Back to work. It's always so difficult to come back to work after being off for a week. My vacation was horrible timing too. The weather here has been so sh*tty for weeks! Hardly summer vacation like. So yah, there wasn't much I could do while I was off. I worked at the canteen for my aunt on Moday for the New Brunswick day events, I met Ryan for lunch on Tuesday, went to Maugerville for local produce on Wednesday, went shopping the next and cooked all day Friday for a family reunion we had on Saturday for my mom's side of the family.
At work we have to bid for our vacation weeks off in November of the previous year. It's so hard because it's almost impossible to plan for vacations a year in advance. I wish I could have taken next week off instead because Carrie, Chris and Brayden are coming home this Friday for a week! I'm so excited!
My birthday is on Sunday. I'm dreading it. It's the big 3-0. I didn't think I'd have a hard time with turning 30, but I really am. I'm trying not to dwell on it, but it's hard not too. I know that Carrie has something cooked up for Saturday, but no one will give me and details, lol. Ryan is trying so hard to play coy about it all and it's kind of sweet. I know something's up because Carrie asked me if her and Chris could spend Saturday night at my place and that her mother was keeping Brayden overnight. I wanted to test the waters, soI suggested to Ryan that he and I go camping this weekend for my birthday, just to see how he would respond. He goes "Yah maybe". I said "Well, we've talked about going to Kouchibouguac Park all summer, I'll call tomorrow and make reservations". He said "Well...uh...no...not net. Let's hold off and wait and see what it's like on the weekend". I think it's so funny and cute how he's trying to cover, lol.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
New Baby In The Family
My cousin Chris and his wife Sharla welcomed a baby boy on Monday, July 28th. Adian Joseph was named after his two great grandfathers and weighed in at just over 7lbs. He's a new little brother for 3 year old Janelle. I went up to see Sharla and the baby on Wednesday night. He's so tiny and so sweet!
I'm on vacation next week and I can't wait. It's been a long wait this summer for some time off. I'm not going away anywhere as Ryan only has two weeks of vacation per year and he used them both up when we were away in Arizona. It'll be nice to just sleep in and do as I please for a week. I'm sure I'll meet Ryan a couple of days next week for lunch and maybe go to the beach or something. My friend Valerie is off next week too, so I may do something with her.
I'm on vacation next week and I can't wait. It's been a long wait this summer for some time off. I'm not going away anywhere as Ryan only has two weeks of vacation per year and he used them both up when we were away in Arizona. It'll be nice to just sleep in and do as I please for a week. I'm sure I'll meet Ryan a couple of days next week for lunch and maybe go to the beach or something. My friend Valerie is off next week too, so I may do something with her.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Lazy Weekend
Another weekend overwith. Another weekend with not much accomplished. It was a lazy feeling weekend and also a weekend where I wasn't feeling well.
Friday night I stopped into the grocery store on my way home from work to pick up a few things I needed to make a lasagna with. I was planning the lasagna for Saturday's supper, but was going to put it together on Friday night. Ryan emailed me earlier in the day on Friday and said he had gotten tickets for the Age of Daze show in Oromocto from a co-worker who couldn't got. I thought he said it was for Saturday evening. We were supposed to go camping on Saturday with my brother and his girlfriend, but with rain in the forecast, we abandoned those plans. Great I thought to myself, just when I thought we'd have nothing to do on Saturday, we now have tickets to see Age of Daze!
Anyway, I'm home and starting to get my lasagna together. Ryan comes home and asks me what I'm doing. I told him I was putting a lasagna together for tomorrow's supper. He said "Why did you start it now, the Age of Daze show is in an hour". I looked at him surprised and said "I thought you said it was tomorrow night"? He said "No, it's tonight". I finished the part I was working on for my lasagna, wrapped it up and put it in the fridge. I took off upstairs to get ready while Ryan lounged on the couch.
I came downstairs and sat on the couch beside Ryan. Both of us were yawning and feeling lazy. Ryan said "Shane also invited us over tonight, would you rather go to Shane's then to Age of Daze"? I told him it didn't matter to me. He said he didn't care either and that he wasn't really feeling up to doing much now that he had sat down, lol. I told him I felt the same way and was feeling slightly exhausted, lol. The start time of the Age of Daze show came and went and we were still sitting on the couch. I guess we decided we weren't going to the show. We decided not to go to Shane's either and we ordered a pizza and stayed in for the night, lol. I was also starting to feel like I may be getting sick, but wasn't sure if it was just my allergies or not as they had been plaguing me all week.
