{"id":5148,"date":"2011-09-30T09:06:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=5148"},"modified":"2011-09-30T09:06:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:06:56","slug":"friday-goodness-the-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=5148","title":{"rendered":"Friday Goodness – The revival"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been barely blogging. \u00a0Free time is sparse lately and blogging has definitely taken a backseat. \u00a0 \u00a0But I don’t feel too bad about it. \u00a0As it goes, there are only so many hours in the day and if my blog seems like a ghost town, it probably means I’ve been spending more time playing with my kids. \u00a0A worthy sacrifice, no? \u00a0Just ask them. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

But it’s Friday and lately I’ve been all about celebrating weekends. \u00a0As with all of us, the load just seems a little lighter on Fridays. \u00a0And this Friday I feel like talking about some things that are making me smile.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Fall colours – I love fall. \u00a0I’m aware that the deep rads, oranges and yellows are brief and signal the nearing of bare trees, white snow and freezing temperatures, but I still look forward to them. \u00a0 \u00a0Every. Single. Year.<\/p>\n

And thankfully, fall colours often bring about inquiries for photos<\/a> in fall colours. \u00a0A fun photoshoot booked for this weekend is definitely making me smile.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Accidental beauty – There’s nothing more pleasing to me than taking *that* photo. \u00a0The photo you weren’t expecting. \u00a0The one that as you go through the photos from a session almost takes your breath away. I’m especially fond when that photo is of one of my kids (or both, if I’m lucky).<\/p>\n

After a photoshoot with my kids that produced some decent, some nice and even some great shots, I ended the shoot with this one. \u00a0Just try not to smile.<\/p>\n

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3. \u00a0Weekends – Speaking of celebrating weekends, Dan and I have come up with an idea. \u00a03 weekends a month we plan something fun. \u00a0There is almost always a festival, exhibit or gathering scheduled around town. \u00a0And on weekends that there isn’t something going on, there are museums to visit. \u00a0Did you know a family season’s pass to the Museum of Civilization is $99? \u00a0Visit 3 times and it is paid for. \u00a0If you have kids and haven’t gone, you, and they, are missing out. \u00a0Hit it up. \u00a0Seriously.<\/p>\n

On that 4th weekend, we make NO plans. \u00a0No visits, no outings – NADA. \u00a0We stay in \u00a0and enjoy each other (particularly awesome as the weather gets cooler). \u00a0We make cookies, we built forts, we craft, we watch movies. \u00a0And truly, those are my favourite weekends of all.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0SAN DIEGO! \u00a0Ok, seriously. \u00a0I could not be more excited. \u00a0Dan and I are going to San Diego and I’ve been counting sleeps for months. \u00a0I’ve always wanted to go and keep teasing that we will send for the kids and move there – and that’s before I’ve even stepped foot off the plane. \u00a0Imagine what happens when I get there and fall in love with the real thing. \u00a0I hope you will come for a visit?<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Old friends – I recently found my childhood best friend. \u00a0And not through Facebook. \u00a0I know, shocking. \u00a0I thought I found her, sent an email and crossed my fingers. \u00a0Within a few hours, I got a reply. \u00a0It was her, and like I had, she’d been looking for me for quite some time, too.<\/p>\n

We weren’t just BFFs. \u00a0We wee inseparable. \u00a0We shared the same birthday. \u00a0We were in the same class, lived relatively close and spent every available moment together. \u00a0And that was before grade 2 when I moved away. \u00a0We tried to stay in touch. \u00a0She even made the trip to Ottawa and I to her house a few times.<\/p>\n

But time and distance took over and we lost touch. \u00a0I never stopped thinking about her. \u00a0So having talked to her makes my heart happy. \u00a0We have yet to see each other even though we now, after all these years, live close again. \u00a0But I’m so looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

What is making you happy this Friday?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been barely blogging. \u00a0Free time is sparse lately and blogging has definitely taken a backseat. \u00a0 \u00a0But I don’t feel too bad about it. \u00a0As it goes, there are only so many hours in the day and if my blog seems like a ghost town, it probably means I’ve been spending more time playing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[17,37,51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5152,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148\/revisions\/5152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}