So long Heroes For Hire. You guys certainly went out with a blast! Definately an unreal show, memorable at that. Double encore anyone?
It's sad to think that you guys might be done for good, but I doubt it. You'll all be back together sooner or later, maybe even sooner then you think.
I wish you all the best in what you do in the future.
Aeden and Jordan, I pray that you guys have a safe and amazing experience at school and that you shine through all that you do.
We are all rooting for you!
Heroes For Hire (or Hereos? lol) I totally salute you for all you've done! Great job! *thumbs up!*

Uber pumped for tonight.
Although I'm certainly going to cry. Both happy and sad tears mind you.
I gotta go shopping ASAP. Shoot its going to be intensely busy!!
I hope you guys like your present!!! =D

Sweetness.
STM here I come! Damn rights I get a bracelet!
Had a great time last night, it certainly makes me pretty stoked for university now.
Making a new layout.
I hate the temporary one. Yuck.

Hmm.
What a great night again last night.
Frick... that is SUCH a funny movie lol.
Went out and bought Tommyland: The Ride (Tommy Lee's New Album)
And I was expecting a little more heavy music... but this is very fallish music... good way to end the summer *two thumbs up* YAY hah another CD I can listen to ALL the way through!
Oh ya... when I was in Zellers looking for the CD (which they said they'd never heard of it lol) I was walking by this Mom and her young girl, and holy frick she was BELTING out 'The Slam' by TobyMac. It was unbelievable! It was so refreshing!
Rock on Tommy haha.

Wednesday night.
What a great evening.
Thanks.

Soccer last night?
Such a joke.
Poor Janine.
If she talks like that again, I don't blame anyone for walking off.

Wake Me Up When September Ends -- GreenDay

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when september ends

Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when september ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when september ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when september ends

Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when september ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when september ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when september ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when september ends
Wake me up when september ends
Wake me up when september ends.

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This song really reminds me of the lake for some reason. Maybe it's the whole idea behind waking someone up after a summer of imagination, and a fairytale... a wake up into reality. That's how I see it because that is how its always been. Summer is the blur of life that is like a dream, and then the real world comes back and we can't dwell on the summer too much, otherwise it will blind us from what we must do while in reality...

2003 almost equals 2005...

Well gang... I'm back in Winnipeg... then soon on my way home to Saskatoon.
Let's just say driving home was an unbelievable bawl fest.

So let me start my festivities of writing about the lake... in full on detail.
So I get to the lake... and no one is down for the first maybe... week... perhaps a little less. Anyways so that's when I do a ton of work and get all my big chores for the summer out of the way. Allie eventually gets fer butt down (YAY) and slowly and surely everyone kinda putters down. I'm going to make a note here. Sarah and Simon distanced themselves for the most part of the summer... and Chelsea was working and I honostly only saw her about three times. The key figures in the story are going to get her shortly enough.

So we start hanging out... the second night Allie is down we have an amazing talk on the veranda... one of those serious heart to heart talks... the ones that really stick with you. (Thanks Al!) So then Sean gets down and stays at the Chalke residence. So we end up hanging with the youngins (Bethan, Doug, Jack, Jon and Elliot) So we have our times... playing games... stargazing, playing UNREAL games of kick the can at the Mitchell's (Like when Bethan and I thought Joni Mitchell was a bear in the water and we screamed and totally ran the other way) on the other side of our island and whatnot. Then whilst Sean is up in the city for an audition *thumbs up!* (Congrats on that by the by lol.) Allie and I decide to scare the kinds shitless. So... we both dress up in black... literally you can't see us... we even have mascara all over our faces. Anyways the boys (Doug, Jack, Elliot and Jon) are sleeping at the Mitchell's... so we quietly boat over to their place (we could have walked but... skunks + Jamie = smelly not so goodness) and then paddle to their boathouse... where we tie up and creep out... crawling up the path. Allie almost gets caught by Jon who takes a spider outside... maybe 10 feet from us in broad view. Anyways we get around the corner of the window that they're nearest at playing cards. So we start throwing tiny rocks at the windows... just to get their attention right... and then we start dragging sticks on the wall slowly. Eventually this leads up to (after about 45 mintues of them freaking out, running to the windows with flashlights... and Doug clenching Elliots shirt in fear) finally Allie and I toss a huge ass log thats rotten and it totally cracks and breaks.

"What the HELL was that!!!!" Comes from the window and they go snakey.

