Simon Says

If only everyone had a dog this smart, eh? Woof!

Long time between posts

Ok, so my apologies for being MIA lately. But we've been super busy these past two weeks! Since my last post, my parents and Jess have arrived out here in BBC (beautiful BC as our friend Ali would call it!). They drove the old clunker (a '96 GMC Safari) from Sarnia, across the barren land, through the sketchy mountains (ask my mom about that sometime) and arrived here a week ago today. On their trip out, they got to stop and see Corner Gas (but did you know there's no actual place in SK called Dog River? I thought there was!). Apparently Dog River is in the little town of Rouleau, SK. They also drove up norther through AB to see my mom's brother and his family in Edmonton. Jess got to see West Edmonton Mall, which she enjoyed! Apparently too when they were there, they saw a guy skating out on the rink (Meg - remember that?) and he had to be at least 85 and was wearing old skates from his 20's my dad thinks. So cool! After a quick stop in Jasper, they made their way to good 'ol Kelowna, BC... the van sounding like a grumbling old man (similar to my father after 6 days on the road) and all 3 of them ready to get outside and walk, anywhere and everywhere.

So the last week we've had the family here at our place. Unfortunately, I've had to work (no vacation days as a newbie!) but Aaron took 2 days off to golf with my dad and we've visited at lunch/after work, etc. On Tuesday, they took a drive down to Penticton and did the Naramata Bench winery tour and came back with almost a case (ok, so 2 bottles were for us, but still...). :) Good thing they're driving back east next week b/c they couldn't take it home on a plane with them. Jess is flying back to Sarnia tomorrow and my parents and I are heading to Vancouver for a few days. I am presenting (unexpectedly) at the CAHSPR conference on Monday-Tuesday and the will be back to K-town on Wednesday. I think my parents will probably start the long trek back home on Thursday, leaving us to be empty-nesters once again. :(

Anyone want to come and visit? (or is that a rather silly question)...

Well, that's it from here for now. Talk to you all soon!

One Year!

Hard to believe that a whole year has come and gone! Happy 1st Anniversary! Ok, it was yesterday, but I had to post a note about it. We had a pretty low-key day yesterday, spent the afternoon at a friend's dock (Aaron tried out the boat, I stayed on dry land!) and then went out for a wonderful dinner at The Elderado. Sooooo good! Did you know that you can grill a head of romaine lettuce for a split second and it makes the caesar salad that much better? Weird, but super yummy. Here's to many more years to come...

PS: I found this card online at a really neat photo e-card website - www.robynnola.com

Words for any prof to live by...

I stole this one from our friend, Tony (my apologies)... but I thought it was just priceless. This is for all of you profs and/or teachers out there when it comes time to read your course evaluations...

Top 10 No Sympathy Responses

Can you imagine? :)