Visiting Sisters In Calgary!!

Hi Girls,

Lonnie popped into town to visit over the Easter long weekend and we got together for lunch! It was so much fun to chat and get caught up with her... I miss those girly afternoons as there are only 2 of us left in Calgary. I hope that more of you will come into town and call me when you are here. After May 23, Corey and I will have a fully functioning guest room, so feel free to take advantage of it!

Hope to see you in Calgary soon and see you at the retreat!
Natalie

My First Blog Post.......Hi Ladies!!!

Hi ladies!! I finally decided to get my butt in gear and am putting forth my very first blog entry. My name is Shannon Perlstrom (previously Lipinski). I joined the sorority in 2003 and I was VP of Organisation the very next year. Erika was my big sister and Ashlyn is my little sister. My third year I was too busy to take on a little sister and there were not enough little sisters for everyone that year. I loved being apart of the sorority for those three years and have developed close friendships with several of the girls I met through the years. I appreciate the connections I have made with my sisters and hope that I will get a chance to create these connections with fellow alumnae sisters in the future. I finally tied the knot with my husband Carl on July 7, 2007 (the busiest wedding day in history). We have been together since I was 15 which will be 10 years in November. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It seems like we just got engaged not that long ago (which happened in Nicaragua on a sailing trip and we stopped for lunch on a beach....he dragged me out for a walk onto a rock bluff with the ocean all around us...it was an engagement girls dream of and I even have a picture).

I have been in University for what seems like forever but I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and will be a certified teacher as of May 2009. I am sorry that I have been absent this year but my life got turned upside down on September 11, 2007. I had settled on the fact that I was not going to get into the education program this year but on that September day I got a call saying I got in but in Terrace. I hade 4 hours to decide whether or not I was going to move to Terrace for the next two years or try again next year. My husband and I decided that it would be the best in the long run for me to get my school done so I moved to Terrace the very next day and started classes the day after that. I was very nervous starting the program a week late but I walked into the classroom and heard my name and I looked over and there was Mackenzie. She made the transition into the class much easier. As of now, I just finished my first teaching practicum with a grade 1/2 class and absolutely loved it. I cannot wait to be a full fledge teacher with my own class and that is where I am at now. I am looking forward to the semester being done and getting to go home for the summer. Since getting married I have seen my husband for maybe 2 months in total and I cannot wait to be back home. Well, that's about it for now!!