Scenes from the Weekend: Volume 5

Oh jeez, look at that, it's already Wednesday!  Right in that sweet spot where "this weekend" becomes "last weekend".  Do you make this distinction?  The way Marek and I both use the terms is that whatever weekend is "closer" is "this weekend" - so on Friday, the upcoming weekend is "this weekend" and on the Monday following that weekend, that weekend is still "this weekend"...unless you're talking about plans for the coming weekend, in which case that weekend is also "this weekend".  Makes sense, right?

Here's what we did LAST weekend.

We were still enjoying the cupcakes from Baked by Melissa.  And by we, I mostly mean I.  These cupcakes are great because they're so small and you can eat so many without feeling bad (right?).  Because we had them shipped, they pretty stay in the freezer and you have to make a conscious decision to take some out to defrost them.  This helps with "portion control".  You know what doesn't help with portion control?  Ordering a ton more for Valentine's Day. 

This is what your tongue looks like when you eat a bunch of blue cupcakes/blue frosted cupcakes.  You're welcome for not making it enormous size!

On Saturday, I cancelled Pure Barre class so Marek could take the car and go hiking.  Claudius and I slept in until about 11, which I have to say, was pretty great.  Marek hiked Mailbox Peak and had a great view!

While he was gone, I took Claudius for a nice loooooong walk, which he really enjoyed.  He loves sniffing and exploring, especially checking out any holes where little animals could burrow.

On Saturday night we finally dragged our butts over to lululemon to get our pants hemmed.  Marek had a couple pairs of pants that were "Tall" and were just a smidge too long and I had a few Wunder Unders that were clearly way, way too long.  The right leg went completely over my right foot on every single pair.  (It doesn't look that way in the picture but trust me, I could have pulled those suckers clean past my toes with some inches to spare.)  Whose legs are that long???

Treated myself to a huge peppermint hot chocolate (not just for Christmas!!!) on the way out of the mall.  You see that "K" above the "PHC" (Peppermint Hot Chocolate, woo)?  You know what it means?  It means "Kiddie Temperature".  Marek ordered me a small hot chocolate once and somehow we got a kiddie size, which was great - I didn't even realize they had that option.  Then the next time we ordered a kiddie size on purpose, they asked if we wanted it in kiddie temperature.  Heck yes, sign me up!  No more burnt tip of the tongue, thankyouverymuch.

At home, Claudius was rewarded with the biggest pig ear he had ever seen.  Biggest one I'd ever seen, too.  The picture below is not tricking you with perspective.  The pig ear really is that big.  He had a field day, and now it's probably hidden somewhere in the depths of the apartment to be savored and enjoyed later, only to be cruelly discovered by Marek or me while we're cleaning.  Poor guy.

Maybe I can just hide it right....here....

On Saturday night it had started to snow in Seattle, so of course everyone was freaking out.  I counted 6 cars abandoned on the side of the ride in maybe a quarter of a mile stretch on the way to Pure Barre class the next morning.  Insane.  I did have to drag myself out of bed on Sunday morning, but mostly because I was tired.  A lot of people didn't show up for class, so we had a nice small class doing moves that I hadn't seen before because the classes were so crowded.  Plus Kristen was teaching, and she always kicks our butts.

The snow definitely made for a very pretty drive.  It almost felt like we were home in New England. :)

Look what finally showed up on Wednesday (okay, not part of the weekend, but whatever) - my Super Bowl shirt.  Which I ordered on January 25th.  It only arrived - ohhhhh, 3 days too late!  Technically 4 days too late since there is no mail on Sunday.  Thanks a lot NFL Shop!

On Sunday I tried making mushroom ravioli, with pretty decent results.  I had never made ravioli before, so it was pretty fun and I definitely learned some things for next time.

We'll end the recap with some laundry.  Marek remarked a couple weeks ago that I do laundry "all the time", which is not really true.  We do laundry more frequently because we are both home and there are more clothes in the laundry - workout clothes almost every day, and just normal clothes that don't pile up when I'm travelling.  I heard some girls at the studio saying that the dryer wrecks the stickiness in the sticky socks, so I gave a try line drying them this weekend.  Not sure I will keep it up or if it will make a difference, but we'll see.