Full House

Gingerbread and Drapes!

2007-12-09T16:13:00.000-08:00

Ok so it has been a while, so sorry. I think I lost my camera which makes for boring posts. But I found one sitting on the dining room table so I decided to post! Last week we had a bunch of people over for pizza and then me (Alyssa), Rachel and Nicole made a gingerbread house. We decided to give it a little twist so we made it look like our house. On one side of the roof we made each of us girls and on the other roof we made each of the guys (who don't live at our house, by the way). The house is complete with the trees on the front, a deck in the back, a driveway, and wynnale's car (there were a lot of black jelly beans). Here is a picture: Or two:

So gingerbread houses. Means Christmas is coming (yay!). Means it is now winter. Means it is COLD. I personally don't mind when it is cold outside. But when you come inside it would be nice to have it at least 20 degrees, no matter what we do with the thermostat. And since our house is rarely above that We needed some help. So I made some drapes. And we got some shrink wrap stuff to go over the windows which we will put up right away. Hopefully our house will get warmer fast. Here are our new drapes, I just finished them a few minutes ago:

Well not much else exciting has happened. So I will end my post. That is actually a lie by the way, a lot of exciting things happen. Just none that I can think of right now. I will post later when I find a camera lying around again!!

Alyssa

Sunnsyside Reunites

2007-11-09T15:04:00.000-08:00

Hello one and all! It would seem that no one likes to post on here anymore. How sad. Allow me to tell you about life, even if you don't care to hear. So last weekend I journeyed out to Alberta (gasp!) to spend some quality time with my dearest friends, Ashley and Willow- fellow long-time members of Sunnyside Manor (AKA the south upstairs hall of the Millar women's dorm).

What wonderful times were had! I took the afternoon off work and drove to the Hat where I met up with Willow. We then drove to Ashley's in High River, and after much talking and laughing we got some sleep.

On Saturday we spent the day in Banff. We went to Johnson Canyon and hiked to the upper falls there. The weather was nice, but it sure got cold as we got closer to the falls. Lots of water and lots of cold makes lots of ice- which, in turn, makes even more cold. It was so pretty! All of the blues of the water and the green moss and the rocks and everything- it was great! We even saw a squirrel.

That was the only "wildlife" we saw there- I know, sad. Back in the town of Banff, we attempted to do some shopping. We thought surely there'd be at least SOMETHING worth buying. Nope. And our favourite candy store was closed too. So we just ended up buying candy at this other candy store and went to Starbucks to warm our little innards up.

After our discouraging jaunt around the town we headed to the hot springs for a dip (or marinade) in the pool. My was that great. So cold out but oh so warm in the pool. On the way back to Ashley's house we grabbed a bite to eat at the Tim Horton's in Canmore. Let's just say that the service was lacking. I'll leave it at that. Back at Ashley's house I pretty much just went to bed. We were bad- we slept in on Sunday, made brunch, and then Willow and I headed home. It was so good to see them again. My how I miss my Sunnyside girls. Sigh!

Krysta

Happy Birthday ^2!

2007-10-18T21:26:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to Doerksen squared!!! Just so you know, the "^" thing means "to the power of"- like on a calculator. Just wanted to clarify. Okay, so David and Daniel's birthday is actually tomorrow but lots of people will be gone tomorrow evening.Thus we decided to party hard for them this evening. The guys came over to our house and we just chillaxed and talked and such for a while until Nart and Dave came from writing an exam at the university. Then we ate cake.One was a bought cake and the other one was "Death by Chocolate" that I made. It was all very yummy! David and Daniel even wore cool hats and had sparklers. After we took part in a bunch of gluttony (is that a word?), a few of us took part in a round of crib and then we all joined in a rousing game of Pictionary. Unfortunately, us girls lost- but we let the guys win just because it was their birthday. It was a lot of fun. It's been a while since we've done something like that.

Krysta

Fall!

2007-10-04T21:52:00.001-07:00

So this fall has been a good one so far! There are sooo many leaves in our yard, and we have sure had some fun with them! We are still all working away, and I think most of us, if not all, like our jobs. This weekend is Thanksgiving and everyone but me and AMy are going home. I think a turkey TV dinner is in order.

