Island View Beach Walk

With our new home on Vancouver Island we are taking the opportunity to explore the local scenic areas and nature walks.  This is especially important as Sam seems to enjoy the outdoors and meeting the wildlife.  Last weekend we walked along the Island View Beach walk, which is featured in the photos with the rainbow.  On Sunday we also wandered along the pier in Sidney with the highlight of watching crabs being caught by the locals.  This is a far cry from our downtown, city lifestyle in Vancouver!

Back in the Real World of Work

It has been nearly two weeks since I started my new role and I can now understand Emily's frustration with long retail hours.  Sunday was my first full day off since starting as General Manager and General Sales Manager, so I made the most of my day off with Nancy and Sam.  It was a pleasure to spend time with Sam when he is not in his pajamas! Although the days have been long so far, the job is proving to be interesting and challenging, but most importantly I am enjoying it.  Getting photos of Sam being sent to my Blackberry keeps a smile on my face during the day, especially as he is getting up to a variety of different activities now... as the photos show.

Ross provided the biggest laugh of my day off though, as our weekend skype call was to the theme tune of Minder.  For the Canadians and people too young to remember, Minder was an early nineties English TV show about a wheeler-dealer of used cars - a loveable rogue if you will.

Three Years in Canada

Today is the third anniversary of my arrival to Canada - three years and counting, eh! This is significant milestone as it means that I can now start to apply for my Canadian Citizenship an gain duel nationality.

This also coincides with the start of my new role at Three Point Motors in Victoria with the first few days going well and looking forward to the new challenge ahead.