A weekend of sun and fun.. ... I rhyme.

Woo! Who else loves an incredibly sunny weekend? I sure do. I started out by having a bit of a girls night with Aren and Kaaaaaaari. That was fun! They both had never seen Anchorman, so we watched that. I'm pretty sure it was enjoyed by all of us.

A few pictures from Friday night.



Saturday morning I ended up going to Mount Layton Hot Springs with Andrew, Maggie and Maggie's friend Robin. All in all, it was a pretty great time, with FABULOUS weather making the drive to terrace and back amazing. We spent the night in the hot springs' hotel, and the girls were in for a late night anyways when getting out of the pool at 9pm Andrew decided to let them watch a movie before bed, but then the VCR wouldn't work. An hour and three different VCR's later, we began watching Dr. Doolittle. I knew by the first scene (when a child sniffs his principals bottom because his dog told him its how you greet and get to know other people, like shaking a hand) that the girls would love it. Andrew fell asleep within the first ten minutes and much to the delight to the pair of 9-year-olds, we stayed up watching it until its end, at 12:20 am. Quite a feat for two girls who had been swimming all day.

The 'Turtle Slides" at the hot springs.
Other pictures of the hotsprings.


So annnnnnyways, we headed home Sunday morning after a quick swim and breakfast. I was home for about an hour when I was (somewhat reluctantly, I must say) dragged out on another excursion. This time the outing was with Mum, Maggie and two of Mum's friends. We adventured out to Glass Beach. It's about halfway down the old cannery road in Port Ed, and it's wonderful. There used to be an old restaurant there, but it burned down decades ago, leaving behind thousands of broken glasses, plates, bowls and other treasures. Years of waves and crashing and rubbing against sand and rocks have made them soft and pretty. Mum has BAGS and BAGS of sea glass all around the house from over the years. It ended up being a really great day. It was so warm that at one point I was down to just my tank top. Anyways, here's a few of my favourite pictures of the day!

Glass and the sun.
A cool rock I found with some sort of worm markings.. but into 3 quarters of a heart.My shoe , glass and some rocks.Some nature.
Through the ...root thing.
Maggie on the tree horse.

Maybe.

Maybe all you can do is hope to end up with the right regrets...

Too True.

"Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent."
-Marilyn Von Savant

Where Does The Good Go?

Where do you go with your broken heart in tow? What do you do with the left over you? And how do you know when to let go? Where does the good go? Where does the good go? Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive, look me in the heart and tell me you won't go. Look me in the eye and promise no love's like our love, look me in the heart and unbreak broken. It won't happen. It's love that leaves and breaks the seal of always thinking you would be real happy and healthy, strong and calm. Where does the good go? Where does the good go? Where do you go when you're in love and the world knows? How do you live so happily while I am sad and broken down? Where does the good go? Where does the good go?

Jeremiah 29:11/ Isaiah 41:10

Jeremiah 29:11
"For you know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Isaiah 41:10
"I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand."

I'm Yours-Jason Mraz

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
Ah, la peaceful melodies
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love love

So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
ah, la one big family (2nd time: ah, la happy family)
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love love love

I won't hesitate no more
Oh no more no more no more
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved, I'm sure
Theres no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

No I won't hesitate no more, no more
This cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours, I'm yours

Life.

"Life doesn't give you the people you want; it gives you the people you need - to help you, to hurt you, to love you, to leave you and to help make you into the person you were meant to be"

Ch-ch-ch-chaaaanges!

Okay... So I don't think that anyone has discovered this blog yet, which is probably a good thing as I haven't been to it myself since way back in September. Whoa. Neglecting it much? Yuuuuuuh I think so.
So down below are a couple of notes from facebook that I thought I might as well add.. and I added them today sooo yus. They're a tad out of date.... but thats okay.

I wish I had more to talk about.. hmm. Wellllll I got a job, thats a good one. I am now officially a teller for Scotiabank! yipee! I shall soon be completely desensitized to money. Well, at least other peoples money. I remember once I was there doing some banking of my own, and Gerry was working. He had a handful of $20 bills and there must have been more than a few thousand dollars just sitting there in his hands. I was like "Whoaaaaaaaaaa Gerry!" and he was told me something along the lines of he's used to it and doesn't really think of it as money anymore.

So a job means I'm one step closer to moving. I talk about moving and all that in the Gubbuuuh facebook note down below, so I won't do the whole shpiel all over again. I'll just say that despite recent.. life changes, Nanaimo is still the plan.

Due to the job however, I am not sure if I'll be able to make it down to see my sister Janine or her baby right away. I guess I'll have to see how soon they let me take time off. I'm really hoping they'll let me. I'm so excited for it. The baby I mean. Yeeeeeeee!

Yesterday I said farewell to all of the kids going on the youthtrip. I feel so old. This is the first time in 6 years that I haven't gone on it. Nuts eh? I think so. JEALOUS GUYS!

Anyways I'm going to go get some more Starbucks and perhaps wander about town. If anyone is looking for a new song to obsess over, I may just have it for you. I highly recommend "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. SOO GOOD.

Alright Kiddies. Byyebye!

Barack Obama Note from facebook written on Fri Feb 15th

"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of the nation, yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights, yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westwards against an unforgiving wilderness, yes we can. It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as our new frontier and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way to the promised land, yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can. We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics…they will only grow louder and more dissonant. We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to the crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of L.A. And so tomorrow, as we take the campaign south and west, as we learn that the struggles of the textile workers in Spartanburg, SC, are not so different as the dishwasher in Las Vegas, We will remember that there is something happening in America, that we are not as divided as our politics suggest, that we are one people, we are one nation, and together we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea, yes we can."

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Anywho, I've been paying close attention to the campaigning going on in the US the last few months and just thought that I would put that out there, because its pretty cool. It's almost starting to look like the next American president for the first time in history will not be some old white guy. The change would be nice. Even though we aren't Americans, it still matters to us what goes on there, because no matter what it will undoubtedly affect Canada as a nation, as well as the rest of the world.

Some links:

Obama's full speech in Nashua, New Hampshire on Jan. 8/08:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe751kMBwms&feature=related

Video produced by will.i.am making this part of the speech into a song:
http://www.yeswecansong.com (<--REALLY AWESOME.) Obama's official campaign website: http://www.barackobama.com/

And his facebook fan thing... but I don't know if its officially made by him, but its got links to several videos, speeches, things like that:
http://www.facebook.com/barackobama?ref=nf