Happy Anniversary to us!!!

June 10, 2009 marked our 3 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been 3 years already. For our celebration we're going to see Cirque de Soleil but they're not in St. John's yet so we can't go until June 28. However, on the day of our anniversary we had a nice (meaning expensive) dinner at The Keg. It was delicious!!!

We've come to the realization that every anniversary has been spent in a different city; year 1 was in Paris, year 2 was in Toronto, and now year 3 in St. John's. We're hoping to spend our 4th anniversary in London, England.

So to commemorate the occassion I thought I'd post our wedding vows, a wedding photo, and a photo from this anniversary. Our vows still say perfectly how I feel about Chris.

I love you! You are my best friend, my love, and my future. I pledge to be true and loyal to you, to support your dreams, and offer you courage through all your endeavors. I promise all my heart's devotion and a hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow. You are my hope, my strength and my inspiration, and I promise to be yours. From this day forward, you shall never walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, and my arms will be your home.

Toronto trip

I finally was able to go back to Toronto to visit my family and friends from May 30-June 7/09. That meant that I got to celebrate my birthday with them, which was an added bonus. That also meant I got to go to my favourite restaurant for my birthday, which is a long-standing tradition. The trip was great, it was awesome to see everyone again. With my friends it was like I never left, it was great! I sure missed joking around with them. I loved spending time with my family, and seeing how much my niece (Maya) and nephews (Zachary and Oliver) had grown. Maya is turning into a beautiful girl who loves ballet (she kept asking me to make movies of it), Oliver is huge compared to when I last saw him (he's now almost 1 years old), and Zachary talks up a storm. I missed talking with everyone, and just enjoying their company. As if spending oodles and oodles of time with my friends and family wasn't enough, Soula's baby decided to enter the world 2 weeks early so I could meet him! He is such a sweetie, and so very adorable!! Thanks Milan for arriving early so Auntie Bambie could meet you when you were 2 days old. I also got to meet Milan's 6 week old cousin, Maria. That family definitely has good genes because both babies are soooo cute!! My trip was definitely the boost I needed to keep me going. Hopefully it's not long before I go back, and hopefully then it's for good!
Birthday dinner with the best friends ever!


When did they get so big? (Zachary, Oliver, and Maya)


Zachary very proud of himself for wearing Aunt Bambie's shoes


Family photo (missing a few key members)


Me holding Milan at 2 days old - I think a baby looks good on me.

Same cause, different city

On May 24 we will be participating in the MS Walk. It's our 2nd year participating, and we intend on participating every year until there is no longer a need. This is a cause that's close to our hearts because Chris' mom suffers from MS. Your generous donations can help find a cure! To donate online simply go to one (or both) of our websites:

Chris: https://msofs.mssociety.ca/2009walk/Sponsor.aspx?PID=1064094&L=2
Bambie: https://msofs.mssociety.ca/2009walk/Sponsor.aspx?PID=1064626&L=2

Thank you for your support!

Really???

It is the middle of April.

Yesterday was 8°C.

Today I woke up to snow on the car. What is going on????? There's nothing on the ground so it's not much, but it's still snow!!! Just plain gross!

Iceberg straight ahead!

We saw our 1st iceberg!! It was really cool. I get emails that tell me where icebergs have been sighted, and finally there was 1 close enough for us to drive and see. So last night after work we headed north, along the coast and spotted one. It seemed so close to the shore; it was right behind people's houses. Could you imagine if that was the view out your window everyday. It was truly beautiful. We hope to see many more!

The crazy things Newfies say

Chris isn't exposed to Newfie lingo as much as I am seeing as alot of the people at the university are not originally from Newfoundland. I, on the other hand, am inundated by language I don't understand on a daily basis. There is acutally a Newfie dictionary to help decipher what they're saying. We contemplated buying it when we first moved here. Here are some terms I've heard, and what I believe them to mean.

Smothered = have a cold, all congested. The 1st time I heard this a mother said to me, 'my children are smothered' and I was shocked! I said, 'what????' and she responded, 'you know, all stuffed with a cold". I thought she was smothering them and I thought, I'm not the person you should be calling right now.

Straightened away = taken care of. An example is, "there's something wrong with your MCP #, call us when you have that straightened away".

B’y = I'm not too sure what this means, I think it has a number of uses. It's kinda like 'eh' which I must admit, I say A LOT! I've actually been teased about it a couple times here. But I hear a lot of 'yes b'y' and 'tell me about it b'y'.

Contrary = in a bad mood. As in, he was contrary.

Savage = angry, mad. A sentence I've heard this used in is, "oh, he was right savage".

Right = very, I think. See example above.

Shag it = screw it. "Ah shag it".

Where you to? = where are you? I don't understand this one. You're not 'to' somewhere, you 'are' somewhere.

What a sin = what a shame. "Oh, what a sin".

I'm sure there are a ton more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Snow day!!!!

Well overnight and today Newfoundland was hit hard by a snow storm. Winds were clocked at 102km/hour at one point. The Gander Weather Office says about 20 cm of snow had fallen at St. John's International Airport before the freezing rain/ice pellets started. There was zero visibility. Pretty much the entire city shut down, including my work!! WOOHOO!!!! Public transit wasn't running, all flights at the airport were cancelled, the university was closed (although Chris doesn't have class on Wednesday anyway), and the only mall in the city shut down. And we're suppose to get another 5-10cm overnight.

I got a call at 7am from the office manager saying we were closed for the morning and the situation would be reassessed at 11am. The downside was I had to call the morning patients to let them know we were closed. So I fell back asleep until 8am and then started calling patients. Most said they figured we were closed. Others said they weren't even going to try to venture out if we had been open. One patient, however, asked if I could call her prescription in to her pharmacy for her. I had to explain that I was calling her from my home and that the doctors were all home too and wouldn't be able to do that. At 10:30am I got the second call - closed for the day! WOOHOO!!!!! So I got to lounge around, watch tv, and play Guitar Hero. I was somewhat productive though; I swept the house, did the dishes, and did a load of laundry.

We didn't have to shovel either since the guy upstairs/landlord has a snowblower. We'll just have to clean off the car tomorrow.

The city seems to shut down anytime there's a risk of snow, it's pretty ridiculous. This is the 1st time our office was closed though, I would guess due to the high winds and zero visibility. This makes up for us not having Family Day here in Newfoundland!

It's hard to see, but our car is there. And you can't even tell those are stairs.

The snow right outside our door.

Snow drift.

Ya, that's quite a bit of snow. The kids upstairs actually toboggan down the stairs.