Well a couple weeks ago we bought a DQ cake just for fun and since Wynnale was on call that weekend she couldn't come to pick it out with us. Her work cell phone kept rining so as a joke we wrote on the cake just for her!

Well that's all I have pictures for, and can't remember anything else we've done. Perhaps another update will come soon!

Alyssa

Saskatoon in the Fall

2007-09-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

Well, since no one has updated in a while, i thot i'd put some pictures of our beautiful city on here for all of you who can't be here to see Saskatoon in the fall. The longer I live here, the more I love it.
Last Thursday after i was done work, David and i went and took some pictures of the city by the river and Broadway Bridge. Since the city has so many trees, everything is changing to so many colors all at once, and i constantly am amazing at how beautiful it is.
This past weekend, all the girls from my house, and everyone but Dan from the boys house left at noon on Friday and went to the Millar alumni soccer tournament! It was so good to see everyone back at college, and chat it up with some old friends. A car load of us came back Saturday becuase we teach Sunday School, but it was still good to have gone. And Michael and David and I are going back to Pambrun next weekend for Thanksgiving as well, which will be nice becuase we'll be able to stay till Monday. But i am hoping to make a Thanksgiving Turkey for our two houses near the end of this week. It will be my first attempt at the big meal, so hopefully it tastes good!

Sick?

2007-09-10T10:35:00.000-07:00

Sickness seems to have struck our house. One after another we have been getting sick, different kinds of sick though! Just what all you mothers reading wanted to hear, eh? It's okay though, we are recovering. Perhaps they should quarantine us.

We have an addition to our household coming this week! Amy Friesen is moving in on Thursday, which should be great! We will post again after she comes!

Experience Saskatoon!

2007-08-28T10:05:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday me (Alyssa) and Michael took the day off to hang out with Becky and tour around Saskatoon! It was a lot of fun.

First we went to the Museum of Western Development, which is a relication of a western town, down the main street. There were buildings for everything you would find in an old town, old vehicles down the street, a train engine, everything you could think of. We spent a couple of hours there, it was something we had wanted to do all summer long.

Then we came back to our house to pick up Rachel N (not the Rachel that lives here) and went to The Berry Barn for lunch. We had perogies and soup, and Michael bought some nonalcoholic saskatoon berry champagne. Then we walked around the place for a bit, and down to the beach.

After The Berry Barn we went on the Saskatoon Princess boat tour. It was just over an hour long and we had a blast. It was interesting seeing the city from the middle of the river! And the driver had a lot of interesting facts about Saskatoon to tell us.

Across the road from the boat ride is a place called Kinsmen Park. There is a train there which parents take their kids to. There is also a ferris wheel and merry-go-round, but we just paid to go on the train. We saw a famous person on the train, can you guess who it was? A famous female Canadian athlete:

Catriona Le May Doan! Rachel even went to ask her if it was really her, and it was!

We then continued on to a three story new and used furniture store on the west side. Me and Michael had been there before, but it was a first for Becky and Rachel. It was fun looking around at all the old and unique stuff! After that we came back here and just hung out with some more people until we all went to Chianti's for supper! It was pasta night so everything was fairly cheap. There were 11 or 12 of us that went, and then we came back here to hang out.

Well, that is all to the tale of yesterday! Tonight there are a bunch of people coming here for a goodbye supper for Becky. We will probably have some pictures from that too!

Alyssa

Hola from Paraguay!

2007-08-18T12:20:00.000-07:00

Hello all! well talk about long time, i see that my fellow ¨Friends of the House¨ (that one was for you Becksy!)have been slacking off on the updates, so much so that i, all the way from another country, have to pick up the slack for them! ha ha just kidding! Anyways, i thot i´d put in my two cents as to what´s been going on over here lately. Well, as most of you know already, i´m on the last week, not even, of my trip, and it´s been a blast! We´ve visited 4 different tribes, lived in the Menno Colony in Loma Plata, visited Iguasu Falls (very amazing!)and for the last ten days we are at a Bible college helping build a church/ multi purpose building for them. The work has been super exciting and thrilling since we have been MOVING DIRT FOR 5 DAYS! It´s actually been very hard and labour intensive, and we were all very sore the first day, but after a day of rest (last Sunday) we were back at it, and haven´t been to sore since. But let me tell you, you don´t want to pick a fight with me anymore, b/c all this work has made me get muscles! ha ha! one good thing about doing construction i guess, but i´ve definietly decided i DON´T want a career in construction! anyways, it´s been a good trip all in all, but i am defninetly ready to come home and finally rest and see my family (only for a bit at the airport in Calgary i guess) and all my friends again- especially one ¨special friends¨! he he. Only 3 more sleeps (and one night on the plane) till i´m back in Canada! sorry i don´t have any picts of my trip right now, but they will come once i get home. Until then, see you all soon! and i miss all your girls in my house very much and can´t wait for many late nights talking and hanging out!
Wynnale

2007-08-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

Wow, it sure has been a while! Life has been good in full house saskatoon, we've been keeping busy! Fringe festival is on this week, a few of us went the past couple of nights. It's mainly live music, buskers, and people selling art and clothing they they have made. It's fun, and we can sometimes hear the music at our hosue since it is just down the street.

I got a new job a couple weeks ago, at Naturalizer, the shoe store. pretty glamorous, putting people's shoes on for them! Wynnale's still in Paraguay, making our house seem just a bit smaller. She'll be back on the 23rd though, we are all excited for that!

A few days ago we had another birthday party for me! Amy, my best friend from home, sent me a 'birthday in a box' and we finally used it! We played some Monopoly (which was quite the ordeal since everyone had their own set of rules) and then went and got a DQ cake and then had a party! It was fun, there were some good tunes and lots of laughs! And the cake was definitely pink with a unicorn on it!

The weather's been good this week, not as hot as it has been the past couple weeks, but not cold and rainy like it was earlier in the summer. There have been quite a few campfires the past couple weeks!

Well that is just some of the stuff that has been going on the past couple weeks here at full house saskatoon! Hope you all have a great week!

Alyssa

Why Must Weekends Be Shorter Than Workweeks?

2007-07-22T19:27:00.001-07:00

Yeah, I'm thinking that the work week should be two days long and the weekend five days. That would be wonderful! Anyway, I don't actually have anything special to say. I was just looking through some S'toon pictures and saw this one that I like. It hasn't been posted, so I thought I'd show everyone how "gussied up" we got for our supper at Earl's with the boys a while back. We should've taken a picture of the boys. They even wore suits! Pretty impressive, I'd say.

Krysta

Ice, Ice, Baby!

2007-07-17T18:12:00.000-07:00

Yes, it is true. Mr. David Doerksen and I are engaged as of Sunday, July 15! Sometimes we go for picnics after church on Sundays, but he wanted to go for an evening picnic this Sunday. It makes sense since it's so hot out. So we made some sandwiches at my house, packed up my lovely picnic basket lined with red gingham (the perfect picnic basket material of choice), and headed off for our picnic. As David told me, he'd "scoped out" a new spot along the river where he wanted to go. So we headed off to this special, newly discovered spot and spread our blankets out on the ground (Grandma, I got engaged sitting on the blanket you made for me).

It was a lovely spot overlooking the river and we could see the houses on the top of the hill on the other side, with the sun setting in the background. After eating our picnic supper, we were just sitting there, talking and laughing. The typical silence fell upon us, as it often does every now and then. I asked my usual, "Where are you?", wondering where his thoughts were. After more silence he said, "I don't know of any other way to tell you this. Krysta, I love you and will you marry me?" I said, "Are you for serious?" It's not that I didn't believe him. He didn't have the ring out in sight then, so I wasn't sure if it was a slip of the tongue sort of thing or what. He assured me he was serious and pulled out the box. I said "Yes! Of course!" and gave him a great big hug.

I think he was surprised that I didn't grab for the ring right away, 'cuz he finally asked, "Don't you want to see it?" He opened the box and held it out to me and I was like, "Ah! This is so weird!" So he put the ring on my finger and we sat and enjoyed the view and talked and laughed even more and smiled lots and lots. It was so much fun and the perfect evening and the perfect place and everything! It was so us! Just a simple picnic by the river. Sigh! So this all feels incredibly wonderful, exciting, weird, and kind of scary all at the same time. I'm not quite sure what to do next or when or what or how or... We haven't picked a date yet, so that'll have to come first. Stay tuned for news of that and other exciting things! Oh, and don't worry. We'll still post about everyday non-wedding life as well. This isn't going to become the wedding blog!

Krysta

Goodbye Friends of the House!

2007-07-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

Well, tomorrow i'm off for an adventure in Paraguay! well, it's not actually an adventure, i'm actually going on a missions trip with a group from Millar (our common denominator)Tomorrow my team is meeting in Airdrie for supper, and then we're flying out of the country at 7am in the morning! i'm pretty excited, although packing was nothing less than a big frustrating mess! i hate packing! and i especially hate packing when you don't know what culture and climate to pack for! But i can thankfully say that i did it, and let's just hope my suitcase does not bust at the seams! At the same time tho, i am a little sad to be leaving my friends and the city, i've really enjoyed every minute here. But i'll only be gone till August 23rd, then the girls must survive with me in the house again! so farwell my "friends of the house". I'll see you all when i come back! (this picture is of all of us before i left)

Wynnale

Mr. & Mrs. Meadows....& FIFA Too!

2007-07-11T21:01:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was quite the adventure. Our dear friends, Geoff Meadows and Lynette Wiebe (not Wiebe anymore), got married near Grande Prairie, AB, so we headed off in that direction for their wedding.

There were eleven of us in total in three different vehicles. We left on Friday after everyone was done work and stayed in St. Albert the first night. Wow did we have quite the experience at our hotel. When I booked reservations, the guy said it was totally fine that we have five people per room. Jamie and Jeremiah left earlier in the day, so they checked in for us. When Jamie asked for extra pillows and a couple of towels, the lady freaked out on her and said we could only have four per room. To make a long story short, we didn't get any pillows or towels, but we all slept at the hotel. In the morning I went to pay and talked to the lady. She was extremely grumpy and basically demanded money and told me to leave. I got what we were told we'd get though- we all stayed there and paid what we were supposed to pay.

Our second hotel was much nicer and the lady was way more friendly. It was such a nice change! We saw a moose on the highway on the way there that morning. It was just standing there in front of us. Pretty cool. After checking into our Valleyview hotel, we changed and went to the wedding in Bezanson. It was such a beautiful wedding!

Their vows were amazing and they looked amazing and it was just so good! Between the ceremony and reception a whole bunch of us "Millar folk" went to eat at the mall in Grande Prairie and to hang out there. The reception was at this RV park place in a little red barn. The food was excellent. Afterwards there was a dance and that was lots of fun! I can't dance, but it was fun to watch everyone else!

On Sunday we drove to Edmonton to watch FIFA U-20 World Cup Soccer. It was wonderful. The first game was Mexico vs. New Zealand. I was most amused by the Mexican fans screaming and singing in Spanish, wearing sombreros and flags and such. They made me laugh. Half of us didn't stay for the second game (Canada vs. Congo) 'cuz we would've gotten back at 3 a.m. So we picked up Patricia from West Ed. and then headed home.

It was definitely an insane amount of driving, but it was definitely worth it and it was a lot of fun!

Krysta

Clarification Needed

2007-07-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

Hello one and all. Okay, so if you've watched Alyssa's videos, you'll see that our life here is rather dull and boring. It is not. When we're not working, we often go to random stores, to the guys' house, for walks, etc. around the city. We do not sit around and make videos of ourselves. We did not decorate our stairway with calendars- Alyssa did that; and we did not choose a pink phone- Alyssa did that. We really do have exciting times up here. Don't listen to Alyssa. She lies.

Krysta

So Many Posts!!!

2007-07-04T08:56:00.000-07:00

Well since yesterday was my birthday we had a big supper and then went to get a DQ ice cream cake, compliments of my parents. So while we were buying a cake we decided to get the biggest one there, one with Dora the Explorer nontheless.After we got back to the house we realized that since we don't have ANY room in our freezer and I apparently can't cut cake into reasonable size pieces we had quite large ones instead. A whole cake for 8 people. Most of us finished our pieces (well maybe only 3 of us) but everyone gave it their all. Then we sat around and did Canada Day trivia, it was kinda fun. Trying to remember things you learned over 5 years ago, definitely not easy. Overall it was a really good day!!

