I found this video of Evan from about 2 months ago. Just a video of him laughing! I tried to get him to laugh on the other video I posted of him but it didn't work to well, so here's a good one :) He's five months old today!
Also, I've been in Edmonton for exactly one year today. Crazy! It's gone by pretty fast now that I look back.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Garage saleing is always welcome!
I've had good luck with garage sales lately. Thomas and Hannah Bussemeier were up this weekend visiting, and Hannah wanted to go garage saleing, so my mom and I went with her. I've been wanting to start storing up on furniture for when I move out in may, and had almost everything I needs except for living room furniture, so that was my goal today. We went to one garage sale, I found a really nice TV stand for five bucks! It has a little ding on the side, but hey, five bucks! Love the color and it's really solid, and it would be very easy to fix!
This is the corner ding. Nothing a good sanding and stain can't fix!
Another Garage sale we went to had a really nice chair for sale but they wanted $85 dollars for it. Hannah advised me to wait for a little while and come back near the end of their sale so they would be a little more desperate to deal (Germans know these things :) ) so I did, came back, and offered $60, and they agreed! As we were loading it up, the lady came up to me and told me they'd be willing to sell me their other one that is exactly the same for the same price, so I agreed and now I have two pretty much brand new leather recliners with ottoman's for my living room! Also, they swivel :) Take a look!
This is the corner ding. Nothing a good sanding and stain can't fix!Another Garage sale we went to had a really nice chair for sale but they wanted $85 dollars for it. Hannah advised me to wait for a little while and come back near the end of their sale so they would be a little more desperate to deal (Germans know these things :) ) so I did, came back, and offered $60, and they agreed! As we were loading it up, the lady came up to me and told me they'd be willing to sell me their other one that is exactly the same for the same price, so I agreed and now I have two pretty much brand new leather recliners with ottoman's for my living room! Also, they swivel :) Take a look!
And now there's six
I've always wanted to collect vintage cameras. Something about the history behind them is just fascinating to me, but I just never really looked for them because I assumed they'd be so expensive. A week or so ago, the Kennedy's were up visiting and they had to go pick Janessa and Jillaine up at the airport here in Edmonton, and I get home from work and the girls surprised me with a really neat polaroid camera from 1969!! I was so excited about it and couldn't quit gushing, and I still think it's awesome by the way :) So that started my search! My mom and I went on a tour around the area and found a really neat antique store in Alberta Beach. She didn't have any camera's but she takes names and watches for things that people are looking for. So I left my name, not expecting to be called for awhile. About 3 or 4 days later, she calls me up and lets me know she found two really neat cameras. So I drove to the store, and instantly loved them! One was from 1934, the other was from 1954 ish with a flash as well. Then, today we went garage saleing, and I found three more that aren't quite as old, but are still neat in their own way. Here they are....
This is the camera Janessa and Jillaine bought for me in Virginia. It's so awesome! Thanks girls :)
This is the camera from 1934. It's pretty portable, especially for the thirtys. When the lens folds up it looks like this....
Not bad for the film being about 4 inches by 3 inches!
This camera is a double lens camera from 1954 ish. I love the looks of it! The flash is probably double the size of the camera. Didn't want to stand to close to your model with this one :)
These two cameras are two I found at a garage sale today. They aren't my favorite, I definitely prefer the older looking, accordion type cameras. But I'm guessing these are from the 80's. I have the manual for one of them, but haven't been able to find a date on it. So we'll see! I think they are from the 80's because they kind of look like a small piece of the Delorean :)....Just checked google, The first one was created in 1986, but it stopped production in 1990 because no one was interested in the tiny negatives it had (the film was on a disc), and the second picture, this camera was circa 1983 ish. So yep, the 80's :)
And this is another find from the same garage sale as the other two. This camera is, as far as I could find on google, from around 1979 and surprisingly, retails at 79.00. sweet! It's pretty neat and when it's all folded up...
Looks roughly like a gigantic stapler :) Gotta love the 80's where bigger was better!
This is the camera Janessa and Jillaine bought for me in Virginia. It's so awesome! Thanks girls :)
This is the camera from 1934. It's pretty portable, especially for the thirtys. When the lens folds up it looks like this....
Not bad for the film being about 4 inches by 3 inches!
