Chantelle is home tomorrow! w00t!

Chantelle will get home tomorrow morning, and will be here until Tuesday. She flies back to Calgary Tuesday night, and then just a couple of weeks later she leaves for Australia. Yikes, it has come so quickly! She is super excited. :-) I work tomorrow, but took Tuesday off so that I could have a bit more time with her.

School started for Sheldon yesterday -- his last year. Speaking of it coming so quickly!! He'll be 18 in 5 months... wow...

He and I were going to borrow Robbie's car to go to the city on Monday to do some shopping, but -- wouldn't you know it -- the alternator in Robbie's car died on Sunday. ::rolleyes:: Seems to be some kind of curse on vehicles around our house.... lol. At least it died beforehand -- and not while we were gone.

Okay, back to work.... (slow day).

I got my nose pierced... :-)

I've been thinking about this for about a year, I finally decided to go for it. Cute little stone in the right nostril. :)
(Kathy, I chuckled when I read your 360° post about not liking nose piercings... lol.)

There's another ear piercing (a rook) that I also considered. Maybe another time. ;)

Vacation report

Yeah, I'm a little slow at getting to this, I know.... lol.

I had such a great time in Arizona. Josh and I had SO much fun! I even survived the heat! :P Well, the day we went to the zoo was kind of tough -- and after three hours in temps around 110-112°F, I finally had to call it quits... I was suffering. But the rest of the time I did okay.

It was great to have the two weeks, because it gave us a little more time to do things. We took a road trip to the Grand Canyon and had a blast. It poured rain on the way up (with some pretty intense lightning), but was okay while we were there. Unfortunately it was cloudy so the pictures aren't as good as they could have been, but it was still great. The Grand Canyon is amazing... just amazing.

We had a fun adventure in the little town of Williams, searching for a long-sleeved t-shirt. (It was chilly, and Josh had a hoodie with him, but really only needed something light.) Josh asked at a gas station if there was a WalMart, and they laughed... lil town of 3,000... no WalMart. They directed us to the Family Dollar store. Umm... some very "interesting" clothing, but no long-sleeved t-shirt. From there to the Sportsway -- guns, fishing equipment and large amounts of alcohol, but no shirt. Next was the Western store, but cowboy shirts weren't quite what Josh was looking for. Finally I spotted Gracie's, and she was able to hook Josh up with a John Deere shirt..... haha. We were dying laughing through this whole little adventure (and I was immensely enjoying Josh's experience of a small town!), and took pictures so that I could scrapbook it.

Arizona Vacation Pictures

We didn't ride the Grand Canyon Railway, but we spent some time at the train depot on Saturday morning, waiting for the trains and taking pictures, etc. I think it would be cool to ride the train up to the Grand Canyon. Maybe another time. ;)

Much of our two weeks was just hangin' out.... we went to a couple of movies (saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest), visited Josh's parents, went to a birthday celebration, went out with friends to a great Japanese restaurant where they cook the food at your table, went swimming, had Mexican food and Josh's delicious homemade soup.... Had a wonderful and relaxing time. It was really, really hard to leave...... :( *sigh*

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Sheldon had an accident after I left (that night) -- he hit a deer and wrecked his car. Thankfully no one was hurt. But he's now without a vehicle, and insurance didn't give him enough to cover what he still owed on the loan. So he still has to pay that off, then look for another vehicle. Poor kid... that car was nothing but problems from the day he got it.

Chantelle's coming home Labour Day weekend -- YES! I'm excited. She'll be home about 5 days, so that will be wonderful. Then she goes back to Calgary for a bit, and leaves for Australia on Sept. 17. She was originally talking about going for 9 months to a year... but now she thinks it will probably be just the 9 months. We'll see what happens. :-)

My mom and I finally had a chat... I have mixed feelings about it. That's about all I'll say... lol.

That's about it for now. I hope everyone has had a great summer.... it's gone by much too fast!

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Currently playing: Iris ~ Goo Goo Dolls :)

Back from vacation

I had the BEST time in Arizona! So much fun... :) Sad to leave.... :(
I'll maybe post more later (spent the morning editing pics, etc.... I need to shower, upack and all that...). For now, here's a link to some pictures -- I'll be adding to it, but this is a start.

Arizona Vacation Photos