A Life Worthy Of The Calling...Day 5

TODAY IS FRIDAY!!! oh man that made it so hard to get up this morning! But today was a good day! We had intercession instead of worship, Sharon came and showed pictures of the Costa Rica outreach and shared about what they were doing. We then spent a while praying for them. It was great time!
After that, we again spent time talking to a couple people from Blackfalds who are involved with the community. Today we talked to two pastors. It kinda Went all over the place but there were a couple different points that really really hit me. We looked at Ephesians 4 "I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling."
And then John 21:1-14. The passage in John comes right after the death and resurrection of Christ, and Peter has denied Jesus three times. I won't type the whole thing out but I will explain it and just quote the key point. This passage is about Jesus reveling himself to his disciples, after he has been raised from the dead. Peter went out fishing with some of the other disciples. They were fishing all night and caught nothing, In the morning Jesus showed up on shore and called to them asking how the fishing was going, they told him (not knowing who he was) that they had been out all night and caught nothing. So Jesus told them to throw the net over the other side of the boat, when they did so they caught a full net! Peter immediately knew it was Jesus and jumped in and swam to shore. When he and the others got to shore the saw that a fire had already been lit. Here is the key verse that comes next. John 21:12 "Jesus said to them, 'Come and have breakfast.' None of the disciples ventured to question him, 'who are you?' Knowing that this was the Lord."
The part in john really hit me because Peter has just denied Jesus publicly three times after He told him he would, and then he says "here have some breakfast!" He didn't hold a grudge, He didn't come up to him and say "I told you so" he just said here let me bless you. I thought that was just a really cool thought. It made me think about how much we point out the negative that people already know that the have done, instead of just being a friend. And in Ephesians Paul tells us to "live a life worthy of the call." Are we living out lives to the fullest? Are we living what God intended us to live? just a couple thoughts.
This afternoon we went to volunteer at the Olympic Torch Rally. That was a whole lot of hype for about 30 seconds of nothing(?) We stood around directing people through gates, turning people away if they came to the wrong one. We froze our butts off to see a torch for about 5 minuets...Wow...
I am so excited for the weekend! Sleeping, sleeping, homework, sleeping. oh good times...
Things I Learned Today...
1. Never give Eli or Chris a tape
2. Slog is a word
3. That shoes with holes in them are not conducive to keeping your feet warm when you are standing in wet slush all day
4. There is nothing to do in the Red house on a Friday night no matter how many times you search it
5. Homework sucks

No Greater Love Than This...Day 4

I managed to be on time again this morning, AND the church was unlocked! I am really getting good at this! This morning we the talked again about community and love, but today we were able to interview a couple people who are involved with the Blackfalds community. We interviewed the lady who runs the food bank in town and then two people from Neighborhood place. It was really cool to hear what they had to say about community and Blackfalds and their idea's on how you can change it. The verse we read before we went out at interviewed them was John 15:9-15 the key verses in this are verse 12-13
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down your life for his friend."
It was great to just spend sometime hearing their stories and such! We also talked a bit about it as a group, how it would look for us to lay down our lives for others. I mean it could as simple as just listening to someone, or letting them "win" the argument. It kinda ties in with the relinquishing your rights that we talked about yesterday. Sometimes all people need is a listening ear, or a honest "how are you?" I mean how many times have you asked someone that question and really wanted an answer? or even waited around for one? One of the ladies said "A lot of the problems with the youth in our community comes from them not being respected as people (this goes for adults as well). If you want respect you have to give respect." That really got me thinking, a lot of the times we just label people and judge them by their outer appearance. If we don't treat them like humans of course they aren't gonna act like them! They are just gonna act the way we treat them. It just really got me thinking, even a smile can make a difference!
This afternoon was bible study...haha that was great! today wasn't to much of bible studying as more of a teaching the approach that we are learning for studying. It is called the Inductive approach. There are four steps to this approach
1) Observation - What does the text say?
2) Interpretation - What did the text mean to the original readers?
3) Application - What does the text mean to me?
4) Proclamation - How can this be shared with others?
We started with Colossians. So we are working through it just color coding it and such, just really digging into the book, there is so much in it, it's amazing!
We also just started by talking about why we study the bible, and we read part of psalm 119, we each took 20 verses, one of the verses that really stuck out to me was Psalm 119:92 "If thy law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction." That just really jumped out at me. It made me think of the song "Keep your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim. In the light of his glory and grace." I have a lot to think on tonight and a lot of homework...and I need sleep

