Paddle Me This

I just got back from a fun 3 hours spent in a canoe with 13 people and 2 dogs. Such a fun time and not at all a strenuous endeavour, though check back with me tomorrow on that because I may have a different opinion after my body has time to figure out what I just forced it to do. Now I'm off to bed since I worked a midnight shift last night. Did I tell you I love this place? Indeed I do...you should come visit, there's lots to do!

And the winner is...

Played soccer again last night. We had barely enough players to play and the other goalie didn't show so I got the pleasure of standing between the posts. The other team was terrific. I can't even tell you hoew many shots they had from about 6 feet away. By the end of the first HALF we were losing 7 or 8 to nothing. It was crazy!

Another team member offered to play in goal during the seccond half so I graciously accepted. The other side was really cool though and instead of trying to rack up points, since they had won anyway, relaxed on the offense a bit and only added 3 or 4 goals in the shortened 2nd half. We did manage to get one goal, but I believe that's when we put an extra player on the field.

Although the scoreline was a little lopsided, I did have a blast. I am a little sore today though.

Showers

Alas, we see the rain such as it would be if we were in Vancouver. Nice little treat to the week. Gotta love a little rain every once in a while.

Work and Play

I have such a busy week ahead.

I work day shift until Thursday which is nice, but means I start at 6:30am. Tonight I have soccer practice/pub night, tomorrow and Wednesday - softball games, Thursday - soccer game, Friday - another softball game.

I work a midnight overtime shift on Friday night and then head out canoeing with my coworker and his family Saturday morning.

It's going to be busy, but I can't complain because it's 22 degrees, the sun is shining (all the time) and I'm doing all the stuff I love.

Ahhhhhh

I feel it is my joy, er, my duty to pass along this amazing wonderfully delicious item. I believe it is one of life's truly perfect delights. You might scrunch up your face and wince at the sound of it, but once you've tasted it you'll have to whole-heartedly agree with yours truly. Now, there might be those who are allergic and for that I believe you have been sadly left out of a treasure surely meant for royalty. Those who disagree with my assessment of this heavenly beverage need not comment, merely lie and say you are allergic. It'll make me feel better. Oh, the scrumptiousness is overwhelming. I need to go finish mine. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

TIme ticks on

Today is officially the first day of summer AND it is one of the longest days here!! Cool, eh? Not that it gets dark here unless it's cloudy, but it's officially the longest day. I know I'm milking the nice weather for all it's worth, but that's because the winter will make me miss rainy Vancouver.

The first day of summer actually reminds me that Craig's birthday is a few short days away. In lieu of his birthday I called him to discover what he wants as I'm not with him enough anymore to figure it out without hints. That part sucks, although I think he'll get a surprise when all the Whitecaps stuff arrives at his place.

Talking to my brother, Craig, is always such a highlight of my day/week because he has such a different view of the world. He always makes me laugh and feel a sense of pride as he matures. Of course there are times when he doesn't want to talk, but for the most part he tells me all about his life. It makes me so happy that I spent all that time with him when he was really young because I don't think we'd have such a strong bond otherwise.

Ok, I just had to babble about my brother because his birthday is on the horizon and I miss him so much. I miss all my brothers and all of you, too. Have a great day!

Ronnie sent his to me so here you are:

Here is my answers!Hit forward and place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove the X from the ones you have not. Answer the 30 questions at the end and send it to your friends (including me). This is for your entire life! It's a great procrastination tool, too!

(X ) Gone on a blind date
(X)Skipped school
( )Watched someone die
( X ) Been to Canada
( X) Been to Mexico
( X) Been to Florida
(X) Been on a plane
(X ) Been lost
(X)Been on the opposite side of the country
( ) Gone to Washington , DC
(X ) Swam in the ocean
(X )Cried yourself to sleep
( X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X ) Sang Karaoke
( X) Paid for a meal with coins only?
( X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t?
( X) Made prank phone calls
(X ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( X) Danced in the rain
( X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X)Watched the sunrise with someone you care about
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
( )Been skinny dipping outdoors
(X) Gone to the movies

