The Pirates of the River Saskatchewan (Feb.6, 2026)

 We had another gorgeous spring like day today.

The snow is melting rapidly which doesn't hurt my feelings not one bit.

It's uncovering all of the berries from our tree that must have fallen off in a windstorm or something.

Because it was so nice out, I skipped running on the treadmill on my lunch hour and instead Jason and I went for a walk.

Today was his Friday off so he was home.

I left work a bit early and Mom and I headed to the city.

I bought her tickets to the dinner theater tonight for Christmas and we were meeting Jen and Rob there.

I did stop on the way in and get the oil changed on my car - it was way overdue so it felt good to get that done.

Rob and Jen met us at the mall.

The show we were seeing was the Pirates of the River Saskatchewan.

We had really good seats, right in the front in the middle.

Rob thought we were just lucky but we picked the seats ourselves when we bought the tickets.

You can see Captain Jack Sparrow in the background there.

The show was fun - the singers were great, the acting was great.

The food on the other hand was so so.

I ordered the trout and I didn't like it at all.

Mom had the sliced beef and she couldn't finish so she gave it to me and that was good.

At one point during the performance one of the actors walked by our table, picked up my phone and took a selfie.

I always have trouble finding the camera app on my phone but he found it lickety split - I was impressed.

Afterwards, my sister showed me how you can swipe on your home page and get the camera immediately.

I had no idea - so many times I've seen something that I wanted to snap a picture of quickly and I fumble around on my phone so much trying to find the camera that I often miss whatever it was I wanted to get a picture of.

So I'm pretty excited to have learned that!

Back home, Jason had both girls because Kody and Haylee were working.

He took them to the library to play.

Freya really likes it there - it was Eden's first time there and he said she really liked it too.

He cooked them up ribs for supper - they look delicious.

Then he made candied orange peels with the girls - he said Zepplyn ended up coming over and they all had a good night.

Looks like they turned out pretty good.

He cleaned out the corner cupboard and found all of these.

He sent it to me and said that he thinks we are pretty good on pizza goldfish for a while.

I think he is right.

He consolidated them all into one container.

Got all my steps in.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Thirty Minute Run (Feb.5, 2026)

The weather was really nice again today, double digits.

Everything is melting.

It feels like spring is here.

I'm sure we'll have lots more of winter yet but I enjoy all the great weather we get.

It was nice enough to walk at lunch but I really wanted to run today and I knew I wouldn't run outside so I hopped on the treadmill.

I started off thinking I would do a 10 and 1 run (10 minutes running followed by 1 minute walking then repeat).

But when I was getting near the first 10 minute mark, I thought maybe I could 11, then maybe 15 and then when I did that and It wasn't horrible, I thought why not just run for the full 30 minutes.

So that's what I did - I actually ran 32 minutes and it felt great.

That's the longest stretch I've run in a very long time.

I feel like I'm making progress - proud of myself.

Driving back to work in the nice weather I just had this feeling like I can't wait to get out and go for a run outdoors.

After work - Jason headed outdoors for a run and I still needed some more steps so I went back down to the treadmill and walked for a half hour and watched some more Everwood.

Jason had a massage booked with Crystal today and she called to cancel his as well.

She said she thinks she's getting worse instead of better.

Jason asked if she needed anything and she really wanted some citrus so he took her over some fruit and some medicine.

He's so thoughtful.

I feel bad for her, I hope she starts feeling better soon.

Jason cooked some beef for us for supper.

We had it with instant mashed potatoes.

The Idaho mashed potatoes are actually really delicious.

Kody brought the girls over for a visit, Zepplyn was there and she came too.

Zepplyn looked like she wasn't feeling the best either but she said she was fine.

Freya found her lego set that has been sitting on top of the fridge and rediscovered her love for it.

She built this 'house' and then put it on the shelf in the living room to display it.

She said she had a great idea - this wall in the living room could now become her Lego display wall.

Eden was just on fire tonight - she was just into everything.

Making a big mess too, we gave her goldfish, she dumped them on the ground.

