TaDa!
Monday, May 21, 2007
Jewelry for Aimee!
My cousin Aimee, who eloped last year is having her wedding reception this weekend in celebration of their one year. So it's a not-wedding-wedding-celebration. (And the whole point to a wedding is the presents! ;) This past April Aimee did my taxes for me, and in exchange I was to make her jewelry for her not-wedding-wedding-celebration.
So without further ado...
I hope Aimee likes one of them, but if not then I get to play more! Hurray!
So without further ado...
The earrings...which I am very excited about! (I think I need to make myself a pair!)
Sterling Silver, with Fresh Water Pearls
Sterling Silver, with Fresh Water Pearls
Necklace Option #1
Sterling Silver, Fresh Water Pearls and Swarovski Crystals
Favourite thing about this necklace: the simple elegance
Sterling Silver, Fresh Water Pearls and Swarovski Crystals
Favourite thing about this necklace: the simple elegance
Necklace Option #2
Sterling Silver, Fresh Water Pearls and Swarovski Crystals
Favourite thing: wonderful cluster of tresures
Sterling Silver, Fresh Water Pearls and Swarovski Crystals
Favourite thing: wonderful cluster of tresures
Necklace Option #3
Sterling Silver, Fresh Water Pearls and Peridot Chips
Favourite thing: flowers make me smile!
Sterling Silver, Fresh Water Pearls and Peridot Chips
Favourite thing: flowers make me smile!
I hope Aimee likes one of them, but if not then I get to play more! Hurray!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
8 Random Facts About Me....
Alright, since I've been tagged my my M-in-L & S-in-L I will participate. But I cannot tag anyone else besides my little brother. So Brian, you're up next!!
Rules:
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
Oh Man, random facts for people who know me so well. Time to get creative.
Rules:
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
Oh Man, random facts for people who know me so well. Time to get creative.
- My favourite tree is the Garry Oak Tree.
- I want a Garry Oak Tree tattooed on my back, on the right side of my spine, and about 12 inches long. But I want half the tattoo to be its roots, because it's the roots that gives it life.
- I have had 14 piercings: 6 in the lobes of my ears, 1 on the top outer cartilage, 1 on my rook & 1 on my conch (inside ear cartilage), 1 eyebrow ring, 1 labret (lower lip), 2 nose, 1 bellybutton.
- I'm scared of needles. Like you can believe that after 14 piercings....but I'm okay with them if I get something cool in the end. I'm too scared to get my wisdom teeth out because they need to give me an IV.
- Favourite Kids Movies: Fern Gully, The Little Mermaid, & Aladdin
- Goal for this summer: Learn to Surf!
- Goal 2 for the summer: Bike to work (almost!) everyday.
- Goal for Life: Save the World! Check out: WorldChanging.com
Friday, May 4, 2007
Yea! I'm on a roll!
Joel and I just wrote our motorbike knowledge tests and we both passed! Hurray!
We decided last week that we want a bike, because there are only so many places we can access by city transit (and we've done them all!), and we don't want a vehicle. First step was getting our learners licenses - now we just need a bike and someone who we can practice with. We have a few friends with bikes, so I hope they'll help us out!
Rah Rah Rah! :D
We decided last week that we want a bike, because there are only so many places we can access by city transit (and we've done them all!), and we don't want a vehicle. First step was getting our learners licenses - now we just need a bike and someone who we can practice with. We have a few friends with bikes, so I hope they'll help us out!
Rah Rah Rah! :D
Discovery Island!
I've tried to narrow down the pictures that I post, but if you want to see all the shots go to joelcomer.com . Joel's working on his website and has the beginnings of it up.
On our first full day on the island we walked around the island, one group of 4 went East and Joel, Cory (the guy with the boat), & I went West. We agreed to stay along the coast and meet up for lunch half way.
So this is Discovery Island, just over 6 kilometers south of Victoria, it is a small, uninhabited island accessible only by privet boat or kayak.
On our first full day on the island we walked around the island, one group of 4 went East and Joel, Cory (the guy with the boat), & I went West. We agreed to stay along the coast and meet up for lunch half way.
