life at the lakehouse // SUMMER HOLIDAYS

if you were to ask me where one of my favourite places on earth was, you might not expect me to say saskatchewan (earth is pretty big!) but the fact is, i would say saskatchewan. an hour from the closest tiny little town, there is a hunting and fishing lodge way up north that my great grandparents founded in 1962. it's tucked away in the woods amongst a plethora of lakes and a labyrinth of dirt roads and quad trails. and while our family doesn't own the lodge anymore, my grandparents still live there and both my parents have homes there too.
it's about a sixteen hour drive from our house, so we usually only get there a couple times a year, which makes it even more meaningful. it's so beautiful and hot in the summer, there's no cell service, we're right on the lake, with so many things to do (hiking, swimming, fishing, quading, kayaking) and the best part, all my family's there.

two days prior to us leaving for the lake, a plough wind came through the area. it was so strong that it literally ripped my dad's veranda roof and railing off and peeled it back over and behind the cabin! my grandpa said he'd never seen waves so tall on the lake and the whole thing was over in a matter of 15 minutes or so. we kinda wish we'd been there for the excitement, they always get the best storms in sask.

watching sawyer run around the same beach that i have so many childhood memories playing on was a very surreal feeling. since we moved around a lot as kids, i never really had a place to call my "home town," but the lake has always felt like home to me. i'm so excited that i can now come back and bring my own little guy, and watch him make his own memories at the lake, doing the same things we did as kids, and my mom and uncles did!.. it's a pretty cool feeling.

the drive home is always the hardest part about vacationing at the lake. if we thought the drive felt long the first time, the second time around always feels worse. we generally just drive straight through, leaving extra early in the morning (like 4:00am) and then just drive all day, make it home around supper time. this past trip home we left around 1:00am. i took over for danny around 3:00am, ended up hitting a duck like ten minutes in, popped my passenger side mirror off, poor quacker, there was nothing i could do i swear! but other than that it was a pretty smooth trip home.

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wanderlust wednesday 009

did you miss the last post? or would you prefer to start at the beginning?

looking back on things now and remembering how big of a stick in the mud ryan was about dressing up for halloween, totally irritates me. i'm gonna be honest with you, more honest than this journal is - probably for fear of ryan reading it! - but he was a huge party pooper, all the time. sometimes it seriously felt like pulling teeth trying to get him into the spirit of doing things.

october 27, 2009

that early afternoon scott invited us to his work (the airport fire station) for a tour! when we got there we checked in, got passes, and scott showed us all the different rooms in the place (dorms, control centre, mess area, gym, hose and equipment maintenance) then we got to check out the huge aviation fire trucks. cait and i got to try on fireman pants and the helmets. then scott took us for a rip in a truck and showed us the huge cannon water sprayer. then later after being escorted out and thanking scott, we checked out spotlight, the art store, and then headed to the beach for a bit. back at home esther and scott got ready for their dinner date and we ordered pizza! we had some din din and watched ian while charlie was in bed and watched some "how i met your mother." this road is bumpy!

october 28, 2009

costume day! the three of us headed to the mall in search of halloween costumes. cait and i got tutus and capes and an all out superhero costume. ry got an all blue superhero get up. after we went to the wharf for lunch, got some fish and chips, and seen a poor little one legged seagull. we called him stubs. after that it was hot as hell so we went to this free waterslide park. it was awesome! really well kept and cool rides and stuff to play on. that evening after cait had put her hoop together, she taped it up and got it looking snazzy. we all tried on our costumes and we look sick! just have to paint on some super hero logos! we are going to be "super hoopers!" ryan's still not sure.

october 29, 2009

that early morning.. or no, afternoon, we went downtown to cruise around. i need to buy a new mac cord because mine quit charging the computer. then we grabbed a coffee and ripped back to the house for an eske and drinks for the market that night. then we went to this fish feeding thing and got to throw bread in water for all these fishies. it was kinda cool. after that we went to the market and chilled out in the shade and hooped for a while before grabbing some food. then with our wine and beer in the eske, we found a spot on the beach to watch the sunset. afterwards we ate and drank and hooped for a while and then we went to check out emdee's first evening set. a girl swinging fire poi danced with us for a while and then we watched some great fireworks! after we went back for their last set, hooped the whole thing, made $7 haha. met the drummer and were invited to come to their halloween thing tomorrow! or the next day rather!

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wanderlust wednesday is a post series devoted to sharing - with humility - the private pages of my travel journals from adventures past. the book you just read from was written during a year long trip to australia (and tasmania) in the year 2009 when i was twenty years old.

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north peace optometry clinic // INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHY // emerge design

If you haven't been into the new North Peace Optometry Clinic on 100th yet, then definitely go in and check it out! Not only is the space exquisitely decorated by the very talented Gwyntie VanTuyl Weswick of Emerge Design, but they have an awesome selection of glasses. Tons of really nice frames, there's so many to pick from, and I desperately need to replace my prescriptions soon so I'm happy to know I have so many choices.

The last time I went to replace my prescription glasses, I couldn't find one pair that I even kind of liked in the eyewear store up town, so I ended up searching online. I spent hours photoshopping different frames on to my face, looking for the perfect pair, and finally narrowed it down and made my purchase. When they arrived in the mail I was definitely happy with them, but they weren't the PERFECT pair. They worked, but they weren't anything to write home about, they didn't even have anti-glare. So now that I know of a great place to get them, where I can actually try them on, I think it's a good excuse to invest in a new pair!

Happy shopping!

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