Not anymore

No one looks at this anymore do they? Oh well, so the Canadian Embassy is Trinidad is such a joke, they have rude employees, it's a waste of time to go there, I find they are very disorganized and unprofessional. They denied Sheldon again, so we are forgoing that headache and he will be flying into Seattle on Tuesday and staying in Lynden. I would love for my extended family to meet him, so maybe we can arrange a BBQ at Berthusen or something. If anyone happened to read my blog and send up a prayer or two for us, it was much appreciated, as you can see for whatever reason God did not want Sheldon in Canada, so we roll with the punches and I'm excited that he is at least coming to the West Coast!

It's tomorrow!!!!

Ok, so it for sure that Sheldon is going to the Embassy tomorrow morning to reapply for his visa, we would both appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers for him that he get approved. God will do as he pleases and we both have faith that whatever happens is for a reason. I just have so much planned for Sheldon and I to do and I would be very diappointed if he wasn't able to come. Thank you! I'll let you know what happens!

Fellow bloggers, for those of you who still read these, I want to let you know that I have pictures of my trip to Trinidad posted on Facebook, you are more than welcome to go there and take a look. I will keep you posted on wether or not Sheldon will be coming to Abby, he was originally going to be here on Wednesday, but had a job offer from a well known band in Trinidad and so plans to come here may have to be put on hold. He did apply for a Canadian visa last week and was denied, he will be reapplying on Monday and both of us would greatly appreciate your prayers. We have new information to supply the Embassy with, so there should be no reason for them to deny him, but things work differently in Trinidad. That's about it for now, things are sort of in limbo and both of us are learning just how much patience we may or may not have.

Quick Update!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to leave a quick update for you. I will post pictures and write more in a few weeks. Rob and I are going through with getting divorced, we decided that's what's best, it's hard, but I do realize I would have been unhappy staying married.
So, this will be a surprise to a lot of you, but I have met someone else. I went on a cruise in March and I met him on there, he works for Princess. He's a musician, he's from Trinidad and he's the most wonderful, caring, understanding person I have ever met. His name is Sheldon, there is a picture of us on Facebook if you want to check it out. He knows about my situation and is being very patient. I went to Trinidad to spend time with him and meet his family. I was there for two and a half weeks, I came home yesterday. I had an amazing time, his family is great, they welcomed me and made me feel at home. I will post pictures soon and tell you more about it. Just wanted to give you an update.

My Vacation Pictures!

Dessert anyone?


How can I not want to live here?


River tubing in Dominica


This is St. Thomas!

This is our ship from Princess Cays, Bahamas!

Ohhh, the Caribbean!

I had a great time on my cruise, did lots of suntanning, snorkelling. The food was as usual, amazing, except desserts. I usually ordered nothing and so on the last day of the cruise my waiter gave me "nothing" for dessert! The highlights were scuba diving in St. Thomas, I did a discover dive, where we had a short class on diving and then went for a 20 minute dive, we went to 40 feet. I saw lots of fish, I fed them and got bit! Then I was bleeding and I didn't want my blood in the water so as I continued diving, I put pressure on my cut, other than that, it was fun. The second highlight was river tubing in Dominica, we went on a 30 minute drive up a mountian through amazing lush green rain forest, I fell in love with the island, I would love to go back and maybe even try living there. We went for an hour ride on inner tubes down a river and through rapids, it was so much fun! I'll put up pictures of everything. I'm back to work and everything now, finding the rain rather depressing!

I forgot, this is cool!

If you go to youtube.com and type in priceless shotgun in the search box you will see a video of me taken last year by Rob up at their cabin. It's pretty cool, please go watch it, I had fun! you may be impressed too!

My bruised foot from spraining my ankle!

Looking up!

I just lost everything I wrote! Well, Sara and I went to the Canucks game on Thursday, Canucks won 5-3, we were wearing lucky jerseys! Thanks for the great time and laughs, Sara! I love you!

Danna, here is Sara's new blog address http://babyjericho.blogspot.com/2007/01/mish-mash.html. Her and the baby are doing great.

I sprained my ankle at work Sunday night. I left after my shift and was walking to my car, it was slippery outside and I slipped on the pavement rolling my ankle. I was lying on the frozen ground yelling for help, but no one heard me. I called my friend who was working the night shift and she got me a wheelchair and brought me to emerge. Thanks, Debbie! I sat in emerge with my mom til 4am without seeing a Doctor. So we left and I went to a walkin clinic in the morning. It's just a sprain, but my toes and foot are nicely bruised, I'll post some photos, but they are taken with my cell phone so the quality is not good.

On Monday is my first scuba diving lesson, I've always wanted to try scuba and so I decided to now, before I go on a cruise in March. I have two and a half chapters left to read before Monday, will have to crack down on myself to get it done. I bought my own personal gear, mask, fins, boots, snorkel. I had to rinse out the mask with toothpaste to get the film off. I wanted to try out all my gear first before the class, but then I sprained my ankle and also got a tattoo and it needed to heal first. Anyway, so Monday is just a lesson and Tuesday we go in the pool, then we have three more classes and the weekend of the 17th we do four open water ocean dives, I'm very excited, I just have to be very careful not to twist my ankle the wrong way. The cruise I am going on is with a friend of mine who I work with at Langley, she's an RN and a certified scuba diver, so we want to do some dies in the Caribbean. The cruise is to the Southern Caribbean, we leave from Fort Lauderdale and go to PRINCESS CAYS, ST THOMAS, DOMINICA, BARBADOS, ISLA MARGARITA and CURACAO. It's 10 days and we'll be in Curacao for my 28th birthday! I'm really looking forward to it, relaxing, snorkeling, scuba, suntan, swimming, food, woohoo!

Ok and last but not least an update on Rob and I. I just got off the phone with my mom and she said she just told her sisters that Rob and I were not going to work it out, but that has changed. We both have gone back and forth and have been unsure and confused, but our final decision is to go to counseling and try to make it work. I don't want to make a decision and six months down the road regret it because we didn't even try, it's going to take a lot of hard work and commitment from both of us, but I'm hoping that now that we've made this decision we can really stick to it and commit wholeheartedly. Your continued prayers and support are very much appreciated.

And now?

So I've started my new job, still have two orientation shifts and then I start my position on the 18th. It's good so far, the staff is nice and I'll enjoy working there. It's very different than being attached to a hospital, there are not as many resources. I will be doing more within my scope as far as contacting doctors, transcribing orders etc, we were limited at Langley due to certain LPNs making a lot of errors, so I'm glad I will be able to use those skills. I finished my last shift at Langley on the 11th and have not been booked for any casual shifts yet. I'm all moved in but it's not all unpacked or put away yet, slowly but surely. Rob and I are continuing to talk and we will be going to couselling in the new year. It's very much a waiting game for us to see if we will be able to work things out, so you're prayers for patience and guidance are appreciated. The christmas season is upon us and I have done very VERY little shopping, due to unforseen circumstances and extreme business, so I'm just warning my family that I may never get my shopping done. I feel like I have not had a day off in two weeks, I have but they've been filled with running around and unpacking and just mundane things anyway, I'll squeeze gift shopping in somewhere. That's about all for now.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!