I didn't realize how hideous my hair was until I got it redone.
You always have to look miserable in the before shot.
By the way, I have already called Delphine Loewen, so don't worry.
Monday, November 24, 2008
OH NO
This is bad. We are supposed to be saving up for our future, to build a house and whatnot. But instead we are dreaming of flying back to Europe. And I think we are going to do it. The only thing is we are NOT taking a loan out this time, we are saving up and just spending what we have.
I think we have pretty much for sure decided where we want to go. It is different than the options I was talking about before. I think we want to go to Turkey, Croatia and Montenegro and possibly Greece. We would really like to do the coast of Croatia and Montenegro, and Eric refuses to go anywhere near Turkey unless we go there! We are not sure about Greece yet. We would just go for nostalgia, and maybe see a few new things. But there is alot to see in the other three countries and I am not sure how long we want to go for and if we have time to go to Greece. I am so excited! I really hope we can make this a reality... Now comes the hard part...saving money....
Read more about Montenegro here : http://www.visit-montenegro.com/
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Something Worth Sharing.
This is my new favortite band, Needtobreathe, and my favorite song by them, Signature of Divine... Sorry for all the videos but now that I know how, I have so much to share with you! A cool thing about this video is that it is all made from 3000 photos!! No video at all! I love it
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Officially Disturbed
You have to check out this dudes website, it is hillarious! Make sure you check out the fashion page!
http://pixyland.org/peterpan/index.html
He is hardcore.
http://pixyland.org/peterpan/index.html
He is hardcore.
Where to?
It has been a while since I did a real post! Busyness will do that do you. I have been really busy the last couple months with my full time job, partylite, youth and my animals at home. I check others blogs, but I don't really have time to sit down and post on my own!
Partylite has been going really great for me, but I have had alot of shows in Riverton and it will die out soon. I really need to have a few shows in Arborg, Gimli and area. I would also like a few more in the city, just to try and expand my customer base. I really enjoy doing it, but my house is in a constant state of disrepair. It is a disaster. I have so much Partylite stuff and no where to put it.
Actually I am stuggling with that in our house. We have no room to put anything. Eric keeps saying I should go through things and get rid of them. Well I have done that 3 times and there is still alot of stuff! We have no storage in our trailer, just in the spare room. I have no idea where we are going to keep stuff when we need the spare room. I would love to build an addition, but Eric thinks it is not worth it. Just for my sanity I think it is worth it.
I am finally puppyless!! It is so nice having trained dogs around. It is so quiet in our house now, though. Paris got bred by accident last week, and I am pretty sure she is preggo. ARGH! Unplanned. And also Maeve is in heat and will hopefully having puppies too. That one will be planned. But it kinda foils our plans to go somewhere hot in Jan/Feb.
That leads to my next issue: Where should we go? Because of some circumstances and life not working out the way we planned, we have decided to travel again in spring! The trouble is we need to decide where to go. There are alot of places I would love to go. Here are the options and the pros and cons of each place.
1. Back to Greece and to Turkey - We love Greece and it hurts my heart not to be there right now. I want to go back so bad. We also want to go to Turkey this time and travel around there. Something we haven't done yet. But we have already been to Greece twice. But we have never been to Turkey. We are just not sure if we should go back to something we love or try somethig new. The flights would be expensive but it would not cost much to travel around.
2. Germany - We would love to visit Dayna and travel around Germany a bit more. But we have already been there twice, but never when it was warm. Plus we could probably find a good deal on flights.
3.Brazil- We have always said this was the next place we wanted to go. I am sure is it beautiful there, and it is also cheap. The flights would probably be pricey though. And there is very large spiders there and I think I might die if I saw one.
4. Orlando, Florida - I have always wanted to go to Disneyworld my whole life. I would really like to go and enjoy it myself without kids. I don't think I am too old to go. Then again I wouldn't know. The only thing is it would be a little pricier than some other trips. We could go further away and for longer than we could if we went here, for the same price.
5. Hong Kong - Eric's uncle lives there, and he would really like to go visit him. I honestly used to have no desire to go to that part of the world, but I am sure it would be fun and that Cam would have tonnes of great ideas of what we could do. Plus the great wall of China would be amazing. We could also stop in BC for a few days and visit Eric's auntie there, which I would really like to do. I would rather drive there though...Flights there would be expensive and I am not sure how much everything else would be.
6. Somewhere tropical- This is probably the cheapest option, but the least exciting to me. I am not the type to lay on the beach all day. I would get bored. I would need to get out and do something. I don't really want to be stuck in a resort all day long. Eric really wants to do this though, and it quite dissapointed with the dog situation. This is what we planned to do from the start. But now that we can't go in jan or feb, that just leaves March and by then it is warming up. And before christmas is too soon.
What do you think? Where do you think we should go? Do you have any suggestions?
Partylite has been going really great for me, but I have had alot of shows in Riverton and it will die out soon. I really need to have a few shows in Arborg, Gimli and area. I would also like a few more in the city, just to try and expand my customer base. I really enjoy doing it, but my house is in a constant state of disrepair. It is a disaster. I have so much Partylite stuff and no where to put it.
Actually I am stuggling with that in our house. We have no room to put anything. Eric keeps saying I should go through things and get rid of them. Well I have done that 3 times and there is still alot of stuff! We have no storage in our trailer, just in the spare room. I have no idea where we are going to keep stuff when we need the spare room. I would love to build an addition, but Eric thinks it is not worth it. Just for my sanity I think it is worth it.
I am finally puppyless!! It is so nice having trained dogs around. It is so quiet in our house now, though. Paris got bred by accident last week, and I am pretty sure she is preggo. ARGH! Unplanned. And also Maeve is in heat and will hopefully having puppies too. That one will be planned. But it kinda foils our plans to go somewhere hot in Jan/Feb.
That leads to my next issue: Where should we go? Because of some circumstances and life not working out the way we planned, we have decided to travel again in spring! The trouble is we need to decide where to go. There are alot of places I would love to go. Here are the options and the pros and cons of each place.
1. Back to Greece and to Turkey - We love Greece and it hurts my heart not to be there right now. I want to go back so bad. We also want to go to Turkey this time and travel around there. Something we haven't done yet. But we have already been to Greece twice. But we have never been to Turkey. We are just not sure if we should go back to something we love or try somethig new. The flights would be expensive but it would not cost much to travel around.
2. Germany - We would love to visit Dayna and travel around Germany a bit more. But we have already been there twice, but never when it was warm. Plus we could probably find a good deal on flights.
3.Brazil- We have always said this was the next place we wanted to go. I am sure is it beautiful there, and it is also cheap. The flights would probably be pricey though. And there is very large spiders there and I think I might die if I saw one.
4. Orlando, Florida - I have always wanted to go to Disneyworld my whole life. I would really like to go and enjoy it myself without kids. I don't think I am too old to go. Then again I wouldn't know. The only thing is it would be a little pricier than some other trips. We could go further away and for longer than we could if we went here, for the same price.
5. Hong Kong - Eric's uncle lives there, and he would really like to go visit him. I honestly used to have no desire to go to that part of the world, but I am sure it would be fun and that Cam would have tonnes of great ideas of what we could do. Plus the great wall of China would be amazing. We could also stop in BC for a few days and visit Eric's auntie there, which I would really like to do. I would rather drive there though...Flights there would be expensive and I am not sure how much everything else would be.
6. Somewhere tropical- This is probably the cheapest option, but the least exciting to me. I am not the type to lay on the beach all day. I would get bored. I would need to get out and do something. I don't really want to be stuck in a resort all day long. Eric really wants to do this though, and it quite dissapointed with the dog situation. This is what we planned to do from the start. But now that we can't go in jan or feb, that just leaves March and by then it is warming up. And before christmas is too soon.
What do you think? Where do you think we should go? Do you have any suggestions?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Another goodie!
Now that I know how to post vids I am going to go crazy! I honestly have not watched this vid I just posted it for the song!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
My New Addition
Today as I was blurking I saw a cute little widget I just had to add. It is perfect for me cause I always read more than one book at a time. It is a little bookshelf with what I am reading on it. Not that it is important or anything, but I thought it was interesting.
To make you look at it:
#1 - I have learned so much already and I am just through the first book!
#2 - Totally interesting. It was only $6.50 and I HAD to buy it. I have learnt alot already. I read it everynight
#3 - This one is on the bottom. I have read the first 3 books and now I am stuck on this one. Not that there is anything wrong with it, I just got distracted. I really would love to finish it and move on now that I think about it, before Dwight ruins the whole series for me.
To make you look at it:
#1 - I have learned so much already and I am just through the first book!
#2 - Totally interesting. It was only $6.50 and I HAD to buy it. I have learnt alot already. I read it everynight
#3 - This one is on the bottom. I have read the first 3 books and now I am stuck on this one. Not that there is anything wrong with it, I just got distracted. I really would love to finish it and move on now that I think about it, before Dwight ruins the whole series for me.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
This Sucks
I always hate the first snow of the year. It can never be nice fluffly flakes. Nope, it's got to be freezing rain. So far I have already wiped out and a ice pellet flew into my ear. And it is windy outside. So it was hard. It hurt lots. Only 200 more days like this, YAY!
On a brighter note, someone passed out at work yesterday. It was awesome. It was take your kid to work day, so she was the one that passed out. She was watching a neuter, a pretty clean and bloodless surgery. I have never seen anyone faint before. It was weird. She was kinda embarassed after so I tried to make her feel better about it. I hope it worked. Poor girl.
On a brighter note, someone passed out at work yesterday. It was awesome. It was take your kid to work day, so she was the one that passed out. She was watching a neuter, a pretty clean and bloodless surgery. I have never seen anyone faint before. It was weird. She was kinda embarassed after so I tried to make her feel better about it. I hope it worked. Poor girl.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Here We Go...
*WARNING* This is a rant. These are my opinions. No one is making you read this.
I don't usually rant on here, but this one has been brewing up for a while...
I am sick of a few things:
-people not taking care of their animals
-people treating animals like a toy that is fun for a while but when the responsiblities come they are out the door
-people buying puppies from puppy mills
-free animals
-not getting your animals neutered
-disrespect of the veterinary profession
I am am sure there are more, I might add them later. Let me explain a bit
The first two kind of go together, well actually alot of them go together. I can't even think of where to start, but I will try at the first on my list. People not taking care of their animals. Why get an animal if you are not willing to spend the money to take care of it. If you think the animals is worthless, you probably shouldn't get one. This especially gets me when people get outdoor animals and they have kids and they don't get their animal vaccinated for Rabies. Not all Rabies is the crazy one where they are foaming at the mouth, sometimes they just seem depressed and want to be left alone. The animal could bite your child and they might not mention it too you and before it is too late... .there is no cure for Rabies once you have it. It scares me how many dogs and cats are running around unvaccinated playing with kids. You might say "what are the odds of that happening" Well I don't know the odds, but I know it can happen. Are you willing to take that chance?? I'm not.
It really aggravates me when people get animals on a whim, and then the animal has a minor problem, and instead of fixing it, they just get rid of the animal. I just wish people would understand that when you get an animal, chances are it is going to get sick sometime in it's lifetime and you should be prepared for that. If you are not willing to deal with a sick animal don't get one. I am not saying everyone has to do chemo for their animals or anything like that. I am talking about the little stuff. If your animal has mites, worms, fleas or any other parasite, just bring it in and get it checked out and get it fixed. Expect that kind of stuff before you get an animal.
Puppy mills also make my blood boil. The people pack tonnes of dogs into a kennel or a barn or the like and just pump out puppies for the profit, not caring about the health and genetics of the puppies they produce! AND PEOPLE BUY THEM. LIKE CRAZY. I know many people have turned away from buying a puppy from me cause they have to sign a contract saying that they will provide the proper care for the animal and give it back to me if they cannot keep it anymore. I just don't want my pups ending up in shelters!! I don't want to add to the problem! So many times I have heard people say, but I couldn't leave the puppy there in those horrible conditions. WELL, thanks for adding to the issue. Because you took that puppy out of there, many more will be produced to replace it. You are just feeding the buisiness and encouraging it to keep on going. Making more animals suffer.
This leads into my dislike of petstores that sell puppies. They put the poor things in small glass cages all day. That have to stand on grates so when they poop and pee it will go through the bars instead of taking them to the washroom outside. Also they charge 10x what the dog is worth. Most dogs are over $1000, and they are not purebreds with papers. They are "hybrids" which is just a fancy word for a dog without papers. For the price you would pay for a "hybrid" pup at a petstore, you could buy a dog from a good breeder and have a pedigree and know the dogs history and everything.
I hate when people get free animals. Of course, I have gotten free animals, and it is not the recieving a free animal that bothers me. It bothers me that because they got the animal for free, that it is worthless and they should not invest any money in taking care of it. Again, don't get an animal if you are not willing to take care of it.
I know alot of people have the "old school"mentality where nobody spent money on animals, and they often use that to justify why they will not spend money on their animal. Sorry guys, but that just won't fly for me. There is really no excuse to not take care of your animal.
If you do not want to breed your animal, get it neutered. Quit adding to the problem of overloaded shelters. Don't get an animal if you don' think it is worth the one time fee of $100-$200 to get it fixed. It is not like you have to pay that every year.
People around this area have often laughed at me when I tell them some of the things that we do at my job. They laugh cause they think it is rediculous that someone would spend that kind of money on an animal. So often I have heard "It is only 1 dollar for a bullet". EW. Again, they should be animalless.
Also, don't laugh at the people who spend thousands of dollars on their animals. Some people choose to spend thousands of dollars on luxury items on their vehicles, vacations etc. How is that any different. It is acceptable to spend $5000 on some fancy upgrades that are unnessesary for a vehicle, but it is not acceptable to spend that on an animal? It is the same thing!
I don't usually rant on here, but this one has been brewing up for a while...
I am sick of a few things:
-people not taking care of their animals
-people treating animals like a toy that is fun for a while but when the responsiblities come they are out the door
-people buying puppies from puppy mills
-free animals
-not getting your animals neutered
-disrespect of the veterinary profession
I am am sure there are more, I might add them later. Let me explain a bit
The first two kind of go together, well actually alot of them go together. I can't even think of where to start, but I will try at the first on my list. People not taking care of their animals. Why get an animal if you are not willing to spend the money to take care of it. If you think the animals is worthless, you probably shouldn't get one. This especially gets me when people get outdoor animals and they have kids and they don't get their animal vaccinated for Rabies. Not all Rabies is the crazy one where they are foaming at the mouth, sometimes they just seem depressed and want to be left alone. The animal could bite your child and they might not mention it too you and before it is too late... .there is no cure for Rabies once you have it. It scares me how many dogs and cats are running around unvaccinated playing with kids. You might say "what are the odds of that happening" Well I don't know the odds, but I know it can happen. Are you willing to take that chance?? I'm not.
It really aggravates me when people get animals on a whim, and then the animal has a minor problem, and instead of fixing it, they just get rid of the animal. I just wish people would understand that when you get an animal, chances are it is going to get sick sometime in it's lifetime and you should be prepared for that. If you are not willing to deal with a sick animal don't get one. I am not saying everyone has to do chemo for their animals or anything like that. I am talking about the little stuff. If your animal has mites, worms, fleas or any other parasite, just bring it in and get it checked out and get it fixed. Expect that kind of stuff before you get an animal.
Puppy mills also make my blood boil. The people pack tonnes of dogs into a kennel or a barn or the like and just pump out puppies for the profit, not caring about the health and genetics of the puppies they produce! AND PEOPLE BUY THEM. LIKE CRAZY. I know many people have turned away from buying a puppy from me cause they have to sign a contract saying that they will provide the proper care for the animal and give it back to me if they cannot keep it anymore. I just don't want my pups ending up in shelters!! I don't want to add to the problem! So many times I have heard people say, but I couldn't leave the puppy there in those horrible conditions. WELL, thanks for adding to the issue. Because you took that puppy out of there, many more will be produced to replace it. You are just feeding the buisiness and encouraging it to keep on going. Making more animals suffer.
This leads into my dislike of petstores that sell puppies. They put the poor things in small glass cages all day. That have to stand on grates so when they poop and pee it will go through the bars instead of taking them to the washroom outside. Also they charge 10x what the dog is worth. Most dogs are over $1000, and they are not purebreds with papers. They are "hybrids" which is just a fancy word for a dog without papers. For the price you would pay for a "hybrid" pup at a petstore, you could buy a dog from a good breeder and have a pedigree and know the dogs history and everything.
I hate when people get free animals. Of course, I have gotten free animals, and it is not the recieving a free animal that bothers me. It bothers me that because they got the animal for free, that it is worthless and they should not invest any money in taking care of it. Again, don't get an animal if you are not willing to take care of it.
I know alot of people have the "old school"mentality where nobody spent money on animals, and they often use that to justify why they will not spend money on their animal. Sorry guys, but that just won't fly for me. There is really no excuse to not take care of your animal.
If you do not want to breed your animal, get it neutered. Quit adding to the problem of overloaded shelters. Don't get an animal if you don' think it is worth the one time fee of $100-$200 to get it fixed. It is not like you have to pay that every year.
