so i just did a preliminary shoe count for my pending move... :S apparently, in the past 15 years of my existence i have amassed 70 pairs of shoes. 6 slippers, 7 flip flops, and about 57 pair of dress, casuals, boots and sandals... yup, that works out to about 4.5 shoe purchases a year... wow.
29.6.08
Shoe Betcha...
so i just did a preliminary shoe count for my pending move... :S apparently, in the past 15 years of my existence i have amassed 70 pairs of shoes. 6 slippers, 7 flip flops, and about 57 pair of dress, casuals, boots and sandals... yup, that works out to about 4.5 shoe purchases a year... wow.
10.6.08
UCA - Ultimate Canadian Adventure - Part III
Day 11: this day started in search of dinosaurs, hoodoo's and a guinness world record and ended with white linen tablecloths and $7.50/bottle of still water... we left calgary on a bus tour to drumheller and the badlands of alberta... other sigh
ts included: two GORGEOUS canyons (horseshoe, and horsethief...), sprawling oil fields, 11 bridges in 4 miles (a record) and the Last Chance Saloon (so named because years ago when people traveled through the valley in Wayne Alberta in a horse and buggy this was truly their "last chance" for a drink before the 45 km trip to the next town... SOOOO adorably western!). Our guide gave us free admission to the Calgary Tower at the end of this trip (YES, we saved $13) for a nice view of the downtown and around. now the end of this night is something else... so we wanted steak. Alberta beef, you know, in Alberta. we ask T-mo, and he's like, "you gotta go all the way"... so we went where he suggested... Meal: $250, Wine: $34, 2 Bottles of Still Water: $15, waiter's in white coat's folding your napkin on the table while you are in the washroom: Priceless. suffice it to say it was quite the experience we had, in our jeans, sweatshirts runners and hoodies... :S
Day 12: slightly less eventful then the last... we spent the whole day
wandering about Calgary Downtown... bought myself cowboy boots and a cowboy hat!! WOO HOO! i've been wanting those for YEARS... and what better place to get them then Calgary... now i will have to visit during the stampede so i can wear them where they should be worn :) then we had the tastiest Tandoori Chicken Pizza for lunch... and finally T-mo whipped up a super SCRUMPTIOUS BBQ... :)
Day 13: so when we left Calgary this morning it was cloudy, but not raining or anything... drive, drive, drive... 1 hour later... :S where the BLEEP did all this snow come from!! just as we were driving through Cochrane on the way to Banff we hit SOOOO much snow! it wasn't deep, or accumulating too much, but there was a LOT more than you would expect on the road on May 8th!!! i had to follow the tire tracks of the car ahead of me to be sure of where the road was!! it was a while before we got out of the full on snow storm-y-ness... but it was still sprinkling snow pretty much the whole way until w
e were in Jasper... unfortunately, though the icefields parkway is known for wildlife, we did not see any on the way up... except for these really scary huge Raven's, or maybe they were crows... well, whatever they were, they seemed to be chasing us away whenever we parked the car somewhere... perhaps they were spirits guiding us away from the freak snowstorm that was chasing us up the mountain from cochrane...?? perhaps... Jasper was a dream... and though our train was late, i was NOT disappointed as it gave me plenty more time to spend just wandering about and soaking in the mountain scenery... it was pretty damned cold... but i didn't mind... i never wanted to leave! :) most of the train ride to vancouver was dark, since evening was on the approach when we boarded... so very little wildlife viewing here as well... just a few bears, elk, and deer.
Day 14: we woke up to some really beautiful and unexpected sights! if our
train had been on time, we would have been passing through the Thompson and Fraser Valley's by night... but since we were late, we got to see all the picturesque views! sometimes what seems like a set-back, is really a blessing in disguise... :) it was like it was painted or something... the views were so unbelievably vivid... although, because of the delay's, we didn't have enough time to check out Victoria, and had to go straight to Nanaimo instead... i'm not too dissapointed though... Victoria is just another medium sized canadian city... we wandered about in nanaimo, which was a cute little town... but not much to see and we were tired... so off to bed, off to bed...
Day 15: off we go to drive North up the East coast of Vancouver Island...
we made a stop in MacMillan Provincial Park at Cathedral Grove to check out the GINORMOUS (technical term) Douglas Firs... the forests were as wonderful as i remember them... and all my favorite trees, roots, and stumps were right where i left them! we continued on through the town of Campbell River (which was MUCH bigger than i thought it was! quite nice...) and finally to Port Hardy where it rains pretty much alllllllll year... :S but, we did get to buy some super yummy smoked salmon :) the ferry left on time (unlike Via) and so we were on our way to northern BC!! The first few hours of the ferry ride were like being on a rocking horse because we were being hit by Pacific Ocean currents... then we moved in among the little islands along the west coast of BC and it was smooooooooooth sailing until bedtime...
