Trina and Elton are getting married today!!

Two of my favourite people in this world are getting married today! They, much like Neil and I, are from two completely different worlds and cultures, yet they are very much alike at the same time. And by the end of this day, they will be Husband and Wife!!!!! Yikes!!

I met Trina just over 7 years ago at work. She was only supposed to be there temporarily, but thankfully for our friendship, that was not the case! We clicked instantly. After all, we had a lot in common. We are both sarcastic and appreciate dry humour, we both enjoy our Tim Horton's coffee, we loved to make fun of the people who didn't necessarily appreciate our kind of people (loud, fun-loving girls) and when we met, we were both single!

We talked about everything, including our now-significant others when we first met them, and now here we are!!! Trina, about to be married in a few hours and I, engaged with a wedding date TBA!! (most likely 2011, BTW).

It is so awesome to have experienced watching her go through all of that in the way I have only experienced with my siblings. What i mean is, knowing someone before they find the person they will spend the rest of their lives with. Witnessing how the person they have chosen will enrich their lives that much more. I have been lucky to see my siblings and a few friends go through this process of becoming some one's partner and I am humbled by it.

Maybe it's the distance or maybe just this blog that allows me to put my feelings and thoughts in writing, but whatever it is has compelled me to share this with all of you. So, in the words of my future father-in-law "toughsky-shitsky" people!! hehehehe

But don't worry, I'm not going to make this all about my "feelings" everyday. I can already see a few of you rolling your eyes or gagging. I could name all of you, but after all, isn't our mutual disgust for mushiness part of the reason we are all friends?

I'll just finish by addressing Trina and Elton with a toast I would have loved to give in person:

First, let me begin by thanking both of you, on behalf of myself and Neil, for the amazing friendship we have shared over the years. Especially for all your support during this past year. We look forward to celebrating this day with you guys for many, many years to come.
May this be the beginning of the best days of your lives together. May you experience all the health and happiness your deserve. We love you both. Cheers! To the Bride and Groom!!! Yaya!!!

Wishing I was there,
Vee.

There's something about the weather...

Welcome to the first installment of our 875 part series about the weather.

Seriously, the last time I posted here, I was going on about the weather. Well things haven't changed much. This time its the rain. It seems to be non-stop nowadays. Go tune into the weather network, I can wait............

See, I told you. Even the tourist guide book talks about the weather. When so much of the industry in this province revolves around farming, the topic of conversation always seem to come around to the weather, but not in a small talk way either. Serious business this weather. Its even prevented some farmers from even getting into the field to seed. Everyone talks about cut-off dates for insurance, have they fertilized, will the provincial government step in and try and get more for the farmers.

So that's part of life here, but on to other things. We love our apartment. We have plenty of space. Thank God we were as organized as we were. It's made things so much easier for the unpacking. We are now at least in a livable state where we are not tripping over boxes. I also love being so close to shopping. I needed to run out for something and I managed to be home within 20 minutes. It's great.

So what else is new? It's been so long since we posted, you'll have to forgive us if we jump around in our timeline of events as we recall everything. There was the month-plus long fog when we got here. The deer. The snow. The cold. The wind. After this post, I will try to put as much down chronologically as possible.

In conclusion, here's a picture of a funnel cloud I saw at work yesterday.




Ducking for cover,
Neil

You only need the last 4 digits....

Hello All,

So, we are still unpacking and putting things into place. The good news is we don't really have much more to go! It feels awesome to finally give all of our things a proper place in our new home.

We are loving our new town!!! All the services we need are under 5 minutes away for which we are thrilled!!! No more driving 50kms. each way just to get groceries!!! woohoo!! :D

However, I promised to talk about all the differences and intricacies we were going to encounter, and here's one of many.

When giving anyone your telephone number out here in Saskatchewan you need only provide the city you live in and the last 4 digits of your phone number!!!

THAT'S RIGHT my dear 416/647 and 905/289 area code friends!! Out here you don't really even need a blackberry or speed dial to remember people's phone numbers! You can simply say " I live in Weyburn and my number is 1234". why? well, because everybody knows Weyburn's exchange is 842!!! That's why!!

Aaaaannnnd, the ENTIRE PROVINCE is under the SAME area code, which is 306!!!

I mean, being Ontarians, when was the last time you remember not using area codes first of all, never mind using the same area code to call your friends in Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, Scarborough, Ottawa, Parry Sound, Port Perry, etc, etc???!!!

You guys should all see the looks i get when I start giving my phone number anywhere and start with the area code. I can almost see the word bubble on the side of people's heads saying "duh"!! That's right city girl!!!

I have explained to everyone here that it will take some time to get use to
this because Toronto and the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) alone have 4 area codes and even then those four area codes can be local or long distance so there goes another digit!!

Whew! I feel better already!!!

4-digit girl.

Let's recap

So, it's been 4 months to the date since our last post on February 5th. Wow, times flies.

We last left you on the day before getting to our new home in Saskatchewan not really knowing what to expect. Well, a lot has happened since.
We have moved again, this time to a bigger town. Actually, to a place that can actually be called a town, having more than 47 people in it! We, as you can tell, are now finally part of the digital world again (details on that to follow). We have tons and tons of stories about the weather of course as it plays a major part of life in this Province. We also have updates on how I've managed to stay "sane" and how Neil hasn't had to have me admitted into a home for the coo-coo. As well as what we, and most people who are new to Saskatchewan have had to do to actually find a place to rent. The reasons why we had to leave our little house on the prairies in exchange for a 3 bedroom apartment, etc, etc...

We will also be posting pictures to show you what we've seen, where we lived and where we are now. :)

We are in the midst of finally unpacking our furniture and all of our belongings that haven't seen the light of day since last September. We are actually really excited about that! It almost feels like Christmas! We keep opening stuff and saying "Oh yeah.... i forgot we had that!" :) It's kinda awesome. We've also been really lucky in terms of casualties when it comes to our furniture.
So far, there are just a few nicks and scratches (nothing a touch-up pen can't fix) and unfortunately, one of our lamp shades is in really bad shape :( However, considering all of our things moved from our apartment in Mississauga to a locker space in Hamilton, then 3000kms to the house in Tribune and finally to our new apartment in Weyburn!!!
So, all in all we did pretty well! And in no small part due to all the help, muscle and patience of our awesome family and friends who helped us pack and move in Ontario and to our wonderful new friends here in Saskatchewan. So, to all of you who've helped us in any way....THANK YOU!!!! :)

In the meantime, we still miss you all like crazy. Now that we can finally communicate with all of you, we feel you are all a little bit closer to us.

Signing off from under a mountain of half open boxes,

Vero & Neil ;)

We're baaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

Helloooooo World!!

We are back baby! And we have tons to tell you about!
For now, we just wanted to let you know we have rejoined the digital world and we will be updating you on all our adventures!
So stay tuned and keep sending us your comments! :)

As always, we leave you with Killer's pic of the day as he really, really wanted to get back online and say hello to all his fans! :D