So...

I have a post written about my trip to Victoria but again I am having problems getting the pictures to load properly. For some reason, they upload in HUGE scale and do not display properly on the blog, even though I am using the same camera, procedure, web host, etc. I have to start from scratch and upload again or manually resize, which will take awhile. I'll do it on the weekend, fo sho.

Otherwise, let's see... our landscaping is fully underway, actually it is mostly done. The noise has driven me out of the house all week, so I am 'that person' with the laptop at Starbucks... actually, you can eat and drink at the public library here (weird!) and they have free wifi with the purchase of a library card (also weird, but only $12/year) so I prefer going there. The added bonus is that I can take 'breaks' and read magazines or look for novels to check out.

I was hoping to get down to Medicine Hat since it's Father's Day this weekend, but alas, not going to happen. We'll be staying in town hopefully enjoying some summer weather and not, you know, more hail like yesterday. At least these storms are fast and furious, they come and go within an hour. Yesterday the rain was coming down like it was being hurled out of the sky, mixed with hail, loud thunder, huge lightening. The sun came back out and our fence was actully steaming as the water evaporated. I wish I had taken a photo, it kind of looked like the fence was on fire.

So that's my update. I'll fix up those pics this weekend and post em. Happy Father's Day to the dads out there!

Up Up and Away

So I'm off to Vancouver today. I have a job interview tomorrow (for a job I won't get, but that's okay. I'm giving the interview process a try for a position one level above me, but the actual position is only a 1 year backfill, so it will be filled locally. Kinda takes the pressure off, which is nice.) Then I will go to Victoria to attend a meeting on behalf of my boss, and come home on Thursday night.

The weather is supposed to be, you know, late spring like in BC which is a nice change from the FROST WARNINGS here over the past few days. Oh, and the snow. And hail.

On the upside, it's supposed to be 21 and sunny when I come back. I'll try to take some interesting pics for ya.

Bleargh

It is going to be 4 tomorrow with a chance of SNOW.

Yeah, seriously. It's JUNE.

Stupid Calgary.

Fortunately for us, we had decided to spend this weekend indoors doing some home improvements. New closet doors x 9, and a few other wee projects. I am very excited to get new doors, ours are the original 70s woodgrain look and they look so.dated.

Next week, we'll be getting a bunch of landscaping done. I decided that installing the brick patio in TO gets me out of more manual labour so we are hiring a company to do it. Never mind the labour, we need a new retaining wall and have no idea how to build one. Pay now and get it done right the first time, vs. DIY and eff something up and pay later, that's my motto. I'll post pics when it's all done.