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We’re officially on Staycation!

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My husband and I are vacation for the next two weeks. No we’re not going to some exotic local … uh huh … we’re just doing a staycation this year.

We simply can’t afford to go away for a week or two, let along even a weekend!

What we’re going to do is take advantage of the many things that are going on in Toronto. There’s Caribana – a two week long Caribbean festival ending in a huge parade this coming weekend. The Beaches Jazz fest that ended today, which we went to last night and I’m sure we’ll find a few other things going on for us to enjoy.

One thing I’d like to do while my husband is off work is go to his Aunt’s house where we are storing our trailer. One of the beds broke a couple of years ago (that’s how long since we’ve used the thing!) and we need to get it fixed. Hmmm I wonder if that rv extended warranty will cover the damage and repair? Hmmm I’ve got to check into that too!

Otherwise, I guess we’ll just be hanging out here in Toronto, enjoying the garden, having some barbecues – maybe inviting some friends over and of course attending some of the great events going on here in Toronto.

Are you or did you have a Staycation this summer or did you travel somewhere for your holiday?





My dog loves my brother

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My brother from Vancouver was visiting last weekend and I swear my dog adopted him -and he her!

From the minute the two saw each other it was love at first sight! LOL

My brother was here from Saturday until Monday evening and our Lab, Midnight was at his side every time he was around. Good thing he’s a dog person! He has a 10 year old lab mix at home.

He even took her out for a walk or two. I didn’t expect that at all. Of all the house guests and visitors we’ve had since we got Midnight about a year and a half ago, I’d say that my brother took to our dog the best.

Of course she’s still a little hyper. She’s going to be two at the end of August. We tried asking my brother if his dog did some of the same things she does, but for the most part it sounds like his dog, Danny, was a pretty calm dog. Midnight on the other hand does silly things like blowing bubbles in her water bowl, jumps up and down when she wants us to play with her bone (I have to video tape this, she had all our relatives laughing so hard they were crying on Sunday when they saw my bouncing dog), somersaults on the couch when she wants a rub and so on. Yeah, she’s a nut.

And why do dogs like to lick wounds? As it turns out both my brother and I suffer from psoriasis. My dog is always trying to lick my wrist where my skin is rough and dry from the psoriasis. As for my brother … Midnight spent most of his visit licking his leg where his skin is affected. Now I’m waiting for an email from him to find out if her licking made his leg worse or better. LOL

Has your dog ever become extremely attached to a house guest quickly … and is your dog quirky like mine?

Is it really summer? Feels like Spring around here

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OMG … is it really July 15th already? Normally I wouldn’t question the calendar … but if you were here in Toronto you’d probably be wondering if it were really July too!

It’s definitely been a cooler than normal summer. We’re used to it getting quite hot and humid here in Toronto, but this summer … well it’s more like late Spring. Daily temperatures have only reached 20 to 24 c (68 to 75 F) on average and there’s been a few nights lately were it’s fallen down to 10 c (50 F) at night! Seriously … those aren’t the summer temps I’m used to!

I’m starting to worry about my Tropical plants that I have outside. Maybe I should be taking them in at night when the temps are dropping unusually low.

I mentioned the weather earlier in the month, but heck, I thought it would be warming up by now!

My husband Chris is taking his vacation the last week of July and first week of August. We didn’t plan to go away for a vacation as we don’t really have any spare money … but I swear, the way the weather’s been this summer, if we did have any extra cash I’d seriously look into one of those Orlando vacations. I’d bet with this poor economy that there are some great deals out there. I know that some of the airlines here in Canada have really slashed their prices. Hmmm … maybe we can scrounge up some extra cash? Sigh … no probably not.

How is your summer going so far? Is the weather cooler than normal in your area too?

Summer’s off to a busy start!

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I’ve been so busy over the last month or more that I’ve barely been posting in my blogs. I think the hectic period is finally over and I can start posting more regularly on my sites. I hope it is anyway.

Got a Light?

I guess life just got in the way of things and for the most part that’s a good thing.

My husband and I have spent most of the last four or five weekends keeping busy – working in the garden (mulching, weeding, tidying – works done now), visiting family and doing things around the city like going to Woofstock, going to that big attempt to break the worlds largest guitar ensemble, attending two ribfests and one waterfront festival, a concert and on and on!

Do you find that once the weather starts to get warm and or the snow melts you’re life suddenly gets a lot busier? I’m not complaining, I love getting out and doing things, but I must say my blogs have suffered from my lack of attention!

This Summer feels more like Spring

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Well I guess it’s summer here in Toronto … if you want to call it that. So far we’ve only had one week of “normal” temps. Otherwise it’s been cooler than normal. Last night it went down to 13 c (55 F)! That’s cold … that’s early spring temps!

It is supposed to warm up by next Thursday … but I hope that once it does get “summer” warm it stays that way. Weird weather!

Anyway … now that it’s supposedly nice out I’m getting outside more and taking the dog for long walks. I’ve been thinking about looking at the various types of ipods so that I can have some music while I walk.

Yeah yeah … I’m behind … don’t even have an iPod or any kind of portable music player. Sad really, isn’t it?

So for those of you who have an iPod already … which one would you recommend? I’m not really interested in one that plays video. If it happens to have that as an extra feature so be it, but I probably wouldn’t use it much. I’m purely interested in an ipod for the music. We also don’t have much spare money so an inexpensive ipod suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks!

Here’s hoping for a warmer summer around here soon! BTW is it cooler than normal in your area too?

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