Allie and I try so hard not to laugh as we head up to the back stairs in which we can sneek into the house onto the second floor. So we get in there as best we can (Doug could have seen us if he wanted too... but he never did) and we start tossing close off the banister just to get their attention again. So eventually we kinda get cornered and don't know what to do... so we leap to the living room door which is closed with our faces against it... and go BOO!. Hahaha their faces were priceless lemme tell you! So we all start laughing and they were impressed with our stealthyness... and Elliot's like "guys shh... Jons parents are asleep upstairs.. be quiet!" But we explained how they knew about it... cuz we had asked earlier if we could (Jons Dad Andy has a tendancy to whip out the old .22 and shoot at bears so let's put 2 and 2 together).. and Elliot goes... "What's wrong with you people?!". Quite the laugh fest. We also attempted to scare the girls a few weeks later... we trashed Allies garbage cans (they frequently get bears) and then went running through an old brush pile breaking and snapping twigs and trees so it sounded like a bear was running away. "MOM!!!!!!" was the highlite of that night... which came from Bethan. Hahahaha good times.

Sometime before and around here... we make three trips. Two to Throat Rapids... where we ride the rapids pretty darn fast down the river and then swim out of the currant (IF you can swim that well lol) or else a boat has to come get you. We had a picnic and everything. It was SO much fun. The third trip we managed was to Vermillion where we went to the lake with everyone (Wendy and whatnot... the Mitchell's etc.) had another picnic (where I decided to boycott my age for a few weeks to 15) and then went swimming in the waterfall. *Note* This is also where I decided to bribe the boys with some serious ass kissing lol cuz I said whomever made it to the top of my list before anyone left could get a milkshake. So I had Jack Doug and Elliot just being perfect angels for a while. QUITE fun.

Around here Allie and I clean the White's cabin. Poor Laura White, one of my Mom's really really good friends was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. She came down a few times this year but it was a very iffy situation.. she was on chemo and everything, had no hair... was on massive amounts of morphine. She looked like Granpda did before he did to be honost. So we completely went from ceiling to floor with cleaning. I've never seen wood SHINE *I am NOT a perfectionist Allie lol I just wanted it to be... NEARLY perfect ;)*

So anyways more fun times yadda yadda... kick the can is HUGE now lol its like... every second night. Then somewhere in there We played Sexual trivia (check out my journal... I have 10 orgasms lmao) with Simon, Sarah, and Melanie and Alex (a couple who roadtripped it down with Simon and Sarah at the same time). We also went to Big Sand where we played soccer and went swimming and whatnot (Mike showed up too... *Mike showed up a few days before Mel and Alex left*) Now. Let me tell you about Melanie Alex and Mike. Okay... so Mike reminded me completely of John Belushi (Animal House *look I'm a zit guy* and it was unbelievably freaky hahaha. Now Melanie was quite a character. She really helped Allie out during her stay because as USUAL... Sarah was being herself (would you expect anything else?) And Melanie shared the same views as Allie and I did. She was bubbly and just a lot of fun. Her boyfriend Alex seemed like a really cool guy... and honostly the two of them together is how a real relationship should be together. They would have hickey wars... they always called eachother hunni and all in all you could like BREATHE the affection from them. They were just so damned cute together!!!!!!

There was a movie filmed in Minaki this year... it was on Highcliffe... we saw the cameras and the barge bringing them out... it was a huge deal! Pretty exciting! Rumour has it that it was Harrison Ford and Kurt Russle. LoL.

Allie and Holly did a huge boost to my ... I wanna say confidence level.... but its not exactly that. They were talking about my good qualities one night and I honostly thought it was the sweetest thing anyone could have ever said... especially coming from two amazing people themselves.

Then my cousin Lindsay came down and we hung out with Sean and Allie and all them (remember she's friends with Holly) and we had a ton of fun. Hahaha Allie and I were laughing how Sean made his move over to Lindsay and ended up with his arm around her by the end of the night on highcliffe. Good times good times lol.

There was a wedding this year at the lake... Heather Corby's wedding. She's a model from Manhattan and she was marrying her boyfriend of 4 years James.. a school teacher. It was outside and it was honostly the prettiest thing I had ever seen. They did it on the rocks, had the best men driven over in a boat and whatnot. I babysat for the kids... ended up with an extra $140.00 in my pocket. Allie shuttled for the wedding too. Emma and Abegail were the cutest little kids. Awe.

