oh, martha!

ok, i absolutely adore martha stewart. say what you will but i love the things she does; she's crafty, knows how to make a house a home, loves animals, wants to teach people what she knows and really does try to make a difference in the world. i wasn't able to watch this episode of her show (i don't have tivo or a tvr thingy) so i checked in with her blog to get the scoop and this particular one had me cracking up! she had snoop dogg on to show her how to make his mum's recipe for mashed potatoes and here is what she took away from interview she had with him:"...And then yesterday, the multi-platinum rap artist, Snoop Dogg, appeared on my television show and taught me some of his very own language called Snoop-guistics. He and his posse add ‘izzles’ onto the ends of words. It’s kind of a code, or a way of communicating so that others won’t know what they’re talking about. Example: fo shizzle is how they say, for sure. Snoop Dogg also shared –

Crack-a-lackin – means get something poppin
Chuuuch – means take God everywhere you go and everything will be all right
All hood – means good
Ball til ya fall – get as much money as you can before you die..."

//image via the martha blog//

soia & kyo

i was fortunate enough to snag an invite to the s/s 09 show for soia & kyo. cool show, though it's unfair to get excited about light spring jackets when the harshness of winter is looming....anyways, i enjoyed it. i saw some really nice leather jackets which is something to look forward to and the colours were perfect for spring. also, lots of cropped sleeves which i adore for warmer seasons...can't wait!
sorry for the bad photos, i was too busy watching the clothes!

wilderness {with pictures}

Our camping weekend went off without a hitch, although it went by so fast. Lot's of yummy food and fresh air. My mum and sister made the trek in their little boler and it looked adorable.
Here are just a couple of pictures:

wilderness

We're going camping with my mum and little sis this weekend, and really roughing it. Nicolle just emailed me to say she's excited about the hot tub and the hay ride because it's western weekend at the campsite, I'm talking about bare wilderness here! lol. (I'll put pictures up after the weekend.)
While I'm away, check out some of the new stuff in my etsy shop!

my lunch time adventure

I went aaallll the way down to the old port (lol) today to see Mr. Fotheringham and had lunch with him, it was fun. I took some photos of my mid-day adventure!

tgif xo

N*E*R*D @ osheaga!

Went to see N*E*R*D at the Osheaga music fest, really awesome time! We were right up front because we're cool like that, of course what music festival would be complete without some rain and mud?

we got our thrill on!

Yay! We did actually make it to La Ronde, whew. I felt so sick after the last rollercoaster, sooo sick :s lol, but I would do it all again in a second! I'm glad we went and as we were about to go on the last ride of the day, the lightning and thunder started...lucky!

weekend fun

We had a really lazy weekend but managed to get out of the house a little, enough to have a few drinks and gamble. ;)

Fri. was our firend's birthday and so we headed out to hang with the crew.

Then, Saturday we had the idea we would go to the Casino de Montreal! I went with $15 and lost it on the quarter slot machines but it was good fun. Joe went in with $20 and almost came out with winning something like $15 but we went and lost it again, fun! As you can assume, we are a very big deal in that casino, we have a special VIP area for us near the five cent machines, lol.

Then at 2am we were starving so we had super yummy pizza. (Sorry about the mushrooms, Joe.)

So these pics are taken with my new camera and as you can see, I'm still trying to figure out some of the settings, or maybe I need to not drink when I'm trying to capture moments, ha ha.

weddings

So we've been going to quite a few weddings lately, I guess we're at that age when "everyone's doing it". Here are photos from a couple we've attended recently...

This is the wedding of Joe's best friend Matt and Karina. It was in Florida which was an added bonus. Joe was a groomsman, isn't he handsome?

This is my good friend Nina's wedding, so much fun!
Joe looked really good in his new Paul Smith suit and Gucci shoes, yum-o!

thanksgiving

These are old, I know, but everytime I look at these pictures I feel really accomplished and safe knowing I can cook holiday feasts should Joe and I ever have to do this on our own. (Well, I'm not sure who would do all the icky things with the turkey...) :)

Joe's parents were down and his mum helped me with the turkey, I've never had to cook something so big.

It was so delicious and I can't wait to do it again!

Earlier in the day we had gone apple picking, though we ate more whilst doing so than we actually took home, lol.

Highlands

I was going through my photos and found these beautiful moments.
I was in scotland with Joe (he lived in Scotland as a little boy) and we took a walk through the Highlands to his ancient family of the Fotheringhams' castle.(Actually they have two and this was the smaller one.)
I just thought these were such mysterious and lovely pictures.

(this is the smaller "look out" castle)