Busy Busy Busy

So it was a busy weekend and the week is going to be pretty busy as well. It started with welcoming into town Hubby's good friend from Halifax. N had been living in Winsor Ontario for a few years working on his Master's degree and has decided to join us here in beautiful British Columbia to work on his Phd. He was joined by his younger brother M and the two of them have been cruising around town seeing all that Vancouver has to offer.

We also moved in my mother in law this weekend to her new place. It's a small one bedroom rental apartment in downtown but the views from it are amazing. My favourite thing would be to sit outside in the morning with a cup of coffee and just look at the water and the boats in English Bay. If she gets tired of that view though she can turn around and look at a small sliver of Coal Harbor on the other side and the rest of the downtown core. It's only a short stay though in this place (4 months) but it's definitely a good find!

And finally there are a few birthday's this week as well. The first is Hubby's on Tuesday and the second is my mom's on Wednesday! I wish them both a very very happy birthday and wonder...what the heck am I going to get them? Off to go find some ideas!

We Bought A New Place

So we got a new place plus new kitchen on the weekend. No it's not another town house. It's...


a tent

and

new 2 burner Coleman stove!

Yup it's a 6 person tent with vestibule and man is it ever big! Hubby and I had more then enough room in there for a large inflatable mattress plus all our gear. We have morphed into the drive in camping people which is completely different from my "what ever you carry on your back is what you get" days.

We also got a new stove and let me tell you what a joy it is to cook on this. Again with the carry it on your back method you take with you the smallest camp stove I've ever seen. This baby has 2 burners and sure packs some heat!

Overall though Hubby and I had a great time relaxing and hanging out with our friends. The lake was refreshing, the bugs stayed away, the kids were so much fun to be around and of course what camping trip would be complete with out the

They're Everywhere

They're everywhere.



In our living room...
hallway...
bedroom...
and even our storage locker



And what's scary is I think it's only going to get worse as time goes on!



send help
...and more boxes...we have a lot of stuff in this place!

Sign Your Life Away

So our real estate agent stopped by last weekend to give us this.



As well as a bottle of wine and made us sign our life away. The conditions and subjects are all off so the deal is done and the townhouse is ours! There is still some baseboards that the previous owner has to fix for us and the wall in the garage and living room have to be dismantled but otherwise the place is ours! Oh and the "SOLD" sign went up on our place as well. Always a nice feeling when you drive by it.

Lists And Progressions

So hubby and I sat down and had a really good talk over what we want to do with the new place. Why is it that the place is twice the size of what we currently have and yet I still feel like our stuff won't fit in. Maybe it's because our storage locker is full of stuff not to mention everything my parents are storing for us as well aren't currently in our place. Hrm. But we made a list of the things that we'd like to do/get when we move in and wow. Didn't expect it to be so long. Also as you can see I have to start carrying around note paper with me but thankfully we had a napkin to write down our ideas.



Now if only I can remember to bring home boxes so we can start the packing!