3 things about our lazy southern Regina Sunday...
1. We finished the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. Bring on the movie! S was super eager to have K start reading the second one this morning so he could hear about all the building teen angst. It sounds like sarcasm but sadly, it's not.
2. We went all the way to our next door neighbors, the MacKenzie Art Gallery for a look around. It was a nice, free outing. They have some awesome sculptures. And a really cool shop inside that sells, amongst classier things, paper made from moose poop (pictures to come).
3. We discovered a few new things about our mansion. We apparently have our own mail service downstairs (letter size only, pick up at 9:00 am mon through fri). More importantly, we have our own library down the hall, complete with books, board game, movies (including vintage VHS), crossword puzzle books, and magazines!
That's it for now. We hope to have Internet tomorrow. Cross your fingers for us!
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Avengers Review!
Before we talk about the movie, a review of the movie theatre itself. We went to one of the two first-run theaters in Regina. The (Cineplex) theatre is located in the Southland mall. At only 9.50 for a Friday night movie, this was a bargain compared to either Montreal or St. John's. The theatre can best be compared to the Plaza Cote Des Neiges one in Montreal (in terms of seating, look, and smell). That being said, we would've watched the film on VHS sitting in cardboard box (i.e S would've dragged K into said box) to see this movie!
On to the movie! It was F****** awesome! Even K really enjoyed it! Then again, Mark Ruffalo (one of K's 257853267 celebrity boyfriends) was in it, enough said. S, while not infatuated with Ruffalo, thought he was the best Bruce Banner/Hulk yet (he had the two funniest moments in the movie). Overall the movie was very funny (not hard to tell Joss Whedon was the man behind it), had perhaps the most amazing action sequence ever, and a perfect culmination of all the individual movies. We are looking forward to rewatching it when it comes to the cheap Golden Mile theatre near our mansion!
P.s. the after credits scene is by far the coolest of all the Marvel movies.. Well if you are a big enough comic nerd like S!
P.s deux: S got a sick collector's cup. He was forced to buy an ungodly amount of iced tea but now he has his very own Thor cup! That was delicious, bring me another!
On to the movie! It was F****** awesome! Even K really enjoyed it! Then again, Mark Ruffalo (one of K's 257853267 celebrity boyfriends) was in it, enough said. S, while not infatuated with Ruffalo, thought he was the best Bruce Banner/Hulk yet (he had the two funniest moments in the movie). Overall the movie was very funny (not hard to tell Joss Whedon was the man behind it), had perhaps the most amazing action sequence ever, and a perfect culmination of all the individual movies. We are looking forward to rewatching it when it comes to the cheap Golden Mile theatre near our mansion!
P.s. the after credits scene is by far the coolest of all the Marvel movies.. Well if you are a big enough comic nerd like S!
P.s deux: S got a sick collector's cup. He was forced to buy an ungodly amount of iced tea but now he has his very own Thor cup! That was delicious, bring me another!
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Stick with us!
We haven't forgotten about the pictures! SaskTel no showed on Friday. Apparently they came and got lost in the mansion (despite the gigantic information on the way in). Sigh. Hopefully we will have our Internet set up by Monday evening.. Unless they get lost in the parking lot :/
The end of the work week...
Soooo we survived week one of twelve of our final internship! Eleven more to go til we are real live SLPs! Woot! Woot! :D
We had another "night out" here in southern Regina on Friday. This time, we walked to the Southland Mall, about 40 minutes away from our mansion. What's in the mall you ask? The movie theatre, of course! It was Avengers day (review to come in another post). Perhaps the most amazing part of our journey there was when we both discovered a gargantuan green spinning cube. We blurted out "DOLLARAMA" at the exact same time! It was so incredibly adorable! Unfortunately, we had to walk past it in order to make it to the movie on time. It took every bit of self control and willpower we had to do this!
After the movie, we bought more expensive groceries using our Safeway club card. Despite the higher prices of nearly all food items here, bread is nearly about half the price (not hard to tell we are in the prairies, where wheat abounds).. Maybe we should go on a jailhouse diet, eh?
