Monday, August 15th, 2011

Rain today.  It probably rained for a few hours.  It was good, since everything was starting to look pretty brown and dried out.  I went out to Okotoks for work today, and it was a nice and productive afternoon.  After work, I just made dinner and chilled out.  I downloaded the first season of "Game of Thrones" and so I watched episode one.  So far I like it.  

I have a date to call my bestie and chat on the phone.  We haven't had a chance to catch up and I feel like I need some Lisa time!  

I also found out that this moving company might be able to move my stuff from Vancouver to Calgary for $1050!  The first company quoted $2000, the second one quoted $14-1500, and now just over $1000!  Amazing!  That's definitely do-able!

The family that lives upstairs is already driving me crazy.  I couldn't stand the constant banging and jumping, so I finally went up to "discuss" the situation.  The father, who barely speaks English (he's Turkish), apologized for the noise, but told me that "Helen" is hyper and there's nothing they can do about it.  They don't want to use violence, but she doesn't listen to them.  The entire time we're talking about the noise, Helen and her younger brother are jumping and stomping on the ground ... and smiling at me.  The father says that they go to bed around 10:30 or 11 at the latest.  He kept saying that there's nothing he can do about the noise.  It didn't look like he was going to try, either.  Who puts their 2 and 4 year old to bed at 10:30pm or 11pm??!  What ever happened to kids in bed by 8pm??  SOMEBODY GONNA GET A HURT!  To be continued...

These are my front steps leading up to the building.  Good thing there's a back entrance!  It's quite a climb.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Didn't do much today, since I awoke to another cloudy, rainy day.  I'm having trouble believing it's going to be Summer in a week!  Mom and I went out briefly today and did some browsing, but not buying.  We came home and had a quiet afternoon until dinner.  After supper, all of us went to Value Village ... a family that saves money together, stays together??  We took a drive along some of the back roads and came across a field of goats.  They had some very cute little "kids", but this guy was really friendly, so couldn't resist posting it.  That's the one thing about Chilliwack... there is always something to take a picture of!

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Overcast again today, which makes our local meteorologist a liar - he said we'd have sun.  Anyway, the parents and I went out in the morning to pick up some items, and along the way we stopped at a multi-house garage sale.  Mom and Dad ended up with these futuristic-looking, designer outdoor lights ... they're massive, so we spent a good portion of the day discussing where they could go in the yard.  Afterwards, mom and I went up to Ryder Lake for the annual Ryder Lake Ramble, and despite taking some good shots of some llamas and alpacas, I decided to use this picture of these two random kids walking through a field.  I thought it was cute.  Later into the evening, Lurline and I went in the hot tub, while Mom and Dad kept us company out on the back patio.  It was a very enjoyable and relaxing evening.