I dropped Rem off on Sunday for his 11 hour flight to Shanghai, China. Poor guy is going to be exhausted after working overtime for 2 weeks, an 11 hour flight, 5 days in Shanghai and then the 11 hour flight home!! He emailed me yesterday to let me know he got there alright and was in a nice hotel.
After all my running around this summer I'm just starting to settle in at home again. I miss Rem already but at least I have Jax for company and lots to do. We got the plumbing almost done in the basement and I want to get to work 0n the nursery this week too.
Today is Jax's 4th birthday!!!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Home Sweet Home
Man it feels warm down here in the south. It has been a beautiful sunny 2 days back and I've been cruising around with the jeep top down like it is meant to be.
Remy picked me up at the airport in his new-used Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's a '95, four doors, black with grey interior with 140,000 KM. (The princess has almost 110,000 and its only 2003!) It has a couple of issues that he's working out with the dealership but all in all it's a nice looking truck. It's Princess' big brother :)
This morning we got woken up by Jax snarling and growling. Thinking there may be someone or something outside, Remy took him down to the yard to investigate. He was out the door like a shot and headed straight for our neighbour's shed barking and snarling. Rem looked and there was a HUGE raccoon with his back arched and hissing at Jax menacingly. I heard a big commotion and thought there was a cougar in the yard fighting with him. It was crazy. In the end, Jax chased him under the shed and Rem brought him back inside. None of us were too happy with the 5 am wakeup though.
I've bought my first baby item today - a diaper genie...thanks for the gift cards Ontario crew. This week I'm going to prepare the nursery and then Jeanie and I are going baby shopping next weekend. I'll post a baby registry in the next day or two.
Remy picked me up at the airport in his new-used Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's a '95, four doors, black with grey interior with 140,000 KM. (The princess has almost 110,000 and its only 2003!) It has a couple of issues that he's working out with the dealership but all in all it's a nice looking truck. It's Princess' big brother :)
This morning we got woken up by Jax snarling and growling. Thinking there may be someone or something outside, Remy took him down to the yard to investigate. He was out the door like a shot and headed straight for our neighbour's shed barking and snarling. Rem looked and there was a HUGE raccoon with his back arched and hissing at Jax menacingly. I heard a big commotion and thought there was a cougar in the yard fighting with him. It was crazy. In the end, Jax chased him under the shed and Rem brought him back inside. None of us were too happy with the 5 am wakeup though.
I've bought my first baby item today - a diaper genie...thanks for the gift cards Ontario crew. This week I'm going to prepare the nursery and then Jeanie and I are going baby shopping next weekend. I'll post a baby registry in the next day or two.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Heading home ... to stay for a while
It's my last day in Kitimat. It's been awesome staying with Jackie and Dustin; it's so nice to catch up with old friends. Angela is just as wacky as ever. As usual Jackie's friends have adopted me as their friend and have made my stay here comfortable and memorable.
I loved the queen charlotte islands. Every time you turned a bend in the road the scenery changed. The stormy windswept North tip of the island was my favourite landscape. We had a little adventure on thursday while we were up on North Beach. It's a long, sandy beach that ends at a remote spit, which is apparently accessible by vehicle when the tide is really low. We arrived at the beach at mid-tide and going out so it was perfect conditions for crabbing. Dustin and Angela froze half to death for nearly 4 hours trying to catch the (yummy) little suckers. They were victorious in the end, catching 2 for appetizers later on. Anyway, when the tide was almost at its lowest we decided to try to get to the spit just to see it. So we hopped in the little ford car and the rav4 and were flying along the beach happy as can be. It started to get a little rocky so we were forced to drive closer and closer to the water. Quite suddenly we started to slow down ... and stop ... and sink! The little ford car was buried up to the floorboards in sand and unwilling to go another step. The rav4 was also stuck, but luckily a little 4x4 action and a quick push got it moving again.
We tried digging under the car, building driftwood bridges and laying rocks under the tires of the car but it simply would not budge. On fellow in our group went running up the beach to find help and met a group with 3 quads... they just weren't big or mighty enough to pull us loose. From the other direction our hero arrived. A shiny new white toyota forerunner pulled up and to be honest I really had my doubts about the guy. But he opened up his truck, pulled out a brand new tow rope and had us out in a jiffy. Yay! The car wouldn't end up in Japan!
The next little problem was a rock had gotten lodged in the wheel somehow and the front left tire wouldn't turn. Simple, just take the tire off right? Well, the tire iron with the jack did not fit the nuts on the wheel so that was out of the question. They tried hitting the rock with the tire iron and a bunch of other unsuccessful schemes, but in the end what worked was one of the quadder's sketchy sounding plan >>> "Jack it up, put on the e-brake and give 'er some gas". With a pop the rock bounced out and we were on our way again...back to the safety of the packed sand. It was almost funny, for the next 3 days everytime we hit a bump with the car we could hear more sand fall out from under the car.
I'll have to say that the absolutely only unenjoyable thing about the trip was the ferry ride home. Just another reason to dislike BC Ferries. We left at 11pm from the QCIs and had to sleep on the floor of the ferry until we got the wake up call at 4:15 am! I was so stiff from laying on the floor that I could barely move and we ended up not docking until nearly 5:30 anyways.
Still, we got back to Kitimat safely and will be spending my last 2 days here at Lakelse Lake.
