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388 days ago
I´m going to post my photos only on facebook, here is a link for you to see, and i´ll caption them better there. Today was our first day working at the orphanage. Lyndon, Clayton and I rotated through shovelling backfill into a wheelbarrow (one long shovel, one short shovel), and tying rebar. The ladies painted the office building at the entrance a nice minty green. After one ten minute stint with the short-handled shovel, I coulldn´t do any more shoveling, it just about wrecked my back. So i helped with the high painting parts. It was pretty hot this morning, the occasional breeze helped but it was still pretty humid. The girls were hanging around us at times, some of them helped to shovel and they all wanted to paint (but werent allowed to). We wore name tags (both the team and the girls) and that was very helpful. We had lunch with the girls and they are starting to warm up to us. We sorted all the stuff we brought to give away this afternoon - the morning ...
389 days ago
639 days ago
I haven't posted in forever, and today I decide to answer a blog-tag quiz here, of all things. ;) I was tagged by Swivels. THREE SCREENNAMES I GO BY: xhead xhead_ca xhead.ca (boring, I know) TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: (not necessarily in that order) I consider myself shy. I cheer for the Toronto Maple Leafs I've met Stephen Harper. THREE PHYSICAL THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF: height (work in progress) THREE PHYSICAL THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MYSELF: weight posture speaking voice THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE: German English Scottish THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME: Not that I'm fearless, but I can't think of anything THREE OF MY EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: morning shower morning coffee cell phone THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW: long-sleeved shirt khaki cargo pants wedding ring THREE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS: Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Diane Schuur Manteca THREE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS: Climbing Higher Mountains ...
780 days ago
This came from Tiana and Emily... 1. Were you named after anyone? I don't think so, but my Great Uncle Scott always claimed to be my namesake for my middle name. 2. When was the last time you cried? Watching Extreme Home Makeover last Sunday. 3. Do you like your handwriting? What handwriting? 4. What is your favourite lunch meat? Ham or roast beef 5. Do you have kids? Yes. 6. If you were another person, would you be friends with yourself? This is one of those bad recursion questions you shouldn't ask a programmer. (Shampoo, rinse, repeat... it's a wonder I make it out of the shower) 7. Do you use sarcasm a lot? No, no, no, not at all, never. And never in a million years would I use hyberbole either. 8. Do you still have your tonsils? Yes. 9. Would you ever go bungee-jumping? No. 10. What is your favourite cereal? Stuff with nuts and fruit and oatmeal. 11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? No. 12. Do you think you are strong? ...
839 days ago
Last October was the last time I picked up used vegetable oil for my truck. It turned out that batch had more water in it than I thought. Even though I let it settle for a couple weeks, my truck complained fairly bitterly when asked to burn that fuel. I pumped it all out and went on diesel for a time. A long time, actually. I didn't have enough time to go back to the same place and get more bad fuel, or find a better supplier. And I had to replace the water pump and glow plugs (and wiring harness) to the tune of $1800 last fall. <shudder> I should have bought the parts on eBay, I would have saved myself at least $500. But unless you buy them ahead of time, you usually can't wait. (Now I know - I have already bought six fuel injectors, for ~$800CAD total, they are $450 each from the garage). Anyway, I have been driving the truck on diesel since about Thanksgiving last year. And paying for it. About a month ago, I looked at the oil I had ...
