Colombia Bound!

So here I am... sitting in a 24hr Subway at the Dorval airport. Its almost 1 AM. Only 5.5 hours til my flight takes off... Colombia, here I come.

I hopped in the 10 o'clock train in Brockvegas headed for here, Dorval. Watched a grotesque movie on the train that i've been holding onto for a while now... Train. When would there ever be a more appropriate time to watch it?? It was like watching a movie with seats that move along with it. Two hours later I got off the train and onto a shuttle to the airport. Et voila! Trying to kill time...

So I spent the day with the fam... lounging. Tonight before I left home I gave the kids the awesomest bath with this stuff called H2Goo. SO COOL! This stuff turns your bath into beads of gel!! And it feels sooo cool and is even supposed to cleanse your skin. It was so cool I'd like to get some more and try it myself.  The I put the kids to bed & we read Twas The Night Before Christmas (Sam's choice). But before that I explained to them that I was leaving for Colombia after they went to bed... something they already knew but were quite surprised that the time was now. Sam was concerned that he wasn't going to be able to give me kisses when he wanted to while I was away so he insisted I give him no less than 10 tonight. Juliet asked for 5 and was happy to know we could give kisses on the computer via skype (thank goodness for skype!). It was that easy. I just hope that the next 10 days go as well for the kids as the goodbyes did and as smoothly as my voyage has been so far... I miss them already :o(


This isn't the first time I have left the kids. I've spent many a weekend with my girlfriends. But this is the LONGEST and FARTHEST i've gone so i definitely feels different. Although I am very excited to arrive in Colombia and spend some time with myself & my mom... we're going to have a blast. First I fly into NYC and then to Miami. Only 19 more hours until I arrive in Bogota. That is a lot of hours. I'd better go find an outlet to plug my laptop into so I can re-juice it enough to keep up...

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Where's Juliet?

This is my daughter. Can you find her in the mayhem she calls a bed? Oh and she keeps tabs on everyone in there... and if they're not there at bedtime... "MOMMY!!!!!!"

Apologies for the grainy photos... I took them with my iPhone.



this is what she refers to as the 'christmas tree'



the christmas tree... with the dinosaur as the 'star'

if you look closely above you'll notice that there are TWO cabbage patch kids in her arms... along with a suffed cat & a bear & of course her mama (blanket)



from what I can see, here we have a baby... a dinosaur & mama



there are a couple of babies in this one... and a real cat this time



notice the strawberry shortcake in her hand

still has a baby in her arm... and her mama

roses are red...

 

  

 

 

juicing

I got this book... The 3 Day Cleanse, and it's FANTASTIC. I got it a while ago and it has made juice cleansing a part of my life. I've done 2 really good cleanses following this book since the middle of January... talk about feeling AWESOME. And yoga... the best EVER on a cleanse.

The first day is tough... but it's really all psychological. Hunger is psychological. You think you want to eat... but you're not actually hungry. The juices are very filling and meet all caloric requirements so you're NOT starving yourself. By day 4 or 5 you feel FANTASTIC!! Energized... light... alert. It's fabulous.

YUM!

forever in our hearts..

An old friend of mine was killed over the weekend. Crazy eh... no wait a minute. Let me try that again. An old friend of mine was killed over the weekend. No... wait. It still doesn't seem real. It's been 4 days and I am still waiting to hear that it was a mistake... no no no, we made a mistake. Paul's right here.... What do you say when something so inexplicable happens... is anyone else waiting to hear it was a really bad joke? Stuff like this just doesn't happen right??

Although I haven't seen Paul in a few years I have known him and his wonderful family since I was a small child. I know that everytime our paths would cross it would only be as if we last saw each other just the other day... and after catching up it would be hugs goodbye, "good to see you" and "take care". I remember the last time he was at my house like it was yesterday, for a few beers on the couch with some friends. I remember how impressed I was with his rottweiler Cash, and how he had that dog trained to obey only the sound of his voice. I will always remember the kindness in his voice. I will always remember his politeness... his gentleness... his sense of humour. I remember the days before he became the harmonica sensation he was.... no, that he is. That he will always be. I remember him carrying it around without ever realizing what it would become... what he would become, an icon in the Montreal hip hop scene and abroad. 


I haven't seen Paul in years but over the past few days I have seen and continue to see how he has touched the many, many, many lives of people all over the world... and although he was taken from us too early his legacy will live on forever. I have seen a tribute to him on facebook grow from a few dozen fans to over 2000 and counting overnight. I have seen thousands of people voice their sorrow... friends & fans alike, from Montreal to France to Holland to god only knows where else. He touched so many people not only as a friend but with his music... those who never had the joy of knowing him are feeling the loss along with those of us who did.  

Much love to Paul's family and to all who have been touched by him whether as a friend, a musician, a roll model, an inspiration. Some are saying good-bye to Paul Frappier, others to Bad News Brown. But we are all suffering this loss together and must support one another to celebrate his life and the wonderful things he has accomplished. He has left us with some very special gifts... of memories, love & music. He will forever live on in our hearts.

Paul Frappier AKA Bad News Brown 1977-2011

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BAD NEWS BROWN Interview April 2010 [Part 2 of 2]

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