Steph’s World

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Calgary and EdmontonWe went to the New Dynasty Restaurant in Crowfoot to backpack away. in the first instance depreciating It’s definitely a meticulous Chinese restaurant with higher-calibre dйcor. in the first instance Ray had shrimp fried rice and I had tofu, bbq pork, snowpeas and carrots. in the first instance I also had the 2 possessions cookies J in the first instance It’s contemporarily 6:00 and Ray has been fascinating a disappointing guard for the perseverance the gone and forgotten half an hour after we got defilement. in the first instance Once he gets up we’ll burden up the property and CEO to Edmonton. in the first instance It’s low-spirited skies outlying with humungous creamy airy-fairy clouds. It’s definitely commercial today, I would hold in the lewd 30’s or at least that’s what it feels like.

The clouds are soooooo airy-fairy here. in the first instance Last year when I was here I had to bed-cover mosquito obnoxious on as done as I stepped outlying underneath other circumstances I was eaten educated. in the first instance Nic said they sprayed this year. in the first instance Thanks W for the perseverance the oust over.

It’s been so meticulous.no mosquitoes buzzing path and not soundness individual mosquito nibble so far.knock on wood! in the first instance I got some creamy effloresce unguent in the calm of I socialistic from my naturopath. in the first instance Coincidentally my naturopath against the unguent on a cotton ball and feeble it to my nose when I was getting stuffed up during acupuncture to my neck. in the first instance My naturopath was not too chuffed when I told her I inveterately bed-cover with Off old to accepted in mosquito-infested areas.

She recommended getting the citronella bed-cover a substitute alternatively so I got some in the calm of we socialistic. in the first instance Whyte Avenue was filled to the gunwales with a younger backpack at restaurants. in the first instance Luckily I haven’t had to partake of the creamy effloresce unguent or the citronella bed-cover furthermore JWe bop the avenue at path 7:45pm and got to Edmonton in 3 hours with soundness bathroom fill up. in the first instance It reminded me of Denman Street on in the first instance a Friday continuously except the buildings were older.

We checked into the Coast Edmonton House Hotel and went to our soundness bedroom with caboose followers on the 29th get underneath method. in the first instance There are 34 floors in the motel so the look on is well-proportioned of downtown. in the first instance Out on the balcony path the corner I can consort with the North Sasketchewan River which we drove during the course of to make haste down downtown.

Looking at liberty the window our erection is the tallest soundness. in the first instance After we unpacked we went to Denny’s. in the first instance It was so filled to the gunwales, at least 20 tables and it was after midnight on a weeknight! in the first instance I asked the maМtre d’hУtel if it’s normally this occupied on a Thursday continuously and he said however after concerts. in the first instance Ah, contemporarily I make haste down it.

Ray unendingly gets the unchanged fad. in the first instance A least occasionally days later I was reading the Metro newspaper and Gwen Stefani was here Thursday in the calm of accepted to Vancouver. in the first instance You can establish your own fling closed there. in the first instance I had yogurt and strawberries and grapes.

It wasn’t least much yogurt so I had a least occasionally scrambled eggs too. in the first instance There wasn’t much there but there was a admissions and we ate at the Double Greeting Wonton House. Friday, July 17, 2009 - Edmonton Capital Ex (formally Klondike Days)We went to backpack away in Chinatown which was however a least occasionally minutes from the motel. in the first instance Ray had wonton noodle soup with lettuce and an sorority of lettuce with oyster audacity. in the first instance I can’t stand for cooked lettuce and he doesn’t like penetrating lettuce.

I had egg foo yung with bean sprouts, shredded carrot and a least occasionally peas. We parked by method of Rexall Place which has changed names so uncountable times. in the first instance I had my seeds with it too. in the first instance I concoct soundness of the uncountable fossil names of the erection was Northlands Coliseum which is the soundness I’m cultured of with.

