Waiting: Day 19

I think I've never been so tired in my whole, entire life. Before I go to bed (I know it's only 7pm) I'll post waiting pics from today. We all look really bad because none of us have been sleeping well lately, so forgive the bags under our eyes.

Belal!

Tess!

Me!

G'night!

Gillian

SCATTERED!

Let me apologize in advance for the randomness of this post.... I don't promise it will go anywhere.

Waiting Art from today. It occurred to me that I won't be doing much waiting soon. Does anyone still read this thing? Do you want a new Art Installation? If so, suggestions? I'll have to re-vamp the blog for my new life!

Concerned Belal...

Sleepy Gillian...

We went to visit the puppies today and choose ours! We get to bring her home Thursday!

None of these pictures are great because they are bouncy and full of energy and don't stand still!!! EVER!!!

Mum and our little girl bonded immediately ;)

Dandelions are TASTY!

Worms are TASTY too!!!

I've had a heck of a time picking a Song of the Month for April, but I've decided on Lionel Richie's "All Night Long." I've been blogging a lot this month about the sentimental 80's, and this song just transports me to being four years old and dancing in the livingroom in my tutu :P I'll post pictures, if you're good ;)

Love to all!

Gillian

Waiting: Day 17

Okay, you guys were NO help about the frames, so I picked them out without you. My mum and I agreed that they were the most feminine-cute-but-still-sophisticated ones. I'll post pics when I get them. After that there were several random errands. Belal and I skipped some of them to give you some Waiting Art:

The calm before the Puppy Storm.

It's that time again! The cups say that your chance of winning is 1 in 9. We're 0 for 13.

In other news, I think I've found a poor, unsuspecting organisation to donate some old text books to (yay!)

That's it for now!

Gillian

Day Off... HOORAY! (and a little bit of waiting!)

Today we took off for an irresponsible but much needed DAY OFF! It was a very foggy and rainy day, so we took a meandering trip down the coast to Digby (see map below and the poorly drawn red line... yup, I'm wicked in paint :P)

First we drove down to Black Rock/Harbourville/Berwick area. Harbourville looks like it has very promising seafood in the on-season, so I'll definitely have to check that out before I leave.

Cool old apple tree... somewhere....


Harbourville Harbour

Harbourville Harbour. The ocean is behind that boat, it's just too foggy to see.

I didn't take any pictures in Annapolis Royal, which is ridiculous because it's gorgeous down there. Silly me! If you go to Nova Scotia, check out Annapolis Royal. It's the oldest continuous European settlement north of St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1605 by your friend and mine, Mr. Samuel de Champlain. Yay Champlain!!!

Next we headed down to Digby. If you recall, Digby is where the ferry dock is for the New Brunswick to Nova Scotia ferry, and was the first place I saw in Nova Scotia (ahhh, memories...) We even stopped at the same Tim Hortons. It was magical, but I couldn't resist a small dig at my parents... "I remember this... this was before you dragged me off to the middle of nowhere." Haha... they didn't find that amusing... I wonder why... ANYWAY...

Through Digby, up the "scenic route" to Lighthouse Road, to the lighthouse on the cliffs. The lighthouse had a fantastic, earsplitting foghorn that might have replaced the Air Raid Siren as my new favourite sound. I'm going to have to get a video camera and start recording these before I leave.

Danger - Unstable Cliff sign. I collect Danger Sign pictures, by the way... I'm kind of crazy, hey? "Hi, I'm Gillian and I collect Danger sign photos and interesting sounds!" ... riiiight. Not surprising I'm single, eh?

The afore-mentioned unstable cliffs in the fog (the reason for the foghorn)

After the lighthouse we stopped at a questionable restaurant for lunch, and then my parents stopped at Canadian Tire to buy the entire stock of some discontinued glass cleaner... Sooo... WAITING PICTURES!

Belal had frizzy fur from the humidity ;) SO CUTE!

Me, pouting because Tims put sugar in my coffee... EEEAUW!!! TWO CREAMS, PEOPLE! NO SUGAR!!!

In conclusion, it was a lovely day!

Love to all!

Gillian

Waiting Day 16, and much, much more!

