Sunday Project, by m

I sewed it!

Saturday Project, by m

I sewed it

Paradise, by j

A week ago our parents were in the South Pacific – Hawaii!

Dad told us all about the scenery.  Mom told us all about the poverty.  Par for the course.

Since the three of us couldn’t go (not all of us can go to paradise).  But living through their pictures is just as good, right?  Right?!

Oh, and I’m supposed to be working on my end of term papers.  So naturally, I’m blogging instead.

Trees on the beach

The Nut Farm (insert A’s fatal nut allergy joke and/or mental illness reference)

Pina coladas!

Pineapple Plantation (orchard? farm? bush?)

On the tip of the board

Fierce

Weee!

Ohhhh noooo!

Turtle.

Multiple turtles

A palace.  Obviously not now.  But it used to be.

Waterfall.  All digitized and shizz.

A lookout.

Sunset!

 “Bye paradise!  Next time I’ll remember to bring my kids!  They deserve a vacation waaay more than I do!  Gotta go!  Off to Ireland.”

03.17.12 … 1 minute later, by j

03.17.12, by, m

Spring Break, Northern Edition! by,m

We made a roast...

...and then met the cows on the farm it came from (yes,that's my tentative hand petting that calf!)...can you believe that 10 months ago I was a vegetarian?!

First bonfire of the season...Canadian style

 

Going...

...going...

...gone!

Ice fishing on St. Patty's Day in t-shirts!

Poetry Slam Sunday, by j

Bam.

Enjoy.

Random, by j

Hi.  It’s me.  J.  It’s been awhile (even longer since you’ve heard from little A).  What’s happening you ask?

Just a bunch of random crap.  Let’s get you caught up.

1. Our parents just abandoned us for March Break.  Note to self: really, really, really think about becoming a tenured professor.  Then I will be able to search for conferences in the South Pacific so that I can trick everyone into thinking I’m working while I enjoy a vacation in Maui.

Beware of spitting lava.

2. M abandoned us for this godforsaken place.  SW Ontario or Northern Ontario?  Hmmm.  Our appeal is waning.  However I think that FFD might be more of an appeal than just FF.

3. Our grandparents are on their first real vacation since Grams kicked cancer’s ass and then re-generated her femur.  They’re on a cruise.  We’ve been anxiously watching CNN to make sure this isn’t happening again.

Or this.

4. I saw first hand some shady working of the social variety.

5. I just watched “Auntie Mame” with a friend this weekend.  Ummm…it was awesome.  She owed me a good old movie experience since I introduced her to “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”.  The racist Asian butler almost sent me over the edge.  Until I was reminded not to get too haughty…SBFSB is the movie with the famous “…secretly they were overjoyed!” line.

6. I heard a rumour that Ryan Gosling is in town this weekend.  Whaaa?

7. We had an extravaganza of a birthday weekend in Detroit for A.  It included an NHL hockey game where we were surrounded by about 20 Scout packs.  What does this mean?  It means that for the entire second period the child behind me was kicking my seat and screaming for cotton candy.  Prior to this we visited a “Diners, Drive Ins and Dives” restaurant and ate some delicious salted caramel ice cream.

8.  Day Two in Detroit was kind of a crazy mash up.  First a tour of the Rouge Plant at Ford…we saw all kinds of pick up trucks being built.  It was very “Born in the USA”.  Follow that up with some kick ass BBQ.

9.  We ended our time in Detroit with a visit to the Detroit Institute of Art where we got to see this amazing mural:

10.  A then shopped so fast it was insane at Kohl’s.  Seriously.  She had 30 minutes and emerged with an armful of Lauren Conrad.  Well done, A.  Well done.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY A! by j

HAPPY BIRTHDAY A!

I cannot believe the littlest sister is now comfortably in her early twenties!!!  It’s been quite the year, and I think it’s safe to say that your 24th year is shaping up to be equally, if not more, wonderful and exciting.

You continued to go down your path of stubborness, and impressed many with your determination and ability to accomplish a whole freakin’ lot.  You had an amazing year filled with graduations (YEA!) and getting a full time job which you are effin’ amazin’.

We saw your love of Disney grow- which was a little weird. And it culminated in your attending a bowling fundraiser and making a very passioned attempt at getting dad to bid on an auction item: a weeklong stay at a condo in Disney World. The condo was a no-go, but your attempt was awesome.

Your obsession with all things Potter related and pop culture referenced makes me so glad I share a space with you.

We discovered together the wonderful world of memes. Which I will always call "Mimi"s.

Remember when 8 year old Rachel show you an episode of Heartland? Then you watched all four seasons on Netflix? Then you were all meloncoly because you had to watch season five on the actually television? Yeah.

Despite the Disney love, we also saw you develop into a kick ass, articulate and amazing feminist. Your ability to speak about women's issues and call people out on their mysogynistic bullshit is amazing. Makes me feel proud that we have a generation of young, informed and intelligent feminists!

We found ourselves in NYC to celebrate the end of 2011- seeing you in the big city, navigating your way around and being ridiculously (yes!) irritated with me whenever I tried to take care of you (my desire to tell everyone about your food allergies is a deep seeded problem) was a combination of amazing and a pain-in-the-ass.

And even when you make fun of me for the things that I like (i.e. needing to explain the best scene in "Easy A" and finding it hilarious) I know deep down you are thinking "God, my sister gets me! I love her so much, but I don't want to be too transparent, so I'll just act a little jerky to her...but she'll know. She'll know."

Your creepy love of Sid the Kid continued through your 23rd year. And your unwavering support as his poor head recovers is admirable for your fake boyfriend.

 

 

We're not just sisters and roommates, but we're now colleagues at work. And you have no problem making sure I know that you are the glue that holds the office together.

 

 

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!