Video Blog(s)

2007-07-03T13:17:00.001-07:00

Camera=annoying=two videos instead of one=not that annoying i guess.

Fireworks, etc.

2007-07-03T11:32:00.000-07:00

So Wynnale already told you that we went to see fireworks on Sunday. Well I will follow up with some pictures and video footage of this event. I DID have another video, a better one, but I accidentally deleted it.

So yeah, it was a really good Canada Day. Now Rachel is off to Montana, both the person and the place. The weather has been wonderful lately, sunny and warm. No ned to use the A/C yet, but maybe soon. Our house, at least the main floor and basement, stay pretty nice through the day. Ok well nothing much more to say, just thought I would post a bit!

Alyssa

Tennis Tournament!

2007-07-02T15:38:00.000-07:00

Oh Canada! Well we decided to spend the patriotic day by having a tennis tournament at the tennis courts in a park two blocks from our house. But before we began Becky played "Oh Canada" on her flute-our own little "opening ceremonies"! It was a closer tournament, and all put up a good fight, but in the end it was my boyfriend David who won! (that's my man!)

So i presented
him the highly valued (Value Village that is) tennis trophy!

Later on that day a much bigger group of us went to see the fire works in Diefenbaker Park, and then once we finally managed to get out of the parking lot we went straight to the airport to see off and say goodbey to the Middle East missions team, and i had to say goodbey to David for 7 weeks! It was sad, but i'm also leaving on my own missions trip to Paraguay in two weeks tomorrow! so i'm looking forward to that more and more the closer it comes. So i think that about sums up the weekend for me.

published by Wynnale.

Oh Canada Weekend!

2007-06-28T16:24:00.000-07:00

Greetings one and all! It's been a while since I've posted and I don't really have much to say. I mostly just wanted to share some pictures with you that I took today in our yard. I thought they were pretty cool.

As you all know, this weekend is Canada Day weekend. I am going home to Swift Current with David to visit my family and check out Frontier Days (woot, woot rodeo!). Jamie is working and chillaxing with her family when they come up here. Wynnale is spending as much time as possible with Dave before he leaves for overseas. Alyssa, Rachel, and Becky are just hanging out here and doing the "we're in Saskatoon on Canada Day" thing with fireworks and all that jazz. Until next time...keep fit and have fun. (Thank you Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod.)

Krysta

Dress-up Night!

2007-06-28T08:45:00.001-07:00

Well last night our house and the boys house, plus a few extra, dressed up and went out for dinner! It was a good evening, though we had a few minor complications. First the tabe wasn't big enough for all 12 of us, and then Jamie had forgot her I.D. which was necessary to even be in the restaurant. So Jamie and her boyfriend had to wait outside until Krysta came with her I.D.
But after that it was pretty good. We all had a good time; the Mika on the radio, the couch area between the confusing bathrooms, touristic photoshoots, waiting forever to pay the bills, squishing into cars on the way home. It was a great night overall! (More pictures to come, other cameras have bigger group pictures.)

Posted by Alyssa

SEWING!

2007-06-27T12:51:00.000-07:00

Well, with upcoming weddings and sometimes severe boredom we have taken to sewing. Some girls go out and buy dresses, but not all of us.
Our dining room has turned into sewing central, and it is definitely not strange to hear a sewing machine late into the night. You know you live in a house of girls when. . .

