been a while

i realize that i haven't updated this blog for a while now. most people during the summer months are away from the computer because they are doing summer like things. camping, the lake or holiday. i was just away because i've been working. my holiday is coming just around the corner. i'm going to india in a week and a half. a friend i made during my time there is getting married. i honestly didn't think i would be going back so quickly. however, i'm excited. time off work right before the busiest time in the year. hopefully some good time of reflection, reconnecting, cultural awareness and travel. i'll leave you with two pictures. one, a good fall prairie sunset.

the other a shot of the tracks near where i live, sort of a reflective shot, even though it is a shot of a straight portion of the tracks there is a bend near by. i feel like i'm headed to that bend, so we'll see.

visit

this past weekend my parents started their holidays and so i was the first stop on their journey west. had some beautiful weather and enjoyed some of saskatoons finest, including a good down pour.

so it has been a while

it has been a few months since i've updated this thing so here is a snapshot of the last bit. i went to calgary twice, once for a friends wedding and once for work, meetings. the first trip, road trip, catching up with friends and an enthralling afternoon at the calgary zoo! the second trip yielded no pictures as my sd card messed up when i was at the top of the gondola.

the next bit, work and more work, mostly enjoyable, which is lovely.

i went home to mb to visit family this last weekend, good food, waffles with white sauce! so good to be out of the city! also went to the forks for canada day with family. short but sweet trip.

right now, enjoying the quite, lovely breeze and homemade iced green tea.

the new cut

in case any of you were wondering what it looks like.

the store and other things

I've been at the store for just over a month and it is going well. I'm enjoying the new pace of life. Tis faster then what I've been accustomed to.

Learning to ride my bike to work, easier said then done but healthy and good for me!

Just got a new haircut and have the shortest hair since 2000. Its nice to have something new for spring, which I think is here for good... just had a good snow last week.

newness

i splurged the other day and bought some tulips. this is a flower that reminds me of spring, the beauty of waking up after winter and the freshness of new life.

on the subject of new things. i have a new job. i am an assistant manager for ten thousand villages, which is a fair trade store. quite excited about this. another new opportunity is to take pictures of babies at church this coming week. there have been quite a few new births and so they are celebrating another woman and i are to take pictures, here's hoping that they turn out well.

He is risen, He is risen indeed!

this one's for colleen

as colleen wanted an update because my life is so very exciting right now, nothing like someone experiencing new zealand for the first time.

i do believe (hope) that spring is making its way here. the last couple days have been beautiful and the white snow is changing to a dirty, crusty ice snow. then it becomes water that is pooling in all the low spots and dripping off everything that held snow for so long. you can hear the birds and not just the pigeons. people are starting to come out of their homes and the bikes are becoming a more popular sight. the days are longer as the sun comes out sooner and hangs out a little longer.

learning good God lessons, persevering through some stuff but have been encouraged.

still waiting on the job front...