The summer of the kid, first post
So, there have been lots of events lately, some bigger, some smaller in the last few weeks.
- Most importantly, the little guy is now crawling consistently, so cat food is the least of my concerns — the stairs and large heavy objects are way more important. Getting around the house is a little more challenging now. The house is also a lot tidier — less things to pick off the floor and eat, we hope.
- We have a piano now! Getting the piano from my parents place to here has been on the to-do list for a few years since we’ve moved into our house. (Of all of my sibs, I played the longest.) The movers, from Music Box moving, were fantastic. Highly recommended. From my parent’s place to our place it was a grand total of 35 minutes — it was shocking how quickly they got it up and down those stairs.
- The kid’s favorite uncle has come to visit for the second time — first time was at just a few months old, and he was OK (not crying all the time) but the kid is way more fun this time.
- We went to the UBC Farm market this last weekend. We already frequent others farmers markets, but this was truly as close to the source of the food as we’ve ever been (other than our own garden, of course). We’re believers in eating locally (sometimes) and knowing where your food is from and how its impacting the world. We got a bunch of lamb’s quarter and some beautiful garlic and some fragrant lavender.
- In direct contrast to the ‘eat locally’ movement, we went to visit Everything Wine which bill’s itself as BC’s largest wine store. Its got wine from all over the world at very reasonable prices — something to satisfy the bottom end and top end winos that you may know (OK, there wasn’t a lot under $10, but then again, is there much under $10 worth drinking?) We went with another couple who love their wine and have recently had a baby — and so, getting back on the wine bandwagon was on their to-do list. We found some Henschke (but not Henschke Hill of Grace) and were considering buying some for the boy, but we got steered to another bottle instead. Hopefully it’ll still be good when he can drink.
Tuesday 29 Jul 2008 | 24601 | SlantyNet - General
is there much under $10 worth drinking?
Are you serious? The fact that it’s under $10 by itself makes it worth drinking!
Hey, when I was in france I was aiming for the under 2 euro/ bottle stuff!! and there was heaps! Come try some sometime, I aim to please… Oh, I also got some 10 euro stuff, it better be good…
The stuff we got was considerably over $10, but we were told that it is “expected” to age at least 10 years. We figure that if we can keep the kid out of it for 15 years, we’ll be lucky.
But we don’t expect to be keeping Mom and Dad out of it for that long……that’s why we got a second bottle. To quote his Daddy: “One for the kid and one for me”.