Another approach to cough suppression

Okay so Buckley's did not really help with cough suppression. It helped soothe my coughing for a bit.. but alas, the hacking cough returned... with a vengeance. I did get a better night sleep, and so did Bobby, so I feel like the light at the end of the tunnel is near. However, I need this cough to go away ASAP!! So, I've resorted to the old school method: Drinking LOTS and LOTS of fluids. So I dug out my klean kanteen water bottle and have already drank one bottle full of water. The downside is that I've already had to pee three times (and its only 9:30... and I've only been at work for an hour...) However, although I am still coughing, my hacking cough has turned into a more mild cough. Baby steps to better health!

All right, Buckley's... Do your magic!

I've been a hacking, coughing mess since Friday or so. I seriously can't cough anymore. To be honest, when I first got sick, I was secretly delighted that I could drink cough medicine because I think it tastes delicious (mmm Robitussen).. however, it hasn't helped suppress my coughing. Not even a little bit. Poor Bobby is going to be delirious soon from lack of sleep so I decided to man up and try Buckley's. Everyone says that it actually works.. but that it tastes bad. Whatever, I'm desperate at this point! So I bought a bottle on my way to work today... and I just had two teaspoonfuls... Honestly, the taste isn't that bad. It's severely mentholated though. Like, holy crap my throat feels weird mentholated. I hope it finally gets rid of this annoying cough!!!

On my own island

Because I am still a hacking cough mess. Today I coughed so hard, I hurt my inner right ear!! The next coughing fit will surely break a rib or five...

Also, because Bobby and Marco are working so hard on Sunday (nerds). Plus I get to sit on comfy seats over here

Parallel 49 Coffee in Coquitlam

Our lives are saved!!!

Ever since we moved to coquitlam, we've tried to find our new go to coffee shop. Living in yaletown meant great coffee everywhere -  Caffe Artigiano was walking distance from our old apartment and Parallel 49 was just across the bridge in Kits.

Our first few weeks in Coquitlam, I spotted a coffee shop called Caffe Divano . It's right next to the Coquitlam RCMP,  where the Coquitlam library used to be. The only problem was that this Cafe closes early - 6 pm.  We finally had a chance to visit today... And to our surprise, they brew Parallel 49 coffee... AND sell their grounds. Woohooo!!!  Now all we need is to bring Luckys Donuts into town

Feeling better-ish!

So after feeling really sick yesterday - I fell asleep after dinner (7:30) last night, and woke up a couple of hours later and got Bobby to re-take my temperature (this time with the adult thermometer scanner thing he bought). No fever! So I was determined to go to work. I packed a lunch then passed out again until about 5am... Anyway, I am feeling much better! My throat still hurts and I still have slight headaches/body aches. Go home cold, you're drunk!!!

But, the bestest part of everything is that I got offered the job I interviewed for (mentioned in this post). Woohoo! I got the job offer officially on Tuesday and I was supposed to tell my director yesterday (but I had called in sick). However, things got sorted out while I was away and I officially signed the papers today... and I start my new job on May 20th :)

Gonna miss my current coworkers... but I am for sure excited for things to come :)

Sick day

I went to bed around 8pm last night because I felt soooo sick. My throat hurt. Every time I swallowed, it felt like a knife was cutting into my throat. I ended up waking up around 4am because I went to bed so early... my throat still hurt really bad and my body hurt really bad and my head also hurt really bad... so I called in sick. I ended up sleeping pretty much the entire day.. my throat doesn't hurt as much but my body and my head still hurt... Ughhhh

Anyway, this kind of all started late Tuesday morning. I kept getting chills while sleeping... so I would bundle up with the duvet, then I would wake up sweating like crazy. It was insane. I was kind of okay at work on Tuesday.. but I started to feel really sick Tuesday night :(

We don't have a thermometer at home so I asked Bobby to pick one up on his way home... and he ended up buying this one:

Yup... so I am a 30 year old using stickers to measure my temperature

A dining table update and homemade lasagna

So we finally got our dining table chairs today!!! We just finished our first dinner with proper chairs (no more computer chairs!!). Bobby and I made homemade lasagna with ground beef, spinach and cucumbers. It was so yummy. Can't wait for the left overs :)

Sans chairs... 

Avec chairs! Its so awesome to have dining chairs all the time. No longer do we have to bring our computer chairs over!

Yummy lasagna! 

Birthday festivities!

So I had my friend birthday party yesterday. The festivities started around noon at Craft. We had lunch with Brad-Ja-Luca. They gave me their present (two hand knitted hedgehogs - awwww, and hand knitted socks, which I am wearing right now by the way). After lunch, it was raining lightly but Bobby was determined to fly a kite he built (flying a kite was on my bucket list). Yesterday morning, Bobby build a kite with newspaper and paint tape and sewing thread. I mean this thing was doomed to begin with. Anyway, he was determined to make it fly... it started raining pretty hard so we had to force him to stop (newspaper isn't water proof anyway).

Because we were going to be gone for the night, I made sure to give Kiwi a lot of attention. Here I am flipping her on her back and harassing her with faux grass.

Beers at Craft! 

Bobby and his kite

Luca was skeptical to begin with!

Bobby and Marco trying to get the kite in the air

After lunch, we drove over to our hotel. We had booked a room at Opus in Yaletown. I was pretty damn excited to stay at Opus because it's a cute, small, funky hotel, with bright ornate furniture. Plus we got a good deal. The room was 240$ and we got 100$ back in Amex giftcards. I was a little disappointed AFTER booking when my coworker told me Opus is known to be a hotel for escorts... and then my friend Sebastian confirmed that rumour last night as well. AH!

Bobby had a lot of fun jumping on the bed. Oh to not being 30!!

Dinner and the party were at The Distillery at 6:45. I had such a great time! My friends are so awesome!

I had a pretty rough morning. I was soooo sick and nauseous last night so I threw up. I passed out.. then I woke up nauseous around 4am and so I got up to throw up again... but I was SOOOO hungry so I couldn't go back to sleep. I was so annoyed. Seriously. All I could think about was how hungry I was. I caved and ate a chocolate bar from the mini bar area. Then I woke Bobby up early so that we could partake in the crappy complimentary breakfast. We went back to the room to sleep some more.. then checked out aroun 11am to eat some actual food. We hit up Milestone's in Yaletown because they used to have the best eggs bennies. However, they changed things up and it is no longer good. How disappointing. We drove home. We were back around 12:30 and I napped form 1pm to 3:30pm. Then I got up to clean up and unpack and get ready for my family birthday dinner at the Boathouse and Port Moody.

So anyway, slight tangent, two months ago, during the gold medal men's hockey game at the Olympics, I brought my coffee mug with coffee (and milk!!) to my brother's house because we had to wake up really early! I accidentally left it there... and my brother didn't empty it or wash it. He didn't realise it had coffee in it. So I got it back after two months and... Oh my god it smelled so bad I left it in the parking lot. I thought I was going to vomit. I'm still kinda gaggy just thinking about it!

Thirty, flirty and thriving

So... I turned 30 yesterday... I had a pretty good day.. However, I made the worst life choice ever by scheduling a job interview during my lunch break. Mondays and Fridays are pretty stressful days at work because we are usually down one staff (yesterday we were down two)... So basically, I was pretty busy in the morning and getting stressed just before my interview. Therefore I was stressed DURING my interview so I'm not sure just how I did exactly (I'm guessing not too well).

Anyway, last night, I was watching 13 going on 30. It's a cute movie. Its about a girl who is turning 13. She hates her life because she is unpopular, so she wishes she was "thirty, flirty and thriving"... and seemingly wakes up at 30, living the life she thought she would want, but she ends up hating it because the friends she has are backstabbing Bs and she had alienated her family and her childhood friend. 

I'm ready for your thirties! 

The end of a year

Day 365 (part three)

This year went by so quickly! When I wake up tomorrow.. I'll be 30. To be honest, I was pretty damn depressed over the past week. I think turning 30 was starting to get to me.

However, I have so much to look forward to from this point in my life on. We have a new place to set up (still a work in progress) and a wedding to start planning. We've actually scrapped the idea of getting married this summer. Money is pretty tight with trying to set up our place and we're running out of time (its getting harder and harder to find a venue). So we will be getting married next summer instead. The bonus of waiting is that we'll get to go on a super awesome honeymoon! (Europe!!)

I have soo many happy memories from this past year:
- Friend vacations in Portland and Lillooet
- Ziplining for the first time in Whistler
- Planning a suprise brewery tour for Bobby (which in the end got spoiled, but we still had a blast)
- Spending time with Bobby's family in Florida and spending Christmas in Disney World
- New Years Eve in Manhattan.. and of course getting engaged

Of course, there are also low points:
- Losing our Kay Kay :(

In general, I have so many great memories from my 20s. I kind of look forward to what the 30s has in store for me :)

I still plan on updating this blog... most likely not everyday (unless I get really into it again).. but I definitely want to post about the progress of setting up our home.

Thanks to anyone who ever took the time to read this blog :)

I leave you all two pics of me and my loves:

PS: Wow, I blogged 442 times over the last year (slightly more than the 365 required ;)).

PPS: I finally got my hands on a copy of this month's National Geographic... I don't normally buy this magazine... however, this month's issue feature one of Kiwi's distant cousins!

My little cover girl!

Last weekend as a 20 something year old, part two

Day 365 (part two)

So after opening Bobby's present, we made lunch and headed out for some bubble tea. We went to Ninja Bubble Tea near Coquitlam Centre. Bobby and I got the ferrerro one and Marco got nutella. It was pretty good. The guys got the giant size one, but I got the smaller size (which I thought was more than enough).

Bobby looks like he had too much sugar... before downing that jug of bubble tea!!!

We went to Coquitlam Centre to return a few things (story of my impulsive buying life) and Marco bought us a new coffee grinder as a house warming present. Then we went to Lafarge Lake/Town Centre because my mom wanted to meet and give me my present (and also to show the guys the huuuuuge park). We went home after. Bobby tested the grinder and apparently the coffee tastes more amazing (I see no difference, lol). Chilling out before dinner...

Last weekend as a 20 something year old, part 2

Day 365

Today I am 29 for the last day ever!! It is a beautiful, sunny day... so I definitely will be heading out to enjoy this awesome day :)

So I woke up today... and found my birthday present from Bobby on the kitchen counter!!! He was so kind to even screw it shut...

But then he lent me some tools to get it open... I get a custom walk in closet for my bday! Woo Hoo :)

I also got this awesome card!

I immediately had to flip Kiwi on her back after ;) Poor Kiwi-Keys

Last weekend as a 20 something year old, part 1

Day 364

Today is my last weekend as a 20 something year old. We had friends come over to check out the new place around lunch time... They gave me this really pretty orchid for my birthday! I really need to read up on how to take care of this because it is too pretty to kill

We just got back from Target and Bobby bought this round placemat to go in the middle of our round dining table :)

So after our friends left, I went to the mall to return the second jacket from this blog... then we came back to work on installing Bobby's new floors. Since he is using his office as his workspace, I wanted him to cover the laminate floors (to help prevent them from being damaged). Well, yesterday, our neighbour downstairs wrote us a lovely letter how we were being too loud.. and that we need to be more quite between 8pm to 7am (um ok.. we work...??) The letter really pissed me off (I mean, had he told me to keep it down past 10pm, I think I would've been more compliant... but 8pm?!?!?), but before I digress too much, Bobby bought cork to go underneath the flooring he chose. The cork was suprisingly cheap at Home Depot. Two rolls cost 55$/each. His room needed just slightly more than one roll so we have tons left over for other projects. Plus, my parents gave us a Home Depot giftcard as a house warming present... so technically, the cork was free :)

Before: with laminate

After: with faux tile :) It took us about two hours to get the cork rolled out underneath and to cut the laminate to size. The baseboards will need to be re-added tomorrow so as to not piss off the crazy man living downstairs

Anyway, so once we got the cork laid down, I made sure to let Kiwi play around on it.... Here she is with me holding her paw. Such a little cutie!!!! <3<3<3

Now, we're home. The place is a mess... too lazy to do anything about it ;)

Dear Friday...

Day 363

... we meet again.

Buyers remorse

Day 362 (a day late!)