Moving on to Saturday, we had a little sleep in. It's amazing to be able to sleep in on the weekend, guilt free. Yah!!!! After brunch, we headed out to the local comic book store (Comic Readers on the "main drag", Albert street) for Free Comic Book Day. S was able to use K to get 5 free books instead of the 3 free books per customer. Yes! We then hit up the Dollarama since we were so excited after finding it last night. Exciting purchases including freezer bags, an umbrella, Tupperware and KD. Finally, we ended our excursion with a trip to yet another grocery store, this time ExtraFoods (it's like Maxi in MTL but with 4 maple leafs of different colors in their logo). This was an exciting discovery because 1) it's familiar to us and 2) it's more reasonably priced. We were actually able to buy chicken breasts without taking out a bank loan! Once back to the mansion, we continued our journey through Pamem: Katniss and Peeta, you crazy kids. This basically means that K read the Hunger Games out loud while S listened and occasionally fell asleep to the sound of her voice. Hopefully finish the book soon and have another movie to review.
In other news, we seem to have a new arch nemesis who takes "our" tv at the end of the hall! We will have to figure out how to deal with this problem before the next episode of "insert food network show here".
We had another "night out" here in southern Regina on Friday. This time, we walked to the Southland Mall, about 40 minutes away from our mansion. What's in the mall you ask? The movie theatre, of course! It was Avengers day (review to come in another post). Perhaps the most amazing part of our journey there was when we both discovered a gargantuan green spinning cube. We blurted out "DOLLARAMA" at the exact same time! It was so incredibly adorable! Unfortunately, we had to walk past it in order to make it to the movie on time. It took every bit of self control and willpower we had to do this!
After the movie, we bought more expensive groceries using our Safeway club card. Despite the higher prices of nearly all food items here, bread is nearly about half the price (not hard to tell we are in the prairies, where wheat abounds).. Maybe we should go on a jailhouse diet, eh?
Moving on to Saturday, we had a little sleep in. It's amazing to be able to sleep in on the weekend, guilt free. Yah!!!! After brunch, we headed out to the local comic book store (Comic Readers on the "main drag", Albert street) for Free Comic Book Day. S was able to use K to get 5 free books instead of the 3 free books per customer. Yes! We then hit up the Dollarama since we were so excited after finding it last night. Exciting purchases including freezer bags, an umbrella, Tupperware and KD. Finally, we ended our excursion with a trip to yet another grocery store, this time ExtraFoods (it's like Maxi in MTL but with 4 maple leafs of different colors in their logo). This was an exciting discovery because 1) it's familiar to us and 2) it's more reasonably priced. We were actually able to buy chicken breasts without taking out a bank loan! Once back to the mansion, we continued our journey through Pamem: Katniss and Peeta, you crazy kids. This basically means that K read the Hunger Games out loud while S listened and occasionally fell asleep to the sound of her voice. Hopefully finish the book soon and have another movie to review.
In other news, we seem to have a new arch nemesis who takes "our" tv at the end of the hall! We will have to figure out how to deal with this problem before the next episode of "insert food network show here".
Thursday, 3 May 2012
A night on the town...
After a long day of cute kids, we decided to add some color to Regina and paint the town red! Of course this meant supper at Subway! Which means, it's time for our first restaurant review! We know what you are all thinking.... OMGWTFTHEYALSOREVIEWRESTAURANTS?!?!?! Amazing!!!
This was the most amazing and delicious subway ever! The workers didn't give a crap, which means they packed on all the toppings!!! The bread was soft and fresh (compared hard crusty ones in downtown Montreal!), but the piece de resistance was... Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it.... PINEAPPLE!!!! (K wants you to know you can also get this topping at some of the St. John's locations). Pineapple makes everything better, even questionable deli meats! Yah!
If that wasn't enough excitement for one night, we then headed to DQ for mini blizzards! Despite the nasty, curl over cramps it gave S ( because his Tummy no like milk products), they were oh so tasty!!
During our restaurant hopping, we were serenaded by lovely auditory stimulation (a real treat for the cochlea if you will) in the form of not only country music but J-Pop (Japanese pop)! This led to a discussion on the possibility of a j-pop/country fusion. J-country anybody?
Unfortunately no quotes of the day today :/ if something tickles our auditory nerves, we will fire up the blogger app ASAP tho!
This was the most amazing and delicious subway ever! The workers didn't give a crap, which means they packed on all the toppings!!! The bread was soft and fresh (compared hard crusty ones in downtown Montreal!), but the piece de resistance was... Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it.... PINEAPPLE!!!! (K wants you to know you can also get this topping at some of the St. John's locations). Pineapple makes everything better, even questionable deli meats! Yah!
