Not me, the horses:
Had to start with this, because I found it hilarious (and sad at the same time, the poor horse was terrified, and running on the road. Traffic had stopped because it was obviously dangerous to continue, which scared the horse more).
I heard on the radio last week a few times about how the Town of Hinton has people whose job is to round up stray horses in and around Hinton. I thought it was kind of funny at first, that there would be so many stray horses that they have people who just go looking for horses.
BUT, considering it's the heavy snowfall breaking fences, and then the horses get loose near highways, and are terrified, it's really not so funny. They said on the radio that 64 horses were caught last year. They hold them for a certain amount of time, and if no one claims them, or if they don't have any ID on them, they go to Auction. (We were joking about trying to find a wallet on a horse, but that went horribly wrong!)
This particular horse was running free in Hinton, in town, and looked sooo scared. S/he went up to the person holding a bucket with some sort of food in it, but when traffic started to crawl again, the horse got freaked out again and backed away. (They were in a field, not too close to the road, but I am assuming it was just That Freaked Out. Poor guy/girl.)
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Re: Comments on last post... (using a format of replying 'stolen' from Chair...)
@Chair: It has literally been so easy, I feel super grateful! Don't get me wrong, I've gone through a fair share of stress about the wedding, and I know as it gets closer, I will most likely be freaking out, but so far, it has been sooooo easy, and very enjoyable, which makes it that much better!
(And I am thanking the universe everyday!)
@Monarch: Yeah, I've gotten some of the wedding shit together, and am trying this weekend to get the house's shit together! (It's a bit of a sty... nothing gross, just papers, receipts, wrapping paper, etc, all over the place!) As of today... I have 8 months to get my freak on! (And towards the end, I expect to be freaking!) Tomorrow, or even tonight if the house is ready... Chris and I will be putting up our seasonal decorations... (I know, I know, we're usually done by mid-November, but I was trying really hard to respect the fact that one of my friends HATES Christmas decor before his birthday on the 23rd of Nov. I also know it’s our choice, but after living with him for so long, now it just feels wrong to start decorating before the 24th. Chris might be able to change that, although I will still refuse to set up the tree before MY birthday. In August. (Yes, Chris asked to set it up in July.)
Ooh… ‘sumtin, sumtin’ sounds nice! I can’t wait… Thanks!
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I finally brought the recycling back today... Wow, there was a lot. And speaking of recycling! The Town of Hinton has heard the plea of it's residents! ("We want to be able to recycle more stuff locally!") In addition to the regular cardboard/office paper/mixed paper/milk jugs/cartons and plastic containers with a mouth that is smaller than it's base, we can now recycle clear glass, aluminum/tin cans, plastic bags (which I try to not use anyway), and old electronics (hint hint Chris!) They also have a really nice lady whose job is to make sure people are informed, and putting the right things in the right bins! Also, she's very helpful with the "where do I put cardboard that isn't corrugated cardboard?"
We still can't recycle 'other' plastics, like all the other crap that has the #'s on it... Like (embarrassed...) Tim Horton’s cup lids... slurpee cups... etc. Good thing I am giving up Tim's. While I was still going to TH, I was trying to bring my travel mug; I was just equally good at forgetting it by the sink after I rinsed it out as I was at remembering to bring it.
Oh well, I will just have to continue to pawn off the ‘other’ plastics on my family from Cold Lake when they come to visit, or remember to bring it there when I go to visit! I should check and see if Edson takes plastic… Chris could bring it before work! Or after…
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Speaking of Edson… while the roads haven’t been too bad, I am still really nervous about Chris driving to and from work. And, while he doesn’t outright say it, I think it really bothers him, too. He says he doesn’t like driving when he’s tired, but I think it’s the whole thing. (And when he tells people about all of this, he says that we will be moving to Edson because I worry. Blames it all on me! I don’t mind, because it is mostly true.)
There’s also the fact that when Chris is working the yard job and he’s got 3 hours in between things to do, he has very little to do, and gets VERY. BORED. Which is why he has a PSP again (Chris bought it a few years ago, sold it to Willy, and just bought it back…).
What I am sort of kind of trying to say… we’re planning to move to Edson. At the latest (pending everything going good), we will be moving after the wedding. At the earliest, we might be moving in the spring.
Good things:
-Chris closer to work, safer, less overall driving time, more time with Blaine!
-When we go to Edmonton/Cold Lake/anywhere East, we’ll be about an hour closer!
-We will most likely be owning our own house, and depending on how it works out with Chris’s work, we might be able to start a family in 2009… :D (Big freakin’ grin!)
Bad things:
-Further away from the mountains.
-Further from Jasper. (BUT, we will appreciate the views, and our visits much more, not living quite so close.)
-Have to change doctors again. I really liked the one I had in Cold Lake, really like the one I have here in Hinton… I guess I could probably make the trip to Hinton if I really can’t find one I like in Edson… For awhile. Definitely not forever.
I think the good makes it worth the bad.
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@Chair: It has literally been so easy, I feel super grateful! Don't get me wrong, I've gone through a fair share of stress about the wedding, and I know as it gets closer, I will most likely be freaking out, but so far, it has been sooooo easy, and very enjoyable, which makes it that much better!
