Happy Halloween!

Dear All! It was so good to hear from all of you. I thought I would add a few pictures since it has been awhile since I have added any. I took this picture yesterday at work. We actually got quite a bit of snow here, Matt had to brush a good layer off the car. It was so beautiful! This kids all loved the snow too, they didnt really know what snow was either. It was neat! The kids had so much fun with all of the Halloweeny things. We had candy, decorated cookies and had a blast. The kids are so cute all dressed up and I think the grown ups did pretty well too. The bottom picture is my in my nurse outfit and Denise in her personal trainer outfit her slogan was, Come see me if you want a hot body like mine. It was SO funny. Melissa (the one on the far right) is a roman goddess, she switched to an angel later though because people just werent getting it! haha. It was oodles of fun! As I am writing

I am constantly being interrupted by our doorbell. The kids coming here are so cute! I am also giving the parents a little business card to let them know I am up for babysitting anytime. It isnt the perfect weekend since we will be gone for the next three weekends, but hopefully there will be a few calls as the extra money would come in handy! Other than that, things are going pretty well.

I am on the countdown for my birthday... 3 MORE SLEEPS! I am so excited. tomorrow will go by fast and then Friday we go home yipee! It should be a lot of fun. hehe. I am still curious about what is under the sheet, but I am hoping that it is a good present!!
Well I am going to watch Transformers with Matt and get a few other things done. I love you all so much and I hope that you have a really super day. How many trick or treaters did you get???
Love Matt and Amanda

Post 50! yea baby!

I cant believe that I am already at Post 50! Im so glad that all of you faithful readers are here to share in this monumental moment! So I did notice that none if you have been by... thats ok, but you all know how curious I am and I am trying to picture what you are all doing. Maybe you are all shopping a birthday present for me... speaking of which Matt got me mine today. My present is big.. too nig to take home for my birthday.. I get to open it Sunday night. I dont think that I asked for anything big.. so it is really puzzling me. Im so curious, but I will NOT peek! It is on the shelf that Matt made over the stairs, it has a green sheet over it. I have no idea. Arent you curious now to? And dont you go asking Matt behind by back. :D
Other than that I didnt have anything really out of the ordinary happen at work today, the kids were SO excited about the snow. It was so fun to watch them experience it and figure out what it was. The kids were also pumped that it is Halloween tomorrow.
We had Chicken Alfredo for supper. It turned out really well and actually tasted great. We are having leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Anyway. It is time for me to get to bed. I have to be a nurse tomorrow hehe. It should be a lot of fun! I hope you all have a really super day! And dont forget to comment. I really missed you guys today. But I still love you!
Love Amanda and Matt!

Happy Monday!

Hello Friends!
Things here are going quite well. I had a very good day...between kids eating the paint and the toilet overflowing made for an interesting day! It was all good and we were able to laugh about it all at the end of the day.
I made Pizza for supper and it was quite delish! I got the homeade frozen dough from the superstore and it was frozen at the time and I put it in the fridge and when I looked at it today it had already rise quite a bit. I was worried but it all worked out good. I put everything on the Pizza and boy was it delicious. I was also working on folding some laundry but I got tired of that so there are still three shirts that need to be folded. hehe.
Tonight I am working on some thank you cards for the people that organize our GEMS program. We are doing the etiquette badge with the girls and we are going to be learning about how it is important to be thankful. :D it should be a lot of fun.
Other than that I had a pretty routine eventful day. The kids definately had thier cute moments today and I got along really well with my coworkers. What else can a person ask for. Matt had a good day too... he isnt really chatty so I think he is tired. He is studying right now and when he is done we are going to settle down and watch a House rerun. It should be a nice relaxing evening.
Love you all and hope that you have a super evening. Dianna I would love a call anytime. I am free all week.... so far.
Love you all!
Matt and Amanda

Im going to explode!

