rainy friday morning

I woke up in the night because of rain pounding the windows. I snuggled in deeper into the blankets. Ah, the luxury of having two more hours to sleep.
I'm feeling a little less benevolent towards the rain at this point, however, as I have to venture out.
The good thing about rain on a friday though, is that it's friday. And after friday, comes the weekend, and then for me, vacation time. I really can't complain I guess. And to be honest, I don't mind the rain. It's moody. I'm listening to Alanis right now - wow, what a set of pipes. Anyways, time to get ready for work. Sigh - work. I can't wait til the day when I wake up and look forward to my day. Have a good one people, enjoy your summer-rainy friday morning.

a little bit of a surprise party pt. 4

Writing out our marital advice. Is that a wicked grin I see on Laur's face?

a little bit of a surprise party pt. 2

The bride and her maid of honour looking fabulous as usual.

a little bit of a surprise party pt. 3

All of us, minus Tamara.

a little bit of a surprise party

So, Monday night we did this thing called a "surprise shower" GBS style for Candice VandenHaak. Not so much a surprise shower, like "wow - Candice showered!", but more a party type event. Here is the damage recorded on film.

As you can see, Candice was attired festively.

hindsight

So today a co-worker asked me if I was doing anything exciting tonight. I thought about my evening, which includes prayer meeting, and I replied "No". I felt guilty replying that way, and a few minutes later repented of my lack of courage to respond with the evenings plans.

Driving home I realized the reason I hadn't replied was not because I was too chicken to share my beliefs, but because I truly did not feel that going to prayer meeting was "exciting". Now, at this realization, I feel worse - because since when is coming before the throne of God, having his full and devoted attention, not exciting?

I need a lot of sanctification.

congrats are in order...

Congratulations to Christy and Jo on their recent engagement. Thanks for waking me up to tell me the good news! So pumped to see you guys get hitched - many blessings on your life together. Enjoy every moment this crazy wedding time brings.

hot july nights

Last night we went out for drinks with Chris&Rach at the Rude Native Bistro - I had "Sex on the Beach", and I smirked a little when I ordered my drink.

I love evenings like that - warm, with a breeze, chatting with friends. It has to be one of the "moments" of a summer. You know, the ones that spring to mind when you think of summer. Picnics are another summer thing - I took Kev on one last Friday. Well, we picnicked after we walked about 2K and were recipients of about 30 bug bites. The picnic was to celebrate our half-versary. We are officially married for six months now and amazed at how fast time has gone!

You might have noticed I've been changing my template around lately. The reason for that would be my lack of satifaction with Blogger's templates. However, I am not well versed enough in HTML to correctly format any other templates from the internet.. oh the trials. So.. if any you out there have the time and desire to lend me a template that I could use I'd be very appreciative.

I've been thinking lately of taking some courses on the side, starting in September... but there are so many options and I am not sure where to start. There was one in Case Management at McMaster in "online" form that looked good. Kev entered me in a draw for a free course in that program... so here's hoping!

Anyways, time to make hotdogs. For those of you culinary type who are grimacing, believe me when I say that our cuisine isn't usually so "common". But I like 'em and so does Kev and hey - it's easy.