If that wasn't enough excitement for one night, we then headed to DQ for mini blizzards! Despite the nasty, curl over cramps it gave S ( because his Tummy no like milk products), they were oh so tasty!!
During our restaurant hopping, we were serenaded by lovely auditory stimulation (a real treat for the cochlea if you will) in the form of not only country music but J-Pop (Japanese pop)! This led to a discussion on the possibility of a j-pop/country fusion. J-country anybody?
Unfortunately no quotes of the day today :/ if something tickles our auditory nerves, we will fire up the blogger app ASAP tho!
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Humpday
WE HAVE THE FOOD NETWORK!!!! (channel 25 in case you were wondering)
With that out of the way, it was another eventful day in the 'Gina. K made her first trip to North Central. She made it back to the mansion in one piece. Nobody gonna mess wit da K-dawg!!! In all seriousness, K is of the belief it will be a wonderful learning experience!
In other news, we are looking forward to getting more groceries with our SafeWay club card. Our initial order, despite being over 100.00 with no junk, barely made it through half the week :/ hopefully we can maximize our fancy new club membership next time!
In closing, we have a new feature for our posts: quotes of the day overheard in Regina, or as we like to call it, "Giners say the darndest things"
Today's thing: "I just wanted to stick mine in there too while it's still open"
With that out of the way, it was another eventful day in the 'Gina. K made her first trip to North Central. She made it back to the mansion in one piece. Nobody gonna mess wit da K-dawg!!! In all seriousness, K is of the belief it will be a wonderful learning experience!
In other news, we are looking forward to getting more groceries with our SafeWay club card. Our initial order, despite being over 100.00 with no junk, barely made it through half the week :/ hopefully we can maximize our fancy new club membership next time!
In closing, we have a new feature for our posts: quotes of the day overheard in Regina, or as we like to call it, "Giners say the darndest things"
Today's thing: "I just wanted to stick mine in there too while it's still open"
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Our prairie mansion...
We just thought we'd give you a description of our accommodations here in Regina (or the 'Gina, as we lovingly call it) after an intense day of initial exploration..
a) it's a mansion with at least 400 rooms and countless bathrooms
b) there's a fitness center to which we have free access
c) there's pool and a gym
d) we have many chefs on staff to provide us with quality sustenance for a small fee
e) we have our own cleaning lady who replaces towels, takes out the trash, etc. as often we need
e) we have not one, but two pianos on site (potentially more in the unexplored wings of our mansion)
f) we have our very own air hockey, shuffleboard, and pool tables (free to use whenever we want)
g) we have a beautiful, majestic lake in our backyard (fully equipped with totem pole) along with beautiful wildlife (full of green poop)
h) FINALLY access to our own washer and dryer (not requiring coins)
i)... AND A DISHWASHER!
j) roomy chauffeur service just outside the mansion's entrance (aka the Regina bus system)
k) the proximity of our mansion to our workplace means a <2 minute commute to work (ie walking down some stairs and a hallway, or if feeling really lazy, taking one of our two personal elevators)
In other news, K ventures out of the mansion and heads to North Central tomorrow.. So stay tuned for all the details!!!
a) it's a mansion with at least 400 rooms and countless bathrooms
b) there's a fitness center to which we have free access
c) there's pool and a gym
d) we have many chefs on staff to provide us with quality sustenance for a small fee
e) we have our own cleaning lady who replaces towels, takes out the trash, etc. as often we need
e) we have not one, but two pianos on site (potentially more in the unexplored wings of our mansion)
f) we have our very own air hockey, shuffleboard, and pool tables (free to use whenever we want)
g) we have a beautiful, majestic lake in our backyard (fully equipped with totem pole) along with beautiful wildlife (full of green poop)
h) FINALLY access to our own washer and dryer (not requiring coins)
i)... AND A DISHWASHER!
j) roomy chauffeur service just outside the mansion's entrance (aka the Regina bus system)
k) the proximity of our mansion to our workplace means a <2 minute commute to work (ie walking down some stairs and a hallway, or if feeling really lazy, taking one of our two personal elevators)
In other news, K ventures out of the mansion and heads to North Central tomorrow.. So stay tuned for all the details!!!
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