1st Official Trip Together

Well, it is official. John, Allen and I took our very first official trip together. This past weekend we traveled to Whitefish, MT. It started out as a very bumpy ride....John didn't make it home until 10am when we were supposed to be on the road at 9am. If any of you know me at all, I am a super organized, planned to the last second type of person. I had our road trip planned weeks in advance. I knew the timing down by heart. Anyone who knows John, knows that he throws a wrench into my plans every time lol! I should know better after 2 1/2 years, but habits are hard to break. I guess I am trying to break his habits before mine.

After the last minute packing, showering and hair cut that John had to do we finally got on the road by 12:15pm.  As expected, John zonked out minutes after getting in the car. Well to be honest he started falling asleep during his hair cut. So I put on my Ipod full of great traveling music and off we went. Allen is an amazing traveler. Even his pee breaks are getting further and further apart lol!! We had fantastic weather for traveling.

We made it to Whitefish around 5:30pm. It was 8 degrees. So beautiful out!! I was so happy to have the sun shining even when we pulled into the hotel. We checked in and then toured to Kalispell to do a little shopping. We decided to dine at the hotel cause their menu looked interesting. We were right about that. I had a mushroom lasagna that was to die for. It had a beautiful creamy sauce and the most amazing flavors. I wish I would have taken a picture, but I was in too much of a rush to eat it. Allen's chicken fried steak took up his whole plate. I have never seen meals so large. John's steak looked fantastic as well.

We stuffed ourselves so full that we were totally ready for an early bedtime. The next day consisted of our timeshare meeting. Which John went in with the mentality of NOT buying...after the meeting he had planned on buying 2 weeks!! (Guys are so weak!!) I then enjoyed a half hour hot stone massage, and John a half hour massage. Very relaxing, and just what the chiropractors ordered!! Then we spent the rest of the day touring around Whitefish and Kalispell. What wonderful places. Though I have to say, I will not be complaining about the roads in Medicine Hat anymore. Our roads are perfect compared to theirs. We drove to this BBQ place for supper. It was called Piggy Back BBQ. Wow!! What a beautiful smoky flavor. We definitely don't have anything like that in Canada!! I do have a pic of that meal lol!!

Saturday was the ski day for the boys. They left at 8:15am, leaving me to fend for myself for the morning. They were gone until 4:30 that afternoon. They had an amazing time, even though their first run ended up being on a black diamond run....and they are still both beginner skiers. My day was utter bliss.....3 1/2 hours of me time. I went to the spa and got the full meal deal. Body wrap, 1 hour massage, facial, foot treatment and hand treatment. I was like goo when I was finished. I didn't want to leave. I am still mourning the loss of my solitude lol!!

All in all it was an amazing trip. I am so glad our first vacation as a family went over so well. I was a little worried that it wouldn't and we would never travel again. So now I am planning our next trip, though the next one is adult only. Sorry Allen!!

6 Months into the "Mom" thing

Well it has been quite a few months since my last post. Things in my life have changed in very gigantic ways. As I wrote in my last post, Allen is now living with me. Now for all of you who I have kept in contact with regularly you know all of the ups and downs I have faced. I do have to say that becoming a Mom has really opened my eyes. I have apologized over and over and over to my own Mom for all the horrible things I did to her.  LOL!! She is now enjoying the fact that I am having to deal with all the same issues she had to deal with when I was 10. I guess life has a way of turning us around. I think it has actually made my relationship with my Mom better. She is my rock. She is the one who is helping me keep my head above water. I don't know if I could have taken on this challenge without her. She keeps reminding me that I am strong enough to think things through and be the bigger person. Not to be the selfish person that I have allowed myself to be for the last 29 years. It's amazing what Mom's can do for you.

I don't know what I would do without my Mom in my life. Through all of our ups and downs in our life together she has shown me what a strong woman really is. With all of her trials in life she has walked right through with her head held high. She is what I strive to be. I hope that I am half the person that she has shown us how to be. I know that I can stand on my own two feet just like her. She has taught me how to be a strong, honest, loyal, caring and independant woman. I hope to never let her down. Show her I can be my own woman, just as she was her own.

I know that in the last 6 months life has turned upside down for me. It has offered me challenges that I have never faced before. I am working on dealing with those challenges. It is shown me that I have to find my "inner peace". Find out what I want out of life. It's amazing that at 29 years old I am finally sitting down to think about that. You think I would have been working towards that before. I guess I had to stumble first before I realized what I was missing out on. So I have decided that I will take time out of life for ME. I need ANG time. I need to figure out what is my BLISS. I am on my way to figuring that out. I just want to thank all of you who have helped me along that path. I know sometimes I may have been hard headed and stubborn, but that was just me dragging my feet. I am starting to pick them up and walk this path. See what is ahead with open eyes instead of pulling away with eyes that are tightly squeezed shut.

So with one step at a time I move forward in this new life. Motherhood, Happiness and Bliss. Learning that I can't control every little thing and that I have to just let life happen. Wish me luck!!

Yay I am Employed again!!

Well hello friends, it sure has been awhile since I have last posted anything. So much has been going on in the last month. I have finally moved back home. After 4 months I finally told John that I hated it up North and it was better for me to live back in the Hat. He understood completely cause he hates it so much too. We both agreed that it was not a place to raise his son, so it will be up to me to take care of Allen when John is working. Allen will be moving down South next week. I am really excited about that. I miss the little guy so much. It will give us a little time to bond without John around.

