Snow shoeing on Cypress

You know what's silly? Auto correct insisting that show shoeing is not a word and persistently changing it to snow showing. What on earth would snow showing be anyway? Snow pretty much shows itself!

Anyhoo, we took Babs up to one of the local mountains this Sunday for a bit of a snow shoe adventure. The weather looked abysmal as we set off - when we went over the bridge to Norrh Vancouver we could not even see the water, much less their rains right in front of us. But before we were even halfway up the mountain road we got past the fog/cloud cover and broke through to brilliant sunshine and blue sky!

Snow shoeing, it must be said, is a lot easier than skiing. We learned about the different evergreen trees from our guide and got rewarded with a hot chocolate and cookie at the end. All in all a fun day!

Major Work Burnout & Hostess Excitement

I sit here, my 12th consecutive full day of work, already feeling ripped off because not being a contractor anymore (I went permanent at my job in January!) means I don't get paid for every single hour that I work, and I contemplate how to politely wrangle my way out of working another weekend. Lord have mercy on me. Last night I completely cracked in the diet and ordered deep fried chicken nuggets with rice and a mango slush bubble tea for dinner. At least I've been saving on dinner costs!!

So since my life has been so boring (consisting of going to work, deciding what to order for dinner - in addition to the deep fried chicken nuggets, this week I also had the jambalaya rice bowl from Cactus Club, and chopped scallop rolls and california rolls from some sushi joint - going home and sitting on the couch like a zombie for an hour or two, going to bed, then groundhog day all over again) I am sorry there have been no blog posts. I guess I should have taken a photo of the chicken nuggets because when I type it out they sound disgusting but in reality they were oh so delicious. Next time.

But never mind!! Tomorrow our FIRST VISITOR FROM THE UK arrives.... drum roll for.... Babs!!!

Babs is going to visit for a week and I've decided she is our lucky charm, with her arrival comes also the end of the NHL lockout, which means we are taking Babs on Weds to a live ice hockey game! Hereby to be referred to simply as hockey, because it is the real kind and should not need the prefix "ice". Canucks vs Flames on Sunday!!

We also have a few other bits and pieces planned, and the weather forecast is looking pretty good so far. We are pretty darn tootin' excited to have her stay. Now if only the London weather would cooperate and not snow so much that it affects flights! Damn you London! Why you gotta snow?

Did I mention that Babs is restocking our stash of malted milks? There is one left, and Keith and I are each too polite to eat the last one. Strange, we're not polite to each other about anything else.

I've turned Keith into a Chinese tourist

Keith always makes fun of me when I take pictures of my food and meals. But I always think a lovely meal is worth remembering and I always scarf it down too fast to appreciate it, so a picture is definitely warranted!

Well I must have convinced Keith of this because tonight when he pulled his culinary masterpiece (baked aubergine with asiago cheese) out of the oven he asked me if I wanted a picture. Sure! I said. And here it is yummy:

Skiing

This is me skiing, except nowhere near as cute

I hurt all over today. My coworker remarked on my stiff walk and one "really toned" calf. which is being inadvertently flexed as I limp my way around the office, running into walls.

Today's view

If you're gonna be at work before the sun fully rises might as well enjoy the view right? The cloud cover today was really cool.

Mount Baker

On a clear day you can see Mount Baker from Vancouver and since my company is on the 34th floor the view of it from its windows is particularly spectacular. As the sun sets on a sunny day in Vancouver this is the scene from it.

Doesn't it look fake?