Weekend Recap

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

Yay for long weekends! (What am I talking about..I’m on a 58 week-long work hiatus! And weekends to not apply to those with young children..except for maybe a bit of extra help from the mister)

Friday:

We have a routine in the house every morning. And this routine involves the dogs getting fed and let out prior to me getting Wes. However, on this particular day, I decided to get Wes before tending to the dogs and I wound up witnessing canine protest.

It’s been pretty chilly/rainy here lately, so I haven’t been able to get in as many walks this week. Crap weather totally cramps my style. Besides my 30 minute workouts each day, it pretty hard to get a lot of movement in (movement that doesn’t involve going to the mall while is HELL on my wallet). I try to do stuff around the house as much as possible so I can get in a lot of steps. Oh, and stairs! Lots of those. Carrying Wes helps with the upper body too. And when the child wants to get in some exercise…

Reggie only stays nearby since he’s on barf patrol. I swear to God, that dog is the most disgusting little beast. But hey, helps me out from cleaning every once in a while.

Mom made goulash for dinner and we finished watching this season of Hell On Wheels and a few more episodes of Narcos.

OH! And Wes had his first solid food ever! I added 1 tsp of rice cereal to his bedtime bottle (breastmilk) and he gobbled it like a champ.

Saturday:

The weather really put a damper on any plans we had. WOMP. Highlights of the day include:

Tyler taking me to a close by parking lot and teaching me how to drive standard. Eww
Wes grabbed his feet for the first time! That rice cereal must be like Wheaties for babies because he was doing reverse crunches and grabbing his toes all morning.
We ordered Chinese for dinner and watched the rest of Narcos

Sunday:

Wow. We are really exciting people. This weekend is just giving me a taste of how cabin-fevery I will get in the house with Wes this winter! I had my Sunday standard breakfast of bacon and eggs then headed to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription for Wes- I took him to the doctor on Wednesday because he has really bad eczema on his neck from all his drooling. I have been using an OTC moisturizer on it which has been really helping, but I wanted to have the prescription with me since we will be gone for the next month.

Tyler and I also managed to squeeze in a date night while we had mom here for a babysitter. We went to a restaurant around the corner from home and ate like kings. Steak= LIFE.

After dinner, we went to an empty parking lot and Tyler taught me how to drive standard on his Jeep. All I have to say is thank god for automatic.

We headed home and hopped right back into our house-uniforms… PJs! We missed Wes (but the margarita with dinner was good)

Speaking of margaritas…

Monday:

I was a ball of anxiety trying to get things packed for our flight. Since it was our last night in Calgary, we went for Mexican and margaritas at Julio’s Barrio. PS: Their food is not good. Their margaritas ARE good.

I know I’m a bit late posting for this week, PLUS it’s Winesday Wednesday, BUT our trip yesterday took a lot longer than planned and today was a bit of a wash. More on that- and a Winesday Wednesday post- to come later this week!

Weekend Recap

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

Friday:

It was REALLY smoky out on Friday and my mom and I were getting serious cabin fever so we decided to hit up the mall (after I had a stack of my Friday protein pancakes, of course). We mostly just browsed around to waste time and get a decent amount of walking in. I don’t even remember what garbage we watched on TV that night…crazy life.

Saturday:

In typical Saturday fashion, we headed over to Home Depot and Costco. Wes found his voice in the checkout line at Costco and just about the entire store could hear him. He’s not cry-screaming or anything, just yelling so that he can hear himself. Thanks, Wes.

After I squeezed in my workout that afternoon, I decided to feel fancy and actually blow out my hair which I haven’t done in over a month. We decided to grab pizza for dinner and picked up an assortment of beers (per my mom’s request). I split 2 with my mom, but didn’t even finish the second. WHO AM I?!!!!

We rounded out the night with a few episodes of Narcos on Netflix (have you heard of it? It’s about Pablo Escobar. And it’s good!) and taking turns over the course of 2 hours to get Wes to sleep. <– That was my fault since I let him nap too long on my lap after his last feeding. Blah blah blah, whatever. He’s so cute and I just love to stare down at him and I guess I lost track of time.

Sunday:

Tyler watched Wes while my mom and I went to the drug store. Because that’s exiting. We took about an hour browsing each aisle (hey, I’ll milk it for all I can!) and came home with a bunch of crap. My most exciting purchase? Nursing pads. Someone slap me.

