Long Weekend Garden Boxes!

This weekend  we did lots! 

Saturday we had a very successful yard sale. 

Sunday we took apart our garden and made garden planters for our new place 

(a townhouse with no yard, but 2 balconies)

Monday we cleaned up the basement and packed leftover things then relaxed!

Here's the progress of Simon's "masterpiece" planter boxes... 

  

Working hard! 

Simon got to use the saw that I bought him for Christmas. We re-used all the wood from our built-up garden that we took down because we are moving and the landlord said he was going to get rid of the gardens anyways. 

I used Simon's sander and organized the wood to the pattern I like. The wood was sun-bleached on one side so it looks kind of blue.

Finished product!

The only thing we bought for this project was the nice clean wood on the top of the boxes. It finishes it off nicely. Simon mitered the corners to make it extra nice :)

Peppermint "snowballs"

I have been hard at work packing lately... and wishing for a job, or shifts at the job I have.. but needed a break this afternoon! I had a pretty large lunch and just sat on the couch reading for an hour so my tummy could digest a bit then I started packing again, but I was so cold that I decided to do some baking! Our kitchen is pretty small so it holds the heat from the oven :) And plus I did the dishes by hand in nice hot water while the cookies were baking. I wanted chocolate chip cookies, but since I packed most of my baking things yesterday and didn't want to search for them I made this recipe (plus it jumped into my hands when going through my recipe box).

My Version of Peppermint Snowballs

I added chopped dark chocolate into the dough :) and then dipped them in melted chocolate chips and topped with crushed candy cane (my second to last one!!)

Now I am sitting on the couch again with 3 cookies beside me (2 have already made their way to T-Rex) and my tea. This is nice, but it would be nice to work as well. Sometimes I get bored. At least I have packing to do! I finished the office today, and the "sewing" room was done last week. I started the kitchen yesterday. I need more boxes. Hopefully I'll get some tonight. I can get them from work, I just have to go pick them up! 

Okay my cookies and book are calling me!

15 weeks and counting

Home again Home again Jiggety Jog!

This past week/weekend my parents were here to visit!

Here's a snapshot of what we did.

First things first I had to hand in my VERY LAST assignment/exam at the University! Woo! I also ordered some grad pictures while we were there. We gave my parents a quick driving tour of Ottawa, but there were probably too tired to remember much :p! The next day we did a tour of parliament and got to see more than Simon and I had seen the previous two times we were there because parliament is not sitting! Sunday was relaxing/shopping at the mall day! We had Sophie and Jeff over for dinner too, but I forgot to take any pictures. Monday we went to Montreal! Simon figured since we were so close we had to take the parents there! We walked (lots! I was tired, and it felt like all I was ever doing was searching for a bathroom!) and had lunch in a nice Montrealais cafe in Vieux Montreal. I left my camera in the car that day, but I think my mom has pictures. We did go to the Olympic park in Montreal too. We'd never been there, so that was cool. By Tuesday I was pooped from doing so much so Simon and I stayed home while my parents went adventuring downtown. They went to the Canadian Mint and walked around. Later that night I "helped" (aka watched) my mom pack my china! We're moving at the end of the month and I felt better having my mom pack it! I don't think we unpacked it until moving to this house, so really I have never packed my own china! Wednesday the parents went home and it was back to Simon and I. Today it's really quiet cause Simon's back to work now too. I've been packing a bit, but its so nice out (22 degrees) that I had to put a blanket on the lawn and lay down and read for a couple hours!

That's all for now!

Thanks to Mom and Dad for a good week :) 

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