The weekend contines... #2

After the Zoo we headed to Gina, Paul and Sophia's house for the night. It was too too fantastic to see them. Gina is looking so great, and Sophia is growing like all kids do. She is walking around, talking.... She introduced me to all her little toys, and fed them all her gold-fish snacks. She is absolutly the most gorgeous little princess I have ever seen! I love her, and secretly hope she marries Oscar!

Gina made us the most fabulous dinner, belated birthday cake included! We had a great time hanging out and catching up. I love her so much. We have actually been friends since the age of about 2..... I think we met on Haloween? Correct me if I'm wrong.... Ah, Woodcroft. Paul worked late, a shame really, They are the greatest couple. They have a beautiful relationship and family. I hope all the best of the best for the three of them, and I will miss them so so much when we leave!

Our weekend Trip!

Well, I was right. Chris was sick on Friday. What a way to start our trip..... :) Anyways, Callym had a little time at Nursery School before we left, and while Chris and I finished cleaning for the Open House, and packing. We picked him up early, and he loved that! We left at exactly 11;11, a time in which we made our secret wishes.... Mine was to come home to 2 offers for our home. We'll see.

Anyways, the boys fell asleep between Red Deer and Calgary. That was nice. As soon as we got to Calgary, we headed straight to the Zoo, the weather was looking like it wasn't going to co-operate with an outdoor adventure, but it stayed nice enough. No rain, but our sweaters and jackets came in handy. The tiger had a new cub, and the boys loved that! We saw everything but Chris' favourite.... the Canadian Exibit. Sad, (not really!)




Tigers, Red Pandas, Butterflies, the Tropical Plant area (very interesting, it was all the plants we would see in the rainforest), Elephants, Monkeys, Gorillas, Snakes, Turtles, Bats, Lizards, Pigs, Hogs, Giraffes, Hippos (Callym was 2 feet away.... very cool!), Lions, Zebras, Ostrich, Wort Hogs, Meer Cat eating a swallow, Flamingos, Peacok, Parrots, Flowers, etc. Fantastic! We loved it so so much, and have too many picutres to prove it.

Part 2 Today.....

Ok, sometime between noon and 2pm the sky opened up and blew a big dirty fart on us. WHAT? Well, it did hail here for about 2.5 minutes, but that's not what I'm talking about.

I was in the middle of trying to find a reservation for our mountain trip. Yes, I think this is when it started.... We decided to start at the Calgary Zoo, stay over night with Gina, Paul and Sophia and head off to Banff. From there we would hang out for a bit and cruise to Jasper. See the sites, the mountains, the animals, the waterfalls, etc. Anything. Then stay in Jasper overnight and head home for Sunday. (Carol, Lyle and the boys weren't able to make it to Radium, there is not much to do without some buddies to hangout with...)

Well, Jasper is booked. The entire town of Jasper is completly booked - save for a 1 double bed bedroom with shared washroom???? WHAT??? OK, so a slight change of plans. I tried Banff, and the only 2 hotels that had rooms were - one that was 20 minutes out of Banff (No good) and the RimRock. RimRock is expensive. A little more than the Fairmont I think, (but they were booked so I didn't even get a quote). So, I made a reservation online with a company that was going to give us 15% off. Great, that means that the one night stay will only cost 300$. (It's OK mom. We'll be fine...) A little trouble with my credit card being verifed, so I had to call Visa and get that done. Done. So now I have a confirmation #. But why doesn't the hotel have our reservation? Ok, I wait 2 hours. Still no news. I call the booking company, and they explained to me that it would take at least 48 hours, maybe longer. She advised me to call on Monday to see if they had it. Well I told her that the reservation was for Saturday. Long quiet pause on the phone. Oh, she says, well... They should have it by tomorrow I hope. Yes thanks I hope so too. Good news is, the RimRock called back an hour later and said they recieved our reservation and everything is fine. www.rimrockresort.com Please ask for Melissa, she is fantastic!!! ( I do know, I spoke with her 5 times today)


So after this, I need to get us some groceries. Oscar is going bonkers from boredom, or b/c of Callym, not sure - so I took him with me. Chris was staying home to finish the last of the painting.... Have I said this before???? Shopping was long, but good. We come home with homemade pizza stuff and 'treats' for our trip and Chris is done the painting. He's on the phone. With someone. That's all I will say. This person doesn't understand what we are doing and why. This person thinks that they know better things for us to do. This person is kind of like a dream squasher. This person doesn't understand. It drives me crazy!!!

So at the moment, the feeling in our house is one of ..... oh what is the word. Have you ever had a 'brain fart'? It's kind of that feeling, when you're not sure what's going on. What everone is thinking, what you should be doing. You think you were about to do or say something, but now.... you aren't sure if you're standing or sitting. Confusion. And the kids are part of it, and picking up on it at the same time. We all need something, but I'm shaking my head in some sort of rythmic crazy head dance not knowing what to do....

Hope this entry makes sense, I can't really guarantee anything right now, especially my spelling.

The weekend comes early!

