Weekend recap

I know this is late in the day for my post, but better late than never!

Friday was quiet. Stephan was away for work, so I was by myself. I had been feeling sick again this week, with a sore throat. Since I'd already had laryngitis I thought I would get it checked. Needless to see, no walk-in clinics were open when I got off of work, nor on the weekend. So that didn't work out. My only option was the emergency room, which I was NOT going to with a sore throat. So I just took it easy on Friday, and did some reading for my course.

Saturday I slept in, it was much needed. Stephan had given me strict instructions to relax and take it easy, he was worried with me being sick again and him being gone. I did leave the house to ATTEMPT to pick up a present from The Bay that my mom had sent from Ontario. However, it was at the down-town location. Because of construction, closed streets, one-way streets I was unable to find this "parking lot" for the store or street parking close enough, as the present is quite large (so I've been told). Frustrated I gave it up after an hour of driving in circles. And then I got lost trying to get OUT of downtown. I hate downtown. So I'll wait until Stephan comes home.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing. I practiced the piano for a bit, and watched "It's a wonderful life" on TV. Love that movie!!

Sunday was busy busy busy! In the morning we had the Sunday School Christmas program at church, which I had been asked to play for. It went really well :) I got home for only about an hour before I had to leave to go get ready for the Christmas concert for our kids at work. That show was busy, but it was a huge success. The parents were really happy and loved it, and the kids had a blast (there was a magician, and of course Santa came to gave out presents!). I came home and vegged in front of the tv for a bit, before reading in bed.

How was your weekend?

P.S: I finally did get to a doctor today, and I had another throat infection (probably viral). No medication was prescribed as it seems to be getting better on its own, however the symptoms at its worse (about wed/thurs last week) sounded like Strep Throat so the doctor tested me for that, which I have to wait for the results on. If its not, and its just a viral infection it should clear up on its own. If it gets worse in the next 5 days, I gotta go back. Fingers crossed, because I'm so tired of being sick so often!

Anna in action

One of Anna's favorite things is her straw, and her favorite thing to do with the straw is play fetch. Seriously. Stephan taught it to her. He throws it, she chases it, brings it back to him and drops it in his lap and then waits for him to throw it again.

She's now developed such a love for this game that she does it with her other toys. This weekend Anna and Stephan took the game a step further, and he started playing fetch with her toy mouse by throwing it down the stairs for her to chase and return to him.

Here are some shots of her in action:

weekend recap

Friday we did a little shopping. We started Christmas shopping for Stephan's family in Germany, as they have to be in the mail pretty soon. We also stopped for Stephan to pick up some things for work, to keep him warm while he works way up north.

Saturday we slept in, and had a pancake breakfast. As per normal! :) We didn't do too much, just lazed around until it was time for me to go to my hair appointment. I just got it trimmed, but I had them do an up-do for me, since I'm absolutely useless with my hair. After I got back we headed off to the hotel to check in and get ready for Stephan's work party. The party was great. A little less formal last year, and less people were there. It was also our choice for seating, whereas last year it was pre-arranged (last year someone took our seats and we were left without a spot, so we ended up sitting at the table with the president of the company....extremely nerve-wracking!!) This year was also better because I actually knew some people! Last year's Christmas dinner was my first time meeting ANYONE from Stephan's work. Sadly, I don't have a lot of photos. I just didn't end up taking a lot...just wasn't one of those nights.

Ok, this is not the most flattering pic of me, but like I said I don't have that many.

Sunday was super lazy! We checked out of the hotel and grabbed some food on the way home. When we got home we were both still tired so we had a short nap. I did some cleaning later in the afternoon, and then we sat on the couch all night. I was too lazy to cook, and we were too lazy to get up and get some food so we ordered in Swiss Chalet. Yummy! It was also probably a good thing we stayed inside. The entire day we had super high winds, reaching up to 130km here in Calgary. It did quite a lot of damage around the city, and a lot of debris was flying around. Just so you know, those winds are a equivalent to a category 1 hurricane...which is bad for landlocked Calgary that doesn't get those kind of winds! They caused several transport trucks to fall over on the highway, road signs got ripped up, some roofs were even ripped apart! There were a couple shingles laying around our complex, so we'll have to see from the builders if there is any damage to our unit. Fingers crossed that everything is ok!

How was your weekend?

Happy Friday!!

Good morning everyone! It's Friday!!! (Us Canadians still had to work today, haha :P)

I'm pretty excited about this weekend. Tomorrow we have Stephan's work dinner and party, and I get to dress up all pretty :)

I would like to wish all my American friends a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Hope you have a great time with family and friends, and that your holiday is as happy as you wished :)

Sometimes and Always #2

I'm going to follow Megan's lead from her blog she posted yesterday! I really liked this idea, so here goes!

Sometimes: I do the laundry instead of Stephan

Always: I never fold the laundry. I'm horrible at it, and don't have the patience. Stephan can fold it like they do in the army, so I leave that job for him. ALWAYS.



Sometimes: I think about exercising

Always: I don't like the thought of leaving my house earlier, or getting home later. My day is already long enough, and on top of work I'm doing a course. So the thought of exercise dies pretty quick. haha! Maybe one day....



Sometimes: I wish I looked and dressed more like other people...like my gorgeous-naturally-skinny-eat-as-much-as-she-wants-sister.

Always: But than I realize that's just not me. And being me is pretty good :)



Sometimes: I miss living in Ontario.

Always: I remember the reasons why we left, and the great life we've built out here that has allowed Stephan to stay. And that there were things that I disliked about Ontario as well.



Sometimes: I get mad at Anna because I am unable to keep plants (real or fake), or any decorations out around the house. This greatly limits my Christmas decorating.

Always: On lonely nights when Stephan is away for work, I'd rather have her than a fake plant. And nothing beats coming home and finding her waiting for me by the door, already purring before I pick her up to smother her in hugs and kisses. And the cuddles!! She sleeps in my arms at night :)

Weekend recap

Friday after work I met up with a friend from church. We had agreed to meet at Michael's craft store to buy some silk flowers to decorate the church with for Christmas. We had a great time, and then she invited me back for dinner with her and her hubby, and their adorable baby daughter. We had a great time, and I stayed quite late chatting with them.

Saturday I got to sleep in. I ran a few errands like running to the bottle depot, and dropping of a pair of heels and boots to be repaired. Then I headed off to Chestermere for a youth Choir practice. I'm helping my cousin Rachel get the youth ready for their concert next weekend (I'm not playing for it though, as I have Stephan's work Christmas party the same night). The evening was quiet, I spent it watching Christmas movies :)

Sunday I was in Chestermere again, I had to play for service at my old congregation as they were short an organist. I had a nap after church, and than spent the afternoon getting some chores and laundry night. The evening was spent getting some planning done for work this week.

How was your weekend?

computer help

I just got a new camera as an early Christmas present from Stephan. It was on sale, so we went and got it.

HOWEVER...it will not upload any pictures to blogger taken by this camera. I checked. My old pics will load, just not the ones I took with my new camera.

I checked, there's no pop-up blocking anything. I also checked what type of image it is...and both my old pics and the new pics are jpegs. So there should be no problem.

Blogger is just refusing to load these pictures from my camrea. I've tried uploading them directly from the camera, as well as from the folder on my computer.

I am clueless now as to what is wrong. This goes beyond my knowledge. And I am so so frustrated.