Hedgie mani pedi

Day 252 (part two and a day late)

So I got back about half an hour ago from dropping Bobby off at the airport... and I can't sleep/don't want to sleep (a decision I know will kick me in the ass later!)... so here is a couple of pics from last night:

Chaos getting her nails clipped

Chaos post bath... chilling on my blanket/in her hut

Kiwi is like the rest of us!

Day 252

She stuffs herself then walks around with crumbs on her face :)

Merry Christmas to me!

Day 251 

Sooo... I got another note in my advent calendar today! I got a coupon for a romantic dinner! Oooh la la ;)

 

Unfortunately, this coupon expired earlier this year... What the hell, Bobby!!

Anyway, so it snowed last night/today in Vancouver. I'm actually not a fan of snow in the city because it's such a pain in the ass to get around in.... Also, the pretty white snow turns into disgusting slush after 5 minutes :(

PS: Here's Kiwi-Keys looking drunk ;)

Dear Canada Post (Part two)

Day 250

WTF?! This item should have been delivered on MONDAY. However, because Canada Post is so lame during the holidays (and you know, 80% of the year if we are being honest), my package hasn't even left the sorting facility in Richmond yet.. which means it isn't anywhere near being delivered likely... Ughhh... I bought some new jeans for New York but it looks like I might not even get to bring them with me :(

For Dear Canada Post, WTF Part 1, click here: http://missmiigo.blogspot.ca/2013/09/dear-canada-post.html

Ho ho ho!

Day 249

First present received at work today: a Chapters gift card! Woo hoo!! I was actually at Chapters last night and I wanted to buy a hedgehog Christmas ornament (even though we have one already) but I didn't buy it..... guess who is going back to Chapters soon-ish to get it now ;)

Lacing up the skates

Day 248 (part two)


Bobby and I hit up the outdoor skating rink at Robson Square today and it was so busy! I bought a groupon deal and because Bobby and I are also going ice skating at Central Park in New York City, we really needed to brush up on our ice skating skills since we haven't gone ice skating in a couple of years (at least!).

Anyway, because it is Tuesday night, I didn't expect the rink to be so busy! The line up for rentals was quite long and they were running out of sizes fast! When we finally got on the rink, it was SOOO packed with people and the rink was pretty scuffed up. I think I did two really slow laps before we all got kicked off so the zamboni could clean the rink. When we got back on the ice post cleaning it was so slippery... but with practice, I got my groove back :) I am ready for Central Park now ;)

Some health care humour for you

Day 248

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The picture that started this blog...

Day 247

Back in early 2013, when Luca was still teeny tiny, him, Bobby and I all wore our red plaid outfits for a picture. I've already blogged about this event so you can read more about it here: http://missmiigo.blogspot.ca/2013/04/awkward-family-photo-potential.html.

For Christmas, Brad and Ja gave us this picture:

J and B: making babies cry since 2013 ;)

Poor Luca was so upset because his onesie was already too small at this point. We kinda forced him to wear it for the plaid pic. Thank you for being a trooper, Luca! We love you!

The Hangover

Day 246

Soooo I felt like crap today :( Its like, the older you get, the longer hangover recovery time takes! Every 9 hour party now takes 24+ hours to recover or something!

Anyway, so we went to my parents' house for a late family Christmas lunch. I was smart and told my mom to have a late lunch (2pm) because, let's face it, I knew we would be so trashed from last night ;)

Chilling out earlier today

So we headed to suburbia around 12:30. We made a pit stop at Caffe Artigiano for some coffee. We got to my mom's house around 1:30 and then it was non stop eating. I was seriously so stuffed after! Then we just chilled out and opened presents:

I got a super awesome onesie pajamas from my cousin and his family and cash and gift cards from the parentals. My niece is turning 5 after Christmas so we spoiled her. I bought her lego for Christmas and two Barbies for her birthday! I think she loved her presents. I was secretly jealous and wished that I got lego and Barbies too ;)

Chelsea and her new Barbies!

We headed home around 6. Now we are putting the apartment back in order and playing with the hedgies!

My and my Kiwi-Keys

Christmas party

Day 245 (a day late)

Sooo tired this morning. The party was sooooo awesome! My friends are awesome :)

We ate, drank, played drunk jenga, danced etc...

The party was from 5pm to 2am....I have my family Christmas lunch today since Bobby and I are leaving soon. So tired. Dunno how I will look/be functional!