So, I've been told that I can see the future of sorts. For instance, I can see that Chris will be sick tomorrow. Oh my sweet husband.... and during our long weekend trip to the mountains! Of course we are leaving so that our realtor can have a fabulous open house weekend. One that brings many many offers for our lovely little home. Yes, we are off to the mountains... Banff or Radium is where we're headed. For sure a trip to the Calgary Zoo. Then? Not sure..... Will Carol, Lyle and the boys be able to meet us in Radium where we will camp. Yes, you heard me. Camp. Chris has a tent, and we have most of the 'equipment'. Should be fun? I hope they have showers, and toilets..........

and a massage therapyst! Or will we stay in Banff and blend into the crowded touristy hubub of crazyness? Maybe we will go somewhere else? As you may be able to tell, I do not have reservations yet.... Yikes!

Anyways, This could (and hopefully will be) our last trip to the Rocky Mountains for a long time. The weather is suppose to be nice. I want to soak in the hot springs. And shop at the.........
............CANDY STORE!
Maybe the boys will want something there too.

I just want to smell that fantastic air. See the tips of the highest mountain peaks kiss the sky! See the rainbow of colours in the trees. Be with my family. My family that has stayed with me through-out this crazy, stressfull ordeal of getting the house ready. Painting, and cleaning, and fixing, and packing and screaming, and yelling, and more painting! My husband who has worked his a** off the past 5 years to give us all that we have. My boys, oh my sweet boys who are such beautiful kids. I want to be with them all.

Oh yes, I also want to get the call. The call that says, we have an offer, and it's good!

Yes, everything IS good. It's fantastic. And it WILL only get better. Ah, I'm a twiddle with anticipation.......

Luck

Well, September 2nd came and went. It was a great day. Family to hang out with, and birthday wishes from around the globe! I am a very lucky person. I try to remember this all the time. I know that I am so very lucky to have Chris, and the boys, to have everyone in my family. I love all of my friends, and love what my life has become. It's fantastic to think that this is my life. Freedom, love and happiness. That is what I am full of. You never really know what you're going to get in life, and what will happen. And I believe in Karma, so what have I done to deserve all of this happiness? Really, this is a serious question.... I'm not sure, but I will keep doing my best as a person to have the 'luck' continue for my family and I.
Well, this is my first full day as a 30 year old. I don't feel older, and I don't think I look older. I'm ok with being 30. No mid life crisis happening here. Maybe it has something to do with this amazing adventure that we are getting ready for. Maybe I'm just lucky again. At any rate, it's the way it is. Anyways, just a little blabbering about how lucky I feel. A big huge thank you to everyone that I have ever known for helping my have the best life ever. I love you all.

Can hardly wait

I can hardly wait to finish painting the back hall, and laundry area. Then all that is left is the window wells, and some rocks. It seems like loads still, but it rilly isn't. Tamara is planning a small time away next weekend to the mountains for one final visit while Jay runs the Open House. We are still positive the house will sell this month, after all we didn't get stuck with disease for nothing. Though, I must admit, it would be great to finish all these tasks so that I can start spending an hour or two a day learning the copywriting with the course I bought. I am stoked to try it, and only need an opportunity to get some momentum. On that note, I'll segway to the ongoing hurricane season. Wow, it's getting pretty intense and covering more ground thjis year than any other it seems. In fact, all the countries we want to visit have been hit, or are in the path of the nxt two making news! Still... I would rather hit a shelter for a couple days and rebuild than have 7 month of cold weather. That's just me, and my wife, thankfully. Thank goodness we are allowed to make our own minds up and do things that aren't on the standard 'to do list'. We keep hoping. Life.

Waiting for viewings...

E3110052 is the MLS #.
All the pictures are up. Let's hope for a busy long weekend???
The selling of this house is the only thing I really want for my birthday.... (if anyone is wondering :)

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=6126613

Waiting... patiently.

Now that we have listed the waiting is a killer. We signed and set everything up on Monday and only today did the house come up and still no pictures... apparently it's slow MLS. Patience. T and I only have basically a couple more tasks before we sit on the place and wait for people to check it out. Paint the laundry walls and floors, and put in three window wells, that's it. We are planning on completing this weekend. I am looking forward to it because then I can kick into my Copywriting course. btw it's Chris writing finally.

I needed to address some concerns that have been rising up. basically it boils down to what the heck are we doing and how can we justify such irresponsibility? Well, in the words of my kids, because Yes. Why not? What is money for anyways? Of course this looks irresponsible from a group of society's best's perspective, but from another group it is perfectly logical. And I have been told enviable. Bear in mind that it is not reality yet, but it is as much a reality as it can be at this stitch in time. Back to the title, we wait patiently... to negotiate our home, which is not really our home any longer. We wait patiently to close the real estate deal of our life, of course, in present memory. This is bigger than our move to Edmonton from Calgary. This is big for us. It is so stressful though, that many things are tough to even handle around here, because it requires so much energy. No apologies for my writing, i have never been trained properly. Yes we are biting our nails, this is crazy to do. We have done a lot of research and there are not many things if any that we have not addressed in some way or put aside until we have moved onto the next step. So rest easy everyone, we jump into it all four of us, and we do it hoping and expecting the best, yet ready for the worst. To wax advice-like, everyone should try it. You never know what the wate ris rilly like until you get in.