Stolen Words...

Cinnamon...

Fave!

And not just because it's a *super* food... It's also deeeeeelicious!

And it goes with so many different meals...

French toast, pancakes, fruits, coffee, tea, yogurt, muffins, ice cream, etc.

And cinnamon toast takes me back to both early childhood days and hot summer nights.

Bon appétite!

x's & o's,

Leslie

Thankful: Part II

While we love the thought of Movember and we're all for helping a good cause...

We're thankful that in T minus 6 days the creepy mo's in meetings, bars and on the streets will *be gone*.

(Also thankful that we may be able to stop putting our foot in our mouth... "dad, these moustaches everywhere are really creeping us out... Yes, I mean we know you have a moustache, but you've had yours forever, it's the new moustaches that are creepy!")

However, in the next 6 days... Please support our fave mo bros and mo sistas. All of them. Pretty please?

MojanOne

Integrated Duster Activations

Candy's Mo

x's & o's,

Leslie

ps. Daddy, we really do love your moustache. For reals.

Thankful..

Yesterday, HBD told us we should be writing a list of the things we are thankful for. Now, we know the inspiration for this is American Thanksgiving. And we know we're not American. But we think it's altogether a necessary exercise to sit back every once in a while and think about how lovely our life is becoming, so now is as good a time as any...

1. We're thankful that we have the best parents ever.
2. We're thankful that the rest of our family is pretty amazing as well.
3. We're thankful that we have wicked friends. Whether we see them every day or every once in a while, even if they have killed the fish named after us, or left us to live in new cities or travel to new lands, we have the best friends.
4. We're thankful for muffin tops. Actual muffins. Not what happens if we give up yoga.
5. We're thankful we renewed our motivation for yoga. We're especially thankful that 889 is so beautiful, inspiring and stocks up on great tea, which makes us wanna go every single day. See Self-Challenge here.
6. We're thankful for our apartment. It's so pretty, we hardly ever want to leave, ever. Especially in the cold cold winter days. Ever need a real estate agent, here's your guy.
7. We're thankful we have great hair.
8. We're thankful that we don't have a job. We have a career. Well to be literal, we do have a "job". Just not "just a job". We have a career where we learn every day, can trust the people we work with and an office full of toys doesn't hurt either! I guess being able to pay our bills helps as well.
9. We're thankful our parents spent a ton of money on our teeth when we were younger so that they could be pearly white and straight now!
10. We're thankful for our health. We remember the days of bronchitosaurus. And still, if that's the worst it gets, we can deal!
11. We're thankful, every single morning, for the Canadian Tenors.
12. We're thankful that our ex-boyfriend brought to life the "it's called a breakup because it's broken" concept. We won't make that mistake again. Though, if you're out there, we're ready for our own new cute boyfriend.
13. We're thankful that we learned proper spelling, grammar and formatting. We're thankful we're a perfectionist.
14. We're thankful for Diet Coke, Starbucks coffee and David's Tea.
15. We're thankful that you're still reading this.

x's & o's,

Leslie

R.I.P...

Leslie (the fish) has died.

Sad face.

(Well the real story is that, accidental or not, Mark Cheney killed her).

Moment of silence, s'il vous plait.

x's & o's,

Leslie

Canada...

Fave!

Even for years where we don't host the Olympics.

(Mittens. Also a fave!)

x's & o's,

Leslie

Only Boring People get Bored...

We like this.

We're trying to live this.

But it ain't easy. After 25+ years of "bored" being our go-to answer for "comment ça va?" (except of course, when superseded by "tired").

But if only boring people get bored, what type of people complain?

We've been a master complainer for years.

A professional whiner, some may say.

But the buck stops now.

We're tired of complaining. We're tired of hearing complaints.

If you don't like something, we say, fix it yourself.

We promise, it's possible. We've been there.

x's & o's,

Leslie

November 18: Have Sex with a Moustache Day

...hilarious, no?

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(sorry parents!)

Truth-Teller...

While reading the obits weeks ago, (no, we're not 75 years old, we just really adore and appreciate the writing in the Globe & Mail, to the point where we must devour absolutely every single section) we stumbled upon a noble woman who was described as a truth-teller.

And for some reason, this word stuck with us.

We'd love to be described as a truth-teller.

And in the big scheme of things, when it matters. We truly believe we are a truth-teller.

But sometimes, (just occasionally) we enjoy chewing off little white lies. Not the "no baby, of course we didn't cheat on you" type. More of the "of course we ate breakfast, and of course it was a banana" type of fib. We don't see it so much as a lie, as a stretch of the truth. It's a game. Call us on it. We dare you. Sometimes we say things, just to see how they sound out loud.

But back to the heart of the matter.

We pride ourselves on our desire to be upfront and honest.

To take accountability over our behaviour, our work, our choices.

Sometimes we mess up. And we always take accountability.

Do you?

x's & o's,

Leslie

Man Up...

If we could find a man who could make us this (look left).

And play guitar.

Standing six feet tall.

With shining blue eyes.

A man who could sail a boat.

And love us forever and a day.

Even on our worst days.

With an ascot in his drawer.

And the manners of a prince.

We'd have it all.

But don't worry about it.

Take your time.

Until we find you, we're gonna build a life.

A story.

An empire.

That we can share.

That we'll gladly share.

x's & o's,

Leslie

Love at First Sight...

And second sight.

Third sight.

Yep, fourth sight.

Definitely fifth sight.

Sixth... Seventh... Eighth... Ninth...

We think you get it.

FAVE!

x's & o's,

Leslie

Last Look - Vogue - Oct 2010 - Ralph Lauren - Amazing

Uninspired...

We're happy these days.

Really happy.

Like smile to ourselves happy.

Maybe even can't get to sleep because we don't want to miss a moment happy.

For serious.

But still, for some godforsaken reason, we're a tad writer blocked.

We're swimming through the depths of un-inspiration, gasping for a breath of creativity and aching to soak in some warm rays of ... right. We're all out of words.

We're so lacking in the language department, that we could not think of even three words to describe ourselves the other day.

And we all know how much we love to discuss ourselves.

It's a fave.

So we're excited to see our new bio in the break of next week. No pressure, writers. We dare you to inspire us out of this dead space.

x's & o's,

Leslie