First 1k in my new car... Done!

So I hit the 1k milestone while driving home today. I couldn't take an actual pic of 1000 because I was driving.. But it happened just as I excited highway 1 onto Lougheed Highway.

Side note: the last time I had a car (over four years ago) using your phone while driving was only frowned upon... Now it's illegal.

Passion Tango Teavana

The verdict:
A bit sour but refreshing enough :) good afternoon pick me up pre two hour work meeting

St Jean Baptiste Day!

Yesterday was St Jean Baptiste Day but Bobby has school on Tuesdays... So I decided to hold the celebrations for my Montreal export today.

For dinner we had poutine -  I had regular fries with bacon and gravy. Bobby had spicy fries with cheese, bacon, sausage and gravy. It was so yummy!! Paired with beers it was pretty damn amazing :)

Summer Solstice, etc

So, the first official day of summer came and went... and apparently it will be raining a few days this week (wtf summer!!). As Bobby and I move forward with wedding planning, the major barrier is the date. We want to get married in the summer, on a sunny day -  is this too much to ask??? Obviously, neither one of us has a crystal ball. However, its rained so often this June already... its making me nervous having a wedding NEXT June :/ Anyway, I digress...

Let's recap the weekend festivities instead, shall we?

Saturday:

Bobby got his work car last week.. So he started driving that around because the company pays for his gas.. which meant that he left our personal car at work. We went to pick it up on Saturday... on the way home.. on Pinetree and David (just at the very end of Town Centre), the light is green, everyone is going about their business... and Bobby just STOPS. I'm like WTF WHAT?!?! He was like, "there's a bear!!". I look over and sure enough, there was a black bear that jumped the fence and into the forest/wooded area. The bear wasn't small (therefore, no scary momma bear lurking I hope), and it also wasn't giant (therefore it wasn't a scary momma bear itself...). But its still freaky running into a bear! Even though we were in a car...

We got home and parked both cars... and hit the pool. Well, Bobby hit the pool. I lounged around and read a book. After we got enough Vitamin D, we visited our friends Brad-Ja-Luca at their new place not too far from where we live. They just bought this awesome townhome - lots of space for Luca to run around and terrorize ;)

Then, later on in the evening, we hit up Yaletown for my brother's birthday event. It was a low-key night, which is awesome for us suburbaners (especially since I was the designated driver!)

Sunday:

Woke up and asked Bobby to make crepes. Mmmmm crepes! I had mine with nutella and mango.Bobby had the same, but with ice cream.

mmmmm

Then we cleaned the apartment. It was so messy and dirty. I found out that Kiwi relieved herself under our shelf so we cleaned up and she is now locked into her cage - no more freedom little missy! Then we returned the shavings Kiwi hated (they were to small and she kept accidentally eating/breathing in the pieces that she had a tantrum for over a day) and bought the ones that she did like... and after all that hard work, we treated ourselves to gelato... and pulled pork!

Now its Monday. I drove into work today (so awesome not having to wait around for the bus, or the train). The sun in shining! Woo hoo! Let's get this week started!

Viva Italia!

Not really a huge soccer (football) fan... Not watching the world cup either... But since Canada is not in it, I'll cheer for Italy! It'll make the future inlaws proud ;)

Kiwi and Prickles

Kiwi had a rough weekend. For whatever reason, she was really agitated, excited... And paranoid. She wouldn't let us hold her without freaking out. It was really weird. The weirdness lasted over a day which was staying to worry me. Bobby accidentally bought her a different kind of shavings and I think she really hate it so she was acting out. The shavings were really small and she would accidentally eat some pieces or breathe some in, which is why I think she was pissed off. So we bought her the normal shavings and she's finally back to normal. Here she is with Prickles, her new friend :)

Bobby Bieber

Had a lazy day today. We viewed the Stanley Park Teahouse as a potential wedding venue... Not to impressed with it. It's gorgeous.. But I think it would be most convenient to have the reception in a hotel so that people can retire throughout the night without having to drive home.

Anyway, my face had been breaking out like crazy. I feel like I'm 15 again. Ugh. So I went for a facial today. Pimples be gone!!! On the plus side, I finally got to drive our new car that we got on Thursday. It definitely drives smoother than the old car :)

Got home and finally watched last Sundays game of thrones. Took this picture mid show!

Hehe... this is not a trap!

Home made muffins

I got home to this lovely surprise today:

Bobby cleaned his room up! I wish I had a "before" pic to show... but basically, this room was a mess. Whenever our friends' son Luca (age 19 months) comes over, he's banned from this room because its too unsafe for him... And every night, I worry that Kiwi will wander over to Bobby's room and get buried underneath all of the wood planks and tools... Thankfully, she was never curious enough to go into that room... or at least, she was able to tetris her way out of it ;)

... So because Bobby has been an awesome fiance this week cleaning the house up... I've decided to be an awesome fiancee and make some banana bread muffins!

All set up with supplies... and Pretty Little Liars!

The batter all mixed up!

Into the pan!

Finished product!

