Ten on Tuesday

Posted in Lists, Ten on Tuesday by Kara

1. What would the title of your autobiography be?

“Stories from a Small Town.” So far, I’ve learned that growing up in a small town can be challenging, especially when everyone knows who you are, were you like, and probably what colour your underwear are. (Hello outdoor clothesline!)

2. What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever heard a child say or seen him/her do?

(At my evening job at the grocery store)
4-yr old: “Why are you putting the groceries in the buggy?”
Me: “Because it’s good to help!”
4-yr old: *Thinks about it for a moment …* “Yeah, it is!”

It was just really cute!

3. What is your favourite kids game to play?

Tag! Haha, Kyle and I run around the house playing tag. It’s ridiculous since there’s not a lot of space.

4. If you got invited to a potluck BBQ tomorrow, what would you bring?

Either ears of corn (If it’s local and in season. BC has the BEST corn ever!) or a spinach dip. I make a wicked spinach dip, sourdough bread bowl and all!

5. If your ears are pierced, how old were you when you got your ears pierced?

I don’t remember how old I was when I got them first pierced, maybe 4 or 5? I got my 2nd holes done when I was in grade 4 I think.

6. If you were celebrating your 30th anniversary, where would you want to go?

Somewhere warm! Although it depends on how old I am. Maybe a cruise? Old people seem to dig cruiseships.

7. What one blogger would you love to meet and why? And what would you want to plan to do with them?

All of them and we’d drink our faces off. Or just sip on classy martinis.

8. On a scale from 1-10, how good at you at home decor? (Pictures welcome.)

I think I’d give myself a 5, right in the middle. I have splendid taste, but I haven’t been able to put it to use since we’re renting, yaddi-yaddi-yadda …

9. Do you have good fingernails?

No, they’re all different shapes. My index fingernail on my right hand is flat on the top from working at the grocery store & punching in codes!

10. Pickles: Dill or sweet? Baby, spears, or chips? Plain or on a burger?

DILL! BABY! CHIPS! ANY WAY! I’ve always loved pickles. My grandma actually makes sure she has pickles when I go to visit her because I always grab a couple out of her fridge. Oh, and I only put pickles on my burger at home because restaurants always use those nasty sweet-ish pickles. Gross.

14Jun2010

Thanks Milly!

Posted in Fashion, Friends, Photos, Travel, Wedding by Kara

First, I just want to point out that it is taking all of the effort in the world for me to type up this blog post! I’m utterly exhausted and just want to go to sleep.

Now, with that being said, I had an awesome weekend! As I had mentioned in Friday’s post, I went to Kelowna Saturday to visit my amazing wonderful friend B and her baby girl! (FYI: Kelowna is a 2-hour drive from Kamloops).

The drive itself was long, probably because I was by myself, but the scenery was pretty! Lots of lovely mountains and such. I just bought a Garmin GPS and I thought it would be a great time to test her out! I decided to name her Matilda, or Milly for short, since she sounds like an uppity British woman with poor pronunciation.

Hello there Milly!

Poor pronunciation aside, Milly got me to B’s Mom’s place right on schedule, even with my pit-stop in Merritt to go pee. We packed up baby Lilly into my car (since it’s a 4-door and has AC) and headed to downtown Kelowna for a little wedding/bridesmaid dress shopping. I won’t post pictures of the wedding dresses, but I’ll give you a sample of the dresses we (B’s sister and I) tried on:

So that’s one of the dresses. Make a mental note that our dresses are going to be red with white. And ignore the ridiculous lighting and spazzy expression on my face. Or, if you don’t think that’s spazzy enough, here’s me trying to put on a slightly too small dress:

God, I’m special.

I’m not too sure what the actual style of our dresses will be. I think it will depend on what B’s wedding dress looks like. (She actually may have already found it!)

I only got one lame picture of my beautiful little niece. :( B and her sister are heading back up home to Fort Saint John on Thursday, so they’re going to stop in Kamloops for lunch and I’ll take a better pic then. This is all I got:

I also went to my favourite store ever and bought myself a lovely new sweater :) It’s the Wear With All Jacket but in the Lagoon colour. So, picture this sweater:

But in this colour: