Boutilier's Blog: January 2017

Monday, January 30, 2017

Another weekend - winter is passing quickly!

Our last weekend was nice and quiet. Our workouts are getting long again and take up the entire morning and part of the afternoon, so there isn't a lot of time to do much else. Chris is trying to get some work done in the garage. Otherwise, we've been trying to visit some of our favorite areas and enjoy winter as much as we can. The weather has been cooperating, thankfully!

A nice afternoon walk in Bristol...

We saw 3 antique cars out and about, even though the day wasn't the greatest (cloudy and pretty cold)

Hard to see this one - it's a pickup - buzzed right by us, so quickly, I couldn't snap a photo :)

Nice beautiful buildings in town; easier to see when the trees are bare, even if they don't look as pretty

We didn't spend too long by the water. Brrr, the wind was chilly!!

We also ran into 2 friends while walking the town - which made the day even nicer :)

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Onto the next weekend of fun!

It's winter, so exciting times are pretty much reserved for the weekend ;). During the week, we just eat, work, and exercise!
So, last weekend, we went to our friend Linda's surprise 50th birthday party! She is such a wonderful person and has so many friends!! It was a very fun evening!

The weather has been pretty darn good for this time of year, so we were able to take a hot rod out and about on Sunday - to breakfast and a nice drive around

Bolts, of course, came too!

Pickup is looking good - and it was fun to take it out in January!

A house project!! Repainting our downstairs bathroom. We loved the stripes, but the gray looks So much better!

We love it!

Monday, January 16, 2017

Weekend Fun!

We bought some new bicycles! Fatboys! Nice name, but they are named for their big ol tires!

We took them to a nearby forest - one we haven't visited in a while

The trails are nice and wide - but still plenty of roots and rocks to climb over. These bikes will go over anything - the tires just roll right over. So fun!

The tire is almost as big as the truck tire! These bikes are supposed to be really good in sand and snow too. Our snow is all melted (except in the big piles from the snowplows), so can't test them on that just yet.

We bought them on Friday - and used them on Friday! Got a little dirt on them - not too much yet.

And then on Saturday - our good friends visited us from Connecticut! We haven't seen these guys in ages - so we were so happy when they decided to visit! Bolts, of course, loves to be front and center!

We enjoyed a good meal at a local Portuguese restaurant.

And took a nice walk along the water on Sunday - the ocean was so pretty!

Then while they headed home, we took Bolts for another walk along the water - but a lake this time.

Winter is so much more bearable when the sun is out! (and the white stuff has melted :))

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Snow has arrived!

We woke up to a few inches of snow on Friday morning

Just enough to be a bother - but Bolts was happy

Then we got a lot more on Saturday

It just kept snowing! all day long! We ended up with 8 to 10 inches.

During the storm (it snowed from 10 am to 2 am), we took a drive since we were bored and wanted to get out of the house

We took Bolts for a little walk. But it was pretty cold - in the 20's

He still had fun

I'm not enjoying the snow as much anymore. I could definitely live without winter. But since we have it - we might as well get out in it.

Sunday morning, we decided to skip our long run at the gym (on a treadmill, yuk)

We headed to our lake (and beaches), and went snowshoeing!

The snow was deep, and it was slow going. What a workout! I was huffing and puffing the entire 1 1/2 hours! The temp was only 10 - BRRRRR! But fortunately, there wasn't any wind until the last 5 minutes.