Friday, May 1, 2009
My blog is prettier....
My blog is prettier than Mel's but I shouldn't brag since she made it and can change it. He he
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
and part two of the email
It was sad to say goodbye to Mykal and Jason but I knew that I would see them soon (hoping to spend 4th of July with them in Washington) and I am still in touch with Mike and Colleen who think I am a crazy Aussie girl but now they have a new word in their vocabulary, Bugger.
Since I have been back from Vegas thinks have been a lot quieter. Normal living I suppose, although I am still doing things that would never happen in Australia. I mean I went to a sporting event, not once but four times! Ice Hockey is a sport you need to watch in real life. I have no concept of the game but they have a naughty box, have full on punch ons and fall over! What fun! I got scared though when I realised I was cheering.
I have met some great friends, JJ and Kayla, who both put up with me most. Kayla has a young son that I swear likes to torment me... and wins! He always smiles and says Hello Kim when he sees me, he also corrects my pronunciation of words, because Canadians have an accent they say words different.. The kids is TWO! By the way, I don’t have an accent, only the Canadians do. Got asked if I can turn my accent off the other day... um, no. Luke (who is Australian and often has to translate things into Australian for me, like the cheese here. It is wrong), Jackie, Marc and Jackie’s parents, Rhonda and Brent and Jackie’s sister Kelly. They seem to have adopted me into their family. Plus can’t forget Kelly, the lady I live with that has not tried Vegemite yet but will soon happen! I think the jar scares her in the cupboard, the stuff really smells! But she tricked me into eating Bambi’s dad! I hate to admit it but it was yum. Don’t tell. Wonder how you trick someone into eating Vegemite. I have also had a little insight to the French world with Mike. Mike and I can’t hold a telephone conversation because between my Aussie accent and his French one, neither of us can understand what the other is saying! Oh, I can’t forget to mention Oliver... He is a cat that thinks he is a dog. He yells at me too. I find it scary that I have conversations with him and I think I get good answers. I must admit that I don’t like it early in the morning when he is bored and I am sleeping and I am woken by a paw to the head!
I am waiting for work still because of the recession but hoping that falls into place in the next couple of days. I don’t have swine flu, nor does anyone I know. I just ate an imported Chocolate Teddy Bear biscuit and want all Australians to not take their chocolate for granted. Everything in this country is peanut butter flavoured!! No Violet Crumbles. Oh, and McDonalds isn’t the same either, but they have strawberry pies that are to die for. The rest is crap though. Beatrice Chocolate Milk is the best chocolate milk ever invented.
The snow is all gone, today was warmer here than it was in Victoria. I still can’t believe that I wear Ugg Boots out in public or the fact that I came all the way to Canada to buy Australian shoes... I love shoes. I do miss home but there are things here that I will never see in a life time in Oz... I have seen a gopher, unfortunately so did the dog I was walking. I have had the honour, or nightmare, of smelling skunk! That is one smell that need not violate your nostrils. I drive on the wrong side of the road and can even reverse park, I still occasionally get into the passenger seat by accident though. I have seen a snow covered red barn and know what it is like to walk outside and somehow manage to walk in snow knee deep, only falling over once or twice and I can finally say that I am an alien....
I hope everyone is well and that I haven’t bored you with my email, but then if you got this far it can’t be that bad. I promise to write soon so they aren’t as long and hopefully have more shenanigans to write about... About the photos, if you know me well enough, you know I hate them.
From Canada with love,
Kim
Since I have been back from Vegas thinks have been a lot quieter. Normal living I suppose, although I am still doing things that would never happen in Australia. I mean I went to a sporting event, not once but four times! Ice Hockey is a sport you need to watch in real life. I have no concept of the game but they have a naughty box, have full on punch ons and fall over! What fun! I got scared though when I realised I was cheering.