I am sitting here on the couch and I do belive I am going to explode. Last night we had a good time at Biblestudy, Barret came too so that was a lot of fun. We talked about how free grace is and what God expects from us in order to recive His grace... It is so overwhelming to be reminded that our price for Grace and eternal live is our love and belief. So that was fun. And then we played a fun acting Game. we had a lot of fun.
We got to church on time this morning and as we were walking out of church Aarons grandfather Opa Versloot asked me if I thought it was Soup, Meatball or horseshoe weather. I told him all three sounded fine and then he said Good! Come over and invite all your friends. I invited Aaron, but he couldnt come. All my other friends could though. It was a lot of fun we talked and laughed with all the people there and ate and ate and ate, which brings me to the part where I am exploding.
Matt is reading the rules to risk for me right now so I should go play with him otherwise I will have no idea what is going on. I loved all your comments and I actually did get all my list done yesterday. I couldnt find a toothfairy costume so I am going to be a nurse in scrubs instead. haha. It should be fun! Ill try to remember to take a picture for you and post it. Also, sadly Matt did not sell his ski boots... maybe next year. And one more week and I will be in PEI. I love you all and dont forget to comment!
Love Always,
Matt and Amanda

Super Saturday!

Alright Dad, I changed the time.. I hope it worked. Things here are going well, I was going to update last night but it wouldnt allow me to sign in and Matt thought it was a sign since we were watching the movie I got him for his birthday and it is much nicer when all my attention is on that and im not clicking away. haha. We had a nice night. Before we came home we got some Pizza Hut pizza for family night. That is what we now call friday nights, that is the day we have an easy supper and sit in front of the TV. It definately brought home memories for me having the pizza in my lap driving home to watch a movie. Matt was even there for some of our family nights and he had the same feeling haha. The Good Shephard was a good movie, I dont think I quite got it all so I might have to watch it all again. That is alright though since we dont have a lot of movies we will have to watch one again, it was really long though... I think it is just because the guy always has to think so long :)
So that brings us to this morning. I woke up to my alarm, it is set for the Christian radio station here. I just love waking up to it, it makes me feel so happy in the morning. So today it started with some really god songs so I didnt hit snooze and then a kids show came on for a half an hour. It was called paws and tails. Today they were acting out the story of Esther. So FUN! I really enjoyed it and I think I will listen for it again next saturday. I got up had a shower and now I am here! I have a lot of things to get done today.
1..I have to get a halloween costume for work. I think that I am going to be a tooth fairy. So fun!
2. I have to get groceries. We are out of a lot so i am anticipating an expensive day, so no junk today.
3. We have to pick up some money from the ski swap, We are trying to sell Matt's old ski boots, so hopefully they go. We are going to have a nice look around too
4. Bring money in the bank to pay for things
5. Clean my house
6. Do laundry
7. Cook some Turnip stumpot for lunch
8. Go to Biblestudy tonight
9. Relax? Maybe?

So I should get moving, Matt is still in bed so I think Ill do a little cleaning before we leave but I was hoping to leave soon... So I might have to rush his sleeping in. Have a super saturday and I loved all your comments that was so encouraging for Matt too to hear that from you. Please really continue to pray for him that he will be able to understand and retain the knowledge. I love you all and am looking forward to seeing most (as in the ones I will not see) of you next week when we come home.
Love Always
Matt and Amanda

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'm back!

Hello all,
I missed writing last night. I tried to find a computer that worked last night but it couldnt find its server treee thing whenever I was trying to log on. I wasn't sure if it was me or the computer, but no one else was using them either because they all had laptops. I was wishing I had brought mine. It was fun people watching though. And I was reading "The Healer" by Dee Henderson. IT was so sad though... I cried in front of Matt and Barrett. How embarrasing is that. Barrett just looked at me rolled his eyes and said " girls" and kept studying. I even stopped reading my book when i felt teary so it wouldnt happen but Matt looked at me and I started bawling and laughingat the same time.
Matt got his mid term results on the other one I talked about he got 94% I'm so proud of that guy. He has been working so hard...so GOOD for him!!
We home home from studying in time to watch House last night, so that was all good and interesting. Then quick as a wink it was morning again. I didnt want to get up, but once I made it things were great. :)
Both of our days went pretty well. Things are pretty normal and we came home and had a nice supper and did a lot of dishes. Now we are just sitting here relaxing and I am going to get my GEMS lesson ready. So sorry to cut things short again, but I really should go. It was nice to give you an update again and I hope you havea super day tomorrow. I will probably write again on Friday. Love you all so much,
Matt and Amanda

