Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Thanksgiving 2008

The 35-40 lb turkey! It was a free-range turkey. Tenille injected her own "butter ball" concoction of butter via a 20cc syringe.
Tenille's prize catch and the electric knife!
Caitlin's husband, Brad, after almost finishing a leg. He was a hurtin' unit...based on his reaction immediately after surrendering the leg, I'd say he ate the most. He went straight to the couch to spread out and groan!! No dessert for him!!

Friday, October 10, 2008

An Educational Update

I've finally completed my university english course, just have to write the exam on October 29th in Houston...BC that is. I'm not nervous...yet. I'm not sure how to study for this though. I know I have to do some essay and paragraph writing, maybe I'll review the types of essays/paras that can be written. Ugh!
Now regarding the math course, that's a whole different story. I'm still struggling in chapter 2, 6 months later. I've requested my first extension of 2 months and will expect to apply for 2 more. Next Tuesday I will be getting assistance for this course from a different source. Her name is Juanita and she's super smart in so many things. I hope I can catch on quickly to the concepts so I can breeze through this course so I don't have to spend a lot of money on the extensions.
To be continued...

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Horseman Dad...yeehaw!


My dad is currently in Alberta working and he went to a co-worker's place, for dinner I suppose and low and behold he ends up on a horse! This may have been his first time on one!!

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Family Time....Finally!

This past wknd my gpa (mom's dad) and Uncle Doug (mom's older bro) made the trek north to see the family. Gpa hasn't been up here at all since my parent's moved here from the Island. It was gpa's first time meeting all 3 great grand-daughters too...that was huge! When gma was still with us she had made the trip twice for each of my sister's weddings but she never met Saibry. Now gpa has met her and the circle feels more complete.
The whole family (excluding dad because he had to leave in the morning for business).
Three generations.
Four generations.
Four generations.
Gpa and great-granddaughters!Uncle Doug with 2 grand nieces.

Monday, September 15, 2008

RAMBO

My dad just got back this weekend from 5 days in California. Him and his brother saved up and went down there for a vacation. The picture, above, is taken at the Hollywood wax museum. Rambo was a real person though, not wax.
Dad and Uncle Dan went to Disneyland, California Adventure park, downtown Disney, Hollywood, and LA. The weather was great and they each had a fun time.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

No Hot Water

Since this past Monday, the house I live in has had no hot water because the old, old boiler/furnace was to be replaced with one brand spankin' new!! Well the old boiler weighed probably over 2000lbs (1 ton) so it had to be grinded into smaller pieces to be carried out of the house...this apparently took longer than first planned.
I'm crossing my fingers for tonight (Thurs pm) but it's not 100% guaranteed the hot water will be hooked up.
I've been going to a co-worker's place for showers in the evening now. I never shower at night, always in the early morning before work. I like waking up that way, but now I'm finding I'm a bit more sluggish because of the lack of energizing showers. My hair is fairly tempermental about how long it stays nice, soft and clean looking so no-touchy.
I'm in PG this wknd so hopefully the hot water will be working by next Sunday!