My husband just phoned me to see if I was feeling somewhat normal, which I am, thank goodness. When he picked me up at the airport yesterday morning, I was running on four hours of sleep and had been a social butterfly all weekend. What would you do if you were at parties sponsored by Ontario wines? Would you not drink all the wine? Of course you would! And by “you” I mean “I”. What a fabulous and fun weekend. I learned something new about myself, something I had not realized before:
When Ice, Ice, Baby is playing, I will always do the running man.
It’s true. Just like I cannot listen to Bust A Move without obnoxiously rapping all the lyrics – she’s dressed in yellow, she says hello, come sit next to me you fine fellow – I cannot hear Ice, Ice, Baby without immediately breaking out the running man. I also discovered that I always want to join the conga line, and that I have a secret, show-offy wish for limbo contests. Sadly, no limbo contests manifested themselves this weekend.
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| Fine, I’ll have to just have my OWN limbo contest. |
I feel pretty great today, in part because I made it back to the yoga studio, where my teacher, upon adjusting me, said “Hmmm. Too much wine?” MAYBE. Maybe it was the meal of BBQ rice cakes one evening, followed by peach daquiris, I DON’T KNOW. But I’m back on the mat, back in the groove, and immediately inundated by School Council/ Parent Association/ Book Fair things. Just another day in the Boyhouse.
Big thanks to Erica Ehm and the Yummy Mummy Club for getting me to Blissdom. Meeting everyone at YMC who I’ve known for years but have never met in person was truly incredible. Every single person I met this weekend was warm, kind, and some kind of wonderful.
I LOVE writing for this woman! If you’re vegan, vegetarian, or just interested in the occasional meatless meal, you should check out my recipe blog over at Yummy Mummy Club, if you aren’t already.
Speaking of awesome recipes….
Julie van Rosendaal, a.k.a. Dinner with Julie, is an absolutely amazing person. So fun, so warm, so generous and kind. I’m thrilled to call her my friend! Also, we share a love of lentils.
Speaking of friends (and lentils?) this is my favourite picture from the weekend:
What a blast to hang out with Allison and Hannah, who indulged me in my running man/ disco dance moves. We laughed all weekend long. I met so many wonderful people this weekend, I cannot even begin to name them all, but suffice it to say every person I met exceeded my expectations of awesomeness.
But, all that pajama partying left me kind of tired, which is to say I really needed a cup (or five) of coffee this morning.
Cute mug, right?
That’s my post shower, OMG I NEED A COFFEE I’VE BEEN UP FOR THREE HOURS AND IT’S ONLY 7:30 face. I’m happy to have gone, happy to be home, and now I need to figure out how I’m going to manage the after-school hour for the upcoming book fair…anyone?
I was a little horrified when I realized that I still know all the words – ALL THE DAMN WORDS – to Ice Ice Baby… yet I nearly forgot my anniversary and I *did* forget about Thanksgiving this year.
When you fill out the post-conference survey tell them you want a limbo contest next year. I think that’s only fair.
I will do that!
I love Dinner with Julie! Our family – including my carnivorous husband – cannot get enough of her baked oatmeal with lentils. So glad you had a great time.
Looks SO fun!! Glad you had an awesome time.
It is a cute mug. And I like that cup, too.
[yes, that is me trying to make a pun. Thanks for your patience.]
COMMENT OF THE DAY! That’s awesome, thanks for making me smile!
Glad you had such a great time! You deserve it.
Thanks for making me laugh…..running man!
I wanna see it.
Oh, I’ll do it for you. Just play me some Vanilla Ice.
That is a cute mug. I’d check out a meatless meal once in awhile!
I hope you do! They aren’t so bad – even my carnivorous husband likes them!
You have a recipe blog?
It’s like I don’t even know you.
I hope that you had a chance to try Pelee Island Shriaz. Oh my got is it ever glorious.
I’m still jealous that you got to go and that you can bend like that.
My spine just punched my pancreas for even thinking of attempting that.
You didn’t know? Oh, go look at it! Caramel sauce you can hit with your whole face, babe. xo
It was great to meet you!