A lot of you remember my run-in with the “are you an environmentalist?/apocalypse” pet store lady a couple of months back. I saw her again today! I’ve tried to avoid that pet store since the incident. I’m sorry, but nothing scares me more than the religiously insane (no matter how blog-worthy their antics!). This comingContinue reading “Facing the pet store lady”
Tag Archives: Wyoming
Getting out and about in Green River
My friend, Anna, is visiting me here this week. While we’re both working against major deadlines (me = book; her = finishing up papers and reports for her Master’s in Public Health Policy at the University of Alberta), we needed to get out yesterday. So we headed “into town” i.e. we crossed the tracks toContinue reading “Getting out and about in Green River”
The life of a field engineer’s wife
I thought it was tough when Doug was away at training in Houston, TX and Kellyville, OK for two weeks. It turns out that when a field engineer is out in the field it’s actually much easier on his or her family. When the field engineer is at home, chaos reigns. This isn’t Doug’s fault.Continue reading “The life of a field engineer’s wife”
Preached at in a Pet Store
Saturday was a warm and sunny day and I was feeling particularly fancy-free because Doug had just gotten home from training and could puppy-sit while I escaped the house. One of my errands was to go pick up another dog bed for Riker because I was sick of carrying his bed from room to roomContinue reading “Preached at in a Pet Store”
And more snow…
I feel like we bypassed Thanksgiving and Halloween and went straight to Christmas and New Year’s! Trying to housetrain a sick puppy during a blizzard really is not fun. In fact, Riker snuck off to the basement to pee in order to avoid going outside on Friday. In the beginning he didn’t trust the whiteContinue reading “And more snow…”
Feeling High and Dry
High Desert Country. This pretty much sums up the climate and elevation of our new hometown of Green River, Wyoming: the city sits at a lofty 6100 ft (1859 m) above sea level and is a green oasis surrounded by scrubland, sand dunes, and the Red Desert. To put this in perspective, nearby Denver, ColoradoContinue reading “Feeling High and Dry”
Take a Tour of Green River, WY!
Follow these links to check out videos of Green River, Wyoming – our new home for the next year and a half! Welcome Quality of Life Education Real Estate (hmm… I noticed they didn’t talk about the mobile home parks!) Tourism Parks Thanks to my dad who turned up the video tours!
Must be a full moon
I know it’s an old superstition, but the little white dog two doors down keeps yapping, I’m having trouble sleeping, and the last few days have just been too weird. First of all, Doug and I keep hurting ourselves. 1) Guinness was lying on one of the stairs a few nights ago and Doug almostContinue reading “Must be a full moon”
Home Sweet Home
When I last left off, Doug and I had filled out a rental application for a brand new townhouse in Green River, Rock Springs’ sister city. While we had a good feeling that the rental agent liked us, we were not content to sit on our laurels – not when the rental market is soContinue reading “Home Sweet Home”
Rapid-fire house hunting
Sunday, September 7th: Initial Optimism Doug and I arrived in Rock Springs at approximately 2pm on Sunday, September 7th. Since then, we have spent practically every waking moment trying to find ourselves a place to rent. Before we left Ottawa we were in touch with Doug’s “relocation coordinator” who I assume was supposed to doContinue reading “Rapid-fire house hunting”