May Flowers?

Spring has sprung...kind of. It's been splotchy business, mostly, consisting of lots of wind (je le deteste) some patchy sun and a little rain. So far we have: 1. Played basketball (twice. And by "play" I mean shoot hoops. I managed to injure myself today working on my hook shoot. No big deal). 2. Broken our bikes. Rich's frame is all dismantled and my gears are messed up. Again. 3. Gone to the bookstore! Now that I'm not in school I've got all types of free time to read up on the summertime classics. 4. Worked on the yard. Around the dog poop. And avoiding spiders. 5. Gone to see baseball. Twice. Sports!

 It's a long weekend so I think we might go to the island and see the animals. Or check out the batting cages somewhere on the outskirts of town. Rich is really going for it this year.

The picture is me and Rich in Tofino last year. Adventure!

Love. Love.

USA! USA!

Rich and I went to Texas last week for SXSW and it was COMPLETELY MIND-BLOWING. The best things were:

1. The food. I ate four times a day. I'm talking Mexican. Real Mexican. And barbeque. Texan barbeque. Cupcakes. Mojitos. 

2. The music. This is an obvious one. The highlights of this were (subcategory, if you please...)

 a)Hacienda. From San Antonio. Makes me wanna move down there and live the rest of my life in overalls hunting rattlesnakes.

 b)The Homosexuals. The frontman was the only original band member left but he was amazing and his haircut was a classic. Check photo below. 

 c)Ra Ra Riot. We only caught the end of their show but it was impressive.

 d)The New York Dolls. Duh.

 e)Emily Wells. She and Rich have made some amazing music together but seeing her live really sealed the deal. Plus she gave me a shirt. And we have the same name.

 f)Jenn Grant. Double duh.

 g) Seeing Joey and Stacey. 

 h)Getting to wear dresses everyday! Without stockings!

 i)The bats at twilight! 1.5 million!

 j)The treasures! Oh, the treasures.

 k)The Japanese babes with trombones. Also see below.

We meet all types of characters and had an amazing time. Rich got spooked by a raccoon. I got a horrible blister on the back of my left foot. I am still recovering. From Austin in general, not the blister specifically. In addition, Rich and I decided to expand our empire and have opened a branch in Austin. There is an image of our new business venture at the bottom of this page. Did I say bottom? I meant wherever this program puts them. I am really good at technology.

In other news, I have been blowing my brains out over school and am writing lots of papers. My little fingers are almost typed out.

Also! There is a new family member! Rich's sis Amy gave birth to a little girl called Ella. It's all very exciting. I knitted a baby blanket for her and we got Gracie some bangles in Texas so that she has a present to open do. We like to handle new family members very diplomatically, with a touch of class.

If you need something to do, check out the link below. Or wherever it is. 

Lots of love to you and yours.

xo.

Yesssss. It is sooooo good.

Sara and I spent part of one summer in Europe together and successfully avoided any human contact other than each other for over six weeks. We eventually developed our own language and various alter-egos to keep us entertained. Witness the birth of Dot and Dorothy. In addition to our multi-tongued ramblings, Sara used a beach towel in France that was borrowed from the (French) family we were staying with. Manufactured in France but with the text written in English, splashed proudly across the front of the towel was the heartwarming sentiment: I love you so much! But those silly French...they underlined "much" instead of "so". So now we say: I love you so Much! Instead of: I love you sooooo much.

Advice: Listen to Slim Whitman. His sing-song cowboy tunes will warm your heart and rock you to sleep.

It snowed all day today. Tomorrow we go to Halifax for a show and some family fun time with the Terfrys.

In other news, Rich discovered this mind-blowing, life-changing video. Enjoy. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y

Summer in January

The weather has really warmed up the last few days and we're starting to sweat at -8 degrees (celsius, that is...). But at least it has started snowing again. And it's a good thing I like boots so much.

Today Rich is really excited because his copy of "My Winnepeg" has arrived. Apparently it's one of the most mind-blowing pieces of cinema to come out in recent years so I'm excited to watch it. Last night we watched "Sunrise" by Murnau- the same guy who did "Nosferatu". I never forget the first time I saw Nosferatu. Sunrise is "A song of two humans". I'm thinking of having that be the catch phrase of our wedding.

Things are pretty exciting on  the wedding front. We picked out our cake today and I know what I'm going to walk down the aisle to. I think that maybe it's bad luck to tell all before the day so I'll leave it at this: birds and slide guitars. Lemons and blueberries and lots and lots of birch branches.

In other news, Andrew Wyeth, painter of "Christina's World" died this week at 91.

So long, Mr. Wyeth.

Copy cat

After following the pregnancy posts of one of Sara's friend and becoming completely dependent on Danielle's hair-cut updates, Rich and I have started this...after I attempted to make a web page which, not surprisingly, failed. So here it is. Come prepared to hear about my wedding-dress related nightmares (also influenced by Danielle and consisting of a tailor-related jester's collar) and Kevin. All the time.