The Upper Canada Village staff! :)
Well, a few of them, not everyone. I don't know everyone. But I'll introduce you to most of the people I met and worked with!

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SOMEONE TOOK A VIDEO OF SUGAR, AKA THE BEST CALF EVER WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE FALL FAIR!!!
(Sugar is at the Tenant farm and is adorable! She's prettier than the Loucks Farm calves. Also, there are the psychotic pigs at the end.)

(NEW PHOTOS!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellonippon/sets/72157600983472908/)

LAST DAY!!! :(

Okay so, we were a little late this morning because Phoebe had to load all her stuff into the car and mum had to stop for gas and stop at her office. I got Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finished up to the Epilogue, though.

Even though we were late, we hurried upstairs and got dressed - only 5 minutes late. Had morning announcements and then set off under and umbrella because it was RAINING!!!

Dropped Phoebe off at the Dressmaker's and I went to Tenant farm. Barbara was there today, and I know her from Loucks. We started off by making a white cake for tea today. Then Amanda came and she helped out as well. Amanda went off to school, and Lynne came to replace Barbara for her break. We mixed some cookie dough for ginger snaps, baked the white cake I made with red currants, and set the table for tea.

At noon I went and picked up Phoebe (it had stopped raining by then, thankfully) and we went to the Montgomery house for lunch. After lunch we used the pressed dried flowers from last weekend to make our bookmarks while the boys played checkers.

When we were finished our bookmarks (Which was quite funny. Nancy kept saying: "THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE SKIRT!" and Kimberly kept mimicking her :P Also, Darlene was off on a pink flower tangent) we all headed over to the Tinsmith for Nigel's presentation on lead. We learned that the Romans would grate up lead and put it on their food because it tastes sweet. Lovely.

When Nigel was finished we all walked back to our stations. Amanda and I did the dishes and then baked a griddle of cookies before tea. We just got one griddle done before we had to eat. We had my white cake with currants, the leftover raisin pudding from yesterday, and biscuits with raspberry preserves. Yuuum. I was SO FULL after all that.

We did the dishes and cleaned up a bit and then we had to head over to the Fairgrounds for baseball. Right before we left, Amanda's grandma and Phoebe's parents and my mum all came in and snapped about 5 million pictures >_>!

Then Amanda and I and our "posse" walked to the Fairgrounds. When Nancy came, she explained that we weren't going to play baseball because it was too wet. Instead we played these ridiculous singing games, The Farmer in the Dell and Ring Around the Rosey and The Grand Ol' Duke of York. We basically had to sing and do a sort of dance while we were singing. Farmer in the Dell was pretty funny. We went through the verses and then at "the farmer takes a wife" the appointed "farmer" had to choose someone from the circle (which was going to the left) to be the "wife" and the "wife" had to join the "farmer" in the middle of the circle and so forth with "the wife takes the child" and "the child takes the nurse" etc. The last person was the knife and then we all clapped for the knife. Amanda was the knife twice :P Nigel chose me to be his wife ^o^(I am a nerd :P)
The Grand Ol' Duke of York was more confusing and it involved lining up in pairs and going through human arches. Rather confusing.

Finally the games were finished and it was time to go change and bring our dirty clothes down to the baskets. We all met up at the Gate and got everyone's email addresses and said our good-byes. Nigel drove home, and we were scared :P

Then Phoebe, her parents, my mum, and I drove to this truck stop in Cardinal for dinner. I just had a small italian poutine (fries, spaghetti sauce, cheese curds) and couldn't even finish it because I was still full from tea. Then Phoebe and I said our good-byes! Now I am home and it is quiet. And my arms hurt from pulling Nigel around during the games.

(New photos!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellonippon/sets/72157600983472908/)

Well, this morning started out great - I was busy talking to Phoebe and we missed the exit onto the highway XD
Silly Anje. So I did a u-turn on CR-44 because luckily, there were no cars.

Got there, got dressed, went to Tenant farm. Libby was cooking today, and John was in the barn. No Derek :(
Started out by helping Libby prepare for dinner - peeling cucumbers and carrots, etc. Made some of those vinegar & sugar cucumbers again! Amanda came and she helped out as well with the chicken.

We had Sunday school at 11:15, so we left early to get our hoops on. The YIPs had their stagecoach ride, so we started a little later. We didn't do much, just sang and studied catechisms and books of the new testament. Miss Perry is always fun, though.

After Sunday school, I went back to the Quiet House, changed out of my hoop (with Amanda), and then me and Amanda walked back to the Tenant farm for dinner, stopping at the bakery for the bread on the way.

