tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79070622440139613972023-11-15T22:31:54.144-08:00Onwards UpwardsCambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-55769123815420269712011-01-21T14:54:00.000-08:002011-01-21T15:53:07.421-08:00Leaving on a Jet PlaneThese are my last two weeks in Nunavut. Due to medical reasons I'm moving home to be closer to my family doctor. Life here hasn't always been easy for me, or for us as a couple. It was hard for me to adapt to the cruelty that is done to dogs here. During our time I was offered to work in a position of authority over dogs and laws (you can guess what it is), which I accepted. I can now look back and be proud of the dogs and pups that I saved and relocated to homes in Yellowknife and other southern cities such as Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, I even sent a pup to a farm on Vancouver Island. When I first started this blog I had a woman, a southern woman somewhere in Nunavut tell me there was nothing I could do about the dogs. She said if I did anything people would shun me and drive me to flee the town or worse! I thought she was smoking some good BC ganja but then she carried on with this. She said my blog was too risque and that her RCMP husband had a problem with it. Oh no, I'm so sorry this is risque, obviously you haven't had much of a life then if this is risque to you and lady it's a blog, get over it. Geez I thought to myself, what a weak cowardly woman. I felt sorry for her and I still do. If you still read this lady I hope that one day you will posess the same integrity that I have, and if you want to change something for the better, guess what....YOU CAN!<br />I have to say I've never particularily been fond of Cam Bay, don't hate me I'm from BC, and it really is Beautiful British Columbia. I miss my organic coffee at the beach and I actually miss the rain and we don't have bugs aka mosquitos in summer(unless your in Chilliwack). What I have been fond of is the friendships and people who have touched my life here. I hope that I will see them again. There are some amazing people here and I will treasure every friendship I've made here.<br /> Good Bye Nunavut.Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-46499044646408563782010-09-12T18:50:00.000-07:002010-09-12T19:35:56.448-07:00Helpful shipping websites if you live in NunavutIt's been a while, but we've been busy. We've enjoyed a beautiful summer full of vibrant flowers, warm days and annoying mosquitos. I'm working now and when I'm not working I'm usually playing with one of our four dogs. Yeah FOUR, I know it's totally CRAZY! If someone would've told me I'd have 3 dogs I would've said never, and now with 4 I almost can't believe it myself. Also I've been able to save some dogs. One of the hardest parts of living here was seeing how dogs are treated here. Not all are treated poorly but a lot are and I'm happy to say I've made a difference and plan on continuing to do so with my time here.<br /><br />Anyways since our year anniversary of moving to Nunavut is coming up I thought I'd share the websites that have made my life easier since we started this journey last September. So here they are:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.landsend.com/">www.landsend.com</a> Lands End was always my Moms favourite, but hey they ain't so bad and if you sign up for their weekly email, you'll most likely get free shipping and 10 to 40 percent off.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.christmascentral.com/">www.christmascentral.com</a> Thank you Norma for this site. If you like Christmas and going crazy with the decorating, check this US website out...You can order a damn tree and it's 17.00 flat rate shipping!! My X-Mas lights just came. Awesome stuff.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.well.ca/">www.well.ca</a> Need a toothbrush, toothpaste, chocolate or laundry detergent? You can get it here and free shipping and a Flare subscription if you spend over a certain amount.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thebodyshop.ca/">www.thebodyshop.ca</a> If I remember correctly these guys have a 5.00 shipping fee. Who doesn't love their satsuma body wash?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oldnavy.ca/">www.oldnavy.ca</a> Old Navy ships in Canada, free shipping over 50.00 and you can NOW shop online.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.costco.ca/">www.costco.ca</a> I love Costco, I miss shopping at Costco but we still visit them online. Free shipping on most items. Our air purifier has so far been the best purchase we've made. Serious mud dust up here in Cambridge Bay.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silkroadspicemerchant.ca/">www.silkroadspicemerchant.ca</a> I love to cook and miss my visits to the Gourmet Warehouse in Vancouver but I'm sure glad I stumbled upon these guys. If you spend 150.00 they'll cover 20.00 of shipping, to Cam Bay it was 14.00 for a box of great, way too hard to find in Nunavut spices.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/">www.amazon.ca</a> I like Amazon, some like Chapters but I find Amazon ships pretty damn quick.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.victoriassecret.com/">www.victoriassecret.com</a> Really do I need to say anything....It's Victoria Secret. Thank god they ship to Nunavut.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bestbuy.ca/">www.bestbuy.ca</a> My husband wanted me to post Best Buy for their free shipping.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cuisinart.ca/">www.cuisinart.ca</a> Hello Cuisinart, I love their stuff. Just ordered a new mixer from them. Free shipping!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ebay.ca/">www.ebay.ca</a> I love ebay when I'm down south and I love it when I'm up north!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.llbean.com/">www.llbean.com</a> Not really my style but its free shipping!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bose.ca/">www.bose.ca</a> Hi Free shipping!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.revolveclothing.com/">www.revolveclothing.com</a> This site has purses and all sorts of stuff.Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-47193951101377083182010-05-27T20:03:00.000-07:002010-05-27T21:07:10.911-07:00Loving the Light and Wedding Pics.Well after a few months away we've returned to the relaxing slower pace of Cambridge Bay. As well to the all day all night light, which I LOVE! I feel energized all the time with this light, and have no problem sleeping. While we were down south we tied the knot in Secret Cove at Rockwater Resort, which is next door to where we live in Halfmoon Bay. We had a wonderful wedding, and all the crazy crafting paid off. Heres some photos of our Special Day...ENJOY!<br /><br />Here's a shot of Ralph, our ringbearer just before he went down the aisle.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476154308557620418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv714tiD-mFTACPd4YM9MYTYBmBLPR-sCaIwjUzT-OgA6q9YEtm6TNiGE2rqx2fqq_LM5f__BW0qvwSPYFuO0oZj4A8PlVB3cTvN-Uu3foXUbfkvNNqDuxyZ4NV5C9V6qQs6mUgq4rt1w/s200/038IMG_3903.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" />And here he is taking one of my bridesmaids down the aisle.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476154312867081554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_yvfY23UjDx-WMume69Np4RzfP3l25iUkkLDbdM95AbMZ8kGj8jD7NFbNTdsSODSqgzPGtYxIXQ2TgYxc3CFZVioSg95UvE6yChazjuz2Q4q75CmblqObJ-mUdSg5yr5K4ili3_3ij4/s200/075_MG_0911.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /><br />You wouldn't think it but these are Nike Air Pumps made by Cole Haan, but really they ain't as comfy as a sneaker.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPaqoeZs_3ppuHoGYmmLAWb4OnnJBeXivxwkhrGsPAX_WuB43JYUMhXjQTIRrml9Q0wZUYSkfpYuH_DNHpxbI2YEUFo6yMoY-nC2j_ZAzb5chqPxUAmU-W035tgQQ7kuX54xJb0HgN_I/s1600/007_MG_0710.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476158856244359362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPaqoeZs_3ppuHoGYmmLAWb4OnnJBeXivxwkhrGsPAX_WuB43JYUMhXjQTIRrml9Q0wZUYSkfpYuH_DNHpxbI2YEUFo6yMoY-nC2j_ZAzb5chqPxUAmU-W035tgQQ7kuX54xJb0HgN_I/s200/007_MG_0710.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I worked with our local florist to come up with some vivid, bright, LOCAL flowers and provided our mint julep cups which kept costs down.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgiMMgdmU4C44FMly_rRdxzLp2vawdzEECQ6G418lLOPyCZfrk-wQsu12hFOAs_HWmvhgXmiwbc8kmrJtUreeJZdDjnMaP36EzfvUjjR0u2_pVVqMq4qgvAmlpnQcYwzvBBNtN7PL5pM/s1600/566IMG_5394.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476158851066111554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgiMMgdmU4C44FMly_rRdxzLp2vawdzEECQ6G418lLOPyCZfrk-wQsu12hFOAs_HWmvhgXmiwbc8kmrJtUreeJZdDjnMaP36EzfvUjjR0u2_pVVqMq4qgvAmlpnQcYwzvBBNtN7PL5pM/s200/566IMG_5394.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Special K and I found these unique vintage goblets with an arctic scene etched in them. We had them cleaned up by our silversmith, and they were stunning....for goblets.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxRHbgnE7mkz3cBA1RDXwis3pHhpwcxRwQ8bTdRFEZpnvajwRHh4fjEQwchHpkOI8Jm3C3nzdAd1CDcL6NHSYX7KgMG4SY1EA9gerWtd-eC1SH8EfgRKi-dDworsYu4yKf598CPiZGb4/s1600/391_MG_2084.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476158846697204498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxRHbgnE7mkz3cBA1RDXwis3pHhpwcxRwQ8bTdRFEZpnvajwRHh4fjEQwchHpkOI8Jm3C3nzdAd1CDcL6NHSYX7KgMG4SY1EA9gerWtd-eC1SH8EfgRKi-dDworsYu4yKf598CPiZGb4/s200/391_MG_2084.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Miriam Haskell from New York, had these puppies made for ME! Thank you Joy!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAV_QP2xylnGAtXAKrlgyWG1aa3sDQf8J65MEfuFvHlFybYx6Rc7T5JZcWNbwmXCjxfrnQ0r_h6O8UvzIUr7ETwt3RRcd915C1Va94ertdM-rQ6LU-E_882SxtdfZffQEEQQXq1ouzd2U/s1600/005IMG_3779.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476158844876471986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAV_QP2xylnGAtXAKrlgyWG1aa3sDQf8J65MEfuFvHlFybYx6Rc7T5JZcWNbwmXCjxfrnQ0r_h6O8UvzIUr7ETwt3RRcd915C1Va94ertdM-rQ6LU-E_882SxtdfZffQEEQQXq1ouzd2U/s200/005IMG_3779.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Watching a slide show prepared by my friend Dar. Thanks Dar!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBLXcXAIweairj2p8CfQ2-GCCAJTqeH4obkazdJzrZIFPF0kFebbabYjfo_aydSU9wAiytTSZlIg6w91hPPchd5m0YDJIXuWByRVbNbk4BxwYoGXrC9oe_zaN7XtnhCU7weFPPz8_Kmo/s1600/373_MG_2026.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476157243346297730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBLXcXAIweairj2p8CfQ2-GCCAJTqeH4obkazdJzrZIFPF0kFebbabYjfo_aydSU9wAiytTSZlIg6w91hPPchd5m0YDJIXuWByRVbNbk4BxwYoGXrC9oe_zaN7XtnhCU7weFPPz8_Kmo/s200/373_MG_2026.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our favourite place to kiss, Pier 17.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqzZrres6kDmuCVsjpxvcpSzQdUeG9HfhCdG76bLQYlbTUxHEG2Q8pB7afJD-1NCe7q8TOQTWEZBWWnh-rZAjHjNURjOeHpGHZ5pClH9KkkBlKvCDtWJ5k2MuKMrFoiw1sJnY8S_35SU/s1600/280IMG_4835.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476157236387267442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqzZrres6kDmuCVsjpxvcpSzQdUeG9HfhCdG76bLQYlbTUxHEG2Q8pB7afJD-1NCe7q8TOQTWEZBWWnh-rZAjHjNURjOeHpGHZ5pClH9KkkBlKvCDtWJ5k2MuKMrFoiw1sJnY8S_35SU/s200/280IMG_4835.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's some votives. I embossed them, well 160 of em. The glow was the perfect amount of light needed. I probably burnt myself 160 times too!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476158865347992130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDIEaWFNobCJVIOl9jAHV7tk83eKQVSdPZpYsg8kLszRIPUVgfAydpVNShqEovSPPaPt5zT_xoha-dZTthPUBIG9gAFTBIrWUB12bzGLFdZEQthpL9KtTU0Sb5eYTI0c63LPLHPWpo00/s200/570IMG_5580.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />We danced to Dean Martins "Ain't that a kick in the Head"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqd7QQc-siFziThyphenhyphenQz9BMue5xJIC3dfu-dLaNI9JSXuuX5qkj_l5UnZ39hty6OqgsVq3Bu1SUEVn7xMTlAZkFbhykfKaSFntWzs31qyIg5DRp1NNCzY8d0tGoRZOed1vhk83jVssHj8ns/s1600/351_MG_1948.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476157234285691874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqd7QQc-siFziThyphenhyphenQz9BMue5xJIC3dfu-dLaNI9JSXuuX5qkj_l5UnZ39hty6OqgsVq3Bu1SUEVn7xMTlAZkFbhykfKaSFntWzs31qyIg5DRp1NNCzY8d0tGoRZOed1vhk83jVssHj8ns/s200/351_MG_1948.