What's up with that guy!?
You can stop checking the obituaries, I am still here and well.
WE're finally getting some rain. I think it had been about 6 weeks since it rained for longer than 5 minutes - wow did we need it. Bonnie's been working long hours at forestry and there's been a complete fire ban for most of Southern Alberta. I imagine there were a lot of unhappy campers on the long weekend when they couldn't make a fire...at all. I mean, light/cooking aside, how do you entertain yourselves if you can't make a 20ft fire?
Climbed Cascade again because a friend begged me to help him out with his quest. At this point, if Jesus himself asked me to climb that mountain with him, I would probably say no. My favorite part is at the end which is not only UPHILL (after 9 hours of hiking, you get to go up to finish) but is also low, humid, and near a river so it's appropriately full of bugs. Imagine:
You stop to catch your breath and are instantly swarmed, IN THE FACE, by probably about 25 mosquitoes. Fun stuff. You literally can't see through them if you stop. If you think I"m exaggerating, I'll be happy to point the trail out to you and you can go check it out for yourself :D
In other news, the main street of town is fully closed off now to car traffic. This is actually less irritating to drive in than it was before the full closure but now is far more irritating to walk around since there are no crosswalks at the interesection and to cross the road you have to walk a block int he wrong direction, go around the construction, and then the block back to the main road. *sigh*
I thought I'd share some tidbits of the local economy/job market for you. I read an article in the paper estimating that in Alberta there are 100,000 available jobs. 100,000!! Seems impossible but i'll bet there are 1,000 or more in this town alone if you include positions that bosses would *like* to have filled but are managing to get by without. The whole town has been saying how this year, for some reason, is much worse than normal. Every year there is a staff shortage but something about this one is worse, apparently. So the tidbits for you:
--> A nice restuarant in town is offering a finder's fee of $45 gift certificate for the store and 36 bottles of beer for any staff member that brings in an applicant that makes it to the second interview.
--> Another restuarant is offering $150 bonus on your next paycheque if somebody you bring in stays to work for (get this) 2 weeks.
--> Many stores have altered their hours based on lack of staffing.
And in real estate news:
"Half Duplex - 2000 sqaure feet" ------ $475,000
Condo - 2300 sqaure feet ----- $669,000
And so on. Good market!!
Coming home for a week on the 22nd. Hoep to see you all then
WE're finally getting some rain. I think it had been about 6 weeks since it rained for longer than 5 minutes - wow did we need it. Bonnie's been working long hours at forestry and there's been a complete fire ban for most of Southern Alberta. I imagine there were a lot of unhappy campers on the long weekend when they couldn't make a fire...at all. I mean, light/cooking aside, how do you entertain yourselves if you can't make a 20ft fire?
Climbed Cascade again because a friend begged me to help him out with his quest. At this point, if Jesus himself asked me to climb that mountain with him, I would probably say no. My favorite part is at the end which is not only UPHILL (after 9 hours of hiking, you get to go up to finish) but is also low, humid, and near a river so it's appropriately full of bugs. Imagine:
You stop to catch your breath and are instantly swarmed, IN THE FACE, by probably about 25 mosquitoes. Fun stuff. You literally can't see through them if you stop. If you think I"m exaggerating, I'll be happy to point the trail out to you and you can go check it out for yourself :D
In other news, the main street of town is fully closed off now to car traffic. This is actually less irritating to drive in than it was before the full closure but now is far more irritating to walk around since there are no crosswalks at the interesection and to cross the road you have to walk a block int he wrong direction, go around the construction, and then the block back to the main road. *sigh*
I thought I'd share some tidbits of the local economy/job market for you. I read an article in the paper estimating that in Alberta there are 100,000 available jobs. 100,000!! Seems impossible but i'll bet there are 1,000 or more in this town alone if you include positions that bosses would *like* to have filled but are managing to get by without. The whole town has been saying how this year, for some reason, is much worse than normal. Every year there is a staff shortage but something about this one is worse, apparently. So the tidbits for you:
--> A nice restuarant in town is offering a finder's fee of $45 gift certificate for the store and 36 bottles of beer for any staff member that brings in an applicant that makes it to the second interview.
--> Another restuarant is offering $150 bonus on your next paycheque if somebody you bring in stays to work for (get this) 2 weeks.
--> Many stores have altered their hours based on lack of staffing.
And in real estate news:
"Half Duplex - 2000 sqaure feet" ------ $475,000
Condo - 2300 sqaure feet ----- $669,000
And so on. Good market!!
Coming home for a week on the 22nd. Hoep to see you all then
posted by Anonymous at 12:28 PM
1 Comments:
Thank you for the update. I wasn't checking the obits, at least not yet. The thought had occurred to me, however. The housing market seems a bit steep. Anything more reasonable?
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