THE MOVING TRUCK AND TRAILER HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WE ARE STARTING TO PACK…… 

MOVING DAY IS A VERY SHORT  8 DAYS AWAY AND WE ARE STRESSED……

WITH DENISA BEING A MAJOR PACK RAT AND I BEING A MINOR PACK RAT MAKES THIS MOVER HORRENDOUS…..

DENISA ALONE HAS MUCH MORE THE 60 CUBIC FEET OF BOXED MEMORABILIA…..  

WITH EVERYTHING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION  THE MOVER IS HOPING TO GET IT ALL INTO A 48 FT VAN……

I FRIEND WE MET ON OUR FIRST DAY OF WORK IN FT MAC 4 YEARS AGO IS HERE TODAY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE HEAVY LIFTING…….

HE WILL BE MOVING THE MEMORABILIA FROM THE SHED INTO THE TRAILER……

TODAY’S PICTURES SHOWS A KAL TIRE TRUCK HAULING A FEW HEAVY HAULER TIRES…..

RUMOR HAS IT THAT THESE TIRES COST $250,000 EACH…… INSTALLATION EXTRA…..  THESE TIRES ARE NOT THE BIGGEST TIRES THAT ARE USED UP HERE NORTH OF 57……

THE BIGGEST ONES ARE OVER 13 FEET HIGH……

THIS WILL BE THE LAST ENTRY FOR A WHILE…… THERE IS NO INTERNET AVAILABLE AT THE ROOM WE ARE RENTING……

IT IS CURRENTLY 13C AND SMOKEY…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

AT LEAST THE REALTOR HAS SAID SO……

THE SIGNED PAPERS ARE NOT YET HERE BE WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THEY ARE COMING……

WE HAVE TO VACATE ON JUNE 17…… THAT IS RIGHT….. 9 DAYS FROM TODAY…..

SOOOO…… THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE……

WE ARE TRYING TO HIRE OUR NEIGHBOURS  TO HELP US PACK……

TODAY’S PITURE SHOWS A PAIR OF MALLARD DUCKS AND A YELLOW LEGS SHORE BIRD STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND…..

IT IS CURRENTLY 3C AND SMOKEY…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FEW EXAMPLES OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAY OFFS UP HERE NORTH OF 57….. 

MOST OF THE WORKERS ARE LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC….. THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER BE WORKING OVERTIME……

ALTHOUGH THE CANUCKS TOOK A SHELLACKING THE LAST GAME THERE IS STILL HOPE THAT THEY WILL GO ALL THE WAY……

IT IS CURRENTLY- 2C AND CLEAR…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

OF COURSE A LAKE GULL IS A SMALLER VERSION OF A SEA GULL…..

THE PURCHASERS OF OUR TRAILER ARE HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE IN PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR MORTGAGE SO THE SALE OUR OUR PLACE IS STILL IN WAITING…..

SOMETIMES IT IS SOOOOOO HARD TO WAIT….

IT IS CURRENTLY  6C AND CLOUDY…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

THESE SHORE BIRDS ARRIVE HERE FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND RETURN BACK TO THEIR WINTERING GROUND AFTER A VERY SHORT 6 WEEK STAY…..

JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO BUILD THEIR NEST……. LAY AND HATCH THEIR EGGS AND HEAD HOME…… LEAVING THEIR CHICKS HERE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO FLY SOUTH…..

THIS TAKES ANOTHER 6 WEEKS FOR THE CHICKS TO FEATHER OUT…..

IT IS CURRENTLY  1C AND CLEAR…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

HAVING TO SCRAPE THE WINDSHIELD IN JUNE IS JUST PLAIN RIDICULES…..  

DENISA WAS LAID OFF YESTERDAY AFTER HER MORNING RUN…… HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE SHUTTLE VAN STARTING WEDNESDAY…..

UNTIL THEN SHE WILL BE ENJOYING SOME TIME OFF……

WE WILL BE HEADING TO CHURCH AFTER I FINISH MY BUS RUN THIS MORNING….. WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT TO PRAY ABOUT……

IT IS CURRENTLY A FROSTY  -2C AND CLEAR…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT….?

 I HAD TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR TO CHECK THE DATE……

STILL MORE PROOF OF GLOBAL WARMING…… WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR MINDS…. GLOBAL WARMING…… YA RIGHT…..

TODAY’S PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS A GREAT VIEW OF WILLOW LAKE…… DENISA TOOK THIS PICTURE AROUND 8 PM ON TUESDAY EVENING…..

THE DAYS LIGHT HOURS CONTINUE GET LONGER……    

 IT IS CURRENTLY A VERY COLD  -8C (WITH THE WIND CHILL FACTOR) AND CLEAR…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE 

THERE WAS A HUGE LAYOFF AT THE REFINERY SITE YESTERDAY…..

WE HAVE HEARD THAT AS MUCH AS 40% OF THE WORKERS ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED….

WE CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE WE GET OUR LAYOFF NOTICES…….

HOPEFULLY IT WON’T HAPPEN……

IT IS CURRENTLY 10C AND SMOKEY…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

THEY WILL BE REMOVED BY THIS COMING MONDAY……

ONCE THAT HAPPENS (IF IT DOES) WE WILL ONLY HAVE 18 DAYS TO MOVE……

TODAY WE ARE HAVING THE TRAILER RE-LEVELED…… IT IS A BIANNUAL EVENT THAT COSTS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH TIME……

IT IS CURRENTLY 10C AND SMOKEY…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE…… 

FT MC KAY IS ABOUT 40 MINUTES NORTH OF FORT MC MURRAY….. 

WE HAD TO RETURN ONE OF THE BUSSES BACK TO THE SERVICE YARD FOR A SAFETY CHECK……

DENISA FOLLOWED ME WITH HER CAR SO WE COULD LEAVE THE BUS THERE AND HAVE A WAY BACK HOME……..

TALK ABOUT SMOKE…… BOY IS IT EVER THICK UP THERE……

THERE IS A 600,000 ACRE FOREST FIRE ABOUT 50 MINUTES NORTH OF THIS SIGN……

 NO…… IT IS NOT A TYPO…… IT IS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN 600,000 ACRES……

IMPERIAL OIL HAD EVACUATED THEIR 5000 MAN CAMP FOR MORE THAN A DAY……

I BELIEVE THEY ARE BACK TO WORK TODAY…….

IT IS CURRENTLY -2C AND SMOKEY…… YOU KNOW WHERE THE LONG JOHNS ARE……