It's been a crazy week, I'll tell you what ( Read more... )

Holy smokes, Inception REALLY is as good as they say. And at the IMAX, it's even better! I bet if you wanted to, you could sit down and talk to another person for an hour straight about what transpired or what your thoughts are of the movie. Due to funding limitations, I don't think I'll be seeing it in the theater again, but will definitely be ( Read more... )

the Naga Jolokia pepper, also known as the "ghost pepper" is the most hottest pepper found in the world. For the longest time, I thought the Habanero was the hottest, but recent studies have shown this particular pepper is THE hottest. The Dorset Naga pepper, which is a Scotch Bonnet/Habanero hybrid, has been measured at 1,598,227 scoffield units. ( Read more... )

Asessippi was tons of fun! Us Jones' love our new tent. It fits the four of us comfortably on one side, and can fit 6 lawnchairs on the other side quite comfortably as well. Super dry too ( Read more... )

Listed in no particular order

- "Blasting"
- "the bubbler" with mint tea
- Skinny dipping by myself at 4am
- Kakabeka falls
- "Uncle" John's cooking
- Standing horizontally on a tree swing
- Tahlyia's finger dilemma
- Avett Brothers
- Cliffy's bday
- The view (not the TV show, but the actual view on the way out & in)

I'm seriously considering the purchase of an Ipad, and my dad likes looking at gadgets, so the Jones family is all piled into the van, cruising down St.Mary's, on the way to pick up my dad ( Read more... )

Winnipeg Folk Festival 2010 has come and gone. It truly was a spectacular event! Although with children, we weren't able to catch a ton of adult musical acts, the family fun area was just that: family & fun. The flying Bob guy's pretty nuts! I found a new great artist, but not one that was at the festival. "The Tallest Man on Earth" was playing in ( Read more... )

Delta ShadeIs slowly taking shape. Kara's sewing pieces of fabric together to make the 10'x30' shade cloth. She tells me it's going to be a tremendously hideous eye-sore, I'm pretty excited to see it! I borrowed Papa H's chop saw and cut myself some 7 footers, 5 footers and 2 footers of solid maple (thanks Cara & Chris) to create the 4 triangles. ( Read more... )

Making this post public, so that it appears on both my LJ page and my facebook notes:

(for those of you who want to read about Folk Fest, read on. Otherwise, skip to second paragraph)
Winnipeg Folk Festival is in 10 days, and we're bringing the kids. This means we'll probably be spending a good portion of our time in the campground, resting, sleeping ( Read more... )

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