Dinner was delicious, and I didn't over-eat this time! We had chicken, potatoes and onions, carrots and turnips, cucumbers in vinegar with onions, and fresh bread. Yum. P

Phoebe was giving her presentation at 12:35, so Amanda and I had to leave before dessert. Phoebe's presentation was good; I learned a lot about aprons, actually. When that was done, Amanda and I walked back to Tenant farm.

At 2:00 was the church service at Christ Church, so I left early to pick up Phoebe and get my hoop on AGAIN. Church was boring and long and stifling hot as usual. Glad that's over at least. When church was over, Phoebe and I walked back to the Quiet House, where we changed out of our hoops AGAIN!!! (so much changing and walking!)

Then we walked to the Dressmaker and I went on my way to Tenant farm. I helped Amanda and Libby make a pastry dough for the chicken pie we made with dinner's leftovers. I had just enough time to clean up a bit before I had to go to help set up for the Sunday school picnic. I also stopped at Loucks to inform Forrest that the piglets were in our cow pen. Crazy pigs ran all the way down to Tenant farm!

Phoebe and I went to the Shoemaker's to borrow a table to set the cookies and lemonade on. Everyone started to arrive after that, and we sat outside, waiting for Nancy. Finally she came, and then we went inside the church to do the play. I wasn't in the play, so I just watched. It was called Has Father Been Here and it was like 2 minutes long. :P

When the play was over, we went back outside to play games! We had sack races and egg and spoon races and two relays. Then we played tug o' war. My team one! We one the first tug, lost the second, and one the last. After we were all tired out, we gathered around the table to eat cookies and drink lemonade. Phoebe and I served the lemonade. Sooo nice and refreshing.

Then it was time to change and go home!

(Phoebe and I got home and were informed that we were going over to Thomas's for supper. We had steak, potatoes, and beans. It was good. Then we went out and rented 300, which was....Interesting. SPAAARTAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!)

Laaast weekend!

This morning I was a little hesitant about going to Tenant farm because I loved being at Loucks so much. Lynne was at Tenant today, and she's really nice.

I started out by making some cornmeal cookies, but we didn't have any cornmeal so I had to go get some from the Loucks farm. I came back and made the cookies dough. Then Amanda came and we rolled out the dough and cut out circles with a cookie cutter and put them on the griddle to cook. Cooking on the griddle is much more work than cooking in an oven. You have to continually spin the griddle so the cookies don't burn and then you have to take them off, flip them over, and put the griddle back on again.

At 11:00 I left early to go pick up Phoebe and head to the Quiet House, where we were supposed to meet Miss Perry and help carry stuff to the chapel for Band of Promise (A silly abstinence campaign against alcohol, swearing, and smoking that we have to do). We met Nigel on the way out (good work, Nigel) and brought everything to the chapel. We were a bit early, so we sat around for a little while before everyone arrived.

After discussing the evils of alcohol and practicing the songs, we headed out. A banner leading the way, we walked down to Cook's Tavern, singing:

I'll drink no more gin sling,
I'll drink no sling made of gin,
No ale[?] or whiskey
Slip or brandy
Wine or any such thing

When we got to the tavern, we stopped singing I'll Drink No More and sang Throw Down the Bottle:

Will you sign the pledge, poor drunkard? We wish to set you free
From appetite and passion, and custom's slavery;
Strong drink has been your ruin we ask you to abstain;
Come throw down the bottle, and never drink again.
Throw down the bottle, throw down the bottle,
Throw down the bottle, and never drink again.

Oh, your wife will smile with gladness to know that you have signed:
She'll bid adieu to sadness, for comfort she will find;
Within your home what pleasure what happiness will reign;
Then throw down the bottle, and never drink again.

Oh, your children, too, will bless you, they'll dance with very glee,
And joyfully caress you, as they climb upon your knee;
Their little eyes will sparkle, as they sing the joyous strain,
We've thrown down the bottle, and we'll never drink again,
Then come along, my brother, tho' fallen you may rise;
You then may help another who now in bondage lies;
The best of men will bless you; you will not live in vain;
So, throw down the bottle, and never drink again.

After that, we recited some "words of wisdom" and marched back to the chapel, singing I'll Drink No More again.

Then we recited the pledge of abstinence and went for dinner at the Blue House. I went inside and prepared for my presentation by mixing lemonade and putting the cookies and cups on the trays.

I finished up my lunch and then presented, with Phoebe handing out the refreshments for me. It went well, I think! I didn't really mess up and I was able to answer most of the questions. I'm glad it's over with anyway.

After my presentation, me and Phoebe cleaned up the dishes and went our separate ways. I went back to the farm, where Amanda was already. We then made some pinwheels with dough, freshly made butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Yum. And we cooked those in the kettle oven with coals on top and underneath the pot.

