Cozy living room! Can't you picture mom and dad watching the National here? Can't you just imagine all the back issues of old crosswords under that couch cushion? Yes, me too!
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
New digs?
So I looked at the cutest house today and I can totally picture mom, dad and Coco puttering about in it! It has a nice heated shop in the backyard (sound familiar?) and mature trees, all kinds of mystery shrubs and plants, a dog house, a wraparound deck, lots of handpainted touches around the house that I just LOVE (and so will Mom) and just a ton of character all around.
Wendy suggested we get an inspection done, so I'm just waiting for official word from either of the interested parties...but I'm bursting, it's so cute! *squeal*
Too bad for bloggerbot, or I'd post a dang picture! :)
On the Mook front: she's got the 'high five' down pat! I can't believe it. Steve's calling me the trickmaster. What do I teach her next?
Wendy suggested we get an inspection done, so I'm just waiting for official word from either of the interested parties...but I'm bursting, it's so cute! *squeal*
Too bad for bloggerbot, or I'd post a dang picture! :)
On the Mook front: she's got the 'high five' down pat! I can't believe it. Steve's calling me the trickmaster. What do I teach her next?
Friday, February 18, 2005
Shake!... Shake!... Shake!... C'mon, shake!
If only I could post a picture! I will have to reinstall the download and give it another shot. In any case, if you didn't already guess, we are teaching Mook to 'shake'. She is slowly getting it, and it's too funny to watch. Don't believe what they say about old dogs, she's picking it up just fine! It helps if I have some tantalizing meat slicer remnants to entice her with.
Edited to add: After spending 15 minutes trying to post a picture I officially give up. Hello, Picasa and Bloggerbot are all conspiring to not let me post a picture of the dog. I just don't get it! AAAAAAAAAArgh!
Edited to add: After spending 15 minutes trying to post a picture I officially give up. Hello, Picasa and Bloggerbot are all conspiring to not let me post a picture of the dog. I just don't get it! AAAAAAAAAArgh!
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Guess who I passed on the street this morning?
Here I am minding my own business walking from Parliament Hill down the street to work when I see someone that looks familiar. I take a closer look and think, "Wow, he looks sooooo familiar." HOLY COW! It's JACK LAYTON!! My eyes almost came out of the sockets but before I could accost him he had passed.
That's the closest I've been to a brush with fame and I tell ya, I was pretty excited! Sadly, when I tried to brag to everyone at work, no one knew who he was.
People!! Pay attention! :)
That's the closest I've been to a brush with fame and I tell ya, I was pretty excited! Sadly, when I tried to brag to everyone at work, no one knew who he was.
People!! Pay attention! :)
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Digital Camera + New Dog + Blog = Post of Photo of New Dog on Blog
Tap, tap, tap....is this thing on?
Sunday, January 30, 2005
We're coming to Alberta!!
It's official! We have purchased tickets to Calgary. We're coming to visit from Friday, August 12 through Saturday, August 20. WOOOHOOOO!
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Posting Photos with Picasa
Who would like to learn how to post digital photos on the blog using Hello?
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Welcome to Mook
I'm so excited for Jessica and Steve to have gotten a dog. She's very cute, and will love you guys in no time. I have two words of advice for you - Pig Ears!! Dog's love em and she'll love you for getting them for her. Spike gets more excited over a pig ear than he does a plain mcdonalds hamburger. Mook will probably take about 2 weeks to get used to you. That is about how long it took Spike to finally get use to the house and the situation. Enjoy your new Poochie.
Friday, January 21, 2005
Crap in the Mail
Jess and Steve, your new hard drive will be in the post tomorrow. Please call me when you get it and I'll walk you through the install. Keep working on pulling any of your important files off the computer you have, burning to disk is a good plan.
Jenn, did you get the music?
If anyone needs any assistance with software installs or problems we can probably help you out. Call! Our operators are almost always standing by.
Jenn, did you get the music?
If anyone needs any assistance with software installs or problems we can probably help you out. Call! Our operators are almost always standing by.
A Useful Firefox Extension
For those of you who have made the switch to Firefox (see the link down there on the right?) you might find this extension useful. It's called Forecastfox and will allow you to set your location and get up to nine days of weather forecasts displayed in a nice clean manner on your browser. All you have to do to install this is click on the link and then click on the Install Now button on the extension page. You'll see a dialog box open showing it's install progress and once it's done restart your browser. You'll be prompted to pick your location and away you go!
Saturday, January 15, 2005
From an idea posted on MHAFM: My Home Away From Home.
Liar, Liar
1. I have held the door for a member of the British Royal family, twice.
2. A doctor once found a wood tick on a particularly hidden part of my anatomy.
3. I was tossed out of a party for biting a girl on the bum.
4. I have paid more than $200 CDN to have my laundry done.
5. I have watched the Star Wars Trilogy more than 100 times.
6. I have eaten muskrat, wallaby, and camel.
7. I once directed airplanes at an airport in Canada.
8. I have worked under the influence of a controlled substance.
9. I once fired an automatic weapon (a sub-machine gun!).
10. I lived on nothing but Cherry 7-Up and chicken noodle soup for more than a month.
Ok, your turn. Which three of the above statements are false? :)
The Answers
1. I held the door for Princess Anne when she visited McKenzie Seeds when I was in Air Cadets. Once on the way in and once on the way out.
2. After take a trek through the fields around Oo-Za-We-Kwun (did I spell that correctly?) with friends we strolled through some chest high bushes and picked up a boatload of the wee red tick devils. The next day or day after that a "hanger on" was discovered by the doc. Let's just say he was trying to go in through the out door.
