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Some Chirstmas Pictures

A Leak

So on wednesday afternoon we packed up and went to Chris's parents house in the valley for the night. Cocoa included. We had a great dinner and spent some time with his brother as well... it was very nice, even had a few flakes of snow. We headed back home yesterday, only to find a puddle of water in the middle of the kitchen, with water also dripping out of the kitchen light... Oh god I thought, where in the hell is that coming from. After thinking for a minute I realized the washer and dryer is above it... so I went running up over the stairs, of course the intake on the back of the washer that is always on for hot/cold water was loose and was dripping just enough to make the floor wet and start dripping downstairs. We took off the light, everything is drying out and the hardwood isn't damaged too bad... in fact today it's started to dry out so it's settling backdown. Thank god we never stayed for another night, god only knows what we would of come home too. Everything is almost back to normal and between Chris and I... the Crisis was diverted :) I never had the landlord to call this time!!!!!! Had to fix it ourselves :)

Christmas Day

So I think this is very Blog worthy, Christmas Day I got off @ 3:30pm from work and rushed on home to Chris so we could open our presents.. since I was working all day. Santa was good to me this year even though I thought the house was my present!!!! I got my Japanese Santoku Knife, it's a chef's knife, a mandoline for slicing thinly and a red crock pot for baking stews and roasts. Well after we had all the presents opened.... we needed to find a place for supper, I thought maybe some places would still be open.... NOTHING, we ended up at the Irving Big Stop in Enfield for supper...lol. Today however I cooked turkey dinner in my new oven for the first time and it was awesome, I used the Convection option. Anyway, hope everyone is enjoying their holidays, I actually right now at work... working backshift tonight, then off for a couple of days.

Merry Christmas

Hope Everyone has an awesome Christmas. I'll be working all Christmas so not too much going on with me. Being the junior person in the group... I got the lucky opportunity to work Christmas. I guess I've been pretty lucky, this is actually the first Christmas I've had to work since I've been with Aliant (5 Christmas's)... and the $$$$$$ will be very good. Infact it will probably pay for Christmas no problem. I have Boxing day off, so Chris and I will have our turkey dinner then, Christmas supper will probably be take out..lol. We will be going to the valley to see Chris's parents on the 27th in the afternoon, since I'm working backshift the night before and need some sleep first. Well hope everyone has a great holiday and I hope to see you all in the New Year for a visit to our new house.

Our Christmas Tree

Now I just have to finish baking, shopping & wrapping.... and everything else!!!!!!!!

Cocoa Playing Around

Here is Cocoa playing with Chris's Basket ball... she really is silly, she sits on the ball... to the point her back paws lift off the ground. Lol.

Close To Christmas

So it's really close to Christmas, I can't believe it's almost here. I'm actually not that excited this year, I'm working most of the holidays... which kinda sucks, first house and working, but on the brightside Christmas pay is good $$$$. I'm at work today until midnight, I haven't been here in a few days, I've been sick with a cheast/lung infection. Lucky ME!!! Anyway, I've got lots of time tonight, so I think I'll finish up my Christmas Cards.. so I can get them in the mail on monday, I've already got a bunch sent last week. I've also got all my supplies for cookies this year and plan to make them this week, I'm off mon-wed so I'll finish shopping and baking. Also have a few Christmas presents to make.. Centerpieces for the table made with real boughs, they are pretty nice and make the house smell nice. I haven't got all my Christmas shopping finished!!! How about U guys????? I've been pretty busy. Anyway, Hope everyone has an excellent Chirstmas, I'll update with some tree house pics in the next few days.

46 ColdStream Run

Here are some pics of the New House!!!! I will have a PARTY when I get things all ready :)

Finally

Finally We are in our new house @ 46 Coldstream Run. We are very tired and exhausted from yesterday ..long day even though the movers did all the work, just a lot of running around to do. Anyway, Just wanted to tell everyone we are in... pictures will be coming soon. I'm on vacation until the 13th of December and my parents will be here sunday with Cocoa. I promise I'll have pictures soon.