Giving Up Your Rights...Day 3

So today started a little better, I was on time. But when we got to the church...we were locked out. haha Oh I love YWAM. Well today was great! Worship was totally cool! We just spent time listening to worship music and writing, or drawing or praying, really whatever just spending time thinking and talking to God. I started writing a poem that will hopefully turn into a song, but we shall see.
After worship our morning session started out with a couple of us sharing our testimonies, and then we watched a video of Loren Cunningham, the man who started YWAM. The video was about relinquishing your rights. Your rights to freedom, finances, family, life, culture, etc. it was a really good video! I got a lot from it. Of course he had to say under the umbrella of culture there was sleep...you have to give up your right to sleep...How do you do that?? haha and out of all the things he could have said sleep really?? oh darn it
I really enjoyed him as a speaker it was great, and I stayed awake and was able to follow everything that he said! I was proud of myself...but I did hear birds in the background...so most of the time I was paying attention. No I really was, I have notes to prove it.
The afternoon session was intersession. So we gathered at the church and then took a walk through Blackfalds to hear what God was saying about it. Then we gathered at the church again to share what we had all heard, It was great to hear all the things that people had heard and how they had connected to what other people had heard! After that we went out again to pray about what we heard! It was great! just walking by myself with God and praying for the town. Great times! After that we gathered again to share anything else that God had shown us, again there was so much conformation it was great!
Work duty was the same. Mopping, dishes, that kind of thing.
After supper we were able to just hang out at Adam's house and talk, and play a couple games. One of which was "Jungle Speed" kinda like 'Dutch Blitz" mixed with 'spoons' what a great game but it can get a little violent like spoons.
Things I Learned Today
1. Never turn your back on Chris, you will undoubtedly receive a snowball somewhere on your persons.
2. In order to experience the full potential of your relationship with God you need to relinquish your rights as a human.
3. Having said point #2 I must give up my right to sleep *tear*
4. Apparently I am a fast reader
5. If Kirk jumps off a cliff Chris will follow
Here is the little thing I wrote in Worship today.

Beauty Of The Unspoken

The music fades
The silence grows
Whispering the beauty of the unspoken
Laughter dances on the wind
Whispering the beauty of the unspoken
All of creation whispers of something greater
The earth speaks of a maker
Innocence comes in the morning
Whispering the beauty of the unspoken
Words cannot describe
The Beauty that lies in the unspoken

-K.G

Living In Community...Day 2

So day two! Wow! what can I say? It started WAY to early for me but I managed to make it! And yup I was late. I found out that my clock is 22 minuets slow! Whoops me! Oh well now I set it a couple minuets fast so hopefully it won't happen again.
Today started with worship, that was so great! A guy named Ben Rogers led worship is was really good! I really enjoyed it. We started session out with getting out journals and talking about the definition of what worship is. The biggest thing we decided was that worship is anything that brings glory to God. You can worship God just by cooking, or cleaning, or working, or training horses, or playing sports, As long as your heart is in the right spot. Worship is an Attitude of heart.
This week the plan is to learn about what it means to be living in community and what it means to love. Well In the middle of our morning session we were interrupted by a emergency phone call. Someone had called the neighborhood place saying that they found a very sick man in one of their houses that they rent out. The man was 64 and had been suffering from an extreme bowel infection (or something of the sort), and was lying on the floor in extreme pain. He was unable to afford an ambulance (being that he was three months under 65 he had to pay close to 500 bucks for it). So Neighborhood place gave us a call to see if we could help him get to the hospital. So we all left the church and went to the coffee shop and prayed for him. Than Adam (the DTS director) took Chris and Brandon to go see if they could get him into the YWAM van and take him to the hospital. The rest of us stayed behind at the coffee shop and prayed for him. It was great just to spend time as a group praying for someone!
After about an hour Adam, Chris and Brandon got back and let us know how he was doing and we told them what we had prayed about. He was able to somewhat walk to the van so they were able to get him to Lacombe hospital. On the way he was just sharing about his cats and how he was concerned they would be hungry so Adam said that we would look after the cats. He also decided that as a group we would give his house a nice cleaning after lunch.
Well As he told us the state of the house we were all expecting the worst, but as it turns out it wasn't as bad as we thought it was. We went in fabreezes blazing (the smell was the worst) holding our breath and opened all the windows and doors. After we had managed the smell and were able to get an idea of what needed to be done we realized that it wasn't so bad (much to our relief ). It needed a good vacuuming, sweeping, the bathrooms were the worst, the kitty liter was a disaster, and there where a couple dishes that needed to be done. So we set to work, it didn't take to long, we fabreezed everything, couches, chairs, bed, we disinfected all the light switches, door handles, garbage can. We got a lot of good laughs and bonded a little as a group. We will go back later this week for the cats and to do some more cleaning. We will continue to pray for him! For healing, for financial provision, salvation. We are excited to see what happens in the future! What a way to learn about what community is! Wow!
that pretty much sums up day 2! other than that we had our work duties and then super! Now it is time to hit the sack! Another early morning awaits me! Yipee!
Things That I have learned Today
1. Adam tends to exaggerate (haha great laughs out of that one)
2. My stomach can handle a lot more than I thought it could
3. God has a funny way of teaching you hands on! It's great!
4. Brandon doesn't like cats
5. I still do NOT like mornings

