Thursday, February 24, 2011

5 a.m. rambling

Good morning! Not sure why I'm up at this hour, but since I am, I thought I'd try blogging from my phone. iPhones are amazing aren't they? Well they are now, but remind me I said that when I have carprel tunnel in my thumb.
So here's a funny story, and a lesson in letting others put things in your ear. On Friday, Special K was at work and they had someone come in to fit them for special ear plugs - safety first right? Unfortunately for Kirt though, a piece of the mold broke off in his ear. So after a nurse poked around for a while and couldn't get it out he was sent to the doctors office where they tried flushing it out and digging it out, but to no avail. Next he was sent to emerg where after 4 hours in the waiting room and more poking and prodding, they came to the conclusion it was indeed really jammed in there so an appointment was made for the next morning with an ear specialist..in Edmonton! (by now it's about 5pm, and the appointment is at 8:30 am, 5 hours away) Meanwhile, our good friends Haley & Barry (and Wade) were on their way up to Ft.mac to visit for the weekend. So basically after 7 hours of driving already, Kirt and Barry turned around and drove back to Edmonton. After a night in a sketchy motel in Boyle and a few more hours in a waiting room, the 'thing' was sucessfully removed!
There are 2 lessons here- the first is be wary when strangers want to stick objects in your ear. The second is that a good friend will drive 14 hours to visit you, but a really good friend will do it twice in one weekend!

Monday, February 7, 2011

TA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Well the day has arrived...I am FINALLY DONE MY DEGREE! I have been working on it part time, for what feels like an eternity - I can't tell you how happy I am to finally have it in the bag. What is it you ask? Well, the official title is "Bachelor of Professional Arts in Communication Studies".
What I'm going to do with that, I'm not completely sure yet, but it better be something awesome.
Go me!

Super Bowl Sunday


Did you watch the Super Bowl yesterday? Me either. We skipped it and went sledding instead! (Let’s face it, until we Googled it, we didn’t know who was even playing, and twice I’ve referred to it as the Grey Cup – yep, we’re big fans.) So instead we loaded up the sleds - I borrowed Fireman Steve’s, since he’s outta town for a few days (don’t worry Steve, I drove it like a girl!) and cruised out to Anzac. We had Gary with us - a friend of Kirt’s who has lived here for years and knows the trails - so after a lunch stop at the Burger Bar (naturally!) he took us on a tour through the bush and across frozen lakes. It was great!


Here’s a pic of a trappers cabin we came upon -  yes, believe it or not there are still fur-hat wearing trappers in this world! This particular trapper has two cabins along his trap line; one he lives in and this one, which he let’s his buddy use. Lucky for us, Gary happened to know him, so we stopped in for a visit.

Anyway, it was a great day for a ride. The ride home was COLD and I almost lost a thumb, but we made it back -- just in time for the half time show too. Go Packers!

Update from the Man Cave

Well the man-cave is again at capacity, (actually it has been for over a month, I’m just slow on reporting) which means the BBQ sauce and pickles are piling up in the fridge again and Grey’s Anatomy is being replaced with Ice Road Truckers. The new tenant is actually the old tenant – turns out B-rad just couldn’t stay away. He tried camp life for a while but it wasn’t really his thing. Actually he had a name for it…I can’t remember what it was, but it rhymed with Auschwitz! Someday in the near future I will do a camp post – sure, maybe it’s not the most desirable places to live, but it definitely makes life easier for the people working at site and saves them having to commute 2 hours each way. I find the whole concept of camp really interesting –  some of the camps have 5,000+ workers living in them; it’s basically a whole town stacked in portable buildings out in the bush. And some even have perks like driving ranges, Tim Horton’s and stating rinks. I’ll have to do some homework and report on this another time. (I feel like I’ve said that before?)

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Curling Rocks

Watch out Friday night rec curlers, there’s a new team in town! We’ve played three games so far – here’s our results:

Game 1: 11-1 (loss)
Game 2: 11-1 (win)
Game 3: The other team cancelled (we’ll call that a win)
Game 4: 9-4 (win)

Not bad for a team where the lead and second had never even touched a rock in their lives until we started playing in January. And did I mention I’m the skip? Truly it’s a miracle we on a winning streak. The curling community up here is pretty lively – it’s like we’re in Saskatchewan or something! There are 19 teams in our ‘beer’ league, and there are three other competitive adult leagues, plus junior teams. Curling…it’s the new hockey!