Cocoa's First PhotoShoot

Here is a pic from Cocoa's first photoshoot with my sister who is a photographer, I think this picture is adorable. I can't wait to get her this weekend when my parents come. This picture came about because the puppy started lying in my mothers antique bowl on the bottom shelf of the Island in the kitchen.... fearing the safety of the bowl my mother removed the bowl, now Cocoa lies on the shelf and takes naps while mom is cooking. My parents have her soooo spoiled. I think the pic would look nice in the kitchen.. lol.

Almost There!!!!

So In less than a week the house will be finished, we met with the builder today and went throught the house. It was so nice to finally see the inside, we haven't been inside since the frame and everything was roughed in. Everything was to our liking, we are now excited again to be moving into our new house. The builder says he should be able to turn the house over to us on Tuesday end of the day, I'm so excited to finally have the house. 1 more week and Cocoa will finally be here along with my parents. Well that's all for now, lots of packing ... actually way too much packing. I can't belive we are almost there!!!!!!

Delays, Delays, Delays.......

So, our house is not going to be completed on time as previous quoted by the builder.. we definatly will not be in the house on Friday the 24th as planned. The new date is Nov 30th.... which has put us in a kaotic and frustrating position. My parents were coming on Sat the 25th with the new puppy, both Chris and I had our vacation booked, and we had so many companies delivering to the house it's not funny. I'm pretty upset and pissed at the same time. I guess I shouldn't of been so nieve, but our builder never gave us any indication that he needed more time until friday. We now have the Crisis diverted, we have changed my parents flights, which means one more week without Cocoa. Tomorrow morning I'll sleep after backshift.. then change all the dates tomorrow with EVERYONE!!!! Then I have to go and beg my manager to change my vacation AGAIN.... Oh, well I guess when we are finally in this all will be a distant memory of the past. Things will work out and we will be on our way to Christmas. Wish us luck!!!

Christmas is coming!!!

Before you know it Christmas will be here, last night was the Holiday Christmas Parade of Lights, we weren't really ready in time to go down cause I wasn't feeling well after backshift yesterday morning, so I slept all afternoon... and had a late supper/breakfast. But hearing the music and watching the parade from the balcony still got me in the Christmas mood. Here is a slideshow that the Herald put on their site for people to see. Check it out.

http://herald.ns.ca/photo_news/parade/index.html

Tired

So it's almost time for me to go home.. thank god, I can't wait to go to sleep in my own bed. Last night was the start of my 7 backshifts in a row.... and a 11 day stretch I'm starting with no days off in between. But when it's all over... I'll be on vacation and in my house with our new puppy. I'm so excited I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are a few new pics of Cocoa, she's soooooo adorable. My Parents got her yesterday, the 2 week stretch is here... the countdown starts :)

Happy Birthday To ME

So today is my Birthday!!!! I'm 26 :) It's been a good weekend, last night Chris and I went to his aunt's house in Dartmouth and had dinner, cake and a PARTY. Lots of wine and Beer. This morning I slept in and Chris got up early.. he went out and got strawberries, blackberries and flowers to go with the breakfast he cooked for me. Breakfast consisted of Bacon, pancakes, lots of fresh berries and coffee.. it was awesome. Oh, and the flowers were a big bouquet of orange lilies. It was a very nice day. I've added a few pics including my baby b-day cake we got today, I was craving cup-cakes with butter cream icing, so the closet we could find was a baby b-day cake with butter cream icing. YUM. Hope everyone is having a great long weekend :) I sure am.

No more Fish

So, it's official my fish are now gone. I spent my day off on monday taking the tank apart and cleaning it out. Wasn't that fun, the big fish were hard to catch.... very fast. Anyway, it's all done now and they are living in their new house @ Patrick's. It will be one last thing I'll have to take care of when we finally move into the new house... I'm betting the dog will be enough for me to handle. Anyone with kids right now is defintly laughing at me.. lol. :) I'll miss the little creatures and my planted tank, but not the weekly water changes.