-K.G

And So It Begins...day one

Today was the beginning of one of the largest adventures of my long 18 years of life...YWAM. I moved in yesterday so I guess you could say that the adventure started yesterday but not a whole lot happened so I'm just gonna say that it started today. First off I have to readjust to town living. Street lights, trains. well mostly just the trains. My first night I got about 2 hours of sleep between the train that went past what seemed like every 45 min. I am so not used to that!
I am one of 5 students in this DTS. I am the only girl. Which really isn't much different than living at home except for the fact that none of them are my brothers. At least there are other girls in the house, There is a young couple with at little 1yr old daughter, and then two Korean girls. As of right now I have no roommate but if a girl mission builder comes than she will share my room. The past two nights have been a little boring, spending them in my room alone, over time that might change, but I have a real hard time getting to know people, so it might take a couple days.
Today we just spent time getting to know each other and Blackfalds. We played a couple games to help us learn how we all think, and to learn YWAM's 17 values, haha to bad none of us really read our handbooks...whoops us. This first week we will spend learning what it means to live in community and what it means to love. I am excited to tomorrow when actual classes start! I never thought that I would say that I miss school!
This evening after supper I realized that I am a lot smarter than I thought I was! haha but then again this is just the beginning.
Here at YWAM we are all put on what they call "work duties" they split us up into teams of two and we are responsible for certain chores. I am on lunch clean up and house clean up. So I have to clean up after lunch and then clean the bathrooms, vacuum, sweep, mop, that kind of thing. I am on that with a guy names Kevin. He is from California and is in the Biblical Worldview School. There are Ten people living in the "Red House" (bet you can't guess why it's called that). Two Koreans (Anna & Juhee), Two dutch (Becky & Niek), One Portuguese (Dan), One American (Kevin), 4 Canadians (Chris, Eli, Brandon, Me) and then Becky & Dan's daughter. It makes for cool culture.
I will try keep this as updated as I can, but there are NO guarantees. We will be traveling a lot so I may not have internet access all the time! I will try make it at least once a week! I will end most of them just highlighting interesting things that I have learned, either about myself, life, God, or really anything.
1. I am more of an introvert than I thought
2. You can't scrub off the words that are indented on the inside of rice cookers
3. That it is possible to take a shower in a minuet and a half
4. I am NOT a morning person, even is I am up I do not start functioning at a normal rate until lunch-ish
Anyhow tomorrow is a bright and early day! So long till next time!
-K.G

Growing pains...

