I have been waiting for this day for a whole week.
It started with Kitten setting up camp on my back/shoulder. I was sleeping on my stomach and, after crawling all over my back and legs, she settled down right by head. It was pretty cute, even though she woke me up an hour before the alarm.
Tyler got up with me this morning as he had to study for a test he took this evening. It's nice waking up at the same time because then I'm not jealous that he gets to sleep in for an hour after I have to get up.
Once at work, I got to doing my to-do list. I had a pretty big list of files to go through today and I got a good chunk done. It feels good to cross things off like that. Unfortunately, it's been a really lazy last few days and today was no exception. Everyone at work was just dragging their feet today. I did get a lot of done today which felt good. But my work is getting a little on my nerves. I'm thinking that I'm easily irritated these days because I'm pretty close to maybe not having this job any more. May 2nd is the date that the other woman is possibly coming back. And it's looming over me and I don't like it.
Our evening has been going good. We planned to have salmon again but it gets a little tiresome eating it 4 days a week. So Tyler had chicken burgers and I had a combination of fruit and cheese and carrots. It was pretty good.
Tyler did his test this evening and thinks he did pretty good. Our evening has been relaxing and that's what I needed after a week of work.
No plans for the rest of the evening. Probably go to bed after a movie or 2. It's going to be a good weekend, as it is another weekend.
Enjoy!
Sonja
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Study night equals late blog
Today was an average day. Nothing exciting happened at work and I wasn't bored but not super busy. Unfortunately I was to busy to study any. Which is to bad because I have a test to do tomorrow. Hopefully I can get some studying done tomorrow at work so I know this a little bit better. I had to stay a half hour overtime to finish some things up before coming home for supper.
Supper was night three of four this week of salmon suppers. We are almost done this fish and then I'll be done with salmon for a while. They are just so big and we are just two people, we have to thaw the whole thing and eat it all in a week.
After supper Kendra came down for a bit to talk. We are getting her to pick us up some more cat food so the cat doesn't starve.
After she left I went to study. I studied all night until ten and still don't feel so good about it. I will get up tomorrow with Sonja so I can study some more and see if I can sneak some time at work. I am tired and we will probably be going to bed soon. Also our Internet won't load up blogger so I am forced to type this on my tiny phone keyboard.
Tyler
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Where to start with my exciting day..... I have no idea. I really lack any creativity to make my boring day sound even remotely worth reading so I apologize in advance for this lame post.
After a decent sleep, a warm shower and a cheese bagel, I was off to work. Today was an okay day. Like the rest of the week, I was pretty busy all day but I couldn't tell you what I did. I remember being trained on a few things, I checked a few things on the computer and answered the phones. It was a day that went by with laughs and soon it was over.
I worked out and came home. Once Tyler got home, supper was made. We had lemon salmon and garlic bread. It was a strange combination but it was so good.
We did dishes and started to listen to the oiler game on the Internet. We stopped after it was 2-0 because losing isn't something we want to spend time with.
And it's off to bed shortly. Kitten is freshly coned after a newly discovered wound on the side of her face. She is in a bad mood now. It's funny.
Have a good night.
Sonja
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Oilers win...again
Today was a good day. I was busy at work pretty well all day and before I knew it, I was home for lunch. I threw in some chicken burgers and waited for them to cook. I took my lunch early since I was too busy to get a coffee break. So I got to spend some extra time with Sonja over lunch. After Sonja went back to work I got a phone call from the RCMP. They were just working on PAL paper work and needed to go through the screening process with me on the phone. After that was done I was able to eat.
I went back to work and continued to be kinda busy. I joked with alot of the Vancouver fans at work that Edmonton was going to win their game tonight. They were playing again, this time in Edmonton. I was looking forward to watching the game tonight as it was supposed to be on sportsnet out here.
Eventually it was 5 o'clock and I was able to come home to Sonja and supper. We decided we are having fish all week this week. So it was my job to filet it tonight. I then cut it into four so we can have it four different ways this week. So we had salt and pepper salmon with rice.