This camera is a double lens camera from 1954 ish. I love the looks of it! The flash is probably double the size of the camera. Didn't want to stand to close to your model with this one :)
These two cameras are two I found at a garage sale today. They aren't my favorite, I definitely prefer the older looking, accordion type cameras. But I'm guessing these are from the 80's. I have the manual for one of them, but haven't been able to find a date on it. So we'll see! I think they are from the 80's because they kind of look like a small piece of the Delorean :)....Just checked google, The first one was created in 1986, but it stopped production in 1990 because no one was interested in the tiny negatives it had (the film was on a disc), and the second picture, this camera was circa 1983 ish. So yep, the 80's :)
And this is another find from the same garage sale as the other two. This camera is, as far as I could find on google, from around 1979 and surprisingly, retails at 79.00. sweet! It's pretty neat and when it's all folded up...
Looks roughly like a gigantic stapler :) Gotta love the 80's where bigger was better!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Something funny....
I found this thing in an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader and it made me wonder what the heck it was saying and kinda made me giggle to. I'll put my "rough translation" afterwards....
An "Obscure" Tale
One morning, a valgus hobberdehoy was cornobbled by a very old leptorrhinian calcographer. "You twiddlepoopy liripoop!" faffled the hobberdehoy, "You've given me a wem that smells of bodewash!"
"So sorry," belched the saprostomous calcographer. "I was unaware that my jumentous mundungus was cornobbling you."
"Whatever, you spodogenous whipjack! Now I must go to my xystus and run my balbriggan galligaskin through my chirogymnasts to get this wem out!"
The calcographer felt like a dasypygal pismire. "I have lost my toxophily," he said sadly.
"Wait a second," faffled the hobberdehoy. "Did you say toxiphily? You remind me of my toxophillic atmatertera. You have the same anisognathous mouth as she."
"Does she go by the name Esmerelda?" asked the calcographer/
"Why yes, yes she does. She was brideloped by a calcographer many moons ago."
And then they looked at each other.
"Bob?"
"Jim?"
And then Bob and his great great great grandfather Jim went happily to Bob's xystus to de-wem his balbriggan galligaskin.
My translation (Based on the word definitions given on a previous page)
One morning, a bow legged young man was hit with a fish by a very old long nosed chalk drawer. "You feminine, silly looking creature!" stuttered the young man, "You've given me a stain that smells of cow dung!"
"So sorry," belched the bad breathed chalk-drawer. "I was unaware that my pungent garbage was hitting you with a fish."
"Whatever, you wasteful beggar! Now I must go to my indoor porch and run my cotton, baggy trousers through my finger excercising machine to get this stain out!"
The chalk-drawer felt like an ant with hairy buttocks. "I have lost my love of archery," he said sadly.
"Wait a second," stuttered the young man. "Did you say love of archery? You remind me of my great granfather's grandmother's sister who loves archery. You have the same uneven mouth as she."
"Does she go by the name Esmerelda?" asked the chalk drawer.
"Why yes, yes she does. She was swept off on horseback by a chalk drawer many moons ago."
And then they looked at each other.
"Bob?"
"Jim?"
And then Bob and his great great great grandfather Jim went happily to Bob's indoor porch to de-stain his cotton baggy trousers.
And just so you can see for yourself, I'll retype the words and their meanings!
Hobberdehoy: A youth entering manhood
Faffle: To stutter or mumble
Dasypygal: Having hairy buttocks
Cornobbled: Hit with a fish
Wem: Stain, flaw or scar
Calcographer: One who draws with chalk
Bodewash: Cow dung
Twiddlepoop: An effeminate looking man
Liripoop: A Silly creature
Leptorrhinian: Having a long, narrow nose
Bridelope: When the new bride is "both symbolically and physically swept off on horseback" to the husband's home.
Mundungus: Garbage; Stinky Tobacco
Chirogymnast: A finger excercising machine for pianists
Toxophily: Love of archery
Pismire: An Ant
Valgus: Bowlegged or knock kneed
Xystus: An indoor porch for excercising in winter
Jumentous: Having a strong animal smell
Saprostomous: Having bad breath
Balbriggan: A Fine cotton used mainly for underwear
Atmatertera: a Great grandfather's grandmother's sister
Anisognathous: Having the upper and lower teeth unlike
Whipjack: A begger pretending to be shipwrecked
Spodogenous: Pertaining to or due to the presence of waste matter
Galligaskin: Baggy trousers
Anyways, enjoy :)
An "Obscure" Tale
One morning, a valgus hobberdehoy was cornobbled by a very old leptorrhinian calcographer. "You twiddlepoopy liripoop!" faffled the hobberdehoy, "You've given me a wem that smells of bodewash!"
"So sorry," belched the saprostomous calcographer. "I was unaware that my jumentous mundungus was cornobbling you."
"Whatever, you spodogenous whipjack! Now I must go to my xystus and run my balbriggan galligaskin through my chirogymnasts to get this wem out!"
