My Lonely, Lonely Weekend.

Filed Under leah, life, personal, summer | 8 Comments

I love my job, they want me to come in Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm and then go home and not think about work once. It’s great, really. Tim, on the other hand, sometimes has to work weekends at his beloved hotel. Not fun! Take this weekend, he just left for work at 8:30am and has to work tomorrow at the same time. So alas, my weekend will be spent all alone as my friends all have things going on. Wait did I just say friends? Maybe what I meant was FRIEND. Not that I am complaining, I am loving my life out here in the West. Today the plan is to get my hair done, then buy a small tube and plop my butt in it with a good book (read: The Time Traveller’s Wife - this is my fourth time reading it in Calgary alone) and travel down my favourite river.

When I told Tim this plan, I said he should call in sick to work.

“Tim, you should call in sick tomorrow and come tubing with me! Tell them you have … tuberculosis. No - tell them you have TUBE-erculosis. “

Oh, how I crack myself up. His parents (could I say my in-laws?) have been visiting all week. We went to a real small-town rodeo on Sunday, it was great. Pictures to come soon, after I get my hair cut. To me, getting my hair cut is actually WORSE than going to the dentist; I detest it. Even now as I am about to leave I am feeling a bit anxious and dreading it slightly. But I have my book, and my cell phone so that means I am ready to go and face the scissors.

Hopefully something so fun and amazing will happen this lonely weekend that will make it the best weekend yet!

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Jul

29

Gone Fishin!

Filed Under summer, thoughts | 10 Comments

Kent and I both have every Tuesday off of work together and we always try to do something fun and interesting. Now that it’s summer, this usually involves going to the beach. Last week we met a fisherman at the beach and decided that this week we would go fishing too. Kent has loved fishing since he was young, and I learned what I know from him when we worked & lived at a summer resort two years ago. In fact, the day we started dating was the day that he taught me to fish and I caught one in the first two minutes (good way to impress a fishing guru, I definitely recommend it!) A few of our friends wanted to take pictures of me kissing the fish because this is what you are supposed to do the first time you catch a fish. So I did, but in all the excitement I got the fish hook stuck in my hair! I was so scared that it was going to get stuck in my head (fish hooks are scary scary objects) that I didn’t want to move, so Kent, always calm under pressure, got it out for me. Good way to impress a girl who is afraid she is going to puncture a hole in her skull! Here are some pictures of our day on the river, and see it was a successful day!

My summer is continuing along splendidly, and I still have lots of things to look forward to and quite possibly blog about! Speaking of which… I am considering getting my own blog but I am not sure how it will work for the whole “five blondes” thing. I have always had my own blog (that I eventually grow tired of and delete!) and I just find that I am far more motivated to write in it and post pictures and love it when it’s my own. Maybe I could post the entries in both blogs or write special blogs for fiveblondes.com.

Here is one last picture, Katelyn took it of me after we went for dinner at Kent’s restaurant on Saturday night. After that, I had my first “party” at my apartment! Okay, so it was very very very spur of the moment, and on a Saturday night in July, that means that not many people can make it, but I still had lots of fun and I hope everyone else did too. Note the Lauren Conrad braids I have been sporting (and loving) the last few weeks!

Jul

26

chiquitita tell me the truth…

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Okay, the truth? Here goes:

Mamma Mia is an amazing movie!!! Mom and I went last night and let me tell you- it was like one big party. We’ve seen the play in Toronto, but that was too long ago to remember, and I’m so glad they made a movie! From the set, to the actors to the costuming (ESPECIALLY the costuming- simply amazing!), this movie had me and mom going from laughing hysterically and singing to almost crying. I was pleasantly surprised by Amanda Seyfried’s performance though. I remember her from Mean Girls and Alpha Dog, and in those movies she was acting as kind of a (excuse my language), slut. haha. In this movie she was the cutest thing ever! You can probably see this from the picture though. Mom is a huge fan of Meryl Streep also, and said it was nice to see her in a happy, mom role, instead of a serious role, like in The Devil Wears Prada.

If you are planning on going to see it, you HAVE to stay to watch the credits! They are HILARIOUS!

Jul

15

What country kids do for fun!

Filed Under farming, friends, photoshop, summer | 8 Comments

Our family has always been obsessed with taking pictures, one or more of us always has a camera handy to take pictures of anything that strikes our fancy! One of our fun summer activities has always been taking jumping pictures! Check out these jumping sites: livejournal, and flickr. I remember taking jumping pictures in my room in university, on the trampoline and our recent favourite in the wheat!

A few weekends ago we decided to do an impromptu photoshoot in the wheat.. so please pardon my baseball attire (Re: Short shorts) as I had just finished practice! Lauren, our married friends Laura & Matt, Scott and myself all took part (we may have had to force the guys). Here are some of my favourite pictures (not all jumping ones), stolen from Lauren’s facebook page.