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I've been such a terrible blogger... er non blogger rather... AGAIN work's pretty much insane... I forgot how BUSY kittens are... ACK!.. It's the last day of JUNE!.. I hardly have a memory of June... it disappeared... We went on a road trip with my parents while they visited... then I worked a lot... Goodbye June... What a complainer I am!..  

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I started this post a week ago... got a call from my neib and headed out to check out some garage sales and to pick up some supplies of random projects... and we'll didn't pickup my computer again until just now... the 7th day of July... 

...lets pickup where I left off in June... especially now since I've gotten my photo stream sorted out and now have my June photos from my iPhone on my MacBookPro... HA!.. sounds like some sort of Apple advert...  What did you get up to in June?.. anything fun? interesting? new?..


On the road trip we went to Spokane to check out the Farm Chicks annual Sale... AWESOME!.. but definitely worth buying the early bird tickets to get in there before the throngs of crazy ladies are let loose on the place...

Furbear and dad went golfing... the momma and I went to the sale... an hour early... what a whopper of a lineup... everyone was very friendly though... and excited... and once the doors opened the lineup went quite quickly...

I've seen many of this shot over the past couple of years... took my own shot of the siloh with the Farm Chicks logo on...

There was tonnes of amazing stuff... old stuff... repurposed stuff... it was hard not to buy lots but I resisted... It makes the most sense that we get the basement finished before I buy things to decorate it!.. I've got a few items picked up for the basement already that are guiding the finishing details down there... def a project for the fall... 

One thing I did pickup was a real birds nest!.. it had been abandoned of course.. and it only cost $2... ya... $2...

Had some AMAZEBALLS pizza in spokane... who woulda thought!?.  I don't remember the name of the restaurant... but I found it using urban spoon...

I turned on my roaming data when I was taking photos so that they would be location tagged... you'll find these on my instagram... and the location of the restaurant should be on there!.. 

This was the bruschetta... We devoured it... and then two pizzas... two pastas... and dessert... 

Then onto Seattle... the hotel was terrible... my bad... most all were booked up... and the photos of this place didn't look terrible... BARF!.. I'd tell you the name of it but I seem to have blocked it from my memory...

We went on a boat tour the first evening in Seattle... that was awesome... I miss being near significant amounts of water... yeah yeah... the mountains are great out here but being land locked is wearing...

Instagram shots... ya... my phone bill was stupid when the bill that covered this trip came... 

We checked out the Farmer's Market in the evening to get some shots of the lit up signs... then back for breakfast and a real look around before heading out to Vancouver...

Oh yeah... we took a quick trip to their aquarium... EEEeee!!!... Squeee!!!... Otters... omg these things are cute... 

Urban Spoon also found us an awesome diner in Vancouver... it basically rained the whole time we were there... so much so that we were stuck because of a landslide just west of Golden on our way back to Calgary...

Room service snackies... so worth it... yes please bring me junk while I'm laying in bed... that's excellent... thank you!..

I could have used a whole day just at the beach... any beach... the water was beautiful... 

We ate a lot... found a place in a parky/beachy area... best clam chowda ever... we all had a bowl!.. 

My furbear and I sought out the Sparrows that I'd worked on while sculpting at Heavy... these things are giant!... I also made sure to get my photo with the giant raindrop that I'd worked on...

The bronze feet on these things are so beautiful... just amazing to see these again...

After we were back in Calgary it was Vintage Chicks time... I found a tea cup that I fell in love with... so bought... it my Tea3P0... only I'm afraid that I'll get lead poisoning if I use it... gold paint... that can't be good... if you know different please let me know!..

...and I found this awesome KitCat Clock... his tail stops every now and then but he's keeping the time... anyone know how to fix his tail?.. I'm guessing its a magnetic thing inside?.. perhaps a loose wire somewhere?..

I brought mom to the Italian Supermarket... for napoleons and their amazing pizza... delish... haul your ass over there today for some of the best pizza you will ever eat...

The rest of June was consumed with working... and sleeping... and well of course some snuggles... little Tinny is so full of energy...

I've gotten into long boarding... it's very relaxing to just cruise around... wind blowing by... I've tired the sharp turning while heading down an incline... not the greatest results from that... I truly don't feel ready for that advanced type movements on the longboard yet... I'm really digging the just cruising around...

