Dancing in the Rain and Mud

This past weekend my friend Julia and I headed to my hometown of Goderich for the annual Beer Tent. Julia had never been to Goderich before, but she is also from a small town and was keen to check it out. We arrived around 11:30am Saturday morning, made some lunch and then hit the pool. It was an absolutely gorgeous afternoon and I was so happy to be in the pool.

We had been told to get to the beer tent early to avoid the lineups. I haven't been in years, but do remember being stuck in those lineups and wanted to avoid that at all costs. But, we ended up being there too early. When we got there it was only us and a couple of other people. But, we chatted and had a couple of beers so it was not a problem. But, as the lineups started and the place started to fill in, we felt a little out of place. People kept staring at us and avoiding sitting at our table (I've been away from home for awhile, and most of the people I know went on Friday night). Finally this group sat with us and we chatted with them for a bit. The rest of the night is kind of crazy.

The dancing started before the rain and I was super happy to get up and dance on the grass. Then the rain started and that was awesome. I love being out in the rain. But, I kind of wish I hadn't of decided to wear white shorts :) Julia had to keep me from dancing on the wet picnic tables!

Around midnight we were done (an afternoon of drinking in the sun will do that). We walked home in the rain (a couple of other souls were also leaving at that time). I had to strip out of my wet clothes in the garage and grab a pool towel so that I didn't drip water all over the house!

Both of us woke up with hangovers the next morning and just lounged around watching a movie with Grandma until we felt we were well enough to get in the car. But, all in all a fun time was had.

Stupid Book

I finally finished 'Cryptinomicon'. It took ten years. Well, it sat on my shelf for 10 years. It took me at least 3 months to actually read it. It took forever. I skimmed a lot of it. I do not recommend it. Which is sad since I loved his 'Snow Crash' and 'Zodiac'.

Bittersweet for Truscotts

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080707/national/truscott_compensation_4

Knitting Projects

I can finally post some pictures of my knitting projects. I just completed two pieces for my friend Tara's baby shower. A 'baby bib o'love' and a 'baby genius burping cloth'. They took me a little longer than I thought they would so I still want to knit one more baby bib.

Tara's baby shower was good. The day was beautiful and there was even time after for a swim in Christi's pool.
Julia has a knitting book that contains these two patterns and I liked the book so much that I bought it as well. This was my first foray into the purl stitch. Julia was very patient with me! I made a few mistakes, but I'm pretty happy with it. I can't wait to finish my next project.

Happy Canada Day

I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather for Canada Day (at least those of us here in the GTA appear to be having a beautiful day today).

I'm currently sitting in my pjs, watching the last two episodes of season 7 of the X-Files. I only have a couple more weeks to finish watching the remaining two seasons before the movie comes out (Julia, Jana and I saw the trailer when we went to see Wanted on the weekend). Julia is a huge fan and can't wait for the movie.

So, we went to see 'Wanted', the new James McAvoy / Angelina Jolie movie. It was okay. I'm not sure what it was that put me off (I think there was a point where the suspension of disbelief was too much).

I can see an end in sight to reading 'Cryptinomicon'. I've been reading this book since March and can't wait to finish it. It should be really good, but it is too long.