Saturday, August 6th, 2011

Not sure how we wasted most of the day today, but we did.  We went to the garden centre and Canadian Tire.  Lurline and Dave bought a few plants and some mulch for the front of their house.  Then we went to a show home furniture sale, with a lot of very high quality, but expensive, furniture.  Obviously nobody bought anything.  Then we went to Liquidation World and found out that they've been bought by Big Lots from the U.S.  That should be good because we really like shopping at Big Lots when we go to the States. After that, we went to XS Cargo in the north, then finally headed to Costco.  Nobody escapes Costco without spending money ... we all bought stuff.
After dinner, Lurline and I were going to head to a movie, but I had to get a photo first.  We went for a drive towards Chestermere, but I didn't get a shot.  We had to rush back to make it to the show, but the ones we wanted to see were either started already or sold out, so we drove around looking for a place to take a good photo.  I drove us to Lakeview to the park there, and it was beautiful.  Here's one of the views:

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Long drive back to Chilliwack today.  Got on the road just after 9am, and hit variable weather patterns the entire way; rain, wind, sun, repeat. Then there was a lot of construction which slowed us down considerably.  Got home around 6:30pm.  We did manage to stop briefly to take this picture around Redearth, which is between Banff and Lake Louise - it's Castle Mountain, I believe.

 It's good to be home after a long drive.

 

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Took my mom downtown to the dentist today, then I went to grab a Peppermint Latte from Starbuck's, browsed at some magazines in Save-On-Foods, then took some books out of the library.  I love free reading!  I also got a call today for a job interview, but it's in Calgary, so I'm leaving on Friday afternoon.  Mom is coming with me, since I plan to drive.  At least Stampede is on right now, so I won't have to miss it this year.... I haven't missed it for about 7 years.  Lots of Calgarians hate the Stampede and look for ways to get out of the city, but I've always loved it.

Anyway, later in the evening, mom and I took a quick drive to the river to see how high the water is.  The Fraser is apparently at flood levels in some areas and will peak tomorrow.  The Vedder was high, but it didn't look like there was any real threat of flooding.  As we walked along the river path, the mosquitoes started to swarm us yet again.  I did manage to get this shot before I got eaten alive.

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

What a change from yesterday's weather.  Today was windy and overcast with some rain thrown in, as well.  It was a low energy day for me.  Spent most of the day in Photoshop doing some designing, and learning tutorials at Lynda.com.  I think I overworked my brain a little because I ended up having a 2 hour nap.  When I got up, we were losing daylight, so mom and I decided to go for a short drive to the Vedder River Bridge to take a picture.  The sky was just starting to clear up a little.  I hope things are a little more exciting tomorrow!