Living Perrington

Oops

2011-05-19T08:37:00.000-07:00

Gee...we are really bad at updating this.

In March we were thrilled to find the newest addition to our family

DAISY!!

The photo above is the first time we saw her. David was checking the BCSPCA listings and found this little angel. We both IMMEDIATELY fell in love and were at the SPCA first thing the next day. We had already made up our minds before we got there...and she didn't make it very hard.

All set for next season!

So it's been a couple months and we're in the middle of dog training to help her stay a little calmer and to get along with other dogs better. It's going very well. She was a bit a of a crazy when we got her. Her old owners clearly let her do whatever she wanted and she had no boundaries or understanding about the order of who was alpha. She knows now! She's just an angel who LOVES to cuddle up on your lap. We are so happy that we found her and that she's likes us too!

Time flies!

2011-02-19T12:15:00.000-08:00

Wow! It's been a while!

We're moving! We found a place with amazing space in a different area of Vancouver... a little more quiet and really exciting. With still quick access to the downtown area. We're so excited to move!!! A 2 bedroom place with space! It's our dream!!

Yesterday we went snowshoeing for the first time!!

The amazing view from Grouse Mountain

We headed straight to MEC right after to purchase our own pairs!! That's how enjoyable it was! Sadly we will be pretty busy with the move for the next couple weeks...but as soon as we are settled in we're heading right back up! We really hope the snow lasts a while longer

Earlier in the month we had the chance to go see the (untraded) Senators play in Vancouver!

Ran into some of the staff from our old bar in Victoria

The Garrick's Head

Spezza was back :D

They lost, but it was still a lot of fun! David was so excited to go! I was excited also, but I also see hockey games every week....so it was nice to see a game sitting in a seat and not having to work!

We will try to keep this more updated with news...we have some really exciting news coming in the next few months!! Hopefully we'll have great photos of the new place soon!! To tide you over check out our Shutterfly share site to see all our photos! Also, Shawna updates her blog regularly, so be sure to check that out!

DID IT!

2010-10-31T21:17:00.000-07:00

Well we finally did it!

We got very married

more at Jon-Mark's Blog

So now we just get into the vibe of being married...We're still settling in...we went right back to work after our amazing Mexican honeymoon.

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make it such an amazing day. We will never forget it

Me Oh My

2010-09-04T07:25:00.001-07:00

FIVE weeks to go!

It's been quite a while since there has been an update! So here we go!

Wedding planning is going spectacularly.....actually it's been done for months...now it's a lot of little things...which is good because that helps to pass the time! I'm sure you can imagine the days are DRAGGING on....but the date will be here soon enough!

We booked our honeymoon!! Which we are so excited for! A week at a five-star resort in the Mayan Riveria! Cannot. WAIT. It's possibly going to be better than the wedding!! I kid...

In other non-wedding news. David got his contract extended at the Aquarium!! Which is FANTASTIC!!! Since he loves it SO much. So we're both thrilled that he gets to continue on!

A shot of the man hard at work

Shawna is still plugging away at the world of TV. Which is awesome because that's what she wants to do! Or be a court reporter....but that is the only other option...or a marine mammal trainer...She would rock at that.

Otherwise, life is lovely in this town we call home. It's been a short but beautiful summer. We found time to sneak up to Kelowna to visit a friend of ours. We went on a wine tour and visited the ancient O'Keefe Ranch...which was AMAZING. This whole ranch was basically a small town from the 1800's when cattle farming was huge. And it was all preserved and is an amazing historic site that you should visit if you get the chance.

We are really looking forward to seeing our families in October! It's the last scheduled time we'll see them, so it will be awesome to have them join us on the west coast for a PARTY!

Not sure if this will get updated pre-wedding....since I don't expect there to be much news other than wedding updates! So on that note....See you when we're Mr. and Mrs. Perry!!!

Love,

Engagement Photos

2010-08-02T18:33:00.001-07:00

YAY!!! Our engagement picture are finally ready!!!!!

We've been SO excited about these since the day we hired our photographer!!!
Here is a sneaky peak

and here you can find the rest!! Jon-Mark Photography

Looking great!!

2010-06-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

Hello Hello!!!

A quick update!

Things for us right now could not be more amazing! The wedding planning is sooooo easy...it's all done! Just waiting for RSVPs now!

Shawna (me) left my job at the Canucks Team store....not enough pay vs schedule vs no hockey = get me outta there! It's ok though. I've been working at Global a lot lately, and might even be heading back over to Victoria to work at Chek for a bit!

David is also leaving his job at the Arts Club Theatre fooooooooooooooooooor

The Vancouver Aquarium!!!!

He will actually BE the host of the dolphin show!!! How AMAZING is that! The first time we went to the aquarium he commented on how he could be the host when we watched the show...and now he IS!!!!

SO AWESOME! He's so excited and I can't wait to go see him!!!

Hopefully it's a very exciting summer!!

