Week 1 of 9

Well, I am hesitant to number the weeks....because in militaryland....time is not equal to the time we use in the "civilian" world. But, I'm going to call this week 1 anyway. So far things are going ok. Sarah sort of understands that Daddy is at "Army School"...but asks every day if he's coming home today. She's been pretty good though...we've been having lots of fun and trying to stay busy. THANK GOODNESS it's nice outside now. I have to admit, being a parent is sooo much easier when the weather cooperates. Sarah loves to be outside...and loves to just go for walks and gather leaves, rocks and sticks for her "collections". That's what she calls them. We've also started a little garden, so she loves to water/drown it each day. Hmm...what else...Ethan called on Monday night, when he arrived in Meaford....come to think of it...I have no idea where Meaford is....Ontario somewhere. He said everything went well and things are going as planned. I haven't heard from him since...most likely because he can't use his phone during the week as he's in his first week of SQ. Probably will hear something on the weekend. We bought him a little "netbook" so he can video conf with me and Sarah, but he doesn't have internet access at this point. Hopefully as time goes on, he will get phone and internet access soon enough. So...that's all my news...

so much for 30 days......

uggh...
well, i should have known....

20 minutes after my last post, we find out that ethan is leaving for the first part of his training this weekend!! So much for 30 days notice!!! Here's the story (translated into english for you non-military folk).

He’s starting with 1 month of pre-pre-training (maybe nothern alberta or ontario)
-followed by 5 weeks of pre-training (kingston)
-followed by 1 year of real training…(kingston)
-followed by 2 + years first posting (ottawa area)

I’m not kidding.

We’re meeting with our military social worker this week, so hopefully she can help with the insanity!!! I REALLY WANT TO GO WITH!!!
eeek!

30 dayz at a time....

Well, latest news from the military is.... we will have 30 dayz warning before ethan's training starts again. So....because we haven't had the notice yet....I guess we will all be in calgary for at least 30 more days. This not knowing is sooooo annoying.....but at least ethan is here and not in ontario without us. I REALLY want to go with him this time....but of course there are no guarantees that that will happen. I still REALLY want to move out of Calgary...but I'm STILL here.....I suppose there must be a reason I'm still here? But I have noooo idea what it is....anyhoo...that's my non-informative post. I don't really talk about family/personal stuff on here....cuz of the top secret nature of a certain persons career....but....maybe if I'm vague enough I could.

Hmm...what else. We spent the weekend in Raymond/Lethbridge. I'm happy to report that travelling with a 2.75 year old is MUCH easier than a < 2.5 year old. Sarah did great on the trip!

One note....I always thought it was really wierd that most of the houses in Raymond didn't have fences...untill this weekend. Sarah could run through peoples backyards and play on their playgrounds etc. without feeling like a tresspasser. ha ha.

I could never live in Raymond...but it's an ok place to spend a weekend :)

Airmiles and Their Value

Here's a really good article I found explaining airmiles and their value. It really is a math-game, but it seems if you know how to play it, you can come out ahead. I'm excited because I already have enough airmiles for the 3 of us to fly to nanaimo again, and it's only been 4 months of collecting :)

http://thoughtsfrommylife.com/article-15-Collecting_Air_Miles_and_their_Value