February 2, 2017

Jamie

Justin and I started celebrating our anniversary a day early! This is one of our new favourite ways to celebrate - take our special day off and go out for dinner the night before, that way we can sleep in and feel relaxed on the morning of! We went down to the Distillery District for a wonderful Winterlicious dinner and were delighted to also enjoy the Light Festival. It was great to get one picture that captures just how happy we are.

Shannon
It was a day of getting some some outside to do's done, and while not all were fun a bright spot was seeing these two doggies. One of them even came over to say hi and every so gently stood up and put it's paws on my knee and let me pet her. It was a very sweet moment.

Suzie

I bought these glasses for the Ridler drink photos for my book. The blue one I got was probably too small. It was such a bright but chilly day, I wanted to get out and about so I went to VV and then off for a hike with Reg around the golf course in our hood. They are forecasting snow starting Friday and Reg came home with a flat tire. Got to the market today for produce but are still in desperate need of a grocery shop which is now much more complicated. What a day.

February 1,, 2017

Jamie

I've been a little low energy yesterday since Mom's birthday. I never know exactly how those days are going to hit me. It's nice that on the gentle days I have such good company.

Shannon
I finished another game! It's so exciting to do that, especially this one because it was not what I was used to. It's a story based game where mostly you are making dialogue choices with some moving around too. It was a bit of a creepy story though, so that was a bit unnerving, but I still really enjoyed it.

Suzie

First day of drawing class done! And here is my angry duck, LOL. It was an interesting class. We started with shading but then were not allowed to do shading for this exercise which I think made my duck a little pissed off. Don't ask me why there is a date stamp on this photo, just added it on its own. A friend from pottery was in this drawing class which rocks! Met some really nice people too. I am not confident about my drawing abilities but am glad I went. I actually LEARNED stuff!

January 31, 2017

Shannon
It was great to spend time with both of you on Mom's birthday. I'm so glad we do Art and Netflix together. Although it was more like popcorn and Netflix for me! I did get some colouring in, but I was too drawn to the film to draw my eyes away too much.

Suzie

Before we got together for the movie, which I loved and am still absorbing, I took my lemon poppy seed muffins outside on the deck to take some photographs. That's about all I accomplished today.

January 30, 2017

Jamie

Well, we are officially starting to think about a reno. We're beginning with thinking about the floors since they will be such a strong and compelling statement in the house. We are trying to balance the age and character of the house, my taste, Justin's taste and what is relatively easy to work with. Quite a challenge! Over two days, we came home with all of these samples to give us a good idea of what might work. We're already thinking we should give ourselves more time for decision-making! 

Shannon
I'm still chipping away at getting my place looking and feeling like everything is in it's place, and one step I took towards that this weekend was to add some art supplies (that I use!) to their new home my bookshelf (the lower shelf is the new stuff). I like having them here, much more handy that piled on the floor! Here's hoping I have room to put away whatever I choose next!

Suzie

Didn't have a lot of energy today because of my cold but somehow found a way to make lemon poppy seed muffins. A friend sent me the recipe and I liked the old school way of making them using egg whites to help them be light and fluffy. Despite it being a dark, damp day I was able to whip the egg whites.

January 29, 2017

Jamie

We were very excited to discover that what had once been Zellers and then Target is now a Lowes. It's an easier walk than the Home Depot we've been going to and with talks of a reno starting to get real, it is particularly awesome!

Suzie

I put up a new foodie video. I just had to see if Jamie Oliver was right. Could you just throw a butternut squash into the oven and have it be cooked in an hour? Oh and I also went out to a cafe with Reg which was nice. I had to get out of the house.

January 28, 2017

Jamie

It is very exciting that our art store has finally reopened. Even though it is farther away (*sigh*), it is still a treat to have it in the neighbourhood. Shannon and I went on a great adventure of discover and bought ourselves a few treats when we were there!

Shannon
Journal Club has started! It was so great to spend the afternoon with an awesome bunch of journalers. I won't say more because I know Suzie you are going to join us and don't want to say anything until you get a chance to play along!

Suzie

One of the worst nights of sleep ever because I suddenly came down with a wicked head cold. Made myself some butternut squash soup and tried to get some rest but Final Cut Pro threatened to drive me crazy. Not the rest day I probably should have had.

January 27, 2017

Jamie

Yesterday was quite a busy day as I prepped for Journal Club starting today. Dinnertime is always a nice break, even with these two peering at me with the "When is our dinner?" look!

Shannon
Another pre-vlogging pic, this one is post bookshelf-shuffle though so I have new books behind me. Moving the books around was a whole day ordeal, but in the end I think I only pulled 10-15 new ones to the shelves! Well, to these shelves, I also organized a bunch of other shelves too. Was totally worth it, I fele like I have a wonderful set of books to choose from. I wonder if I *will* read them all this year (or ever). I guess I will see how things go!

On the other side of the street there is another sign that says "Yours"

Suzie

I finally got out for a REAL walk! And there was no ice anywhere. Just sandy sidewalks. Thrilling. Went out to Killarney Market for some food which we are getting desperate for and the sun was even shining. Truly starting to feel like spring here in Vancouver but knock on wood... Don't want to jinx it.