| Monday, July 30, 2007 |
| We made it! |
Well we made it to Cambridge last night. It was a long week, but lots of fun actually. We were able to see Mike, Jessi and Kael for 2 nights in Sault Ste. Marie which was great. Kael is such a cute and happy baby. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera but we took a lot of pics with hers so maybe she'll post some :) Craig went to the US side of the city because Mike couldn't cross the border, so we just had some girl time and stayed up reallly late and talked.
Tomorrow morning we'll be going to our new home in St. Catherines. I am looking forward to getting there and settling a bit. It's going to be weird though..so much unknown. I hope I will be able to make some friends. I'm not the greatest at making friends really, YWAM was easy because it was the same group of people for quite a while but it was really hard to make friends outside that group. I will have to push myself to be open and pursue people more than I naturally would I think.
Anyway, we have new phone numbers and such. If you want it email me and I'll tell you (don't want to post it on the blog of course ;) Next week my family comes up for a visit - I am very much looking forward to that! We'll do all the touristy stuff right away because you never seem to do that stuff when you live somewhere. So hopefully we'll get to know the area by doing all that.
That's all for now, might be a few days before you hear from me as we wont have internet right away.Labels: Sault Ste. Marie, St. Catherines, YWAM |
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| Saturday, June 16, 2007 |
| New |
I need something new. I've just realized that I haven't done the same thing for more than one year straight since high school..and even that changed every year. Being on staff at a YWAM base throws all sorts of things at you, keeps you on your toes, changes regularly...and after 5 years of that I got sick of it and wanted something else. Donor Services was a perfect fit...kept me within the YWAM family but much more of a steady job. It made sense financially, and personally.
But now, I need something new. It doesn't help that I had a bad day today.... it was one of those days where everything seems to go wrong..forms go missing where you knew you had it just yesterday, donors get angry because they wanted to be anonymous and didn't get marked that way, the stamp machine runs out of ink half way through sending out around 800 cheques so you have to take the remaining 300 to the post office and stick stamps on them because heaven forbid people's cheques be one day late... ugh...
Anyway, enough ranting... all that aside, I am ready for a new schedule...a new focus, new home, new city. Not saying I wont miss the 'old' when I get there...that's usually a given. Just saying that it's time...which is why sticking it out with a positive attitude for another 5 weeks might be hard.
Here's a pic of the house we will most likely be moving into once we get to St. Catherines. Cute, huh? To be confirmed next week!Labels: St. Catherines, YWAM |
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| Sunday, April 29, 2007 |
| Moviestar |
Today I gave an interview for a documentary that the crisis centre is putting out.. it was crazy.. like full on studio with a big michrophone hanging in your face and a green screen in the back. And they powdered my face before shooting. Weird experience, but cool.
And yesterday Craig and I went to his cousin's in Maple Ridge. Craig was bottling beer while I watched their kids. Here's some pics from that time. Nothing much else to report. Here's something to think about - in 3 months from now we will be arriving in St. Catherines, ON. Wow times flies.... I haven't really begun to think about what it will be like to move away from this place I have called home for 5.5 years. I've more just been excited about the new things that will come with that move, like being closer to family. But I am also leaving behind some family here, which will be really sad.   Labels: St. Catherines, vancouver, Vancouver Crisis Centre |
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