So unfortunately being only 5 foot I have never really experienced growing pains personally. I do however remember the nights I was woken up by my little sister (who by the way is like almost a foot taller than me) screaming in pain, either she has a super low pain tolerance or those were some killer growing pains. She had them often! I on the other had have only experienced the apparent gnawing feeling in my legs only a couple of times (much to my disappointment). I have however and still am experiencing the growing pains of character growth, (due to my lack of experience in the "growing pains" area I will not compare growing of the heart to the growing of legs) I will just say they suck. I am not sure I have really experienced anything quite as painful! I don't even know how to explain them, other than pain, like your heart physically hurts, I never thought you could feel your heart breaking. Anyhow, over the past couple months I have been experiencing lots of growing pains, which I suppose if I look on the bright side is a good thing, but do I always have to look on the bright side? or can I just wallow in the pit of self pity and broken hearts? I know I know "because it builds character." I feel as though I shall have a lot of character very soon.
I often find it hard, and sometimes almost impossible to keep myself out of the "self pity mode" and keep looking at the silver lining. I often wonder why there is so much pain involved in building character. But then you are really just building your heart, and what is your heart? a muscle, and how do you build muscle? by working out. When you work out and push yourself just a little beyond where you normally go (out of your comfort zone) you tare your muscle just a little bit (i.e the stiff feeling you feel after a long hard day). When the muscle fixes itself you have a stronger muscle (i.e six packs). So when you are going through all the heart breaking and taring of growing pains when your heart fixes itself it is much stronger than it was before. But boy I would much rather spend six hours at the gym than go through some character building experience again! But like time they never cease coming.
As much as I hate the feeling of something getting ripped out of my heart, there is nothing better than the feeling after, the peace, the freedom, and (NO WAY!) the strength that I feel. I feel stronger and wiser having gone through those things than I would without. God has been teaching me and guiding me and building my character so much the past couple months it's been amazing! If I look at where I was in September and where I am now I get blown away! I have grown so much (I feel anyways haha not sure what everyone else thinks =P). God has just totally wreaked me. But the cool thing is (unlike when I take something apart) He is putting me back together into something stronger than before. He is shaping me into what he wants me to be, to be able to carry out the plans that he has for me, the plans that were written before time...But golly does it hurt!

2010!

Happy New year!!
wow 2010 already! crazy where time goes! So it's been awhile since I last posted, the holidays are soo crazy busy it's ridiculous!! Celebrating them with just my brother was interesting, totally different! not all bad but very very different. None of the traditions we have with our family happened. No dutch food, no tree, no lights, we were in bed by 7:30 every night. We did go to a friends house on Christmas day for dinner and games after, that was fun, we had some good laughs.
New years was about the same. My brother went to pick up my cousin (who is living with us from ONT.) So he was gone till about 3:30am. I went to a friends house for supper and games till about 11:30. That was good. My Year went out with a push! I got stuck in my friends driveway when I was leaving...Really stuck...really really stuck...it took 13 big guys to push out my vehicle it was quite fun :) Oh the memories I shall carry with me forever.
It's been interesting to adjust to adult life, there are lots of changes. It's been an adjustment living with people who communicate differently than you, who eat differently than you, who run a house differently than you. But as hard as it has been it is all part of growing up and learning and it's been a good thing. Growing never feels good but it's always needed. Sometimes I wish it was just my brother and I but then again When he is gone at work all day it would be pretty darn boring around here. Only one more week to go than I am off to YWAM and will be living with a bunch of new people...PEOPLE I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THEM haha. I have learned over the past few weeks I am much more of an introvert than I thought. At times that is good but sometimes that is also a pain in the neck! It's a hard road living in community with people, but at the same time has it's advantages. Having parents out of the country is a different feeling, we can't just pick up the phone and talk to them or text them, even e-mail is hard. What a way to get launched into adulthood. I hope to be a little more on top of updating this thing, hopefully once a week but no guarantees.
I hope everyone's year is great!!
-K.G

What makes me happy...in the great white north...

So there are a few things that make me feel very happy at this point in life...
1. Snowy days.
2. When you are out doing chores or riding and you come back inside to a nice warm cozy house.
3. Sitting in front of the fire with tea and a book on those snowy days.
4. Drinking real green tea on those snowy days.
5. Doing puzzles in front of the fire with a cup of tea on those snowy days.
6. Foggy glasses: it makes the whole experience more real :)
7. Reading about Robin Hood and King Arthur in front of the fire on those snow days.
8. Watching 'The Princess Bride' in front of the fire with tea.

So really as long as I have tea, a good book, a puzzle, snow, and fire then I am quite content to live in the great white north :)