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a> Under the Apple Tree....Ralphs favourite place in hot summers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgla6PWZ7ZenARMaUhssrcMetL9P1bv4tbl_XBOGsDxA2Vh085qtt_WBVgoPw4oFvp84pciQK4dlXTxoUgFu3xH8f1_G4_nqaIt8KponMAGEtVz0jbN-htzZt4bJYErv_miyWy_-0-rayE/s1600/223_MG_1296.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476157228690276994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgla6PWZ7ZenARMaUhssrcMetL9P1bv4tbl_XBOGsDxA2Vh085qtt_WBVgoPw4oFvp84pciQK4dlXTxoUgFu3xH8f1_G4_nqaIt8KponMAGEtVz0jbN-htzZt4bJYErv_miyWy_-0-rayE/s200/223_MG_1296.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div>Pier 17, Davis Bay....I love this shot.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibierQenumc_eSDNTy68xSivrrSDzHkeVZJLmYHbx3gCuFeHfxNT7Gpl1rn3-L7xUT6b-sGCO8tnZntmaGTzwU74Rg62xute2SvFkRhD7U7w4PBYqI6_vMFLscaiFicGDgKlFTUb3UVmw/s1600/294_MG_1710.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476157219158555378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibierQenumc_eSDNTy68xSivrrSDzHkeVZJLmYHbx3gCuFeHfxNT7Gpl1rn3-L7xUT6b-sGCO8tnZntmaGTzwU74Rg62xute2SvFkRhD7U7w4PBYqI6_vMFLscaiFicGDgKlFTUb3UVmw/s200/294_MG_1710.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our friend Steph made our cake. I asked for Hazelnut Chocolate and she did an awesome job!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXX9rDHZw10W3WiTddOR3-xtu28oY_be2Cl4TsVJeErjzP3pbyWnb9qeD64jKgWxa8JfXJTSnOJ2C8Z4yFmBNBV_u6oYSifPB1e2h9j-sSRErYX2E3ubzPuqX8gbbzPaPrFwxsPFu0ugA/s1600/339_MG_1922.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476155667835540338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXX9rDHZw10W3WiTddOR3-xtu28oY_be2Cl4TsVJeErjzP3pbyWnb9qeD64jKgWxa8JfXJTSnOJ2C8Z4yFmBNBV_u6oYSifPB1e2h9j-sSRErYX2E3ubzPuqX8gbbzPaPrFwxsPFu0ugA/s200/339_MG_1922.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>My bridesmaids, Shannon, Kassy...Maid of Honor Michelle, Jillian and Andy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDvFJWydRdtXPx-31yGoTakOwhPZc1UjL-yHbdIABI8Y_PIwrYUjVMFK93NxvMmZQz_pTVRQi9-eGP07yiAy419a4-JphGn-x29cSLevLJ7SUklN-pMdj2SNdRCT_3Ek-73kGOiB51vE/s1600/218IMG_4648.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476155663286846434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDvFJWydRdtXPx-31yGoTakOwhPZc1UjL-yHbdIABI8Y_PIwrYUjVMFK93NxvMmZQz_pTVRQi9-eGP07yiAy419a4-JphGn-x29cSLevLJ7SUklN-pMdj2SNdRCT_3Ek-73kGOiB51vE/s200/218IMG_4648.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wanna know how to drive yourself insane?....Handstamp 100 programs, 1 stamp at a time.</div><div>I got these done in a week.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UI2WqLJjcFfxfcfJFFBdo9Qs6pUuZB3ywLi82UX4K6U4H1QPCkMGHdXzcIFiqDjHTY1tHy-YrRshsmZoD6SjiciwrTYxNoWRfs6FQ-leYPj-8ia-mDSy2_qVhuAz3d7FBSxMV5D8QKU/s1600/203IMG_4580.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476155658257221330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UI2WqLJjcFfxfcfJFFBdo9Qs6pUuZB3ywLi82UX4K6U4H1QPCkMGHdXzcIFiqDjHTY1tHy-YrRshsmZoD6SjiciwrTYxNoWRfs6FQ-leYPj-8ia-mDSy2_qVhuAz3d7FBSxMV5D8QKU/s200/203IMG_4580.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Heres Ralphy again.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLApn8C_bmgf8f7QRc1q3uVfj_oTRmnsa98HDyRdkMX0KavK6Je3-iPWdSlBD5ohnMqbhfKev6R7WmlS-oc_XY_f2t8t9Do3_7jK9lGJkhXzBvg4n5mfywtgPsDSjC1PBaEbvafXKkw3s/s1600/197_MG_1245.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476155652038855858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLApn8C_bmgf8f7QRc1q3uVfj_oTRmnsa98HDyRdkMX0KavK6Je3-iPWdSlBD5ohnMqbhfKev6R7WmlS-oc_XY_f2t8t9Do3_7jK9lGJkhXzBvg4n5mfywtgPsDSjC1PBaEbvafXKkw3s/s200/197_MG_1245.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Another way of driving yourself insane is making tissue flowers...I made 80. I was making these before we came up North.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8Uqfj2WanVGc-a3ltNr3nnfGfWJjSDoh42yrMN1slLhXKCSX5T5LllE3fP0BMaFHlVGGNDCkPJ6craARwtZyF8PH2Lz0W7inLXMfQMgsPQ1d1HMa_KmvpEWX2PaHjmNtZnlO7yx-Wrs/s1600/202IMG_4577.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476155642936977282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8Uqfj2WanVGc-a3ltNr3nnfGfWJjSDoh42yrMN1slLhXKCSX5T5LllE3fP0BMaFHlVGGNDCkPJ6craARwtZyF8PH2Lz0W7inLXMfQMgsPQ1d1HMa_KmvpEWX2PaHjmNtZnlO7yx-Wrs/s200/202IMG_4577.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a> My flowergirls....Braelyn, Juli and Madison.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476154325702133922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zs2-pEMXyjNLQsHukrx5U-u1ZOPXBbpAleZZuErGjvaObyLi-GiKtre_Tt4vhD8mbUYD4h1u9A5GmQ55qO6xEfk_xVPyc2kF1mGfuZfqES7Y5sDsOblyK-ZUUkA2jZmYcyvzkQQRSOE/s200/190IMG_4474.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" />My Mom, Shannon, Andy and Kas.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuIFd2Mkdbns1vn14Lbf59jY0IRvw4nQEzgGRWNuCsQIEQYfywrAxkj9xHc3F6mhzMSojcIKmB47rgqLfPna_l6kgE6H0z_a98hZHpuU-1V5MkJrY-gQR30Ds_sJaLGK5SOOI5npFcEo/s1600/195_MG_1236.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476154322949890274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuIFd2Mkdbns1vn14Lbf59jY0IRvw4nQEzgGRWNuCsQIEQYfywrAxkj9xHc3F6mhzMSojcIKmB47rgqLfPna_l6kgE6H0z_a98hZHpuU-1V5MkJrY-gQR30Ds_sJaLGK5SOOI5npFcEo/s200/195_MG_1236.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Bridal Party.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiIaXiKQPF5Wmb5Mtwma7VXWovex3zvI2Efc0_vtQvZb8ImxLCyaI_mDQx1ELFSamH1VnXsL898pdpbiwPPAwq2BglwfspV8dAEw0yZ9rXR2MEx9SCDL3DsdTr2zHeEe2grtgY4TlMyU/s1600/126_MG_1047.jpgK&C.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476154316898409858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiIaXiKQPF5Wmb5Mtwma7VXWovex3zvI2Efc0_vtQvZb8ImxLCyaI_mDQx1ELFSamH1VnXsL898pdpbiwPPAwq2BglwfspV8dAEw0yZ9rXR2MEx9SCDL3DsdTr2zHeEe2grtgY4TlMyU/s200/126_MG_1047.jpgK&C.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-70640495274826065032010-04-03T09:35:00.000-07:002010-04-03T10:12:45.012-07:00Beautiful Weather to Wild WeatherHere are a few shots of the weather we've had down here.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFvufiPkwuaZwOPXqXHjDKI1r1rvf6BTj1FJkMZJYXikKF27qymOjMqCq7vTFZ80DS_GFaLVE3MJxV1GYxBO6uZg1vMOWWTWefEC8omyy0qtMsrsIuR5me4Jr-DPqn1HI-770fHzvuuQ/s1600/037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455958372800792370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFvufiPkwuaZwOPXqXHjDKI1r1rvf6BTj1FJkMZJYXikKF27qymOjMqCq7vTFZ80DS_GFaLVE3MJxV1GYxBO6uZg1vMOWWTWefEC8omyy0qtMsrsIuR5me4Jr-DPqn1HI-770fHzvuuQ/s200/037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_4hQRBD_ddcbrAd96JbdBl9SMoUyTkFbLNIHy5NlYJS4AawmK78q3-kyoQgOkBeEfwmDbZs9ML6bxkonXtjcd1UJS7_1Fmkaq47wnaf83iQurCV1atj26lQmPkyOOIs9vzRg4V4242U/s1600/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455958357324671330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_4hQRBD_ddcbrAd96JbdBl9SMoUyTkFbLNIHy5NlYJS4AawmK78q3-kyoQgOkBeEfwmDbZs9ML6bxkonXtjcd1UJS7_1Fmkaq47wnaf83iQurCV1atj26lQmPkyOOIs9vzRg4V4242U/s200/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyrwC3dRXKkzKyve6n78knpO0aepUD5vdUcT46qgNbvUiBVQb32QVYKJfLjQM36R6DSN_ExEvy4TuqkZhg_ETBfLTiCAiqscjngrTIpqQs7Jq9yC04b8KObyY767HnN_8ULWjG0pdd5Q/s1600/044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455958345590379538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyrwC3dRXKkzKyve6n78knpO0aepUD5vdUcT46qgNbvUiBVQb32QVYKJfLjQM36R6DSN_ExEvy4TuqkZhg_ETBfLTiCAiqscjngrTIpqQs7Jq9yC04b8KObyY767HnN_8ULWjG0pdd5Q/s200/044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgUpL1UsiPGL3hVUwmFMonoZ-yTyF_-98CHz9iBTnC4aXmSqUQJQYfTx3l-R9pZptHCHzmUhI7rdMquC5DVkyjjaklLB46wbA8y-yTAfi4Aa9RAP5gF7FcMkVdV4nkHqwJ84YxGpQFl4/s1600/033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455958330218759666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgUpL1UsiPGL3hVUwmFMonoZ-yTyF_-98CHz9iBTnC4aXmSqUQJQYfTx3l-R9pZptHCHzmUhI7rdMquC5DVkyjjaklLB46wbA8y-yTAfi4Aa9RAP5gF7FcMkVdV4nkHqwJ84YxGpQFl4/s200/033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J-c4Gj2yFOA_D5nTLbKHp1Wtfyp7C4EqirkBNbiANn7qsbdN5JfNEU4gCF2X5f8tgzhE51zck987lp5IJ8q-kaJQm5oXbP5GXOJ_XwmRlVZc4oXxTel8mltDqooamAu3Vnb_tNrVyWk/s1600/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455955870759578098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J-c4Gj2yFOA_D5nTLbKHp1Wtfyp7C4EqirkBNbiANn7qsbdN5JfNEU4gCF2X5f8tgzhE51zck987lp5IJ8q-kaJQm5oXbP5GXOJ_XwmRlVZc4oXxTel8mltDqooamAu3Vnb_tNrVyWk/s200/023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And the stormy weather which I love just as much as the sunny weather we've had.</div><div>But it was a wild one. The wind was so strong against the side of my car I couldn't get my door open. Heres a few shots of that...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OKCx2l-dk8xD8lMFRrnzJa0QFGLJ6Fy6T8AaUfdxMszrpJ9q0cb5GzciA5yFgq-jAviII75cKZUs2IhZekaFza7wnZn4t1sm6ICfYl3DTewR9b2u3sJ-81BovcVaU8CZxOzDzBvD8dQ/s1600/033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455955859387661474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OKCx2l-dk8xD8lMFRrnzJa0QFGLJ6Fy6T8AaUfdxMszrpJ9q0cb5GzciA5yFgq-jAviII75cKZUs2IhZekaFza7wnZn4t1sm6ICfYl3DTewR9b2u3sJ-81BovcVaU8CZxOzDzBvD8dQ/s200/033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzMTv2Z4p-fVMpuT88ml_MHz_DKcVo40uAuBhbwvSVPBypN7w2LL488nrucbzC7ml4Wit1USWdGPsXU2WjhMYZW8ZwdeBlJaiSqgHiVxXqBXKrJOYixRhSWtMLsAwmj727CPHTjXwtwc/s1600/040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455955855943388658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzMTv2Z4p-fVMpuT88ml_MHz_DKcVo40uAuBhbwvSVPBypN7w2LL488nrucbzC7ml4Wit1USWdGPsXU2WjhMYZW8ZwdeBlJaiSqgHiVxXqBXKrJOYixRhSWtMLsAwmj727CPHTjXwtwc/s200/040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I've never seen the ocean so rough...search and rescue were out in helicopters searching for distressed boats...Trees falling...I had a branch hit the side of our house so hard I thought the roof was coming down. Power was out..The dog was afraid of the roaring ocean....but I loved it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvvbdtkqyE9D9t0z6HNUAQZzhLjbx5uZzi-Z5uJ020jUI7lOp3auWDy7lICq6NB7vaOt1cvH4BBKXMdvUN7JJJi4aZhHvUc0zHc-nMzHEXJOyjDAfZqWkOUIffOTOlgTIEbFNgyt_-1g/s1600/041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455955846486916626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvvbdtkqyE9D9t0z6HNUAQZzhLjbx5uZzi-Z5uJ020jUI7lOp3auWDy7lICq6NB7vaOt1cvH4BBKXMdvUN7JJJi4aZhHvUc0zHc-nMzHEXJOyjDAfZqWkOUIffOTOlgTIEbFNgyt_-1g/s200/041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-48895327303061171002010-03-19T13:10:00.000-07:002010-03-19T13:46:14.714-07:00Missing the NorthIts amazing beautiful day here in North Vancouver. I've spent the last week with a friend I've known since I was 2. It's been a rewarding visit. It feels like yesterday we were building tree forts, playing barbies and giggling about boys. I also have to admit I miss the North, but mainly for the fact here I feel swamped with things to do, not only with our wedding but just in general. Taking Ralph to a pet store we use to go to turned into an event, not only was Ralph taking things off the shelf, the owners couldn't believe he was 4 already. Stopping for sushi turned into a parking space pursuit, which lead to some road rage. The driving here is insane and my visit here has confirmed what I already knew, that I never want to live in Vancouver again. The North Shore when I was growing up was pretty clean (not so much anymore)and with Grouse Mountain and the Burrard Inlet, its a beautiful place. Just a little busy for me. It's lower lonsdale area is turning into a mini Yaletown and once where a house once stood, now a condo stands. My visit to North Van has been great, not only did I catch up and have some quality time with an old friend, I think this visit down south will make me appreciate the North a little more than when I left.Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-77076364256179678542010-03-08T08:09:00.000-08:002010-03-08T08:57:38.349-08:00Loving The Weather Down Here<div> Hey all. Wow, I'm so happy to be home. I miss Special K and all but damn I needed a break. I have been enjoying my visit home enhanced by visits from friends who have hopped on the ferry from Vancouver to come spend some time with me. On friday night my friend Michelle came over and I took her to one of Special K's and my favourite places in Gibsons; Smittys Oyster House. We devoured some Oysters Rockerfeller then Michelle had some Halibut fritters, while I had poached halibut. I must mention I've been in my sandals everyday since returning, its damn beautiful weather here.