How can you tell a fire doesn’t have hydrant access? Aaaaaaaall the tankers. This is for a house fire on Peggy’s Cove Rd (the “12000 block”, if you could call it that)

If you can avoid Cobequid Rd tonight, I recommend it (specifically the 700-block but I bet traffic is snarled the whole road). A family is losing their home, & in the words of the scene command “this is gonna take a while”. Other engines have been dispatched for cover, volunteers have been called in

Monday thrifty bits: thrifted sweater! Earrings were in that multi-pack from Amazon, pants are hecka-old. Lol.

If you need some encouragement to buy a stupid-expensive advent calendar from the UK, mine arrives tomorrow. Who's excited for the box opening party?! Plus my inevitable "pay to release" bill (hopefully just tax because it wasn't collected at point of sale, but something tells me I'm in for a treat)

Hey @alisonburnis.bsky.social have you just been kicked out of your building? Overheard on the radio: something something sprinkler alarm St Mary's library something something (Captain Mumbles is working the radio again today so RIP my sanity)

Bought some decorations at Dollarama. 😁 The house glows in the dark…

Strip 2 of 20: finished! Haven’t decided when I’m going to tart tackling eyes and fins…maybe when I run out of markers. Lol.

The Norwegian Gem and the Brilliant Lady are here today (the Viking Mars is a VERY late arrival…she’s just entering the mouth of the harbour now, and will be here until tomorrow evening), and the Gem just gave her big toot goodbye. Thanks for visiting, ma’am!

Off to Open Streets Agricola (brief stop at Zee Bank first) and wait! That’s not Pete’s strap! If you have not yet been acquainted, meet Jack. Today is the first day of Autumn, so he gets to hang around until Nov 1st.

You will NEVER GUESS where Engine 10 is responding to a fire alarm right now. (If you guessed 119 Hanwell Dr, congrats! The alarm company can’t seem to figure out how to disable the fire alarm cuz…yeah. She burnt.)

So below I have the thread of me building this thing, and here it is complete. But wait! It gets better!

~200 block, which is a huge apartment section 🙃 If I was driving in the area I'd go around starboard instead!

I missed the civic address, but a car drove into a building on Larry Utek and traffic is a mess around there. Sounds like they’re through the wall and there may be a question of structural integrity with the building. Also, there seems to be a question of how to get the person out of the car.

Went to Dollarama for batteries for my Klockis, and I found a Halloween craft. Shall we make a wooden house?! I may decide to disassemble it when it’s done, paint it, and reassemble. lol.

PETE AND I ARE IN A CAR! Special adventure time to spend @grinchkicker.bsky.social’s money!

Laid my partially-complete Strip 2 on the rug with the rest of my blanket and immediately identified an issue: the bundles of yarn for seaming need to be on the other side of the tail. Noted, and I’ll change that for the rest of the even-numbered strips!

3 new fishy colours! None of the fish colours in this strip are the same as the last one, which makes me happy. Keeps things interesting…

The fire alarm at 119 Hanwell Dr. is going off again. Engine 10 seems to think this is a false alarm…I hope he’s right.

The Volendam left way too early today so I didn’t get the full family photo, but here we have the: Brilliance of the Seas, Norwegian Getaway, and Seabourn Sojourn. Today was our first tender day in a long time!

Iiiiiiiiiiit’s…FRIYAY! Today’s thrifty bits: thrifted shirt and pants, same necklace as yesterday, dino earrings from the same Amazon multi-pack from yesterday, and 2 vintage rings!

I don't know what bus it is, but there's a bus that's stuck halfway on Reconciliation Way, half on Hollis St because it failed to make the turn. The dispatch call mentioned the word "again" so this seems like really poor design for a brand new street...

Last night I used up my last little bit of my Body Shop Seaweed Overnight Mask, and I’m sad. It had a really nice jelly texture and great scent. I don’t think they’re bringing any of the Seaweed line back (has never not been “sold out” since re-launch).

Thursday Thrifty Bits are brought to you by the letter F. F for Forget! Thrifted shirt and pants, necklace from a vintage store! Earrings were in a multi-pack on Amazon.

So...this is my building. But the alarm isn't going off? lol

There is currently a school on lockdown and hold & secure for maybe a code blue (resuscitation required) maybe something else (dispatch said "code blue or unknown"), and Halifax Fire got to the scene and couldn't get in ("locked down for unknown reason at this time") so that seems efficient.

