Thinking

Why is it that iPods, iPads, iPhones, and I am assuming iMacs are so awesome and iTunes sucks?!

Hate iTunes.

:p Tina

This One is for Fran :o)

It is SUMMER!  My kids are home.  I am still feeling like I got run over (rather than just hit).  I am busy with work.  I am even busier with trying to keep my table full at the Trail Market.  So much to do - you would think with such long days I would have more time but I have less - indoors and blogging or sewing, that is.  The shorties go to bed significantly later, as a family we are up and about and doing stuff more. I feel like I am doing what I should be doing.  My kids will be kids but once and lets face it, I am not getting any younger.  (Boo)

Did I mention my house is a pig sty?  Like worse than usual.  I normally manage to keep at least one of the three floors clean for the most part.  I think part of the problem is storage - or lack thereof - but for the most part it is TIME.  Sadly, internet and housework activities require indoor time and that just isn't happening.

I'll try for at least one more post this week and I will try to make it a little more interesting....

Enjoy the days while the sun shines!  :o)

Tina

Camping in the Rainy Woods

During the day - and sometimes when I go to bed at night - I think of a thousand interesting blog posts.  In the evening when I sit down to write them - they are gone.  So, you are left with some nice shots of my rainy weekend in the woods.  :o)

My shorties fishin' in the crik.  :o)
The Little Man caught actual fish in his butterfly net!  I was pretty amazed.

if you can call this little guy an actual fish....
This is the photo we took so CH could see, he was the last one to be released back into the lake.  There was one that was a bit  bigger, but there were all just babies.

Grass growing out of a log that was floating in the creek near where the little fish was caught.  Champion Lakes is such a beautiful and peaceful place.

The weather was kind of the pits (but we still had fun!).  This was taken at about 2 in the afternoon but it looks like the evening!  About 2 minutes after this the rain was coming down in buckets and the three of us got soaked.

A couple of the frogs my shorties caught (and released).  They caught at least 4 a day in varying sizes.  It seems like there are more of them this year.  Maybe it is all the rain we have been getting or maybe they are just not hiding out yet.

CH - determined to have a fire even in a rain storm.
(Not necessarily a good picture - but a funny one!)

We found ways to amuse ourselves even in the rain...
This one is a keeper for sure!

I had a wonderful Canada Day weekend - despite the weather.  How was your weekend?

:o) Tina

Sum-Sum-Summertime

This is what it looks like.

Usually this time of year in the Kootenays it is sunny and bordering on unbearable hot.  This year it has been rain, rain and more rain... the river is higher than it has been since 1968 and there are floods and slides all over the province. It is crazy but we are not letting that stop us in our new trailer!!

This is what it is supposed to look like.

CH has already headed up to Champion Lake to set up our spot and make sure that we have one - even with the lousy weather it is a long weekend after all and in Canada we love, love, love our summertime long weekends. I am so looking forward to it but am a little worried that I will not be able to blog at the same pace that I was throughout the summer as we head into the wilderness  - and the electricity free zone.  That means less blogging and less sewing - but more reading, relaxing, and hand work.  Very excited to recharge my batteries this summer - rain or shine.

 :o)  I will try for at least one more post this week... I have not even been on Pinterest in days, except on my phone and that doesn't count!

Have a wonderful Canada Day weekend!!

:o)  Tina xxxooo

Escape

by Carolyn Jessop

Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of God, deprive their followers the right to make choices, force women to be totally subservient to men, and brainwash children in church-run schools. Against this background, Carolyn Jessop’s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. Not only did she manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS. And in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs.

Love this topic. Love it! It grips me. It tears at my heart strings and blows my mind. I love Sister Wives but this is apples and oranges. Sister Wives is just a little confusing but pretty much just like me and CH only with more of me... Carolyn Jessop and the other women - and the children - that are part of this group are nothing like the Sister Wives family. Nothing.

This book clearly details the horrors that this woman and her children suffered before she made her brave and heroic escape. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good people story.

I am looking forward to reading her second book, Triumph, when I can get my hands on it.

:o) Tina

Something Funny....

Looking for something to post for Wordless Wednesday I came across this on Everything Funny.  I am sure it was written for CH.  There is no doubt in my mind.  None.

:o)  Tina

Secret

Sshhh

Secretly my favorite show is the Big Bang Theory.  It makes my tummy hurt from laughing just about every time I watch it and who doesn't need a good laugh!

:o)  Tina

PS  That is not to diminish my love of Sister Wives and Parenthood, but Big Bang is on every night!!