Quick Post`!

i am sitting at Annelie's house and she is cooking supper while i quickly write you all a quick note. I had a really good day at work today. It feels like things might finally be settling a little bit and more into a routine. Matt is gone to St. John for the night for work and there is so many things that I should be doing.
Annelie and I are going to pick up a dresser tonight that she got a really good deal on and then we are going to go and work on the old house again.
Alright... I should go. But I wanted to let you all know that I am alive and doing well. I will post more deatails about our exciting weekend on another day when I have pictures. We went hiking to a really nice waterfall yesterday. I thought of you Dad :)
Love you all,
Amanda

another week... almost time for PEI!

Has it really been 10 days? It seems like I have written pretty recently. I always plan to do it on my break, but I either forget or I end up only getting a few minutes for my break if the kids dont go to sleep very quickly.
I just looked at my last post and I think mentally I wrote another post in between. I told you about going with our friends Pat and Ashley to someone's "camp" which is really a cottage. We met a lot of new people there and they were a lot of fun. We went for a walk and looked for a bunch of waterfall's and then we played games for the rest of the night. It was so much fun!
Then I sang with praise band in church on sunday. It was a lot of fun to do that again. But I was surprised at how different it is here than it was in PEI.
The rest of the week was pretty routine. Matt was supposed to go away for the night on Wednesday and then when I got home from work he was actually sitting on the couch. I was SO surprised. But the wierd thing was is that I had a feeling he was going to be home that night, i almost went to his work to double check that he wasnt there, but i figured that he would have called me at work if he needed to get a hold of me.
Thursday night I got my eyebrows done here and I was so happy with how the girl did them. I like them even better than when I got them done at Really You. Last night Matt and I babysat some girls from my old daycare. We had a lot of fun, the girls love Matt and they think he is the sillyest person ever. Then when they were in bed we played Nintendo Wii. HAHAHAHA thats all I have to say about that. I was not given talents to exceed in sports OR Nintendo.
Tonight we are having a going away party for Renata and Brian who are leaving really soon to go on Sea to Sea. Where Brian is going to Bike across the US and Renata is going to be part of the support team. She is going to be the grocery shopper and book keeper. All the bikers had to raise $10,000 and all of the money they raise goes directly to eliminate world hunger. The organizers already had corporate sponsors to cover the costs of feeding and getting the bikers across the states. The tour Ends in New jersey... so Dianna could go and see them... haha.
Anyway. I have to make some food for tonight yet. I hope you all have a really great week and I will post again soon. Love you all!
Matt and Amanda

Am I Becoming a Workaholic?

I thought I would write a little bit while I am on my break. I am sitting at work on "my" computer, her name is woodstock (it says so right on the desk, some are named, Oromocto,Pabineau, Bouctouche. Those are all the names that I can actually read sitting here without glasses. That is kind of terrible) Anyway... on with things.
I know that since it is summer time a lot of us would actually rather be outside enjoying the warm sunshine instead of reading or posting on a blog. I totally understand and really do appreciate the people that are taking time out of their sunshiny day to hear about my day.
Things have been slightly crazily busy for Matt and I. I am working a lot more than I used to. I think it is because I have the option to actaully make more money. Plus they actually need me too. I really do like working here but I am so tired at the end of the day. I have never been with a bunch of kids that take so much energy. But honestly I have seen an amazing growth in them already that it is so worth it.
So other than that Matt and I have mastered completely the technique of flopping on the couch with our supper. I know it is a really bad habit.. especially when the dishes dont really get done until the next day. But we have been so wiped out. haha... I havent even convinced myself yet. Maybe next week we will do better. We are going to a birthday party tonight and then tomorrow I am going to Annelie's to work on the old house and then Friday Matt and I are babysitting. So... things are a little hectic.
Anyway, i feel as though I have babbled enough. I love you all and I hope that you have a really super day!
Love Amanda

The slowest ship on the ocean!

