in which technology abounds

Kyle and I have recently had a shower of new technology in our little household. I have recently acquired my first cell phone of all time. (A little gray number with an unfortunately limited ring selection and a very exciting pedometer) and i'm writing this post from my brand new macbook. it came in the mail today and it's quite adorable and fun. Aaand with my macbook came the option of a free ipod touch, which i generously and lovingly donated to my husband. i figured he would be way more excited about it and use it more than i would, as he loves figuring out how things work and all the fun little apps and whatnot. and really, he is so excited and i'm glad that i gave it to him, however now that it's here, i have to say i'm a little jealous. it is a pretty great little device. it does just about anything... and my favourite part, after spending a whole lot of time deciding which configuration of numbers and letters worked best, we have our own little ipod monster engraved on the back. i love him. see his funny little toothed face? rawr




how fun to have these new little friends...

yesterday... and then today

I had a good day yesterday. A nice relaxing sunny fall day including sleeping in, tidying the apartment, having the in-laws over for brunch and then knitting while kyle cleaned his bicycle. i made borscht in my slow cooker and handmade buns for dinner and lindsey came over and we watched edward scissorhands (i love edward scissorhands) while we waited for the beets to get softer. (apparently when the recipe says it should cook for 4-5 hours, it really means it...) it was delicious although i apparently failed to notice that the recipe that i chose came from a little section of my cookbook called 'small quantities'. i puzzled as i was making it why it would call for only 1 tablespoon of grated carrots and only 2 cups of water for the soup. i puzzled but i never checked, so by the time (5 hours later) we sat down to eat it we barely got 3 bowls out of it. a little disappointing but still delicious.

and as for today, i suppose today was a big day for me. my first day as a company dancer for ruth cansfield dance. i've worked with her a week here and there over the last year and this year she's hired me for 21 weeks of full time work, so that's exciting. also, strangely enough, of her 3 company dancers, one became injured and is unable to dance for 9 months, and the other is pregnant so i'm also the only company dancer in this company right now. fortunately there are 2 apprentices for me to dance with. so we've begun working on a new creation. i believe we'll be having a show here in winnipeg, one in calgary and touring northern manitoba. so yeah. i'm excited but a little bit regretting my relaxed summer as i expect to be very sore this week. i could feel my legs getting weaker and weaker every time i jumped today...

fall

Fall really is my favourite season. As part of the Autumn Yarn Swap, we're supposed to post on our blogs about our favourite thing about this season.

I think in general I love the feeling of it. I love the crispness in the air and the emergence of scarves and mitts and sweaters and jackets and wool socks and boots (I'm a fair-skinned individual and as much as I love summer, my legs never really got along so well with shorts...)I love the comfortable feeling of settling back into a schedule, the excitement and novelty of beginning new things - going back to school, back to dance classes, the new clothes, new school supplies. So much excitement and anticipation which is always somehow amplified by the refreshing cool air. I love the changing of the leaves and the nostalgic feeling that it brings. I love feeling cozy and snuggly with tea and a good book or a soft, warm knitting project...

October is my all time favourite month. I was born in October and I share my birthday with my grandma so it's always been a special time for me to spend with my family. Also, my husband and I first started dating in October almost 8 years ago, just before I turned 17. So it's a cozy time to reminisce about the slightly awkward teenage romance that developed and grew into the most important and beautiful relationship of our lives.


And that's more or less what I love about fall..

cottage weekend

Kyle and I just got home from a nice long weekend at the cottage. We spend a lot of time sitting around and reading and knitting and taking pictures. It was quite nice.
One of the highlights of our weekend was the annual Nutimik Lake community garage sale. We went bright and early (about 9:30) and the place was packed full of people and stuff. We left with some exciting things and I came to realize that I actually have more collections than I thought I did.
I seem to collect:
vintage aprons
dishes from the 40s -50s
antique tea cups
cameos
and... that's all I can think of right now but they're all good things to look for in a garage sale.
The only sad thing was that we bought a set of 5 glasses and a pitcher and all the glasses were taped together with packing tape and when I was unpacking them today two of them broke, each of them the same way - a big piece came off with the tape, I think they were stacked to tightly and there was too much pressure. in any case, that made me sad. although the remaining three match the little plates we bought perfectly. that made me feel a little bit better.
perhaps i will post pictures of our purchases soon but in the meantime, here are some pictures (the first two were taken by kyle) from the weekend: