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Amy

@owlcreek.ca
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wife + mom to 4 + a husky, a mastiff cross pup, and 4 cats. xennial. introvert. adhd. love audiobooks (mostly sci-fi), gaming (mostly wow), cooking/baking, vegetable gardening, indoor plants. animal welfare and mental health. 🇨🇦 north alberta owlcreek.ca

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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 07/08/2026
This morning, near Little Smoky, AB. A little chilly! #abwx
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 05/08/2026
Watching my daughter absolutely bloom as a mother because she has the support she needs, makes me outrageously angry that modern society has created a trap for women, who are forced to believe they're supposed to be able to be a mother, wife, housekeeper, secretary, taxi driver, therapist, nurse,
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 30/07/2026
A whirlwind week that started Sunday with my daughter getting induced, a 20 hour labor + 4 hours pushing, me having to advocate before it ended up going real bad, and a vacuum assist, and suddenly I'm a grandma!
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 24/07/2026
There's few downsides to living rural, but finding same day help when you discover a truely enormous section of rot in a flat roof that your "giving birth in 2 days" daughter needs to move into...is a struggle.
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Xiao 🦋 LBX 735 @velinxi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My Dungeon Crawler Carl fanart! I finished Book 8 and felt the urge to pick up the pen 🏃‍♂️🐈🦖 #DCC #DungeonCrawlerCarl
Fan art of Dungeon Crawler Carl. In the foreground, Carl and Donut are jumping to the right, ready for battle. In the background, many of the main crawlers are looking in the same direction as Carl
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 19/07/2026
There's a freaking tornado on the highway cam in Rocky Mountain House, AB right now! #abstorm #abwx #tornado
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 18/07/2026
#abstorm #abwx #lightning #thunderstorm I've never seen lighting this continuous for this long. Near Little Smoky, AB looking directly west, storm moving north. 2nd post below: left screenshot was 9:42pm and it'd been going on for a couple hours, right was 10:42pm to show how slowly it's moving.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 16/07/2026
I think the @weathernetwork.bsky.social has been drinking. We regularly get temp drops more than this, like almost daily all summer long. Earlier this week, we had a 28c high and woke up the next morning to 3c, followed by 26c that day etc. Little Smoky, AB.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 04/07/2026
So there's all this outrage about Carney giving the green light to the pipeline through BC. That's all he did, was give AB what AB wanted. Now AB has to make it happen. Will any producers want to commit that much to a project when the next gov could shut it down? Carney knows what he's doing 😂
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 03/07/2026
I have many words for the UCP regarding this "energy rebate," so I had to do a screenshot for Bluesky. This clumsy data grab, citizenship status on DL, pushing disabled people who can't work into a program that forces them to work.... I'm tired, boss.
So this $100 alberta energy rebate... UCP, we need to to talk.
Just out of curiosity, I start the application process. 
It asks a series of questions. 
It asks if you filed your taxes jointly, and wants your spouse's SIN, but then says they have to apply within a week or YOU will be denied.
Then it makes you sign in, or sign up for, your Alberta.ca account. 
Then it wants to know how to send your $100.
Keep in mind that my power bill averages $300/mo, NG about $100, and vehicle gas about $700. Groceries for the 6 of us run $1200-$1800. A one time $100 "rebate," especially when you're screwing over my 2 kids who are on AISH, is laughable. Considering you can earn up to $225,000 a year and receive this, it's obvious that this isn't about helping people with their energy bills.
Anyway.
Direct Deposit or e-transfer
I selected DD.
ATB - THE BANK OWNED BY THE GOV OF AB, isn't an option to directly connect.
So I select, my bank isn't listed.
It takes me back to the page to select DD or e-transfer.
So the only option is e-transfer, there's no way to input your routing, transit, and account number. 
I'm simultaneously getting more more outraged, and more and more entertained, by the blatant and poorly executed grab for whatever they're trying to do here.
Select e-tranfer.
