weekend recap

Friday I grabbed some groceries on the way home from work to make a nice roast dinner for us. After dinner we went and grabbed a few movies from blockbuster. We had rented from there in awhile, and we figured there would be some movies out since we had last been. I made a cheesecake before we started the movies, as we had been invited to a bbq on Saturday and I wanted to bring something. We spent the rest of the evening quietly, cuddled on the couch and watching movies.

Saturday was a busy day! I got up in the morning, and we got ready to bring my car in for its oil change. While I was there I had them check over the car to make sure there was no internal damage from the accident. And.......no damage!! The only damage is cosmetic on the bumper, and most of that was there previously. And no injuries to either me or Stephan. We definitely had some angels' protection that day! So yay! Good to know that everything is ok, since my parents come this week and we are going to be doing some traveling.

Following our appointment we headed to Spruce Meadows to watch some show-jumping. I hadn't been yet this year, and was really excited to go. Best of all, Ian Millar was riding and placed third! I have to say, our new house has a much closer proximity to Spruce Meadows and makes stalking him soooo much easier!
After Spruce Meadows we stopped at home real quick to change and grab the cheesecake I made. From there we headed out to the bbq. It was a really nice evening with the guys Stephan works with, and at the end of the night we all sat around the fire chatting. A perfect way to end a gorgeous day.

Sunday I had church in the morning, and fellowship after. I ran a few errands on my way home, and then took a quick nap (since we had been up late the night before). I spent the rest of the afternoon doing some cleaning around the house while Stephan did laundry. I also started working on a couple of new reeds for my oboe, in anticipation of the big service we have in 2 weeks. We spent the rest of Sunday night watching more movies on the couch.

And now...its off to pick my parents up at the airport tonight! YAY!! I'm so excited for them to see the new house, and to show it off to them :)

How was your weekend?

catching up - week recap

So Stephan came home on Tuesday. Tuesday also happened to be the 7th, which means I got to by myself some flowers! See this post, point #2 if you are wondering why I get to buy flowers on the 7th...

Wednesday I had work, and then church in the evening.

Thursday I worked, and then taught piano in the evening.

Friday I worked, piano in the evening and then a passions party at Vanessa's, a friend from church. At this party, I got to meet fellow blogger Leigh over at All You Need is Love. She has a super cute blog, AND she is also a fellow-Ontarian-moved-to-Calgary like me! She also just won a blog award, so go check out her blog!!

Saturday we spent the day at Spruce Meadows, watching the Masters (last competition of the year - I have a sever addiction to stalking Ian Millar, who wasn't even there...I'm not a good stalker), and then I made a yummy dinner of creamy rotini pasta and we settled in and got comfy for a movie.

Sunday I had church, and then a 2 hour choir practice to get ready for Thanksgiving. Then it was grocery shopping on the way home, and I spent the evening making nussgipful (a german cookie with nut filling). One of Stephan's co-workers loves it, so Stephan asked if I could make it for him as a surprise.

Monday was my last day with Stephan before he left, this time for 2 weeks. So we had a nice dinner, and then watched some tv and went to bed.

16 days is a long time for Stephan to be gone, but hopefully he's done out east after this, or close to done. I'll for sure miss him while he's gone, but I'm hoping the time will fly by really quick. I do have much to keep me busy: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings are taken up with Church/piano teaching/piano teaching. And I have stuff to do for the choir and organ/piano at church, for October, to keep me busy as well.

And although I did promise to update my Drumheller post with pictures of the museum, but Stephan never took the photos off his camera so I still don't have them. Sorry!! You can blame Stephan for that, I do! HAHA!

IT FINALLY HAPPENED!

And no, its not what all you female minds are thinking, I am not engaged!! lol.

This weekend, we had plans to go to Banff on Saturday. We borrowed a pass from Johnny and Rachel and we checked the weather. We woke up bright and early on Saturday, and checked the weather....Calgary was still cloudy with sun, and nice and warm. Double checked Banff...and all of a sudden they were calling for rain and thunderstorms for the next two days.

So we decided not to go to Banff. We went back to bed and slept until 11am (hey, I get up at 5am everyday, Saturdays are MY day). Once we woke back up, again, we tried to figure out what to do. Stephan suggested the Zoo. But we found out they were only open until 5. Once we got dressed and ready and drove there, we wouldn't get there until noon at least. We figured we would need a whole day for the Zoo.

The weather was too nice to waste indoors. Stephan, the best boyfriend EVER, suggested we go back to Spruce Meadows for a 2nd weekend in a row. NO PROBLEM WITH ME! I checked the schedule, quick (and I mean quick, I didn't look at in detail). I saw that the International Ring wasn't being used, and assumed that meant no big Olympic riders today. But that was ok, we would walk the grounds and explore, watch some of the younger riders and get something to eat.

Well, little did I know that there was Olympic riders competing that day in the Continental Conoco Philips Canada Cup....and, of all the riders, GUESS WHO WAS THERE?!!!

IAN MILLAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even now I'm doing a little happy dance. Stephan let me stay for the show, jump off, award ceremony and victory lap. EVERYTHING. 3 hours of it. I was pretty excited. This has been my dream for 16 years, to see Ian Millar jump live. I met him at the Royal Winter Fair once, when I was in grade 10. But I didn't get to see him jump. Ian Millar came in 3rd, his son Johnathon in 2nd, and Eric Lamaze in 1st. 1, 2 and 3 for Canada!And all because Stephan suggested we go back to Spruce Meadows.

Lord how I love that man, who tolerates, supports and facilitates my horse affair, and my love affair with Ian Millar. Now that is a man that loves me.

We left Spruce Meadows at 5ish, and went to pick up some groceries for a quick supper, and rented some movies. We spent the rest of the evening together watching a couple of movies, having dinner and then some ice cream. It was a wonderful day together, and one of the best days ever.

And to end things, here are a few more pictures of Ian Millar (who cares about the other riders when its IAN MILLAR?!).