Green Thumb

I've taken up a recent interest in decorating with plants.  They are a fairly inexpenisve but, still an expressive way to spice up your living space! I do not have a ton of plant knowledge but, between Google and my Mother (who is a gardening freak), I've managed to find quite a few plants that work great!

Recent additions to my plant family:

 

This is the staple viney plant -The Pothos- that drapes so nicely over window siles and bookshelves.  For $8 how can you go wrong? These plants require very little work, minimal sunlight and I only water mine about once a week.  Mine has been growing really fast and I'm assuming I'll need to re pot it into a bigger "room" fairly soon.



The Dracaena has such seamless color coordination.  It manages to combine the most bright and feminin colors without being too over the top.  The ones I purchased were $15 each and were about 3.5 feet tall.  I've bought them at a young age and they will apparently fill out and grow quite a bit still.  I've decided to plant them in larger pots than needed at the moment so I do not have to go through all the trouble of moving the roots into a new pot. 

My very first plant was this guy:

I must admit, it looked really beautful and colorful when I first bought (and For $15 he was a perfect match!) but, a few weeks ago, it slowly started dying!  All the leaves were shedding off.   But, with a little TLC it has sprouted tiny new leaves and seems to do very well in it's new location with more sun light!  Apparently this plant requires more attention than it's tag let on.  It needs plenty of sunlight and watering every 2 days.

Waiting on the Weekend

With the bf out of town Monday through Friday, Friday's always have a buzz of excitment hovering over them as I impatiently await the phone call saying "I'm home!". 

For many other obvioius reason, Friday's have a buzz about.  And today, my Friday buzz is centered around helping my best friend move (To a home closer to me! Making it even easier for me to see her practically everyday), a lobster dinner on Saturday (I must confess, I'm truely not a lobster fan but, I've promised the bf to give it a second try.  I figure it's only far since, the first and only time I tried it and sternly concluded I disliked it was when I was 15), breakfast in bed one morning and a breakfast outing the next, and finally, relazxing and catching up on all the pathetic shows I watch!

Speaking of shows! I just stumbled across this fabulous new TLC show! I'm a serious TLC addict.  Any show they put out I somehow find myself growing addicted to.  But, this show is not the average show.  Yes, its the average home living idea that TLC loves to over due, but, its vintage and DIY home living style from scraps found on road trips. 

Check it out here!

These girls are very handy, not to mention adorable.  Reminds me a lot of the two girls from Oh So Lovely Vintage! Check out their blog. Its a daily must read!

Off to the Races

The races were fantastic.  Ran into plenty of friends, ate plenty of greasy food, drank plenty of beer and had plenty of fun! Wish I could say we won plenty of money but, this was not the case.  However, we all had a case of some small luck as the group of us walked out $15 richer than we came in.  Our winnings were celebrated (and spent) with more tasty drinks!

 The finish line!!

Sorry for the poor pictures, there was far to much movement for my handy dandy iPhone to pick up on a quality pic!

Waiting on the Weekend

For the entire summer we have had nothing but, hot, sunny weather that permits any type of outdoor activity.  This weekend calls for some rain on Saturday, which should be quite refreshing! Nevertheless, I still plan on outdoor events with friends! More specfically- the horse races!

Im attending the horse races on Saturday to watch a co workers horse run!

The races are the BEST reason to wear my large floppy hat!

 

 A rainy day calls for breaky with the besties!



Sad Story

For those in the Winnipeg area, I recommend you check out Aqua Book's EAT! Bistro by the end of September. Aqua Books is a book store that hosts a tasty bistro inside. They just announce that they will be closing sometime after September.  This newspaper article suggestion several reasons why.  The one that stands out the most to me is the fact that physical books are just not in demand anymore.  Which made me wonder- when will the day come when children no long know what holding a reading pages from a book is like? Scary!

Back to the first line in this post- EAT! Bistro is the delish gluten free option restaurant within Aqua Books. The menu is delicious and very reasonably priced.  It is a local shop that won't be around much longer and I plan on taking full advantage of it while it is still here.  Stop in and test out the menu.  Perhaps even buy a book!

Nice Life

I hope everyone had a relaxing and rewarding weekend! Mine was filled with soccer games, beach days and family suppers. Can you ask for anything better? Nice life!  

The weather this weekend was perfect: sunny, +30, with a very slight breeze.  A group of friends and I packed up our  towels and sunscreen and lay in the sun for the afternoon!

New Kid On the Block

I am very grateful to have had such a wonderful summer thus far with fabulous weekends filled with relaxing at the lake, drinks with friends, quality time with the bf and, what seems to be endless days of hot sunny weather. This summer I have really focused on trying new things, enjoying downtime (which as a fresh grad seems to be a luxury as well as somthing hard to allow yourself to do) and taking in every day for what it is.