The kitchen
Our New Car!
Spring has Sprung!
What a busy week we have had! We have now moved in and are settling into our new "house", bought a car, and Blaine is having a very promising job interview at this moment! God has been very good to us.
I really love where we are living. It is a great location just a few minutes walk from the big park in the middle of the city, Hagley Park. It will probably take me less than 10 minutes to ride my bike to the hospital. Blaine has taken me to work since I have worked 12:45 pm to 11:15 pm this week. The house has all the furniture we need: 2 beds, couches, kitchen table, TV, washer/dryer, and kitchen accessories. We finally got our phone and internet working yesterday. We have windows all over to let the warm sunshine in, which is a necessity! No central heat in any of the houses here, so we have multiple fan heaters and they are my lifeline (one in the kitchen, bedroom and living room).
We bought our car at the auction. Guess what we got! A green Honda Accord just like mine(except it is a station wagon!). Everyone here drives station wagons...Jonny is single and he drives one. They are great because you can throw bikes or luggage in the back and then you can fold the back seat down and sleep in it! It is a '94 with 130,000 kilometers on it, an import from Japan. We only paid around $1800 US dollars for it. Blaine took it to the mechanic to get it checked out and there are no problems, the guy said we got a great, dependable car! Oh yeah and car insurance is so cheap, you would not believe it! We are definitely getting ripped off in the US.
All the daffodils and trees are blooming all over the city and it is so beautiful! The weather warms up on some days where we don't even have to wear a jacket. We are planning on going to Franz Joseph Glacier this afternoon and hiking the weekend. Just trying to work out all the details. Will update again soon! Hopefully Blaine might have a job very soon!
4 comments:
Congrats on the new house Kate...It is so cute! Love the car, too :)
Congratulations, Blaine, on your new chemical engineering job! Way to go, BLAINE! Tell the post office they will have to do without you. Kate, how was working nights? That was so difficult for me, the brief period I did it. Loving and missing you!
Wow you guys have been real busy!! This is the first time I have looked at the blog with time to write!! It looks like you guys are having a great time. How cold does it get at night? Do we need to send you heaters for Christmas? We really miss you guys at small group! Hope you continue to do well. Love Linda Sue
thanks carrie! i got an email from theresa that all the case managers quit. wow. Linda Sue, we miss everyone as well...it is slowly warming up but we have a heater for every room. matt, i miss you too you definitely need to come visit. blaine has only let me drive one time and i almost hit a guy.
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