I’M UPDATING!!!!
Thanks for the ‘gentle prodding’ Wendy! Life has been busy, busy, busy, and full of fun! I’ll try to remember everything, be warned, this could be a long post!
WE’VE MOVED!!
As I posted in an earlier post, we sold our home in August and have moved into a rental home owned by Jonathan’s 1st cousin’s husband’s family. Confused yet? Lol. Jonathan’s parents came out from Manitoba to help us move and renovate. It was a crazy time, and we couldn’t have done it without them! Jonathan’s Mom is a cleaning machine, and Dad loves to help paint and reno. We’ve painted the kitchen a deep, chocolate brown and the rest of the house a cappuccino (thanks Doug for the name!) I’ve gone back to the safety of browns (my favorite color!) and I’m loving it. We’ve also put in new moldings and doors and helped Doug put in a new bathroom.
The kids are loving all the space that acreage provides. They’ve whipped around on their new motorbikes and even found trails behind the property to explore. Jonathan has even bought me an old motorbike that I can use (or HE can use until he buys himself another one, lol!) It just needs a little TLC before it’s ready though.
The house is great. It’s quite old (100 years???) and needs a lot of TLC. But we’re settling in nicely and will have lots to keep us busy in the future.
E-mail me for new address and phone number!
THINKING OF MOVING AGAIN (maybe)
After our trip to Manitoba last summer, we’ve been thinking seriously about moving there. A job opportunity has Jonathan VERY excited, so pray for us! It’s been on our minds a lot….
LOVEBUG CROP
During the whole move, I managed to ‘escape’ work for a whole Saturday so that I could attend a Lovebug Crop! It was great to see friends and work on a layout. ~ With the help of my tablemates (Sonja, Anna, and Felicia, I actually managed to finish a layout! A special thanks to Sonja for her supplies and suggestions :0) !!) I’ll post it as soon as my scanner/printer is up and working! I’ve also got some pictures to post too…
CKC
It was sooo awesome that my SIL Jen could come out to Vancouver so that we could attend CKC together! Here’s an account of our ‘girls’ weekend together:
Thursday: We dropped the kids off at school at 8:30 and headed towards to border. We only had a one car lineup! We stopped off at Treasury of Memories and Target in Bellingham. Shopping!!! Then we headed down to Seattle. Even without a map, we made it to the Meydenbauer Convention Centre without any problems. We picked up our registrations info and even bought the new Ali Edwards book and a T-shirt as a souvenir. Jen bought some amazing chipboard! Then we headed off to our hotel. We stayed at the Hilton (formerly the Doubletree) and let me tell you, those beds are COMFORTABLE!!! For dinner we went for Pho with Sonja and Nancy. Jen’s first time for Pho, and she liked it!
Friday: Woke up early to get to the Vendor’s faire by 9:00. Our first stop was at the Technique Tuesday booth. Boy, am I a sucker for stamps! I got some great Alpha sets that I’ve had my eye on for a long time. Spent more money at the Rusty Pickly booth and adhesives at ScrapPals.com. Also bought some paint condiments at Delish. (Thanks Sonja!! You always know where to find the deals!) We had 3 classes that afternoon. The first one was definitely a learning experience. It was my first scrapbooking class, and wow!, I learnt tons, but mostly I learnt how to scrap FAST!!! It was super-fast paced, but it prepared me well for the rest of our classes. We met up with the Lovebug gang for dinner at Azteca. I couldn’t decide what to get so I ordered a combo platter. All I’d had to eat that day was a granola bar and meal shake, so I was starved! I’m not sure if I ate too much or it was just a greasy meal, but I ended up in the bathroom at 5:00am spewing it into the toilet. YUCK! We went for a late night hot tub and relaxed in bed watching a movie.
Saturday: Woke up early for a class. 5 classes today! It was a long day, but I learnt soooo much. I loved all my classes (except one, didn’t learn much). I especially loved the Rusty Pickle classes. The mini-books we made were so much fun, and I’ve got tons of ideas! I also loved the ‘Down and Dirty with CK’ class. ( I had to go buy some texture paste at Michael’s as soon as we got home! Can’t wait to play with it!) Did some more shopping at the vendor faire too. Couldn’t resist more at the Rusty Pickle booth. They had lots of amazing stuff! Went for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with Jen, Anna, Nancy and Gillian. YUMMY!!! I ordered a pesto pasta dish that I’ll never forget, and has to be repeated one day. Had another hottub before bed and a visit to Rae’s room to see all the goodies they bought! I took photos that I’ll have to post soon. There was enough supplies in there to stock a store!!! Lol!!!
Sunday: Managed to make it out of the hotel by noon and headed off to visit the Space Needle and Pike’s Market. We got some great photos with the veggies! Once again there was only a one car wait at the border, but we had to go in to pay duty. Spent quite a bit, but only had to pay about $30 in duty fees. Not as bad as I thought! Picked up the kids from Mom’s house and headed home with Jen.
I have lots of photos to post! Hopefully I'll get them on here soon.... I also had PRK (Laser Eye Surgery) and have lots to post on that, but I'm not supposed to be on the computer right now....lol.....
