No my math skills are not that bad...we are pregnant!
We are expecting the new addition to our family near the beginning of April and we are both very excited.
The first picture of Baby Buchan
So far I have been feeling pretty good. Just a little bit more tired than usual and only a little nauseous. So far the pregnancy is going very well. I will keep you posted as Baby Buchan develops.
Happy Monday.
For the second time in a little over a year I have been chosen for jury selection. The first time I had the excuse of my brother-in-laws wedding and was excused but this time however I didn't really have a good reason why I could not go...so I did.
I waited in a large room with 300 other people, hoping not to be selected. If selected, the judge said the trail would start the next day and would probably take about 3 weeks. My reasons for not wanting to sit on the jury were totally selfish. I didn't want to spend my birthday in court. Murray and I haven't seen each other much this summer and I did not want to spend another three weeks apart from him. And I really am looking forward to going back to school and I didn't know how I was going to tell work I would be missing the whole month of September.
Lucky for me, I did not get chosen.
Actually the whole process was completely random. Every half-hour or so they called a group of 14 people out of the room and questioned them. If a juror did not get challenged by either defense or prosecution they were on the jury, if they were challenged, they went home and this went on and on until they had 12 jurors and 2 alternates. My name was never called, all I had to do was stand up at role call and say 'present' and read my book in an uncomfortable chair for 7 hours. Not too bad.
The whole process was rather interesting.
Happy Wednesday!
The first week of school I went to Vancouver Island with our grade 12 class to Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. I mostly teach grades 1, 7, 8, and 9. So the thought of going on a week long trip with 20 grades 12's that I barely knew did give me some anxiety attacks over the summer (grade 12's are very big and intimidating). But with a little faith and hope I put on a brave face and went anyway (well I didn't really have a choice).
I am happy to report that the trip was so awesome! Not only was the experience amazing but for me it reaffirmed why I love teaching. Students will challenge you, they will push you and test you, but they will also amaze you and delight you in ways you never thought possible. I truly enjoyed getting to know our grade 12 class a little better and am so inspired by what great people they are. Once we warmed up to each other we had a great time.
They were 5 really long days, 2 flights and 2 nauseous 6 hour bus rides and I was exhausted when I came home but we did some really cool things and it was an awesome learning experience for our students. I have a lot of photos but I will only post the ones without students in them for privacy issues. Enjoy!
Tree stacks on Brady's Beach
The Alta going out to do a sea dredge.
We saw 2 black bears on the shore while we were in a boat thankfully!
Stellar and Californian Sea Lions.
I have been battling an awful smell in my car since Christmas. Its like a musty ass smell. I thought it was the mats so Murray and I took them out but that did not work. Before my sister came out at Christmas time I was desperate and put a cherry air freshener in to try and cover the smell. The first thing she said when she got in the car was "it smells like cherry farts in here". Hahaha
In the spring the smell got a little better but it was still there. Two weeks ago Murray and I finally broke down and splurged for a detail job thinking steam cleaning the inside would help. Murray drove my car home the next day and said it smelled great...I was so relieved. When we got back from our camping trip, however, the smell had returned.
Finally, I tried Norwex Sportzyme which has a bioactive formula that is suppost to eliminate organic residue that causes odours. 3 days later the smell is finally gone! I can't wait to try it on Murray's hockey equipment now.
Moral of the story:
Do not drink Milk To Go's in your car and if you do, do not let them spill on the carpet! At least I think thats what the smell was?
To send the summer out in style Murray took Friday off of work and we hit the road to do a little camping and fishing. With no particular destination in mind when we headed out ( different for us we usually plan everything) we ended up near Nordegg. We did some hiking and some fishing unfortunately with no luck...not even a bite. But we did have a great time and I was thankful to just get out and enjoy the wilderness with my Murray.
Ram Falls
Fishing at the Elk Creek Fish Pond...still no luck.
Murray obviously sad about not being able to catch any fish. Next time fish...next time.
Murray has been working so much this summer that I decided to book a trip to go and visit my sister in Ontario for a week. We had a great time. I was excited to see her new house, where she will go to school in the fall, where she works and genuinely get to know her a little better. It always amazes me how close we are even though we live 3000 miles apart and only really see each other about twice a year. Thanks for the great visit Sam. Love you.
Now that I am home however I have some catching up to do and I have to start thinking about the S word ...you know...SCHOOL! Noooooooo! I don't want the summer to end.
Happy Tuesday.
My niece and nephew came over for a couple of sleepovers this week and we had a lot of fun. We went bike riding, to the outdoor pool, and of course to daycamp. Its been awhile since Murray and I got to spend a significant amount of time with them and I had almost forgotten what amazing little people they both are.
I did have trouble trying to convince B that a Dilly Bar was 'white ice cream with chocolate on it' like he wanted. No reasoning with a 4-year-old I guess.
