Musings: A Little More Get Up And Go

So tomorrow is a big girl day for me with a big girl interview! More on that later... Now I need to do less of what's happening in the picture and more dress clothes and meetings!

Musings: The End of Summer

I'm not a summer fan. Is that controversial? No, it's not because I'm Canadian and we get a month of summer. It's just the heat. And the bugs. If it weren't for backyard BBQs and park visits I'd be a gonner! I had probably one of my last patio dinners with a friend of mine. And well nature attacked! I had a wasp eat part of my dinner and stalk me for most of the meal. I WILL NOT miss bugs but I will miss the faint heat of the sun and refreshing breezes.

Calgaryisms: The Weather

People who live in Alberta will relate to this. We are eternal skywatchers. We have to be like this as the weather in the prairies changes on a dime. This summer has been strange. July was rainy. August was hot and dry. We've also had some of the coolest clouds I've seen this summer. Purples, and pinks, and greys and lavenders. We've has some close call hail storms. We've had some rotating clouds. All in all though I love this province. It keeps you on your toes!

Vacation: Shakespeare In The Park

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 4, Scene 1

 TITANIA
 76   My Oberon! what visions have I seen!
 77   Methought I was enamour'd of an ass.

Well I am not enamoured with an ass. On the contrary I've just had a lovely two weeks with the lovely Mr.Tom. I'm going to do posts on his visits as I want to reminisce as long as I can. One of our cute date nights was Calgary's Shakespeare In The Park. We spread out the blanket, ate cookies, and laughed along with the others. I do love me some Shakespeare, and these guys did it right. Tom and I were so impressed and want to go back next year for sure!

Vacation: How Happy Am I?

Vacation: Oh Canada

Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a Person on a Plane! It's TOM! That's right! This cutie is landing in Calgary in less than 24 hours. I CANNOT WAIT!

Book Review: Bossypants

I love me some Tina Fey. Oddly enough not the SNL Tina Fey. I love me some movie Tina Fey. Mean Girls means something to people my age. We relate. Maybe I would love SNL Tina Fey if I were American... all the political Weekend Update things go RIGHT OVER my head. I barely get my own countries political system. ANYWAYS...
This book is good. Not fabulous raving fabulousness, but good. It was interesting to get a taste at what a successful comedians upbringing looked like. Plus the somewhat feminist side of me was all about her overcoming being a female in a male dominated industry. Also, Tina Fey has been known to be a funny person, so there are some random bits it here that had me giggling as I read it in my Mom's spare bedroom on vacation (took me two days). So read it if you want some good throaty chuckling. Maybe don't get all excited if you hate American political commentary as it's laced throughout.

Family: Beautiful People Getting Married

Last weekend I had to privilege of going to a really good friend of mines wedding. He met this beautiful woman two years ago and unfortunately I was in Spain for most of their courtship (So I hope she'll be a really good friend of mine soon). It's fun to get gussied up and celebrate. Not to mention that this couple is pretty darn good-lookin'! They're all tall and fit... hence "Beautiful People Getting Married". Oh and Brittany got her dance on (even though I'm about as coordinated as Napoleon Dynamite).

Family: Mom's 50th

I recently flew to Ontario for my Mom's 50th Birthday (She's the pretty lady in the middle). We took off to Michigan for some shopping and a day at the spa with her three best ladies. Although they are all old enough to have birthed me it is really fun to hang out with them. I'm so very happy that they're in my Mom's life. Especially being her only child and living on the other side of the country, it's comforting to know she has a bunch of wonderful people to keep her sane. 

Oh an I went to J-Crew for the first time. This is the one store we don't have in Calgary yet. And even though I don't need it... I bought this delicious red straw clutch!

July Instagrams

July was quite the month! Stampede for the first half and going back to Windsor for the second half. A lot of not being home, so I'm really enjoying relaxing now. I know the rest of August will be super busy so I'm going to do a word dump on my blog today...

Book Review: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Interesting... very interesting. I'm such a giant nerd and I love leadership books. I wouldn't say that I'm actively involved in any sort of business sector that has traditional leadership roles, but I feel like you learn so much more about yourself from these books. You flush out your bad habits. You figure out how people will actually listen to you.
These are really nicely written because John C. Maxwell is an ex-pastor. Not an ex-CEO. Therefore you get a more human perspective. It's not about how you can make more money, but how you can positively influence people. And I like that.
The good thing is that each law is a few pages so you can read it in little chunks. I find this is the way I like my non-fiction books. Short and to the point without silly little stories placed for filler.