K.G

time passes...in the blink of an eye

Do you ever wonder where time goes?? It's crazy how fast things change and grow. You blink and it's gone. I never understood why my parents always told me I was growing too fast. According to me I was growing to slow. Now all I want it to turn back the hands of time and relive those moments that I loved, the moments that I hated, the moments that I thought life couldn't get any worse, the moments that life was the greatest thing that could ever happen, and the moments that changed my life forever. Do you ever wonder how you would handle things going back and redoing them? Would you fight back? Would you just walk away? Would you have more grace? Would you say something or do something different? Would you have more patience? Sometimes I wish that I could go back with all the knowledge I have now and deal with things differently, but then where would I be now? I wouldn't be the same person. I wouldn't have grown the way I did through those situations.
The love you have after building a relationship with someone through the good times and the bad would not be the same, or as strong if you never went through those though times. The understanding that you have for something wouldn't be the same, or even be there if you didn't take the time to work it out. Why is it that when you are so young all you ever want to do it grow up? Why do we spend so much time when we are little trying to be bigger, trying to be older. just the get there and try to be young again? Why can't we just go through life and enjoy every minuet? the good and the bad? the better and the worse? What causes us to fly though life only to regret not taking the time to soak it all in? Why can't we all just stop and breathe? Take in the scenery? Enjoy our pie? (not 100% sure where that one came from but hey I never said I was smart :P).
Four years ago today a little 6 month old baby came into our family screaming, but she still stole our hearts. Who knew she would change our lives so much? all the long nights screaming and writhing from the pain of with drawl. Would I have traded those months or something else? No. If I could have taken her pain away I would have taken it in a heart beat. But would we be where we are now? For one thing no one would have guessed that after 6 months of screaming and writhing in pain every night, that this little girl would hold each one of our hearts so tightly? Well she has. I can't even imagine life without her. It actually hurts to think about it. After four years she has stolen the hearts of pretty much everyone she has come in contact with. Her beautiful brow eyes, her mischievous smile, her contagious laugh, her giggle that can light up a room. she is amazing. Today December 10 2009 marks four years of her being in our home! We looks forward to the years ahead and hope and pray her adoption goes through soon! We love you a million stars Peaches!! (nickname used to protect child).
-K.G.

Concerts and other such delights...

Ok so it's been awhile anyways cool story this past week one of my favorite christian bands came to my area and played! It was an AMAZING worship time! God was totally there and you could just feel his presence it was awesome! there weren't that many people at the show so it made it very personal, and after the show was over it gave us a chance to talk to one of the guys from the band. It was really cool! We were able to pray with him and for him and yeah it was just nice to be able to give back a little bit to them. It must be hard to be in a band and have to pour out so much to people and never get anything in return. I just hope and pray that we were able to make a little bit of a difference even if it just encouraged them. Anyhow I don't really have any more time to post a whole lot more but till next time!
K.G.

So this past week I've had to play vet for my mare. On Sunday my dad gave her her vaccinations and Monday afternoon I went out to get her to work with her and found that she wasn't breathing properly, her noes was running like it was a tap that was left on, she was dripping sweat, her neck was swollen and she was shaking so much she looked like she was ready to collapse. Called the vet and unfortunately I didn't have a trailer to take her to the vet, nor did I have the 150$ to have him come out and look at her. So I got my camera out and took pictures and videos of her and brought those to the vet and had her checked out that way, I know, I was desperate. Anywho when I showed the vet the pictures and video he said it looked like she had a reaction to the vaccines and it was a localized infection. He gave me some meds I had to give her orally as well as needles I had to administer :S so I spent three days checking her almost every hour and giving her and 18gage needle with 20cc of meds in her neck...the needle was HUGE! But now I can say I know how to give a needle but it still creeps me out...yeah that was my week. Oh on saturday I worked with Arod for the first time! he has the attention span of a pickle, but what do you expect with a two year old :) he did well for never doing anything before.
till next time!
K.G.

Houdini...

So I picked up my new horse on Saturday, He had a little bit of a hard time trailering but we got him loaded so that's good. He is a sweet little guy! His face is so young! he's really friendly and is pretty laid back and is settling in well! For now he is at the bottom of the pecking order but that may change as he gets more confident. On Saturday we put him in the round pen so he could get used to the other horses but still be able to get away if he wanted to. After he was kinda settled in there we left to go get a load of hay, we were gone for an hour tops, when we got home he was out, in the pasture with the other two horses. All the rails were still intact and the gate was still double chained. We came to the conclusion that he either jumped or climbed. It made for a good laugh but now we know we have to watch him with that. He has not tried to get out of the pasture so that is good. Right now I am just working on getting him used to me, my voice, my smell that sort of thing. He's doing really well, he follows me around when I am in the pasture cleaning up, so that is a good sign. I am really excited to start working with him, he seems to be a very very smart quick learner! and really willing to learn too! He will be a lot of fun! His new name is Arod which means Swift, I was thinking Houdini but that will just be his nickname :)
Till next time
K.G.

The Road Goes Ever On And On...

