I haven’t been on here for awhile, as I’m moving in 3 weeks.  I have decided to move in with the BF, which means moving to another city.  It’s been many years since I have moved cities and I have accumulated a lot of crap.  I spent the last weekend sorting, purging and packing my house.  I am really looking forward to this move, but I wish could wave a magic wand and have it all done.

A couple of weeks ago I met the BF in Kananaskis country.  He was there for a conference so I went up to meet him.  We had decided to go for a walk after dinner.  We were walking along the paved pathway, not far from the hotel and we were coming around a bend and I saw something and thought to myself “oh look it’s a black lab” .  The animal turned it’s head and I realized it was a bear! (It was less than 50 feet away). Remember the bear story….well I froze when I saw this bear and panic started to set in.  I turned around and headed in the opposite direction at the same time saying to my BF we need to get out of here.  I was so freaked out!  The entire time we walked back to the hotel, I kept checking behind me to make sure the bear wasn’t following me.

On Saturday night my BF and I went out for drinks and dinner with an old colleague of his.  We went to The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.  I was browsing this martini book, that did not have any price listing.  I thought to myself that they must be in the $16-$18 range.  I picked this martini (and for the life me I can’t remember the name of it).  The person we were with totally recommended this martini.  I was feeling really good, face was flushed, the cheeks were feeling somewhat numb, which only means one thing…I have drank alot.  Apartly that was an awesome martini.  During the course of our conversation it came up about the cost of my martini…IT WAS $39!!!!!  I nearly fell off my chair.  I couldn’t believe that I had ordered a $39 martini, but boy it was the best damn martini I have ever had….now if I could only remember the name of it!

The BF and I have been on holidays for the past 11 days.  It was great to spend so much time together as we usually only get to spent 2-3 days with each other due to distance.  The BF came down on the Friday of the September long weekend and showed up with the Magic Bullet blender for me.  I have been wanting one for the last year but never got around to buying one.  I love it!!!  I have been making smoothies every day with it.

We left on the Monday for Waterton and had a fabulous time. I’ve never stayed over night so that was a real treat.  On Tuesday we drove down to Glacier National park and stopped at Logan’s pass.  Then we were off to Jasper.  We spent several days exploring Jasper and what an amazing place.  We saw Mount Edith Cavell, Athabasca Falls and Maligne Canyon.  We went to the Miette Hotspring and took the Jasper Tramway to the top of Whistler mountain. We loved it so much that we would like to go back next year and explore some more areas that we didn’t to this trip.

We did almost 3000Km of driving and we were tired when we got back home, but it was worth it!

I went a little camera crazy and took tons of pictures.  This was taken on the top of Whistler mountain.  We took the Jasper Tramway to the top and then I walked along the top of the mountain.

I never knew there was a “process” involved with painting nails. I have painted my toe nails since I was a kid and I just applied the nail polish and never gave it a second thought..until last week. I had a pedicure done and I learned that I have being doing it wrong all these years (I hang my head in shame). First you need to apply a base coat, then the nail polish and last is the top coat….who knew! I was very happy with the final results.

Last weekend I met my BF’s parents. We drove down to see them, they live about 1.5 hours away from me. I was really nervous meeting them. It had been a long time, since a boy took me home to meet his parents. I don’t know why I was nervous because they were very nice and made me feel very welcomed. I also got to meet the BF’s brother, sister-in-law, their children and various other people. There were times I felt a little overwhelmed with so many people around. I’m not used to big families. I have one brother and growing up I never had any relatives around - they all live in England. So I don’t know what it is like to be around big families. I survived and everyone was really nice and friendly.

Yesterday I went hiking for the first time this summer. That is pretty sad, as I usually start in May. The weather this year was crappy in May and June and I was busy in July so I’m just getting out now! I had an awesome time hiking. I went with a friend and we did one of my favorite hikes in Waterton. I wish there was a job that I could do where I could hike everyday (in the summer of course). I finally got to try my new backpack that I received last Christmas and I love it. My shoulders did not hurt by the end of the hike, which they usually would as my other backpack doesn’t have the greatest shoulder straps.

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My BF is taking me to see Body Worlds next weekend, he totally ROCKS!!! I have been dying to go and see this exhibition and he went and got us advance tickets to go and see it. He is just the best BF a girl could ever have!!! I am totally excited about seeing this exhibition. I have been wanting to see this for a couple of years. I actually never knew that this exhibition was in Edmonton, I only knew that it was located in Las Vegas. So when a friend mentioned to me that it was in Edmonton I knew I had to go see it.

Check out the website, it is really neat:

http://www.bodyworldsedmonton.com/

I had a very busy weekend.  Remember my fence post that broke last year.  Well I finally got around to fixing it.  My parents came down for the weekend and we fixed the fence post.  That was no easy task.  It took 7 hours to dig the fence post out from the cement.  I don’t ever want to do that again.  After the fence was fixed, it was painted and then I moved onto painting the deck.  I think I’m done doing all the “up keep” of my house for awhile now.

My flower garden is looking amazing.  I love Lily’s and I’ve planted several different types:

I went for a mini hike yesterday in the coulee’s. My friend took me on a path that I have never ventured on before. It was a great “mini” hike, but today I am sore. I wore my runners instead of my hiking boots and today I am paying for it. My feet, legs and back hurt plus we forgot the bug spray as a result I have 35 mosquito bites!!!

We started the hike by the university and I thought I have seen most of the sites around Lethbridge. However, we climbed over this hill and the view was amazing. This is what I saw…..

You can see the train bridge in this picture. We hiked to that point. Here are some more pictures of the train bridge up close.

I am so excited! I looked out my window into my backyard and saw my lilac’s are blooming! I have been waiting for them to bloom. I love the smell of lilacs. Summer is finally here!!!

Now I just need my lily’s to bloom and I will be set for summer!!!