Well, it's finally here folks. The beloved Saturday. It's pretty much a really awesome day, no matter what you do.
We started out by sleeping in. I did wake up around 5 this morning, trying to pretend like I didn't have to go to the bathroom. That's pretty much the worst. I held it off and heard Kitty racing around the house. She is so silly. She came into our room only once for a little scratch. She jumped up and spent a few minutes on my hip. I love her so much, even at that hour of the day. I don't think there is anything better then waking up, looking at the clock and deciding to spend a few more minutes in bed. I had a serious case of eye yuckamucka. It was pretty gross.
We finally got out of bed and went about our normal Saturday routine. Eating breakfast and then just kind of hanging around. I stitched pretty much all morning. Tyler did a lot of house work, which made me feel so great, but then after, I felt pretty bad. I don't like it when he does it all. I was stitching and had every intention of helping, but only one person can vacuum, and since that's the only house work we have to do it's difficult to share that one. But then Tyler also got the clothes ready for the laundry, a chore I usually forget about. Also a one man job.
We made up the grocery list and headed out to the Band Store. Upon arrival, we realized no one remembered to actually grab the list so we were there without any direction. We are wild people. Unfortunately the ferry hasn't come in in a while, so there wasn't much for selection. No milk or fresh veggies. Tyler found a cheese block that was mostly green with mold due to the huge slash in the plastic.
We got home and unloaded the food. I worked out and Tyler worked on the dishes. It was a good afternoon. Tyler played his Bond game and I'm pretty sure James Bond has the greatest theme music ever. Just saying.
After more stitching, I went to make supper, which was home made pizza. We tried a different recipe this time. The sauce was alfredo sauce, and the toppings included chicken doused in buffalo sauce, motza cheese and pineapple. It was a really awesome meal.
And our evening, well, not much really has been happening. I stitched, Tyler played some games and we just finished up a pretty funny movie. Tyler is playing a fishing game on the wii right now. Kitty just finished up cleaning her cone on the back of the couch and I'm blogging.
It's been a really great day!
Sonja
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
The last couple days were really busy for me. I went to work and had people waiting for me to get there to take their blood. That was just the start. It continued to be busy until 11 or so. It slowed down a bit in the afternoon. Then 4 o'clock came and it got super busy for me. I was busy until I came home at twenty after five. The last two days have been the same for me. Busy in the morning and busy in the afternoon.
I came home and Sonja was working out. I started to making some scrambled eggs and cheese with ham. I was thinking about it all day and how good it would be, but I was kinda disappointed with them. Maybe I over hyped it. Sonja thought it was good though. After supper we started to watch the Oilers game. They survived the first period 0-0, but a few minutes into the second it was 3-0 for Vancouver. We got fed up with that and are now watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
No plans for rest of the night. Sonja is just stitching and I feel like I want to go to bed early. We'll see what happens.
Tyler
I came home and Sonja was working out. I started to making some scrambled eggs and cheese with ham. I was thinking about it all day and how good it would be, but I was kinda disappointed with them. Maybe I over hyped it. Sonja thought it was good though. After supper we started to watch the Oilers game. They survived the first period 0-0, but a few minutes into the second it was 3-0 for Vancouver. We got fed up with that and are now watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
No plans for rest of the night. Sonja is just stitching and I feel like I want to go to bed early. We'll see what happens.
Tyler
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Just another day
Well, I'm glad today's work day finally came to an end. It was tough being there today as not a lot happened.
The morning was the same as every other weekday so we can skip right to the uneventful day. But then again, since it was uneventful there isn't much to tell you guys today. I got there and opened the detachment for the day. There were a few calls. Apparently there has been a pack of wolves running around this place for the last little while. So the street dogs are forming packs to protect themselves. That's about how exciting my calls were today.
I got home and popped the food in the over. Can you guys guess what we had? I had a chicken pita and Tyler had chicken burgers. Big surprise eh? It was good even though we eat that all the time.
We watched a movie and now we relax. I'm stitching and for the first time in a long time, Tyler isn't playing Golden eye. It's a relief not having to listen to those fake people die.
Early to bed for us. Tyler isn't feeling so well and I'm still recovering from my little sickness.
I'm so excited for Friday!
Sonja
The morning was the same as every other weekday so we can skip right to the uneventful day. But then again, since it was uneventful there isn't much to tell you guys today. I got there and opened the detachment for the day. There were a few calls. Apparently there has been a pack of wolves running around this place for the last little while. So the street dogs are forming packs to protect themselves. That's about how exciting my calls were today.