Sponsor Child

2010-05-25T22:16:00.001-07:00

We would like to introduce our new sponsor child! With CCF of Canada we've sponsored Haymanot from Ethiopia! This is something I've wanted to do for so long, and something David did while he was in high school, but didn't have the means during university! I'm really excited to be doing something more than just locally, and helping a little person live a better life! If you can spare $35 a month to help someone who has maybe 1% if what we have. I really encourage you to do it.
http://www.ccfcanada.ca/

May flowers

2010-05-10T07:40:00.001-07:00

Well it'sbeen an interesting few months!!! Shawna's sister got married!!! She was a beautiful bride.

It's definitely got us excited for our wedding....five months seems like a really long time!!! Especially since there are two weddings before ours!!! I know the time will fly by....but still!!

It's been a nice time in Ontario minus the weather. We have a big Perry-Zegarra family meet and greet before we return to the coast....so hopefully that goes super well! Shawna is still working for the Canucks....but now it's a little stressful having to depend on them winning the rest of their game for another 2 weeks of work!!! It's going to be an interesting summer that's for sure!!

Olympics updates!

2010-02-25T10:18:00.000-08:00

Well the Olympics are here and almost over. Which is bittersweet. It's been a lot of fun, but it's also cool to have the city back again.

My dad has been staying with us for the month. He's working at BC Place and Canada Hockey Place so he gets to see EVERYTHING.

Like Team Canada hockey practices and games!!!

So that's neat! and it's really nice to have family around!

Shawna (ME) has been working at Global TV for the duration of the Olympics doing graphics, which is funny because I never did any graphics before I came to Vancouver, then I learned them for the Canucks, and now I'm at Global!!! Awesomeness!

Sadly though, last week my grandpa died of a heart attack :( He was almost 89. It's sad, but I think everyone is doing ok with it. Not sure when the memorial service is yet.

Check out our Picasa page for LOADS of photos from the Olympics. TONS!

Christmas

2010-01-03T10:51:00.000-08:00

Well well well... Hello (un)Faithful readers! Daaaaavid here. Just with an update!

The holidays have come and gone. Kind fo amazing how quickly they happened. Time and time again throughout december, Shawna kept saying "Christmas has such a build-up then poof it's gone!" And she was right. There was an incredible build to Christmas. Gifts. Decorating. Music. Eggnog. Then... AH! It's all gone by!

Regardless, the Christmas season started with a visit by my mom in early December. She was only here for a week, but it was really fun. We did lots of stuff. We went to the aquarium, watched Shawna's first 5k race and ate mongolian food! All in all a really good time!

But now it's done! She had a great time, and I am thankful for that. After that, it just became a matter of getting ready for Christmas. It was our first Christmas away from home. As much as we love and miss our respective families, it was nice to not have to run around and just spend it as the two of us. Hopefully the first of many together! It was a nice quiet Christmas. We went out and bought a little christmas tree. The idea is, when we take the decorations off, we can put it on the balcony and use it again next year. Hopefully the tree will survive and grow with us! :)

All in all a good Christmas. Shawna gota pompom sens hat and a gameboy color! And she knit me a scarf! Which Rocks. We had Christmas dinner with her cousin's family which was a blast. We are so blessed to have a family take us in like that!

So to summarize... Christmas 2009 FTW!

Happy news

2009-11-28T11:41:00.001-08:00

Hello All!

First I'd like to show you our new fish, Mike Fisher. Wendy, our first fish, went to the big fishbowl in the sky. So we got ourselves a little baby betta.

He's super active and LOVES people...and very colourful! He's fun so far.

Other news. Shawna got work! I work in the Canucks team store AND with the in house entertainment, camera assisting and training on the Duet (graphics). Very cool!! not steady work, but work nonetheless :D

David's mom is coming to visit next week. and I have my big run!!!! My heel is getting good treatment so I expect to be able to run it no problem!

TootleOO

Autumn

2009-11-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

Well we're past the one year mark! only 11 months till wedded bliss!

David is happily working away at his job at the box office on Granville Island. Shawna left Starbucks for greener pastures and is spending some time applying and interviewing for jobs she actually likes!

It's become quite rainy here, makes you really miss all the sun from the summer!

We're on the hunt for a new church that is a better fit for us, which is ok. We settled too soon when we got here and are eager to find a church with great community and more youth.

New photos are up from the fall! We did a little bit of travelling and we both had birthdays!

That's all the news for now. I'm sure David would have more interesting things to say..but he's too cool for school

bye!

September!

2009-10-04T12:57:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone!!

Great news!

David got a job!! He started last week with the Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island! Full time! HURRRAAAY! We're very happy.

I've had some interviews and some work here and there which is good, and not Starbucks, which is better. Hopefully something full time comes along very soon :D

The wedding is almost in a year!! Can you believe it! Planning is going awesome since I quit. David is definitely much better at it then I am. We'll be spending Thanksgiving with my cousin and their family. Hurray! We wanted to go to Victoria, but it just wasn't meant to be.