This is sort of a random post! It's Saturday night and I'm at home being cranky that this has been just another Saturday night in 8 months of Saturday nights sitting at home, NOT going on dates or out with friends to movies or dances. This is getting a little old, and so when I get back to Calgary I'm determined to make up for it by going out every single Saturday night this summer!!! Maybe Fridays too! HA!

It's blizzarding merrily outside (March coming in like a lion, I guess...) and I should be studying or working on the website, but instead I'm writing on here and then will probably have a bubble bath and watch some marathon X-Files. I mean, it IS Saturday night, after all!

Here is the Waiting Art from our trip to Halifax today, outside (where else?) the Sears Home store. Have you noticed that I seem to get paler with each waiting art pic? I have given up sunlight and vitamin D entirely this winter (it burns, it buuuuurns!) Leaving the house is for chumps. I glow, but in a spooky, ethereal way. I was thinking the other day that it might be fun to go to Disneyland for one last hurrah before heading back to Calgary, but I think I might have to hit a tanning booth before I invade L.A. or else I might be mistaken for a ghost in The Haunted Mansion, and then burn to Piping Hot Lobster shade within 5 minutes. Yuck. Anyone want to come with me? I promise I'll bring sunscreen!!!

What else is new? This evening the fire department was beckoned with 5 short blasts from my beloved air raid siren (YAY!) and I thought longingly that I wanted to share my favourite thing with my friends and family! Thankfully, YouTube was there for me, and now I can!!! I'm not exactly sure, but ours sounds to me like the 2T22 model. Before I leave I'm going to go by the firehouse and ask about it, and hopefully record my own little video. For now, this video of a 2T22 will have to do. Their blast is longer than ours, but the revving up and down are the best parts anyway, so please listen. I know it gets a little unbearable around 30 seconds in, but hold out till it starts to wind down at 48 seconds. It's worth it, I promise.

One last thing... The Village of Canning has a new website! I don't think it's done yet because it's a little hard to manoeuvre around, but THIS picture caught my eye....

... Canning used to have a gas station!!! THIS IS HUGE!!! What happened? What event made Petro Canada wash their hands of this village? Mysteries abound! People often ask me "how big is Canning?" and my response used to be "it's so small that there isn't even a gas station!" Now I can respond "it's so small that they took away the gas station!!!"

Lots of love!

Gillian

Waiting: Day 15

It's been a while since there's been any waiting art, but Belal and I decided to wait in the car today instead of going into "Happy Harry's Building Supply"... sketchy!

Belal's Nose

"La la la... la la.... *sigh* la la la..."

xoxoxo,

Gillian

P.S. Marilyn Monroe exhibit was marvelous! Tons of pics of her that I'd never seen before and I learned some stuff too. She was so beautiful. I bought magnets. The End.

Waiting: Day 14

My, he looks forlorn!

This is rather a bad picture of me, but I'm going to blame it on the flu.

To be fair, I chose to stay in the car with the dog while my parents went into Dollarama. I'm a big fan of Dollarama, but Walmart was particularly overwhelming today (still recovering from the flu) and I didn't feel up to the task of maneuvering through the masses again. You can get everything for a dollar... and I mean everything.

I still can't get over just how many eagles there are here! Every time we go out we see them piled in trees, flying in circles. Loads and loads of golden and bald eagles, chilling by the poultry plants. We're planning a little trip out to the actual eagle spotting sites in the next few days, and I'll bring my zoom and see what I can do about getting some shots of a golden eagle. They're awfully pretty!

Aside from that, not much is new. Belal and I are starting to recover, I'm still applying for jobs, no one is calling me back (damn you Westjet! damn you Lululemon!) Someone hire me, pleeeeeeeease!!! I am very, very, very lonely and am going to have to start paying people to be my friends soon. I think that's about it.

XOXO,

Gillian

Waiting: Day 13

It certainly doesn't take long to get back into the swing of things after a vacation, does it?

Oh well, it's been a while since we've had any waiting pics (I forgot for a while, but they're back by popular demand!)

Man, that coat washes me out :P All of that tropical Calgary sunshine, right? I'm so pale that I glow! haha.

At least this time we had a huge mountain of snow to look at while we waited. I suppose this is what I get for my lofty comments back home that "it's hardly snowed at ALL in Nova Scotia." If you zoom in to the picture, you may notice a red flag on top of the fire hydrant... they all have those, for when the hydrant is completely covered in snow. Sakes Alive!!! I do miss the prairies after all.

