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Birthday: 6/10/1977
Gender: Female
Interests: music, reading, writing, photography, cooking
Expertise: none at the moment, but I hope to be a pretty good machinist eventually. :)
Occupation: Manufacturing/production
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ICQ:  5556509
Yahoo:  chemgurl
Member Since:
7/14/2003
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| Still kicking. Back on the Island. That is all. =)
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| (for a long time after we came out here that song made me want to cry every time I heard it... for the past month or so it's been kind of a personal anthem... not that any of the song means anything other than the "mama, I'm coming home bit", lol. I'm sure my Mama wouldn't appreciate it. she's totally not down with Ozzy.)
Heading to the airport in two and a half hours. I'm feeling ill. I think it's butterflies, excitement, dreading the long flight - all that good stuff. We've picked up snacks and magazines, packed the suitcases, taken care of the pile of dishes in the sink, printed boarding passes, and went to the truck stop about three hours ago for a big greasy meal. I think that may have something to do with the flip-flopping of my stomach. =) I'm *so* excited about going home, but a little apprehensive too. Worried I won't fit into that bridesmaid dress. lol. Worried about cleaning all of our stuff out of the place at home so we can rent it. Plus, we've been looking forward to this trip for so long - when it's finally over and we come home it will be... Well, we won't be able to look forward to it anymore. It will be next summer before we go again, and that's another long old wait. People tell us we'll be itching to get back out here after the first week of being home, but somehow I doubt that. =) No laptop plugins on the plane. =P Oh well, it will be good for some distraction for a while anyway. Seatback tv will be a huge bonus. I wonder who's sitting beside me? J gets the window seat, as it's the first time he's flown. So, I'm in the middle next to a stranger. It's a direct flight from here to the Island, so chances are we'll know at least someone on the plane. Well... I should go have a shower and double check my list. | | |
| Leduc, Alberta is referred to (fondly, I assume) by some of its
residents as LA. That's freakin great. Songs like "LA
Woman" and "Drinking in LA" are that much cooler now.
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I find it hard to believe that the phrase "the lively bones" doesn't exist on any of the millions of web pages Google searches.
Home in a week for a much anticipated vacation.
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| Alberta is pretty sweet. We're still adjusting, and it's still
tough sometimes. The thing is - we can finally see the light at
the end of the tunnel. We're still catching up from the move, and
from the whole trip to BC to find the shop was on strike. It's
slowly getting better though. Last check I finally bought us a
stereo, so we no longer have to make do with the old clock radio.
It got moved from the bedroom to the top of the fridge when the snooze
button crapped out. What good is an alarm clock with no snooze
button? So, the stereo's not a bad little unit. It's a Sony
and I got it for half price ($70) at Walmart. We're still
watching a 13" tv that was in Shamus' room at home. That's
getting a little annoying, but we'll get something bigger when our
income tax refunds come in. I filed mine online yesterday.
Took me less than an hour and saved all the hassle of waiting around at
H & R Block or wherever. I should have my rebate within a
couple of weeks, but I won't hold my breath. I was able to put
money on my credit cards from this check. So, it's coming.
Instead of slowly getting further in the hole like we were at home
we're slowly getting out of it. We're going to try to rent out
our place at home and still keep making mortgage payments, so we'll be
able to pay off the mortgage twice as fast. After that - I don't
know. We'd love to move home, but it's hard to think about going
back to that whole job situation. Especially after being out here
where things are booming.
The bass in Ozzy's Bark at the Moon is great. Got to figure out how to play that.
I'm still thinking I'd like to have an accordion.
J's cousin and brother were here for about a week. They headed to
Calgary a week ago today and his cousin flew home yesterday. His
brother might be coming back up here to stay with us for a while.
Kind of looking forward to it - someone to play chess, Scrabble, and
Trivial Pursuit with. Plus, we'll be able to jam a bit. J
and I brought a guitar and a bass and his brother sings. Should
be fun. Our friend, Matt, from back home landed here a week ago
tomorrow. He's working at the same shop as us and will be living
with us for a while. Probably until August, when his wife and
kids are planning on moving out here. It's really nice to have a
familiar face at work. I mean, everyone there is nice enough, but
you know, still nice to have a familiar face from back home.
It's snowing here this morning. Big, fat, fluffy flakes. We
had some beautiful weather this week though. Spring is definitely
here.
I've gottta buy me a cowboy hat. Time for a haircut and change of
colour too. And I'm thinking a lip piercing is in my near
future. I was thinking of getting it done yesterday, but our
plans changed and we didn't go to Edmonton as we'd planned. I
think we're heading up there today, but that could change. Not
sure what's going to be open today, but I'm sure we'll find something
to do.
Oh, and the new job is still fantastic. Best job I've ever had.
Have I mentioned the vehicle situation lately? Besides the Kia,
we now have two old pickup trucks (73 and 76, I think). One's a
3/4 ton and the other's a 1/2 ton. I've laid claim to the 1/2 ton
and will get it registered and insured sometime in the near future so I
can start driving it. The trucks cost about twice as much as the
Kia to run, but it's nice to have a truck again.
The boys are still asleep. It was a late night last night for J -
he came to bed at about 4. Not sure about Matt. I was
falling asleep at midnight. =)
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