We were done at 6, just in time for the Oilers game to start. Unfortunately it was on the new Sportsnet channel that we don't get so we had to settle with listening to it on 630 CHED online. I had to go back to work at 7 for a quick call back. I was back in 15 minutes in time for the last half of the second period.
It was a good game to listen too. Edmonton won the game 2-0. It is a nice feeling being able to go into work tomorrow, knowing the last team beat the first team...again.
No plans for the rest of the night. Sonja is watching Dancing with the Stars and I have some popcorn and will do a little bit of studying.
Tyler
I went back to work and continued to be kinda busy. I joked with alot of the Vancouver fans at work that Edmonton was going to win their game tonight. They were playing again, this time in Edmonton. I was looking forward to watching the game tonight as it was supposed to be on sportsnet out here.
Eventually it was 5 o'clock and I was able to come home to Sonja and supper. We decided we are having fish all week this week. So it was my job to filet it tonight. I then cut it into four so we can have it four different ways this week. So we had salt and pepper salmon with rice.
We were done at 6, just in time for the Oilers game to start. Unfortunately it was on the new Sportsnet channel that we don't get so we had to settle with listening to it on 630 CHED online. I had to go back to work at 7 for a quick call back. I was back in 15 minutes in time for the last half of the second period.
It was a good game to listen too. Edmonton won the game 2-0. It is a nice feeling being able to go into work tomorrow, knowing the last team beat the first team...again.
No plans for the rest of the night. Sonja is watching Dancing with the Stars and I have some popcorn and will do a little bit of studying.
Tyler
Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday Monday
What a weekend!! I had the best time ever with Tyler as we ran around Vancouver. After reading Tyler's blog about the weekend, I realized he forgot to mention a funny moment that I'm sure you all will get a kick out of. Every time Tyler would go to take a closer look at a fish, coral, or whatever sea creature we were looking at, he would get a little too close and bonk his head on the glass. It was so funny to hear that sound once in a while.
As for today, it was a pretty good day. I woke up and went to work. I got to work and quickly figured out that apparently no one knows how to put away files. There was 2 huge piles of files just waiting for me. It made me a little upset that I always have to do all the grunt work and I always will. I mean, it's easy for everyone to just put away what they take out.
My day was filled with minor annoyances like that. I also got in a bit of trouble for something pretty silly. I was sent an email last week on how to conclude a certain type of file and I was sent it with very little instruction on how to use that information. And today, I was asked if I was doing it properly... and I didn't really know how to answer her question. It was frustrating to get in a bit of trouble for never being told how to do something and being expected to know how to do it. I don't know if that made any sense but that's the day I had.
The afternoon was a lot better as I got to tune out the world and type some statements. I enjoy typing statements as they pass the time real well. After work, I got to work out and come home for supper.
We were going to have a taco cake type thing, but we got lazy and we didn't take out any meat so instead we had leftovers. I had the last piece of pizza from yesterday and Tyler cooked up some wings. He said he will balance his meal out later with a bowl of popcorn - what a nut!
After we tossed out wing bones out the window for a ravin frenzy, we sat down on the couch to do some cross-stitching and Tyler started to study. His work phone went off and soon he was back at work again.
I'm watching Dancing with the Stars and enjoying it while I blog. Kitty is cleaning herself and being so cute.
Sonja
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Awesome Weekend
Well for all of those sitting on the edge of your seat from our last blog, wondering how our trip went. Well it started out great. The plane came in and we had no problems leaving the island for our weekend getaway. We got into Vancouver and caught the skytrain to get downtown to our hotel. It was really simple. Our stop was the end of the line so there was no way we could have missed our stop and end up lost somewhere along the way. We got off and hit the street. We had to meet up with someone Sonja used to work with, as they forgot their power cord for their laptop and were down in Vancouver for a week or so. So we met them just outside our hotel and made the exchange.
