Back to School

haha, well what do you know. There I was enjoying my lovely time off, (and even studying a little bit!!) and then it's time to go back to school!! :( Today I was really well surprised when I had 2 replacement practice diploma tests and I forgot my calculator at home!! Oopsss! that was very interesting, trying to do all the math in my head and eekks!
So the day before we went back to school it was my birthday!! Yippee! I'm so glad it was on a sunday because every other year I usually either go back to school on my birthday or I have a lovely exam on my birthday!! I got a really yummy lemon almond cake! It was soo good!! And I got a tent so I can go camping by myself at the end of the year!! I'll probably bring along a friend too!! We can go hiking and stuff!! It'll be a blast!! Well, I got to go studying now!!

New Year 2012!!

Happy New Year!! Oh my gosh, it's 2012! I don't know about you, but I think that 2011 went by super fast! I've finished Unit 1 in Level 1 Japanese-Rosetta Stone! It's a really good, unique program! I recommend it definitely! Today was absolutely beautiful!! It was a nice 12 degrees outside and this afternoon I sat outside with a large cup of tea! i think I may even have gotten a little bit of a tan, haah! But this is the warmest it's ever been in January from what I can remember! Now all I have to do in this New Year before school starts is make a vision board. I put on it what I think represents what my goals and what I want to come out of this year. I've also watched a movie called 'Tokyo Boy' recently about a girl with a split-personality and it was really cool and interesting. I've never really thought about a split-personality really, but this movie was really clever the way they did it. Another movie I recommend is Koizora, it's pretty good too, it made me cry soo much! It's a very cute and very sad love story! 
I have also been studying...during my christmas break...eww...but I mean it's kind of mandatory if I want to pass grade 12... Wish me luck! and Happy New Year to everyone and I hope this new year brings..um...anything and everything you hope for!

Sydney to Hobart

Merry Christmas, I hope everyone had an excellent christmas :) I did, had a blast and went skating!! Now I've been keeping up to date with the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and cheering for Another Challenge!! So I'm enjoying my time off to relax, eating truffles and going to long walks with my puppy! Okay...well maybe they aren't that long because his legs are so short... haha. I hope everyone is relaxing and enjoying their gifts and feeling the Christmas spirit! I hope Santa has treated everyone well! Enjoy the rest of your holiday!

Christmas is almost here!

Yay! I hit a new record of having 2 people look at my blog on the same day!! whoopee! haha, Christmas is coming soon and I literally just opened another door on my advent calender! Pretty pictures! Tonight, I am practicing my vocabulaire de noel with my student, man it's quite something! Also I am hoping to find some Korean vocabulary to practice too and maybe some Japanese? hehe, but I suppose homework should always be number 1 priority...wow, I am such a nerd! haha, oh yes. I did promise you a picture of Sunny,

he's very cute huh? He is an Australian shepherd cross labradoodle. I can't remember if I've told you already or not.
Merry Christmas and eat lots of cookies and drink lots of eggnog!
Love, Me :D

Skiing and a Puppy!

Just a quick note before going off to sleep :) Yesterday, we adopted a puppy! A labradoodle cross Australian Shepherd, we've decided to call him Sunny because of his sunny personality! I'll post a picture when he moves in with us :) Today I also went skiing which was a blast! First time of the season for me, I was a bit woobly at first but after my ski legs came back, t'was all good :) I even did 4 black diamonds on my first day!! WOOT! And I got put through the pain of moguls, which I really, really, really don't like doing, but it was okay and I didn't fall over so it's all good :) To top it off, it was snowing and was absolutely gorgeous in the Rocky Mountains! Gorgeous, lovely and fun!

Baking and Movies

Good morning everyone! Yesterday was one great day! I met up with a friend and we made some delicious paella and we made a honey coconut cake which was really yummy! While eating, we watched BBC's Emma <3 <3 soo good :) I think it's placed first, next to Pride and Prejudice now. :) Jane Austen is good :D Which is a good solid few hours of Saturday. Next I went to pick up my little brother from home and we went to my aunt's farm for dinner and more movies :) We ate pizza and we watched The Forbidden Kingdom and A Knight's Tale. A Knight's Tale I have to admit was pretty funny ^^ So today I woke up, (surprise, surprise!)  and I baked a chocolate peppermint cake which I couldn't resist and is now in the fridge setting. By it had set in that I still had some homework to finish...and eekkk went my vocal chords... So so far my weekend has been pretty fantastic!!
At the moment it is November 27 and I am very surprised that we have only had 2 small sprinklings of snow, like icing on a cake so far! It's almost December and I am wanting some snow now!! It's about time, I do want a white Christmas, not a brown one! I hope you all had a good weekend too :)

Eclairs and some snow :)

These are some photos from Iqaluit!!

So it looks like I may be traveling a bit before my Japan trip!! Super excited, but it'll still be after this year is finished. I may be visiting relatives in New Zealand and Australia and England... :D Only 23 more days until Christmas break! A little stressful but mostly exciting..! I've been craving some eclairs, but because it's been so cold (-18 today...brrr..) I haven't been able to go. Dad right now is in Iqaluit, and it's warmer there than here!! (Calgary) how unfair is that!! I wanted to go, but he was gone for an entire week and I couldn't miss that much school. I want to go and see the Northern Lights and go do some dog sledding and tourism stuff up there...oh well maybe next time! He sent some photos to me and it's soo pretttyy!! He stayed in Cape Dorset and Halls beach...very pretty! Although, I am also very excited that ski season is almost here! Time to go to the mountain and shed some powder!! :D We've gotten a little ground covering here at the moment, and it's really cold, the roads aren't too icy though so that's good :) However I do think a little more snow would be nice to make up for how cold it is, there is no point in having cold weather without the snow. I'll try to update again soon :)

Oh yess, here's a picture of just a few cranes :)
Heidi