I got home and popped the food in the over. Can you guys guess what we had? I had a chicken pita and Tyler had chicken burgers. Big surprise eh? It was good even though we eat that all the time.
We watched a movie and now we relax. I'm stitching and for the first time in a long time, Tyler isn't playing Golden eye. It's a relief not having to listen to those fake people die.
Early to bed for us. Tyler isn't feeling so well and I'm still recovering from my little sickness.
I'm so excited for Friday!
Sonja
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Today was Wednesday and the week is half over. I was at work by myself today which isn't much different than usual, except there is no back up if anything goes wrong. Nothing went wrong and I managed to stay mostly busy this morning. My fax machine wasn't working as it took all day to be able to finally fax some stuff away. By the end of the day it finally sent away.
Also since I am the only one here, it means an extended work day. I went in at 8 and wpas there until 5. It seemed to go by pretty quick which was fortunate. I came home and found Sonja working out and watching the World Junior game. Canada was up 2-0 by the time I got home. I started to make some supper. We decided on hamburgers tonight. They were good. I have had trouble with them falling apart when I flip them over. I can't figure out a way to keep them together. I've used eggs, crackers and both and they still crumble. I am open to suggestions as to how to get them to stick. I also made fries to go with the meal.
After supper we started to watch more of the hockey game. Canada was winning 3-0 until Russia scored. Then they scored again 30 seconds later. Since Sonja doesn't handle win or die hockey games very well, we decided to stop watching, since they were doing pretty good before we started to really watch the game. So I turned to River Monsters on Discovery Channel. We kept switching back and forth checking on the score. Eventually it was 3-3 and then 3-4 for Russia. They scored again making it 3-5 and Canada lost the gold medal. We are not sure how that happened as they dominated Russia in the first two periods and fell apart allowing 5 goals in the third.
After the game I played a little bit of Goldeneye. We are now watching Minute to Win it, and Sonja is stitching. Probably go to bed kinda early because I am still trying to kick this cold. It kind of came back the other day with a cough and not to much voice.
Tyler
Also since I am the only one here, it means an extended work day. I went in at 8 and wpas there until 5. It seemed to go by pretty quick which was fortunate. I came home and found Sonja working out and watching the World Junior game. Canada was up 2-0 by the time I got home. I started to make some supper. We decided on hamburgers tonight. They were good. I have had trouble with them falling apart when I flip them over. I can't figure out a way to keep them together. I've used eggs, crackers and both and they still crumble. I am open to suggestions as to how to get them to stick. I also made fries to go with the meal.
After supper we started to watch more of the hockey game. Canada was winning 3-0 until Russia scored. Then they scored again 30 seconds later. Since Sonja doesn't handle win or die hockey games very well, we decided to stop watching, since they were doing pretty good before we started to really watch the game. So I turned to River Monsters on Discovery Channel. We kept switching back and forth checking on the score. Eventually it was 3-3 and then 3-4 for Russia. They scored again making it 3-5 and Canada lost the gold medal. We are not sure how that happened as they dominated Russia in the first two periods and fell apart allowing 5 goals in the third.
After the game I played a little bit of Goldeneye. We are now watching Minute to Win it, and Sonja is stitching. Probably go to bed kinda early because I am still trying to kick this cold. It kind of came back the other day with a cough and not to much voice.
Tyler
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Shot gun snoring
Well, after a few days on vacation, it was time to go back to work. Good thing for us it's only a 4 day work week.
We went to bed last night and I couldn't fall asleep. My mind was thinking about many things, all of which really weren't important at that time of night. I didn't end up falling asleep until close to 1am. And apparently during the night when I was asleep, Tyler was also asleep having dreams that he was James Bond. He has done nothing but play his silly game for the last couple days so I guess it would make sense for him to dream about it. And then I woke him up with my snoring. Only, he says as he slowly came out of his sleep, he thought that my snores sounded like shot gun blasts. I thought it was pretty funny when he told me this afternoon.
This morning, I didn't even hear the alarm go off. Tyler had to nudge me awake. Not the best way to wake up. At least I was feeling a little better. I hope in and out of the shower, ate some breakfast and started to read my book. I'm really enjoying it so far. Very similar to his other books but I guess that's to be expected.
I went off to work and was stuck outside because I forgot the door code. And my co-worker is always at least 5 minutes late. And it was raining. Not a great start but it was soon to get better. I quickly learned that as I was away, no office people were working. The woman I am replacing was supposed to be at work, covering for the rest of us for the last 2 weeks. It turns out she didn't come to work either so there was a mountain of stuff for us to do. Not that I should about that because I can't do any of it right now, but it really sucks for my co-worker.