Happy Monday!

Today has been just such a great day! I think Matt had a good birthday. We saved presents for after supper because we didnt want to be too rushed in the morning before I went to work. I had a good day at work today. It was such a slow day, not in the sense that it was dragging, but we were so efficient we had so much time to just sit around and chat. It was wierd but so nice and relaxing. It was fun!
After work I was sneaky and I went and got a DQ Ice Cream cake for Matt cause they are his favourite. I hid it right by the vent and put the air conditioning on. I left the parking lot but I was too close to the intersection and I couldnt get past the two lanes to get in the turning lane..so I went strait... on the highway. ooops. So I kept driving and took the first exit and safely got myself turned around. I was late picking matt up but he didnt really seem to notice. Then I snuck it into the freezer and he didnt even notice. Then I cooked some chicken alfredo. When I opened the jar it smelled like baby food... yuck. I was a little worried that Matt's specialy supper would not taste good at all. But the end result was definately tasty. haha
He liked his presents too.. I got him a snowscraper for the car, some body wash, chocolate and a previously viewed movie from blockbuster. I wasnt allowed to spend a lot since we already got speakers for both of our birthday. So it was all good and just a few things to make it special, because it doesnt really FEEL like your birthday if you dont have presents to open. He especially liked the cake. It was all good!
I just finished making some cookies. We are watching TV right now and just relaxing. So I hope that you all have a great evening. I wont be posting tomorrow because Matt is studying until after 10 tomorrow night. But I should be back on wednesday. I still look forward to your comments. Love you!
Love
Matt and Amanda

I can type until tyler and jefta get here to pick us up for cards. We go to Rob and Erica Browns every sunday night after church time and play games. It is usually a lot of fun. I had such a great weekend I got everything I wanted to get done yesterday minus a few cookies.. o well. Everything turned out well and it was so nice to have my place clean again. I also chatted with Dianna on the phone while I was cleaning. It helped my stick to my cleaning, but I did lose my pledge like three times. How frusterating that was! Matt and I had lunch at 2 because that is when he came home from studying. so by the time everything was done it was 3. Then we lounged and watched "what not to wear" and "say yes to the dress" TLC specials. Then I got ready for a small evening of Christmas shopping. I already have a little dent in things and it is going well. I enjoy shopping for people I love. But I am really trying not to go overboard this year, but still find fun things to give my family. :D So don't expect last years bounty. :) haha
We finished off the evening with a movie and salsa. it was very nice to just relax.
Today we went to church and Tyler, Jefta and Rhoda came over after for some cake. I put candles on it and we sang happy birthday to Matt. I am planning on sneaking to Dairy Queen to get him a little ice cream one after work tomorrow. It should be fun.
Later on I called home and had such a nice chat with Mom and Dad on the phone. It was great to catch up and hear first hand how things are going and share how things are going here... although most of it is on the blog. Good news... I am going to go to pilates with Jefta if everything works out. So I am looking forward to that and I think that it would be really good for my knees. So that is my weekend in a nutshell and I should go get ready so that I am set when Tyler and Jefta are here. I love you all and I hope that you have a really super week. I love you all so much and... 14 days till my birthday AND 12 Days till I come home. hehe
Love
Amanda and Matt

Ahhh a relaxing saturday morning!