I also recently began working at Powers & Jans Chiropractic again. Yay! I am not a bum any longer!! I love having a pay cheque again. It makes me feel like I am doing something with life lol!! I have almost made it through 2 weeks of work. I am supposed to be only part time right now, but I seem to have regained my extra full time schedule back. I am so tired. I am not used to being on my feet for so long lol! Oh well, no complaining! I am looking forward to feeling a little better about the money situation and not having to rely on my loving man anymore. Poor guy doesn't need a bum for a gf. He started dating me cause I was ambitious, not cause I was wanting a sugar daddy lol!

So stay tuned for more details of living back in the Prairies.

I'm Still a Bum

Well I was super stoked just recently because I had finally gotten a job. Yay!! I was gonna be working in a bar doing some bartending, waitressing and helping out with some renos. I was waiting to hear from my new boss as to when I was gonna start. I got the phone call, she told me I would be starting May 1. Yay! Then I got the phone call the night before saying that she didnt get her legal stuff done so we wouldnt be starting until May 15th. Then I got a call saying that she decided not to sign the lease. Which means I am out of ajob before I even started. Which totally blows!!

So now I am back on the job search. I have applied to a few other jobs, but I dont really want to search too hard yet due to my trip next week. I have to go back down south for my Step Daughter's graduation!! I know that sounds super strange to a few of you, but my "step-daughter" is a friend of mine's daughter. I played ball with her and her family for the last 5 years. I love her to death and feel so excited to be invited to her graduation. I miss her with all my heart and I am so happy to be involved in her special day.

So that means back on the road next week. I will be down from Thurs to Sun. I wont have too much free time because we will also have John's son that weekend.  I look forward to hanging with those who I will get to see. I hate that I don't get to see everyone though.

Hey all! Sorry its been a while since I have wrote. I spent a lot of time down in Bow Island visiting my Mommy. Things were pretty boring up here so I went and was gonna spend a week with my Mom. Which turned into 5 weeks of being down South. I did some massages so I wasnt too bored. lol!

I finally got to come home to this lovely hotel in Fort St John, BC. I met John in Nisku while he was attending some courses. We spent a few days there and then I was following him home. Unfortunetly I was the forgetful person I usually am and I left my lights on in Nisku. That is usually no big deal, but the dead battery turned into needing a new one. Then we drove till just about Whitecourt. When my lovely car broke down again. That turned into a new alternator and new computer for my car. This was a saturday that my car broke down. We had to get back to FSJ so we were gonna pick up my car Wed on our way back down south for John's days off. On our way to Whitecourt we called Fountain Tire where my car was and found out that they ordered the wrong part and werent gonna get it till Thursday. We spent a night in Grande Prairie so we didnt have to hang out in Whitecourt all day, but we were wrong. They were supposed to be done in the morning, but we didnt get the car until 3pm. What a horrible week that was for me!! I have nothing good to say about the Fountain Tire in Whitecourt. I wasn't even informed that they were replacing the computer. It was a huge expense that I didn't even know about!! Talk about lack of courtesy!!

Anyways....I am back in FSJ after a quick visit down south. John's Mom and stepdad are back from Palm Springs. We had a good visit with them. I enjoy spending time with them. I also got to see my family. They took the time to come see me in Medicine Hat. My little niece is almost saying Auntie!! I am so happy! I cant wait till she says it for real. Her and I had a blast together. I miss her so much when I am up here. She is a pretty cool little girl. She has all the attitude I have! It is great!!

So I have some good news from up here. I got a job! Yay! It is not the best job in the world, but it something to keep me from being too bored. I will be working at a pub up here. The owner just bought it and she takes over on the 1st. For the beginning part of work I will be doing a lot of cleaning and changing the place. It is a pretty run down pub right now, but she wants to turn it into a sports pub. If any of you have any ideas on what to do to make a sports pub work please let me know. We are looking for ideas to get butts in the seats. I have brought up UFC, playoffs, and all that kind of stuff. Plus I have brought up sponsoring sports teams. I want to have some good ideas for her. I think she is also interested in uniforms of sorts, though she isnt too sure what kind.

Send me any ideas you have, I would love to know what you all think. I will keep you posted on how things go.

Taking a Trip

So since John is working so much I have decided that I am bored of this place and I want to get away. I have decided to take a little trip on my own. I am not telling you where I am going as of yet. I think I need a little me time. As long as it means I won't be stuck in a hotel room all day everyday. I have taked little trips around this city doing the touristy stuff. Though there is not a whole lot to see. Plus it is still pretty slushy here and I dont have the proper shoes to be walking around.

I hope to get a few good pictures along the way. I am not the best photographer, but I am trying. I like to take pictures of people more than pictures of things. I guess I will have to do a lot of self portraits. Though I will take Norbert (to those of whom dont know, Norbert is my travelling Gnome) with me, so there will be more pictures to add to his photo album when I get around to printing off his pictures. I really should get a little bit more patience and start scrapbooking or something. I think he would have a fantastic photo album if I was crafty like that.

Anyways, I guess I better get packed.

Picttures of Our Road Trip with Norbert the Gnome