I'm pretty much ready to get home now and stay for a while. I want to get the house in order and the nursery ready soon. I'm definitely getting LARGER and we just have a bunch of stuff to do to be ready for Junior's arrival.
And I really miss Remy :(
I loved the queen charlotte islands. Every time you turned a bend in the road the scenery changed. The stormy windswept North tip of the island was my favourite landscape. We had a little adventure on thursday while we were up on North Beach. It's a long, sandy beach that ends at a remote spit, which is apparently accessible by vehicle when the tide is really low. We arrived at the beach at mid-tide and going out so it was perfect conditions for crabbing. Dustin and Angela froze half to death for nearly 4 hours trying to catch the (yummy) little suckers. They were victorious in the end, catching 2 for appetizers later on. Anyway, when the tide was almost at its lowest we decided to try to get to the spit just to see it. So we hopped in the little ford car and the rav4 and were flying along the beach happy as can be. It started to get a little rocky so we were forced to drive closer and closer to the water. Quite suddenly we started to slow down ... and stop ... and sink! The little ford car was buried up to the floorboards in sand and unwilling to go another step. The rav4 was also stuck, but luckily a little 4x4 action and a quick push got it moving again.
We tried digging under the car, building driftwood bridges and laying rocks under the tires of the car but it simply would not budge. On fellow in our group went running up the beach to find help and met a group with 3 quads... they just weren't big or mighty enough to pull us loose. From the other direction our hero arrived. A shiny new white toyota forerunner pulled up and to be honest I really had my doubts about the guy. But he opened up his truck, pulled out a brand new tow rope and had us out in a jiffy. Yay! The car wouldn't end up in Japan!
The next little problem was a rock had gotten lodged in the wheel somehow and the front left tire wouldn't turn. Simple, just take the tire off right? Well, the tire iron with the jack did not fit the nuts on the wheel so that was out of the question. They tried hitting the rock with the tire iron and a bunch of other unsuccessful schemes, but in the end what worked was one of the quadder's sketchy sounding plan >>> "Jack it up, put on the e-brake and give 'er some gas". With a pop the rock bounced out and we were on our way again...back to the safety of the packed sand. It was almost funny, for the next 3 days everytime we hit a bump with the car we could hear more sand fall out from under the car.
I'll have to say that the absolutely only unenjoyable thing about the trip was the ferry ride home. Just another reason to dislike BC Ferries. We left at 11pm from the QCIs and had to sleep on the floor of the ferry until we got the wake up call at 4:15 am! I was so stiff from laying on the floor that I could barely move and we ended up not docking until nearly 5:30 anyways.
Still, we got back to Kitimat safely and will be spending my last 2 days here at Lakelse Lake.
I'm pretty much ready to get home now and stay for a while. I want to get the house in order and the nursery ready soon. I'm definitely getting LARGER and we just have a bunch of stuff to do to be ready for Junior's arrival.
And I really miss Remy :(
Thursday, August 2, 2007
The Great White North
It's sunny, the mountains are all around me and I'm hanging out with my good buddy Jackie in Kitimat, BC. I had to get up REALLY early yesterday to catch my 7:30 am flight to Terrace. The weather couldn't have been more beautiful to fly over the white capped mountains, pristine lakes and thick forest groves. I kinda wish that I had a window seat but I didn't want to annoy a seatmate with all the necessary bathroom breaks I anticipated. Actually, it's only a 1 hour 45 minute flight so I think I'll do the window on the way home. Anyway.
Jackie's friend Lauren picked me up and we were in Kitimat in time for lunch with Jackie. I love Jackie and Dustin's new house...it's huge! they have their photography studio in the front of the main floor of the house, a huge kitchen with an island that I love and 4 bedrooms upstairs. And the view of the surrounding mountains is awesome.
I took a little afternoon nap and then when Dustin came home we met some of their friends at Lakelse lake to jetski and roast hotdogs and make smores. Mmmmmm. Don't worry, I didn't give in to the temptation and jetski...I don't think the lifejackets would get over my belly! :)
This morning we got up and Jackie had to work playing music at a kids camp. We saw a little black bear on the side of the road on the way in. I sat reading by a beautiful creek while Jackie played her gig, then we went shopping in terrace for some QC essentials. We leave for the charlottes on Saturday morning. So far it's been great seeing Jackie again and i can't wait to see Angela on Friday and head to the island.
Jackie's friend Lauren picked me up and we were in Kitimat in time for lunch with Jackie. I love Jackie and Dustin's new house...it's huge! they have their photography studio in the front of the main floor of the house, a huge kitchen with an island that I love and 4 bedrooms upstairs. And the view of the surrounding mountains is awesome.
I took a little afternoon nap and then when Dustin came home we met some of their friends at Lakelse lake to jetski and roast hotdogs and make smores. Mmmmmm. Don't worry, I didn't give in to the temptation and jetski...I don't think the lifejackets would get over my belly! :)
This morning we got up and Jackie had to work playing music at a kids camp. We saw a little black bear on the side of the road on the way in. I sat reading by a beautiful creek while Jackie played her gig, then we went shopping in terrace for some QC essentials. We leave for the charlottes on Saturday morning. So far it's been great seeing Jackie again and i can't wait to see Angela on Friday and head to the island.
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