..... ONE SPECIAL DAY !!!

On this day ...back in 1973 the Finnerty family welcomed into the world VASHTI ANNE FINNERTY !!! Since I know it was her mothers second child .....she just fell out with barely any pushing needed.....right Ev ?!?? hehehe. I am sure the first thing out of Vashti's mouth wasn't a cry but...... " what'z up beotches !!!"

Thank you Ev for bringing us this most precious, wonderful, giving, caring......(I could go on and on but I wouldn't want someones head to explode) person into this world. I am sure that Barney is looking down with a huge smile on his face at his beautiful daughter with great pride.

Vashti you are the bestest friend a girl can have. I respect and honor your presence in my life.....I look forward in growing old with you .....hehehe HOMO !!!!

Have a ROCKIN' Birthday !!!

Luvs, hugs & kisses

CAVE DWELLING.......

So I spent the long weekend with Don up at his families cabin located at the very lovely Horne Lake. We ventured up on Friday night after picking me up off the ever so late Ferry. On Saturday morning the sun was shining and reflecting off the lake ever so beautifully.....to bad we didn't get out of bed to enjoy it. By the time we forced ourselves out of bed and my slave boy cooked me a fabulous breakfast the weather turned crappy. So to the caves we headed......

Horne Lake has some super cool caves.....yes I admit....I was a little freaked out. A few times I wondered what the hell I was doing standing inside a very dark, wet, slimy cave scaling the side of it in my runners none the less. Of course all the while I was holding a flashlight and had no helmet on....then Don kept telling me not to fall .....oh man that would have left a mark !! We did lots of climbing and crawling throughout the caves and we go quite mucky and wet at times.....but it was sure fun. As we headed back to the cabin we got a call that it was cocktail hour over at on the neighbours ......so Don floored it and we made it just in time. After cocktail hour we headed back to the cabin for dinner....which was again prepared by my very handsome slave boy....yum !! Then over to Nancy and Billy's cabin for more drinks and socializing. The lake folks are very nice peeps......they sure know how to party and have fun !!

On Sunday.....we woke once again to the sun bouncing off the lake and into the cabin.....but in true form.....we didn't get out of bed until it was gone. My breakfast was prepared once again and when I say breakfast....I mean the full meal deal.....eggs, sausage, bacon & toast....well okay SOMEONE forgot the hash browns.....but all was forgiven ...hehehe. Later that day Don's Mom and Dad showed up to join us for some lake fun. We ate, we drank, we listened to music.......it was all good. Oh ya....dinner was wonderfully prepared by Don's mom Terry....it was delicious !! They had rack of lamb BBQ and I had pork tenderloin BBQ.....cause me don't likes the lamb. Boy am I ever spoiled !!! I wasn't a complete diva....I did TRY the lamb......but it's not my bag baby !!

Monday when we woke up the sun once again was shining.....but this time it suck around all day ......YIPPEE !!! It was so nice being on the lake with the sun shining away. It was just to bad that we we were only there for half the day. We headed back down to Nanaimo that afternoon to hook up with Gary & Lexie, who were on there way back from Port McNeill......with a cooler FULL of fresh crab........YUMM.....another awesome meal for me !! I don't know kids....I could really get used to this kinda of life style.....hehehe !!! Sadly I know that I am in for some sort of harsh reality check....one day !! Oh well.... I will take what I can get for now.

Hope ya alls are doin great !! The mighty Wingfield family is on it's way back to beautiful BC.....we are expecting them sometime next week. Unfortunately..... they are rudely heading right through to Gibsons without even stopping to say HI. Oh well.....I am sure before I know it I will be complaining that they here and always hangin around .......hehehe.....kiddin....that would never happen. I can't wait to see them.....so much fun will be had by all !!!

Here are some pictures of me and Don at the caves......enjoy....

Nanaimo adventures....part two & three...

Hallo all you bloggers out there waiting patiently for me to FINALLY update. Well today is the day......yippppee !!!

So what is new with me.......hmmmmm....were to begin....... For the last 2 weekends I have been sailing the open waters on the BC Ferries to Nanaimo to visit Don.....exciting....yes, yes.....very.......well the ferry ride that is !!! hahaahaa.....kiddin' Don the time I spend with you is ALWAYS exciting.

