"It's a lazy day, I'm down with nothing else to do."

RKZ & "Buck" built their own version of the TCH's stone figures. This is leggo blocks.

A rare calm day for Buck & I as RKZ spent the day on the phone getting "financing." Yes, the long, dull part of house buying has begun.

Oh! For clarity's sake, the hooker demo was in front of our rental condo, which is in the middle of downtown Calgary (as opposed to our new house in the hills). As RKZ's boss says, "You're in the middle of the hood there." Funny -- if we were in NY or LA, we'd be terrified -- in clean Calgary, it's not that big a deal. Like a "white-collar hood" if you will. Also, it's a testimony to Calgary that we couldn't even tell we were in a "bad" part of town except for the homeless people & 'ladies of the evening' walking around. The city itself is very clean & there seems to be very little graffiti or anything that would mark a "hood" in the US. Another perk of Canada -- way fewer guns.

Back to our day (I'm sure you're very interested): We went to daily Mass @ the Cathederal @ 7:15am. Now, our guy is one happy kid, so anytime he enters a large, echo-y space, he feels the need to make a little "eh" sound that subsequently echoes throughout the room. He is also in a stage where he must babble all the time. RKZ & I tried to pray while Buck carried on a 30 minute monologue which I'm sure was appreciated by everyone in the Church.

After that - we hit a wonderful "Belgian Patisserie" (ignore my spelling, please). Here, I learned that the only difference between a chocolate croissant and a chocolate bun is that the bun has an extra bar of chocolate in it (good to know if you love chocolate). RKZ & I had lattes & RKZ proved that real men do, indeed, eat quiche -- really tasty mushroom & goat cheese quiche. We'll take you when you come visit.

The rest of the day (as mentioned), was spent sifting through the differences between the Canadian & US home-buying proceedures. FYI, basically the same. The big hassle has been trying to have our US funds transferred to a Canadian account so that we can write a check to the realestate agents here in Canada. RKZ comments, "It's not a hassle, it just takes more time."

Long story longer, Buck had his PJ's on all day -- even when we went to the grocery store. It was a lazy day & we're all starting to regain some rhythm. Tomorrow? "Big day tomorrow - Bed, Bath & Beyond. Maybe Home Depot. I don't know..."