Hey Everyone,
Danny here. So I'd like to start off by saying that Whitehorse has almost killed me .....sort of. While I was in Whitehorse the temperature never rose much above 23C. Except for my first week there. However here in Guelph the temperature has been like 34C for the whole time we've been here and there's this thing called a humidex (who knew?) which is like a wind chill warning except that instead of being colder it's hotter. And it's gotten to like 47C with the humidex. Which means even when you're sitting in the shade doing nothing you're sweating ALOT! Anyways last night Elly (Kelly's mom) brought home an air conditioner from her sister Mary for our bedroom. THANK YOU SO MUCH ELLY AND MARY! It was the best sleep I'd had since before we left Whitehorse!
So I have started work and it's going well. Other than the fact that it's like 58C in the building at some points I'm surviving. However I do complain a little. Okay a lot!
Not much else to report so I'll talk to you all at some point!
Danny
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
settling in
hello all.
it has been a busy few days. all of our stuff is here and most of it arrived in reasonably good condition. yeah! it was in bits and pieces, because apparently movers take everything apart. but they helped us (danny) put the hard stuff back together before they left. so that was good. also the guy who delivered it said that one of the guys who helped him load the truck bought a candy from my candy machine. so lets hope he lives, because those are in seriously need of replacement.
today was my mom's wedding shower. it was very nice, a lot of fun. a whole wack of the family showed up. it was really nice to see everyone and i didn't freak out at all. yeah me!
so danny starts work on monday. he went in today for an orientation and found out that the woman he thought was the head manager is really just a first assistant. there is no head manager. and the first assistant goes on mat leave in a month. so theres a chance he could be running the place. which would be very cool for him. nothing is for sure, but we will see.
xoxo
KD
it has been a busy few days. all of our stuff is here and most of it arrived in reasonably good condition. yeah! it was in bits and pieces, because apparently movers take everything apart. but they helped us (danny) put the hard stuff back together before they left. so that was good. also the guy who delivered it said that one of the guys who helped him load the truck bought a candy from my candy machine. so lets hope he lives, because those are in seriously need of replacement.
today was my mom's wedding shower. it was very nice, a lot of fun. a whole wack of the family showed up. it was really nice to see everyone and i didn't freak out at all. yeah me!
so danny starts work on monday. he went in today for an orientation and found out that the woman he thought was the head manager is really just a first assistant. there is no head manager. and the first assistant goes on mat leave in a month. so theres a chance he could be running the place. which would be very cool for him. nothing is for sure, but we will see.
xoxo
KD
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
we have arrived
we drove our arses off, but we are here. we showed up a day early and surprised my mom. she was very happy to see us and see we were well.
we spent the last two nights in motels and that made things a little easier. we we're smote a few more times after leaving winnipeg. i think god does not like us or something. it rained on and off most of our last three days driving. which is why we decided to pull over at a motel outside thunder bay on sunday night. the place was kind of crusty, but it was cheap.
we got up and going first thing on monday morning and drove for about 12 hours. my back waqs frigging killing me. but we figured if we could keep going then we should. and i'm really glad we did because it is the only reason we were anble to get in a day early.
besides the other-worldly rain, there was not oo much exciting about the last part of our trip (besides getting here.) no animal sightings.
so for now we are cleaning and getting organized. we took a bunch of crap from the basement to the dump today to make room for our stuff (which is coming on friday - yeah!) and now we're working our way though some boxes and piling other ones out of the way.
tonight all my bothers and sisters and their others and kid are coming over for dinner to welcome us home. i'm really looking forward to meeting my neice emily.
xoxo
KD
we spent the last two nights in motels and that made things a little easier. we we're smote a few more times after leaving winnipeg. i think god does not like us or something. it rained on and off most of our last three days driving. which is why we decided to pull over at a motel outside thunder bay on sunday night. the place was kind of crusty, but it was cheap.
we got up and going first thing on monday morning and drove for about 12 hours. my back waqs frigging killing me. but we figured if we could keep going then we should. and i'm really glad we did because it is the only reason we were anble to get in a day early.
besides the other-worldly rain, there was not oo much exciting about the last part of our trip (besides getting here.) no animal sightings.
so for now we are cleaning and getting organized. we took a bunch of crap from the basement to the dump today to make room for our stuff (which is coming on friday - yeah!) and now we're working our way though some boxes and piling other ones out of the way.
tonight all my bothers and sisters and their others and kid are coming over for dinner to welcome us home. i'm really looking forward to meeting my neice emily.
xoxo
KD
Sunday, June 17, 2007
leaving winnipeg
so we're off. again.
it was a good week and we got in a bit of visiting. we went to blaine's wedding and it was really nice. but it will be good to no longer be in transition.
we plan to arrive in guelph on wednesday. hopefully everything goes well.
for those of you who don't have it, our new number for the time being will be 519-823-2047. drop me a line if you need the address.
love you.
