True Becoming

VACATION (?)

Ry and i recently returned from our first vacation in two years. I guess we just caught up in... life and forgot to take some time off together. It's one thing to take a night and actually have dinner together, and an entirely different story actually taking time away. with packing. and leaving the house. Things didn't exactly go as planned, but life rarely does, right? Things started out on Sunday with a whiskey tour at Forty Creek Whiskey Distillery with Ry's family. More wine tours, food and fun ensued for the remaining day. Then, on Monday Ry and I got on the road and drove along Lake Erie to start our camping trip. Our plan was to camp in one location monday night, make our way to Pelee Island for Tuesday night, stay there until Thursday and then slowly crawl back towards home on Thursday. 

What happened instead: We woke to rain on Tuesday morning and had to take down camp in the pouring rain. After a quick breakfast in town we made our way to the ferry that was going to take us to Pelee Island, only to find out that is was cancelled due to inclement weather. We then drove around to find another campsite to set-up for the night. In order to make our ferry to the island we had to take down camp at 4:30am to make the early morning ferry - the only one that was available. Once on the island we made a nice breakfast, biked and hiked all day and then I got sick. Yup. There we were on a remote island and I was having severe pains on my right side. Everything ended up being okay but there was a lot of fuss between when my pain began and when we finally arrived home thursday night.

We've spent the last three days recovering from our vacation. As much as we love adventure, we both agreed that our next trip we want to go to one spot and just relax. We're happy to be home vegging out and hibernating before our 'normal' starts up again. Lots of rest. Here's the photo-log of our trip: 

 

Life Lately

Life lately seems to resemble this log covered in red bugs at the end of my driveway: busy, hectic, possibly destructive, and yet still quite beautiful.  I got home one night last week to this vibrant cluster of red bugs and had to stop for a moment to take a picture of them. I'm not sure what kind of bug they are, but there they were adding a bright red hue to this log. Here's some other bits of life lately: A sweet lil' girl in our family turned three, so there simply had to be a party.And the new birthday party tradition was fulfilled - wait until Uncle Ry Ry falls asleep and cover him in tissue paper. We are, after all, all about recycling :)In Laloba Life, I've been doing a lot of custom orders lately, which i love. i really enjoy being able to customize designs- it really allows me to play! Also, there's a big art and music festival happening this Saturday called A Day and A Night: Art Meets Music. Different shops on the street are showcasing artwork and we have the privilege of hosting "Blue Goddess" by Barbara Young - the Marilyn Monroe painting hanging in the window. 

What's been going on in your life lately?

I hope you are enjoying the last bit of summer - I simply cannot believe it's already the end of August.

luv t. 

love notes.

It's been a hard couple of weeks for us and those around us, for many different reasons. So, i thought i would share a 'love notes' idea with you today. I grew up with notes as a major form of communication and have every note my parents have given me through the years; these came in the form of notes in my lunch, slipped under the door, or left on the counter. This is something i set out at the breakfast table the other day since ry was going away for a couple of days. It can easily be applied to any relationship!

i superimposed fake heart messages cause ours are private ya know! Anyway, the whole idea is that you take turns writing out notes. We actually ate our whole breakfast without talking (except for me explaining said activity). You could do this over a meal, or have it as an ongoing activity!

=============================================================luv t.

p.s... can you name those references??? ('sweet bottom', 'getting caught in the rain'?)