I have met some great friends, JJ and Kayla, who both put up with me most. Kayla has a young son that I swear likes to torment me... and wins! He always smiles and says Hello Kim when he sees me, he also corrects my pronunciation of words, because Canadians have an accent they say words different.. The kids is TWO! By the way, I don’t have an accent, only the Canadians do. Got asked if I can turn my accent off the other day... um, no. Luke (who is Australian and often has to translate things into Australian for me, like the cheese here. It is wrong), Jackie, Marc and Jackie’s parents, Rhonda and Brent and Jackie’s sister Kelly. They seem to have adopted me into their family. Plus can’t forget Kelly, the lady I live with that has not tried Vegemite yet but will soon happen! I think the jar scares her in the cupboard, the stuff really smells! But she tricked me into eating Bambi’s dad! I hate to admit it but it was yum. Don’t tell. Wonder how you trick someone into eating Vegemite. I have also had a little insight to the French world with Mike. Mike and I can’t hold a telephone conversation because between my Aussie accent and his French one, neither of us can understand what the other is saying! Oh, I can’t forget to mention Oliver... He is a cat that thinks he is a dog. He yells at me too. I find it scary that I have conversations with him and I think I get good answers. I must admit that I don’t like it early in the morning when he is bored and I am sleeping and I am woken by a paw to the head!
I am waiting for work still because of the recession but hoping that falls into place in the next couple of days. I don’t have swine flu, nor does anyone I know. I just ate an imported Chocolate Teddy Bear biscuit and want all Australians to not take their chocolate for granted. Everything in this country is peanut butter flavoured!! No Violet Crumbles. Oh, and McDonalds isn’t the same either, but they have strawberry pies that are to die for. The rest is crap though. Beatrice Chocolate Milk is the best chocolate milk ever invented.
The snow is all gone, today was warmer here than it was in Victoria. I still can’t believe that I wear Ugg Boots out in public or the fact that I came all the way to Canada to buy Australian shoes... I love shoes. I do miss home but there are things here that I will never see in a life time in Oz... I have seen a gopher, unfortunately so did the dog I was walking. I have had the honour, or nightmare, of smelling skunk! That is one smell that need not violate your nostrils. I drive on the wrong side of the road and can even reverse park, I still occasionally get into the passenger seat by accident though. I have seen a snow covered red barn and know what it is like to walk outside and somehow manage to walk in snow knee deep, only falling over once or twice and I can finally say that I am an alien....
I hope everyone is well and that I haven’t bored you with my email, but then if you got this far it can’t be that bad. I promise to write soon so they aren’t as long and hopefully have more shenanigans to write about... About the photos, if you know me well enough, you know I hate them.
From Canada with love,
Kim
The group update email part one..
Hi all,
You know that when I set out on my little adventure I promised myself that I would make sure that I sent an email home to everyone to let them know how I am doing all the time.. Today I realised that I have only sent one, even though I went to Vegas a month ago and had the holiday of a lifetime, I never got around to sending the bloody email... so here it is.
Well, let me tell you about Vegas... Hang on, can’t remember if I told you the story that leads up to Vegas, and where I live in Canada. About ten or so years ago, before I decided to play cops and robbers, I got an email from a lady named Mykal. It was not intended for me but somehow made it to my inbox anyway. I wrote back to her telling her that she sent it to the wrong person and somehow we managed to stay in touch... Pen pals in the world of the internet. Mykal was a lot better at it than I was and every year at Christmas, my mum and I used to look forward to receiving mail from Illinois about the shenanigans that Mykal and her growing family got up to. Well when I decided to come play in Canada I told Mykal and she emailed all her contacts in Canada to see if any crazy person had a room to rent.. sure enough, that is how I found Kelly and ended up in a town called Brandon, Manitoba. Mykal and I decided that once I was in Canada we should finally meet and somehow Vegas came up! So it was all booked. Mykal was going for four days and for some stupid reason it was cheaper for me to go for a week so I had a couple of extra days alone there before she got there. So off to Winnipeg I went to catch yet another flight. The road trip to Winnipeg from Brandon is similar to licking cement... you would never do it for fun, only if you were forced to. I had a layover in Minneapolis which makes Melbourne Airport look like a tin shed. I swear to god you would need four days to walk through all the shops in that airport. I finally found my terminal and sat down to play on computer like the good little nerd I can be when I somehow got involved in a conversation with three different groups of people.. all of which were going to Vegas. Mike and Colleen were from Minnesota and off to Vegas to look at the pretty lights too and since we were on the same flight we ended up chatting through most of it. Got to Vegas and ended up seeing the strip for the first time with them too... and Hoover Dam. Word of advice, never go to a ridiculously high dam with a hangover. Can’t tell you what it was like to look down.