We checked in and went to our room. We were kinda cool so I put on a sweater and then it was off to the mall to get our shopping list all checked off. Sonja needed some new jeans, and shoes that don't leak when we walk to the store and stuff, as well as shampoo and soap and stuff. Sonja also wanted some new shirts. So we scoured the mall looking for her jeans. It took a while and we only had a few hours until the mall closed. Sonja is usually pretty picky when she is looking for clothes, especially jeans. It was coming down to the wire, the mall closed at 9 and at 8:30 I had to take charge and pretty much make her buy some new pants. She finally found some and they fit and she liked them so that was that. We bought them and then I still needed some socks, so we rushed down to the Sears and bought some. The cashier marked them down for me because they were in the middle of marking down prices for the next day. We got out of there with 5 minutes before closing time. Since we were in such a hurry to get everything, we hadn't eaten yet, so then we had to find a restaurant and eat. We passed a White Spot on our way to the mall so we decided to eat there on our way back to the hotel. It was my birthday meal, a week late. It was so good. I ate a lot. When I finished my meal the waitress offered me more fries. I was taken by surprise with this question as that has never been offered before. I gave her a stupid look and eventually I said yes. So I ate my second helping of fries and it was extra filling. We went back to the hotel after this and went to bed for the night.
I set the alarm for after 7 on Saturday as we were off to the aquarium. I thought that it opened at 8 and we wanted to be there before the crowds. So we got up and went for the continental breakfast and went to the bus stop to catch the bus to the aquarium. We got there about twenty after eight, only to find that the aquarium didn't open for another hour. So we walked around Stanley Park for a bit. We got back to the aquarium and found that the gift store was open so we killed another twenty minutes looking in there until the doors opened.
They finally did and we went in. It was a really fun time. We saw lots of fish and sea creatures, as well as seals, dolphins a porpoise, and beluga whales. Sonja faced her whale fear and even thought the whales were kind of cute. We eventually had some lunch. They had an amazon exhibit as a special, complete with monkeys, sloths, tropical birds, anacondas, and monster fish. We finished up at the aquarium as it got really busy around 1:30 and was starting to get hard to walk around and see things. We decided to go for another walk around a section of the park before catching the bus back to the hotel.
On the way back to the hotel we decided to go back to the mall for a few more things. I bought a pair of shoes and some soap that we forgot the night before. We walked back to the hotel and Sonja took a short nap and I surfed the internet for a little bit before getting ready for the game. We got our jerseys on and went to Subway for a quick supper so we wouldn't be hungry the whole night. We then continued on our way to the arena which happened to only be a few minutes away. We only got a few dirty looks and calls on our walk there. We were early to the arena and had to wait outside for a while before they opened the doors. We finally got in and walked a lap of the arena before finding our seats. We walked up the stairs of our section and the usher informed us that we could go down to ice level behind the bench where they come out and watch the warmup from down there. So we promptly said thank you and found our way back down towards the ice. We chose a spot right in the corner of the glass and the tunnel they walk down from the dressing room. It was so cool to be so close and watch them from the bench. While they were practicing the assistant coaches were writing down the Canucks line combinations so they could see what they were up against and match their lines.
After the warmup we went up to our real seats and settled in for the game. We were pretty excited for the puck to drop. Soon it came and the game was under way. It is tough to be in the middle of all the Go Canucks Go cheers, but soon enough the Oilers opened up the scoring. It bounced in off the post. Nobody saw it but I saw one of the Oilers skating across the ice pumping his fist like it was a goal so I stood up and cheered. The play went under review so I sat down and waited for it to be officially announced as a goal before standing up and cheering again. It was a good game as they scored three more goals and gave us lots of opportunity to stand up and cheer and basically mock the Vancouver fans.
We had some guys sitting beside us who were pretty good sports and were joking with us all night. When Vancouver scored their only goal everyone stood up to cheer. I told the guys beside us to enjoy it because we already had three of them that night.