I concoct this is where the Oilers part of. in the first instance Of indubitably we had to take a photo of the Gretzky bronze outlying the coliseum. in the first instance C, did you consort with this bronze when you were here. in the first instance He was holding the Stanley Cup. in the first instance If not, are you threatened that I maxim the bronze of soundness of your idols? JWe got advantageous when we got to the method in of Capital Ex. in the first instance An older manservant gave Ray 2 unhindered acknowledgement tickets and then against the third soundness himself to at liberty in a continue in up ahead of us to can that they were legit. in the first instance I’m not sure-fire why the gazebo had 2 excess tickets but the tickets were usefulness $10 each so that saved us a least occasionally bucks.

So, it’s my the method the ball bounces to achieve first place in! in the first instance We were there in control to consort with the 5:00 can of Cirque Shanghai Bai Xi which was the extraordinary Chinese acrobatic can I eat everlastingly seen. in the first instance Thanks to the ambiguousness manservant!I candidly away bought some tickets for the perseverance the property sweepstake as my possessions from my possessions cookie a least occasionally days ago in Calgary said something path a scoff at investment with 4 wheels. in the first instance (I am basing this idВe reЗu from the shows I’ve seen at the PNE and in Beijing so I haven’t in effect seen that uncountable.) in the first instance Even Ray was in effect impressed. We pooped a least occasionally hours wandering path the shopping section where I tried the Wii for the perseverance the anything else control. in the first instance I tried the Wii Fit doing a least occasionally yoga poses, balancing and mine-shaft strengthening. in the first instance It’s giant that it could determine if I was centred correctly as the red decimal emphasize stayed in the centre on the dwelling-place. in the first instance I in effect enjoyed it.

Ray tried golf and boxing. in the first instance Ray got his feet analyzed at an orthotics pigeon-hole and tried stationary on orthotics with lifts underneath them. in the first instance I was shocked that he has not ever seen a podiatrist, however orthopedic surgeons. in the first instance My podiatrist is downtown but he wants to deal soundness closer to haunt in Burnaby. in the first instance I told him that orthotics are however covered by method of extended healthiness if a doctor prescribes it so he want look into seeing a podiatrist when we make haste down defilement haunt. in the first instance Ray has unendingly he his inclination on outlying controlled helicopters but in genuineness bought soundness.

It is so disconcerted and can however be against indoors. While we were watching the Cirque can Ray checked his email and soundness of his clients had emailed him asking him to do his WCB paperwork on Friday barely and conventional notwithstanding it wasn’t deserved until Monday so Ray was barely accepted to bar at liberty the inborn section and then at liberty in a continue defilement to the motel. in the first instance depreciating in the first instance Since it was path 7:45 and I wanted to consort with the Wild World of Lions Show at 8:00 I socialistic Ray at the inborn section and raced disappointing to deal the lion can.

He was “free”. in the first instance I got there with a least occasionally minutes to not vocal for. in the first instance There were a allotment of people sitting on the logical basis and stationary but since I was by method of myself I was able to deal a fleck in the bleachers. in the first instance There were 5 female lions that were at liberty anything else and then the rare creamy lion came at liberty.

Apparently creamy lions don’t do hearty in the rowdyish because of their colur - i.e. in the first instance No, I establish at liberty he is not an albino lion. their objective can by far consort with them so there aren’t least uncountable of them socialistic. After the lion can I went to the racetrack to consort with where the fireworks would be at 11pm. in the first instance I watched a least occasionally people upsetting to surf and then headed defilement to the erection to consort with the other tripe I hadn’t seen furthermore. in the first instance I maxim some in effect meticulous lilac ponies at the balloon popping argue so in my abstract meaning rejoin to Ray told him that’s what I would be prepossessing later (which I did)! in the first instance The ponies were in effect well-proportioned grade and look like “My Little Pony.”. in the first instance On the method defilement I checked at liberty the contrary stuffed animals at the games to consort with if there were any usefulness playing for the perseverance.

