Kevin's Ramblings…

Today is day five of my 5-day weekend. It has been a nice and relaxing weekend, I didn’t get as much done around the house as I planned to, but I suppose that’s to be expected, I do have a degree in Procrastination.

The last 36 hours have also been very windy, a Chinook has been blowing its way through. Temps have been mild, but when you have 60kph winds whipping through with gusts around 100kph, it makes it feel pretty damn cold. Most of the snow that fell last week has been blown away, I’m not sure to where exactly, but my driveway has been blown almost clean to the gravel.

Nothing really planned for today, hopefully get out with the dogs for a bit longer since the winds have finally died down.

Back to work tomorrow, a very short 2-day workweek. My Telus Hub will be in, so my insane internet bills will stop. I’ll be getting 500gb for $110 which is not too bad for where I am.

Tomorrow I also have a cord of firewood being delivered. A cord is 8′ x 4′ x 4′ or 128 cubic feet of wood. I’m hoping it’ll last about 2 months, I can handle paying $150 a month to heat the house, propane is insanely pricy.

Anyway, for those of you working, happy hump day. The wait to the weekend is half over. 🙂

I have a nice five day weekend. Tomorrow, November 11 is Remembrance Day of course, so Monday is the stat holiday at work, then I am using my last 2 vacation days on Tuesday and Wednesday. That’ll be it for the rest of the year, other than the days off we get at Christmas. I’ll be working, but it’s very slow over the holidays.

I don’t really have any plans for the weekend, other than some stuff around the house that I won’t do. I suppose I’ll have to zip into town a few times and do some shopping, but that’s it.

The dogs are going on a pack hike today, around 1130. They have such a good time with the pack. There aren’t any dog parks here in the Pass, so there aren’t a lot of opportunities to play with other dogs. I have, of course, a small pack of my own, but it’s always good to hang with other canines.

I hope Hera will go this time, without me. The last couple of times she hasn’t wanted to, doesn’t seem to want to get in the van or truck used to bring the dogs. She loves the ladies who run Crowsnest Pet Care, that’s evident, but has been very hesitant to go on the pack hikes. Blondie and Twix love going. It’s not too cold today so Twix will be ok, she runs around like a mad-dog anyway. I do need to get her a new coat though, and some boots too. I’m heading to Lethbridge on Thursday afternoon, so perhaps I can find something there.

I’m also finally having a cord of wood delivered on Thursday. Got a pretty good price, it’s split, delivered and stacked for $300. I have absolutely no idea how long it’ll last though, we will see.

Enjoy your weekend and remember November 11, Lest we Forget.

I think I can say that winter has settled in here already.  We’ve gotten 8″ of snow over the last few days and it has been cold.  It was -22C this morning, it’s gotten up to -19C and will eventually be -3C or so.  Bright sunshine is helping to warm things up.  After about 2pm, the sun goes behind the mountain across the street so then the warming effects go away and the temps drop again.

I am surprised how different the weather is here as compared to Calgary.  They say (I am unsure who “they” are) that if you don’t like the weather in Calgary, wait an hour or so and it will change.  Here, you might only have to wait 10 minutes for the weather to change.  It’s windy here too, very windy.  The mountains to the north and south create what I would call a wind tunnel.

I hear that it should be typically warmer here than Calgary, so I can accept that.  At least it isn’t windy this morning.  When you combine wind and -20’s temperatures, it’s a BAD combination.

The two-week forecast shows better temps, highs around zero, lows in the single negative digits.  I can handle that too.

Anyway, I would bet that the snow that we have on the ground will be around until Spring.  I might be wrong, we might have a few days of Chinook weather and it might be gone, but I am betting against that.

At least it looks Christmassy out.  Too bad it’s early November.

This was a very relaxing weekend. Friday night it rained, all evening. I guess I prefer rain over snow. Winter can hold off as long as possible.

Saturday was a bit better, but not much. We had some periods of sun, but was mostly an overcast day. I didn’t do much. Woke up, per usual around 4am. I let the dogs out and fed them, went back to bed at 430 and slept until after 7. Nice, the latest I’ve slept in ages. That didn’t derail a good nap around noon. Even with all that sleeping, I still went to bed early. I seem to do a LOT of sleep in late fall through the end of winter. Come spring and summer, I stay up late again. Guess I’m used to it.

The clocks changed last night, went back an hour. I was awake for an hour or so but then didn’t wake up until after 6 this morning. Great sleep. Had another nap this afternoon after turning the disgusting Bills game off. Man, they suck.

I tried to go to Chinook Lake with the dogs this afternoon. It’s a Provincial Park but the gates were closed. Didn’t say it was closed for the season, the sign said gates closed between 11pm and 7am so I’m unsure. It likely would have been top mucky anyway…

Back to work tomorrow and a five day workweek. Next week, I have Monday through Wednesday off, that’ll be nice and is the last of my vacation time for the year.

Hope you had a good weekend, enjoy the coming week.

Yesterday was a quick day at work.  I had a bunch of meetings in the morning which made the day go by quickly.  The meetings were even productive, so that’s better yet.

Last evening, the Flames played the Leafs in Toronto.  I watched the first period before Monday Night Football started, the Patriots at the Bills, the first Monday Night game in Buffalo in 10 years.

The Flames ended up knocking the Leafs off with a strong third period.  That will allow me to harass some co-workers and friends, this is a good thing.

As expected, the Bills lost to the Patriots, but it was a close game until the end of the third quarter.

Not a bad sports night, all in all.

Nothing else is going on.  I am heading to Calgary tomorrow for an appointment so I have the day off of work.  Tomorrow is also Halloween, but, seeing as I live in the middle of nowhere and I don’t think there are any kids in the 7 houses around the river, I know that I won’t have any trick or treaters coming to my door.  That’s good, I won’t buy candy that I will end up eating and really don’t need.

So, enjoy Halloween, if that’s something you take part it.  Have fun, and be safe.

Another weekend has come and just about gone. Yesterday was a pretty relaxing day. I didn’t do much, it was a bright and sunny Saturday though. I watched part of game 4 of the World Series. Although the Red Sox came back and won the game, the had to comeback and take the lead late in the game. They didn’t look like the team that destroyed the Astros in 5 games.

The Sox can wrap up the World Series tonight, the game is in the top of the first as I write this, they just hit a 2 run homer to take a 2-0 lead. Hopefully they’ll eliminate LA tonight.

This morning, I went to a local restaurant, Pure Country for their buffet breakfast. Was quite good, I’ll return for sure.

Not much else went on this weekend. Today, the weather was crap, rain and snow mixture. At least the temp rose enough to melt the snow.

Back to work tomorrow, short week, I have a follow up medical appointment on Wednesday in Calgary.

Have a good week.