So, we do not have the camera cable to download the pictures from the camera, so I have not been able to get anything from the memory card! Doh!
I have pics of the new house and yard as well as the new car with the rims on it...
Anyhoo...sometime...when/if we find it...you will see some more pics up here.
Cheers
Friday, July 21, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
The weekend with T, H, E, A, G, A, C, S, N, and Y
H's mom and stepdad came down for the weekend and parked their trailer on our driveway (with lots of room to spare). We had many-a-BBQ and many great chats. We spent all weekend outside and I used the riding mower for the first time. It is an 18 hp 42" Toro...the grass was pretty long, so it took a bit over two hours to cut. Ended up using about 6 litres of gas. There's still a lot of raking to do to get the clippings up. We met our next door neighbours on the east side. He is a building inspector and she is a teacher, they have a 3 year old and 2 Siberian huskies too! Nice people. We probably chatted with them for about 15 minutes.
H and I (by ourselves!) went to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young concert. It was AWESOME. Those guys are so talented. The first set that they played was mostly new stuff from Neil Young's new album. They got cheered back on after the intermission and played some wicked awesome acoustic songs. Most of the second set were their older, classic ones — their harmonizes are amazing. They are great all together and also individually. Graham Nash and Steven Stills sang Guinevere and it was earth-moving. There were also several anti-dubyah/anti-war songs which received a lot of audience support. Steven Stills did a great blues song with lots of feeling in it too. It was pretty funny, but H and I were tired at about 9:15...shortly after the concert started...and it went until 11:15...it was a late night for us.
When they finished up they got cheered back on by standing ovation and screams/whistles and cheers. It was downright deafening! My ears were ringing from it! The place was pretty much packed.
H's mom and stepdad looked after the kids for us and then we came home and basically said goodnight!
H and I (by ourselves!) went to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young concert. It was AWESOME. Those guys are so talented. The first set that they played was mostly new stuff from Neil Young's new album. They got cheered back on after the intermission and played some wicked awesome acoustic songs. Most of the second set were their older, classic ones — their harmonizes are amazing. They are great all together and also individually. Graham Nash and Steven Stills sang Guinevere and it was earth-moving. There were also several anti-dubyah/anti-war songs which received a lot of audience support. Steven Stills did a great blues song with lots of feeling in it too. It was pretty funny, but H and I were tired at about 9:15...shortly after the concert started...and it went until 11:15...it was a late night for us.
When they finished up they got cheered back on by standing ovation and screams/whistles and cheers. It was downright deafening! My ears were ringing from it! The place was pretty much packed.
H's mom and stepdad looked after the kids for us and then we came home and basically said goodnight!
Thursday, July 06, 2006
House and car!
So we moved!
We are tired, filthy, the house is full of boxes, the recycling bins are stuffed, there were 8 bags of garbage out at the end of the driveway this morning, and we are HAPPY.
We are just taking our time to get everything into the right places. We are just finding things as we need them and then putting them away. It's amazing how much stuff that little rowhouse held. We we first moved to this city, we came up in a little cubevan stuffed to the hilt. When we moved this time, we did 3 much larger truckloads stuffed to the hilt and then another half of a load on the 2nd day to clear out some straggling belongings.
We are absolutely in love with our house. It is so great to have so much space everywhere both inside and out! We basically spent all weekend outside. The kids played in the 8'x8' (!!!) sandbox, went on the swings, picked strawberries and raspberries in the garden, or simply ran like maniacs all over the place.
On our latest national holiday, we shot off a load of fireworks in our backyard in an effort to blow out our eardrums, burn off our fingers and get eaten alive by mosquitos. The kids had sparklers and they thought those were great. 'A' burned her thumb and finger when it went out and she touched it...poor girl. She ended up with two huge blisters.
So, we picked up the car last night too! It is so great. It handles almost gokart-like. Good power, comfortable, lots of room inside too!
Cheers!
We are tired, filthy, the house is full of boxes, the recycling bins are stuffed, there were 8 bags of garbage out at the end of the driveway this morning, and we are HAPPY.
We are just taking our time to get everything into the right places. We are just finding things as we need them and then putting them away. It's amazing how much stuff that little rowhouse held. We we first moved to this city, we came up in a little cubevan stuffed to the hilt. When we moved this time, we did 3 much larger truckloads stuffed to the hilt and then another half of a load on the 2nd day to clear out some straggling belongings.
