So, in 13 more sleeps I get to be on a beach in Mexico! For 2 whole weeks! Can't wait!
Also, I found out today that they are going ahead with the proposal to hire another permanent person (me hopefully) so that's a little stress off.
Here's a couple of pics from the wedding where for some strange reason my dress looks florescent orange when in reality it was a very nice red colour. Hopefully these aren't the professional ones.
Well, the latest breaking news is that we have decided to wait until the last possible minute to book a vacation. We've gotten our passports (wow, I really should have asked for black and white, soooo bad!) so we're good to go. We're going to pick whatever's a good price be it Mexico, Dominican, Cuba, Costa Rica, whatever, the week or week and a half before we go. Unless I find something in the meantime, and I do check neurotically every day (hour). One option is the Gran Sirenis, a 5 star all inclusive on the Mayan Riviera I found for $5400 for 2weeks. That's doable, but it would be nice to find a better deal. If I could find a cheap flight we would be able to take advantage of my friend's parent's offer of the price they pay at the Aventura Spa Palace. Amazingly beautiful, comes with 5 star VIP treatment, airport transfers, couples mani/pedi/massage and 3 free tours along with all the normal included stuff.
Went to that same friend's wedding shower in Lumsden SK this weekend. Met her family, had a great time, squished 16 hours of driving into 3 short days, but it was good. Her wedding is this weekend and I finally (today) dropped off my dress to be hemmed. Bad girl. Thank goodness for 30hr turnarounds.
Mostly I'm waiting to see if I have a job to come home to. It's a little hard to be super extra excited without that info.
Well, the latest breaking news is that we have decided to wait until the last possible minute to book a vacation. We've gotten our passports (wow, I really should have asked for black and white, soooo bad!) so we're good to go. We're going to pick whatever's a good price be it Mexico, Dominican, Cuba, Costa Rica, whatever, the week or week and a half before we go. Unless I find something in the meantime, and I do check neurotically every day (hour). One option is the Gran Sirenis, a 5 star all inclusive on the Mayan Riviera I found for $5400 for 2weeks. That's doable, but it would be nice to find a better deal. If I could find a cheap flight we would be able to take advantage of my friend's parent's offer of the price they pay at the Aventura Spa Palace. Amazingly beautiful, comes with 5 star VIP treatment, airport transfers, couples mani/pedi/massage and 3 free tours along with all the normal included stuff.
Went to my friend's wedding shower in Lumsden SK this weekend. Met her family, had a great time, squished 16 hours of driving into 3 short days, but it was good. Her wedding is this weekend and I finally (today) dropped off my dress to be hemmed. Bad girl. Thank goodness for 30hr turnarounds.
I have heard this song on the radio a bunch, and I have no idea what it means, but the harmony is fantastic
Lyrics: I'm on the rocky road, Heading down off the mountain slope, And as my steps echo (echo) louder than before Another day is done, Say good-bye to the setting sun, See what I found, turn back to the ground just like before
And hey hey hey, hey hey hey (hey!) Hey Beautiful day (hey! hey!) Hey Beautiful day Hey, hey hey hey Hey Beautiful day (hey! hey!) Hey Beautiful day
When the night feels my song, I'll be home, I'll be home
Into the undergrowth, Twist and turn on a lonely road In the twilight the day turns to night and I'm alone
And when the light has left, I'm not sure of my every step I'll Follow the wind that pushes me west back to my bed
And hey hey hey, hey hey hey (hey!) Hey Beautiful day (hey! hey!) Hey Beautiful day. Hey, hey hey hey (hey!) Hey Beautiful day (hey! hey!) Hey Beautiful day.
When the night feels my song, I'll be home, I'll be home (x 3)
I thought I'd finally post quickly about Christmas and our visit to Dawson. Had a great time with J's family, his mom and bro came down for the Christmas week. The boys played squash, the girls played at Ikea, we all decorated our tree which ended up looking like Christmas threw up on it. But hey, that's the beauty, or so I'm told. We went to the Airdre Festival of Lights and took the obligatory photos:
Jeremiah and Carmen
Carmen and Jeremiah
Jesse and Carol
Me and my niece who is looking very "special" in this photo and while she is undoubtedly special to me, she may hate us later in life... We had tons of fun dancing, jumping on beds, making a gingerbread house, tormenting the cat, playing the new Barbie phone's ring over and over and over.
