Wilson Family Picnic

On Saturday the whole family drove to Bolsover for the annual summer picnic. We always meet in a park that used to be an old school house. I think the date on the school was 1901. Jason went inside and said that there were the pictures of the classes dating back to 1900, pretty cool I thought. Each family brings some food to share and everyone enjoys good food, and catching up with what everyone is up to.



After eating, we usually have some games. This time each family had a quiz about the family history. The group shot is our family trying to figure out the answers to the questions. My mom is in the middle, pen in hand, recording the answers, and in this picture, they had just called on my dad about one of the questions.





Grandpa talking to my dad and Jason about something. Ryan is in the foreground enjoying some watermelon.






A picture that Caitlin took of Jason and I.








Ryan trying to lean his way out of the picture. But, I gotcha!








Caitlin and Mark. Notice what it says on Caitlin's shirt...

Visiting Old Friends

On Friday, Jason and I trekked out to Peterborough to see the lift locks. After watching a couple of boats go through we headed on to Belleville to visit Sarah. Sarah and I have been friends for many years, but it had been two years since we had since each other, which is far too long in my opinion. The last time I saw her, her daughter Victoria was just a baby. Now as you can see she is a bouncing, babbling, happy, nearly two year old. She is such a sweetie, so cute and smiley :) And oddly enough (at least I thought it was odd), she loves pickles. In the picture of her by herself she's munching on one of the many pickles that she ate while we were there. As we were headed out, she waved from the door until we were almost to the end of the hall. I'd love to have taken her home with me :)
On another note, Oden the cat had quite the hair fetish. I would petting him, and the entire time he would be sitting there totally mesmerized by my hair. Then he would make his attack and go at my hair with mouth and both paws, trying his best to eat it. What an odd cat! When I tried to push him away he would just climb onto the back of the couch and try to get my hair from there. He was very determined and persistent in his quest to eat my hair.

*Hack, hack, sniffle sniffle, snort*

Having a cold in the middle of August is terrible. I caught a cold bug sometime early last week and have been going through various stages of misery. Started out with a stuffed up nose and a plugged left ear. The plugged ear switched to my right ear, still a stuffed nose and mild cough. Then no more stuffed ears, but a very sore throat and dry cough. Every time I swallowed it felt like needles going down my throat. Then yesterday my throat was killing me, I had a cough that comes from deep in my chest and nearly lost my voice completely. This morning my voice was back, and my nose is no longer stuffed, and my cough is a very deep, satisfying one. I'm hoping that this means I'm almost through it. A whole week of this has been torture, especially when the weather is sunny and warm.

Great Big Sea

Hooray! I just checked Great Big Sea's website and saw that they are releasing a new album in October 2005, The Hard and The Easy. I can't wait!

Hair Count Diaries: The Quiet Before the Storm

All is calm and quiet right now, and I have plenty of spare time to go galavanting about. I've enjoyed trips to Cleveland and the UP so far. One last trip to Ontario coming up, when I will visit my folks. One last hurrah before I turn recluse and have no time to go a-wandering. I'm soaking in all the relaxing I can right now because come August 29th I'll be leading a double life. Software professional by day, education student by night. I have a jampacked calendar waiting for me, and likely many long nights trying to fit everything in. I might be tearing my hair out at the stress, and sheer magnitude of stuff I need to get done, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end.

Hair Count: 110,000 strands

Tahquanemon Falls

The Upper (left) and Lower (right) Tahquanemon Falls. The upper falls were certainly larger, but I preferred the lower falls myself. There were more trails to wander through, and each new bend in the path gave a different view of the falls.

Row, Row, Row your Boat

At the Lower Tahquanemon Falls on Friday we took a rowboat to a small island where we could get a better view of the falls. After wandering around the whole trail, we hopped in the rowboat to go back to the mainland. Asia insisted on "helping" row the boat :)

Johnny Depp

Another quiz... Which Johnny Depp are you?

You Are Sam From "Benny & Joon." You are very talented at physical comedy. People are in awe of your abilities. However, you have many quirks which can either win people over or completely annoy them. But you're a sweetheart through and through, and it's hard not to love you.

Enneagram Test

Test time, what type are you? Take Enneagram Test

My top two were types 9 and 2. Just a short test, but surprising what they can figure out from a few short questions.

Type Nine - The Peacemaker
The easy-going, self-effacing type. Nines are accepting, trusting, and stable. They are usually creative, optimistic, and supportive, but can also be too willing to go along with others to keep the peace. They want everything to go smoothly and be without conflict, but they can also tend to be complacent, simplifying problems and minimizing anything upsetting. They typically have problems with inertia and stubbornness. At their Best: indomitable and all-embracing, they are able to bring people together and heal conflicts.

Type Two - The Helper
The caring, interpersonal type. Twos are empathetic, sincere, and warm-hearted. They are friendly, generous, and self-sacrificing, but can also be sentimental, flattering, and people-pleasing. They are well-meaning and driven to be close to others, but can slip into doing things for others in order to be needed. They typically have problems with possessiveness and with acknowledging their own needs. At their Best: unselfish and altruistic, they have unconditional love for others.