My new favourite color is blue!

We leave again for a short maritime tour tomorrow morning. I've had a great week at home and managed to cram quite a lot into one short week... well, 6 days to be exact.

Did I mention I love to eat?? Moroccan burgers on the bar-b-que! The picture does not convey how delicious these are! Véro did most of the cooking on this one. It is the sauce that makes the meal. Did I mention I love sauce? Lots of fresh cilantro from the garden, yummy! When I get home from a trip it is great to have fresh home cooked food. Eating in restaurants is fun at first but it gets old pretty quickly. We watched the film “Julie and Julia“ the other night and while I found the movie just so so, it made me want to cook... and EAT!

You know you have the best friends when they are willing to spend their whole day off (a sunny Saturday on top of it all) inside painting your room. One of our very good friends, Geneviève, is an interior designer (one of her many talents) and she helped us rethink our master bedroom. It was in sad need of an update. It is not finished yet (yes, that is a towel over the window) but we have the biggest part of the work done! 3 coats of paint in one day!! I love the new color. I have always flip-flopped between red and blue as my favourite color but this new paint job makes me side with the blue! There are still lots of accessories and linens to buy but there is already such a big difference from what it was before. Geneviève's boyfriend Jerry was here all day as well, installing a chair rail and moulding. We owe a lot to these two! They are coming back this morning to finish up. I am spoiled!!!

For those who don't know me so well, my sister has 4 kids that I love to spend time with! The older boys aren't always around so it is a special treat when I get to see them. My 2 nieces, Grace and Cate make me feel so special when I get to see them. I never doubt that they have missed me too! My sister Joanna, son Sam, Grace and Cate came for a visit on a very windy day last week. We walked down to the beach and were treated to a marvellous show of waves crashing. Mont Carmel isn't exactly surfers paradise so I get excited when I see waves here! There was hardly any sand where we usually sit on the beach because the tide was so high! Impressive sight! The two little girls in the picture are my nieces.

Off on a trip tomorrow morning, Miramichi, Saint Andrews and Lunenburg. I'll keep you updated!