Vegas was an adventure that I don’t think can ever be explained on an email. The view from my fairy princess room was spectacular. I have photos but a lot of blurry. I seriously think it is because the automatic focus on a camera does not know where to focus on. Anyway, a couple of days later, I stood outside the hotel waiting for Mykal and her partner Jason to arrive, I waited and waited and waited until a massive truck pulled up in front of me and in that two seconds Mykal and Jason got out of their cab and walked into the other door because I was hidden behind the truck. Idiots.
I finally met here and I know that I probably do but I felt like I already knew her so well. It was just fantastic to put it all together and know that the person I had been writing to all these years wasn’t a complete nut bag (she still is part one though). Other than 8 hours of hell (which shall never been spoken about but always laughed about) and a photo of a Pepsi machine that stole her two dollars, I had a spectacular time with Mykal and Jason. We went and saw Mystere from Cirque du Soliel. For those that truly know me, you will be stunned by this, I was SPEECHLESS! The skill and the skill and the skill and the agility!! Of course they asked me to be in the performance but I didn’t want Mykal and Jason to be left alone... He he who am I kidding! It hurt my stomach muscles just watching them!
You want to know something stupid, every day I carried a sign around that said “For Gracie” because I know that a dear friend of mine loves Elvis and I was determined to get a photo with Elvis holding that sign to send to her. EVERY DAY I CARRIED IT!!!! Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a photo of Elvis in Vegas! Finally on my last day!
You know that when I set out on my little adventure I promised myself that I would make sure that I sent an email home to everyone to let them know how I am doing all the time.. Today I realised that I have only sent one, even though I went to Vegas a month ago and had the holiday of a lifetime, I never got around to sending the bloody email... so here it is.
Well, let me tell you about Vegas... Hang on, can’t remember if I told you the story that leads up to Vegas, and where I live in Canada. About ten or so years ago, before I decided to play cops and robbers, I got an email from a lady named Mykal. It was not intended for me but somehow made it to my inbox anyway. I wrote back to her telling her that she sent it to the wrong person and somehow we managed to stay in touch... Pen pals in the world of the internet. Mykal was a lot better at it than I was and every year at Christmas, my mum and I used to look forward to receiving mail from Illinois about the shenanigans that Mykal and her growing family got up to. Well when I decided to come play in Canada I told Mykal and she emailed all her contacts in Canada to see if any crazy person had a room to rent.. sure enough, that is how I found Kelly and ended up in a town called Brandon, Manitoba. Mykal and I decided that once I was in Canada we should finally meet and somehow Vegas came up! So it was all booked. Mykal was going for four days and for some stupid reason it was cheaper for me to go for a week so I had a couple of extra days alone there before she got there. So off to Winnipeg I went to catch yet another flight. The road trip to Winnipeg from Brandon is similar to licking cement... you would never do it for fun, only if you were forced to. I had a layover in Minneapolis which makes Melbourne Airport look like a tin shed. I swear to god you would need four days to walk through all the shops in that airport. I finally found my terminal and sat down to play on computer like the good little nerd I can be when I somehow got involved in a conversation with three different groups of people.. all of which were going to Vegas. Mike and Colleen were from Minnesota and off to Vegas to look at the pretty lights too and since we were on the same flight we ended up chatting through most of it. Got to Vegas and ended up seeing the strip for the first time with them too... and Hoover Dam. Word of advice, never go to a ridiculously high dam with a hangover. Can’t tell you what it was like to look down.
Vegas was an adventure that I don’t think can ever be explained on an email. The view from my fairy princess room was spectacular. I have photos but a lot of blurry. I seriously think it is because the automatic focus on a camera does not know where to focus on. Anyway, a couple of days later, I stood outside the hotel waiting for Mykal and her partner Jason to arrive, I waited and waited and waited until a massive truck pulled up in front of me and in that two seconds Mykal and Jason got out of their cab and walked into the other door because I was hidden behind the truck. Idiots.
I finally met here and I know that I probably do but I felt like I already knew her so well. It was just fantastic to put it all together and know that the person I had been writing to all these years wasn’t a complete nut bag (she still is part one though). Other than 8 hours of hell (which shall never been spoken about but always laughed about) and a photo of a Pepsi machine that stole her two dollars, I had a spectacular time with Mykal and Jason. We went and saw Mystere from Cirque du Soliel. For those that truly know me, you will be stunned by this, I was SPEECHLESS! The skill and the skill and the skill and the agility!! Of course they asked me to be in the performance but I didn’t want Mykal and Jason to be left alone... He he who am I kidding! It hurt my stomach muscles just watching them!
