Busy Weekend
I've had a busy weekend. What did I do?
- Finished my website
- Attended a city-run course at the Muttart on gardening
- Went shopping with Jenn and ended up buying a series of Ed Tel glasses (how awesome is that?), a punch bowl with glasses, and a kitchy wine chiller for the rec room at a rummage sale
- Biked to Sifu's house and helped do some yardwork
- Did Kung Fu and biked home
- Did a crapload of dishes
- Bought a barbeque and assembled it
- Also bought some seeds for veggies and flowers to plant in our garden
- Went grocery shopping and bought a propane tank for the barbeque
- Weeded the garden and transplanted some garlic which is already growing in it
I'm pretty tired, but I feel very accomplished.
On the note of biking, I'm a bit disappointed: it seems that the path to and across the Capilano bridge is not bike friendly at all. Lots of stairs. Tried crossing at the pedestrian bridge at Louise McKinney Park, but getting out of or into the valley around Riverdale is a gong show. Maybe I'll try 50 St. next to see if it's any better. In any case, I'm out of shape once again, so my legs are sore and my butt hurts.
On Friday, we took the chinchilla out into the back yard. He really wasn't sure what to make of it and seemed pretty nervous the whole time. He spent most of the time running around on Jenn (who was laying in the grass), and when he was feeling adventurous, he would wander no further than a couple of feet before running back to Jenn and hoping back onto her. He's really not used to being outside, I guess.
I have to say, one thing I didn't expect moving into this neighborhood is just how many birds there are around, and how many varieties, too. Robins, sparrows, chickadees, blue jays, and some I have yet to identify. I love hearing their chirps and their songs. In fact, we just discovered this evening that some sparrows have made a nest in one of our birdhouses. Jenn discovered this while doing some yardwork, when she heard little peeping noises coming from it. It made us both really happy.
Speaking of happy, what's not to love about this face?