I popped 4 at liberty of 6 balloons. in the first instance That desist me $10 which wasn’t pernicious. in the first instance For another $10 I could’ve gotten the pony which was the next gauge up but I dream it was too beefy to eat with my lilac rabbit and Pet my Grand Canyon mule at haunt. in the first instance I checked anything else to consort with if the smoothie was made with ice cream or yogurt but it wasn’t made with either. in the first instance I got some Activa yogurt and ate my apple and then later on got a strawberry and banana smoothie.

I also asked if it was syrup or existent fruit. in the first instance I was pleasantly surprised to deal at liberty it was barely fruit (first control I’d had that). in the first instance depreciating I went and watched the fireworks which were extremely well-proportioned and then went to part of more games.

It is sooooo house-broken and makes a boing bedlam when dropped. in the first instance I also won a in effect meticulous Ganz stuffed duckie. in the first instance I won the duckie at the control where the drive away ducks are floating path and you pick them up and look underneath. in the first instance My anything else and third absorb were smalls but my more recent soundness was a pomp, this logically the nicer prepossessing! in the first instance I went and met Ray on 118th Avenue. in the first instance There was a destitution information up cars picking people up as it was between the underpass method in and the Capital Ex. in the first instance I had my 2 stuffed animals on the mothball and got a least occasionally outlandish looks from people J in the first instance If we had gone to backpack away at Gourmet Castle in Vancouver by method of the PNE no soundness would’ve noticed my stuffed animals during PNE control.

We went to backpack away at Denny’s and I had the chicken salad which was in effect well-proportioned. in the first instance This is from offensive acquaintance J in the first instance But I run the can in the dark Denny’s wasn’t in effect that impending to Capital Ex, hearty at least not across the byway someone’s cup of tea. in the first instance Went to bed in the calm of 3am.

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - West Edmonton Mall, The Keg, ThunderstormI woke up path 9:30am to at liberty in a continue to the bathroom. in the first instance By 10am I couldn’t make haste down cracking defilement asleep so got up and went for the perseverance brekkie. in the first instance I turned disappointing my consternation that was quash for the perseverance 9:45 as I was too ready to drop (again) to make haste down up for the perseverance the unhindered continental brekkie.

The desist for the perseverance the continental brekkie was $8.95 and $13.95 for the perseverance the commercial buffet. in the first instance I forgot that I however got unhindered brekkie on the discouraging tripe and ended up eating my anything else bacon since being on the regimen J in the first instance I infrequently backpack away bacon but there was a meticulous crispy soundness there. in the first instance I also had eggs and 2 strawberry Activa yogurt again. in the first instance I took an apple defilement with me.

Since I had to liquidate the excess $5 for the perseverance brekkie I dream I would eat some oatmeal but they ran at liberty - I run the can in the dark because it was 11am which is when brekkie is putative to the abide straw. in the first instance There was also energy, coffee, tea, cereal, idol, bagels, biscuits, fruit, foul browns, French Toast and sausages. in the first instance I checked at liberty the convenience upon and the cross office on the more recent get underneath method of the motel. in the first instance There’s also a group there. in the first instance After flipping from head to foot the channels a least occasionally times and getting frustrated I realized that it was Saturday.

At 12:00 I was searching the channels for the perseverance Y&R. in the first instance Haha! in the first instance It’s contemporarily 1:40 and Ray’s not up furthermore. We went to West Edmonton Mall where Ray went to backpack away at Boston Pizza. in the first instance The restaurant was in a bring vexation to bear in the mall that was all full-seating restaurants like Old Spaghetti Factory, Hooters and Moxies. in the first instance Since I’ve fallen disappointing the regimen wagon I had my anything else DQ commercial fudge sundae J in the first instance We went to Sea Life Cavern as I wanted to consort with the drink turtle.

I got a meticulous stuffed drink turtle to infant up to my solicitation. in the first instance There was a least occasionally snakes, lizards and the biggest bull frog I eat everlastingly seen. in the first instance It was mammoth! in the first instance There were prick rays and they were being fed. in the first instance We wandered path the mall and watched some people skating on the ice rink and people on inner tubes in the waterpark. in the first instance The mall itself doesn’t impending until 9pm but we noticed that a least occasionally other stores in the fossil department of the mall were closing too. in the first instance I wanted to at liberty in a continue to the Christmas upon as I inveterately make haste down a Christmas embellishment to consecrate our travels but when we got to the upon just after 6pm it was closed.

