So, I got up early this morning because of Happy, though my initial plan was to sleep in… It was beautiful outside so it didn’t matter, more time to enjoy the pretty day that’s all!
I took it easy in the morning, having brekky, and watching a movie “Eastern Promises.”
After that Happy and I went to Lac à Bouleaux for a swim! Well she swam, I walked in the water. She had a good time! It was cut short though because there were A LOT of flies and some annoying wasps.
Back at home I relaxed, did stuff around the house, washed the car… Just being lazy on a beautiful day.
In the arvo I went for a walk in a path near the beach. I let Happy run free. I hadn’t done it in a long while, because the last times she didn’t want to come back to me. This time I used treats… I called her, she came, she got a treat, she saw coming back to me was fun! It went well. There was a bit more wind so the flies were less annoying.
I also sewed another apron… I now have 2 baby quilts and 3 aprons for the crafts fair in the Fall… Building my stock slowly!
Today’s Photoblog pic is “Iris Flower…”
Yep, I took a day off from work! YAY!
Sunday morning, 8h20… I’m still kinda sleeping… Awake but lazy in bed. The phone rings! It’s M., asking if I’d like to go on a boat excusion… Sure! And he tells me to be ready in 30 minutes!! So I get up, get dressed, make 2 slices of toast, pack stuff for the day, head out with Happy, bring her at mom’s and show up at M.&J.’s place within the delay!
With a friend from out of town and his daughter, we are out to sea! M. takes us first to see whales. We spot a mommy and a baby whale, swimming together. I managed to get a few nice shots of them. Then we went to Île-aux-bois. There we settled in for a picnic. We made a fire. We explored the area, which has ruins of a 1700’s fishing station, quite interesting! Then it was lunch: hotdogs cooked on the fire! Mmmmm! After we went for a walk on the windy side of the island, towards the West, where the tide can bring all kinds of treasures onto shore.
The visit on Île-aux-bois made me want to do something with that amazing fishing site! Some kind of interpretation, tourist panels, guided areas where to walk, reconstruct one of the houses, something! It’s so well conservated and would make a neat tourist attraction!
At home, that arvo, I relaxed. I watched a movie, “Das Leben der Anderen,” which was alright. And went to eat early supper at mom’s.
This morning I did cleaning, laundry and changed the bed sheets. My favourite night is the first night after putting clean sheets in the bed. The bed is perfectly made, smells delicious, crisp sheets, etc. I wish I had a maid changing it daily! But I guess weekly will have to do if I’m doing the work!
A few days ago I started teaching Happy “donne la patte.” It isn’t essential for Mira, but I think every respectable dog should be able to give the paw! She’s doing it quite well already, impressive Happy learns fast! Happy has no tail…
This afternoon, after watching a movie (Grbavica), I did some sewing… I started on another baby quilt, and couldn’t stop myself… I completed it!!
Just watched a neat little movie, Moving McAllister. It was full of “rebondissements”, but with a sweet ending. The main actor was cute too!
Today we got about 2 hours of sunshine and blueish skies. Then the fog came back. It’s really starting to feel like in the movie The Others, where the fog just is surreal and always around and drives you nuts.
My iPod is usually on Shuffle these days, and I listen to it at work with earphones (sometimes start singing, colleagues must think I’m nuts) and at home on the speakers.
Yesterday a Tim Freedman live song came on. It is a recording of a gig I went to with Andy in Oz back in 2004. It was a great show, The Whitlam’s singer solo! It made me curious about what new material The Whitlams had produced in the last years. And I saw they have a new CD coming out in August, a compilation of their best work throughout the years. I just preordered it! It’ll be a signed copy! Yay! Though I love my iPod, I also love CDs.
With Happy… Yep, well, she’s going to go into the training program to be an assistance dog, with someone who has a physical disability/wheelchair. She’ll leave for Mira’s probably in September when I go to Spain, when a spot opens up in their training program.
Happy scored well according to Mira. She was described as a happy but a bit fearful dog, loves to smell stuff, very energetic.
They do a score on 10, 10 being the best.
