this weekend was filled with napping, jewelry, napping, dancing, napping, friends, and more napping. was a ton of fun... and fun on a friday means 2 more whole days of weekend to enjoy the sun!
saturday: woke up, and after packing quickly, took a great long walk back to where the car was parked in the amazing saturday morning/afternoon weather, through the streets of london. then, grabbed a quick bite to eat, before stopping at a market for a more extensive afternoon snack/meal. went back to josh's, for a feast of hummus, veggies, fruit, crackers, chips, and juice. enjoyed the sun for as long as possible, before packing up, and heading out back to the city. stopped briefly for gas, and then headed straight for home. stopped to hang out, eat, have a quick swim, and what was anticipated as a short nap (which turned into 5 hours of napping - including a little cuddle with the cat). then, on the way back to toronto, stopped for some thai dinner of curry and phad thai. upon arriving back in toronto did a car switch and baggage unpack, and headed home to my apt where i watched game of thrones and californication in bed. despite the 5 hours of napping, my body - clearly fighting something off - was ready for sleep before midnight.
sunday: woke up fairly early (10:30) to prep for the wedding shower. finished emily's gift, and took full advantage of the amazing sunny day outside to also get some product photography in before i headed to missisauga. ventured to the depths of missisauga suburbia to attend the bridal shower for one of my favourite people in the world - who is getting married over the july long weekend - with gifts in hand. enjoyed the EXTREMELY kindly prepared vegan food in my honour, and got to chat with some of her other friends who will be flying down to florida for the wedding also. opened gifts, drank wine, ate and laughed, and then left when her fiancee showed up ready to hit the road back to ottawa. stopped to do some grocery shopping along the way - including a pick up of cornmeal, to try my hand at homemade polenta - and arrived home to spend my afternoon to myself. with lofty goals of getting to the gym, and spending the evening outside, my body was still telling me i wasn't 100% - so instead, i made my week's meals, including homemade polenta, marinated tofu, homemade dips (made daily at the grocery store in london), and edamame. i also worked hard to finish off design work for the summer 2012 thackeray's vanity line... and almost accomplished it. watched californication, and spent the evening drifting in and out of nap/sleep - apparently my body needed a lot of sleep this weekend. finally gave up on trying to convince myself i could stay up, accepted sickly body defeat, and got into bed.... ignoring the majority of the things that i was supposed to do that evening.
hope everyone had a fantastically warm, sunny and productive weekend. i am loving the weather - though fearing what it means for august! booking my vancouver trip made me happy that i will be able to escape it for almost 2 weeks at the end of july.
Though I was almost near the end, I needed to go for a walk Friday
afternoon – because of THIS; starbucks stop, and a new watch; my Friday night –
with my cardboard cutout; Sunday morning photoshoots – making wedding shower
gifts; productphotography for thackeray’s vanity summer 2012 line; gifts, gifts
and more gifts; goodies for Emily; spice and herb recipes stolen from back of
spice packages, to make veganized version of things; wedding shower and Emily;
making pieces for fun; one of the final pieces for summer 2012; my first foray
into polenta; the final summer 2012 piece for the line…. Still being dreamed
up; feather earring for baby sister
friday: after a torturous afternoon (while observing the sun outside), 4:45 finally came, and I made a quick exit to my friend's car, and we got on the road for london. three of us short-term-road tripped, stopping only to drool over a friend's new motorcycle (i wish i was exaggerating about the drool), coordinate timing and pickups with the remaining group, and a dinner stop in brantford. we arrived in london, dropped off our 3rd party, picked up some mill street organic (to make us feel more at home - away from toronto) and heady to josh's place to drop our stuff, and make our plans. through some texts, phone calls, etc. we determined where we needed to be, changed, and dropped josh off. then, we met another group at their apartment, where we all headed out for the bar together. the rest of the night was filled with new meetings, birthday celebrations, dancing on the patio, heart-to-heart's, another reappearance of josh and friend, and finally a late night trek home.saturday: woke up, and after packing quickly, took a great long walk back to where the car was parked in the amazing saturday morning/afternoon weather, through the streets of london. then, grabbed a quick bite to eat, before stopping at a market for a more extensive afternoon snack/meal. went back to josh's, for a feast of hummus, veggies, fruit, crackers, chips, and juice. enjoyed the sun for as long as possible, before packing up, and heading out back to the city. stopped briefly for gas, and then headed straight for home. stopped to hang out, eat, have a quick swim, and what was anticipated as a short nap (which turned into 5 hours of napping - including a little cuddle with the cat). then, on the way back to toronto, stopped for some thai dinner of curry and phad thai. upon arriving back in toronto did a car switch and baggage unpack, and headed home to my apt where i watched game of thrones and californication in bed. despite the 5 hours of napping, my body - clearly fighting something off - was ready for sleep before midnight.
sunday: woke up fairly early (10:30) to prep for the wedding shower. finished emily's gift, and took full advantage of the amazing sunny day outside to also get some product photography in before i headed to missisauga. ventured to the depths of missisauga suburbia to attend the bridal shower for one of my favourite people in the world - who is getting married over the july long weekend - with gifts in hand. enjoyed the EXTREMELY kindly prepared vegan food in my honour, and got to chat with some of her other friends who will be flying down to florida for the wedding also. opened gifts, drank wine, ate and laughed, and then left when her fiancee showed up ready to hit the road back to ottawa. stopped to do some grocery shopping along the way - including a pick up of cornmeal, to try my hand at homemade polenta - and arrived home to spend my afternoon to myself. with lofty goals of getting to the gym, and spending the evening outside, my body was still telling me i wasn't 100% - so instead, i made my week's meals, including homemade polenta, marinated tofu, homemade dips (made daily at the grocery store in london), and edamame. i also worked hard to finish off design work for the summer 2012 thackeray's vanity line... and almost accomplished it. watched californication, and spent the evening drifting in and out of nap/sleep - apparently my body needed a lot of sleep this weekend. finally gave up on trying to convince myself i could stay up, accepted sickly body defeat, and got into bed.... ignoring the majority of the things that i was supposed to do that evening.
hope everyone had a fantastically warm, sunny and productive weekend. i am loving the weather - though fearing what it means for august! booking my vancouver trip made me happy that i will be able to escape it for almost 2 weeks at the end of july.