10 ways to have a CRAPTASTIC vacation

1. Have 2 teeth pulled 5 days before you leave.  Make sure one ends up being a "complicated surgical extraction".
2. Go to a location that is planning rain for the entire time of your visit.
3. Forget to pack long pants, a jacket and socks.
4. Have so much pain from the 2 pulled teeth that no amount of OTC pain killers will help.
5. Find a walk in clinic.  Ensure that it's a clinic that requires you to register in person 3-4 hours before your appointment time.
6. M.O.S.Q.U.I.T.O.E.S.
7. Rent a cabin close to the beach.  Ensure that it's a beach that has a strong sulfur smell of rotting seaweed at low tide.  Coincide your week with low tide being in the middle of the day.
8. Get a prescription for Tylenol 3 with Codeine.  Take 2.  When they don't seem to be making you drowsy foolishly think it's okay to have wine with dinner.  Spend some time lying on the bathroom floor trying not to throw up and waiting for the room to stop spinning. Go to bed early.
9. Travel with a 9 year old who does not do transitions or changes to plans well. 
10. Stay in the middle of nowhere that requires a minimum 40 minute drive to get anywhere.

Construction - Part 2

 

The final product!  Our friend Brandon did an AWESOME job!  The detail that he put into our front steps is more then we would have ever expected!  If you live in HRM and ever need a Journey Man Carpenter, let us know and we'll hook you up!

Slice of Life - Happy Accidents

This week's Slice of Life photography challenge is "Share the photos that almost went to the trash pile, but you now see the beauty in."

The day I took this shot I had taken over 50 shots of Liam jumping on the trampoline.  It's really hard to time the shot with the jumps.  I have about 45 shots of the neighbour's roof and the tree top.  I didn't plan on keeping this picture - he's not centered and he has an odd look on his face.  But when I started playing with the lighting and colours in Picasa, the picture really started to grow on me.

Share your happy accidents!

Construction - Part 1

From this:

To this:

and will be continued next weekend!

Destruction!

From this:

This is an old picture of our front steps, taken in 2005 when we bought the house. Look how small the forsythia's are compared to now.

To this:

Tomorrow is Construction!

Slice of Life - Round

It's funny that as soon as I get the weekly prompt from Darrah's Slice of Life, that I start seeing the theme everywhere around me.  My problem is that I am often too shy to just whip out my camera and take a picture.  I've started carrying my camera with me when I go places, and even just having it around my neck makes me think that everyone is staring at me.  I see all sorts of great shots, but I just can't work up the nerve.  

So that is my challenge to myself for the next week.  Stop and take a picture, no matter who is around.

Wordless Wednesday