Homeward bound

Action started in the hotel at 6:30 but I dozed till 8 ish then played some brain games till S woke. I had packed oranges for breakfast to go with the coffee only S could drink (too strong for me without creamer). I jumped in the shower and got ready for the day while he caught up news then showered. He moved the car underground - in hindsight parking there in the first place would have been smart seeing it was snowing when we arrived. I checked out and bags were taken to the car before we went to have breakfast. S indulged in the buffet while I chose French toast that came with berries. Not the best $20 toast I have had but prices seem to be skyrocketing on everything.

Then we were off heading east stopping at Cole's just after 12 to enjoy an afternoon of visiting and snacking of course. Glen had beer from all over and kinds, S said it was like a world beer tour. Shaina sent a photo of what happened after opening a kombucha! I wonder what the kitchen looks like LOL

I drove us home leaving at 6 and arriving home just before 7 as Britt was backing out from feeding Harley and the horses. THANKS B and Shaina for looking after the critters. Speaking of critters, here is Beans and Lexi daily update pic XOXO

I got busy refilling all H's food dishes to thaw after getting dishwasher loaded and clean. S brought in bags, rolled out a bale, gave cats food after putting away and shovelled the front sidewalk that had a pile of snow accumulate while we were gone then relaxed in big brown to catchup with phone stuff. I had lots to catch up for customer inquiries and such. Supper for me was a bowl of cereal, S said still full from the stew, homemade bread and snacks at Cole's. I found sticky floor spots (kombucha most likely) so hauled out the mop. We watched the last episode of Ozark in this season then started a new one called Vikings; Valhalla. It is the sequel set 100 years after Vikings. 

Spa day

H picked 3:30 to go out today then to the garage. I made coffee letting S sleep in and did last minute things before my first zoom call with my Body Smart coach at 10. Nas is his name, he seems very efficient in our hour chat.

Before we left at 11:30, I ran out and put Bird’s blanket on and soaked food while S backed out the car and let the cats out. Seeing H will be alone till Shaina arrives much later, I gave her an esophagus to keep her busy. Then we were off with the first stop was to drop the blood pressure monitor in town then to the city to deliver the record cabinet.

Lunch and a cold beer were enjoyed across the street in Crowfoot center and seeing we were right near SugarMe, I grabbed Kaylin an iced oat milk latte with sugar free vanilla :) A quick stop to drop and say hi and we were back on the road to K country with snow falling all the way.

We were able to check in once we arrived and relax with a cocktail or 2 before heading to the Knordic spa at 5:30. The evening was very relaxing and enjoyable moving thru most of the tubs, sauna and steam rooms. We even met a pair of Suncor employees in the exfoliation hut. A beer and cheese board were savored at the comfy bistro before enjoying one last hot tub. Shower and up to the massage floor was next. this time we had separate rooms and as I came out of mine I ran into Kandace Klaiber, a friend from Strathmore who I did not know worked there 1 day a week.

our room view of the back of the spa LOL

Back to the room; thanks to Shaina for this wonderful Christmas gift XOXOX!  The rest of the evening was enjoyed with pistachios, licorice and water to end a most relaxing day.

Is winter back?

The fog continued thru the night, when I let H out at 5:55 and still around when I woke before 8 and it was -8. I made a pot of coffee letting prince sleep in, fed H and chatted with Mom on her way to Medicine Hat. S was up before 9:30 dressed and with a go mug of coffee was off to town to an appointment where he had a blood pressure monitor put on for 24 hours. I brought the dresser hardware in, affixed and staged some photos. I also grabbed decoupage paper to line the drawers.

S was back letting cats out on his way in after 11. Lunch with the news was followed up with an online course at 1 for us both. S had a nap after while I blogged and once up we took H for a walk. The hoar frost is crazy in the fog but so pretty. The temps were brr at -6 with a chilly breeze. 

I played soccer with H while S checked out tech cable we have on hand hoping it worked for the hot tub but no luck. He then had a zoom meeting with a guy at 4 and I worked on accounting. Supper was compliments of Ma K, lasagna with a yummy kale salad side. B and coop were out to feed and walk the horses around to lock in winter pasture, put on Pepper's blanket (Bird's is wet) then headed home. I ran the cats raw food much to J's pleasure then back in to help S search for cable online. Time to pack my travel bag for the Knordic spa tomorrow while S caught some sports and internet scrolling.

First day of spring??

First day of spring started as a brisk -7 fogged in / hoar frost covered day, Yep H wanted out before 2 am then to the garage but I woke again at 3:30 and 6:30 but both briefly before my now usual 7:30 wakeup. It was the usual start with feed, coffee and computer and a bonus of the tulips blooming more.

Today I am starting my workout journey meeting Sharon at the gym at 11. I made it right on time but was pushing to grab the trash I forgot to load and drop a prescription off to be filled. We had a quick catchup with a chai tea she brought for us, THANK YOU then did a warm up following Shaina's YouTube post. The first weight workout was a barbell squat that tweaked my knee dang it. This changed all knee bending for the rest of the workout but I got it done, Thanks Sharon for coaching me along. 

We finished up almost at 12:30. I rushed to pick up the filled prescription, pick up Cooper and his food and drop the trash off at the dump arriving back home at 12:59 with a minute to spare before my 1 pm phone call. After it was over after 2 I made another delicious spinach salad for a late lunch. The sun popped thru during the call and made for a beautiful day now at plus 1. I tossed anotehr horse blanket in the wash before the hardware for the dresser was painted gold and left to dry well.

Time to let the cats out for a stretch in the sun or in Jay's case begging for food. Seeing it was so nice I took the dogs for a 2 km walk. It was slushy like spring in the pastures and the dogs enjoyed racing around in it. 

Around supper time the fog rolled back in like soup. B was out just before I had an online Dr appointment with our family naturopath Tim at 6:30. She fed and kindly put the cats away with soft food and headed home. Travis booked a bed but ended up getting his mattress loaded in the end and was off for home. I had a late supper after 7:30 of the other pork chop, I'm thankful for leftovers on a busy day like today.

After my computer work I crawled into bed and watched Wentworth then was listening to a sleep podcast when S got home in the fog after 11. He was asleep in short order after his long day.