I’m starting the party a little bit early but for anyone who is not aware July 1st is Canada Day! July 1st, 1867 was the day we officially ceased to be merely a scattering of British colonies and became one big ole unified country of our own. To quote the Canadian Encyclopedia:

 ”The birth of Canada was in many ways unique. It was not achieved by war or revolution. It was not a popular uprising of the people. Nor was it a call for independence from Great Britain. Each colony faced problems that it seemed unable to solve on its own. As Great Britain wished to draw away and as the United States grew more powerful, the solution more and more seemed to lie in a union that would be better able to deal with the economic and political challenges of a changing world.” read the whole article here

So there you have it. Probably the only nation in the world who got their independance by asking for it peacefully and politely. How typically Canadian, eh?

I wanted to do something fun to celebrate this weekend so I’ve got a few things up my sleeve for you all! First up . .. .

Who’s up for a little trivia!? Here’s how this is going to work:

The Rules

The quiz has 6 questions. Be warned: some are a bit tricky!  Read them carefully! All of the answers are very easily google-able or easy to find in Wikipedia though so no reason why you couldn’t get them all right with a little research. I had to make them a bit tricky cuz I didn’t want it to be too easy for Canadians

Email me your answers to michelle [at] scrapbookgraphics [dot] com by midnight Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 4th to be eligible.

 DO NOT write your answers in a comment to this post! You’ll give all the answers away

The Prizes

1) Entries with ALL the CORRECT answers will have their names thrown into a hat for a random drawing of the grand prize:

$20 gift card to the entire ScrapbookGraphics store! 

 2) But don’t worry! You still have a chance to win even if you don’t get them all right! All of the other entries will be put into a second random drawing. Up for grabs are:

(1) $10 gift card for the entire ScrapbookGraphics store!

(2) $10 gift cards for my products at ScrapbookGraphics

3) And since it’s not in my nature to send anyone home empty handed from a party everyone who plays walks away with a little something How does a $2.00 coupon for my store plus an as-of-yet unreleased paper pack sound?

The Questions

Ready!? This is the time to turn on that Jeopardy theme music in your head . . .

1) Name the current Queen of Canada.

2) Which of the following is NOT a popular Canadian sweet snack you can enjoy with your coffee:

                       a) a timbit

                       b) an igloo pop

                       c) a beaver tail

3) In which city can you find the longest skating rink in the world?

4) Which of the following rock songs is NOT by a Canadian band:

                      a) Born to be Wild (by Steppenwolf)

                      b) Open Arms (by Journey)

                      c) American Woman (by The Guess Who)

                      d) Takin’ Care of Business (by Bachman-                                              Turner Overdrive)

 5) What is an inukshuk made of?

6) This man has been the host of a wildly popular television game show since 1984. In 2006 he received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, making him one of the very few inductees to have a star on both the Canadian and Hollywood walks. Incidentally this man happens to have been born and raised in my hometown of Sudbury, Ontario and also attended my alma mater, the University of Ottawa where he graduated with a degree in Philosophy. Who is: ___?

Hope you decide to play! And I hope you have fun with it! GOOD LUCK!

The Sale

Of course you knew that was coming, right? LOL! Yeah I’ve had quite a few sales in the three months since I started designing. Some pretty big ones too. But I think this is going to be my last big one for a while so be warned!

So that’s all I’ve got for tonight! I’ve got to go to work in the shopping cart now to get this sale rolling then it’s off to bed for me! Big weekend ahead. A friend is driving in from out of town and we’re gonna do the whole Canada Day thing on Parliament Hill. One of my favourite artists - Feist - is going to be performing at the concerts so I’m pretty excited to see her! It’s always a fun day. They close off half of the downtown core and the streets flood with like 20 thousand people and there’s activities and street performers and musicians and mounties on horses and food everywhere you turn and a massive fireworks show at night to cap off the evening. The weather is looking real good too! Not too hot or humid. All in all I’m looking forward to this weekend!

Wow . .. so does anyone else feel like my blog posts are always WAY too long!? Good gravy! I feel like I’ve been doing this for hours. *sigh* I probably have LOL! Goodnight!