Hey Everyone, I have returned after a long long break! This month has been a busy one around our home, which has left me just worn out with no energy to post, which is no excuse. So I'm back and going to try to stay on top of things for good!
This month has been crazy as Brandon and I have been preparing our application for University, next year. We've sent our first one in which was close to the wire but it arrived on time. We've been taking a short break before we start on the next batch. We want to get our Bachelors of Education, so that we can both be teachers. I want to do elementary and Brandon wants to do High School. We've also been volunteering at schools, and although Brandon wants to do high school, I think he'd be great in elementary. He is just too cute with the kids. I spent a few weeks in grade primary and absolutely loved it. I had so much fun working with the kids and helping them with their math and letters. Although it was hectic and busy, I loved every minute.
Relief Society had it's PJ Party enrichment night...the enrichment ladies did an amazing job as always. I had so much fun hearing the great lessons and eating the treats and visiting with all the girls. My prayer rock wasn't the prettiest but it was neat to see everyone else and how creative they all were. I've started writing in my journal again, Meaghan's inspired me to do that again and it's been good getting things out and written down.
The reason I loving eating the treats was because I had a dental emergency and didn't really eat for over 24 hours. In November church was cancelled one week so I was at home eating a snack and i took a bite of some evil fiddle faddle and cracked my tooth...no good...so after a teary call to Brandon and my mom, I calmed down and left a message for my dentist. I managed some soup and soft rolls that night, and yogurt the next morning and then I went to the dentist. She fixed me up and then told me not to really eat on my tooth for 24 hours. So I had some soft foods at home, and some at work but nothing nourishing...so the treats were quite exciting that Tuesday. All is well with the tooth now and I couldn't be happier.
November also brought Kristi home and it was so great to see her, and her adorable family. Little Isaiah is too adorable, and has awesome hair. Karlee had all the girls over before Kristi headed home and I had such a fun time. There were so many girls there and so many cute babies. I loved visiting and chatting and just hanging out!! I hope that we'll have another one sometime soon...there is nothing like girls nights. It was sad to see Kristi head back home...you'll be missed here!! But hey at least we all have the Blogs to keep in touch!
Brandon celebrated his 27Th birthday this month. I wanted to make his Birthday special since it was our first married birthday, so I planned a little party for him...both our families came along with some great friends. We ate snacks, visited and had some yummy delicious super store cake. I think Brandon really enjoyed the night being surrounded by so many people that loved him. He got some really thoughtful gifts and we took lots of pic's which can be seen in my slide show. What was really cute too was that we have this white board in our hallway and I had everyone write a message to Brandon on it and everyone embraced it and wrote some great messages. We hung out with Matt and Nancy afterwards which was a lot of fun...Nancy is looking even more pregnant and too cute. I was super excited last week when Sonja called to let me know that they are having a little girl...so exciting!
So I also wanted to share my random small world moment that happened this month. So one Sunday afternoon I was putting some dishes away when the phone rang. I answered it and the women on the other end asked if Justine Brodie was there. I said no, there is no one by that name here, but I do know a Justine Brodie. So the woman explained to me that she was calling from Dal dental clinic, and had Justine's name and number on her list, and was wondering if I had a different number for her, or if I could pass a message on to her. I replied, that the Justine I know did go to Dal but she had graduated and that she was actually married to my ex-boyfriend and lives in another province now. So I finished the conversation with her and went right to my face book and messaged Ryan and Justine. Justine wrote me back the next day saying that it was too crazy...her old number is our new phone number... HOW CRAZY IS THAT...out of all the phone numbers we could get we get my ex-boyfriend of four years, new wife's old number....crazy!!! Justine is a really sweetie though, I'm so happy for her and Ryan...they looked amazing on their big day!!
ROOTS has been crazy too...we had our 25% off customer appreciation weekend, and our employee shopping weekend which was super busy. I got pretty much all of my shopping done, and had a great time at work as Kerry & Natalie, Sonja & Ethan, the Bing girls, Kathy & Jeff and my parents came in to visit and take advantage of my Roots discount. We've also had some changed occur as Terri had her last day at Roots this past Saturday...which was an emotional day, but we made it through. We have no replacement manager yet, so that means I'm running the show, with lots of help from the awesome Jeff and Maria...plus Malcolm and Monika are helping us out a few days in the week. We are taking control of things right away and getting things organized, so that when we finally get a new manager we'll be ready. It makes my December a lot crazier, but I think it'll all be okay...i hope!!hahha!!!
