Sister

I feel super blessed for being born into a big family, I am the oldest of 5 and in these last 6 years I have definitely grown closer to my younger siblings, especially my only sister Jesse.

Last night after a long and physically exhausting day at school(we did some cedar woodcarving) I went to my parents house to unwind. I have been feeling the need to be more involved in my sisters life lately because it seems like she has all of a sudden grown up without me realizing it and i don't want to miss anything more with her since i missed so much when she was little. Well my sister wasn't at my parents place so after numerous texts and pleading she finally came home to hang out with me. My sister is so sweet natured and caring even though she has had a much more difficult life then me and is often lost in the mix with three teenage brothers at home. So We decided to watch the first Harry Potter together ( she was very surprised and flustered that i have never read/seen Harry Potter before) and while we were watching it she noticed that i was in pain/uncomfortable from carving that she volunteered herself to massage my back... for the whole movie !!!! I don't think anyone has ever done that for me and/or done it so happily.My Jesse is loving and thoughtful and treats me so well that I am glad that I get to call my sister. The Point is, I love my little sister and am excited to get to know her more as she grows into young adulthood.

Rush Hour

Since I live in America with my husband and step daughter and am also finishing my degree at SFU I spend two days a week in Burnaby with my family so that I can go to school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Tuesday mornings I usually wake up around 4:45am to be able to get on the road by 530am to make it to class on time. Well today I was exceptionally fast and was out the door 10 minutes earlier than expected and was excited because I was in Canada by 6:20am ( doesn’t seem like much to be excited for until you realize that every moment counts in rush hour traffic when you are trying to get from Surrey to SFU). I was happily driving along until I saw a sea of red brake lights on HWY 99, GAHHH I thought to myself, why today when I was ahead of schedule? Well I was pretty frustrated about the situations, there was an accident and it was slowing me down! Stupid drivers I thought! As I drove by the motorcyclist that was hit and still lying on the road, my thoughts quickly changed to those of shock, sadness and thankfulness that it wasn’t me or that I hadn’t hit another person with my car. I drove pass this motorist soon after the accident happened and it probably took me about 30 minutes to go 1000 meters but as I was listening to radio reports traffic only got worse in that area, I wondered to myself that had I left at my normal time my time stuck in grid lock would have been exceptionally worse. Once I finally cleared the area and was over the bridge I realized that it was pretty foolish of me to be annoyed over a 30 minute inconvenience when God so clearly has everything in his hands. I wasn’t lying there on the pavement and I wasn’t late for school yet my selfish nature told me to be angry and annoyed that I would be disrupted on my drive. As I drove into my schools parking lot, early enough to get a spot at a reduced rate I was glad that I was given a gentle reminder about my attitude and perception over situations that are out of my control. I am grateful to know the GOD who loves me enough to set me straight, even on the little things.

God

He guides ME


in paths of righteousness


for HIS name's sake.


Psalm 23b.

camping

WOOT WOOT for mini-vacations.


Today, Tim, Ava, Winston and I are heading on a four day vacation to Eastern Washington to go camping with our friends.

We went last year and stuffed our little petey (91 Honda Civic HB) with loads and loads of stuff, this year we are taking our new car which has a nifty little roof rack thing to old all of our gear ( our car still is stuffed to the rim)

more room to put stuff means more stuff !!!!!

Right now

I am trying to pick classes for fall 2010, its very difficult.
I cant believe I am still in school.
I am so much slower then everyone else.
In my own culture I am one of a few who get this far, the few who do take a long long time.

I want to take things I like but I also want to finish my degree. I like my degree but I have been touched with a cynical mind.
Please cynical mind go away so I can pick my classes and then finally graduate. ;)

slow

I am very slow at getting started at something
or even at getting re-introduced to something I use to do daily (blogging)

But I am going to try
and I also going to slowly try and get the pile of clean clothes folded that are collecting dust in the spare room.

The Days

Today;
lil'miss and I began some needed work on our "soon to be" vegetable garden. I took some coffee grinds home from work and kind forgot about them until today ( when the sun was shining) , well I have always wanted Ava to be part of the gardening process with me so i thought she would enjoy spreading the coffee grinds everywhere, and YAAA she did it wish joy. Hopefully we will have tomatoes, cantalope, blueberries and spinach sprouting.

Last Week;
Tim, Ava and I went to Canada to visit my family and do a little exploring, well we ended up in Stanley park and spent the majority of our time just laying in the grass with the daisy's, relaxing while the sun did its work.
A Couple Days ago;
Winston, Tim and I went to play on Rosario Beach. Last year we acquired ( unbeknown st) a very yuppie dog from the pound, a West-Highland Terrier, a small white fluffy token dog. Well luckily for us he is actually a hippie out-doorsie dog who loves the water and camping and being stinky.