Now it's sent me a link to my phone to take front and back photos of my drivers license - THATS ALREADY CONNECTED TO MY ALBERTA.CA ACCOUNT, and a SELFIE. 
I'm already logged in to my verifed Alberta.ca account. 
At that point, I stopped the process. This level of ineptitude doesn't get any more of what they're trying to get from me.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The Tartans of #Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 Each province and territory of Canada with the exception of Nunavut has its own tartan. Canada also has a national tartan. Get to know their history and meanings below. (Map: Alexandra Pope/Canadian Geographic.) /1 thread
Each province and territory of Canada with the exception of Nunavut has its own tartan. Canada also has a national tartan. Get to know their history and meanings below. (Map: Alexandra Pope/Canadian Geographic.)
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 27/06/2026
Hey, more rain. I just keep telling myself the fire risk is almost non existent (Little Smoky, AB area). But seriously, Fox Creek keeps flooding, so maybe we could get a *little* less?
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 24/06/2026
Holy crap what a rollercoaster. I sent them an email asking for clarification. They just called and have reopened up my file and put me back on the wait lists. Unfortunately the wait lists are really long now, but at least I'm back on it. So glad I advocated for myself instead of just giving up.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 24/06/2026
I learned this morning, that after waiting a year for my turn at the bladder clinic in Edmonton, that my file was closed. They said I didn't tell them which treatment path I wanted (I most definitely did) and that I didn't call them during the year wait. That requirement doesn't exist, I checked.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl @dungeoncrawlercarl.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We are happy to announce that our friends at Peacock have officially greenlit the Dungeon Crawler Carl television series! @mattdinniman.bsky.social , Chris Yost and Seth McFarlane and his team at Fuzzy Door are all really excited to get to work. More details to be coming soon!
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 14/06/2026
This is horrific. If my 2 adult kids on AISH didn't have me as an advocate, I don't know what they would do. They can't work and it terrifies me to think that if something happened to me, this might end up being their fate, all because the AB UCP are ignorant, evil bastards.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 13/06/2026
2 years ago we had a plant killing freeze on June 19. Here's this morning 🤦‍♀️ our last freeze date is supposed to be June 1! The +1 is inside a shed. Near Little Smoky, AB. #abweather #climatechange #alberta
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 12/06/2026
FB, FB messenger, and others are having issues at the moment. Downdetector must be getting slammed because I can't load any of the pages to make my own report 😂 Please just let FB die. #facebookdown
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 08/06/2026
It's like... do these people not understand that if they'd stop voting against their interests, AB would have proper representation with the federal government, that would line up with what they want to see in AB? What am I talking about, of course they don't 😂😭
cbc.ca
Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | CBC Music
A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 30/05/2026
2 of my adult kids are on AISH, b/c their drs and therapists say they can't work. But politicians apparently know better & switched them to ADAP, like the stress of having to reapply for a program they already qualified for is going to fix them, make them able to work? Fuck. Them. All. To. Hell.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 26/05/2026
Took 30 week pregnant daughter in for an NST last night, baby had a day of being too quiet so we had to get her checked. Baby fine. But got home 1am and took my PM pills, went to bed. Shot up 15 minutes later when I realized I took my AM pills, including ADHD meds. I sort of slept for 2-3 hours?
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 17/05/2026
Random complaint/question: Why do most frozen berry mixes have strawberries? Costco (Grande Prairie, AB) has been out of their triple berry blend for a couple weeks now. I had to buy separate blue/raspberries but can't find blackberries anywhere. Strawberries are a major migraine trigger. *sigh*
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 02/05/2026
@support.blizzard.com @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com Please, please, PLEASE, read my bug report post and see the second link for the video that shows what the heck is happening in my house. Post: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/goo... Video: photos.app.goo.gl/JUvwmhm5aumT...
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Good news everyone! I found a new housing bug!
Well this is a fun bug, and it’s so weird I don’t know if I can explain it right. I haven’t seen this one posted anywhere. I somehow manage to find the weirdest stupid bugs! I decided to redo my libr...
