Quote of The Day

LiFe IsN't AbOuT FiNdInG yOuRsElF

It'S aBoUt CrEaTiNg YoUrSeLf

Stumbled upon this today and I remembered that I should live each day like its the last,love like there's no tomorrow,smile each day through the good and bad times and be thankful always because there is someone out who has it worse  than me but lives through each day.

Color Blocking 1

I decided to take my birthday visitors to Victoria Island on Saturday. After their long drive from Calgary I decided to give them some time to rest and we left to board the ferry at Horseshoe Bay around 10am. While we were waiting to board the ferry we managed to grab breakfast and I Grabbed my new found summer drink from Starbucks ,Shaken Iced Passion Tea Lemonade. Quite a refreshing drink.

We boarded the ferry a few minutes before 11am as departure was set for 11am. The ferry ride is about 2hrs but believe me you won't notice how fast time flies. Well,we did more catching up,walked around the ferry to get views from different angles and of course take pictures. Me and my girls just love pictures and who would't love to step out of the ferry and just feel the wind blow past while you pose for pictures.

I wanted to be comfy and at the same time engage in some color blocking and I managed to do that with my jumpsuit.

Jumpsuit: Le Chateau

Shoes: Gifted

Handbag: Aldo

Jacket: Winners

Sunglasses: Unknown

 Enjoyed myself in Victoria

Birthday Dinner at Glowball Grill

My birthday dinner this year was celebrated at The Glowball Grill located in Yaletown. Reservation was 7pm but we were fashionably late ,Better late than Never. Our waitress for the night was Erenee(hope I spelt it right) and she was just good from the get go. A total of ten people attended the dinner which was good and we had baby TJ too. We ordered our starters which were five different satays and enjoyed them.

 I ordered Jumbo Tiger Prawns with greens. The prawns were really huge I must say and delicious too.

Jumbo Tiger Prawns

A number of people ordered Lamb Shank ,some chicken and some steak. The meals were good and of a sizable amount. And my neighbour had some pasta with prawns ,this was really good too,could taste the oregano in the food which gave the food a whole different good taste to it.

Linguine(tiger prawns,oregano,olives,capers stewed tomatoes & tomato)

Then it was dessert time and they sang for me and I got Chocolate Bailey's Pudding with a candle on top.

Oh my ,never tasted such a good pudding like this,it had chunks of crunch chocolate in it,sauce to top it up. The dessert was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S I tell you.

All in all it was an enjoyable night but it didnt end there more info coming up soon.

Sisterly Love

This time I didn't do the travelling I had people come over.(phew).I want to take this time to thank all the people who came through for my 2011 birthday. All the calls,texts,facebook messages,those who had me in their thoughts on my special day and those  who were present for the weekend all together. My sister Dadi, Sasha,Taroh drove all the way from Calgary on Friday the 12th and arrived around 2am. A long drive it was and thinking of it my sister def endured some pain as she broke her arm two weeks before the trip. She still managed to come through for her baby sister and made it.( I know she was in pain) but all the same it was a fun weekend.

Ever stylish sisters from another Mother

August Babies Rock

..Like Wine I get better with Age..

Happy birthday to me and all the other August babies. I thank God for another year and wish for many more to come. The Lord has been good to me and continues to bless me day after day and I will never stop praising him for everything.

Mango cake ( from my co-workers)

This year was another memorable year spending time with friends and family. It was an action packed weekend too as there was little time for my visitors as they had to drive back to Calgary,AB on Monday..

All in all I enjoyed The Weekend.

Sunny Days: You Gotta Love Them

En-route to Kitsilano Beach (downtown Vancouver)

So it's summer time yeah and you know what that means ryt, yeap short skirts,visits to the beach,sipping on the drinks and just loving the days as they come. I just love Vancouver summer days,not so hot,not humid just the perfect temperature to enjoy summer days.

SO we had a heart lunch at Nando's Chicken .nothing beats the tasty lemon and herb chicken,peri fries and some greens on the side. We took a leisurely walk down to the beach,chilled around for a bit talking and just taking the sun and the fresh air. And yes of course I had to remove my shoes to feel the sand in my feet,sat by the logs. Too bad I didn't have my bikini ( the visit to the beach wasn't planned)with me or I would have tried basking in the sun soaking it all in.

Besides the sun bathing or taking a deep in the water who goes to a beach and doesn't remove their shoes just to get a feel of the beach sand.

                                                         Random pic of other beach lovers( the ones that like sun tanning)

White Out

I don't really like wearing white cloths coz of 2 reasons.Some might see them as small or minor reason but they still stand. These reasons are they stain easily and you need to wear special undergarments.

Its not that I'm clumsy or anything but I just think if you are wearing something white you just have to be extra careful and all that. This kinda puts me in a corner and stops me from who I really am (jovial and all over the place).

White dress: Guess

Sandals: Winners

Anyways on this particular day I decided to wear my short dress to attend a anniversary pool party. The day turned out to be pretty good for a pool party,mingling with friends,dancing and listening to music and yes of coz taking time to pose for pictures here and there.