For what she’s attracted to…
-New room: 6/10 (a bit scared)
-Cats: 9/10 (no reaction)
-Small dogs: 6/10
-Big dogs: 5/10 (wants to go play with her friend)
-Food: 9/10 (doesn’t want it)
For her fears…
-Stairs: 10/10 (way to go Happy!)
-Traffic: 7/10 (a bit at first, gets used to it quick)
-Manequins: 7/10
-Tractor: 6/10 (because of the noise)
-Stranger: 9/10 (they don’t have scary strangers, because I would rate this lile 4/10)
Food…
-Dominating of her food: 5/10 (apparently she showed her teeth and growled at the other dogs who came close)
I’m sooooooooooo glad she passed and will go on to training. But at the same time I am extremely sad.
It has been over 4 months since Happy’s evaluation at Mira. They were supposed to let me know if she passed and was going to the training program or if she failed and was mine to keep. I called and left a message 2 months ago, the lady called me back leaving a message saying she didn’t have news yet.
On Monday, tired of waiting without news, I gave them a call again. The lady was absent, so I left her a message. And today there’s a message on my answering machine, saying to call her back. This time she didn’t say she didn’t have news. She said to call her. Probably because she wants to give me Happy’s evaluation’s result…
I’m scared. And excited. All at once.
I’ll call at 13h…
In November there’s an arts and crafts show here in Blanc-Sablon, profiting the Fondation Olivier Beaudoin (local charity founded in memory of a boy who had a snowmobile accident and passed away). I want to have a stand and sell some stuff… From some jewelry to sewn stuff to paper/card stuff. I started building my inventory. I have made two items last week… Thing is, for me they are priceless because I made them myself! But yet, I have to price these items. Help!
A baby quilt, 28×31 inches, cotton top, fleece back, with a little pillow.
A basic apron, contrasting fabric pocket and neck cord.
It would be a nice snowstorm today, and I wouldn’t be in my office at work. I’d be home in my pjs with Happy. Winds are blowing strong, the sky is dark/gray, it’s rainy. The flowers I planted Saturday are really getting a beating! I hope they survive!
Today was all about flowers!
I went to get a bouquet of iris flowers. They are so pretty!! And the fields are full of blooming purple flowers these days. Looks great on my dining room table!
I also went with a colleague from work and her 3 kids to Capstan Island (Labrador) to get some plants/flowers at a nursery. The retired couple grows them from seeds. They have a big greenhouse. They are cheap too, at 2$ for a casseau, containing 6 stems of flowers. I made a little area of flowers near the steps to my house and filled the planters on my balcony a bit more.
I went to see the sunset with Happy at the beach. A nice end to a day enjoying the simple life.
After Vanou, and many others, here’s mine!
Here’s how you play:
Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr search
using only the first page. Choose an image.
Copy and paste each of the URLs into the mosaic maker at FD’s image maker.
The questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favourite food?
3. What high school did you attend?
4. What is your favourite colour?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favourite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favourite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.
So now, try and guess my answers (row by row, from left to right)!
I’m so happy! Today the maintenance people fixed my house!
They fixed a water pressure problem, that wasn’t a big problem yet but had the potential to if nothing was done.
Also, they brought in new appliances… My fridge had been bugging me since I moved in. The noise it made when running, a whistling sound, was SOOOOOOOO annoying. So they finally brought me a new one!!! YAY! I must have asked 10 times. I guess they were sick of hearing me ask.
They also changed my washing machine, as the foot on it was broken. They could have just fixed the foot like the last two times, but I guess they found it simpler just to bring a new one in! I just did a load of laundry to test it out. Works well!
My village exists because of cod fishing. Then came the moratorium in 1992. No more fishing allowed. Now, fishermen may fish a certain amount of cod for a certain amount of days. And that fishing season has begun. It’s so neat, there are about 20 boats out on the water this morning. The sea is alive, just like in the old days.
I have worn Summer clothes 4-5 times since coming back from Montreal on June 10th. Tomorrow the weather calls for only sun and 16°C. I’m so wearing Summer clothes for work tomorrow! That’s something I miss from Montreal, the warmth!!