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 07/04/2026
I want to know who dumps oil shares from now until 8pm ET, because it's a safe bet that the 🍊💩 is going to back off his "annihilate a civilization" bullshit at or just before 8 and oil shares will plummet.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 13/03/2026
It's Friday the 13th, of March, and it's -27c. I am so over winter.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 28/02/2026
All the individuals responsible for @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com Midnight, and Housing, should get a hefty bonus. I haven't enjoyed playing this game, this much, since I started in the original open beta in 2004. I wish wasn't playing on a potato and could enjoy the distance scenery more! #wow
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 17/02/2026
We live in a weird bubble that radar can literally never see. We got at least 8" of fresh snow, most of it last night, and the app just kept saying "snow expected," with the radar showing nothing coming down, though it was SW/NE of us. Happens every snowstorm. #abstorm @weathernetwork.bsky.social
New snow near Little Smoky, ABFrom Feb 16, screenshot of weather app showing just cloudy and a message "snow expected later today" while it was actively snowing heavy.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 12/02/2026
"When Big Things happen on such a large scale, it’s easy to forget sometimes that these Big Things are also happening to the little things in the world, too." Quote from Dungeon Crawler Carl by @mattdinniman.bsky.social
kare11.com
KARE 11 Investigates: Evicted, homeless, paying the price for Minnesota’s fraud crisis
Evicted as “Jane Doe”: Vulnerable adult thrown out of her apartment by deputies as her caregivers face fraud scrutiny.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 11/08/2025
It's interesting that the same people who scream about their 2nd amendment rights - the right to bear arms (with the idea to protect against tyranny) are the same people who are just fine with watching tyranny happen.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 11/08/2025
It's interesting that the same people who scream about their 2nd amendment rights - the right to bear arms (with the idea to protect against tyranny) are the same people who are just fine with watching tyranny happen.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 24/01/2026
As an American living in Canada, who hasn't been back to the US in 14 years and would not cross that border for any reason, this still hurts. NCLB was the start of the downfall, so I really only had my childhood to know a promising America, but it hurts. The lost potential of an entire nation...
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 24/01/2026
Alberta separatists are the single stupidest people in Canada. The UCP has done nothing good and lasting for education, employment, or healthcare, and these absolute imbeciles think the same people can run Alberta as a country. They're letting foreign actors brainwash them. Morons.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 23/01/2026
His handlers finally told him how @mark-carney.bsky.social absolutely destroyed him at Davos.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 13/01/2026
Well. An improperly latched gate + crazy wind + a husky with adhd style hyperfocus and an insane prey drive = our last 4 chickens dead. She left them lined up in a row, heads all bent the same direction. 1 has a puncture mark, otherwise, no mess. She's a freaking serial killer! 🤪
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 08/01/2026
No, sis, I won't be visiting the US. It turns out white people aren't safe from ICE, either. The cognitive disconnect of people who see that video and think she was doing anything but trying to get away, is terrifying.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 21/12/2025
So all the drama surrounding "the files" and I'm still wondering why a hacker group hasn't gone in and just taken/released them. Are all the hackers capable of taking on that level of security already on the payroll (or been bought off)? What a time to be a alive when you want the pirates to win.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 14/12/2025
@support.blizzard.com I wanted to add a video to my bug report but can't easily do that. I'm so bad at explaining things! Can your team please get this to the team who would do with it what they will? Video: photos.app.goo.gl/dEnF232B86UP... Bug report: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/pla...
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New video · Sunday, Dec 14 🎬
Tap to view!
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 16/09/2025
Citizenship markers on licenses? I can't wait to get my citizenship to vote again these assholes. What the hell.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 16/08/2025
I had an ulnar nerve transposition surgery yesterday on my right elbow. I'm right dominant, in a hard cast for 2 weeks. Trying to do anything 1 handed with my left hand is proving difficult 😂 Thankfully my husband took this next week off work! I'll eventually need my left done as well. Aging sucks!