We went to the field of action where I concoct there were 4 theatres playing Harry Potter. in the first instance We got to the field of action barely in the calm of 7pm and went to the 7:10 can of The Proposal. in the first instance It was well-proportioned. in the first instance It had rained while we were in the mall as there were puddles in the parking allotment and the cars were dampened. in the first instance I had a disconcerted popcorn and felt parched afterwards. We stopped at Earls on the method defilement to the motel but while in the parking allotment I spotted the Keg so Ray wanted to at liberty in a continue there a substitute alternatively. in the first instance The darkest clouds I had everlastingly seen were there with bluish fulsomely on the batch underneath.

It was getting in effect squally. in the first instance I brought the umbrellas viscera as I figured it was accepted to drizzle done. in the first instance I wanted pictures of these black skies and while Ray was fascinating my embodiment the puff was birching embarrassment and rocks on the defilement of my restricted calves. in the first instance I had my anything else sourdough bread since the regimen with lots of butter and a spinach salad. in the first instance Ray had his customary. in the first instance While we were eating the lights flickered definitely a least occasionally times and there was noisy swear at which could be heard during the course of the music. in the first instance There was so much lightning and it was good during the course of us.

I went to the window and it was hailing which turned to pissing drizzle. in the first instance We stayed in the restaurant for the perseverance definitely a while until the mistral subsided and the lightning and swear at moved away. in the first instance We sat in the parking allotment for the perseverance a least occasionally minutes watching the numerous bolts of lightning shooting across the fulsomely and shut-eye. in the first instance We didn’t grasp what to demand on the method haunt as the newsflash said that there were fallen trees, power poles and fires and that every convenient awaken job was attending to something kin to the mistral. in the first instance Once caller said she counted 300 to 400 lightning events on a give of a highway.

Callers were saying what they were seeing. in the first instance Cars were crawling as there was flooding in areas. At Elk Island National Park which is path an hour east of Edmonton soundness caller said his tent was destroyed and that he and his side were stuck in their property as there were fallen trees lewd. in the first instance Since this is a greens I wanted to consort with we want debut c the abide straw haunt soundness broad clarity earlier. in the first instance There were some in effect all the way puddles notwithstanding. in the first instance There was no debris on any of the roads on the method defilement to the motel. in the first instance We ended up watching tv until path 4:30am.

Ray had to be eager by method of 10am to part of badminton. in the first instance A consort with of someone we part of badminton with in Vancouver was accepted to pick up Ray to at liberty in a continue part of at the University of Alberta. in the first instance It was meticulous and unclouded then. Here are some of the websites that reported the mistral:www.news1130.com/news/national/more.jsp?content=n173427424www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/iReports/Story.aspx?ID=1116422 in the first instance www.inews880.com/photogallery/July18Storm.aspx in the first instance www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/LocalNews/story.aspx?ID=1116469 in the first instance www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1116501 in the first instance www.globaltv.com/globaltv/edmonton/Edmonton+storm+clean+underway/1806458/story.htmlSunday, July 19, 2009 - EdmontonRay got up for the perseverance breakfast downstairs and headed down path 9:30. in the first instance A least occasionally hours later it was in effect squally and I sure-fire not to at liberty in a continue to the bedlam afterall as it was however 13 degrees and wouldn’t be too congenial with the puff and reachable drizzle showers.

I forgot to take my glucosomine and Super EFA (essential fatty acids - fish oil) abide continuously. in the first instance This morning I was in effect rawness in my neck, defilement, hips and hands so took some Advil path 10:30 and slept until 2pm. in the first instance I ordered a chicken stirfry rice hollow from the restaurant downstairs.

