Happy Belated Canada Day

Busy long weekend - especially since it started Thursday with my dad's birthday. Had supper at my parents and treated my dad to Pirates 3. Pretty good, definitely a fun movie, but it could have used tighter editing in the beginning. It did not need to be 168 mins long.

Friday, Rod, Fancy, Holly and I went to the Richmond Night Market. It's kind of a giant flea market, but with new goods instead of used, and fairway food. Fancy bought a Winnie the Pooh wallet and a scarf. Rodney bought lamb on a stick. :)

Saturday was a great day - Pitch n Putt in Stanley Park (I suck! Par 3 and I averaged 5 strokes per hole. My best was a 4) followed by a walk on the seawall. Dinner and drinks on the Milestones' patio, watching the sun set over English Bay. I don't associate Vancouver with the water for some insane reason (mountains, trees, yes, but I forget about the ocean *L*), so it was a big reminder to why this place is so beautiful.

Sunday was a productive day. Caulked the bathtub (way messier than I ever thought possible! I knew the caulking tube was old - from the Edmonton apt - but it had been properly sealed. The caulk itself was perfectly fine. Too bad the plastic making up the tube was not. As soon I started squeezing, the back seam burst open! I managed to get enough caulk to finish the tub, but I was covered in Gloss White). Painted behind the toilet (somehow got missed when the room was done originally and every time I had a bath, I could see it). Patched the kitchen ceiling from when we changed the light fixture (still need to paint it, maybe Thursday). Patched and painted the bedroom window from the damage caused by jamming a too big blind in a too small space. Fixed my desk drawer so now it doesn't open by itself. Finally hung all my paintings. I'm actually getting moved in around here. Most of the stuff left on the to-do list requires help. Finished off the night hanging out with Rod, Fancy and Holly at BPs.

Today I went for a walk on Bowen Island with my family. To my shock, the non-rain continued (I think it's called sunshine) and we went for a 3 hour stroll along Killarney Lake. I took my pack with about 20 lbs in it, just to make things slightly more challenging. Should have added more weight, since I really want to get used to my centre of gravity being off when I have a full pack.

There is a meme going around that I think sounds fun. If you are interested, I will make a picture post. Ask me to take a picture of something/anything (ok, within reason, it's got to be something I'm willing to post on the net) in my world and I will post it here.

So in the spirit of Canada's 140th birthday, I will end with some useless facts. Canada Day was originally called Dominion Day and the name wasn't officially changed until 1982. Red and White became our official colours in 1921, but we didn't get the maple leaf flag until 1965. Aren't you glad you know that now?