So yesterday, Bobby went out for drinks with his boss who was in town from Toronto. Since we live so far away now, I offered to drive the car home. I get off work at 5 and I told him I would meet him around 6... which gave me an hour to hit the shops at Pacific Centre ;) I am in the market for a new jacket... and these are the two that I picked up... and am regretting:

I got the Community Novitas jacket in XS in black. I actually returned this jacket last night at the Aritzia in Coquitlam Centre because it's a little bit.. odd. It fits pretty nicely, however, the zipper doesn't come all the way down. The jacket itself is quite long (it covers your bum), but the zipper only comes down to waist length, which to me is just bizarre?! Anyway, this jacket is waterproof, which is a bonus living in Vancouver, but because it is 225$ (plus tax!) and its not completely perfect... it went back

I also got the Community Arma jacket in S in black. I thought I would like this jacket better than the other one.. but.. I can't get over how faded it is. Now, I spend a LOT of money on detergent specifically designed to prevent your darks from fading. Nothing irritates me more than faded black jeans, or black leggings, etc. I thought this jacket was a keeper until I noticed how faded it was compared to my black jeans! Ugh! Looks like this one might have to go back too :( I might check out the olive green one they have in this jacket and see if that's a winner? 

A table for looking at

Day 361 (part two)

We got a dining table!! But no chairs (well, we bought chairs that still need to be made and then shipped)... So for now, we can either stare at this table whilst eating from the couch... or... use our desk chairs! :)

Some hump day lols

Day 361

:)

Income tax season

Day 360

Put my big girl panties on and filed my own taxes this year. It was pretty straight forward :) I think I'm going to add this to my list of things to do before I am 30 (and subsequently check it off too!)

Going to regret this soon

Day 359 (a day late)

I missed blogging yesterday because I had a crappy day.

Currently eating French fries from McDonald's. Going to regret this decision later

Washing kiwi

Day 358

Kiwi was expecting company today.... So I had to wash her dirty feet. She was quite unhappy about it haha. Anyway, so my family (sans brother), and realtors came over today to check out the place. We ate and ate and ate and watched Kiwi run around :)

My little none swimmer

Then Bobby and I went to Best Buy to buy printer ink. I had ten dollars worth if Best Buy rewards money that is expiring soon so we had to use it up :). I got yellow ink for 5$!! Wooohooo. We saw someone getting arrested at Best Buy as well. Yikes. Don't steal kids!!! (Even though the lady was like 50).

Home now. Relaxing. Mentally preparing for work tomorrow ;)

Make up area update... and a small haul

Day 357

We spent the day in downtown today. We've lived in suburbia for three weekends now.. and each weekend was spent in downtown. Haha. Anyway, so Bobby needed a haircut, and his haircut place is in downtown... so I tagged along for some light shopping.

I first hit up Sephora to use up a 50$ giftcard... and because everything is 15% off. I've been wanting the Naked Basics palette for a while now.. but have been too cheap to buy it... finally caved and bought it today! I also got the Fresh Sugar lip gloss in passion (my all time favorite lip gloss!!).. and an eyebrow brush (I already had one but I lost it during the move!)

Because it is the month of my birth... I also picked up my birthday present. This year it is lipstick and mascara from Make Up For Ever. Hope its good stuff :)

Then I hit up The Bay (also having a sale - 20% friends and family sale) and I got Kipling cosmetics pouch.

By this point in the day (and after the guys did some shopping too), we were hungry and tired so we hit up Parallel 49 for some coffee and donuts (after a detour to my brother's place to pick up my parents' computer). Then we went to my parents' house to drop off the computer.. and then we went to Costco for some much needed grocery shopping.

We went home.. had dinner.. and I ventured out again to buy a mirror and a garbage can for my make up area/desk. This nook is the perfect space for a make up area because of the giant window (natural lighting!!). However, I also need a desk, so it needs to function as a dual space...

Make up on one side... desk accessories on the other ;)

Here's the view from further away... Bobby's going to be making two shelves to go on either side of the desk where I will store all of the things still in boxes on the floors. The white frames I am going to put up in the dining area (still haven't printed the pictures I want up...)

For now, the space is pretty functional... can't wait for my shelves though :)

My morning view

Day 356 (part 2)