I try to visit the Northwest Washington Fair every August to see the farm animals and events. The last couple years I have gone with my friend Jessica and her son, Jimmy. This year, while walking around the animal barns, I noticed something about the pigs. The ones sleeping all had smiles on their faces, poor things, if only they knew their fate 🙂 A note on one of the pictures, the horse that looks like he’s being vacuumed is being vacuumed or “groomed,” whatever they call it these days 🙂
On Sunday I volunteered at Camp Horizon for a couple hours with the horseback riding. The camp is held every summer in Blaine (closer to Birch Bay) for special needs kids & adults. The people running the horseback riding go to our church and that is how I heard that they needed help. Since I love to be around horses, I thought it would be fun, and it was 🙂 My job was to walk beside the rider as a spotter so they didn’t fall off… though most of the riders had great balance. I used to volunteer at a therapeutic equestrian center in Canada while attending Trinity Western University. It was neat to be able to have the experience again.
The two girls pictured are my friends Janelle & Krista from the Christ Group Todd & I are involved with. We all were helpers.
My friend Jessica and I were walkers in the Chuckanut Footrace this weekend. Jessica encouraged me to sign up and walk with her, so I did (it was capped at 1,000 people). The walk was beautiful through the trees and overlooking the bay. We were on the Interurban Trail for most of the 7 miles which started at Marine Park and finished at Larrabee State park. It actually was pretty fun, mostly because I had Jessica to laugh and talk with. It took us about 2 hours, which is not too bad for this being our first race. My feet were extremely sore afterwards but now I know to buy a better pair of shoes for next time. You can see our action shot by a professional photographer by clicking here. We took the one below after we got back to Jessica’s a couple hours after the race.
Every year in May, Whatcom County holds the Ski to Sea Race from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay. It takes place all in one day, beginning at 8:30 am. The race has seven parts in which a baton (timing chip) is passed at the end of each leg to the next teammate. The seven legs in order are: cross country skiing, downhill skiing/snowboarding, running, biking, canoeing, mountain biking & sea kayaking. Our little town of Everson is known to most during this time of year. Usually, the bikers hand off the baton to the next portion of the race which is canoeing. They start at a little park near us on the Nooksack River. Unfortunately for this year, the river was too high so they had to cancel that part of the race. I guess it is quite an event involving over 500 teams with seven-eight people per team. Todd & I were able to catch part of the race after church this morning. It was a lot of fun seeing so many people in our small city. Not that we would, but today would have been a perfect day to break the law because all of our policemen were directing traffic 🙂
So, my cousin Sarah has tagged me. I hope you find me somewhat amusing 😉
Four jobs I’ve held:
1) Office assistant & model horse painter (same job)
2) Preschool aide
3) Fitness technician (Curves for Women)
4) Special-ed aide (for a blind 8th grader)
Four movies I could watch over and over:
1) Snow Dogs…please don’t laugh, it’s just a silly movie 🙂
2) Batman Begins
3) Pirates of the Caribbean (just the 1st one)
4) The Princess Bride
Four places I’ve lived (in order):
1) Central California
2) Southern California (born here too)
3) British Columbia, Canada
4) Washington
Four TV shows I like:
I’ve been in a murder mystery kick lately. These are all on DVD from the library:
1) Poirot
2) Nero Wolfe
3) Midsommer Murders (BBC)
4) A Touch of Frost (BBC)
Four favorite foods:
1) Pad Thai
2) Bean & cheese burritos
3) Sushi (spicy tuna)
4) Lasagna
Where would I rather be?
1) Anywhere warm & tropical
2) Visiting my family
3) Disneyland 🙂
4) Site seeing the rest of the world!
Four people I’m tagging (for those new to this, it means you copy and paste this onto your blog and put your own answers):
I just have one really good friend with a blog 🙂
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