Off Gwens Blog

HAVE YOU EVER...

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain04.
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces and 3 territories (Missing 1 Territorie, Nunavut)
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip (my own on august 7 or sooner)
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery1
20. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school (This September)
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Pictures

I really should be in bed but im not.. ill regret it in the morning Mommy 1 & 2 bringing Isaiah home. (what happened to that hair?)
Isaiah and his buddie Olivia (I think Olivia is scared of getting in trouble for holding hands)
Mommy 2 and Isaiah
Mommy 1 and Isaiah.. No Comment
Maiya and Isaiah.

Boycot Nestle!

Why?

In order to sell more of its infant formula in third world countries, Nestle would hire women with no special training and dress them up as nurses to give out free samples of Nestle formula. The free samples lasted long enough for the mother's breast milk to dry up from lack of use. Then mothers would be forced to purchase the formula but, being poor, they would often mix the formula with unsanitary water or 'stretch' the amount of formula by diluting it with more water than recommended. The result was that babies starved all over the Third World while Nestle made huge profits from this predatory marketing strategy.

Valemount

I had so much fun in Valemount, other then the first day. I woke up and drank a bottle of water and ate a nectorine. Then I took a nap with Isaiah in the camper because I didnt feel so good. I woke up and ended up puking. I puked up everything I had in me and then I started puking bile. I sat in the car for 4 hours with air conditioning. Then I took some gravel and felt better. I think I got heat stroke. Also one night my Aunts dog wouldnt go inside her tent, and so she stayed outside until we heard her barking constantly. I heard my Aunt get up and start yelling "get the **** out a here." Then one of my cousins came outa the camper and started making funny noises like "ooogga booo ooooooo." There was a wolf I guess and it wasnt very afraid. I had a hard time sleeping because I was soo paranoid that it was gonna come eat my puppy.
The whole time we were there it was inbetween 35 and 38 degrees. It was soo hot. Isaiah couldnt even wear clothes till bedtime. We had a 5 minute sprinkle but that was it.
The other baby below is my cousins baby Willow. She is 3 weeks younger and she has a full head of hair! Shes so cute. When we showed them each other Isaiah kept trying to reach for her, and she tried a couple of times too. It was so adorable.
I really wish I could have stayed 1 more night, because most people showed up the day before we left. But its not all that bad because I am seeing my cousins in a couple weeks when I got to Edmonton, and my Grandpa is staying in Valemount for another 5 days and coming home with my Uncle to visit for 5 days.
My one cousin brought his quad and we went aways up a mountain across the highway. If we had gone another 20 minutes or so up we would have hit snow. It was such a nice view too.

Off to Valemount

I am leaving this morning for a family renioun in Valemount. I went two years ago and it was a great summer. Raging bush fires, yelling for my brother in the middle of the night due to woosyness of getting up to go pee by myself because of bears, one million and one bug bites, homeade poutine and turkey (how many people can say they made that camping!) and much more fun. I even built that outhouse below.. and got blamed for spray painting it when it was my grandmas cousin!

Thank You Bonita Pekaneck Ratchford!