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Post at New Years

By KyleWith on December 31, 2010 in Journal

Well I thought I would would send out this little, quick, post right at January 1, 2011 is about to be rung in.

I don’t have plans for this evening, did I want some? Maybe, maybe not. To be totally honest, even though I have only been up since 10am I am tired.

I am currently at the office. I know, I know. Not the place one should be when they have time off, but man is it nice to have two monitors again. I only got back in Fort St John at around 2pm.

Do I have any New Years Resolutions, well not really. I don’t really believe in them. Most people forget about them in a couple weeks anyway. I do want to write a little more before Monday on some things I want to focus on in the coming months at work.

Confidence being a big thing I want to improve. Happy New Year!

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Ptarmi comes to Northern BC

By KyleWith on December 30, 2010 in Fort St John, Ptarmi

While in Yellowknife this past holiday season I was lucky enough to adopt a new addition to my one person family. No I didn’t adopt a friendly dog from the SPCA, although you should, I adopted a Ptarmi. You see, several times a year Janet Pacey ends up with litters of these little guys just looking for homes. Thanks to my mom I had the opportunity to take one in. Luckily this little guy is able to fit into tiny spaces for traveling and doesn’t make a mess when left alone.

Ptarmi will now be my traveling buddy and accompany me to many events. He will be seen all over Northern BC. His first stop is a little acreage just west of Chetwynd, BC. You see although most of Northern BC, Alberta and NWT was quite chilled Ptarmi wanted to get out of the house and see what was around him.

He got to see a nice sunset overlooking a field and took up waving at travellers on the Hart Highway. He plans to make his way to Fort St John tomorrow and experience life with me there.

If there is a place you want to see Ptarmi, let me know and I’ll try and get him there. If you want to adopt a Ptarmi and give one a good home you can find one here.

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She Found the Shoes

By KyleWith on December 29, 2010 in Journal, Reviews

Las April I was in Hawaii with the rest of my family. We did our fair share of shopping while there and one of those stores was Ross Dress For Less. The store is much like the Canadian chain Winners. It has discontinued, incorrect or over stock clothing.

The best thing I found at this store was a pair of shoes, which I came to love. I have wide feet which makes finding shoes a challenge any day of the week. These shoes fit and not just fit nicely, they fit perfectly. They were a 12w and were so comfortable.

There was nothing wrong with the shoes, I later found out the reason they were there was because they had been discontinued. I wore them everyday, to work, biking, and on. I ended up wearing them out at a quick pace and by September, there wasn’t much shoe left.

At this pointed I wanted another pair, but wasn’t heading State side anytime soon, so I started looking online. Unfortunately I didn’t have any luck find a pair. The makers, Perry Ellis, no longer had a shoe section on their website, and eBay had nothing. I then went to a source that I was sure wouldn’t let me don’t, Zappos. Zappos being the famous online shoe store for being incredibly helpful and having a huge selection. I asked their Twitter Support for help finding the shoes, but still nothing. Even the folks that deal with shoes everyday couldn’t find me another pair of these shoes. Then there was Vegas.

Last October my mother took a trip to Las Vegas with her mother. Of course they did their share of shopping. Fast forward to Christmas Day, when I open a present from her with a pair of the shoes inside. I was ecstatic. Apparently she had gone to another Ross Dress For Less and happen to find the only Perry Ellis shoes in the store which happened to be my size, 12w.

Perry Ellis Shoes

I’m stoked that I have another pair and can’t wait to wear them. I currently where a similar shoe, but from Skechers, which still have a lot of life in them only having them for 2 month now. I imagine by spring it will be time to change shoes.

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Joyous Christmas and Boxing Day

By KyleWith on December 26, 2010 in Journal

You can ignore my Christmas Eve post, it was written in spite and while I was not feeling well. I have moved passed that once again and had a pleasant Christmas Day. It was a Tradition day with Family. We eventually all got up at about 8am and started our Christmas Morning. It was a good time.

Christmas Turkey Dinner

After we had opened all presents, it was time for brunch. This was my specialty. What did I make? I prepped 2lbs of bacon, a pack of breakfast sausages, scrambled eggs and french toast, but that was not all. The French Toast and Eggs were both made with, wait for it, Egg Nog. I didn’t know what to except when adding this liquid to my cooking, but it turned out to be a marvellous idea. It had a splendid taste and a big hit with family and our two guests.

I’m very blessed to get all that I did for Christmas. My parents went above and beyond for me, and so did my brother. I got a lot of great things. Most notably a 1TB External Hard Drive for storage on the go, an Eye-Fi 4GB SD Card so I can wirelessly transfer photos from my camera to computer, a few pairs of Denver Haynes pants and sweaters, and several other odds and ends.

It seems like it has gone by so quickly and has it. I am a little disappointed I will be heading back to Fort St John on Wednesday. If I were to do it over again I would come back closer to Christmas and leave a little later.

How was your Christmas Day? What did you get? What was most memorable?

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My Humbug Christmas Greeting

By KyleWith on December 24, 2010 in Journal

I don’t know why, but it seems that this Christmas Eve I am not in the mood for Christmas. Heck I’m down right angry at something. What I don’t know, it is just something ripping at my inside.

I love Christmas, the feeling, family, gift giving, and of course food. Not at the moment though. I think this feeling can be contributed to many things. Having to live in my parents house again, still feeling uneasy about the future, anything.

I’ll be brutally honest here and say that being in my parents house again bothers me. Having been out on my own for so long now I’m done being treated like a child. Don’t get my wrong I love my parents. They are my friends, that I respect very much, but there comes a time when I would like to be treated as a adult son, rather than the child I feel like they still treat me as.

There are many other thing that contribute to my anger. Such as the feeling of not knowing where I belong, or always feeling like people don’t value the real me. I hate the feeling of not being accepted, it is what I have felt all my life. Not liking sports, not having many friends in school, not being good one thing, not being over smart. I’m very good at compressing these feelings, letting them not bother me, but eventually, like tonight, I break and just get upset.

Many would ask me what they can do to help, or as what I think the solution is. Truth is there is nothing they can do and there is not simple solution. I just need to continue on not letting things bother me and being true to myself. It is easy enough for people to say “why don’t you go out and meet some people” but that is FLIPPIN hard for me. After growing up like I did it has left me with little self-confidence when it comes to casually meeting people.

Tomorrow will be better though. The family will arise and have a happy Christmas morning, then I will cook an amazing brunch with all you favourites followed by a turkey later in the evening. We will be happy, I will be happy.

Sometimes keeping things bottled up will result in a sudden and momentary change in a person.

Merry Christmas Everyone

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