It was as stressful of a game that we had ever been to. Because we would either been leaving with our heads held high and big smiles or swallowing our pride after all the cheering because the Oilers blew a three goal lead. I'm glad we left on the winning side of things. It made the trip well worth it.
We walked back to the hotel and made our way to bed as we had to get up early this morning to make it to the airport in lots of time to check in before take off.
We woke up, went for breakfast and made our way to the airport. The trip home was uneventful. It was a little bit bumpy as it was kinda windy here in Bella Bella, but we made it safe. We came home and quickly made a shopping list and went to the store. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and recovering from our fun busy weekend.
We are just watching Transformers 2 ending up the night.
Tyler
We checked in and went to our room. We were kinda cool so I put on a sweater and then it was off to the mall to get our shopping list all checked off. Sonja needed some new jeans, and shoes that don't leak when we walk to the store and stuff, as well as shampoo and soap and stuff. Sonja also wanted some new shirts. So we scoured the mall looking for her jeans. It took a while and we only had a few hours until the mall closed. Sonja is usually pretty picky when she is looking for clothes, especially jeans. It was coming down to the wire, the mall closed at 9 and at 8:30 I had to take charge and pretty much make her buy some new pants. She finally found some and they fit and she liked them so that was that. We bought them and then I still needed some socks, so we rushed down to the Sears and bought some. The cashier marked them down for me because they were in the middle of marking down prices for the next day. We got out of there with 5 minutes before closing time. Since we were in such a hurry to get everything, we hadn't eaten yet, so then we had to find a restaurant and eat. We passed a White Spot on our way to the mall so we decided to eat there on our way back to the hotel. It was my birthday meal, a week late. It was so good. I ate a lot. When I finished my meal the waitress offered me more fries. I was taken by surprise with this question as that has never been offered before. I gave her a stupid look and eventually I said yes. So I ate my second helping of fries and it was extra filling. We went back to the hotel after this and went to bed for the night.
I set the alarm for after 7 on Saturday as we were off to the aquarium. I thought that it opened at 8 and we wanted to be there before the crowds. So we got up and went for the continental breakfast and went to the bus stop to catch the bus to the aquarium. We got there about twenty after eight, only to find that the aquarium didn't open for another hour. So we walked around Stanley Park for a bit. We got back to the aquarium and found that the gift store was open so we killed another twenty minutes looking in there until the doors opened.
They finally did and we went in. It was a really fun time. We saw lots of fish and sea creatures, as well as seals, dolphins a porpoise, and beluga whales. Sonja faced her whale fear and even thought the whales were kind of cute. We eventually had some lunch. They had an amazon exhibit as a special, complete with monkeys, sloths, tropical birds, anacondas, and monster fish. We finished up at the aquarium as it got really busy around 1:30 and was starting to get hard to walk around and see things. We decided to go for another walk around a section of the park before catching the bus back to the hotel.
On the way back to the hotel we decided to go back to the mall for a few more things. I bought a pair of shoes and some soap that we forgot the night before. We walked back to the hotel and Sonja took a short nap and I surfed the internet for a little bit before getting ready for the game. We got our jerseys on and went to Subway for a quick supper so we wouldn't be hungry the whole night. We then continued on our way to the arena which happened to only be a few minutes away. We only got a few dirty looks and calls on our walk there. We were early to the arena and had to wait outside for a while before they opened the doors. We finally got in and walked a lap of the arena before finding our seats. We walked up the stairs of our section and the usher informed us that we could go down to ice level behind the bench where they come out and watch the warmup from down there. So we promptly said thank you and found our way back down towards the ice. We chose a spot right in the corner of the glass and the tunnel they walk down from the dressing room. It was so cool to be so close and watch them from the bench. While they were practicing the assistant coaches were writing down the Canucks line combinations so they could see what they were up against and match their lines.
