Hi there, my little sweater monkeys. I have lots to share with you, but I’m still amid the weekend festivities.. I hope to share all the cool stuff by tomorrow (who am I kidding, it’ll be up first thing tomorrow… I have nothing better to do!) but to give you a taste of what the past 24 hours have looked like:
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Hope everyone is having a solid holiday!
Xoxo
We had a selection of three different kinds of beers last night. First up, Coors Light Iced Tea. No, I didn’t stutter. Coors Light + Iced Tea + extra cold = delicious.
Tyler and I shared a few of those, then we went in to have our own beers. He had Heineken
And I tried Granville Island Brewery’s Cypress Honey Lager. I had never had it before ( another Canadian beer- from Vancouver) and it didn’t disappoint. I think my new favorite type of beer is the lager, and the hint of honey in this brew was just what I needed to easily suck down a few 😉
All in all, last night was fun and relaxing!
This morning, I tried something new in my bowl of oats. Instead of cooking them with unsweetened almond milk, I used chocolate almond milk (and obviously topped with a generous serving of almond butter.)
Lots of errands were on tap for today. It started with a trip to the pet store to get Layla a new ID tag.
Tyler and I were amazed that her name and info were lasered in there. We must’ve looked like geeks because we almost had our noses pressed to the glass while we were watching it get done. The end result ( I’m not showing you the back, I don’t want y’all to know my address!)
Second stop, Costco. No shopping was to be had- just had to run in and get my very own card!
I’m an executive member, haha sweet.
Starbucks was next in the order of operations. I was feeling all loosy-goosey and ordered something other than my usual black coffee.
I got a tall mocha light frappuccino…and you know what? I liked it.
Weird thing: Starbucks in Canada doesn’t offer iced coffee in the colder months. Umm, excuuuse me? It could be a blizzard outside and I’d still prefer a cold brew. I asked the barista today about it and she said it should be available next week. We shall see about that!
Last stop: the mall (dun dun dun- hate going to the mall on Saturdays. For starters, it takes 4 1/2 years to find a parking spot, then everyone in there has about 15 children in tow who are either screaming their toothless faces off, or trying to dodge their poor parents grasp- resulting in them crashing in to me). Tyler surprised me with getting me this little gem
Coincidentally, I had bookmarked this exact tank a few days ago when I saw it on a Lululemon blog.
I love my Lululemon
..almost more than breathing.
More fun things are to be done today- I’ll check back soon!
Hey folks! I have had (still having) a great day. Where shall I begin…
Coffee at Higher Ground with Nicole, my American-living-in-Canada friend! I ordered the Nut ‘N Honey with Soy milk and it was deeee-licious (espresso, soy milk, hazelnut and honey).
I will definitely be visiting there again, they also serve food, beer and wine! My kinda hangout!
We then walked along Elbow River to the Eau Claire YMCA to check out some volunteer/instructing opportunities.
Oh my gosh, that YMCA is 4 floors! It had beautiful, large studios, all new equipment, friendly staff–basically everything you could ask for! We spoke with the Member Services Director and she was thrilled to offer us volunteer slots as well as personal training and group fitness opportunities. I am beyond excited, because I can actually get paid to teach at that Y! By the end of our impromptu meeting, my cheeks hurt because I was smiling so much from hearing all these possibilities..plus, she referred me to another privately owned gym that was also located downtown.
We walked a bazillion miles and had worked up an appetite, so we decided to hit The Hose & Hound for lunch. I had to take a pic of the Calgary Tower as I drove past.
Who cares what we had for lunch.. here are our beers! I had the Wild Rose Raspberry Ale. Yum yum in my tum tum.
(For the sake of sounding healthy, I had some sort of salad with chicken and almonds and carrots and…stuff. Again, very good).
I was so glad to meet up with Nicole- we really got to vent about all the obstacles of moving to Canada. I’m not going to get in to it here-because I’d probably get so worked up that the rest of this post would consist of a lot of asterisks and bad words. Not blog-friendly.
After my billionty mile walk downtown, I came home and went for another gazillion mile walk with Twyla and all three doggies. My puppies are hurtin’! (Not the actual puppies; I was referencing my feet). I think I have definitely gotten more than my fair share of physical activity for the day.
Now I must do my strength training…..in the form of 12 oz. curls.
Hello, Thursday night.
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