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Dare to laugh
Dare to learn
Dare to live
Dare to love
About Us
- Shane and Shelley
- It's no surprise to those that know us...That we Love God, Family and German Shepherds. And of course we treasure the outdoors (especially miss Northern Ontario), music and good food. We value the work ethic and always trying to be better each moment. Everything that life has to offer with it's interwoven tapestry. Motto: FAMILY FIRST and Good Works are the Best Medicine.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Happy 11th Birthday Jade!
We are so happy that we could spend some time with you today Jade. Love you so much. We hope and pray that this will be a great year for you.
Dare to dream
Dare to laugh
Dare to learn
Dare to live
Dare to love
Dare to dream
Dare to laugh
Dare to learn
Dare to live
Dare to love
More 2009 catch up - Sept
On the 1st of 3 September, I babysat for Pheonix as she and John went to his uncle's funeral on the reserve. Rochelle, Annika and Auden also stopped by.
Here's some pics from that day
Here's some pics from that day
The first week of work and ODSP and the restaurant and primary
So I started this new job at Kantar last week and it turned out to be a bust. The first 4 1/2 numb filled hours were spent listening to the 'trainer' read the material off the projection wall as he sat in a chair. I should have figured when I walked past the rows of tiny computer terminals that were supposed to have been work-placed banned eons ago. Imagine being inside an x-ray room all day?
The last 1/2 hour was watching someone 'practice' reading through the survey on the computer. My legs and feet kept going numb (like my brain) because of my chair which was tilted so I had the feeling I was falling forward all day.
After work, I scooted down to ODSP to discuss the issue of their mix-up which caused the refusal of my travel expenses to the doctor about my mammogram and ultra-sound. Which I won.
The next day at work, he announced we were going live. By the end of that day, my ears felt like they were going to bleed and my tinnitus was so loud that I had a hard time hearing. I stuck it out another day and then gave my resignation. (There's so much more I could say about the work and stuff but it's too negative)
Thursday I was very happy to wish Sage his happy b-day to him and Rochelle played the b-day song for him. (My other post)
So I have been busily applying for jobs as well as I attended a job fair on Friday. We will see how that goes. I had to do an online personality profile for that one called Clearfit. I was surprised on the accuracy of how it described me - overall. Better than Myers-Briggs. Anna Apau, the OW worker has been exceptionally compassionate to me. She had sent me the link that she heard about and offered to pay for my transportation.
The weekend was very busy too, especially with stuff around the house, primary and a lovely dinner at El Ranchitos. It was my be-lated B-day dinner from Shane. It's a great restaurant owned by members of my church. The food is central and south american - mainly Salvadorian. Everything made fresh. Yum Yum. I started off with a mug of hot water and lime slice to warm me as it was pretty cold out. I had the jalapeño cheddar soup and the home-nacho veggie plate which was topped with slices of avocado, fresh salsa on a bed of hand-made tortillas and a veggie papusa ended with a non-alcoholic bottled Sangria. Shane had a taco salad bowl with fresh mango slices and not your typical house dressing. He then had steak fajitas. Everything smelled and tasted wonderful.
Everything was clean and latino musica played in the background. I all of the sudden had an image of my dad dancing around the restaurant. Mom and dad loved that sort of thing years back.
Shane and I watched the new Final Destination movie at home Sat night but it was disappointing. Just gore, that's all.
Sunday was really busy with Primary. I stayed up until 4am working on stuff and then was up at 7am and out the door at 7:45am. I did up the new board, newsletters, door signs and a variety of tasks. It was a great day. Slept in the afternoon for a needed hours of sleep. Then a chat with Laura Ratdke, my primary pres about stuff for primary and did a few more primary things.
This afternoon, I'm picking up Austin, Jade, Rayne and Sage for a couple hours for Jade's B-day as they are visiting here at Rob's till Tuesday. Then I can give both Sage and Jade their b-day presents.
The last 1/2 hour was watching someone 'practice' reading through the survey on the computer. My legs and feet kept going numb (like my brain) because of my chair which was tilted so I had the feeling I was falling forward all day.
After work, I scooted down to ODSP to discuss the issue of their mix-up which caused the refusal of my travel expenses to the doctor about my mammogram and ultra-sound. Which I won.
The next day at work, he announced we were going live. By the end of that day, my ears felt like they were going to bleed and my tinnitus was so loud that I had a hard time hearing. I stuck it out another day and then gave my resignation. (There's so much more I could say about the work and stuff but it's too negative)
Thursday I was very happy to wish Sage his happy b-day to him and Rochelle played the b-day song for him. (My other post)
So I have been busily applying for jobs as well as I attended a job fair on Friday. We will see how that goes. I had to do an online personality profile for that one called Clearfit. I was surprised on the accuracy of how it described me - overall. Better than Myers-Briggs. Anna Apau, the OW worker has been exceptionally compassionate to me. She had sent me the link that she heard about and offered to pay for my transportation.