Somewhere in here I read the new Harry Potter. So sad. But I so saw it coming. Allie made me thing about who R.A.B. is! Whoa! lol. Read it in a DAY.

Also somewhere in here, Allie and Simon and Sarah get in a HUGEASS fight. I cleaned the cottage for Al cuz I knew she wouldn't be in the mood to clean it for her parents before they got home the next day. To make Allie feel better... I finally showed Sean the "Jamie And Sean Makeout Mix" CD. We had a good laugh and I think she felt better.

Also sometime in here Seans Boathouse fell down. Yup. The bloddy thing finally collapsed. It's been leaning for like... years... literally years. Finally one night we drove up and were like.. "Holy Shit" because the building was half underwater. It was UNREAL. There was a boat still inside which they DID get out. That was the night of the big BBQ and fireworks that we all came for. The poor Hewletts. First the Tea-House gets pushed off the cliffe... The boathouse falls over... Sean sunk the 40 while he was at work (the poor boat thats the second time too) Then the Casbah gets a hole in it (it drained for like half an hour or more)... then Sean hit a rock in the gap with the 40. Sheesh.

So I'll really recap over the last three days because its most prominant in my mind.

Tuesday August 9th

Allie and I adopted a new sport called sailing. Oh my gosh I don't think I've ever laughed that hard for SUCH a long time! It all started with us both having to pee... and it all went just downhill from there lmao. We tipped over a fair amount of times and it was QUITE the funny time. Then later that night... we decided to have a sleepover at Seans... because well ... it's what we do. Anyways after trying to convince us his place is haunted and that people have died in it. (Which I don't believe one iota but that's irrelavent) So we all cram into the top room where Sean, Simon and Sarah share two beds (pushed together), Mitch on a cot... and Allie Holly and I are on the floor (my knees were constantly bent... I had a dresser at my feet) Anyways we played the game...
"WOULD YOU RATHER" *drumroll*
Now... the essense of this game can really teach you about a person. You give them a situation and they have to choose the one they prefer. For example: Would you rather eat a blendered kitten or go down a giant cheese grater (against the blades) naked. I personally chose the kitten. Ew yes.... but more practical.
So this game can get pretty... sick sometimes hahaha. "Would you rather give birth to an alligator (out of its egg mind you) or a porcupine". I said porcupine... only cuz I know their quills are soft at birth! However... the winner would be Simon's line which was clearly the funniest of the night "Would you rather have sex with a monkey *delay* or eat a lions *pause* testicle." Believe me there was some SERIOUS laughing going on... especially when they said you couldn't cut... you had to pop it in your mouth like a grape. Then we played the one word story game. But this usually ended up with Sean saying something of profanity... ie: "Once.... Upon.... Boobies!" or "The long, amazing, hairy and voluptous..." *that one never got an ending hahaha* LoL I forgot how stupid guys can get sometimes. Sooooo funny. We also had a MAD pillow fight. Can't say I had ever had one before... there's only one way to learn right!!!! Then we tried to watch Ferris Beulers (sp) Day Off... but only got about 15 minutes because the battieries died on the portable DVD player. Then we got to sleep.

Wednesday August 10th

Okay so Allie Simon and Sarah had to get up early in the morning to go. Simon and Allie had to go prep for the twins birthday party. Before they leave however... we all agree that Sean really likes to talk in his sleep. "Just gimme the recipt buddy... come on" and there was also a "oh ya... fucking bitch" Hahahaha it was so funny to hear in the middle of the night. So anyways they leave.. and Holly and I leap up to take a spot on the bed because... well... we had slept on a wood floor. Sean and I end up wrestling for blankets *in which Holly throws him off the bed* and then we tease him with my bear going "stop being so gwumpy mistewr gwumpy giwls" kinda thing. There was some more serious wrestling for the blanket in which I actually ended up losing. *Yes... I will admit I lost to Sean* when I ended up geting tangled in the blanket and he ended up "sleeping" on me. *I'll win NEXT time believe me* So we finally get up and Sean drives everyone home... I end up getting rushed cuz the twins were waiting for me and me alone to go to the party. Woops. Sorry I was late guys I thought you would have started without me! So they have their scavanger hunt and their presents and their cake. Then I take them out for dinner at Paradise Cove. Yum for bacon-cheeseburgers and milkshakes!!! Then we headed home for a bit. This is when I started getting sad. Last time type scenarios. Like the last time I'll be in Paradise... the last time I'll drive the 20 into town... the last time I'll swear at stupid fishermen. So I sat on the point *the water FINALLY went down to it's normal depth* and I wrote and I cried and I listened. I listened to the loons and the gulls and even the boats going by. I totally cried a lot.

