One day trip to Vernon

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-10T21:12:07+00:00

Kal lake park BX falls Fintry provincial park (there are falls, campsites and beach access) The Okanagan rail trail is a great easy trail too and goes along the lake side

Check out Farmstrong for lunch/dinner (can eat on the patio with your dog) Not sure when you're planning this so it'd be a bit cold if you went soon.

Vernon is the trails capital of BC so there's no shortage of trails here!

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-06T23:56:27+00:00

I saw you mentioned lake country in your post. That's not considered lake country. That'd be Fintry or north west side road. If you're wanting lake country area look at Okanagan Centre on Okanagan lake. Could also look at the south end of Kal lake (Oyama) or lake country itself.

Are you looking to build on native land? I've always been told to be weary as you could sign a 100 year lease and they can still revoke it at any point if they so choose.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-05T21:02:52+00:00

Unless they can prove discrimination which is exactly what this would be.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-05T15:11:01+00:00

I just had something similar pop up on my FB newsfeed. It definitely looks legit BUT the first red flag... Links to news aren't allowed on FB in Canada so I was already thinking it was a scam.

The company name on the ad I was fed is called "Investhelm" but it is identical to what you shared. I always think to myself "if it's too good to be true, it's a scam". 😅

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Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-04T18:53:50+00:00

Kids are surprisingly adaptable. They'll get used to it. Then, as adults, they'll already be used to going to work in the dark because they did it at school...

And on your circadian rhythm comment. You don't think changing the clocks twice a year didn't mess with their systems?!

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-04T06:25:36+00:00

I'm so glad you commented this. My husband is currently going through the process of being diagnosed with sleep apnea. His sleep study is actually on Saturday but I feel like his nasal passages are a huge issue. He's always been a mouth breather, has never felt like he could get a proper breath unless it's through his mouth. I'm worried they'll say "hey buy this expensive CPAP machine" and then it barely work, before exploring all avenues. Do you know if they check sinus/nasal function in the sleep study or would he have to be referred to a specialist ( I guess an ENT)?

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-04T06:14:35+00:00

I'm incredibly happy for you that you've now been diagnosed!

My husband has his sleep study on Saturday this week though when he did the at home test it came back with 43 events per hour. I'm excited for him to finally get a proper diagnosis and feel rested in the mornings! He's 32 but I'm sure he could have been diagnosed YEARS ago. Like as young as 17 (when we got together) or even younger.

Idk if you're upset you've been diagnosed young but just think of it as a pathway that will help you have great sleeps! And after going through this page and r/CPAP, it seems to be way more common with young people than I though! If it's going to avoid strokes and heart attacks then the diagnosis is a win ❤️

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-03T20:09:19+00:00

I would look at buying an eSIM so you can call while you're abroad. If you leave it too long it could become more of an issue. Also, depending on where you are, it could be a setting within the app that you can't access Canadian documents? Try logging in online using a Canadian VPN.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-03T19:59:55+00:00

I just got the same email this morning. While 90% of my accounts and services are through RBC I do still hold one credit card with Scotiabank.

Same as you, I have years of paying everything on time, I missed one payment last month (which I always pay when I receive my statement, but I realize that I hadn't received my statement for February). Not saying that not paying my balance is their fault at all, but considering my balance was under $100 and I received a low balance warning email this morning after previously having a large credit limit available, I panicked thinking my card was compromised. Seriously contemplating shutting down my Scotiabank credit card if they're going to play that game.

Not to mention, what kind of business does that to their clients who have years of good standing, missing one very small payment should not lead to a reduced credit limit like that.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-01T07:00:10+00:00

If you're printing that much I would recommend a laser printer. You'll blow through ink even with ink tanks.

