Monday, December 31, 2007

Winter Wonderland





I took some pictures out at John's parent's farm yesterday. The weather and conditions have been like this for almost a week. I think this is the best part of winter (I am being optimistic since we hate winter) as long as I can view it from the comfort of my nice warm house.
So I guess with the coming year and the year that has just past it is customary to recap the years events. So here it is.
January - Went to Vancouver so John could have laser surgery on his eyes and now does not need glasses for the first time in his life. We also went to the big Bike Show in Abbotsford. My friend and I went to see The Tragically Hip in Prince George.
February - Went to see the Barenaked Ladies in PG then went to Vancouver again although I can't remember why!
March - Vancouver again for a paintball tournament.
April - John went to Edmonton for a paintball tournament and I spent the last two weeks visiting my friend Pam in Inverness and doing the worlds fasted tour of the Highlands and Islands.
May - Three days after returning from Scotland I went back to work at Fort St. James. At this point everything becomes a blur because it all happens so fast. But I worked on a couple of important projects at the historic site like reopening the Milk House to the public for the first time in 30 years, and revamping the interior of the Officers House to better reflect who lived there. I got to do all the research and furnishing ect. It was very exiting for me.
June - Pam came for a visit from Scotland and I finally got my Nighthawk on the road so I could ride back and forth to work, just in time for the crappy weather to begin.
July - John and I went a bike trip to Maple Ridge to see Lisa & Jill & Fred and Vero & Curtis, Victoria and down to his Grandma's in Washington for my birthday. Spent a lot of time riding including a stint in 42 degree heat with a full face helmet. This is the trip I decided that I needed a more comfortable bike and a smaller helmet.
August - John went fishing with his family and I went to Vancouver (again) to see Matt and Belinda who came for a visit.
September - Didn't go to Vancouver, had planned to go on the Toy Ride in PG but it snowed.
October - The 1st was my last day for the season at Fort St. James. We went to Williams Lake to pick up my new bike. Baby Victor was born to proud parent Vero and Curtis in Maple Ridge.
November - The 14th was John's birthday. I went to a scrapbooking retreat at a spa and didn't do any scrapbooking. We went to Vancouver yet again for John's paintball tornament and to visit Lisa (for her birthday) & Jill & Fred and of course baby Victor and his Mom and Dad. While we were in Vancouver, Isabella Rose was born to her proud parent Pam and Tanelli in Finland.
December - December is of course Christmas and all that chaos but I think we managed to survive it......we will keep you posted.

Some of the things we have planned for this year is the West Coast Trail, the afformentioned bike trip down the Baja, a trip to Oregon on the bikes for fireworks and my birthday and all sorts of other things that will just sneek up on us......Cheers!

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Happy New Year


Well that's Christmas for another year! Thank Dog that's over!!! We had quite a quiet day, all things considerd. John's Uncle Paul and Shelly were over for dinner as well as my Mom and Dad. Not a screaming child in sight (or hearing range). We got to talk a little bit about the plan to ride to Mexico on our motorbikes, Paul has a Harley, but we will forgive him since he is such a nice guy.
Add another notch to the geek meter, I have set up a skype account and the user name is ajjarman. Resulting from that I had quite a nice chat with my brother, which we have not done in a while. I am sorry to anybody that had tried to call me on the regular phone. Telus has some how screwed up the account and decided to block all international calls. I was on hold with tech support for a half hour but have given up. Stupid land lines anyway. Cheers, Happy New Year!!!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Higland Adventure













In April I went to Scotland to visit my dear friend Pam. We had quite an adventure, it rained alot, which I expected, but wished the weather had been a little nicer to us. It is such a beautiful country and we went to some pretty out of the way places. It has taken me until now to get them all sorted out so I can show them off.

Monday, December 10, 2007

My New Baby

On the bottom is my new baby and on the top is my old baby. The old Honda Nighthawk 650 is too small for long road trips so I had to by a new one. A Yamaha Virago 1100. John and I are planning a trip to California in April with a bunch of other motorcycle enthusiasts.

Inspiring Isabella

I am not the most technically savvy person in the world and I guess that is a little embarrassing, but I was inspired by Pam and Isabella's blog and decided to try it for myself.
I am hoping this will be a way to be able to keep everyone up to date on what is going on with us and the menagerie. I promise to do my best to keep it up to date.

Cheers
Andrea