Winter has made its debut

Yes it's true. The snow has fallen. This time of year, of course, it just melts the day after it falls. We got two to three inches last week and today we're getting a whole bunch of wet stuff.
Yesterday it rained all day. I find this time of year kind of depressing because I know that the worst of winter is still ahead and it seems so long until the warm weather is here again. I thrive on hot and humid weather.

Next week I will most likely be going to Sarnia for the week with my cousin Stephanie. The coolest part about it, though, is that I might, and that's a big MIGHT, be able to drive there. I love driving on the freeway. It's fast. Dad is just concerned about the weather because this time of year it can be unpredictable.

Before that all happens, Sunday afternoon my family is going to a "Christmas with Bach" concert in London. That should be interesting, particularly because it is all in high german, and at least us kids only know low german, and some of them don't even know that.

I have plenty of stuff to do today. My week should be nicely full because my sisters all have sewing projects that they want to finish as soon as possible.
Until later then, Nancy

Vacation!

This last weekend our family took a much anticipated vacation to Toronto. We stayed at Travelodge and watched some planes from our window. We were on the tenth floor. Saturday we went to Swiss Chalet for supper and went back to the motel and had a swim in their indoor heated pool. It was nice. Only one other family was there so we had plenty of room. With us was one of my sister's friends, Amanda Peters. The five of us older girls stayed in one room and my parents and the younger three kids were in the other room. Us girls took advantage of the situation to watch TV, which we did until midnight. For breakfast we went to Casey's which was part of Travelodge. It was good there. I had blueberry pancakes with sausages and green tea. We had another swim and packed up, stopped at a McDonald's just out of Toronto for lunch, and made it home.

While I was collecting my stuff from the van, I realized my purse was missing! Imagine my horror when I figured I must have left it at McDonald's! We called there and they told us it had been found and that they had it in their safe. Phew! Me and Dad set off right away to go right back where we came from. It took us another over three hours of driving to get it and come back. Talk about embarrassing! There was nothing missing, though, which was nice. Those are my adventures for these last few days. Hope you enjoyed them.

Today!

So I just realized that I hadn't given the results of my G2 test yet and so for the record, I made my G2s on June twenty-sixth.........first try! And also, as of October 19th, I have officially been driving for one whole year! 366 days! (leap year) I think I am eligible for my full Gs on June twenty-sixth 2009.

And for today, I just hung out with my friends and watched National Treasure 2. In my humble opinion, I think it was better than the first one. It feels different saying that, it's usually the other way around.

I also found another dumb song to like which I had heard before but I had forgotten it. It is known by the title, The Lions Sleep Tonight. I love the Straight No Chaser version of it. The notes those guys hit are just incredible.

I've got to leave now. I have a new series I want to read now, "The journals of Corrie Bell Hollister." And after my good night's sleep, I shall do the "Caribbean Work Out" with my favorite cousin in her living room. Good times. And good night.

Allright I am now committing myself to do steady updates for anybody who's willing to read them.
First of all, I no longer ride horses. It was a matter of getting tired of the people that were there and getting kicked off of my favorite horse just because I got a summer job didn't help matters any. I still loved the horse part of it. I am now looking for a paying job at a local stable. Emphasis on local. Most available jobs are two or more hours north and it's getting to be a real pain. Closest two I found were in London and Simcoe, but those descriptions for the job didn't really seem to apply to me.
So, lately God has been teaching me patience, patience, and more patience. Patience to find a job, patience to live with my sisters, and patience to let Him do His work in His time. I am learning to live life to the fullest. "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God."--Jim Elliot
My fonts are getting messed up. I guess that's about all I have to say right now, but I will try to update more often.

The Belated Happenings

So I have now finished Drivers Ed and I have booked my G2 appointment for June 19th. One friend is going on Friday and the other is going on Monday. I can't wait to see what happens. Otherwise, the horses are going well. I rode McGuinty today and we did a bunch of canter work. I'm preparing him for jumping because we will be doing some shows starting next month I think. Darby unfortunately lost her foal and so there will be no babies for 2008 because none of the other mares ended up pregnant.

I don't know what else to say. There's not that much going on right now but hopefully I can update more often than I have.