</div><div><br />Heres some pics...<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446301172045066466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDiFDcC17anrlJvuLLhncRQezq6GPfrDdBzPaKrxiCcMBfbHHtqn5VZO-X2JuLggQWNqn0PeIEUNBp0EYuOfSOcbV90dVx6hDbU4kzkuJZ6WqxEoKLWCkSHU8PQusCsPlaKDAlOk3g5w/s200/092.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bsFGxzsDD0ZGivUqu8qmJH02cJsULDSOL6bhy6pFZ67biYvfOXdPcLMal-reKqAVnsHYCDZDdl08oyBPoUHIDLxD-mMO5HULgH7A2-AHO5bt68VkPm9mzPOHnygL0B-t_zVI79bBHis/s1600-h/084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446301191729886274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bsFGxzsDD0ZGivUqu8qmJH02cJsULDSOL6bhy6pFZ67biYvfOXdPcLMal-reKqAVnsHYCDZDdl08oyBPoUHIDLxD-mMO5HULgH7A2-AHO5bt68VkPm9mzPOHnygL0B-t_zVI79bBHis/s200/084.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I love this old building, an old ship building shop.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446303202182901026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeHUbAcGS7e2xe-SwrEFQUbT0D2RvigqXAiH1tL5Wref-ig-Ci-3jR549j9rCOQ9G21lSfZ598XbmJjIZhTm58-Y07BoozIPkUOKeva2fabnewXHMGjD0P_HqjsFESTstQVE_FshHkGo/s200/081.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Fresh Oysters!!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJaqDsUY-sBbkfHPBzSP6TC1SEr3f6BKhbYubK4XMxEmTQA7XX5WpRDlVLqOH6ujXF-5CUaze0-3UNaJjvisjFT_4YGOeJxzqO1f_0a7kVTtmC5RgO_3nhKeUz6wIjlXdEHMNtmCiswI/s1600-h/074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446301184294645122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJaqDsUY-sBbkfHPBzSP6TC1SEr3f6BKhbYubK4XMxEmTQA7XX5WpRDlVLqOH6ujXF-5CUaze0-3UNaJjvisjFT_4YGOeJxzqO1f_0a7kVTtmC5RgO_3nhKeUz6wIjlXdEHMNtmCiswI/s200/074.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Poached Halibut<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446303220244022178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCfe6VgOUYUffvI-oraNAk1ZBTF0SBTXc-73y817WaYNdcpwQOUbPanIRzg3z7EnT9cW2UUoY95_52s3Gw2m-RtmiHoQDUiAfZ2_zAoKM3biAPMLJrqc1bWqHzkmhVGZ1pEl4K0SmUHU/s200/087.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><br /><br />Halibut Fritters<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446303212026700674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCo5jVpHRbAPSeozQmH0q31lKj1C290xpHPEW0tQtGMIQQoZtuARxsejAsWsdupYZhg6upTq7ooWfeYllGnvDsKoTeEFv66DNR6ZfUiAWYG8bvBbmx70Q1oaosc1wtTHT3kfcisZ0QLQ/s200/086.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The view to Trail Islands from the Backyard.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1e7eS0eWt-Gc2P-cCuW1QYrL-8QtOfMI-lK20IQmnZmH75m0MiRmFl7G2P7CyupjqWZwjtu0PzBkmstdI_Qzu6UbPaj5Q6eqsrgiMq8gmlX5OmDCYuHC8_3yuj6MK7N98UcRXcMd1pI/s1600-h/103.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446301158585365490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1e7eS0eWt-Gc2P-cCuW1QYrL-8QtOfMI-lK20IQmnZmH75m0MiRmFl7G2P7CyupjqWZwjtu0PzBkmstdI_Qzu6UbPaj5Q6eqsrgiMq8gmlX5OmDCYuHC8_3yuj6MK7N98UcRXcMd1pI/s200/103.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmdhgge9c32Y-KnJ2Fol2xvpbU57GIf0CK2g-neO4XeLSJFpoScE8OfyH3S3aPj_1PCNnL-Yw4dhuzly7vvwkIrUbvPUweMtQWLMkiM-uzT99smWoMju2FPfoO2YxYtdeMXCAApoXqF0/s1600-h/068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446298349398781218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmdhgge9c32Y-KnJ2Fol2xvpbU57GIf0CK2g-neO4XeLSJFpoScE8OfyH3S3aPj_1PCNnL-Yw4dhuzly7vvwkIrUbvPUweMtQWLMkiM-uzT99smWoMju2FPfoO2YxYtdeMXCAApoXqF0/s200/068.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ralph enjoying his vacay too!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkF8k5EMPE7NT8Cy70Rn_oVbF-fjUDeetFsxYGtvBwoRkKw1ZeWqFUWk1EY6grzLuUOhfnDfW1Lt_3wOF1rIr_-bJ7TEhwoVp3gaySPKcq1tIpv5u6Fp4oLN_TYRxZtyCpizp7SPxdU/s1600-h/062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446298339509832482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkF8k5EMPE7NT8Cy70Rn_oVbF-fjUDeetFsxYGtvBwoRkKw1ZeWqFUWk1EY6grzLuUOhfnDfW1Lt_3wOF1rIr_-bJ7TEhwoVp3gaySPKcq1tIpv5u6Fp4oLN_TYRxZtyCpizp7SPxdU/s200/062.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Ralph at our favourite spot, Sargeants Bay.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh141HQ-ZZJJcLw_oAWolOo9HCVQOxxKeytjf453iOs21gaRvdUc-5C19jfCwZrLtJjjhy0-0Wg_RSRtInPAx5XFvy6cF_jkOYsh0FOJIQcZhsrr_0gkT107LPuQMZf6EmVgTsWgYRRJcA/s1600-h/051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446298325887170562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh141HQ-ZZJJcLw_oAWolOo9HCVQOxxKeytjf453iOs21gaRvdUc-5C19jfCwZrLtJjjhy0-0Wg_RSRtInPAx5XFvy6cF_jkOYsh0FOJIQcZhsrr_0gkT107LPuQMZf6EmVgTsWgYRRJcA/s200/051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-31206827299110679952010-03-01T10:21:00.000-08:002010-03-01T10:40:07.509-08:00Vancouver 2010Hey all. I arrived home in Vancouver yesterday just in time to witness Olympic mayhem, which was actually awesome. I say that being someone who was not excited to see the Olympics come to town, I lived below the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Eagleridge</span> bluffs in West Van at the time. Whenever they blasted for the new highway, stuff would fall of the walls. Anyways I've gotten over my hate of the games and turned it to love. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">YVR</span> was crowded with people in Red and White, and you get that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">I'am</span> Canadian feeling. People were singing "OH CANADA" everywhere you went. Its a good feeling and I'm glad to be here to witness the end of it.<br /><br /> The weather here is AMAZING! The apple and cherry blossoms are out in full swing, I couldn't have picked a better time to arrive. It sure was nice to walk Ralph with just a sweatshirt and not a parka on. My friend had her toque and mittens on, and I kept saying it's so warm! Like its sandal weather here. I'm going to keep this short because I want to get outside and enjoy every bit of this I can. Happy March all!!!!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-68554905238917665782010-02-06T22:54:00.000-08:002010-02-07T00:01:23.022-08:00Vancouver Bound Soon And Other Neat ThingsHey there people...Well everything is good up here in the Great White North. I've spoken to quite a few people in the past 24 hours as most have received our wedding invitations. It was nice to hear some voices and to know that soon I'll be home devouring butter chicken with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ya'all</span> and sipping on my Timmy's coffee(not at the same time). I've been keeping busy with exercise, sewing and day dreaming about the shoe department at Holt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Renfrew</span>, which does not have online shopping like its American rival <a href="http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/">http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/</a> . I've discovered <a href="http://www.landsend.com/">http://www.landsend.com/</a> is damn good for shipping rates to Nunavut and <a href="http://www.endless.com/">http://www.endless.com/</a> has some serious nice bags and shoes...thank you Mom for that last site. I can't believe I'll be back in Vancouver at the end of the month, just in time for the Vancouver 2010 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Olympics</span>:( And no I don't care for them, and really it's just because I hate traffic jams....If you've read this blog before you know I have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">OCD</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">OCD</span> and traffic jams don't mix, so yeah I'll avoid downtown and just listen to friends bitch about the chaos. Vancouver already sucks with its lack of maintaining or upgrading infrastructure, I can only imagine what this week is like when they shut down a majority of main drags. Dad if you read this...just don't go out..stay home;) its better off for you and the tourists..Friends you should not drive unless you smoke one first...wait just stay home and smoke one. The time I've spent here has gone by fast AND slow at times. Being in Nunavut has its goods and its <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bads</span>, but I think this experience has given our relationship a different kind of strength than what we had before, I actually think we wouldn't have learnt so much about <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">each other</span> this fast down south, its amazing what living in the North can do to you. Its not over yet, I will return to Nunavut in early May and we will continue to live here for a few more years. I think this place has its perks like if you want your food mailed to you, you have a thing for indented cans, almost getting run down by drunks on snowmobiles or if you like extreme cold:), no but really it is a neat place and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">definitely</span> not an experience you'll get anywhere else. I do miss BC and everything that comes with it. I'm lucky that I have friends that send me movies they've made for me while they're half baked...THANKS DAR!!! As well I talk to some of you on a daily basis I kinda forget where <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">I'm</span> till I have to put that god damned parka on! Also I got that job I wanted...now I just wait for papers and approvals to be processed which in Nunavut can take a while. Its snowing like crazy here...yes I know, no shit I'm in the arctic what did I expect?! Anyways I'm going to go <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">chillax</span> and watch some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Southpark</span>. Hope everyone out there is doing well. I can't wait to see all of you down south! I miss everyone so much!!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-5032420738902187332010-01-19T18:36:00.000-08:002010-01-19T19:35:58.892-08:00The Glow of the SunHere are a few shots of my walk into town.<br />The sun was spectacular today!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIb-gc0JmEVABRBz0IprCBnMJzqctWSw5vKLcwdLJDavrWf9X2xT49nDHi06_Z6CzTrxjK3Nv8BoDP9_IBA4scaks0UeS2X7Ntz5NDaEzIV2s5hVYn0iByFDfVd19FB3WMl7yoqstNq0Q/s1600-h/079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428658284325980418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIb-gc0JmEVABRBz0IprCBnMJzqctWSw5vKLcwdLJDavrWf9X2xT49nDHi06_Z6CzTrxjK3Nv8BoDP9_IBA4scaks0UeS2X7Ntz5NDaEzIV2s5hVYn0iByFDfVd19FB3WMl7yoqstNq0Q/s200/079.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTd4BO30ENd3NTewPZxgOl7PlgqazYyedEaIg_tCHkBlY4F98koOySCfAFRq3b9RCFuNY_2ZIBP5a7bClnTT5DEfujxpyzZtVDjA4UHhRXcWH3KIDiOGt3tj8GFgZPW2NStHV2Mph-mY/s1600-h/066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428658278782726850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTd4BO30ENd3NTewPZxgOl7PlgqazYyedEaIg_tCHkBlY4F98koOySCfAFRq3b9RCFuNY_2ZIBP5a7bClnTT5DEfujxpyzZtVDjA4UHhRXcWH3KIDiOGt3tj8GFgZPW2NStHV2Mph-mY/s200/066.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVEn-xl3w4G-1TzSqqJYHYCCPHv2ihghGhUUaAKxqWNclxP4UTd4x0iSYR5QqSa1Mo1q-4s1hUHKp2mq9uja-0_ifSWTIY2iF103WSSFTkmnv67-dBGSzc49nW1rAsiWXnuYZzt1VW_4/s1600-h/055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428658277386800162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVEn-xl3w4G-1TzSqqJYHYCCPHv2ihghGhUUaAKxqWNclxP4UTd4x0iSYR5QqSa1Mo1q-4s1hUHKp2mq9uja-0_ifSWTIY2iF103WSSFTkmnv67-dBGSzc49nW1rAsiWXnuYZzt1VW_4/s200/055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428649524341623570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r6bTE6CwUzm4JsKnjJWQT68e2w5hO8gS9r0RrzAdh9EDoCyIxxfStbc-06f1eu7-C90yt4ojIpV4nlgzHMAXQKlQbQCtOe2aIsqqyIDb3c_PYkfbFjU4it7Qr74j7gXNtbwrJzeKv_E/s200/056.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9jqiqssffBLka_ebSMkWLup2R7kmJIgz1SuTCdAmIgJFLUCP1bE-KcTrCmG0ZIlgNYqZ5bPaIPSxzlfcs6ILSDdAGNjQcnfOc3oxs1hBq0o3_7VMntJR1z0D3dfFOX9mVOghzCPcYNg/s1600-h/056.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428649514365477202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5y-Vme1O_jXXhqYycNHbDH4bv04JAgp55BtZJ6SrSeG82uvpls2zEq2DopBAdiNOCloavNAzwvZ9strYEvt0VbemHVTA6fzuHkexVfJq8kp0uC_4LV1P5CmEKzXGPRbvoaRkC6lYbc8/s200/052.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-84894024306324569582010-01-19T00:40:00.001-08:002010-01-19T03:35:24.853-08:00General Happenings at 4am.