I received this email over the weekend:

Hey Casie,
I have no idea what searchwords let me stumble onto your page and blog …. but I wanted to send you a quick “thank you” for sharing your life. I found your page by pure chance, but once I started reading a bit, your positive outlook on life got me hooked. I find that highly inspirational!

Maybe one day (if you ever travel the not so exotic Europe – or even boring Germany) – we’ll meet and I can thank you in person.

Take care and keep that positive vibe.

It’s little things like this email that really make me proud of what I do, what I’m doing. I’ve worked hard to get here and will continue working hard to make all my dreams come true.  This one time last year I got an email from international best selling author Neil Pasricha of “The Book of Awesome” and he thanked me for having “the largest collection of awesome related photos on the internet”. To me, this means I’m doing what I set out to do.

There’s so much negativity in the world around us and by blogging each and every single day, I hope to make the world a happier place. It also helps me see joy in little things and appreciate all I have. It also helps me remember. Hope you’re doing something today that brings you closer to your dreams, and if you’re not, there’s still time to change that.

welcome to trinity bellwoods park. it’s a hip spot queen west if you don’t know already.

cruised into the park with Sheldon and Jessica ready to’boggan some hill

it was dark by the time we arrived at the bowl. same place i do to drum circle in the summer. there’s a video of me going down the hill screaming somewhere. haha. it was chilly but we can handle it. we’re cool.

ladies Madeline & Kelly

as you can see my photos are blue tinty and blurry. i like it like that ok. borderline artistic.

ice rink, CN tower, snow = oh so canadian.

ice cold.

we were dancing to chromeo in the snow to keep warm (oh so hipster), stomping the snowy path making it easier to walk on. that’s why we called it a public service… this is the announcement. happy weekend 🙂

stay off the tracks, dress for the weather

so Nana of me to close my eyes. she always does that.

do we look alike? hi sister

what’s in your basket there miss?

cougar hunter

netbook, ipad, phone, nella bella bag and some other jazz

so pretty: harbourfront centre food market. no food, no market.

snow roads

ride that baby, nice snow seat

warm wool socks are ffrom the kia toa rugby club in new zealand.

lynsie working, so pretty.

jenie made this today before i woke up. i added music. i love the snow.

going tobogganing in trinity bellwoods park at 4pm if you wanna join the cool kids. open invite! see ya on the slope 😉 haha

Jenie stayed over last night and I’ve successfully not been drunk yet this year. Yay me. Feels good. We watched movies and stuff and it was pretty much the best ever.

Posting this via mobile but have a good pic of our boots on my camera. My boots are Hunter and I gave Jenie my Cougars…”Cougar Hunter”. Funny to me ok. That’s what really matters here. haha.

Woke up to winter wonderland, you can hardly see the ground. We made brekky and now heading to studio of my friend and fashion photographer Lynsie Roberts. Doing work from her place this afternoon.

Enjoy the day!