13 Things I'd Like in a Future Home (That I don't Have Right Now)

1. No close neighbours (so, no dog barking at butterflies, no «Barry» who likes his music too loud, no lawnmower while eating supper)
2. Large rooms
3. Good size closet space
4. Close to the bus, the train...
5. ... but in the country!
6. A room that would suit better my working needs
7. An «up-to-date» kitchen
8. A quiet street (veeeeeeery quiet)
9. A porch with a swing
10. A mud room
11. A particular style, a particular charm (a house with a little something unusual...)
12. A nice place to walk/jog/run nearby
13. A long clothesline! (Some day I'll tell you about my passion for clotheslines...)

And You, What Have You Made?

Our dear Hula talked about it not too long ago. I keep thinking about it. And I told my colleague Hélène I'd show her these two videos. Touching, inspiring, those things can give you wings.


I'm seriously thinking about doing something similar.
Soon.
Stay tuned...

13 Songs I Listen to When I Walk/Jog/Run

1. Drive My Soul / Lights
2. Disturbia / Rhianna
3. Gimme Some Lovin' / Steve Winwood w/Spencer Davis
4. Young Folks / Peter, Bjorn & John
5. Viva La Vida / Cold Play
6. A Sort of Homecoming / U2
7. Shadow of the Day / Linkin Park
8. Praan / Garry Schyman
9. Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Santa Esmeralda
10. Fall at Your Feet / Crowded House
11. Echo Beach / Martha and the Muffins
12. Come on Eileen / Dexy's Midnight Runners
13. The Boy with the Arab Strap / Belle and Sebastian

What We Ate the Last Two Weeks (Homemade!)

1. Veggie soup
2. Chicken pie
3. BBQ pork chops
4. Chicken lasagna
5. Stuffed rolls (usually eaten around Xmas time!)
6. Spaghetti sauce
7. Delicious meatloaf (really!)
8. Greek salad
9. Chicken fajitas
10. Apple pie
11. Summer cake
12. Carot cake
13. Pasta salad (with pesto & Feta)

Walking

Yes, I've started walking two weeks ago, everyday (almost). I power-walk and at times, I even find myself jogging. Am I getting in shape or what? Oh yeah! So I'm breating fresh air, it helps me concentrate when I work and I kind of feel I have muscles. Got one here. Another there, and some more here (they're easy to locate, they're the ones that hurt!)...

13 Little Pleasures...

1. Work flexible hours
2. Power-walking, with my iPod (I'm careful, don't worry...)
3. Eat fresh tomatoes and cucumbers (bought at the farmer's market)
4. Use the clothesline
5. Sun, sun, sun!
6. Cook (yes, yes, it's the truth, this week I did all the cooking and enjoyed it!)
7. Talk with Alizée when she comes back from cegep or work
8. Talk with Miranda when she comes back from school
9. Talk about our days with Claude when he comes back from work
10. Take public transit when I have to work in Montreal
11. Read... Even if I can't wait to finish this book I'm reading, it's a little «insipid»
12. Knowing there will be new episodes of my favorite TV shows soon
13. I'm almost done stripping my piano, a crazy job, but it's gonna be so nice!

Lunch With Sylvie

Working from home is fantastic but to avoid feeling isolated, going out once in a while is a must. So today I had lunch with my friend Sylvie wo also works from home. Lots of talking and laughing, delicious eclectic food, we will do it again soon. It was almost perfect, except maybe for the noise but the Brûlerie Mondor is located on a busy corner...

Fonts and Movies

To test your knowledge of movies through their fonts. Identify them by using one letter! Some are easy, others are... Well...

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!

Can't sleep late anymore...

Matt Likes to Dance

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

A very simple idea, a cute result, touching even... Notice the weather when Matt dances in Montreal :-)

Cat Story

What a way to start the day... After 3 good hours of reading a book I didn't think I'd enjoyed (the last part got me though), I turn my computer on, visit the blogs I've included in my Google reader (couldn't live without that tool anymore) and find this:

Nothing better than a good laugh!

via Raspberry

Bored?

