Just an update on our newlywed life :-D
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:48 PM
Matt and I have been having a great time up here in Port Alice. The last month has been really crazy for us, we went down to Victoria (about a 7 hour drive) for two weekends (once for a bachelor party and once for the wedding of Matt's brother), my parents came up to visit, and we went down to the states to visit. So we are going to try and stay home for a couple months and get into the swing of things, traveling is expensive! The next time we come to Shelton will probably be around Makenna's birthday (October 28, she will be 3!)
The weather up here has been extremely nice! Which is rare, I hear it usually gets pretty rainy in September. Matt and I have been going on a lot of walks, I do love living in a small town. When Matt works sometimes I walk to the store, only about ten minutes from our house, to pick up stuff. And when he's home we walk down to his mom's exercise class, FastFit. We have been doing that all week. It is basically the same thing as Curves, only it's privately owned. It feels so good to work out again, I really love it. I have been on a health kick lately.
I have definitely been getting more and more into cooking and baking. Baking is great just because it's easy. Matt's mom bought him a BBQ for his birthday so the last couple weeks we have been enjoying steaks, burgers, and grilled chicken. My mom bought me a cook book and I get lost reading in it sometimes. The more confident I get in my cooking the more recipes I am likely to try, I really like gaining more skills in the kitchen.
Probably my favorite thing about living in Port Alice is how much simpler life seems to be. There is only one restaurant in town, it is an amazing steakhouse owned by a Greek chef. We go there for special occasions, but there really isn't any casual dining places, and definitely no fast food! I really love it. Before we got married I was so often just to "lazy" to make food and would go out to eat just because. I like not having that option to fall back on, it makes me make healthier food for us at home, and only spend money on groceries. When we go down island though we like to splurge.
Also, we don't have cable, which has been another nice thing. I admit it would be nice to turn on the news at night, but I know if we had TV I would just veg in front of it during the day. I like that I have to be creative to find things to do while Matt's at work, like scrapbooking or reading. When Matt's off work we usually watch a DVD or VHS at night. But I really don't miss having TV. Internet is fine for me, so I know what's going on in the world!
So that is an update on the first two months of our marriage and new life! Oh yah, and our two year anniversary is coming up next week, how exciting!
The weather up here has been extremely nice! Which is rare, I hear it usually gets pretty rainy in September. Matt and I have been going on a lot of walks, I do love living in a small town. When Matt works sometimes I walk to the store, only about ten minutes from our house, to pick up stuff. And when he's home we walk down to his mom's exercise class, FastFit. We have been doing that all week. It is basically the same thing as Curves, only it's privately owned. It feels so good to work out again, I really love it. I have been on a health kick lately.
I have definitely been getting more and more into cooking and baking. Baking is great just because it's easy. Matt's mom bought him a BBQ for his birthday so the last couple weeks we have been enjoying steaks, burgers, and grilled chicken. My mom bought me a cook book and I get lost reading in it sometimes. The more confident I get in my cooking the more recipes I am likely to try, I really like gaining more skills in the kitchen.
Probably my favorite thing about living in Port Alice is how much simpler life seems to be. There is only one restaurant in town, it is an amazing steakhouse owned by a Greek chef. We go there for special occasions, but there really isn't any casual dining places, and definitely no fast food! I really love it. Before we got married I was so often just to "lazy" to make food and would go out to eat just because. I like not having that option to fall back on, it makes me make healthier food for us at home, and only spend money on groceries. When we go down island though we like to splurge.
Also, we don't have cable, which has been another nice thing. I admit it would be nice to turn on the news at night, but I know if we had TV I would just veg in front of it during the day. I like that I have to be creative to find things to do while Matt's at work, like scrapbooking or reading. When Matt's off work we usually watch a DVD or VHS at night. But I really don't miss having TV. Internet is fine for me, so I know what's going on in the world!
So that is an update on the first two months of our marriage and new life! Oh yah, and our two year anniversary is coming up next week, how exciting!
