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2012 at a glance

Hello all, So as you know I have decided to do Project 365 this year!   Well I got a code for a shutterfly book, so we decided to do a quick look back at 2012!   We will get a hardcover book but here is the layout for your to check out!   Its super easy to create a good looking shutterfly book, so go check them out.   The link is just below the book! Click here to view this photo book larger Create your own personalized photo books at Shutterfly.com.

January 2013

Here we are at the beginning of the new year! No bullshit about how I am going to do this or that, I just dissapoint when I do that! This year Chris and I are looking forward to continue to try for a family, and just generally enjoying our life if that does not happen for us.   We hope to spend lots of quality time with friends and family and we pray that this year will find us in good paying, fulfilling jobs! Speaking of jobs, I am still looking and I hope that if you hear anything you will let me know.   I also ask that you pray for Chris and I while we struggle through this time.   My last severance cheque is on friday and I have two interviews this week.   I have a handful of outstanding applications out as well.   We are trying not to be worried.   We have saved as much as we could and hope that will carry us through.   I can apply for EI on Friday, but that will mean 2 weeks waiting period and that waiting for the first cheque to come. ...

I remember

Today is remembrance day and I will remember not only those who have past but those who still fight. Our lives are the way they are today because we rode on the back of our great grandfathers, grandfathers, our fathers and mothers, our sons and daughters and our friends.   Today I am thankful for these people who have taken up the cross and walked into hell to try and end tyrany.    For those of you who have known me for a long time you know (and may be thinking WTF)...I do not support war but I do support our troops.   I think this is a distinction that needs to be made for me. I am proud to be Canadian and that our legacy is more that of a peacekeeper than a war monger!  I have friends who are currently part of the Canadian and American military and I pray for them a lot and I ask each of you today to get on our knees and not only thank our veterans and soldiers for what they did/do for you but to pray for peace. It doesn't matter i...

World Suicide Prevention Day

A heavy topic for a Monday, and  Monday filled with joy in my world! I am excited about vacation I have an amazing husband and I adore him I just spent an awesome evening my with family I got little boy cuddles from both of my adorable nephews Today is my Dad's Birthday Today is Angels first day in a new job Today is Karyn and Tamara's wedding day We are all healthy and happy  I have a good paying job and a beautiful apartment I am blessed and loved by God. But this was not always the case in my life and I know in the lives of many others.   Today I felt compelled to share my story in case you needed to hear it: In 1997 my life took a pivotal turn....I had made the decision to attend Bible College and after only a week there I was in a terrible car accident.   Thankfully no one was seriously injured and only the cars were destroyed but I was left with a tremendous amount of pain and some health issues that have lingered to this day. Shortly af...

I got to meet Jenny Lawson and COPERNICUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so this took a little longer to write than I thought! I was sure I would get home from our little trip to Seattle, finish packing my bag for camp and sit down and write you an awesome blog!  HAHHAHAHAHHA Not even close.... Okay so just in case you live in a cave you need to go read the bloggess....any post will do but I really love this one:   http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/ This was the very first post of hers I read and then I had to go back and read all the other ones, she really is that funny!  I highly recommend subscribing to her feed. Back on track...the reading! Angel, Kam and I got up early and headed out to Seattle and of course we did a bit of shopping on the way down; I mean really, who can resist?  We found some great deals and excitedly headed to Costco, yup Costco!   We were so excited that we ended up getting there at 2:30 for the 6:30 start, sigh... We thought w...
A really cool way to see what I have been talking about!!   I am glad that words like Friends, Thank, God, Share and Family are bigger than fear, pain and cried! Thanks for helping me make my tree filled with beautiful words!

I can't believe its actually over.... UPDATED X1

Today I walked down the hall alone...the sweatshirt in my hand the only thing to prove I was here.   I thought back to the first day, how excited I was, how scared I was!   Today I am filled with an extreme conflict of emotions; I am incredibly sad, unbelievably relieved that it is finally done and unbearably empty.   Mixed in with that is a sense of pride and happiness but that seems to be overshadowed by a deep sense of "is that it??" I think back on what a long road it has been its hard to believe that is started because Dave McDonald asked me "if you had no obstacles and no worries, what would you do with the rest of your life?".   It was Fall 1996 and we were at a retreat up at Manning Park and we were tucked into a low ceilinged room in the basement.   He had us all sitting in a circle and after we had gone around and said what we would do with our lives, he looked at us and said "Well....why aren't you doing it?" and then he walked out.  ...