Beat it, Cancer!

Hey hey! How was the weekend for ya? Awesome, I hope. Mine was pretty good. Did a little baking, hiking, wine tasting…as in the better part of an entire bottle. Fine, the entire bottle. I also participated in the CIBC Run for the Cure yesterday in support of a coworker of mine that is unfortunately battling breast cancer. She’s just started chemotherapy but managed to make it down to the event to see us off. I admire her strength and courage so much. I can’t imagine how terrifying it must be to have that monster in your body. My aunt beat breast cancer earlier this year, thankfully. I know too many people affected by it in some way. I wish cancer was a person so that people could beat the living you-know-what out of them. Seriously, just BEAT IT, cancer. No one likes you anyway.

The event itself was pretty amazing. The weather was absolutely perfect and the energy was so positive and humbling. And so much pink! The best was seeing so many grown men wearing tutu’s. Two thumbs up to them. I brought Ryland with me….he slept most of the time but here we are just before the finish line:

Other highlights of my weekend included a Saturday morning hike with 2 of my favorite dudes. Let me tell you, it is HARD WORK going uphill with 25 lbs strapped to your chest.

 

And because I did all that hiking and walking, I felt like I really deserved this:

Good thing I burned a bunch of calories because I’m too embarrassed to even tell you how much of this I ate. Did I share with Duncan? Nope! Did I hide it in the back of the freezer so that he doesn’t finish the tiny bit that’s left? Quite possibly.

Oh, we also went to my nephews first birthday on Saturday. There were about 8 kids, although it felt like 50. Such a sweet group of kiddies though. Most of us parents are friends from high school so it’s really awesome to watch our next generation together. Getting a decent picture was basically impossible, but at least they’re all in it!

And here’s my jellybean.

I just love him so much. It’s ridiculous, actually. And I love bandana bibs almost as much. Paperairplane.ca makes the BEST bibs for such a reasonable price. And it’s great to support other mamas.

Wow, I didn’t realize I had so much to talk about! I better leave it at that for the day. Have a good one!

FriYAY!

Well THAT was a fast week. And it’s October already…how did that happen?! Never mind Thanksgiving and Halloween, the stores are already bursting with Christmas. Every year I say I’m going to do my Christmas shopping early, and every year I do it last minute. I secretly love the crowds of last minute shoppers during the holiday season though. People are full of festive cheer, or maybe spiked eggnog…either way, it’s the one time of year that I actually enjoy shopping.

I mentioned in my bio that I’m a bit of a MAJOR bookworm so I thought I’d share my current reading material:I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book so I put myself on the wait list at the library a few months ago and it’s FINALLY my turn! I’m only a few chapters in, but I was hooked after the first two pages. It’s SO good. If you’ve read Gillian Flynn’s books, this is a must read. So far, it’s a little dark and edgy but also kind of humorous and relatable in a weird way. I’ve got a busy weekend ahead but I’m pretty excited to sneak in a few more chapters when I can. I don’t want to ready it TOO fast because it’s always so sad when you finish a really good book! Total bookworm talk right there!!

The weather’s still pretty nice so we might do a little bbqing over the weekend. I had some really delicious sangria on our cruise so I might try and throw a pitcher of my own together too. Other than that, we’ve got a birthday party, hopefully a hike, and a bunch of house stuff on the schedule this weekend. And I’ve obviously got some ripe bananas waiting to be baked into something because it IS Friday after all :).

Oh,and maybe i’ll get around to buying a little lemon tree ;).

Enjoy whatever it is that you get up to and I’ll see ya Monday!