gone fishin'

Sometimes you just need to getaway - even if it's just for a day. Escape from the hectic life that is either thrust upon us or that we make for ourselves and take time to relax. On Wednesday I was able to have a little getaway by going fishing! (In a way, it's like my Wednesday wish came true.)

Before I met The Boy, my experiences with fishing were looking at the dismantled fishing rod, net, and box that my dad kept in the basement but seldom used. Now, I think of it as a perfect mini-escape: you spend the day sitting by the water, looking at the clouds, enjoying the sun, and it doesn't really matter if you catch a fish or not. But it doesn't hurt, either, since I caught 8 fish myself! (Whoo-hoo, pro fisher-woman here.) That day was definitely one of my simple smiles of this week.

Taking some time to jump around; t-shirt from here. 

      

We were nearby Hewitt's Dairy Bar so decided to stop in
for a treat of the raspberry sherbet variety.

     

A family had a property right on the lake we were fishing on
so we got to see their paddleboat and airplane in action.

    

My first fish of the day (that we threw back in).

Even though the rainclouds have finally found us in southern Ontario, I'm going to make the most of it by visiting one of my best friends this weekend. Hope you all have a great weekend!

What's your simple smile of the week?

P.S. Thanks so much for the warm welcome back! (:

greetings from hungary!

The last few weeks have been full of crazy adventures ... lost luggage (eventually found though, no worries!), exploring the town where The Boy grew up, watching him get shocked by an electric fence when we got lost on a hike, finally finding strawberry and kiwi ice cream, checking out the largest lake in central Europe called Lake Balaton, and then venturing into gorgeous centuries-old cathedrals is just the tip of the awesome iceberg that is Europe.

At Lake Balaton!

But through all that ... barely ANY Internet access. I almost died when my cell phone said that it could only do emergency calls, which meant no updates or random times to check my e-mail. But I just thought I’d do a quick update and let you all know I’m still alive and having an awesome time :) The next few weeks will be full of Budapest, Vienna, and Transylvania, and hopefully I’ll do another update soon!

What have you been up to lately?

Hope your August is awesome so far!

an 'exotic' getaway

Since I won't have any time tomorrow, I decided to update my recipe of the week tonight with something I actually made tonight - Greek pasta salad! The only thing I'd recommend changing in that recipe are sun-dried tomatoes to substitute for the tomatoes ... they are heavenly.

The reason for making the Greek pasta salad? My 'exotic' getaway tomorrow with The Boy. For his birthday this weekend, I'm taking him to an amusement park complete with whales and dolphins ... which is quite exotic, or at least foreign to our native Canada. So I decided to add a picnic into that mix with Greek pasta salad, rolled sandwiches, and ... pizza. Err, that's Italian and exotic-ish?

What's your version of a getaway look like?

I'm really excited, because after having spent the last few days cooped up inside, only leaving to go to school or grocery shopping, I've found it's nice to have a getaway. And getaway's can come in all kinds of forms: a bubble bath, cuddling on the couch while watching TV with a loved one, having a picnic in the park, taking a road trip, or a 'real' getaway involving leaving on a jet plane and not knowing when I'll be back again enjoying something new.

While I'd love for my getaway to consist of lying in a boat at the edge of a beach, enjoying the sunshine and feeling a tropical breeze, I suppose: i) being at an amusement park with rollercoasters and such; ii) being with The Boy; and iii) having a (hopefully) delicious picnic is good enough for me!

By the way, thank you all SO much for your advice about make-up. I didn't end up going to the mall this weekend but plan on going next week with lots of knowledge in mind about the best Mac products, and be willing to try out something new!

Also, Ramblings Of A Fab Brunette tagged me in the honesty scrap, but I've already done it here, if you'd like to check that out! If you want me to do it again, I can! As for the awards, I'm handing 'em out to:
1) BonBon Rose
2) Cafe Fashionista
3) Teasingly Diverse
4) That Girl Is Hoisin
5) anyone else who wants to do it!