<div><br /><br /><br /><div>Lately all I can think about is the backyard and the hammock, and how pretty soon rain or shine, I will be in it. SOON HOME SWEET SOUTHERN HOME:) <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428400190965784306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZenihATkNN4HbcWRQL5CMlb5xPuKvefpKW64K7q6vbUc2Xs3DRL5I1HrteiijTSQVWTB37h2-Ohg3Cr9wCNP-WKEQfU0O4BItNZhAnsPI-5HZPkkMMLDRJP0VehcUl2-lDG5fjsbIJ58/s200/154.JPG" border="0" />I keep forgetting to take the time and write a new post...so here goes. All I've had on my mind is WEDDING. Wedding this, wedding that, honeymoon this, honeymoon that. So my grandmother Caroline was a big fan of the French Polynesian and I'd never been so that was my first choice..Ahh Bora Bora an over water bungalow..a butler...a glass floor to witness the action below the bungalow...alcohol that doesn't require a permit or a shitload for shipping..did I mention the butler that serves it to me on that silver platter?...ahh now that's my paradise. Then I needed to factor in travel. The areas I wanted to go were remote, dangerous, unsafe and 4 tiny plane rides away, after taking 2 big planes just really didn't seem right. Places you want to see before you have kids, but whatever my future off spring will learn to love adventure:)just like Mommy....Then we thought hmmm Hawaii 4 hours on West Jet whom we are fans of because so far they haven't lost my dog....Thanks Air Canada! and Dog the Bounty Hunter is in Hawaii...Special K so wants to stalk him. Anyways we were both totally into it until we realized we just wanted to chill in Halfmoon Bay and hit some of our favourite restaurants, have some quiet time together and stay in the most luxurious and most unique accommodations that BC's coast has to offer. No car rental as ours is at home. Ralph the dog has his Grandpa taking care of him for 4 nights and his Grandma for 1(Yes Mom that's you, I was going to mention this today had you answered your phone:) So this gives us time to enjoy our tent cabin at Rockwater Resort, where we are getting married. See tent here: <a href="http://www.rockwatersecretcoveresort.com/site/accommodations/tenthouse_suites.html">http://www.rockwatersecretcoveresort.com/site/accommodations/tenthouse_suites.html</a> That's just one of our luxe places to go without Ralphy. After that we are traveling North to a few different cabins and then sailing to Texada, Cortez, Copeland Islands Marine Park, Refuge Cove and just hanging out on the water in Desolation Sound. The more I think about it the more I like it. With guests arriving from all over the globe and even Vancouver it just didn't seem right to see them so briefly. So for those of you out there who are coming we will continue the celebration the next morning at Rockwater and have a scrumptious breakfast and just spend some quality time with people instead of running/rushing off to catch a plane. Then before you know it we'll have to head to our second home the Great White North, which hopefully won't be so damn white when I return. I plan on camping and fishing and god knows I'll do whatever I can outside before the winter sets in. Oh but I will be back in Vancouver briefly in July and again very briefly in December as we are doing Hawaii then.<br /><div><br /><br /><div>This pic I took 4 days before I left for Cambridge Bay. You can see here why I miss BC and also why I was such a damn early bird. How the hell could I miss this? I remember being in the backyard in PJs, coffee, tripod and camera in hand trying not to step where Ralph had dropped one of his "morning presents" for me.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428394009773837698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirPftNLNQpiNl2uQaXpO47PnI_38LVgOFYXMtUzbhamNPzND1q2Jxxhe_5c4XbKqDPnIu5r3sqJCqvIeHl1bY1jzYfv0bkudU7uvFF__Yw7WQML-QLtOu7eGmY_dWFHhx7yRvfcQnGuI/s200/030.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This pic was at Frances Peninsula. This is Ralph in being his typical self. We'd say 'ok Ralph time to go', and he looks at us and just sits in the water. What a jerk.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428394013444331682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXd1i4hhOsqsPuryWoHvfRXw4cA2u85fYeSkB98JxtE3Pem7HqkxaG6YS4FB_EaSxykP8o-MKZOzZ15-ieljjef9hUYqlw_J-PUHOlsGNkJHduUrAzHQ5jG80jfp27S2hJvoIkY4PzbI/s200/087.JPG" border="0" /> Ralph having a moment.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428400173199639538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nD0LcUzMkFwgqyRtmJ500EgqWJObPyUzUUWFKI0jIKtSqoomKTwqTXfbKfv4IepUMiZEzd2QkSjIVrz-DeiYdyKqhFtNjYqH3qOU4zVMyzqPb5B8FEjJVq0h5kBpMukISkhCDPDuw9M/s200/120.JPG" border="0" /><br />I so can't wait to see how he reacts to being home. My chillaxing bestfriend. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428400184149004018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtcsdkpXVZAzT2C3u4ql3hC3b5MqtzT_GMq-r7QjTEu8IqKMzx2EFUuMBY_V4UL8UO_rZw5dHmNOj7HiyfQ28HnP3bxsGNX34t9xAbAC_Jukndo8Zj-YacelupgmRtgdxq-k19XMdiQA/s200/121.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>On to other topics of interest. Baby Deo our foster dog is doing very well and I'm happy to say he looks amazing. I haven't mentioned him much on here because I found people reacted dramatically and a little odd to my posts. Its been a good thing not only for me to have Baby Deo here but for our dog as well, Ralph acts as if hes Baby Deo's Dad and protects him, plays with him and Baby Deo in return mounts Ralphs face and just gives it. Yeah hes a humper, but hes a dog humper, he hasn't once tried to mount my leg unlike other dogs that I've known or owned before. I'm so glad I stood up and did the right thing and didn't just pretend he was someone else's problem. At the end of the day I'm the one who gets to live with my actions. If you want to make a difference you need to start with yourself. Thats the only way you are ever going to make a change. He will be a great pet for our neighbours in Halfmoon Bay. I can't wait for them to meet him. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428411070101662290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zXo1kei8bU_i-1oJC1BimwC9LOonYr2WpfEkFt2cWXltJrYUYL6k_HuK3vI7cIbR77iJBcPPL27hygT1bAVr_ST1xYRz05j5TyXICQGziJgJuZaXgLlbD-ooXDiRxggxNX_iESu2yT4/s200/028.JPG" border="0" /></div>Ralph and Baby Deo playing tag. If I could only show you how much this dog has recovered from the suffering and abuse that no one should have to endure. He looks damn happy and probably mounted Ralph 10 seconds after this pic was taken.<br /><br /><div>So I'm back to school...Thank God! I've read books here so fast its crazy. I just can't get enough! So I'm taking on some history courses through <a href="http://www.athabascau.ca/">http://www.athabascau.ca/</a> </div><div></div><div>Hmm what else..oh my wedding gown just arrived in Vancouver from New York, now lets just hope I fit in it! </div><br /><div>So its around 4 am here. For some crazy reason my sleep schedule is not on time and punctual as what it once was. I've been told that people when they move here have this issue/problem with sleep. Well now I'm officially one of them. I was told not to fight it but to just adjust with it so that's why I'm up writing a post at 4 am. Anyways I'm going to load up a few pics, post this, knock a pill back and hopefully pass out into psychedelic dreams that this tiny pill brings me. </div><br /><br /><div>Peace Out Ya'all! and Sweet Dreams wherever you are. </div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-72700269837306804542010-01-10T10:09:00.000-08:002010-01-10T12:49:52.046-08:00Cabin Fever to OCDOur led tealights on our INDOOR windowsil ! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425214039079298978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikILibqWI5BlrK4bRwratuEY7LpZFSCTrgYu7xCp_EBF5BrqsHvCgzL6xqCwGyXgHykXwex0AHgOX3iwdpod2Am49CBaty-XvIC_FqdRNOF81t2gl6Pygo167W6spmsW6PV0-wZyjBYmg/s200/017.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>Hello all! I hope 2010 is treating you all well. Our 2010 has been somewhat interesting in good and bad ways. I myself have discovered cabin fever and wow it may be the weirdest fever I've ever had! It also brought some demons from the past roaring out. In my teens I was diagnosed with OCD obsessive compulsive disorder. The movie "As good as it gets" stars Jack Nicholson as a person who suffers(I hate the word suffers) from the disorder. His is different from mine where he has to open, close or lock doors a certain amount of times. My disorder deals with cleanliness, and I'm the type who becomes obsessed with cleaning, over planning and confirming things over and over again. I haven't used medication for it for 11 years now. I found the cleaning, the planning and in general making sure certain things were in order was a benefit to me. I stopped being medicated because at the time I thought the world was over medicated. This past week I've felt the frustration that comes with OCD, like when you do something but you don't know that you've done it right so you do it over again...well I do it over and over again until I'm tired, exhausted and mentally frustrated. Add the stress of holidays without friends and family, planning a wedding and my daily ritual of cleaning and I was a mess. Which only brought Special K and I to a war of the roses routine. After speaking to friends and family we went and met with a counsellor and a doctor, who found that the stress of moving here and all the other stress that goes along with it had brought my disorder out. I have kept this disorder a secret from most of my friends and family but now I'm sharing it just so you can see the negatives and the positives of my move to Nunavut. I can't really classify this as a negative, as I just don't see it that way. I like having a clean house, and I like things in order. I'm already feeling better as we have started to slowly switch to a new medication, which actually allows me to sleep!!! Yes a solid 8 hours of sleep! Wacky dreams do follow and that is an entirely different blog....but I'm glad because I don't feel as tense or as frustrated as I've been feeling. We had my birthday party here last night and it was nice to hang out with our closest friends in Cambridge Bay and I baked a black forest cake which turned out better than I thought it would! I took a few pics but I forgot to pull out the camera until the end of the night. Anyways heres a few pics...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425214023379815106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSoxKDQAVb2HFANm-jiWWv5uuY_Rv198Fc8XrP7CpEpyDCZyd40rd2pHdqtsw2_EoaopKgx9Tbbta_IdR8C7tEluY05jOKkAkPQWXHIvzXfSpRndoc6WgdjWWEb4LF-WIacnh7yiWAsY/s200/019.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425214031215653938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnsFbav1OkRa4VgVsvYIU0BcuvTIVCLMmNDLv2wdPQlGKsgRObCWtrasJbo169IePEteF-cajmh0zr__O4B8xB_xNKs4DGA6HrhPd7gIbFiPXO7CgRe1U72DACcTudpRYI320ADw8x00/s200/020.JPG" border="0" /></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-76083810525506173222010-01-02T17:45:00.000-08:002010-01-02T19:00:47.017-08:00Happy 2010!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YDmKFIZ1sKzEPz-KeLTiTsPWqq6h1ZS5bgy2QeZuc3Rl6eA8ho0UFg-wYQLr8NzBZoLLiWQLYIKwK8gLZgCUMgBKiehXlIyccIonD04_mVEiooGJb0OTY_DiXQRd2UeNSj8PmCUI6Ts/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342238269013826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YDmKFIZ1sKzEPz-KeLTiTsPWqq6h1ZS5bgy2QeZuc3Rl6eA8ho0UFg-wYQLr8NzBZoLLiWQLYIKwK8gLZgCUMgBKiehXlIyccIonD04_mVEiooGJb0OTY_DiXQRd2UeNSj8PmCUI6Ts/s200/014.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ralph out playing on the tundra.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWrxIxkDsNfOVAFsruFCnSiD-NifHV06i45TwAG6rejP9m_blmVAf2SHxPjfsU3ZET7iqsYeDx5vd5-pow-L3gp2SBFtu9reJmyg7lIXb2CRt0S7Cl0KZI_Rpk_5Ph0o9ZW7PT5JXqDc/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342233874434786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWrxIxkDsNfOVAFsruFCnSiD-NifHV06i45TwAG6rejP9m_blmVAf2SHxPjfsU3ZET7iqsYeDx5vd5-pow-L3gp2SBFtu9reJmyg7lIXb2CRt0S7Cl0KZI_Rpk_5Ph0o9ZW7PT5JXqDc/s200/004.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ralph and I passed out.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwK8FftexwBV7NX_RAm2Qi9xoqPbS7Pzo4ILRGDnNKujizMKjgKHbUigooABYTW_zv9oF9WkpCnDEJzGibN8OPFcD6loeIy2ErTVRTh4Ymcz1x4pEEP9nzHeXCIA-ShLno1ym7ltwKuo/s1600-h/034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422342224606340850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwK8FftexwBV7NX_RAm2Qi9xoqPbS7Pzo4ILRGDnNKujizMKjgKHbUigooABYTW_zv9oF9WkpCnDEJzGibN8OPFcD6loeIy2ErTVRTh4Ymcz1x4pEEP9nzHeXCIA-ShLno1ym7ltwKuo/s200/034.