I typed a couple transcriptions and that kept me busy all day. I also did the mail for the last 2 weeks. I also learned that I will have full time for until at least the end of March. The woman I'm replacing decided she can't handle it right now and took another leave until that time. Good for me because I'm pretty sure she wont be coming back at all.
I came home and started to play some DDR. I want to get more active because it's way to easy to just sit around out here. Tyler was going to be coming home from work at 5 so that gave me enough time to work up a bit of a sweat. It turns out that Tyler didn't come home until 20 to 6 so I had lots of time to work out.
We were having tacos so I wasn't worried about putting anything in the oven. Tyler eventually did come home and by that time I was finished working out and helped him do dishes and we made supper together. We tried a new kind of taco seasoning. We usually use the clubhouse pack but this time we bought the old el paso stuff. It's not very good. I enjoy the clubhouse much better.
The Oilers are playing tonight so we were watching that. Tyler is flipping between his Bond game and the hockey game. I'm stitching. I have a short time line to get this one so I have to spend all my time on it.
Tomorrow is Wednesday and I'm pretty excited to be one day closer to the weekend. I know, who am I to be wanting the weekend after only one day of work... come on, give me a break. I've just been off for 2 weeks. It's okay to want some more.
Sonja
We went to bed last night and I couldn't fall asleep. My mind was thinking about many things, all of which really weren't important at that time of night. I didn't end up falling asleep until close to 1am. And apparently during the night when I was asleep, Tyler was also asleep having dreams that he was James Bond. He has done nothing but play his silly game for the last couple days so I guess it would make sense for him to dream about it. And then I woke him up with my snoring. Only, he says as he slowly came out of his sleep, he thought that my snores sounded like shot gun blasts. I thought it was pretty funny when he told me this afternoon.
This morning, I didn't even hear the alarm go off. Tyler had to nudge me awake. Not the best way to wake up. At least I was feeling a little better. I hope in and out of the shower, ate some breakfast and started to read my book. I'm really enjoying it so far. Very similar to his other books but I guess that's to be expected.
I went off to work and was stuck outside because I forgot the door code. And my co-worker is always at least 5 minutes late. And it was raining. Not a great start but it was soon to get better. I quickly learned that as I was away, no office people were working. The woman I am replacing was supposed to be at work, covering for the rest of us for the last 2 weeks. It turns out she didn't come to work either so there was a mountain of stuff for us to do. Not that I should about that because I can't do any of it right now, but it really sucks for my co-worker.
I typed a couple transcriptions and that kept me busy all day. I also did the mail for the last 2 weeks. I also learned that I will have full time for until at least the end of March. The woman I'm replacing decided she can't handle it right now and took another leave until that time. Good for me because I'm pretty sure she wont be coming back at all.
I came home and started to play some DDR. I want to get more active because it's way to easy to just sit around out here. Tyler was going to be coming home from work at 5 so that gave me enough time to work up a bit of a sweat. It turns out that Tyler didn't come home until 20 to 6 so I had lots of time to work out.
We were having tacos so I wasn't worried about putting anything in the oven. Tyler eventually did come home and by that time I was finished working out and helped him do dishes and we made supper together. We tried a new kind of taco seasoning. We usually use the clubhouse pack but this time we bought the old el paso stuff. It's not very good. I enjoy the clubhouse much better.
The Oilers are playing tonight so we were watching that. Tyler is flipping between his Bond game and the hockey game. I'm stitching. I have a short time line to get this one so I have to spend all my time on it.
Tomorrow is Wednesday and I'm pretty excited to be one day closer to the weekend. I know, who am I to be wanting the weekend after only one day of work... come on, give me a break. I've just been off for 2 weeks. It's okay to want some more.
Sonja
Monday, January 3, 2011
Well no work for us today. We go back tomorrow. So a pretty relaxing day and therefore an uneventful blog for you to read. I woke up around 9 and got out of bed and played some Goldeneye on the Wii. It is a super fun game. It is based on a James Bond movie and is pretty wicked. I played until Sonja got out of bed which was close to twelve. We went for groceries hoping the store was open, since it wasn't yesterday when we tried. It was open this time so we got our groceries and were finally able to eat some real food instead of Kraft Dinner again.
