Oh wait that is just my beer gut .So here it is, the long awaited post from your long lost brother. First i feel i need to explain myself. Work has been crazy because it is coming to an end for me, literally we hire my replacement on Saturday and so i've had about 10 different projects i was madly trying to wrap-up. Couple that with the fact that i can't concentrate on two things at once and i end up going into hiding for a month.
Nevertheless, i'm back now and Mrs. D i'd expect a call tomorrow evening from me. Also, kirsten says hello.
To the right you'll find a picture from the wedding, we finally got our pictures back and i've been working on getting them all together(another lil project), soon i'll post a link to an online photoalbum of sorts so you can all see them. We decided to do a thank you card with a link to a website with pictures and video from the wedding, so we need to print those and get them in the main soon too!
I never got the chance to thank you guys for being so very awesome during thw x-mas and wedding season. Tam and K taking care of Dad and providing me with an escape from the house and kirsten:) , Scott and Linda juggling families and schedules and getting us our flower girls, jamie taking such good care of my co-workers... oh and mom and beth and adam doing a lot of little things that having just married they knew needed to be done. So thank you all sooooo much. (That parahgrph brought to you by brother neil, sister in law kirsten and the letter C)
On to much more important things. In one year we went from a family of renting/unmarried scattered accross the country brother and sisters to a well-oiled marrying/house buying/moving accross the country to home finally kinda family. This is impressive. I second the urge for you to drive carefully Jamie and unbelievably excited for both tammy and scott. I'm hoping beth and adam come home early so adam and I can play some golf and drink some corona's. It's not the i miss you less beth, i just keep my mind occupied (school teachers have too much free time :)
The situation here is not too bad. There is some interest in the house however one potential buyer might require me finding him tenets for the house which won't be easy. I'll try my best but its pretty late to put a house on the market. Mom is having more good days than bad now which is really good. I'm trying to be home more often and now i'm starting to spend more time actually in the living room with mom instead of in my room. She has had to change her tv habits a bit for me and i'm listening to many more god stories but we're making it work. Tonight Kirsten had to work late so mom and i had a soup and biscuit date. It was good.
On the personal front, i like being married. I purchased a large and small monkey combo for v-day for kirsten, we've named the big guy chocola and cocco and have agreed they are our kids for now. When we get a dog however, the monkeys will act as grandparents for the dog and thus will have to mature greatly(they're very silly now with their furry long arms)
Professionally, kirsten has re-applied for her job and will hear about her interview next week. I am confident i'll be offered a job soon at X and am excited about the potential for learning and doing innovative things here. So it seems we'll be in Antigonish for a while. We have a plan to be debt free by x-mas, we call it freedom 25, unless kiki gets a bun in the oven or we lose our jobs we should be able to make it happen.
Anyway, this is getting long, however i went for a run tonight so i want to put all stephens on notice, there is a 15% chance i'll be running the bluenose half-marathon with tam. Of course that means there is an 85% chance i'll be loaded the night before with scott and jamie so who knows.
Nevertheless, kirsten and I love you all, thanks for hosting us last weekend tammy, Brianna's b-day was great scott and we look forward to seeing jamie in the flesh very soon. Oh beth, tell adam i got his FB message and will respong shortly, i just prcrastinate,
much love,
Neilo and kirsten
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