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Hello Everyone!

Hello Everyone,
I haven't written in awhile because I have been ridiculously busy. Here is an update while I procrastinate from packing up my apartment.

1) That's right. I am packing up my apartment. Guess what that means?! I am moving AGAIN! It is exciting yet very sad. I have a teaching job for the fall. I am going to be teaching grade 5/6 for a full year! I am going to have my own classroom! I am very excited because I have yet to have my own class with my own routines and rules and resources. It is going to be a busy but great year. The only downside is that I have to leave Fort Nelson. I love it here and don't want to leave. I have a wonderful group of friends aka my family away from home. I have made a life here and now I am going to have to start all over again. I not only have great relationships with my friends but I also have that with the staff and students in this school division. With leaving comes packing. It is so hard to pack because I am finding that time is flying by and that there isn't enough of it. Today is devoted to packing and as you can see that is going well haha. I have about 12 boxes done and that is only resources! I have way TOO much STUFF!

2) I was a volunteer on the Relay for Life committee. That took up a lot of my time with meetings and getting things ready. It went very well. I was in charge of games/face painting and the kids had a blast! I just wish that there was a better turn out and that the wind would have gone away.

3) Ryan, Ashley, Sarah and I went to Grande Prairie for May long weekend. It was fun! We had a good road trip full of singing, dancing, shopping, and injury. I went to jump into the truck and banged my knee on the hard part of the seat. My knee was so swollen and painful. I am constantly hurting myself :) Hopefully that ends soon. Oh yeah ....we saw the Sasquatch!


5) Ashley, Jamie, Chelsea and I went to see.....SHANE YELLOWBIRD! He came to Fort Nelson and we had to go and see the concert. It was a fun time. He really worked the crowd. Sat on a woman's lap and sang to a kid. I wonder if anyone will come to my new town? I doubt it.


6) Sarah and I went on a quick day trip to Fort St. John and I finally got the picture that I had been meaning to get for the past year. There is an evergreen tree in the middle of this open area and someone decorated it with garland. I have dubbed it the "Highway Christmas Tree." I have always meant to get a picture but never really had the chance. Sarah and I stopped and took a picture. Our friends judged us but we think it's awesome! :D




I have a feeling that there is so much more to tell you all but I can't think of anything right now. The boxes are calling my name. I am off to pack some more. I will hopefully keep you up to date throughout this move. Have a great day!

Lets start where I left off.

We hopped on the bus and went to Stanley Park. Since it was raining so we just went to the aquarium and did not explore the park (like we had wanted to). The aquarium was interesting. My favorite part is still the sea otters and the jellyfish. After the aquarium we did some more shopping and then tried to go to Science World. There was absolutely no parking so we decided to skip out on Science World and go next time. We then picked up Becky from work and caught up on each others lives. We then went to Red Robin. I was super excited to try another new restaurant. I had this VERY SPICY chicken burger. Usually I can handle spice but wow I did not expect that. It was so good though. We watched LOST and went to bed.

Thursday, March 19
We slept in and had breakfast. Then we took Sarah for another first, IKEA. She had never been to an IKEA before so it was a must. Someday I want an IKEA house :) After envying all of the new things at IKEA we went to this great restaurant where I had my first taste of Indian food. It was sooo good. Once our bellies were full we went on a search for dessert....gelato. Becky knew of this great place that only serves gelato and had like 40 flavours. It was sooo good. Sarah had her first gelato.


To end the day we went to Value Village and found some new games, cd's, and clothes. I miss having a thrift store. We spent the evening relaxing and watched the Office. Have to get my tv fixes :)

Friday, March 20
After saying our goodbye's we began our drive home. We drove all the way to Grande Prairie. Once we reached our hotel we went to check-in and discovered a line up of 6 guys. They were a part of a reggae band and would be playing that night. They really wanted us to come to their show but we were so exhausted after our drive and had to wake up early to drive the next morning so we didn't go.

Saturday, March 21: Final Day!
We met up with David in Fort St. John and made a final stop at Wal-Mart and McD's before heading home. We convoyed home and unpacked. George was excited to see me and didn't leave my side until today. I think that she was scared that I would leave again. Overall it was a great road trip! I can't wait until my trek up north for my half-marathon walk and my trip to Ontario in July.