The weekend was very busy too, especially with stuff around the house, primary and a lovely dinner at El Ranchitos. It was my be-lated B-day dinner from Shane. It's a great restaurant owned by members of my church. The food is central and south american - mainly Salvadorian. Everything made fresh. Yum Yum. I started off with a mug of hot water and lime slice to warm me as it was pretty cold out. I had the jalapeño cheddar soup and the home-nacho veggie plate which was topped with slices of avocado, fresh salsa on a bed of hand-made tortillas and a veggie papusa ended with a non-alcoholic bottled Sangria. Shane had a taco salad bowl with fresh mango slices and not your typical house dressing. He then had steak fajitas. Everything smelled and tasted wonderful.
Everything was clean and latino musica played in the background. I all of the sudden had an image of my dad dancing around the restaurant. Mom and dad loved that sort of thing years back.
Shane and I watched the new Final Destination movie at home Sat night but it was disappointing. Just gore, that's all.
Sunday was really busy with Primary. I stayed up until 4am working on stuff and then was up at 7am and out the door at 7:45am. I did up the new board, newsletters, door signs and a variety of tasks. It was a great day. Slept in the afternoon for a needed hours of sleep. Then a chat with Laura Ratdke, my primary pres about stuff for primary and did a few more primary things.
This afternoon, I'm picking up Austin, Jade, Rayne and Sage for a couple hours for Jade's B-day as they are visiting here at Rob's till Tuesday. Then I can give both Sage and Jade their b-day presents.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sage's Birthday
Happy Birthday Sage!
Nana and Papa love you soooooooooooo much and we miss you sooooooooooo much! We hope that you have an awesome birthday. We will give you your present when we come to Guelph again soon. LOVE YOU!! Sage!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
It's My Birthday
It's my birthday and I am happy and sad.
(abridged Jan 11)
But it turned out to be a good day. I went to church as I love to do and worked on a lot of primary stuff. I got calls from a number of well wishers too. 48 now. Time goes on too fast when your busy. I'm grateful for a busy mind. I love my family so much!
(abridged Jan 11)
But it turned out to be a good day. I went to church as I love to do and worked on a lot of primary stuff. I got calls from a number of well wishers too. 48 now. Time goes on too fast when your busy. I'm grateful for a busy mind. I love my family so much!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
72 Hour Test Trip Aug 28 2009
So the next morning, we were feeling a little stiff. The dogs seemed to content just to be with us. We found a Tim Horton's to use the bathrooms and ate our granola bar breakfast. We travelled around trying to find this one dog park but to no avail. We found some more trails and did some hiking. But by late afternoon, Shane was feeling pretty sick. We went home so he could rest a bit. After awhile, he started to feel a little better. It was drizzling out but we headed downtown and walked around Thames Park. We went up to the raised Pavillion and sat for awhile. There were 3 old fellas that were chatting and then they started a conversation with us asking about our dogs as people often do. After we walked in the rain under the bridge. We then headed over to Victoria Park. It started to downpour like crazy but we just kept walking with the dogs who got a lovely bath. At around 11pm, we headed home and slept there. The next day, Shane was still feeling under the weather somewhat. We still ate and drank from our kits until our 72 hours were up.
Things we learned:
We had plenty of food and water.
Bring the folding screen kennel to put the dogs to sleep in outside the van.
And yes, we will try this again in the summer.
Things we learned:
We had plenty of food and water.
Bring the folding screen kennel to put the dogs to sleep in outside the van.
And yes, we will try this again in the summer.
72 Test Trip Aug 27-09 continued
After our meal, we headed to London South and went to the Pond Mills conservation area. Here, we were able to get some nice pics. Stretch our legs and let the dogs run once we were deeper in the forest. Pond Mills entrance is right with the Tourist Information Bldg and also beside the Fire Training buildings. We also made use of gas stations and the tourist information centre to wash up and use the bathrooms. We took turns staying outside with the dogs.
I also forgot to mention after research, we found that there weren't any rest areas close by to sleep at except the gas station types like at the Flying J on London's outskirts off the 401 and the other pull in rest areas that you see along the other non free-way hwys do not allow over nights. But we did find that you can park as long as you need to at the carpool spots along the 401. So we decided to utilize that option. We decided that for our first night, we would stay at the carpool area at the Longwoods exit at the 402. This picture is from Google Earth. You can see that their image is from 2006 so now there is a little more greenery but basically it is still the same. We parked int the farthest corner.
We had these mini-battery operated lanterns that we hung from the van travelling hooks. They gave more than enough light. We soon discovered that Shane was scared to death that we might be ambushed and that it was also very, very squishy with both dogs. Heidi kept sprawling out full length on top of Shane. So I slept so, so but Shane was feeling it in the morning.
I also forgot to mention after research, we found that there weren't any rest areas close by to sleep at except the gas station types like at the Flying J on London's outskirts off the 401 and the other pull in rest areas that you see along the other non free-way hwys do not allow over nights. But we did find that you can park as long as you need to at the carpool spots along the 401. So we decided to utilize that option. We decided that for our first night, we would stay at the carpool area at the Longwoods exit at the 402. This picture is from Google Earth. You can see that their image is from 2006 so now there is a little more greenery but basically it is still the same. We parked int the farthest corner.
We had these mini-battery operated lanterns that we hung from the van travelling hooks. They gave more than enough light. We soon discovered that Shane was scared to death that we might be ambushed and that it was also very, very squishy with both dogs. Heidi kept sprawling out full length on top of Shane. So I slept so, so but Shane was feeling it in the morning.
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