School's Closed!

School is closed today!
We can thank Ashcroft Secondary School for that... cause they control our heat! The water lines burst... again. Let's just hope the water doesn't get into the gym, and ruin the floor... again. That totally sucked last time, and we couldn't use the floor for batons. I realy don't want to go to the Elementary school for practice. I use ALOT of the height space in the high-school (i hit the roof alot), so just imagine what it would be like in elementary...

Last time this happened, we waited until spring, then went once a week to Ashcroft Secondary for practice. That was nice, because they have a bigger gym, so we had more room for ourselves, unlike at this High-school where we're jammed packed. So... we shall see...

Snow

View of the Mountain, from my House

The snow has hit... and hit hard... really hard.
The snow started falling Saturday... between 4:00pm and 5:00pm. The snow didn't stop until... about 2:00am, Monday morning.
And ouch, are we paying for it. The roads here are horrible! I had to cancel a trip to Ashcroft (oh well, I'll reschedule) And the temperature is scary! On Sunday, the temperature was -32C. That is WITHOUT the windchill. We are literally freezing our a**es off.

She's Got the Look.

She's Got the Look
2006-2007 Freestyle

1-2-3-4
walking like a man
hitting like a hammer
she's a juvenile scam.
Never was a quitter
tasty like a raindrop
she's got the look.

Heavenly bound cause heaven's got a number
when she's spinning me around
kissing is a colour.
Her loving is a wild dog
she's got the look.


She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue.
When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you and I go:
la la la la la she's got the look.

Fire in the ice
naked to the t-bone is a lover's disguise.
Banging on the head drum
shaking like a mad bull
she's got the look.

Swaying to the band
moving like a hammer she's a miracle man.
Loving is the ocean
kissing is the wet sand
she's got the look.

She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue.
When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you and I go:
la la la la la she's got the look.

walking like a man
hitting like a hammer
she's a juvenile scam.
Never was a quitter
tasty like a raindrop
she's got the look.
And she goes: na na na na na na na na.
Shes got the look

She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue.
When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you and I go:
la la la la la she's got the look.

na na na na na na na na na

She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
She's got the look.
(She's got the look.)
What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue.
When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you and I go:
la la la la la she's got the look.

Grad Class

Here is our Grad Class! There are... 4 people missing I think. We have 20 grads, which is actually pretty big for Clinton. This is one of the pictures we took for the front of our cookbook! I think this one was better then the one we took, but meh, whatever.

Fundraising...

Fundraising... I'm getting so sick of it! That's all we seem to do.
Bingos, Bottle Drives, Pies, Cook-Books, Spaghetti Dinners, decorating for West Fraser, wood cutting, and skating with Santa!
Alot of Grad fundraisers here. And we've only made about $3000. We're trying to make between $10000 and $15000. Thats kindof asking alot from a town of about 750.

But there are good things about doing these fundraisers. We usually have a good time, and make some good memories. Who can forget the flour fight? Or the screechy annoying little kids at the dinner? Haha... We've had many pictures taken from most of the fundraisers (example: above) All going in the grad video, which is being done by ME!

Work

I worked this weekend...
Saturday was a good night. We did extremely well. We were never really busy, just steady. There wasn't a time when there wasn't a customer in the restaurant. Made good tips too!

Sunday... well that's a completely different story. Sunday was Grey Cup day. Since the Grey Cup was on... we weren't really expecting anyone. So, 20 minutes after the last costumer left, we closed early. So instead of closing at 8:00pm, we closed at 4:00pm. Four hours early! Whoot!!!
Unfortunately... before we closed... Alex came in, and was a complete pig as usual. Not only did he make a complete mess, but he wrote his name in Ketchup on the table. He only left me a $2 tip as well. Pfft... so next time you come in Alex, I might just refuse to serve you ~_^ ...a word of warning.

Congrads Jason!

In my last post, I mentioned my cousin, Jessie Guerin and her fiance Jason Lamont.

(That's them in the picture)

Jason was on TV on November 15, 2006, being interviewed by CBC. He, along with three other men told their story of their experience in Afghanistan. These four men are receiving the Military Medal of Valour, 2nd only to the Victoria Cross. This Medal has never been awarded before. At the end of November, Jason and the other three soldiers will be formally awarded this medal by Governor General in Ottawa.

Congratulations Jason! You've made us all Proud!!

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day was extremely busy for me, but not as busy as last year's of course. This years Remembrance Day affected me more then any other I've ever had though. This is mostly because of my cousin's fiance Jason Lamont.

At the school's Remembrance Day Service, a speech was made about Jason. They spoke about him, and then read a poem Jason had wrote for his friend, Andrew "Boomer" Eykelenboom, who was killed while both he and Jason served in Afghanistan. I completely broke down when they read the poem, because I've never heard it before, and I knew how bad Jason was affected by Boomers death. I was a little embarrassed about crying, but everyone was so nice and understanding.

At the actual Remembrance Day Service, I had been asked to lay down the wreath for David Stoddart. I was extremely proud and touched that I had been asked. I got a tiny bit emotional when I laid down the wreath. Another speech was given about Jason, and I got teary eyed again, but I had prepared myself for it, so I didn't cry.

Pairs... YIKES!

Yikes!! I'm soooo Sorry SAM!!! Please don't be mad at me... I know we agreed that it's 50/50... but still... I feel so bad...

Ok... for those of you who are lost, and asking.. "What the heck?" Let me explain...
Sam and I are Pairs partners in Batons... we've been trying this trick were Sam cartwheels over my legs, with our batons in the air.
Sam always said I would drop her...
We don't really know what happened. She threw her baton, and went in to cartwheel. Her baton hit me, and the next thing both of us knew... Sam was on the floor.

She wasn't hurt! She's ok... she thinks she might have a black eye... and if she does, I'll feel soooo bad :(

It's been a Year...

It's now officially been a year since I've taken part in Encounters with Canada. I cannot believe it's been a year :(

I rememeber it like it was yesterday... taking part in tours or the War Museum, the Aviation Museum, the Parlement Buildings... I miss it all!

But most of all, I miss the people I met...

I Miss my girls:
Ashleigh, Ashley, Alana, Andrea, Caitlyn, Jillian, Becky, and Erin...

I Miss my Boys:
Blain, Curtis, Brian, Ontario Cody, Travis, Alan, Bennett, and Edmonton Cody...


The pictures are.. on the left: some of the people from BC...
On the right: My group... GROUP 6 BABY!!!

I got a new Job...

I have a new job... I now am offically, a waitress at the Cordial..
FUN!!! hahaha, not. It's soooo boring at times... :(

Aw well... It's still a good job. I work everyother weekend (thanks to SARAH... luv ya!) And i work 2-9ish... haha..

I'll get laid off in January to about March though :(

Oh well... It's a good job... make good tips... and, i don't have to worry about it that much...