Here's another post.

Today was a wonderful day in the city of Ottawa. It was sunny and warm and dry... and I was stuck inside. Oh well, at least I've got a monstrous window to enjoy the view.

This afternoon we stopped at the garden centre of our local grocery store, and picked up a few flowers for Katherine to put in her pots. They look nice. There's one pot on each side of the stairs leading to the front door. How cute.

Okay, I promised a picture, so here's one of Katherine, Jacob and I taken only a few minutes ago. Yes, it's only 7:00. And yes, I'm already in my pajamas. Have a nice night everyone.

PS: Last night at about 10:30, I filled up the gas tank for 83.9 cents a litre. This morning it as 96.3 cents a litre. That is dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

The strike is over

Okay, the strike is over.  I will start posting regularly again I’ve decided.  

I don’t really have that much to write about at the moment though, so this is going to be a very boring post.  Sorry.  (image placeholder) Check out www.PRvillage.org for Katherine’s new website – very exciting.

Well, that’s about it for now.  Pretty anticlimactic, eh?

Keepin' busy

< deleted for now>

Just for the heck of it

I've now opened an e-Store for everything Jacob. Please don't buy anything.. it's just for fun.

Check it out!

Rube Goldberg

Not only is he the stone faced guy from Dead Like Me, there are also cool contraptions named after him. Take a look..

Have you ever...

Thanks, Gen(evieve). Feel free to post your own responses in the comments.

This is for your entire life, including today:
Have you ever...
(x) Smoked a cigarette
( ) Crashed a friend's car
( ) Stolen a car
(x) Been in love
(x) Been dumped
( ) Shoplifted
( ) Been fired
(x) Been in a fist fight
( ) Snuck out of your parent's house
(x) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Gone on a blind date
(x) Lied to a friend
(x) Skipped school
(x) Seen someone die
(x) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Purposely set a part of yourself on fire
(x) Eaten sushi
(x) Been skiing
(x) Met someone from the Internet
(x) Been to a concert
(x) Taken painkillers
(x) Love someone or miss someone right now
(x) Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) Made a snow angel
(x) Had a tea party
(x) Flown a kite
(x) Built a sand castle
(x) Gone puddle jumping
(x) Played dress up
(x) Jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) Gone sledding
(x) Cheated while playing a game – if the game “cheat” counts
(x) Been lonely
(x) Fallen asleep at work/school
(x) Used a fake ID
(x) Watched the sun set
(x) felt an earthquake
(x) Slept beneath the stars
(x) Been tickled
( ) Been robbed
(x) Been misunderstood
(x) Pet a reindeer/goat/kangaroo
(x) Won a contest
( ) Run a red light/stop sign
( ) Been suspended from school
(x) Been in a car crash
( ) Had braces
(x) Felt like an outcast/third person
( ) Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) Had déjà vu
(x) Danced in the moonlight
(x) Witnessed a crime
( ) Questioned your heart
( ) Been obsessed with post-it notes
(x) Squished mud through your bare feet
(x) Been lost
( ) Been on the opposite side of the country
( ) Been on the opposite side of the
( ) Swam in the ocean
( ) Felt like dying
( ) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with only coins
( ) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about -- it was awesome!!
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Made a bonfire on the beach
(x) Crashed a party
(x) Gone roller-skating
(x) Had a wish come true
(x) jumped off a bridge

I'm thinking of changing my template

But I'm not sure if I should... what does everyone think? Is this template getting old?

Another week, another Monday

Well, the weekend is over, and what a busy weekend it was. Saturday was spent helping out friends Steve and Janet move into their new home. It was actually very easy as most of the boxes had been moved throughout the week.

Sunday was a lazy day, really. We walked over to the local Tim Horton’s, and had a nice breakfast. Later on in the day, we raked up some leaves. It sounds very simple, but it was very nice, and we all had a good time.

I did a few hours of work late last night (always the procrastinator), and was up early to continue my work. Needless to say, I'm a bit tired at the moment -- I think I'll go to bed early tonight.

Well, until tomorrow (or later). Goodnight!!

PS: Next week at this time, Lee, Jen and the kids will be in Ottawa. They'll be visiting from beautiful Nova Scotia. The week after that, we'll be in Montreal staying at a four star hotel for $75, thanks to Priceline. Also that same week, Shelley, Chris, and their unborn baby will be visiting from busy Toronto.

pps: spell checker is not working again. I' not sure why as the cookies are enabled. Sorry.

The UN-real Michael Jackson

The UN-real Michael Jackson. Check it out. It's funny.

I'm tired

So here is a link about yawning.

Good night, everyone.

And another thing

We also rented the movie "Everything Is Illuminated". We chose it purely based on the cover. That's right, we judged a DVD from it's cover. This time, we judged right. If you're ever looking for a movie to rent, I would suggest this one.

Another day, another post

Well, the weekend is almost over, and tomorrow is back to work. It's been quite a nice weekend all in all. Saturday, we went to the car show with my mom, Jason, and Christine, and then we all had lunch together at the Elephant & Castle. At the car show, Jay and Chris had their picture taken with Jacob. For your viewing pleasure, I have uploaded it here. There were lots and lots of nice cars, but we didn't decide on one. I don't think I'm really in the car buying mood...

Today (Sunday), we put Jacob's car seat in Steve's car, and we all piled in and set off for the sugar bush. Jacob was a bit apprehensive at the time, but he was talking about it for the rest of the day. He especially liked the old horse named Blue who was moon blind. Attached to the sugar bush is a cabin where you can have an all you can eat pancake breakfast that includes pancakes, eggs, sausage (if you're into that sort of thing), coffee, juice, and of course maple syrup from the sugar bush. The food is made by The Lonestar, so it was good.

