Building A Bear

I will take full responsibility for this one.


I vaguely remember Build a Bear from when I was in Arizona a lifetime ago, and I've heard people talking. In fact, when we were over at Martin and Amanda's place, Amanda mentioned to me about Build a Bear and the different ones that my nephew has in his collection.

Now, in my defence, we were headed to that mall anyway - so it wasn't a special trip.

My little brother and my hunny were with me, and I warned them that I wanted to check this Build A Bear thing out!



(My little brother, the day we arrived)

 *BIG GRIN*

So we went in, picked out the skin of the animal we wanted. You wouldn't believe how many there are to choose from!

The lady asked how hard the stuffing would be, and I said since it wasn't going to be hugged or played with we'd go fairly firm.

She asked the name of our Bear, and my hunny suggested BUDDY.

Then because it was OUR bear, we then had to proceed to rub a little heart all over ourselves to wish our Buddy Bear the best of health. (I probably wouldn't have minded skipping that part).

Then you gave him a brushing and an air bath.

Finally you got to pick out his outfit and accessories. This is trickier than you'd imagine - mostly because they have umpteen zillion options.

At one point my little brother decided he'd be the photographer for this main event. Luckily we didn't try on very many outfits before we figured out what we wanted.

and you wouldn't believe all the accessories and options for these Bears...

Everybody meet BUDDY!

Now he's sitting at home on our bureau, reminding us of our great trip.

My hunny even came up with the cute suggestion that perhaps we could make it a tradition each year. Then give the little Bears a small shelf in the corner of our bedroom.

For those of you that have no idea to what I'm referring, here is their website:

http://www.buildabear.ca/


Xoxo.
Leslie

Edward Jordan

Edward Jordan (1771–1809) was an Irish rebel, fisherman and pirate in Nova Scotia. He was typical of the violent but short-lived pirates in the 19th Century following the end of "Golden Age of Piracy" in the 18th Century. Born in Carlow County, Ireland, he took part in the Irish rebellions of 1797-98 but was pardoned and attempted to start a new life as a fisherman in Nova Scotia. On Sept. 13, 1809, desperate to avoid debts, he slaughtered the crew of a merchant who came to seize the schooner he owned named Three Sisters. However the captain, John Stairs, managed to escape overboard to be rescued by a passing fishing schooner and survived to spread the alarm. A few weeks later the Royal Navy schooner HMS Cuttle captured Jordan.


Jordan was convicted of piracy and executed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His body was covered in tar and hanged from chains in an iron cage called a gibbet at Black Rock Beach in Point Pleasant as a warning to others. His gibbet joined those of four other across the harbour on McNabs Island who had been executed for mutiny aboard the brig HMS Columbine in the same year. His skull was eventually deposited at the Nova Scotia Museum.[1] It was recently displayed in the exhibit "Pirates: Myth and Reality" at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, serving as a grim reminder of the reality of piracy.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jordan

(Sorry Montreal! Haha ~ Darn Wikipedia!)

Also - some interesting Nova Scotia Pirate Facts: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/events/piratefacts.html

Pirates are Hanging

With Pirates of the Caribbean in theatres right now, I figured I would go ahead and tell you about something I thought super cool in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. We were there last thursday...

and as interesting as all the stories were, and the Titanic memorabilia was pretty cool too...

The best story was that of the pirates!

 So apparently they were pretty big at catching these bad guys in Halifax. Then again, it was a big shipping port so I suppose it could be expected.

Anyway, the story went something like this.... as a deterrent to pirates they would hang them, then take their bodies and suspend them in these cages. They were then posted around the entrances to the Halifax Harbour so that any potential pirates entering would be scared. Into stopping a life of crime or not entering... who knows?

Either way, I think that's how it went. I'm pretty sure it said they were hung before caged.

But they did say they know for a fact that some famous pirate I forget the name of was hung right down on the beach in Point Pleasant Park!

Think of that next time you're feeding the ducks and licking your ice cream!

See? Learn something new everyday!

Xoxo.

Leslie

Wakey Wakey!

Good Morning Everyone!

I was sitting here this morning, after returning home from Nova Scotia yesterday, my hunny is working... the dogs are sleeping.... and I thought of you!

Where have I been?! Busy with life. That's the shortest and easiest answer. The longer version includes excuses like my computer is slow and frustrating as sin.... either way I just wanted to write you a quick note.

We had the quickest visit to Halifax! Ok, maybe not the shortest but it went by so fast. We got to accomplish most of the items on our list, and visit alot of people I was really looking forward to seeing.

There definitely was a food theme to our week:

Coras (we went twice!), Cinnabon, Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory, Pete's Fruitique for lunch, King Crabs legs from Clearwater Fish Market, Montanas...

I felt like we never stopped eating the entire week!

In that respect, I'm awfully glad to get back home...haha

Oh did I mention Starbucks?! Yes I got a new tea mug for work! YAY!

Although on a side note I would like to add that it seems as if lately the Starbucks reuseable mugs have taken on a less artsy, more boring theme.

Don't do it! Go back to the fun mugs!

Either way, there are lots of stories to share.

But I just came to say

hello :)