ARRGH--THE HUMIDITY!!

YEP--I REALIZE THATS NOT A PICTURE OF ME-----BUT IT IS WHAT MY HAIR PRETTY MUCH LOOKS LIKE IN THIS HUMIDITY......YIKES!  (THIS IS CHERYL BY THE WAY--NOT SHANE--HIS HAIR LOOKS FINE)

 I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT MY NEW BASEMENT SUITE IS A GODSEND IN THIS HEAT.  THE OLD APARTMENT BUILDING I'D BEEN LIVING IN WAS LIKE DANTE'S INFERNO WHENEVER THERE WAS A HEATWAVE---AND YOU CAN ASK BOTH SHANE AND ROBIN WHAT I'M LIKE WHEN ITS HOT AND I DONT GET ENOUGH SLEEP.  IE: IF I HAVE TO SUFFER---YOU ARE TOO!!!   CRANKY STUFF ASIDE---ITS SO MUCH BETTER FOR MY DOG AS WELL.  (SIDE NOTE TO ANYONE WITH A PET:  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT TAKE THEM WITH YOU IF YOU'RE DOING A LITTLE SHOPPING IN THIS HEAT----IF YOU THINK ITS UNBEARABLE FOR YOU IN A HOT VEHICLE---ITS WAY BEYOND THAT FOR ANIMALS--THEY DONT SWEAT THE WAY WE DO---AND BESIDES--THEY'RE WEARING FUR!)

AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED--WE'RE INTO FULLBORE HOLIDAY MODE AROUND EZ ROCK THESE DAYS--SO SHANE'S GOING TO BE GONE NEXT WEEK.  IT'LL JUST BE ME AND ROBIN TO WAKE YOU UP.  I'M STILL DEBATING WHAT KIND OF HIJINKS WE'RE GOING TO GET UP TO---BUT I WILL BE MAKING A CALL TO OUR OLD BUDDY HANS--WHO ALWAYS GIVES US THE COMPLETE LOWDOWN ON WHAT SHANE'S DOING ON VACATION. 

-THIS WEEKEND---ITS ALL ABOUT THE STREETPERFORMERS FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN IN CHURCHILL SQUARE.  (ACTUALLY--IT KICKS OFF TODAY---AND RUNS THRU THE 13TH).  IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN--ITS SOME OF THE GREATEST STREET PERFORMERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CONVERGING ON THE SQUARE AND DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST---ENTERTAINING.  AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE---MIMES, MAGICIANS, A STRONG WOMAN WHO CAN RIP ROMANCE NOVELS IN HALF--AND SOMETHING I REALLY HAVE TO GET AUDIO ON---AN EDMONTON BASED UKELELE COVERBAND CALLED "THE BE-ARTHURS".   (I THINK I'LL TAKE THE MP3 RECORDER TO THE SQUARE THIS WEEKEND--TRACK THEM DOWN--AND COME BACK WITH THE SOUND FOR YOU NEXT WEEK.  ANYWAY--IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT STREETFEST---THE SHOWS START AROUND 11:30AM EACH DAY---AND WHILE ITS FREE TO ATTEND--BRING A LITTLE CHANGE WITH YOU TO TOSS IN THE HAT THAT WILL BE PUT OUT AFTER EACH GIG.  ITS FUN---GOOD WAY TO SPEND YOUR WORKDAY LUNCH BREAK---OR TO TAKE THE KIDS TO IN THE EVENING OR WEEKEND.  (OH--AND BRING RAIN GEAR---THERE'S ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE DAY WHEN IT POURS DURING STREETFEST)

THATS ALL FOR NOW--HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE--SEE YOU ON MONDAY.

CHERYL