Okay so.....the Nanaimo adventure continues..... Not last weekend but the weekend before Don and I set out in search of a giant crack in the Mountain that came about by an Earthquake several years ago...not exactly sure how many. It is called ....some Ridge place.....can't remember (Todd I am sure you will be schooling me later !!!) Also in this area are some carving of weird alien like creatures and space ships in the rocks, that were apparently done many, many moons ago as well...I have no idea who or what did them. So armed with our camera we headed out in search of these Nanaimo phenomenon's, of course we have no map and we are relying of the memory of Don.......hehehe.....that is just all around crazy since Don tends to have short & long term memory loss !!! Needless to say...we wondered and wondered and wondered.....we saw some interesting things, lots of clearings that could indeed accommodate a spaceship or 2... we were attacked by a hummingbird which made the hike even more interesting.....but NO carvings or cracks. (Okay Finnerty, Gee & Smith families you can stop laughing at "cracks" now.......aaaah...so predictable !!)

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And now for something completely different........hehehe..... As I was just about finished this post my network server went down and kicked me out !! I cried a bit. It just so happened right at the same time Don came online...hmmmm.....very suspicious like. He suggested that he could try to recover it but we would have to share the network...blah...blah...blah....anywho we got it set up. This meant that he had full control of my computer while he attempted to get back what I lost. Man that was a weird feeling......I learned something.....I don't like to not have control. I felt violated !!! Then as Don pointed out....if I felt violated...imagine how my computer felt ..hehehe !! The show must go on......so now I try to rely on my memory as to what I HAD posted before I was rudely kick off....... ************************************************************

.......uuummmm.....were was I........ oh ya.... so we were wondering pretty much aimlessly around. It was getting late so we had to leave cause we had to go to Gary & Lexie's place (Don's brother and soon to be sister-in-law) then head to Drunken Duncan.....as the Nanaimoites call it .....for tux fittings, Gary & Lexie are getting married this summer.
Fittings were had.....visiting of there friend was had....and a great dinner was also had....then back to Nanaimo we went.

Sunday...determined to find these carvings and cracks .....we ventured out once again. This time Don studied the map to make sure we had the right area. Off we went. We headed back to almost the same spot we were at the day before but this time we followed the map that Don had drawn out from the website. Success !! We came across a carving in the rock......jackpot !!! it was the alien like creature....YAY !!! A few photos were taken and we headed of in search of more......nope no more were to be found. So we followed the map to now try and find the giant cracks in the mountain. We hiked through the woods.....for quite awhile.......then.....sucess once again !!! We found the giant cracks....aaaaa...well I should really say ..crack. There was really just the one. It was big and pretty long and deep........hehehe. More photos were taken...then it was time to head out....my cruise awaited.

Now onto last weekend.......... I once again boarded back on one of BC's finest Cruise liners and headed to Nanaimo. After a brief stop at Don's for some smoochy smoochy......hehehe.... we headed out on another adventure. This time to see some water falls that were hidden way within the jungles of Nanaimo. The weather wasn't all that nice but we trooped on. We hiked through the bush going up and down many hills. After going down one big ass mother of a hill and around a few corners.......VOILA....we found the falls. The only thing standing in our way to reach them was a very steep, muddy side of a mountain. Thankfully someone was smart enough to have tired a couple ropes to some trees to assist in the decline. Boy was that fun !! It took me a few minutes but I managed to make it down without falling on my ass and taking the express route. The water fall was certainly very nice....and pretty big. Don decided he would try to see how close he could get to it......he made it almost right next to it....until he slipped on the slimy rocks and fell on his butt and started to slide into the drink. Thankfully there was a littler rock protruding from the big rock that stopped him or he would have ended up taking a swim......hahaha. I of course missed it all......I was to busy documenting the side of the mountain I just billy goated down.....damn that would have been funny to see.....heeheee. After wondering around and taking some more pictures we started back up the side of the mountain. Good thing those ropes were there. It must have been quite the sight to see......me trying to haul by fat arse up the side of the mountain by rope...hehehe.....crazy shit. Anyways....we hiked our way back towards the truck.....and then it appeared.....the mother of all hills. OMG.....I almost died. Half way up I was kinda hoping Don would offer to carry me the rest of the way.......sadly no such luck. About 25mins later we finally made it back to the truck and headed to Don's for a fantastic rib dinner. And that my faithful blog reads is the end.
Who knows where this weekeneds adventures will takes us.......

Here are a few shots of the areas we checked out.