Riveting conversation on the audacious family road-trip

4 year old: Put up the windooooow! put up the windooooow!

Brother: Whaaaaat?

4 year old: Put up the windoooooow! put up the windoooooow!

Sid (sister #1): He’s gonna be an air condition kinda guy

Lissa (sister #2): You know what’s the best? The window down with the a/c running as well

Sid: So, what you’re saying is that you’re ok with destroying the environment AND wasting gas…

Lissa: Well, I guess so

Me: You should go work for bp then!

The “saying hey” Friday edition

Hola Peoples!

I am not watching the World Cup. Yeah, me and the one other person in the world, decided not to watch. Here’s the thing, I can’t watch it by myself. I get frustrated when I have no one to talk to about it… Right. My 7 year old puts it on sometimes, and he’ll stand in the middle of the room and kick an imaginary soccer ball. I watch him!

So anyway – the G20 basically has Toronto in lock down, so you know, the entire GTA has the day off to watch football! The closest thing I saw of the $1 billion in security was a very cool looking huge, military plane-thingy as I was driving by the airport one day.

In other news, I have neck muscle spasms… yeah… from “stress” apparently. It’s NOT fun, let me tell you, but the muscle relaxants are niiiiice!

K, happy friday!

Speedlinking - the good and the bad

If you’re in Toronto this weekend, there are some cool things going on…

1) There is a Harry Potter exhibit going on at the Science Centre – not only this weekend.

2) Walking with Dinosaurs is on today and tomorrow – this looks cool!

It’s been super warm some days this week and I’ve been LOVING it! The kids are off from school today and I think the park is calling!

So, the bad… OIL. STILL. GUSHING.

Yup, the oil is still gushing, it’s horrible – just take a look at the photos from the Gulf (I could only make myself look until #4!) BP’s response has been absolutely pathetic, and at times, thanks to Tony Hayward, uninterested and absurd! It’s like watching a horrific and tragic train wreck in extreme slow motion.

We really, really, really need to put a lot more resources into finding alternate energy sources!

The great cheesecake adventure

A few weeks ago we were visiting relatives in Maryland, and in honor of our visit, one of my cousins got cheesecake. She said that she remembers I used to make fancy cheesecake when we were younger, so she got us fancy cheesecake! It was The Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, which, as a cheesecake lover, I do adore – actually even non-cheesecake lovers (aka Sid) adore their cheesecakes too. Anyway, so we left there with the remainders of 2 cakes. I had a slice for breakfast every morning for, um, a week, or 3 days… who can remember such details… Sid, however, being the one that has to go to work everyday, kinda didn’t get any.

We don’t have The Cheesecake Factory here in Ontario. The closest one is in Buffalo, and yes, we did drive to Buffalo just for the cheesecake!

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At the US border:

American border dude: So, where are you going?

Me: Walden Galleria

American border dude: For what?

Me: Um, cheesecake

American border dude: (trying not to laugh) How long will you be staying?

Me: We’ll be leaving as soon as we get the cheesecake

American border dude: Who’s car are you driving?

Me: Mine

American border dude: Do you travel to the States often?

Me: Yes

American border dude: From this border crossing?

Me: No, mainly from Lewiston. But actually the last time I used the Peace bridge

American border dude: Oh, you just like to mix it up

Me: Uh

American border dude: Alright, have a good day

Me: Thanks

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So, as we were pulling out, Sid looked over at and spotted a banana in the car – we entered the States with undeclared uncooked fruit! Yay, contraband!

After driving over several bridges in gale force winds, we saw it from afar and rejoiced at the beauty!

We placed a rather large order, along with several other Canadian’s, made some Canadian friends, and headed back home.

Made a few wrong turns because I missed the rather large road sign that read “CANADA”, and also dismissed Sid pointing it out. But eventually we found our way to the Rainbow bridge.

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At the Canadian border:

Canadian customs dude: So, this receipt here from The Cheesecake Factory – is it for eating there?

Me: No… we brought it back with us

Canadian customs dude: (he nodded knowingly) Ok, I see

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After some negotiations about what duty needed to be charged for cheesecakes, we were released to enjoy said cheesecakes.

We’ll be enjoying Red Velvet Cheesecake today! Actually, I’ll be enjoying Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake, because I am not such a Red Velvet fan – although I will eat just about any flavor, and Pineapple upsidedown, which we tried for the first time, and it was yummy!

You want cheesecake now, don’t you?!

Oh, spring, how do I love thee

5 things that spring makes me want to do:

1) Ahem. Which, will not be happening this spring. So, moving on…

2) Go for very long walks.

3) Wake up super early and listen to the birds wake up.

4) Stand in the rain.

5) Sleep with my bedroom windows open.

Ok, I know it’s not officially spring yet, and we could possibly have a huge snow storm next week, but happy spring people!