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 06/08/2025
Someone want to tell him that's not how to lead in a free democracy? Oh wait, he's turning the US into a fascist dictatorship. My bad. It's devastating to watch this happen in real time. Where's the files?
A screenshot from the linked New York Times article, which says: "the law in DC must be changed prosecute these minors as adults and lock them up for a long time starting at age 14" Mr Trump said in his social media post on Tuesday.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 24/07/2025
This was a sad realization. One of the main resources I use to research medical things is the NIH (US) medical studies. It's not as good as having access to what a doctor would, but it's better than trusting AI and FB. Thanks to RFK Jr, I'm finding myself less trusting; what if it's been altered?
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 23/07/2025
1/ I made the mistake of going down a rabbit hole. It's started on Reddit with a post about @wyden.senate.gov calling out the Epstein money trail. Which somehow led to Facebook. Which led to the comment in this image.
A Facebook post complaining about Oregon Senator Wyden helping a pregnant woman apply for asylum, twisting it so that it sounds like people in the country illegally are the reason Americans don't have universal health Care, instead of the fact they're too stupid to vote in the people who could make it happen.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 13/07/2025
I'm so tired I just screenshot my FB post and copied the text for the alt instead of trying to shorten it for Bluesky 🥱 #husky #dogsofbluesky #dog #tplo #surgery #alberta #canada
Morning of day 3! I managed 5 hours sleep (2 hours then 3) but still feel like my brain is in a blender. Storm wouldn't eat or drink anything most of yesterday, and I couldn't give her pills until she did, so I threw a giant frozen turkey breast in the instant pot, completely unseasoned.
 
Watered down the broth it made and she drank that just fine. And she devoured the meat. Then she drank regular water for like 5 minutes straight last night. Also took off the fentanyl patch. 

She's feeling much better this morning.Our husky Storm, resting in her crate on day 3 post-tplo surgery. She has an ive pack on the surgery leg.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 12/07/2025
3 hours sleep after 2 the night before. My mother had me when she was 43. I know lots of women are choosing to have babies later in life. Hats off to them! I'm 46. I could not do this longer term. My brain feels scrambled, but like the whisk was missing a wire so it was a crappy job... 🥱
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 12/07/2025
Oof, it's been a rough 24 hours. Storm has been crying/whining all day and I got about 2 hours 😴 taking care of her. She's finally starting to doze more so I'll be setting up a nest next to the crate tonight and hope for a little more 💤 #husky #dogsofbluesky #dog #surgery #alberta #canada
Our husky Storm, starting to doze in her crate, the day after she had TPLO surgery.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 11/07/2025
My girl Storm had TPLO surgery today and now has a plucked chicken leg and temporary rat tail, and is super f'ed up on anesthesia and fentanyl. #husky #dog #dogsofbluesky #surgery #alberta #canada
Our husky Storm, freshly home and in her crate with a shaved leg after tplo surgery. Her bushy tail is temporarily wrapped in vet wrap.Our husky Storm, freshly home and in her crate with a shaved leg after tplo surgery. Her bushy tail is temporarily wrapped in vet wrap.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 08/07/2025
It's Prime Day on Amazon so everything in my wish list is jacked up in price and then "discounted" to a couple dollars less than the normal price. Though a few items are more than when I added them. Yes, Amazon is evil. We buy everything we can locally but sometimes it's the only decent option.
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 03/07/2025
Sheesh! Wordle 1,474 5/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Amy @owlcreek.ca · 01/07/2025
💔 When I lived in Idaho (late 90s - early 00s), Coeur d'Alene held events like kkk parades. The whole state is mentally unstable but that city is a hotbed for the crazy to really congregate. Sorry for the mentally stable stuck in that shit hole.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
It isn’t customary to give Canada Day gifts, but today I received one. Elections Alberta approved my Citizen Initiative application! Stay tuned for further announcements from our Forever Canadian team. Happy United Canada, everyone!!! #ableg #cdnpoli www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
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Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Today, Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, issued a Notice of Initiative Petition. This confirms a Citizen Initiative application has been received and the Chief Electoral Of...
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