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ralphy telling off our neighbours dog.<br /><br /><br /><div>Happy New Years all! In recent years I haven't partied up on New Years Eve as much as I would've say ten years ago, and for good reason I just don't have what it takes anymore. On New Years Eve I had no intention of consuming what I did, (big sigh) but I did. My twenties were spent seeing how far I could go and in general living on the edge, complete with a variety of different drinking games, martinis on the go and all nighters that went on for days. I partied like it was my generations Studio 54 all over again. This past new years we bought tickets to Cambridge Bays New Years bash par-TAY and we had ourselves a great time over at the community center, which presented the first error of my judgement...all they had to serve was beer, which usually I would have no problem with but before our arrival I was sipping on crown....so here's my first mistake...mixing. I did hesitate and for a minute there and I could feel what the hangover was to be like the next day but its New Years Eve and really I'm in the arctic, I had no obligations the next day so hey why not drink it up? Six beers later in a dark gym with Fergie pumping the clock struck midnight and everyone waited for the balloons to drop from the ceiling, which didn't until some of the rowdies, Special K included tried throwing and reaching up to release the improperly hung tarp, 8 minutes later it fell and next all you heard were the popping of balloons. During all of this I was sitting with an elder named Ana having a very deep conversation about Kayaks, yes a deep conversation on Kayaks...Anyways the night was far from over, we ended up bringing the party home with us which included screwdrivers, rockband and eventually the night came to an end when we ran out of mix and K noticed I was resorting to mixing crystal light with rum....That would be another of my fatal mistakes. You know its time to go to bed when you mix anything with crystal light. So off to bed I went and I basically stayed there until today loaded on whatever our medicine cabinet could offer. Minus the hangover it was a wonderful New Years Eve. The one thing I did notice here which is different from a typical Vancouver New Years event is that everyone came up shook hands, embraced in hugs and wished each other a happy New Years and I'm talking about complete strangers. We both noticed how friendly everyone was and how that would never happen in the Southern towns we're from. Happy New Years to all of you out there and We wish you the best for 2010!</div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-32871217737241815632009-12-30T13:27:00.000-08:002009-12-30T14:13:54.762-08:00Blizzards and BoneheadsWe have less than 4 months until our wedding now so while we're stuck indoors due to the blizzard outside we are getting her done and I'm talking about all the crafts and crap. Before we came up I searched for gilded glass votives. The only ones I found were online at 3.95 US each, they happened to look cheap and tacky so it was a no-go. I wanted around 200 so I decided to make my own. They turned out awesome, after burning my hands several times making them I can say they were well worth the trouble. Towards the end on one of my trips into Costco my friend Dar helped me complete most of them. Thats one thing thats been checked off the list. Another is the wedding invites which I designed, well they are done as they are fresh off the printing press. I was going to finish them up here but with the clock ticking my friend down south is finishing them up for us. My printer friend Rob did an amazing job from what I've seen. If you happen to read this Rob, YOU ROCK! So now come the table linens. I have to say somewhere along the line I've come to very much dislike linens at any food/drink establishment, not all are bad but just from experience of seeing a napkin that was still dirty I've become finicky and a slight snob, or maybe a full out snob but whatever. So not last night but the night before we started to get all the sewing done. K had bought me a new Pfaff machine that does EVERYTHING, it has so many buttons its crazy! We still have a long way to go with the napkins we are at 18 with 132 to go and I will embroider them with our monogram once we're done the basic sewing. Next week I plan on getting started on the tablecloths and those will most likely take till the end of January. So while this howling wind which sounds like a locomotive blows through here the town is shut down, which means we are without water until the weather changes :( As well planes can't land so Special K went out and got a few things to last us till our food mail comes in. As for the Boneheads, Ralph and Deo have been playing. The other day we tried to take them both out for a walk which ended up in Deo running wild and Ralph chasing him, and then us chasing both of em..Ralph of course came back and I ended up chasing down Deo. Deo is still pretty thin but he has put on some weight so his ribs aren't protruding through but you can still feel him. He will accompany me when I head down to Vancouver and Ralph will come down with Special K. I know Deos new family will be happy with him. Anyways I need to get back to the sewing and to playing with the two boneheads. Have a great day people!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-877509249061382942009-12-26T08:19:00.000-08:002010-01-02T19:04:59.093-08:00Merry Christmas<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419606675960344706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5J7L5QoIjYMX8mxXefiBX3qFTCYl9CuOehXMIPc0L1Lwk7qHYL4HI0W62iR1cPSvpcXsxKDGN6RxKcMLUNarANX9XgJSnFcuBHH6EcbWtDPbZxoZDbG-r39kiz6lm1n8D0mZBlDaJ3w/s200/002.JPG" border="0" /> Our tree ready to have those presents opened underneath....<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br />and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">heres</span> Ralph in his typical look out the window and bark position...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419601650789481058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsmZc0y0tkazt5fBc9z4Fk40wkpnwzIPLxgz_WWQQzApjuD1NeHV9715dxL4wjLLz7UgB1X_ppMvzvu3pEriSeHBfvewDrnb9LeJExKsJIClym73NMErwCa1FrvyxuWPX4L1r8v-Pokk/s200/011.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Hey there all. I hope that everyone out there had a great Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate. This was a different kind of Christmas for me. Christmas morning was not as rushed as it has been in the recent years. My Christmas mornings are usually spent speeding to get into the BC ferries line up, a quick drop by at friends and this is the first year of not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">stopping</span> by Evergreen House to share a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">rum ball</span> with my recently passed Grandmother who suffered from <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Alzheimer's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">disease</span>. I have to say I was worried about how I'd feel on Christmas Day but yesterday turned out to be such a wonderful Christmas. It was nice to not have to get out of bed at 4, to blow dry and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">straighten</span> my hair, down a cup of coffee and then load a car full of gifts. Last year I remember there was snow on the ground when K and I left the house and I was in damn heels. After reaching Vancouver we managed to fit 2 visits in North Van, 1 in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Abbotsford</span>, and 2 in Maple Ridge all in the same day. This year I woke up at 4:30, well really the kid in me did. I patiently waited till 6 to wake K, made croissants and coffee and started the water process of thawing out the rest of our turkey. We exchanged gifts and opened the ones sent to us. I was spoiled and shocked when K gave me some earrings he had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">custom</span> made for me by Emily <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Illuitok</span> a carver in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Kugaaruk</span>. Plus some wicked binoculars which apparently you can use to see the rings around Saturn. Which I had been wanting since our late summer nights of laying in our hammock staring at the endless sky of stars. Which work, well I didn't see <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Saturn</span> but I saw the detail and all the craters in the moon last night. I was in awe. I can't wait to use them again tonight. Oh and another one of K's presents to me was the all to well known TV infomercial product the Slap Chop! Which made me laugh and we used it to chop the onion for our stuffing. K was spoiled with some shirts from the NBC comedy The Office...one being Dwight <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Shrutes</span>...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Shrute</span> Farms Beets shirt, and also a film still from Forrest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Gump</span> autographed by Tom Hanks...one of K's favourite movies. I put the turkey in the oven some time before noon. With a tip from Anthony <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Bourdains</span> Holiday special I did not stuff the turkey, I cooked stuffing on the side, with drippings from the turkey then baked it. Our turkey was super moist, and the stuffing was awesome good. From now on I will make all my turkeys this way. We had a full spread from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">swiss</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">cauli</span> bake, carrots <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">vichy</span>, mashed potatoes, home made gravy from reduction of<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419606669015370226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NVMEl67AkMoS67Isf3rqlrj-iBsNZjWA_1l6_kWRrLT3cbLu8QEV3ClR690OD72qbwW9w1vu4vSWeH8UCa-wpNqDKRXRWfeUnGXAkAMD39kFJonNCdO8PcxUZLA5CXzLTFOOnHFRtRY/s200/039.JPG" border="0" /> home made stock.....so good! cranberry sauce, pickled beets and home made stuffing. While I was making our meal I was running on high octane eggnog and baileys with coffee, yes not coffee with baileys...baileys with coffee:) When the cooking was coming to an end I was able to take a break for myself and had a steamy bath in our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">soaker</span> tub. After we sat down to a dinner that I was able to pull off even though much of our anticipated <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">groceries</span> never made it up from Yellowknife due to our recent blizzard and lack of landing planes. We had a wonderful almost romantic Christmas here in Cambridge Bay. We ended our evening watching a not so typical Christmas movie, Freddy versus Jason and then <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">ogled</span> the moon and its craters. Then with a combination of turkey and my high octane eggnog I was induced to a heavy deep sleep. What a great Christmas! To our friends, family and blog readers we hope you had as wonderful a holiday as we did. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419601643325406258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jb0WYYya8kOV8jwaftp_jc8uM8Nhp5EAWci28VOvZnVa6PxwmVMxhnb_OQrWMxe6wvEairqFvxoMe_P5693D4FVBpjWuo5LrfniKnjXSM1bdndeotNVpGGh_VTJ0iqUuT9qv_vSnZU4/s200/005.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-23461556553805085832009-12-24T07:15:00.000-08:002009-12-24T09:14:25.282-08:00This past weeks pics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9wcsn8V94mnUdcfCG9wX_BB28Xlp82nmImn_ZxEJWQWoWVAgFW34HksYN6A4FxQ_zAh-TETHoI9C0urGtz-lBMk6a9CTkvPaI_7Upf59xlgaO1KTCjqV5DPFiM6sfkcK1gsHMucfPEk/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418851183323978946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9wcsn8V94mnUdcfCG9wX_BB28Xlp82nmImn_ZxEJWQWoWVAgFW34HksYN6A4FxQ_zAh-TETHoI9C0urGtz-lBMk6a9CTkvPaI_7Upf59xlgaO1KTCjqV5DPFiM6sfkcK1gsHMucfPEk/s200/015.JPG" border="0" /></a> Throwing the ball for the dogs.