Monday morning rolls around this week and I get up and head off to work. I forgot to write down my schedule for the week but I had worked Monday for the past 6 weeks so I just assumed. After a 40 minute drive into the city I was informed that in fact I didn't work. So I packed myself back into my poor little car and made the trek home. I texted Kathy before I left work because I remembered her saying in an email that she was off all day Monday. I thought, maybe I can take a trip there.
By 12:30pm she had replied and I was running to my basement room to pack my little backpack with what I would need for a quick over night trip to Three Hills. I jumped in my car and was humming with excitement because of my extreme rebellion to my usual very planned and organized lifestyle. Driving down south through the beautiful Alberta prairie was most excellent. I've always loved that drive. Highway 2 is multi-talented, so smooth and fast while having such a gorgeous view. Horses and cows, hills and trees. Just love it. Arrival in Three Hills was absolutely thrilling...as always. The very slow little tiny mini town seems to welcome me fully as I drive "through" to the college. Kathy was just finishing up with a session that she is taking that is held at the school.
She came out to my car and we excitedly jumped and hugged and squealed, as is tradition. As soon as I see her I have a sense of excitement and lightened spirit, something I cannot explain. Something that was given to her by God to impress upon me when we are together. It's radical. I hadn't ever been to her new abode she acquired since she had finished schooling. She decided to continue living in Three Hills because she felt like it was where she was supposed to stay (and because she fell in love with a certain dude).
I pulled into an awkwardly shaped front driveway/yard/pull through/confusing parking lot in front of a big two story blue house from the 70's. It's one of those houses that was definatly meant for two families or boarders in the basement. Up or down...your only choices when you walk in the door, both doors closed at the end of the stairs. Kind of like a bad nursery rhyme. We went up. As we walked through the house, Kathy began a running narrative about the details that lay in each room. I dropped my bags in her little room at the end of the hall. Finally Garth came in the door from the back yard, cold and slobbery. So excited to see me. He knew it was me. I could almost hear him saying, "this is the girl who lays down with me and rolls around on the floor like a dog!! Wooo!!" I think dogs think I'm a first-rate human.
The evening went on and we decided to take a drive to the Guzoo. There, I was in heaven. I got to run with tigers! And wolves, and cougars!! They all loved to see us, it was amazing. They actually noticed our presence, unlike other zoos. They would run up to the cage and put their paws on the fence and purr and meow and run and jump with us. It was unbelievably awe-inspiring. I would love to work at a place like that. You NEED to go there. It's incredible. But go on a day that it's not busy, because then you really get a unique chance to get close to the animals and see how they actually notice you and...love you!! Anyway...tangent about Guzoo.
The rest of the evening was pretty chill, eating delish homemade sour dough pizzas and major cleaning Kathy's room. The next morning I took Kathy to work and headed home back north. The scenery doesn't seem as amazing on the way home.
Only when heading south, down to Thrills.
-- Kaela
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Wintery Wonders
I am pleasantly overwhelmed by the beautiful snow.
It makes everything feel so serene.
When you walk outside and the snow crunches under your feet making you shiver.
The sounds seem to float on top the snow covered ground right into your ears.
It feels as though the whole town is right there in my front yard as all of the noises wash around me so clearly.
Winter makes me appreciate the beautiful home that I can run to and the warm air that resides there.
It has a way of making all buildings look cozy as the white puffs of cloud come billowing out their chimneys.
I feel like I smile more in the winter, maybe because it reminds me of the warmth I have to look forward to.
Maybe it is because it feels so crisp and new.
Every flake that falls is a new beginning to a landscape that seems, so suddenly, to take hold of our neighborhoods.
That landscape that we are so accustomed to and yet every year it seems to take us by surprise.
How cold it can be, how icy the roads get, how much snow can really fall, how many cars hit the ditch, how every flake is actually different.
It seems we forget all of these things and every year they stun us over again.
-- Kaela
It makes everything feel so serene.
When you walk outside and the snow crunches under your feet making you shiver.
The sounds seem to float on top the snow covered ground right into your ears.
It feels as though the whole town is right there in my front yard as all of the noises wash around me so clearly.
Winter makes me appreciate the beautiful home that I can run to and the warm air that resides there.
It has a way of making all buildings look cozy as the white puffs of cloud come billowing out their chimneys.
I feel like I smile more in the winter, maybe because it reminds me of the warmth I have to look forward to.
Maybe it is because it feels so crisp and new.
Every flake that falls is a new beginning to a landscape that seems, so suddenly, to take hold of our neighborhoods.
That landscape that we are so accustomed to and yet every year it seems to take us by surprise.
How cold it can be, how icy the roads get, how much snow can really fall, how many cars hit the ditch, how every flake is actually different.
It seems we forget all of these things and every year they stun us over again.
-- Kaela
Thursday 10 November 2011
Planning Our Wedding
In the midst of planning our wedding I decided I wanted to open up a blog to go along with Shawn and I as we plan and then as we live after the wedding. There will be lots of things going on the years to come with moving, homes, renos, family updates and changes. I want to be able to share these things with everyone in a written form. I have always loved writing and I think this would be a good way to do it while keeping everyone updated on our lives.
At the moment Shawn and I are planning the wedding. We have been engaged for 2 months so we are just in the early stages of planning. We are trying to get as many things done as early as possible. I know that as Christmas comes and passes and the New Year comes around time will fly and there will only be 5 months left until the day!! I have purchased my dress, we know what we are doing for invitations (we're making them), just need to buy the paper and get to it. Center pieces are figured out just need to collect all the items.
The bridesmaids and I are trying to get dresses under wraps. It seems to be a bit more of a process than I thought it would be. The color that I have chosen for the ladies to wear is no where in stores right now because it is a summery color, not a Christmasy/wintery color. So we are now switching gears from buying from stores randomly to ordering from a website/store specifically meant for bridesmaids. It's also been hard to find the time to get together with each of the ladies, we all have very different schedules. But we're trying!
We are not going to give away to many details anywhere in either this blog or on our wedding website. We want most things at our wedding to be a surprise to everyone and to be special. But I'll definatly keep everyone updated on our lives here as I have the time! Check back regularly!
-- Kaela (& Shawn)
At the moment Shawn and I are planning the wedding. We have been engaged for 2 months so we are just in the early stages of planning. We are trying to get as many things done as early as possible. I know that as Christmas comes and passes and the New Year comes around time will fly and there will only be 5 months left until the day!! I have purchased my dress, we know what we are doing for invitations (we're making them), just need to buy the paper and get to it. Center pieces are figured out just need to collect all the items.
The bridesmaids and I are trying to get dresses under wraps. It seems to be a bit more of a process than I thought it would be. The color that I have chosen for the ladies to wear is no where in stores right now because it is a summery color, not a Christmasy/wintery color. So we are now switching gears from buying from stores randomly to ordering from a website/store specifically meant for bridesmaids. It's also been hard to find the time to get together with each of the ladies, we all have very different schedules. But we're trying!
We are not going to give away to many details anywhere in either this blog or on our wedding website. We want most things at our wedding to be a surprise to everyone and to be special. But I'll definatly keep everyone updated on our lives here as I have the time! Check back regularly!
-- Kaela (& Shawn)
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