A Quick Trip To Toon

I was talking to my buddy Nav at work a few weeks ago and he told me that he was planning on driving up to Saskatoon to attend his friend's bachlor party June 24th - 26th. I asked him if I could come along for the ride since I had the week booked off and really have been meaning to get up and see my godsons. I have vacation time that started on Monday and goes until Wednesday July 4th so I got my on call covered for Sunday night and off we headed to Saskatoon on Sunday afternoon at about 1pm.

Nav was great conversation. We decided that we just HAD to stop in Hanna for gas and to get a picture of US in the town that produced NICKLEBACK (this is quite a big deal I guess!).

The stop over in Hanna was pretty quick and we got back on the road... and back to some more great conversation :)

This was our awesome view of Saskatchewan flatness with the added pleasantness of squashed bug guts on the windshield that we experiences after Hanna...

Our next stop was in Kindersley. Nav had a very favorite gas station to stop at in both Hanna and Kindersley... I think it is inspired somehow by greyhound buslines...

We got to Saskatoon just after 8pm so we made really good time. Ronaye did forget I was coming somehow so when I got there I got a hold of her on her cell (she was at pike lake) and told her t get her ass back to Saskatoon... she got back with the boys... I visited them for about half an hour and then we drove them back to their dad's house and headed out for the night.

It was Sunday night and not much was open... we headed to Bud's on Broadway but it was closed so we ended up at a bunch of other little pubs along Broadway... we kind of bar hopped around all night but the strange thing was that there was the same people everywhere we went so I guess everyone else were doing the exact same thing.

On Monday morning we woke up to tons and tons of rain. Ronaye had about a million errands to run so we drove al around Saskatoon all day long... it was kind of fun :)

At 3:30 we rushed over to Montgomery School and picked up frick and frack for some fun. We decided that it would be fun to go bowling and then out for a buffet dinner!

Ronaye couldn't really play because she was all broken with a numb leg...

But Avery, Jordan, and I had a blast first with a game of "traditional" bowling and then with a game of "challenger" bowling!

I got my butt kicked but it was a lot of fun to hang out with my favorite boys for a few hours!

Look at my little teenager!

This is Jordan's "STRIKE CELEBRATION" move :)

Ronaye did have one attempt at the pins before we left!

After we got tired and finished up with bowling it was off to the "Smilley Buffet" for some chow... it was not the best buffet I have been to the boys both ate a ton and we had good conversation so it was still a great dinner out.

We had to take the boys back over to their dad's again once we were done dinner so we did that, went for a quick visit to my Uncle Neil and Aunt Cathy's and saw both of them and my cousin James and then headed back to Bud's on Broadway...

We met up with Ronaye's friend Nat and had a few drinks at Bud's... headed over to Riley's for a few more.... and then back to Bud's after hours for just one more... it was a busy night... we finally got home just after 4:30!

I slept until noon this afternoon until Nav called me to tell me he was on his way to pick me up. The trip home was just as good as the way up but I was too tired and lazy to take any more pics... and that was my quick trip to the toon!

TALAN COLE FREEMAN

My nephew has been officially named and introduced to the world... I announced it earlier on Facebook but forgot to announce it on MYDIAL...

Please welcome TALAN COLE FREEMAN !!!

The Nephew Update

I stole this picture from my sister's blog because I liked it! I went to visit my sister and the baby (no it still does not have a name!!!) on Saturday... Genitta had a bit of pain and complications but I jut spoke to her and she is starting to feel much, much better and her and the baby are now at home!

I can take off my hospital bracelet now (I was the designated "special support person") and will go visit them all again on my way home today :)

Work is really not going so well today so hopefully the end of my day comes soon!

There has been a name recall...

The new baby boy Freeman does not suit the name Ashton and has requested a name recall... he will let his parents know what he wishes to be called shortly and once he tells them I will tell all of you :)

Welcome Un-named Baby!

I would like to introduce you all to my nephew who was born today June 15th, 2007 at 3:24pm (15:24 for you military folk!).