...and well so is my flesh... I did quite the number on my knee and calf... again BARF... it looks gross... but is healing up nicely...

Had a nice work lunch with the work ladies... again pizza... Pizza isn't my favourite food by any means... well maybe it's becoming my fave... probably because there are a few amzeballs places around to get some real authentic pies...

Mackenzie Towne just got a Famoso... again with the OMG... their food is great!..  the servers are very sweet... and their gelato is also fantastic... go there... My fave pizza place is still the Italian Supermarket but when you're craving great pizza and it happens to no be Saturday... go to Famoso...

You would think I was 400lbs from all of the food pics I've posted for the month of June... I have to share this below photo as its the first time I've heard of or even have eaten lobster poutine...  insanity in a dish... delish... from National... downtown... go there too!.. the portion is huge though so order it to share...

Digging the long boarding  like nobody's business... Fur and I picked up bamboo Sector 9 boards... I ride around our work parking lot a lunch... 

Oh HAI!.. not my glasses... was using one of the design computers and put on one of the nerd's glasses... I'm a total nerd too... just saying...

Work had a camping trip towards the end of June... we didn't camp... just headed down one day to visit and partake in the giant bbq supper... it poured the whole time... the whole weekend... 

MORE FOOD... there is this place in Calgary called Holy Smokes... go there too... om nom nom nom... whenever someone at work is craving some hearty meats for lunch we go here...  Their meat is great... but so are the sides... order a few...  

I'm layin' here on the patio now... and have been for the past two hours...  we refinished the deck last weekend... stripped it... washed it... repainted the black border... restrained the cedar... its beautiful again... like a brand new deck... we also washed away all of the spiders!.. though quite a few have come back... ew...  I also made covers for all of the patio furniture... the red cushion covers had gotten very faded from the sun... so the cushions are now covered in natural muslin... much more fitting for our house and backyard... Oh... and we replaced our giant overhanging patio umbrella... 

..so I'm not baking in the sun as I lay here typing... but I am losing sight in my left eye due to an allergy to something out here... I thought I would be allergy free this year as I had been allergy free right up until the past couple of days... cold shower and Reactin it is as soon as I get up off my ass to get ready for the day... as of right now we have zero plans for the day... maybe a movie out tonight... I heard that Ted is crazy funny...

Tomorrow... the usual groceries and house cleaning... perhaps with some long boarding in the middle... perhaps doing some laundry today will free up some more time for long boarding tomorrow... and maybe I'll sew covers for the pillows that go on our patio furniture... in the same muslin.. they're brown and natural right now but slightly faded... an not matching the muslin seat cushions... the weather is supposed to be beauty all weekend... I don't really want to be indoors sewing... I'll leave those for a rainy day...

What are your plans for this weekend?

xo

Lacey

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Looks like I missed my own blogaversary... hmmm... ah well... I'll celebrate it twice as hard next year!.. 

Just popping in this Sunday to quickly say HEY!!. how's your weekend going!?.. we're having beautiful weather this weekend... How's your weather been?.. I had planned to stay in and get some real spring cleaning done... I got up early and headed out for groceries... then home again... threw in some laundry and headed outside to plant our pepper plants... and my herb pot... not the herb pot... a plant pot full of different herbs... legal herbs... haha... 

I snapped the below shot after I'd planted the strawberry plants... the lady bug was chillin in the grass so I gave her a lift up onto the flower... I couldn't resist for a sweet photo... :)

I've got some awesome tunes playin... thanks 8tracks!.. currently I'm listening to a playlist called Road Trippin by hillaryjg... go and check it out... some good cruising around in the sun tracks... light and easy and fun...

Currently I'm sitting in the house... wanting to be back outside... but I'm not what sure to work on outside... I could clean up the front garden a bit... BUT I really want to get the inside of the house tidy... but I don't physically want to do the work... I need a maid... just once a week to clean the bathrooms... scrub the floors and wipe down the kitchen... and vacuum... yeah... that would work... Oh and to do the laundry too... HA!..

I've gotten a few sweet photos of our little TinTin in the past couple of days... 

...she is quite the little devil... a sweet little devil...

