Life ran away with me!
Wow!! I had not realized it had been this long since I had blogged!! Let's just say life ran away and I've been playing catch up like there's no tomorrow!!
So we moved at the end of June and are slowly getting settled (at least we managed to get all the boxes emptied!!) and have managed to do some renos (mostly the kitchen, although Ny's also quite proud of the new shower head he managed to install!) and paint a bit. There's still so much painting to do, though... I think the house was designed by an architect with a twisted sense of humour!! There are so many angles, corners, arcs everywhere it's enough to make anyone dizzy. But we love it here, especially the giant closets and the rooftop terrace.
Then my niece was born September 7th... A little cutie called Anabelle. I've been trying to get up to Ottawa often to see her, but she just grows up so fast!! Although I'm glad to be here in TO, I find myself wishing I was back home so I could see her more often. I did get the chance to spend lots of time in close quarters with her not long afterwards, though... my grandmother passed away and we all drove to New Brunswick, baby and all, to attend the funeral... it's a good thing she's a good baby or she might not have survived seeing how tired I was by the end of the ordeal! (I had been up and about for 4 days straight with only 10 hours of sleep total!)
We did go back home to Ottawa again last weekend to celebrate thanksgiving and my birthday (although we had lasagna for thanksgiving... I told my mom long ago that no matter if my birthday was the same as thanksgiving, I did not care for turkey!!) But we had a very nice time sleeping in and catching up with friends.
And to top it all off, I have my national board exams Oct. 25th... and have been procrastinating like there's no tomorrow - no studying last weekend, and today doesn't look good, either. Hopefully panick will kick in before it's too late! But I really am looking forward to being done the exam, seeing as I will be leaving for vacation the day after the exam! Mexico beaches for a week... I can't wait!
I have done a few new LO... with a new niece, the occasion was perfect to shop for new kits!! Here are some of my favorite:
So we moved at the end of June and are slowly getting settled (at least we managed to get all the boxes emptied!!) and have managed to do some renos (mostly the kitchen, although Ny's also quite proud of the new shower head he managed to install!) and paint a bit. There's still so much painting to do, though... I think the house was designed by an architect with a twisted sense of humour!! There are so many angles, corners, arcs everywhere it's enough to make anyone dizzy. But we love it here, especially the giant closets and the rooftop terrace.
Then my niece was born September 7th... A little cutie called Anabelle. I've been trying to get up to Ottawa often to see her, but she just grows up so fast!! Although I'm glad to be here in TO, I find myself wishing I was back home so I could see her more often. I did get the chance to spend lots of time in close quarters with her not long afterwards, though... my grandmother passed away and we all drove to New Brunswick, baby and all, to attend the funeral... it's a good thing she's a good baby or she might not have survived seeing how tired I was by the end of the ordeal! (I had been up and about for 4 days straight with only 10 hours of sleep total!)
We did go back home to Ottawa again last weekend to celebrate thanksgiving and my birthday (although we had lasagna for thanksgiving... I told my mom long ago that no matter if my birthday was the same as thanksgiving, I did not care for turkey!!) But we had a very nice time sleeping in and catching up with friends.
And to top it all off, I have my national board exams Oct. 25th... and have been procrastinating like there's no tomorrow - no studying last weekend, and today doesn't look good, either. Hopefully panick will kick in before it's too late! But I really am looking forward to being done the exam, seeing as I will be leaving for vacation the day after the exam! Mexico beaches for a week... I can't wait!
I have done a few new LO... with a new niece, the occasion was perfect to shop for new kits!! Here are some of my favorite:
Kit: Doreen Stolz - Pink Parfait; Template: Lorie M.; Font: Zothique Demo, Problem Secretary 
Kit: Doreen Stolz - Tender Summer Breeze; Leaves: Doreen Stolz - Beautiful Morning; Template: Tracy Blankenship; Fonts: Audra Hearts, Mailart Rubberstamp
Kit: Kim Smith - Good Girl, at ScrappinDigiKreations.com; Template: Kim Smith; Font: Southern Accent Belch 
Bellisa - Juste une étincelle (dragonfly, fushia, cherry blossoms); Happy Scrap - Tout en douceur (paper, border, lace); Digi Scrap Mania - Sable Brûlé collab (rose & bracket mat - Bellisa, leaf - Calimero); Digi Scrap Obsession - Scrap Journal collab (frame, glitter swirl, ribbon, flower, heart; Font: Adorable
Kit: Line - Le monde merveilleux de Jack; Template: Kay Miller; Font: Baby Bowser