KD
it was a good week and we got in a bit of visiting. we went to blaine's wedding and it was really nice. but it will be good to no longer be in transition.
we plan to arrive in guelph on wednesday. hopefully everything goes well.
for those of you who don't have it, our new number for the time being will be 519-823-2047. drop me a line if you need the address.
love you.
KD
Monday, June 11, 2007
the peg
we have arrived in winnipeg.
and i have been confronted with things like "all the cars in manitoba have immobilizers so now they are going after out of province plates" and "you should just leave all your doors unlocked and take everything out of the car, its better that way." nice. welcome to winnipeg.
the last couple of days have been pretty uneventful. lots of wildlife. more moose. a big black bear near our campsite. two deer. riding mountain was great for animals. except the bear. i did not sleep so good our last night there.
we packed up yesterday morning and hit the road. got here early afternoon. jennifer made some tasty burgers (yeah for barbeque!). and danny got together with a friend of his (i went to bed early... stupid bear.)
much love from winnipeg.
KD
and i have been confronted with things like "all the cars in manitoba have immobilizers so now they are going after out of province plates" and "you should just leave all your doors unlocked and take everything out of the car, its better that way." nice. welcome to winnipeg.
the last couple of days have been pretty uneventful. lots of wildlife. more moose. a big black bear near our campsite. two deer. riding mountain was great for animals. except the bear. i did not sleep so good our last night there.
we packed up yesterday morning and hit the road. got here early afternoon. jennifer made some tasty burgers (yeah for barbeque!). and danny got together with a friend of his (i went to bed early... stupid bear.)
much love from winnipeg.
KD
Saturday, June 9, 2007
lost on the flatlands... who knew it was possible?
when i last updated you we were in edmonton and things have been busy since then.
we left there early on wednesday and headed east.
we stopped at the giant ukrainian egg. very exciting. it turns in the wind. and its really big.
we also stopped in lloydminster and felt like we were in two places at once. (we were.)
on the highway headed out of town we saw a tire come flying off of a big camper trailer. it freaked the hell out of me. i thought at first it was their spare, but their axel was right on the ground. they we not too impressed. but they were glad we stopped to see if they were okay.
we stopped for the night in north of north battleford. it was by far our coldest night so far. we pulled out any extra blankets we could find and were surprisingly well prepared. the next morning we met up with danny's uncle norm and grabbed some coffee. afterwards, on his recommendation, we checked out some of the historical sights. there is a fort there. fort battleford (shocking, i know!) it was actually pretty cool and they fired off a really frigging loud canon. it was rivetting.
we got back to the site and decided to stay another night. and, i have to say, it was nice to stay in one place for more that one night. i had a nap in the afternoon. it was all very stressful.
friday we started out towards riding mountain national park in manitoba. we stopped in yorkton (julia!) and took a picture. it was a long day of driving and we got very lost. i may have blamed danny's stupid, useless road atlas at the time. but it may have actually been my fault. oppsie. we did eventually get here. very late and very tired.
and i almost forgot. danny is gross and got a tick. we had to get it off him and he cried like a baby. it was kind of nasty. but i still love him. mostly. he is also convinced that our campsite is surrounded by poison ivy.
animal update: in sask we saw lots of bunnies and prairie dogs (i'm not allowed to call them gophers). and yesterday we saw four moose, including a mom moose and her two baby moose thngs (what are baby mooses called?).
