This weekend was pretty relaxed with some volunteering :)
Friday - I had dinner with my family and just chilled at home. We had some tea and walked around a bit. Pretty low key! There might be more, but that's all I really remember... I think I worked on my bujo for a bit though!
Saturday - Not much went on this day either. We played games and then I went out to the new LDXpress downtown and bought a bunch of Kettle brand chips that were on sale. NYX makeup is currently 20% off until the 28th, so I decided to get a brow gel in Espresso. I think I might get more NYX makeup this week... We also went to Via Cibo for a cheaper dinner date out. Yumm!
Sunday - We volunteered for Make A Wish at a Hollywood style party for a wish recipient. We filmed the event and I covered the audio portion. I hope she had an awesome time! Afterwards, we decided to head to the university to grab some subs as a nostalgia date night... the sub I had was okay... I got the spolumbo chicken apple sausage, but it wasn't as great as the other subs I would usually get. Discovered there is a Carls Jr. now too... oh my how it's grown since our student days there. We then did some grocery shopping and then called it a day.
So yeah, very low-key weekends so far, but I don't mind staying in and playing games... especially when it's so HOT outside.
I'm so thankful for air conditioning...
Monday, June 26, 2017
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
BBQ + New Hair Colour
It was quite the weekend!
On Friday evening we had a BBQ event with friends to celebrate our friend's birthday. We rent out our lounge and had some food and played games all night long until 2am.
Saturday was a bit more low-key, I went to my hair stylist and got a colour change. I now have Medium Ash Brown hair, but it some lighting it looks like a dirty blond, kinda cool how multicoloured it can be! It took about 4.5 hours out of my day, and after commuting home, I was super famished as I didn't eat lunch before. We went to Shiraz for some Persian cuisine, but it was too salty for me.. :( The first few bites were so delicious though, but the salt really got to me.
Sunday was a quiet day as well. We went to my parents' to have lunch for Father's Day, then we went to Costco and then we just chilled at home. We were exhausted from the weekend.
So I pretty much have my site all done and all, but I need to add a bit more to it. Working on trying to secure some new clients right now... and also on some more YouTube and blog ideas. I see a lot of clothing and makeup hauls in the near future!
On Friday evening we had a BBQ event with friends to celebrate our friend's birthday. We rent out our lounge and had some food and played games all night long until 2am.
Saturday was a bit more low-key, I went to my hair stylist and got a colour change. I now have Medium Ash Brown hair, but it some lighting it looks like a dirty blond, kinda cool how multicoloured it can be! It took about 4.5 hours out of my day, and after commuting home, I was super famished as I didn't eat lunch before. We went to Shiraz for some Persian cuisine, but it was too salty for me.. :( The first few bites were so delicious though, but the salt really got to me.
Sunday was a quiet day as well. We went to my parents' to have lunch for Father's Day, then we went to Costco and then we just chilled at home. We were exhausted from the weekend.
So I pretty much have my site all done and all, but I need to add a bit more to it. Working on trying to secure some new clients right now... and also on some more YouTube and blog ideas. I see a lot of clothing and makeup hauls in the near future!
Monday, June 12, 2017
Low-key
We had a low-key weekend this past weekend because it was raining for two days!
I didn't do too many things before the weekend, just chilled at home. I had a headache on Thursday after coming home from work, and so I tok a small nap and then we went to get pizza from Blaze Pizza. It was POURING outside, and by the parking lot there was a huge water pit. Then we headed to Safeway to buy some breakfast foods and chips. It was spitting at that time and then after we got outside it started pouring again.
On Friday I felt much better but I felt irritation in my throat. I thought it might have been because I ate too many fried foods that week for breakfast (haven't been waking up early enough to eat/pack breakfast at home :( I gotta improve on that!) and it shortly went away. We ate dinner with my family and played with Tofu for a bit and headed home.
