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Posted on February 13, 2021
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I remember like it was yesterday, I was sitting at my desk in Gatineau, Quebec, wearing a suits, wondering what the heck I was doing with my life. I had dropped out of college, landed on a “great opportunity” job as an admin, and… Continue Reading “Quit your desk job”
Category: construction, Construction, UncategorizedTags: carpentry, challenges, concrete, construction, femalecarpenter, feminist, generation, happiness, hard work, island, pacificocean, Photography, trades, Travel, women, women in trades, womeninconstruction
Posted on February 8, 2021
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It’s now the middle of winter, the ground is covered with a mix of mud, fresh grass and blossoming flowers. Roses bushes are beginning to bloom and the locals are getting their gardens beds ready for this spring. The west coast has been treating… Continue Reading “Winter on a rain shadowed Island”
Category: Adventures, UncategorizedTags: Bc, dream, explorebc, explorecanada, exploretofino, feminist, Freedom, GoPro, gulf island, happiness, happy, island, island life, motorhome, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, Photography, Saturna, sea, seal, Squamish, surf, Travel, Travelbc, vanlife, westcoast, women
Posted on January 24, 2021
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As I was growing up, l had the stereotypical idea that by the age of 25 I would be married, working in an office, have a house, kids and in general be settled down near my family. I am now 25, move about twice… Continue Reading “Being a female, traveling carpenter.”
Category: Adventures, construction, Construction, UncategorizedTags: badass, Bc, Camping, carpenter, carpentry, challenges, concrete, construction, crab, dream, explorebc, exploretofino, femalecarpenter, feminist, Freedom, futur, generation, GoPro, gulf island, happiness, happy, hard work, inspiration, island, motivation, motorhome, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, Photography, sea, surf, trades, Travel, Travelbc, traveler, vanlife, westcoast, Whistler, women, women in trades, women rights, womeninconstruction
Posted on January 10, 2021
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It’s been a while since I took the time write about what’s going on work wise for us, so let me get you in the loop. Before the holidays, we finished the footing on the ocean front here on Saturna Island. Now I won’t… Continue Reading “Change of plans”
Category: Adventures, Construction, construction, UncategorizedTags: Bc, carpenter, carpentry, challenges, concrete, construction, femalecarpenter, Freedom, GoPro, gulf island, happy, hard work, inspiration, island, island life, motivation, ocean, pacificocean, Photography, sea, secluded, sgi, trades, Travel, Travelbc, westcoast, women, women in trades, womeninconstruction
Posted on December 10, 2020
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You had an interview with her and wondered why she was so anxious. You might not know that she has been turned down from every other application. You wondered why she took things so seriously. You might not know how many people took her… Continue Reading “You might not have known.”
Category: Construction, constructionTags: awareness., carpenter, carpentry, challenges, change, concrete, construction, femalecarpenter, feminist, Freedom, futur, generation, GoPro, hard work, inspiration, motivation, new world, ocean, pacificocean, Photography, poet, poetry, sea, trades, Travel, Travelbc, traveler, westcoast, women, women in trades, women rights, womeninconstruction, workplace, YouTube
Posted on December 7, 2020
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It’s been just over a month now that we are living on a beautiful Vineyard on Saturna Island. The sunrises along with the sunsets behind the ocean and mountain view’s have not been disappointing. Our days at work have been a beautiful balance of… Continue Reading “So far on Saturna Island”
Category: AdventuresTags: Bc, crab, explorebc, explorecanada, Freedom, GoPro, happy, island, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, Photography, Saturna, sea, surf, Travel, Travelbc, traveler, westcoast
Posted on December 1, 2020
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So a few weeks ago Derick and I had booked a room at the Water Edge resort in Uclulet, Bc, with a balcony hot-tub with a harbor view with a plan to get some good surfing done. Last week I got a call saying… Continue Reading “Birthday Weekend”
Category: AdventuresTags: Bc, birthday, carpentry, crab, dogs, Freedom, GoPro, gulf island, happy, island, lighthouse, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, rv, sea, sea lion, seal, Travel, vanlife, walk, westcoast
Posted on November 28, 2020
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Physically Let’s talk about the 3 biggest challenges I’ve had to face to become a carpenter so far. Not saying they are the only ones, but definitely the ones that took the longest for me to get through. So I’m about 5’6” and weight… Continue Reading “My biggest challenges”
Category: Construction, construction, UncategorizedTags: badass, Camping, carpenter, challenges, concrete, construction, explorebc, femalecarpenter, Freedom, happy, hard work, motivation, pacificocean, Photography, Skoolie, trades, Travel, Travelbc, westcoast, women, women in trades, womeninconstruction
Posted on October 13, 2020
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This pass summer, Derick and I had the opportunity to live in Uclulet, Bc. It was honestly a dream come true to have found this job in may, when everything was shutting down on Vancouver Island because of COVID 19. As soon as we… Continue Reading “A summer in Canada’s surf town.”
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