Oh how I love a good dinner party!

On the weekend we went for dinner with some great friends of ours, the girls always have a fantastic time at their house. It's so unique (with a circular staircase) they have so much to do; run around the acreage, check on the chicken & their eggs, ride the horses, play in the garden, watch the birds.. the list could go on and on.
The meal was fantastic as always and this time there was an additional treat of 2 other couples that came along as well. 2 of which I have met through work and their spouses (who we have not met) but were so lovely and great for conversation!
Heather was one of the women there - she (as you will tell from the pics below) is a great photographer! She got these shots of the girls while out on the range with our hostess!


*sigh* this of course re-affirms to me that I NEED a new camera - a lovely one like this one. So that my picture value could improve. I'd also love to take a course on photography too. Ooh and just in case SANTA is reading this -- I'd also love a digital video camera! Promise, I'll be nice.

For Sale

Our house is for sale.. officially - just came onto the real estate website this morning. Check it out! Later on today it will have pictures of the inside of the house - wish us luck with a quick sale!

I'm a buck tooth beaver

Well this weekend (among other things) Millie lost her 2 front teeth. One Sunday, one Monday. So of course in true pre-teen spirit, Oaksana taught her sister to try so say the phrase above - which we all know.. without front teeth ends up sounding like the "F" word. Hilarious.

Tooth #1

Tooth #2

Wishin' & Hope-in'

It's been a mad fury of looking at houses to see what' on the market here, we are hoping that we can do a couple of things with this move. We would like to be closer (as in --IN TOWN) so that we are not constantly driving back and forth from town, we would like something that is not so difficult for me to look after whilst Collin is away at school for the next 3 years, and to get ahead a bit financially. We have been very fortunate with the last 2 houses that we've bought/sold that we've done work to them and made a bit of a profit each time.. and who doesn't like that?
So we are hoping to get into something that is mid-range (i.e. under $200,000) so that maybe, just maybe we could be mortgage free prior to needing a wheelchair!

The market is good here, but it seems that we are a picky bunch.. we want 4 BDRMS, 2 BATH, side by side parking, a place to park the holiday trailer & sundeck & a fenced yard. Who knew that would be so hard to find? We have looked at about 6 houses, and non are EXACTLY what we need, but there is one.. that we all just feel at home in.. but.. we are "Wishin' & Hope-in' & Pray'in & Smoke'in (well Collin is)" until we hear back about our offer. *sigh* it's hard to wait.. patience is not a virtue that I would say either of us possess!

If this one doesn't work out.. I just don't know.. guess we will have to make up a plan B!

UPDATE =
Well plan A did not work out, we can't come to an agreement on the price. We are both OK with it though - this was offer #2 on this same place so it just is not meant to be. We'll just keep lookin'

We've got the ITCH.. ..... ... again!

We might be selling our house and buying a new one.. that's all I am going to say for now.. oh and buying a holiday trailer again too... we will see. I will update once we know anything final!