I sitting here on my couch in my comfy pants. I think they are made from elastic and I think three people could actually fit in these... well in the legs anyway. Im wearing one of Matt's sweaters... they are always warmer and comfier than mine too. I have quite a big day planned. I already have a chicken for our lunch in the oven, I have to make lasagna for church tomorrow (it is for a Dairy Dinner, I have to help serve to food on Tuesday. I was supposed to drop it off on monday night at the church... but that was a little too far away just to bring a lasagna. I was supposed to make a dessert too, but somehow my name dissapeared off the list. ) I am also planning on making some cookies and cleaning my messy house. It is not a disaster but it needs to be cleaned! Then I have to find something to wrap Matt's presents with, usually I have oodles of newspaper... but our lack of newspaper makes that impossible. I am toying with the idea of asking my landlords... we'll see how it goes.
I really hope Matt wants to do something tonight. I really want to spend time with people and do something fun!!!! So I think I will call Jefta, Tyler is here, but so is her little sister... so she may not be up for anything.
Matt is gone right now to study with his buddy Barret. He has an enviro Exam on wednesday. So hopefully he does well, he had an exam yesterday and his verdict was that it was either really easy or he got everything wrong... I hoping that it was easy :) but he seemed to feel pretty good about it and it was supposed to be really hard. Its all good.
GEMS went really well on Thursday. It is always such a short time that we have with those girls and I always wish we had more time. I never know if my lesson gets to the girls, but it is getting to the point where they are starting to respect me and listen to the lesson and know that I am serious about it.
Also my boss finally had her baby too.. his name is Sam, but I already knew all that before he was born... haha.
The rest of the week at work just got better everyday and I am so glad of that. I am back to loving my job and not wanting to quit!
Other than that there isnt a lot of news to share. I have a lot of work to do and unfortunately it isnt getting done while I sit here. I hope you al have a fantastic weekend and Ill chat with you again soon!
Love Amanda
PS... my chicken is starting to smell great! I just love that smell!

I'm A Theif... :|

I am not proud of myself.... Should I even admit to you my thefty nature? You might never want to be around me again. Maybe you wouldn't even love me anymore. No I cant tell you. Sorry I just can't taint your view of me. So on to other things.
I am preparing my lesson for GEMS (not its NOT about stealing) It is about how we are Heirs of God. How we gain so much by knowing God as our personal saviour. It starting by me giving them a cupcake with a little lit birthday candle and we have to make a wish. Then we have to talk about what we wished for. Then we talk about how the things we wished for are all good and we dont wish for bad. But the lesson goes on to explain how bad things are part of being a christian and that if the world was easy and comfotable we would love the world, but since life is not always easy we look to God for comfort and strength and therefore we love God more than the world.
If you were on your way to New York or Toronto to recieve 10 million dollars and one mile before you arrived at the city you broke down, how would you react? You would probably think "No big deal! Ill just walk the last mile" The reward waiting for you would make your trouble seem very minor.
I just thought that was so neat. It really puts into perspective bad days at work, people getting hurt or dying or not getting the presents that I want. Because these are just things that are so completely temporary that after all this heaven is such a great reward.
So I think I will have fun sharing that lesson tomorrow. I usually have a lot of fun at GEMS and the girls that I have definatly have a lot worse things going on in their lives than I do and it sort of makes it hard to teach God;s love for any situation when my childhood was so great. I feel like I should be able to provve it, but I have to be ok with the fact that I cant.
Anyway, that is my sermon for the day. On another note I had a really awesome day, as I am trying to write this Matt is playing peek a boo with and trying to annoy me. His basic purpose is to get me to say its annoying and I made the mistake of telling him that he would get tired of it before I would say that I was annoyed. He is so funny. I just love how he can make me laugh. hahah
Anway I am going now and by the way, I stole a few extra bags when I was at Sobeys today cause they just work so much better. I know... BAD but o well thay are awesome garbage bags, way better than Superstore. I love you all and I hope you have a super day and an awesome reward to look forward to in heaven!
Love Always,
Matt and Amanda

Much Better!