Saturday morning I woke up achy and with my throat sore. Yup, I was sick. Great. Man, I seem to get sick often. It seems like every couple of months or so, something is up with me. Luckily I had some of my prescription left from when I was sick in Tucson, so I started taking that on Saturday morning. I managed to put together the rest of my lasagna, Ryan went for a big bicycle ride and I slept in the afternoon while he was gone. We had a great supper and then rented a movie, spending another evening in at home.
Yesterday I woke up feeling better, but throat was still sore, just not as bad. I went to my parent's place to do laundry and had supper with them. I got home early in the evening, watched some Big Brother on TV and turned in early, hoping to fully kick my illness and be refreshed for work the next morning. I woke up in the middle of the night because of the rain pelting outside and from there, tossed and turned for well over an hour. So much for waking up refreshed this morning, lol. My throat is still sore, but getting better. I'd say in another couple of days I should be back to normal.
Friday night I stopped into the grocery store on my way home from work to pick up a few things I needed to make a lasagna with. I was planning the lasagna for Saturday's supper, but was going to put it together on Friday night. Ryan emailed me earlier in the day on Friday and said he had gotten tickets for the Age of Daze show in Oromocto from a co-worker who couldn't got. I thought he said it was for Saturday evening. We were supposed to go camping on Saturday with my brother and his girlfriend, but with rain in the forecast, we abandoned those plans. Great I thought to myself, just when I thought we'd have nothing to do on Saturday, we now have tickets to see Age of Daze!
Anyway, I'm home and starting to get my lasagna together. Ryan comes home and asks me what I'm doing. I told him I was putting a lasagna together for tomorrow's supper. He said "Why did you start it now, the Age of Daze show is in an hour". I looked at him surprised and said "I thought you said it was tomorrow night"? He said "No, it's tonight". I finished the part I was working on for my lasagna, wrapped it up and put it in the fridge. I took off upstairs to get ready while Ryan lounged on the couch.
I came downstairs and sat on the couch beside Ryan. Both of us were yawning and feeling lazy. Ryan said "Shane also invited us over tonight, would you rather go to Shane's then to Age of Daze"? I told him it didn't matter to me. He said he didn't care either and that he wasn't really feeling up to doing much now that he had sat down, lol. I told him I felt the same way and was feeling slightly exhausted, lol. The start time of the Age of Daze show came and went and we were still sitting on the couch. I guess we decided we weren't going to the show. We decided not to go to Shane's either and we ordered a pizza and stayed in for the night, lol. I was also starting to feel like I may be getting sick, but wasn't sure if it was just my allergies or not as they had been plaguing me all week.
Saturday morning I woke up achy and with my throat sore. Yup, I was sick. Great. Man, I seem to get sick often. It seems like every couple of months or so, something is up with me. Luckily I had some of my prescription left from when I was sick in Tucson, so I started taking that on Saturday morning. I managed to put together the rest of my lasagna, Ryan went for a big bicycle ride and I slept in the afternoon while he was gone. We had a great supper and then rented a movie, spending another evening in at home.
Yesterday I woke up feeling better, but throat was still sore, just not as bad. I went to my parent's place to do laundry and had supper with them. I got home early in the evening, watched some Big Brother on TV and turned in early, hoping to fully kick my illness and be refreshed for work the next morning. I woke up in the middle of the night because of the rain pelting outside and from there, tossed and turned for well over an hour. So much for waking up refreshed this morning, lol. My throat is still sore, but getting better. I'd say in another couple of days I should be back to normal.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Lucky Night
My Aunt Nancy runs a canteen on Wednesday nights at local regular sporting event. On Tuesday night she called me and said one of her teens she has working for her wasn't able to come in for her shift and asked if I could give her a hand and cover the shift for her. I told her sure! I can always use some extra cash (I'm trying to save up now for the astronomical heating bills this winter, so straight to the bank I went this morning).
This canteen has always been a family affair so to speak. My mother worked there when I was very young. My Aunt Nancy started working there when my mom was there and has been there ever since, eventually taking it over. My cousin Krissy worked with us last night, my cousin Chris and his wife Sharla and their daughter Janelle were there and my cousin Susan was there also. The later part of the crew being spectators, not working. It was nice to see them as it had been a while. It seems that I only see family at funerals, so this was definately a happier occasion.
