Mirror, Mirror on the Wall ... and all that nonsense

Are these really making a comeback? Part of me hopes so because I've always thought that when done tastefully, a mirrored wall could be wonderfull. A while back I posted a shot of a kitchen with a mirrored backsplash which I loved and now here is a shot with the whole wall. I still have so apprehension though. A year or two ago I was watching Moving Up and one house had mirrored walls and there seemed to be a concesus that the very idea was gross, passe and had to go first. I felt I had been personally put in my place since I kinda like the old way ... maybe people are starting to see things my way. also look out for scrunchies. I swear those things are gonna make a major comeback and when they do ... I will be there! Not because I like them, just becuase of the I-Told-You-So factor.

Alice in WaterLand

Love these shots Alice in WaterLand ... maybe because I think Alice in this particular picture looks like my fellow bloggette ... Don't deny it....

Top 3 ... Special Top 8 Ed. PEI Moments

Instead of taking my few faithful followers through my trip in excrutiating detail i thought I'd recall my holiday Top 3 style. Only, instead of Top 3, it's going to be more like Top 8 - Top 3's cool and dangerous older cousin.

Firstly, a little background info. My family and my Aunt and Uncle's family stayed at this cottage, Queen's Landing on the north shore of PEI at Seaview. We were right on the cliff by the water and it was gorgeous. Only a small red clay dirt road led to our place (a bit trecherous, especially after rain). We were only 20 minutes from Cavendish (tourist trap!) and an easy distance from Charlottetown and the Confederation Bridge - but I guess the whole island kinda is, right? We stayed there for a week making stops in Bathurst and Edmonston New Brunswick and my Uncle's farm in Lachute, Quebec during the 3 day (each way) car trip to and from.

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... and now for the list...

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1) Waking up to fresh, homemade tea biscuits with blueberry and homemade raspberry jam.

2) Telling stories to my sister and youner cousins – leaving them with cliffhangers each night before we all tucked into bed in our respective bunks, trundle and otherwise. *silly girls - anyone who knows me, will know that the mess of our room is not due to me

3) Having Anne Shirley brush past me on my way out of Province House (the birthplace of confederation!) then watching her pose up the street for pictures with Japanese tourists *okay, so the picture I got of her is a little where's waldoish because my brother kept walking in front just as I'd snap a photo - but I drew a red arrow to point her out

4) Playing volleyball, badminton, soccer, etc. on top of a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

5) Singing/yelling along to the Ting Tings' That's Not My Name while driving through Charlottetown

6) Eating Brit-style Fish and chips, fresh caught mackerel, homemade seafood chowder, home cooked Lobster (at least I tried that one). *notice my father's worried expression ...*

7) Organizing my younger siblings and cousins to prepare a grand feast for the parents with great success.

8) Beaching the day away, all while avoiding the many different sized jellyfish aka. Medusas!.

Honourable Mentions:

My uncle tricking just about everyone into listening to the hollowed out shell of a Lobster head ... he it sounded like an ocean, just like shells. It was LIES and we all fell for it...

Approaching this burst water drain thing in the middle of a street in Charlottetown and the group of us being confused ... "is that a fountain!? ... or maybe that's not supposed to be like that .... can I still throw a penny and make a wish?"

Worst Moment:

Well moments - the excrutiatingly long 3 day long car trip both ways. Coming home was worse because at the end of a week in paradise all I wanted to do was get home and organized - not chill in the car or a chalet in New Brunswick ...

The picture below is me (and my bike!) peeking my head 'round the back of the car outside our hotel room at the end of our second day on the road to P.E.I - still smiling .... not for long

What I was listening to on Holiday:

in the car ...

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Fear of Music - Talking Heads
Day and Age - The Killers
Challengers - The New Pornographers
on the pod ...
I discovered Strange Overtones by David Byrne and Brian Eno and I LOVES it! I might even buy their album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, listen below:

Laugh-in!

My fellow blogette posted about this boy yesterday and I've been smitten ever since. He is absolutely hilarious. I love when something is funny enough to make me laugh out loud while by myself - it is a rareity in comedy for me. oh Bo Burnham - you done good.

Guess Who?

"I've always liked motorcycles and cars and fast things and I have four tattoos. This is who I'm gonna be. "

No need to guess really. I think those of us living on the continent of North America have become all too familiar with the douchtastic utterances of the poster boy for midlife crises. This is just another one of his jems I happened upon while browsing Jez. see post HERE

As one clever commenter remarked: "Denial is not just a river in Egypt, Jon."

My favourite part of the video from that post: When Jon addresses one of his daughters as "Hey tan girl..."

ohhhh jonny boy. for any other father I might let this slip as an endearing remark on the golden brown tone of her skin after holiday - not a quick cover for an oft repeated inner dialogue that probably goes something like this:

dum dee dum ... taking suitcase out of trunk - phew that is heavy - mental note: reward self with beer later

okay, kid 1 getting out of the car - shiz which one's this now? mmmm??? eff.

okay jon, think fast, what would Christian Audigier do? WWCAD?!?!? okay play it cool - play it cool...

"Hey! TAN Girl!"

phew - that was a close one - mental note: consult children face-name chart after beer.

And WOAH! He's only 32? hollllllyyyyy shiz - He needs to go on that awful TLC show 10 years younger... stat.

Pearl & Frankie

EPISODE 2: Having mentioned the use of a "friendship tally", Frankie is now forced by Pearl to divulge some of its contents ....

Frankie: I can't believe you can't meet with me until Monday! That'll go in the CON column of my ultimate friendship checklist...

Pearl: ha ha - i need to see that hypothetical list, even though it'd be disasterous for my self-esteem.

Frankie: A sample ...

con: unavailablie, jon-sympathizer, wears Ed Hardy

pro: pretty face, sasafrass, hot bod

con: too pretty (attracts attention)

pro: smart

con: too smart (knew I was lying when I said I wasn't drunk)

pro: held my hair back when I puked later that night ...

Pearl: ... ha-ha

Frankie: Well, I have to have some way of measuring the successfullness of our friendship ... or courtship - depending on who you ask

Pearl: ...

Frankie: ooh no snippy comeback --> Frankie:1 Pearl:0

Pearl: No, my phone is flashing ... I have to call Rogers ...

Frankie: con: cannot admit even most obvious defeat.

Hello World!

Back from holiday on P.E.I. Had a blast but am definitely hungover from the last 10 days. Will report in full with pictures and all shortly...