a snowy saturday

At my parent's place on Monday night :)

Two thoughts: 1. Six days is NOT long enough for a Vancouver visit, and 2. Eeeeek, it's MARCH! Madness, madness. Another thought: we may very well be the luckiest parents on the planet; (hopefully I'm not putting my foot in my mouth here, but...) Hendrik traveled dream-come-true well and was awake and as happy as a clam on the way up (to cruising altitude) and on the way down (to Ottawa) - !!! I was surprised, Steve wasn't. Plus, he slept all night last night - no jet lag! (Yet.) Should we say lucky? Yup, I think so. So yeah, six days went by in a flash. We had an awesome time with my parents, but I don't feel like I got enough time in with my friends, and that's because I didn't. I don't really need to elaborate on that point - I have awesome friends and most of them live in Vancouver and I wish I could see them more... and there you go.

Hendrik has a new friend! Thank you Bill and Lolis for Peter Rabbit - our little guy was once again spoiled with gifts...


Of course the only pics from a girls get-together are of the babies, Hendrik and Ellie - future companions? Perhaps....

And that was the blog that I started a few days ago and never got around to finishing - wooops. We woke up to the snowiest March 5th we've seen... ever. The thick clouds of fat flakes have now been replaced with rain and slush, but the blanket is still there - white and fresh and thick. We're a bit housebound for the weekend - or Steve is; he had a scope done on his knee yesterday and is kind of glued to the couch. I have four things on my to-do list that I will get done (I will I will I will) - maybe I should make it five and put get out of pyjamas at the top of the list. I want to blog, workout (haven't done so in days and days, and I feel like a big blob), go to the library (return books - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and The Miracle at Speedy Motors, and pick up Book Lust; next on the list to read is Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, as recommended by les parents), go to Shoppers and make chili. I think this is all very do-able, but seeing as how it's already almost 1:00 and I'm just now getting going, I might have some work cut out for me.

Puzzling...
Over Christmas we did a few puzzles chez les Brinkmans, and we're now hooked on these Charles Wysocki creations - available at Zellers for $8.99. I'd say that there's a week's worth of fun in these things but since they're just (just) 1000 pieces, you're never that far away from finishing... it's too easy to get addicted. So it looks like that's what Steve is going do all day, and Hendrik will likely either be sleeping or eating or Jolly Jumping or hanging out on his little play mat or ? He's got lots to do. I've got mucho more to write about but for today I think I'll leave it at that - it's time to get out of my pjs. :)