Christmas cards

I'm busy making Christmas cards and thankful that my gift buying is almost completed! :)Thinking ahead to decorating the house a little and baking some too. I love this time of year. Lots of joy, laughter, love and giving. Family, friends and Christmas church services. All brings joy to my life.

Joy is something I strive to find in every day and can only find through the gift of Jesus my Saviour. Rejoice for our Living God is among us even now and will come back to take us to heaven to live with him forever!!

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AVG

This is a warning for those using AVG antivirus software. It can be corrupted by viruses apparently and then disable your computer to the point of needing to reinstall windows and start from scratch again.

This unfortunate situation happened to me a couple weeks ago and I have now reinstalled windows and as you might have guessed I am not using AVG again.

Thankfully my computer was not a write off like I thought it was. :) And I have it back up and running now. :)

November

November is proving to be a tough month. Maybe it's that I'm working 5 days a week, but more likely that I don't have two days off in a row. Maybe it's that all of our evenings are taken up and short. Maybe it's just my attitude. Maybe it's something else but I feel like I'm just managing to do everything that needs to be done at home and I would rather waste my time doing other things.

Maybe I've been spoiled in the past with time and now have to face reality. Well, we're half way through November and I'm hoping for a better December. At least I have Christmas holidays to look forward to.

Oh boy, that's not very uplifting or positive sounding. I pray that God would help me see joy in every day and to remember God in every situation.

"Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Paradise Meadows

Last week my husband and I went to this place in the mountains about 45 min from where we live. This is on Mount Washington near the resort and ski area. We went for some hiking/walking on the trails through the meadows. It’s a lovely way to spend a day if the weather is nice.

This is the Mount Washington Alpine Resort. This place is known for skiing in the winter.

 

 

 

 

 

I took this picture as we were coming back down a hill toward the wood path. You can see the wood path in this picture.

 

 

 

 

 

The Meadows were so peaceful and there were different plants to see. Some of flat areas where water sits or runs through. We were on a path that led to a lake. We made it to the first lake and then turned around.

 

 

 

While at this lake we were standing looking around at the scenery and 2 birds landed near us and so I was taking pictures of them. They are not afraid of people. Later I noticed an unusual tree. It was an evergreen where the bark peels. So I took this picture. While I was doing so a bird flew right at the tree and landed on a branch. I couldn’t believe that in the picture you can see the bird flying!!!

 

 

 

   

While we were walking it rained on us twice. Not very hard, just a light rain really. Oh and there was also some hail. I could have walked for longer that day but it was time to go back. A nice outing to get away from home for a few hours. :)

an afternoon by the water

It’s Friday afternoon and I’m down by the water, the ocean! The water is lapping at the rocks that are just below where I’m sitting. The sound of the water is so pleasant, the breeze in my hair so nice and I’m feeling blessed to be able to enjoy this place.

Several boats have gone by and I’ve seen one seal. (although it got away before I could get a picture.) I almost always see a seal when I come here. A couple weeks ago I was here in the evening and saw fish jumping. That was fun. Tricky to because unless you’re looking directly at the spot they will jump, you’ll miss them. They give no warning. Here there is a picture of a fishing boat and 2 sea doos or jet skis or something too.

A tug boat docked at the wharf is named “Pacific Fury” reminding me that this water is not always as calm as it looks right now; reminding me that farther out to sea it can be quite unforgiving and steering a boat or trying to swim would be a challenge.

Clouds have started to roll in turning the colour of the water from a lively blue to somewhat more subdued grey colours. Yet before the water turned colours I was intrigued by the colours you can see in the water as it ripples around in the wind. And what you can see through it since the water is so clear.

Campbell River is right alongside Discovery Passage which is the water that runs between Vancouver Island and Quadra Island. It seems more like a wide river than a part of the ocean right here. From where I’m sitting I can see houses on Quadra Island, I can watch the ferry come and go between the two Islands and beyond Quadra I can see the mountains from the mainland BC peaking over.

This picture was taking another day when it was clear and you can see the mountains in the top left hand corner.

 

This picture is of the ferry that goes from Campbell River to Quadra Island. It’s a 10 minute ride and it runs hourly.

 

At the end of my visit to the water today the clouds started to rain just a little and I went to check out a couple of the shops that were close by before walking home. I think I’ll miss living here, but I’m enjoying the adventure!

Settling In

So I've worked for one week so far. I like my job. It's not something I've done before but I'm enjoying it. And being introduced to fresh bread is definitely one of the perks. You should all help out your local bakery and buy fresh bread sometimes. It's good stuff. I've learned that if you freeze fresh bread all you have to do to use it is take out a couple peices of bread for your sandwich or toast of whatever. Leave it on the counter for 3 minutes and it's thawed. Pretty cool :)

There's something about changing your licence plates from Alberta to BC that makes it feel official. We are residing in BC! It makes me ponder the fact that while our car had to be switched to BC plates, our health care could remain with Alberta Health for the year we are here. Alberta Health Care considers us a student even though we are out of province. But for the car ICBC does not allow us to get student perks because while we are in BC Tim is not studying at a school in BC he is studying at a school in Alberta. Therefore the ability to keep keep our AB plates was not an option.

Thankfully the inspection went well. We did replace our tires but we already knew they needed to be done. Now the car is working much better!

new job

I heard from a lady that the bakery she works at is looking for someone to work the front counter. Having had little luck with getting enough resumes out, finding enough jobs to apply for and having little to fill my time I was up for anything. I took this lady's suggestion and took in my resume at about 1pm. It seemed as though he didn't have a need for someone at the moment but that there was a student working that would go back to school in september leaving an opening. But he sat me down and looked through my resume with me. We chatted a bit and he seemed impressed with me and my resume.

He said "come back at 3:30 and hang out for a couple hours, see what we're about, and get a little work experience" So I did I was there for 2 hours. Cleaned the display cases, washed some dishes and learned some things like how to make coffee. When I arrived he had written down 4 shifts for me for the next four days. I was surprised since he gave the impression that he didn't have many hours available.

This bakery is run by conservative mennonites, very Christian people and people can't say enough good things about the owner and his family.

I hope that this job works out for me. It's something I haven't done before and for some reason I'm not very excited about working there, I'm more nervous. I pray that God will give me what I need to do the very best I can.