...she's a spunky little monkey...

I've not really thought much about the stuff I'm stoked on Sunday for today... but I guess all of the above apply... I'm stoked that it is beautiful out today...  I'm still stoked on 8tracks... not so stoked on house cleaning... and... well... stoked that we have little TinTin... 

Oh!.. have you tried out NTC?.. Do you like it?.. I was trying to work out every day... but from not working out to working out every day I'm finding it hard to stay on track... new plan... work out on Sunday... Tuesday... and Thursday... I feel like perhaps that isn't enough to be super fit... but it really beats doing nothing... so I guess I'll see where three days a week gets me...

Okay... time to get it done here...  the washing machine is singing my song... maybe I can super clean the house quickly enough that I'll get out into the front garden just as the sun is making its way over the top of the house and has the front garden in full sun... that's what I'll aim for!.. 

Have a good rest of your weekend!.. The countdown is on for the long weekend next weekend!

xo

Lacey

Getting Back At Life...

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I had started back on working out again a few weeks back... but with losing our sweet boy Milo I've become a moping mess again... today the sun is out and I wasn't stuck at work until late... I got home at a decent time... started supper... threw on some random workout mix from 8Tracks and NTC and had at it for 45 minutes... and pushed myself hard... I know it will make me feel good after a few days... after a few sore days that is...

This leads me to a few things that I'm stoked on... I've missed the past few weekends of Stuff I'm Stoked On Sunday... The first two things are apps...

8Tracks... I have it on my iPhone... and on my iPad... it appears that you can also access it on the internet using your computers!.. That is AWESOME!.. you can listen to ANYTHING on there!.. it's a great way to find new music that you've never heard before... search a type of music... search an artist... search a mood even!.. I started using it to find hiphop mixes... then workout mixes... this past week Beastie Boy mixes... and yesterday evening sleep mixes... not to fall asleep to or sleep while playing but just to chill out to in the evening...

NTC... I have this on my iPhone... and on my iPad too!.. it's that good... and fine on either device... you don't need to go to a gym to work out ... you don't need a pile of equipment to work out... use yourself and a few small weights... easy... try it out... or have you already tired it!?. what do you think?..

There was another thing... what was it... OH... the sunshine that all of a sudden seems to be up earlier in the morning and staying up later at night than me... that is completely fine... it is much better than waking up and going to sleep in darkness!.. Hello sunshine... I've missed you...

ANNND... the other thing... I finally got my drivers license... yeah I know... very lame to have not had it yet... I'd had my permit for years... yeah... YEARS... anywhoot... I have it now... I'm a driving machine... AND driving is a ton of fun!..

And I'm still digging Instagram... have you tried it?.. do you use it?.. what's your user name?.. mine is just Lacey Haskell... search me!.. follow me!.. 

What are you stoked on this week?..

xo

Lacey

Another Sad Day...

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I can't believe it... that I'm even typing this right now after the past couple of months we've had with our furbabies... our sweet sweet Milo boy had gotten very ill again over the past couple of weeks and went back into emergency care this past weekend... we didn't want him suffering as he had multiple things working against him... we had to let him go... I just can't fucking believe it...

Our hearts have broken wide open... again... unexpected illness...

He was such a good boy... a little ladies man... a man's man... he loved up everyone and acted extra cute when we had visitors... he was Chris's boy... he was my little man... I couldn't take out the camera without him rubbing by and getting some part of himself in the shot... 

Every morning he would come into the bathroom while I was getting ready for the day and get up into his basket... okay I would pick him up before he had a chance to jump up into his basket... just lending a hand...  once I got to straightening my hair I would stop and comb him... his whiskers... backs of his ears... tum... under his chin... then I'd steal a few under the chin kitty kisses... he would stretch his head right back... every now and then I'd get a bite on the nose... never hard... just a little bite...

Whenever Chris was sitting on the couch Milo would get right up on his lap and chest for some snuggly snuggles and scratches... I would always tell people that he was like a puppy when trying to describe his personality... he was so affectionate... he loved to be chased around the house... and was a pro at the hid and sneak up... When you open the pantry he was straight into the recycle bin.... Milo, like Cleo, was such a part of our lives...  I still can't believe that he is gone...

