This is the life!

I still have moments when I have to pinch myself that this is my life! Last night was one of them! Janine and Mike invited us to go sailing with them! It was a gorgeous day that promised to end with a beautiful evening. I accepted and tracked David down via a friend (he is the last person in the world not to have a cell phone) to let him know the plan. I skipped out of the office at 4, a quick stop at the liquor store for some Granville Island largers and we were changed and our way. Janine is a member of the Royal Vancouver Yaught Club which is right near Jerico Beach. They have a great set up on Tuesday nights experienced sailors take out the novices to show the ropes and have a relaxing hour or so on the water. I must admit I can't remember much of what we learnt other than a refresher of a special 'bunny knot' I first learnt at Brownies. We sailed out to UBC and back. We picked up some speed and 'raced' another boat, cruised for a while and watched some small boats called lazers race. Back on the patio pitchers of beer and plates of nachos were waiting for us - oh and the most beautiful sunset!

And here's the chef - ha ha ha

Lovely man and lovely view!
Got to run, the sunshine is back and I am making the most of being able to go out for dinner and treating David to dinner. He has exams for the next three days so I think that calls for a treat. xox

Here's our cooker!

I think he looks like he is up for the challenge!!!

Still day dreaming!

Here are our ACTUAl appliances in our ACTUAL apartment! This is from a couple of weeks ago where the kind-hearted builders let us check out our new place! We were really impressed with how lovely they were - all of them seemed very proud of their work and told us we would have a beautiful home. So nice to know that the people that our building our home care about it too. I am glad it is being built with TLC. Yesterday, Ella and her (identical twin sister) Emma and I took a detour back from Bard on the Beach to check it out. We managed to sneak into the courtyard to get a good peak, it was the first time I had been there with girls and it was lovely to have others to jump up and down in excitement with. David's just not a jumper!!!!!!

Not long to go

This picture is keeping me going!! It's our new kitchen!! Well its the kitchen in the house next door to the one we have bought and they have promised ours will be the same. In a month or so that kitchen will be mine!!!!! Look at all the cabinets!!!! They all have doors (unlike current kitchen!) and they just scream out to be filled with lovely treats, filled with the aroma of baking and neatly organized supplies in matching jars etc. It's a far cry from my current set up where packets are scrunched down, drawers are jam-packed and the cutlery drawer is a game of matching pairs.

Needless to say this is ALL to do with the small kitchen space and poor set up in the current apartment. Nothing to do with me!

Well that's not true at all so I am starting to break bad habits and get the kitchen organized BEFORE we move. Only rice and flour in labelled jars will be allowed to make the transition!!!

There's a lot to happen in the next month, while I am cleaning out and trying to organize our life, David is exercising every single brain cell every single minute of every day to get ready for the UFE. He is so tired! He falls asleep before his head hits the pillow and its clear its one of those deep deep sleeps.

It strange to think that we are on the brink of moving forward to the next stage of our life. This apartment has been about lots of challenges!! Me settling in to Vancouver, David and I settling in together, David studying studying studying. It's been a highly emotionally charged apartment! Laughter, tears, happiness, love, frustration -often in the same day! In about 6 months, the exams will be behind us and we'll have our own home. YIPPPEEEEEEEE! But I think when the time comes I'll be pretty sad to let go too - but for now I'll focus on getting ready for those cabinets! xox

Grey Day

It's grey today and the impact it has on my mood is incredible! I mean I just can't function as well or as quickly when the weather is like this - especially in August. A latte and a packet of maltesers helped momentarily but (as I knew they would) left me in more of a slump afterwards. Anyway, I have been wasting time and day dreaming all day - most of this means looking at other peoples' blogs and reading articles on-line.... and as my eyes started to glaze over reading about other peoples' joyful summer days at water parks, family reunions and all the delightful summer recipes they made I started to feel bad for letting my blog go and then bad for being caught up in a day dream about how my life might be in the future without celebrating all the great things going on now. All of this is a long-winded way of saying I am back! Let's see if I can keep it up -I'd like to! xox