We are absolutely in love with our house. It is so great to have so much space everywhere both inside and out! We basically spent all weekend outside. The kids played in the 8'x8' (!!!) sandbox, went on the swings, picked strawberries and raspberries in the garden, or simply ran like maniacs all over the place.
On our latest national holiday, we shot off a load of fireworks in our backyard in an effort to blow out our eardrums, burn off our fingers and get eaten alive by mosquitos. The kids had sparklers and they thought those were great. 'A' burned her thumb and finger when it went out and she touched it...poor girl. She ended up with two huge blisters.
So, we picked up the car last night too! It is so great. It handles almost gokart-like. Good power, comfortable, lots of room inside too!
Cheers!
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Chuck Norris is hairy
Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
MacGyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Chuck Norris can kill him and take it.
Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "Two seconds to what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
Chuck Norris appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."
Since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased 13,000 percent.
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
Filming on location for Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris brought a stillborn baby lamb back to life by giving it a prolonged beard rub. Shortly after the farm animal sprang back to life and a crowd had gathered, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the animal, breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Chuck giveth, and the good Chuck, he taketh away.
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.
To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer, Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and acquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.
There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axles, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.
It was once believed that Chuck Norris actually lost a fight to a pirate, but that is a lie, created by Chuck Norris himself to lure more pirates to him. Pirates never were very smart.
Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
Chuck Norris can mathematically make two wrongs equal a right.
When Chuck Norris's wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, "Don't worry about it honey," and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, "Never question Chuck Norris."
The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris's fist.
Chuck Norris died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell him.
Chuck Norris won 'Jumanji' without ever saying the word. He simply beat the living **** out of everything that was thrown at him, and the game forfeited.
Jesus' Birthday isn't December 25 but Chuck Norris once sent him a birthday card for that day, Jesus was too scared to tell Chuck the truth. That's why we celebrate Christmas.
After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His reasoning? It was more "humane".
Similar to a Russian Nesting Doll, if you were to break Chuck Norris open you would find another Chuck Norris inside, only smaller and angrier.
MacGyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Chuck Norris can kill him and take it.
Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "Two seconds to what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
Chuck Norris appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."
Since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased 13,000 percent.
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
Filming on location for Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris brought a stillborn baby lamb back to life by giving it a prolonged beard rub. Shortly after the farm animal sprang back to life and a crowd had gathered, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the animal, breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Chuck giveth, and the good Chuck, he taketh away.
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.
To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer, Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and acquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.
There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axles, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.
It was once believed that Chuck Norris actually lost a fight to a pirate, but that is a lie, created by Chuck Norris himself to lure more pirates to him. Pirates never were very smart.
Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
Chuck Norris can mathematically make two wrongs equal a right.
When Chuck Norris's wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, "Don't worry about it honey," and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, "Never question Chuck Norris."
The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris's fist.
Chuck Norris died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell him.
Chuck Norris won 'Jumanji' without ever saying the word. He simply beat the living **** out of everything that was thrown at him, and the game forfeited.
Jesus' Birthday isn't December 25 but Chuck Norris once sent him a birthday card for that day, Jesus was too scared to tell Chuck the truth. That's why we celebrate Christmas.
After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His reasoning? It was more "humane".
Similar to a Russian Nesting Doll, if you were to break Chuck Norris open you would find another Chuck Norris inside, only smaller and angrier.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Went for les vacances...
So we had a great time of vacation!
We stayed at a place that H grew up in. Her parents built the place once upon a time. It was great. It was HUGE (likely about 4000 sq.ft.), with a grand foyer, a sitting room, a living room, formal dining room and an enormous kitchen that looked out on a river valley, forests and many many hills in the distance.
There were 4 large bedrooms upstairs with a formidable view from the master bedroom. The entire house was done in gorgeous red-brown hardwood and red-brown stained trim. It is surrounded by 140 acres of forest and farmland. The backyard had wonderfully done landscaping and a pool (that was there before). We had great weather for the most part and enjoyed the pool numerous times. E learned how to doggy-paddle and how to do a backfloat on his own. He has had some challenges with swimming, but conquered them in a few short days in the pool. A loved getting into the pool too and wanted to go in at every spare moment when she wasn't cuddling with her babies or having a bottle.
H was so excited to be there and loved the rush of memories that came back with every little detail. I had a wonderful time too since I had always heard of this wonderous place and all the fun that they had, but thought I would never have the chance to see it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
We were staying with H's mom and stepdad, H's bro and his wife, and had visits from H's nana and also from H's uncle and cousin who drove up from not too far away.