On Saturday a friend came over for a bit and we played a boardgame, I think it was called Thieves Market? After playing, our friend went home and then we headed to the mall. I wanted to get a few things from Suzy Shier, but unfortunately my sizes weren't available and the items didn't look as good as they did online... haha, so I didn't get anything from there, but I got a few items from H&M. H&M clothing are always a hit or miss for me because of the sizing. It'll say the size is this, but then it doesn't fit, or it's too big.... it's not very standardized like other clothing brands, and I'm the kind of person who doesn't like trying things on in the store (taking too long)... which is why I love return policies. I got a cardigan, overalls and a spaghetti strap dress for layering. The dress is kind of big at the bottom, but it fits my waist perfectly, and I'm still trying to figure out the overalls. The cardigan might be too big? But I have to try it on with no sleeves... After shopping, we went to Mari bakeshop for some tea and choux pastries. Sooo good! I really enjoyed my English Rose tea. We then made pasta for dinner.
Sunday was gardening day. Before we tended to our plots, we went to grab coffee at Starbucks and then I bought some chapstick. We then discovered our garden plot was overflown by spearmint... so we spent a good two hours digging out all the roots and plating our dill and radish seeds. :) They should be good to harvest in about a week or so, so we're really excited! It was getting late and I felt an irritated throat again, so I wanted soup. We went to Korean Village for some soup, side dishes and rice, and my throat felt a bit better.
This week is going to be a packed one. Tonight I have dinner + editing, then tomorrow we have to film, and on Wednesday I have a fam night with work at a restaurant. Thursday might be a boardgame night/might be hanging out with my friend and then Friday we're going to a BBQ. Saturday is looking free right now, and Sunday is Father's Day :)
I've lost motivation to work on my website and other projects. I think it's this summer feeling. The weather has been so nice lately that all I want to do is go out and enjoy the sun and have fun with friends... but I got to think of what my goals are too. After dinner on Wednesday I'll try to do a little bit!
I didn't do too many things before the weekend, just chilled at home. I had a headache on Thursday after coming home from work, and so I tok a small nap and then we went to get pizza from Blaze Pizza. It was POURING outside, and by the parking lot there was a huge water pit. Then we headed to Safeway to buy some breakfast foods and chips. It was spitting at that time and then after we got outside it started pouring again.
On Friday I felt much better but I felt irritation in my throat. I thought it might have been because I ate too many fried foods that week for breakfast (haven't been waking up early enough to eat/pack breakfast at home :( I gotta improve on that!) and it shortly went away. We ate dinner with my family and played with Tofu for a bit and headed home.
On Saturday a friend came over for a bit and we played a boardgame, I think it was called Thieves Market? After playing, our friend went home and then we headed to the mall. I wanted to get a few things from Suzy Shier, but unfortunately my sizes weren't available and the items didn't look as good as they did online... haha, so I didn't get anything from there, but I got a few items from H&M. H&M clothing are always a hit or miss for me because of the sizing. It'll say the size is this, but then it doesn't fit, or it's too big.... it's not very standardized like other clothing brands, and I'm the kind of person who doesn't like trying things on in the store (taking too long)... which is why I love return policies. I got a cardigan, overalls and a spaghetti strap dress for layering. The dress is kind of big at the bottom, but it fits my waist perfectly, and I'm still trying to figure out the overalls. The cardigan might be too big? But I have to try it on with no sleeves... After shopping, we went to Mari bakeshop for some tea and choux pastries. Sooo good! I really enjoyed my English Rose tea. We then made pasta for dinner.
Sunday was gardening day. Before we tended to our plots, we went to grab coffee at Starbucks and then I bought some chapstick. We then discovered our garden plot was overflown by spearmint... so we spent a good two hours digging out all the roots and plating our dill and radish seeds. :) They should be good to harvest in about a week or so, so we're really excited! It was getting late and I felt an irritated throat again, so I wanted soup. We went to Korean Village for some soup, side dishes and rice, and my throat felt a bit better.