People around this area have often laughed at me when I tell them some of the things that we do at my job. They laugh cause they think it is rediculous that someone would spend that kind of money on an animal. So often I have heard "It is only 1 dollar for a bullet". EW. Again, they should be animalless.
Also, don't laugh at the people who spend thousands of dollars on their animals. Some people choose to spend thousands of dollars on luxury items on their vehicles, vacations etc. How is that any different. It is acceptable to spend $5000 on some fancy upgrades that are unnessesary for a vehicle, but it is not acceptable to spend that on an animal? It is the same thing!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A New Blog!!
I just found out my cousin has a blog!! I think it will be the first on the Furgala side to be on my blogroll!! It is http://aprilvigfusson.blogspot.com/. HAHA sorry April, but you are now on my list!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
TRU 2008
I just had a GREAT weekend! The youth leadership team from Mennville (and other churches of course) headed to Pinawa this weekend for TRU 2008, a youth leadership conference. It was really good. We learnt alot.
One of the main things that we as a leadership team came away with was, we have been focusing too much on trying to entertain the youth. We are trying to hard to impress them and trying to offer something more exciting and entertaining than the world has to offer. And that just doesn't work. We CANNOT offer more entertainment than the world has. That is impossible in the modern world. We learnt that we need to get our youth to do more service. Lately, we have always been giving them a reward for anything they do. But we realized that part of being a diciple of Christ is to serve. Our job is to teach and train and support our youth and help them to become diciples. So part of that is getting them to serve. We have a few things planned already. I think we were teaching the youth to have the mind set "What can God do for me" instead of "What can I do for God." We want them to learn the latter.'
The weekend also helped us realize that we need to balance our minitry a little better. Not to just focus on service or teaching or entertainment, etc. but to have a balance of all of those things.
I am really excited about what changes we are going to make with the youth. I really hope we can impact their lives. Another thing we learned is that we cannot make them grow in their walk with Jesus, only God can. God can use us, but we should not thing that it is us that will grow them. The passage he used was Mark 4:26-29 : "And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 “The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 “But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” "
I also got alot of great fundraising ideas and games ideas and stuff! It was a refreshing weekend. And the food was AMAZING! I will leave off with a bunch of pictures from out trip to the Seven Sisters Hydro Dam! Our car was a tight fit, so Chantal thought it would be more comfy in the hatch!
One of the main things that we as a leadership team came away with was, we have been focusing too much on trying to entertain the youth. We are trying to hard to impress them and trying to offer something more exciting and entertaining than the world has to offer. And that just doesn't work. We CANNOT offer more entertainment than the world has. That is impossible in the modern world. We learnt that we need to get our youth to do more service. Lately, we have always been giving them a reward for anything they do. But we realized that part of being a diciple of Christ is to serve. Our job is to teach and train and support our youth and help them to become diciples. So part of that is getting them to serve. We have a few things planned already. I think we were teaching the youth to have the mind set "What can God do for me" instead of "What can I do for God." We want them to learn the latter.'
The weekend also helped us realize that we need to balance our minitry a little better. Not to just focus on service or teaching or entertainment, etc. but to have a balance of all of those things.
I am really excited about what changes we are going to make with the youth. I really hope we can impact their lives. Another thing we learned is that we cannot make them grow in their walk with Jesus, only God can. God can use us, but we should not thing that it is us that will grow them. The passage he used was Mark 4:26-29 : "And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 “The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 “But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” "
I also got alot of great fundraising ideas and games ideas and stuff! It was a refreshing weekend. And the food was AMAZING! I will leave off with a bunch of pictures from out trip to the Seven Sisters Hydro Dam! Our car was a tight fit, so Chantal thought it would be more comfy in the hatch!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Lonely
Eric is away tonight and I have no motivation to clean the house, which leaves me bored and lonely. I hate sleeping without him! I guess all the dogs get to sleep with me tonight.
Today I wasted my time driving to Selkirk for a Dr. appointment, only to find out my test results were not in. I had called my doctor in Gimli to check if they were in and they said yes, but apparently they were wrong! ARGH! Now I have to go back next week. On the other hand I LOVe my new doctor. She is so kind, explains things well and reminds me of a Grandma. Like a younger Grandma. At least I got KFC and did some shopping at Wal Mart.
