Family Weekend

Happy Friday friends!  What are you up to this final long weekend of summer?  J and Gus and I are headed to the lake after work today and we've  invited my mom, sister, brother-in-law, neice and nephew.  It will be a weekend of sleeping in, fishing, crib tournaments, bbq dinners, reading in the afternoon and smores.  Mostly it will be about hanging out together and enjoying the peope who are always going to have your back in life.

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What are you doing this long weekend? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and take some time to truly relish the important people in your life.

Talk to you Monday!

My Summer Rides

This summer, I hope to do a lot of time cruisin'! Like around the city's winding streets and under the canopies of trees on my bike...

Gigi (yes, that's the name of the bike!) was a gift to myself when I quit life in Calgary and packed up for Manitoba.  I had visions of cruising along the streets of Gimli, a baguette in my basket and a scrarf wrapped around my hair....Anyhoo, Gigi is suffering from a bum tire so she's out of storage and ready to be fixed.  Then I plan to go for many rides!

I also plan to do a lot of time cruisin' in our boat!

When J approached me last summer and said he wanted to buy a boat, my response was 'um honey...we don't have a place to live...'.  But J is someone who truly goes with the flow so when he expresses an interest in something, it means he's really passionate about it.  The boat isn't much to look at it and it was pretty cheap as far as boats go...but it's given us hours of pure bliss floating out on the lake.  J fishing and eating Spitz at the back, me reading up at the front, with only the sounds of loons around us.  And it gives J so much joy to putter around working on the boat (this year he's souping up the seats!) that I'm so glad we bought it.  We're taking it out to Killarney this weekend for the summer's inaugeral cruise and I can't wait!

So, since we bought our house in the fall, I'm just discovering all the flowers and plants that our yard has to offer.  Imagine my delight when the trees that line the front yard bloomed into lilacs!  They look so gorgeous and with our upstairs bedroom windows open, the sweet scent wafts lazily through and makes me happy everytime I'm up there.

What a sweet surprise!

How do you plan to spend your long weekend?

Written with love,

Lenore