Weekend was a success. I managed to cook a great big pot of butter chicken, meatballs, pork meatloaf, and some pork dumplings. The pork dumplings were WAY too much work and I doubt I will try that one again. Sigh. But the rest of the food is tasty and well worth the effort. The freezer is full and I have meat to last me for a LONG, LONG time.

Today marked one year with my current job. YEAH me. Still in love with it and hoping to stay for along, long time. Ah, isn't that nice to hear. :)

This weekend we are off to Edmonton to enjoy the extra long weekend that is staring at me. I'm done at noon on Friday and not due back to the office until Tuesday at 8am. Whoo hoo!!! We are coming back to GP Sunday night so I still have Monday to get ready for the week ahead...and so Dave can get ready too for his next set of shifts.

I had a great weekend with him working 8-8. I got to do my stuff during the day, settle into my evening with a glass of wine and then a short visit with him before I would kick him out for the evening. Perfect. LOL I think he was finding the 12 hour days long but I understand that he will get used to them. They usually do. I'm happy to only work 8 hours a day but he advantage of working 7 days of 12 hour days is that you have every other week off....and I only have weekends. Hmmm. Maybe I should become a mechanic. LOL...nah.

Can you believe that summer is half over?

Not much new and exciting going on the past week. I'm sitting on the couch right now sipping my morning tea and listening to Tundra purr. She loves tea time with me. I have nothing to do but pet her so she kneeds the air while I rub her belly.

It's our favorite time of the day...

Dave started work yesterday and so far so good. LOL He will be working 12 hour shifts for 7 days in a row which means he will work all weekend...so I can get caught up on my home stuff and maybe do some scrapbooking. Plus I see a cooking marathon in my future as I am out of my freezer lunches.

Yep, pretty boring stuff going on around here.

Weekend of camping and adventures. Headed to the US border with Dave to get his work visa/permit thingy so he can work legally here in Canada. A few minor issues but he has it and is looking forward to starting work next week. I am looking forward to him starting too and getting into a regular routine. He hasn't been working so his time is his own where as my time is owned 5 days a week and free time is limited and precious. Also hoping to get back into more of a routine once he starts working.

Fun times.

Visit to Drumheller to see the hoodoo's and enjoy the natural beauty of the area. Lovely.

Happy Birthday to my little girls...a day late(?) Can you believe that I have had these two cats for almost 3 years? I can't. LOL

So I've been hanging with a special someone for about a month now--actually we first met for tea a month ago today. He's been occupying a lot of my time and I'm ok with that. LOL. He is very nice and nice to me and the cats. Heck, he even remembered their names from the first time he met them. He even gets down on the floor and plays with them. I know. :) Oh, and did I mention he does dishes! Without being asked?!

We've gone on driving trips to explore the local surroundings and are headed to the US this coming weekend for a very short trip. He's British you see and needs to cross over the border to activate his visa. I'm just tagging along for the ride--you know me, always up for a road trip.

Couple photos from Canada Day Parade.

Had a fantastic weekend. Took a drive through Northern BC...just a quick circle in/out but a nice drive none the less. Great sunny weekend with temperatures in the high 20's. Looking forward to summer if this is how it started.

Still hoping for a camping weekend sometime soon. Fingers crossed that it happens soon.

BBQ at work on Friday went well. Too many steaks--who'd a thought a group of hungry men couldn't eat 100 steaks. Oh well, more for the next bbq.

Looking forward to week of no bosses, etc at the office and no travel. Might actually get a few more things done and a few things in the evening as well.

I'm not promising that I'm back but I'm here this morning.

Since coming back from Vietnam I've been working hard and playing hard.I turned a wooden pallet into planter and have a number of flowers and a few herbs. Nothing major but it is fun to tinker in for a few minutes in the evening. A real garden someday would be fantastic.

Summer isn't officially here==Friday but it has been pretty summer like the past month. Hot, sunny, thunder showers then sunny again. The cats are certainly enjoying it. I cut a hole in the screen door so they can go in and out all day/night onto the deck. I don't know if they spend time out there while I'm at work but they certainly spend a lot of time there when I'm home. Hudson likes to jump up on the railing and watch the world go buy. Tundra isn't stupid enough to jump up there-she must know that her weight combined with the momentum required to jump that high would take her up and over the deck. But she can lay down and watch through the space between the wall and floor of the deck. They both seem very content. I'm just glad we are on the top floor of the building away from the other cats, dogs and people.

I often go out on the deck in the evenings and drink a glass of wine, read my book. It's very relaxing.

Haven't been camping this year but it is definitely on my mind. Maybe next weekend I keep telling myself but it hasn't happened yet...maybe next weekend. :)

Best get myself off the couch and ready for work. My bosses boss is up visiting this week and I need to be on time for a change.

Posted a couple of videos on the Fat Girl Snoring of the trip to Vietnam. There is music so if you aren't into it then just turn down the volume.

Hoping to get the write up done at some point till then....enjoy the videos.