a trip to CALGARY

SATURDAY MORNING
we were off to Calgary to visit the rents house and check the mail and water the plants as they were in Maui for a two week vacation... so envious... well we left in the late morning and arrived around 1:30 / 2ish... and of course it was cloudy and on the verge of rain / snow... all last week I was surfing the net to see what kind of fun things we could do while we were there, i thought it was going to be sunny and warm... we brought the girls so I really wanted to go for a long walk by the river on the paths... and I wanted us to check out 17th Ave and perhaps have dinner down there at one of the cool places that I had checked out on the Internet... but... it snowed and was yuck! BUT we did manage to find our way to the Calgary Farmers Market... which is quite cool! I really want to go back and buy things this time... so much fresh produce and a cool place called Simon's Pie's and they had meat pies, fruit pies and veggies pies... and you could get them individually or large and freeze them.. so very neat! And they had yummy gelato ice cream and lots of funky art work... it's open year round and its inside... so defiantly have to check it out again soon!
Chris had also wanted to find this Pawnshop Super Store... that he had kinda googled and heard they have rooms of cheap DVDs and that is Chris's Heaven so off we went to find it... but ended up on the west half of 17th Ave,the one I wanted to walk around but it was snowing so we did get to look at the outside of all the cool shops and we drove by, and unfortunately the Pawnshop is on the east end of 17th and of course you can't just go straight from one end of town to the other... so we got a wee bit lost downtown and just ended up going back to the North end of the City and finding a random Pawnshop to go in and they did have 3 DVDs for $10 but no luck only a small selection...
Off we went to the mall to walk around because it was still snowing... Chris bought some kernnels Popcorn and was quite content! and I got a jugo-juice yum yum and could have got some new clothes but needed to leave becuase we could not spend money! So back home to see the girls all happy and cute! It was a nice weekend we left Sunday morning and it wasn't snowing or raining so a good drive home!
Although.....
We did stop at Bassano and I rolled my window down the whole way because it was kinda hot in the car while Chris was outside and then Gabby jumped out and ran off!!! It was very very scary because we were at a gas station right off the HWY and if a Semi or a Car was pulling in they would never have had time to stop for her... I yelled for Chris and we ran after her and she ran to the only grassy patch and popped a squat! She really had to go and couldn't wait! so Chris ran over and held he while she finished... so scary... very glad it turned out well. Lily was great in the car just a few pukes... not to bad. Now Chris is back in Oyen... and his phone broke Sunday night... so I'm not sure when I'll get to hear from him next... boo :o( o well I will live... just barely!
Well Until Next Time - J

The Water Heater

Well if you can believe it only two days ago it was beautiful and sunny out (right now its snowing...) but on Monday it was HOT! and that previous Friday our Water Heater finally bit the dust... so Chris went out and got a new one and as you can see it came in a large cardboard box! Well that Monday it was super gorgeous out and the girls were panting out on the deck while I ate lunch so I decided to take the box and make a fort with some shade for them! I put a rug in and some water and then brought out some of their toys and we hung out on the deck while I ate lunch! Unfortunately their fort is now covered in snow and I'm not sure if it will recover... we will have to wait and see!
Until Next Time - J

LUNCH. BREAK.

It is a super beautiful day today! And I went home for lunch to see the girls and we spent most of the time outside! They found a great spot to start DIGGING! It is cute when they dig... but it is such a bad habit to encourage... although our backyard is half dirt because the grass is so dead we don't really mind that they dig but now its spring and we would love to start seeding or getting some sod and making it a nice backyard... so it might be time to find a certain area they can dig not just where ever they feel like it...

BOTH trying to get in there and dig

LILY - nose first eating the dirt!

GABBY - Seasoned Veteran doesn't eat it just gets it on the nose

Moving on to STICK chewing

I had a great weekend. Made a trip up to Innisfail to visit Sarah and we hung out like old times, went and saw Heather and got her hair cut, saw her cupcakes at Second Cup, ate a Cup-Pie! YUMMY, went to the gap, went to the scrapbook store, then to a cute little Gift store in Innisfail and then went back to the house to Scrapbook! Hat yummy Vietnamese for dinner and watched the made for TV movie Grey Matters... With Drew Barrymore! It was really interesting we did enjoy it... and watched the tail end of Forgetting Sarah Marshal... great weekend back to the Hat Sunday to clean the shop and hang out with Chris and the girls! Now it's Monday and Chris is in Oyen and its just me and the girly whirls!

Until Next Time - J

CAISIE BEAR

Our Niece Caisie :o)

Caisie is getting so big already! She is so cute and smiles so much... of course I didn't get a good picture of her smiling... but she does I swear! I probably blinded her with my flash on Easter Sunday as I snapped so many pics of her...

Until Next Time – J

UPdate the WEEKends

Well it is finally next time...

Lets start with last weekend. I was in Moose Jaw! Visiting friends and wondering around downtown which is really cool. They have lots of little stores all down main street and even a yummy store with fudge and gelato ice cream... soooo good!

