small style #17

sorry we're a little late today!  some bloggy technical difficulties,
but yay!
my sister did send me some pictures from the wedding.

so here is Isla small stylin' at the wedding as promised

(as well as some extra pics of the wedding thrown in)

Hi!

my cousin Tim and his beautiful bride Lauren

with my Grandad

with auntie Danielle

Isla making herself at home!

just a "small" portion of chicken fingers

how cute is this dress?

dress: Joe, consigned-also, this dress is almost like a little raincoat, all the spills slide right off!

shirt: osh kosh, consigned

tights: no label, consigned

shoes: Mexx, consigned

and of course we are linking up with Morgan here:

ps. I just wanted to clarify that we did not feed Isla all those chicken fingers.we broke off the batter and gave her bits of the real chicken inside.(just in case you thought we force fed her a mountain of chicken batter)

Ramona Quimby age......

twenty-one!?!?!

my littlest sister Roslyn has long been called Ramona. 

in her younger days she was pretty close to a spitting image of the original book cover, 

and the name just stuck around.

but the little baby Ramona is gone!  

Roslyn has turned 21 today. 

she is all grown up and legal even in the states.

Roslyn is a very caring and loyal kind of lady.

she speaks very fondly and lovingly of her friends and her family.

she is fiercely determined and independent.

Roslyn lives in BC right now, the farthest away of anyone in my immediate family,
so we don't get to see her that often.

but we did get a nice visit in Montreal for Danielle's wedding.

we love you Roslyn!! 

have a great day!!

Giveaway winner!

wow!

i was quite surprised at the amount of people i know in real life who have been reading the blog!

Thanks everyone :)

it was great to read your comments and i felt the love.

and as promised, the winner of the giveaway using random.org to generate a random number between 1 and 11.

it chose #5.

It was the elusive Ninnygoat who said 

"Hi kates! It's nin. Love you. Xo"

well Ninny, you know I love you too!!

send me your new address to: 

katiegeranium(at)gmail(dot)com

and I will send this off to you pronto!!

Happy Blogiversary to Katie Geranium!

7 years old!

i am really starting to get into the swing of blogging. 

i am even starting to think in blog format throughout my day :)

i have some goals for the coming blog year.

goal #1:

stop being a blog creeper and start commenting!! 

i read a lot of blogs throughout my day, but i am definitely guilty of coming and going without making a single comment. this is not very supportive of my fellow bloggers, especially the ones i have been reading for a few years!

goals #2:

publish 2-3 posts a week.

i have started being better at that over the summer, but as i am gearing up to go back to work i want to stay in the swing of things! it may mean writing multiple posts at a time, but i want to be consistent! especially for those of you who are reading my blog regularly.  Hi!

goal #3:

figure out how to take better pictures for the blog!

whether that means taking a course, reading some books or saving for a new camera, i want to be able to upload pictures and not cringe at the quality.

any suggestions?

goals are well and good, but even better?

a giveaway!

to mark the 7 year blogiversary of Katie G, i am giving away a little vintage tea pot (it holds about 2 cups) and a handmade by me tea cozy!

i'll be throwing in a few surprise goodies as well.

to enter leave me a comment saying hello and where you are reading from :)

and if you've never commented before, now is your chance!

good luck!

oh, and the contest will be open until monday at midnight, standard eastern time.

small style #16

this week has been fairly low key, this weekend we did a lot of driving to Hamilton and Toronto for a wedding.

my cousin Tim married his beautiful bride Lauren.

it was a lovely and beautiful day and wee Isla was awarded the best baby award.

well, not really.  

but she did stay quiet through the ceremony despite the fact that it was outdoors on a windy bluff overlooking lake Ontario and it was FREEEEEZING!!

and then during the reception she had some dinner and promptly fell asleep in her stroller for the rest of the night.

we had a lovely visit with my sister Danielle and her husband Alex,

and my dad and his girlfriend Susan.

I didn't get many great shots of Isla so I'll try to get some from my sister for next week.

here is Isla making some use of an empty suitcase.

pretty fun to come around the corner and find her in it :)

messy toy mess-the norm around here

shirt: Carters-consigned

jeans: Joe

shoes: you can't really see them but they are some cute navy moccasins that my aunt brought back from up North.

and we're linking up with Morgan here:

oh! and don't forget to come back to the giveaway tomorrow!!

blogiversary

the week at Young House Love, they are celebrating a 4 year blogiversary.  

suddenly I thought to myself, hey wait, how long have I had this ol' blog, and when is my exact blogiversary?

turns out it's this Friday!!

And it will have been seven years...

huh? wait? what?

that's right folks. SEVEN YEARS!

here is the first post ever.

a lot of people I knew were blogging, but it seemed that most people didn't make it past the first year.

in fact I recently had someone from that blogging bandwagon say to me: "wow, people still blog?"

um....

yes.

blogging for me started as a way to keep in touch with my saskatoon peeps.

now it is a fun therapeutic kind of thing.

where will blogging lead? we will have to wait and see.

so.

since this little ol' blog is turning seven, I thought that I would have a little giveaway.

so come back on Friday to enter a little contest for the big day!!

small style #15

Isla loves loves loves her dad right now.

She is so happy when he gets home from work, and a little insulted when he leaves in the morning.

Isla loves to play fun games with daddy. He makes all her stuffed toys have funny voices.

Daddies and Babies.... need I say more?

shirt: Pekkle - thrifted
leggings: Gap - thrifted
hat: from Isla's Great Gramma's church bazaar
sock monkey: made by hand by Isla's auntie Ashleigh!

as always, we're linking up here with Morgan: