My Typing Test

Well, I had my typing test today for the full-time position I applied for about a month ago. This is the job I applied for which is exactly what I'm doing now at the same place, only guaranteeing me full-time hours. I really wasn't sure I should even apply for it since I am up against 2 other court clerks which have been court clerking in Chilliwack for a number of years already but have never been able to secure full-time status. My manager kept on telling me to apply anyways since you never know what will happen. So I took my typing test and was disappointed to only get 67 words per minute. We were allowed 3 tries and I asked if I could do it again. My manager said it wouldn't matter since I already passed and it was only a pass/fail test and didn't matter what your overall score was. So I left it. At the end of the day, I found out that the other 2 girls failed the typing test as well as another former court clerk who works in the Registry. I have no idea what this means for the next step of the competition since typing 50 words per minute is a minimum requirement for applying... I will definitely keep you posted!

My Daredevil

Yes, Kaitlyn is quite the daredevil. She will climb up and onto everything. Ryan was surprised the other day when he was in the kitchen, turned around and Kaitlyn was right there looking at him at eye level. She had moved a chair into the kitchen and climbed on top of it. She is constantly climbing on top of the coffee table and since we don't keep anything on it, we find the easiest solution is to just flip it over most of the time. She also likes to climb up on the couches and either jump up and down or hide behind the cushions. Her newest thing which really scares me is climbing onto the baby gate - on the other side of the baby gate is a very steep, very long flight of stairs so we have to be really careful with keeping an eye on her at all times. She hasn't figured out climbing out of the crib yet but I give her a month. According to Ryan's mom, Ryan was a real climber as well at Kaitlyn's age so apparently it's hereditary. I think Mom said Ryan was crawling out of his crib at 18 months already?

Here are some pics of our daredevil daughter. She would go down the waterslide on her own if I let her (not that I would).

Waterslides

Do you think Kaitlyn enjoys the waterslides?? Good excuse to post some new pics. And yes, that's another new swimsuit [$2.99 from Fancy Pants - gotta love Fancy Pants (used consignment store)!].

And Summer Continues...

Well, summer is almost over and we haven't done much this year. Between feeling like an on-call at work and Ryan's injury causing lack of money this year, we haven't been able to have any holidays and mainly are breaking in our new place. I've applied for 2 full-time positions, basically what I'm doing now only guaranteed full-time, but probably won't hear back for a few weeks. I'll keep you posted! It's really frustrating some days to go to work and think you're working 3 full days only to find out you're working 2 half days and that's it. I'm still guaranteed half-time (35 hours every 2 weeks) but I would still love some more hours. I stayed extra hours the other day and finished some online training with no pay to try to show my dedication so we'll see how that goes next week!

Kaitlyn had her one year shots finally today and did really great. The morning was a bit busy for her and we went swimming at the Leisure Centre for Brant's birthday while Ryan worked out, so unfortunately she fell asleep right before her shots were to be administered at 12:35. She started screaming during the 2nd shot, right through the 4th, and then stopped about 30 seconds after the 4th (and final). It was much better than we had prepared for! She had a little diarrhea after and has been fussy/crying off and on since, so we're staying at home and lying low for tonight while Ryan goes over to Brad's to play poker.

So that's it for us right now! Send lots of prayers and well wishes for the jobs I applied for! As well as Ryan who reapplied for the sheriff program after his one-year deferrment from last year. Hopefully he'll be in this January and be a sheriff by March.

Take care everyone!

New Pics from Summer

OK - this is my first attempt at doing this but I've loaded some of my favourite pictures into a slideshow. Hopefully it works!

Kaitlyn's 1 Year Pics

Our computer appears to be back up and running with a minor problem that we've noticed so far but other than that, so far so good! I want to post some pics of our fabulous summer so far but have to figure out where the Olympus software is hiding them once I download them... Once I figure that out, I'll show everyone some updated pics of Kaitlyn. Until then, here is the scanned proof sheet from Sears of her 1 year pics (I know, a little late but I think they turned out great!).

Computer STILL in the shop (grrrr)

Yes, our computer is still in the shop. If I have learned anything from this experience it is to never buy a computer from Staples unless I buy the store warranty. Silly me, thinking the manufacturer's warranty would still enable to have things fixed in a timely fashion. Nope, if you haven't paid for the store warranty, Staples seems to think they can just string you along for months and months. Ryan is on his way to the store right now to complain about the latest voicemail message they left for us saying there's nothing wrong with our computer and it's ready to be picked up (yet again). Hopefully by week's end we'll have some sort of solution to this problem...

In the meantime, we are enjoying (?) our record high temperatures of 36. Kaitlyn's kiddie pool is set up on the deck and she goes in it daily. Work is still cutting my hours to half time which is great because I get to spend more time with Kaitlyn but not so great in the financial department. Ryan is working solo this week with Colin being away for his parents' anniversary in Edmonton so he's still super busy. He's feeling better these days with less headaches and seems to be on the mend.

Oh yes - the concert! It was fabulous!! It was so wonderful to get away for an evening. We stayed at a hotel minutes from GM Place so it was just a quick walk there and back after the concert and we didn't have to fight with traffic. Our seats were incredible and the show was unbelievable. They did their classic hits plus a few new songs and even some unexpected ones like "It's Only Love" by Bryan Adams. I don't think they expected a standing ovation for that one but hey, this is Bryan Adams' territory after all. They performed 2 encores and I was on my feet singing along the entire concert. And it was wonderful to come back and hear Kaitlyn had slept great for my parents and they had a super time bonding.

Other than that, I see my blog needs some updating as far as Kaitlyn's crawling (she now walks everywhere) and the concert countdown. Take care everyone! Hopefully I'll have some new pics once we have a working computer again...