last minute disorganization

Compared to many people, I am very organized. Compared to my colleagues, I am not. The whole school year, they teased me for having a messy desk. Today, all of their classrooms are packed and clean for the summer. Mine is a mess. I've emptied out my closet to try to re-organize everything and am in the process of washing the toys. Oh boy. Along these lines, during the last few weeks of school, I kept being surprised about the various projects we were working on, as if I had never been around when they were planned. So to keep within this theme, I am letting you know about a great give-away over at Mrs. Bremer's Kindergarten, but you only have one day to sign up for the draw! This is last-minute, but better late than never right??? Now please send strong organizational vibes for tomorrow's clean-up day, hopefully I can get it all done and be ready for summer vacation!

Awesome giveaway!

Condo updates

We finished the curtains!!! We also started working on the guest room, on the patio, and on my reading corner... but unfortunately, my SanDisk card isn't working on my computer, so if anyone has a solution, it would be appreciated! That way I could show you the pictures of what I'm talking about.

In the meantime, here are a few pictures to tide you over:

OK, this is before the curtains were finished, but there were a few novelties, such as the cushions, table runner and plant.

The stools and light fixture are new.

Taco's cage is new! haha

May long

For May long weekend, we went to my uncle's cabin. It was a great time. Eight adults and three dogs made it interesting! We canoed, spend time in the hot tub, went for walks, read, went for a boat ride, ate great food and chatted about life.

Here are a few pictures:

We tied the dogs together since we wanted them to have some freedom, but knew that the older dog would come back if called. It worked really well! Taco is stubborn, but they played well together and didn't run away!

My parents enjoying the view.

Taco enjoying the view.

He has grown so much!

MIA

I have a blog? Did you forget about it too? This end-of-the-school-year has been crazier than most. I will update you on a few things that happened during the past months.

First of all, on April 25th, 2012, I took pictures all day to represent a day in my life. I did this for my friends who do not live in Montreal and wanted to know what my walk to school was like, what the library looked like, etc. Here are a few of the pictures:

6am: Take Taco out 

Breakfast = maple syrup in coffee always!

Where Taco sits as I eat breakfast

Going down the stairs in the Metro

Hospital by my school

School - very urban setting, as you can tell

Classroom

End of the day - back up the metro stairs (isn't the lighting beautiful?)

I love the knot in this tree. This is in the park on my walk home from the metro.

The library right by my house (I'm in love with it!).

Outside view of the library.

Park across from my house

Graffiti wall by my house - the paintings change almost daily and some are truly breath-taking!

The church I go to and sing in every Sunday.

The canal along which I take Taco for walks after school.

Stay tuned! I'll be updating more today to catch up for lost time!