Happily Ever After

Early yesterday morning, Bobby and I drove up to Whistler for our friends' wedding. I have been super excited about this even ever since they got engaged! And let me tell you, I was not disappointed with the planned festivities!

The wedding ceremony was at noon at the Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre (located in upper village). I'm not a cryer by any means, but seeing Najin walk down that aisle with her father definitely made my eyes water a bit! Her gown was gorgeous. It was just a few months ago that we went wedding dress shopping and she found her dress! It's this gorgeous lace and beaded mermaid gown. Absolutely stunning in general, but even more stunning on Najin!

After the ceremony, a few of us met up for lunch. It was a gorgeous sunny day so we did not want to waste the time indoors! We had lunch in lower village, then we headed to Creekside where the reception was taking place. The reception was at Nita Lake Lodge so we all booked rooms there. The hotel is amazing! It's got a private lake where you can canoe and paddle board. The rooms (all of them I swear!) have stunning high high high ceilings! Our friends and I had rooms on every floor (first, second, third and fourth) and we all had two story tall ceilings. It was a gigantic hotel!

So we checked into the hotel around 2-3. We all relaxed for a bit, but against better judgement (especially for me because I had started to get sick on Friday afternoon - sore throat, inflamed sinuses), a few of us went for cocktails instead of napping. At least the drinks we good ;)

The reception started at 6pm. While seated, we were introduced to the lovely new Mr. and Mrs. The food was soooo delicious! I mean seriously, I sampled everything and there was not one thing I left on my plate (which is typical because I am quite the picky eater). The food was so great in fact that a friend overate, got sick, and ended up missing most of the evening whilst he lay in fetal position in his room. As the night progessred, I started feeling more and more sick (my chest hurt, the coughing started and my sinuses were throbbing - ugh!!!). So after the party winded down, a few headed up to Dmitry's room for the after party. I missed out because I was exhausted and feeling really shitty.

We woke up around 9, showered, packed up, checked out, and met up some friends for breakfast. Then after, a few of us headed back to the village in hunt for wings. After we were full, we headed back home. The car ride home was so painful for my sinuses. I got home and promptly napped for two hours while Bobby ran to the pharmacy to get me some medicine. Now I'm awake doing some laundry, tidying up a bit.. before heading back to bed.

Congratulations to Najin and Lawrence. We are so happy for you both!

Beautiful speech where the bride and groom took turns thanking their family, their guests and everyone involved in coordinating this wonderful evening.

Dance floor selfie! Even Luca tore up the dance floor!

Love

Bad, Kiwi!!

Kiwi has a hedgie door on her cage... so Kiwi runs around the apartment at night. I don't know what kind of shenanigans she gets up to... but she ALWAYS makes a mess. She tracks shavings everywhere she goes. The most shavings is always just outside of her cage... but the shavings get as far as the shelf (the one that Bobby built), and underneath the coffee table, under the dining table... and the front door area. I sometimes leave random treats for her to find and she pretty much gets all of them! Its kind of cute.. I like to think she is running around the apartment looking for her mama (Chaos) but I really don't think she is. And even though its cute she does this.. its also kind of annoying because everyday someone has to clean up after her. I suppose we could just lock the door... but then we would be taking away some of her freedom. She is a free hedgehog after all ;)

Oh yea, if you look close enough on our floors, you can even see Kiwi's teeny tiny paw prints.

A little back story about this door. Bobby originally made a door in Chaos' first cage (it was much smaller, pre-babies). I had to teach Chaos how to use the door... and once she learned how to use the door, she pretty much ran away from home every night. Some nights, she would even find other places to sleep in (under towels/mats/inside a bag I left on the ground/a pile of dirty laundry waiting to be washed). Kiwi (and her sisters) learned how to use the door just by watching their mama. When they were babies, they would run out of their cage and explore their apartment. I was always nervous that we would lose a baby.. but it was never an issue because our apartment was so tiny!

Anyway, so I'm pretty tired. As anticipated, the coffee kicked in and I couldn't fall asleep last night. The last time I checked the time, it was 1:45am and all I could think was "dammit, I need to be up in a few hours" :(
Surprisingly, I was not that tired in the morning. I managed to wake up on time, and be on time for work (even though the train was running a little bit behind). I did start to get nauseous towards the end of the day though... and I was pretty exhausted on the way home. Just going to take it easy at home. Going to clean up a bit, eat some left over yummy enchiladas... and hit the hay at a reasonable hour!

Domo arigato!

So Bobby and I got our very first wedding present. Yes, wedding present. My aunt (one of my parents' best friends) and her family got us a super awesome present! Today, I finally had time to make a thank you card to mail them.

My desk is pretty small... but our dining table is huuuge so I have tons of space for arts and crafts on there. PS, our dining table is so big with extra seating that all my Quatchis hang around there all the time now!

I went out for dinner with a friend after work today. We hit up Las Margaritas in Kits for some awesome enchiladas... After dinner, we went to Starbucks for some java... which I know I will regret very soon because its almost 10pm and I couldn't be less tired... I guess I may as well catch up on some Real Housewives of Orange County!