Airshow

Well I am late in getting this to you. We went almost 2 weeks ago now! Time has flown by....
We went to the Abbotsford Air Show. A friend had free tickets! :) It was a great day! SOOOO HOT! It was over 36C! I thought I might pass out. Luckily our friend bought a spray bottle to cool us down! Wes was loving the heat....I don't know about him sometimes...hee hee

We got to sit in the front row! What a view. The only thing I was sad about was not finding a corn dog. Heather and I looked...and looked...but nothing. I couldn't believe it! They had everything else...but I couldn't find a corn dog. Heather later found a stand that had them, but they had sold out! BOO! Oh well...I had to settle for a "gourmet" dog. It was Japanese style....meaning it had seaweed on it. It was pretty good. :)

The show was AWESOME! It is amazing how much planes have changed over the years. Some of the bigger ones were truly amazing. I kept cheering....and I felt like the only one making any noise! Ha ha I felt like a sore thumb sticking out. Guess Canadians just don't get too excited over that stuff. Maybe I was just sitting in the wrong section. Yeah that's it. ;) All and all it was a great day....good show, friends, sun and NO SUNBURN!

Unpacking and walks!

Well it has been too long since I last posted something. I'm not sure where the time has gone. Probably unpacking...or pretending to unpack! haha I'm so sick of moving I can't even bring myself to unpack everything. I have to go slowly or I will go mental! I don't even have that much left....but my nomadic life has made me pack tooooo many times! I guess I brought it on myself :) But then again I was a single and didn't have much to pack. So I'm slowly getting there. I'm sure most people feel the same way! But this is my blog so I'm complaining! hee hee

So Wes and I have been going on walks around White Rock. It has been so awesome! We have been slowly going on longer and longer walks. We started walking up a huge hill and then coming back down. Now we started walking on the beach and up and around White Rock. I am loving it. Getting more active...spending time with Wes...and seeing new random (sometimes creepy) parts of White Rock. :) I will take my camera with me on the next walk to "show" you what I get to see. It is amazing. The ocean and the mountains.

Today Wes and I read Proverbs 8. It is about Wisdom's call. It was beautiful. Thinking about it being created before Mountains and the Ocean. Wow!

Camping!

Well Camping came and went. I can't believe how fast 3 nights went. I can't believe it rained either! ha ha Oh well I guess that's just how it goes with nature. It has been so nice here. The first night was actually hot! I don't think I have ever camped with a night being so warm! It was great. And I think I actually talked myself into thinking the weather forecast would be dead wrong. But I was wrong. Very wrong. I think about 5 mins after we went to sleep it started raining. I mean pouring buckets. I know it always sounds worse from inside...but I was pretty sure we were in for a very wet night! Not to mention the people who came to the campgrounds very late...kept everyone up and then got kicked out. I know I can be loud, especially when I am having fun with friends and being silly. But WOW....I can't imagine being so rude to a bunch of other people. They got kicked out and we all were able to sink back into the sounds of nature...errr I mean rain. Which is nature..ha ha you know what we mean.

Camping was fun. I got to finally have my s'mores...even though there was a burn ban. I have a new love and affection towards my BBQ. :) Hee hee it was one of the best things we had with us.

Wes and I had a few friends with us. Alaina came up from LA for a few days and was talked into going camping! :) It was so great to have her here. I can't express how good it was to have a friend here. I miss having friends. I mean people who really know me....not people that I have known for less than a year. Well you know what I mean! :) I have friends here...just not like Alaina! Wes and I did not want her to leave! We wanted to keep her!

Jeff Harger also joined our group! He was fun to have a long and proved to be handy! He also brought the game of Risk with him. It can be a fun game...and it was...but I just forgot how long it can take! ha ha But it was fun to play it again after so many years.

We had a few other people stop in for a night or some food. It was a good time for sure. It was nice to get away. I am so thankful for good friends and tarps! Wes made sure we had a tarp over head and Jeff brought a gazebo type thing. We were ready for anything.

I just need to learn to pack less food/and stuff. I must think that everyone eats like Wes! :) At least no one went hungry! :)

Thanks for everyone who came and laughed with us....and maybe at us! :) It was a much needed weekend for me. Thank you.

The little spot that could....

Well it has been a little while since I have had a chance to get on here and write. We have been in the middle of moving! I am down to cleaning the floors and the oven. I hate cleaning the oven. So I put it off till the very end! I sprayed and sat! Ha ha scrubbing is for suckers! The only problem is I missed a spot. So I have to spray and wait again. I can't complain since I am able to just zone out and blog! :)I took a pic of the stubborn spot and the bottle that could kill an army! That oven cleaner is sure strong! Just wanted to say hello! Guess I should get back to the cleaning zone! :)

Moving time!

Hello all! :) So Wes and I will be moving! Woohoo! I really like the place where we live...but its just a little too small, and the neighborhood is full of a bunch of meanies! I guess it is that time in life to make a move to a bigger place. One year is closing in fast on marriage! We are moving to White Rock. A one bedroom suite about a block from the beach! I'm very excited to be close to the beach again. And very excited to have off street parking and a bedroom!

I hate packing. I'm sure the majority of people out there hate it too! But my nomad blood has moved me more times than I would like to remember. Now being married I have to pack for 2 people. BARF me with a spoon. I don't mind packing if I have a ton of time. We can move in this weekend...I already started packing about a month ago..but now its all the loose ends I have to pack up. I hate shuffling around stuff! It's amazing how much junk you own and don't do anything with but refuse to part with, with the hopes of using it one day! I'm not even going to think about all the stuff I have in storage. What a pain! I don't look forward to sorting that out at all.

I wonder when Wes and I finally settle down in a home will we ever move again? I know we both dream of adventure in far away places. But will the hatred of packing keep us grounded? Only time will tell!

Thankful

I need to be more thankful for the small things in life. It's so easy to be thankful for the big things. But I want to be thankful that I can walk. I can do all the small things everyday that I need to do just to get ready on my own. I need to be thankful for being able to feed myself. I really could make a list...maybe I should. Even with life's little bumps I have a good life. I also want to be MORE thankful for my Husband. He works so hard. I love him so much. I love being married to him. I feel so lucky to married to him. To belong to each other. I can't imagine not knowing him. I am so blessed. Not because I am rich by the worldly standards. But I am rich because of the life God created in me...and gave me to live. And for the things I have seen. For the heart in me. For friends and family. And for the great and even the not so great things to come.

Camping

So we did it. We bought an air mattress. Canadian tire was having a sale...and well I couldn't resist a sale! It is a double high queen. She is a big one! I set up the tent and we slept outside the last 2 nights. The first night was OK. I think we needed a little more air in the mattress. Last night was a much better sleep. Wes put some more air in the beast and it was great! I am looking forward to the camping trip even more. I can't wait to be outside for 3 days! Fresh air, cool mountain beautiful air. Lakes and rivers. And good friends. I think I am also excited that Wes will get a time to rest. He works so hard. I hope this camping trip is a relaxing time for him and for us.

I honestly can't remember the last time I went camping! I think when Kel and Craig were still state side we spent one night at the Birch Bay State Park. It was where I worked...and it was only 1 night. I don't even remember if we cooked any food. I have such fond memories of camping as a kid. I hope those memories aren't tarnished...and I find that I still really love camping!

Thanks for reading yet another blog about camping and air mattresses. Maybe my life is so dull this is what you get... :) Stay tuned to find out!