Then Derek came in and Lynne asked him to give us jobs. First we went out and carried in some wood from the woodpile to put in the woodbox inside. After that we took out the cow, Sugar, and went for a walk around town, making a quick stop at the General Store to pick up some cornmeal. Sugar also made a stop at the store, when Derek brought her INSIDE THE BUILDING!!! He's so funny :P

By the time we got back to Tenant farm, it was tea time! We had a DELICIOUS oatmeal cake with brown sugar icing, pinwheels, and some of the cornmeal cookies. With lemonade AKA "river water" to drink. Emily and some other older guy also came for tea, and Barbara was there randomly as well. After a while, everyone headed their separate ways and Lynne and I did the dishes. Amanda went off to do drama at Crysler Hall.

Dishes were soon done, and Derek came in from doing his chores, so then he took me down to Loucks Farm to help milk the cows! Milking the cows is a public activity and they do it at 4 pm. I have never milked a cow before, so Derek taught me how - clamp and squeeze. He started off milking and then I took over. It actually wasn't as hard as I thought! The hardest part was getting the milk inside the bucket! I have bad aim.

I milked the cow for a little while and then let the visitors have a turn. Derek told me I could go back to Tenant farm, so I did, but Lynne had nothing for me to do, so I went to see the end of the drama practice. They are doing some play about a drunk father who gets arrested? Phoebe is the mother and Nigel is the Jailer.

Miss Perry let them finish drama early, so we changed early and left, after dropping off a paper with Lynne!

Last day of weekends 2!!!

Finally got fed up with my hairnet and went to change it, but there weren't any left :(

Went to the farm and helped with the preparations for dinner today. We were remarking on how it smelled like something was burning and eventually we opened the oven and found cookies in there, burnt black as coal. We guessed that Dolores had left them in yesterday. Anyway, I started to make the salad and then Kimberly came and helped me. The salad had lettuce, shredded carrot, basil, cucumber, onions, and eggs.

At 11:15, Kimberly had to go to school, so I asked her to let Phoebe know she was invited for dinner. Kimberly left and I helped Barbara and Heather with the preparations. We made scalloped potatoes, carrots, and gravy in addition to the salad and already made cold salt pork.

At noon the men (Terry and Derek/Darren [Barbara calls him Darren XD]) came in, so we started the meal. Neither Phoebe nor Kimberly were there yet, so I was a little worried. Phoebe came about five minutes later and Kimberly came about 15 minutes late because school ran late. At the table was me, Barbara, Phoebe, Kimberly, Kelsey, Terry, and Derek. The food was delicious as always and we had an amazing apple pie for dessert.

Dinner conversation was hilarious as always. Derek has dubbed me "Giggly McGlee" because he thinks I laugh too much XD
We also gossiped about how the groom and best man from the wedding are cavorting with the gardeners XDDD!!!!
We also discovered how the burnt cookies got in the oven and why Eugene wanted them. Apparently yesterday a batch of cookies "went missing" and someone decided they should turn up inside the oven. Haha. Then Eugene came and took two of the blackest ones and went around telling everyone that Kelsey had baked them!

After dinner Kimberly, Phoebe, and I left to go to Cook's Tavern where we were all supposed to meet to ride on the Tow Scow. We were feeling a little silly because no one came for a long time, but eventually they did come and we went on the ride. (And didn't miss the boat like last year! XD)

We got off at Tenant Farm and then I walked down to Operations to do research in the library. Nigel was already there working on the computer. About five minutes after I sat down I realised that I had left my reticule on the tow scow. I felt like an idiot. Mr. Cazaly came in to make sure everything was alright, which was nice. Then Phoebe came because she was done with her research.

Phoebe and I left Operations early so I could go and attempt to locate my reticule. We were on our way to the dock, when we passed the Rock. I happened to look over as we were walking by and there was my reticule, sitting on the rock. It was covered in hay, but everything was in it...Odd, but I was glad to have it back so easily. We went into the Quiet House, got a drink, and then I went back to Loucks for the afternoon.

Kimberly and I spent the afternoon making more snickerdoodle cookies. Then we spent the rest of the time sitting in the chairs in the kitchen and dieing in the heat. At 3:30 we had to go down to the Fairgrounds to play baseball. None of us wanted to. Luckily Mrs. Nancy told us we could either play croquet, sardines, or baseball. Everyone voted for sardines except for me, who voted for croquet, and Phoebe, who voted for baseball. So we got to run the sardines game instead. It was funny to watch them all running around, and sat in the shade and talked with Mrs. Dixon.

CHEESENICKELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this morning, me and Phoebe went down to costuming to get hoop skirts for the afternoon Church service.

