Star Struck

Dan came home just before 10:00pm last night and he told me a story. While he was at work, most of the staff started whispering and running and gathering to one place of the store, the movie section. They were just staring at this guy:

No one went up to ask him if he needed help with anything. How awkward would that be for him? Having all of the staff at Best Buy surrounding you but yet no one is helping you find your favorite movie. So Dan decided to step up and approach him to ask if he was finding everything ok, and he ended up helping Dion Phaneuf buy a bunch of things from Best Buy! We thought it was pretty cool.

It's a BOY!

The Olsen family has been filled with an abundant amount of girls. In my immediate family, there are 6 girls and 1 one boy. Three girls, one boy, then three more girls. I fall second youngest. We have all grown up and moved out and some are starting families of their own. The first grandchild for my parents was a boy, Keegan. This was such a happy moment to finally have a boy in the family again! Next there came eight girls. Yes you read that correctly, eight girls all in a row. Don't get me wrong, I love every last one of them, and they are all great kids. We just feel kind of bad for Keegan. He is now 10 years old, and the only boy cousin. I am happy to announce that we have a boy who is about to join our crazy family! My sister is due in March, and she just found out that she will be having her first boy! This will be her third child. We are all very happy, and excited to meet the little guy. It's going to be so weird to not dress this baby in little pink dresses and bows!

Congratulations Jodie and Aaron!!

I Am Thankful

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Dan and I didn't get much of a long weekend like I had hoped. Friday night we went with a bunch on other young married couples to the Calgary Corn Maze. To me honest, the corn maze wasn't that great. But the company was! After that, half of us went to Tim Horton's for hot chocolate and donuts (that's where we went) and the other half went to Denny's. It was getting late, so we headed home.

Dan had to work from 10:00am - 6:00pm on Saturday. So we didn't get a chance to do much together that day. While he was away, I hung up some pictures around the house (which I am so happy I did, it looks a lot better) and I did the laundry. After Dan got off work, we met at Superstore and did some grocery shopping. Not too exciting I know..

Sunday was Thanksgiving Day. It started out with Church at 9:00am (5:30am for Dan with his early morning meetings), a couple episodes of The Office, then a Sunday afternoon nap, and finally dinner! We had dinner at Dan's Parents' house with the company of Spence and Laurie with 2 of their 3 kids, and Grandma Rees. Dinner was so delicious! We couldn't stay long because we also had to work the shift at our building that night. Bummer. This year we didn't have a dinner with my side of the family. I think things didn't really get organized because right now my parents' are out of town, well, out of the country. At the beginning of the month, they went down to General Conference, then they drove down to California to go to Disneyland where my Mom spent her birthday (Happy birthday mom!) then on their way back, they are stopping in Las Vegas. All of this was planned last minute. I think they are both enjoying the fact that my Dad is now retired. They will be coming home on the 21st. So needless to say, nothing got planned from my side of the family for Thanksgiving Dinner.

Monday morning came along and Dan worked again from 10:00am - 6:30pm. Good thing he got paid time and a half that day. While he was gone, I made Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins, and did the dishes. When Dan came home, we went to a movie with my sister Kimberly "Couples Retreat". This movie is so funny! Pretty much every scene had something funny in it! And that is how we ended our "long" weekend. It wasn't the greatest for me to spend it mostly alone, but it was still nice to get things done.

Now it is Tuesday and what a day it has been! This morning I got out of the shower and I noticed that it had snowed the night before... a lot. I left the house and I saw that 14th Street was closed. Great, now I have to take the back roads. All of the roads were so slick and there was traffic everywhere with all of the road closures! I finally made it on to 14th and started on my way, with my speedometer reading "0" most of the way. I thought I might know of a better way, so I turn early. I get a bit lost, but I see someone who might know where they are going, plus they had 4 wheel drive like me, so I thought it was my best choice to follow him. Not so much! He went down this hill, this really steep hill. He was a ways a head of me, so I assume that he got down just fine. There was a white car in front of me, and then a blue car that pulled in in front of him half way down the hill. I start to go down the hill and realize that the white car has lost control. He smashes into the blue car and keeps on sliding down the hill. Meanwhile, I am loosing control, and then I lost it. I thought for sure that the blue car would start following the white car and pull in front of me to get their insurance information, and if it I would have hit them for sure! Instead, the girl gets out of the blue car and runs on foot down the hill to the white car who has finally come to a stop. And I am still out of control. I definitely had a prayer in my heart to keep me safe and amazingly enough, I was steered straight the whole way down the hill. I didn't veer to any side like the other cars had done in front of me. I know that I was being watched over. Once I gained control again, I was shaking. I tried to go further and ended up getting caught in even more traffic. I finally decided that my safety just wasn't worth it. I was already really late for work. I called in and told them that I was going to go home and try again later. And this was an hour after I had left the house. So I went home and Dan and I watched an episode of The Office and then I tried to venture out again. I left at about 9:45am and this time, I stayed with the roads that I knew best. It took me until 11:30am to get to work, but at least I made it safe and sound. And that is what I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving season.

One Week In

It's been one week yesterday since Dan has had his full-time job. So far, it's been great for both of us! The only time that Dan worked from 2:00pm - 10:00pm was on his first day, and every other day, it's been 9:00am - 5:00pm. Perfect. He hasn't had to work on the weekends yet either! Well, other than his training meeting that he had Sunday morning, but I don't think that really counts as working per say. I just found out yesterday that he has to work from 2:00pm - 10:00pm tonight. I'm hoping that this doesn't have to happen that often. There is another guy there who works the same position as Dan and he prefers to work the later shift, which is nice for us! Dan has really been enjoying this new part of his life. He has been working in different departments in the store everyday so that he learns about all of the product. And there is a lot to learn! The only ones who don't really like having both of us working all day is our cats. They have been spoiled with having at least one of us at home during the day, but now they are all alone all day, every weekday. I think they'll get over it. At least they have each other to keep themselves entertained. I really like the feeling of being at work, and knowing that Dan is at work too. I hate it when I am working and Dan is at home. It also sucks when I come home from work and Dan is just starting work. It hasn't really set in for me that Dan actually has a job, but I think it will once he gets his first pay check. We are going to try our very best not to go overboard now that we have more income, because our goal right now is to save, save, SAVE! We are trying to cut back on eating out, even though we don't that much, I want to cut back even more, and buying the "little" things, like treats or toys. I know it's the "little" things that can really add up and make a big difference. And most of the time it's things we don't really need either. It's time to cut back... even more. However, it's going to be tempting knowing that we get an awesome discount at Best Buy in 3 months. Yikes!

Last Saturday we decided that we should go check out the Balzac Mall again. I needed new work pants because the weather is getting colder and I only have one pair! Well, I have more, but they're too small for me now. Yes, it's true, I've gained weight. Maybe this no more eating out thing will help me with that too! So we went to the mall and I got one pair of pants that I need to hem. However, we spent a good chunk of cash on some home decor. It was really needed though. Our home doesn't look like a home. And now it looks a lot better. We have some pictures that still need to be hung, and I think that will tie everything together. We bought a tree plant, a phone stand, and a small pot with grass in it. Of course the plants are fake because nothing would last in our steaming apartment. And we really needed a phone stand because we were using a TV tray before.

I promise we won't go overboard with spending... starting... now!