I was attacked by a dog on my way to work this morning. And by that I mean I ran into Marielle and her doggo Mojito, who jumped on my leg and barked until I petted him, and when I stopped he did it all over again. The world according to Mojito revolves around Mojito. Also, dog tax. (Last summer)

I woke up to pee, thought “smells a bit like forest fire right now” so checked the incident feed and OH MY GOD IT IS ON FIRE AGAIN.

Fishy Strip 1: finished! 19 more to go. I’ll start strip 2 tomorrow, and those fish swim the other direction!

I'm listening to the radio chatter for a medical call and it is so important to know where you're calling from if you're calling for medical assistance. The caller gave an address to the operator that was half a lake away from the person requiring aid and...that's precious minutes lost

On my way to ruin my dinner! *skips down the sidewalk*

Wednesday Thrifty Bits: thrifted dress, sweater is old, earrings are from Black Market!

Captain Kellogg is a ferry captain! By the time I realized that it was Master Of The Cereals checking in he had already said the name of the ferry and I didn't hear it. Whomp whomp. But it makes me irrationally happy to know we have a Captain Kellogg working for Halifax Transit

I cannot *wait* to ruin my dinner this week. I can leave work in a little more than 3 hours. *drums fingers on desk*

Visitor Services Staff at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, Nova Scotia. jobs.novascotia.ca/job/HALIFAX-... #MuseumJobs #NovaScotia

This media release by the Halifax Professional Fire Fighters president is a rather...scathing...review of the HFRE response since the 2023 Tantallon wildfire. It's worth a read. ugc.production.linktr.ee/ce19d292-dc6...

Emily @em616.bsky.social and I now have a secret gossip chat. Just in case you wanted to be jealous of something today. Sorry, you (yes, YOU) aren’t invited.

Toooooosday thrifty bits: the dress I bought new a long time ago (Joe Fresh), blazer from a vintage seller, earrings are “mistake deviled eggs” from Terri Power (pink paprika instead of red), bracelet from the Kings Grannies

Do you live in Canada & own a dog? Do you give them dog treats or feed them? You will want to keep your eyes on the CFIA Recalls website (here: recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en) for an upcoming recall or public alert for dog food and/or treats sold across Canada. What brand/type(s)? Unknown at this time

OK, I just bought my FINAL (sort of...I still need a coffee advent calendar and I don't know if I will get my mommy to arrange something for me, or buy one like the ECS calendar if they have it again this year) advent calendar. It was WAY MORE MONEY than I wanted to spend, but here we are. lol.

Dispatch morning updates: TAC 12 and the drone were requested to respond to Hanwell Dr. because it. is. still. burning. Also the Trailer Park Boys are filming somewhere in the HRM and they are parking a lot of vehicles somewhere that Halifax transit usually uses, and they are annoyed about it. lol

Knit pet of a new fishy this morning and laid out what I have with the bottom border. It is… 🤌🤌 Also my bottom border is apparently knit backwards so there was a brief moment of panic until I realized it. Everything is fine, tears and yelling not required. Lol

Oh my god Hanwell Drive is *still* on fire. Someone just called in a flare-up across the building from where they’re pumping water on the building. It’s been 20 hours that the building has been on fire. Twenty. Hours. Don’t smoke on your balcony, folks. Also if your fire alarm goes off, get out.

Setting the scene: fire responding to a residential fire alarm. They get to the address, no one is home, they request police response and for dispatch to try to contact the homeowner through the alarm company. Then this happens:

Tee hee. Fish! Eventually it will get a fin and an eyeball.

So I just heard a dispatch call I thought I'd never hear: Halifax Fire being dispatched to QEII on Summer St for a cardiac arrest medical call. Do they...not...have facilities and doctors and nurses for that?

Mommy: “did you forget to take photos today?” Me: “…noooooo….” Monday Thrifty Bits! Thrifted sweater, thrifted skirt. lol. Necklace from The Grannies, earrings from Amazon many moons ago.

Time for door decor change! I tried making a video about it but apparently Bluesky can’t figure out what to do with it so you’ll just have to imagine me being a cringe Millennial. Shouldn’t be too hard.

Hey @canadianerrant.bsky.social I found something you need for the holiday season: a Blue Jays socks advent calendar. 12 pairs of socks! www.amazon.ca/Gertex-Calen...

IMPORTANT INCIDENT EVACUATION: overnight there was a significant fire on Hanwell Drive in Middle Sackville in the HRM. Certain civic numbers have been evacuated as of 2:30am and people are being asked to steer clear of the area. (1/2)

Bottom border of Something Fishy: done! Now we start fish strip 1 of 20!