A New Addition to the Blamily

Ok so i tried to make up a blog-related word like Liz. It didn't work.

The newest addition to our Blog Family is minusFive. Check it out if you have absolutely nothing else to do. Seriously, make sure there is nothing else to do. Make sure you cleaned your andirons and washed your hair and everything.

ian

Christmas is Coming

I am so excited for christmas this year. Normally I am not excited about christmas until christmas eve. Even making presents last year for the last weeks before christmas didn't get me excited but this year I am stoked. I have started four gifts already and I love the ideas that we have for all the other gifts. I am excited about picking out lights and having them on my house all lit up.

On sunday, Ian and I and my parents went out to find a christmas tree. We pick them out a few weeks ahead of time so that you can see what they look like without all the snow on them. We will go get the tree on Dec 3. I like having the tree up all of december. Ian and I had a tree last year as well but it wasn't the same because we were not married yet so it didn't really feel like MY tree. It was just at his house.

I think that I am really excited because this is Ian and my first christmas as a married couple. We have already spent 2 christmas together but this year is different. After a christmas eve of opening gifts with my family, we get to sleep in our bed and wake up christmas morning and open each other gifts and then have a big breakfast all warm and cozy by the fire and by out beautiful tree.

I can't wait!!!!!! I am so very glad that I am full of christmas cheer this year. No more humbug.

Something Gross

Wanna hear something sickening??? Well I will tell you anyway. I have NOT SHAVED my legs in over three weeks, it may even been four now that I think about it. They feel so itchy and dry, they drive me insane.

Wanna know what the most disgusting thing is??? If you looked at my legs, you would never be able to tell that there was any hair on them. Not unless you stare at them from three inches away. Or if you felt them. Ew. Shudder.

Well, I'm gonna go get rid of some unwanted hair.

Dude, Where's My Car?

We took a little vacation this weekend to Tumbler Ridge...click here if you need to know where that is.

We left Thursday night, to get a jump on the 10-12 hour drive. No one likes to spend ALL day travelling. Well, i don't.

When we hit Clinton, it started to snow. It snowed and snowed until just before Quesnel, and then it was really nice, and then i was really tired so we stopped and slept at a rest stop.

We woke up and it was snowing, and we left. We hit Prince George and it was again quite nice. We got to Tumbler Ridge just before 10:30 am on Friday.

Friday afternoon it started to snow. Just a little at first, and then the full on blizzard.

This picture was taken Saturday morning at about 10:30am:


As you can see, we've got about 2 feet of snow in less than 24 hours. It still hasn't stopped, though it was forecasted to stop today. That large white object in the middle of the screen is our car...


Needless to say, we are a little choked. We're not sure what's going to happen. We were supposed to be leaving here Monday, but apparently the Pine Pass is closed, which is pretty much the only way out of here.


On the plus side, Dewie is having a blast! He loves running around chasing snowballs when we're shovelling or biting my dad's boots when he's walking. We throw him in the middle of the yard and he burrows himself out. It's awesome.

So we're supposed to be back monday, to work tuesday...but who knows if that is going to happen. Pray for a heat wave i guess.

ian

The Little Mermaid

Disney's The Little Mermaid has been my favorite movie ever since I was 5 years old. When it first came out, my family did not have a VCR but my best friend at the time did. And they owned the movie!!!! So I would watch it every time I went over there.

Ten years later they brought it out on VHS again because Disney does this with their big movies every ten years or so. Anyhow, my wonderful mother bought the movie for me at the age of 15 because by this time, we were with the times and technology and actually had a VCR. Then a very tragic thing happened. Someone borrowed my movie and NEVER RETURNED IT!!! I was still crushed about this until today....

You may be asking, "What is so special about today?" Well I will tell you. Today...is...the...day...that...

THE LITTLE MERMAID CAME OUT ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alas, I have no money at the moment. But I get paid on thursday. And on thursday I will again own The Little Mermaid.

Ariel, I love you!!!

remember me?

