Crumble Cookie, Stone & Wheel Pizza and Obsolete Suite (Feb.16, 2024)

 Only a half day of work today - yay!

It was quite nice outside so I made sure to get out for a walk this morning.

The morning just flew by and before you know it, we were on the road to Edmonton.

One of the first stops we made was to Crumble cookie - we got four cookies to try this time.

A chocolate lave cake one, chocolate chip cooked, vanilla bean and pink and red m&m.

The vanilla bean had the fluffiest icing with just a hint of cream cheesiness to it and it was my favorite.

We did some shopping around, stopped at The Running Room for Jason to test out some new super shoes.

He's thinking of trying a new brand and ended up buying some Asics.

He's pretty excited to get out and run in them.

I tried the new Hoka Cielo's on and I just loved them but I couldn't bring myself to spend the 310.00 on them that they cost.

I'm going to have a look when we go to Vegas and see if I can find them for cheaper.

Jason found a pizza place online that he wanted to try and it was a bit of a drive to get to it but we figured why not and headed there.

It was more of a take out spot than an eat in restaurant so we placed our order then went to the coffee shop next door and got drinks while we waited.

It was a really busy spot for a Friday evening - who woulda thunk it?

They had some really nice art work up in the coffee shop that I thought was beautiful.

The pizza place was The Stone & Wheel.

We tried the dill pickle pizza.

And the pepperoni.

They were both just ok, neither knocked our socks off.

If we lived nearby we'd likely get it again but we wouldn't go out of our way for it.

We had a vrbo rented called the Obsolete Suite and I didn't really get it until we got there.

It had a bunch of decor that was things that are obsolete know, like these old typewriters.

These telephones.

There was even this pay phone on the wall.

The whole place was decorated in this funky style and it could have been over the top kitschy but they did it really well and I liked it.

This is the living room.

Kody and Eden were there when we got there.

Haylee and Crystal had taken the girls to a Taylor Swift laser dance party at the Telus Science Center.

The house was so roomy and spacious - I just loved it.

I needed some steps still to make my, so Jason and I walked to the Walmart that was nearby and picked up a few things that we needed.

It was a bit more of a jaunt than I'd expected but it was nice out so it was lovely.

When we got back to the house, the girls were all back from the dance party. 

We stayed in the lemon themed room in the basement, Jason went down to try out his new sneakers and he had a little stalker underneath the bed.

He spent the evening hanging out and playing with the girls - basically just doing whatever they told him to.

The rest of us kind of hung out in the living room - I got to have some snuggle time with Eden which was nice.

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

Reindeer and Puzzles (Feb.15, 2024)

I am taking the afternoon off tomorrow to head to the city so I wanted to get tomorrow's run out of the way today so I did it on my lunch hour, on the treadmill.

 

I did 5k at a speed of 4.5.

I'm trying to make 4.5 my 'easy' pace.

I got pretty sweaty.

But it felt awesome to be done.

I still needed a few more steps when I got home from work to reach my daily 14000 goal so I walked on the treadmill to get that done and out of the way.

Freay was over with Jason and they made dessert pizza.

After I got my steps in, I went and finished up the other two reindeer that I had started.

I should have given a couple of them black noses but for some reason when I think reindeer, I automatically thing red nose.

Then I had a craving to do another puzzle so I got this one started and finished tonight.

It took me about 3 hours to do it all, it's only 500 pieces.

It's a perfect size for my puzzle obsession because once I start, I can't stop.

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

Happy Valentine's Day (Feb.14, 2024)

Jason ordered himself a new pair of grippers for running and he took them out for the inaugural run this morning.

He sent me this picture a few km's in, one of the grippers fell off and he didn't even notice.

He does the same loop twice for his long run and the second time around he did find his gripper.

Needless to say though, he wasn't that impressed with them.

 

I had a 5k easy run on the training schedule for today, knocked that out on the treadmill on my lunch hour.

I ran it at a speed of 4.5 - I'm trying to make that my 'easy' speed.

It felt great to get it done and out of the way for the day.

Freya came to spend the afternoon with Jason and he picked up some clearance cookie decorating packs for her to play with.

She made this lovely concoction for Valentine's Day.

Always carrying Hazel around but surprisingly, the kitty doesn't seem to mind.

She decided to dress up Papa.

Doing all the actions too.

She looked super cute.

Kody brought Eden over for a visit.

Mom loves seeing her.

I normally buy Jason at least a Valentine's Day card but we aren't truly that big into celebrating it so this year I didn't get him anything then he went and surprised me with a card.

This is what he wrote to me - he just cracks me up so much.

I was able to get a couple more cutting board reindeer finished up tonight.

This one was actually just a square piece of wood, not a cutting board - still looks good.

These are ones I made yesterday.

That's more product ready for when I do a Christmas craft show next year.

Haylee posted a bunch of pictures of all of her loves so I thought I'd share.

The whole fam.

Haylee and her girls.

I love this one of Eden with all the lipstick kisses.

Here it is in color.

OMG - so adorable.

The apple of my eye - Miss Freya.

The other apple of my eye - Miss Eden and her Mama.

My boy.

So proud of the man he's grown up to be.

He and Haylee like trying new restaurants the same as Jason and I do.

A couple ideas of some things I'd like to make.

I think I could do this out of chip board.

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