These Oak Ferns were all over the island, they're bright lime green, hairless, and grow up a stalk!
I have yet to figure out what these guys are...if anyone know, please tell me! I've looked in all my plant books and haven't found them. They were fairly common, growing to about 5 inches tall.
I found just one small patch of these Few-Flowered Shootingstar, and they are soooo pretty!
Wild Daffodils!
Pretty Wild Flowers
Everywhere we went flowers were in bloom. I was a happy girl!
This rare Yellow Lily was my prize finding flower.
There were fields of the pretty Chocolate Lilies, but I found only 2 Yellow Lilies!
These next two shots are of the Common Camas flower.
There was huge wildflower fields of them, purple flower everywhere!
The purple & yellow contrast beautifully on the flower
...the camera just doesn't capture it the same...
This is Death Camas, the entire plant is deadly poisonous!
Natives used to grind up the bulbs and use it as arrow poison - cool eh?
Goose Egg! The Geese were nesting on Discovery, and we even saw 5 little yellow baby geese!
The gorgeous view!
I have yet to figure out what these guys are...if anyone know, please tell me! I've looked in all my plant books and haven't found them. They were fairly common, growing to about 5 inches tall.
I found just one small patch of these Few-Flowered Shootingstar, and they are soooo pretty!
Wild Daffodils!
Pretty Wild Flowers
Everywhere we went flowers were in bloom. I was a happy girl!
This rare Yellow Lily was my prize finding flower.
There were fields of the pretty Chocolate Lilies, but I found only 2 Yellow Lilies!
These next two shots are of the Common Camas flower.
There was huge wildflower fields of them, purple flower everywhere!
The purple & yellow contrast beautifully on the flower
...the camera just doesn't capture it the same...
This is Death Camas, the entire plant is deadly poisonous!
Natives used to grind up the bulbs and use it as arrow poison - cool eh?
Goose Egg! The Geese were nesting on Discovery, and we even saw 5 little yellow baby geese!
The gorgeous view!
We also saw tons of seals on rocky outcroppings of shore, and a number of otters. There were lots of Bald Eagles and Turkey Vultures, and sea birds. Not to mention the sea anemones, crabs, oysters, and varieties of sea grasses!!
The trip was amazing, a perfect start to a summer of adventures. It was also a good test run for the summer- there was no fresh water on the island, so we had to pack in everything for our 4 days.
I can't wait for more adventures!
The trip was amazing, a perfect start to a summer of adventures. It was also a good test run for the summer- there was no fresh water on the island, so we had to pack in everything for our 4 days.
I can't wait for more adventures!
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Excuse me- a real job? What?
Hurray! I have a job! Finally...not going to lie, I was starting to get worried I wouldn't find one.
It was the first GIS (Geographic Information System...computer mapping) job I applied for. I was trying to avoid them because I wanted an outside job. But time was running out, and my dearest husband convinced me to try. So late one night in Vancouver I sat at my uncles computer (where we were staying) and typed up a cover letter. Good thing I did!
I got a call from the coop office (while on Discovery Island) that I had been shortlisted, but I needed to sign up for an interview online. But I was on an uninhabited island! So I called my brother Eric, who I directed via cell phone to sign me up for an interview. I wouldn't have the job if he hadn't done that for me! (THANKS ERIC!)
My interview was on Tuesday afternoon. It was my first interview for anything besides minimum wage service jobs. I was sooo nervous! I had to traverse my way down to the Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resource in downtown Victoria, sign in at the front desk, and received an elevator pass for the 6th floor. So I got into the elevator, pressed the #6 button...and...nothing happened. I could still hear the guy at the front desk talking. Ahhh. My mind was racing. How do I make the elevator go up? About a minute later the doors open and insteps a man, swipes a card and presses the floor # he's going to. "Ahh," I think to myself, I had to swipe the card. Anyways, I felt silly, but I get to the sixth floor in one piece.