Halloween

Here is a pic of Storm @ Halloween... it's one of our Friends dog's. I think he looks pretty cute!!!!!

Just Packing & Relaxing

The only thing I did this weekend that was exciting was pack... lol. We started packing up boxes of stuff in the apartment, the time to the house closing is getting closer then we think. They are painting this week, so as far as we know things are on schedule. The fish tank is being taken apart tomorrow and the plants and fish are going to their new home at Patrick's.. since I'm off tomorrow and should probably take advantage of the day for packing and getting ready for the move. Will have more updated pictures of Cocoa soon. My parents get her on the 13th of Nov and then she will be here with Chris and I in our new house on the 25th. We are very excited and can't wait for everything to be over with. Tonight is the Patriots vs. Colts game... should be very interesting... go Patriots. Hope everyone had a good weekend it was cold out but nice.

Over 3 Weeks Old

Here is a picture of Cocoa, my parents went and visited her this weekend. I can't wait to get her on Nov 25th.

Pedro

Here's a picture of Mario for Halloween, dressed like Pedro.... I laughed my ass off. Good job Mario :) I love it !!!!!!!

EastSide

So tonight for supper we met Chris's good friends Jenn and Nathan at EastSide Marios downtown. It was my first time meeting them, they moved back from Toronto and are living in Yarmouth now. Very nice people, we all had a very good time. I had a really yummy meal, Seafood Linguine it was excellent. Now I'm home watching multiple episodes of "Lost", Chris is gone to work.. working the backshift for the next couple of days. We visited the house today.. looks like things are coming along, the insulation is in and ready for gyp-rock. Less than a month to go and we will be in
there !!!!! I'm so excited. Hope everyone has a good night, I'm sure there are some Halloween Parties going on out there.. BOO to everyone.

Boxes, Boxes and More Boxes

Chris went yesterday and picked up boxes to start packing..... there are so many. I definatly know what I'll be doing all weekend, I'm gonna start packing up some of the stuff that we don't use right now. The more that gets done the better. 1 month away from Cocoa's arrival in Halifax. :)

Meet Meatball

Here is a pic of Meatball Adams new dog, he's 6 months old. Adam is a friend from work and fellow ball-player from the Toll MegaHurtz.

RELAXED

This weekend was a relaxing weekend, it was awesome, Chris and I never had any obligations just to relax and have fun. Ryan was over on Friday night and I made BBQ pizza and him and Chris chatted about the stock market and making $$$$. Ryan is now interested in starting into the stocks as well. Saturday evening I cooked Chinese food, won-ton soup and chow mein.. it was yummy. We then headed to a Birthday Party for Chris's uncle, the entire family was there.. it was nice. I even had a couple of beers and too my surprise my stomach held up and I felt fine, it was a great feeling :) Sunday was football day and roast beef dinner.... Go patriots, they won of course... beating Buffalo. Go Brady !!!!!!

The Count down is on!!! exactly a month from tomorrow and the house closes, I'm crossing my fingers that everything goes according to plan. It's gonna be a busy month, and I'm working like crazy. Hope everyone has a good week, I'm hoping to have updated pics of little baby Cocoa by the weekend, and maybe some new house pics too.

Working Weekend

The whole weekend Chris and I have been working.. him 12 hour days and me 8 hour days, so needless to say the weekend hasen't been very exciting. Next weekend should be better we are both off, it will be nice to relax. It's getting closer to the house closing.. I can't wait, crossing my fingers that everything is done ontime. :) Gotta get back to work, pretty busy weekend. Hope everyone enjoys the nice fall day today.. it's sunny outside.

Cocoa

She's the one on the left handside!!!!!

Here She Is !!!