Today was a lot better than yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am happy again. I like Christmas... but its so secretive I hate keeping secrets, especailly for me since I tend to tell Matt about everything, even the most mundane details and then when I got him a movie for his birthday I couldnt tell him that it was cheaper at the cash. We are totally into buying previoulsy viewed movies now. Yay for us! And it just sucks. I am getting dad something totally cool for Christmas and I cant even write about how I am getting it and stuff. And Dad, dont even try to guess... its not at all what you would expect. so you see. I am horrible at this. Matt is quite amused by it though. And sometimes I even ruin his present because he is so convincing that he knows and then I break down and tell him. haha
Anyway. I went out for supper with a friend this evening, we treated ourselves to boston pizza and shared a BBQ Chicken Pizza. Matt went next door to DQ... since it was a girl thing and I suggested he treat himself so that he would have something good for supper.
My next task is to do my GEMS lesson and there was also something else that I was supposed to do.. I just cant seem to remember what that was though. Oh No. Hopefully it wasnt important.
Other than that I have absolutely no news to tell or share or anything. Well I could tell you lots of stories about the kids today. But that wouldnt be very confidential and I signed one of those papers that said that I wouldnt. You never know who reads this or who would stretch a story. I loved reading all your comments though. I usually read the comments to Matt and we laugh and appreciate you together. He's glad that you like the shelf and He thinks the pencil comments are very funny. Well Im off, much love to you all and thanks for chatting.
Love Matt and Amanda
PS Sharon, did you get my email about the health card?? (Im going to keep writing this until I get a response. haha. I am not allowed to get a health card here. But I am not sure if it a misunderstanding here or if I continue to have PEI health care.) Well have a nice day!

You're Alive!!!

It was so nice to hear from all of you again.
Today wasnt the greatest day at work and it left me feeling quite frusterated. Ill leave that at work though. Matt and I just had left over spaghetti for supper today, so that was a nice easy meal and really easy to clean up after. Then I did some tidying and laundry.
Matt had some studying to do so he needed the computer and was sitting on the couch... so I wandered into the bedroom and started reading a book. I was saving it for our trip out to BC for Phil and Karina's wedding, but I guess I can find another one for that trip.
So now we are both settled on the couch listening to third day and Matt is just really enjoying the down time.
Other than that I have nothing really to write about. I am planning on going to bed really early tonight and try and catch up on some lost sleep. It is getting harder to get up in the morning too. It is so dark! I am sure you are all feeling my pain in this situation.
It was good to hear your concern for Matt and his pencil, that is a great birthday present. He thought your comments were quite funny, but he also said the only reason he has that pencil is because I always give it to him. (Because it is always in his tool box...it still is I just checked) But it is a neat pencil so dont get too worried Tante Tetcy. hehe.
Well have a good night everyone. It was so nice to hear from all of you again...
Dont forget to comment and I love you all
Have a Super Day,
Love, Matt and Amanda
Sharon did you get my email about the health card???

Beautiful Weekend

I finally put a headline on again. It is always so annoying to think of one and I think that the date is kinda neat too. But those words seem to put things into perspective nicely.
It was a nice day yesterday, Matt and I went into town yesterday he got some building supplies to build a little shelf before you go into the door. It is a great place to keep things that we use often, like Matt's ski bag, the air mattress, car cleaning things and tools. Things that we dont have to keep in the apartment. Yipee! Matt did a really great job making it too. The first picture is of Matt's tools while he is getting ready. He has the nice furry green pencil, it is really mine but somehow it keeps ending up in his tool box. it is kinda funny. Anyway. The next picture is the bottom view of the shelf. and the other picture is of the finished product.
We had a nice visit with Pete and the boys. First they came here for some spaghetti then they went shopping and I proceeded to clean my place and have a little nap. Then I got ready for biblestudy. It was a good night of learning and fellowship. When we got home we had some chips and ice cream with the boys and nicely watched the wedding date. It was good.
They left right after church today and we headed to Gerry Blom's house for lunch. It was quite delicious. He also gave Matt a free box of hagelslaag.. Matt felt pretty special. Other than that we are watching a movie on TV and are planning on staying home tonight and have a relaxing evening. It was a long week and I am still trying to get on top of it. It doesnt help that it is so dark in the morning. I am past ready for the time change!
Anyway... before I bore you too much I am going to head out. It was nice to chat with you again and I will probably write again tomorrow night. Dont forget to comment. You are all lagging behind... I still love you though
All the Best
Amanda and Matt