Days 11-15 Highlights: Alberta's Canyons, Vintage Chophouse, Cowboy Boots, Jasper, Jasper, Jasper, Fraser River Valley, Pacific Ocean.
ts included: two GORGEOUS canyons (horseshoe, and horsethief...), sprawling oil fields, 11 bridges in 4 miles (a record) and the Last Chance Saloon (so named because years ago when people traveled through the valley in Wayne Alberta in a horse and buggy this was truly their "last chance" for a drink before the 45 km trip to the next town... SOOOO adorably western!). Our guide gave us free admission to the Calgary Tower at the end of this trip (YES, we saved $13) for a nice view of the downtown and around. now the end of this night is something else... so we wanted steak. Alberta beef, you know, in Alberta. we ask T-mo, and he's like, "you gotta go all the way"... so we went where he suggested... Meal: $250, Wine: $34, 2 Bottles of Still Water: $15, waiter's in white coat's folding your napkin on the table while you are in the washroom: Priceless. suffice it to say it was quite the experience we had, in our jeans, sweatshirts runners and hoodies... :SDay 12: slightly less eventful then the last... we spent the whole day
wandering about Calgary Downtown... bought myself cowboy boots and a cowboy hat!! WOO HOO! i've been wanting those for YEARS... and what better place to get them then Calgary... now i will have to visit during the stampede so i can wear them where they should be worn :) then we had the tastiest Tandoori Chicken Pizza for lunch... and finally T-mo whipped up a super SCRUMPTIOUS BBQ... :)Day 13: so when we left Calgary this morning it was cloudy, but not raining or anything... drive, drive, drive... 1 hour later... :S where the BLEEP did all this snow come from!! just as we were driving through Cochrane on the way to Banff we hit SOOOO much snow! it wasn't deep, or accumulating too much, but there was a LOT more than you would expect on the road on May 8th!!! i had to follow the tire tracks of the car ahead of me to be sure of where the road was!! it was a while before we got out of the full on snow storm-y-ness... but it was still sprinkling snow pretty much the whole way until w
e were in Jasper... unfortunately, though the icefields parkway is known for wildlife, we did not see any on the way up... except for these really scary huge Raven's, or maybe they were crows... well, whatever they were, they seemed to be chasing us away whenever we parked the car somewhere... perhaps they were spirits guiding us away from the freak snowstorm that was chasing us up the mountain from cochrane...?? perhaps... Jasper was a dream... and though our train was late, i was NOT disappointed as it gave me plenty more time to spend just wandering about and soaking in the mountain scenery... it was pretty damned cold... but i didn't mind... i never wanted to leave! :) most of the train ride to vancouver was dark, since evening was on the approach when we boarded... so very little wildlife viewing here as well... just a few bears, elk, and deer.Day 14: we woke up to some really beautiful and unexpected sights! if our
train had been on time, we would have been passing through the Thompson and Fraser Valley's by night... but since we were late, we got to see all the picturesque views! sometimes what seems like a set-back, is really a blessing in disguise... :) it was like it was painted or something... the views were so unbelievably vivid... although, because of the delay's, we didn't have enough time to check out Victoria, and had to go straight to Nanaimo instead... i'm not too dissapointed though... Victoria is just another medium sized canadian city... we wandered about in nanaimo, which was a cute little town... but not much to see and we were tired... so off to bed, off to bed...Day 15: off we go to drive North up the East coast of Vancouver Island...
we made a stop in MacMillan Provincial Park at Cathedral Grove to check out the GINORMOUS (technical term) Douglas Firs... the forests were as wonderful as i remember them... and all my favorite trees, roots, and stumps were right where i left them! we continued on through the town of Campbell River (which was MUCH bigger than i thought it was! quite nice...) and finally to Port Hardy where it rains pretty much alllllllll year... :S but, we did get to buy some super yummy smoked salmon :) the ferry left on time (unlike Via) and so we were on our way to northern BC!! The first few hours of the ferry ride were like being on a rocking horse because we were being hit by Pacific Ocean currents... then we moved in among the little islands along the west coast of BC and it was smooooooooooth sailing until bedtime...Days 11-15 Highlights: Alberta's Canyons, Vintage Chophouse, Cowboy Boots, Jasper, Jasper, Jasper, Fraser River Valley, Pacific Ocean.
3.6.08
whoever invented "on hold" should die...
so i am trying to call fido to simply find out when my contract expires and to reduce my extra's until i find a new phone carrier to sign up with... but i have now been on hold for 16min and 43sec... and counting... the stupid dial-tone-lady keeps telling me to stay on the line to maintain priority sequencing... stupid dial-tone-lady... what does she know...? and why does she keep apologizing...? she's not sorry... she could care less if i'm waiting or not... and why lie to me...? why say that someone will be with me shortly...? when there's probably no one even working tonight... and i'll be on hold until i die!! BLASTED PHONE COMPANIES!
WAIT!! what was that?!?!? is that a HUMAN voice???
it's true!!!! he's ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
SUCCESS! :)
WAIT!! what was that?!?!? is that a HUMAN voice???
it's true!!!! he's ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
SUCCESS! :)
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