Weekend at Cawaja/Owen Sound

So I am trying not to slow too much with my posts, so I am posting my next post now ;) ahead of my post a month.

Geofford and I travelled to Georgian Bay on Thursday morning in a Mazda6 that we rented (so we could try it out) for the journey. I was so excited to be in the car that I slept for the first 2.5 hours of the trip and missed the new route that Geofford decided to take. In hindsight based on his descriptions, I'm a little relieved that I was sleeping for that portion.

We made it to Georgian Bay safe and sound (and I didn't even have to drive) around one after making a couple stops - one being to purchase the 2Gb memory card for Geofford's engagement present. Thursday evening, we went down to Blair Lane with the rest of the Seaborns to celebrate Tim Seaborn's life. We had a great lobster and mussel dinner .

I promised myself that I would do some exercise on the trip, so I went out on a run Friday morning (11am is still morning), which was a little bit of a mistake because it was a warm day. I should have jumped in the water immediately after getting back from my run, but instead waited a while, and the water was cold, but bearable. My parents came to visit on Friday night, and it was nice to visit with them without all the hustle and bustle back home. Geofford was also happy because they brought with them his engagement present, and he was able to play with that for a little while. We had a great dinner at the Seaborn cottage. I really should do more exercise when I am at Georgian Bay so that I can eat more. :)

On Saturday, after a quick dip in the bay, Geofford and I travelled to Owen Sound for our friends' Laura and Mike's wedding. I didn't know that it was an outdoor wedding until we got there, which was quite unfortunate for Geofford as he was wearing a black suit. Oops...fortunately Geofford was able to take off his suit jacket so he didn't roast. There was also a slight breeze so that helped, a little. It was a beautiful ceremony right on the water, and the bride and groom were very happy. In hindsight, Geofford should have brough the 30D out, but I was able to get some nice pictures with my baby camera. The dinner/dance was in the community centre right next to the water, and it was very beautiful as well. At one point, the DJs had some problems playing the right mix of music because everyone was outside enjoying the sunset and the nice night. For those of you who wanted to see pictures of me in my dress, here you go:


Although we didn't make it back to Cawaja until just around noon, my parents took some pictures with the gang at the cottage. They had an overall great time, although my mother got a sunburn, which she hasn't had in a long, long time.

Geofford and I made it back to the beach in the afternoon and were able to take a nice dip in the water. The water felt warmer, but that could have just been an excuse for us to stay longer at the beach. We ended up leaving around 3:30, which was pretty good timing as it started to pour (when I was getting on hwy 11 - I couldn't see the car in front of me...) shortly after we got on the road. Overall it was a great trip, and I was really sad to give up the Mazda6. Oh well, I guess I will just have to work a little harder so that we can earn enough money to buy the car.

On another note, my 29th birthday passed quite nicely - Geofford gave me a Ipod nano, which was an amazing present. I am enjoying using it. It is so cute. Until next time...short wedding update: Thank you Shanna for helping me organize the hair - we now have appointments to get our hair done. Also, hopefully by the next time we post we will have ordered the flowers and the cake...only a few more months...until I am Mrs. Geofford Seaborn. (I am appending Seaborn to my name for those who are curious...).

Master Julie

So, I have been a bit of a slacker over the past few months at posting, but it wasn't for a lack of being busy. Geofford and I have visited his parents (actually just his mom as his dad was camping near Montebello) over the May long weekend. Although the weekend was really cold, it was a great weekend of well deserved rest. Geofford and I worked on making our wedding invitations, and we got to indulge ourselves at a fabulous restaurant. The Explorers Cafe in Midland. If you ever go to Midland, you have to try this restaurant out, it has great prices and the food is fantastic! I had the maple chipotle salmon, and it was the best salmon I've had in a while.

The last weekend in May, Geofford played in Layout for Life and I decided to go watch sans sunscreen with my hair in pigtails. Unfortunately for me, the sun was hiding overtop of the clouds and then made a huge appearance later on and fried my scalp. The team (HammerHead) went two for two over the day and seemed to be geling well. I'm not sure if I will be able to watch many more tournaments because I really want to play. We also visited with Rachel who was home for the weekend. I spent most of the weekend with her and ended up putting together the rest of the wedding invitations. They are now all done, and we just need a few more addresses before we can send them all out.

I have also attended my convocation on 06.06.06. I am now a Master. The six girls who graduated out of my class showed up at the ceremony and the two boys who are in Alberta didn't make it out. It was nice to see the girls (from L to R: Christina, Danica, Steph, me, Dana, and Sarah) though and have some closure to the year and a half that we spent together at school. So now we are Masters and have been granted all of the rights associated with that title. Scary...so now I'm thinking, should I persue the PhD?

Right now, I just want to finish the wedding planning, so if anyone has any ideas for cake or flowers, please let me know. 

Busy times

It's been a busy month, and the only time that I had internet access, I have been checking my email and answering emails regarding ultimate. It's been pretty busy organizing things for HammerHead (the OCUA Coed A team), and for the OCUA Youth program. My job at GoodLife has me working many hours as well, which really cuts into my free time. Fortunately, I have been able to book some time off to go visit Geofford's parents and relatives at Georgian Bay Victoria Day weekend.

One other bit of good news that I received earlier this month is that I passed my CSCS exams, so now I am a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Although I am not working in personal training, it is a great certification to have, and I will be able to use it when training the team, and helping with my sales.

The wedding planning is not progressing as well as I want, but that is probably a result of the fact that I do not have as much time as I hoped. Also, Geofford has been a big slacker - or busy with other things, so he hasn't gotten as many addresses as I had hoped. He has finally asked all of his groomsmen, so now the wedding party is complete. We just have to go to Moore's sometime to figure out which tuxedo the boys are going to wear. One minor snag is that we (I think he) has misplaced the receipt from Moore's, so we may not be able to get the great discount. Hopefully our friend, Dave will remember that he sold us the discounted package. The girls have all ordered their dresses and I am excited to see them all dressed up. We still have to order the flowers and the cake, but I have a good idea of what I want, so I guess now it is all about ordering that. I should get on that soon :) We also started our registry at the Bay, and it has taken 4 hours to do so far and we haven't gotten past the kitchen, nor are we done yet.

The ultimate season has begun and Geofford has gone to his first tournament without me :( It is going to be tough a summer if I don't get better and can't go to tournaments. It is definitely weird not being at the tournament and waiting to hear what happened. Hopefully this will get better throughout the summer and I won't feel too lefted out.

Tremblant

Geofford and I went to Tremblant on Sunday and had a fabulous time. The weather was great, the conditions were great (until the end of the day when we had to get to the bottom of the hill, which was crap). The only problem was that we were both exhausted, which really didn't help our snowboarding. I was tired because I just started a new job and am working many hours so that I can get trained up. Geofford was tired because he normally gets to sleep in on the weekends, but missed it when we decided to get up at 6:30 in the morning so that we can get to the hill early.

Overall, it was a good trip. It's too bad that our first trip together was so late in the season. I guess part of the problem can be attributed to Geofford being "injured" over the holidays (which was his excuse for not proposing on bended knee), the Tremblant lifties being on strike over the holidays, and this winter being very strange - warm and rainy. Next year I definitely want to make it to Tremblant more than 3 times (which is how many times i went) and more than just once with Geofford.

The wedding planning has come on hold since I was studying for my exam and now with my new job. It is also on hold because Geofford is a slacker. He had two wedding related tasks for the month of February/March, to ask his groomsmen and to finalize his side of the guestlist. It is now April 12th and neither task has been completed. Hopefully this will get done sooner because we have to go order the tuxedos and I would like to start getting the invitations ready to send out. So Geofford if you are reading this...get your stuff done! :)

I got a job!

I got a job at GoodLife Fitness as a Manager in Training. I am super excited about this opportunity. It will be very different than any other job that I have ever had before, but with this position I will have the opportunity to work directly with people in the fitness industry. I will also be working with Jaime Boss, so that should be tons of fun.

I also wrote my CSCS exam on Saturday and I feel pretty confident that I passed the second part, but I'm not sure how I did on the first part, so I'm just going to have to wait and see. It's out of my hands now, so now it's just time to wait.

I also overindulged at Kanda (an all you can eat sushi-place) while Geofford and I were in Montreal. I ate way too much sushi and other Japanese delicacies (but if you do ever go, have the Salmon Sashimi, it is by far the best dish there, with the Salmon California rolls in a distant second). I now know why Geofford and I instilled the 2:1 ratio when we have sushi. Otherwise I just get too sick.