Poor Frank!!

Frank met up with his arch-nemesis 'White Cat' the other night. I was outside and I heard cat fighting sounds. Frank had went over to the neighbors and was in the 'forest' beside their house. I called to James and we ran over. White cat was standing all defiant and poor Frank was cowering in fear. I will admit that I saw a lot of white fur and there was white fur stuck in Franks paws. We scared White-devil-Cat away and called to Frank. He ran to the front of the house. That is when we noticed the smell. Frank had went poopy, he was actually still going poopy. James carried him to the back door and took him to the basement for a bath. Frank was not happy! We washed and dried him, then lured him upstairs with treats. He sat on the carpet in the backroom licking himself. I wanted to show you how funny he looks wet. His tail is so skinny and funny when he whips it around. James has decided that he must teach Frank self defense, so he doesn't have any more 'Shit Shows'. We have also decided to defend the house against the evils of White Cat. Stay tuned to hear more about the saga of Frank and White Cat.

Happy Earth Day!!

This is my rant from Tumblr. I thought it was a pretty good rant, so posted it here. Remember to Recycle, folks!!

I took this picture of one of the flowers in my garden. I am going to plant a vegetable/fruit garden in May. Trying to do my part. I watched ‘Food Inc.’ last night(well half of it) on PBS’ POV. I have been dying to see it. The part that I saw was about genetically modified seeds and lawsuits between Monsanto and farmers. It is pretty crazy how much we don’t know about the food we eat. I have always been on/off again vegetarian, eating meat is convenient. My family and my boyfriends family are all big meat eaters. They have all known me during my veggie phases, but it is still an effort. Day to day I never ate meat, except at restaurants. I have never felt very confident cooking meat. Since I moved in with my meat-loving boyfriend I have been experimenting with cooking meat. I still believe that I shouldn’t be eating meat. But, if I am going to eat meat then I want the best and I want to know where it comes from. It is scary when you look at the piece of beef on your plate and imagine its journey from “farm” to your plate. We need to be realistic about our food and stop pretending that everything is how we think it is or how we have grown up knowing it is. It’s not! Modern day farms are almost non-existent and steadily on the decline. People of my generation are living in cities, relying on big business to supply them their food. We need to take back the soil! If you want to live green then move to where it is green!

Now, keep in mind that this is my opinion on the morning of Earth Day, after watching ‘Food Inc.’, I have moved out of the city but I am not going to live on a farm. It would be nice to have more property and maybe raise something. But that isn’t really the plan just yet. Time will tell. But I do think that with everyday I am becoming more and more of an advocate.

BUT, most importantly, do what you can do. Wherever you are. Even if you do one ‘green’ thing a day at the end of the year you have done 365! That is a lot! We are all capable.

Okay, rant done!!

Eat Pray Love Movie!?

I am really excited about this movie. I didn't even know that a movie was being made. Keep in mind that I have never read the book,I borrowed it and am about to start it. Julia Roberts is a really good actress in my opinion. I just recently rewatched 'Runaway Bride', I was pretty amazed at how dynamic she really is on screen. I like the idea of this movie. A woman that has never not been in a relationship and realizes that she needs to change her life. She has lost zest for life. I felt like this about 6 months ago. I took my year of being a single gal, was reckless and now I am in the next phase. Even though I am in a relationship, it feels as though this union is therapeutic. Something that I need in order to grow as a person. Okay, so watch the trailer. I think it is really inspirational. Makes me want to write!
EatPrayLove Trailer *Watch it Now** <----click here!

Bodylicious Body Scrub

I am always looking for great gift ideas. I always want to be more crafty and then end up just buying things. But now I feel like I will be able to make it happen! I saw these home made body scrubs on the HGTV.ca website. The scrubs are in honeybear jars. I love that you are making your own scrub and reusing a jar! How cute! I will give you the recipe, but keep in mind you might recieve one of these one day!!
Materials:

• Essential oils
• Food colouring
• 1 ¾ cup (414 ml.) of white sugar
• ¾ cup (177 ml.) grape seed oil
• large plastic produce bag from the grocery store
• plastic honey bear container
• scissors, large mixing bowl, large plastic mixing spoon

Directions:

1. Measure the sugar and grape seed oil; pour into large mixing bowl.
2. Add 2-3 drops of your choice of essential oil and food colouring
3. Stir until well blended.
4. Take a large plastic produce bag from the grocery store and spoon in the sugar scrub mixture. (It’s much easier if you have a friend to hold the bag open or use a cylinder vase to support it!)
5. With the scissors, cut a small hole in one corner of the plastic bag, enabling you to squeeze the mixture into the honey bear container. This part can be a bit messy, so keep the plastic bag and bear over the mixing bowl.
6. Squeeze the mixture from the plastic bag into the honey bear until it’s about ¾ full. Tap the honey bear to settle the mixture. This should create more room for more mixture.
7. Put the cap on the honey bear, tie a cute ribbon around the neck and you’re ready to give, give, give!

http://www.hgtv.ca/articles/articledetails.aspx?ContentId=2850&cat=2&by=5

Skid School racecar

James and his Dad are building a racecar. James Dad has a business, 'Skid School', which is a driving school that teaches you accident avoidance and car control. They have the Wingham highschool autoshop class working on the car. James designed this car on a video game. Pretty neat! I am excited about watching James race a car that they designed and built.

James + sports = drinking!!!

A couple of weeks ago James went to Buffalo with some work pals to see a hockey game. Now let's get something straight here, James does not like sports. He enjoys car racing but other than that not much else. He went ice fishing because of the drinking , goes golfing every summer for the drinking, and went to the hockey game, once again, for the drinking. He may not be an excellent ice fisher, or golfer and when it comes to watching hockey, he is lacking. But he is a championship drinker! Give him some beers and you will be amazed! They had 3 sets of tickets that were in different places around the arena, and switched places after every period. They were all pretty good seats. The first picture shows you that as well as a wicked blonde hair-do. Very nice. The second is some dude that was hit with the puck. Yikes! And the third, well it is just a picture.

Meeting the work pals.

Last night I met James' work buddies. They usually will do a wing/beer night at the end of a bunch of shifts and this time wives/girlfriends were invited! We went to a bar in Courtice. It was nice to put the names to faces. I have heard many a story about the various characters he works with. Also meeting the women behind these men was nice. I think that we will be hanging out more. When we got home after many beers(James) and 5 martinis(Krista), Frank was attacked. With love, mind you. And lots of it! James had just finished a 3 day, 12 hours a day work week, had many beers and he loves Frank. Let's be honest this is a serious Bromance. I was gone all weekend and they had some bonding time. Okay all together now, "Awwwww"!