What does this mean???

This is where Oscar decided to lay down one day.  Under a table in our office amongst all of the junk that we need to clean up.  Hmmmm.....

Singin' in the Rain

So let's face it....we will never catch up on the past couple of years worth of posts.  So I'm voting that we just start over again and go from here.  If we actually have things to post about other than Finn, that is.  And I think we might....he's a HUGE part of our everyday existence, but every once in awhile we might have something to comment on other than Finn.

Tonight, for instance....


Tonight I think I have the best dog in the world.  He hasn't had a walk since Monday afternoon.  It is now Wednesday night.  He is typically a two-walks-a-day-kind-of-dog.  Yesterday he had his hair cut, but due to rain and Finn being Finn and James being sick he did not get any walks.  While hair cuts are stressful enough to tire Oscar out, we do still tend to give him his walks on hair cut days.  And then there was today - thunderstorms, hail, pouring rain, cranky baby and a still sick James.  Finally around 10 p.m., Oscar and I went out for a wander in the rain.  And he was the best behaved dog around.  No pulling me around, just wonderful walking beside me - sooooo fantastic and made me love him even more.

Tonight I saw more overweight worms in our neighbourhood than I have ever seen in my entire life.  Do worms actually get overweight?  What causes some of them to be fatter/juicier/plumper than the rest???  So bizarrre.  But with all of this rain it was a little crazy trying not to step on them.  Thank goodness Oscar is past his worm hunting days.

Tonight I am SO happy that I bought a rain suit at Costco.  It was officially worth every penny.  Even if I only use it this once.  Not only did it  keep me perfectly dry but I did not overheat!  No small feat considering the difficulties I have in regulating my body temperature (I tend to overcompensate and therefore overheat and overcool rather quickly).

Now all I need are some rain boots and I'm all set!

Devin & Michele Get Hitched!

If rain on your wedding day really IS good luck, then Devin & Michele were truly blessed on that rainy day in October.

This was our table:

(Bubba Makes Friends)

Andrew doesn't look terribly excited about making new friends

but it was wonderful to have all of the Bubbas together again :)

It would have been even better if James had remembered to wear HIS special watch

but hopefully Sean has forgiven him! James looks like he's feeling better about the whole situation already.

We had an absolute blast at the wedding (thanks Devin & Michele!!!) - it isn't every year that we get to see our Lake friends outside of the summer months! Perhaps that's what made us all a little punchy during the who-gets-the-centre-piece game...

I say Pam wins for having the most pieces of silverware stuffed in her cleavage... ;)

We are quickly running out of friends from the Lake who are not yet married...I guess that might push us to find other reasons to get-together during the not-summer months.

Papa Oscar

This summer we ended up with baby bunnies in our backyard. Apparently Mama Rabbit had not been home in quite some time because these little cuties were fumbling around our yard with their eyes closed :(

Oscar was very intrigued by the baby bunnies

but let them climb all over him

What a good dog!

Labour Day Weekend 2007

Over Labour Day weekend we decided that it was high time for some of the Lakers to make their way to the S-T dot T dot (aka St. Thomas). Liz, Jeff, Sophie and Kenny made their way here and we did allow one non-Laker (Erin) to join us.

Oscar looked after The Soph

while the rest of us played Wii...

...Liz is so good she doesn't even have to watch the screen!

Talk of the Neighbourhood

This summer I planted sunflower seeds (thanks Harvey!) in my mostly-herb-garden. They turned out to be absolutely stunning and the talk of the neighbourhood.

What else do you use herbs for???

Last summer I attended 'Presentation Bootcamp' at work. Over the course of our week-long bootcamp we learned lots of important things that are necessary to being a good presenter. At the end of bootcamp we each had to do a mini-presentation. One of my colleagues presented on herb gardens....and I was hooked! Living in a new house, having lots of 'unspoiled' yard that is in dire need of gardening - I thought this sounded like a great idea. Why not grow things that you can actually use for cooking? My mother-in-law happened to attend our presentations that day (being very supportive and willing to give up a morning of her life to listen to us chat about totally random topics)....the LAST time she lived in London she had wanted to plant an herb garden, but they quickly moved. Now they are back and apparently there are no more dreams of herb garden greatness for their yard....BUT she had purchased this amazing book that tells you just about everything you need to know about herb gardens, complete with sample plans about which herbs to plant in what formation....which she kindly gave to me so that I could plan an herb garden of my own. Now it is growing and doing quite well...and what else would one use herbs for other than to make the world's best nachos ever???