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMO6cjT3PiEsBIFBy8fNUKYAyMs5qFlifSwmqmOwfqX8Frf_u6RskmB2d_0EywwXF0BjIbMWIZbdWLWpKs-EmK8SU6cjlUV9kJKUW-aDTKIsNDBclF1013ralLHfj5ykU4HvjLRnxSsQ/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418851179230859154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMO6cjT3PiEsBIFBy8fNUKYAyMs5qFlifSwmqmOwfqX8Frf_u6RskmB2d_0EywwXF0BjIbMWIZbdWLWpKs-EmK8SU6cjlUV9kJKUW-aDTKIsNDBclF1013ralLHfj5ykU4HvjLRnxSsQ/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a> Amazing colours of the sky.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzNso7w0d5Oq_8SCxFwPPjEu_YortZBwG4KW8A9t7OxdkgS-zaLdTHtuplmk4mtmKuLlY2yNoRSWshbdDtmTqlJtrIVBkOQf6vahTOjV2HkRvyifcl3z4TIRpd6cX5Jk9hRbKhaKND68/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418851167513934882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzNso7w0d5Oq_8SCxFwPPjEu_YortZBwG4KW8A9t7OxdkgS-zaLdTHtuplmk4mtmKuLlY2yNoRSWshbdDtmTqlJtrIVBkOQf6vahTOjV2HkRvyifcl3z4TIRpd6cX5Jk9hRbKhaKND68/s200/007.JPG" border="0" /></a> Special K's creepy mask.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcyCYGbRZUv2i83cPQFfyqdNu-w5p5koaWKVStw7jBT4Mj_HZr2Dq8IzfxkZdlNyPg4_GeA1le9ubWkqBJiHBYl7thvo1Rovf0qdhIKNv7L_8ulNEWmSbhTKiAjp8VD8UZbkAQiQPflg/s1600-h/073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418828904745239762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcyCYGbRZUv2i83cPQFfyqdNu-w5p5koaWKVStw7jBT4Mj_HZr2Dq8IzfxkZdlNyPg4_GeA1le9ubWkqBJiHBYl7thvo1Rovf0qdhIKNv7L_8ulNEWmSbhTKiAjp8VD8UZbkAQiQPflg/s200/073.JPG" border="0" /></a> Wind kissed snow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yvEhzaoS3983TDPiKxaTZy8aPhy4p51NczeXpY3gZHqmalg1KSdybJYhOFUsPUozgIa_NNp6R77QQbAwI3mYGLmcFNI-j1QiWc6fVcohdkn42YUUuZRvG_osVEuyhH4u5G_fpz2rv2U/s1600-h/099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418828896014092770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yvEhzaoS3983TDPiKxaTZy8aPhy4p51NczeXpY3gZHqmalg1KSdybJYhOFUsPUozgIa_NNp6R77QQbAwI3mYGLmcFNI-j1QiWc6fVcohdkn42YUUuZRvG_osVEuyhH4u5G_fpz2rv2U/s200/099.JPG" border="0" /></a> Saturday night dance off.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SDShvNEAa3P_-ghbPreX37yMnSWpTRIaNdFU2EcUIZu5YCbEk1TogPc0a67QlMBivzkS0DhAKZIaFh1YJgKtKJvUFiM4yNCmDMnkk2R80MkYGvrnEwgLCrsMsiBFUmAdksO3Fv454O8/s1600-h/024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418828887492219378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SDShvNEAa3P_-ghbPreX37yMnSWpTRIaNdFU2EcUIZu5YCbEk1TogPc0a67QlMBivzkS0DhAKZIaFh1YJgKtKJvUFiM4yNCmDMnkk2R80MkYGvrnEwgLCrsMsiBFUmAdksO3Fv454O8/s200/024.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our X-mas lights and moving boxes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-22646710016274758972009-12-19T11:44:00.000-08:002009-12-19T22:38:51.804-08:00Holiday Spirit and lots of random stuffHey all! I'm recuperating as we partied it up last night at K's staff X-mas party. K even started break dancing and really I honestly have to say so far that's the best time I've had up here. I laughed so hard my face hurt. It was good to get to know people better and good to have people get to know me. I like a no BS party where there's no well BS and that's what it was. It was old school partying for me mixing 2 old friends with another, crown and vodka but I'm feeling great today strangely enough. While dancing I had friends on my mind. I was thinking how 10 years ago Friday, Saturday and Tuesday and actually sometimes Wednesday were the days we'd go clubbing. Those days of all nighters, afterhours and waking up in strange places are long gone for me now. Really though now I'm looking forward to the next party on New Years, Good times;) Oh and Arctic Char is amazing, it tastes like Salmon but better, you know how Salmon can easily dry out on the BBQ, well its like a fattier Salmon so it stays moist. I had it cooked and raw with soy sauce and I preferred the cooked of course because I've tried raw meat and sure I like my steak bloody but I never caught on to any raw fish fad. Gary, who I like to call my Inuit father had brought fresh ice from the lake and I had to take a pic because how often you have FRESH ice from the arctic crushed for your drinks, so here's a pic of that. We returned home at midnight which is late to me now, what the hell happened to getting home at 6am? Our dogs were happy to see us, speaking of dogs I have two vets considering coming up here to do neutering and spaying for the community. We put them up for the week and raise the money for the medications and it may aid in slowing down our communities growing dog population. As for our dog Murphy Baby Deo as we call him....long story...he is looking damn good and I'm following the advice of Animal professionals such as vets and trainers. We gave him a bath....and wow he changed colours and the filth and dirt that came off of him was crazy. I spent 2 hours grooming him and he looks completely different and get this his ears are coming up. Apparently its not such a rare thing for these dogs to just go out an adopt people, it happens all the time here from what people were telling me last night. Not everyone here is a jerk to their dog only some are. I also found out why people do starve their dogs, its easier to skin them, I know I was like WHAT? But yeah that's what happens here. Anyways I want all of you to know I'm doing great and that I do miss you during the holidays of course. I've got my family on my mind, and my extended families...The Jordans, The Andrews, The Blancks and The Prowses. Oh the Prowses, The brandy alexander Christmas eve tradition or was it Christmas morning? Go figure I can't remember;) I think of Christmas dinners at the Hart House when Mom grabbed the wheel of my car and nearly took my new car into a tree, the same year my uncle tried to..yeah we'll leave it at that....or the family dinner after Moms newly implanted assets kept popping out of her stylish tube dress and my Grandmother remarking that, You weren't born with those! or how about your mother sending you SARS masks at Christmas, because you can never be too paranoid or prepared....ahhh just more validation that my life is like a chapter out of Running with Scissors. My mother is reading this saying I didn't just send you masks and no she didn't there was other stuff, trust me. I remember opening packages from Mom and saying WTF? I love you Mom, I guarantee there's not many Moms like you out there. My Dad, he's great too just not crazy in the same way she is...crazy in the way that it cost him 200 plus dollars to send me my X-Mas gifts. I love you Dad you rock now take care of yourself, you have an aisle to walk me down in like 4 months.....FOUR MONTHS...till I give up single hood, well actually I gave that up a while ago but WOW I remember when I was like I'll never get married. I don't want to be one of THOSE people, I want to have options but now I'm damn happy and in LOVE with the best break dancing asian I know, Love you K. Back to Christmas, I hope all of you are having a good time gearing up, getting all your shopping done, finding parking spots at the mall...(I remember how trying to find a parking spot at this time of year use to seriously piss me off) getting baked or getting your baking done...I will call you Sue, who makes the bestest closest shortbread cookies to my grandmas.....I need your recipe! I hope wherever you are and whatever you are doing you are having a good time and weirdly because I'm not around the hustle and bustle of it all I can't believe Christmas is just in a few days. Listening to Bing Crosby's Christmas is a tradition my x step mom Lorraine gave me makes me feel like that time of year is here along with my regular morning coffee turning into egg nog lattes, and yes I'm having egg nog lattes in the arctic and damn they are good with some fresh grated nutmeg from a can:) Anyways I need to get out and get some stuff done as its getting dark and KOVIAHUKMILUH as they say up in these parts and MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-33413575643039780832009-12-16T10:36:00.000-08:002009-12-16T11:02:29.066-08:00December photos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zs9pAPOG3p1_wNlaM7G0i_33er68DuZxbGPtU_yrQ0peQFgUHczknxBUfiYJuDYC8iStPJWLBCqqZFAdsvIV9cWNtEVE5JxHTKgMbpnvdbwhTsh-4KZNuJjJT2K58SMs7OKRua93qek/s1600-h/487.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415910697449428210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zs9pAPOG3p1_wNlaM7G0i_33er68DuZxbGPtU_yrQ0peQFgUHczknxBUfiYJuDYC8iStPJWLBCqqZFAdsvIV9cWNtEVE5JxHTKgMbpnvdbwhTsh-4KZNuJjJT2K58SMs7OKRua93qek/s200/487.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our yummy roast beef dinner and my corn squash chowder<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMT7MBycRXhZnAEM_BbhpFAM9VEsW9li_5IyRc8Qwv9ezNOlvgG7Sey6DAL1h5trO3J93kwr_WRA07OCmUa0jzRhl431mQ5nC8WHkS_epRElrxrL99GScTWI4i8V2s0rFNqk_TCZEU3s/s1600-h/506.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415910693256280882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMT7MBycRXhZnAEM_BbhpFAM9VEsW9li_5IyRc8Qwv9ezNOlvgG7Sey6DAL1h5trO3J93kwr_WRA07OCmUa0jzRhl431mQ5nC8WHkS_epRElrxrL99GScTWI4i8V2s0rFNqk_TCZEU3s/s200/506.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ralph the Santa dog<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdAHNvvWXOMwALizUx6nDxq2_Ci1hIwV2HOaOaoMcD5178c7goq_pSvoPJIe1LdNrXimxa-wPle5n4Z_ieASN9YdicZ_p4lOI3mP3e1ohhxvenq4IrR8tbhh4usPhmQUgIG6egw15w98/s1600-h/495.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415910685491017650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdAHNvvWXOMwALizUx6nDxq2_Ci1hIwV2HOaOaoMcD5178c7goq_pSvoPJIe1LdNrXimxa-wPle5n4Z_ieASN9YdicZ_p4lOI3mP3e1ohhxvenq4IrR8tbhh4usPhmQUgIG6egw15w98/s200/495.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ralphy<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlkzoamlTH-gGCu-AcjrkAVDPNu8rjHsMDOxoTkWqLW1ZRV9LniXgyzwYsJnuCaTcDg0mHttNkpWdHyLU4VaBPmKJM8CQORnAZPld38-HkWP0JsD3YheKP6f86WNIe8vtNOUHmUUcg7o/s1600-h/483.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415910679316651250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlkzoamlTH-gGCu-AcjrkAVDPNu8rjHsMDOxoTkWqLW1ZRV9LniXgyzwYsJnuCaTcDg0mHttNkpWdHyLU4VaBPmKJM8CQORnAZPld38-HkWP0JsD3YheKP6f86WNIe8vtNOUHmUUcg7o/s200/483.JPG" border="0" /></a> The painted kitchen, all done.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-6403263972926109552009-12-16T10:09:00.000-08:002009-12-16T10:36:20.767-08:00Seasons Greetings!Good day all.<br />I finished painting the kitchen yesterday and I decorated my tree in the tacky american style. Which means tons of ornaments and none of them match. Most of my ornaments were from both of my grandmothers you know all the old 40's and 50's german glass ones and mom...every year she stuck a new one in my stocking. As I decorated my tree I came across ornaments that I made with my girl friends...which brought back memories of listening to Adam Sandler sing his Hanukkah song, drinking rum and egg nogs while trying to decorate theses glass balls. Ahhh I miss you guys!!!I also came across one that my last german shepherd Kelsey had chewed...a smiling seal with a wreath wrapped around his neck. I wrote on the bottom of it chewed by Kelsey 199- either a 1 or a 2. That year she knocked over our X-mas tree, opened and ate a majority of the presents, barbies heads were chewed off and even a silver candelabra that was for my grandmother...she managed to chew the actual candle holder part off. She even ripped open boxes of chocolates, leaving the chocolates and eating the boxes. She ate poinsettia's and I remember the panic that happened afterward that our delinquent dog may be poisoned from the plants. She wasn't, and some how that dog who would take knives out of the knife block and chew the handles off never had a major accident or rush to the vet like my Ralphy has. Ahhh Kelsey I still miss you and your retarded ways. I also have my Dads bubble lights from the seventies which make this a complete retro tree. As I pulled stuff out of the rubbermaid bin I discovered Ralphs santa costume which he enjoyed strutting his stuff in, his tail wagged as soon as he saw it. So some of our stuff has not shown up, the movers are trying to locate it. I was pleased that a box of our brand new mec gear had shown though and the other half of K's bike.<br />Anyways I must get back to this chaos and try to post pics when its all done for now heres a couple of Ralph and our kitchen. Cheers and Happy Holidays to you and yours!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-23131752622017169372009-12-14T08:20:00.000-08:002009-12-14T12:55:21.863-08:00Vancouver BoundHey all.<br />I'm heading home to enjoy spring in early <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">February</span>, its been confirmed. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Yay</span>! I will be bringing our furry friend to meet his new owners, who are excited to meet him. I know I can't save all the dogs here but I feel good knowing that I've helped one. Everyday I see an improvement from his looks to his confidence. As well I couldn't live with myself if I was just to turn my back and be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">OK</span> with this, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">that's</span> just not me. I spoke to my lawyer in Vancouver and I'm well within the law, laws are not that different here we are still in Canada. I really don't give a damn about a town blacklisting, the people who would blacklist are too drunk to show up to work so really I don't think they'll waste their energy on me. Special K can protect himself he's a big boy. As well I can always take a plane home, which is what we had planned for when we try to get pregnant. I've been to the Gaza Strip and lived through it, Northern Canada does not scare me one little bit. Enough dog talk...We are at the new place and our hotel still, as I so far have had to fix the toilet here since the plumber left on his holidays down south. We started painting yesterday and today I will be fixing all the light switches that are put in wrong... just damn strange...Everything else seems to be working fine and its actually quite a nice layout, although I miss my kitchen back home. So now I must get back to painting and making this place look <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">purdy</span>!!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">monday</span>!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-86667957203038764472009-12-12T07:34:00.000-08:002009-12-12T08:06:15.888-08:00Mans Best Friend UpdateYesterday afternoon after posting my blog I updated my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">facebook</span> status with a link to our blog. This attracted quite of a bit of attention and I appreciate all of the comments and messages I received. It really made me feel good to know that people do care and are willing to help. I'm happy to report our neighbour in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Halfmoon</span> Bay <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Nikee</span>, and her three daughters Sage Hanna and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tyra</span> want to welcome our starved furry friend into their home and hearts. As soon as our furry friend is healthy enough to fly we will fly him down to Vancouver, where a few of our friends have offered to help transport him to the Sunshine Coast. I will be contacting the airlines in Nunavut and BC on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">monday</span> to see if they are willing to offer some free travel. I have to thank <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Sechelt</span> Animal Hospital in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Sechelt</span> BC as they are offering some free services to make sure our furry friend is in good health. Also I will be speaking to a friend of mine Jenn Jones who owns a Vancouver based dog services company and she is the best dog trainer I know, she is as close as it comes to Cesar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Millan</span>, when she walks in the room the dogs listen and obey. I'm sure she will provide me with advice and tips for domesticating our furry friend. This doesn't stop here, I plan on spending more time aiding in the rescue and I will not tolerate and I will not not turn my head to the cruelty of animals in Nunavut or anywhere. Cheers all hope <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ya'all</span> have a great weekend.Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-88400400165327348932009-12-11T12:57:00.000-08:002009-12-11T14:12:36.423-08:00Mans Best FriendI moved here knowing that dogs aren't for the most part considered companions as they are down south. It's the same way in other countries that I've been to, but here its different. Here I find the cruelty is brutal, and I'm done with keeping my mouth shut about it. As I have worked with animals and have always owned one if not two or more I find myself in these past few days disgusted with Nunavut and a majority of its people, did I just say that?? why yes I bloody hell did. Choke it down, swallow it whatever you need to do but I don't condone cruelty to any living creature. I may be a hypocrite because I eat meat, have a leather <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">prada</span> bag and own fur hats but what the hell I can't bloody handle what I've witnessed in Nunavut in these past few weeks. I have tried and I have tried to adapt but f**k it. A few days ago on my way home from the gym...actually wait <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">that's</span> go back to when I first got here. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">OK</span>, I walk Ralph every morning. I've had comments like just tie him up outside. Which I've responded with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ahhh</span> no. My dog is an indoor spoiled rotten brute of a shepherd. There ain't no way I'm leaving him outside 24 hours a day, at least not in this weather for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Christ</span> sakes, plus animals need some damn exercise. They like to run, play and oh live....Who <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">woulda</span> thought??? Living creatures want to live. Here having your dog tied to a 4 foot chain is normal, having it sleep in its own feces and then having to eat them the next day for food is NORMAL. What else is normal...how about beating a dog with a hockey stick, how about a puppy? And yes a puppy, a baby , a defenceless animal, I stopped some kids from hitting it with a hockey stick...and yeah I know you learn by example, Dr Phil says so therefore it goes. Oh and the RCMP doesn't get involved so you know, just call bylaw they say. Oh and bylaw they just come and take the dog and put him to sleep and the owners can go get a new dog the next day. It's true I was on the phone to both places in the past two days. One dog stood out to me over these past few weeks. Ralph acknowledges (barking) all the dogs as we walk by, this one could barely get up on his hind legs, he was and is super skinny, the malnutrition is obvious as well you'd be a moron to not know this dog is starving. I decided since Ralph was on a diet....(hes gained 8 pounds from the lack of not having a backyard here)....I was going to give <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ralph's</span> daily ration of duck bacon to this dog on our morning and evening walks. This dog also does not have a dog house to curl up in when the wind is harsh like most of his furry friends up here do. So I started out throwing the treats to the dog who couldn't get up on all four legs, then he started to try and get up and walk which looked bloody painful for him. His hips looked as if they were about to buckle but he slightly wagged his tail then he would fall to the ground. Now over the past while I've watched him get a tad better hes able to get up walk over and now when I raise my hand out to give him his daily treats he does not flinch and drop to the ground as if he expects a blow to the head. So back to the other day. I returned home from the gym, fully immersed in the snoop <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">dogg</span> that I had playing on my mp3, thinking about wedding stuff, moving, honeymoon...blah blah blah...when I looked down guess who was curled up at my doorstep? Yes the starving skinny as Kate Moss husky. I brought him in to my mud room, gave him some water which was gone in 3 minutes..in a kitchen aid mixer sized bowl... gone all of it not a drop left. I called Special K and he said we'll go by the owners later. As I ran my hands over this skinny bone <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">protruding</span> dog I checked his teeth and figure this dog must be between a year old to a maximum of 3 years old. He's young. So I called the RCMP and asked whats the protocol in this town, and he was sympathetic but he said they stay out of the dog stuff here. Uh huh <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">OK</span> so when do they get involved here anyways? He said never. So I spoke to bylaw and again their hands are tied but they can take him off my hands if you know what I mean(sleepy time for dogs). So we went and I told the owners we had their dog and where we were and they could come get him. So no one showed. Its been 3 days now. Our husky candidate for Americas next top model is happy and looking better, and not scared when we go to pet him anymore. For now he can stay with us until we find him a better home or until Ralph gets over himself and learns to share. So K just told me that a puppy was found in the garbage here at Green Rows, which made me snap just as I was about to write a blog about nothing I guess it turned into something. I also understand not everyone is cruel here but I'm going to wing it and say at least 80 percent are. I'm pissed and I plan on doing something instead of just adapting. You know what I say about adapting, I say f**k that.Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-25462136710226540342009-12-04T15:56:00.000-08:002009-12-04T16:37:10.171-08:00Reading Material<div> Well I don't know if I've mentioned it but the only kind of magazines you'll find here are tabloid ones like the enquirer, hunting ones and the occasional copy of Time. So yesterday my Lee Valley Catalogs arrived and I was mesmerized by them till I fell asleep last night. I love hardware especially old stuff and Lee Valley makes a ton of cool replica hardware and their catalogs are free!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411543591246403682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevOWhKhjpNqG-hh3SlUW8zxg4HO8G-qZ2udSula62zSZsMaArkqEQ5Fy0XaQ_9QGaNB4VaHFGR-TBmLE0q4Aoym0v_d3bj5PQ5xIx7_TLuUmpNj22TGjXRPhnU3EnQnvmH0VhRplEkXI/s200/018.JPG" border="0" />Now for my package...my books arrived from Connecticut. If you happen to read this Thank you Emmy! They are Arctic Explorations In Search Of Franklin VL. 1 & 2, from 1856 by Dr Kane, whom I thoroughly enjoyed reading about and now I'm falling in love with his sketches as I knew I would.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411543593882551506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFjUAgeO2yKwcS0M8vllU7Sp_dDTz7RM0NPbQ9_WCLZwiakk05UVqWzLLpk3z4n308rqQ8_kwR_C5cQofXlASJy2zn09LcXpIooAHLuFY7sjQiJY5mh9i8Nr5Nma9h46p8_molNAtCv8/s200/015.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411543606580335490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoLUfXwQpmxkfupCVzlr5VEonDSz9ZkJYcGGSvae6JM3N9Q0_t3Sg-C6xr93nsj93KL-uBqZ2WsJoctIDvz-axAW6PJ_MS2FYnixI9RGGNExeoqPGQnL-14c_TN7FF53lXiOciOXjPjU/s200/020.JPG" border="0" />Now for my other piece of reading material, which I find amusing, is a portion of our one page newspaper here The Cambridge Bay Connections. Yep, read it and you'll see what I mean. I've witnessed the almost accidents between snowmobiles and trucks here almost everyday. Almost how pedestrians and cars go together down south. Snowmobiles just tend to go without warning here, or they go around the other side of the pole of the stop sign?!? Like guy that doesn't make a difference jackass, its a stop sign. Anyways I read that and found it funny so I thought I'd share it with ya'all.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411543612799338690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE9wS4EB1y_NKtKWhRuIXCybD_0p7sXVwd24P2c8WQf7kMV7P7X8_ZBNAFyj4InRK2nhlogQJkAzsqB7aAt33IomdXkBgYam6FgFAr_ND83ff_hG9rCcp4aTPXHW8WslC6fFDo2f329E/s200/028.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-87651541250837069832009-12-04T14:10:00.000-08:002009-12-04T15:53:52.704-08:00Northern Store, Co-op and Food mailHey guys. A few of you wanted to understand about our food situation up in here so here it is.<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411527717437527762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlTC1KfYCPit8xsB_QOc1-DTE1L0zr0uu5F53C1vJlGx1M7tBvXX_AjeFpgPLT2jTaWdbDJAdR7nBgtb26uctpmtMiJiBi5r9IV1qL_QAC7_9NTv4VAynH9BTfs0YV1ngpn9NxK8sqnI/s200/011.JPG" border="0" />This is what $135.00 looks like from the Northern Store...theres is a $25.00 Roast, and $15.00 chicken breasts, and a family pack of ground beef $15.00 and of course a delissio pizza at $15.00 in there.