Hmm, maybe that one

I think I should NOT go shopping when I'm in the mood to spend money. I bought a new dining room table today. Here's the best part: I asked for financing and while they were getting it approved they told me to go home since the guys were on their way to my place with the stuff. Yes, that's right, I left without paying. I guess living in a small town has it's benefits. Now I have a wicked dining room table, 8 chairs, and a lazy susan. It's awesome! Feel free to come and see it :)

More randomness

Alas I have completed my 15 days in row!! It's so nice to have 2 days off. Plans for my days off? None really. Perhaps I'll do some more organizing. Watch a little more Olympic action. Oh, and attend a few garage sales looking for plants...yes, that's right plants (not pants). They are hard to come by in these parts and soon will be next to impossible to aquire.

As for the weather here, it is changing. 15 days ago it was 30 degrees and yesterday we had a high of 14 and a low of 6. I waqs told it would happen overnight, but you really can't believe it until it happens. Oh, and it's getting dark again. It's light by 6am still and dark by 10pm. Here comes the winter!

Oh, and here's another random and cool thing: I was organizing my negatives and wanted to put them onto CD for easy duplication, but much to my dismay Walmart's photo lab charges $9.97 for 40 images on a CD. I calculated it out and figured it would cost well over $400. That's crazy right?! So I figured there must be a scanner out there that will be cheaper and allow me to do it myself. Well, here's the best part...that scoockum printer/scanner I bought a few months ago can do it!! So awesome! And it will scan them directly to the CD.

Hope you are all doing well! Have a great weekend!!

Movie to watch

I saw a great movie the other day...Charlie Bartlette. It's awesome! Watch it. It's not a movie I can describe except to say it's about the life of a teenager with a number of interesting twists. Tanya, I think you'll enjoy this one, but I can't guarantee anything. Oh, it's on DVD.

A Little Piece of Kim

All is well...I have the Internet again. In fact, I was incredibly impressed with the technician who came to fix it. Fabulous job! Although, I haven't really been online all that much since it's been fixed anyway. I guess I was just feeling isolated without it.

I'm on day 11 of 15!! Almost there! I guess that's what I get for switching shifts and not taking actual leave days for a vacation. It's cool because I still have 3 weeks of vacation time left. Or something like that.

Speaking of vacations, I'm driving down to Edmonton next month for a couple of days. Why, you ask?! To go shopping, of course. Perhaps I'll find my dining room table while I'm there. That's the plan anyway.

I've been doing a lot of organizing lately. I alphabetized my CDs so I can store them in the new case I bought. I finally started using the expenses form my dad sent me (with a few modifications) and have entered all my receipts into it. Now I know where all my money went! I also found all my photo negatives which I had started organizing and now I'll finish that today and contact Walmart to see if they'll be able to put them onto CDs for me.

Oh, and I'm a little obsessed with the Olympics. They are so amazing! I saw all 8 of Michael Phelps' gold medal performances. That guy should be classified as a fish, not a mammal. What about the Men's 100m sprint? That Bolt guy from Jamaica was beyond fast and he pulled up at the end! As for the Canadians, they haven't been winning a lot of medals, but they have broken more national records than any other team in the Olympics this year. That's pretty cool if you ask me. Besides, we're a winter Olympics country and we'll have a lot more athletes in Vancouver than ever before because we're the host country. Although a little unfair, I think it'll be awesome!

Have a great week everyone!!

ARGHHH!!!!

I'm a tad frustrated, but it just goes to show how dependant on the internet I've become. At home my internet went out on Tuesday due to (at least that's what the cable company says) a thunderstorm we had on Monday. Well, I still had internet on Tuesday until the afternoon. Of course I called them to figure it out and they said they'll have to get a technician to call me to set up a time to fix it. That was yesterday. I called them today to find out why I hadn't received a call and they said that the online tech didn't pass it on to the dispatcher. So now I have to wait for the tech to call me today, hopefully, just to set up an appointment time. Oh, and did I mention that they only work Mon-Fri from 9am-5pm??!!!? My access to hotmail doesn't exist because at work (I'm there now) they blocked that site. I'm surprised they haven't blocked this site..lucky me!

So I hope this explains where I've been for the past few days and, I'm sure, many days to come.

Thanks for a great holiday!

I arrived safely back in Yellowknife and now I'm relaxing on my new couch and enjoying being inside. It's 29 degrees celcius here today. Not much different from Vancouver except there's no shade here (no trees).

Thank you all so much for coming to the BBQ last night. It was awesome to see everyon, especially Jennifer and Kevin since it had been about a year since I'd seen you. And thanks to Tanya and Andre for hosting it and me during my stay.

Now I prepare to work 14, no 15 (just got a call for overtime) shifts in a row. Lucky me.

Vacations seem to go so fast

I'm in Vancouver!! So far I've done so much on this trip:

1. I visited with my dad
2. I went to Kamloops where I played in 3 soccer games (not my best performance by far...if I ever get asked to play again, perhaps practicing first might be a good idea)
3. I hung out with my dad a bit more
4. I hung out with Ken and saw Dark Knight (great movie)
5. I got my hair cut, but not by my regular guy
6. I surprised my mom on her 61st birthday
7. I hung out with Craig
8. Hung out with Steph and went to see Mamma Mia! (quite enjoyed it)
9. Finally arrived at Tanya and Andre's

So far I've done a lot. I'm very much looking forward to the BBQ on Wednesday and hanging out here with the Baron family. I have a little shopping to do before going home, but nothing major. This trip is just flying by.