Back in my Home land again !

So yes I am finally back in the cold north of Canada! and yes I LOVE IT!! Our flights were pretty good and uneventful, until we were waiting for our baggage. Thankfully yes all our bags made it but while we were waiting we looked over at the "prefered baggage claim" and saw a couple of guys opening this big blue box on wheels. And that was when Amy said "hey isn't that...the Stanley Cup?" Both of us, as well as the couple people around us all turned to see them inspecting the cup before putting it back in its travel crate. What an end to a very long day of travelling. The picture taken after the event will show up soon, once its taken off my camera.

So my VERY short 2 days in Oshawa is over..and most of it was spent at the Chiropractor or in transit to and fro. Then yesterday Dad and I picked Julia up in Toronto and started our long drive north. We (Julia and I ) got a lot of sleep thankfully b/c I have not gotten a lot of sleep since I've been home. Still feeling pretty much drained but don't seem to have time to sleep, too much to do and not enough time to do it. Neways we slept and watched the Incredibles and then had a very nice visit and dinner stop at Sharon, Isabella and Jason's in Espanola. I miss them soo much, and Aunt Debbie and Uncle Tim even came by to say Hi too. Did I mention I LOVE being home seeing everyone again.

Well our drive finally ended as we drove into the drive on Boundary Rd, which was full of snow. Dad got the fire going inside because the house was kinda chilly, while I got the van unloaded. Dad than got the 4-wheeler out and started plowing snow around, and then later on I went out to help and we walked around down by the pond. It is SOO beautiful here. God sure does know how to demonstrate his beauty. I felt like I was surrounded by diamonds lastnight as the trees and snow sparkled around me in the moon/start light, and the sound of chrisp, crunching snow under your feet completes the whole atmosphere.

I will try to blog a few times while I'm here however I don't know how often I will get to because internet is sporadic here as I don't have it in Bruce Mines (parents house) but I do when I drive 45 mins to grampa's in the Soo. I will do my best. I miss you all and hope you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

love
Heidi 8)

ps did i mention that I had yet another wisdom tooth out just before I left for Canada :( not fun but I am VERY glad that I didn't have to have it out as an emergency here at home. TOO expensive and too painful by then. So I have another hole in my mouth to heal and becareful of but I am on the mend..slowly.

Little less wisdom to share around

Well I have to admit I can NOT believe that it is actually december!! It just doesn't feel like it at all here. We were sitting on the back porch last weekend listening to Mariah Carey's Christmas baking in the sun! So strange to not have fluffy snow falling all around, but roosters crowing instead. I am really excited to hear about the snow piling up at home :D...only 14 more days til i'm back in Canada!!

So Roatan was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING..definately lives up to its name for "trip of a life time" spot. I would go back there anyday. If you want a sweet beach and breathtaking snorkling/diving right off the beach you have to get there!! We had a very nice break...relaxing on the beach. If you want a more detailed account of the trip check out amy's blog b/c she summed it up well, with pictures too.

So this week we were back to the grindstone..well at least for 4 days. We got an extra day off because of the national elections going on here. Ya we still don't know who actually won, even though on of the candidates gave his acceptance speach already. Ya so bizarre.
I had my first soccer practice with my juvenil (varsity) girls. Naomi (teacher down here not my sister) and I are coaching together and I think we are going to have a great season. We have a lot of girls trying out so it is going to be very hard to decide on the team :( not looking forward to cuts because I have to teach all of them and some of them are putting some great effort into trying out, but just don't have the skill level :( The down side to coaching!

Today melodee and I went for groceries on the grocery bus this morning at 8am. We sent our groceries back up on the bus with everyone else and then headed off to the dentist. This is where the less wisdom part comes in. I got 2 more fillings done and then my top right wisdom tooth extracted!!! soo not fun but actually it doesn't hurt too much, doesn't even come close to compairing with the last one I had out this summer! That was AWFUL and never want to have to go through that again. I am hoping when I have the other bottom one out here that it will go somewhat smoothly because it is not infected first! So after my mouth was completely frozen yes thats right I said frozen! and melodee's too from her fillings we taxi'd our way back up the mountain to find that the bus was JUST arriving back from the grocery trip. Yes it would be 11:45 am at this point. So very glad we had something else to do or that would have been one VERY long grocery trip!!

So the rest of today has found me trying to get my mouth to stop bleeding, to get feeling back and to get some more of my tests graded!! I have all of 3 classes out of 12 done so far. Seems to take forever. Guess thats a downfall to teaching...having to spend so much time outside of 'work' doing work!
Alrighty well I am going to stop procrastinating from marking my test b/c I just want them to be done with. I miss you all so much and can't wait to be home!
love
Heidi 8)

Couple pics to share too:

This is me on the glass bottom boat just before we went underneath to watch the fish.

Here are some of the fist we saw from under the boat. So clear its amazing.

Melodee and I enjoying a beach walk in the crazy blue water.

A beautiful Caribean sunset.