Got a couple of minutes to lose?
Enjoy :-)

Creacamp, Fall 2008 Edition

Note to self and friends: the next Creacamp is coming up soon...

You must now register on-line (minimal registration fee). It's worth the trip, to meet great women, to discuss about our creative projets and listen to those of others, to enrich your network and spend a fantastic afternoon with interesting people!

Justin

Here is baby Justin (6 days old photo), my step-daughter's son. He is so cute and calm. Feel the pride in my husband's eyes? (So that makes me a step-grandmother, right?)

Travel...

I love to travel. With my love only or along with the girls, I don't mind. We play tourists, we try to go where tourists don't go, we laugh and giggle, we take photos, loads of photos. We build our memories, our souvenirs, we enjoy being a family (or lovers, depending). When we travel, we live. And as Georgette in Amélie says it so nicely: «C'est beau la vie, hein?» (Isn't life beautiful?)

13 Short-term Projects

1. Blog a little more often
2. Transfer stuff from my old laptop to my new computer (yay!)
3. Sew a birthday gift for a friend who lives far away
4. Continue to work on my website (monRendez-vous.qc.ca), online August 1st!
5. Finish Mateo's quilt
6. Work on my postcards for the swap
7. Ride my bike
8. Buy The Lost Fingers CD
9. Read in my bed, in the morning (laziness, you are a good friend...)
10. Cook an onion tart (miam) and it it with pleasure
11. Be nice and loving to Claude (wishing he'll make me chocolate cupcakes, whoopie pies...)
12. Take care of my garden
13. Enjoy every moment of my long summer vacation...

13 Things to Do When It's Your Daughter's Prom

1. Wake up the star of the day and get ready to leave
2. Go with Alizée to the hairstylist to make sure she will not come back with a «poodle on the head» hairdo
3. Eat at the restaurant with her
4. Go with Alizée to the beautician to make sure she will not come back as Barbie Superstar
5. Go with Alizée to pre-prom at one of her friends for photos
6. Take loads of pictures (sharing will follow on flickr...)
7. Drive Alizée & friends for their prom entrance (theatrical concept...)
8. Take more pictures (sharing will follow on flickr...)
9. Go back home and wait for her phone call (around midnight?)
10. Go get Alizée & friends at the prom
11. Drive Alizée & friends to the party (after-prom)
12. Go back home and wait for her phone call (during the night? early morning?)
13. Go get Alizée (& friends?) after the party (it's probably Claude who will go, 'cause I'll be at Craftmafia tomorrow, from 11:00 to 18:00, 5036 St-Dominique. Welcome to you all :-)

13 Sweet Weekend Things

1. Sleep late in the morning
2. Go to bed veeeeeery late at night
3. Eat at odd hours
4. Have time to do the things I enjoy doing
5. Do nothing and not feeling guilty about it
6. Not thinking about work
7. Take out my sewing stuff (Craftmania is just around the corner!)
8. Read (in my bed, on the patio)
9. Tidy a little in my house
10. Spend time with hubby
11. Slow down
12. Go the movies (maybe...)
13. Go to the restaurant (surely...)

Sighs...

http://lesophie.blogspot.com/2008/06/bathroom-mirror.html

This is my new desktop background.
To remember what I really want in my life.
Soon.
Because time flies.
Too rapidly.
Because it is true.
That we must do what we love for a living.
That it is NEVER too late.
Still, why wait?
Voilà.

Yeah, She Did It Again!

My postcards from last summer...

Yesss, Andrea decided to organize another postcard swap. A must to welcome summer with all due respect. Like last year, the theme is: summer! I already planned my evening, tomorrow to find my concept (my favorite part of the process) with my favorite artistic partner and her lovely son, our official mascot for this year postcard swap :-)

Feeling tempted? Just write an email to Andrea so she knows you're interested and get ready to make around fifteen summer postcards. Andrea will send you a list of addresses, your new web friends (not even a joke, that's how I got to know Ani, Cathy, Nina, Emily... Which led me to the discovery of other really cool blogs!).

Can't tell you enough how great it is to receive something else besides bills and junk via my mailbox... It is so much fun that now, I make more postcards that I send to my friends, just to say hello, fun included, smile guaranteed!