(And I am thanking the universe everyday!)
@Monarch: Yeah, I've gotten some of the wedding shit together, and am trying this weekend to get the house's shit together! (It's a bit of a sty... nothing gross, just papers, receipts, wrapping paper, etc, all over the place!) As of today... I have 8 months to get my freak on! (And towards the end, I expect to be freaking!) Tomorrow, or even tonight if the house is ready... Chris and I will be putting up our seasonal decorations... (I know, I know, we're usually done by mid-November, but I was trying really hard to respect the fact that one of my friends HATES Christmas decor before his birthday on the 23rd of Nov. I also know it’s our choice, but after living with him for so long, now it just feels wrong to start decorating before the 24th. Chris might be able to change that, although I will still refuse to set up the tree before MY birthday. In August. (Yes, Chris asked to set it up in July.)
Ooh… ‘sumtin, sumtin’ sounds nice! I can’t wait… Thanks!
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I finally brought the recycling back today... Wow, there was a lot. And speaking of recycling! The Town of Hinton has heard the plea of it's residents! ("We want to be able to recycle more stuff locally!") In addition to the regular cardboard/office paper/mixed paper/milk jugs/cartons and plastic containers with a mouth that is smaller than it's base, we can now recycle clear glass, aluminum/tin cans, plastic bags (which I try to not use anyway), and old electronics (hint hint Chris!) They also have a really nice lady whose job is to make sure people are informed, and putting the right things in the right bins! Also, she's very helpful with the "where do I put cardboard that isn't corrugated cardboard?"
We still can't recycle 'other' plastics, like all the other crap that has the #'s on it... Like (embarrassed...) Tim Horton’s cup lids... slurpee cups... etc. Good thing I am giving up Tim's. While I was still going to TH, I was trying to bring my travel mug; I was just equally good at forgetting it by the sink after I rinsed it out as I was at remembering to bring it.
Oh well, I will just have to continue to pawn off the ‘other’ plastics on my family from Cold Lake when they come to visit, or remember to bring it there when I go to visit! I should check and see if Edson takes plastic… Chris could bring it before work! Or after…
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Speaking of Edson… while the roads haven’t been too bad, I am still really nervous about Chris driving to and from work. And, while he doesn’t outright say it, I think it really bothers him, too. He says he doesn’t like driving when he’s tired, but I think it’s the whole thing. (And when he tells people about all of this, he says that we will be moving to Edson because I worry. Blames it all on me! I don’t mind, because it is mostly true.)
There’s also the fact that when Chris is working the yard job and he’s got 3 hours in between things to do, he has very little to do, and gets VERY. BORED. Which is why he has a PSP again (Chris bought it a few years ago, sold it to Willy, and just bought it back…).
What I am sort of kind of trying to say… we’re planning to move to Edson. At the latest (pending everything going good), we will be moving after the wedding. At the earliest, we might be moving in the spring.
Good things:
-Chris closer to work, safer, less overall driving time, more time with Blaine!
-When we go to Edmonton/Cold Lake/anywhere East, we’ll be about an hour closer!
-We will most likely be owning our own house, and depending on how it works out with Chris’s work, we might be able to start a family in 2009… :D (Big freakin’ grin!)
Bad things:
-Further away from the mountains.
-Further from Jasper. (BUT, we will appreciate the views, and our visits much more, not living quite so close.)
-Have to change doctors again. I really liked the one I had in Cold Lake, really like the one I have here in Hinton… I guess I could probably make the trip to Hinton if I really can’t find one I like in Edson… For awhile. Definitely not forever.
I think the good makes it worth the bad.
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It's barely warmed up past -15 (-20 with wind chill) here, and while that's not too bad for Canadian Winters, Marley would beg to differ. When we take her out, if we don't have something on her feet, she starts limping within about a minute. Mom guessed she may have had frostbite sometime in her past, which would make her paws incredibly sensitive to the cold. (We got her last January, but it was a lot warmer out, still... and I made her some booties right away...)
We went to the pet store, and bought these awesome little boties, much more durable than the ones I made, with rubber soles for better traction, and a little zipper and velcro strap to try to keep them on. The only problem with them (besides Marley HATED them) was that to get some that her Polar Bear paws would fit in, they were too thick for her legs. We couldn't get them to stay on where they were supposed to, so they slipped half off, and she was walking on the backs of them, looking at me like "This is torture, and humiliating!" while she was trying to get picked up, NOW!
So we brought them back, and the booties I made last year are, so far, working. We only lost one bootie, twice, and found it again the next morning.
I think she knows when I am writing about her, because she's looking at me like she does when we talk about her. Kind of weird.
She's been a bit of a suck again lately...
She's not fond of change, and we're getting the decorations out, the wrapping paper...
Just more stuff to scare her!
:)
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DECEMBER BEAN WATCH STILL ONGOING!!!
I have the list of who guessed boy/girl/date/time/year... etc... And am waiting to hear more from the Bean-bearer! (or whoever is designated to make the phone calls to everyone...)
:D Blaine
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