Photos

Alfie, Level II

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I had these pictures on my camera since Alfie’s last day at Level 1 Obedience training. This was our exam, and here I am telling him the “sit stay” command. He was doing so well! On the down-stay, he got up twice in the four minutes. Argh.

I swear my neck isn’t always that pulled forward. Or is it? :(

This is the FOCUS command:

I love how he’s looking right up at me :)

(My new favorite picture of him. I think it’s because of his crazy hair do)

Alfie has a head halter on when he goes out for walks (only if he barks, it goes on immediately), and when he attends classes. The only thing that really bothers me about Alfie, is his barking. It’s uncontrollable right now. But hopefully with the help of the head halter, it will stop.

Here’s the French Bulldog I was talking about before (see last paragraph). The one that makes all the owners in the class break out into laughter due to his noises and silly demeanor.

Hi Stuart!

This is actually Stuart in his sit stay command. The boy ended up taking these pictures (obviously). The owners had this one down pat ;) He always falls asleep!! ROFL!!!

Next class starts up on Thursday. Eeks!

And lastly, Jen is giving away some Dove deodorant over at her site. Comment to win, you have until Thursday! :)

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No Buy Month, Photos, Triathlons / Duathlons, Vacation

Saving money on vacation

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Last year the boyfriend and I went on a “vacation” together. I put it in quotes because he completed his very first Ironman Canada in British Columbia last year. So it wasn’t exactly a vacation for him in the beginning. You can see the post re-caps here (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6)! Yes I wrote a whole six posts about the BC and Alberta excursion from August 2009. This was our very first getaway together as we usually fly back home each year to where we are from, Newfoundland. Which isn’t really an exciting one since we’re actually from the place. You know?

We booked out flights again for this year, and after the Ironman Canada race we’ll be flying to Edmonton. This gets me a little giddy inside, as West Edmonton Mall is notorious for its monstrous shopping mall. It has a water park inside the damn place. Even a hotel! I know I’m going to go wild if left alone for a few hours, and I already viewed the shops that I want to visit on West Edmonton Mall’s website. Level 2 — Anthropologie.

Last year we ended up spending about $2,400 each on the vacation. Which included hotels, air fare, car rental, gas, food and not much shopping since we were there to see the mountains. But we paid to go up on the gondola rides in Banff, and paid to enter the parks, and all that other expensive stuff.

I know this year may end up being more expensive due to the fact we’ll be flying to Edmonton (well, it was only fifty bucks with the seat sale) and I wanted to try and make things cheaper. But I don’t know how to go about this.

When we were staying in the hotel when Ironman Canada was on, we stayed at a place with a kitchenette so we made our meals instead of going out most nights. But I need to save a lot of money to go on this extravagant vacation of ours coming up again towards the end of summer. So I’m wondering if you have any suggestions on how to save more dollahhhs? I guess I’ll first start by saying I need to book hotels in advance to get the best bang for my buck. Right? See if there’s a continental  breakfast, and when I arrive as for a free upgrade? lol. I’ve heard that works. Pretty safe to say that I need to do one or two “no buy months” prior to my vacation. Huh!?

Suggest away please!

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Fashion, OOTD, Photos

OOTD – last week

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What I look like at 6AM about to go to the gym. Wearing my the lulu tee I ‘reviewed’.No need to search for “weight loss products that work” … just hit up the gym and motivate yourself!

You can see a small bit of the last painting I ever painted, up in the far right hand corner (I think 2 yrs ago?) for the Boyf’s birthday.

Sweater: Jacob on sale this winter
Tee: Reitmans (last year)
Pants: American Eagle
Watch: Fossil
Necklace: Etsy

I’m not sure when this was. I think last Wednesday if I recall correctly because my pants split open in the ‘gina area and I only notice at 3 o’clock. Almost time for me to go home. I had a HOLE in my crotch peoples!!!! These pants have been thrown away. I saw photos of me back in 2003 with these khakis on before. I think it was time. I just hate it when your favorite pants… die?

Love my giraffe shoes.

I ended up cleaning my shoes with some Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (first time I ever used that product). Let me tell you. It’s literally a God send. I’m definitely going to be purchasing more of these after I contact the company and ask if I can have some coupons! I cannot believe the difference it made in making my shoes more white. It was a miracle. I kept giggling while I was cleaning my shoes and ran over to the Boyf and was like “ooooooooo — looook!”

You can literally see the difference in this pic. Right? Tell me you can! :)

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