You want to know something stupid, every day I carried a sign around that said “For Gracie” because I know that a dear friend of mine loves Elvis and I was determined to get a photo with Elvis holding that sign to send to her. EVERY DAY I CARRIED IT!!!! Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a photo of Elvis in Vegas! Finally on my last day!
Monday, April 20, 2009
This is where I live
http://bevpowell.com/156_propertydisplay.jsp?URL=%2FmyRealPage%2Fsearch_results.jsp%3FID%3D156
Cut and copy and look at the slide show pictures...
Cut and copy and look at the slide show pictures...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
My list of things to do while I am in Canada!
1. Get employed
2. Build a snowman
3. Hug a polar bear (should probably make that the last because it will be the last thing I do!)
4. Learn French Canadian
5. Find Lucy
6. Have a white Christmas
7. Celebrate 4th July in the US
8. Dress up for Halloween
Hmmm, I am willing to expand on the list and open to suggestions!
2. Build a snowman
3. Hug a polar bear (should probably make that the last because it will be the last thing I do!)
4. Learn French Canadian
5. Find Lucy
6. Have a white Christmas
7. Celebrate 4th July in the US
8. Dress up for Halloween
Hmmm, I am willing to expand on the list and open to suggestions!
Lazy Sunday afternoon
Hi all,
It is really true, the snow is all gone. I was trying to convince the sky yesterday to snow but it just didn't happen. How can you go from wearing thongs one day to Ugg boots the next, then back to thongs.. I thought Melbourne weather was bad! We are even getting temps of up to +17... It is a Canadian heatwave!
I was supposed to go for breakfast this morning, but slept through it! Um yeah, nothing has changed! he he
Today is a lazy Sunday afternoon. I am going for a coffee (no I still don't drink it) later with a friend of mine and then plan on watching some movies! Yep, it is a kick back day. The sky is overcast (still no snow) and it is an Ugg boot day.
This blog is really about nothing, just like my day!
It is really true, the snow is all gone. I was trying to convince the sky yesterday to snow but it just didn't happen. How can you go from wearing thongs one day to Ugg boots the next, then back to thongs.. I thought Melbourne weather was bad! We are even getting temps of up to +17... It is a Canadian heatwave!
I was supposed to go for breakfast this morning, but slept through it! Um yeah, nothing has changed! he he
Today is a lazy Sunday afternoon. I am going for a coffee (no I still don't drink it) later with a friend of mine and then plan on watching some movies! Yep, it is a kick back day. The sky is overcast (still no snow) and it is an Ugg boot day.
This blog is really about nothing, just like my day!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Vegas, Canada and me being slack! Blog dedicated to Rob!
Well yeah I know, I have been slack. I really have tried to get motivated but Vegas wore me out! Vegas was sensational. I met some people from Minnesota at Minneapolis airport while waiting for the connection. Once we arrived at Vegas I ended up cruising up and down the strip with them and seeing Vegas with very tired eyes was so bright but awesome. I was like a kid in a candy store with all the bright lights. I did the touristy thing and went and saw Cirque Du Soliel. I sat there speechless... I know you find that hard to believe... Oh have to tell you... About ten or so years ago I got an email from a lady named Mykal who lived in America. She sent the email to me by accident and I wrote back telling her that she sent it to the wrong person. Now we have been writing to each other since, she is better at the letters than I am but still we have managed to stay in touch. Mykal and I finally got to meet in Vegas and I swear she is so much fun! From the second she got there and doing drunk manouvers with a beer bottle (sounds bad but it wasn't and she was actually sober) to the 8 hours we will never get back and the moment she left I had a fantastic time with her and her boyfriend, Jason. They are wonderful people and highly recommend people sending random emails to people in other countries. By the time I finished Vegas I was exhausted but so bloody happy. I also had the most toned legs from the ridiculous amount of walking!
I got back home and the snow is fading. In fact, today was 15 degrees. I went from Ugg boots yesterday to thongs today. What a weird arse country! I still love it though.
My little bird run away from home (Mel knows what that means) and I think she was coming to visit in Canada!