Lately it's not too often that i (i being Ian) write on this blog. or on any blog for that matter. but tonight i have a special subject in mind.

there have been so many posts (or at least it seems that way to me) on this blog about me. ian's great, i miss ian, etc. but we've neglected to focus on the other, more important half of this little family.

she's the only one i want to wake up with. the only one i want to fall asleep with. she puts up with my disorder, though we all know it drives her crazy. she makes me dinner even after she's had a long day at work. she cleans up after me. she gets up with me a 6am even on the days that she works at 11, just to make my lunch because she knows i won't have time to. on her days off she does the laundry, so i have clean clothes to wear for the rest of the week. without her i would be lost.

of all of the uncertain things in the world...money, jobs, homes, there is one thing that i am certain of. at night, when i go to bed, it will be with her. and in the morning, she'll be there. for the rest of our lives.

there is no one else that i love more than kristin tamara groves. my life with her gets better and better with every day that passes.

i love you kristin. more than you'll ever know.

Sleeping Alone

Everyone told me that after being married for a while, you have a hard time sleeping without your spouse beside you. Well, Ian went to Lilloet on wednesday for two nights. That first night was the first time that that has been true for me. There has been three other times that either Ian or me have had to go out of town and sleep alone, and each time I wished I was with Ian but I still fell asleep really well. But this time was different. I missed him.

I missed his really warm body next to mine, keeping me from freezing ( i have been very cold the last few nights). I missed his long, comforting arms wrapped around me. I missed his sweet, deep voice talking to me about everything and anything. I missed his gorgeous brown eyes staring into mine. I especially missed his kisses. He loves kissing my neck and shoulders before we go to sleep. He always gives me little kisses on my cheek and lips. I really miss the way that he makes me feel absolutely adored. I miss my husband!

It makes me very happy that in the short nine months that we have been married, it is evident that our love is growing for each other. It pleases me that when my husband is gone I cannot sleep. I feel so blessed. I am filled with such joy!

Hair Color

Angelica and I spent 3 and a half hours today dying my hair. She did foils with blonde and copper highlights and then did a dark blonde/light blond color all over. It looks really red today because the of the copper tones but the will get more golden as the days pass. She did a really good job and she is very good at her job. Everyone was impressed. It looks EVEN better in person. You should come visit me and see for yourself. Thank you Angelica, you are awesome!!! (I recommend her to everyone for all your hairdressing needs).

All Is Good

I PASSED MY TEST!!!! I got 90%! You need 80% to pass. My instructor was the most wonderful, sweet woman and made me feel so comfortable and I knew all of my stuff.

I am soooooo happy!!!

90 %!!!!!!!

Nervous!!!

I have several things to be nervous about in the next few days:

1) I have to go to the doctor today at 11:15 because I have been feeling sick for too many weeks now. I hate going to the doctor!!!

2) My boss is leaving at noon today and so I have to be the only one up at the front for four and a half hours!!! It should be alright I suppose, she is putting the answering machine on, so all I really have to do is take people's money and book them appointments. Not so bad I guess, but still, there is always the chance that something that is out of my control arises!!!

3) My practical evaluation at NAIT is this saturday at 1-5pm. I've been studying quite a bit and I still do not feel prepared for this and I am still very nervous that I am not going to pass for a secong time!!!

I will be just fine though. I know that God is looking out for me and that I can trust in Him to help me with my nerves. *deep breath* and I'm feeling better... kind of...

My Nephew is the Avatar

Justin recently got Ian and me hooked on this show, The Avatar- The Last Airbender. It is a fantastic show. I highly recommend it.

Anyhow, the other day I was sitting here studying for my test that is coming up in edmonton this saturday, when I got distracted by the computer. (like i am right now, i was studying and now i am blogging) I was looking at pictures of Hunter and came across this one of him in the bathtub. I looked at the picture and thought to myself, "If Hunter had a blue arrow tattoo on his head, he would look just like Aang(the avatar)." So I took the liberty of drawing a blue arrow on Hunter and now he is the avatar!!! I have a picture of Aang to use as an example.

A Thank You

YAY!!!!
Thank you Justin and Liz for our NEW DVD PLAYER!!!!!
The picture is oh-so clear and it is much better than our old one. AND...the remote works!!!! Hooray for no subtitles. You two make the best big brother and sister-in-law EVER!!!! Always caring for us, giving us your hand-me-downs, and making sure that we are watched out for. I don't even know how to thank you enough. Well, I will try by spending every monday with your cuter than ever son!!!
Thanks again!!
I love you guys sooooo much.