new job & new blooms

2007-06-15T16:18:00.000-07:00

hello saskatoon full house fans. well, i figured i've put this off long enough and its about time i put in my two cents. i am rachel for all of u who don't know and this weekend is looking to be a dismal affair as the house will be quite empty. wynnale and her david are going to AB for the weekend, jamie and jeremiah are also absent. alyssa went to ontario for a quick trip home, kyrsta will probly be out with her david this weekend, which will leave me and becky to tough it out here and hold down the fort. exciting news!: i got another partime job that i'm starting tomorrow! its a hostessing position with the saskatchewan based restaurant grainfields. i'm excited and nervous because i've never done restaurant work before, but it'll be a good experience i guess. well, our garden is starting to look more like a garden with he flowers starting to bloom. they were so pretty i had to pick some and bring them inside. its kind of cool seeing what's all in there, and not really knowing until they bloom. so far we've discovered an abundance of daisies, some poppies, lily of the valley, irises, peonies, delphiniums and a bunch of other stuff that i don't know what they're called. (photos courtesy of krysta and her amazing photography skills.) well thats about all thats new around here i think.. Oh! i almost forgot, the land lady's husband came by last week i think and installed an air conditioner in the dining/living room, so hopefully that will make things more bearable once the weather turns permanently hot..... so i just realized this post was kind of lame. oh well. i don't have to read it again. sorry to all of u whom i managed to put to sleep with this post. maybe next time i write something exciting will have happened. well thanx for tuning in to another episode of fullhousesaskatoon...ciao!

One Fish, Two Fish, Dead Fish...Blue Fish

2007-06-06T15:59:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's true. I was in Manitoba this past weekend and came home to much excitement by Alyssa. She bought the fish pictured below. Wynnale and I arose in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to discover that the blue fish (AKA Blue Suede) was sort of sleeping on the gravel at the bottom of the tank. Now, from my personal experience I've noted that dead fish typically float. Alyssa's looked like it was just hanging out sleeping on the bottom with its fins slightly...doing whatever fins do when they move. Anyway, I tapped the side of the tank (don't tell Alyssa) to see if the fish would move. He sort of did. A while later I looked and he was swimming slowly around but kind of tilted to one side. When he turned, we observed that his one eye was all like puffed out and bloody. It was tres icky! I came home from work yesterday to discover that the fish had died and it now had a home in our refrigerator. Apparently you can take the dead fish back to the store and they'll give you another one. That's cool, but the dead bloody-eyed fish in the fridge was kind of creepy. It was just sitting on the shelf in a clear ziploc bag. Creepy! But Alyssa got another fish today- another blue one. I wonder what this one's name is. Perhaps Blue Suede II? Sounds like the Bluenose II.

Krysta

FSH

2007-06-04T21:41:00.001-07:00

Topic: New Fish
Colour: Blue and Pink
Names: Suede Shoes and Panther
Posted by: Alyssa

Another Monday!

2007-06-04T10:16:00.000-07:00

Well it's been another week since a post! Or three, for that matter. Well here is what has been happening:

Krysta got a job then got a better job at Sask. Abilities Council.
Rachel's boyfriend came from Montana this weekend.
A bunch of us went swimming (and I went off the 7M high diving board!).
We went searching for an art showing Saturday night and ended up walking by the river.
My parents are coming to visit me on Wednesday (!!).
Our lily of the valley is blooming.
We got a new couch (the one on the right).
We moved the tv to the basement and made an entertainment center for it.
We had a mini b-day party for wynnale after the big one.
Somebody set up our coat rack.
Jamie had an interview at a factory-type place.

that is about it.

Written by: Alyssa

Me Like Hockey!...Or not!

2007-05-28T19:11:00.000-07:00

Tonight, as many hockey fans worldwide (or maybe just North America wide) will know, is game one of the Stanley Cup finals between
the Sens and Ducks. Us girls have been sitting around at home wondering why the guys won't come and bring our couch like they said they would. We've decided that hockey is the root of this- the root of all evil, in fact. The guys are so addicted to hockey
that it is quite difficult to get through to them as they are observing the playing of the game. So we had a little bit of fun re-enacting how the guys would watch hockey. We posed with all of the food, but then ended up eating some of the food just because it was in front of us. We laughed pretty hard. Then there's the picture of Wynnale and Jamie in true girl style being bored while the game is on. Yep. Yay for hockey. Woot, woot!