HEy!
I thought I would put a short post on here and give you a little update. Mostly because I don't know when I will be able to post again. I thought I would also add some pictures of my new work and the piece of the floor we painted for our "ocean" this week.
We had two ships. in our ocean one even had a sail. hehe.



This picture is taken in the back of the daycare. I really like it there and I had a really awesome day today. It was a great Friday.
Anyway, Love you all and talk to you soon.
Matt and I are going to MVOC tomorrow. It should be fun... Maybe the obsession will rub off a little and I will understand it more. Love you all!
Amanda and Matt

Rainy Day! Oh so rainy!!! That made for a really long pent up inside day at work. I got so frusterated today and there were times when I just didnt know how to handle the kids. That in itself bothers me the most and is the biggest challenge in my new job. In the end though it is fun to look at the fun parts of the day. We are learning about boats and earlier in the week we made boats out of large cardboard boxes. Today we painted a section of the floor blue. It was such a hoot. in the end some kids were covered in paint, right up to their diapers. :) They thought it was the coolest thing to be able to paint the floor. It was also funny because Stacy (the girl I work with) was telling me how cool it would be to have some rocks to go in our water. An hour later Matt called and said he was in a river and wanted to know if I wanted some rocks. Isnt that neat???
When i got home I had a large intake of sugar, which energized me a lot. Last night I fell asleep on the couch at 8:30 till 9:30 dragged myself to bed. Matt was laughing at me because it was so light outside. I slept till 7:30 and left for work again at 7:45. So when I got home today I really didnt want a repeat. I found a candy necklace and ate the whole thing. Then I made brownies. hehe.
I think Matt is having a lot of fun at work. Everyday I get to hear about where he went for lunch with his lovely dinner allowance. We both eat so well at work that I have needled our grocery bill down to $100 for three weeks. I eat breakfast , lunch and snack at work and Matt never ate breakfast in the first place. instead of taking leftovers to school we now eat them the next day for supper. That works out well.
Anyway, I was talking about what matt eats. I will elaborate more on this since I know you all want to hear more about that guy. haha. He looked at culverts in Alma today and there were no reataurants open for the season or they werent open until 4. They finally found a little home cooking reataurant that served bacon and cheese hamburgers. According to matt these are much healthier. I havent quite seen the logic yet. That is all the news that I have on Matt. He is VERY excited for MVOC (Maritime Volkswagen Owners Club) on saturday. He asked me today if I was excited for it. I told him that is was only Wednesday. haha.
Anyway... this is getting really long. I think it is time to settle in beside Matt and watch the Hockey Game.
I love you all and I hope that you all have a really great week. Talk to you again soon.
Love Amanda and Matt

PS Please pray for me. Work is awesome, but please pray for patience for me. ThanKS!

MY FLOWERS!!!!!

Matt is gone working away tonight and I went plant shopping. Since I have never really gone with mom but have talked about them lots I was a little lost with what to get. so MOM what do you think????

I am also planning to catch up on my cleaning and dishes. It should still be a pretty busy night.

On saturday Matt went Kayaking with some friends and I went shopping with the women since we werent invited to go kayaking. haha. It rained anyway and I dont think Matt loved it, when I suggested we do it some time he really wasnt keen on the idea. HAHA. I had such a good time. Later we met up with the guys and played some lazer tag. Then we came back here and had cake while we watched the movie SWAT.

Sunday we went to church, afterwards we went to Pat's house for a graduation celebration for him and his girlfriend Ashley. It was so fun!!!! Then we were on our way home and we ended up going to some open- houses. We saw some really nice houses and definitely some stuff we can afford when matt is done school. :) It was so fun to look and talk about what people should and should not do with their house. I think we watch too many home make over shows. \

I also repotted my valentine's tree. Can you notice that it was growing towards the light from the window. I turned it around though... do you think that will work?

Anyway. I think that is all the news for now.

OH, and the pictures are from the house that Annelie and I are cleaning out. REMEMBER???? :) love you too!

Love Amanda