Life's great ;-)

Well, after two long months, my boy Klint has arrived safe and sound! WOW – it was an emotional arrival but things are as perfect as we left them! Unfortunately for Klint he arrived in a BIG cold snap. Temperatures getting down to minus 47 degrees with wind chill. Petrina, Klint’s sister was backpacking through Edmonton so she was able to make it down for two nights from Sunday when Klint arrived. It was so lovely to have her and I know Klint enjoyed some quality QT with his sister before she flew back to Toronto on Tuesday night.

Anyway, so yes – it’s freaking cold. We haven’t been out much, rarely actually… Just walking to and from bus stops and from the house to cars. The freaking heater at work isn’t working at the moment so most of the trainers are training their clients with beanies and gloves on. This bronzed Aussie is coping ok but it’s freaking cold. I try my best to jump on the bike in between clients to warm up a little and usually join in with my clients while they’re working out! We also had one of the pipes freeze and blow up in the group fitness room, so the fire alarms and sprinklers went off the other day so we haven’t had group fitness for a few days now during repairs.

Things are progressing well though. Klint and I managed to find a gorgeous little one bedroom, studio basement to live in on Tuesday night. I was lucky enough to be told about by one of my clients, so we went and had a look at it on Tuesday! It’s just absolutely gorgeous. It’s in the heart of Kensington which is roughly the distance that West End is from Queen Street Mall. I can walk to work in 20 minutes and the bus only takes a few minutes. Kensington is a gorgeous part of town, again, much like West End. It’s got a gorgeous little street full of coffee shops, restaurants and lounge bars. We are about 2 blocks from Safeway (Canada’s Woolworths). The one bedroom apartment is in a perfect location and is kinda like a basement suite. A lady and her daughter live in the house above and seem lovely. The suite is fully finished down to bed linen and bathroom towels, with wireless internet and cable, TV, lounges, fully decked out kitchen (which is a little small though), a big bedroom with washer and dryer. The place is absolutely spotless with beautiful colours and warm fresh clean carpet. We’re paying $1000 per month which is what we budgeted for. Needless to say, things couldn’t get any more perfect! I’ll be sure to post some photos when we move in on Friday.

Well, it’s Sandi’s birthday today, so we’re sitting down for a beautiful home cooked meal by the fire! Meatballs and pasta - YAY! This weekend consists of moving and the super ball final. Moving won’t take long cause we only have our suitcases to move cause the place is fully furnished and the super ball final is big over here so I think JR and Sandi will have a small party with chilli and beers – Yummy. Yes, I’m a fully fledge chili con-carne fan!

Check out the photos below of Klint's arrival. Miss you all! Think warm thoughts for us both.

Love Hayley and Klint