Here is a few pictures of my little puppy Cocoa, in all the pics she is the darkest chocolate one. The mother had 8 puppies 6 yellow and 2 chocolate labs.. all female except 1 male. My parents went on saturday to take some pictures for Chris and I since we were dying to see the little girl.

Apple Pie

Here's a pic of the Apple Pie I made today for Chris. We went and got apples today so I decided to make a pie, tomorrow is turkey day. Yum. I'll have pics of my puppy to post tomorrow.

Finally Sunday Shopping!!!!

Ok so finally Nova Scotia is with the rest of the Country and world... sunday shopping finally exisits here too. It just makes things easier for people who have to work all week long, and then cram it all in on saturday.. now u can do it on sunday if U wish to do so. I'm very excited and feel like Nova Scotia finally has taken a step forward instead of backwards. The government finally realized that the issue was not going away and that they couldn't stop the inevitable. See U at the supermarket, mall or where-ever this sunday!!! shopping.. shopping and more shopping :)

FrostBite

I think today might be my last day for sandals... I've been hanging on to the possibility that it's not that cold outside in the mornings, except for this morning they felt like they had frostbite walking to work. It pains me to wear shoes and socks, but I guess I have no choice.. the only good thing about it is that now I get to go buy a new pair of shoes :)

My Puppy is born

Finally after waiting since Aug, my little puppy was born yesterday. I feel like it's my baby.. lol, I know crazy huh!!! She/he is a Chocolate Lab and I can't wait to see pics of them. My parents are going to visit them on sat so I'll have some baby pics then. I'm sooooooooooo excitied.. mom, dad and the little puppy will be arriving on nov 25th the day after the house closes. :)

Cutie

Here's a couple of pic's of one of my best friends little girl Hannah, also known as Hannah Banana :) she's so cute.

Travel Bug

For the last 2 years Chris and I have not spent more then 3 consecutive months at home without taking a trip somewhere .... it's been since July now and we haven't traveled anywhere. We are both itching to go away, but with the house stuff it's just not in our budget right now. I can't wait until things are settled again so we can take a trip somewhere.... I'm missing Santa Monica California right now. We went last year in nov for my birthday, oh well I guess a house and a dog will have to do.. lol. It just seems like the past couple of weeks everything on TV is california and vegas.... both places that I loved when we were there. I guess watching it on TV will have to do for now.
For more pics of California... check out my webspace @

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jenn.fry

All Coming Together!!!

So we met with the data wiring guy today for all the rough-ins of the security system, data, voice and every possible wire that can be ran throughout the house. So far things are moving along pretty good.... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it closes on Nov 24th, since my parents and the new puppy arrive the next day. We still have a lot of stuff to do before Nov, but thank god we have until Nov..... because the time is flying. Hope eveyone is having a great weekend and enjoying the beautiful weather.

FOR SALE

I can't believe I'm going to say this but I'm selling my 33 gallon fish tank and all accessories. Anyone interested please let me know.

Sitting at work

So this week we took a walk through the house on monday with the electrician, and figured out how many lights we needed to buy, which were ALOT!!!!! It all should look very nice. It took 2 days to pick out all the lights, since we got tired and frustrated the first night at Kent, then last night we finished it all in about 45 min like pros. Thank god that's over, only appliances left.... Nov 24th is getting closer :) I'm so excited, but have so much work to do. I'm working evenings for the next few days, so not too much gonna be going on with me. The Rolling Stones concert has streets blocked off and everyone in Kasis for a few days. Oh well should be a good time for the suckers who decided to buy a ticket... it's supposed to rain tomorrow, I'm sure they will all have a great time anyway. Well I'm gonna go and pray that I have a nice quiet night, hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys the last day of summer!!!!!

Toll MegaHurtz Team Photo

Here's a pic from the tournament last Saturday, we were very proud... our first win!! Not by default.... :) it was a fun day had by all.