Then I went to the farm, where I started making the snickerdoodle cookie dough. When Kimberly came, I let her help. We spent the morning making cookies, mmmm. Then Morganne and Lanndis came asking for lemonade. Derek (works on the farm) was sitting in the kitchen procrastinating, so he offered to get the lemonade from the freezer (read: "cold cellar"). He eventually came back and said, "We have a bit of a problem. See, I couldn't find any LEMONS in the BOX. So I looked and looked and eventually I found some SQUEEZED LEMONS in ANOTHER BOX." Meanwhile, we're all cracking up with laughter at his code words.

Anyway, that was all solved and at 11:15 we headed down to the chapel for Sunday school. We made a quick stop to the quiet house, where we put on our hoops. Unfortunately, my hoop was too large around the waist and hung down really low on my hips! Kimberly had the same problem so we were sort of waddling around.

Sunday school was boring as usual. Only we had Mr. Whitam today instead of Miss. Perry. We sang hymns, learned about Babylon, and did some stuff with catechisms.

After Sunday school, I went to costuming again and got a new hoop that actually fit. Much better! Then Phoebe and I headed over to the Blue House for dinner. Dinner was fun, we spent the whole time laughing about Amanda's mishearing of the words "achievement goals" for "cheese nickels". Then we played the game Red Cap.

After dinner Phoebe and I walked around the village to do some researching. We visited the Pastor's house, the Robertson house, the Bakery, and the Loucks farm asking about tea time and aprons. I also decided that I would be the first to present, next Saturday. Eeek! I have to get organized.

We then walked from Loucks to the Church for the mass. We waited out front for Nigel and got a bazillion pictures taken. The church service itself was extremely boring and we had to sing songs we didn't know. Also, it was suffocatingly hot inside the church and I had to fan myself with my hand.

After church ended Phoebe and I headed over to the Quiet House to change out of our hoops and then we went to Loucks for tea, because I had invited Phoebe. Everyone was already eating, but that was alright. Derek was there, being funny as usual. For tea was lemonade and a delicious apple crumble. Derek convinced me to eat two slices! Then Darren was talking about catching and pinning down the piglets and Dolores says, "What are you pinning? The girls or the piglets?" We all burst out laughing and then laugh at Derek who was turning red, apparently. I love the farm meals, its always so funny.

When tea was finally over Kimberly and I went at it with the dishes. Me, being an idiot first embarrassed myself by dropping the empty bucket, which could apparently be heard "out in the barnyard" and then by putting too much lye soap in the dishwater and having to carry the bubbles out in my hands and dump them on the grass.

We had just finished the dishes when Morganne and Lanndis came to pick us up to go Crysler Hall. There the girls all met (the boys went fishing) to pick flowers to press and dry. It was fun and we also talked about rabies, randomly. Then Ariana asked the most hilarious question ever: "So, if someone were a cannibal and ate someone who had rabies, would they get rabies too?" Everyone burst out laughing and I said, "That was the best thing I've heard all day!" So then I got assigned the task of finding out who developed the cure to rabies and when (Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux in 1885).

Today was a good day! Excited for tomorrow!

So we got to UCV and got dressed. Had our meeting with Mrs. Nancy and then I decided I was fed up with my dress once and for all and went down to costuming to get it fixed. Instead, they gave me a whole new dress which is a greyish-blue with a little pattern on it. It fits a whole lot better, but it is a bit uglier. I loved the white and blue before. Ah well.

After that I finally made it down to the farm. I swept for a bit while I waited for Kimberly, the YIP to arrive. When she came, we set the table for dinner. After we finished that we helped with some of the other preparations and then went out to the garden to pick red currants.

Then it was time to go to Crysler Hall to play croquet! It took us a little while to get started because no one knew how to play, and it was hard to get the ball through hoop. But croquet is fun! Unfortunately, Kimberly and I had to leave early to go eat dinner at the Loucks farm. Dinner today was good - cold chicken with gravy, carrots, potatoes with onions, bread, yellow beans, pickles, and salsa. With a brown sugar pie for dessert with made everyone a little loopy for a while.

While we were eating Mary thought that Dolores was upstairs and mused out loud, "I wonder where she is." The man at the table yelled "DOLORES! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?!?!" as loudly as he could, while all of us cringed. Dolores yelled back, "I'M TALKING TO THE VISITOR!" She came into the kitchen and we asked if she was showing the man the bedrooms upstairs. She said no, that he was too young for her. How old? we asked. Oh, late twenties, she guessed. Then the man came down into the kitchen and Dolores said, "Now, you don't have to answer this, but how old are you?" Thirty-nine, he says. We all burst out laughing. Did you change your mind? we ask Dolores, choking on our pie while in fits of laughter. The poor guy was just standing there, thinking we were all crazy, no doubt. "We don't call it the funny farm for nothing!"

