Update

Amanda and I finished painting our kitchen on Tuesday. We still have a little touching up to do, but the main work is done. My uncle took us out for dinner on Wednesday night to Boston Pizza, which was great. I hadn't been to Boston Pizza in about 2 months, as we're trying to save money by not eating out. I think that's where most of my money went when I lived at home.

I'm on call this weekend (tonight, Saturday and Sunday), and again on Tuesday and Thursday. Lisa is coming to stay with us for a couple of weeks on Sunday as she does an elective at the Children's Hospital.

Amanda and I also booked a trip to Las Vegas at the end of November. We got a really good deal on it, so we couldn't pass it up. It was about half the price of going to Mexico, etc., but, of course, it won't be as warm in Las Vegas at that time. I'm saving all of my clothes and Christmas shopping until I get there. Hopefully the dollar stops its slide and I can get some good deals when I'm there. I need some new shoes, and I may purchase a tux there.

Anyways, I have to be in the hospital at 6:30a.m. tomorrow, so I'm going to go do some cleaning and then get some sleep!

Updates

I haven't written in my blog in almost a month! Our holiday to Disney World and Michigan was a lot of fun. The weather was great. We did, however, put on a few extra pounds due to the Disney Dining Plan. Just way too much food!

Amanda and I are heading up to Bryan's cabin for the weekend. The weather looks like it's going to be spectacular. Sun burn here I come!

The dollar has had an incredible rise in the past few weeks, especially in the past few days. It's sitting above .94 cents US right now. Pretty crazy! I hope prices in Canada start falling soon. I was amazed with how cheap things are in the USA are compared to here. As the Canadian Dollar approaches parity with the US Dollar, you would think that there would be a lot of pressure on retailers in Canada, especially ones like Futureshop, where you can order the same goods from US retailers at a much lower price. I actually hope that more US retailers will start shipping up to Canada -- like Banana Republic....which I've been waiting for years for them to start to do!

Sunday Updates

Hi everyone,

Only a week until Amanda and I leave for Disney World, and then to Michigan afterwards! We're so excited!

We also got some good news today -- we get to take possession of our new house in Calgary a month earlier, so our planned move now is June 23 (Saturday). We actually get possession on June 15th, but I've got my nose surgery that day, so we're going to do the move the weekend after, and just clean the place up before we move everything in during that week that it's empty.

We all went over to my Uncle's tonight for a big beef dinner. I'm so full I could puke.

Anyone else find it disgusting that the BC Ferries Union first tells their members NOT to cooperate with the investigation looking into why the ferry sank, which resulted in the deaths of two passengers, and now they're going to defend those members who were fired. It sickens me. If you screw up, take some responsibility for your mistakes, especially if it resulted in the deaths of two innocent people.

Travel deal from Edmonton to New York

Northwest Airlines has an awesome fare to New York right now...I think it's good until the end of June...only $293 CAD including tax for a return flight from Edmonton to New York. Book at www.nwa.com.