Switch-A-Roo

My plan was to go into the city today, and take care of more odds & ends related to moving. Instead, I stayed in bed until mid-morning, the result of an overnight migraine. I blame the weather. It's rather stormy here, and we're getting a ton of rain the next few days, so I'm guessing that is the cause.

By mid-afternoon I was feeling more "human" again, and decided to tackle the remaining boxes and bins in the living room. I took 4 rubbermaid bins, 1 GIANT bin, and 1 large box down to the basement. Another two bins got emptied. And the boxes continue to sit there - as do 4 more bins and a few random items that just don't have a home yet.

Also on the productive side - I called about getting my insurance switched over, called and found out where to mail my 407 transponder back to, put my MacPass in my car, store away many reusable shopping bags in my car, hung my packs in my closest & store camping gear away in my closest. Oh and walked to the mailbox to drop my crafty cards in for delivery !!

Not bad for a migraine day.

All these things were what I had on my hit list for tomorrow ... Which means that tomorrow I will go into the city and hopefully tackle that to-do list !!

And ... here's a random photo from a week or so ago, taken in my yard.

Pre-Schoolers

It's starting to get crowded in that nest !! Four robin's growing fast as can be !!

Below is another shot, taken with Mom's zoom lens - they're hungry little robins !!

Crafty Cards

This afternoon into this evening, I hunkered down on the floor of the landing (aka my office area), and crafted some fun cards for friends and family. 

I have a long list of cards I want to make, today was only the tip of the iceberg.

I am happy to have crafted & to be dropping these in the mail tomorrow !!

Here are two tiny shots of the crafty fun I had. 

Many more will appear in the days and weeks to come !!

Just Follow Your Heart

" sometimes you gotta stop and remember that you're not going to live forever. be young. think smart. stay true. and just follow your heart ... "

As I have been unpacking, I am been looking at all my belongings with new eyes. Finding new purposes for things I've had for years, displaying forgotten treasures, and reminiscing about the past.

In all my unpacking, I have found so many items that were given & gifted to me and even made for me by friends ... these friends are all held so near and dear to my heart, even though I have grown apart from some of them over the years.

It makes me smile to think back on all the fabulous adventures we had, all the ridiculous inside jokes we shared, all the secrets we entrusted, and all the hilarious photos I still have in albums and boxes.

Friends definitely come and go from our lives, but I am so thankful to have all those past friends in my life while I did. They all still mean the world to me : )

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And, as it seems it may never end, I'm still unpacking.

Down to the last bunch of boxes & bins, a fair number of which needs to just be taken down to the basement for storage.

That is my planned "task" for Wednesday this week - hopefully after that it will just be putting the last few odds & ends away, and hanging the last few frames & photos.

Full Bloom

Here they are in FULL BLOOM !! 

We have lots of flowers all around the house ... and they all attract lots of bumble bees !!

Ro-something

Here are a few shots of a pretty flowering bush - pre-bloom - in our front yard.

It's a ro-something ... rodendrine ? Something like that !

They are fully bloomed now, photos to follow soon : )

Toddlers Already !

These little cuties are no more than a week old.

I cannot believe how quickly they are growing !! 

I'm also anxious for them to start chirping & learning how to fly ... oh the adventures.

Apparently It's Flower Week

More flowers from the yard ... 

It's going to be a theme for the next few days b/c I took oodles of photos.

Sweet Smell

Lilacs are one of my favourite flowers.

We bought two bushes this past weekend, and have planted one.

The other sits on the deck in the back, between two chairs.

The sweet smell fills the air, and makes me smile.

I wish they flowered all spring & summer !!

Old Time Rock 'n Roll

At the Flea Market on Sunday, we saw a wide variety of this, that, and the other thing ... an interesting experience for sure !! Here's a shot of some albums I saw - in milk crates of course !!

Oh Baby

Oh Baby !! You are too cute and precious for words !!

These are a few shots of the baby robins that just hatched yesterday !!

They are in a shed in the backyard, and that mommy robin has been very kind, letting us go in and look, but not for long or she starts yelling at us.

The photo below is a little blurry, but you can still see how amazing they are !!

Hello Summer

Today it was like summer with 30+ temps, sunshine, and humidity galore.

Early in the day, I took some photos of Lu - all prettied up : ) Here are a few of my favourites.

Cup Cakes

Yummy cup-cakes from my little "fair well" get together today : )

Official fly-away date is June 2nd ... only a few more sleeps !!

New Life

It's late in spring, but there is still new life popping up all over the place.

Many of the trees I saw while camping are busy budding and growing.

Procrastination

I'm not going to lie - I really should be packing right now.
Instead I am playing with this fantastic website: www.iconscrabble.com
You can create things like this:

Ok ... seriously I have to pack now. Seriously !!

Tomato Tomato

Dan brought home some little tomato plants from work, and we've had them in some tupperware in the apartment for the last week or so. Today we picked up some pots and soil, and planted them each into their own home. We need to pick up the cages still, but they seem quite happy out on the balcony in their new homes : )

T minus 2 Weeks

Well I really shouldn't be surprised that the time is slipping away ... I will be moved to NS in about 2 weeks. My belongings are set to be picked up by the movers May 30/31, and then I will drop my car off to be shipped in the days to follow, and then I will hop on a plane and be gone. Crazy !!

A week ago I finally bought moving boxes and started to pack a little ... a very little. I currently have 6.5 boxes packed ... and roughly a million more to go. This weekend is going to be the kick-my-self-into-PACKING-gear weekend and power through as much as I can.

When talking about the days I have left here in ON, I can literally run though all the who-I-am-seeing-when-and-where as well as other miscellaneous plans I have. I have my entire calendar in my head - which is both good & bad ... I know I wont forget any of these plans, BUT I am realizing that I am quickly running out of time.

I have taken photos lately, mostly funny packing related photos. But I haven't found the time to sit down, plug the camera into the computer, download photos, edit photos, and upload photos. It's just too much right now.

So as much as it pains me to say, I will basically be M.I.A. for the next couple of weeks.
I might surprise you with a random photo here or there ... but rest assured I will be back at it in full swing once I am moved and a little settled in NS.

xo

Sweet Sixteen

Happy Sweet Sixteenth Birthday to my cousin Meghan !!

I hope all your dreams & wishes come true darling !! 

Love you lots & lots !! xo

Spring Flowers

Crafty Collage

I took a little time, went through all the odds & ends that I have collected over time, and chose some of my favourites and made this collage. Everything in it is Ontario based, so it will be a great memory keeper for when I move to Nova Scotia next month : )