low fat cheese

it just doesn't work. I think if you're going to have cheese then you just need to be a man about it and have the cheese. anything else is just horrible. yes, i realise it's taken a large part of my life to figure this out, but there you go. words of wisdom for you all. i suggest you take note.

my best friend's wedding

Its suddenly dawned on me that Fran's getting married.

That's awfully grown up...and that's not meant as a slight to your maturity Fran, I just think it is a BIG THING. Are you officially a grown up now? I think you must be. But I know you're not really...well, you are in some ways. Lots of ways. But not in others. When are we officially grown up? I definitely don't feel it, but I have an ugly birthday ahead of me...although I think I'm going to be in Canada until Christmas so I don't have to face any of you lot on my 30th, I can just slide into it...unnoticed :-)

As an aside, there's just been such a loud thundercrack that its honestly hurt my eardrums and all the car alarms are going mad!!!!

I can't actually believe I'm this old...I don't feel like I've actually acheived anything yet...I'm still in the whole 'stop the world, I want to get off' frame of mind. Maybe that means I haven't found my "thing" yet?? Fran's got her writing and Cath's got her travelling...and....I'm going to figure out my thing. Hopefully before I'm 40. Or 50. Who knows?

Ok...I'm going now because it sounds like fireworks out there and I don't want to be connected to anything electrical!!!! Maybe this is God telling me to stop thinking so much!!!!


ARGH

Mountains, lakes and waterfalls - oh my!

Yesterday I took a trip around Alberta's m, l & w and all I can say is WOW. Wow wow wow. I got picked up yesterday morning at 6.05am (well, actually 6.15am as busman was late...either way, still WAY too early for a Sunday!!) and after a few stops, we made it to Banff, which is a ski resort from November - April/ May and gorgeously pretty the rest of the year.

It’s also quite cold. Getting dressed at 5am, I was focusing more on the glorious forecast of 29C and not on the fact that I was going UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS. Suffice to say, when I got off the coach to spend 90 mins looking around Banff and I could see my breath in front of me, my t-shirt didn't seem like such a good idea. At all. My first clue should have been the attire of all the other seasoned travelers who were all in parkas and/ or jumpers. After calling my sister to practically cry down the phone about exactly how cold I was, I saw, incredibly, (don’t forget, this is about 8am on a Sunday) a shop that was open. Hurrah! After a nice chat with the woman who ran the shop who’s been here 23 years but is originally from East London I was the proud owner of a new black fleece.

Banff itself is gorgeous, I’d love to go there again; hopefully I’ll be able to hit it in ski season. First stop was a lovely waterfall at Johnston Canyon. After that, it was a whirlwind of incredible upon incredible. My favourite places were Lake Louise where we stopped for lunch and Lake Moraine . Just breathtaking. The water is a crazy turquoise green and they are just so peaceful.

You can see pics on my flickr site here

long weekend!!

They kind of creep up on you over here....but this weekend is a long'un. I was going to go whitewater rafting tomorrow, but that's had to be postponed. So instead, I'll be going to work....yay....

Apart from that, I've got a tour planned for Sunday. 15 hours of exploring Alberta's waterfalls and lakes - including Lake Louise!! [cheesy photographs beckons methinks :-)]. On Monday, I'm going for a facial dahlink....one must treat oneself now and then - don't you think? A lot of this weekend will be spent in my own company and I'm looking forward to it. I've never taken a tour by myself before, so will be interesting. I'll bring my ipod just in case there are worse nutters than me out there!!

I will be partying with the laydeez tomorrow night - dinner then maritinis in a fab bar about 2 minutes from my place, so I'm looking forward to that!!!

I've not really figured out what I'll do on Saturday...so if any of you have any suggestions, let me know!!!