Right now I am burning like 11 non partylite candles! WHY? Because I wanted to test out some brands so I could compare them to Partylite. I will share my results of the research when I am all done. I know Partylite does their own testing of other brands, but I wanted to do ones that people have mentioned to me. So far I have some interesting results!
Today I wasted my time driving to Selkirk for a Dr. appointment, only to find out my test results were not in. I had called my doctor in Gimli to check if they were in and they said yes, but apparently they were wrong! ARGH! Now I have to go back next week. On the other hand I LOVe my new doctor. She is so kind, explains things well and reminds me of a Grandma. Like a younger Grandma. At least I got KFC and did some shopping at Wal Mart.
Right now I am burning like 11 non partylite candles! WHY? Because I wanted to test out some brands so I could compare them to Partylite. I will share my results of the research when I am all done. I know Partylite does their own testing of other brands, but I wanted to do ones that people have mentioned to me. So far I have some interesting results!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Shooting Star
Last night as Eric and I were driving home from a family birthday party, we were singing along to Chris Tomlin's CD. I was looking out the window and saw the most amazing shooting star I have ever seen. I ALWAYS miss them when other people see them, or they are so short I am not sure if I made it up in my head or not. This time it was so long I had more than enough time to realize what it was and enjoy it. It was at least as long as the one in the picture, but not as thick/bright. It was beautiful! Thanks God!
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Back to Blogging...
As you can tell, all of September I was really slack at blogging. I had tonnes to blog about, but I was busy and my dial-up internet takes at least 20 minutes to log onto blogger, if it even loads at all, and I just didn't have the patience. But here I am, all high-speed wirelessed up and ready to blog! LOL
September flew by for a few reasons. One, I refused to believe summer was over and that fall was beginning, so I denied it was even September. Two, my first two days of the month are a blur after being stuck on a reserve. And lastly, I just has so much to do!!
My house is coming closer and closer to become organized. Every now and then it starts it's downward slide again, but we have managed to keep up! We hired Kelly Ann to help us around the house with day to day cleaning, so we would have more time to do the organizing and stuff. It has been awesome so far!! It is so nice to have to help!
My Partylite business is going awesome! To get my first 6 shows in the first month I had to do a little bit of teeth pulling, so I was kinda discouraged about that. But the last two shows I had, 10 people booked a party. TEN!!! I was blown away. So now, for October I have 8 shows on the calender already booked, One book party, and one person that has to pick their show date. Also, I already 3 shows on the calender for November, and at least 3 that are having parties but need to pick their date! Also in Ocotber I am setting up a table at my family garage sale in town and one in November at a Ladies Aid thing! And all of these things are mostly in Riverton! I haven't even branched out to Arborg and Gimli yet like I have wanted to! Plus with all these shows coming up, you never know how many more bookings I will get for those two months!! 8 shows in a month are alot for me, and I don't want to keep this up all the time. I want to eventually do 2-4 shows a month. But Fall is the busy season and the best time to start! In my first three months, if I have 6 show and sell over $2300 in product in each of those months I will get like $4500 in product and gift certificates from Partylite! It is called the "Brite Start" program, and I have made it my goal to Brite Start for my first three months, and so far it looks like it will happen! YAY!
Plus I LOVE doing parties! It is so fun and easy. You just hang out with a bunch of ladies all night. I love meeting new people, or even talking to people I know but don't really ever talk to. I actually see it as my ministry. It is a great way to get in touch with people you wouln't normally!
The only downside of Partylite is I now have tonnes of teal boxes in my house, and not much room to keep them!
I should go for now, I have a dog coming for a haircut really soon and I need to get set up!
September flew by for a few reasons. One, I refused to believe summer was over and that fall was beginning, so I denied it was even September. Two, my first two days of the month are a blur after being stuck on a reserve. And lastly, I just has so much to do!!
My house is coming closer and closer to become organized. Every now and then it starts it's downward slide again, but we have managed to keep up! We hired Kelly Ann to help us around the house with day to day cleaning, so we would have more time to do the organizing and stuff. It has been awesome so far!! It is so nice to have to help!
