Quick Thoughts

This past month has been a whirlwind of busy activities!  There is no good way to properly summarize all that has gone on so I thought I would just give a brief list of some of my current thoughts.

1. Painting a room is relatively cheap.  Painting the entire floor of a house in a month (including ceilings) gets more expensive.
2. Getting a hold of any general contractor to get a quote is very irritating and pointless.
3. Moving has been very stressful on my kids.
4. Camping with our good friends this past week was good for everyone, until we needed to say goodbye to them once again.
5. I wish I could save my girls from the pain of missing their best friends and family and it breaks my heart to see them cry.
6. Toy Story 3 was awesome but definitely worthy of kleenex.
7. We are looking forward to a much-needed trip to Ikea this week so I can continue unpacking my boxes.
8. The kids are also excited about watersliding and Calaway Park!  (nothing like a fun diversion to help them forget that they are sad too)
9. Small town church hospitality is amazing!  You won't find such a warm welcome anywhere else.
10. Our neighbours are much friendlier than in our previous town and there are kids everywhere.
11. 2 boys came to our yard the other day and asked our girls to kiss them.  (just imagine how happy protective daddy John was when he heard this...I think I may have seen steam come out of his ears!)
12. The girls thought the kissing boys were odd which may have led John and I to give a slight cheer when we think of them 10 years from now.
13. I am hoping to start Ella's quilt this month.
14. I also need to figure out some solutions to school stuff as the U of R is not offering anything applicable for this upcoming fall semester.  I may have to outsource through another distance university such as Athabasca and just know that I am paying approx. $200 more per class this way.  Sigh.  It is expensive.
15. Today is the 15-year anniversary of when John asked me out.  Happy "anniversary" sweetie!  I love you.