we have been debating about keeping the US section on our website. it seems most people dont check it so there really isnt much reason to use it... except when something happens to all of us and we want to talk about it on just one blog... so anyways, in case you havent read it yet... we are moving to vancouver  september 9th. we found a house that is just what we need... nothing too spectacular, just right! if you have read our previous entries in the past you remember us being resistant to the idea of living in vancouver, but after long discussions of pros and cons, we came to the conclusion it just makes more sense at this point in our lives. so we are excited to have more room and be close to dahlias little cousins lillian and jonas!
funny thing.... when we went to go meet with the landlord we were a little nervous thinking he might think we were trashy or something, because of our clunker car... dont get me wrong our car really is great but to the naked eye it may look otherwise(= it sounds really junky only because the engine isnt insulated like most cars, but the engine isnt about to fall out even though it may sound like it.... (i dont necessarily judge people by their car or clothes, but he might get the wrong impression and we didnt want that) anyways, so when we went to meet him at starbucks, we parked not so close to the front of the building, because we knew once he talked to us we would be in the clear... we just didnt want his first impression to be "ghetto renters"! which we are certainly not.... but the funny thing is about ghetto renters is that i am sure they dont see themselves that way(= anyways he liked us and gave us his firstborn child..... well just his house(=

while pregnant with dahlia i was working at shilo inn as a bookkeeper. well even though i am not really working for them now, they kept me on their payroll in case they needed someone to fill in now and then. one of the girls i used to work with there emailed me today asking if i was available a few hours a week to do some office work... filing, making copies, stuff like that. i was so excited! i would love to get out of the house and work with people for a few hours a week! when i was there before i was always stressed out because the job took so much out of me, since it wasnt something that came naturally to me. but this sort of thing will be simple and not stressful! and pretty much i can work whenever i want, whenever it works out. the only reason this really works at all is because justin works from home and can keep and eye on dahlia while i step out for a couple hours.
i am looking forward to working again...and having a few extra bucks(=

ha!...got ya all excited thinking we were having some huge hoopla or something....
well we are hoping to get a lot of people to help us move and that way it should be a lot faster than ever before and a lot more fun!! we are thinking of renting a UHAUL and just taking over one load.... instead of multiple vehicles wasting gas... saturday the 9th of September will be the big event. thinkin about 11:00 am....and yes we rae sleeping in! let us know if you can come help for any amount of time. ...
we may or may not be giving away fabulous party gifts .....which may or may not be a copy of Fabio's critically acclaimed thriller "Pirate"!
 but you will just have to drop in and say howdy to find out (=

i wish i would have taken a picture of this when it was happening!!!
first of all our driveway (if you dont already know) is extremely steep and narrow. also justin has been filling the inside of the garage (in awkward places) with boxes that i have packed. oh and the side mirror on the passenger side is broken.
ok with that said.... i was leaving to go pick up a pizza from dominoes and was cautiously exiting the garage trying to avoid junk along the way.... just as i looked awkwardly into my side mirrow i see CONCRETE!! i slam on the brakes and shifted into first and layed in the gas.... well that didnt work very well since our driveway is at least at a 45 degree angle! so all the progress i made was CRUNCH,SCREECH,EEK! the car just slid along the concrete wall smashing it further into an inconvenient location. so i put on the E brake and ran into the house and got justin to fix my mess. i dont think anyone could have done anything differently than we did. unless of course you used a truck with a wench.  it was just too steep to get out of. so he cranked the wheels as much as possible and slid the car along the cement, scraping up the side really bad! i so wish i would have taken a pictureso you could have seen the mess i was in!! but i thought it would be there for a while, i didnt think we would get the car out so fast. it was actually pretty funny!
at least the metro isnt a snazzy sparkling freshly painted porsche!

we just cant seem to sit still for more than one year. so it is that time again to pack up all our belongings and make like dahlia (on january 2)  and head out!

probably moving september 8th - 10th
woohoo!
ready for a busy month!