Later on this afternoon, we went and bought Jacob a few pairs of shoes for the spring. He was so impressed by the first pair of shoes he tried on that he cried when I suggested that he try another pair. So, since he loved them so much, we decided to get them. You'll be able to see him coming a mile away because of the giant NIKE written across the top; this definitely would not have been my choice in shoe. I must admit that he's very good at taking them on and of, though. We also got another pair for him that are a bit larger, but they're very nice, they will fit in a few months. Or maybe more.

Well that was the weekend. Tomorrow is the beginning of a brand new week. Enjoy everybody!

PS: I finally got the spell checker to work. I had cookies blocked.

Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday, everyone.

To keep up with my daily posts, here is a wonderful picture of a firefox... my guess is that it's probably PhotoShopped.

Have a nice evening, everyone!

The answer

Here's the answer to a question that Katherine just asked me. I'm posting it in an effort to keep up with my daily posts. I seem to be doing okay, really.

Question: What two mammals lay eggs?
Answer (from Yahoo! Answers):

Well, we knew one at least -- we remember learning in school about that odd creature called the platypus (no, it's not a "platymapus"). But we set out to see if there were any more. As it turns out, there are two other egg-laying mammals: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii).

Also known as spiny anteaters, these prickly creatures are native to Australia and New Guinea. After mating, the female echidna lays a single egg in a small pouch on her body. The egg hatches after about 10 days, and the young echidna remains in the pouch for about 2-3 months before mom kicks it out (those spikes get painful).

The platypus and the echidna are the only living examples of monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. Although mammalian in most respects, adult monotremes are toothless and share some similarities with birds or reptiles in some aspects of their anatomy. It's believed that mammals evolved from reptiles, and monotremes represent an early offshoot of mammals, retaining some of the characteristics of their reptilian ancestors.

On another note, tomorrow we're going to the car show with my mom. She got some free tickets from her work. Jacob should love it.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Did I ever tell you...

...that I have a camera built into the frame of my laptop? Well, I do. And only a few seconds ago, in very poor light, I took a picture of myself making a funny face. How do you like that?

Anyways, not much has happened since yesterday (one of the perils of posting every day!). Last night, Katherine and I went to Bayshore, and she bought a skirt that she'd been wanting for a while (about two days, really), and I got a pair of pants, some cheap underwear, and some socks.

Jason was telling me about someone he works with that traded in his 2000 Kia for $5000. It kina got me thinking that I might want to trade in my Kia sometime soon. I've got a 2003, but once the warranty runs out at 100,000KM's it won't be worth very much -- even for a trade in. Hey, maybe by tomorrow, I'll be posting about going car shopping over the weekend.

Actually, this weekend we're going to see my mom (who we didn't see last weekend because she was working). We'll also be going to the sugar bush on Sunday for a pancake breakfast with Janet and Steve. Woo hoo! Let's hope the weather stays nice for the entire weekend.

Well, until tomorrow (maybe!).

ps: I still can't ge the spell cheker to work. I think it may have something to do with the fact that I downloaded the Internet Explorer 7 beta.

Whoa! Two for two

That's right. Two days in a row, and I’m posting to my blog! I’m not sure why, but I've been so busy at work, that I haven’t really had much interest in computers once I'm not at work. For example, I haven't looked at Celebdaq in weeks.

Anyways... Jacob is getting ready for bed, and I'm typing here. Once he's asleep, Katherine and I are going to go to the mall to buy her a skirt, and a pair of pants for me(living with the in-laws has its advantages!).

Wow, this is a boring post... but at least it's a post. Type to you tomorrow.

Link of the day: Gadsby. A story of 50,000 words -- without using the letter E.

PS: the spell checker is not working, so I apologize in advance...

It's been a long time

Wow! It's been a long time since I've posted to this blog. I am not raly sure why, though. I think I've been too busy with life (And American Idol).

Tonight we went to Jay and Chris' house for dinner. Our first bbq of the season to celibrate spring. We also booked a camp site at Sharbot late for August. Cool.

Well, I am going to try to post a lot more often again, and fall into a regular pattern of posting on a semi-daily basis.

Cow curling

For now, here's a fun link...

Woo-hoo!

Here I am sitting in my living room waiting for The Office to come on TV. What? Sitting in my living room? How can I be doing that? Well, I now have wireless internet -- on an amazing Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi. Dual core, 2 gigs of ram, and an ATI radeon x1600 video card, built in camera. IN short -- awesome. Now maybe I won't have to go in to work at 3:00 so often anymore. At least, I hope so...

This is weird

Not only do they talk that way, but they also write that way. This is a link to the Scottish parliamentary website. It's REAL!

I hope your afternoon is going great!

Here's my favoriite quote from the site. They are talking about what the Scottish parliament can do...: "Issues sic as defence, employment law, genetics, immigration, international affairs, pensions an social security is kent as reservit maitters an is dealt wi by the Unitit Kingdom Pairlament in London. The Scottish Pairlament can debate reservit maitters but canna mak laws on them."

Funny they didn't mention grammar, eh?

Another early morning post

Good morning everyone! It's about 5:30 on Friday morning, and I woke up about half an hour before the alarm clock. Instead of going to watch TV or read the newspaper, I figured I would post something here, as it's been a while since I've done that.

At the moment, we are all recovering from colds, but it looks like we should be okay for the weekend. I'm glad, because if the temperature co-operates, I'd like to take Jacob to Winterlude tomorrow -- hopefully I'll remember the camera.

Not a whole heck of a lot else is going on, to be honest. Things are very quiet.

Oh, that embarrassing video of Jacob seems to be very popular as there have been over 500 page views of the video since it was uploaded.

Well, that's it for now everyone. Have a wonderful day, and check back here early next week for video from the weekend!