The adventure begins

Well, Its been about 2 years since I have done any blogging, A lot has happened in that time! I moved back to Hamilton Ontario! Got Engaged then Married to the love of my life and high school sweetheart (few years separated in there) and now we have decided to make the move out to B.C. The hubby found a great job up in Elkford, B.C. If you look it up you will find it high in the mountains right by the Alberta border! The town is tiny with a population of 2500 people! Compared to Hamilton which is around 500 000 people, I'm going to have some adjusting to do. So a good friend of mine (batty) suggested I start this blog and tell you all about my adventures out here in the woods! So, here we go! We bought a house - well its really called a modular home, There like mobile homes in outside shape but done differently on the inside. And they make up a lot of the places in the mountains because its so expensive and hard to have building supplies brought in. So, ours is on a court with about 20 other modular homes, in a residential area of Elkford. I love our new home. The kitchen alone makes me smile! We have a 2 bedroom house with a large open concept living room and kitchen, I like the open space! We have started to buy some furniture for our living room with some gifts from people at my past employer (those girls rock) and gifts from family and friends! Its coming together! Other then that its just getting used to the new routine of 4 shifts on 4 shifts off (my husbands schedule) and taking care of a 4 month old puppy! He weighs 35 pounds already! (the puppy, not my husband) So as of right now, I'm a full time house wife and puppy caregiver! Its very different for me then what I have been used too. Working in retail for about 14 years you get used to the people, crowds and pace of a city. Well here we have I small strip mall that has ( are you ready for it) 1 post office, 1 movie store, 2 general stores, 1 liquor store (woo - i can stay), 1 dental office, and one grocery store! Someone in Hamilton asked me to find out how many traffic lights there are here in Elkford! I've been keeping my eyes peeled and guess what --- NONE!!!! Yes, that's right, NONE! There are stop signs everywhere but not traffic lights , how do you like them apples!There are 2 gas station/convenience store locations, One convenience store around the corner from our house - in the same parking lot as the Lamplighter Pub! The only other bar in town is in the hotel that's right by the strip mall. We have a library, pool and rec center in town. The rest I haven't been able to explore too much yet. The Elk Vally consists of 3 towns close together - Elkford, Sparwood and Fernie. Sparwood and Fernie are driving distance from us on the one highway in or out of our little town. The highway will bring you to Elkford, but doesn't continue past us, we are the 'end of the road' as the saying seems to go!So this blog will hopefully help me stay in touch with all my friends and keep you all updated on the Crazy goings on in Elkford B.C and the adventures that Matt and I will have! Talk to you all soon.