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2 other “quirks”
Listen to how Albertans pronounce the words “t-o-u-r-i-s-t” and “b-o-o-g-e-r”. I’ve noticed both at work and I had the chance to poll some people at John’s office the other way. And lo and behold they say at least one of the words the weird, Albertan way. It seems only people at my work say “t-o-u-r-i-s-t” differently. But they say it like “two-rist”. And they say us East Coasters are weird. 😉 Now the other one really almost bothers me/makes me laugh. Is “b-o-o-g-e-r”. They say “BOO-ger”. Like “boo! I’m a ghost”. So strange. And everyone I’ve talked to and polled says it like that. Weirdos! 😉
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Oh where art thou?!
Who would have thought that this little bottle is MIA in Alberta. I went searching for it everywhere so I could make melon ball drinks but of all the liquor stores here NONE carry McGuiness Melon. They carry every other kind of McGuiness but not the one I need. Of course. I hopefully will be able to find it in Calgary or it’s another thing to add to my list in June when I’m back home.
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Gone again
Well, Christmas has come and gone and I’m back to work. Everyone is asking about my Christmas and how it was. My answer. Different. Good….but different. It’s hard to explain. Don’t get me wrong I really loved getting to spend the holidays with J and to lounge on the couch for days on end eating the candy & chocolates I got for Christmas and watching movies. And maybe enjoying an alcoholic drink every now and then. I got lots of amazing presents from here, afar, and from J (he did really good picking presents) and we had an amazing turkey dinner with lots of home baking but it was different.…
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Baking…Christmas Baking
I’m going to be baking today and that excites me. I don’t know what exactly I’m going to make and what I’m going to do with it all, but I have to. It’s what I do. I’m sadly not going to be able to give it to friends and family like I did last year, which sucks. I love to share my baking. I guess we are going to have a freezer full of baked goods. Do you know what else is going to be really different this Christmas? I can’t find a fresh turkey here in the Hat. They are all frozen. I’ve never used a frozen turkey ever…
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Brrrr…
It’s a wee bit nipply out there boys and girls. Well more than nipply. We went from way above zero to way below zero in NO time. I awake this morning to -50 with the windchill. WTF. Now that is cold. I let my car run for 20 minutes before driving it away and even then it wasn’t too warm. But then I realize I’m not I dying of the cold. I focus for a minute and realize it’s not as cold as I thought it was going to be. I could still breathe. My limbs weren’t feeling like they were going to fall off. I didn’t even have my…