The last thing to mention is that WE MOVED!!!! I know we've only been married four months today and we are already in our second apartment. Don't worry though we have not gone far, only down the hall. We moved into a fully renovated apartment and couldn't be happier, it is BEAUTIFUL! It feels so much more like a home, and we've been working today at getting things up on the walls...it looks amazing and I hope everyone will come visit soon...message me or give us a call we'd love for everyone to come see the new place all set up. The move went so smooth, and it's all thanks to my in-laws and my super husband. I'd stayed up late the night before putting somethings into boxes, and then headed off to work. By the time mom and I showed up after work, they had almost everything moved...we just had the kitchen and my closet to do. I was so shocked. By the end of the night our curtains were hung and things were put close to their proper places and we shared some pizza...I hope every move will be that easy...but I doubt that!! We are very lucky to both have such amazing and supportive families...we could be luckier!!
The Christmas mood has arrived in our home. I think Brandon would have liked it to have waited a little longer but I just couldn't help myself...our tree is up although it needs a few more decorations. We also have a little tree in our craft/computer room...I love having the rooms lit by the tree...it makes it feel so warm and cozy. I love that our families share this appreciate for the holidays too...mom had her lights up for December first and Laureen had us over for lunch after volunteering one day and had left us a little Christmas treat. Along with our yummy chili lunch she gave us a CD of Christmas music and a cute cookie platter. I'm just waiting to find some time to make cookies to use it! I'm excited to spend time with our family and friends over the holiday. I'm also excited to start some family traditions with Brandon...it's going to be a super month!! I'll keep you posted!!
It was an exciting morning in our home, my cell phone rang at 7am and it was sonja calling to let me know that Mat and Nancy had their baby this morning. I was not expecting that at all! Nancy wasn't due for another week, so we were not expecting the news. We are sooooo happy for them. They have a beautiful baby girl, Madison Lily Maxwell who weighed 7lbs 13 ounces. I think I told every customer who looked at the baby items in the store today about the latest arrival. I chatted with Nany in the afternoon and she sounded so great and the labour sounded pretty nice too...check out sonja and kathy's blogs...they may mention more. I hope someday far away when we have children that I can have a labour like Nancy's. Phil, Sonja and Ethan picked me up from work and we headed down to meet little Madison. She is ADORABLE and has the softest brown hair ever. Sonja and I think she looks a lot like her mommy! It was so fun to hold a tiny baby again, she was so peaceful and only made one little peep!! Mom and Dad seem to be doing really great and have fallen into their new role of parents very naturally! Nancy was a little bummed that she might miss survivor...hopefully their DVR will work so she can see it, because it was GREAT,,,,fans vs. favorites...and I love the favorites. I'm rooting for the team of Ozzie, James, Parvati and Amanda...I'm hoping somehow they can get Yau in on their alliance, because then life would be perfect! Kerry, Nat and I were super excited to watch the showe and can't wait to see next weeks episode, where some new relationships develop!!! Here are two more pic's from the hospital tonight, check out my facebook for more!! Kristine is up next and I cannot wait to go visit her in the hospital and meet baby podeszwa... Madison will either get a new boyfriend or a new best buddy! Congratulations Guys!!! Love you all!
So we've been working really hard to set up our new home since we've been married, it's been taking a few months, but it's been exciting to see it all come together and to start feeling like home. We started off by getting the new sofa's, and then the furniture came...book case was the most recent, Brandon finished it himself. It took awhile to do, but well worth the hard work in the end. The most recent addition to the living room is our new curtains. I went out in November with my mother-in-law and the girls and I picked out the most beautiful material for my curtains. It was harder then I thought it would be, but it the end the material was PERFECT! This past week Laureen brought my new curtains over.She came over with Peter on Friday night and they helped us hang them and I've been smiling all weekend. They really have helped our living room feel more cozy and warm. She did a beautiful job, and is such a talented mother-in-law, I'm way lucky! They stayed and hungout for a bit and so did meaghan and jason, it was so great to just spend time with the family and eat yummy snacks. It was great to have people over at the apartment, we haven't had too many visitors yet in the new place, but we love people coming over, so stop on in.