My Partylite business is going awesome! To get my first 6 shows in the first month I had to do a little bit of teeth pulling, so I was kinda discouraged about that. But the last two shows I had, 10 people booked a party. TEN!!! I was blown away. So now, for October I have 8 shows on the calender already booked, One book party, and one person that has to pick their show date. Also, I already 3 shows on the calender for November, and at least 3 that are having parties but need to pick their date! Also in Ocotber I am setting up a table at my family garage sale in town and one in November at a Ladies Aid thing! And all of these things are mostly in Riverton! I haven't even branched out to Arborg and Gimli yet like I have wanted to! Plus with all these shows coming up, you never know how many more bookings I will get for those two months!! 8 shows in a month are alot for me, and I don't want to keep this up all the time. I want to eventually do 2-4 shows a month. But Fall is the busy season and the best time to start! In my first three months, if I have 6 show and sell over $2300 in product in each of those months I will get like $4500 in product and gift certificates from Partylite! It is called the "Brite Start" program, and I have made it my goal to Brite Start for my first three months, and so far it looks like it will happen! YAY!
Plus I LOVE doing parties! It is so fun and easy. You just hang out with a bunch of ladies all night. I love meeting new people, or even talking to people I know but don't really ever talk to. I actually see it as my ministry. It is a great way to get in touch with people you wouln't normally!
The only downside of Partylite is I now have tonnes of teal boxes in my house, and not much room to keep them!
I should go for now, I have a dog coming for a haircut really soon and I need to get set up!
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
September...
WHOA!! All of a sudden it is the end of september and I have not blogged AT ALL! Sorry! I have been soooooo busy with Partylite stuff! I will start fresh now that we have HIGH SPEED INTERNET at home!! YAY!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Rest Of The Canoe Trip
WOW! This has taken a long time to post the rest of this! Sorry, I have been so busy and with dial up it takes so long to get onto blogger cause I have to refresh the page 20 times until it will load! Anways, the rest of the canoe trip......
Day 2
We slept for quite a while in the morning, and when we got up Terry was making eggs for breakfast. Canoeing that day was diffucult. We had to paddle against the wind and against the current. We didn't go very far that day. We stopped for a long time on a rock for lunch. We found another really nice set of rapids and we set up camp there for the night. It was a pretty short day for paddling. We swam and ate supper and watching some the of the kids canoe through the rapids, one canoe made it, the others tipped. It was great entertainment. It rained that night, but the tent I stayed in was dry, which was awesome!
Day 3
Some of the campers and Terry canoed up the river for a while. I think all the guys went, while all the girls and Eric stayed behind. We went swimming and napped. It rained while we napped. Then we packed up and started paddling back. The weather was not very nice, but it did not rain. We paddled back down the river. It was alot quicker going with the current, but of course we were going against the wind! We got to a campsite by a little set of rapids that we had scouted out on the first day. It had two picnic tables! It was great! It rained all night that night. Our tent was dry again! YAY
Day 4
We didn't worry much if all of our stuff was wet or dirty, cause we were going home!! Or so we thought we quickly paddled back to Bloodvein and found out the ferry was not running and it was too rough to take a boat across. I was CRUSHED. I wanted to get home so badly. To top it all off I found out my dogs were running all over the countryside and my step dad did not think we would get out until wednesday. And then instead of finding a place to stay in bloodvein, Terry decided to canoe out to one of the island and set up our sopping wet tents. I was so upset. We had some lunch and then napped in our tents. I was so glad to have the dryer tent and I was glad my bedding was still dry. I changed into the dryest clothes I had and layed down. I was just planning on staying in the tent until we could go home. We pray that they skies would clear at 4. We fell asleep until 5, so we have no idea if they were clear then. However, around 5 we were woken up with the announcement that would be going to sleep in a gym for night and someone would be making us supper. YAY! I was so excited not to have to stay in that tent another night! A nice lady name Yvonne let us into our home and made a delicous meal and let us watch her TV. Then she took us to the gym at the school. We hung up all of our wet stuff. I had a good sleep.
Day 5
We had to be out of the gym by 9 so we packed everything up and headed back to Yvonne. We watched TV ALL DAY LONG. At least we were inside a dry, warm house, but all I wanted to do was go home. We had a glimmer of hope we would get to go home that night, but the lake was still to dangerous. We slept at the gym again. The kids went crazy when they got there cause they had so much energy! I had a good sleep that night too.
Day 6
We were woken up early in the morning and two boats took us across the lake. The lake was calm. It was soooooooo nice to be home. I doubt I will ever go there again, never mind another canoe trip.
