Hey everyone, GOOD NEWS! I recovered my password, I think, and I also deleted the unpleaseant anonymous messages. If you haven't heard about the blog we created for mom & dad for their 40th Anniversary you can check it out at
http://40years.blog.com/. We set it up for them, so they could hear us sing some songs for them...
I'm super, super busy, taking 5 classes, a full courseload at school, which is like a 50 hour a week job. Jacob is in daycare full-time, which he loves (he's SO CUTE - I love 2 year olds!), and Martin is on teaching-leave for the fall term - that means he's doing research all fall without having classes to teach. Overall, things are great with us. I'm feeling pretty overloaded with school work, but so far I'm keeping my head above water.
We are spending this Christmas on the coast, at our !!!! NEW COTTAGE !!!! in Gibsons. If you haven't heard, we sold our condo in Canmore, and have bought a tiny 1 bedroom cottage in Bonniebrook. It's really cute, and super-tiny. It was also a total pit when we bought it - I spent about 2 weeks in summer cleaning it and gutting the kitchen and bathroom with mom & dad, and they've pretty much spent every waking minute since then finishing the job. Martin flew out in late September to get in on the action. As of 1 November our friend Erin has moved into it, and will be staying there when we are not there. I can't wait to have people over to my house in Gibsons. We are looking forward to having people over at Christmas! (Of course it's so small no one will stay that long, but still!). Mom & Dad worked so hard on it, and we're really greatful to them for it. We're planning on spending a month out there next summer, and Jacob is very happy about his new "green house".
I will try to attach a few pictures now, and also sign off, as I'm currently putting off writing a paper! I have added them - the one with Martin is in Chicago, where we went for short trip in early September - the one with me is at the Western Fair, London's fall fair - Jacob talked about the baby piggies for days!
all my best to everyone,
Amanda
