Scissor Quirk

Sensitive Factoid.

Just before you go thinking that motorcycle riding is uber cool.

My teeth have been bugging me, lately.

After years of not having any problems (except for, you know - braces), they got really sensitive after the first few fillings that I got back in January and are still bugging me.

I had a check-up a few weeks back and the dentist said that it's from my gums receeding a teensy bit (this is the boring part of the factoid), which he mentioned might be from clenching my teeth. Do I clench my teeth at night? No. Do I grind my teeth? No. I wracked my brain thinking about what the heck would be causing it.

And then I got on the motorcycle the next day and realized there's a constant teeth-clench going on while I ride.

Hah. Maybe it's mister husband's driving? The ability to see the idiots driving next to us & realizing there's nothing much between me, them, & the road? lol.

Anyhoo, funny little realization of mine.
It sure is awesome, but it subconciously stresses me out. Who knew?

It's not an entirely stress-free process for me, yet, especially in town.

Weekend Littles.

Little peeks of this past Sunday:

Motorcycle riding to Deep Cove. Lugging boots & changing out of jeans in bushes.
Scoping out the kayak-launch spot & my fave crackle nailpolish.
Shell sand stuck to us and mister husband building stick-things on the beach.
I wanted that orange boat like crazy.

You know, the little things.

Trying to make it a better habit, taking pictures on outings...
I'm one of those bring-camera-but-don't-use-it types - ack!

The Weekend: Camping in Squamish.

One of our goals this summer - well, okay, something I need to work on - is getting out more on the weekends. That sounds silly, doesn't it? - but in the past I've been stuck inside some summer weekends on extra work and things - ugh. Sometimes inevitable, but not ideal.

That said, it felt super awesome to get away this past weekend quickly and by-the-seat-of-our-pants. In the past, vehicle-less camping took a bit of work because we'd load up our backpacks, take transit + a ferry, hike to where we were going, and set up - which is a lot of work for just one night.

So, yay! The motorcycle is helping us get out & to places transit doesn't go:

A shot of our nice big ol campsite, overlooking Squamish river.

With the bike, when it's suddenly sunny, we can pack up a night's worth of stuff (our hammocks + sleeping bags) and just head out of town.

And so, we did. :)

We ended up an hour and a half out of Vancouver up in Squamish (mister husband stumbled on this really nice campsite last weekend on a ride). We stopped for a few groceries & rode the bike in mid-afternoon, then lounged in the sun for a few hours, set up camp, got some firewood, and enjoyed the quiet. Aaah. We found the perfect trees by the river and the view was amazing.

There were only two other couples there on the 250 acre lot. It was so nice & quiet, we felt like we had a super-long day even after we got there (thank you, long summer days). Mister husband got a fire going and when the sun went down we stayed warm and roasted hotdogs. We brought the perfect amount of sleeping bags to stay warm and food to nosh on (we're still working on the bring-enough-water-thing, though...lol). There wasn't a bug in sight, and we slept like babies in our hammocks side-by-side! Aaah.

I say this because our first hammock trip last year was in mosquito-central and we didn't sleep a wink. you may notice the newly acquired bug nets in place over our hammocks in some of the pictures.

Best. Ever.

I hope we can do this a lot, this year. It was heavenly and sooo relaxing!

Also, everybody is: A) so in love with our old bike and B) so happy to see a couple camping with it that we get help with our firewood and lots of sweet words/comments when we're out in the woods. So cute!

PS - I'm super-psyched that some of you are campers, too - or that you're getting inspired to camp! I think more girls need to fall in love with it. :)

Let me know if you have any questions about hammock-camping!

Oh, hello.

Ah! Thought I was still on vacation for a few day, there. lol. (we had a long weekend here in Canada, that apparently I'm still on, mentally - he he).

It's Thursday already??

We flew in late late Monday and then after work I didn't do anything Tuesday night after work but crochet-for-fun-while-I-should-be-unpacking (I'm making this for my couch - the yarn is so chunky and soft & it's coming together really fast). And last night was date night with hubby, cuz we didn't really get many moments alone over the lovely family-filled weekend in Calgary visiting. :)

We hopped on the motorcycle and grabbed some sushi + watched 'Toy Story 3' (It's amazing! I laughed so hard the whole time. You have to go see it!! And the Pixar short - 'Night & Day' - before it was my fave, yet. Seriously genius!).

And speaking of the motorcycle:

(the cutest lil drawing a cool dude at work drew of me & the hubby)
Thanks, May Wa! He has the coolest blog full of drawings & such- check em out!

I like to think, now, that every time we go out it looks like this. :) he he.
Rainbow smoke and sunsets? Yesss.

Anyhoo, still smiling over the weekend of visits and my nephew & reading to my lil brother & looking through momentos with mom and watching the boys build a pirate ship playhouse & eating so much homemade goodness. :) So awesome.

I have so much lovely artsy hopes & dreams & plans & on-the-horizon stuff on my mind right now, too, it's rad - I just want to stay up all night and make stuff!! I'm totally ready to get back at her, work-wise, tonight. Yay! I have some cute illustrations to do and a present for my mom (totally had to abandon it and admit it's late-ness last week - ugh) to finish, among other stuff - fun, fun! :)

Happy day for now, friends! :) Be back soon with more crafty stuff!

Welcome, Old Lady Blue.

We have new (old?) addition to our little family!!

Sadness: a few weeks ago, hubby's beloved bicycle was stolen from where it was locked up outside our apartment building. :( Sad! It was a gloomy day.

Happiness: This was the perfect push to get a motorcycle finally, which he's been wanting for ages - so he's now the proud owner of Old Lady Blue, a lovely big ol '77 Honda. (that's about all I know about it, technical-stuff-wise! lol).

He said 'what about this one?', and I made sure it passed the older-than-me?
test - lots of them didn't, I'm not a fan of new bikes - and said 'yay!'

Isn't she lovely? She's in awesome shape for an old bike!

I've now been searching for a gear + a cute-but-functional/safe helmet for about 2 weeks now, so hadn't been able to ride her with Tzanko until a nice guy from work let me borrow his wife's helmet so we could at least scoot around and find one of my own for the last few days!

However, I'm trying to avoid looking like a spaceman, helmet-wise, but it seems they only sell helmets for spacemen, nowadays. lol. Not a fan. (edit: we went hunting for helmets @ lunch today and found a not-so-spaceman one at a Vespa place. I had my eye on this beauty, but it didn't look so hot, after all - plus it was a little scary on the wallet. Cushy, little-bit-spacey helmet, it is!).

Anyhoo - we're vehicle-less people. So this really will make getting away on the weekends in the beautiful backyard of ours that is BC sooo much easier! Hammock-camping, here we come! 

BTW - totally getting my own bike, now. I'm not much a fan of being behind the bike-driver/doubling. Somebody's - ahem - head's in my way so I can't see where we're going, and I hate the whole I'm-not-the-one-steering thing. Learner's, here we come!

Do you like doubling on a bike, or do you want your own, too? he he.
I've never ridden until now, oddly enough, but it's growing on me. :)
& I've always been a closet lover of motorcycles + the boys who ride them.