I’ve discovered my favourite bird!

When I was camping in Quebec last Summer, I saw what I thought was a really large insect making its way toward me.. but when it stopped a few feet away and hovered in front of me I realised it was a tiny little green hummingbird..

Oh the excitement… I felt like a Disney Princess!

This morning we had brunch at a little restaurant outside of town that had feeders outside the window.. A little red hummingbird kept flittering near our table… I was a captive audience. His little wings moving so fast they disappeared… and he was so tiny!

Yep, definitely my favourite bird…. So far

Well, didn’t we just have a over 3 hours of fun last night! Myself, the boy and our friends Jesse, Simone and Wobbly headed to the local community centre with bingo markers in hand to try and win the jackpot of more than $27000. We didn’t win a thing but discovered a cheap night out!

We lined up for over half an hour to buy our games and were lucky enough to have some lovely ladies try their best at explaining the rules of each game and how it all worked (luckier still that they sat next to us and continued to help us all night). All we knew was that you mark off numbers when they  get called and yell bingo if you mark them all off.. but there is more to it.. I am not about to explain because as I learnt last night, you have to experience it to get it! But once you get it.. then you can let the excitement of getting close to Bingo seduce you into playing again.. like we will be next week!

After the initial stress and confusion that comes with being ‘virgin bingo players’ we certainly got into it and on discovering that it was after 10pm when we left the bingo hall, we were all amazed at how fast the time went.

Next week, I want the thrill of yelling BINGO!

It was one of the final games for the season that the local ice hockey team would be playing a home game. We went to a few matches last season but had yet to go to a game this year. We didn’t want to pass on what could have been the last chance for us to support the Grizzlies!

We drank the local beer and helped build the pyramid of empty cups with other supporters and waited til (as per tradition) the Grizzlies would deliberately smash an opponent into the glass wall for all the cups to tumble down.. Sure enough, down they went and the crowd went wild!

There were banners up on the walls with such sayings as, “Hear them roar, watch them score” and “Holy Moly look at our Goalie.” It all seemed so cheesy but we had so much fun cheering along!

It was a nice night out with friends and I didn’t miss my chance of a souvenir puck to take home either