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So many phone calls!

July 6, 2007 by Tricia

I can’t remember how long it’s been since we’ve received so many calls from family members in one day. The day isn’t even over yet! Two of my brothers have called, Chris’ cousin’s husband, his aunt and my cousin have all called.

Luckily no one’s sick or anything. They were all just calling either to say hello or update us with some news.

My brother that was visiting from Vancouver a few weeks ago, and has been traveling all over the world since that time called to say hi and to let us know that they booked an Orlando vacation rental for October. He wanted to know if we’d like to join them while they are there. So nice. Maybe we will.

My other brother that lives just outside of Toronto called to let me know that my nephew who just graduated from the Ontario College of Art is having an art show this weekend. He’s an excellent photographer and I’m definitely going to see his work because he normally doesn’t show his work to anyone! Not even his parents! Apparently he’s so good that he won two or three awards upon graduation, and his photos are being published in book with a very select few top well known photographers. He’s gotta be good!

My cousin and Chris’ cousin both just want to get together with us since it’s been a while and Chris’ aunt was calling because it’s Chris’ birthday on Sunday.

I’ll bet that we hear from Chris’ parents or his brother from Chicago this evening too since his brother is supposed to be coming North today or sometime this weekend. I’ve forgotten the dates since they’ve changed two or three times already.

I might have to leave the phone unplugged to get any work done around here!





Filed Under: Family, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Photography, Recreation, Socializing Tagged With: aunt, Birthday, brother, Canada, chicago, Chris, college, cousin, Family, husband, Nephew, Orlando, phone calls, photograph, photos, rental, show, telephone, Toronto, travel, vacation, Vancouver, visit, visiting

That old TV show – Due South

July 5, 2007 by Tricia

I was watching an old TV show yesterday morning called Due South. It’s that TV show that was on 10 or 15 years ago about a Canadian Mountie working with a Chicago detective. Do you remember it?

I never watch the show when it was on, but it comes on a channel that I watch late at night and sometimes early in the morning so I’ve found myself watching it lately.

One of the strange things that I noticed in one of the scenes on the episode that I watched yesterday was that they had a Money Mart in the background. I thought Money Marts were only in Canada? Money Marts are the same thing as payday loan shops.

Was Due South filmed in Canada? I know a lot of shows are filmed in Canada but for some reason I always thought that one was filmed in the US. If I’m right about the Money Marts though, then it was filmed here in Canada.

Anyone know?

Filed Under: Entertainment, Great Sites, Television Tagged With: Canada, canadian, chicago, late at night, loan, Money, show, strange, TV, tv show, watch, watched, watching

Turning a favorite photo into a Canvas Print

July 5, 2007 by Tricia

If you’ve been reading my site for a while you know that I love photography. Actually if you read my site this week you probably already know that I just purchased a new SLR digital camera. So I’m really excited about photos and photography this week.

Then I discover this great site called Canvas on Demand. This site allows you to have a favorite photo printed on canvas. You can have your photo manipulated to enhance the color and or features of the photo, or you can have a light brush stroke style applied to your photo to make it look more like a painting. You can also have black and white photos colorized, or converted to sepia tones to give them an aged effect. Canvas on Demand will also restore damaged photos for an extra fee.

The site is very easy to use. You can upload a digital photo that you’ve taken with your digital camera, scanned using your scanner or if your photo is a print you can mail it to them. The easiest and fastest way to have a favorite photo printed on canvas is to upload it directly onto the Canvas on demand site and follow the simple step by step directions that you’ll be given in order to complete the process.

Within three to four days of placing your order your photo enlargement and or enhanced photo will be printed on a high quality canvas material and shipped to you.

I’m going to do this. I just have to decide exactly which photo I’ll get made into a 16 x 20 canvas print. I’m excited! Within a couple of weeks I’ll have one of my own photos on canvas!

At this moment I’m thinking of getting a beautiful macro photo of a monarch butterfly on a lilac hibiscus flower made into a canvas print. I took the photo last summer after chasing the butterfly around my yard. It was a hard won photo and it turned out beautifully. The bright colors of the monarch look spectacular against the soft lilac color of the rose of Sharon hibiscus flower. Yes, I’m fairly certain that that’s the photo I’ll use.

I’ll be sure to take a photo of my canvas print when I get it! Maybe you’ll want to do this too?

Update: Yes I’m going to use the monarch and rose of Sharon photo that I mentioned. I’ve just placed my order! Here’s what the photo looks like:

Monarch and Rose of Sharon

What do you think? I think it will be beautiful on a canvas!

Filed Under: Decor, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Photography, Recreation, Shopping, Wildlife and Nature Tagged With: beautiful, camera, canvas on demand, Digital, digital camera, flower, photo, photo on canvas, photograph, Photography, photos, quality, style

I need a ME day

July 5, 2007 by Tricia

I think I’m going to go on a shopping spree this weekend. I need to get some new pants, maybe I’ll splurge and get a pair of true religion jeans. I just love the look of those jeans. They’re fantastic! Have you tried them?

Oh and I’ve got to get my hair cut. It’s getting way too long. I like my hair short – just like my avatar in the blog header. That style. Of course my hair doesn’t look anything like that right now since I’ve needed a hair cut for a few weeks!

Yeah I think Saturday will be a ME day. A little shopping for some things that I need and a nice new hair cut.

Do you ever do that? I mean plan a shopping day or a day to treat yourself? I think we all have to some times.

Filed Under: Fashion, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation, Shopping, Toronto Tagged With: avatar, clothes, hair cut, hair too long, Home and Lifestyle, ME day, need cut, new, pants, Saturday, Shopping, shopping spree, style, True religion jeans

Thinking of furnishings for our basement recreation room

July 5, 2007 by Tricia

Chris and I are always talking about our home renovation projects. Yeah we’re not doing the projects so much as talking about them!

We talk about what we want to do, how we want to accomplish the reno and what we’ll do with whatever room when it’s done. I’m a full participant in our renovations – don’t be thinking Chris is a handyman … it’s me that does the planning and a good portion of the actual reno! Considering I’m sick that’s the main reason we’ve stalled on our renovations. Chris could start up on his own … but no …

Anyway. One of the big plans we have for the basement when it’s done is to make a den/ rec room out of the space. We’re going to get another HDTV for the basement and we both think it’d be cool to get home theater seating to complete the look and feel of the room.

We’ll have a regular movie night with our friends and or family. I can’t wait!

Do you have a room set up with an HDTV and home theater seating?

Filed Under: Decor, Entertainment, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Recreation, Shopping, Television Tagged With: basement, Chris, crohns, Family, friend, friends, HDTV, Health and Fitness, Health Fitness and Beauty, Home Renovation, home theater seating, IBD, Inflammatory bowel disease, pain, participant, planning, projects, remodeling, renovate, renovation, sick, talk

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