This Past Week

Well, as always we had a busy week. It seems to be the trend these days. Last Saturday, being Valentine's Day, Ben played at the Arts Academy Chocolate Dessert Evening. This was a great experience for him as he had the opportunity to play some jazz with a few other guys. Although, two of them (one being Ben) were Jazz virgins, they were fantastic and I think Gershwin would have been proud. Overall the evening was a success and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

Alberta has this lovely day call FAMILY DAY in February and that fell on Monday. I think all provinces should adopt a stat between new years and easter, otherwise the stretch is just too long. As a family, we were able to regroup and relax, as I resisted the urge to find another painting project.

On tuesday, we went to the Calgary Flames vs. Vancouver game with our friends from vancouver/calgary. Yes, that is right, I witnessed the canucks win. It was ill-deserved and was only because of luongo (obviously) but I am proud to say I was there. Ben, the little trader, in between his "go oilers!" chants, cheered for the flames (BOOOOO!) until the canucks won, at which time he tried to play it off as if he were cheering for luongo the whole time. We had a great time, and boy was I glad to have the next day off.

The reason for my day off, in part was for our ultrasound of the baby. You know how it is - technicians can't really tell you much but everything looked like it was there...no we don't know what it is. An educated eye, I am sure could see either ovaries or an extra appendage, but we are that good. So that brings me to 25 weeks.

Here are some pics of the week for your enjoyment.[gallery]

See, now that wasn't so bad

Last weekend I was feeling rather unsatisfied with the state of our bedroom. I am a comfort person and like my surroundings to be as such. I had big plans for our bedroom when we first moved out here....like a new bedroom suite, but as in most cases the money ran out before the ideas. So at the end of my rope, I took a chance in hoping a coat of paint and some new accessories would do the trick. This whole project, somewhat blindsided Ben....it didn't help that I decided we may as well do the ensuite at the same time. But one weekend and $200 later. Here is what we came up with, Soren took no time to adjust and there is an extra picture just for fun.[gallery]