I signed up for a French class, but it turns out I was much too advanced for it...so now I have to wait until January for the advanced class. But my 5K running course starts Monday so there is something new for me to do :D

Also, I like the CFL now....so here's hoping to get to some games.
We bought tickets to see the Senators when they are here in March! VERY exciting!!!! But so far away.

Anyway, I think that's all the update for now!

Thanks for readin!

Church on the ocean

2009-09-13T16:55:00.001-07:00

Hello Hello!!

Not much new in the way of our life...David still looking for work, and me still waiting on time passing about work. Same OLD.

I (Shawna) quit planning the wedding. David took over and is already doing much better. Yay!

I took some photos with my phone of the amazing church service we had this morning on the ocean. ON THE OCEAN. This city is unbelievable

So Amazing....that's the Kits pool...a POOL on the ocean!! Awesome.

They also baptized three people in the ocean. Very awesome. I still have to post my baptism video... which I will get around to. But for now. Here is David's!

continued

2009-08-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

The Bedroom with its purple and blue scheme

The bathroom with its lime and cyan scheme, based off a painting given to me by Meagan which is behind the doof

We are just outside the building walking to the beach. It's that close

That's all the photos for now, but once we have real internet we will try to keep the Picasa updated with our adventures!!

Shawna

Photos!

2009-08-28T11:59:00.000-07:00

Hi!

I've uploaded photos from the summer so far to Picasa. You can find the link on the side bar. But here you will find the long awaited photos of our apartment :D

Here is our living room!!

The other half of the living room

The view of the beach/ocean from our place

The mini Kitchen!

A more detailed update

2009-08-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

Well.
We have finally moved into the new apartment. Pretty nifty if you ask me. Apart from feeling very ill for the last few days, things are going insanely well. A little too well if you ask me. *insert shifty eye here* Ok. I'm actually not all that suspicious. Not to say that our life in Victoria sucked (because it didn't) but we both had out fair share of troubles in the past year. Some together, and some apart, so it shouldn't come as a total surprise that God has kinda given us a pretty decent time in Vancouver thus far. (I know, it's only been a week. But what can you do!?!)

Ok. Here's the poop

The place
Is awesome. When we first showed up, it was small. We were really worried about cramming all our Stuff into this place. But as the boxes got unpacked, we started to realize that this might work. As of today we are down to One box I believe - outside of the ones that are going into storage once that room is available to us - so that's pretty good. We finally put up all our paintings (Courtesy of Megan and Sarah Pee) and all our picture frames and stuff. I do believe they add a lot to the place. So that's good. Shawna claims that my cooking has drastically improved in the new (Half) Kitchen surroundings, so I guess that's a good thing. As I type this, I am sitting on the balcony (yay) looking out at the water and really feeling like we are happy with the place we chose. So Score one for the good guys (Us.)

The life
So far life has been pretty relaxed. I mean, it's been mostly, unpacking settling in, buying furniture, moving things, exploring the neighborhood, et all. As of yet, I am unemployed but I have many applications and resumes floating around out there. One of which is for a (misnamed) job as a Children's Pastor. Really, it's just someone to run the Kids Ministry. In short its a little bit of what I did at the PLace Kidz. So, all you Christian types (you know who you are) you can pray that I get that job. That would be ideal. Of course what is ideal for me is usually what is the least ideal for God. Maybe it will further his kingdom to have me pumping gas, or checking groceries... I don't see how, but what do I know, right!

Shawna, on the other hand, has good news. She has been offered a (tentative) position with the Vancouver Canucks on their in-house editing team. This is a hgue opportunity for her - since she would love to make a career in the sports industry. She has cautioned me that it is tentative, and later on in the week more details should be known. Until then. Think happy thoughts people.

Random Things
Thoroughly upset with Shaw. They were supposed to come set-up services today, I have been here all day. They never showed up. Then told us it was our fault because we didn't pick up the buzzer. So we have to wait ANOTHER week (they made us wait a week once already) Well, I was here all day. They lie. Anyway, they said they would call us back, they never did. So, off to Telus we go. turns out, at the same price, we can get the NHL Network and a bunch of cool stuff on TV with them. So. We go with them. We end up waiting either way, but I think this is the smarter road to take.

Other than that, things are just fine and dandy. You guys should come visit. Seriously. Come visit!

Much love to ya'll!

Pictures are on their way, I promise!

DP

First post

2009-08-20T21:39:00.000-07:00

It's here!

The inaugural post of Shawna and David!!!

A way for our friends and family from near and far to stay tuned to our goings on!!!

In recent news:

We just moved to Vancouver and are working out way through the mountains of boxes and clothing. It's going really well!! I (Shawna) start work on Monday and David begins hunting the town for employment. Hopefully I'm not with Starbucks for too much longer though....really need to find a real job!!!

We'll post photos of the place as soon as we're done unpacking though! It's awesome!!!1