We went in one store called Guys and Gals or Guys and Dolls... I can't remember now... anyway it had very funky clothes in it and I bought a cool purple dress! I will have to take a picture of it its great its 80's inspired I would say... and I can wear it with leggings... and its super cute! We also went out Saturday night because it was Lauren and Staci's bday... 24th! woohoo! So that that was great fun and I wore my new shoes... my first wedges I've ever bought.... but I'm still not used to high shoes... so it was a long night of feet aching... but it was worth it... they were fun!

Our theme for the night was dressing up, Lauren really wanted us to wear a dress or a skirt, it was fun getting all dolled up! And look at those three gals they look good really good! We got home Sunday around dinner time... and then I had to go clean the shop... NOTE to self don't clean the shop when its dark outside in the industrial area... kinda freaked myself out ... lots of noises and I was afraid if a crazy person were to be there no one would be able to hear me scream! anyway... I got out safe and then had a for day week for Easter!

So onto this past weekend! What another great weekend! Chris was back from Oyen on Thursday night... Its just been me and the girls at home from Monday to Thursday while Chris is working in Oyen... Yah so Thursday I was sick with a cold... that's right... and Chris went to Lee's so I stayed home with the girls and watch some crazy amount of TV... New episodes of The Office and 30 Rock! I did take a break and met Jess, Staci, Scott and Amber at Kelsey's for a tiny bit... I had just taken two Tylenol cold... so I was going to crash pretty fast but I went for a peppermint tea... and a nasty berry cobbler... I do not recommend it... it was cold and tasted like it was from a can... and of course the one time in History that I don't get the cheesecake I get nasty cobbler! anyway there are worse things in life... so I ate it and then went home to bed.

Friday went to the Dog Park!!! One of my most FAVORITE places to be! The puppies are so happy when we go... and it was Lily's first time at the park. She had a super great time and was great off leash and would come back when called... Gabby on the other hand has done a polar opposite and does not come back when called now... so she was put on her leash mid walk... We did go Saturday as well YIPPI! and Gabby was better, all though she did give us a huge scare at the beginning of the wall when we met a big golden lab running around in the water by the bridge and gabby bolted the other way and Lily ran over the bridge... so we got Lily and then usually Gabby runs back to us or at least we can see her... but we couldn't she took off! Almost started getting stressed but we walked out of the section we were in and then we saw her just about to run up the hill to wear we parked... but we called her and she came running back! So Happy story ending good good :o)

THE GirLS PLayING WiTH THEir EASTER ToY!

ALSO! Saturday we went for a bike ride that was so great and I can't wait to go again! Friday night we celebrated Cody and Camillia's engagement! Also Saturday we watched the new movie 'YES MAN' with Jim Carrey! Great film laughed lots! And and and I've started scrap booking again and have taken over the kitchen table with my stuff and I'm working on a wedding album and just a fun time with friends one so good stuff!

Sunday Chris was golfing... I cleaned the shop, hung out with the puppy girls, did laundry and helped out the family with Turkey Dinner!

Well then good times had by all... that's about it for now... I'll have to update with some more pictures...

Until Next Time – J

Aqua Fit

AQUA FIT KICKED MY BUTT!

My body hurts... it was a great work out! We put on these blue waist floaty things and then grabbed two dumbbells made out of Styrofoam material and then headed into the deep end... We started running in the water shooting our legs fast right beneath us toes pointed and aiming for the other side of the pool and also pumping our arms underwater with these dumbbells... bah my arms are not strong and sure felt the water resistance! So we warmed up for a bit, and did a variations of cardio type things and then more target movements on the legs and arms and also a ab section. We did some dog paddling to the other side with no legs... that was fun! All in all it was a great change and we are going to head back on Monday, and we hear the instructor on Monday is like a Drill Sargent! Woohooo.

Until Next Time – J

MUFFIN TOPS!

CAN

YOU

BELIEVE

IT

Went to the Co-op and we found Muffin Tops!! SAY WHAT?! Just like the Seinfeld Episode with the store that sells just muffin tops because no one likes the bottom! Well its for real! We bought Rise and Shine Muffin Tops and they are pretty good! Pretty great news thought I would share so wonderful!

So I started running again... I do like running, if I have music to distract me from running... Here is the story...This is going on year three... which is good... I've done a 5K mothers day run for the past two years and every year around March... April I remember I need to be able to run 5K in May... so I start to run again but every year I pretty much stop after I run the 5K! I really should keep it up... its a great way to burn some energy and its cheap... I could for-go the gym membership in the summer... if I stuck to running regularly... but I guess I get board easily and like to switch things up... For instance tonight Jess and I are heading to an Aqua Fit class... see how that goes! I will keep you posted... I've never done one before... but I do enjoy swimming... and I've heard its great work out with the water resistance and such... so I am looking forward too it.

Well back to work...

Until Next Time – J