A Day Trip

Yesterday I enjoyed a nice day trip to New York state to do some shopping with my friend Renee.The border guard couldn't believe we would come to the States mainly for Target. What can we say, we love target. Luckily for us we got really lost driving to Target and stumbled upon the most glorious antique barn and tea house. I came away with a few good finds needless to say. USA has such better priced antiques! No fair.

Decorative Window-6$
Mini Deco Mirror-12$

We did finally find Target and had a good time there followed by the fashion outlet mall. It feels so good and refreshing to get out of the city of Toronto! Great day.

God Speaks on the Subway

Last night was a hard busy night at work. Sometimes I feel there are just way more hard tiring days at work than good ones. And especially last night I felt that way. I was thinking about why I chose this field and was wishing it away. Then I met mysterious grey haired subway man. I am still going to be tired from work and still question my career choice I am sure, but at least I have received some encouragement and can feel like I have something to give my patients.

Curbside Pick-Ups

Loving cast iron lately! Let's bring cows back. Out with owls. Plus the doorknob is a true beauty! I love the night before garbage day.

Wall Collage

I always have loved the idea of wall collages, but never maybe felt I had the right items/talent to create one. Realizing that I have a lot of mis-matched frames collecting around the house and other items I like, I thought maybe it is just time to try it. So I just went for it. I think it turned out ok! We needed something for the wall behind the couch and this was a cheap way to do it. Between thrift stores and freebies from people's lawns this total project cost $27.00

I Love Pizza

I love pizza so much. And I especially love it when a 70 year old cute Mediterranean man takes the order on lined school paper and makes it himself and uses a register that looks like this. Best.

Sleep Cycle

I am been really interested in getting the Phillip's Wake up light recently. Especially after moving to a place where our bedroom is in the basement, a dark dungeon where it is so DIFFICULT for me to wake up and feel rested. The light slowly brightens to simulate the sunrise and a more natural way of waking up. Problem is it is 120.00.

Until then, I have learned of a neat app from my brother, which monitors your movements during the night and can attempt to wake you up in a lighter sleep phase to avoid the mega groggy feeling when you awake from a deep sleep. You have to be willing to wake up in a range in which it will alarm. I also like looking back on the graph on the night. As you can see my sleep last night wasn't so great :)

Curb-Side Pick-Ups

One of my favorite things I am finding about Toronto is furniture finding. I have a few great circuits of Thrift shops and used furniture stores that I love going to. But even better than that are the wonderful things I have picked up on my block on garbage day. This morning I was walking home from the subway after doing a double shift, evening and night (16 Hours).I was so tired but when I spotted these dressers, I had to have them. There was no one around to help me so somehow magically I mustered up the strength to carry them across the street and up the stairs to my home myself! I can't wait for summer when I can sand and refinish them. The only problem with my new found hobby is that unlike miniature collections or something of that nature, there comes a time when you just can't fit any more furniture in the house! I think Jeremiah probably thinks that time has long since passed. He will be surprised to come back from the holidays to all my new finds! ( I also picked up some great chairs since he left for Calgary,and will post a pic soon!!)