miserable

Yesterday was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I was feeling a little under the weather

The weather was under the weather

I drove past what seemed to be the obliterated remains of Bambi - which were being scooped up by a couple of guys with pick-ups

{yup, we're in the country all right, but not the picturesque cowboys & frontiers kinda country, more like redneck, backwoods kinda country...scary country, country that looks at road kill as dinner...*shudders*}

Okay, enough with the scary country description...

I had to leave work early to pay a bill, which was very inconvenient because I was in the middle of something important.

I couldn't go for a walk {my favorite evening activity} because of the NON-STOP rain.

I felt fat because I didn't get my walk.

The only thing that was any good about yesterday was coming home....
which I DID take a picture of...
from my car...
which is not loading up for some reason.

Maybe Nov 19th was just not a day I'm supposed to remember.

INSERT MENTAL PICTURE HERE OF THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE

monkfest

Back in 2003 a friend and I started a music festival out on her farm in Madoc. She called it Monkfest - after all her farm is called St. Francis House.

After year two of Monkfest, I was no longer as involved as before due to work, then school and moving away. This year Mat was working for this same friend and thus was deeply involved with getting things ready for this years Monkfest.

He also played a set with a few friends.

Troy (troyums) Thompson

I love shoes.

And Mr. Mark LaJoie

It was a fabulous day, a few spots of intense rain but it all cleared up just in time for Mat, Troy, Mark and Justin (not pictured here..sorry dude.)

There was also the added bonus of Colleen's beautiful farm.

Complete with chickens. (Oh and we had farm fresh eggs for breakfast - SOOOO good!) Thanks ladies!

After living in the city for most of my life it was time to taste a bit of the country...first time holding a chicken...they're kind of cuddly.

But not as cuddly as these little guys!

All in all Monkfest 2009 got a thumbs up approval rating from Mr. Mark LaJoie! Who could ask for more?

What I Love About the Country

It has been a hard time leaving Toronto, and the awesome life that God blessed Mat and I with there. However, as we've been here, I've started to see a few things that I've missed about being in the country (Quinte West to be exact) and a few new things that I am excited about being here for...like this for example:

I mean, really why would anyone want to miss an epic starwars battle?!

Sadly it was Cory's demise (his last words were "Avenge my beer!") *laugh*

Then there is this handsome guy (who cooks and everything!) But sorry ladies, he's spoken for by this beautiful girl (yay, wedding in June!!! *so excited* )

I am very much looking forward to getting to know her more. What's with this and redheads being so awesome?

Together they prepared a wonderful bbq dinner for us on Sunday night. And the drive home reminded me all over again of some of the things of the country I missed:

The horizon and sunsets you can see entirely without concrete buildings getting in the way.

And long country roads that wind around sharp corners and rise and fall with the landscape. It really is a beautiful country.

Do you love the country? What do you love about it? Let me know!