Goodness a whole month between posts again...I am getting bad at this.
It's been quite a year and I'm happy to report it is ending on a happy note this year.
Let's do a quick recap of 2012.
The girls and I started 2012 living in Fort McMurray with no plans to move on or change our living arrangements. I paid off Big Red aka Oliver so the truck is officially mine. That was a good feeling.
In June I took a lovely road trip with my friend Kim. We traveled from Alberta to Northern British Columbia up into the Yukon and then finally into Alaska. It was a terrific trip and one I would love to repeat anytime. I can certainly understand why people enjoy Alaskan cruises so much now.
The end of that trip brought me to Red Deer for a job interview. I showed up in shorts and flip flops and incredibly enough got the job. I guess my charm out weighed the attire. LOL. They knew I was returning from a camping trip so my attire was forgiven. They should just be glad that I had time to shower before I arrived at the office. After going for almost 10 days without seeing a shower I was probably pretty ripe.
July saw the preparations to move on to a new job and another new city. My two kitties are so adaptable and I'm grateful for that. They flew to their new home in Grande Prairie and stayed with a lovely lady for a couple weeks during the transition time. I officially received the keys for our new home in mid-September and by the end of the month our belongings from PEI had arrived. The girls settled into their new surroundings and although they haven't said anything I am sure they are much happier here than in FMM. The amount of space they have is great and it is nice to see them run around and chase after each other.
I did some traveling for work in the fall, including a lovely trip to Canmore. I was happy to be able to slip in short visits with lots of friends as I traveled around Alberta. I am certainly looking forward to more travel next year as well, including my upcoming trip to Vietnam in February/March 2013. I will be traveling on my own the first week and spending the next two weeks at a Habitat build.
This fall has been busy in all areas of my life. Work has been busy but absolutely terrific and I am as much in love with my job today as I was the first week I started with them. In late October I started dating(??) a lovely guy and have been spending time with him ever since. I am taking it one day at a time and just enjoying life as it comes.
I have five days off starting on Saturday and am looking forward to a bit of an extended break. I haven't done any scrap booking since arriving in GP and am hoping to get some done during my mini-break.
I was also able to give up salt this fall and am happy to report that I am not suffering any ill side effects. LOL. I've thought about giving up my diet pepsi or sugar too...but darn it I like my pop. LOL
If I don't update before hand....
Merry Christmas everyone.
It's been quite a year and I'm happy to report it is ending on a happy note this year.
Let's do a quick recap of 2012.
The girls and I started 2012 living in Fort McMurray with no plans to move on or change our living arrangements. I paid off Big Red aka Oliver so the truck is officially mine. That was a good feeling.
In June I took a lovely road trip with my friend Kim. We traveled from Alberta to Northern British Columbia up into the Yukon and then finally into Alaska. It was a terrific trip and one I would love to repeat anytime. I can certainly understand why people enjoy Alaskan cruises so much now.
The end of that trip brought me to Red Deer for a job interview. I showed up in shorts and flip flops and incredibly enough got the job. I guess my charm out weighed the attire. LOL. They knew I was returning from a camping trip so my attire was forgiven. They should just be glad that I had time to shower before I arrived at the office. After going for almost 10 days without seeing a shower I was probably pretty ripe.
July saw the preparations to move on to a new job and another new city. My two kitties are so adaptable and I'm grateful for that. They flew to their new home in Grande Prairie and stayed with a lovely lady for a couple weeks during the transition time. I officially received the keys for our new home in mid-September and by the end of the month our belongings from PEI had arrived. The girls settled into their new surroundings and although they haven't said anything I am sure they are much happier here than in FMM. The amount of space they have is great and it is nice to see them run around and chase after each other.
I did some traveling for work in the fall, including a lovely trip to Canmore. I was happy to be able to slip in short visits with lots of friends as I traveled around Alberta. I am certainly looking forward to more travel next year as well, including my upcoming trip to Vietnam in February/March 2013. I will be traveling on my own the first week and spending the next two weeks at a Habitat build.
This fall has been busy in all areas of my life. Work has been busy but absolutely terrific and I am as much in love with my job today as I was the first week I started with them. In late October I started dating(??) a lovely guy and have been spending time with him ever since. I am taking it one day at a time and just enjoying life as it comes.
I have five days off starting on Saturday and am looking forward to a bit of an extended break. I haven't done any scrap booking since arriving in GP and am hoping to get some done during my mini-break.
I was also able to give up salt this fall and am happy to report that I am not suffering any ill side effects. LOL. I've thought about giving up my diet pepsi or sugar too...but darn it I like my pop. LOL
If I don't update before hand....
Merry Christmas everyone.
3 comments:
Jennifer,
It is lovely to hear from you! We have all missed reading your updates. SOO very happy you are dating, and that it seems to be going along well. Also glad the fur ladies are having much fun in their new home. And, as you stated, a re-cap of 2012, and how it has really flown by for all of us I am sure. Merry Christmas to You, your Guy, the Fur Ladies, Lori and Edith!
Jack
Hey there Jennifer,
Great to hear from you! Sounds like life is being good to you - I'm so happy you have found someone to share time with!! Hope it continues. I guess we can forgive you for not blogging for a while now that we know why!! The job appears to be a hit too, what more could one want?? I hope you have a fantastic Christmas and New Year's! Now that you have a "date" you will have to get some new fancy shoes to wear out - I know you love your shoes!! Good to hear the babies like the new digs too, it must be quite a bit larger if you had stuff from PEI sent out, sounds grand.
Merry Christmas to you Jennifer and to you Jack. Edith and I have seen each other a couple of times this month, which is wonderful, and we have had our Xmas hugs too! So hugs to both of you!!
Enjoy the season ... Lori B.
Jennifer:
It is great to hear from you although I do pick up some tid bits of news from you on facebook. A year of adventures, changes, new relationships and job re-location. From your post sounds like it is all going very well for you. We never know what twists and turns our lives will take. Sometimes they are for the good and sometimes not. Glad to hear yours was for the good! By the sounds of things you should have a 'Very Merry Christmas' with more than the kittens to keep you company! Your 2013 has some exciting things planned as well so you are off to a great start!
So Merry Christmas Jennifer, Happy New Year, and Belated Happy Birthday wishes to you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Jack! Lori is correct, we had a chance to see, visit, and Christmas hug which was great.
Edith
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