KD
we left there early on wednesday and headed east.
we stopped at the giant ukrainian egg. very exciting. it turns in the wind. and its really big.
we also stopped in lloydminster and felt like we were in two places at once. (we were.)
on the highway headed out of town we saw a tire come flying off of a big camper trailer. it freaked the hell out of me. i thought at first it was their spare, but their axel was right on the ground. they we not too impressed. but they were glad we stopped to see if they were okay.
we stopped for the night in north of north battleford. it was by far our coldest night so far. we pulled out any extra blankets we could find and were surprisingly well prepared. the next morning we met up with danny's uncle norm and grabbed some coffee. afterwards, on his recommendation, we checked out some of the historical sights. there is a fort there. fort battleford (shocking, i know!) it was actually pretty cool and they fired off a really frigging loud canon. it was rivetting.
we got back to the site and decided to stay another night. and, i have to say, it was nice to stay in one place for more that one night. i had a nap in the afternoon. it was all very stressful.
friday we started out towards riding mountain national park in manitoba. we stopped in yorkton (julia!) and took a picture. it was a long day of driving and we got very lost. i may have blamed danny's stupid, useless road atlas at the time. but it may have actually been my fault. oppsie. we did eventually get here. very late and very tired.
and i almost forgot. danny is gross and got a tick. we had to get it off him and he cried like a baby. it was kind of nasty. but i still love him. mostly. he is also convinced that our campsite is surrounded by poison ivy.
animal update: in sask we saw lots of bunnies and prairie dogs (i'm not allowed to call them gophers). and yesterday we saw four moose, including a mom moose and her two baby moose thngs (what are baby mooses called?).
KD
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
and the heavens opened...
apparently there was a tornado in edmonton today. which does not surprise me at all seeing as while we were driving on the highway (which i find scary enough) i think god smote us. giant heavy rain and hail came down. i thought we were being big babies when we pulled over, until about half of the other people on the road did the same thing.
we eventually made it to danny's cousin's house. they BBQed for us (which we all know i love) and are letting us stay the night (yeah - a real bed!)
before the smoting, we went to drumheller. which was super-cool. we didin't have a whole lot of time. we wanted to go to the dinosaur museum but it didn't happen. but the landscape was so amazing. its like the prairies just opened up and swollowed a bit of itself. on julia's advice we did go see the hoo doos, which we also amazing. thank you again julia - you should be a tour guide or something!
oh. and before i forget i'd like to send a big shout out to Leighann for my cross canada survival kit. the wine came in very handy after an incident on the highway that i wont get into. love you and the food with no nutritional value. the hula girl is hanging on my rear-view mirror.
so tomorrow we are off again. not sure how far we will go, but i'll be sure to report back as soon as i can.
rollin' with my homies!
KD
we eventually made it to danny's cousin's house. they BBQed for us (which we all know i love) and are letting us stay the night (yeah - a real bed!)
before the smoting, we went to drumheller. which was super-cool. we didin't have a whole lot of time. we wanted to go to the dinosaur museum but it didn't happen. but the landscape was so amazing. its like the prairies just opened up and swollowed a bit of itself. on julia's advice we did go see the hoo doos, which we also amazing. thank you again julia - you should be a tour guide or something!
oh. and before i forget i'd like to send a big shout out to Leighann for my cross canada survival kit. the wine came in very handy after an incident on the highway that i wont get into. love you and the food with no nutritional value. the hula girl is hanging on my rear-view mirror.
so tomorrow we are off again. not sure how far we will go, but i'll be sure to report back as soon as i can.
rollin' with my homies!
KD
Monday, June 4, 2007
made it to calgary alive...
it actually rained yesterday. real rain. while i was driving and, i have to tell you, it kind of freaked me out a little bit.
things are mostly really good. there have been a few incidents. i may or may not be a little overly emotional right now. (no, mom, i'm not pregnant!) things are very busy here. there are shpping malls everywhere it feels like. but in between the cities is amazing. i am in awe of our country.
yesterday we drove though jasper and banff. (julia- we asked about a pin, but they did not have any where we stopped and there was a giant visitors centre but we were past it before we realized what it was. sorry.) we actually meant to camp in banff, but there was an incident on the highway and we went right past where we meant to stop. we camped instead in canmore. i have to say it was not quite so exciting. but the bugs were way better than prince george. i felt like we were a buffet there. we were practically being swarmed.
tonight we are staying just northeast of calgary in a tiny town called irricana. its amazing that we've gone from mountains to flat, flat land in about 200 kms. but danny is loving it. a prairie boy at heart he is right at home. also, apparently, the wind is different here. or at least thats what he says.
for me its the smells. the smell of green things. alive. warm. i could just suck it all in.
