Second or Third - what do you think?

The first warm day of the summer I had the pleasure of opening our pool. Unfortunately, the sunscreen I put on wasn't good enough to protect against the sun. These pictures are proof of how bad the sun can be. These pictures are from 7 days later and as you can see I was still suffering. By this point, the blisters had all popped and I had gone through about 40 different treatments of aloe vera and chamomile cream. Thanks to James and my mother for their assistance, I now look like I have a suntan - with a white x marking the spot!

Is it worth it?

Things have been happening to people around me, and to me I suppose, that have caused me to question what exactly is worth fighting for.

Is it worth going to court on something even if it means that you would be embarrassed or that you would have to live through the pain of the original incident?

Is it worth it to fight for a song that the people of Canada have been paying for for decades?

Is it worth it to fight with someone over a bloody plastic spoon?

Is it worth it to fight your employer if they are treating you unfairly? What if what is being unfair is the way your coworkers treat you?

Is it worth fighting with your friends because they drink beer and you don't?

Is it worth fighting over needing to take your turn off the playing field?

Is it worth fighting for someone that is cheating on you?

Is it worth fighting over a person's comment on a post secret secret? Is it worth going back and forth with someone over how you don't like what they said?

Is it worth fighting over what colour you are going to wear?

Is it worth fighting with your hamster for where they want to hide their pretzels?

Is it worth fighting over where you are going to go for dinner?

Is it worth fighting with a teenager over what they want for their birthday? Haircolour? Outfit?

Is it worth fighting with a four year old over whether or not you should read this story or that before bed?

2x concentrate

Just a bit of a random thought....

2x concentrates are taking over the industry, and I know for a fact that pretty soon you won't be able to find the big bottles with the regular kind.

They keep advertising how it's so much better for the environment because the bottles will be half the size as you will only need half the size of the liquid to clean your clothes. This is supposed to help with the environment.

In reality, the smaller bottles, probably won't work that much. People like my mother are used to using a certain amount of liquid and probably won't trust the concentrated liquid to get the job done. Chances are, she'll go through more bottles rather than less.

Therefore - you still have bottles that will be filling landfills and not getting recycled.

Either way - are we really coming out ahead?

Completed antidisestablishmentarianism

It's official! They are done!!! Unbelievable!!! I'm burning the disk right now and it has 23 minutes left. I can't wait to give it to them!

Vanessa was a beautiful bride and no one will forget the way Phil's eyes teared up as soon as he saw her. They are such a great couple and I'm so glad that I can give them the gift of beautiful pictures. I just have my fingers crossed that they feel that I captured them at their best.

I've even become friends with some of the people that were in their wedding party - namely Eddie from England. He and I talk every few days or so. He's a really good person and it's fun comparing notes from his trip. He went to many of my favourite places when he was here - mostly in Niagara Falls. If you haven't been there - you are missing out! He even went to Nightmares, which to me, is the absolute scariest haunted house. Sure it doesn't have the same gore but roaming around in the pitch black following little red lights, and not knowing where your going or how you are going to get there - or what is around the corner. It's freaky. Of course I was probably 8 when I went through last. I'm not stupid enough to go through now!

Onto another topic - there's this commercial out for Dairy Queen right now with this little black boy and his parents having waffle bowl sundaes (which look delicious by the way). In the commercial the little boy wants some and his dad says "only if you say this one little word" in which he asks and the boy repeats the word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM. Okay, I have two issues with this commercial. First of all, the video of the kid is soo fake. It's obvious that they taped the kid seperate from the parents - because even when later the mother character says "you can't even spell it" the kid starts this crazy giggling but the dubbing is so bad that he starts before she gets the words out. I know kids laugh at anything sometimes, but it was so bad. Secondly, the word antidisestablishmentarianism is not a word that anyone would even know if it wasn't so long. Just what the heck does the word mean anyway and can anyone really use it in a sentence? And I don't mean the way I've used it in two sentences.

I challenge you to use the word, in it's proper form. Do it. I dare you!

life in a blogshell

I spoke too soon.

It's going to be a kick ass event no matter what! My BOC is a great bunch and I know that I was stressing over nothing.

I've been working for weeks at trying to go through the thousands of photos we took at Phil and Vanessa's wedding. It's taking longer than anticipated due to the slowness of our network and the fact that for some reason it takes an hour to burn anything onto a cd/dvd on either of our computers. The process is interesting. Taking the photos was nothing compared to the amount of work I'm putting in to analyze the photos and pick out the best ones.

I think part of the problem is that I'm too picky. I want them to be happy with their photos. I want them to go through and see photos that they want printed - not duplicates of all the same shot where someone is looking to the side, or someone else just isn't smiling right. I want them to be happy with the finished product.

I understand now how it takes photographers a long time to go through it all and narrow down sample albums - and they do it full time. Me I'm only doing this part time when I'm not busy with everything else that appears to be going on in my life - and believe me there are lots of things going on! From tea parties, to surprise 40th birthday parties, to helping my sister in law paint, to helping my mother who just finally got her cast off. Life has been crazy as of late.

I'm not sure if I mentioned how my mother broke her arm, but let's just say it involved a very poorly marked wheelchair ramp outside dollarama, her falling and dollarama not wanting to call the ambulance because a: they only rent the building and aren't responsible for the parking lot and b: they don't like calling the ambulance because they ask too many questions. She's doing okay, but I still think she should've sued! I mean, she couldn't even put her own bra on let alone all the other things you normally do in a day. We've all been pitching in to make sure that the house continues to run smoothly.

Beans is doing good. Not that you asked but I thought I'd share. I think she's finally happy with her cage and so am I. Her wheel kind of hangs off the edge but is propped so that it doesn't roll down. Now it runs silently and it's glorious to not be woken up in the middle of the night to her squeeky wheel.

I've also been trying to squeeze in a bit of Mii time. I need to lose weight - and I want to lose weight. James and I got a wii fit and it's been awesome to work out and start to see results. I have a bit more energy during the day and it's inspired me to try and watch what I eat. I've lost about 6 pounds in the past two weeks - not that anyone would notice. I am really fat after all!

I also got my hair cut and coloured. It's crazy now and the cut brings out my curls. Not to mention the humidity. I must say that it's nice to wash scrunch and go. Makes life sooo easy!

anyhow, I need to get back to the pictures even if the network is slow. I want them all done and ready for this weekend when we go to Paris to paint. I really hope they like them!