A Snuggie and A Half-Marathon!

Hey! You'll never guess what I found at the local cross-stitch store today! A Q-Snap SNUGGIE!!!

Cool, eh??

Onto another topic....this weekend was really important for me...I accomplished one of my biggest goals- I ran a half-marathon! My friends and I ran the Scotiabank Waterfront Half-Marathon on Sunday and it was amazing!! Did any of you hear about the 100 year old whow as running the full marathon? We saw him walk past us while we were waiting outside of our hotel, that was really cool.

Kasey and I ran the whole race together and crossed the finish line together, which was just soooo amazing. Erin2 twisted her foot in a streetcar rail and had to drop out around 10k....and I then spent the rest of the day in the ER with her...luckily nothing was broken.

Here are a couple of pics!

We may look a little haggard, but after running 21.1k, we're both still standing!!



I'm Working On.....

The Bookshelf by LHN.........

Thanks for all your comments about my Christmas dilemma! I think it's a unanimous decision.....I'm stitchin' presents!!!

Decisions, Decisions!

Hello there my stitchy friends!

As I'm sure you're all aware, Christmas is just around the corner! I had this oh so brilliant thought come to me last night while sitting around lamenting the benefits of saving money, that I would cut back on Christmas presents this year. Instead of buying everyone and their dog a present, I thought I'd make some instead! A little basket of homemade jam...made my yours truly of course, a little packet of cookies perhaps, or crackers to go with the jam (now there's a thought!), maybe a little decorative spreading knife or some such thing, and....wait for it......a stitched ornament!!!

The issue at hand is this: I have far too much stitching on the go as it is...see: Crazy January Challenge: Jodie's Epic Failure. So...do I continue on with the Challenge that will never end, or take a little break and stitch some ornaments? Oh dear, what a dilemma!

I'm BACK!!!

Well, true to my "pattern," it's fall, and I'm back at my stitching! I think it's become clear that I won't complete my Crazy January Challenge...but who knows what could happen! Perhaps I'll just have to extend it another year and keep at it.

I wanted to show you all my new stitching chair...I bought a house, am all moved in, and finally have a chair and a window, two things my old basement apartment was seriously lacking. Here it is!

I'm working on The Bookshelf by LHN right now and I'm making pretty good progress on it. I'm hoping to have it finished soonishly to put up in my "library," the room with all of my bookshelves.

I hope you're all well, I'll be getting around to your blogs later in the week :-)

Where Have I Beeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnn?!?!?!?!

Not stitching much, unfortunately.

I think I recognize a pattern here haha! The same thing happened last summer....I dropped off the face of the planet sometime around mid-June, then resurfaced in September.

I've been working a lot, packing a lot, getting ready to move (2 weeks!), shopping for furniture, more packing, running, cottaging....trying to spend some time with my parents...and looking forward to my holidays! (2 weeks from today!!! Let the stitching commence!!!!)

Erin, Todd and I taught another clinic...this is our goal race

My relatives came to visit....

Holly and Ted renewed their vows....

Reimer learned to swim....

I hung out with Dad and Cooper..

...went to visit the Johnny billboard....

...and Cait posed infront of the giant Toonie!



...that's where I've been!

A New House and a Puppy!

Phew....after this post I'll have you all caught up on the last month! What a crazy time for work (TOO many hours!) and running (TOO many kilometers) and housework (NEVER enough time!) haha!

So....exciting news! My brother and I bought a house together!!!!!! We split evenly on a raised bungalow with separate entrances. He'll live in the walk-out basement with Amanda and Reimer, and I'll live in the upper part! We don't move until Sept. 1st....but I'm so so so excited! I'm really glad that we thought of this option and were able to do it civilly and with the help of our parents, and find something we could all decide on. After living in a basement apartment underneath a couple of 75 year olds who (although I love them dearly) sometimes drive me nuts...this is a HUGE deal for me :-) Here it is!

And, even more exciting, is that assuming all goes as planned, I'm getting a puppy in the fall!!!!! I fell in love with the Shiloh Shepherd breed and I CAN'T WAIT to have one! Any name suggestions? I'm pretty set on Finn for a male dog....full name being Finnigan of course, but I'll call him Finn. Still open to suggestions though. And of course, if his personality dictates a different name, I won't be totally set on Finn. Maybe Roxy for a girl? Not sure. Here's a pic...just a random Shiloh from google images LOL!

In The Shower With Justin Bieber!

Justin Bieber Weekend 2011

What an occasion!! Justin Bieber was so excited about Cait turning 11 that he hopped in the shower with us!!!!!

Some of you might remember last year's Twilight Weekend 2010 to celebrate Cait's 10th birthday. Well.....last weekend was Bieber Weekend, and it was an AWESOME time!!!!

Holly, Cait, Tomi and I headed to the cottage Friday after work, had Chinese food...yummmmy!! Then cranked the Bieb!

The weather was perfect...sunny and hot. We spent most of it outside...the girls swimming....me occasionally swimming, and Holly and I on the deck with the puppies Miley and Maddie!

We also made Bieber concert t-shirts (obviously!!!!), watched his movie, painted our nails with nail polish from Bieb's "One Less Lonely Girl" collection, drank out of 3D Bieber cups, had a silly string fight.....and then made some Smores, for good measure. It was a fantastic weekend!!!!! Pics..... :-)

Cait, the Bieb, and Tomi!

Cait helping me with my sparkles!

Cait and Tomi investigating the island that appeared!

All of us with our Bieb shirts on!

Me and my chicklets :-)