Thursday, February 28, 2013

29 January 13

in dire need
Desperately in need of a haircut. I feel so unattractive and slobbish when it gets like this, it's actually a little difficult for me to leave the house.

28 January 13

jar

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

27 January 13

knee socks
I don't know why I put on such an outfit just to go to the pub and watch the game with Steph.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

25 January 13

squish

24 January 13

window garden
Playing around with the new camera.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

23 January 13

Glenmorangie
Hiran came by after another jaunt to L.A., and had brought back some scotch on Jeff's request. Of course we all tasted it.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

22 January 13

tiny glittering leg hairs

21 January 13

Cork & Fin
Jeff and I met up after work to check out Cork & Fin's offerings for DineOut, and oh man it was so worth it.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

19 January 13

game day
Hockey returned, to the joy of many and the annoyance of many others. I watched with Steph/Jesse/Sarah/etc. and unfortunately the Canucks lost. Oh well.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Monday, February 18, 2013

17 January13

mushroom soup
Cookoff day! It was a small one, thankfully, because the theme was hearty winter foods. I tied with Amanda to win.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

16 January 13

Untitled

15 January 13

dinner at Dad's
Jeff and I went to dinner at Dad & Sharon's. We had some kind of marvelous salmon pasta and a whole bunch of wine, and because we hadn't seen them since before Christmas, we were gifted with a cheese board, a bottle of wine, some homemade chex mix, and $50.

14 January 13

gathering thyme
It started snowing while I was making soup, and I had to go out to the garden to gather thyme.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

13 January 13

frosty path
Jeff and I went for breakfast at the Roundel and our timing couldn't have been better — we got the second-to-last table and by the time we left there were at least a dozen people waiting. Afterwards we drove out to Belcarra to take some photos. It was freezing, but we managed about ten minutes at White Pine and another fifteen at Woodhaven Swamp (seen in the above photo). It's always interesting to visit these 'summer' places in the winter, just to see how different it is.

Monday, February 11, 2013

12 January 13

Cambie Bridge
Went to Cambie St to buy bras, and decided to go to Whole Foods as well (always a mistake — I spent $43). Wandered around a bit before heading home to cook and read.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

11 January 13

cold days
I went to the library. It was very cold outside.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Friday, February 8, 2013

09 January 13

dead lavender
I went to work, mostly because I was going stir-crazy. I warned everyone to stay away from me and had a pretty quiet shift, although I still didn't really feel ready to eat 'normal' food — just rice and lentils and applesauce.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

08 January 13

hark, a vagrant
I stayed home again, because although I felt mostly better, I was still weak from not eating (and probably still contagious). I ate some toast and peanut butter with banana, some applesauce, some rice. No coffee, as badly as I wanted some. Jeff had the day off so we spent the evening watching Inglourious Basterds together.

07 January 13

sick
I went to bed early, feeling sick to my stomach. Woke up around midnight or so and, realising I had only seconds before vomiting, I got up and someone was in the bathroom so I had to barf in the sink. :( I settled myself in for a long night of what I first thought was food poisoning, but after reading facebook at 3am and discovering that Iain and Steph were sick as well, was revealed to be the norovirus that had been going around. We figured someone working at the Warehouse on Saturday night must have been contagious, because no one else we were with that night or weekend got sick.

I slept very little; some on the bathroom floor, some in the armchair in my computer room next to the bathroom, and sometime around 8am my body hurt so much that I had to go to bed (after calling in to work). I was dying of thirst but too afraid to drink. Thankfully the worst seemed to be over by noon, but I didn't feel well enough or hungry enough to eat anything until around 9pm when I had a cup of black tea and a little chunk of French bread. I spent most of the day sleeping, reading, and watching Road to Perdition, a movie I adore and always seem to watch when I'm home sick.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

05 January 13

Tap & Barrel
In the afternoon, I went with Iain, Steph, and Jesse to see The Hobbit. I was a little surprised by how much I liked it (after hearing people complain about how unnecessarily long and silly it was) and how much I remembered even without having read the book in at least fifteen years. Jesse left to meet a friend afterwards, so the three of us went for a quick dinner at the Warehouse before heading to Tap & Barrel to meet up with Jeff and my parents. The above photo was taken there, while we happily chatted and drank beer & wine, snacking on deep-fried pickles.

Monday, February 4, 2013

04 January 13

whoops
I got mildly drunk by myself and decided to buy a 2013 calendar. Of course that resulted in me spending $80 on amazon.ca. Whoops.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Saturday, February 2, 2013

02 January 13

chapped lips, venetian blinds
Quite pleased with this, chapped lips and all.

Friday, February 1, 2013

01 January 13

fog
The fog has been thick. When this photo was taken, the houses just across the street were barely visible.