Last picture! I should figure out how to post them all in one post. Here's Steve boogie boarding. 

The water was quite rough, with waves up to 5 and 6 feet crashing. It was a little scary for me, but Steve loved the boogie boarding. 

I'm a sucker for a donkey...faux or otherwise! This was in a cigar museum. 

The locals were a little wooden off the start, but we really warmed up to them.  

Taken in the sugar cane fields.  

Just look at this beach! 

A man enters a bar and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender. the
robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him, "What's
your IQ?" The man replies "150" and the robot proceeds to make conversation
about global warming factors, quantum physics and spirituality, biomimicry,
environmental interconnectedness, string theory, nano-technology, and sexual
proclivities.

The customer is very impressed and thinks, "This is really cool." He decides
to test the robot. He walks out of the bar, turns around, and comes back in
for another drink. Again, the robot serves him the perfectly prepared drink
and asks him, "What's your IQ?" The man responds, "about a 100."
Immediately the robot starts talking, but this time, about football, NASCAR,
baseball, supermodels, favorite fast foods, guns, and women's breasts.

Really impressed, the man leaves the bar and decides to give the robot one
more test. He heads out and returns, the robot serves him and asks, "What's
your IQ?" The man replies, "Er, 50, I think." And the robot says... real
slowly... "So............... ya gon - na vote for the Liberals a - gain?

Happy Birthday Blaine!!

Have a great day!

hola all!

Hi everyone!
Well, after an epic long day on Wednesday, we arrived in Punta Cana to a gorgeous airport! We would have been happy just staying there, it was so nice!

Anyways, it's +32 and sunny every day we've been so far. Lots of lazing around, alternating from beach to pool. Neither is very crowded, easy to find comfy lounge chairs. The food is good, normal every day stuff with a few surprises thrown in (stuffed rabbit...octopus in its own tint) yumm! Our room is close to the beach and the ping pong tables. Important! Drinks are good, no complaints anywhere really, but it would have been nice to have a coffee maker in the room! We'll bring our own next time.

We are missing our Mook and hope that Grandma and Grandpa are giving her lots of cuddles and snuggles. Someone will have to pass that message along, because we didn't get a chance to hook up their computer before we left!

Hope all is well with everyone else...back to the holiday!
xoJessica and Steve

Free Ipods, Holy Cow

It's one of those things that sounds really too good to be true but indeed the facts speak for themselves. All you have to do is click on the link here, sign up for one of the trial offers, and presto-chango they send a free ipod to an undisclosed address in Ottawa.

Romeo and Juliet

I keep searching and searching to see what comments come up about the production last weekend and so far haven't seen a peep!!

Well?? Well??

Time to clue us in about everything. I'll bet you both were tired and just crashed in a corner somewhere.

Or are you helping your mom study for her big test tomorrow? That will be a relief to have that behind her. What a fun way to spend a Saturday!

Pumpkins in the Park!!

We just got back from a walk through Flumerfelt Park where they hold "Pumpkins in the Park", and man was it snowing! The snow started around 10:30 or 11 this morning and is still going strong at almost 9pm! It's heavy and wet so hopfully it wont stick around too long, I'm not done riding my bike yet! Mom and Dad were supposed to leave today for yet another trip to Woseley but..... lucky for us they are stuck! Looks like many more card games to be played!

Poor Diabetic Willow

Well, today we found out that Willow has developed feline diabetes. The weight blight that we unfortunately burdened her with finally caught up to her. She seems ok on the outside, she's dropped about 2kg since this time last year, but she drinks a lot of water. So we're off to the vet again on Thursday to learn about what we need to do to help Willow live comfortably. A change of food is the first step. I'm not sure if we'll need to give her insulin shots yet or if there is another option.

On another note I got an email from CBC News Sunday asking me to read an email comment I made so they can possibly broadcast it during their feedback segment.

Update:I spent about an hour at the vet last night getting all of the info on what we need to do for Willow. She will be getting one unit of insulin twice a day for the next while then we take her back in for testing and possible modification of the dose. The vet did a demonstration with saline on the office cat, a fairly cooperative cat. I tried to examine Willow tonight to get a grip on her skin the way I'll need to so I can inject her and at first got a nasty look then the teeth came out and she was having none of that. It looks like I'll be wrapping her up in a towel twice a day. It wasn't too expensive but this will be a lifetime thing unless someone comes up with an easier way of doing it. Looking on the bright side we won't have to test her blood every day (an unpleasant process of pricking the edge of her ear to get a blood sample).

Disposal

What's the recommended method of disposal for old cd's? I have a mountain of old technet and software cd's I would like to get rid of but don't want to burden the local landfill with yet more plastic and metal. Any thoughts on what I should be doing with this stuff?

SeatGuru.com - Your Enlightened Guide to Airplane Seating

Here's a little something to help with your flight to the DR. David might find this useful too. SeatGuru.

Dos cervezas por favor...

We booked our holiday today! Wah laloo!

We are going for two weeks, leaving on November 16th. We fly into Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, arriving at 7pm (or so) for our all inclusive, long-awaited vacation. Now to brush up on the espanol!

We'll be staying at the Grand Paradise Bavaro. I'll see if I can find a link...

Like this one? Grand Paradise Bavaro

Happy 70th birthday cake!

Now thats a cake!

Project Porchlight : Change Within Reach

I had an email waiting for me this evening from a local blogger, we'll call him Dan because that's his name, informing me and the rest of the people on his list of a new and brilliant idea [pun intended]. It's called Project Porchlight. The idea is to distribute compact fluorescent bulbs to every household across the country, they're starting with Ottawa South, with the intent of reducing power consumption through conservation. Get this: put one of these babies in one lightsocket in each home across the country and we'll be reducing pollution to the tune of taking 66,000 cars off the roads. As a cyclist this is most appealing. As someone who would like my kids to see polar bears this is most appealing.

I love this idea and can say, proudly, that I recommended to my condo association last year that we replace the many incandesent lights throughout our building with compact fluorescents. And they did!! That's no less than 10-12 on each of three floors and the basement level. We have several in our loft too.

Want more info? You'll want to click on the button below. If you're in the Ottawa area you'll want to head out to the big Giant Tiger on Walkley Road and get yourself a bulb free. Better yet, get your free one then head inside and buy a bunch to replace the rest of the bulbs in the house. You'll want to save the incandescents to be sold on ebay in the future, they'll be museum articles in no time.

Mom and her Birthday Presents

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Hey Mitch! We got her with that wind up butterfly thingy you sent us, i tries to get a good action shot of it, does she look surprised? We just finished dinner and are getting ready for an evening of birthday cards. I'll have a couple of shots of the cake as soon as we surprise her with it!

Jack Layton Siting

While I was standing waiting for my bus the other night after work Jack Layton passed by me on Bank Street headed towards Parliament Hill. I didn't say anything but if I had my camera with me I would have got a couple of quick shots.