massage me, where i sleep, and vitamin c

1 The massage therapist works on my back and neck and her warm hands work smoothly and with confidence. I like that the lotion she uses is non greasy and has no odour.
2 I slept on the couch by the fireplace, and in front of the warm fire and covered with a heated blanket, Toasty and relaxed.
3 Vitamin C. How great to find some in the crisper in the refrigerator. I sliced up a few and fed my cold.

sleep patterns, plaid, and connected

1 And by the way, what is up with not sleeping? It's an interesting phenomenon to wake from a short nap and then have sleep be elusive. Last night the fire lulled me into slumber and later when I couldn't sleep, a boring book lulled me again.
2 A simple blue and red plaid shirt that will be perfect for work. Layering is perfect for this time of year. 
3 Mr P and I both giggle over the silliest of things. It's one of those moments that just connects us together even though we're hundreds of kilometers apart.

oh dear, in the air, and done

1 OOPS! The phone was left on the bumper of the truck and neither of us realized it as we drove down the road. Needless to say Mr P has a new Samsung5s and darn if it doesn't have the sweetest camera.


2 The air still smells like smoke and the fire is still burning. It's traveling away from our area now but the air support is still flying overhead. Here's a bit of what it looks and sounds like with one helicopter. (In the air today there were two planes with retardant, four float planes and two helicopters).
3 It's dark now, so the air support are gone and the fire will be monitored from the ground. If the winds don't pick up the fire lines should hold.

making it work, cameras, fire on our mountain

1 I wondered what it might feel like to do a dispatch shift the entire day. It felt great! It's a short shift, it's like a game of Tetris, there are great people to work with and no big mess ups!
2 Coming home to Mr P putting up security cameras around the house. We had someone try to enter the house early in the morning....we both woke to the sound of the door opening. No one was there, but the inside light in the garage was on so Mr P is working to get things tightened up. I believe he said something about "Fort Knox!"
3 There's a forest fire on the mountainside. It's about 3 minute drive straight above us but across a highway. It's all closed off and for now the skies are quiet. We drove up to see how large it was and it's big. 30 hectares. We are safe here and feeling very grateful that the fire hasn't jumped the road. More tomorrow.

i can, fire, planes,, and watch this

1 This weekend I do my first shift alone and I'm a wee bit nervous. I'm certain I'll have the knowledge to know what to do and where to find information. I know I can do this!
2 Coming out of the store we see smoke on the backside of the mountain near the kids place. It spread so fast and soon we have firefighters, planes dropping retardants and helicopters dropping water. The fire is now contained but not controlled. The smoke is thick and hazy and we can't even see to the city up the lake. The wind is light so far, let's hope it stays that way.
2a The planes dropping the fire retardants have a bird dog that flies through first then they swoop in and drop. They must have nerves of steel.
3 Mr P spends time today working on our reverse osmosis water filtration system. He's taken it apart, cleaned it, gotten new parts and now as he installs it he watches YouTube instructions. Hooray for the inter web!