Posted by Krysta

My New Car

2007-05-28T18:42:00.000-07:00

So I've told quite a few of you that i got a new car recently, and ta da! here it is! it's a '99 black dodge neon. And i really like it. Finally i own a car that's not as old as me and is actually reliable! And don't you love the special effects in the picture? The light beaming behind me really adds an aura of wonder and awe...ha ha j/k!
The reason i am so dressed up in these pictures is because i just got back from Ashley and Josh's wedding that i was a bridesmaid in. It was a wonderful wedding and really fun to dress up and get pictures and be in a wedding! And then we had all the Millar friends who came for the wedding over that evening. So it was a very eventful and busy weekend, but definetly a memorable one. And in the other picture is just of Krysta and i hanging out Monday evening. She also got a job today! So we'll be working the same hours! woot woot!
Wynnale

Rainy Old Saskatoon

2007-05-28T10:43:00.000-07:00

Salutations from the City of Bridges!
This weekend was a wonderful one. I finally got to move here for real! School is over and the job hunting has begun. Woot, woot! On Saturday we attended Josh & Ashley's wedding in Neuanlage and it was such a beautiful wedding. Talk about permagrin! That evening, a whole bunch of Millar people came over to the FullHouse for a little party. I counted about 25 people in total. Football was played, Balderdash came out, food was eaten, good times were had. We went for a long walk by the river and got lots of stares from people wondering about the huge group. Sunday was rather uneventful- just the usual Sunday routine of church, relaxation, food, etc. At least the weekend weather was beautiful and sunny. Last week was rainy and we woke up to rain yet again this morning. Perhaps the sun will come out to play later this week- hopefully!

Posted by Krysta

Lollipop

2007-05-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Everybody's Gonna Love Today
Wow, it's been a while since I updated last! Not too much happened this week, our freezer doesn't work, the weather was horrible but then got better, KRYSTA MOVED IN, Ashley (a friend from Millar) got married, we got the Mika CD and now listen to it constantly, I got a new cell phone, we had a party, and that is about it.

Movies we like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrw4gWQmH8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeeR4Vnvs8U

Sunday

2007-05-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

Well, we have some people over this evening, and most of them are crowded around a laptop. apparently that is the thing to do at our house, watch stupid movies on youtube. Maybe later we will do something more exciting. Last night we played pictionary and since the girl team lost we had to buy the guys ice cream at Mcdonalds and then as punishment go to their house to watch a movie instead of staying here. That is all.

Summer Days

2007-05-17T14:21:00.000-07:00

Well me and Rachel went shopping today! It was a really good day out, the weather was BEAUTIFUL. Taking the bus is now a regular occurance for most of us, we like it a lot. Seems like there is always somewhere to go and things to do We stopped on the way back and took these pictures in the park. We have so many nice parks around our house! And our gardens are becoming really nice now that the days are warmer! Our lawn mower works now, so our house doesn't look quite so grungy anymore. Some of the trees in our backyard are blooming purple, and since everything is growing our backyard is a little more secluded. We are going to have a BBQ tonight at the guys house, which should be a good time. Becky's friend is in town for the day, that is why we are going. Krysta gets here in half an hour or so, can't wait for that! and Jamie comes on the day after tomorrow!!! It will be really exciting to have all six of us in the house for the first time. Krysta doesn't more in until the 25th, but as soon as that happens we can officially call ourselves Full House Saskatoon!

FREEZER!!!

2007-05-15T21:34:00.000-07:00

Well today we got a deep freezer! That is pretty exciting. BUT, we don't know how to get it inside! The man we bought it from was nice enough to drop it off at our house, but one person can't take it downstairs by themself! So we will probably have to get some guys to help move it, though it is HUGE. Which is good, we just went grocery shopping and have so much food!

Rachel is working as a receptionist at Vector, mainly phoning people to see if they want to work selling Cutco knives. Becky and me are still enjoying working at Dutch Growers, and Wynnale still likes Obasa.

This weekend Jamie moves in! And Krysta is coming to visit, which is really exciting! We can't wait until our house is full.

Well, me and Rachel bought some cheesecake the other day, so I am going to go have a piece!!

Alyssa

Dutch Growers, Represented by Two

2007-05-09T18:47:00.000-07:00

Well I got a job! Same place that Becky works. A 15 minute walk to the bus, then a 10 minute bus ride to work. Thankfully there is a bus stop right outside work! We both work full time, she works outside with the trees and bushes and rocks and stuff like that, and I am a cashier. I finished my second day today, I was hired on the spot on Monday. Rachel is still looking for now. I like this new job, it is fun and greenhouses smell good. I think me and Becky are going to go walk for ice cream, a good thing to eat. It is windy today.