After dinner I went down to the Blue House to meet Phoebe and Mrs. Nancy for research time. We went to the library again and explored books. I took two of them out.

When that was over I went back to the farm. Kimberly and I baked some ginger snaps, which were delicious and are now all gone :)
After that we were sent to sit at the kitchen table and write in our journals. Boooring :(
Luckily it wasn't for too long, before I had to leave to go meet Phoebe and Mrs. Nancy at the Quiet House to get the rope and can for kick the can. We then went over to the Fairgrounds to play kick the can, which was fun, although we all got REALLY sweaty. Ew.

And that was that! I had a good day today, had fun with Kimberly, etc. :)

Well, finally today was a normal day.

Me and Phoebe arrived at UCV in one piece and walked with Mrs. Nancy to the Quiet House to get changed. We put on our dresses and our hats and met in the meeting room for our morning information session with Nigel.

After that we returned our fancy dresses (I didn't mention the broken hoop skirt...Eeek.) and walked to our stations. I left Phoebe at the Dressmaker's and went to Loucks Farm. The first thing I did was set the table and start getting everything ready for dinner. We had a minor crisis in which we ran out of water, but Christina managed to refill the thing on her own. Crazy lady.
After a little while, Nathalie came too and we helped out with preparations for the carrots, salad, onions and cucumbers, pickles, salsa, and potatoes. Nathalie had to go to school, so I stayed and helped.

Soon enough it was time to eat. There were two other ladies who were invited, but they didn't show up. It was just me, Nathalie, Barbara, another lady, and two men from the farm. We had a nice lunch and laughed a lot. In addition to all the vegetables we had chicken and beef pie and red currant cake for dessert.

I had just enough time to start helping with the after-dinner clean up (and laugh at a paramedic hiding in our pantry while eating cake) before I had to go to the Montgomery House to meet Mrs. Nancy, Phoebe, and Nigel for our research time. When I got there all the YIPs and Phoebe and Nigel were sitting in a circle on the grass doing their riddles. We had visited Crysler Hall on the first day and in pairs we had to think of a riddle to describe a piece of furniture in the museum. I was with Levi and ours was a Loyalist armchair.

After the YIPs went off to their stations, Mrs. Nancy took the three of us to the Operations building to show us the facilities available for research. There is the computer and the library. The library is pretty cool because it has all sorts of old books to look at. I'm still not quite decided on what my research project is going to be - either cakes or the role of the woman in 19th century households. We'll see :)

We spent an hour in the library, pouring over books, and then we headed back to our stations for the afternoon. I returned to the farm and settled down for an easy afternoon of ripping up the bread leftover from dinner to use as dressing. Most of the tourists today couldn't speak English very well, so there wasn't much to say.

At 3:30 Nathalie and I met the Tenant Farm kids and picked up Phoebe and Morganne to head down to the Fairgrounds. We started a game of baseball, but that was cut short when 4 YIPs had to leave. My team won, and Amanda had great fun yelling, "RUN, FORREST, RUN!!!"

So instead of baseball we wasted out the time playing sardines. Nigel hid first and after a long search we found him. Nathalie found him last and had to run once around the fairgrounds. Then Michaela hid, but she was so small we couldn't find her. I looked over and saw Nigel jumping around, gave him a weird look, and continued onward. All the girls looked up when we heard Nathalie scream and disappear into the grass. Not wanting to be last, we all took off running through the tall grass, only to arrive to find Nathalie by herself! She had fallen and we all believed she had found Michaela. We then turned around to discover that Nigel was missing! It took us a while to find him, but it turns out the jumping was his way of finding Michaela!

After the games we were all hot, sweaty, and covered in grass. We went to the Quiet House to change, loving every minute of the air conditioning. Anyway, one weekend is over! I am looking forward to next weekend at the Loucks Farm again!

Yay for driving all by ourselves in the morning! :)

We came a little early because we were supposed to be dressed by 9:30 but we waited around for a little while because it was rather awkward with the paid interpreters there getting dressed.
We put on our regular clothes and after putting on my hat I was told by Dolores that I was to put it back because I was staying to help with the food preparations for the wedding. Mrs. Nancy also relayed that to me during our morning meeting. Nigel and Phoebe left for their stations and I was introduced to the ladies preparing the food (one of whom was Christina from the Loucks last year). Unfortunately there wasn't anything for me to do, so I hung around until the YIPs were done their meeting and walked with the Dressmaker (Morganne) and the Loucks and Tenant farm kids. Nathalie came to Loucks with me. She's French, which is good because none of us there can speak French well enough :P

When we got to the farmhouse I asked if there were any aprons for Nathalie, but there weren't. The Tenant farm girls hadn't gotten aprons either and it appeared that the costuming ladies had forgotten to give them all aprons! So Nathalie and I walked back to the Quiet house to get aprons for the three girls. We then walked to Tenant to deliver the aprons and returned to Loucks. I gave Nathalie a tour of the farm and showed her our root cellar or "magical cupboard". By that time we didn't have much time left, but we managed to go out into the garden to pick red currants for a cake and throw out rhubarb leaves for another cake. We were almost late for Sunday school!

