When will this end..

As many of you know I am in the process of filing for my Canadian residency. But its so freakin over whelming.. just when i think its possible something comes up and i feel i will never be a resident.. yesterday i met with my lawyer for a little pow wow to show her all the paper work i have collected in hopes of filing everything by the end of April (with all the set backs i felt that my April deadline would be possible) and come to find out it takes 16-18 weeks to just get police clearance from the USA.... so that pushes me back another 4-5 months to file, USA are you kidding me!! I am so angry with you guys right now, Seriously you guys make it very difficult. Why don't you get off your lazy ass's and get some people in those government buildings that can actually work and start processing paper work a little quicker. Ugh I'm so frustrated!

Mexican Cheese Cake...

Today I made a Mexican Cheese Cake... people i think its something you gotta make. its super easy and tastes fantastic. Heres the link to the easy recipe.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sopapilla-Cheesecake-Pie/Detail.aspx

Don't wear socks with holes...

When I first moved to Canada, one of the things that surprised me was that very few people wear their shoes in the house. Go into someones home and you leave your shoes by the door. I thought it was just a polish thing at first, but nope its everywhere, even the gym (which i have been attending regularly for the past 2 months) have just noticed a big fat sign in the front saying to leave your street shoes in the front and to have a second pair to put on indoors. Even at the tanning salon and the spa everyone that comes in leaves their shoes at the front.


One factor is undoubtedly the weather - when its wet, muddy, or snowy outside, you dont want to be tracking all that muck into your house or business but this "take your shoes off" rule also applies during the summer. Heres an example from last weeks b-day party I attended:

Such an amazing sunrise..

A couple of days ago I woke up to the most amazing sunrise, so sharp and bright.. i had to take some photos but they just don"t do it justice. It was incredible.

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us" - Helen Keller

Im looking for this opened door... where the hell is it!! What happens if the door is locked, Helen? then what????

Birthday Fun..

Barb bought me a plane ticket to LA for my b-day to spend some time with the new addition to her little family!! Was so nice to meet little samantha and see barb and george in total mommy and daddy mode!

Last 2 weeks of 2009!

Noah and i ventured off to Penticton BC for the holidays to visit his mom and sister. What a beautiful place... we spent more time than planned due to some car problems that my car was not used to from being around in the cold for all these month.. i guess you can say it got sick in penticton so we had to extend our trip for an additional 3 days while we waited for parts to be shipped from vancouver.. We spent christmas and new years out there, it was very nice and mellow and simple.. just the way i love canada. Simple.