happy halloween!

hey all, hope you have a great halloween!

here's a photo of myself and my c0-worker Suzie from Friday - we dressed up as each other...!

tonight i'm off to the Flying Beaver in Richmond for their halloween-themed "Name That Tune" night with my friend Debbie...should be alot of fun there, as always.

and also wanted to mention that my header photo of the fall leaves was taken by my talented photographer brother Zeljko Travica. He has his own website here: www.creativescans.com

take care and have a great night !
:)

Crop 4 Kids = Fun 4 Us !

Hi all - long time no see ! This past weekend I went to an amazing annual scrapbooking event in Abbotsford called "BC Scrapbooking Crop For Kids" - a huge charity event where 225 generous scrapbookers raised a huge amount of money for the kids at BC Children's Hospital. Here's a photo of me at my table with a door prize that I won (some beautiful Avon products) and a pic of one of my 14 christmas cards that I made, using an Elzybell stamp, Copic markers and a variety of Stickles. I had a great time with the girls at my table - thanks for the fun! Can't wait til next year!

Whirlwind !

Wow! this upcoming week is going to be super busy....I haven't beent his busy in ages..!

Friday night, a visit with a long-time girlfriend Dawn (we've been friends since Grade 2 )
Sunday night, Bard on the Beach "Comedy of Errors" with my friend Debbie and her girlfriends
Tuesday night, PNE Summer Nights Concert --- En Vogue with Izzy ( b-day fun!) - eeeee! can't wait!
Thursday night, the Opus Hotel's "Pool Party" with my friend Kerry
Friday night, hoping to see that movie "District 9" with Debbie (who is a bona-fide Sci-fi fan, i'm just on the bandwagon for this movie, everyone is saying it's very good)
Saturday night, AC/DC concert with my sister Caroline and her friend Tracey.

Then the following weekend Sept 3-6 i'll be in Las Vegas with Caroline and Tracey (woot!)

Izzy could I borrow your jet-pack for a few days ?? :)

Cabin Holiday 2009

Hey gang! I'm back from the Okanagan now from the "Cabin Holiday" with my sister Caroline and her DH Al. We were at Lawrence Beach which is on Westside Road on Okanagan Lake, about 20 km north of Fintry Provincial Park / Terrace Mountain where the 3rd forest fire broke out on Saturday the 18th. I'm so glad to hear that Glenrosa and Rose Valley are getting contained and now I hear they are working on Terrace Mtn.

On Saturday afternoon we were all playing a board game ("You Know You're a Redneck When...." $5 at Wal-Mart by the way, it was a hoot to play :) ) when the wind gusted up and blew our little Redneck board pieces around so we had to put the game away. The wind just would not stop and later we heard about the forest fires breaking out. I'm attaching pics of the smoke that I could see on Terrace Mountain from behind the cabin.

I'm also attaching a picture of the view from the deck, taken earlier in the week..fabulous!

So besides the fires, the big news at the Cabin was just basic relaxing, sunning and swimming a wee bit, reading, playing board games, doing crossword puzzles, eating great food created by my sister (she's a fantastic cook), and lots of cocktails, lol! Happy hour would start anywhere from noon to 5 pm, depending on how we felt or if we had visitors over. Lots of fun. ;)

And my drive home was long on Monday - I had to take a different/longer route because of highway closures, so I went via Kamloops and it took me almost 7 hours to get home, but then I make a few stops to rest and take my time.

Now I'm back and under piles of laundry! But hope to get out and enjoy these sunny days before I go back to work on Monday.

Hope everyone is fine and well, and enjoying the sunshine !

:) J.

missing in action

Hey everybody! how are you???

yep it's been awhile.... almost a month ! things got a little out of control busy for awhile there, then add in the "JT Laziness Factor" (trademarked) .....and this is what happens.

Late June and early July were pretty full.. on June 20th it was my mom's 80th birthday so we held a BBQ party for her. My BIL bbq'd salmon and we also had a roast beef, with a home-made potato salad,green salad, green beans, rolls, and of course a huge chocolate birthday cake. It was a great dinner for our mom. photo attached ! :)

For my Scrapaholic Friends, i'm hosting the button swap for August (for the august 16th crop)- i'm pretty excited!!

Other than that , it's been non-stop work, some baking, and beach volleyball (when the weather is nice), but now i'm on vacation so i'm happy to have some time off. I'll be heading up to Okanagan Lake area soon to hang out with my family.

thanks for stopping by!

J :)

T.G.I.F.

Happy Friday everyone!

hope you've had a great week. mine has been jam-packed with tonnes of stuff :) Highlights of my week were getting to to do the Grouse Grind on Tuesday night for the first time of the season. While I am climbing that thing, I ask myself "OMG Why am I doing this again?" ...but once I get to the top, it is an a-maz-ing feeling. Once I catch my breath that is !
And yesterday I was able to go play some beach volleyball, however our team lost our match which is too bad, but it was still a hoot.
I visited my friend Tracey in the hospital on Wednesday, she'll be there for a few more weeks as her poor feet heal up after surgery to fix her shattered heels. She's in great spirits though which is great to see.

Hope you all have a great Friday and an awesome weekend ! TGIF!!

:) J.

Happy Half-Way Point of 2009!

hey everybody, how's life been this week? Can you believe it's the first week of June already? Half of 2009 has already gone by....amazing!

This past week has been busy. I visited my friend Tracey in the hospital - she was in a car accident early last week and overall she will be fine, but she got pretty banged up the poor thing and has some broken bones, including both of her heels. S0, she will have to wait awhile before she is walking around again. Really wishing her all the best for a fast recovery.

I also played my first game of beach volleyball at work this week (um, yah we have a beach volleyball court at work - isn't that insane??) It was alot of fun but I was fairly rusty. I have signed up for a Beach Skills Training Clinic hosted by Volleyball BC - that starts June 18th for six weeks, so I am really looking forward to learning some new stuff. It's at Shaughnessy Park in South Vancouver - I don't even know where that is just yet but I'm sure I'll find my way :)

On Thursday night I went to an old friend's grand re-opening of her shop in Deep Cove. It used to be called San Pedro Imports, but now it's called La La Home Decor. (www.lalahomedecor.ca) My friend Kristina has some amazing gifts in there! Unique jewellery, handbags, greeting cards (the really funny ones), giftware, and tonnes of other great stuff. Be sure to check it out if you are in the Deep Cove area of North Van.

And last night I went out for cocktails with the girls that I travelled to LA with, Juli, Nicole and Kerry. We went to "Joey's" on Burrard Street, which was alot of fun to see everyone again for a mini-reunion, 2 weeks later! : ) Then we went to "Yew" at the Four Seasons Hotel to meet up with two friends of Nicole's. I've never been there, and yep it was definitely very posh and foo foo shee shee . fun times!

And lastly, I wanted to mention a cool blog that my friend Gina told me about: http://www.happiness-project.com/. This lady Gretchen Rubin has some really neat ideas on happiness, people skills, and life in general. Very interesting stuff.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping in!
:)