This week is going to be a packed one. Tonight I have dinner + editing, then tomorrow we have to film, and on Wednesday I have a fam night with work at a restaurant. Thursday might be a boardgame night/might be hanging out with my friend and then Friday we're going to a BBQ. Saturday is looking free right now, and Sunday is Father's Day :)
I've lost motivation to work on my website and other projects. I think it's this summer feeling. The weather has been so nice lately that all I want to do is go out and enjoy the sun and have fun with friends... but I got to think of what my goals are too. After dinner on Wednesday I'll try to do a little bit!
Monday, June 5, 2017
Summer Fun
I didn't blog much last week because I was taking it easy! :)
On Thursday night I went out for some ramen with my friend at Goro + Gun. The ramen was good, but not the best I've had. I quite enjoyed our little girls night though. We chatted lots about life, boyfriends, things we're doing to stay fun, etc.. I love catching up with friends :)
On Friday night we took Tofu out to the park and had dinner with my family. We didn't go out after except to buy groceries and just chilled at home. Saturday was packed with a lot of activities. I went to see a choir performance with my friend in the afternoon, then went for YYC Burger Battle at Hayden Block for dinner with another friend and the boyfriend, and then we went to Scrollio for icecream with another friend and finished the day with some Waves Coffee.
Yesterday we went to the Lilac Festival and I took a long nap afterwards. It was a relaxing and eventful weekend. :) Now I just got to think about making plans for the weekdays this week... hmmm.
I also worked on my blog yesterday. Need to take some product photos and then I will be ready to post that. :) Will probably draft another post on another product later on. I also have a bunch of books to read that I got from the library for my e-book reader. I'm having some difficulty transferring them over for some reason... so it looks like I'll have to read them on my computer for a bit... summer reading, goooo! :)
On Thursday night I went out for some ramen with my friend at Goro + Gun. The ramen was good, but not the best I've had. I quite enjoyed our little girls night though. We chatted lots about life, boyfriends, things we're doing to stay fun, etc.. I love catching up with friends :)
On Friday night we took Tofu out to the park and had dinner with my family. We didn't go out after except to buy groceries and just chilled at home. Saturday was packed with a lot of activities. I went to see a choir performance with my friend in the afternoon, then went for YYC Burger Battle at Hayden Block for dinner with another friend and the boyfriend, and then we went to Scrollio for icecream with another friend and finished the day with some Waves Coffee.
Yesterday we went to the Lilac Festival and I took a long nap afterwards. It was a relaxing and eventful weekend. :) Now I just got to think about making plans for the weekdays this week... hmmm.
I also worked on my blog yesterday. Need to take some product photos and then I will be ready to post that. :) Will probably draft another post on another product later on. I also have a bunch of books to read that I got from the library for my e-book reader. I'm having some difficulty transferring them over for some reason... so it looks like I'll have to read them on my computer for a bit... summer reading, goooo! :)
Monday, May 29, 2017
Evening Change Up
So as I was commuting to work today (or maybe I was thinking in the bathroom?) I thought about how every Monday morning, my first thought would be, "Ahhh I can't wait until the weekend". I think that's because I get to sleep in (I'm so bad at waking up early and going to bed early.) and also I have plans to look forward to that are always different on the weekend. I also don't plan stuff usually for weeknights, just because I'm usually so tired.
But y'know what, it's summer now and so I feel like the days are feeling longer, and so I'm going to make the resolution to have plans for most of my weeknights! I've always just lounged around and watched stuff, or napped after work... Recently in the last few weeks I have been going out pretty often in the evening either with work or with my friends. And so by making these plans, I'll have lots to look forward to :)
On Mondays & Tuesdays I already have plans, which is usually editing. Today was different, I still had editing to do (I've finished half), but I played with Tofu, spent time with my family, got popcorn and chilled with our friend for a bit. Oh, and I also took a stroll to the post office to pick up my makeup order. I've been waiting for it for three weeks, so I'm pretty excited to try out my new makeup! So my Monday evening flew by after all these plans, which is cool.