Quadding

When everything was finalised and our trip to Fort St John was planned I knew Stella had camping in store for us, hiking,sightseeing and just chilling but there was one thing that did not come to mind. I didn't ask for the rundown of what more she had in store for the week we were going to be there. Anyhow me being the adventure freak I was in for anything. So after our Rim Rock picnic we went back to Heather's parents' house. Her dad is a good artist.really good at drawing,loved loved his artwork. We chilled for a bit and more adventure was in store for us.(group of six). It was time for some quadding. hehe I didn't know this was part of the plan for the day.

So they have 3 quads,one automatic,one manual and one in between the two. I partnered up and we had the automatic one. Our first stop was where the horses were and made a pitstop. We stopped and patted the horses,combed their manes.let them sniff our palms and all and we were ready to continue quadding.

had to tie my head in a bun

We continued quadding and there I was thinking oh ok this will only be for any hour and we will be back at the base. So I was like can I take over and I was doing well for the first 5minutes. The terrain wasn't even so yes they were bumps here and there. At some point in time I got over confident and forgot where the handbrake was and before I knew I slapped into a tree. For a bit I was scared to take the wheel so I was like I'ma be a passenger fr now. We drove and drove and at some point in time Heather was like we are halfway now and I thought we are almost there. During the drive we passed through puddles of water and I enjoyed driving in those puddles. Lucky for us we had brought our old sneakers in case it got so muddy. So everytime we passed a puddle we would shout out "feet up". FUN TIMES.
So I got to drive the inbetween quad,not so difficult to control and I got to talking with Heather. She told me the land was used for cattle ranching and this is the same beef we end up buying in supermarkets.I'm not sure how many hectares the land is but its so much land used for ranching only no farming.

 Like my friend would say" YOU GUYS WERE JUST E-N-J-O-Y-I-N-G

 And I took the wheel again and was driving and we spotted an elk darting through the trees. Too bad I couldn't take a clear picture of the elk.

After 3hours of quadding it was time to call it quits. Our clothes and shoes were all muddy but nothing beats the fun we had.

Hudson's Hope: Land of Dinosaurs & Dams

We drove down to Hudson's Hope to get a tour of the W.A.C.Bennett Dam. This is the dam that runs on the Peace River and generates electricity for the Lower Mainland,City of Vancouver and export markets in the U.S. We arrived around 1:45pm a few minutes before the 2:30pm tour so we had time to drive round to the bridge and take a look at it in our car.During the construction of the dam dinosaur remains were found hence the place called the Land of Dinosaurs.

Unfortunately we couldnt take any cameras or phones for the tour.During the tour the guide tells us how the machines,turbines and all work. We also had the opportunity to walk around see some of the tunnels where the water enters,the cold temperatures down there(obviously). The tour is close to 45minutes long. After out tour we just moved around seeing dinosaurs footsteps,humongous footsteps they are.

Me reading on how electricity from the dam is generated

Quite an informing trip after we were done with our tour we had lunch in the park,just enjoying the weather and each other's company. And we were ready to live beautiful Hudson's Hope.

ENJOY

Bocce

Bocce is a game that has 6 colored balls(2 blue,2green,2yellow) and one small white one. Since there were six of us we formed 3teams and we were ready to begin playing. the aim of this game is one person throw a the white small ball and everyone has to roll their balls close to the white ball.Whoever is close to the white ball gets a ball and is the one who throws for the next round.

We all got the hang of it after a few rounds of playing, and the yellow team was leading I was in the blue trailing behind the yellow team and red was struggling behind us. So with this game you move around the backyard changing locations,this area is a hilly area so the balls would roll into the bushes so we had to keep track of our balls. It got interesting when Tara's dad would throw the white ball for us as he would throw it faraway which made the game interesting.

As we moved round the house we came to a place where there was grass growing and deep patches of uneven soil which made our balls bounce and change the intended direction.Bocce is a fun game that gets competitive and you never know what to expect especially if you are playing on uneven ground. In the end the yellow team won the game with a close margin to the blue team.

Wild Flowers

While hiking along the trails we came across beautiful wild flowers that do not worry about what tomorrow holds but continue blooming,moving towards the light.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

African Fusion

The church service was interesting and left everyone thinking and reflecting on our lives and future.Onose's parents invited us for lunch at their house after the service. the food was delicious,that was my firs time trying out Naija food and I was quite impressed with how they mix up dishes and spice them up obviously different from the Zimbo cooking. It was a great afternoon as we sat,digested our food and had talks with a mixture of Africans from Nigeria,Kenya,Zimbabwe all telling about different experiences in their countries.It was all laughs and amazements on how people from different countries go about their daily lives. This was an afternoon filled with oohs and aahs ,really,Oh my,in my country.It was a true African Fusion,learning more about different culture.

 The Ladies: Kenyan, Nigerian, Zimbabwean

After lunch we decided to go home and take afternoon naps but the weather was just too good to stay indoors so we decided to take a stroll in the town of Fort St John.The town is not that big such that it takes minutes to move around.Stella gave us a mini tour around the town as we enjoyed the sunshine.