Stuff I'm Stoked On Sunday...

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Hey!.. how was your weekend!?.  what did you get up to?.. We had some drinkies with friends at the house on Friday night... a little early bday celebration for Christopickle... then yesterday some pre birthday shopping... and lots of movies yesterday evening... today I was out getting my driving on with old neib A... after the four of us had breakfast at Saskatoon Berry Farm A and I headed to Southcentre... then to Supastore... then home again home again jiggity jig...  If you've never been down to Saskatoon Berry Farm head there!.. not just for plants... but for their food... all I can say is OM NOM NOM NOM NOM...

Their quiche... to die for... We've made a pact to start going to the Saskatoon Berry Farm every second Sunday for breakfast... unless a hangover is involved... then the breakfast place of choice will be the Blackfoot Truck Stop... no jokes... go there too...

The Chai?.. I was expecting it to taste artificial... it was also to die for... and the cup was massive!.. definitely worth ordering...

The weather was quite lame this morning... but this afternoon had gotten rather sunny... thought it's still really cold out...  My afternoon has been full of laundry and vacuuming!.. and some playing with my new iPhone 4S!.. I FINALLY UPGRADED!.. I was willing to hold out a few months more... but my Christopickle convinced me to do it now...  it was worth it... the phone blows the 3GS out of the water!.. Prepare for photos galore!.. this beauty takes beauty shots!..

I was thinking... as I am seeing it all over the place... about starting to post... on Sunday's about things that I'm stoked about... I have three beauty products that I'm super stoked on lately so I thought I'd share those today...

The first... Clinique even better clinical dark spot corrector... after I have a blemish... ugh I hate the word zit... it was hard to even type that... barf... let's just say blemish... anyway... after all is said and done with said blemishes I'm more often than not left with some hyper pigmentation... aka scarring... Clinique's even better clinical dark spot corrector is awesome at speeding up the time it takes for the dark spots to fade... 

Use it twice a day... make sure you apply sunscreen after... Clinique has a sunscreen moisturizer that goes nicely with this product... It's very nice and further helps to lighten dark spots... you should be wearing sunscreen anyway... this leads me into my second fave product lately... BB Cream... I was hoping to get my hands on the Clinique BB Cream... but it's not available yet in Canada... So I'm currently trying out the Smashbox BB Cream... 

There are a few different brands of these available in North America now... apparently BB Creams have been in use in Asia for years... they were developed in Germany for use after laser treatments to help heal the treated skin... Different companies Creams claim to do different things... Smashbox's cream claims to Prime, Perfect, Hydrates, Protects and Control Oil... it comes in a few shades... I'm using the lightest... it gives nice light coverage... and some additional moisture... as well as a nice SPF... I wasn't sure about it a few days into using it but the more I've been using it the more I've been liking how it makes my skin look...  

My third favourite beauty thing right now... NeoStrata Anti Dark Circle Complex... I have darky under eyes... always have... I've been getting plenty of sleep lately... so I figured I'd give this a try... it's supposed to take 5 weeks to see the max results... I'm not the greatest with patience... but if it works then WHOOT!..

I've not done a pile of research on this one... I asked the sales lady what product would work best... and this is what she brought me...  It smells really nice...  So I'm stoked on this one to date as it seems to be helping already... I'll keep you posted on how it works out... 

Have you used any of these products?  What experience have you had with them?

Oh and there is another thing that I've been soaked on the past day and a half... now that I have the iPhone 4S... much better camera situation than the 3GS... so I've started to use Instagram... I'm stoked about Instagram!.. Here are a few shots... 

...taken this morning at Saskatoon Berry Farm...

...Milo boy sitting in the sink today looking sweet...

...doughnut from Jelly Modern Doughnuts... taken months ago... you can edit your old photos or take new and edit those!..

Are you using Instagram?..  Do you love it?.. I'm lovin it so far!.. check me out!.. just search laceyhaskell... hope to see you on there!..

Now... the dryer is singing my song!.. time to pack away the laundry and grab some Zzz's... I'm hoping to get a little sleep in so I can wake up later to catch YouTube coverage of Avicii at Coachella... It's supposed to be a bonkers show... ;)

xo

Lacey