Becky’s Nook

With new year’s day just around the corner, I sit back and reflect on the past year of my life. It was pretty damn good! We sold a house, bought a house, I got a job that I love and the family is happy and healthy. We’re not having to scrape every damn penny together to buy milk, we’ve been able to buy a few things to pretty up the house, and I’ve started seeing a therapist along with a psychiatrist about my hair pulling.  2007 is shaping up to be a good year. And who said being 30 was bad? Definitely not me. It’s the best year so far, aside from getting married and having kids.

 Now, as Baha’i’s, we don’t celebrate christmas as a rule. We have our own celebration in the last week of February, before the 19 day fast, called Ayyam-i-ha. We exchange gifts, eat our faces off and prepare ourselves for the fast in March. I, as a diabetic, wont’ be able to participate in the fast. I feel like i’ll be missing out on the experience, and that saddens me. But, I will just have to find something else that will fulfill me spiritually.  So, on to the point, we still have our families that celebrate christmas, and we grew up celebrating it, and there’s a ton of traditions I don’t want my kids to miss out on. So we will still have our holidays, and celebrate being with our families and friends and just enjoy being together.  My mom and George came out to celebrate the holidays with us this year, since i had to work this week. It was great having them here (and Goose too, my little doggie brother) It’s been about 3 years since they’ve ventured out to Cowtown to see us. We usually go out there instead. The boys absolutely LOVED having Gramma and Grampa George out here, and Robbie didn’t even mind a few Goosekisses now and then either.

We all got totally spoiled, so much so I can’t even list the things we all got. We’d be here forever. And the boys opened all their presents so fast that I don’t even know who gave them what, save for a few things I knew before hand. So to everyone, thank you sooooo much for all your gifts! We really appreciate the generosity and love you’ve shown us over the years! (PS a special thanks to my aunty Alice, who takes hints very well…the photo is beautiful! Only problem is, now it needs a mate, because it’s lonely over here! )

We, of course, took a bunch of photos! Have fun sharing our enjoyment! Till next time, toodles and Happy new year!

I just realized it’s been over a month since i wrote something on here. (thanks Krista for making me notice that!)

 Just a quick update, as it’s almost 11pm and i’m beat.

 Work’s going great! My Assistant Manager loves me and is getting me extra training to learn about ordering and sales numbers and logistics. I’m excited! I work mainly in the Kids section, which i love because there’s so much stuff to keep me busy that the time flies by. I’ve been working a lot of hours because we’re short staffed, so i’m averaging about 30 hours a week. Unfortunately, because of the shortage in staff, we can’t go home to BC for christmas this year. But, my mom and George are coming out here instead! So it’s not a total loss. I’m totally excited! they haven’t been out to Alberta in about 3 yrs, since Clay was new.

Clay’s doing well in pre school. He can write his name now! and he can put numbers in sequence up to 20. (like, numbers on blocks or toys, puts them in sequence in a line on the table.) And he can get dressed by himself now!

Robbie can put his own socks and boots on now. He can almost put his pants on by himself now too, but he tends to fall over. He’s sitting on the potty, but nothing’s happened yet.

That’s about it on this front. I’ll try not to let so much time go by this time!