Busy Weekend

Besides the weather this weekend, it was an awesome couple of days.

Ball Tournament

Saturday was the Aliant Ball Tournament, it was long and tiring, but we all had an awesome time. We played 3 back to back games starting @ 9am in the morning. We won the first one and beat the 2nd place team in the league... us being in second last place that was an accomplishment. The second game we lost by 2 runs and the 3rd Game we got blown out by Mobility.. but we didin't care, by that point is was like 28 degrees with the humidex and we were tired and sore. We had a team BBQ and party at Adam's house who is the team captain, good times were had by all.. too much home brew.


LUCKY

So friday night we had a knock on the door at midnight, I didn't want to answer it and neither did Chris so we ignored it. Anyway, on sat morning we got up and were heading out the door to find someone had stashed a pile of beer cases next to the our door. I wanted to move them, but of course Chris said don't bother they aren't ours. When we got home @ 2 in the afternoon they were still there, after some nagging from me.. I got Chris to go out and move them. To his surprise they were all FULL, one case not even open. So we had free beer, Chris thought it was the best day of his life.. LOL, 20 free Corona.... we couldn't believe it.


FootBall

Yesterday was the 2nd game of the season for the Patriots they played off against the NY Jets , the Patriots won 24-17. It was a good game, and we enjoyed a homemade roast beef dinner that I cooked. It was yummy and we enjoyed the beautiful weather, the weekend was awesome.

Here is a pic of the house, the windows and garage door are in... our house is the second one from the right.

House Update

Today Chris and I took a ride over to Dartmouth to see how the house was coming along, the windows were being put in.. actually it looked like they were almost completly finished with installing them. Monday sept 18th we have a walkthrough with the electrican and the builder to decide where outlets and find out how many lights we have to pickout. Then I guess getting the lights/fixtures is the next project. Tomorrow evening it's off to Leons to pick out some new leather furniture :) I can't wait. It's very exciting and I can't stop talking about it, but I don't care because I am so happy right now. I'll take a new pic soon so U can see the update to the outside.

Ball Tournament
Saturday is the ball tournament. It should be fun and exhausting all at the same time. We have 3 back to back games that start @ 9am on sat morning. Oh well by 10 most of the guys will be drunk anyway...lol. Then it's a party and BBQ sat evening at Adams house. Should be a good time. I'll post some pics if they aren't too incriminating :) Everyone have a good weekend.

Ryan & Stephs Apartment

So Saturday night Chris and I went to Dartmouth to visit Ryan and Steph in their new apartment. It was nice, and Ryan seems sooooo happy, I'm very happy for both of them. It was nice to get to visit, I haven't seen Ryan in such a long time.. well since he moved from our apartment building. Anyway, we had lots of catch up on.. I ended up with a dry throat from all talking :) believe it or not...lol.

Patriots WIN !!!!

So yesterday was the season opener for the New England Patriots, they played the Buffalo Bills. It was a good game, and the pats won over the bills 19-17.. a little too close for comfort. It was a nice day, we relaxed and watched football allday. Can't wait until next sunday... I'm such a nerd now when it comes to football. I was starting to get into it a couple of years ago, then we went to see a playoff game in New England, Patriots vs. Colts, it was amazing and I've been hooked ever since. Which is lucky for Chris.. his girlfriend loves the game, so no nagging on sundays :) Here's a pic of Tom Brady the quarter back for the Patriots, he's sooo cute!!!

House Stuff

Tuesday evening we went to the flooring spot and picked out the flooring. It came with Birch hardwood, so we have that covering the enitre main level and stairs. The front entry way is ceramic as well as the 3 bathrooms, and upstairs in the bedrooms is low berber carpet. I'm not a fan of carpet, but it's a lot to upgrade!!! The basement isn't finished, so we don't have to worry about that right now.