3. Ok, so I drank a lot in my early years. I accompanied Lyall and Jyoti to a party where in a mad fit of intoxicated playfulness I did bite, more a nibble, a young lady on the bum. She didn't mind. They guy she was there with seemed perturbed. We left quickly. Ah, the good old days, if only I could remember them through the alcohol induced haze.
4. Rebeca and I paid more than $200 CDN to have our tshirts and underpants scrubbed and wrapped in plastic at the Hyatt(?) in Taipei.
5. I have NOT watched the Star Wars trilogy 100 times. Not even close. Despite the large quantity of hardened petro-chemical Star Wars toys I possess I have not seem the movies that many times. I prefer to let them age, enjoyed on select occasions, like to celebrate a divorce, the birth of a child, a GST rebate...special times!
6. I have eaten muskrat and wallaby, the latter much tastier than the former. I have NOT eaten camel. I would not consider eating camel having rode on the back of the gentle beast it would seem so very wrong.
7. Indeed I did direct aircraft at the Brandon Airport as part of an Air Cadet fundraiser. It was colder than it should have been and I was dressed in a very thin, not very warm flight suit and a pair of totally inadequate gloves out on the windy tarmac using hand signals to marshal the planes into position to take on more passengers. It was a load of fun!
8. Again, recall this was done in my much sillier days but I did on a few occassions appear at work under the influence of controlled substances. Be thankful I was a cook and never did become a brain surgeon or airline pilot or carny. Looking back I think I baked some of my most delicious cakes while stoned.
9. Of the many firearms I have fired, numerous and varied in type and design, not once have I fired anything automatic. We had the chance in '81 in Victoria but some dude from an Army Cadet unit misbehaved and we ended up doing cleaning duties around the camp while the others went to the ranges and fired smg's. Bummer.
10. Not one of my more glorious memories but for a spell I did live on cheap cherry 7-UP and cases of chicken noodle soup. If you drink enough of it the stuff will actually help stave off the expected scurvy. ;)
So, for those keeping score the answers are: 5, 6 and 9.
Liar, Liar
1. I have held the door for a member of the British Royal family, twice.
2. A doctor once found a wood tick on a particularly hidden part of my anatomy.
3. I was tossed out of a party for biting a girl on the bum.
4. I have paid more than $200 CDN to have my laundry done.
5. I have watched the Star Wars Trilogy more than 100 times.
6. I have eaten muskrat, wallaby, and camel.
7. I once directed airplanes at an airport in Canada.
8. I have worked under the influence of a controlled substance.
9. I once fired an automatic weapon (a sub-machine gun!).
10. I lived on nothing but Cherry 7-Up and chicken noodle soup for more than a month.
Ok, your turn. Which three of the above statements are false? :)
The Answers
1. I held the door for Princess Anne when she visited McKenzie Seeds when I was in Air Cadets. Once on the way in and once on the way out.
2. After take a trek through the fields around Oo-Za-We-Kwun (did I spell that correctly?) with friends we strolled through some chest high bushes and picked up a boatload of the wee red tick devils. The next day or day after that a "hanger on" was discovered by the doc. Let's just say he was trying to go in through the out door.
3. Ok, so I drank a lot in my early years. I accompanied Lyall and Jyoti to a party where in a mad fit of intoxicated playfulness I did bite, more a nibble, a young lady on the bum. She didn't mind. They guy she was there with seemed perturbed. We left quickly. Ah, the good old days, if only I could remember them through the alcohol induced haze.
4. Rebeca and I paid more than $200 CDN to have our tshirts and underpants scrubbed and wrapped in plastic at the Hyatt(?) in Taipei.
5. I have NOT watched the Star Wars trilogy 100 times. Not even close. Despite the large quantity of hardened petro-chemical Star Wars toys I possess I have not seem the movies that many times. I prefer to let them age, enjoyed on select occasions, like to celebrate a divorce, the birth of a child, a GST rebate...special times!
6. I have eaten muskrat and wallaby, the latter much tastier than the former. I have NOT eaten camel. I would not consider eating camel having rode on the back of the gentle beast it would seem so very wrong.
7. Indeed I did direct aircraft at the Brandon Airport as part of an Air Cadet fundraiser. It was colder than it should have been and I was dressed in a very thin, not very warm flight suit and a pair of totally inadequate gloves out on the windy tarmac using hand signals to marshal the planes into position to take on more passengers. It was a load of fun!
8. Again, recall this was done in my much sillier days but I did on a few occassions appear at work under the influence of controlled substances. Be thankful I was a cook and never did become a brain surgeon or airline pilot or carny. Looking back I think I baked some of my most delicious cakes while stoned.
9. Of the many firearms I have fired, numerous and varied in type and design, not once have I fired anything automatic. We had the chance in '81 in Victoria but some dude from an Army Cadet unit misbehaved and we ended up doing cleaning duties around the camp while the others went to the ranges and fired smg's. Bummer.
10. Not one of my more glorious memories but for a spell I did live on cheap cherry 7-UP and cases of chicken noodle soup. If you drink enough of it the stuff will actually help stave off the expected scurvy. ;)
So, for those keeping score the answers are: 5, 6 and 9.
Friday, January 14, 2005
The Great Ottawa Thaw
Yesterday we had the first of what happens every year at this time in Ottawa, the pre-spring thaw. This one was a bit early by a few weeks. Usually it arrives in time for Ottawa's annual Winterlude winter festival. Just in time to melt the Rideau Canal, making it un-skatable (is that a word?), damage or destroy the ice sculptures, and make the cold winter feel more like March or April. At one point yesterday there was a 46 degree temperature difference between Ottawa and Wolseley. Brrrrrrrr!!!!
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