The beginning

Well, it's been a very interesting week! I suppose it started with last weekend. It had been a very quiet and lonely week without our Tonk around and Dan and I had made the decision that we wanted another dog as it was too empty around the house. We had found a couple on the internet that caught our eye so on Saturday morning we headed to the pet shop that had them to have a looksie. After weighing the pros and cons over an Aussie Bulldog or an American Staffy we ended up taking home Junior. He's now 9 weeks old, 3 kg and such an amazing little guy. He's obviously an Aussie Bulldog as I'm sure you can tell by the smooshed face :P He's got a great little personality and temperament. Will be gold once we train him and he stops teething. But still fun either way!! He's absolutely adorable!! And a huge help in our healing process over the loss of Tonka.

We enjoyed a fun afternoon of bowling last weekend with the family. Was fun to see everyone get their game on and enjoy themselves. I didn't do too badly either considering that it was about my third time ten pin bowling :)

My first week at IKEA went really well as well. The first couple of days was spent in a classroom learning about the company, their policies, safety etc etc. Then the last two days I was working in the Richmond store getting some hands on training. Very busy place!! The job is pretty basic, in the restaurant, cleaning tables, keeping the stock up and doing the cash register, but the company seems to treat their staff very well and the staff are very fun, nice, helpful and down to earth. Lots of opportunities to move around within the store as well in different departments or up the chain or both. Also lots of people to meet and friends to be made :) So we will see, but so far so good :) I'm enjoying these part time hours as well! It's a little weird to get used to as I'm used to working 8 hours a day 5 days a week, it's different having more time for yourself, but in a good way!

I went and saw Bridesmaids the other night with a girlfriend. SO funny!! If you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend it! And now enjoying a chill weekend. So it's been a really good week so far. I think the change in job has made a huge difference in my life, kind of a big piece to the bigger puzzle. So thing's are looking a bit brighter :)

I don't look quite as pro as Dan, but I still did really good :)

That's a funny looking bowling ball?...