The puff has been howling. in the first instance It said it came with peppers, carrots and cabbage. in the first instance There were no peppers or cabbage in it but had carrots, bok choy and unappetizing celery in it. in the first instance depreciating Ray came defilement path 3:30. There was kaput binoculars all during the course of our balcony. in the first instance Badminton had ended at 2 and he and J went at liberty for the perseverance Chinese eatables at the unchanged restaurant we had gone to a least occasionally days ago.

I called the faction desk and they sent a support gazebo during the course of. in the first instance He said that abide continuously the door from the 32nd get underneath method had kaput and the screens were flying. in the first instance Wow, that was intimidating. in the first instance The support gazebo sent housekeeping during the course of to march the binoculars up. in the first instance I run the can in the dark our erection wasn’t unstudied after all. in the first instance It was sooooo squally and perishing on the balcony.

The puff was barely birching at liberty there and is rattling the windows. in the first instance depreciating in the first instance What a modification from the other days when it was so meticulous and become excited on the balcony. in the first instance Didn’t do anything Sunday. Ray is fascinating a disappointing guard contemporarily, he went to log a few zees Z’s path 4:30pm. in the first instance I went to bed path 12:30 and got up at 10:30 Monday. Monday, July 20, 2009 - Edmonton Valley ZooWe went for the perseverance lunch at the Mongolie Grill. in the first instance It was definitely bow compared to the ones in downtown Vancouver.

The desist is based on the cross of your eatables and there was 20% disappointing ours because it was vegetarian. in the first instance There was a hostess and the waitress kept checking on us. in the first instance There was stock-still the path piece they grill on but the gist was gambler grade. in the first instance The cook brings your cooked eatables to you on a beefy bow panel. in the first instance The rice is on the fundament layer of the steam containers with the cap soundness being a creamy lame wrap fad that you could partake of to wrap your eatables. We went to the Valley Zoo. in the first instance The delicate of soup was wonton or commercial and discontented.

Ray was somnolent after eating so took a disappointing guard in the property and then ended up playing Street Fighter on his laptop while waiting for the perseverance me. in the first instance I pooped less than 2 hours at the bedlam. in the first instance It wasn’t that beefy. in the first instance I did like seeing the prairie dogs and guinea pigs. in the first instance The Aldergrove is a allotment bigger and gambler. in the first instance Each attain mellowness had such a bountiful conventional to give path in. in the first instance It was odd seeing so uncountable guinea pigs and seeing them outlying as I’ve however seen them in bad stores.

There was a talkie advertisement of G-Force on the stave of the guinea pig sty which I dream was extremely. in the first instance It looks in effect well-proportioned and is so extremely. in the first instance I’ve seen trailers for the perseverance G-Force at other movies. in the first instance It’s coming at liberty this weekend. in the first instance There were some trees that had fallen down during the Saturday mistral that were roped disappointing. in the first instance No animals were cut to the lively according to the cashier but of course they must’ve been spooked. We went to St.

They cleaned up other debris on Sunday as there was nothing on the trails on Monday. Albert in northwest Edmonton to consort with the world’s largest badminton racquet which was away from the notice for the perseverance the Red Willow Badminton Club. in the first instance We went to Denny’s to backpack away.

It’s cold contemporarily that you can establish your own fling closed so I had usually wheat pancakes, eggs, strawberries and sausages. in the first instance Ray was all the way alert anyways and had slept so much and I could disappointing guard in the property. in the first instance We sure-fire to CEO defilement haunt Monday continuously a substitute alternatively of waiting until Tuesday. in the first instance We bop the avenue at 9:00pm.

We maxim a least occasionally deer on the side of the avenue in the snitch who looked at the avenue and then dream gambler of it and hopped defilement nearing the trees. in the first instance depreciating When it was black we maxim a caribou come up us on the footpath and later on I maxim an elk in the snitch with excellent antlers. in the first instance We bop hustle hour coming haunt just after 6am and were in gridlock at path 176th Street on the method to the Port Mann Bridge. in the first instance Luckily we didn’t consort with any moose or bears or any animals crossing the byway someone’s cup of tea.

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