We are currently visiting the Southern part of our wonderful province of British Columbia. We went to Victoria and now we are exploring Vancouver. Here is how our trip has gone so far.
Friday, March 13
After school we loaded up Sarah's car, grabbed a coffee, picked up Chelsea and hit the open road. I entertained the girls with singing and excellent dance moves as we made our way to Grande Prairie. Once the "Golden Arches" of McDonald's came into view at Fort St. John I made them pull in so that we could have a feast of grease. Oh how I miss McDonald's. The taste is ever so enjoyable until the sick feeling returns and you realize that you have made a horrible mistake. Maybe it is a good thing that we don't have one in Fort Nelson. We arrived in Grande Prairie close to midnight. We went up to our room...or so we thought. Sarah tried several times to get the key to work in the door only to find that a man was already staying in there. He was not happy to be awakened to someone trying to break into his hotel room at 12am. We had to travel back down to the main floor to explain that there was a room mix-up. We finally got an unoccupied room and went to sleep.

Saturday, March 14
We woke up at 4am (BC time) and hit the road again. We traveled all the way from Grande Prairie to Victoria. We stopped in Grande Cashe and beautiful Jasper. We became confused in the crazy city of Kamloops (where we made the mistake of eating 7-Eleven....bad times). We arrived at the ferries around 8:00 just in time to get in line for the 9:00 ferry. This was my first time ever going on a ferry so I was pretty excited. We tried to go outside but the wind was so strong and it was rainy and just not enjoyable. Edgar as usual found a way to get into trouble all along the way. We got off the ferry and made our way to our destination...Victoria. We arrived at 11:00pm and fell into a deep sleep an hour later.

After eating a delicious meal we headed over to the Museum and then wandered around downtown. We went over to Fifth Street for supper and then went out for a movie. It was so nice to be able to choose what we wanted to watch. Fort Nelson chooses for you :)

Monday, March 16
We spent the day downtown despite the slush and rain that fell from the sky. For lunch we stopped at the Cactus Club and met up with some of Chelsea's friends. It was a nice rest. Once we had full bellies we headed over the Wax Museum. The people looked so real. In the torture chamber a head actually moves! I think that I may have gasped (it made me jump). After the torture chamber we made our way to the happy part of the museum...story land. We saw Walt Disney and Snow White and many others....I rocked out with Elvis :) After a long day of shopping and walking around we spent the night at the apartment and relaxed.

Tuesday, March 17
St. Patrick's Day!! Sarah and I woke up early and made our way to Vancouver. We said good-bye to Chelsea and arrived just in time for the 9:00am ferry. We found our way to Robson St. and spent time shopping and hopped on the Big Bus. We went to Granville Island and the Art Gallery. We ended the day at my Uncle's house in West Vancouver. We saw the ocean and enjoyed being locked out of the house (only for 45 min). After saying our hello's we went to The Boathouse for a wonderful meal by the ocean. It was such a nice day.

Wednesday, March 18
That is today and we are getting ready to start the day. We are planning on going to Science World, the Aquarium (Stanley Park), the countdown clock, and more shopping! I will write more about our adventures later. Have a great day!!

Hello Everyone!
It has been a busy couple of months. Here is the latest update on the Life of Amber and Edgar.
We are currently still in Fort Nelson but have left once and are leaving again.

Ryan's Birthday
Ryan was turning 25 so we had a little party to help him celebrate. I had a Toronto Maple Leaf themed party. I made Ryan a hockey rink cake and had little cupcake pucks.

We had a bunch of people over. Ate, drank and went dancing. It was a great night!

Hot Springs
Edgar, I and seven of our friends went to the Liard Hot Springs. It is 4 hours north of Fort Nelson. It is an outdoor hot spring in the middle of nature.
We went to the Hot Spring and relaxed before spending the night at the Northern Rockies Lodge.
Sarah and I made snow angels, the guys watched the hockey game, and we had some wonderful noise complaints. Who thought that talking and some music could be such a hassle. The next day we packed up and went to the hot springs to enjoy it one last time. Edgar left his mark as we left.
It was a great weekend.

Sarah's Birthday
Sarah turned 24 and we had to celebrate in style. We all dressed up and went to the nicest restaurant in town, the One.
After a delicious meal we went on a scavenger hunt around town to find some of Sarah's favourite things. We had a blast!

Next weekend Sarah, Chelsea and I are road tripping down to Vancouver and Victoria for Spring Break. We are going to drive non-stop and enjoy the city life. I will be posting pictures and an update after our trip.Have a great day!

