Slice of Life - Day 73

Shoot! 4 minutes late! Tonight we had a St Patrick's Day Party at our house... There were 18 of us but split into two groups... one (the cool kids) in the kitchen doing shots all night and the other (the nerds) in the living room playing Rock Band. Many photos were taken, tons of laughs were heard and a good time was had by all (I think).

I chose a photo of Brea and I as my favorite photo of the day... just cause were adorable :)

Slice of Life - Day 72

Today was a weird day, woke up feeling like I had a ton of energy which was good because I had a lot to accomplish today... but then once I was actually up, I had energy but not for what I needed to do... only what I wanted to do :)

So instead of getting up and heading straight to the car wash place like I planned to get the Passat clean enough that I wouldn't be ashamed to be driving it I fiddled around on my laptop for around an hour... then took Kalli to Dogwood Park for a play. There weren't too many dogs there today so we just power walked around the forest a whole bunch and worked on some training.

I then took her home and went off in search of lunch, drove down to Timmies but decided that wasn't what I felt like to instead went and browsed around Pier One and Winners... I was a good girl and didn't buy anything... then I finally decided to go to Flying Wedge for lunch...

After I got home I thought that surely this was the time I would start doing what I needed to do but nope... instead I went in the back yard and played a bit with Kalli... then watched her and Zim chase each other around the backyard. I took a few shots of Zim and came inside and finally started cleaning the house.

I wasn't really feeling it at first but then finally got into it and became obsessed. I have been cleaning on and off for around the last 7 hours... washing the floors by hand, cleaned all the baseboards, washed down all the walls and cabinets in the kitchen. I sorted a bunch of stuff, finally worked on the wooden shelf I brought home like two weeks ago... cleaned the laundry room which for those of you who know how small it is probably sounds easy but oh man it was a pigsty... Tidied my scrapbook room... Then I washed some windows, washed all the covers for the couches and any throw cushions that have removable covers, washed the bedding from both the beds, cleaned the spare room, cleaned the linen closet where we keep our sheets and tablecloths (I cleaned the other linen closet last week). I even remembered to clean the top of the fridge which is rare for me because I always forget about it because I cant see that high... out of sight, out of mind!

Now I'm off to clean some more... :)

Slice of Life - Day 71

Today after work B, Kalli and I met Brea, Chris and Kyah at Crescent Park for a walk. We took a couple photos of the bff's and a couple videos and had a nice walk. Kalli has gotten better at chasing her ball and seems really love her walks with Kyah best of all :) I don't like Crescent Park as much as Dogwood Park personally but when Kalli is with Kyah doesn't seem to care where she is so that's good. One of the things that I don't like about Crescent Park is the ponds which are currently iced over and as some of you may know Kalli loves ice... so therefore loves the ponds... and walking out on them... yikes! It freaks me out! Other than that it was good so we will do a repeat performance tomorrow. Its kind of like play dates for kids! :)

Slice of Life - Day 70

Went out to Vancouver tonight to show B's new Jeep off to the parents... they liked it :) We went for Sushi... then for a drive up to UBC and back so Paul could get a chance to drive B's new car... once we got back to Paul's place the boys stood around and inspected all aspects of the car... then we decided to load Christina's Entertainment Cabinet into the back of it and bring it home seeing as Paul needed it moved from his garage due to some work being done in there. While we were driving home B had an insatiable need for something yummy to drink so we stopped at a 7-11... the place creeped me out and I was staring at everyone who came in wondering if they had a big huge gun hidden under their coat that they were going to pull out any second. Fortunately that didn't happen however I did watch some kids shoplifting 3 jumbo bags of peanut M&M's... I gave the clerk a little nod and she nodded back at me as if to say "Oh ya... I see what's going on", then she pressed a buzzer so the door would lock and they couldn't run and then I started wondering if these little preteen "starter" hoodlums were hiding big huge guns under their jackets that they were going to pull out any second... and so I became quite joyous when B was finally done washing his hands and picking out his 24 5¢ candies so that we could pay and get buzzed out of the freaking place and go back home to White Rock where I only occasionally look at people and wonder if they have big huge guns hidden under their coats.


After this rambling odd post I am wondering if maybe drinking giant Slurpees and eating lots of 5¢ candies was maybe not a good idea at 11pm at night... Hmmmmm.

Slice of Life - Day 69

Another photo of a Jeep... however as much as it looks the same as last night's Jeep, it's not!! It's Brendan's new Jeep that is actually an entirely different Jeep than the one in last night's photo. An identical model but this one was from Willowbrook Chrysler and has 30,000 less kilometres, a little over a year of warranty left, no broken mirror and an upgraded exhaust and air intake system.... all for only $500 more than the other one! Yep we know how to deal ;) The other one was priced at $15,900 and we thought we could get it for $15,000... this one was priced at $18,900 and we got it at the dealers cost - $15,500. Sweeeet Deal!!

I am so happy for Brendan, he was so nervous waiting to get approved - why I don't know because his credit is good - I think it was more just that someone else has the power to give or take away what he wanted. But now that it has all gone through he is so excited and both of us have just been smiling non stop! I also am happy because I get his old car... which I'm excited about although I am going to miss my Cavalier very much. It is my second car but my first brand new car that I bought with my own money. I know that I will most likely shed a few tears when someone drives away in it...

So like I said it was another very long day of car shopping... it took from around 1130 this morning until almost 7 this evening to buy this Jeep... but all the shopping around and waiting was definitely worth it, its so awesome and B is so happy :)

We had a quick visit with my sis and her family to show them the car on the way home and then got another quick visit in with Chris, Brea and Kyah. They met us at our place so they could check out the new Jeep and let the pups have a play in the backyard... but it was just getting dark at that point so I didn't get any photos to post.

This is a photo I took following B home in his new Jeep... it is "foggy" looking because B's car (wait - my new car) windows are just that dirty... I'm going to have to fix that :)

Slice of Life - Day 68

Another day of car shopping... and after much debate for the last hour or so I think this is the SUV he has decided to buy.... I'd say were about 97.4% sure... mmm maybe 98%. We will see what tomorrow brings... one thing is for sure... it will be yet another day of car shopping tomorrow.
















PS. I took a very similar photo of this jeep today without my memory card in... I had just received my camera back from Paul and had forgotten that it wasn't in there... so this photo is actually from the other day... but it was taken from the same angle and everything so whatever, close enough!

Oh and here is a photo just taken... B sharing his fruit popsicle with Kalli :)

Slice of Life - Day 67

You take all this....

and this (steak rubbed with spices and a little homemade marinade)

and this

and these....

and a few more things... and then you get this!

Mmmmm Chilli!