Tyler was gone for a good portion of the afternoon doing his fantasy football draft, so my mom and I took Wes for a long walk (side note: now avoiding my routes through the adjacent community since someone was just MURDERED there on Thursday. Eek). I also took the pups for a walk, did the laundry, and mowed our jungle of a backyard.

OH AND I MADE COOKIES.

I used my beloved chocolate chip cookie recipe except I swapped mini Reeses for chocolate chips. NOM NOM DELICIOUS.

That’s just about it. I have a hunch this coming weekend will be a lot more eventful, so that should be a more exciting post to read!

Oh, and this kid…

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Weekend Recap

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

Friday

Stopped by another quilt shop in Calgary for my mom then headed to Chinook mall to wander around. My mom bought me a pair of really sweet pants. WINNING.
Wes got some goodies in the mail from his Oma (Tyler’s mom). The kid drools like a fountain so the extra bibs were great to get!
We all headed to Lowe’s and Bass Pro to get some stuff, but left empty handed. We had dinner at the food court before heading home.
It was the one year anniversary of finding out I was pregnant with Wes. And I thought I just had the stomach flu! Haha

Saturday

We drove to Drumheller and went to the Royal Tyrrell Museum. (aka: DINOS!)
Stopped at Home Depot on the way home and managed to get exactly what we needed from our unsuccessful trip the day before. (A ceiling fan and some stuff for the smoker Tyler bought)
Ordered pizza for dinner and watched Fast and Furious 7. Holy shit what a terrible movie.

Sunday

Mom made maple muffins. YUM
Lots of boring chores were done around the house. YUCK
Tyler made another AMAZING dinner.

In the 2 weeks my mom has been here, we’ve been able to check off quite a bit on the to do/to see list AND there has been a ton off hanging around the house time. I’m also still doing the 21 Day Fix workouts and will be incorporating a couple of spin classes in the next couple of weeks before leaving for NY. I might do a recap of the workouts since a few people expressed interest- my thoughts on this and the EXTREME program are a bit scattered so hopefully I’ll be able to get it out in a somewhat cohesive post.

Ok, I’m tired. Tell me something random in the comments!

(PS: sorry for not responding to any comments on previous posts. I read them, I promise! Just haven’t found the time or energy to respond. Lame excuse, I know.)

Weekend Recap

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

Well, I waited too long again to do a weekend recap because I have no idea what we did this weekend. Hell, I don’t even remember this morning. I have been pretty sucky at taking pictures this week so even those aren’t helping to jog my memory. Here goes…

Friday: I made pancakes for breakfast and my mom made a cake (totally a belated bday cake and it’s my FAVORITE). We wandered off to Winners to shop then headed to Cochrane for a quilt pattern my mom wanted to pick up. Plus, we wanted to browse the shops, have lunch, and enjoy some local ice cream. Slight change in plans once we got there- my mom got her pattern but we couldn’t really hit up many of the shop since they weren’t stroller friendly. Also, some NASTY clouds started to roll in and we didn’t want to get stuck on a patio in the rain so we opted to head home for lunch. After a quick nap on grandma, us adults had pizza for dinner then hit the hay.

Saturday: We had to get up super early because Wes had an 8am appointment for his 4-month shots. Stupid me for booking an appointment at that time because we actually had to wake him up. GRRRR. He ate pretty quick, and we headed over and got the whole thing done in about 45 minutes. He cried when he got the shots but quickly calmed down and slept for a few hours on TWO different occasions throughout the day.

Afterwards, I attempted to take photos of Wes for his 4 month update then we went to Costco. It was also my last day doing the 21 day fix EXTREME and I celebrated with a beer. (OK, two beers). And fajitas. Because….well, fajitas are delicious.

We managed to watch Hot Pursuit before going to bed.

Sunday: Again, not a super exciting day to round out the weekend. We had sausage and eggs for breakfast, I took Wes for a long walk around the neighborhood, and we ate ribs for dinner. There may have also been some wine involved, but I’ll chat about that on Wednesday.

Weekend Recap

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

This is going to be SUPER boring.

Friday: Took Wes for a REALLY long walk in the morning before it got too hot out. Ended up going about 5 miles and wound up just hanging around the house for the rest of the afternoon. Pizza for dinner and an episode of True Detective before I fell asleep.

Saturday: Family trip to Costco the went over to a friends house for the evening.

Sunday: Went to Tyler’s football game. It was HOT and BUGGY and it was in the middle of an industrial park so it was not stroller/walk friendly. Epic chicken kebabs for dinner and a butt-ton of laundry.

I have really sucked at taking any photos that do not include Wes. Must get on that.

I am tired.

I am sore.

The end.