long time...

Ack I am a terrible terrible blogger. SO sorry it has been so long!

Much has changed since I last blogged...big things are happening here. I don't really want to get into all of it right now, but suffice to say that our living situation is about to change dramatically and Jesse and I are about to embark on an interesting journey.

I'd love to say that I've been busy doing schoolwork instead of blogging...but sadly I cannot! I have been procrastinating like hell about schoolwork and it's starting to weigh heavily on my mind.
We've spent most of summer outdoors this year, and it has been fabulous. We've been hula-hooping, camping, sunbathing, enjoying the sun in all its summertime glory. It is getting cool again, already, and I am sad to see summer fade into fall.

I scored a huge 23 cubic foot freezer off Kijiji for free earlier this month, and have been diligently filling it with the summer's bounty. I have frozen a ton of fruit; 20lbs of blueberries, 40lbs of peaches, 15lbs of strawberries. I've also been trying my hand at canning. So far I have made dill pickles, dill carrots, pickled sweet beets, peaches in extra-light syrup, mixed berry jam. I plan on making a bunch of applesauce once apples come into season, and I am considering doing another type of jam, too. I need to freeze more stuff as well...some veggies. Not sure what, or when yet...but I plan on doing it at least! It has been a very fun experience so far...I kinda like being a food hoarder ;)

Nova starts school next week. Her first day is Sept 3, but she only goes for half of the usual time. She has a full 3 hour day on Friday the 5th. She asked for a blessingway, so we are having a blessingway here on Sunday afternoon. I am excited for it. I need to start making food for that, come to think of it! We will make a necklace with beads for her, as well as decorate a backpack with beautiful things. The backpack is a surprise to her, and she is going to flip when she sees it. I've asked everyone coming to bring a bead for the necklace, and then some other beautiful item to sew/glue/affix to the backpack. I think I will bring out her baby scrapbook and talk about Nova as a baby, how she has grown into this lovely 5 year olf person...things like that.

I need to get in touch with the midwives I'm preceptoring with...I'm supposed to start in a few weeks!! EEekk!! Exciting and terrifying all at once.

Jesse took the girls to the mountains camping on Tuesday. They just got back tonight. they had a blast and a half exploring Banff, Fairmont and Invermere. Faeryn was passed out cold when they got home this evening, and Nova talked my ear off for over an hour about all they did. I'm interested to see what Faeryn has to tell me tomorrow...there were things that Jes and Nova wouldn't tell me about their trip because Faeryn needed/wanted to tell me.

Ok, my eyes are starting to cross...time for bed for me. I promise I'll be back sooner than a month's time!