The phone wasn't streaming fast enough for her so she chucked it on the floor.

She was just being so silly and funny.

I took Zepplyn home around 9 and Kody came and got the girls around 9:30.

There is no school tomorrow - they had wanted to spend the night but Jason wants to head out for a run in the morning.

He told them they can stay tomorrow night so they were ok with that.

Got all my steps in.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Loving the February Weather this Year (Feb.4, 2026)

It was nice out today and I had a massage booked after work so I didn't want to run and get all sweaty.

Instead, I decided to go out for a walk.

Everything is melting so walking is a little difficult, there is either sheer ice covered in water so it's super slick, or there are gigantic puddles that span the whole of the road so there is no way to get around them, you have to just walk through.

My feet were soaked when I got home.

Crystal ended up calling me in the afternoon to move my appointment to next week because she is really sick.

I hope she feels better soon!

Haylee asked if I could watch the girls after work, she had to work.

Freya had dance from 4 to 5.

As soon as she got home, she wanted me to make her noodles.

Eden wanted some too.

After Eden finished eating, she decided she wanted a nap so prepared beds for herself and Papa in the living room.

I love her little voice.

Freya had her little friend Theia over for a visit.

I had a Mission Possible meeting at 7 and I still needed some steps so I decided to walk over there.

It was a gorgeous evening out, very mild.

Still very wet and icy and I stepped right into a huge puddle so my feet were soaked for the whole meeting but I survived.

Walked back home too - Kody was there to pick up the girls when I got there so I didn't get to spend any time with them.

They had lots of fun with Jason though.

Got my steps in again.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Back to Working Out (Feb.3, 2026)

Tuesday is meeting day.

 

On my lunch hour, I hopped on the treadmill.

I did a 10 and 1 run today, I ran for 10 minutes, walked for 1 minute and then repeated it 2 more times.

I didn't think I was going to be able to do it but after the first 10 minutes the next ones were easier.

It felt great.

Then after work, I hopped back on the treadmill again to get the rest of my steps.

I only walked this time.

It feels great to be back to working out again.

I have been slacking on the tracking though - I really need to make an effort to do that.

I cleaned out one of the cupboards in our hutch - I had wanted to start in on the craft room but didn't really feel up to it so skipped it.

I was really tired for some reason and by 8 pm I was falling asleep on the couch so I just decided to call it a night and go to bed early.

Amazingly, I fell right to sleep too.

Reached my step goal again.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Weigh In Day (Feb.2, 2026)

 It's weigh in day.

I was 235.4 lbs today.

I was happy with that seeing as I ate several slices of pizza yesterday.

I'm still down since last week so I'm moving in the proper direction.

Just got to keep going.

I hopped on the treadmill on my lunch hour.

It was gorgeous outdoors and I had thought of going outside for a walk but I really wanted to run and it's so icy outside I knew I wouldn't do it there.

I started off doing a 3 and 1 run, so run 3 minutes, walk 1 minute and repeat.

But on the second round of 3 minutes, I tried to push it to 5 min then 6, 7 until I got up to 10 minutes running and it didn't feel that horrible.

I walked for a minute then I ran another 10, walked another minute then did another final 10 minute run before finishing off with a 3 minute cool down.

I felt so good.

It's taking some time but I know I'll get back to it, my goal is to be able to run 5k a couple times a week by the time March gets here.

I was very proud of myself.

After work, I just kind of chilled until it was time to go to curling.

Mom had cleaned the house today - it is so nice to come home to that - I appreciate it so much.

It was off to curling at 7 pm.

We only had 3 players on our team and the team we played against only had 3 players as well.

And we were the only team that played.

So it was really quiet in the rink but it was a good game and it went by really quickly.

And we won so that was good too.

Freya drew this the other day and had planned to give it to her teacher, even got Jason to write that on the back.

Then she decided to keep it and I'm so glad she did.

Jason hung it up - it looks really good.

I got all my steps in - starting in on month two.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Sunday - Movies, Pizza and Ice Cream (Feb.1, 2026)

I woke up really early this morning, like 5:30 am.

