The Sky is Falling

The sky is falling, the sky is falling...okay well maybe it's not but it sure feels like it at work right now. We had a leak in the roof before Christmas and we thought that the landlord fixed it. Well, he didn't. We have had 7 more leaks pop up in the ceiling and we are living with white garbage bags hanging from the roof draining into garbage cans and recycle bins all over our office. I came this morning to find that one of the bins had overflowed all over the carpet and it has now leaked through our floor and into the space below.

Management is going to re-assess the situation at the end of the day today to determine if the space is safe for us to be in as the carpets are starting to really smell and we found water in a light fixture yesterday.

Oh well, I keep hoping that water will drip on my computer at work so that they will have to replace it!!! I believe it is wishful thinking on my part! LOL :)

Ready for May

I hate the Winter!!!!!!!! I am sick and tired of the wind, rain and snow. We are currently having our 3rd snow strom of the winter and I have lost count of the amout of wind storms that we have had and the rain, well that I can deal with. It took me 2 hours to get to work this morning because the roads were so bad. There were covered with ice and I don't thing the sand/salt trucks had been out at all on the main roads and it started snowing at 6:30 last night! You know it is bad when the side roads are easier and better to drive on than the main roads. I just needed to rant and get that off my chest - now I feel better.

This year has started pretty good for me - work is going well and my Manager is keeping my busy helping out with Proposal Development and negotions for proposals currently under review. It is very interesting and a bit stressful at the same time. I am enjoying it though. Pauls work has been interesting as well as they just recently let go a staff member who has been with the program for quite a while. He was pretty good friends with her as well.

I have started doing Weight Watchers as well. I have not signed up for the program but I have all the information at home and am doing pretty well with it so far. I don't have scales at home but can tell that the clothes are fitting a bit looser. I hope to lose a bit before we go to Mexico so I will feel comfortable wearing a bathing suit on the beach. I am going to be looking into getting a tanning package soon as well so that I don't burn to a crisp on the beach!! That is the last thing that I want is to get a bad sunburn on the first day and then have to spend the other 6 days in the shade or the hotel room.

Christmas Update

Well I survived my very first Christmas. I have to give alot of credit to my both of my grandmothers and my mom and mother-in-law who all made it look very easy to do!!! It is alot of stress planning, shopping, cleaning and cooking.

We went to dinner and to church with our friends Jamie and Karim and their kids and had a great visit with them. After church I went home and finished the cleaning and prepared the stuffing and got some of the appies made for the next day. Everyone arrived for breakfast at 9:00am and then we opened presents. We told everyone that we did not need or want anything as we could not afford to buy gifts this year but not one person listened. We received money (as we have a couple of vacations for next year), gift certificates, CD's, some stuff for the house, some really nice coffee mugs and an electric knife. There were 9 people over for dinner on Christmas day and then my grandmother (dad's mom) stayed over night.

On boxing day we hit the stores and I bought myself a new jacket with some of my money. Paul attempted to go into Best Buy but the line up was out the door. We then had to go over to my Aunt's in North Vancouver for an open house.

I spent a couple of days over on Vancouver Island with my dad and Heather and we had a great time. They were really bad and in addition to taking us to Mexico in May for our Christmas gift they also got us a BBQ which we were in need of. Now Paul has to learn how to cook. We had a very quiet New Years and spent it with our friends G & M and Breanne.

I hope that everyone's Christmas and New Years was good and that everyone is well!