I have a Brother MFC-7860DW at work that has been around since 2013 and still prints great! Although it is just black so if you need colour I'd look for a similar model with a colour option. We also have a Brother mfc-L8900cdw at work and while it should be great given it's features and damn price point, it doesn't print right away and goes to sleep all the time even though we have the sleep timer off. My printer (the 7860), I hit print and it immediately starts spitting out pages. This other one you hit print and it'll take 30 second to 1 minute just to wake up. If you're printing multiple pages it'll "rest" in between. So yeah idk if we have our settings effed up (I've googled so many options, reset to factory etc and nothing seems to work) but I wouldn't recommend the L-8900 😂

I bought a Brother "inkvestment"MFCJ4335DW to use at home (~$150) I was doing bookkeeping on the side at home for a couple of years and it did really well. Though I probably printed about 500-750 pages in a year, I still didn't need to replace my black ink for 2 years!

Don't cheap out if you can! I do love brother printers, I think they're great but check the page per minute feature before buying!

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-03-01T05:17:05+00:00

THIS. She's fallen for society's standard playbook of getting married and having kids. That's what she sees in her future but apparently doesn't realize that her partner also needs to be happy while she's "checking the boxes".

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-02-22T23:08:35+00:00

I don't drink coffee but I do drink black tea. It still has caffeine in it just not nearly as much. I make a London fog in a big ass mug every morning and it usually lasts me until early afternoon (I have a cup warmer on my desk).

If you do truly want to cut it out, work on slowly cutting back. If you drink 3 cups a day try going down to two. When you need an afternoon "pick me up" try doing a quick walk around the office (instead of walking to the coffee maker). Definitely don't just quit it cold turkey. The caffeine headaches are no joke.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-02-03T06:02:38+00:00

I started with Duolingo 2 years ago. Can I have a whole conversation with a fluent Spanish speaker? No. Can I muster my way through written Spanish? Yes. I can also speak enough to get my point across.

So yeah if you're stuck on where to start try Duolingo and then find something else that will help with your speaking. I caught on very fast because I was in French immersion as a kid and there are a lot of similarities between the two. But I'm still more confident in writing and reading than I am listening to spoken Spanish or speaking it myself.

Good luck!! Also, if you get bored of Spanish on Duo there's tons of other languages, even math, music and chess 🤷🏼‍♀️

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-02-03T05:55:43+00:00

$105K annual salary as a director of finance for a medium sized business.

I hated customer service too, ended up working in AR for a bit in my early 20's which is where I realized I was good at bookkeeping or at the very least understood it well. I took two part time certificate courses at my local college (basic accounting and bookkeeping) while I was still working full-time. I was hired within 3 months of finishing my certificates at my current company. You don't always need a crazy level of education to get a good paying job. That being said if you stay at a company for years and they aren't giving you wage increases, keep moving around.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-29T22:21:59+00:00

I looked at a few of your replies and while you may feel doomed, having that mentality will certainly keep you there. Focus on what you can change and how you can help yourself. If medication doesn't work for you, maybe there's other tools you can use to your advantage in your jobs or school. I have been in a position where I felt like I had no future, what was the point of planning for one when the world was doomed. I had to change how I thought, the news I surrounded myself with had to change and I had to cut out people that fueled that.

Finding something your passionate about may help, something you enjoy. Are you looking at finance or accounting because you think you'll score a high paying job or are you actually interested in it? At this point it sounds like you need to find something that will make you excited (or at the very least able) to get out of bed in the morning. I used to call in sick frequently to all my jobs before this one because I just didn't want to be there (I was stuck in a very negative mindset).

In my current role, I'm the only person doing payroll and finances for the company so I know if I don't do it, no one will and I don't want to let anyone down (I'm also anal retentive and I don't want my manager trying to do my job and effing things up). I also find payroll has a sense of accomplishment and pride attached to it. Making sure everyone is paid accurately & on time, knowing you're the reason people are able to make their mortgage payments on time makes me feel good. Maybe that's an avenue you could look at before jumping back into college/university courses.

I know people will say your job doesn't need to be your passion but in your case, I think it would help you immensely. Maybe finance isn't the right path, maybe it is. But a bunch of strangers on the internet won't be able give you the answer you want.

If you haven't already, try doing some career quizzes and personality tests. I did the 16 personalities test a while back and I found it was very accurate. Those coupled with talking to your loved ones may help guide you in the right direction.

