So, remember how I was talking about how my friends and I rode the Piler at the potato farm? While, my newest venture is figuring out how www.youtube.com works and then trying to connect that to my blog so that when I do have videos, I can share them with you. So, this will be my first attempt to put a video on my blog. Please bear with me, but if it works, there will be more to come, I promise!
Riding the Piler 1 = Jennie and Amber
Riding the Piler 2 = Britt and Jodi
Hope that works! And if it does I hope you enjoy it at least a portion of how much we enjoyed it!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
just a quick note
Ok. I havn't posted in a while and it might be a bit longer till I put up a good one, but I figured I would use this blog to procrastinate a little longer and avoid my homework. It is that season that University students hate, mid terms! Last week, this week to come, and I believe the week after that are jam packed full of mid terms and big assignments due so many things with no time to do it. It is crazy and I am not enjoying it even for a minute!
It keeps me busy, so that when people say I should call them so we can hang out, I add them to my list of like 15 people to. Well, thats not a good list to be on because for the most part it is getting longer faster than it is getting shorter! So, if I have promised to call and havn't yet, please don't take it personally!
Work keeps over scheduling me, so I am not taking any extra shifts for the next few weeks, get into their minds that I am a part time employee, NOT full time(Last week saying I can work my usual Mon and Fri 730am-2pm turn into mon-730-2, wed 8-2, fri-630-230, sat-8-5, being asked to come in that sunday, and twice being asked to come in today).
Outside of classes and work, life is great!Getting out lots, dancing, kareoke, name that tune, coffee... Keeping really busy and meeting even more new people. I love it! Every day is an adventure and although sometimes they arn't the most exciting, it is still better than nothing!
Hope all is well elsewhere. I guess that turned out to be a longer note than I thought. Now I really have to go do some homework(don't worry mom and dad. I am still putting in some effort)
Luv you all out there, hope things are going well. Take care of yourself and remember to look both ways before crossing the street. If the cars are coming, just run faster!
It keeps me busy, so that when people say I should call them so we can hang out, I add them to my list of like 15 people to. Well, thats not a good list to be on because for the most part it is getting longer faster than it is getting shorter! So, if I have promised to call and havn't yet, please don't take it personally!
Work keeps over scheduling me, so I am not taking any extra shifts for the next few weeks, get into their minds that I am a part time employee, NOT full time(Last week saying I can work my usual Mon and Fri 730am-2pm turn into mon-730-2, wed 8-2, fri-630-230, sat-8-5, being asked to come in that sunday, and twice being asked to come in today).
Outside of classes and work, life is great!Getting out lots, dancing, kareoke, name that tune, coffee... Keeping really busy and meeting even more new people. I love it! Every day is an adventure and although sometimes they arn't the most exciting, it is still better than nothing!
Hope all is well elsewhere. I guess that turned out to be a longer note than I thought. Now I really have to go do some homework(don't worry mom and dad. I am still putting in some effort)
Luv you all out there, hope things are going well. Take care of yourself and remember to look both ways before crossing the street. If the cars are coming, just run faster!
Sunday, September 24, 2006
the last couple days...
The last two days have been packed with things to do!
Sat
After watching the girls soccer game(which they won against NAIT, and yes, I watched an entire outdoor soccer game, I've seen a few of them actually. Weird? Ya. I think so too), I return to my apartment to see I have a voicemail from my dad(Hi daddy). So, I call him back to tell him that ARE YOU KIDDING!? YEAH I'LL GO TO THE OILERS GAME!!! Well, just as I am talking to my dad and working out when we would meet, I get a text from Jack(ie) saying she was going to the game with her dad to! I was pumped and told Brit(another roommate and a HUGE Oilers fan) that Jack and I were going to the game and she was really jealous so she convinces Jodi(another roommate) to go to the game. Long story short, we all ended up going and managed to meet up During the second intermission.
So despite the sad finish, it was fun to meet up with the girls, and afterwards we went to the clubhouse and got some pics with some of the Oilers rookies. These pictures, the first one is the Calgary fan standing alone, and the second is showing the friends that we are(for those who don't know, thats me with 3 of my 5 roommates. yep, 6 of us in total). The other three are with Bergeron, Stortini, and Jacques. Sweet!
Sun
We had plans for a BBQ for lunch and were meeting at one, so I headed to a new church with some roommates and was ready to go by one. One o'clock comes around, seven of us jump in a minivan and it was off to Jack's potato farm for a BBQ! The hamburgers were awesome and we were all thrilled to be in a real home. It is amazing how quickly you can grow to miss a house.
After lunch we got a tour of the farm. I really love those tours. We rode a piler (don't ask), climbed in a potato truck, and just goofed off. It was super fun.
The pics, first there is us in the van on the way to the farm. Jack is driving and I am riding shot gun. Then there is us eating our delicious burgers. To the left is a pic of Jennie and Amber on the scoop. It, as I am sure you'd guess, scoops potatos and runs them down conveyor belts into trucks.
Next
we have the pictures from the 'bin', where they store the potatos. We are climbing onto a piler(the green thing. And you guessed it, it 'piles' potato's!) We would be in big trouble I am sure if her parents found out, but we rode the piler to the top of the pile of potatos (See the other picture). It was awesome! We had so much fun and if was technologically advanced enough, I would post the videos of it. It was super fun!! 
