Back at work

I love long weekends. I guess I really just like being at home and not working in general. :) Friday was a great day. Aside from finding $20 it was just all in all a very nice day. Went for a great walk through the neighbourhood. I love the area bordered by Burrard and Macdonald, W 16th and W 4th. Big trees, neat old houses and narrow streets. Lots of flowers and gardens. Friday the weather was so nice, all weekend was beautiful.

Friday night Loranda and Orlando were over for dinner, we had tuna and it was soooo good. Mel and Chris and KJo came over later on. On Saturday mom and dad came over and we installed the new sink. Of course nothing ever works the way you plan it, but eventually the sink was in and the water hooked up. It's great, I love it. It looks nice and it's way bigger. Saturday night Brad was over for dinner and we had a leftover feast. It was actually really good. :)

Sunday morning I went to yoga and then headed out to my aunt's in north Mission. The whole family was there; Luke and I, mom, dad, Brad, Carrie and Jesse and of course my aunt. The goats were so cute! Very nice to see Auntie Sandra. We buried Gubby's ashes in a garden plot that my aunt had cleared. Right next to a weeping cherry tree. It will look very nice when it's all grown in. The hole was filled with some lily of the valley plants that came from Gubby's garden. We drank sherry (Gubby's drink) and ate sandwiches and had a really nice visit. We drove to her house via Dewdney Trunk Road and over the Stave Lake dam. It's a really nice area up there, lots of huge trees and creeks and lots of space.

After lunch we went home for a bit before heading over to the Closs' for a Mother's Day dinner. All the in-laws were there! It was a Roger-Closs-Vazquez picnic!

Yesterday I spent the day at home relaxing. I got a bit too much sun on Sunday and so I stayed inside for most of the day. Snuggled with Jebus, did the usual laundry and dishes and tidying up. Nearly forgot about my cooking class but was very glad I remembered when I got there. We started off with the duck rillette we made last week as an appy. Then we made an asian inspired dish with the pork bellies (basically uncut bacon) which was delicious. We also made stuffed pork chops, I think that's what we'll have for dinner tonight. We finished off by making sausages which will cure over the next couple weeks. Lots of pork!

Today I walked to work. On my way home I'll stop and pick up my bike from the shop. I have a pretty relaxed week, only 3 days and then another long weekend! I'm in the middle of an 11 day stretch where I only work 3 days! It's great!

There are a bunch of photos on Flickr! from the weekend. Check them out! :)