New Developments

Well, I can't believe that it's been this long since I last posted. Oh well, no time like the present to put something together!

The only major things that have changed in the last little while is that we now have new windows on the house. It took a while, but they are here! They are really nice too! The great part is that the windows in the living room are actually working windows compared to what we had before. We have had to make some minor curtain re-arragements, but hey, for working windows, it's a minor deal!

Arrow windows is the company that sold us the windows & unfortunetly, it didn't go quite as smoothly as I would have liked it to be. We noticed, after the fact of course that some of the screens where made too small for the window opening. Some other minor things is that the pencil markings (for mesurements) where all left on the windows & the cranks wheren't sealed properly.

The other thing that we noticed is that they didn't even advertise that they where doing the renovations on the windows. No signage or anything. I guess that's what you get!

We sort of have worked things out... he's going to give us $50 off for the screens, but he didn't seem to think that the remainder of the issues where important enough to mention...

That's ok! I've accepted the $50.

On another note, I celebrated my 30th B-day last month (Sept 19) and I was pleasantly surprised by Allison's gift to me. It was a $100 gift certificate for a Tattoo at Krystal Blade. I can't wait! I have to find a design that I want. I have a general idea, but I have yet to finalize my idea.

Although that was the highlight of my b-day, the disappointment was when we went out for supper that night at East Side Mario's. Long story short, we waited almost 90mins for our supper and on top of that, it was cold. Olivia was starting to get cranky so, we basically asked that our meals be boxed up & we left. The worst thing is that the manager only gave a 15% discount for the whole thing. She didn't even offer to pay for my meal since it was my b-day. My meal was $16 and the total discount was only $6.08.

On Oct 4th, we are having our Fire Prevention day at the Fire Hall in Dieppe. It should be lots of fun! It's too bad that it's the same day that Stephen Harper is in town. I would have loved to have gone & heard him talk about the upcoming elections. 

I've been following the local conservative on his website & on this twitter account. He seems to be the guy to vote for.

Well, that seems to be about it for now!

'til next time!

10 years and counting

Hard to believe that it's already been 10 years in the Fire Service. Time has really gone by fast. When I sit down & think about it, I haven't even really seen a lot of fires as per say!

I've fought a few, but nothing major where we can "surround & drown" the place. I guess that just means that Dieppe Fire is very efficient!

We had our open house this weekend (Oct 7th) and that's where I was presented with my 10 years of Service Maple Leafs. Also, during that time, Allison & Olivia came down & I was able to snap some good pictures with Olivia. You can see them on my Flickr page.

Other then that, not a whole lot is going on. I'm still waiting for news about some movement, so it's still all hush hush, but I'll let you know as soon as I know something. I'm sort of anxious to get it all over with and I have to be careful that it doesn't affect my current performance.

Well, that's about all I've got for right now....

'til next time!

Arrr

Apparently Sept 19 has more then 1 meaning in this world! Not only is it my birthday, but it is also International Talk Like A Pirate Day! I think that's pretty cool!

Talking about my birthday, I was "conned" into going to Bouctouche on that morning so that they could give me a cake! The cake was good, but I think I would have rather stayed in Dieppe because the Airport in conjunction with the Dieppe Fire Department had a mock aircraft accident. Turns out not a lot of people showed up; however, I think it would have been nice to train some more. Apparently, not a whole lot of people showed up for the "indicent" which could mean more then the actual training itself.

We are having a hard time staffing people during the working hours - which is normal as the majority of the volunteer firefighters are also employed full-time mostly during the daytime. Another great example would be the call that I attended yesterday. We received a dispatch for a MVA with no injuries for a Truck that hit a building.

I was the first "call-out" to reach the station & only 1 other person showed up. We were 2 for the whole time, until I left & the DC asked for the call to be paged out again to get some back up at the station.

What else is going on? Not a whole lot! Apparently Olivia is now crawling up stairs with very little assistance! I'm pretty pleased about that, but I have yet to see her do it! I've been really busy at work lately - working 9 out of the last 10 nights... It's starting to take it's toll on me. I'm barely seeing Olivia & Allison as I'm dead tired and basically crash either on the couch or get ready for bed & pass out!

So, I'm sort of keeping my eyes open for local opportunities as traveling is starting to be a necessary evil! So, we'll see what happens!

'til next time!!!

Resume has been dropped off

Well, like the title says, my resume got dropped off & I have my times set up for my testing. They are as follows:

Written exam: Oct 12, 13h30
Knowledge exam: Oct 13, 14hrs
Physical (aka: DND Test): Oct 16, 15h30

I'm really anxious & I know that I'm going to do well, but I hope that it's well enough to get a job. I have actually respondided to medical calls & I have not been as nervous as I was in the past - which to me - is a great thing!

Also, this weekend, was the start of Fire Prevention week. It was a gorgeous day & I got to drive our heavy rescue truck in the parade.

Well, I'm outta here for now!

'til next time!