After the grocery run, we came back and had some lunch. Sonja made some soup and I a chicken burger. I continued to play Goldeneye. It is super addicting. I am now hook as I played most of the day. While I was playing that, Sonja worked on a cross stitch and read. Super relaxing which is what you need to fully get over a cold.
Eventually Sonja started to make supper. We had classy chicken. Again it was delicious.
The day started out sunny this morning and by the afternoon it had started to rain. So the snow the is here will probably be gone by the morning.
I work late tomorrow so it will be a nice day to sleep in, unfortunately the rest of the week I work 8-5 since the person I work with is retiring. Its going to be a long week.
Tyler
After the grocery run, we came back and had some lunch. Sonja made some soup and I a chicken burger. I continued to play Goldeneye. It is super addicting. I am now hook as I played most of the day. While I was playing that, Sonja worked on a cross stitch and read. Super relaxing which is what you need to fully get over a cold.
Eventually Sonja started to make supper. We had classy chicken. Again it was delicious.
The day started out sunny this morning and by the afternoon it had started to rain. So the snow the is here will probably be gone by the morning.
I work late tomorrow so it will be a nice day to sleep in, unfortunately the rest of the week I work 8-5 since the person I work with is retiring. Its going to be a long week.
Tyler
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Jiggity jig
Well, we made it home safe and sound. And it was a fantastic holiday. I'm not sure even where to begin because we saw many friends and family and it was a busy 2 weeks. Also, those who are reading this likely spent at least one day with us, so you know how our vacation went.
We spent New Years Eve with a bunch of friends, staying up late as required on a night like that. We played fun games and laughed a lot. I really do love and miss our friends. Tyler and I got back to the Jarrett's home late and got very little sleep. We were up shortly after to get ready for another busy day with family.
We headed over to Tyler's aunt and uncles home for a New Years day. It started out a little slow, mostly because we were all eating but it soon picked up and we were playing games and having lots of fun. Tyler apparently doesn't like playing games so he sat out when we opened up Cranium. There were only 6 of us playing but it was still super awesome. We played a few other games and soon it was time to go home again.
We drove home and it had started to snow. The roads weren't so bad at that time but I was a little worried about the morning. It was decided we would wake up pretty early in case the weather was going to be difficult for us.
Tyler was once again a tetras master and managed to get everything we had bought into our suitcases, and he managed to keep it under 50 pounds per bag. He's pretty awesome that way. I guess when you aren't transporting 4 huge salmon, there is room for our other stuff.
The horrible sound of my cell phone alarm rang at 4:30 this morning. No phone alarm sounds good, but it seems worse when it's so stupidly early like that. Luckily for us, we had everything packed and just needed to throw on some clothes. Also it was fortunate that Carolyn was dropping us off. Not fortunate for her because it was so early, and we do thank you for that :)
It was so snowy out there this morning. Combined with the fact that at that time of day, the roads are still fresh with no tire marks, it made for a slow and steady drive to the airport. But that's why you plan ahead. We made it in time and after one more goodbye (holding tears back), we entered the airport to make our journey home again.
It was mostly uneventful. We stood in line at the Tim Horton's for some breakfast and sat down to wait for our plane to come in. We thought that maybe we would get to see my cousin Matt as his flight was to depart 15 minutes after ours, but we never did. Our flight, as stated before, was uneventful and I'm glad about that. Any hiccups would have made me one grumpy traveller. I got to read a new book I bought with some Christmas money. It's called The Fall of Giants and it's by the only author that really interests me.
Soon enough we were in Vancouver. We had a bit of a lay over, but books have a way of passing the time well. Our flight to Bella Bella was loud but it got us here on time.
I'm pretty surprised how much snow this place has. When we left, it was green grass and warm weather. It was practically the tropics. Now, it's still warm but there's a bit of snow on the ground. We went home, unpacked and I got my little Kitty back again. She seems different and I'm pretty sure she has lost a bit of her stomach flab. She is just so cute and sweet.
We literally have no food in our place so we headed out to the store so we could at least eat something other then mustard and butter. There wasn't the usual crowd in front of the store, so we guessed it wasn't open. And we were right. It was disappointing. Tyler rummaged through the freezer to find some chicken burgers of the not real variety and he made us some lunch.
Tyler has been playing 007 Golden Eye all day. And it's a little freaky how good he is at it. But it's his favorite game in the world that he got for Christmas. It really makes me want to watch a really good spy movie. It makes me want to creepy around and play a cops and robbers type game.