I couldn't fall back to sleep so I got up and made a coffee.

I was going to watch the new Bridgerton series or the new Downton Abbey movie but when I opened Netflix, one of the suggestions for things to watch was Everwood.

Shennelle has been watching it and was talking about how good it was so I thought I'd give it shot and watch an episode.

I really liked it a lot.

It came out in 2005 and there are 4 seasons so I will be watching it for the next while.

I checked the paint in the kitchen, I wanted to make sure that I didn't need to put on another coat before I pulled the tape off but it looked good so I took all the tape off.

 

Nadine called and needed some help with a Cricut project she is working on so Freya and I walked over there to help out.

Back at the house, Jason hung out with the girls and I hopped on the treadmill to get the rest of the steps in that I needed for the day.

I didn't feel like running so I didn't - but I will need to try to get some running in next week.

I want to make my way back to being able to run 5k's consistently.

Didn't really break into much of a sweat today but still felt good anyway to reach my step goal.

Jason got his pizza oven ready for pizza cooking today.

I love pizza so much - I know it will likely affect my weigh in tomorrow but that's ok.

It's very thin crust with very few toppings so it's not horrible.

He made several, he made a couple with just cheese.

A couple with pepperoni.

Then the last one he added green olives to.

The green olives are so good on pizza.

Kody came to pick the girls up after supper, they wanted to have ice creams before they left.

So yummy.

She thought it was funny to have the ice cream all over her lips.

Ready to go home.

I didn't get to either my craft room or Jason's office this weekend but having the girls was worth it.

I'd pick spending time with them over anything else.

I'll get to it this week during the evenings.

We watched the first episode of The Christine Jessop Story tonight.

It was very disturbing and even though I watch Dateline a lot, some of the stories just kind of stick with me and this is one of them.

I don't know if I want to watch the rest of it.

So I went online and read up on the story to see if they caught the killer.

It is so hard to believe that someone could do something so horrific to another human being, especially one so small and helpless.

I was thinking about it still when I went to bed so it was hard to fall asleep but eventually I did.

Got all of my steps in for the day.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Painting the Kitchen, Again! (Jan.31, 2026)

 I was up early and had a coffee before the girls got up.

When they did get up - they had some snuggles on the couch.

Jason went out for a run then when he got back, I popped down to the grocery store to get myself an Alani - I was planning on getting lots done today.

I also decided to stop at the Hardware and get new paint for the kitchen.

When I got back to the house, I decided to do the paint prep.

I moved everything out of the way and taped everything off.

Then we decided to take the girls for a walk.

Jason pulled them in the sled.

We went to the Hardware and both girls picked out toys.

Then we decided to go trade out the sled for the larger one we had at Kody's.

When we got there, Eden decided she wanted to stay home with Mom and Dad and play with her new doll.

Jason pulled Freya - luckily we have lots of ice and snow.

Getting really comfortable.

What a great way to travel.

Freya wanted to go out to eat at Burger Baron.

The owner Sami always teases her and she kind of likes that.

She had a donair.

Jason and I didn't eat - I'm really trying to stick to plan.

My handsome honey.

Back at the house, I decided to get started.

I cut in with the new paint color all around the edges.

The color difference is subtle but I like the tone of the new color much better.

Freya wanted to go out and eat again, this time at Swan Palace.

She likes the chow mein there.

Jason and I shared a club sandwich.

She wanted to sleep over again - we went and picked Eden back up so she could sleep over too.

Back at the house, I got back to painting and Jason decided to make homemade pasta.

He made spaghetti.

It looks great.

Yum yum.

He had help.

Although I don't know how much help it was.

He cooked it up for the girls.

I don't know how much the girls even ate but they loved making it.

Then he took the girls to the basement to play.

Freya found some funny glasses.

Eden had to try them on too.

Silly girl.

I finished painting then the girls came up and we just chilled until it was time to go to bed.

I didn't end up getting anything done in the craft room or Jason's office, hopefully I will get to it tomorrow.

Got all of my steps in.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!