Tomorrow I'm going to be finishing up my editing, but we'll also head over to Express to get some items that are on sale. I hope that includes sunglasses. I've been meaning to get a pair, but it's really hard to find sunglasses that suit my face. I tried some on at Express before and I think I've found the ones that I think I look good in. :)
I don't have anything planned for Wednesday, but I'll probably take that time to either clean up the garden plots or hit the gym and possibly work on a blog post/my website. Thursday, I'm meeting up with a friend for some ramen, then it's the weekend after!!!
So I'm doing pretty well for plans for this week's weeknights. :)
Next week, on the other hand, I'll have to plan something for Tues - Thurs. The thing is, I also want to save as well. Going out means spending money T_T, so I'll have to plan to work on things for those evenings.
Alrighty, it's almost 11pm and so I should be going to sleep soon. I was so tired this morning but had some coffee and that kept me up for the entire day. Usually I make my lunch at this hour, but I've got spring rolls defrosting in the fridge right now, and a bag of apple slices to take tomorrow. Yum!
But y'know what, it's summer now and so I feel like the days are feeling longer, and so I'm going to make the resolution to have plans for most of my weeknights! I've always just lounged around and watched stuff, or napped after work... Recently in the last few weeks I have been going out pretty often in the evening either with work or with my friends. And so by making these plans, I'll have lots to look forward to :)
On Mondays & Tuesdays I already have plans, which is usually editing. Today was different, I still had editing to do (I've finished half), but I played with Tofu, spent time with my family, got popcorn and chilled with our friend for a bit. Oh, and I also took a stroll to the post office to pick up my makeup order. I've been waiting for it for three weeks, so I'm pretty excited to try out my new makeup! So my Monday evening flew by after all these plans, which is cool.
Tomorrow I'm going to be finishing up my editing, but we'll also head over to Express to get some items that are on sale. I hope that includes sunglasses. I've been meaning to get a pair, but it's really hard to find sunglasses that suit my face. I tried some on at Express before and I think I've found the ones that I think I look good in. :)
I don't have anything planned for Wednesday, but I'll probably take that time to either clean up the garden plots or hit the gym and possibly work on a blog post/my website. Thursday, I'm meeting up with a friend for some ramen, then it's the weekend after!!!
So I'm doing pretty well for plans for this week's weeknights. :)
Next week, on the other hand, I'll have to plan something for Tues - Thurs. The thing is, I also want to save as well. Going out means spending money T_T, so I'll have to plan to work on things for those evenings.
Alrighty, it's almost 11pm and so I should be going to sleep soon. I was so tired this morning but had some coffee and that kept me up for the entire day. Usually I make my lunch at this hour, but I've got spring rolls defrosting in the fridge right now, and a bag of apple slices to take tomorrow. Yum!
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Just chillin'
This week was more tame than last week. I didn't have any evening plans except for video editing on Tuesday, so I pretty much relaxed the entire week during the nights. We were supposed to film on Wednesday night, but there was an intense rain storm, so we postponed the film date until next time.
I didn't do anything related to updating my blog or website. Actually, Thursday, we did have friends over and played board games. Chicken Ceaser and Celestia. We also went to 7-11 to pick up some chicken and tacquitos for dinner. The tacquitos are so good. Yum.
I wasn't feeling so great on Friday night after work, and barely got sleep the night before, so I spent 4 hours napping, and then we started watching Terrace House on Netflix. It's kind of like a Japanese version of Big Brother, but it's about a bunch of people who live in a sharehouse and we get to see how they interact, both inside and outside of the house.
On Saturday I had to film and I also spent some time with my family and Tofu. Dan had kickboxing and so after our separate events we went home and watched more Terrace House, then went out for dinner and ice cream with some friends. We went for thai food for our friend's birthday dinner, at Khao San Thai and also had some thai iced tea there, it was sooo good! I wish I could've taken a batch of it home, haha. We then went to this new rolled up icecream place called, Scrollio. Dan and I shared one with macademia nuts, caramel sauce and sea salt. It was pretty good. The ice cream was hard and it was kinda too salty? But we quite enjoyed it. Afterwards, we walked and talked along 17th ave and called it a day around 10pm. Watched more Terrace House after and then fell asleep around 1am.
