Ian & Helena

I’m feeling like I’m posting all the time now, but it was part of my plan to not have such long posts, so I hope no one minds too much!

Yesterday a friend of mine dropped off her kids’ old kitchen set, which has become a very hot item around here!  The kids played with it and the dishes for quite some time yesterday, and Rory’s becoming quite the creative cook!

 I also received in the mail my package for the Fitness Leader course I am taking, starting March 1st.  I’m doing it by correspondance, and my plan is to head into group exercise (i.e. step classes) or possibly aquasize or something like that.  I’m excited but quite nervous too.  I won’t be doing anything other than taking classes and practising until September or so, because I was also accepted to receive parental benefits until then, which is nice for the pocketbook!  And the job will be good too, because it will only be a few hours a week, and I need to get my exercise in anyway.  And the main gym in town has childcare as well, so that will work out quite conveniently if I can do a class there.  Anyway, that’s my news…wish me luck!

 Ian played in a volleyball tournament this weekend, and after numerous games back-to-back was pretty sore afterward!  They won the tournament though!  He also received a good annual raise this week and a bonus (mainly because we’ve had such cold weather this winter so they could get a lot of wood in), and a little financial incentive always makes you feel a little better about your job!  Although he seems to be enjoying his job anyway.  In a few more weeks it will be too warm for logging (spring break-up), so that will take a lot of pressure off him and some time to do the catch-up stuff that tends to be set aside for higher priorities. 

And we’re looking forward to going to Edmonton this weekend to see the fam. and check out the dinner theater (well, we’ve decided to go to the brunch version, partly because we love breakfast foods so much!)  So we’ll let you know what we think afterward.