Dream Lessons

This morning my sister told me all about a dream she had (involving me of course) and there were so many lessons to be learned from her random subconscious that I thought I'd share them so we can all be a little more informed! After all...knowledge is the key:

- don't walk to neighbouring towns in bare feet (even if they entice you with dirt roads)

- acai berry candy may sound lovely - but be warned - it gets stuck in your teeth

- finding canoes and kayaks on the farm can be very time consuming

- don't trust word of mouth on lupus remedy salesman. Seriously

- sloped greasy convienience store floors = dangerous

and most of all...

- do not forget your camera when you go out because you never know if you'll meet a pet lion! (making perfect material for blog posts!!)

Ok, so his owner is not exactly ninja Rasputin - but you get the point...

Friday Find: 2010!

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to the best year yet! Take a look at some of the pics snapped during my 2010 celebration:




Such a good time with good friends! Although I'm fairly confident my all time favourite moment of the night was dancing to footloose. Yup, I'm that awesome...

And to stick with the stereotypical "new years" blog posts I'll mention resolutions too. I've got loads of plans for my etsy shop/health/life I'm sure will unveil themselves over the coming months. Any noteworthy resolution you have to share? I'm all for the cliches...

McCurrach Family Xmas

Well it's the last day of December and the holiday season is wrapping up to a close so I thought I'd conclude the year with a heart warming summary of my xmas memories of 2009. Ok, forget that - I'm not the "heart warming tale" type (or at least I pretend to be). So you just get pictures and notes instead...hope you can deal with that. My top three favourite things I managed to take pictures of this holiday (that I haven't already blogged about):

1) Laying under the tree



Probably one of my favourite festive activities and the best thing about the tree this year? I didn't have anything to do with it! Thanks for selecting, chopping, lighting, decorating, and (eventually) disassembling it for me mom and dad! You're the best!

2) Family hilarity



Behold! Card selection so awesome that both my mom and I received this gem from different people. Also peek at my dad balancing a dishwashing scrubbie on his head and my sister scheming xmas morning. Oh, and who can forget the clear favourite of the family - Percy (aka spawn of satan/el gato diablo):



Yup, santa's even kept for ransom by this evil kitty. I think he was pre-pounce attack in this picture (presumably with laser lock vision on neal).

and finally...
3) The loot!



Ok, not really a favourite per say, but I did want to document the clear themes of the presents I was given this year. Gifts fell under the categories of crafting, kittens, and vegetarian cuisine (with a few undertones of tea, cuteness, and ipodery). Bonus points to lindsay for giving me the most randomly hilarious present of all time - mini toques from her trip to England (which you can spot keeping my floss and glue stick cozy!).

All in all it has been a super awesome holiday season this year which will hopefully only be followed by an amazingly awesome 2010! And even if it isn't stupendously wonderful at least my floss with be warm...

Road Trip: Vancouver

Let the McCurrach sisters road trip/xmas vacation continue! This time with some brother-in-law chauffeured Vancouver craziness! The trip included singing, picture taking, and shopping galore. Actually quite similar in destination to my recent fraser filled trip to the coast (downtown, 4th ave, Granville island) but much more sisterly. Here - a plethora of highlight pictures:






I told you there was going to be lots of pictures! And stories for each one! Here is the extremely truncated version for each (left to right top to bottom): hoary trees, stolen 3D glasses, laughing (nice pins!), Japadog lineup, Alan's sweet balcony/view, shopping, random image text, park, and bladder stimulating waterfall. *whew*

Successful trip! Loads of sweet deals too! If only I found a dress for new years! Extra eep! That's tomorrow!

More pom pom madness

As you all know, I've been pretty obsessed with pom poms these days (link, link, and link) and even received a pom pom pals crafting kit from my mom this xmas!!! I have some mondo pom pom crafting in progress - don't worry - I'll update you when I finish my project. Well, today I came across yet another pom pomtastic link to share. This time it's fabric pom poms:


Perhaps a little more fluffy and girly than the traditional yarn pom but still pretty awesome nonetheless. Plus as an extra bonus there is even a tutorial to share to further assist in the pom pom crafting take over! Hurray!

Friday Find: Xmas!

That's right - this weeks pick is none other than the holly jolly holiday! Christmas! Brought to us by the big man himself - Santa! (or so my atheist ways have lead to believe). Enjoy a snapshot of my family's charlie brown beaut:


And even if you're not an xmas celebrator - hope everyone is having a lovely festive holiday season! And if you are one to spread the xmas cheer...what sweet goodies did santa bring you this year?

Road Trip: Kelowna

Yesterday I spent the day with my sister and fraser driving to the busy wonders of Kelowna to shop our hearts out and visit my dear friend lindsay! Here are some photographed highlights:




Please pay special attention to my lovely pompom adorned wrapping job of lindsay's present! I really wanted to take some nice pictures of it to share with everyone but I made it on the solstice and we left pretty early in the morning so the lack of sunlight was not favorable to pom pom photography. *sigh*

And even if the trip was pretty much a bust due to the lack of holiday dress purchasing (very much required for new years - eep!) - we did see lindsay, purchase some last minute xmas presents, enjoy the sunshine and clear roads, and eat extra delicious cinnamon buns (hence the excited pic of my sis above). Not a complete loss, but I do wonder what the heck I'm going to wear on new years...