once more, with feeling

After work today (no, it's not quite over but I'm filling time) my dh and I have plans to go out for dinner (either By the Way Cafe - depending on their menu this evening - or Fresh on Bloor) and then to the movies. The exciting and fun part is that the Bloor Cinema, in conjunction with the Fringe Festival is presenting the musical Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, Once More With Feeling! It's being done Rocky Horror style with people on stage in front of the screen acting it out along with the movie. Last year I was fortunate enough to see a presentation of The Pee-wee Herman Picture Show which was hilarious! I can only hope that it lives up to my expectations (I'm a big Joss Whedon fan anyway and love the musical things he's done) and that we get there early enough to score tickets!

the first

The first always seems like a good place to begin.  Why shouldn't the first post of this blog be written on the first of the month?  Gotta start somewhere!

Plans for Canada day this year are small.  I enjoyed a lovely sleep in (days off in the middle of the week always feel decadent), the house needs a thorough cleaning (though I'm not sure just how thorough I can be until the CUPE workers end their strike and garbage is picked up again), I've got a little stretching and maybe even some Wii Fit I'd like to throw in there somewhere, the thought of finishing off a sundress for my friends' little girl River is floating around in my head and there's a fresh venison steak from the farmers market in my fridge just waiting to hit the barbecue.

This is a picture of the little dress that's waiting to be sewn together.  I just got a new-to-me sewing machine and have been anxious to see how it does on it's first project.  I'll post a picture of the completed dress when I've finished (before I send it away to be worn) and then, hopefully, I'll post a picture of the dress adorning its intended.  Here's hoping it's a good fit!