNEEGRQ1a1Ypu1dHZJUkz_q_TmgV8zdFig8Wdd3nk24pBn2upgPyBYOE-03pP8-Ykqgm9ShvClTwqkwGN3p0tu9kSZx-hKwN_oAv0NtdYDa/s640/blogger-image--1703778156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioiLpm-kMeKyQ02gWuXVcPjuzxnunYnyrHXNEEGRQ1a1Ypu1dHZJUkz_q_TmgV8zdFig8Wdd3nk24pBn2upgPyBYOE-03pP8-Ykqgm9ShvClTwqkwGN3p0tu9kSZx-hKwN_oAv0NtdYDa/s640/blogger-image--1703778156.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx22UTe-ch0e2zRKyaeVpYRfgN2olJpRxHyNHxXSoFPpr0H3h0oLEPYYgsE8h94zf47G_WNALYtNiPXX0ZqBpLPkzzVaV5ftkVmmq71gcSMyiWblHinkbCknhvdvUOJbhbixdt02P_VJO/s640/blogger-image-283571344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx22UTe-ch0e2zRKyaeVpYRfgN2olJpRxHyNHxXSoFPpr0H3h0oLEPYYgsE8h94zf47G_WNALYtNiPXX0ZqBpLPkzzVaV5ftkVmmq71gcSMyiWblHinkbCknhvdvUOJbhbixdt02P_VJO/s640/blogger-image-283571344.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>On our last full day we packed up and headed out on the road a little further. We had to ourselves a creek bed that flowed into the river. We sat in the sun. Drank our beer. BBQd. Listened to music. I had a flash of Kimberly as a kid and seeing a scene like this and hoping one day that would be me. That day it was. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisX8xGr0UHvuapxyYbQNOUfuuTcFVaiqix681WD8bIPiXkY2PrStd3Gg3HPhw-d8ntK-BbAMVh5BRjhM0ougsdGBhk3UTBMF72XohanLFEsJsolszp17RirCahAjfyrOx_5d5iRex1cfFc/s640/blogger-image-1952496175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisX8xGr0UHvuapxyYbQNOUfuuTcFVaiqix681WD8bIPiXkY2PrStd3Gg3HPhw-d8ntK-BbAMVh5BRjhM0ougsdGBhk3UTBMF72XohanLFEsJsolszp17RirCahAjfyrOx_5d5iRex1cfFc/s640/blogger-image-1952496175.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiengJ0yJ-TmtzRJu6U4GLiy9r8XV-Wi9wN6-86xKe-Lb9fo7VkAPdKJn2Z892kg9ZcL1tk2AQX3f3jU7ReEoJM_76c4h_zX8iSX3hQYhuH3UyqFNvP3zpXJVbTQDIB0iW8K4ZSC24m1BQY/s640/blogger-image-1211252824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiengJ0yJ-TmtzRJu6U4GLiy9r8XV-Wi9wN6-86xKe-Lb9fo7VkAPdKJn2Z892kg9ZcL1tk2AQX3f3jU7ReEoJM_76c4h_zX8iSX3hQYhuH3UyqFNvP3zpXJVbTQDIB0iW8K4ZSC24m1BQY/s640/blogger-image-1211252824.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389867632687904142.post-30644421757700167302014-06-17T01:04:00.001-07:002014-06-17T01:10:17.561-07:00glampingJust only a week or two ago a coworker balked at the idea of, me, camping. She accused me of being a "glamper" at best. I assured her I sleep in a tent and get dirty and don't wash my hair for days. <div>I have likely destroyed her glamorous vision of me only spending weekends away in penthouse suites drinking champaign. Let's just say sleeping in a tent vs. penthouses... is everything and anything in my whole life-to-1.</div><div><br></div><div>However this last weekend we almost bailed on camping all together as the forecast is nothing but rain- we can handle rain. The last trip was, it's just having everything wet and dealing with tarps and not sitting around a camp fire while looking at the stars is kinda disappointing. So desperate to still get out of town I started googling cabins. </div><div><br></div><div>Lucky me, airbnb had a cottage in Abbotsford on the 10 acre property of a hobby farm/nursery/bed and breakfast. With a pond! Only 1 hour drive from home! Perfect for 3 ladies who already had the camping gear, Coleman, and booze ready to go! This was definitely unlike any other airbnb I've been to. The closest to home, most peaceful, nature