My interview consisted of 3 men, all in their 50's or 60's, looking like mad scientists. And for 40 minutes or so of a 50 minute interview they do all the talking. They tell me all about the mapping system they use, what the Oil & Gas Titles branch does...it honestly felt more like an introduction to the job than an interview. They asked me some questions about technical experience, and career goals. I tell them I'm competent in ArcGIS and some web based mapping programs, and understand the NTS mapping system. I also tell them for a career I want to be involved in sustainable community development, I'm interested in alternate energy sources, and self-sufficient agriculture. Being as that I'm in the Ministry of Energy, alternate energy is a big thing right now as BC is helping lead the way in Canada for non-petroleum based energy.
Then interview ends, and they say I'll know by the next day if I have the job. They had another person they were interviewing directly after me. I left having no idea how I did, because well, I didn't really talk much.
But I opened my email yesterday morning saying I was offered the job. Hurray! So I will be using ArcGIS in mapping out land plots for oil & gas titles, mostly in the Ft.St.John's region. The work is really tedious, and typos can mean thousands of dollars in backtracking. Good thing I'm detailed oriented. So I'll have my own office area, with a computer and phone. The Oil & Gas Titles Branch only has 12 other employees, so that will be nice, and not too overwhelming. Oh, and they've never had a coop student in there before, so it's going to be a big learning curve for everyone.
This is going to be a fun summer!
It was the first GIS (Geographic Information System...computer mapping) job I applied for. I was trying to avoid them because I wanted an outside job. But time was running out, and my dearest husband convinced me to try. So late one night in Vancouver I sat at my uncles computer (where we were staying) and typed up a cover letter. Good thing I did!
I got a call from the coop office (while on Discovery Island) that I had been shortlisted, but I needed to sign up for an interview online. But I was on an uninhabited island! So I called my brother Eric, who I directed via cell phone to sign me up for an interview. I wouldn't have the job if he hadn't done that for me! (THANKS ERIC!)
My interview was on Tuesday afternoon. It was my first interview for anything besides minimum wage service jobs. I was sooo nervous! I had to traverse my way down to the Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resource in downtown Victoria, sign in at the front desk, and received an elevator pass for the 6th floor. So I got into the elevator, pressed the #6 button...and...nothing happened. I could still hear the guy at the front desk talking. Ahhh. My mind was racing. How do I make the elevator go up? About a minute later the doors open and insteps a man, swipes a card and presses the floor # he's going to. "Ahh," I think to myself, I had to swipe the card. Anyways, I felt silly, but I get to the sixth floor in one piece.
My interview consisted of 3 men, all in their 50's or 60's, looking like mad scientists. And for 40 minutes or so of a 50 minute interview they do all the talking. They tell me all about the mapping system they use, what the Oil & Gas Titles branch does...it honestly felt more like an introduction to the job than an interview. They asked me some questions about technical experience, and career goals. I tell them I'm competent in ArcGIS and some web based mapping programs, and understand the NTS mapping system. I also tell them for a career I want to be involved in sustainable community development, I'm interested in alternate energy sources, and self-sufficient agriculture. Being as that I'm in the Ministry of Energy, alternate energy is a big thing right now as BC is helping lead the way in Canada for non-petroleum based energy.
Then interview ends, and they say I'll know by the next day if I have the job. They had another person they were interviewing directly after me. I left having no idea how I did, because well, I didn't really talk much.
But I opened my email yesterday morning saying I was offered the job. Hurray! So I will be using ArcGIS in mapping out land plots for oil & gas titles, mostly in the Ft.St.John's region. The work is really tedious, and typos can mean thousands of dollars in backtracking. Good thing I'm detailed oriented. So I'll have my own office area, with a computer and phone. The Oil & Gas Titles Branch only has 12 other employees, so that will be nice, and not too overwhelming. Oh, and they've never had a coop student in there before, so it's going to be a big learning curve for everyone.
This is going to be a fun summer!