And of course the whole reason for the trip: my precious new nephew who I miss holding and snuggling. Great job P & T.
So, my lovely husband has changed his mind again and decided that Bali is too far away and costs twice as much to get there so we should go to South America and spend the same amount but do more things. So, the decision process starts again. Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Belize? Probably Belize, but really, all I care about is having a beach to hang out on and not being kidnapped or scared. I did purchase my backpack today, from MEC:
I took it home to play with and see how much stuff (shoes, books) I can fit in it comfortably.
We had a great weekend in Dawson visiting the chillens. Got to meet my new nephew, and I have to say, pretty darn cute. Besides he like never cries and snuggles really well; what more can you ask for?
Had a lovely visit with my bro earlier in the week when he came for a quick overnight trip. Chatted til the wee hours, went for supper in a unique, quaint little Mexican restaurant that looked authentic and tasted rather revolting. Little too deep fried for me, but at least I had a good margarita.
Jeremiah has finished school and I am proud to say has won the Dean's award for outstanding achievement. Now it's just the waiting game to find out final marks, and he's doing that in Fernie on a free snowboard trip with his co-workers. Lucky him.
Work is going well, still haven't been hired on permanently but they have extended my contract until the end of March, which is better than nothing. I guess that means I should make my office a little more mine, and with that in mind I went shopping for some picture frames today. Last year my lovely sister in law gave me an Oriental Flowers calender that I just love and I have chosen 4 of the pages to frame for my office (the butterfly one's my fav). Now I just need some black flower pots and some plants for my bookshelf and it will look like a real lived in office instead of a bright (glaringly so) empty space.
One of my co-workers and I have been organizing an Adopt-a-Family thru the Mustard Seed. We have spent a total of 12 hours shopping on 2 different days to "even out the piles", and then last night we went back to the office to wrap the last of them after spending 6 hours at Market Mall. We didn't get home til after 12am...I am so tired. And I still need to shop for the brand new baby boy. I went out to superstore this afternoon hoping to find some nice receiving blankets, some sleepers etc. at great prices so I could then shop at Old Navy or Gap or Please Mum for other fun stuff. (budgets you know). I was extremely disappointed to see that the girls section was HUGE and the boys section tiny. They didn't even have any newborn stuff for boys beyond some short sleeve tee's. I think we as girls are obviously trained right from birth to love clothes and shopping and choices, as has been made clear everywhere I've looked so far. But, I will not give up, I just may have to spend a little more money than originally planned.
So, to cheer me up I bought myself some beautiful flowers and a pretty new vase, and will try again tomorrow.
And now, I must go watch some more Criminal Minds and drink some tea and perhaps eat one more delicious sugar cookie before bed.
So, in 13 more sleeps I get to be on a beach in Mexico! For 2 whole weeks! Can't wait!
Jeremiah and Carmen
Work is going well, still haven't been hired on permanently but they have extended my contract until the end of March, which is better than nothing. I guess that means I should make my office a little more mine, and with that in mind I went shopping for some picture frames today. Last year my lovely sister in law gave me an Oriental Flowers calender that I just love and I have chosen 4 of the pages to frame for my office (the butterfly one's my fav). Now I just need some black flower pots and some plants for my bookshelf and it will look like a real lived in office instead of a bright (glaringly so) empty space.
One of my co-workers and I have been organizing an Adopt-a-Family thru the Mustard Seed. We have spent a total of 12 hours shopping on 2 different days to "even out the piles", and then last night we went back to the office to wrap the last of them after spending 6 hours at Market Mall. We didn't get home til after 12am...I am so tired. And I still need to shop for the brand new baby boy. I went out to superstore this afternoon hoping to find some nice receiving blankets, some sleepers etc. at great prices so I could then shop at Old Navy or Gap or Please Mum for other fun stuff. (budgets you know). I was extremely disappointed to see that the girls section was HUGE and the boys section tiny. They didn't even have any newborn stuff for boys beyond some short sleeve tee's. I think we as girls are obviously trained right from birth to love clothes and shopping and choices, as has been made clear everywhere I've looked so far. But, I will not give up, I just may have to spend a little more money than originally planned.
And now, I must go watch some more Criminal Minds and drink some tea and perhaps eat one more delicious sugar cookie before bed.
