This weekend was a fun one which much anticipation of the snowfall. I slept with the curtains open checking out the window much of Friday night only to realize no snow fell at all in the NW Metro...d'oh ( Read more... )

Well I try to cram a lot into my weekends to make the most of them and this three-day weekend was no exception. Come to think of it, much of Monday was a lazy or uneventful day yet I still feel accomplished. What all did I do you may ask, well just keep readin ( Read more... )

I celebrated Valentine's Day by getting down and dirty, hot and sweaty in the dark like many others I assume did. When I was done I was out of breath from blowing so hard. Of course I am referring to the Plymouth Fire SCBA training and Spirometry (think lung capacity & lung strength) night. We wound up going through a maze of sorts in a very ( Read more... )

Alright so my blog is a little outdated. A quick preface ( Read more... )

I suppose I am a redneck since one of the highlights of my weekend was Monster Trucks, but what can I say? They're fun, simple entertainment. Plus I got to see Tony and catch up with him. It was fun, though the last final act: "Grave Digger", flipped over about 10 seconds in to his freestyle event. I also got my bank card back from Alary's when ( Read more... )

So yesterday was a full work day and a PFD shift from 1800-2100. I was covering for good ol' Todd and for the first couple hours I started to think my streak of bad luck was continuing. We did a 'Pub Ed' with a pack of kindergarten aged Girl Scouts (daisy scouts or something to that effect??) and showed them around, pictures, all the good stuff ( Read more... )

Alright, I promised I'd get better at this. So here it goes ( Read more... )

Well yesterday was my big day inspecting. I was asked to keep it quiet who I went with to do the inspections and so on, so I apologize I will be vague. Since I already knew the guy I didn't just do an inspection but more or less hung with him from noon until 7pm helping with his work. So in addition to the required inspection, which was a ( Read more... )

Why is it snowing? I don't like it. Sure it won't stay but c'mon ( Read more... )

Long time no update, but I haven't had a whole lot to share. In the past weeks I've made it to a Nuke plant, the cabin, numerous tranings, class on thursdays, NIMS certs, found an old friend, dad's birthday, parades, selling fire trucks, etc. So, yeah, busy. Tonight I thought I had a free evening, but I'll be training with GVFD after all, should ( Read more... )