Watching this film on big screen was a blast. The version played had bad and faded English voice over for the narrator but the dialog was in Italian. Additionally the reel was not stored properly so the film was brittle and kept breaking. However, the experience was great. I love watching movies in the cinema and this is a great example of how much fun it could be.
This picture has nothing to do with the movie, I just like how it turned out. Trev is all “oh, mommy is hugging me again…”.
After two years of not really doing much, I have gotten back to the dirt. I didn’t get much done yet, but I have taken pictures of the yard and made some notes.
I have made some progress of de-rocking the bit between the driveway and the path and have cleaned up about a third of the woodland trampoline area. More to come!
I’ve had some really nice bike rides this year. I am streamlining my home-school bike route. If I take bike paths it is 24km and if I drive on Carling it is 19. The challenge is to combine roads and paths in such a way that I make use of roads for speed where they are not busy and bike paths to avoid busy sections. So far the preferred eastbound route is 20.9 km and westbound 22.5. I take different routes because of traffic patterns that depend on time of the day. I haven’t tried either of these routes in their entirety so I am looking forward to checking them out. Of course, I will probably vary the paths every day to keep the interest.
In any case, I did a 22km route in 70 minutes this morning. I am quite proud of myself. I expect that in a couple of weeks I will be able to do the trip in just under an hour. Once I get there I will be happy.
After another failed attempt at getting Trevor’s hair cut, we decided to cut our losses and go look around for a bike trailer. So far this one is the favourite. It is a bit on the pricey side so we are looking at our options. I have been keeping an eye on postings at work to see if anyone is selling these but they are so expensive and useful once you have them that people who have gone through the trouble of buying one keep them for years.
Other than that, I got some digging done and planted a few daylilies between the driveway and the path. Daylilies grow like crazy so, once I am done they should take over in a year or two. I have a lot of landscaping to do, particularly on the far side of the house where we will completely redo the area and perhaps put in a play structure or a sandbox. We will need to fence this part of the yard from the main back yard which I don’t know if we’re going to be able to do fully this year. I still need a good idea for the area in front of the fence because it has been completely taken over by weeds. We are going to put in a door as well so a little path is in order.
On the other hand, with all the other responsibilities I have, I should not be spending more than 3 hours a weekend on it. I will probably put in a bit more time in the spring and do less in the summer.
Except with pretty furniture.
I’ve took a long hard look at the summer coming up and realised that I will not get too many opportunities to do any serious biking. A decision was then made to bike to school at least once a week. I’ve biked to downtown and back before so it should not be too bad, but I’ve never done it “on the clock” in both directions.
Tomorrow is the first day, I got my bike ready and I washed my biking clothes. I still need to get the panniers filled with all the stuff and get my lunch and school clothes prepared. I am nervous, wish me luck!
This weekend was nice enough, it was the first instance of summer weather. I got my sandals and skirts out. I actually got a lot done without too much rushing. I went wedding dress shopping with Maria, got my bike ready for the road, went for a nice walk with my boys, tidied up the front yard, got groceries, helped Chris catch his plane on time, visited Alex, played with Trevor etc. What a gorgeous start of a summer!