I haven't done much today. I started another quilt and I've been reading. I caught a cold from some cute little cousins of Tyler and have been fighting it for about a week now. I hate being sick over holidays. It started out just being in my sinuses, but it recently moved into my chest and it's now causing me to dry cough. I get headaches so we bought some halls.
Right now, Kitty is sleeping on a fur blanket that her babysitter generously gave to us. Tyler just got red screened in his game and I'm about to quilt some more.
It's been a great last 2 weeks. I miss everyone of my family and friends and I wish we could live closer so its easier to see each other. I am glad to be home again. I've gotten use to the low stress lifestyle that we live out here. It's really interesting to me that being back here kind of makes me want to live out here longer then I thought I would. I actually consider this my home and although I want to live close to family, this will do for now.
Happy New Year!!!
Sonja
We spent New Years Eve with a bunch of friends, staying up late as required on a night like that. We played fun games and laughed a lot. I really do love and miss our friends. Tyler and I got back to the Jarrett's home late and got very little sleep. We were up shortly after to get ready for another busy day with family.
We headed over to Tyler's aunt and uncles home for a New Years day. It started out a little slow, mostly because we were all eating but it soon picked up and we were playing games and having lots of fun. Tyler apparently doesn't like playing games so he sat out when we opened up Cranium. There were only 6 of us playing but it was still super awesome. We played a few other games and soon it was time to go home again.
We drove home and it had started to snow. The roads weren't so bad at that time but I was a little worried about the morning. It was decided we would wake up pretty early in case the weather was going to be difficult for us.
Tyler was once again a tetras master and managed to get everything we had bought into our suitcases, and he managed to keep it under 50 pounds per bag. He's pretty awesome that way. I guess when you aren't transporting 4 huge salmon, there is room for our other stuff.
The horrible sound of my cell phone alarm rang at 4:30 this morning. No phone alarm sounds good, but it seems worse when it's so stupidly early like that. Luckily for us, we had everything packed and just needed to throw on some clothes. Also it was fortunate that Carolyn was dropping us off. Not fortunate for her because it was so early, and we do thank you for that :)
It was so snowy out there this morning. Combined with the fact that at that time of day, the roads are still fresh with no tire marks, it made for a slow and steady drive to the airport. But that's why you plan ahead. We made it in time and after one more goodbye (holding tears back), we entered the airport to make our journey home again.
It was mostly uneventful. We stood in line at the Tim Horton's for some breakfast and sat down to wait for our plane to come in. We thought that maybe we would get to see my cousin Matt as his flight was to depart 15 minutes after ours, but we never did. Our flight, as stated before, was uneventful and I'm glad about that. Any hiccups would have made me one grumpy traveller. I got to read a new book I bought with some Christmas money. It's called The Fall of Giants and it's by the only author that really interests me.
Soon enough we were in Vancouver. We had a bit of a lay over, but books have a way of passing the time well. Our flight to Bella Bella was loud but it got us here on time.
I'm pretty surprised how much snow this place has. When we left, it was green grass and warm weather. It was practically the tropics. Now, it's still warm but there's a bit of snow on the ground. We went home, unpacked and I got my little Kitty back again. She seems different and I'm pretty sure she has lost a bit of her stomach flab. She is just so cute and sweet.
We literally have no food in our place so we headed out to the store so we could at least eat something other then mustard and butter. There wasn't the usual crowd in front of the store, so we guessed it wasn't open. And we were right. It was disappointing. Tyler rummaged through the freezer to find some chicken burgers of the not real variety and he made us some lunch.
Tyler has been playing 007 Golden Eye all day. And it's a little freaky how good he is at it. But it's his favorite game in the world that he got for Christmas. It really makes me want to watch a really good spy movie. It makes me want to creepy around and play a cops and robbers type game.
I haven't done much today. I started another quilt and I've been reading. I caught a cold from some cute little cousins of Tyler and have been fighting it for about a week now. I hate being sick over holidays. It started out just being in my sinuses, but it recently moved into my chest and it's now causing me to dry cough. I get headaches so we bought some halls.
Right now, Kitty is sleeping on a fur blanket that her babysitter generously gave to us. Tyler just got red screened in his game and I'm about to quilt some more.
It's been a great last 2 weeks. I miss everyone of my family and friends and I wish we could live closer so its easier to see each other. I am glad to be home again. I've gotten use to the low stress lifestyle that we live out here. It's really interesting to me that being back here kind of makes me want to live out here longer then I thought I would. I actually consider this my home and although I want to live close to family, this will do for now.
Happy New Year!!!
Sonja
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