I spoke to my nephews and mum the other day on webcam... Mum cried! Poor dear! I also finally got my photos out today and looked at them. Made me laugh, I thought they would make me sad but it was all good.
I still got to the wrong side of the car but as long as I keep driving on the wrong side of the road I am okay! Oh did I tell you that I went and wathed a hockey game? Well I went to another one and I can't believe they actually take their gloves off and punch on.. I was cheering! Concerns me a little! It must be the snow poisoning my blood.
Anyway, I promise to do some more proper updates and keep my blog up to date!!
From Canada,
Kim
I got back home and the snow is fading. In fact, today was 15 degrees. I went from Ugg boots yesterday to thongs today. What a weird arse country! I still love it though.
My little bird run away from home (Mel knows what that means) and I think she was coming to visit in Canada!
I spoke to my nephews and mum the other day on webcam... Mum cried! Poor dear! I also finally got my photos out today and looked at them. Made me laugh, I thought they would make me sad but it was all good.
I still got to the wrong side of the car but as long as I keep driving on the wrong side of the road I am okay! Oh did I tell you that I went and wathed a hockey game? Well I went to another one and I can't believe they actually take their gloves off and punch on.. I was cheering! Concerns me a little! It must be the snow poisoning my blood.
Anyway, I promise to do some more proper updates and keep my blog up to date!!
From Canada,
Kim
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Sitting in Shilo watching a MASSIVE television!
Hi all blogonettes, the whole two of you!
I am house sitting in Shilo which is a Military base about half an hour out of Brandon. Men EVERYWHERE! Never bad for the eyes! Although I think there may be some way too young ones here but hey, I am only looking.
I haven't really done much in the last couple of days, unless you count getting lost on countless times part of the adventure. I do, I seriously think I have been to Shilo every way possible and never the same way twice because I keep getting lost.
It is quite warm today.. it was only minus 4. The snow was even melting. May seem too cold for you but when you think that it was minus 50 the other day, today was a shorts and tshirt day.. kinda!
I laugh that I am learning Canadian. A beanie is called a toque which I think is a stupid word so I am teaching all Canadians that it is a beanie.
I really don't think some of the people I meet have any idea what I am saying. I have often seen the nod of the head where they are agreeing but have no idea what they are agreeing to. I just laugh.
Um I booked for Vegas. Leaving on the 25th of March! Can't wait and I really have not much to say. What a boring adventurous person!
Hope you are all safe and snug
xx
I am house sitting in Shilo which is a Military base about half an hour out of Brandon. Men EVERYWHERE! Never bad for the eyes! Although I think there may be some way too young ones here but hey, I am only looking.
I haven't really done much in the last couple of days, unless you count getting lost on countless times part of the adventure. I do, I seriously think I have been to Shilo every way possible and never the same way twice because I keep getting lost.
It is quite warm today.. it was only minus 4. The snow was even melting. May seem too cold for you but when you think that it was minus 50 the other day, today was a shorts and tshirt day.. kinda!
I laugh that I am learning Canadian. A beanie is called a toque which I think is a stupid word so I am teaching all Canadians that it is a beanie.
I really don't think some of the people I meet have any idea what I am saying. I have often seen the nod of the head where they are agreeing but have no idea what they are agreeing to. I just laugh.
Um I booked for Vegas. Leaving on the 25th of March! Can't wait and I really have not much to say. What a boring adventurous person!
Hope you are all safe and snug
xx
Monday, March 2, 2009
My first post!
Hi all, well anyone because there is only one person on my list so far.
I am sitting in my pajamas in snowy Brandon playing on the computer. I am having a stupid day because I can't be bothered getting dressed but I am full of beans because I just booked my trip to Vegas! I am going to put $20 on red and as soon as I find out what that means I will tell you how I go!
According to my weather widget on my computer it is minus 24 degrees outside, that of course, does not include windchill... I need warm boots to keep my toes warm.
Okay I am off.. Going to make a snowman! he he
I am sitting in my pajamas in snowy Brandon playing on the computer. I am having a stupid day because I can't be bothered getting dressed but I am full of beans because I just booked my trip to Vegas! I am going to put $20 on red and as soon as I find out what that means I will tell you how I go!
According to my weather widget on my computer it is minus 24 degrees outside, that of course, does not include windchill... I need warm boots to keep my toes warm.
Okay I am off.. Going to make a snowman! he he
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