The calcographer felt like a dasypygal pismire. "I have lost my toxophily," he said sadly.
"Wait a second," faffled the hobberdehoy. "Did you say toxiphily? You remind me of my toxophillic atmatertera. You have the same anisognathous mouth as she."
"Does she go by the name Esmerelda?" asked the calcographer/
"Why yes, yes she does. She was brideloped by a calcographer many moons ago."
And then they looked at each other.
"Bob?"
"Jim?"
And then Bob and his great great great grandfather Jim went happily to Bob's xystus to de-wem his balbriggan galligaskin.
My translation (Based on the word definitions given on a previous page)
One morning, a bow legged young man was hit with a fish by a very old long nosed chalk drawer. "You feminine, silly looking creature!" stuttered the young man, "You've given me a stain that smells of cow dung!"
"So sorry," belched the bad breathed chalk-drawer. "I was unaware that my pungent garbage was hitting you with a fish."
"Whatever, you wasteful beggar! Now I must go to my indoor porch and run my cotton, baggy trousers through my finger excercising machine to get this stain out!"
The chalk-drawer felt like an ant with hairy buttocks. "I have lost my love of archery," he said sadly.
"Wait a second," stuttered the young man. "Did you say love of archery? You remind me of my great granfather's grandmother's sister who loves archery. You have the same uneven mouth as she."
"Does she go by the name Esmerelda?" asked the chalk drawer.
"Why yes, yes she does. She was swept off on horseback by a chalk drawer many moons ago."
And then they looked at each other.
"Bob?"
"Jim?"
And then Bob and his great great great grandfather Jim went happily to Bob's indoor porch to de-stain his cotton baggy trousers.
And just so you can see for yourself, I'll retype the words and their meanings!
Hobberdehoy: A youth entering manhood
Faffle: To stutter or mumble
Dasypygal: Having hairy buttocks
Cornobbled: Hit with a fish
Wem: Stain, flaw or scar
Calcographer: One who draws with chalk
Bodewash: Cow dung
Twiddlepoop: An effeminate looking man
Liripoop: A Silly creature
Leptorrhinian: Having a long, narrow nose
Bridelope: When the new bride is "both symbolically and physically swept off on horseback" to the husband's home.
Mundungus: Garbage; Stinky Tobacco
Chirogymnast: A finger excercising machine for pianists
Toxophily: Love of archery
Pismire: An Ant
Valgus: Bowlegged or knock kneed
Xystus: An indoor porch for excercising in winter
Jumentous: Having a strong animal smell
Saprostomous: Having bad breath
Balbriggan: A Fine cotton used mainly for underwear
Atmatertera: a Great grandfather's grandmother's sister
Anisognathous: Having the upper and lower teeth unlike
Whipjack: A begger pretending to be shipwrecked
Spodogenous: Pertaining to or due to the presence of waste matter
Galligaskin: Baggy trousers
Anyways, enjoy :)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Pool Time Fun!
It was really hot today so we thought it would be fun to put on our bathing suits, sit in our kiddie pool and run through the sprinkler. Mom caught some photos of Mar and I sitting in the kiddie pool together. 
The duck wanted in on the action too :)
The duck wanted in on the action too :)
Family Fun Time
This week I was able to get off of work because for the next two weeks, another girl at work will be gone on holidays and my boss wanted me to take this week off, So my mom and I went to Medicine Hat last friday night and came back on Wednesday, but Marlys and Evan came back with us! So we've been having quite a fun time with them all. Kyle and Terry were able to get off of work yesterday at 1 so they got here at about 7 ish yesterday and they went golfing today while us girls went to the farmers market (even though it's crazy hot today!!) we didn't go for long because Evan was getting too hot so we came home and have been quilting since! I finished my first quilt yesterday and will post pics at a later date when it's all quilted and everything, and now I'm starting on my second quilt! It's going really good anyways :) I'm enjoying it! I really just wanted to post a video of my mom and I trying hard to make Evan laugh. He is a bit camera shy me thinks :)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Cake please?
I did that cake decorating course awhile back in about March but missed the last class because Evan was born. My instructor told me I could come back to sit in on the last class of the next 1st course that started so that I could finish the first course and move on to the next. Unfortunately I didn't get her phone number or email address to find out when the last class was. So I went to Michael's yesterday to see if they could help me and they actually told me that the last class was tonight. So I quickly whipped up a cake and icing yesterday and showed up at Michael's tonight only to find out that Michael's made a mistake and the last class wasn't actually for two weeks. SO I had a cake and a bunch of icing. I ended up decorating it anyways and practicing my roses tonight! I just wanted to show the finished product!
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