Much Love,

Gillian

Happy Halloween and A New Take on Waiting

BOO! I finally guilted mum and dad into taking an evening off to carve pumpkins the other night. We all decided that the Bat theme was pretty appropriate ;)

Belal and I have been waiting in an entirely new way as of late. I've been working on my resume (long story) and my parents have been tearing out plaster in a small room, so often Belal will be shoved into my room with me to be out of their way (or the way of contractors, which is the case at this moment.) He is unhappy about this and cries, scratches at the door, barks, leaps on and off of my bed and makes resume-writing a real challenge. Good thing I love him. Today it occurred to me that this is really just another form of us waiting, so I took a picture for the art installation. Let us out of here!!!

Happy Trick or Treating!

Gillian

Waiting: Day 12

Alright, it's been a while since I've posted any waiting pictures. This is mostly because I haven't been getting out much, but is also partially due to vanity on my part, as I've feeling really un-photogenic lately. Luckily Belal and I had a good hour and a half in the Home Depot parking lot today, so we managed to take some pics for y'all. Enjoy :P

Love and Grande Non-Fat Vanilla Lattes to all!

Gillian

Waiting: Day Eleven

It was a toasty one in Halifax today, which left Belal and me feeling rather humid in the car. Not that I'm complaining, mind you! I'll happily soak up the remains of summer :)

Love,
Gillian

Waiting: Day Ten

What is it with home improvement store parking lots?

I'm off to New Brunswick for a few days tomorrow. I'll post pictures when I'm back :)
Love,
Gillian

Waiting: Day Nine

Spent a rather successful day in Halifax/Dartmouth! Went to Starbucks TWICE (shameful!) I was sooooo tired after my craziness and only two hours of sleep!

Such a handsome profile!

So Very Tired!
Love,
Gillian

Waiting: Day Eight

Greetings from Dartmouth/Halifax.

Hot Dog!

MWAH! Gillian Hearts Starbucks.

Waiting: Day 7

This picture is actually from yesterday, but I was too tired to upload it last night!

This is my mum's favourite picture so far.

New posts coming soon! Check back for "We've Only Been Here a Month?!" and "Finally, My Anderson Cooper Shrine is Complete!" Ha ha! Am I kidding? There's only one way to find out ;)

Love,
Gillian

Waiting: Day Six

CA-RAZY thunder storm last night! I've never seen anything like it!!! That meant that I was going off five hours of sleep, so I was okay to stay in the car while my parents did the Home Depot and Lee Valley thing in Halifax...

So here's day six of the art installation:

I think Belal resembles a dinosaur sometimes. Today was one of those days!

Meanwhile, I look like Night Of The Living Dead. This is what I'd look like as a zombie. Mmmm, Braiiiiiiinnnnnnnssssss.
Good to know. (gosh, I hope it was just bad lighting and I wasn't walking around Halifax all day looking like that! YIKES!)

Love to all!
Gillian

Waiting: Day 5

~gillian~

Day Four of Waiting

Day Four of the Waiting Art Installation.

Today's entry comes from the Home Depot parking lot in Dartmouth.

Cheers! Love, Gillian

Waiting: The Art Installation

Belal hasn't been ready to be left alone since we arrived in Nova Scotia. He just gets upset, and then we get upset, so to make things easier on everyone we've just been taking him with us wherever we go. However, this often means that someone has to wait in the car with Belal while the other people run errands. Often that ends up being me. Often this means that I sit in the car twiddling my thumbs for 45 minutes. SO the other day I was waiting outside the hardware store, bored out of my tree, so I decided to play with the camera on my new phone. There wasn't anything to take pictures of so I decided to document myself and Belal being bored... waiting... waiting for something, anything to happen! From there I decided that every time Belal and I were stuck waiting in the car that I would take a picture of us "looking bored" to post on my blog. It's my own little Art Installation. I like the grainy, glowy quality of the camera-phone pictures, and it gives me something to do while I wait ;) So here are the first three days of my project. There will be more to come, I'm sure.

Day 1

Day 2 - too dark from the rain to get a clear shot of B :(

Day 3

Heehee!

Gillian