Impatience

Some people are so impatient it drives me crazy. A little old lady and her grandchild applied for an apartment and left several blanks on the application. Instead of calling me on my direct line at my office she calls a different number mumbles the information and hopes that it gets to me. Well after all of this she still has not answered all of my questions so I have to search for the answers and call people all day long to finally approve her she indicates that she will not be able to have her damage deposit for 48 hours and asks to move in without a damage deposit or rent!!!! When I indicated that she was not able to move into the house without paying us first she blamed me for not having it ready and it was so frustrating since I spent my entire day trying to get her moved in and set all my other work aside and she does not even appreciate it.

Swimming

I have not been able to go swimming in almost a week since I have had a ear infection. Since I was finally able to go swimming this morning I woke up at the right time and I had packed my bag the night before so I woke up grabbed my bag and went to the pool. Unfortunately when I got to the pool I opened my bag and I had everything except for my swimming suit. This is the second time I did something like this the last time I forgot by shirt!!!! I had put on my swimming suit before I went to the pool and that day for some reason I forgot to put on my shirt. I did not realize this until after I had gotten out of the pool. Shauna still laughs at me and told everyone about the time that I came home from swimming wearing a towel for a shirt. Now whenever any of the ladies in my aqua size class forget anything they all say "At least I never forgot my shirt like Amanda." Hopefully they do not find out that I came today and forgot my swim suit because I will never here the end of that.

Grandpa

On September 17, 2008 my Grandpa passed away at the age of 83. Although he was getting older it was still was a shook when I learned that he passed away peacefully in his sleep. He lived a full life and had 8 children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Although these days are sad for us on earth it was a glorious day for my Grandpa as he was a believer and is now with the Lord.

I remember when we were young and visited my grandparents Grandpa would always be in his office working. I am not sure what he was actually working on but we would always ask to "help" him. He would give us papers that we could hole punch and shred for him although most of the scrap pieces of paper that he gave us ended up with tons of holes in them. We would work on the corner of his desk while he continued to work. Later when he bought a computer he showed us how to use it. We would also go bike riding with him and Grandma to Lacombe Park Lake where we would put our feet in the lake and sometimes we would have picnics at the lake.

Although in the past couple of years I did not visit him as often as I would like I would think of him often. When I visited him he would tell me stories of when he was a young man in Holland and I will remember all of his wonderful stories. I am going to miss him.

Apples, Internet and The Fence

On Saturday morning Rebecca and Shauna and I all went to Joel's Rental House to pick apples. We started picking and in about half and hour we picked around 50 Litres of apples. We then went home to make pies and apple sauce but we worked most of the afternoon but we still have 30 litres left of the apples. I guess we will be busy tonight. :-)

We also have no Internet at our house since the guys accidentally cut the Internet cable while building our new fence. I am designing your blog Jolene with the program I got for my birthday but it will take a little longer then expected. :-(

Something Funny & Something Sad

So when I came to work today Nancy was no where to be seen which is very unusual. All of a sudden I heard "Help I am locked in the the bathroom" sure enough the bathroom door was stuck in the closed position. We finally opened door when Russell our handy man came in he would not believe that the bathroom door was stuck shut because everything appeared to look right so he walked in the bathroom and shut the door and sure enough he was stuck in the bathroom. So after we got him out of the bathroom he believed us and fixed the door.

Also after today my assistant has retired :-(. I have no clue what I will do without him because he was such a great helper. We now have Darcy working at our office full time instead of Phil.

Birthday Lunch

Since my Birthday is on a Friday this year we had my birthday lunch a couple of days early. We went to Brewster's in Oliver Square. Since I have never been there I was pleasantly surprised.



Nancy crocheted a beautiful Red and Orange blanket and Joel gave me a gift card for Chapter's (My favorite bookstore since all of the Christian bookstores on the west end closed down earlier this year). And Russell gave me two movies called Cellular and Footloose which I have not watched before. Originally gave me the two packages and said that I was to pick the one that I would like better but then he changed his mind and gave me both.

Joel also gave me tickets for the Eskimo game on Saturday:-)

Type only 1 word

It's harder than you think!

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? none
3. Your hair? brown
4. Your mother? wonderful
5. Your father? bald
6. Your favorite thing? computers
7. Your dream last night? interesting
8. Your favorite drink? milk
9. Your dream/goal? security
10. The room you're in? livingroom
11. Your fear? Seclusion
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? secure
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? crazy
15. Muffins? carrot
16. One of your wish list items? house
17. Where you grew up? villeneuve
18. The last thing you did? church
19. What are you wearing? brown
20. Your TV? TLC
21. Your pet? Harley
22. Your computer? fun
23. Your life? Chaotic
24. Your mood? tired
25. Missing someone? Alison
26. Your car? Vibe
27. Something you're not wearing? hat
28. Favorite Store? Chapters
29. Your summer? busy
30. Your favorite color? Blue
31. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
32. Last time you cried? August
33. Who will/would re-post this? Mom
34. Four places I go over and over: work, walmart, church, chapters
35. Four people who email me: Mom, Shannon, Marie, Adrianna
36. Four of my favourite foods: pasta, potatos, rice, tacos
37. Four places I would rather be: Traveling, Shopping, Sleeping, PEI
38. Four people I think will respond: Rebecca, Michelle, Jolene, Mom

100th Post

It has been over 2 and a half years but this is my 100th post :-)


I was just looking for my receipt for my camera and I still have not found it. I have been having problems with the shutter and it is still on warranty for the next 12 days so hopefully I will be able to remember where the special place where I put my receipt is so that I can send it in for warranty work.

In 12 days I will be 23 years old. I cannot believe that I am almost 23 the years are flying by.

At work we finally found another full time property manager :-). She is starting work tomorrow morning on the first of the month. It is probably not the best day for her to start working as it is the busiest day of the month but it will be nice having someone to help out at the office.

Today is Labour Day and I had the day off :-). We were planning on going to the zoo or doing something with all of us girls but we never ended up doing anything sometimes this is good too.