Ahhh! 10 days to go!

OMG there is so much to do. Our goal was to leave by the long weekend, now Paul has been delayed at work. I know it will all come together, eventually. We are just so anxious to be there!!

Goodbyes

Well, I have had to say my first goodbye, or rather see you later. None the less, it was not easy. I've told people that I don't want to see tears when we leave, because we are so excited about the trip, that we want to leave on a good note, not a sad one. And then there I was holding back tears. What a suck. I think this is the hardest part, is saying see you later to some people that are part of our everyday lives. We definitely will miss them.

What will we do once we get there?

I've had a few people ask me that. One even said "besides watch the clock go tick, tick, tick." We have lots of things on the to do list, and want to do list. We have a lot of clean up in and around the cabins, they have been left for quite a while. We have fire wood for the winter to put up. We have to unpack and get settled. The want to do list includes: going on a quadding trip to a nearby (100+ kms - one way we think) jade mine, going fishing, mining at our nearby gold claim (20kms), playing with the kids and just whatever comes our way. It's all pretty much about spending time together in a more simplified way. No running here and there, no going away to work, just family time all the time.

Getting ready

I thought that I would have posted more info by now, but man is it busy for us right now. The summer's are usually busy and this definitely adds to it. I have been buying lots of groceries, dry goods and canned, that sort of thing and packing it up. We want to bring as much in as we can, even though we do have groceries available to us at the Germansen Lake store. We can put in grocery orders there, and when Scott, the store owner goes out for mail once a week, he also gets the grub for us and any others. I'm guessing but I think that there are maybe 25 people that weather the winters out there.
So what else have I been doing since my last entry? I've registered our oldest daughter for home schooling. She will be in grade 1. Quite a bit different atmosphere from her peers, but I think we will do great, our science and phys ed aspect will be especially interesting.
I've been packing up clothes and the like, for the kids and myself for the seasons and weather conditions that we will face.(hubby packs his own) As well as skates, snowshoes, skiis, toboggans, soccerballs, fishing equipment, quadding gear, snowmobiling gear etc, etc. Even a hammock I bought in Mexico, especially for this trip. I look forward to a down day, laying back and listening to the waves even if there is a child or two arguing in the backround.