P.S. Phill and Rebekah, if you read this blog, you guys are awesome too, my thanking J & E was not to make is seem like I love them more. I love you both just as much!!!!

Updates on the House and Life

Ian and I were scolded yesterday for not blogging since beginning of July, so here I am.

We have started alot of project here in the Groves' house. We painted the bathroom and the bathroom ceiling because it was an awful Lime Green!!! So that is all painted but due to tape pulling paint off the walls mishaps, there are still a few touch ups that I need to do.

Our bedroom still isn't completely finished, we are doing the japanese theme as you may remember, and we are making the ceiling look like a rice paper door affect. We bought hand made tissue paper that looks like rice paper and pushpinned that into the ceiling, now we have bought wood beams and Ian has cut a few, I just have to prime and paint them black.

In our living room, I have started measuring and drwaing lines because one wall I am going to paint 10 x 10 squares of different shades of brown/tans. And Ian has taken down our old small mantle and is now in the process of making a larger one that extends further.

This past week project was our basement. It was just FULL of boxes every where, and camping stuff everywhere, and winter stuff everywhere. There was a shelf in corner of one side of my basement, so I orginized all the camping and winter stuff on to that shelf, then I took apart all the boxes (these were from moving) and I put them under the stairs, out of the way and out of sight. Then Ian came home from work early (it was my day off) and decided to build me some shelves for a pantry beside my new little deep freeze. So we went to home depot and bought some suplies and Ian built a shelf. It looks wonderful!!! Now I have some room to store lots of food. Right now it is somewhat empty but I will get it full of wonderful things!!!

OK, that's the house. Now for Ian and me. In the beginning of June, Ian got a promotion in his job, which also meant a nice little raise. The guy who was running the truck decided to move, and so Ian got put in charge and learned lots of new things and now all of the people Continuous Gutters are happy because Ian is very good at what he does and they all respect him. I am so proud of my baby.

Nothing is really new with me, work is same old, same old. I am studying right now though because I have my practical evaluation retake on Sept 9, and there is no way I am letting myself fail this one.

So that is pretty much what is going on. Oh, other than Justin and Elizabeth got a new dining room table and gave their old one to us and WE LOVE IT!!! Thanks Liz!!!...and Justin.

Ian

Yesterday was my wonderful husband's birthday, and so I decided to dedicate a post to him. I would have done this on his birthday but I spent all day with him, doing nothing special in particular, but just being together.

This past week has been crazy. We drove to and from Shuswap lake three times, then on friday night, my cousin Shelly and her fiance Ian stayed over night at our house. On saturday, my cousin Terista got married to Jerry and we drove all the way to preditor ridge (past vernon) to go to the reception. After all the drving and visiting, my Ian was so tired, but still so happy. Saturday night (really sunday morning) when we got home from the wedding, Ian just looked deep into my eyes and told me that he is so happy to be a part of my family and that now he is my family. This blows my mind to think that the man I love more than any one else is now my family. I love being married to him!!! I thank God that Ian is in my life. I loved him as a friend, and now even more so as a husband.

I can't even express in words how happy he makes me. Its just this feeling that has no description other than pure joy. It's a joy that makes me cry when I look at him and he looks back at me and I can see that he loves me. It's a joy that makes me want to be by his side forever.

I'm just sitting here in awe and I feel wordless.

Ian, I love you.

I Hate Gutters

It's not so much the actual gutter that I hate. I don't hate the look and they really are handy to have I suppose. I just hate the fact that everyone wants them due to the good economy and alot of construction. I hate that my husband works ALL the time installing said gutters on houses. I hate that I never know when he is going to come home and can never plan anything. I hate that when he comes home at night all he wants to talk about is gutters.

Don't get me wrong, I am very happy that he loves his job, but seriously, how can a stupid aluminum scrap be more important than the person you love?!!!!

My Nephew is 1!!!!!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY HUNTER!!!!