After the warmup we went up to our real seats and settled in for the game. We were pretty excited for the puck to drop. Soon it came and the game was under way. It is tough to be in the middle of all the Go Canucks Go cheers, but soon enough the Oilers opened up the scoring. It bounced in off the post. Nobody saw it but I saw one of the Oilers skating across the ice pumping his fist like it was a goal so I stood up and cheered. The play went under review so I sat down and waited for it to be officially announced as a goal before standing up and cheering again. It was a good game as they scored three more goals and gave us lots of opportunity to stand up and cheer and basically mock the Vancouver fans.
We had some guys sitting beside us who were pretty good sports and were joking with us all night. When Vancouver scored their only goal everyone stood up to cheer. I told the guys beside us to enjoy it because we already had three of them that night.
It was as stressful of a game that we had ever been to. Because we would either been leaving with our heads held high and big smiles or swallowing our pride after all the cheering because the Oilers blew a three goal lead. I'm glad we left on the winning side of things. It made the trip well worth it.
We walked back to the hotel and made our way to bed as we had to get up early this morning to make it to the airport in lots of time to check in before take off.
We woke up, went for breakfast and made our way to the airport. The trip home was uneventful. It was a little bit bumpy as it was kinda windy here in Bella Bella, but we made it safe. We came home and quickly made a shopping list and went to the store. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and recovering from our fun busy weekend.
We are just watching Transformers 2 ending up the night.
Tyler
Friday, April 1, 2011
Yippee!
Today is going to be the start of a really great weekend. Actually, that is just what I'm hoping. Right now, it's raining and there is a fog in the air. I just really hope that the plane comes in today and is able to fly out. Tyler keeps reassuring me that it will because it's not that foggy outside... but with my track record of getting out of this place, I'll only believe that we are getting out of here when we are landing in Vancouver.
I had an amazing sleep last night. I love it when you get to sleep in and you don't have to do anything the next day. It makes for a relaxing evening and a great night. I woke up about 45 minutes ago to the sound of rain on our window. I'm not freaking out about it yet but I hope it doesn't get any worse then this.
We have a few things planned for before we head out. We need to get some loonies and twonies for the buses, maybe a few snacks for the trip down and we need to pack. Kitten is making that a little difficult as her favorite place to sit is on the suitcase, or in the suitcase. We also have to drop Kitten off at her weekend vacation spot. She is having more of a stay-cation then we are.
Any way, I should maybe go pack a few things. I'm so excited about tonight. I get to buy new pants. It's a big deal when you have a huge hole in the only pair you have and there aren't any stores around. I think this time I'll buy more then one good pair. I can't wait to walk around a mall again. I can't wait to see a big city again.
I just thought I would mention that we likely wont be blogging tomorrow night, so don't be expecting anything. It might happen, but come on, we're on vacation, don't be holding your breath for it.
Pray the weather clears up for us.
Sonja
I had an amazing sleep last night. I love it when you get to sleep in and you don't have to do anything the next day. It makes for a relaxing evening and a great night. I woke up about 45 minutes ago to the sound of rain on our window. I'm not freaking out about it yet but I hope it doesn't get any worse then this.
We have a few things planned for before we head out. We need to get some loonies and twonies for the buses, maybe a few snacks for the trip down and we need to pack. Kitten is making that a little difficult as her favorite place to sit is on the suitcase, or in the suitcase. We also have to drop Kitten off at her weekend vacation spot. She is having more of a stay-cation then we are.
Any way, I should maybe go pack a few things. I'm so excited about tonight. I get to buy new pants. It's a big deal when you have a huge hole in the only pair you have and there aren't any stores around. I think this time I'll buy more then one good pair. I can't wait to walk around a mall again. I can't wait to see a big city again.
I just thought I would mention that we likely wont be blogging tomorrow night, so don't be expecting anything. It might happen, but come on, we're on vacation, don't be holding your breath for it.
Pray the weather clears up for us.
Sonja
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