so in early march jim had to make a decision...go up to Fort-Mac...or to stay here in taber and find a new job...well what we chose to do was enroll into school at SAIT (weekend PLC courses)...he had to quit his job at Pyramid since they were going to send him to fort-mac and that would have had him not be able to go to these classes in calgary on the weekends...he would not have been home to do so...so this is our new plan...jim is Mr. Mom...he is staying home with the kids and i have been able to get a decent amount of shifts at the hospital for the month of march...while at home jim is finishing some much needed reno's...i can finally shower in my upstairs bathroom...the tile in the kitchen is finished just not grouted yet...the drawers in the kitchen are not falling out anymore...that was a $2.50 job...jim said to me...'why did this take me so long to do...it was only $2.50 and it took me like 10mins to do'...ARE YOU KINDIN' ME???!!!!...if only i had whinned a little more then maybe it would have gotten done sooner!...the smallest things are the hardest to get done...the downstairs bathroom got a makeover too...hooray for unemployment, right???!!!...well jim was not totally unemployed he did work a day here and there doing odd jobs...which was nice for him(and me) to get out of the house...one morning jim decided to go to leth and drop off some resumes...we didn't even know that he was gone until he called and said he was on his way home...well a week after he dropped off the resumes he got a call from 'MPE engineering' for an interview...that same day he got an email offering him a job...WOW...what a blessing we were thinking we would be unemployed for at least 3 months until jim was done his SAIT courses...when he is done his courses he is supposed to be working at a programming company in Calgary...he was offered a job there too...but...he didn't have all the programming credentials they wanted...so they said the sooner you get them the sooner you can work for us...so here we are waiting for jim to finish his courses and see what's up with the calgary job at Sigit...and what lethbridge can offer us in the future...jim has a 5 month contract with MPE...ends aug 31/10...so we have options again and we will get more info when we are supposed to get it...since Apr.7/10 jim has been going to work in regular clothes and street shoes...SSSSOOOOO different than blue coveralls and work boots...he is working in an office and is really enjoying it...as for me...i worked lots in march and have been home most of april already...but this is good too...the kids however miss dad...it didn't take long to get used to dad being home a lot...it was nice...
Easter was fun too this year...the kids woke up Good Friday to treats that the easter bunny left...movies and candy and chocolat...then we went swimming with the Christensen/Alston family at the taber pool then to the stake center for dinner...i was able to see my BF robyn...it has been 2 years since we've seen or talked to one another...a long long time...nice to be able to pick up where we left off though...then we decided to go into coaldale and spend the rest of the weekend at gramma and grampa's house...easter bunny stopped off there too...more treats and new spring clothes and books...we had an easter egg hunt in the back yard...the kids got some moneys to put into their piggy banks...we missed the eckville robisons this year...gage was sad that they didn't come...he remembers from last year that they were here at easter time...we just told him the easter bunny went to their house too...he was satisfied with that answer...easy...this weekend was also conference weekend...what a special time of year to hear about the savior and how we should remember him and have easter all at once...it was great to listen...sort of...to the talks and spend time with the robison family...monday april 5th was jim's interview in leth...so we all went with him...i drove around town with the kids and wasted time...then we jim was done we went to Henderson Park...got to see a cray fish and walk on rocks and see all the geese...the geese were the high light...we tried to feed them and one really nice girl gave gage and addi some bread to feed the geese and one came right up to gage, pecked at his hand and snatch the piece of bread right from it...he said that didn't even hurt...but i think it scared him a bit...he had fun and of course i did not have my camera...i never have my camera...what else is new...we went to gramma and puppy's house after the park and had lunch there, played in the sand box, jumped on the trampoline and had another easter egg hunt...SPOILED or what...we have so much candy we are sugared all day long!!!it's so much fun around here!!!one day gage said...'who popped the easter?' and then addi replied 'me did'...i was the funnest thing ever!!!!...and of course i did not record it or get it on film either...gage starts soccer this month...so we are looking forward to getting to be outside more...so far 2010 has been eventful and interesting and challenging...til next time!