Today we cleaned the house and went to Original Joes for some food and chats with friends. Dan's friend is in town so we caught up with them and now the guys are playing board games while I do my own thing. They're doing Picnic in the Park outside right now, so I might go check it out in the next few minutes before it closes. But there's an admission fee... just to go to food trucks... so I'm kind of on the fence here.
I finished prepping for my work week, and cleaning most stuff, so now I'm just thinking of what else to do today. I kind of want to go outside for another walk, but I also want to watch YouTube videos or play games, or colour. I don't feel like working on my website stuff right now, but I think I said last week that the weekend was going to be the time that I would use to work on it... ahhhhh. It's Sunday, so I feel quite lazy and more inclined to do fun stuff because I have to go to work tomorrow.
It's 5:30pm right now and although a few hours ago we just had lunch, I am starting to feel hungry! I wonder if we'll go out to grab something for dinner... hmmmmm....
I didn't do anything related to updating my blog or website. Actually, Thursday, we did have friends over and played board games. Chicken Ceaser and Celestia. We also went to 7-11 to pick up some chicken and tacquitos for dinner. The tacquitos are so good. Yum.
I wasn't feeling so great on Friday night after work, and barely got sleep the night before, so I spent 4 hours napping, and then we started watching Terrace House on Netflix. It's kind of like a Japanese version of Big Brother, but it's about a bunch of people who live in a sharehouse and we get to see how they interact, both inside and outside of the house.
On Saturday I had to film and I also spent some time with my family and Tofu. Dan had kickboxing and so after our separate events we went home and watched more Terrace House, then went out for dinner and ice cream with some friends. We went for thai food for our friend's birthday dinner, at Khao San Thai and also had some thai iced tea there, it was sooo good! I wish I could've taken a batch of it home, haha. We then went to this new rolled up icecream place called, Scrollio. Dan and I shared one with macademia nuts, caramel sauce and sea salt. It was pretty good. The ice cream was hard and it was kinda too salty? But we quite enjoyed it. Afterwards, we walked and talked along 17th ave and called it a day around 10pm. Watched more Terrace House after and then fell asleep around 1am.
Today we cleaned the house and went to Original Joes for some food and chats with friends. Dan's friend is in town so we caught up with them and now the guys are playing board games while I do my own thing. They're doing Picnic in the Park outside right now, so I might go check it out in the next few minutes before it closes. But there's an admission fee... just to go to food trucks... so I'm kind of on the fence here.
I finished prepping for my work week, and cleaning most stuff, so now I'm just thinking of what else to do today. I kind of want to go outside for another walk, but I also want to watch YouTube videos or play games, or colour. I don't feel like working on my website stuff right now, but I think I said last week that the weekend was going to be the time that I would use to work on it... ahhhhh. It's Sunday, so I feel quite lazy and more inclined to do fun stuff because I have to go to work tomorrow.
It's 5:30pm right now and although a few hours ago we just had lunch, I am starting to feel hungry! I wonder if we'll go out to grab something for dinner... hmmmmm....
Monday, May 22, 2017
Victoria Day Long Weekend
Another long weekend has gone by! Well, it's actually Victoria Day right now, but we had a pretty eventful weekend. :)
I'm kinda not exhausted but sort of exhausted from this WHOLE week. Omg. I was really busy at work this week and after work almost everyday I had plans for the evening. Tuesday was my only free night to just chill at home, which was nice. :)
Wednesday we had a work after hours thing to chill with our newest team member. On Thursday, I hung out with my friend at Diner Deluxe and we caught up with some breakfast items for dinner. Friday night we took Tofu to the park and had dinner with my family.
