cereal overload

One month, two posts... could it be? Oh yah baby!

So Friday was another one of my days off (hooray for the Federal government and the variable work week!). I accompanied Sean to court to watch him do his lawyer 'thang'. He was doing a trial in a small town between Ottawa and Montreal. It was good times! If you're ever in court be sure you don't a) wear a hat or sunglasses, b) eat or drink, c) chew gum, d) use a cell phone, e) read the newspaper. Fortunately I a) left my sunglasses in the car, b) had not food to eat or water to drink, c) spat out my gum, d) turned off my cell phone early and e) had enough time to finish my newspaper in the waiting area before the court room opened! Verdict: court is kinda interesting to watch... lots of formality... lots of men in pinstripe suits (all 6 lawyers were wearing them... in fact, Sean and the guy on for the crown were pretty much wearing the identical outfit... kinda amusing for me!). In the end the fine for Sean's client was smack dab between the amount proposed by Sean and the amount proposed by the crown. I am told that nobody being happy/satisfied is the sign of a good decision. After court (around 11 am) we headed home, stopping in Vankleek hill for a tour of the Beau's brewery (http://www.beaus.ca/index.html). Sean's firm has Beau's on tap, so the samples weren't exactly a novelty! It's definitely good stuff though!

Alas, ultimate season is over! We went out with a bang in Saturday afternoon, winning our last 2 games with commanding leads! It was brutally hot, but good times! Our after game BBQ was equally as enjoyable...

Sara (and Dave): I made nanaimo bars to take to my end-of-season bbq, after racking my brain to think of what I could make that wouldn't necessitate me turning on the oven. I remembered you and Dave making them in France because you HAD no oven to make desserts with even if you wanted to!

Apparently there was a gay pride parade on my street today... apparently it wasn't sufficiently rowdy for me to be drawn away from my random chores!

Karen's appliance of the day: hand blender. So useful!

Pet peeve: when the closing ceremonies start like an hour AFTER they say they will!!

Cereal count: 13 boxes... Karen needs to stop stocking up and start eating!

And on that note... Snack time!

...and then it was August.

We were supposed to post once a month right? Here's my August post... my life over the past month in no particular order... in brief...

-Ultimate is SUPER! I'm working on catching with one hand. I suck at it!

-Sean and I went to the cottage for the long weekend! It was quite relaxing! Lots of scrabble was played... and I almost finished reading the Wealthy Barber. We also discovered that the Kawartha Dairy has FANTASTIC ice cream!! It's not quite as cheap as Reid's... but the portions are more than ample and it tastes better!

-Part of my birthday gift from Sean was a bike maintenance course. I'm a lean, mean, tube changing machine!! I also discovered that I get WAY too much satisfaction from cleaning my bike. It's all pretty and the cogs are super clean! *proud grin*

-We had a weekend in Toronto and environs... including visits with my brother/sis-in-law/nephew/chubby niece, sean's friends, some of you folks reading this (that was SUPER indian food!!!) and Sean's parents.

-This past Thursday we went out to hear the opening of the Rideau Canal Festival (yes, another festival in Ottawa!). There were a couple bagpipe and drum bands playing. One was a local group... they were good... the other group was in town from BC for the Glengarry Highland Games... they were PHENOMENAL!! I had no idea how good bagpipes and drums could sound... but honestly, it was freaking awesome!!!

-This weekend is the MS bike tour... here's the hoping the weather is nice!!

Hmmmm... ok... that's my life in a nutshell! Does anybody know how to get rid of "XP Antivirus"... the damn virus thing jumped onto my computer last night... *curses*

A bientot!!

-k