My Week Recap 6/11/12

Took the whole family (2 cats, 1 dog, 1 boyfriend) to the vet last week. Snapped a cute photo of Sushi attempting to hide.

Walked down to long dock park and spotted this snake wrapped around a branch. I'm not a fan of snakes, but they are interesting to look at, especially when they're just hanging out in a tree, far enough away to not bite me.

We're trying to get our dog into the idea of swimming. This kind of worked. More coaxing sessions to come.

We spent a long time watching ducks and their babies. Must have been at least 5 different families. Little bit of a cuteness overload.

We picked this cat up at the flea market (the one on the left to clarify) and gave her a new coat. Sushi seems to approve.

I dyed my hair blue! It's actually more green than this photo represents, but blue none the less. My boyfriend dyed it for me actually. Another skill all boyfriends should have. He's a perfectionist, so getting dye on all the little strands of hair is great for him to take delight in.

On Second Saturday after my opening I stopped by Alms & Terra.

Had some laughs.

Checked out the new lounge at The Roundhouse. (Also stopped by earlier in the week and I am very excited for another nightlife option in our little city).

Sunday I opened a little late so I could indulge myself in a Beacon festivity which happens to include delicious strawberry shortcake!

Sunday evening I stopped by to keep my friend Jess company while she served at Chill Wine Bar.

Week Recap

A little late on this recap, it's actually of the week before last week, but here it is:

I bought my boyfriend a blow up kayak for Christmas. It seems kind of strange, but I figured it would take up less space and it had great reviews on amazon. We actually have a kayak launch in Beacon now, right by the train station. I just learned you can store your kayak there (for a fee of course), but it's another good option if we end up annoyed with the extra effort of pumping and unpumping a kayak full of air.

We made the mistake of putting the seats in "backwards" so that the skeg (which helps keep you going the way you want to go) was in the front. We had an embarrassing ride almost getting caught in fishing lines, but after we figured that one out, we were all good to go. We stopped on a little rocky beach and took in the mountain views (I'll never get over the views in this area).

I went to a little bbq on Memorial day. I started a cleanse right before this weekend, where you don't drink alcohol and are very limited in food choices, so it was tough being faced with all those delicious looking beers and chips (things are so much more delicious looking when you can't have them), but I did it! I'm on week 3 now. I'll write more about that later.





Along with the cleanse, I also started to work out a little. I really really needed to. My friend Lena and I are doing Jillian Michael's workouts, which are a quick, but painful, 20 minutes. My cat Sushi likes to join us sometimes, although she only seems to be into yoga. Afterwards, we juice (which is the breakfast part of my cleanse, it's not an all juice cleanse and actually it's only supposed to be for the 1st week, but I've carried on the habit). And after that we went for a nice little dip since summer decided to come early.

I also took the opportunity to blow up my new kiddie pool. This thing is pretty awesome for a cool down. Doesn't compare to my neighbors huge in-ground pool that I will own one day... but this will suffice for now!

Lastly, I went to my first drive in movie! Or at least first that I can remember going to (I have a faint memory of going when I was a little one). The ground was wet and it was cold so we couldn't sit outside for too long, but I am excited about attending more of these in the future. My boyfriend is especially pleased at the idea of a personal "quiet theater".