Good morning everyone,
The weather is quickly changing here and the mountains are now completely blanketed in fresh snow. The valley bottoms don't have any snow as of yet - but it's on it's way! I've had some scary drives to work over Hungry Hill this past week.
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| Heli flight on the first day with snow |
I feel like we've only just settled back into our old routine after a visit home at the end of September. It was great to see family and friends, spend time lounging by the pool (it was so hot!), taking Tom on his first sailing excursion on dad's boat, swimming at the beach by mom's, exploring Presqu'isle with Tom's parents and playing bocce ball.....
and Tom proposed! We are now very happily engaged and looking forward to all that is coming : )
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| Georgian Bay sailing |
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| 'Cirrus' the boat |
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| Got a little 'ship faced' while sailing |
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| Tom's first sail...as you can see it was a VERY calm day |
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| Presqu'ile! |
It took a while (for me, at least) to get back into the swing of things with work and life around these parts. I'm realizing that I really do miss working closer to home and having shorter work days... but who doesn't!? haha definitely something I will keep in mind the next time I search for a job. And this next time... I hope it sticks! I'm at the point where I don't want to be picking up and moving all over the place anymore. I'm glad I did it; I'm glad I've lived in all of the places that I have, and explored all of the towns, cities and provinces. With all of the experiences I gained from doing that, now I'm ready to just chill out!! Lay some roots, get a job to stay in for an extended time and use my free time in the future to travel all over with Tom instead of just between Ontario and BC to visit : )
One of the ladies at work was giving me some pointers on future job avenues - she said I may feel like I'm pigeon holing myself by being in forestry, but really, those skills can be used in a variety of fields. She worked for the Ministry of Forests here in BC for the majority of her working career, and says I should look into the Lands Department, Environmental Planning, Municipal work, all sorts of stuff! That definitely helped me feel more optimistic about future job hunting. How many times have I gone down this path of job hunting?!? I'm done! haha
Looking ahead, one day we'd like to be back in Ontario, have close-by jobs with minimal stressors, and I've told myself I need to be on a lake! haha Cottage country here I come! I'm looking forward to having a job with shorter hours, like the one I had at CVC, so that I can pursue other things in the afternoon. I haven't worked out in MONTHS other than one Saturday here or there, because I get home at 5:30 most days, after waking up at 5:20am and don't want to have to switch out the work truck for my car at home, continue driving the 15 mins to the gym, do an hour there and drive back.
I'd also like to spend more time practicing my yarn dyeing. Hopefully one day I can start selling my yarn but want to get really good at it before shocking the market with it's beauty hahha ; )
The kitty cats are good and are so happy to have us home. Odin had some stomach issues this past week, but thankfully Tom was able to get him to the vet quickly, and got some pills to "plug" the issue, shall we say. I won't get into the gross details.
One of the the full-time guys at Tom's work is leaving, which means Tom has the opportunity to apply for full-time! And that would mean that he would be sent on courses and training all over the province. That would be amazing to put on his resume, plus I am definitely going to tag along if he ends up doing training down in the Kootenays... and if it's ski season I'm bringing my skis too! In the past the training has been in Kamloops and Kelowna, and even Vancouver.
On the way home from Ontario, we stopped in Vancouver for the weekend, and my 31st birthday. It was so much fun. We went to a yarn and fibre festival (Yarn City) and toured the treetop walk at the Capilano bridge. We stayed with Tom's aunt, uncle and cousins, who were gracious hosts and even gave up their king sized bed for us!!
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| Van city from Stanley Park |
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| Tom taking a walk on the wild side! |
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| Nothing like some Beaver Balls to sustain your tree top walk |
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| Loved this walk! |
Knitting season is upon us, and I've made plans to teach Jill how to knit, sometime next week. She says to bring beer and that we may have to take the next day off of work hahha I can't wait.
Tom is knitting his second hat, with wool he got at Knit City (which incidentally, was hand-dyed in Ontario).
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| Tom's awesome yarn. Ombre gradient in the "waterfall" colourway |
I was almost done that cabled sweater of mine -- you may remember it's the one I started back in FEBRUARY (it's been a challenge). I was on the second sleeve and realized I'd done all of the increasing at the start and not staggered up the arm... had to rip out the arm and haven't looked at it in a week. Grrr. I'll get back to it soon, but for the moment am mad at it!
Well the day is getting started here in Telkwa - the cats are attacking one another, Tom is out tinkering with his truck, and I've got a haircut to go to! So if you'll excuse me, I'd better get on my way.
Enjoy your weekend! xoxox