Yes, we still have to go to Sunday school as Senior YIPs. Luckily Miss Perry is pretty nice. It was amusing that we sang the same songs (more or less) and had to memorize the same catechisms as last year ("What is God? - God is an infinite and eternal spirit").

After Sunday school we went to dinner behind the Blue House like yesterday. After dinner we practicing dancing again just to make sure everything was good for the wedding that was quickly coming up.

After dancing Nigel, Phoebe, and I hurried over to the Quiet House to change into our fancy costumes. Nigel, always the gentleman (LOLZ), waited and escorted us to the church for the marriage ceremony. However, as we approached the church it became clear that it would be difficult to enter with the MONSTROUS CROWD OF TOURISTS OVERFLOWING ALL OVER THE CHURCH, IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH, AND IN THE CHURCH. I was actually scared. Luckily people realise we're in costume and we managed to get upstairs to the balcony and sit down. The marriage ceremony itself was rather boring, except for the bride trying not to laugh.

After the ceremony was over, we left the church and joined the procession over to the Ross Farm. Mrs. Nancy instructed Nigel to take each of us on an arm....Rather awkward, but cute :)
We made a quick stop at the Quiet House, because during the marriage ceremony me and Phoebe realized that we forgot our gloves XD!
After that we went to Ross farm for the reception. There were toasts, lemonade, sweets (small tarts and gingerbread), and wedding cake (which I didn't sample because it was a fruit cake). After the mingling and feeding tourists (scary), there was dancing! Oh joy...I danced with Morganne and we managed to do both the Cumberland Reel and the Circle of Cheer without major incident. There was one funny moment during the Reel when the groom's hat was knocked off and passed down the line! XD

After the dancing, a few of us escaped to the shade and a bench to cool off. The bride and groom soon passed by, remarking about not staying behind the outhouse because it looked bad. We lol'd. Soon everyone was sitting on the benches and we sat talking. Morganne, Phoebe, and I were talking about last year and Morganne asked Nigel if he knew Liam and Sean. Turns out...HE'S THEIR BROTHER. WTF. That was hilarious. Now that we know he's their brother, the resemblance is so obvious.

Finally, the reception was finished and we went back to the Quiet House to get a quick drink of water. Morganne, Phoebe, and I laughed when we saw Allen's poster about anvils on the wall (A bit of an inside joke - Allen made this LONG presentation all about anvils...).

Then we went over to Cook's Tavern for parlor games. We played the adjective name game, a secret game (one person has a secret, the other must guess it), and my lady's chamber. Good fun, and I accidentally broke my hoop. Oops! I just kind of stuck it on the hanger afterwards and pretended like I didn't realise.

Anyway, here's the link to pictures, if you'd like to see!
http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/givemeenvyfrance/Upper%20Canada%20Village/

Well I was a little nervous in the morning because it was the second time driving Phoebe's parent's car...But all went well. We lost sight of them for a bit on the highway, but it was no big deal. We made it to UCV all in one piece :)

We were a little bit early (Phoebe is impatient :P) but some of the other people were as well.
So all of us gathered inside the Operations building and waited for everyone to arrive.
When everyone was there, the Young Interpreters (YIPs) went over to the portable for the costuming information session and Mrs. Nancy talked to me, Phoebe, and Nigel, the other Senior YIP. Nigel is pretty nice, although somewhat odd at times.

The YIPs (as best as me and Phoebe can recall) are:
Morganne
Kaitlin
Ariana
Lanndis
Levi
Forrest
Michaela
Nathalie
Amanda
Kimberly
Anne

After talking and recieving our stations (Loucks and Tenant farm for me, Dressmaker's for Phoebe, Tinsmith for Nigel!) we went off to the Quiet House to get our costumes. Since the wedding was happening the next day, we got two dresses, one fancy one and our everyday dress.
My dress is white with a blue pattern (Morganne claims its the same as her curtains) and I have two blouses, one like the dress and another the same, but with blue ruffles on the sleeves. My fancy dress is a BRIGHT YELLOW-ORANGE with some strange pattern on it and black accents. I have a straw hat with a black ribbon and a flower and I have a fancy hat that is the ugliest thing every and looks like a baseball cap.