Un-named baby came to us almost three weeks early but he is at a really nice weight - 6lbs 6oz. Both my sister Genitta and baby are doing really great :)

I did not get a picture of the baby with his grandmother but here is one with his very proud Opa!

We had a very quick visit and then decided to let mom and baby rest but I got a cool green hospital bracelet and have been named "special support person" so I can go back as much as I want!

Isn't he gorgeous. I really love him and he sure made today a really great day!

Today... In Facebook Updates

So I have become a bit of a facebook addict lately... especially since I have been in my office with not a ton of "need to get done right now" work lately. I have the regular month end and year wrap up stuff to do but since the school presentations have been slowing down and came to a halt on Monday I have been feeling like I need some kind of "project" or something a bit out of the mundane to motivate me and get me going. I've been asking for a "creative, challenging project - but not just everyone's crap work that they don't want to do" for about a week now and it made me laugh when I read through my updates from today... they pretty much say it all :)

This was my day on facebook:

I was supposed to go to this CANN meeting way up North of 36th Ave in the NE this morning from 9-11am. I got to 90th Ave and 14th Street SW at 8:20 this morning and at 9:15 I called work and told them I was just coming there since I was JUST getting to Glenmore!!!

FACEBOOK UPDATE: Sasha is at work after trying to fight traffic and missing her meeting this morning... now looking for a creative project to do so she doesnt get bored today! 10:39am

I read my emails, went for a visit and smoke with Robyn, then with Irwin, talked to Joan, looked for Blair, checked my email's, checked my facebook again and:

FACEBOOK UPDATE: Sasha is at work but has not found a project... 12:34pm

I emailed my volunteers, called and spoke to a few of them, printed off mileage sheets, then went for a tour of the office and found THIS...

I have no idea where it came from but we pretty much have this exact hat it our crisis call centre phone room. It's been there for a while and in my wanders around the centre today I found it and decided that since I was was not too busy I would be the FIRE WARDEN!

My HR manager told me that I looked ridiculous in the hat, and then came back an hour later and asked why exactly I was wearing the hat... I told her "because I have some time and am looking for a creative, challenging project so today I am the fire marshall and I think that maybe we should get a red fire marshall shirt to go with the hat". A few other people were commenting on my new role and we tried to take a picture but the camera batteries were charging. They asked what exactly I planned to do in my new role as fire warden, so I went back to my office to think about that for a bit and to check my facebook (the addiction remember-90% of our staff is also on facebook).

FACEBOOK UPDATE: Sasha is obviously the fire warden today... which is why she is wearing the fire warden hat (told you I needed a project!). 1:49pm

I did a bit more mundane just get it done work in my office, Trish came and told me that I could do some shredding if I was bored and I told her that was just crap work and I would only do it if I could make it a controlled fire.

Someone said something about the fire extinguishers and it not being a controlled fire and I decided that as fire warden I should see where our fire extinguishers were and see when they expired. I was at the very first one and Paul "the manager" came out and told me that regardless of whether I was wearing the fire warden hat or not I was not allowed to play with the fire extinguishers...

FACEBOOK UPDATE: Sasha is not allowed to play with the fire extingisher in the office... regardless of whether she is wearing the fire warden hat or not :( 4:24pm

I was going to go and do some work for an hour and kill the rest of the day before cadets but I went to check if I had mail (I never do and it is SO SAD!) and I ran into Nav in the hallway... the moving dolly was right there so I told Nav to jump on and I would see if I could "dolly" him down the hall. I totally could have but he didn't trust me and he kept correcting his weight and pushing backwards which made it impossible... we had bad timing because it was on the hour 5:00 when all the counselling appointments start/end and clients started coming out of the office so we scooted back into the file room with the dolly but not before the program director spotted us.

She came and asked me if I was bored so I told her yes and that I needed a creative, challenging project to keep me busy since it was summer... she gave me a pretty cool little project to work on so I should be busy with that for the next week or two! :)

FACEBOOK UPDATE: Sasha is happy because after the "fire extinguisher" fiasco she got a creative challenging project! 11:02pm