I know I will probably be talking about my upcoming vacation a LOT in the weeks to come, I warn thee now. Fear not, it is only a few weeks away but at this point, to me at least, it might as well be years away. Can I just say August? Come to Momma!

I am SO tired and SO burnt out and oy I cannot even explain how numb I feel. I was saying to Tom that I just can’t seem to work up a normal emotion lately other than cranky and that’s not me. I’m usually emotive, talkative and generally a pretty happy-go-lucky person by nature, but right now, for the most part, I feel kind of closed down. As for cranky Belinda? I’m pretty good at keeping a lid on cranky even when I’m feelin’ it, unless I feel like the situation calls for cranky to come out and play.

Buh, enough with the self pity already.

In other news. I’m still pissed that they took French Toast Crunch cereal off the market. Am I the only one? You know the little cereal that was shaped like little slices of bread and tasted all mapleicious? In the States they have a crappy new version that is modeled after Cinnamon Toast Crunch but NOBODY sells the classic version anymore. I am seriously bummed.

I’ve been looking for a good (not healthy people, I’m talking TASTY here) breakfast cereal that stays crunchy in milk, yes I am a child.

I’ve done Golden Grahams (meh, alright I guess.. I’m just kind of tired of it),Corn Pops (ok but dangit, they’ve dialed back the sugar), Cap’n Crunch, (I’m kind of fond of the roof of my mouth so PASS). Speaking of Cap’n Crunch… what is with that anyway? Why would they make a cereal that actually causes pain? Even more so, who still buys that shit? They leave THAT and take away my French Toast Crunch? Criminal!

Anyway, in my latest cereal aisle perusing, I came across Cinnamon Life cereal the other day while shopping with Tom. I decided to give it a shot, I mean if Mikey likes it… right? Tom said that if I didn’t like it he would eat it. Tom eating leftover cereal = less guilt as it won’t languish in the cabinet of misfit breakfast food! Score!

So the other day I decide to try it. Tom was working an earlier shift so we didn’t breakfast together. Can I just say disappointed? So not good at all.

Later that evening we’re sitting watching TV and gabbing when I suddenly blurted out “I hate life.”

He looks at me sympathetically and says “I know…..”

‘Blink’

“No! No! The cereal, Life yanno Cinnamon Life..!” I said and then started to laugh.

“Ohhhhhhhh!!!” says Tom as the penny dropped.

See, I usually have half a conversation IN MY HEAD before actual words start coming out of my mouth. I will often just come out with what sounds like nonsense to all the people who aren’t in my head. Makes perfect sense to me, everyone else? Not so much. Tom’s used to that by now but even he will still shake his head and say “WOW where did that come from!” every now and then.. heh.

Anyway, so since then, when Tom eats the now abandoned by me Life cereal, breakfast together ends up being a play on words..

“I’ve taken over your life”

“Soon life will be over”

“Life wasn’t as good as I expected”

Damn, there’s a gold mine of bad jokes in that cereal. Who knew?

When I was going through my pictures I came across this video I took while we were in Aptos this Spring. I had totally forgotten about it. It was taken the day we arrived, we couldn’t wait to go out for a stroll to look around and wandered down to the wedding bluff. It is a gorgeous place to get married I bet, if you’re into the whole fancy schmancy wedding thing (unlike us).

All I can say is I want to go back, like soon.

Tom found the COOLEST house for us, now if we can only win the lottery or figure out how the hell to come into enough money to buy the damn thing. Waaa so not fair.

Click here to check it out. Click your way through the slideshow. Has the most FAB open plan and the neatest vaulted ceiling and staircase. DROOL.

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Tom showing off his juggling skillz at the park a few years ago. I got a freebie 1 year membership at photrade (which is in a private beta right now) and I signed on up. It’s a cool place to store my fave photos and who knows maybe someone will like one of em and want to have it for their very own. The site allows you to have galleries, custom watermarking and of course the almighty tagging. I sent one of my three invites to Tom and I’ve got two left to give away.

Well we are officially four weeks away from vacation, WHERE we will spend it is still up in the air. We’ve been surfing for options on the Island and will be compiling a list of possibilities before we make the final decision. We’re thinking of finding a nice place on the coast for a few days and then spend some time in Victoria. I haven’t been to the Island in YEARS so that will be fun! Tom’s never been there so it will be an experience for him to see our version of Wee Britain, fortunately ours comes flying Mary Poppins free.

The plus side is there will be plenty of photo ops no matter where we end up and a ferry ride to boot so it’s all good. I’m just looking for some relaxation, nice surroundings and a chance to recharge my batteries and all in the company of my best friend and *shmoopy, who can ask for anything more?

Tom unearthed a place on the Island that is owned by Jason Priestly (of 90210 fame) and his family. I know he is a local boy and all that but it was funny. The website has a picture of him holding a big fish. It is definitely in a nice area and could make the short list, though its a tad on the rustic side. In the end it will come down to location and availability I guess, but I wouldn’t be opposed to it being a little plush as well if you know what I mean?

We need to figure out where to stay in Victoria too as well as which tourist spots to hit up while we’re there. I wouldn’t mind wandering the inner harbour, seeing the Parliament Buildings, maybe the Royal Wax museum (the first of Madam Tussauds’ museums in North America btw) and of course the Butchart Gardens! The wax museum used to scare the crap out of me as a kid. They have this chamber of horrors thing where all the goulish figures are and I remember I used to travel through there with my fingers in front of my face. Still loved it though.

Yeah it is a bummer we can’t go further afield but will still be fun to play a tourist close to home.

*We used to call each other shmoopy to make other people sick.