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This weekend was filled with fun activities.  My husband was helping his brother shingle his roof all weekend (poor guys – it was so hot all weekend) and so I was on my own to do whatever I wanted!  I took full advantage!  My weekend consisted of bike riding, walking, sitting on the deck, yummy meals, painting some birdhouses for my back yard, reading, journaling and quite a bit of quiet time!  It was a fabulous weekend.  How often do you get a day or a weekend to do what ever you want?  If you are like most people, you probably don’t get the opportunity very often.  If you did have the chance, what would you do?  Post your ideas here – I’d love to read them!

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Today’s fun activity was kayaking at the Fort Whyte Centre again.  For five bucks you can rent a kayak and head out on the lake for some lovely outdoor activity and scenery.  There were so many people there tonight that we had to wait for people to get tired and come in before we could get on the lake.  It is becoming a more popular program and of course it was a beautiful evening to be out.  It was also the last evening for the program – just another reminder that summer is starting to wind down.  But I’m not going to think about that yet!!

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I’m still on holidays but we have come home from the lake and so today, I just spent some time puttering around my yard.  Cleaning up some flower beds and trimming some trees, etc. It probably isn’t most people’s idea of fun and really, I think it was more relaxing for me that actual fun but relaxing is good, too.  The thing I am most proud of is that I didn’t go into my at home office and start working!  What works better for you?  Do you have to physically go away from home to relax and get a break or can you ignore those little jobs that pop up around your home/office when you are supposed to be on holidays?

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This last eight days have been holidays for me so there was actually quite a bit of fun going on and it was pretty easy to make time in the day for fun because that’s all I had to do!  We borrowed my brother-in-law’s tent trailer and headed out to the Canadian Sheild near Kenora Ontario.  Wow, its beautiful out there – I had forgotten how much I loved that area of the country!  We camped near the lake and so every day was some kind of outdoor activity – hiking, cycling, swimming, suntanning, kayaking.  We had a couple of rainy days so we went into Kenora and did some shopping and some geocaching.  If you don’t know what geocaching is check out www.geocaching.com to get more info.  It’s like an adult treasure hunt that takes place all over the world.  We have been doing it for a couple of years now and it can really take you to some interesting places!  We had a great, relaxing week filled with alot of the fun things that we both like to do and in a beautiful place to boot!  I hope you had some time for holidays this summer and that you were able to get rested and renewed! 

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This weekend was our annual baseball tournament to end the season.  We had great weather – actually, it was getting pretty hot by Sunday afternoon and was making it pretty hard to play.  We didn’t win the tournament – kind of like we didn’t win alot of games all year – but it was fun to be out there playing.  Our team is very relaxed and we laugh alot which really makes the games fun and the whole weekend fun as well.  Do you do things with other people on a regular basis?  Are you on any teams (not just sports teams…)?  Do you have more fun doing things with a group or by yourself?  Post your comments here…

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Tonight I went to Rainbow Stage in Kildonan Park.  If you haven’t been there, it is a wonderful outdoor stage that puts on very family oriented musicals and plays.  It has a roof on it but the sides are open and it is deep in the heart of the park so you are surrounded by beautiful trees and plants and the sounds of nature as you watch talented actors brings stories to life.  I went to see Peter Pan with my sister in law and I really enjoyed it (the pirates were hilarious!).  Many years ago, my Mom took me to see Peter Pan and I was so fascinted with the fact that he could actually fly…that was so cool and I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how I could get my hands on some fairy dust so I could fly too!  Reliving my childhood a little bit tonight!  If you like musicals and have some time, I would recommend checking it out…it’s playing until the end of August.  It might get your imagination revved up!

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Our regular slow pitch game again today!  Again, another beautiful evening to play.  It’s great to be able to get outside and move around and not be completely sucked dry by heat.  This has been a good summer for that! 

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Well, I managed to sneak in two fun things today!  A pedicure and kayaking (no, not at the same place!).  If you haven’t been for a pedicure in a long time, the next time you go, ask to have some nail art!  I am now sporting two little butterflies on my toes which always make me giggle every time I look at them!  Now for the kayaking…Fort Whyte Alive is an environmental centre in the city that has all kinds of interesting outdoor activities and nature education programs.  I have been a member there for a few years now and always enjoy walking the trails and taking in their programs.  Today, I finally did one of the programs that I have been wanted to do forever – go kayaking on one of their lakes.  This is a great program because all you have to do is show up any Tuesday or Thursday evening, give a $5 donation and you can go for a kayak or a canoe ride on the lake.  It was the most perfect evening for it – even though it rained all day, it had cleared up and was nice and warm.  There were no bugs on the water and just a slight breeze so paddling was a sinch.  I paddled around for almost an hour just enjoying the quiet and watching nature all around me.  I saw two bucks walking along the edge of the lake, a couple of muskrats playing in the water, geese, ducks, kingfishers and several other birds I don’t know the names of.  What a great way to spend an hour – if you like to canoe or kayak but don’t have a lake nearby or the equipment, I highly recommend this remedy!  Check them out at http://www.fortwhyte.org/. 

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I am currently reading a book called The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.  This book is about connecting to your creativity and it is a 12 week program that you do simply by following the book and doing the exercises she describes each week.  I have been doing this program all summer and just loving it!  Each week we are encouraged to do something called an artist date where we take a couple of hours and do something that is just for fun.  Today I took some time for an artist date and I went to Micheal’s – the huge craft supply store!  I spent a lovely hour just wandering around the store, looking at everything they had for all the different types of artists out there.  So many ideas were sparked just by looking at what they had.  It was a chance to just imagine what I could create if I wanted to and what creations would be born from those creations…ahhh, great fun for the imagination.  What do you do to give your imagination a boost?  Post your boosters here – I’d enjoy reading about them!

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This weekend we took our little sailboat to the lake to finally get some sailing time this summer.  I’m not really much of a sailor – that’s my husband’s passion but I do like going to the lake.  We also had a good visit with friends that we don’t see very often because we don’t all live in Winnipeg.  We had beautiful weather and there were very few people at the lake so it was very quiet as well.  Very relaxing!