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   the looking glass

I love reading. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I loves me a good book. I’m currently suffering through reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. I’ve heard it’s fantastic. So why is this book so difficult to read?

I noticed that an old friend from my Kingston high school days had it listed as one of his favourite books on Facebook. I messaged him and said that I was having a hard time getting through it and he messaged me back and explained it’s good at the end like pizza in the morning. Hmmm … this was my response:

“I figure in the end it’s be worth it, but it’s painful at the time. Kinda like a colonoscopy or labour. LOL.”

That about sums up this book. It’s confusing. The only reason I’m persevering is because my friend Melanie lent it to me and explained that she’d heard it was good but could NOT get through it. I notoriously do not stop reading books even if they’re not so great, so I figured I’d get through it and she explained that she needed me to read it in order to give it such great reviews that she could trudge through read it herself.

I’m waiting with baited breath for the delicious cold pizza.

So. Brad and I went to the Toronto Islands on Saturday and had a FABULOUS time!

Click here to see the full album of our pictures.

I packed a picnic lunch, our bathing suits (it ended up being in the low 20’s - FAR too cold to go swimming!), and a big bottle of water:

Cashed this:

And headed off! We took the ferry to Ward’s Island and ate our lunch here:

And then rented a “two-person quadricycle”:

While on this contraption (so. much. fun.) we saw “real men” playing this:

It’s called “disc golf”. It’s golfing with frisbees. Sound cool? Maybe it was - but they were waaaaaay too serious for us!

Then we made our way through the hedge maze (methinks the hedge needs to be taken out and re-planted - you could see right into the path beside you! made the maze not so maze-ish!)

And we sat in a really big chair:

And saw a ridiculously cute duck with his/her family:

Then we ate dinner and made our way home. Here’s a pic of us inside the maze:

Thanks a bunch, Mary Anne! What a great wedding present! We had a fantastic day spending some much-needed time together =)

Happy Canada Day to all! It’s Canada’s 140th birthday today! Brad and I will be attending a “wedding fiesta” for some friends who were married in May in Mexico. Wuhoo!!

randomness…feed your mind and your blog

week of July 1: would you rather….

1. jump out of a plane or bungee jump?

I would rather jump out of a plane. Bungee jumping, in my humble opinion, looks kind of neck-snappish, not to mention that if they miscalculated the rope length and smash you against the ground or it breaks … you get the picture. Sky diving, however, really only two things can go wrong: the plane breaks and crashes, or your parachute doesn’t work. Either way, at least you’ve got a nice view! And you’d probably be dead before you hit the ground!

2. be stranded on a deserted island alone or be stranded with someone you hate?

Alone. Hands down. I could deal with the loneliness and, a la Tom Hanks in castaway, I would totally find an inanimate object to keep me company.

3. eat fried worms or eat chocolate covered bugs?

Chocolate covered bugs.

4. trip and fall in front of your co-workers or trip and fall in front of someone you have a crush on?

Well, I’ve tripped and fallen in front of my husband enough when we were dating that I’ll go for that one. Although I’ve tripped in front of enough co-workers too …

5. shave your head bald or die your hair purple?

Purple. I think I’d look awfully silly bald.

6. not be able to talk or not be able to stop talking?

Not be able to talk. Sometimes I talk too much now and say, “Self! Stop talking!” I think it would get old awfully quick for *me* not to be able to stop talking! I’d learn sign language =)

7. always be cold or always be hot?

As much as I begrudge being constantly cold, I still think it’s better to have the option to put on a sweater than it is to have to shed layers =) I’ll go with always cold! (plus, if I were always hot, I’d be forever sweating!)

till next time…