friday was definitely calm. both of us are pretty sick (something i blame on the insanely stressful week we have had) so we came home after work, made some butter chicken and watched rio on video on demand; we went to bed early and caught up on some much needed sleep. nothing too exciting.
saturday was also incredibly relaxing. we got up early, stopped at tim hortons, then took emi for a long walk at the dog park. the weather was amazing, probably close to 30 degrees. lately, we have been attempting to teach emi how to swim and luckily there was another 4 month old great dane at the dog park who was happily splashing around in the river - if she wanted to play with him she was going to have to get pretty wet. it was actually pretty funny to see her and this other great dane puppy playing. generally, emi looks very clumsy and awkward next to all the quick puppies we run into, almost like she is in slow motion but with atticus (the other great dane puppy) she was finally on the same level as another pup and loved it. they played for a really long time. after the dog park we headed home and did our own thing, i read a book in my hammock while jesse played a few video games. again, we went to bed early although neither of us got much sleep since jesse was hacking all night long.
today was another story. we definitely accomplished a lot and its only 5:30! we got up early, had breakfast and took emi for a walk through fishcreek park. after that we went and picked up jesse's suit and shoes for the wedding. then we went over to south centre mall and checked out some shirts and ties for the groomsmen. i think we have decided that they will wear lilac shirts with deep purple ties but nothing is set in stone. after that we went to taste of calgary with our friends adelle and hougan. taste of calgary is one of my favorite weekend festivals in calgary - probably because it is a food festival. basically a ton of local restaurants set up booths with 2-4 items on their menu. each item is anywhere between 2-5 tickets. i think the tickets are either 75 cents or a dollar, i cant remember. either way, you spend the afternoon walking around in amazing weather sampling amazing food. definitely my kinda thing.
but, the most exciting thing we accomplished today was deciding that we are going to upgrade our kitchen / front foyer floor next weekend! this may be the most exciting thing that has happened to me since we moved in! i absolutely HATE our current flooring. while i have never really been a fan of linoleum, our linoleum is especially hideous. it is the same white, light pink and baby blue 80's inspired lino from when the house was originally built in 1978. i don't think it would be half as bad if the finish wasn't completely warn off or if it wasn't discoloured in some spots due to the previous owners smoking habits. it wasn't as bad before we had emi but since she arrived it has driving me up the wall. before i would have to wash my floors every third day and they would look half decent, now with emi, i feel like i have to wash my floors three times a day. i absolutely loath them.
i know it is completely ridiculous to invest in good flooring, like hardwood or ceramic tile, since we are going to do a real renovation in the next few years we decided we would do peel and stick vinyl floor tiles. jesse was not impressed with this idea one bit until i convinced him to take a trip to rona with me this afternoon. there are actually a lot of decent patterns and they are incredibly affordable, as low as 70 cents a tile. we will probably be able to do our entire kitchen, eating area, hall way, pantry and front foyer for under 300 dollars. we both know it is not the best quality but it only has to last us a couple years and anything is an improvement over our current floors. i will obviously update everyone with pictures.
hope you all had a fabulous weekend
xo
ps. while i was writing this entry emi decided she likes milk...
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| thankfully, the carton was empty and sitting in our blue bin. |
