Carving lessons

Today was a slow day for me.  My boss' replacement started today so there were three of us at work today and will be for the next month.  Also there is a big basketball tournament in Prince Rupert this week which half of the town goes to watch and cheer for the town's team.  All this added up to the perfect storm of slow day for me.  I was in x-ray today waiting for people to come.  None did until after three.  After that the day seemed to go by quickly.

I came home to find Sonja cooking our supper.  We had bacon and scrambled eggs.  They were good.  We ate and then Sonja called her friend Ranita and I did homework for the day.  While doing my homework I was listening to the hockey game.  It sounded like a good game.  The Oilers won 4-0.  It's unfortunate that when they play well we are unable to watch.  I couldn't even find a source for the video on the internet.

At 7:30 we went to choose Sonja's birthday present.  So we went to one of the local artisans house and looked at some of his works.  He took us out to a totem pole he has been working on for the last year.  It is 40 feet long and 3 foot diameter.  It was really cool.  He even showed us his tools that he uses to carve with.  It turns out that he makes his own tools, as traditional carving tools can't really be found at your local Lee Valley.  He also showed us how they are used and even let us try.  He picked a spot that "Had a lot of wood left" for us to carve, shave and chop of.  That way we wouldn't wreck it on him.  It was cool to try.  Apparently we could be good with some practice.

We eventually came home and are now just watching TV and getting ready for bed.  It was a pretty good day overall.  The sun came out after a completely miserable day yesterday.  Of course the sunshines just in time for the work week to start.

Tyler