Then the night finally arrived and Sean came over... and we all ended up heading off to highcliffe for one last kick at the can *no pun intended*. It was about 9:30 and we watched the stars come out (we being Allie Sean Holly and Mitch... Sarah and Simon showed up a little while later) and we had some laughs. Including Sean performing a dance to 'Foxy Lady' HAHAHA it was almost as good.. if not equal to Cats In The Cradle. But don't ask me to show it to you guys... theres no way I would do that in public hahaha. So then we all end up singing to a ton of songs with the stereo we brought up... it was like a modern camp-fire singalong. It was the perfect evening in my opinion. *little cold though hahahaha my gummies are cold lol Sean* And I cannot forget the Smiley Face Constellation. Then we all kinda drifted home... Allie came over for a bit to chill in the boat with the amazing wolf blanket. *that this is like a little piece of heaven* And then she too went home. I had a really hard time sleeping last night... no lies.

Thursday August 11th

Okay so I wake up at around 8:00am to make John Carson some cookies... in thanks for letting me use his computer for University registration... and because he didn't believe me that I would make them for him. Then I packed and whatnot and got everything ready. I boated over to Allies to say seeya to her parents and Doug and Cam (Dougs friend who was down) then to the Burrows to say seeya to Sarah and Ashleigh and Bethan and Arthur... and Sally Corby who happened to be there lol. So then I came home.... and just as I was pulling up Sean had arrived and he helped me load up the boat for my parents.

Then we chilled for a TINY bit while I brushed the dog... and then Allie arrived and we hung around for about 15 minutes. Then the three of us went down to Sean and Allies boats. Hahaha now here's a REAL killer story. This will NEVER loose its appeal. Okay so I'll set up the scenareo. Allie and I were making fun of Sean *not like its hard mind you =P* because he said he was going to grow a beard. That's like... a rock trying to roll. It's not going to happen. So Allie started calling him scruffy puppy. Or... Scwuffy Puwppy. It was quite entertaining. So as a hilarious gesture... Sean.... okay.... goes into the saying... you cut a piece of your hair to remember a person by... that whole ordeal...
So okay.... hair to remember by.... scruffy puppy beard.... lets put two and two together people....

I had his hair in a ziploc.

It sounds funny on a computer... imagine in real life... honost to God I've never laughed that hard. He welcomed me to throw it out... which we ended up doing on the way to Carsons... we were tossing it between boats until we took off and left Allie with it... and she was grossed out so it is now gone to Davy Jones's locker. So funny it's just undescribable. Sean the initial gesture was extremely sweet.... next time maybe... clothing.. flowers? Hahahaha.

So then we get to the Marina and load up the van. Here come the tears. It was farewell time. So I give Allie the first hug... and she starts getting sad... so I move on to Holly and Mitch and Sean. Allie starts blubbering like a baby (in a good way Allie!) and Holly started getting teary-eyed... even Sean looked like he was going to cry... no lies. It was just as sad as the 2003 farewell. So Allie gives me a letter to read in the van... *I'll get there in a minute* and then gives me one of her dice to remember her by. There's a story behind that... but I don't feel like typing... look what I've typed already. So then we get in the van... after I give one more round of hugs... and then I get in the van. We start driving.. Allie and Holly chase after the van... and the best scene I could have asked for... rather then tears... the both started laughing and kinda hugged eachother. I thought that was a perfect way to remember the summer this year. Thanks guys. So I start literally blubbering like a whale (sorry for the reference Allie hahaha) and I expect us to go on the road. No... we have to stop at the fricken Blue Heron. I really wanted to go in... so I walk in with tears streaming down my face... read eyed and a mess. The lady laughs at me... and totally guessed we were leaving and we had just said seeya to people. I bought a Minaki sweater there (it matches Bethans Allie hahaha it was unintentional but it was the only one and I REALLY REALLY wanted one! Enjoy my Ashers sweater by the way lol.) So then I get back into the car and I open up Allies letter. Once again... Bawlfest and a half. Allie I have never wanted to come back to the lake to give you a hug before but this time I actually ASKED my Dad if we could turn around. *course he didn't lol I didn't expect him too* What you said was unbelievably sweet. I know I will always have a friend in you Allie... and you and I will grow up together like your Mom and Wendy. I call being Wendy so I can pierce something during my mid-life crisis lol!! Your the best sweetie and I can't imagine not knowing you. I'll come visit. PROMISE! Anyways...