Sorry I didnt write last night. I know you were all so dissapointed when there was nothing for you to read. I was so tired when I came home from GEMS last night. GEMS went well and I think the girls enjoyed themselves. I wrote out each word of our theme verse on separate peices of cardstock. I used two colours and taped all the different words underneath the pews and the girls had to race to find the words in the right order, they really liked that game and I think that it worked out well. I hope it helps them learn the verse really well. We'll see what happens.
All in all I am really glad it is friday, it might have been a short week but it still feels like a long one and I am really tired. So I am ready to relax. It was a bit of a dark and dreary day today and it poured here. We stayed inside at the daycare so that made it a lazy day, it was fun, I even made up a song with the kids. They really like to sing with me. I enjoy that a lot.
Matt ended up having to study tonight, so that was good. I really like his study buddy. He was homeschooled as well and it turns out that we both went to Barry Stebbings art class. haha. He is a really good guy and is also a Christian... but not just that... it is so hard to describe what kind of guy he is, but he is really smart and he is always thinking about everything and making sure that his opinions are based on something and not just a whim or a feeling. I really like that about him. Matt says that he really likes studying with him too so that just works out dandy.
Other than that we dont have much planned for the weekend. ..I am so happy about that. I can get my house cleaned and a few errands done and Pete, Klaas and Feije are coming for a visit tomorrow until Sunday. That should be fun.
Well thats it for today. I love you all and I hope that you all have a great weekend.
Love Amanda and Matt

Im finally sitting down here at 8:00 matt and I just finished doing the dishes and cleaning up. Supper was a little late because we didnt get home until 6 and then we had to cook yet. We had Chicken from yesterday, potatoes and beans. It was quite tasty. The laundry is also on the go as we speak. It is wierd that I only have to do laundry once a week or so and even then I only have like two half loads. It is really nice. I also made some potato soup for matt to eat for supper tomorrow. I will also take some for my lunch tomorrow and maybe friday. It tastes pretty delicious though... I might even sneak a bowl tonight.
Matt had a pretty good day I think, He usually doesnt share a lot about his day. But he usually says that it is pretty good. ?? I dont know either... I have pages to write about my day and he can do it in two words. Must be nice.
I was talking to my co worker today and she is willing to switch New Years Eve and Christmas Eve with me. Arent you so happy. It is still not 100% but my other co worker seems confident that none of us will have to work and she even thinks we may get a few extra days. So start praying now that the parents will have a sense of family and want to take some time over Christmas to spend with their families or at least grandparents. haha.
Other than that, I am planning a relaxing evening, I gt a headache at work today and I am tired so the rest will be nice.
Thanks for your comments, especially you Nanny.. so nice to hear from you. I hope you are all having a fantastic day and that tomorrow is even better. Love you all!
Love Amanda

Alright, I have had a lot of questions to what my snowsuit looks like. so here is a picture. (if you click it it will look bigger) I know my eyes are closed but really... its the snowsuit we are looking at here!