heavy, zero electricity. Quite perfect really. We BBQd on the edge of their field and enjoyed sitting on the patio over looking the water. We were there nearly 24 hours before we went back over to their house to wash our dishes. </div><div><br></div><div>The Brookside BnB has also worked hard to develop their land into a birders paradise: we saw (that we could actually identify) </div><div><br></div><div><div>Tree swallows</div><div>Barn swallows</div><div>Ducks</div><div>Canada geese</div><div>Robins</div><div>Crows</div><div>Bald eagle</div><div>Peacocks</div><div><br></div><div>I also saw a:</div><div>Muskrat</div><div>Bunny</div><div><br></div><div>And heard: frogs and coyotes </div></div><div><br></div><div>I have never seen so many swallows as I did there except for Siena Italy. I love their pointed tails and buzzing us and the pond at dusk. Impossible to get a picture of. </div><div><br></div><div>Their resident dog, Poppy watched over us, escorted us back and forth between cabin and house, and kept a close eye on our cheese plate.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-biFFhV2vEBmpQ2YasOrfGYxRdgRWdoJXT7BMaGJYJKixgLObycc1gZeXDYWrKP-rwGgPS1x6C_Va2HEWx_m46v4k9OVXSzp2H-NF41e-i_MLMk3d57QiHO1j2uu_Nr504gOqdfA0q-o/s640/blogger-image--1906685100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-biFFhV2vEBmpQ2YasOrfGYxRdgRWdoJXT7BMaGJYJKixgLObycc1gZeXDYWrKP-rwGgPS1x6C_Va2HEWx_m46v4k9OVXSzp2H-NF41e-i_MLMk3d57QiHO1j2uu_Nr504gOqdfA0q-o/s640/blogger-image--1906685100.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvo6nC2qKC6uS480JEaJEftJ9HIxisS6IWh1nWuISqVoT9k2ERSETg060oVxv2heq_idKNuykiOv0-fBxD184VrkYP9MUzXu8oyZ1l6tU4rH1tkIs_7Sr6FmXTSKZq27QLHYtMl_PCJPQ/s640/blogger-image-1664193338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvo6nC2qKC6uS480JEaJEftJ9HIxisS6IWh1nWuISqVoT9k2ERSETg060oVxv2heq_idKNuykiOv0-fBxD184VrkYP9MUzXu8oyZ1l6tU4rH1tkIs_7Sr6FmXTSKZq27QLHYtMl_PCJPQ/s640/blogger-image-1664193338.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_JSmeUsXqiXitP0hCRlN2m1zrnK4gx8LYpgXsAz10hXygDGJmMC7JqBn2kOBEBXLtr3xgGdJ8p6QWeFOZh4LJ77Wcd4DHUOiS1F9QYGezoUML9kLU4KrkRj38VmoYNK7xmW73etK1Jom/s640/blogger-image-1861780094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_JSmeUsXqiXitP0hCRlN2m1zrnK4gx8LYpgXsAz10hXygDGJmMC7JqBn2kOBEBXLtr3xgGdJ8p6QWeFOZh4LJ77Wcd4DHUOiS1F9QYGezoUML9kLU4KrkRj38VmoYNK7xmW73etK1Jom/s640/blogger-image-1861780094.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyyewVJ5H4kXpV58UNr0467dnibwtLVDl26snrw0lLqKwrRR1laZRLpOIqNRFodgNte-GMDNEVNvZT1yXwGsovXUbiuWHCtcSjp0CHZ916h2Sz6G27eAu09XilMQA0mazSgFTV_Ju90Lj/s640/blogger-image--1006795476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyyewVJ5H4kXpV58UNr0467dnibwtLVDl26snrw0lLqKwrRR1laZRLpOIqNRFodgNte-GMDNEVNvZT1yXwGsovXUbiuWHCtcSjp0CHZ916h2Sz6G27eAu09XilMQA0mazSgFTV_Ju90Lj/s640/blogger-image--1006795476.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWAZPmWjqLell2sd0j2w2yr5zWoYcrJymI8Oc2lOtrufJhWYBODkRBBMYaYM7hTThy8IvXyUWFJr_ehhuhiFeFVhyy_f6qcS_AlkM1S-H4bcdJDcg1o6aQdhExgPSQvwaI74DgWPMVow3/s640/blogger-image--1874189163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWAZPmWjqLell2sd0j2w2yr5zWoYcrJymI8Oc2lOtrufJhWYBODkRBBMYaYM7hTThy8IvXyUWFJr_ehhuhiFeFVhyy_f6qcS_AlkM1S-H4bcdJDcg1o6aQdhExgPSQvwaI74DgWPMVow3/s640/blogger-image--1874189163.jpg"></a></div>green eye gurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813962458859569037noreply@blogger.com0