Last Night was counter top and cabinets :) We have picked out white cabinets, 3 glass doors and a textured countertop, it looks like a granite. Eventually we will have the Island built and have a granite top, but for now we are excluding the Island since they want $2000.00 plus tax for the Island and I can get it built by his brother for cheaper. It was fun to pick out the different colours and stuff. The Master bathroom has almost like a marble look counter top, and the main bath a granite look as well. I am so excited, it was pretty fun.

ok that's enough for now, I don't want to bore everyone with my house stuff... I'm just so excited I can't help it !!!!!!

IT'S FRIDAY

Thank god that it's FINALLY friday!! Although it's been a short week, it feels like it dragged on forever. I'm so tired and exhausted, I need sleep and I have a nice comfy bed calling my name to sleep in tomorrow :) It should be a nice weekend, Chris and I are going to go visit Ryan and Steph in their new apartment over in Dartmouth. I can't wait to visit with them, it's been way too long. Sunday is a veg day since the first "Patriots" game is being played... can't wait for that. I know I'm a retard I love Football :) Of course we will also go visit the house too, just to see what progress was made this week. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Fall is So Close

I know everyone will agree that fall is getting closer and closer everyday... either it's the leaves turning colour or the fact that it's starting to get dark @ 7:30pm, it's very disappointing. If your like me and love Fall then you are welcoming the cool sunny days ahead, which is a change from the hot and humidity of summer. I know I'm crazy!!!! Fall is actually just another excuse to buy clothes (I know Carly will defintly agree with that). I don't know how many of U have been to the Joseph Howe SuperStore lately, but I've been buying clothes there for a while now. It's great I can pick up groceries and something to wear all in one place. I love it!!!!! The clothes are really nice and the prices are awesome, so U don't feel so guilty when spending $$$$. Well it's such a nice day I think I will go for a walk at lunch.. so everyone enjoy the nice day. Oh, and don't forget to pick up groceries, well actually forget the groceries and buy something nice for yourself :)

Happy Anniversay

Well I got to say " Happy Anniversay" to Chris and myself, Saturday was our 2 year anniversay... I can't believe that it's been that long. Chris worked sat and so did I so we celebrated today, I cooked up a Mexican feast.


The Menu included: (Of course everything was made from scratch)
-Guacamole
-Fresh Salsa
-Chimmy Chongas
-Mexican Rice
-Refried Beens
-Mango fruit salad

Everything was so delicious and we even had a little Mexican music playing to
help the mood... it was so nice, defintly the next place I want to vacation. Oh.. and the food was SPICY. :)

Nice Weekend

Well this weekend was nice and relaxing, I did some OT on sat for a project we had going on in the dept. It was easy $$$ so I couldn't refuse, since I need every penny I can get now. Of course the last couple of weeks have been nothing but maddness and I've been a nervous wreck, house stuff sucks. The picking out of the cabinets were fun until I got the quote and almost shit my pants, defintly gonna have to cut some stuff out of that. Financing has been a nightmare but we finally have things ironed out. I'll be happy when I'm in the house and can put the next 3 months behind me... so U ask what else have I been up to... NOTHING, this house is consuming all my time. Oh, well it will be all worth it in the end. We drove over yesterday to visit and they are putting the brick on now, things are coming along good. Their little dirty secret to building is that there are sooooo many extra costs and fees. Soon it will be Nov 24th and we will be in, thank god. I won't be sorry to have all this stuff taken care of.

ColdStream Run, Dartmouth

Here's the back of the house, the second one from the left hand side......
Our house is the one from the right hand side, the second one in the middle. The pic below is what it will look like when it's finished.

I'm very excited for tomorrow!! we get to meet with the builder and find out more info about the inside of the house, and pick out some of the cabinets, flooring and lighting. I can't wait... it's really bad to say but I can't wait until fall.. to be more specific nov 24th when hopefully our house will be ready for us to take the keys. Here are a few pics that we took the other day.. the roof is almost finished now, those contractors work fast. The pics might not be completly clear they were taken with my camera phone.