Sore head

We celebrated our housemate, Graham's birthday by:

• Snowboarding all day, followed by
• Dinner and drinks, with
• Karaoke,
• Matt getting his fancy new red Helly Hansen jacket stolen,
• Shailee getting her boots all messed up,
• Rachel putting her boots on the wrong feet,
• Matt cutting his forehead on the edge of his snowboard,
• and much, much, more.

All in all, a fun night, despite the frustrations, with many enjoyable stories to be told and re-told afterwards.

Sick means tissues...

I'm feeling a bit better now, after being in bed for basically 3 days straight... but just to gross you all out, this is how many tissues i went through last night!
Yukky yuk yuk

Sick Again!

Shailee and I have both come down with some crazy chesty flu thing that gives you a crazy headache and clogs up all your sinuses. On top of that, it's got really cold during the last week, down to minus 20 celcius at the house, judging by the thermometer downstairs.

At least we're sick at the same time to give each other moral support.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Matt & Shailee.

Look, a Bus stuck in the snow!

Look, a Bus stuck in the snow!

This bus tried reversing into a driveway and missed...

Now his back wheels are basically off the snow, and he is ... well ... stuck.

What's with the Cheese?

What's with the Cheese in Canada?

It's expensive, it's orange, it tastes terrible, and, it's really expensive.

I heard someone say to me that their was some taxes or something to protect the local cheese industry. If that's true, it was obviously made by someone who has never tasted good cheese. He was probably lactose intolerant. Seriously - who would want to protect something that's absolute rubbish!?

White Christmas in Whistler

We had an awesome Christmas here in Whistler. It was puking down snow. We went out on the mountain for a ride, then went to a bar for some beers, then came home, and - as a house (big thanks Rach!) - cooked up a storm on a Christmas dinner, of course with a few more drinks.

Here's a few photos on Facebook for you all to see:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24178&l=57c32&id=606441735

And for those who are curious, our Aussie housemate Courtney (wearing a black jumper and orange hat) was having some coaching lessons in "how to drink beer". She was initially not that interested in partaking, but we convinced her that that was "UnAustralian". Well, she still doesn't love beer, but we got some funny photos and all had a great time.

Merry Christmas!

Welcome to Canada

We arrived in Vancouver safely after a long flight.

Staying in Downtown area of Vancouver was quite nice. Lots of shopping around.

We did discover a great street just outside the downtown area with heaps of snowboard shops, where we found some great deals and got kitted out and ready to head to Whistler.