So naturally I stick in CD's with the songs of the summer in the cd player and cry for about an hour of the drive. Get ice cream at Prawda *the half way point gas station resteraunt* (rainbow ice cream too.... yum!) to make me feel better... and then we drive home. More tears and more laughing about Sean bagging his fricken whiskers. Good Lord.

So now I'm here. In Winnipeg. Not at the lake where I wanna be.... not in Saskatoon where I should be. I'm in Winnipeg. Argh. Oh ya hey. Nana bought me a book called 'Oneness' and it brings together all the common factors of the religions around the world. From Hinduism, to Jainism, to Native American Lore. It's UNREAL! Sooooooooooo worth a read. Anyways... tomorrow I'm going on a mad shopping thing with the rents *yee-haw!* and I really have to start looking at laptops. I did a ton of shopping around while I was at the lake *with flyers haha* and so I really gotta get going on that. Then theres a BBQ tomorrow. Eeek... family socializing. Oh well.... I'll be home Saturday NIGHT!! =D

SO here's a list of the things of the summer... which I have compiled... just now.

Summer '05 Movies
- The Best Of Will Ferrell Volume I
- The Best Of Jimmy Fallon
- Good Morning Vietnam!
- Anchorman
- Fargo

Summer '05 Songs
- Swing Life Away - Rise Against (I cry everytime I hear it)
- Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison (LoL Ballad!)
- Free Fallin' - Tom Petty (Was sung to me a few times...)
- Roxanne - The Police (It was ALWAYS on the radio!)

Summer '05 Quotable Quotes
- Eeeeeeh- yo!!!!!
- I'm Carson Daly. I'm a massive tool.
- Gouleigh.
- Who's that Spartan in my tee-pee. It's me! It's me!... Native Americans!
- Your wager, Texas with a dollar sign in front of it.
- Play yazz-flute?
- It's HOT and WET, which is good if your with a lady, but bad if your in the jungle
- Dirty Pirate Hooker (Dirty Pirate Whore) [Thats Copywrited!]
- Would you rather.... (we all know where this leads lol)
- I would uh, have to disagree with your police work there Lou...
- Norm? Ya hun? Prowler needs a jump.

Summer '05 Sport
This would have to be either:
- Sailing
- Kneeboarding (although I never did it... it was quite the rage this summer!)

Summer '05 Game
- Kick The Can
- Texas Hold'em (I can't play poker but.... it took up a good chunk of time)
- Skinboarding... Allie and Jamie style!!! (jumping on the board like a surfboard... come on... it's fun)

Okay so that's about all I can think of at this time. It is 12:15 here in Winnipeg. I'm uber tired... so I'm going to head off to bed.
If you've stuck with me reading this... two things:
Congrats on reading over eight pages of my summer! I hope you enjoyed it! I certainly hurt from typing it! Believe me!

Secondly... I apologize for ANY typing mistakes. Please remember... I haven't typed in two months.... and I'm typing really slow... this took over four hours to write. (its not like I have anything better to do mind you.)
So I'm going to go to bed and read some more.... look at some lake pictures... cry a bit. That whole thing I go through every year.

To the M-Crew when you read this --> I thank you all for an unreal summer... this is up there in my books as being the 2nd best summer out of the three that we all started hanging out. You really gave me the boost I need to start school again. I hope we stay even more in touch then we have in the past... and write in the gosh darn diary! I wanna hear about all your lives... something ALWAYS happens... and I will never find it boring!
I Love and Miss you all SO much it's unbelievable.... but we'll be together in less then 9 months. That's not bad at ALL.
Hugs to you all. <3<3>

To the Saskatoon People reading this... I'M COMING HOME BABY! I actually get a lot of time in the city before school for once! 24 days to be exact! Sweetness! Can't wait to catch up with you all.... you better have some stories ready!!!! <3

I'll leave you with a funny yet true quote from Seanathen:

"There are only three things a man can never get enough of; money, woman and attention"