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Birthday Post 5 Days Late
Wow. Can I say life is crazy? It's crazy for everyone! (See my M-in-L's blog for updates on Steven & Gramma Friesen.) So I did write a post last week (on my birthday) coming back on the ferry from Vancouver. They don't have internet on the boat so I couldn't post it, but I will now...it's just 5 days or so late. So here it is:
It's my BIRTHDAY! I'm 22! Yea! Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to JEN! It is the one day of the year that I can be super obnoxious and Joel has to do what ever I say. Just Kidding, I'm not like that! But almost every sentence I say ends with "it's my birthday." Maybe I am obnoxious...
For the last 3 days Joel & I worked in Vancouver for my Uncles Landscaping business. They needed the help and we needed the money. The experience was great, I loved being outside all day playing with plants! The only sucky thing was wearing my brothers rain gear...he's almost 6 feet tall, and I'm just skimming 5'2". It was awkward & uncomfortable, but I survived. Joel on the other hand got to drive around with my Dad. I worked so much harder! Grrr. Oh well, it was father & son-in-law bonding time, I can't really get too mad about that.
It's been so fun hanging out with my brothers. I love that they're getting older & cooler. We went to Value Village yesterday afternoon and I helped them buy some nice shirts. Every time my dad goes into Value Village he checks out the jewelry for me to see if there's anything sweet for me (to take apart & use). He's found some cool stuff in there, and he's got Eric (my brother) onto it. So yesterday Eric found a cool necklace with pretty blue stones! So funny, I never thought Eric would ever look at jewelry for any reason! I guess I'm that special. (Why? Because it's my birthday!)
Joel & I are heading out tomorrow til Monday to Discovery Island this weekend with a friend and some of his friends. We've been over before, last September, but only for a night, so now we get to explore the rest of the island! Discovery Island is an uninhabited island, only accessible by private boat or kayak. FUN! I've never quite planned something like this before, there's no fresh water on the island, so I really hope we bring enough.
And I have a driver's test this afternoon. If I don't pass than I've wasted $100 & I'll be super bummed.
Yea! It's my BIRTHDAY!
So update post-birthday: I PASSED! I officially have a full driver's license, and it only took me half a decade. Woot Woot! And Joel and I went camping on Discovery Island, I'll do a post later today or tomorrow with pictures for you all to see.
It's my BIRTHDAY! I'm 22! Yea! Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to JEN! It is the one day of the year that I can be super obnoxious and Joel has to do what ever I say. Just Kidding, I'm not like that! But almost every sentence I say ends with "it's my birthday." Maybe I am obnoxious...
For the last 3 days Joel & I worked in Vancouver for my Uncles Landscaping business. They needed the help and we needed the money. The experience was great, I loved being outside all day playing with plants! The only sucky thing was wearing my brothers rain gear...he's almost 6 feet tall, and I'm just skimming 5'2". It was awkward & uncomfortable, but I survived. Joel on the other hand got to drive around with my Dad. I worked so much harder! Grrr. Oh well, it was father & son-in-law bonding time, I can't really get too mad about that.
It's been so fun hanging out with my brothers. I love that they're getting older & cooler. We went to Value Village yesterday afternoon and I helped them buy some nice shirts. Every time my dad goes into Value Village he checks out the jewelry for me to see if there's anything sweet for me (to take apart & use). He's found some cool stuff in there, and he's got Eric (my brother) onto it. So yesterday Eric found a cool necklace with pretty blue stones! So funny, I never thought Eric would ever look at jewelry for any reason! I guess I'm that special. (Why? Because it's my birthday!)
Joel & I are heading out tomorrow til Monday to Discovery Island this weekend with a friend and some of his friends. We've been over before, last September, but only for a night, so now we get to explore the rest of the island! Discovery Island is an uninhabited island, only accessible by private boat or kayak. FUN! I've never quite planned something like this before, there's no fresh water on the island, so I really hope we bring enough.
And I have a driver's test this afternoon. If I don't pass than I've wasted $100 & I'll be super bummed.
Yea! It's my BIRTHDAY!
So update post-birthday: I PASSED! I officially have a full driver's license, and it only took me half a decade. Woot Woot! And Joel and I went camping on Discovery Island, I'll do a post later today or tomorrow with pictures for you all to see.
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