That’s all you need for this post:

Funny how Marianne thinks the subject is funny while I think it looks suspicious.

I don’t know what we were looking at of faking to look at.

Unbelievable but my grandma is getting an iPod and she doesn’t have a clue what this four-letter word means. She probably has seen TV advertisements about iPod, but she probably still doesn’t know what these little machines are for. Would I buy an iPod for my grandma? No. Well, only if you’d give me the money. That’s what happened yesterday. My mom asked me to buy an iPod for my grandma. My mom thought that red would be a good color for her, but they didn’t have red ones at the store, so guess the color I picked. … I was actually a bit embarrassed to pick that color ’cause that would be the last color I’d choose for a ipod. But I figured my grandma would probably enjoy it! I’m not girly at all, but when it’s about others, I don’t mind getting them pink and purple stuff, I let them be girly, that’s all.

I look away from the pink iPod, my pure eyes can’t look at such a thing as the pink color.

I have exciting news for those who know my sister Corinne and her husband Dustin. They’d been pregnant for a good nine months… well their little babyboy came out of the oven on Monday January 5th! I don’t have so many details since they live on the other side of the country, but I’m already looking forward to doing some goofy stuff with him in a few years… You know, that’s my job as an aunt! Here’s a picture of the little family. Oh, by the way, his name of Ludovic (but I think I’ll call him ‘Doctor’ in a few years…”)

Well I must say that I am taking life easy these days and I need to remind myself that I won’t get any summer vacation again this summer, so it’s alright if I take a little break right now. I’m really happy university is done for this year and I’m looking forward to this summer in Sherbrooke, so now I’m in between two things, which I don’t like. But eh, that’s life.

I’ve spent the last few days at my mom’s place with my sister and her three kids. Now that it’s only me left here, I’m helping out cleaning things around the house, next week I’ll be painting some outside walls of something somewhere for my mom’s boyfriend – which I am quite glad about since I’ll get paid and I’ll be outside.

Well, I should get going now. Yes it was a trivial post, but I thought Corinne would enjoy the picture.

Trip to BC

This is Corinne and I chilling in her grandma-in-law’s downstairs bathroom while talking on the phone with our older sister Marianne on Christmas day.

That’s Corinne making us some brunch… back in 100 Mile House.

That’s Corinne by the biggest skis in the world… situated right in their village.

We had lots of fun, but we missed something quite BIG back in Québec!

I have no real title for this post and I find it quite unfortunate that this is a quick post when this is the first one of the year 2008. But when I think of it, it really does not matter at all.

Since my hosts are sleeping and I am up I thought that I would add some things that you might want to know since you are reading me.

1. My older sister and husband had a baby girl the day after Christmas and I am looking forward to see this family of now five people when I go back to Quebec.

2. My younger sister and her husband are bringing me to Abbotsford on either Thursday or Friday. It’s a five-hour car trip and we’re not sure about the weather so we’ll see when we leave. You can pray about our little trip and theirs as they go back.

3. I’ll be flying back to Montreal on Friday and will be arriving on Saturday morning. Pray for safe travels again.

4. I didn’t shave my head.

5. Corinne and I climbed the Ski Hill yesterday. It was tough climbing up but we had a really good time and are quite proud of ourselves. I’ll post pictures later on…

6. My hosts are still fast asleep.

Hi there. Yes, I am safe and sound. Apart from losing my jacket in Calgary airport I had a pretty good day on the 24th as I flew to Abbotsford, BC. It was the first time so many people were waiting for me at the airport. Well, I guess, four people is a lot to me.

We spent the first two days in Chilliwack which is close to the coast then we drove to my sister’s place, 100 Mile House. I thought that Riviere-Beaudette was a nowhere village, well 100 Mile House is truly a nowhere town in a real hole. Hmmm, well, valley sounds better maybe. 100 Mile House is just so far away from other towns it feels like I’m in a far west movie. Well, maybe not that bad.

Anyways, I’ve been enjoying my trip a lot. It’s really nice to see the West of my country again and realize how different Quebec is from the other provinces. It reminds me of my two years spent in Saskatchewan so much. Safeway, Seven Eleven, Husky and co. It’s good to rest and do little to nothing. I desperately needed that.

Corinne and I are planning on climbing a hill. Well, it’s kinda big. It should take a few hours to climb up and we’ll see how the snow slows us down. Hey, I’m wanting to shave my head.

I love to hear John Piper say:

“… How do you make Christ look magnificent when you’re dying? Answer: say “gain”. If you put everything this life offers over here and Christ over here and death takes all this and gives only Him, what do you say? GAIN! And when you say that, you know what happens in hell? They gnash their teeth. Fail! We failed again! we can’t stand it when those saints treasure Christ and delight in Christ and are satisfied with Christ and enjoy Christ so much that He looks so great. They gnash their teeth in hell when dying Christians say GAIN. And the angels, with tears running down their faces they rejoice, yes! Look how magnificent Christ is magnified by being preferred above everything that life can offer.”

Hey, I’ll be going to WEST for Christmas! I’ll be visiting my sister and her husband who are living in BC this year. Exciting!

I wasn’t alone to start school in my family this week. Iain my nephew started kintergarten just today!

He looks thrilled eh? Well, no worries, I was told he had a great time.

Lord Jesus, I sin. Grant that I may never cease grieving because of it, never be content with myself, never think I can reach a point of perfection. Kill my envy, command my tongue, trample down self. Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, peaceable, to live for Thee and not for self, to copy Thy words, acts, spirit, to be transformed into Thy likeness, to be consecrated wholly to Thee, to live entirely to Thy glory.

Deliver me from attachment to things unclean, from wrong associations, from the predominance of evil passions, from the sugar of sin as well as its gap; that with self-loathing, deep contrition, earnest heart searching I may come to Thee, cast myself on Thee, trust Thee, cry to Thee, be delivered by Thee.

O God, the Eternal All, help me to know that all things are shadows, but Thou art substance, all things are quicksands, but Thou art mountain, all things are shifting, but Thou art anchor, all things are ignorance, but Thou art wisdom.

If my life is to be a crucible amid burning heat, so be it, but do Thou sit at the furnace mouth to watch the ore that nothing be lost. If I sin wilfully, grievously, tormentedly, in grace take away my mourning and give me music; remove my sackcloth and clothe me with beauty; still my sighs and fill mu mouth with song, then give me summer weather as a Christian.

- a Puritan prayer -

Look what I found… this is truly my little sister! I think she’s pretty!