I would like to take this moment to wish my partner Will (aka MPW) a very Happy Birthday!  It’s been the 9th birthday we have celebrated together and I am pretty sure I still  surprise you with cool gifts.  ‘Cause I’m awesome like that.  In honour of your 29th birthday (our 9th together)  here is 29 things you do to annoy me  9 reasons I think you’re neat-o.

1. You take care of car things.
2. You cook (thank goodness).
3. You get me DQ blizzards.
4. You’re very handy around the apartment (when you get around to it).
5. You humour me by reading my blog when I whine that you haven’t read it yet today.
6. You give great  hugs!
7. You put up with my “attack of the sillies”.
8. You support me in the things I do (or try to do).
9. You don’t care that I am not always up-to-date on the household chores.

Happy Birthday.  In honour of your special day I am posting a pic of your 2nd birthday.  Because it’s cute.  And hopefully, a bit embarrassing.

 Yeah, That Just Happened!

So the 100 mile Fitness Challenge ended on June 30.  I’m what you call a “peak too sooner”.  (Points if you can name that movie).  I am not going to embarrass myself by putting the week-by-week description, but I would like to say I did better than I thought.  I also did a lot of my miles in the middle of the challenge.  So the grand total is…

40 miles! (or 64.3737600002575 kilometers!)

Definitely not as good as someone who did 454 miles(!!), but pretty respectable.  I almost got half way to my goal.  I definitely won’t be trying to go out and exercise to make up for it considering the heat wave we have been experiencing in Toronto.  It’s almost midnight and it’s still 81°F, or 27°C.  All I can think is how lucky I am not to be living in my first apartment that did not have any a/c, was on the top floor and did not have an easy way to install a portable a/c.  It was hot all year-round (like shorts and T-Shirt hot) despite having the patio doors to the covered balcony open all year round.  I have been thinking about the person who is living in there now and how I really hope they found a way to make it work.  One day it was so hot that my smoke detector started beeping because the apartment got that hot.

This is a view from my bedroom into the covered balcony. There was a door leading into the dining room and a long one into the family room. My apartment was U-shaped. It trapped heat in and didn't let it out.

Now I am living in the lap of luxury with a functioning a/c.  Well…until the power goes out because of everyone using so much electricity trying to stay cool.

Yeah, That Just Happened!

What an eventful weekend!  Thursday was Canada Day, Friday was my Mom’s birthday, Saturday was my Great Aunt’s 90th birthday, and Sunday was a joint birthday for MPW and his sister, Angela.

Is it possible to get a break from the break?  Cause I think I need one!

This weekend was great for BBQ, I had it on Friday and Sunday.  Mmmm…veggie burgers.  Also, there were two cakes and a plate of cupcakes.  Yum…I think I can still feel the sugar coursing through my veins (aided by the fact I am currently munching on chocolate-covered jube-jubes that were on sale!  Booyah!). 

Blowing out the candles…

 So happy and soooo sleepy.  More on the weekend tomorrow, for now I will succumb to the sugar coma. 

Yeah, That Just Happened!