I only worked a couple of hours last night, but came home a hundred bucks richer. No, my Aunt doesn't pay that well. What happened was we bought some 50/50 tickets and didn't us canteen girls win! We split our winning and pocketed 75 bucks from the 50/50 and then the 25 bucks I earned, gave me 100 bucks total. I was definately glad to have had the opportunity to work last night!
This canteen has always been a family affair so to speak. My mother worked there when I was very young. My Aunt Nancy started working there when my mom was there and has been there ever since, eventually taking it over. My cousin Krissy worked with us last night, my cousin Chris and his wife Sharla and their daughter Janelle were there and my cousin Susan was there also. The later part of the crew being spectators, not working. It was nice to see them as it had been a while. It seems that I only see family at funerals, so this was definately a happier occasion.
I only worked a couple of hours last night, but came home a hundred bucks richer. No, my Aunt doesn't pay that well. What happened was we bought some 50/50 tickets and didn't us canteen girls win! We split our winning and pocketed 75 bucks from the 50/50 and then the 25 bucks I earned, gave me 100 bucks total. I was definately glad to have had the opportunity to work last night!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy Birthday Brother!
Today is my little brother's birthday. I guess he's not my little brother anymore, given that he's the ripe age of 27 today. It's hard to believe that 27 years ago, I was staying at my Aunt Patty's house while my mom went to the hospital "to get our baby".
I remember my Dad taking me to the hospital to visit Mom and my new baby brother. I climbed right into the hospital bed with Mom and started putting baby powder all over myself, lol. I remember when my parent's picked me up to take Richard home. My Mom was sitting in the front seat of the car, holding the baby all wrapped up in a blanket. Boy times have changed - I couldn't even imagine someone driving in a car now days, holding a baby in their arms!
Although we used to fight like cats and dogs when we were younger, my brother and I have gotten extremely close over the past 5 or so years. We've been through a lot as a family and I think that although it was tough at the time, there was some good that came from the hard times. We realized how much we meant to each other.
Happy Birthday Rich! I love you and am so proud of the person you've become!
I remember my Dad taking me to the hospital to visit Mom and my new baby brother. I climbed right into the hospital bed with Mom and started putting baby powder all over myself, lol. I remember when my parent's picked me up to take Richard home. My Mom was sitting in the front seat of the car, holding the baby all wrapped up in a blanket. Boy times have changed - I couldn't even imagine someone driving in a car now days, holding a baby in their arms!
Although we used to fight like cats and dogs when we were younger, my brother and I have gotten extremely close over the past 5 or so years. We've been through a lot as a family and I think that although it was tough at the time, there was some good that came from the hard times. We realized how much we meant to each other.
Happy Birthday Rich! I love you and am so proud of the person you've become!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Happy Belated Birthday Canada!
Well summer is now in full swing. I think Canada Day makes summer feel more real. The heat and humidity definately bring you into the summer time feel.
Ryan and I were both off for Canada Day. I was amazed that I actually had it off, because the 8 plus years that I've worked for the company I'm with, I've never had Canada Day off. It's not a holiday where we're sent up a lot of day off slots from corporate. At any rate, I was thankful to be off. I'm finding my job more and more stressful as time goes by. Maybe it has something to do with me getting older, maybe it's that I've been here too long, maybe it's because my job is painfully monotonous, maybe it's because it's super busy and I can't even take a breath between calls, maybe it's a lot of things, lol. Anyway, it was nice to be off.
We didn't do too much to celebrate Canada. We slept in and then had breakfast late. We went out to Ryan's parent's house to get the kayaks to go for a paddle, but his parent's beat us to it, lol. We decided to hop on the bike (Ryan's motorcycle) and head out to visit Phil and Anne, friends of Ryan's. We spent the afternoon on their deck enjoying a couple of beverages and chatting. We went back to Ryan's parent's place around supper time to drop off the bike and get the car and then headed back into Fredericton. We stopped and got some chicken and had that on the back deck once we got home and relaxed for a bit. We watched some tv and then watched the fireworks from upstairs. The advantages of living close to the river!
