Our Adorable Lil Pup

Rocco was having an extra cute day today so we took a few pictures and wanted to share them with all of you.

What I Miss....

I miss "my lake" so much. What a beautiful place to grow up...lake in the backyard with plenty of room to roam. I was lucky.

I miss it all the time. It provided something beautiful and serene to look at and it provided entertainment both in summer and winter.

Oooh how I loved to lay on the beach and suntan and swim and swim and swim some more! I was like a fish...LOL. It was so relaxing.

In the winter it was perfect for winter fun like skating.

I can't figure out why exactly I moved away from such a beautiful province to come here. I am not a city person and obviously never will be.

I have tried to be satisfied living here in the city but it just isn't working. I need to be near water. I don't even care if it's BC water or NB water. I just need to be in a prettier place where there is room to BREATHE! Being in a city is like being trapped in a cage.

Anyways, I don't mean to sound so negative... LOL.... we are going to move but we just have to wait one more year now. I can handle that, I think!

So now I leave you with a few pictures of Lucky on the beach and one of myself back in the day. Isn't it beautiful there?!

Our Sunday

So today we started out by making some pancakes and a smoothie for breakfast and then Mark went out for awhile to do guy stuff and I tidied up around the house.
THEN I decided I wanted to make a pie.

So I called my Mom - no answer.

I called my 'other Mom - she was not feeling well and was sleeping so couldn't talk but my 'other Dad' looked up the recipe and gave it to me. What a good Dad he is :-)

I made an apricot pie and it was pretty good! Lil more sugar next time but ya it was good! I love pies. The pastry recipe from my 'other Mom' is sooo good too.

Hmmm there was rain and thunder and lightening tonight. It was awesome. I love listening to the rain!

Oooh - we left the front door open to cool off the house...Rocco I thought was with Mark and he thought Rocco was with me....well soon there was a dude yelling "hello, hello" and I came upstairs and he had little Rocco in his arms...he had run across the street. OOPS! I think we better put the screen back up on that door before we lose the lil guy! Sorry Rocco :-(

Anyways, Mark and I just watched a show on Egypt which was pretty cool. Now it's bedtime - goodnight!

It's HOT!

Whew - today was super hot and tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter!
We went out this morning to the Crossroads Market to get our weekly supply of fruit & vegies and we also picked up the new computer.

We then spent the rest of the day downstairs here in our computer room where we have an exercise machine, single mattress layed out, a lazy boy chair, a papasan chair, a tv and of course the computer. So, we had plenty to keep us busy and comfy and we kept cool!

What a lazy day. Too bad we aren't in BC or NB where there are nice lakes/ocean and beaches to spend a hot day like this at. Oh well...if all goes well then next year we will have that.

GUESS WHAT...

My future step-father was able to get Mark and I tickets with Air Canada for a really good price...like $300 less than the current purchase price and slightly cheaper than the price of that seat sale we previously missed!!!!!!!!! YAY!! So, we fly out of Moncton on Wednesday, August 15th.

THANK YOU JOE!!!!

Thanks Guys!

Glad to see that people still read this blog even though I have been sooooo horrible at updating it the last few months.
Sometimes there isn't enough time and sometimes there just isn't anything to write!

So you know about all the work we have done around the house. I will post pictures of that once we get the 'new' computer back from being repaired and I can upload them onto the computer. I am tired of waiting and waiting and waiting for this ancient machine to do stuff so will do it all with the new computer when it arrives - again.

I have been searching on WestJet every single day for over a month now waiting for a seat sale to come up. We bought our tickets to Ottawa already on a seat sale which was great. Now we need the same luck for our return flight which will be from Moncton, New Brunswick to here, Calgary. I will be honest...there was a seat sale on the day we wanted to return but we stupidly didn't buy it the second it was there because we got busy and later that day we went to purchase it and the sale was OVER! OMG we were so disappointed and mad at ourselves for being procrastinators.

Flights are expensive. It will cost over almost $500 to fly from Moncton to here. Who has that kind of money...I sure don't! So, please PRAY that we get a lucky break again.

