6 posts from September 2007

Yesterday John and I went to a concert. We also went with John's friend Robin. It was a 3 band headlining act. Queensryche, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath.

Queensryche was loud! I actually have one of their albums from when I was in high school and I knew most of the songs and I really enjoyed them. John loves

Alice Cooper when he came on John was beside himself with excitement. Alice played for about an hour and I will admit it was a great show. If you have ever seen one of his concerts, he has drama acting along with the songs. So it is quite a site to see. Plus he is an amazing showmen, I REALLY enjoyed it. John pretty much sang to almost  every song, and it was great to see him so happy about seeing Alice Cooper.

When Black Sabbath, or Heaven and Hell as they are known now came out, it was a different story. The pot came out too. Being in Canada, the laws are a little more relaxed regarding pot smoking. Everyone around us was smoking. Being the good girl that I am, the only time I have ever smelled pot was at concerts, and I HATE the smell. I was trying not to get sick, but it was difficult. The entire ride home I could smell the pot on me and I had to wash everything we wore when we got home.  Despite all that, it was a fun night had by all. 

On Sunday, John's sister Sandy got married. Congratulations!!

Sandy and Harry

had a beautiful wedding. Sandy looked beautiful in her wedding dress.

It was a beautiful church. I did not get any pictures of inside the church since we were trying to video most of the ceremony.

After the wedding we got aboard a boat and toured Rice Lake.

I personally thought I was going to get a little seasick, since I always do when I am on the water. But after I had some ginger ale, I was fine!

This is Andrew and Kristyn, Sandy's children. Notice Kristyn's, Paris Hilton pose! :)

After the boat cruise, the day ended with a lovely dinner at the Victoria Inn. I had the best cheesecake!! It was a lovely day!

Here is John's sister

Cheryl and her husband Frank. Along with their daughter Francesca.

And of course a sunset with my sooo good looking husband!

 

 

For my mom here is a picture of me!

 

Finally after a year of waiting, my immigration process is finally over! I am now a PR which means permanent resident, it is pretty much like a green card in the US.

The court date yesterday was not as bad as I expected. I guess I assumed they would ask lots of questions, but they took our money, asked me if I had committed any crimes, then stamped my passport. It took about an hour total for the entire process. So now I just needs to wait for my PR card.

Celebration!

We arrived back from our fun weekend in Ottawa and Quebec. Below this posting you will find two videos that I thought everyone would enjoy. John and I can be so silly at times! :) Make sure you check them out!

Our trip started with arriving at our hotel. We stayed at the

Fairmont Chateau Laurier. It was built in 1906 and it was amazing! All the furniture was from the time period and we were pampered every step of the way. It was funny that every time the valet parked the car or brought us the car he knew our name as we were coming. It was crazy just how he must have memorized our faces. What service!

During our trip we saw Parliament Hill

, which was actually just a next to our hotel. They have a light show at night on the building, and it was amazing! My favourite parts were all the Gothic like parts to the building. 

That night we took a Haunted Walk through Ottawa. It was a 2 hour walking tour by lantern, telling all the haunted tales of Ottawa it was sooo much fun. But we found out that the floor we were stayed on at the hotel was haunted. So we joked around the entire time about seeing ghosts, of course we never saw a thing. But I did hear some strange noises at night . . . but I think it was the people next door to us. :)

Day Two we drove into Quebec to take the Steam Train.

It was amazing. We were in the first class car and the service was amazing as well as the seats. We wined and dined the entire way.

That night we had an amazing dinner

at the hotel and we took a guided tour via bus and boat around Ottawa. The tour was in french and English, it was amazing that the tour guide could keep up going from one language to the other. 

There is so much that we did I could go on for hours and hours. So to the left you will notice I have created a book of all the pictures from the trip. I hope you enjoy!

Here we are on the Steam Train in Quebec. First class all the way! And for the record we did not trapeze through the trees. :)

Here is John and I on the trip back. Yes, we are making up on our words. :)