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I went horse riding on the weekend for the first time ever.
I was on the hugest horse I have ever seen. He was called FirePond. At least he was better behaved than my camel called Michael.

I had a great time but my butt and inner thighs are feeling it today.

So this is Jasper looking thoughtful - he was one of he reasons I went down to Boston. He was really funny and I loved the next book First Among Sequels.

They have "Duck Tours" in Boston, half on land half on water. Funnily I was on a Duck called Penelope.



I took heaps of pictures around Boston. And I worked out that I really love Fire Escapes.




I also love the story of the ducklings who waddled from the river to Boston Common with the Police stopping traffic for them - they are fictional of course. The ducklings names were: Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Oack, Pack and Quack.

Current Mood: chipper

It took me quite a while to work out that these were not the words to the canadian national anthem. Cause why would you be standing on god. We stand on 'guard' for thee are the real words but I guess with a country singer twang it can be hard to tell.

So the stampede is now winding down. It has been a whirl wind this week. Free pancake breakfasts, lunches. Lots and lots of jeans, hats and cowboy boots. The average height of men in Calgary was raised by 2 inches. All the cowboy boots.

I got chatted up by a Canadian mountie.



Mini chucks, are heaps of fun. Little ponies pull little wagons around a track. There is a full sized version of the chucks that are a huge draw of the stampede.




Saw the rodeo also, I don't know how they stay on the horses and bulls.




Finally - there are lots of products that make me laugh here. This one is for Aussie pies. I love the comment about "koality"

A few weeks ago Leanne came to visit with Little D.
It was Leanne's 31st birthday so we made her a cake.



Little D is getting so big now.

This weekend Shannon and I made Thomas a race car track birthday cake.
You are never to old for a fun birthday cake.




Then we all went for a walk through nature.

Current Mood: chipper

I sit in the lounge room having breakfast and a bunny hops past.
Then another bunny hops past and sits and twitches his nose at me.

At first I though they were really cute and didn't take much notice but then I went to work and there was a bunny there as well. It was then that I got suspicious and I started thinking maybe they were trying to tell me something. Maybe the hopping and stopping was some sort of bunny morse code and if I can crack it the secrets of the work would be mine.(Insert evil laughter here)

But why would the choose me?

Current Mood: thoughtful

I believe there are just some things that don't belong on a pizza. So when Thomas (my Canadian friends Swedish husband whose hospitality I am abusing) put pineapple and curry on the home made pizzas we were making, I was not only surprised but mightily shocked. When he went on to say that all it was missing was a banana I was speechless. Am I wrong, no really am I wrong. Is Pineapple, banana and curry powder not one of, if not the weirdest pizza toppings?

Curry powder and melted cheese does not compute.

Current Mood: surprised

I love Ikea.
This is not a new love this is a long standing relationship. It starts with flipping through the catalogue and trying to picture all the different options for kitchens and compact living options in my imaginary house.
Then there is the wondering through the store and marveling at the nifty options of chairs that turn into storage units that turns into the columbia space shuttle - I know I didn't think the swedes could do that either.

So Shannon and Thomas and I took a trip to Ikea last weekend. Ikea wasn't the main destination but an electrical store to purchase the biggest TV I have ever seen for Shan's parents but that is a different story. So back to ikea.I bought a new doona cover which you can see on my bed in my room:




I bought a water plant in a drink container. Oh and if you look closely at the photo above you can see a tomato plant in a tin. That is my tomato plant a bargan at $1, I hope it survives.




I also bought a fishy laundry basket:




I love Ikea. Plus where else can you get a hot dog for 50 cents!!!!

And I am still in the "I am just on holidays and my family isn't 100000 miles away" faze. That's not to say I don't want to be here I just miss my family sometimes - Oh and I also miss Darrel Lea Chocolate Bullets, chocolate covered liquorice does not seem to exist here. Sadly.
I haven't really tried hard to get work, I know I should after all It is a Work Visa that got me into this here country.

So what have I been doing in the last two weeks I hear you ask. Well Shannon and I had a bit of a craft afternoon where we made baby gifts - Sock flowers. The cats like them too.




Also I spent the weekend with Leanne (housemate from London) and her new baby Dallin. He really likes his fish mobile.



And I really like him.

Current Mood: good