im going to canada to hug mooses and whales

im heading of to canada to spend the winter snowboarding and the summer......well i dont know yet but i hope it involes looking at lots of big whales and working as little as possible, before returning to edinburgh in september 07

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

well its the end of my days of again, back to work tomoro for 3 days, think it'l be hard geting back into the swing of geting up at 6.30, oh well at least il be able to pay my rent. in other news i stacked it trying to do a rail a couple of days ago and i think i have pulled quite a few muscles in my back, it hurts so there;s been no ridding for me the last few days, but im going to give it a try in my break tomoro and see how i get on. i went to a pot dinner at laurens house last night, everyone has to bring a dish then you get to eat loads of different stuff, it was great :) my contribution was mac and cheese. the star of the party was a pink dove that someone brought, it loved sitting on peoples heads and was so cute, here are some pics

but first another snowy pick from up the hill, its just so pretty
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the bird (cant remember its name) and cory
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i know i look realy drunk in this pick but it was the start of the night and i wasnt, promise
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the bird just loves sitting on peoples heads
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it was so sociable, just went round everyone and got stroked
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my impressive mac and cheese. all the food was realy good
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i was just praying it didnt poo on my head
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there were 3 cats in the house, it could have been a bit of a disaster for the bird but they got locked away
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think the mac and cheese was a success :)
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well im having a nice quiet night in tonight in preperation for my early rise tomoro

Friday, January 19, 2007

im almost a pro!

it has been snowing for 2 days so today i got up early and headed up the hill at 8.30am, was such a good day and we hit loads of jumps and stuff, so here is a couple vids of my jibbin a tree, i know i fall on the firt on but it was my first EVER attempt EVER, 2nd attempt was more sucessful, woooop





im back to work tomorow after 9 days off, its going to be a bit of a shock to the system, but its only 1 day then im off for another 4, im planning on boarding like crazy, might even take a lesson since there free, its a hard life

mental rental party

well it was the rentals work party last night, and my they know how to party, was such a good night, there was every type of drink ever, including a keg and they also got a quarter pipe built with a big kicker into it, once id had a few beers i had to give it a go, unfortunately i dont have any footage of it but omg, it was the best fun ever! anyway, here's some pics, i wont post them all but if you wana see them then click on the pics to get to my flickr page. oh and i should explain that the dressing up theme for the party was james bond/aerobics!!

the bar
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my sexy outfit
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my locker buddy graham as a bond girl, VERY VERY scary
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check out those hot rental and repair boys
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the shot ski
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our entry for the cardboard derby, a spaceship
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a spaceship full of drunks
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it even had a drinks shelf
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as the night went on the spaceship didnt look so good
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i some how dont think its going to make it to the cardboard derby
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the quarter pipe, on one run i shot right over the top of it, think it was my best trick, lol
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most people boarded in there outfits, pretty chilli. i was sensible and put on my boarding gear, and my helmet (told u i would debbie)
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the keg
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our bonefire, the mound of snow behind it is the back of the quarter pipe
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we also had an awards ceremony, this was mine, also got to pick a prize from the lucky dip bag, i got a toy truck
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rob and mick dont look to impressed with theres
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bosses and supervisors didnt get an award, but they did get a shot ski
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

snow shoeing fun

well debbie has left, i walked her to the shuttle bus this moring at 6am, was very sad to see her go and know i wont see her again till june :(

before she left we went on a snow shoe safari (not that there were any animals as its so snowy but we did see signs of lots of wildlife) so we got picked up at the house then headed to provincial park where we got kitted out with snow shoes and headed into the woods

just before we set off
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check how deep the snow is on the bridge!
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it was so pretty in the park, it was like being in narnia
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having a break for some hot apple cider and cookies
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the snow was so deep, there's no way you could have walked through the park without snow shoes on
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some bear claw marks on a tree. aparently the biggest problem for baby bears are male bears so the mum will send the babies up trees to keep them safe
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we learnt lots of interesting facts about the park and the fernie area. this tree stump is from the fire of 1908, the whole forest was burnt down as was the town, only 30 buildings survived
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we had to get over this log, little tricky when you'v got big metal things attached to your feet
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the explorers
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then at night we went out for drinks to give debbie one last send of. we went to the air guitar championships at the royal pub

debbie finalt spots some wildlife
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debbie and luke looking very drunk and happy
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well thats the last update of team debbies fernie adventures, back to going it alone. i have my work party tonight (fancy dress theme is bond/aerobics!) so today i have to go and get a costume and some food to bring, they supply the booze. we are building a rail park outside the rental shop, so that should be interesting

Saturday, January 13, 2007

we'r so girly

the weather has turned VERY cold and the boarding has taken a bit of a back seat as its far to cold and icy. so yesterday we decided to go for a walk, we had to wrap up warm tho as it was -24 outside!! we went along a trail and walked for about 2 hours, it was pretty damn cold but great to get out and do something different

debbie bundled up after a while her hat started to feeze
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some pics from our walk
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on our way home we bumped into rob, then he demonstrated how good the grip on his new shoes are, lol. its so icey just now, the whole of fernie is like an ice rink
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then at night we went to nats, she was having a girly night, we all brought something to share with the group. me and debbie brought frenship bracelet kit and kings, was a good night

the girlies
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i got a foot spa
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and foot massage
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debbie got some fake nails
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and her toe nails painted, she's realy a girly girl at heart
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making frendship bracelets, not as easy as 8yr olds make it out to be
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well thats about it, im off work until after debbie goes back to kansas which is great but my pay will be a bit pathetic next month!! hopefully it snows over night so we can go boarding tomoro, feel like i havnt been for ages