Next there is a picture of the seven of us and Jack's little sister. We are tucked in between the boards between bins. Following that one is the fork lift. When you see a piece of machinery, you play on it! Or we do. So of course, we had to take a moment for another photo op. After the fork lift we moved on to faster machines, the quad! Now, I'll be honest, it is broken and w=we are just sitting in the shop on it, but the second quad picture sure makes it look like we are driving fast, doesn't it?
Sat
After watching the girls soccer game(which they won against NAIT, and yes, I watched an entire outdoor soccer game, I've seen a few of them actually. Weird? Ya. I think so too), I return to my apartment to see I have a voicemail from my dad(Hi daddy). So, I call him back to tell him that ARE YOU KIDDING!? YEAH I'LL GO TO THE OILERS GAME!!! Well, just as I am talking to my dad and working out when we would meet, I get a text from Jack(ie) saying she was going to the game with her dad to! I was pumped and told Brit(another roommate and a HUGE Oilers fan) that Jack and I were going to the game and she was really jealous so she convinces Jodi(another roommate) to go to the game. Long story short, we all ended up going and managed to meet up During the second intermission.
So despite the sad finish, it was fun to meet up with the girls, and afterwards we went to the clubhouse and got some pics with some of the Oilers rookies. These pictures, the first one is the Calgary fan standing alone, and the second is showing the friends that we are(for those who don't know, thats me with 3 of my 5 roommates. yep, 6 of us in total). The other three are with Bergeron, Stortini, and Jacques. Sweet!
Sun
We had plans for a BBQ for lunch and were meeting at one, so I headed to a new church with some roommates and was ready to go by one. One o'clock comes around, seven of us jump in a minivan and it was off to Jack's potato farm for a BBQ! The hamburgers were awesome and we were all thrilled to be in a real home. It is amazing how quickly you can grow to miss a house.
After lunch we got a tour of the farm. I really love those tours. We rode a piler (don't ask), climbed in a potato truck, and just goofed off. It was super fun.
The pics, first there is us in the van on the way to the farm. Jack is driving and I am riding shot gun. Then there is us eating our delicious burgers. To the left is a pic of Jennie and Amber on the scoop. It, as I am sure you'd guess, scoops potatos and runs them down conveyor belts into trucks.Next
we have the pictures from the 'bin', where they store the potatos. We are climbing onto a piler(the green thing. And you guessed it, it 'piles' potato's!) We would be in big trouble I am sure if her parents found out, but we rode the piler to the top of the pile of potatos (See the other picture). It was awesome! We had so much fun and if was technologically advanced enough, I would post the videos of it. It was super fun!! 
Next there is a picture of the seven of us and Jack's little sister. We are tucked in between the boards between bins. Following that one is the fork lift. When you see a piece of machinery, you play on it! Or we do. So of course, we had to take a moment for another photo op. After the fork lift we moved on to faster machines, the quad! Now, I'll be honest, it is broken and w=we are just sitting in the shop on it, but the second quad picture sure makes it look like we are driving fast, doesn't it?
Finally, as any trip to the farm should, we finished our visit playing the the trucks. Inside the back of the potato trucks and pretending to drive other large trucks that were sitting around the barn yard.
Finally, with a visit to the headless tractor man(Jennie is posing behind it) and a 50lb bag of potatos in the trunk(way to go Amber!), we returned home to rest and relax from a busy couple of days.
See ya!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
and the next one married is...
Ok. So I know in my last post, I wrote half a sentence that my brother got engaged but that is hardly enough. So let me announce it properly.
My brother got engaged! He has been dating his girlfriend(nay, fiance) for about a year and a half and once we figured out what her name was(which no joke he made us guess) and got to know her, we all loved her and couldn't figure out what she was doing with my brother. But, they are happy and in love, and are fixing up a house together and have set a wedding date. On April 28, 2007 I will get another sister!
I am super excited for this wedding because not only am I getting an awesome sister(who has no sisters of her own) but I get to be a bridesmaid again! Just a bridesmaid this time, which is sweet(not that I didn't have a good time at Shelly's, just nice to experience something a little different). And, Shelly and I are going to be singing while they sign the marrige license!!! Since I love to sing this is awesome, and that means I have been the entertainment while all of my siblings sign the license- First I played the flute, than I sang in Spanish, and now I get to sing again! Wow, I am super excited and can't wait!
Congrats Dale and Mar!!!
My brother got engaged! He has been dating his girlfriend(nay, fiance) for about a year and a half and once we figured out what her name was(which no joke he made us guess) and got to know her, we all loved her and couldn't figure out what she was doing with my brother. But, they are happy and in love, and are fixing up a house together and have set a wedding date. On April 28, 2007 I will get another sister!
I am super excited for this wedding because not only am I getting an awesome sister(who has no sisters of her own) but I get to be a bridesmaid again! Just a bridesmaid this time, which is sweet(not that I didn't have a good time at Shelly's, just nice to experience something a little different). And, Shelly and I are going to be singing while they sign the marrige license!!! Since I love to sing this is awesome, and that means I have been the entertainment while all of my siblings sign the license- First I played the flute, than I sang in Spanish, and now I get to sing again! Wow, I am super excited and can't wait!
Congrats Dale and Mar!!!
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