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1040pm Wednesday night April 21st... Got bread going, stinky Jazzy is gnawing on her rope, and it's a beautiful evening - a balmy 15 degrees! It's gonna be a HOT ONE in Jogas tomorrow where I will perform my first solo closing shift. :D I saw "The Last Station" tonight at the Gem Theatre - it was a good movie about Tolstoy and his movement in Russia. It was a beautiful love story I thought! One of my first nights here I remember looking up into the sky and noticing a certain star... I noticed it because it was twinkling. Visibly twinkling, like a diamond. I couldn't remember if I had ever seen a star really twinkle before, but then I looked around at all the other stars and they were twinkling too! Now every night I see them twinkle down upon us in all the universe's glory. Perhaps because of the city lights I didn't see a twinkle before... it's really amazing how you see so few of the stars when you're in a metropolitan area. The sky is ...

I like to play little games with horses. I stand at the gate and call out to the bunch and see which one comes first. Reward is oats and a brush! So far, they aren't playing along so I'm forced to walk out into the field (a hundred yards or so) to retrieve a horse to spoil. There is one very sweet horse here named Coco, half thoroughbred half draft. A few days ago I brought her out and fed her some oats. The next day, she hung out and waited to be let out for more oats. Third day, and she's hanging by the gate - waiting, expecting. Day 4 and I'm not around in the morning so she finds me later in the day for more oats. Coco is not stupid! Day 5, and I really want to get on her back, but father is preoccupied. The horses are not following along with my "come when called" game so off I march to see who will walk back with me without a halter or lead - it's Coco! I start to jog, she trots along beside me - im happy she's playing my game and wer...

Got dry hands? Run them through a sheep's wool and soak up some lanolin. Unfortunately my hands have gotten very dry with all the hot water they've seen in the last couple weeks, but fortunately for me there is a friendly sheep here named Bella that would love if I ran my hands thru her wool! Woo! Want a fine garden but inexperienced in the ways of the gardener? Plant everything in the sheep pen and watch your veges sprout like weeds! Sheep manure is the best! Want to see lambs spring and bounce around like the telus commerials? Carry a bucket full of grain into the sheep pen. Craving farm fresh food? Go to the neighbors and get eggs, and go to the freezer for a lamb roast. All natural organic lovely delicious grass/grain fed lamb roast. Can't beat it. Luckily for me, I have done all these things! I am very curious to see if this fascination wears off in 6 months.

Today was a productive day. Delivered a couple loads of manure to a greenhouse. Turns out the owner who my dad has known for 32yrs also teaches scuba diving so I will definately be taking my open water PADI course with him this summer and doing open water dives in Christina Lake! Hopefully I can set up some barter system. Haha I can be so cheap. I seem to make some funny happenstances with people while delivering manure with father. I digress... Whilst feeding the lambs, I notice Maggie is after some kind of rodent in an unused irrigation pipe next to the sheep's pen. Maggie is the Jack Russel and rodents are her speciality. I head over to the pipe to see what's going on, and try to shake it out. Shake shake, bang bang, scratch squeak squeak, and it's not gonna come out. I do feel kind of bad that I'm helping Maggie bring this rodent to it's end, but I guess I'm a little sick that way. I used to trap moles for money - farm girl. Long story short (be...

Well it's 1215am and I want to be falling asleep, but I have a feeling that raspberry latte I drank at dinner time is still coursing through my veins. My mind is going bing-bing-bing through everything I learned today. Today being the first day on the job at Jogas Espresso Cafe in Grand Forks. I feel very accomplished now feeling comfortable with the espresso machine - not very quick on it yet but that will come with time of course. I'm going to try making my first London Fog tomorrow for myself - yay! There is also a live folk band playing tomorrow night so I'm just going to work straight through. Should be a fun time!! Also something else very exciting - this is my first job with tips! I loooove tips! I have a feeling I'll really be hamming it up behind the Jogas counter hahahahha. Weather has been quite odd - raining on and off and sunny most the rest of the time. Rain is not so fun on a farm - very sloppy!! I work this weekend at the Gem for Crazy Heart ...

Woke up to 1 degree weather today April 2nd, with snow. I'm currently sitting in the car on the side of the street accross from Perly waiting for my dad to finish checking out a garage sale. I look out over the great mountain to my left admiring the distant rain falling, and wonder what lies beyond this great mountain. I have often wondered what is beyond the mountains surrounding Grand Forks - maybe my dad will know. I've managed to get 3 jobs plus some house/farm sitting part time for when the neighbors go away on holidays for a few weeks. All the jobs are part time which is a bit of a bitch, but as an old family friend Fiona said today - at least I won't get bored doing the same thing all the time. I've seen two movies this week at the Gem Theatre - An Education and How To Train Your Dragon. My Dad and I went to see the latter Wednesday night which was great - Mrs. Paquet spoiled us! I work tonight and may starting painting Fiona for the 4th Shrek movie showcase comi...