what the what??!?!?!?!?!?!

I thought winter was over!!!!!! After all the great sunshine, i was expecting rain, but SNOW? again??? This is what my view looked like from my apartment this afternoon...boooooo

Thankfully, i had taken the day off for some medical appts (including an AMAZING 75 min hot stone massage....sweet.....) so didn't have brave the commute home, however Pammer and I did experience some slick, icy, blizzardy roads as we ran a couple of errands this afternoon, and almost got stuck once or twice...sheesh...now i'm home, warming myself by the fire, and am trying not to worry about the morning commute....

somewhere over the rainbow....

Yesterday it rained off and on. The sun would make an appearance and then change its mind and go hide again. i worked til 6pm. Just after 5pm, i was waiting for my client to show up (who never did but whatevs) and just happened to glance out the window. What greeted me was an amazing rainbow!! Actually, there were 2 rainbows...and the sun made a brief appearance to add a nice touch of light to the trees...and before you knew it, it was gone and it got dark and started raining again...luckily i had my old camera stashed in the glovebox for random occasions such as this and got a couple of quick shots!!

time to celebrate!!

Pam and Theresa both celebrated their birthdays recently, which meant it was time to celebrate. Last Friday Pammer had a party. She decided that she would age backwards this year, going back to 29 rather than up to 31, so i got her a cake that said so (and by cake i mean DQ ice cream cake...yummmm)

On Saturday night, Theresa, Chad, Pam and I headed into Vancouver to have dinner at Kobe's, a Japanese steakhouse, where they make your food before your very eyes!!!!! Here's our chef who kept us entertained and cooked up some goodness in the form of steak and prawn's

Theresa and Chad enjoying the evening!

A bit 'o flame

Theresa and Chad watching the flames

And then the flames were gone, just like that!

Cheers to that!!!!! So fun and so tasty!!

If you live in the Vancouver area, i highly recommend checking this restaurant out...there's a coupon in the entertainment book, which is helpful cuz it's kinda pricy...but it's fun!!

bridges and sunsets

I think the weather has been teasing us west coasters lately....it's been sunny and almost spring like, and yet it's only mid-Feb. I'm sure the monsoon rains will make an appearance shortly, and spring won't actually arrive until it should, but for now, i'm enjoying the sun!! last weekend I helped some friends move. As i drove home from Mission in the late afternoon, i decided to make an impromptu stop under the Mission bridge to snap a few pics of the sunset. Here are some of my faves...enjoy!

these boots are made for walking...

A few weeks ago, I finally got my butt in gear and got a gym pass again. I actually enjoy going to the gym, but i'm also very good at procrastinating! I enjoy the feeling of soar muscles after a good workout. Anyway, on with the post....last week i went to the gym on mon, tues and thurs. We had some good weather last week and I actually managed to go for walks outside on almost all my "days off" from the gym. I was pretty impressed with myself! Here are some pictures from all of my walks. Wed i spent some time at Mill Lake.
(ok this picture was actually taken later that evening from my balcony)

These poor ducks only had so much water in which to swim...you can see the ice in the top right hand corner of the picture

hellooooooo Mt. Baker...!!

And i took some self portraits, because they're fun

lol look at them walking on the ice!!

On Saturday Pammer and I went and did some walking in Downes Bowl...here's Pammer truckin' up a big hill...the trooper did it twice!!!

Some cool looking fungi...

And a pink glove pointing us in the right direction

On Sunday I went out to White Rock to hang out with a friend. I was hoping for a nice sunset, but unfortunately it did not deliver...well, it was ok, but i wanted more. White Rock is very hilly. My calves hurt the next day. But it's still a pretty scenic place to visit, so i guess the sore muscles were worth it.

So there you have it...3 different walks...that's been my excitement lately...lol...ah well, at least i'm getting in shape!!

Hockey Night in Canada

On Saturday night, i had some of my old Afterthoughts friends over for an evening of food, drink and Canucks...here i am wearing my ever-so-appropriate Hockey Night in Canada jersey
Amazingly, we all managed to wear different jerseys!!! from L-R we have Angela, Courtney, Layla and Catherine

And upclose and personal with a variety of Canucks logos from throughout the years...

We dined on delish Ricardo's Pizza...

And sweetened the deal with some cute little cupcakes from TracyCakes

And here are our sad faces because although the Canucks tied the game with 30 seconds remaining and sent it to overtime, they lost AGAIN............

But, despite the disappointing game result, we enjoyed a delightful evening of laughter and conversation....thanks girls!!! come again soon!!!!!