So I am not wearing it until after Christmas... well... i think. But I am for sure wearing my old one at daycare until there is actual snow. Ok now that you all know I can move on with the REALLY exciting stuff! I went for a walk outside on our really nice trails here. It is cool here today but perfect for a walk. Matt couldn't come because somehow the car was just a little more appealing than a walk. Thats ok, I know he doesnt like walks... but he missed a great one. Here I was walking along and I saw a deer jumping around on the trail in front of me, Isnt that crazy?!?!?! So I pulled out my camera phone as quick as I could and the deer was even looking at me while I was doing it and as soon as I pointed it at hime he ran away. I followed him into the woods and heard lots of rustling and I thought I saw his white tail, but it turned out to be a wood pecker. So I kept on walking, camera phone in hand ready to get another shot of that thing if it came back. I kept on walking and finally I found him... or he found me, he was staring at me from the path parallel to me I lifted up my phone and took a shot. (The last picture on the page... If you look really hard you can see the deer) With dismay I realized you couldnt even see it on the phone... So I tried to zoom it in and just when I was going to take another picture he ran away.. AGAIN! So i ran after and then my phone was ringing and it was Dianna. So I chatted with her in my pursuit of the deer... After a few minutes I realized it was pointless since he could run faster than me especially through the brush so I kept on walking on the trail and chatting with Dianna. I only encountered him twice more on my walk... but I didnt bother running after since it was getting dark and he knew the surrounding better than I. So, that was my exciting adventure. It was fun.

I had a really great day and work went great. It is especially exciting since it is already tuesday which makes tomorrow half way the week. So really it is almost the weekend and Pete and his buddies are coming for a visit too. So I am looking forward to that. Anyway, Matt has the car shiny looking and he is watching a show about David Blaine... wierd the things he can do... what is your take on the guy??

Anyway... love you alll so much and when I said I had a nice visit with most of you I did mean the ones I saw. Dont forget t comment. Just click on comment, then click other and just write your name, you can leave the webpage blank and write your comment in the comment box. love yas!

Amanda and Matt

Happy Thanksgiving!

Things here are good. Matt and I just got home from our weekend away. The calendar is already magnatized to the fridge and I am already writing stuff on it. Matt doesnt have school tomorrow and he told me that he would write his exams on it tomorrow, I think that will work better.
We got home on friday night at around 8:30 and spent until 12:30 catching up and chatting with Mom and Dad, It is so nice to sit and chat over a bag of chips and a glass of water. Matt had a bit of a stiffer drink, haha. We got up earlyish and went to see a few of the daycare kids, it was so nice to see them and chat with them about how school is going for them. They seem to have adjusted well and I really think they like going to see Mom during the week. I think that she enjoys having them around too.
Then we went shopping and I tried on some long shirts that you are supposed to wear with tights. I have the tights to wear under my pants because the winters are cold here and I dont like being cold. Anyway, it looked well enough but it felt like I was wearing pajamas and it just wasnt me. After we discovered that we went to Matts house for Thanksgiving dinner we arrived a little early, about 11:45 or so. And it didnt really seem like dinner was ready, turns out dinner wasnt until 5. haha. it was funny. Matt and I spent the afternoon shopping and he got me a new snowsuit for Christmas. I know it is early but we justified it for many reasons, like they never have my size after a while and this time they did so we decided that we should get it now, but I will wear my old one until christmas so it is still special.
Turkey dinner was really tasty and filling and we spent the night with Our buddies and the rest of the weekend kinda went like that.
I would keep writing but Matt is waiting for me to watch Raising Helen with him and it is such a good movie and I dont know how often he will be willing to wait for me. hehe.
So I will continue to write tomorrow night. I love you all and it was so nice to see most of you.
Dont forget to leave your comments and have a super day!
love Amanda and Matt

I am so getting ready for my weekend at home... and i am really busy getting everything straitened out for my weekend away. I am so excited! Well I will let you know how things go and I hope you who normally read my blog dont miss me too much. Love you all.
Love Amanda

Its only wednesday!

