this weekend had a lot of driving, and left my back a wrangled mess, but sometimes... it's all just worth it (just don't tell my dr).
saturday: woke up early (ish), and made a huge breakfast. then, after some relaxing, got bundled up, and went for a long snow shoe up the ski hill. for my first adventure in activity since hurting my back, it went not bad..... no, who am i kidding. it was awful. but, not debilitating after being completely and utterly exhausted, we went back to the house, and had some lunch, and then spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, watching tv, catching up on correspondence (while jeff snowboarded), and then watching 'in bruges' while catching up on some beading work i had to get done for a friend. lots of craft beer, and good food (LOTS of food) sprinkled in there. early to bed... apparently fresh air makes me exhausted after all this time!
sunday: woke up late, and made a huge breakfast (again) for jeff's parent's arrival. then, as they headed out for a ski, we went out for another snow shoe, but with a far more precarious drive to get to the mountain top first (think snow as high as the door on jeff's 4x4 vehicle). once we were finally finished with the wind biting our cheeks, we headed back home for lunch. prepared vegan pulled pork for the first time (success! i highly recommend), and had some lunch. packed up, and then headed back to canada - sweet, sweet canada. drove the long drive to arrive at nate and bri's place, for a nice visit with the baby, as well as costain (visiting from out west), and the rest of the gang. think: candy, dance parties, video game sports, and champagne for LOTS of reasons. perfect long weekend fun. headed out late, as i needed a sleep in my own bed.
monday: woke up after a sleep in, and after a big breakfast (sensing a trend?), jeff and i headed out for some toronto adventuring. some blundstone trying on, some lululemon lusting, some wandering to see if the MEC website was lying about being closed. as the sun started to set (and downtown got freezing), we ventured back to my neighbourhood, and had vietnamese, and a good solid twin peaks watching before loading jeff's car up. i spent the rest of the night beading, watching jenna marbles videos (don't judge me), and cleaning.
craft beer lineup; snacks, twin peaks, and a wood fire; snow shoeing in winter heaven (photo from here); two men and a baby - sitcom, coming your way soon; responsibility is hard (don't worry - she's just an aunt); the baby of the hour; gifts on a monday morning. cry worthy.
friday: after an unexpected client presentation on friday morning (what was supposed to be a day off), i sped home, and packed, and then jeff and i headed out to ellicottville. after almost 5 hours in the car (compared to a normal 2.5 hour drive), we were ready to just lounge. had some dinner, some drinks, and relaxed. pretty early to bed - we're really exciting and hip.saturday: woke up early (ish), and made a huge breakfast. then, after some relaxing, got bundled up, and went for a long snow shoe up the ski hill. for my first adventure in activity since hurting my back, it went not bad..... no, who am i kidding. it was awful. but, not debilitating after being completely and utterly exhausted, we went back to the house, and had some lunch, and then spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, watching tv, catching up on correspondence (while jeff snowboarded), and then watching 'in bruges' while catching up on some beading work i had to get done for a friend. lots of craft beer, and good food (LOTS of food) sprinkled in there. early to bed... apparently fresh air makes me exhausted after all this time!
sunday: woke up late, and made a huge breakfast (again) for jeff's parent's arrival. then, as they headed out for a ski, we went out for another snow shoe, but with a far more precarious drive to get to the mountain top first (think snow as high as the door on jeff's 4x4 vehicle). once we were finally finished with the wind biting our cheeks, we headed back home for lunch. prepared vegan pulled pork for the first time (success! i highly recommend), and had some lunch. packed up, and then headed back to canada - sweet, sweet canada. drove the long drive to arrive at nate and bri's place, for a nice visit with the baby, as well as costain (visiting from out west), and the rest of the gang. think: candy, dance parties, video game sports, and champagne for LOTS of reasons. perfect long weekend fun. headed out late, as i needed a sleep in my own bed.
monday: woke up after a sleep in, and after a big breakfast (sensing a trend?), jeff and i headed out for some toronto adventuring. some blundstone trying on, some lululemon lusting, some wandering to see if the MEC website was lying about being closed. as the sun started to set (and downtown got freezing), we ventured back to my neighbourhood, and had vietnamese, and a good solid twin peaks watching before loading jeff's car up. i spent the rest of the night beading, watching jenna marbles videos (don't judge me), and cleaning.
wahhhhh crazy weekend! hope everyone had a good one - and happy almost mid week!