It was exciting that there are many windmills (~25+) for generating power nearby. On the way home, we saw about 40+ additional mills. It's great!
A great time was had by all. It was a nice introduction to 'country life' for later this week.
We stayed at a place that H grew up in. Her parents built the place once upon a time. It was great. It was HUGE (likely about 4000 sq.ft.), with a grand foyer, a sitting room, a living room, formal dining room and an enormous kitchen that looked out on a river valley, forests and many many hills in the distance.
There were 4 large bedrooms upstairs with a formidable view from the master bedroom. The entire house was done in gorgeous red-brown hardwood and red-brown stained trim. It is surrounded by 140 acres of forest and farmland. The backyard had wonderfully done landscaping and a pool (that was there before). We had great weather for the most part and enjoyed the pool numerous times. E learned how to doggy-paddle and how to do a backfloat on his own. He has had some challenges with swimming, but conquered them in a few short days in the pool. A loved getting into the pool too and wanted to go in at every spare moment when she wasn't cuddling with her babies or having a bottle.
H was so excited to be there and loved the rush of memories that came back with every little detail. I had a wonderful time too since I had always heard of this wonderous place and all the fun that they had, but thought I would never have the chance to see it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
We were staying with H's mom and stepdad, H's bro and his wife, and had visits from H's nana and also from H's uncle and cousin who drove up from not too far away.It was exciting that there are many windmills (~25+) for generating power nearby. On the way home, we saw about 40+ additional mills. It's great!
A great time was had by all. It was a nice introduction to 'country life' for later this week.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Monday, June 12, 2006
My parents are amazing painters...
My parents have been painting recently more than before. I am really impressed with their stuff. Especially with my mom (these ones are hers) -- she has only recently started painting, although she has also always been very artistic.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
And the wheeeeeels...
17" Enkei RSV is what I am getting! I have to special order them...they will take a few weeks to get here. I will go to put a deposit on them maybe tomorrow.
Car etc...
So, we were thinking that we would pick the Yaris up from Toyota this Friday...but we will wait until after we move and get it then. I'll be riding my bike (hopefully) half the time, catch a ride with H, or ride the bus.
On the upside, I did order my tires 205/40YR/17... only $99.99 each...what a steal!!! I got the last 4 on special...1 hour later they are 172 each...yeek!
"Ultra High Performance Tire
The Ecsta MX optimizes dry handling without compromising wet grip with advanced silica compounding and a distinctive tread pattern developed by synergizing the latest technological concepts from competition and aircraft technology. The Ecsta MX is best suited for the sophisticated driver that demands maximum ultra high performance for the street."
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Bye bye Talon.
It's been fun. We burned lots of gas together. And lots of engines.
This is the new car...
This is the new car...
Monday, May 01, 2006
Video chatting is cool
We chatted with our kiwi friends (former Canadians) on Saturday/their Sunday. It was so cool to be able to see them and to talk about everything. You kind of forget what it’s like to interact with them since in emails and IMs, you only get little doses. We ended up chatting for about two and a half hours!!! The video quality was not super great at something like 1 frame every two or three seconds and the sound was like there were mentally deranged crickets in the background (because of the feedback)...and it was still great.
It was so great to get back in touch with you and to hear your voices and to see your faces. The kids are so cute. J it was awesome to see your gymnastics and E we loved your crazy faces!!! N is really talking a lot now too!!!
We miss you guys. That was a lot of fun! We will do that more in the future...maybe after we get a headset!
Cheers
T
It was so great to get back in touch with you and to hear your voices and to see your faces. The kids are so cute. J it was awesome to see your gymnastics and E we loved your crazy faces!!! N is really talking a lot now too!!!
We miss you guys. That was a lot of fun! We will do that more in the future...maybe after we get a headset!
Cheers
T
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Flicker
So, H saw one of these in the backyard today...aerating the lawn...a northern flicker. Cool bird!
Monday, April 24, 2006
I was starting to feel 'tubby'...
So, I started riding my bike last week. I rode two days out of the week and man I was bagged, but I feel good to have started. I haven't seriously ridden my bike for probably 2 years. I said to myself that I was going to ride a minimum of once per week and I would shoot for twice. I want to get fitter not fatter!!!
It is fun to get on the bike again. It's a nice change from roaring around in the talon. The ride to work is about 14 kilometres, and it takes me about 30 minutes. Not bad!
It is fun to get on the bike again. It's a nice change from roaring around in the talon. The ride to work is about 14 kilometres, and it takes me about 30 minutes. Not bad!
Friday, April 07, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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