Day 2
We slept for quite a while in the morning, and when we got up Terry was making eggs for breakfast. Canoeing that day was diffucult. We had to paddle against the wind and against the current. We didn't go very far that day. We stopped for a long time on a rock for lunch. We found another really nice set of rapids and we set up camp there for the night. It was a pretty short day for paddling. We swam and ate supper and watching some the of the kids canoe through the rapids, one canoe made it, the others tipped. It was great entertainment. It rained that night, but the tent I stayed in was dry, which was awesome!
Day 3
Some of the campers and Terry canoed up the river for a while. I think all the guys went, while all the girls and Eric stayed behind. We went swimming and napped. It rained while we napped. Then we packed up and started paddling back. The weather was not very nice, but it did not rain. We paddled back down the river. It was alot quicker going with the current, but of course we were going against the wind! We got to a campsite by a little set of rapids that we had scouted out on the first day. It had two picnic tables! It was great! It rained all night that night. Our tent was dry again! YAY
Day 4
We didn't worry much if all of our stuff was wet or dirty, cause we were going home!! Or so we thought we quickly paddled back to Bloodvein and found out the ferry was not running and it was too rough to take a boat across. I was CRUSHED. I wanted to get home so badly. To top it all off I found out my dogs were running all over the countryside and my step dad did not think we would get out until wednesday. And then instead of finding a place to stay in bloodvein, Terry decided to canoe out to one of the island and set up our sopping wet tents. I was so upset. We had some lunch and then napped in our tents. I was so glad to have the dryer tent and I was glad my bedding was still dry. I changed into the dryest clothes I had and layed down. I was just planning on staying in the tent until we could go home. We pray that they skies would clear at 4. We fell asleep until 5, so we have no idea if they were clear then. However, around 5 we were woken up with the announcement that would be going to sleep in a gym for night and someone would be making us supper. YAY! I was so excited not to have to stay in that tent another night! A nice lady name Yvonne let us into our home and made a delicous meal and let us watch her TV. Then she took us to the gym at the school. We hung up all of our wet stuff. I had a good sleep.
Day 5
We had to be out of the gym by 9 so we packed everything up and headed back to Yvonne. We watched TV ALL DAY LONG. At least we were inside a dry, warm house, but all I wanted to do was go home. We had a glimmer of hope we would get to go home that night, but the lake was still to dangerous. We slept at the gym again. The kids went crazy when they got there cause they had so much energy! I had a good sleep that night too.
Day 6
We were woken up early in the morning and two boats took us across the lake. The lake was calm. It was soooooooo nice to be home. I doubt I will ever go there again, never mind another canoe trip.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
The Canoe Trip - Day 1
Here it goes, sorry it has taken so long!
Day 1
I woke up very early in the morning, and I was NOT happy. I really did not want to go on this canoe trip. I was praying that God would change my attitude and that I would be in a good mood and have fun. The ferry ride was uneventful. The first few hours of canoeing was easy. The river was beautiful, it was a nice day. My attitude started to change. Our first night was stayed right beside some gorgeous rapids. I can't remember their name, but they were the first big ones that we had to portage over. We set up and ate supper.
Some of the guys took a canoe and tried to run the rapids. They capsized right away, but they were safe. An hour or two later, I decided I wanted to swim down them! I was too scared to go first, so two of the kids went. They came out unharmed, so I decided to go to! With my lifejacket on tight, 5 of us swam out into the river, got caught in the current and floated into the rapids. It was SO FUN! We would ride the water facing forwards with our feet up, and take a huge breath right before our faces hit the white. Then for a couple seconds you would gasp for breath whenever your head was out of water. Once past the white water you just floated with the current and tried to swim back to shore. That what I did the first and second time I went.
There are three "waves" of white water that you hit and inbetween them is the undertoe and pulls you down. All in all, it probably takes like 5 seconds to get past them all. But it feels like an eternity, and you panic at first trying to get as much air as possible. The third "wave is the worst, cause it pulls you right down and twice I touch the rock on the bottom. But you know you are almost done when you get pulled under. Anyways, the third time I went I knew better. Instead of gasping for air I held my breath until I knew I was past the third wave and I would not be pulled under again so I could breath. It was so much more fun, and no panicing for air! I would have gone 1000 more times but Terry said we couldn't. It was like a natural waterslide! Here is a picture of them. We would float in the middle and hit the white water on the right side of the picture.
We had a devotional and went to bed, in our clean and dry tents. It was pretty cold that night but I had a good sleep.
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