It was kind of a long morning. My memory was horrible which was slightly amusing, but not really. I kept forgetting what day it was... most of the time it was friday and then it was Tuesday. So wierd. All things considered though it was a great day.
That picture is of a road that is really close to where I work, I work on Bradshaw Drive. I said to Matt we should have found a place to live after I got a job, maybe we could have lived on our road then. Wouldnt that be so exciting?? Anyway, I do get to drive by it everyday. When I took the picture A lady walking was looking at me funny, so I said "its not too often that you find a street name with your last name on it" she was surprised that it was my last name but she didnt think she would ever find one with her name on it. Its funny the little conversations that you can have with people in passing.
We had leftover pizza for supper. I was going to make a big meal, but I thought that it would be better to utilize our leftovers and since I wont be home tomorrow night all the leftovers should be gone by tomorrow. We will probably eat on the road on friday.
After supper I went for a walk to further explore all the little trails behind our house. They were so interesting. There were so many too. I think I will explore agian next week and see where others lead off too. Matt couldnt go because he had an online test to write, Maybe you could all pray for him that things go well with his studying and that he will do well. He is doing really great so far, but your prayers help for the things that we have no control over ie: professors, test material, study partners etc. Thanks so much everyone. I love you all lots.
I am going to grab some chips cuddle up in a blanket and watch some show where they figure out why people are dying/getting killed. I hope that digging is going well too and that you at home aren't too lonely. love ya all
love manda

Today was another great day. Through the day it isnt always a blast but by the time I get home I think about the good things. I cleaning the daycare bathroom today and one of the little girls came up to me and said "manda i luvs you" I could just imagine a little smiley facce being drawn on my heart. I can't even explain how great it feels. I can only imagine how much my heart will fill for my own children. :D just not yet, hehe.
Today was good! I have no real reason to be, but I am. I am so blessed. it reminds me of SERVE when they said and God is good all the time and all the time God is good. He is giving me challenges with kids lately, but those challenges are so rewarding and every earned hug and smile is worth so much more then. I love it.
I cam home from work and make pizza for supper (homeade) and cookies for the week, I am going to take some to work tomorrow. My bosses son really likes my cookies and I think it would be nice to spread some cheer. My boss is due to have her baby any time now and her uncle died and she has t miss the funeral. So that it hard for her. So i am bringing cookies to cheer up everyone and who doesnt love a oatmeal chocolate chip cookie... right Dad (Matt's) ? We'll see how it goes.
Matt and I went for a nice walk after supper. He wasn't thrilled about it. But I needed to get some exercise, I do get a lot at work but it is nice to just walk and it is s nice outside and the leaves are such a beautiful colour right now.
Then I called Dianna for her birthday.. it was nice to talk to her for a few minutes we are planning a better chat for tomorrow night since she was going out for a big dinner date with the family. So now MAtt and I are watching bones and this is where I leave you behind. So have a good night and you bettter believe that I am excited to see most of you on the weekend. love you all,
Amanda

Happy Happy Monday!

I am definately excited. Tante karen totally found me one of those cool fridge calendars that I have been longing for well for a very long time! And now, I will have my VERY own! Arent you all just so ecited for me. Now I can write EVERYTHING in there, matts exams.. so I dont forget as usual, what I have for GEMS, christmas, vacation next summer. woohoo am i excited.
On another note I got an email from CHDC (UNB daycare) and they would like to hire me again for full time maternity. I said I have a job but to keep me in contact. because I am not sure if I will a job next year because I am sort of covering a maternity leave right now. So I am keeping my doors open. I am not worried how ever that I will not be able to find a job here, so I will take it as it comes and keep on keeping on.
I was so tired today but I still managed to have a really super day! I just love kids... you really have no idea and I didnt even have to change any diapers plus we did a totally developmentally appropriate art activity. yehaw! I really do love my job, but thats the cool thing, I just have to have a few kids and have fun! hehe
Other than that things are quite peachy, I am happy and looking forward to seeing everyone when we go home next weekend. I hope you have a really great day, I love you all and appreciate your comments. love you all,
Amanda