We are so excited about our upcoming trip. We leave on July 26 and return on August 13 ish...

We haven't been back East since our wedding in 2005 and we are so very excited to see the family again. We decided that since we didn't get to spend as much time with our two sisters in Ottawa last time that we would fly there first to get some extra time with them so that is awesome!

PLUS I have a cousin who lives in Toronto, her name is Leslie, and we haven't seen eachother since 1992 or so and we decided to make a trip to see her. Well we're kinda meeting between Toronto and Ottawa as it's a loong drive.

We're going to stay in Prince Edward County for a night with her and her boyfriend Dave. So on July 28th I will finally see her agin and I am super excited about that.

After that, we go back to Ottawa and hang out with the family and then we pile into the mini van and drive allll the way to New Brunswick and from there alllll the way to Nova Scotia for the wedding of Mark's dear cousin, Todd and his lovely bride to be, Jen. It is all so exciting. And I finally get to meet Mark's Aunt Linda and Uncle Ronald. Linda and I have been e-mailing and msn'ing a lot since we lost our son, Caleb, and she has been so amazing and I am excited to meet her! YAY!

This is going to be an awesome trip and we can't wait!!!!! Love you all so much!!!

I suppose I have procrastinated long enough and I should get some chores done around the house.

Byeee for now!

I would like to know....

who is still checking out my blog....

if you could be so kind as to take a second or two to click on 'comments' and let me know who you are i would REALLY appreciate it.
i have kind of lost enthusiasm lately to write because i am not sure if anyone even reads it anymore so if i knew who was checking this blog out then i will try harder to keep it better updated.

thank you so much! hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful summer weather!!

Just the two of us

Today Mark and I spent the day in Bragg Creek - just the TWO OF US! No dogs...just us. It was awesome. We don't get to spend good quality time like that together much and I am soooo glad that we did. I am so blessed to have a such a wonderful husband. Thank you God!

Kamloops

Two weeks ago we drove to Kamloops to look at houses and also to figure out which areas of the city we should concentrate our search on. We drove around with our real estate agent and she was very helpful. Mark went around to a few sheet metal places in the city and it will not be a problem at all to get work!!

YAY - we can't wait to move there! So beautiful and calmer and hardly any traffic...heehee

After that we had an awesome time visiting with our friend Bradley Dean. We met his beautiful daughter, Mi'Kayla, who is four months old. She is such a sweetheart.
We went out one evening with Brad and had fun dancing which we haven't done in forever.

We went out to Savona on Father's Day and hung out with my other mom and dad. Again, we had an awesome time! I love them so much! Mom and I made two really yummy pies and Dad and Mark went around doing guy stuff.

My real Mom and her boyfriend, Joe, came out that day as well which was GREAT! We asked them to stay for dinner and I had made spaghetti and ya it was great. We all had a good time. I am so glad that Mom and Joe came out. Made that night special.

Anyway, here are a few pictures from the trip. Enjoy!

Update!

Again it has been awhile since I wrote a proper post. We have been supremely busy with reno's.

As of this past Sunday we have completed the following:

Painted the house.

Repaired the deck.

Stained the deck.

Painted the railings on the deck which took forever!!!

Painted windows and trim and the door of the garage

Cut down a tree on the side of the house

Trimmed the trees and bushes around the house and ripped up the vines that were growing up the fence

Planted flowers in the front and back

Painted the bathroom in our room

Well that sums up what we've been doing the last few months. The house looks good now. The last major thing we need to do before selling is to rip up the front walkway and put in a new one.

Then the house will be perfect and I almost don't want to leave! HAHA. No I want to leave. I wish I could take my house with us but I definitely don't want to be in this city any longer.

Anyway, other news...we are heading to Kamloops after work today and will spend the next few days looking at houses and searching the area to figure out where we'd like to buy.

We will also see my friend BradleyDean and stay at his place for a few nightts and then will stay the last few days with my darling other Mom and Dad which is so excitiing!!!

Well I had best get back to work now.

Bye and God bless!!