</p><p> Now the box full of bread below is $35.00 and I get our bread at the Co-op, theres 4 bags of bagels, 1 loaf of garlic bread and some whole wheat bread. The Co-op is nextdoor to the post office, hence the package jammed in there. I will get to that package on my next post.</p><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411516553828261522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqqYT3XxZMmWJt8VauSiRxcd0ay09Jga3tXPdwr3C0RGhJY5VDjZL4spwh_UrRxrQlMUmvoigJccOsK8DcU30WIbTT70ZRvGh0Yxs9SozdTrnEamA6OGJh3JFtk-qlpKgLy9eub9ahDw/s200/010.JPG" border="0" />And now our Food Mail, with some sourdough bread and some frozen spinach (SPINACH DIP YAY)and uh-oh more bagels. My freezer is now jam packed with bagels.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411516546252102242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6cYND0jMWicDaUTqRLXHXUKbMr0mZy4ZrJAHIxm76xg9R-a8BbRvASXhLg9J6xtGr7IWrPjaw9z2q7ytx4W3XraYpzUdmc6T3y_50rFPqJI4Z20e-NeYufe3S3xlkKowHDwuqfKIdfg/s200/012.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411516562019983714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KiJdktxnToQR6hvLBkf4LaaIXE2xgPp8Txl5e36uH4fhMaMD_C6bN1v-3zMXLS2ifWdG2pOzKn-bKKdQz75-f6kicVhFTLmpSjzOjm9DxX-YJTvIZXnU7qsMVNta88BZol1kJK9koiU/s200/014.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div></div>Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-1090724688257192742009-12-04T08:33:00.000-08:002009-12-04T14:09:13.845-08:00Our house is ready!!!!!Some pics of our caribou antlers:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda8VcLz3VcqrYnpE_lMExRQxlu46CVRuy37ppcHpkNkMUzHcCXyUSrO_cCohKGUnM4lYSFsqscsUsxU3kjdf8XBMV3qWGp_Orld14u8InF5t9dCQjjRJzIS5Wx1xhFkbYs_kv5Tw5iAw/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411461450009838946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda8VcLz3VcqrYnpE_lMExRQxlu46CVRuy37ppcHpkNkMUzHcCXyUSrO_cCohKGUnM4lYSFsqscsUsxU3kjdf8XBMV3qWGp_Orld14u8InF5t9dCQjjRJzIS5Wx1xhFkbYs_kv5Tw5iAw/s200/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Ralphy likes em!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDqecMDY25rSNBSmckZwJUsReI4dkkvL1LxAIUOwFz40RFoMHlqt64jLawdm0bwflM7-RJl7znJPUMJ42BjSY5J8JTM-ey-PLNelpF8T-F4xXme4GoykrxledpTdHKMM6vG6wJLhnBwA/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411461443416918482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDqecMDY25rSNBSmckZwJUsReI4dkkvL1LxAIUOwFz40RFoMHlqt64jLawdm0bwflM7-RJl7znJPUMJ42BjSY5J8JTM-ey-PLNelpF8T-F4xXme4GoykrxledpTdHKMM6vG6wJLhnBwA/s200/005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yw8QDF5wgnwzwOuT6BmZsLnNNeR-hsowc04WWW8hCj-qRid4h-hPYk03O3cO_FriLsV2NHLC29y8y7WtZw4mQyjITk8nBj0UkE-vsvbZ73jkHGOK8dkHB3mCsQAfigFaPaRFYNe8hfc/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411461430879686850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yw8QDF5wgnwzwOuT6BmZsLnNNeR-hsowc04WWW8hCj-qRid4h-hPYk03O3cO_FriLsV2NHLC29y8y7WtZw4mQyjITk8nBj0UkE-vsvbZ73jkHGOK8dkHB3mCsQAfigFaPaRFYNe8hfc/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Good morning all. So I'm completely excited to move into our house. I've enjoyed my stay at the Green Rows but its a damn hotel! It's a good one at that, the staff here are friendly and they even brought us a box of chocolates for Xmas which I of course devoured.( I know that when my mother reads this she'll be thinking about how is she going to fit in her wedding gown? LOL. Those of you who know my mom will get that.) I want my home:) I'm looking forward to getting our stuff and settling in. I've even got the graph paper going and figuring out the furniture lay out and what will be hung where. I can't wait to see what we actually brought with us. In the weeks before moving here I had so much going on from having my mom visit from Japan to making sure all our wedding stuff was ready for when we returned, I can't really remember what we've brought up from the pile of chaos that sat in our garage. As well we had to purchase new stuff so that we left our kitchen in Halfmoon Bay loaded with everything for when we came home or if any friends and family felt like having a little vacation. Back to the excitment of moving into the house....I've picked the paint colours and I'm all ready to go. I've asked Santa #1 (Dad) to send me some stuff from Ikea. Like a pendant lamp to replace the fake late 80's brass one thats hanging there, tormenting me with its reminders of the bad late 80's designs and of what the early 90's fake brass fad was going to bring.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411461459348984994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhops1USKiuAQRQMgwJKofBsQAYqrNXI-CH1471RCR9WWTgxNytJ1H6xwfbfs7NFG4ZdLHGSomFW4o8p6ThmuO1IbzFzXKK-rmItUqCkIb44AAoMRLieMZatDDg00ANNONeZtuzvsQeAmU/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /> Guess who likes it???.....Special K of course, but we all know he'd be happy with a showroom created by zellers, whereas I want the mod italian contemporary home;) I've figured out a timeline for paint and I'm going to do something a little different in the bedroom I just haven't figured it out yet. Gross, the pump truck just came by and all I can smell is sewage....reminds me of the open sewers in Japan....yucky. Speaking of Japan I spoke with my mom last night and apparently theres a chance she may move back to Canada if a healthcare bill of sorts is passed. I couldn't really understand what she was talking about but it would end up costing thousands and thousands of dollars a year and she would have to pay back for previous visits which was what I really didn't understand. I hope for her sake nothing is passed as I know Japan is her home. Though I did tell her of Nunavut being a cash cow and how her education would land her a great job here. Yesterday I finished playing with the antlers for now and Ralph was all up in them, smelling like crazy and watching them like a hawk. Especially when I put them on my head and did a little dance, he seemed quite confused by this and he was growling and wagging his tail at the same time. I will mount these ones once we've moved and I have the space to do so. Apparently theres a free wood working shop class here on Wednesday nights so K and I are going to go. Its free and it gives us something else to do. We received our first package by foodmail and it was all of our produce, our milk exploded apparently so we will be getting another shipment later today. I have to say what a damn difference, the produce was like what I'd buy at Claytons or Marketplace IGA in Sechelt. From now on its food mail all the way. After paying some crazy prices for red and green peppers here I'm happy we have discovered foodmail. Foodmail is pretty basic, we send a fax of what we want and credit card# to sunspun and they get it at the Extra Foods, we place the order on a monday and it arrives thursday, at very little cost for shipping, thanks to the Department of Indian Affairs, I curse them for making it hard to buy booze but hey I love em if my fruit ain't moldy or mushy. From now on this is the way we will go. We also bought 2 heads of romaine and they are so fresh. We've had only iceberg as it was the only lettuce that is actually fresh here but unfortunately has no nutritional value. The head of romaine I bought here was 10 bucks and in the end it wasn't worth eatting. As well I found out my favourite spice place in the US <a href="http://www.penzeys.com/">http://www.penzeys.com/</a> will mail me my spices!!! Yay!!! To save on the shipping I will not be ordering their jarred spices but the bagged ones which are actually cheaper in the long run. So for those of you who like to cook check em out, and I recommend BBQ 3000. Now that its light out well like twilight I'm going to take the beast out for his walkie. Have a great weekend all. Oh and Happy Holidays! and Kassy answer your damn phone, even if it says private! I've tried to call you for a month!!! You call screener you!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907062244013961397.post-71328311705688359552009-12-02T08:42:00.000-08:002009-12-02T09:47:23.566-08:00Always be prepared<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrylFJJAhLdbE7vw1BJsOhHldPJKVUxn5j55ChVAHwleWz_EpEjOuaqimJM5LKECx4TL4PaHM0-1quwnarWlIf9Hnr2Oyf_jwcZG6BJzps9ZP1u5MTev5q41yHNIRNKRoiZqtjoNktSU/s1600-h/131.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrylFJJAhLdbE7vw1BJsOhHldPJKVUxn5j55ChVAHwleWz_EpEjOuaqimJM5LKECx4TL4PaHM0-1quwnarWlIf9Hnr2Oyf_jwcZG6BJzps9ZP1u5MTev5q41yHNIRNKRoiZqtjoNktSU/s200/131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696349820123586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5K3E90q1JYQy2dVjI_CWmXGljURf9Bmz1bUOpVP4yY5SJGseNKyKnRDyVI3umxu3Hmqdnq_uf78SeWQ21mkszLRfBaBr5D86JDvpXqi3L_Td7Zabs6HmdgJkhjtk8kUmU0S501HqDOy8/s1600-h/122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5K3E90q1JYQy2dVjI_CWmXGljURf9Bmz1bUOpVP4yY5SJGseNKyKnRDyVI3umxu3Hmqdnq_uf78SeWQ21mkszLRfBaBr5D86JDvpXqi3L_Td7Zabs6HmdgJkhjtk8kUmU0S501HqDOy8/s200/122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696343929851186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiy70Ir4es2EII7_2Qif-_oriINX6YITwd2MiOP5jdSF_lM9QsFhnupa0Oa1ugYoME6hHURZ_BUsC6urH6RA_ggHJQ0Q-Vn7pnJdFoqJyTrqsjAARtVBbBDUCQRn1sxwTTGkh1OSyyw4/s1600-h/126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiy70Ir4es2EII7_2Qif-_oriINX6YITwd2MiOP5jdSF_lM9QsFhnupa0Oa1ugYoME6hHURZ_BUsC6urH6RA_ggHJQ0Q-Vn7pnJdFoqJyTrqsjAARtVBbBDUCQRn1sxwTTGkh1OSyyw4/s200/126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696336535360738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshaLf7RomSYJtS7YROgnLL2PRHkv-8Wk1zTifpntiMPL9ZDv4_TtHM-eftC0_Yeej4IhBzdXMLciZKD6c6HyiGug5kbi9iD35XPRjf0cHX0oKjtbr-G8yydCIn4eUWNsbXZHvNAkUQZk/s1600-h/121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshaLf7RomSYJtS7YROgnLL2PRHkv-8Wk1zTifpntiMPL9ZDv4_TtHM-eftC0_Yeej4IhBzdXMLciZKD6c6HyiGug5kbi9iD35XPRjf0cHX0oKjtbr-G8yydCIn4eUWNsbXZHvNAkUQZk/s200/121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410696326243913042" /></a><br />Hey all. We had a hilarious day yesterday as we got the truck stuck out in the middle of nowhere, it didn't seem so hilarious then but now it is. Driving down a road that really doesn't go anywhere we hit an area that K thought was unsafe but I told him to go for it...typical me...but all of a sudden we came to a jolting hault. Getting out we noticed the snow was actually pretty deep and the back tires weren't touching the ground. Ooopps! After a ridiculous attempt to dig out the truck, drive out, and push out we gave up before all daylight was lost and decided to warm up in the truck before setting out to walk back to town. Unfortunately I was not dressed for the elements and it was quite a painful walk to town. My knees from kneeling in the snow to reach under the truck were so cold they were burning and the closer to town we got the more pain I felt. As soon as we reached a road that the backroad runs into we spotted a truck coming towards us in the distance and we eagerly flagged this man down. Willy, the man who saved us in my mind was happy to help us out. I was so happy to get in his damn truck. Special K wasn't as hard up as I was. His military training I think really comes in handy in situations like these since hes had to live out in the elements in -40 weather before. And me with my spoiled west coast weather had no idea of what cold was before I arrived here. Almost how I had no idea of what heat is until I got off that plane in the middle east. It was COLD yesterday, teeth chattering, shivering, burning hot cold from winds that slapped us in the face when we reached the tops of hills kind of cold. Once Willy returned us home it took so long for me to warm up. K went back with a tow truck and they managed to pull it out. We definitely made the right decision to start walking back then, the tow guy and K almost didn't get the truck out but eventually with the help of a chain and some sheer determination they pulled it out. Anyhow K brought home some antlers and I just had a guy we know here Chris show me how to remove the scalp and meat so that I can hang up my antlers. All is good and I've gotten over my Christmas blues as our renos should be finished by the 7th and I will be able to decorate for X-Mas and move into our new house. Yay!!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com1