Alyssa

http://www.dutchgrowers.ca/

2007-05-07T08:45:00.000-07:00

Well me and Becky went to play tennis at the tennis corts that are a three minute walk from our house yesterday. It was lots of fun, we dressed in the best tennis outfits we had and realized how horrible we are at tennis. We got better though and hopefully we will continue to do so with more practice!

RACHEL CAME LAST NIGHT!!! That was really exciting! We unpacked all of her stuff and had lots of fun. It will be fun having a roommate again! I will post pictures later of our house, a lot has changed since those tours! This morning we had tea biscuits for breakfast and I presented Rachel with her house key.

Alyssa

You Pay, You Post

2007-05-04T19:34:00.000-07:00

Greetings one and all! So here I am in Saskatoon at the Full House! I don't officially live here as of yet, but since I have furniture here, I figure that I sort of do. And since I'm paying rent, I figure that I can post too. Today Alyssa and I went on a wonderful excursion to Old Navy, Michael's, etc. How fun that was! We cooked some taco salad for supper and went for a short little jaunt over to the "confectionery" (AKA The Market, AKA the mini store a couple of blocks from our house) to buy cheese and chips for our food. Wynnale wouldn't go there and get it for us, so we had to go on the long hike by ourselves. That was okay. We saw the sights. After supper we went to the guys' house so they could show us the sights of all the work they've been doing. It appears that Mrs. Ruten is doing all of the work, actually. Then we came back to hang out but the guys were just busy watching soccer stuff on the net and checking out hockey stats. It wasn't much of a social time. Yeah, that's the story of today. Who knows what tomorrow may bring.

Krysta

Ouch

2007-05-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

Well This morning I woke up and came downstairs at 7:30 and definitely fell down the stairs. I guess my foot just slipped and I slid down pretty much the whole flight of stairs. Wynnale was up and came to see me, wondering what in the world I had done. Later Becky said that it woke her up and she hoped it wasn't a person falling. Man it hurt, but I only have one bruise on my elbow to show it! Oh well, I knew it was going to happen sometime . .

Alyssa

Tuesday

2007-05-01T16:29:00.000-07:00

Well I, Alyssa, got offered a job today. Working at a dessert place called Calories (such a dumb name) but it would only be part time. I guess I will take it for now! Here is a movie of Wynnale and David, her boyfriend.

Yesterday Becky moved in! She started her job at a greenhouse today, hopefully it went well!

Becky:

Friday Update

2007-04-27T19:08:00.000-07:00

Well, Patty Michael and David came to join me (Alyssa) and Wynnale for supper. Michael demonstrated his sales pitch for the product he is selling full time, an Air Purifier, while I made supper. Then after supper they all left, leaving me and Patty alone to be bored like we seem to do a lot of. They will come back this evening though and we will hang out. Here are two videos.

2007-04-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

So me and Patty went to get groceries, found a grocery store like 10 minutes from our house, and then came back. She shopped on Ebay and I made cookies while Michael ate lunch, then Wynnale came home for lunch too. Watched a lot of Smallville today. Hm.

Making Supper

2007-04-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

Well, we had the Doerksen twins over for supper last night, it was lots of fun! We stood around the table which we have no chairs for and then played Probe (a game kinda like hangman). It was a pretty good night all around. Then today me and Patty went downtown and got our hair done and looked a bit for jobs. It was a really nice day in Saskatoon today, but it is getting colder out tonight. Can't wait for those warm summer nights!!

2007-04-21T15:51:00.000-07:00

Tour, part 2:

Tour, part 3:

Tour, part 4:

Tour, part 5

Tour, part 6

Tour, part 1

2007-04-21T15:46:00.001-07:00

Our first post!

2007-04-21T15:18:00.000-07:00

Well, Wynnale said that we should start up a bog or something so people can see our place and hear about our lives, so I went ahead and did just that!

Right now it is just me (Alyssa), and Wynnale living here. In a week or so Rachel and Becky will come, and two or three weeks after that Jamie and Krysta will come. We are excited, our house is becoming a home more and more everyday!

Keep posted for more information, pictures, and maybe even videos if I can figure out how!