We finally had a gorgeous weekend! It was a warm winter weekend that makes you want to be outside. I took advantage of this great opportunity and went outdoors. On Saturday a few of my friends and I got together to go sliding. We went to the local hill with crazy carpets. The hill was covered in kids. We flew down the hill dodging kids as we went. It was so much fun! I do realize that I am not as young as I used to be. I can only make it up the hill about 4 times before my legs tell me no more and my breathing (due to asthma) slows down to an almost nothing rate. I think that I was taking 5-10 minute rests at the top of the hill each time. It was worth it because it was so much fun! Here are a couple pictures.

On Sunday 6 of us went cross country skiing. We have some beautiful trails in the community forest. It was a blast! It was about an hour. We did curves and a hill and endured a few falls. We laughed, talked and were active. Can life get better? I can't wait until the next time.

When we met up after Christmas break we decided to play our new games that we got for Christmas. We played partini and catchphrase but the best game...Things in a Hat! It is such a simple game and we have so much fun playing it!
Here is how it works:
1. Find people to play and break off into teams.
2. Every person writes down a character, person (past or present, famous or normal), cartoon on 5 pieces of paper. A new person per paper.
3. Put the papers into a hat. We use a "pimp hat" that I got for Christmas.
4. A person from one of the teams goes first. He/She get 1 minute to try to get his/her team to say the name that is on the paper that they pull out of the hat. You keep picking out names until the time runs out. You have to get them to say whatever name you pick out. It has to be exactly what is written on the paper ex: if the paper is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart your team can't get the point by saying Mozart. You can't switch papers if you don't know it. You stick with whatever you pick out.
5. ROUND 1: You have to describe the person without saying his/her/its name. So if it is Sponge Bob Square Pants you can say: He lives in a pineapple under the sea. He is a cartoon. etc.
6. After round is done count up points (you keep the papers that your team gets so that they stay out of the hat). Then put all the names back in the hat and get ready for round 2.
7. ROUND 2: You have to get your team to say the name by acting it out like charades. You can use props. Works same as round one. Keep the papers that your team gets and when round over add them up and they go back in the hat.
8. ROUND 3: You have to get your team to say the name by only using one word. Whatever the first word that comes out of your mouth is the word that they have to use to guess. So if you mess up and say "Song" and your friends have no clue what you are talking about you have to sit there and look pretty. Another example: For Ross Geller you could say Friends.
9. Add up points and game over.

It is a lot to explain on here but it is one of my new favourite games.

I keep checking my blog to see if it has magically updated itself and sadly it never does. I am so bad at keeping this up to date. So here is the massive update and maybe just maybe I will post things on here more than once in a blue moon haha.

In November we began decorating apartments. Matt began by decorating his for Christmas while procrastinating one night. The following weekend Sarah, Ryan, Matt and I decorated my apartment and attempted to do Christmas baking. Edgar, Manwell and George tried to help by posing for photos. Finally we decorated Sarah's the next weekend. We had grilled cheese, watched the Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey) and had fun decorating. I think we listened to all the possible versions of Christmas songs over those three weekends :)

In December I was able to do a 3 week medical leave. While there I helped with the drama club. Their leader was the one who was sick so Matt decided that the school needed a Christmas concert or assembly anyways. Together, Matt and I, worked with some students on improv and ended up acting out "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman". David came and had the band students play a few songs too. It was a lot of hard work but worth it. We had fun and the assembly turned out wonderfully.

Before everyone left for the holidays Sarah had a dinner party. We had roast beef and all the fixings. It was nice to have everyone together for one last time. We ate delicious food, opened gifts, played board games and danced the night away. I have a great group of friends! We are all young and single and fun! We are there for each other and that's what you need when you are in the boonies of northern BC haha.


Christmas was nice and relaxing. Jauneita and Rob were actually able to join us for Christmas dinner and we didn't have to do two Christmas' this year. I cooked the entire Christmas dinner this year. It was nerve wracking but it was delicious and not as hard as it looks. For Boxing Day we went and saw my Aunt, Uncle and cousins as well as my Grandma. After that I shopped like crazy and had many coffee times with friends. Josh came down to see me for a few days and it was nice to catch up. Overall I had a great break but it was nice to come back to routine, friends and my own place (nice to see George again too).

Since coming home I have worked a few times and am waiting for more work. I have been hanging out with friends, working on maturing in my faith, and going to the gym. Now hopefully I can keep you more informed and not have to do a long blog entry like this every couple of months :)

Hope you enjoyed the update and have a great day!