On Saturday, we went grocery shopping and bought some seeds, and de-weeded half our garden plots. We then played Yedo with a couple of friends and then called it a night. Dan had kick-boxing earlier in the day, so he did that and I stayed home, we got some icecream afterwards at the market. :)
Sunday was another big day. It's quite funny because I planned for a very low-key weekend this week, to just sit back and relax while I regenerate my energy from a long week at work/evening plans. But nope, it was a super eventful weekend. Anyway... yesterday we went to Red's Diner and had brunch with our friends, talked lots, then went to the National Music Centre. I had a 20% coupon from Calgary Attractions, so it was great to get a discount for our first visit. There was a lot to see and a lot of cool instruments to try and listen to. It was fun but we went there a little late and felt very rushed towards the end of our visit. There were 5 floors to check out and on average each floor was about 30 - 45 minutes to get through. If they have newer exhibits, I'd want to go again. Afterwards, we came home and ate dinner, had a quick nap and then went out for karaoke with my friends for a bit. After karaoke, our other friends asked to go to Hexagon Boardgame Cafe, but as it was closed at 11pm (it was already 9:30pm), we just invited them over to play at our place. We played Hanabi and big 2 (Japanese style) and played way too long into the night... didn't go to sleep until 3am!!
Today we took it a bit more chill. Bought a screwdriver and step-ladder to fix our vent, made some colourful bowls for late lunch, and had dinner with my family. I should really be outside enjoying the outdoors a little more, but yikes it's 9PM right now. We also took a nap too since we were both very tired from yesterday.
I should be editing right now, but I might leave that to tomorrow...
It'll be a more chill week this week. We have evening plans on Wednesday so far, so I'll use the other evenings to work on my website, blog and other stuff. Yup. Gotta stop procrastinating.
I'm kinda not exhausted but sort of exhausted from this WHOLE week. Omg. I was really busy at work this week and after work almost everyday I had plans for the evening. Tuesday was my only free night to just chill at home, which was nice. :)
Wednesday we had a work after hours thing to chill with our newest team member. On Thursday, I hung out with my friend at Diner Deluxe and we caught up with some breakfast items for dinner. Friday night we took Tofu to the park and had dinner with my family.
On Saturday, we went grocery shopping and bought some seeds, and de-weeded half our garden plots. We then played Yedo with a couple of friends and then called it a night. Dan had kick-boxing earlier in the day, so he did that and I stayed home, we got some icecream afterwards at the market. :)
Sunday was another big day. It's quite funny because I planned for a very low-key weekend this week, to just sit back and relax while I regenerate my energy from a long week at work/evening plans. But nope, it was a super eventful weekend. Anyway... yesterday we went to Red's Diner and had brunch with our friends, talked lots, then went to the National Music Centre. I had a 20% coupon from Calgary Attractions, so it was great to get a discount for our first visit. There was a lot to see and a lot of cool instruments to try and listen to. It was fun but we went there a little late and felt very rushed towards the end of our visit. There were 5 floors to check out and on average each floor was about 30 - 45 minutes to get through. If they have newer exhibits, I'd want to go again. Afterwards, we came home and ate dinner, had a quick nap and then went out for karaoke with my friends for a bit. After karaoke, our other friends asked to go to Hexagon Boardgame Cafe, but as it was closed at 11pm (it was already 9:30pm), we just invited them over to play at our place. We played Hanabi and big 2 (Japanese style) and played way too long into the night... didn't go to sleep until 3am!!
Today we took it a bit more chill. Bought a screwdriver and step-ladder to fix our vent, made some colourful bowls for late lunch, and had dinner with my family. I should really be outside enjoying the outdoors a little more, but yikes it's 9PM right now. We also took a nap too since we were both very tired from yesterday.
I should be editing right now, but I might leave that to tomorrow...
It'll be a more chill week this week. We have evening plans on Wednesday so far, so I'll use the other evenings to work on my website, blog and other stuff. Yup. Gotta stop procrastinating.
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