Back from Canada

And I'm back *whew*! I'm almost thinking I should have taken Monday off of work or something. I have a ton of laundry to do, still some stuff to put away, and I've quasi-volunteered to do the farm's website (for the market stand) that I started on late Sunday after getting back.
Anyhow, Canada was an interesting time. We stayed in Norland at Lake Fishog that has no public land access, yet it is a public lake. So basically, unless you have a water plane or know someone who lives on it, you probably don't want to try to include it in your future Canada travels.
So it was 8 days - of fishing, drinking beer, and "roughing it". No electricity, no running water, just camping out and getting away from everything for a while. Certainly something I didn't know what to expect going into, but had a lot of fun doing!
Anyway, bugs love me, so I was putting on lots of bug spray. The bugs didn't really "bug" (lame pun intended) John the way they did me, so he was very fortunate in that aspect.
The fishing was really good. My largest fish were a 19" large mouth and a 17" small mouth. That was a lot of fun, and something I did everyday. The weather was great. It was warm and sunny with virtually no humidity everyday. It rained once for about 5 minutes - barely enough to mention. It made boating really nice in addition to the bit I decided to sun myself. I took my DS with me, but actually didn't get a whole lot of play out of it since I found myself being much more occupied than I had anticipated (mostly with fishing). I even brought a book I was really excited to read, but barely got through the first chapter.
Oh, and I took bunches of really cool pictures! I'm thinking about just buying a domain & space to put them on. Not sure what I'll do just yet but here's one to get you started - my small mouth :)

Canada!

I'm not sure where the time flew to, but it really has been since the 6th I last posted? Wow.

Anywho, the "Barn Bash" was awesome. Yes, so awesome, we are going to have another - August 25th I believe is the projected date. The band was great as always, and I enjoyed making cotton candy for everyone and answering the question of the night "So, why do you have a cotton candy machine?"

Last weekend John and I headed to Cabellas for our first time ever. That is a really cool place! Our venture there was to get some things for the upcoming trip to Canada for 8 days - fishing, camping, and well, basically being a PA hick. In the middle of no where, mind you. I ended up with 4 new lures. The one was a cute rainbow color, so of course I had to get it! :) A few of his other family members are going too - it's their family tradition. We leave this Friday to drive just north of Ontario. I started packing this past weekend and have done a bit more each day. I'm both excited and a bit overwhelmed because this will be truly roughing it. Bathing in the river, baby!

Today I stumbled upon a website - GetAFreelancer.com. It looks like the coolest thing ever. I just wish I knew more geeks so I could possibly tackle some of the larger projects too, like the 5G ones. The time constraint would just be too much for 1 person. I wanted to bid on a few small projects that I've seen, but until I get back from Canada, I think I'll hold off on that.

Fair & Fireworks

The 4th of July was spent at the Big Butler Fair with the boy. We rode rides, played games, and saw the fireworks at the end, which were a little disappointing for being the "Big" Butler Fair. I played a ping pong game and two fish followed me home. A silver one and a gold one. They're still nameless. John doesn't give them two weeks. (Unfortunately, he's probably right).

I finished with the Mario shirts, as you can see below :)



They were fun. I think I want to make some more characters now. John wants a Duck Hunt one, and I think I may make a Zelda one for me.

Now I'm getting excited for the Barn Bash on Saturday, I think it will be tons of fun! I just need to remember to stop and get sugar for the cotton candy machine.

4th of July!

This week is neat because we work 2 days, (obviously) get the 4th off and then we work 2 more! Although, had the 4th fallen on a Tuesday or Thursday we would get that off too, but hey, I'm not complaining.
Tomorrow after work hours we see off Amy & Sean as they have found better homes, and then the boy and I and a few others head to the monthly Marti Gras where we eat seafood and pretend its February/March-ish :) Fireworks on Wednesday (somewhere we haven't decided yet), then my buddy Jeffy's annual Barn Bash is this weekend. We're even going to have a live blues band - Sweaty Betty. I have no idea how he convinced them to play, but it's going to be awesome. I'm bringing my industrial cotton candy machine - yes, it's going to be fun. Then next week everything slows down and Monday will, well, suck. Oh well, can't win them all..
I also started being a complete nerd and I am working on making Mario shirts. Mario as an 8-bit Mario, that is. I'm making one for John too. Yes, I think sometimes I need a life too.