Ryan and I were both off for Canada Day. I was amazed that I actually had it off, because the 8 plus years that I've worked for the company I'm with, I've never had Canada Day off. It's not a holiday where we're sent up a lot of day off slots from corporate. At any rate, I was thankful to be off. I'm finding my job more and more stressful as time goes by. Maybe it has something to do with me getting older, maybe it's that I've been here too long, maybe it's because my job is painfully monotonous, maybe it's because it's super busy and I can't even take a breath between calls, maybe it's a lot of things, lol. Anyway, it was nice to be off.
We didn't do too much to celebrate Canada. We slept in and then had breakfast late. We went out to Ryan's parent's house to get the kayaks to go for a paddle, but his parent's beat us to it, lol. We decided to hop on the bike (Ryan's motorcycle) and head out to visit Phil and Anne, friends of Ryan's. We spent the afternoon on their deck enjoying a couple of beverages and chatting. We went back to Ryan's parent's place around supper time to drop off the bike and get the car and then headed back into Fredericton. We stopped and got some chicken and had that on the back deck once we got home and relaxed for a bit. We watched some tv and then watched the fireworks from upstairs. The advantages of living close to the river!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Weekend In Nictau
So tell me, have any of you honestly ever heard of the village of Nictau? I never had until recently. That's where I spent all of last weekend and had a ball, although I'm still exhausted from the weekend, lol.
This past weekend was the famous "Fiddlers On The Tobique" canoe run. Ryan had run into an old friend, Craig, who he went to school with, a few weeks ago at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and Craig invited us to join him and some friends to partake in "Fiddlers" with them; something they do every year. Ryan and I accepted their invitation and were looking forward to it.
Friday I got off work early at lunch time, finished organizing things and met Ryan out at his parent's house. We were borrowing their SUV to haul up the canoe and our gear and leaving them my car to use for the weekend in its place. We loaded up and headed to meet Craig and the rest of our group of 11 people were going away with.
We had another couple drive up with us in the SUV to help with the cost of gas. Their canoe was being towed up by Lance, on a trailer with two others, so they were good to go to jump in with us. We hit the highway and off Craig goes (the one who knew where the heck Nictau was) out of sight in 10 minutes. We were following Lance as the trailer's lights weren't working, so we thought we'd be fine, considering that Lance has gone to "Fiddlers" before. We're almost to the exit for Perth-Andover and Lance motions for us to come up to him on the highway. He rolls down the window and says "Is this the exit"? We were all "Um, I think so...but shouldn't you know"? lol. Ryan took over and led from there on out, lol.
We had to stop once when our rope holding down the front end of the canoe broke and wrapped around the axle of the truck (lol), but five minutes later we were on the road again. It was starting to get dark at this point and we were anxious to get to the campground, as you can imagine, setting up camp in the dark isn't a very fun task. We're driving along and I see a sign on the ground for the road to the Blue Mountain campground, which we were staying at. We drive up the main road a little further, looking for a spot to turn around to go back to the campground road. We see a road called "Blue Mountain Road". Our campground was called "Blue Mountain Campground" so Lance thinks that this road will take us into the back of the campground. Wrong. This road took us to someone's house, lol. We managed to get turned around in their yard and headed back to the campground. Everyone was surprised that we actually made it there and that I was able to spy the campground's sign lying on the ground. We got set up and settled in for the evening with a few beverages around the camp fire.
Saturday we got up, had breakfast and headed up to Riley Brook (30 minute drive from our campground) to put the canoes in. We left one car at the campground to drive up in to get the trucks with the next morning. We put in the canoes at around noon and set out for our float down down the Tobique River.
I'm guessing there about 1,500 participants in the canoe run, so it was a little chaotic on the river in parts, but tons of fun. There was one incident that put a damper on my fun, but didn't break my spirits. That damper was poison ivy. Given that it took nine hours for us to get down the river and back to our camp site and there are no bathrooms along the banks of the Tobique River, we had to pee in the woods. The first time we went to the "bathroom" I felt a bad pain/stinging in my knee. I came out of the woods and looked down at my knee and didn't see any scrapes or bug bites on it. I waded back out to the canoe and told Ryan about my knee hurting. He looked at it and said "Kelly, that's poison ivy". I freaked out a little bit because I had never experienced poison ivy before and was stuck in the middle of a river. Ryan assured me that everything would be fine and that I would just be in pain for a bit. He was right, lol, but after an hour or so, the pain had gone away (and no it wasn't because of the beer, lol) and the swelling and blisters that the ivy caused, were gone. Then at another stop I felt the same feeling again. Yup, I got poison ivy-ied again. I didn't worry too much about it this time because I knew I survived the last bought of it. I just put up with the pain for another hour and was good to go again.