1. Any nickname? Red, Kimmy, there used to be so many more
2. Mother’s name? Cindy
3. Favorite drink? Beer
4. Any Tattoo’s? nope
5. Body piercings? ears only
6. How much do you love your job? So much I couldn't put a number on it
7. Birthplace? BC, Canada
8. Favorite vacation spot? Florida
9. Ever been to Africa ? No, but the possiblity looks greater all the time
10. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? me? no, never. Ok, maybe once. Well, perhaps a few more times than that. OK, it's a regular meal. Happy now?
11. been on TV? Not sure. I think they put one of my soccer games on tv once
12. Ever steal any traffic sign? haha. No.
13. Ever been in a car accident? yes
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 2-door
15. Favorite salad dressing? depends on my mood and the type of salad
17. Favorite number? 21
18 Favorite movie? Dirty Dancing
19. Favorite holiday? Christmas if it's spent away from home or Halloween
20. Favorite dessert? Lemon suffle
21. Favorite food? Lasagna
22. Favorite day of the week? Tuesday
23. Favorite brand of body wash? don't use body wash...soap - ivory
24. Favorite toothpaste? Colgate
25. Favorite smell? mood dependant, things that are baking, but not burnt...vanilla...lemon
26. What do you do to relax? chat, play sudoku, watch tv, read, and most often SLEEP
27. How do you see yourself in 10 years? Happy! Doing some job totally different from the one I currently have. Surrounded by the coolest friends even if not in the immediate vicinity (yay internet). Best aunt in the world (no doubt my brothers will have had kids by then). Still exploring and playing soccer.
28. How many siblings do you have? 3 - the most amazing brothers in the world!! Even though they don't always call, I still adore them all!
29. Furthest place you will send this message? Oh, the possibilities are endless. Of course, I haven't told many people that I moved my blog...thanks for the advert Tanya!
30. Who will respond to this the fastest? It's beyond me

Oh, and just for those of you who might be wondering, I didn't see #16 either and I chose not to attempt yet another question.

Woohoo!

I played my first soccer game last night! So much fun!

I was told I was to play on the "new team" even though I'd already registered and practiced with Gold City. This is due to a lack of goalies in the league. Well, I arrived at the field where my Gold City teammates wanted me to stay with them. I'm so glad I did. I didn't play in goal, but totally have that option should I choose to take it. Also, this team is really easy-going. If we win that's cool, but it's really all about the social aspect and going for drinks after the game. We lost our first game, but scored 4 out of the 7 goals...you figure it out.

I'm liking Yellowknife more and more. Who would've thunk it, eh?

Softball tonight! Problem with playing all these sports is that I think I'm going to gain weight rather than lose it with all the drinking after the games. haha.

Miss you all. Hope your summer's going as well as mine!

Can it really be this difficult?

Ok, I finally purchased a photo printer so I can print all my pictures adn scrapbook them, not that I don't already have enough to scrapbook without adding more. I thought this was great and researched the one I wanted. it turned out it was on sale so I got it!

I get the thing home and am setting it up when it gives me an error. This does not make me happy. After trying for a while online I decided to get some help from HP. Earnest (I don't believe that's his real name) and I spent quite some time troubleshooting only to discover that the ink cartridges, all SIX of them, that come with the printer are only "host" cartridges. Although they were only used for initialization and there is plenty of ink in them still, I was forced to go out and spend a bunch of money on ink.

Is it just me or do you find that incredibly insane?!! Even the people at Staples, where I purchased it, thought that was odd. I didn't purchase their extended warranty so they were pretty useless other than to show me the ink I needed.

I did write to HP and might still send them snail mail with my disgust over something so stupid. Why provide cartridges if they don't work? Why does it not say that you need to replace the cartridges right away? Was the HP help desk guy just too lazy or unqualified to fix the problem rather than tell me to go get more ink?

Argh, what a frustrating experience!

Busy Busy

Wow, i can't believe how busy I am. It's great! I'm now playing baseball (slow pitch) and soccer! Games are all on weeknights and vary anywhere from 1-3 games a week. I played my first baseball game EVER tonight. Our team won. I was walked twice. Translation for Tanya: bla bla bla bla bla.

I play my first soccer game tomorrow night. I'm still not sure which team I'm playing for since they're trying to make the 2 new teams a bit more competative than in past years. I, being one of the only goalies, am being moved from team to team. We'll see how it goes because I really liked the team I was playing with.

I'm working a lot too. I have 3 overtime shifts this month, 3 next month ans, so far, 1 in August. It's a little busier at work too so that's nice.

So that's me, taking advantage of the nice weather despite the obscene amount of bugs. Hope you're all enjoying the fine weather (oops, forgot we don't share the weather). Have a good day!

New and Exciting News from up North

I officially live in the land of the midnight sun. It's currently 3:46am and the sun is rising, although the sun set around 11pm, it didn't get dark. Cool, eh?

I joined the local co-ed outdoor soccer league. Not too sure when we have our first game, but I'll meet my team on Wednesday at practice. I'm a little worried since they are pretty mucha group of beginners. Should be interesting.

Oh, and the really cool news...I'm coming back to Vancouver in November. Do you want to know why?

I'm going to the New Kids on the Block concert! Yep, that's right. The New Kids reunited and are touring North America in the fall. I'm so excited!

Hope you're all doing as good as me!!