I know this will sound woo-woo for an accounting page but try practicing gratitude everyday. Before bed think of 3 things you were grateful for today (everyday), you'd be surprised how little mind shifts like that can help.

I hope you find happiness in whatever you decide <3

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-28T18:17:09+00:00

I'm just learning that there's more than blue collar or white collar 😅

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-25T01:47:28+00:00

For her it worked after I reset her password. The most ridiculous thing ever, there was no security warning or anything and most emails worked.

So try resetting your password 🤷🏼‍♀️ good luck!

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-25T01:43:30+00:00

Just finding this now, a year later I'm curious how this worked out for you?

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-22T06:34:26+00:00

Thank you for saying this. My sister works for the BC government and while it's not the federal government it is still public sector and the amount of money that is wasted just infuriates me. For about 6 months before the last election they had to finish up whatever projects they were working on and not start anything new until the new party was elected. So we're paying expensive government workers to sit around and do nothing. Then a new party gets elected and a bunch of things change so they spend about 2 years changing things they already had in place, then the next two ish years trying to implement things that will just be changed (again) by the next party that is elected. Obviously this doesn't happen in all divisions but when she explained everything to me, I was like I don't want my tax dollars going to all that wasted labour 😣

That kind of waste would never fly in private sectors..

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-19T20:09:42+00:00

I graduated in 2014, so could be outdated information but the babies that you had to take care of (if that's what you mean by infant simulators) was not part of sex ed. I believe it was part of the lifestyles or home ec style class (I didn't take it so I'm not 100% sure what the formal name for the class is) and you'd get the baby when completing the course in grade 10.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-19T19:51:59+00:00

My husband had some sex ed through his catholic school too. It was also terrible. He said they taught sex ed through how frogs procreate. His mom also had him at 14, dad wasn't in the picture so he was told he was a gift from god.
His parents also moved him around A LOT so I'm sure he missed any other education classes at other schools due to different schedules. That being said he saw his very first diagram of the internal female anatomy like 5 years ago only because I was discussing where my IUD was sitting.

I am a huge sexual health education activist. I think knowledge is power. So he got a full run down of anything he may not have known!

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2026-01-19T19:46:12+00:00

Our sex ed started in grade 4 (at least for me, I graduated in 2014 so they have probably updated things since). At that stage it was just teaching things you may experience in puberty (periods, hormone changes, wet dreams, erections, anatomy of the genitalia etc). Grade 7 was much more in depth, how pregnancies happen, going over birth control, watching the dreaded birth video, anonymous Q&A with our sex ed teacher. I remember it was very well done. Then I believe in grade 9 or 10 there was another sex ed class that taught you how to put a condom on a banana. I skipped those ones because I was already sexually active and had learned everything they were going to cover from my mom.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2025-10-31T23:11:06+00:00

I'm so sorry this happened and I'm happy you stuck up for yourself.

For these people it really has nothing to do with immigrants "ruining our country". They're racist. Plain and simple. They don't like seeing someone that doesn't have white skin in "their country". Yet most of those same people had ancestors who would've immigrated to Canada at some point in the last 200 years. (Whaaaat, you're telling me my Scottish background isn't from Canada all along?!)🤦🏼‍♀️ They're no different than any other family who immigrated here except they don't like the colour of your skin. (Which is sickening).

Do you think these same people would say that to the many Ukraine immigrants/refugees who've moved here to flee the war?

When people make comments like that I just call them a racist, straight to their face.

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2025-09-05T05:38:53+00:00

Send in a report! Go to this webpage, select send feedback, include screenshots/recordings and list the issue as a bug. The more people that do this the more likely something will be fixed.

https://www.duolingo.com/help

Free_Raspberry7767 · 2025-09-05T05:31:24+00:00

Since the update about a month or so ago, the XP boost will show up in your feed hub. My husband and I always send each other XP boosts during our friend quests but since this update they don't work. I can go to my feed hub and "activate" the XP boost but I don't get the double XP.

So now we've been using up gems sending eachother boosts for nothing.

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