We got back to our campground (our site was right along the river bank, so we just pulled out there) at around 9 p.m., cooked a big supper and settled in for another great evening around the campfire. We got up the next morning, went and got the trucks, cleaned up camp and headed for home. We were all wiped and couldn't wait to get home. It was a great weekend, but nice to get home and crash in my own bed too.
This past weekend was the famous "Fiddlers On The Tobique" canoe run. Ryan had run into an old friend, Craig, who he went to school with, a few weeks ago at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and Craig invited us to join him and some friends to partake in "Fiddlers" with them; something they do every year. Ryan and I accepted their invitation and were looking forward to it.
Friday I got off work early at lunch time, finished organizing things and met Ryan out at his parent's house. We were borrowing their SUV to haul up the canoe and our gear and leaving them my car to use for the weekend in its place. We loaded up and headed to meet Craig and the rest of our group of 11 people were going away with.
We had another couple drive up with us in the SUV to help with the cost of gas. Their canoe was being towed up by Lance, on a trailer with two others, so they were good to go to jump in with us. We hit the highway and off Craig goes (the one who knew where the heck Nictau was) out of sight in 10 minutes. We were following Lance as the trailer's lights weren't working, so we thought we'd be fine, considering that Lance has gone to "Fiddlers" before. We're almost to the exit for Perth-Andover and Lance motions for us to come up to him on the highway. He rolls down the window and says "Is this the exit"? We were all "Um, I think so...but shouldn't you know"? lol. Ryan took over and led from there on out, lol.
We had to stop once when our rope holding down the front end of the canoe broke and wrapped around the axle of the truck (lol), but five minutes later we were on the road again. It was starting to get dark at this point and we were anxious to get to the campground, as you can imagine, setting up camp in the dark isn't a very fun task. We're driving along and I see a sign on the ground for the road to the Blue Mountain campground, which we were staying at. We drive up the main road a little further, looking for a spot to turn around to go back to the campground road. We see a road called "Blue Mountain Road". Our campground was called "Blue Mountain Campground" so Lance thinks that this road will take us into the back of the campground. Wrong. This road took us to someone's house, lol. We managed to get turned around in their yard and headed back to the campground. Everyone was surprised that we actually made it there and that I was able to spy the campground's sign lying on the ground. We got set up and settled in for the evening with a few beverages around the camp fire.
Saturday we got up, had breakfast and headed up to Riley Brook (30 minute drive from our campground) to put the canoes in. We left one car at the campground to drive up in to get the trucks with the next morning. We put in the canoes at around noon and set out for our float down down the Tobique River.
I'm guessing there about 1,500 participants in the canoe run, so it was a little chaotic on the river in parts, but tons of fun. There was one incident that put a damper on my fun, but didn't break my spirits. That damper was poison ivy. Given that it took nine hours for us to get down the river and back to our camp site and there are no bathrooms along the banks of the Tobique River, we had to pee in the woods. The first time we went to the "bathroom" I felt a bad pain/stinging in my knee. I came out of the woods and looked down at my knee and didn't see any scrapes or bug bites on it. I waded back out to the canoe and told Ryan about my knee hurting. He looked at it and said "Kelly, that's poison ivy". I freaked out a little bit because I had never experienced poison ivy before and was stuck in the middle of a river. Ryan assured me that everything would be fine and that I would just be in pain for a bit. He was right, lol, but after an hour or so, the pain had gone away (and no it wasn't because of the beer, lol) and the swelling and blisters that the ivy caused, were gone. Then at another stop I felt the same feeling again. Yup, I got poison ivy-ied again. I didn't worry too much about it this time because I knew I survived the last bought of it. I just put up with the pain for another hour and was good to go again.
We got back to our campground (our site was right along the river bank, so we just pulled out there) at around 9 p.m., cooked a big supper and settled in for another great evening around the campfire. We got up the next morning, went and got the trucks, cleaned up camp and headed for home. We were all wiped and couldn't wait to get home. It was a great weekend, but nice to get home and crash in my own bed too.
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