"In order to move on the the future, I have to embrace the present, and in order to embrace the present I need to let go of the past."

The past few weeks have been really crazy! Trying to figure out what exactly is going on in my life, what my plans for the future are, where I'm going in life. It's crazy what graduating from high school does to your brain. I thought I had it all figured out, but when the time came I didn't know anymore. The feelings of being pressured into doing things that other people thought I should be doing with my life, not knowing where I was feeling called, not wanting to grow up, trying to find my place in monstrously huge world, were/are overwhelming. Sometimes I wish that you just knew the answers to all the questions that go through your head. But at the same time you would never learn anything, there would be no adventure in life anymore. I am starting to get an idea of where I am supposed to be, what I am called to do. I don't know how I am going to get to where I need to be, but I know I need to embrace where I am right now, and let go of where I've been. I don't need to worry about the future, it will come just like it always does, all I need to worry about is what I am doing with the time I am given. Tomorrow never comes so why worry? why focus on it? Why not live today like you will never live again? Why not take risks? What have you really got to lose? The future will come whether I like it or not. I'm not sure where this road will take me but I'm going to find out and embrace whatever comes my way.
K.G

New Horse...

Ok so I just got some exciting news!! I went to go look at a horse this past Sunday, I fell in love at first sight. He's the sweetest little guys ever! he has lots of spunk but he's very good with people. He's two years old and only halter broke which means I get to train him!! I am so excited! anyways today I found out that I got approved to purchase him! He is a rescue horse so that means that they are a little tighter on the purchasers so I had to give references and such, but they approved me! Now I get to go pick him up whenever I want to!! so hopefully this weekend!! I am so stoked!! His name right now is Conman but I will probably change it, I have a couple ideas but nothing official yet. Here are some pictures of him!









He needs some work on his coat and stuff but all that needs it a little bit of TLC and one on one care. He is still growing, he is about 14hh-14.2hh (56-58inches) right now, but when he is fully matured he will probably be about 15hh-15.2hh(60-62inches). In case you are wondering you measure them to the top of their shoulder not their head :) I am excited to start again with a new horse! It will be a lot of work but I am looking forward to it! till next time!!
K.G

At a banquet...

So unfortunately I have no pictures for this post, and it will probably be pretty short but anyhow.
Tonight my sister a friend and I played at a banquet that our church put on as a thank you to everyone who helped build it. We mostly did the background music and then we did a couple songs as part of the program. It went pretty well until we forgot to eat, and then when I was playing one of the songs I wrote I mixed the first half of the first verse with the second half of the second verse, after I got VERY confused I just jumped into the chorus. No one noticed but of course I did and it was just a very very short song :p with only three verses instead of four. Anyhow other than that it went pretty well, not our best performance but it was good. It was nice to just be in the background and only do a couple songs in the program. I think it would be super fun to do a valentines day banquet and get to play all sorts of love songs! It was a little hard trying to pick songs for an older audience but it was a fun challenge and if I would ever do it again I would know what to expect and know what to do differently.
Oh and by the way the snow has melted and it was much warmer today and yesterday than it has been! looks like we may get the fall we missed after all :D
Till next time!
K.G

In the great white north...

So this is my first blog entry. Not sure what exactly will happen with this blog but I thought I would give it a shot and see what happens. I am no word smith, I just write what first comes to my mind. Anyhow to begin.
This past weekend was thanksgiving, and of course it had to snow. Have you ever completely skipped a season? I mean other than going somewhere warm to escape the cold? well we just experienced skipping a season. Like a week and a half ago I was sitting at work in a tank-top and shorts and planing on going to the beach with some friends. yeah that would be the last week in September! It was still in the 30s. then WHOOSH! In comes an "arctic front". What's that for? I mean I know I'm living "up north" but central Alberta ain't that close to the arctic! Now here I sit in front on the fire with hot chocolate, and a blanket warming up after a nice ride on my horse, and I am watching it snow outside...really...snow? whatever! oh and of course our water heater for the horses water broke and we did not find this out till their water trough was frozen solid! and it's not a tiny one, it's a huge old rubber tractor tire. So now I spend an hour every morning breaking ice out of buckets for the dogs and the horses. Well at least it's not just cold, at least we have snow so it's not so bad cause you can still have snowball fights. Maybe we'll get a longer snowboarding season now...that could be nice! Anyhow if I don't freeze I will probably post something again soon. till then stay warm!
K.G.