well, here's my first post on the new blog.

Ben and I had a great weekend after a not so great week. We got in a huge fight because he worked until 2 am one night on the game. I'm so sick of gaming crunch times. I just can't handle it anymore. We fought and fought, and I felt all pissy because we moved cross country to get away from these crazy hours. 5 monts of crunch is TOO much. Anyway, we hashed it out. Ben understands my point of view more, and I get his a bit better. All is well again, but I swear if he works another night like that I will march into his producer's office and scream my head off.

We got a babysitter Saturday, and went for some brunch and ran some errands. It was really nice doing errands without Tristan. Maybe we should do that more often. We ate at cute little cafe called Petra's which reminded me of Madison. Then we ventured over to three different hardware stores to find the one item that we needed - pond sealant.

Once we got home we worked a lot on the yard. I sawed down the diseased branches of the apple tree and discovered what was making it so sick. Someone had tied a wire around the trunk. Poor tree. I also trimmed up the weeping mulberries and the pear tree, but accidentally stepped on my croucoses. Poor little flowers. I still have a lot to do, but the yard is looking better.

Sunday, we ventured down to Blaine, so we wouldn't have to pay the levy on the CDRs we needed to buy for Phil and Mike's cds. Blaine isn't half bad of a drive, and at least they have Rite Aid and Costco, so we can get diapers and other things that are super expensive in our area. We decided to check out Birch Bay and just do a small day adventure with no concrete plans. I used to love just driving to some random town and checking it out. We found a public beach that was full of oyster shells, and watched an eagle hunt over the bay. It was so fun.

After Birch Bay, we decided to get Mexican food, since Vancouver is seriously lacking in good Mexican food. The place in Blaine looked like a dive, but it was pretty good. Ben ate enough to feed a small army, and I think he was feeling it for the rest of the night. We stopped at Rite Aid and picked up some flowers that they had on sale. I got a bunch of primroses that look like cartoon flowers and some pansies. We spent the rest of the night outside planting flowers in the planters and clearing out some weeds. It was productive, but fun.