Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Que Pasa in the Casa

Hola bloggies!!! I've missed you so much!!!!

Sentencing on my big bad murder trial will take place in a few hours. Which means at long last my life can return to it's normal state. Meaning blogging, running, training, hopefully getting rid of this cold, a vacation on the Coast, and a new friend to boot.

Want to see some pictures of what I've seen and done since we last caught up?




For starters I bought this bad boy. I figured I might as well join the club! :oP lol

I thrived in Victoria when I was working out with a trainer. Here in the Rockies I don't have a trainer and thus I slack. I'm hoping Tony will be my virtual trainer and help me regain top form.




On one particular day when I was going to go stir-crazy the Fiance took me on a jewel of a hike!!!





The views were spectacular in spite of the fact you couldn't see the top of the mountains. It's started snowing now so they look even more impressive. I have plans to go back up there on a crystal clear day and take more pictures!




One thing I definitely neglected during the trial was exercise. Truth be told I was working so much I would only really come home to sleep. It wore
me down. Which is probably why I have Bern nursing a cold for weeks now.

Mental note: NEVER do that again! It's not cool to
feel like your musceles are undergoing atrophy!

Thankfully (no pun intended) I did get to take some time out for Canadian Thanksgiving! Which obviously meant some yummy eats! Wooohooo!! :o)




Like my pecan pie? Twas delicious!!!




As per the Fiance's request I made lamb - formerly my favourite mean. I ate sone and quickly discovered there's no going back. I'm solidly a pescatarian! In fact my mom has promised to make me lobster for Christmas! lol :oP




For Thanksgiving Sunday we decided to attend a service at a local heritage site (like a pioneer village of sorts). They decided to
host the service in the old 1800s church.

Let me tell you if there are brownie points in Heaven for sitting through a cold service, we scored BIG time!!! lol The heating system wasn't working so we sat in -12C weather!!!!! It was nuts! In fact I didn't take off my ski jacket all service long. :oP




After the service we promptly headed to the local bakery and warmed up with a piping hot bowl of soup.




It's a lovely bakery! They bake with grains milled on site. They also try to stick to heritage baking methods.




Plus who can argue with results like these! lol A ridonculously yummy cherry pie! :o)




Other than that, I've been working on acquiring a new friend. This is Daisy - she's coming home this Friday!!!!!!!!




We plan on being buds for a very long time!! :o)




Isn't she insanely cute?!?!? She's a half Bichon Frise and half Shihtzu. That makes Daisy a Zuchon or Shichon. :o)

So there you have it - you're all caught up now! Look for another post (a review) later tonight!

Happy Tuesday amigos!!! :o)

10 comments:

Marlene said...

Congrats on your new puppy! AWWW, she is adorable!

GOod news that the trial is almost done and you can get back to "normal". Good luck with p90x!

Nancy@ChocolateAndFitness said...

OMG! You got a dog?!? She's so cute!

A Toronto girl out West said...

Marlene,

Isn't she though?! I'm thrilled to bits about her impending arrival!

And I'm totally thrilled about the trial being done. I injured myself so I wasn't ready for the half but it turns out u wouldn't have been able to go.

Hoping to do the Nike Women's virtual half in the New Year!

A Toronto girl out West said...

Nancy,

Yup!! :o) I'm picking her up on Friday.

You should come to Toronto for Christmas. I'm bringing her with me!!!

CarolynM said...

The cuteness of the puppy distracted me from the deliciousness of the cherry pie!! Yay!! So happy for you! She is precious!

A Toronto girl out West said...

Carolyn,

Two more sleeps!!!!!!!! And then she comes home!!!!! Weeeeeeeee!!! :o)

Andrea (Off Her Cork) said...

Your baby is too cute! :D

Marianne (frenchfriestoflaxseeds) said...

Puppies and pie and wicked hikes. Sounds like it hasn't been too bad up your way.

A Toronto girl out West said...

Andrea,

Gracias! :o) I'm in love with my fur baby!!!!

A Toronto girl out West said...

Marianne,

You're right!!! All in all it wasn't bad!!! :o)