Blair and Bonnie are both in the city at a workshop - that's like a third of the people that work in the office so it makes a big difference.
I finished up my latest book today.
It took a turn that I wasn't expecting and then it started feeling like a lecture which I didn't care for but by then I was invested and I wanted to see how it ended so I did finish it but I think I would only give it 3 stars maybe.
I didn't know what I wanted to do next - I was feeling like a thriller so I found this one that was included with my membership and I started listening to it.
It's ok so far.
I discovered Lori Mitchell figurines online today and they are so dang cute.
They have them for all seasons but they are very expensive and I don't even know where I could get one.
I watched one YouTuber try to make some of them herself - I'm not much of a sculptor but I might give it a try one of these days not that I don't already have a million things that I want to try.
Why not add one more to the list?
When I got home from work, I decided that I wanted to do a puzzle.
I found a 555 piece one (weird number I know) and sat down to do it.
It took a couple hours to do - it was a fun one, I liked all the different colors.
Jason went and added some lights to the fairy house.
He was hoping the girls might come over tonight and he could take her over to see it but they didn't come over.
I was 240.4 lbs which is pretty good considering we just got back from vacation.
So that's up a little bit from before we went on vacation, .6 lbs, but I'll take it.
It was nice to catch up with Bonnie and Shennelle at work today.
Then I had lots of emails to get caught up on too so that kept me very busy.
I had a therapy appointment after work today so I had to go to Whitecourt.
I lucked in and found a pair of snowpants at the second hand store for Freya that were the same light blue color as the coat I got for her this winter and they were only 5 bucks.
The therapy appointment was fine.
My wrist and fingers are getting better albeit very slowly.
I picked up a few groceries at Walmart then made it back home around 8 pm.
Haylee and Kody were both working so the girls were over which was fine with me.
Playing around with Papa, letting her inner crazy cat girl out.
She was running around, dancing and having a great time.
She was requesting songs and she'd get mad at me if I didn't play what she wanted.
She's so funny, she makes fists and grits her teeth and shakes her head and goes 'grrrr'.
It cracks me up.
Kody's truck ended up breaking down and he was going to be very late so we aid we'd just keep the girls for the night and I'd drop them off to him in the morning.
Eden was just wired so when we went to bed, Freya and Jason fell right to sleep but Eden was chatting and wanting to do things.
Jason started snoring and Eden was saying 'stop it Papa, you're annoying me'.
She kept telling me, it was cracking me up.
Then she goes 'Papa is annoying my dreams'.
She is such a funny kid.
Eventually she did fall asleep thank goodness.
I got my Fitbit charged back up and so I have my step count for today.
We've enjoyed it but we are looking forward to getting home and seeing the girls.
We left the hotel by 7 am, grabbed coffees then headed in to the airport.
We drove through the residential area of Tewksbury on our way out and Wow, we saw some gorgeous houses.
I realized that I lost my head phones while we've been here.
Must have left them in one of the hotel rooms.
I picked up a new set yesterday, they aren't as nice as the ones I had but they will do.
I finished up my book on the first leg of the journey from Boston to Montreal.
It was just ok, I give it like 3 out of 5 stars.
I think I'm just not a romance person.
I picked a new on to start, Mad Honey.
It is set in New Hampshire so I thought it was fitting.
So far, so good.
It's about a woman who takes her son and leaves her abusive husband.
Then when her son is 18, his girlfriend turns up dead and he is charged with her murder.
The mom is then struggling between supporting her son while a part of her is worried that maybe she doesn't know him as well as she thinks and maybe he has that violent side like his father.
We had a little bit of a layover in Montreal.
They have a really well set up airport, it's pretty slick.
We had time to have some breakfast then found our gate.
It was a 4.5 hour flight over to Edmonton.
We landed around 5 or so, picked up our car then headed over to Fort Saskatchewan.
Crystal, Haylee and the girls came in there today to go to some haunted houses they have there.
So we booked a room at the same hotel and we met them there.
We went to the first haunted house.
While we were waiting in the line up to go in, this creepy clown kept peaking around the corner.
Eden kept going over and looking at him then she'd run back to us, scared.
Then a minute later, she'd go back over to see him.
She was getting braver and braver.
The other girls were having fun too, getting scared and running away.
Then it was our turn to go into the haunted house.
Let's go get scared!
Freya loves getting scared.
Hiding behind mom's leg.
Being a creepy clown.
They had some good jump scares and some really great live performers dressed up and acted creepy.
Gory dinner.
Another creepy character.
We went through the basement of the house then up and out into the backyard.
The creepy clowns were out back and they had this circus music playing back there.
Out back, they had some clowns and other characters., they did a little jump scare to us.
We weren't sure how Eden was going to do, we were worried she'd be scared but she loved it.
She wanted to go back and do it again immediately.
They had all these dolls on the stairs by the house.
It was ok, fun for the kids.
There was a second haunted house that we went and checked out.
I didn't actually go in but the others all did.
They said it was better and there was live performances going on there, they sat and watched it for a little.
I could hear it from the car.
Back at the hotel, we went down to the pool.
I was tired and cold so I skipped the pool and just watched and took pictures.
Jason was throwing Freya into the water so of course Eden wanted to do it too.
So he threw her up and caught her a few times - the girls just love that.
Freya is a good big sister, she was keeping a close eye on Jason while he was throwing Eden.
Jason said he was going to take Eden down the slide and no way was Freya letting that happen, too scary for Eden she said.
She let him throw her up but was watching to make sure he caught her.
Freya's turn again.
She loves it.
Zepplyn was trying to get Eden to jump to her but she'd jump right over into Crystal's arms which was so funny.
Zepplyn kept trying though.
Freya was climbing on Jason's shoulders then jumping off.
SPLASH.
So of course, Eden wanted to do that too.
There she goes.
We stayed there right until the pool closed at 10 pm.
I was feeling guilty that I didn't get in with them, but we'll go again in the morning and I'll join them then.
We ordered pizza and wings for supper and had it delivered to our room.
Both girls were going to sleep in our room with us but at the last minute, Eden decided she wanted to sleep with Mom so we just had Freya.
Which was fine, I was so tired, I was happy to get to sleep.