So we got dressed and went down to our stations (after taking forever :P) and there was some slight confusion at the farm when I appeared. Luckily the ladies (Heather, Dolores, and Sandra) figured out that they had missed my name because they were looking at the YIP list instead of the Senior YIP list. Unfortunately there wasn't much for me to do that morning, so I helped out by bringing things up and down from the root cellar and sweeping the porch, etc. It was hot with the stove!

Then we went for dinner behind the Blue House and back to our stations - the Loucks farmhouse for me. We had a slight issue which I affectionately refer to as the Pickling Fiasco in which we could not get the stupid pickles into the jars without making a mess and then it took us 20 minutes to seal up the jars. We were not having a good day to begin with, as earlier we burned gingerbread cookies three times.

Later on at 3:30 we were all to meet in Cook's Tavern for a dancing lesson to prepare for the wedding. My watch was running a little slow, so I was a bit late. We practised the Cumberland Reel and the Circle of Cheer with the bride and groom and their best man and maid of honour. Good fun dancing with old men.

After the dancing lesson was over we went home. Yay for driving us home by myself! We were a little unsure of where to exit, but luckily the sign said "Kemptville" right on it...We almost went to the Bridge to USA :P

So last night I got coerced into babysitting Corlina's little kiddo, Nicolas.
Yep, so I went to do that today and I basically followed the little guy around. He was pretty cute. There was Corlina, Allison, and two random guys there helping to set up for the BBRM launch.
Aand then it started raining, which was lovely.
And then we all drove over to the barn so they could clean that up a bit and I ended up getting home around noon.
Fun times.

Later today I've got a chiropractor appointment (THANK THE LORD!) and then mum and I are going shopping for when Phoebe comes! :)
SPEAKING OF WHICH, PHOEBE COMES IN ONE DAY!!!!!
Yay! I'm kind of annoyed that I agreed to work all day Friday, but whatever. (I can't say no :P)
I get the weekend off!
AND UCV IS LIKE...SOON!!!!

Exciting times are ahead.

Well, it's been a while.
This is because
a) Mum went to Ohio and took her laptop and
b) My laptop decided that right at that moment it could no longer work and I had to bring it into the shop

Anyway, haven't been doing much. Procrastinating practicing driving, watching movies, being bored out of my mind, working, etc.
DRIVING TEST IS IN TWO DAYS!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
My doctor was like, "It's okay, I failed three times before I got my liscence." XD

Um, mum and I were looking at going someone warm for Christmas this year (Most likely Costa Rica), and than Oma decided she wanted to come too, so mum and I have been madly researching cabinas and hotels that we can go to. But than we learned that Opa & Oma are trying to convince Aunt Saskia and Cousin Sarah to come with us too so now we have to look for a whole house to rent!
I think it would be fun, like a Family Girls Vacation. As long as we can all be civil, etc.

Mum and I also looked at volunteer vacations and there was an awesome one to Thailand that was only 500$ or so, but the plane ticket is a killer. 2000$ to fly there! Grr.

Oh, UCV is coming up soooon!!!!!!!!! This Saturday, to be exact. Excited for that. I hope they put me at Loucks Farm. I will be upset if they didn't. Nothing beats Loucks.

I guess that's about it. I'm missing some stuff, but it obviously wasn't important enough that I remember it.

Yes, I haven't really updated for a whileeee....

Well, last Tuesday I went to Guelph to use up my train tickets/visit friends.
Spent Tuesday and most of Wednesday with Amy...Doing nothing XD
We are lazy.

Then I went to Phoebe's on Wednesday evening, spent Thursday there (YAY SHOPPING!!!), and was supposed to leave Friday morning....
Yeah, that didn't happen.
Some aboriginals were angry about land disputes or something, and decided to block the train tracks...Thanks, guys.
So I was stranded in Guelph until Saturday morning and as such I missed Friday and Saturday work.
I was happy that Blair didn't kill me or anything, though.

Then Sunday was CANADA DAAAAY!!!!!!!
Mum had volunteered me to help with the cotton candy, but then the cotton candy machine broke. So I ended up being the "official" photographer. Which was fun! I liked it a lot. I hope I got some good shots.
Anyway, here's a picture of the fireworks!!
(My favourite one)



So last night mum and I went to an SCA meeting/small gathering thing.
Actually there was 6 of us, including me and mum. *ahem*
Anyway, that was because of the ren faire thing mum is wanting to put on. I think it will be sooo awesome :)

Coming up on my schedule is my driver's test on the 17th (eeeeeekkk!!!!) and then UCV starts on the 21st!! YAYYY!! :D

So! Philosophy exam today went well!
Mr. Evans is hilarious he spent 10 minutes "explaining" (read: giving us the answers" the exam to us.
He's all like, "Uh, yeah, so for the multiple choice you do something like circle A for question four...ahem."
XDDD

Then Kaitlyn gave me and Tanicia a ride to my house and Tanicia and I watched spirited away...And fell asleep XDDD
Then Tanicia went home..