tomorrow we're off to see the dinosaurs of drumheller(??) and then we're meeting up with a couple of danny's cousins in edmonton. we hope that they plan to feed us bbq (i love bbq!) and let us sleep in their spare room. i am very excited about the prospect of a bed. i love camping and all, but beds are lovely, lovely things.
oh. aminal update. i forgot to mention that we saw foxes. or at least i did. danny as appareantly too busy driving to pay attention. and we have seen another sheep and many more deer. and, lately, lots of cows and horses. sometimes sheep. but not the wild ones we saw in the mountains.
which reminds me. danny decided he would like to learn to milk a bison. not sure how thats going to go, but i fully support his decision. if only because it will be funny.
p.s.-its warm here too!
things are mostly really good. there have been a few incidents. i may or may not be a little overly emotional right now. (no, mom, i'm not pregnant!) things are very busy here. there are shpping malls everywhere it feels like. but in between the cities is amazing. i am in awe of our country.
yesterday we drove though jasper and banff. (julia- we asked about a pin, but they did not have any where we stopped and there was a giant visitors centre but we were past it before we realized what it was. sorry.) we actually meant to camp in banff, but there was an incident on the highway and we went right past where we meant to stop. we camped instead in canmore. i have to say it was not quite so exciting. but the bugs were way better than prince george. i felt like we were a buffet there. we were practically being swarmed.
tonight we are staying just northeast of calgary in a tiny town called irricana. its amazing that we've gone from mountains to flat, flat land in about 200 kms. but danny is loving it. a prairie boy at heart he is right at home. also, apparently, the wind is different here. or at least thats what he says.
for me its the smells. the smell of green things. alive. warm. i could just suck it all in.
tomorrow we're off to see the dinosaurs of drumheller(??) and then we're meeting up with a couple of danny's cousins in edmonton. we hope that they plan to feed us bbq (i love bbq!) and let us sleep in their spare room. i am very excited about the prospect of a bed. i love camping and all, but beds are lovely, lovely things.
oh. aminal update. i forgot to mention that we saw foxes. or at least i did. danny as appareantly too busy driving to pay attention. and we have seen another sheep and many more deer. and, lately, lots of cows and horses. sometimes sheep. but not the wild ones we saw in the mountains.
which reminds me. danny decided he would like to learn to milk a bison. not sure how thats going to go, but i fully support his decision. if only because it will be funny.
p.s.-its warm here too!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
hello from prince george.... i think (p.s. its 26 degrees here)
it has been a busy few days.
i think we've travelled about a million kms. but probably just closer to 1,700. and, shockingly, danny drives too slow for me sometimes!!! who knew?
our country is beautiful and i'm loving it. but wishing i could stop and enjoy it more. in the yukon for so long you start to get the feeling that it is the last pristine place in the country... and i can see that really is not the case. we've seen lots of wildlife. i'll try to list it all. bison, sheep, deer, bears and something i think was a dead moose. lovely. today a bear tried to kill himself by running out in front of my car. i think he gave me a frigging heart attack but danny didn't even notice. bastard.
what else?
the hot springs were nice. muncho and stone mountain amazing. danny tried to take us the wrong way down the highway (never let the boy lead !) he also drove away at one point with the bike rack still partially attached to the car (i hope hes still not mad about it because if he is he'll be extra cranky when he reads this!)
i dont have much time left.
love you all. hope you're well and we'll update again as soon as we can but i donbt know when.
xoxo
KD
i think we've travelled about a million kms. but probably just closer to 1,700. and, shockingly, danny drives too slow for me sometimes!!! who knew?
our country is beautiful and i'm loving it. but wishing i could stop and enjoy it more. in the yukon for so long you start to get the feeling that it is the last pristine place in the country... and i can see that really is not the case. we've seen lots of wildlife. i'll try to list it all. bison, sheep, deer, bears and something i think was a dead moose. lovely. today a bear tried to kill himself by running out in front of my car. i think he gave me a frigging heart attack but danny didn't even notice. bastard.
what else?
the hot springs were nice. muncho and stone mountain amazing. danny tried to take us the wrong way down the highway (never let the boy lead !) he also drove away at one point with the bike rack still partially attached to the car (i hope hes still not mad about it because if he is he'll be extra cranky when he reads this!)
i dont have much time left.
love you all. hope you're well and we'll update again as soon as we can but i donbt know when.
xoxo
KD
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