We love you and we are very glad that you have been in our lives for one whole year already. I love watching you grow up into a little person. I'm excited for the many more years to watch you grow up.

A Worldly Home

Our bedroom. The most boring room in our house. It has a nice bed but no bed frame. REALLY old dressers that do not match. And there are no pictures on the wall. SO we decided to paint it. And that is what happened two weeks ago. Ian and I painted our bedroom Roasted Pepper.
Then we proceeded to find fabric to make curtains. Ian was not very happy about this venture but I made him go with me and in return he could go to the HOME DEPOT. We went to WalMart and Ian was the one who found very cool fabric. It is red and white with black japanese type flowers on it. As a result of the fabric, we decided to make our bedroom Japanese style as well. I am going to paint canvases with japanese writing. Words like love, happyness, etc. Ian is going to make a bed frame that is low the ground, square, and black. Our furniture doesn't match, so we're going to paint it, black.

So that will be our bedroom. For our living room, I am trying to go for an African theme. Ian got an African drum from Phil and Beka for Christmas and I went to centre the decore around that.

For my kitchen, I'm going for more of a french style. French cafe style most likely.

Our office has a nice Southern British Columbian theme. Nice blue walls. A desk with a computer. A fish tank. A painting of a schooner. A model schooner. Ahhhh yes. Good old Southern British Columbia.

Anyhow, that is all I can really think of now for decorating. This is my way of seeing the world without having to leave the comfort of my own home. I need to try get a Venice themed room. As long as it is not the basement.

Baby Fever

There was a time in Ian and my very early marriage (like we have been married for so long right now), where Ian had baby fever and he wanted to have one so bad and I was all against it. I somehow managed to shake that idea out of his head and I wish that I knew how I did it to use it on myself. That's right, I have baby fever.

There are just so many women in my life who are pregnant or just had babies. And it seems that when I turn the corner some other friend of mine is pregnant. It makes me so happy for them but it also makes me incredibly jealous. I wish I could just stop this silly nonsense. I mean, I just bought a house and work is going really well but I know that now is not the time to be getting pregnant, but I still crave it so badly. It doesn't help that I have all these adorably neices and nephews that I adore. I just want one for myself. I used to babysit my nephew Hunter to get over my fever but instead he just makes me want one all the more.

Goodness, what is a girl to do?!

50th Post!!!

So, as some of you may know, two weekends ago I(kristin) went to edmonton to do my practical evaluation. I was gone for two nights, and though I missed Ian, I was doing okay, until I failed my practical evaluation and then I wanted to just go home and be with him and cry. I'll give more details on the failing in a sec. Anyways, tonight Ian had to go to Lilloet for one night for work, and I'm in our new house, all alone, and so sad and missing him. Point to my babble is that it sucks when you are the person who is left behind. It is very lonely. I miss you Ian! *weep weep*

Right, so further on my evaluation. The instructor that I was supposed to get was sick so I got the head instructor who was really tough on me(more so than the other instructors were on the other girls). I was nervous to begin with and I have a case of test anxiety, she did not make it better. She made me feel really awkward and uncomfortable and so as a result, I screwed up BIG time. I can't retake my practical evaluation until september which means I have to miss all the my classes that are in the summer time and finish them all next summer. I can take a few this year so I will not be gone for such a long period of time.

I am both happy and sad about all this. I'm upset because I don't get to be an assistant this year AND in 2007 the canadian dental association is making it mandatory for new CDA's to take a test in order to work in all provinces. Blah, more tests. But I am also very happy because of our recent purchase of a house, I wasn't really able to afford school, missing work, and a house. Plus, I didn't want to leave my husband for so long, especially in our first year of marriage. It wouldn't matter if I wasn't the one being left behind. I would miss Ian. I guess God does things for the best. I'm young, I have lots of life ahead of me. When I'm 60, will I really care that I had to wait 1 more year to become an assistant. No.

Speaking of work and all, it's getting late and I need sleep in order to function at my job. So g'night y'all. Tee hee!!!

~Kristin

Back in Black

Just a short post to let everyone know that we are officially at our new house! We are getting settled and are close to having everything unpacked i think. Expect some more posting soon!

ian