Tonight, possibly doing some driving (G1 EXIT TEST IN LESS THAN A MONTH!) and going grocery shopping. There is NOTHING to eat here.

Also, EXACTLY ONE MONTH UNTIL UCV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS. Weather, wtf?

So this weekend is May 2-4, otherwise known as the almighty VICTORIA DAY. *angels sing*
Anyway, May 2-4 weekend is befittingly the opening weekend of UCV.

I have been requested to partake in the Victoria Day celebration at UCV!!!! :DDDD
AND IT INVOLVES COSTUMES YAY!
I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm sure it will be awesome!

(Also, driving went well. I even got to pull over for 3 firetrucks! :O)

YAY I GOT IN TO UCV SENIOR YOUTH INTERPRETERS PROGRAM 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was kind of worried, although I guess it was for nothing.
I am officially working July 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, August 4, 5, 6
I AM SO EXCITED!
Now I have to wait until July, though D:

Anyway, I hope Phoebe got the same dates...'Cause if not, that would kind of defeat the purpose :P

Yay~

Well, my Sunday went nicely :)

I woke up this morning, after having probably the weirdest dream in dream history. I think it even disturbed my mother a bit, and she's used to me and my general oddities.

Anyway, I'm too lazy to go into great detail, but the basic gist of the thing was that Phoebe and I got kidnapped by some man while camping, because we were associated with various drug dealers. We where wisked away to his schoolbus, which he drove, and I spent the whole time trying to prove that we weren't drug dealers. Then I got ahold of this pink bouncy ball, which I stowed away in my pocket for later. While driving, we went by this silo-thingy which really didn't look anything like a silo. It was reeeeeaaaallly tall, but old, so it was bent on a 45 degree angle. It was actually more like 90 degrees, but it was called 45 in the dream. So we pass the silo-thing and all of a sudden this storm comes and I manage to persuade the driver-guy to pull over like everyone else is. It suddenly became winter and then the silo-thing was swinging around and then all of a sudden this red jeep comes flying out from behind this building and starts going after people. Yes, the jeep was killing people. Only, there actually was someone driving it. Who's name was Katie Lamar(Lemar?). Apparently. So then this little kid (Who was also on the driver-guy's bus) took my pink bouncy ball (Which changed into a gold stone) and threw it at the jeep, thus killing the driver-Katie-girl. At the end I was singing this song about the girl, which went something along the lines of: "Katie Lamar, Katie Laamaaarr! KATIE LAMAR!!!" XD Yes. There were some other odd details, but yeah. It was actually a really in depth dream o___o Mum blamed the weirdness on the marijuana that you can smell from the streets XD!

So.

Then I was downstairs getting stuff to put in my portfolio for Careers class, and all of a sudden sirens start going! O___O Okay, I know it's nothing, really, but in Kemptville hearing sirens is really really rare. Even better, they go just over the bridge to the apartment buildings near my house! There was an ambulance, fire truck, and a fire rescue vehicle. I like how people were just standing around and watching, because this sort of thing happening in Kemptville is big news. I thought it was because the pot-smokers finally set themselves/house on fire, but I dunno. They took someone out on a stretcher, at least.

Then we went to UCV! Yay! It was the fall fair, so we went and watched the horse show for a bit. Which was just showing in hand or with the carriages. Then we looked around inside the tent and I talked with Nancy for a bit. Which, as Mum mentioned, is good for when she's picking people to be Senior YIs next year, because she'll remember me better. She mentioned you too, Phoebe :D
Uh, so yeah. Apparently Caitlyn and Elizabeth were there a little earlier too, but I didn't see either of them.
Mum and I snacked on the 25 cent fudge, cheese, bread, apples, and lemonade and then we took a ride on the tow scow.
We spent the rest of the afternoon just visiting the buildings and I went in a few places I hadn't been, like the Robertson House, Pastor's House...Noone really recognized me except Carol :( Ah well.
Then we went back and I got another apple and we went to the village store where I DIDN'T GET ANY BREAD BECAUSE IT WAS SOLD OUT. *PISSSED OFF* I am so upset about the bread! I really wanted some!
Well, I got some candy anyway. :P

And that was about it! :)

Now I am going to work on my ricebag, which I shall post pictures of when I finish! ;)