So for my 100th post I wanted to come up with soemthing neat or unique or I don't know special. So here it is......
The other day I told about getting the Queenstakes contract and driving to this neat mine. Today I had the 12 hr. underground miners. We got to the portal about 6:00 AM and the guys got off the bus. Then this big wig guy came out and asked me if I could wait as he needed to have a meeting with all of the miners. Sure I said, that's my job.... transporting the miners. So half an hour or so later the guys start coming out. Queenstakes is shutting down. Apparently investors totaling around $110 million.... yes million backed out. Which means no $ to run the mine. Most of the miners didn't seem to be surprised and all of them were on their cell phones making calls. And about half of them went home instead of working they were taking vacation or personal days that would be lost otherwise. KT only loses 3 runs so it's not a big issue for them. It's shaping up to be an interesting week!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Oh yea...........
And I forgot to add that my last post made # 98 so I guess this is #99. Ok I cheated a bit (do I use the term 'a bit' too much? picked it up from Eric whom I believe picked it up in Australia). See you for #100 next time.
Queenstakes
This is the Murray portal to the Jerritt Canyon Mine owned by Queenstakes. KT Services picked up the transportation contract 2 weeks ago and we started running up there last week. I say 'up' because it is about 60 or 70 or 80 miles North of Elko. Last week I ran the 10 hr. bus which meant getting up @ 1:30 Am to get ready and be to work at 3:00AM. The nice thing about that run was
A- the miners were pleasant.
B- I was done for the morning by 6:45 AM
C- I was done for the night by about 6:45 PM
This week I started the 12 hr. underground. This also meant getting up around 1:30 AM but I didn't get back to the KT lot till around 8:30 Am and I had to be back to work at 3:30 PM to do it all over again. Now figure in commuting back and forth to work and meals and...... you do the math. I've been sleeping at around 4 hr. shifts.... are the numbers starting to hurt your head too? After last nights shift and getting back a bit late I told the dispatcher that I would be happy to run it in the AM but it was too much for me to run it twice a day. That doesn't even count not getting to see my son or husband almost at all. Rick let Zac stay up just to say goodnight. So this morning after getting back just a bit later than later I had the rest of the day off! Yippee! And I was even a bit constructive too. Zac mopped his bathroom floor like his grandma taught his mom to do it (which means hands & knees and a rag). All in all it turned out to be not so bad a day.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Missing her
Since I was missing Katie I thought I'd share some of her with everyone. It's been a week since she passed. It's still hard to believe she's gone. Katie waas an amazing sog. Her job was to round up all the dirty socks in the house. She wouldn't touch the clean ones and she never chewed them up. It was kind of funny when Chance thought they were toys. He wanted to play tug of war with Katie and Katie would proceed to let him know that they were not tug of war toys they were her job. You see Aussies need a job. They were bred to be herding dogs so they are very smart and are also active dogs. Their good with kids although they have a tendency to want to herd the little ones. So if you want a great all around dog get yourself an Aussie! And yes I am using this venue to help get through the feelings I have so I hope you will be patient with me.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Intermediately obedient
Today was the first day of mine and Chance's intermediate obedience class. It was a lot of fun and it felt good to be there. The trainer holds it at a park which is nice and it helps with the training by adding in distractions. Why do distractions help you ask? It is good to work with the dog in that kind of enviroment so when you get out in the real world you know that your dog will respond to your commands no matter what else is going on. The trainer also happens to be the owner of the local kennel/ groomer and she also happens to breed Aussie's. I told her about Katie and we talked about it. I asked her to keep her eyes open for either a blu merle or a red merle girl puppy. We don't want to rush into another dog but I do want another girl like Katie. I know, I know I can't replace her but one of the things that attracted me to her was her coloring. I love the merle color in Aussie's and it's also unique to their breed. I just think it's so beautiful! So I'm feeling better although I'll always miss Katie and no one will ever replace her or Red for that matter. They will forever be in my heart.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
In memory
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Awwwww............
Why is it that no matter where you live it always smells wonderful after it rains? Here even the sage brush smells fantastic. One of the things I liked about moving to Spring Creek was/is how fresh the air is. All of us had problems with the inversons and the yucky air in SLC. It only took 2 weeks for Zac's stuffy nose and cough to go away after moving here. Needless to say we got rain yesterday, actualy thunder and lightening and rain. the storm put on quite a show, lighting up the sky with all the crash, boom, bang that goes along with it. And you guessed it when it came to bedtime Zac declared that the storm was 'freaking me out'. This of course came after an evening of watching the storm with Mom & Dad. I finaly got him to stay in bed and got to sleep myself. I had to be up at 2:30 Am for work and Rick started his new earlier schedule yesterday which has him up at 3:30 AM. He grumbled about it last night trying to get to bed an hour earlier. Some bright idiot at the mine decided that everyone should get there at the same time so they set Rick's shedule back an hour. He of course will get used to it but as that stupid 'vonage' commercial goes change is hard.