Here's a picture of our bird cooking(it was the one pic I took yesterday)

Hacked

Day 244

At VHS (Vancouver Hack Space)

So before we went to VHS, we went to Nando's for dinner and Bobby bought a bottle of sauce... which he left there... Ugh... turns out its still on the table we sat at. Guess who is now on her way back to Nando's?

Prepping for Saturday

Day 243

Every year (for the past three years), Bobby and I host a Christmas dinner/Secret Santa for our friends. This year, we have to have it earlier since Bobby is leaving on the 22nd.

We hit up Costco and Save On to buy snacks, etc. Bobby will be making a turkey on Saturday. I bought sides from Whole Foods which I will pick up on Saturday as well :)

Black Friday Haul Part 2

Day 242

After initially only buying face wash and toner during Origins' awesome Black Friday sale, I decided to buy exfoliator as well. It arrived today at work and thankfully, this one wasn't frozen ;) I think the exfoliator was 25$ (minus 10$ and free shipping). Woo hoo... I'm all set for squeaky clean pores for 2014 ;)

In advent calendar news, I got another Bailey's irish cream and another note.. I'm starting to prefer these notes over the chocolate :)

Day 10 of the advent calendar...

Day 241 (part two)

... was another baileys original irish cream... and a note!

Tentative NYC itinerary

Day 241

I couldnt find a calendar I liked online so I decided to make one because I am nerdy.like that (and also because I am procrastinating and I don't want to wash dishes....)

Hedgie toy bath

Day 240 (a day late!)

Bobby cleaned the hedgehog cage on Sunday and I found all Chaos and Kiwi's toys in the sink yesterday morning.

Their toy collection consists of: numerous faux grass pieces, various rocks Bobby collected for them while on vacation, Fake Bowser the dryer ball (more info about Fake Bowser here: http://missmiigo.blogspot.ca/2013/04/fake-bowser-dryer-ball.html), and a nurf gun ammo Kiwi found while roaming the apartment (more here: http://missmiigo.blogspot.ca/2013/06/kiwi-hoarder.html)

Christmas crafts

Day 239 (part two)

I bought these super cute gingerbread people at Michael's. I first attempted to put it together last week, and I was slightly annoyed that it required glue (I bought a similar owl ornaments for Halloween, but the felt in that kit was attached to sticky tape, which made putting that together much easier). Anyway, today, I fired up Bobby's glue gun to put these two together:

Earlier today, I took Chaos out of her cage and I put her in a box so she could "explore". Only Chaos could look adorable chilling out in a box ;)

Laser tag

Day 239

Bobby got a laser game yesterday so we played today... here's how Kiwi feels about the game:

Kiwi sticks her tongue out at this game :)

Sebastian's birthday surprise

Day 238 (part two and a day late!)

So yesterday, Bobby and I met with our realtor to check out places in North Coquitlam and Port Moody. Brad, Ja and Luca met up with us at Port Moody after our apartment tours for a quick coffee... and then we parted ways... only to meet up again at the Wallflower for Sebastian's birthday.

The food was okay. Bobby and I got to sit at a Ms. Pacman table (a non table that was actually a functioning Ms. Pacman arcade game). It was fun to play... we kinda scared Luca though when Bobby died playing pacman and we were all like "NOOOOOO".... we made Luca cry cause we scared him :(

After dinner, Sebastian had a "surprise" for us. He told us to dress warmly and to bring thermoses because it was an outdoor surprise and it was minus 7 last night. Aleks gave us a ride to Queen Elizabeth Park (where the surprise was) after two detours to the coffee shop (the first stop was to buy coffees and hot chocolate, the second stop was to pick up the gloves Aleks left behind).

Anyway, it turns out that the surprise was that Seb's friend had this huuuuge telescope and because it was cloudless sky, he set it up so that we could see the moon AND jupiter! Super cool surprise :)

The best part was that because we were all standing around outdoors in minus 7 degree weather, it was sort of a practice run for NYC for Bobby and me. My parka is DEFINITELY warm, but I need to make sure to wear warmer socks because my feet/toes were completely frozen after 30-45 minutes outdoors!

Here we all are freezing our asses off ;)

One crushed ferrero

Day 238

Todays chocolate was a crushed ferrero. Guess the boxes are too small ;)

Bobby was nice though. He gave me a new, uncrushed one :)