I played Clublink’s toughest course today: Greystoke. It’s on the escarpment. Toughest greens I’ve played. Had 30 putts. Which would lend you to believe I shot a wonderful score….but alas it’s not true. Putting was great. Driving was adequate enough for the course. Chips were better than avg. Irons from all distances were crap-o-la. And… Read More »
Happy Birthday Olivia! 4 years old today. The celebration has spanned the last few days but today is the actual day. Sunday we spent the day with Sam, Grace, Joey and Angel at African Lion Safari. That was a blast. Your favourite was the splash park. But the trip around the reserve in the tour… Read More »
The CR-V is on it’s dying breath. It’s been a fun ride these past 12 years. 263,000 kms and counting. We’ve ordered the new vehicle but it won’t be in our driveway for about 1 month. I’ve had the CR-V since the fall of ’97. That was the year I moved into Mike P’s place… Read More »
In our little pine tree right outside the front door and in front of the porch, a robin got courageous enough to build a nest and lay four little blue eggs. Sonia and Olivia had been watching the nest for over a week to see what would happen. The parents were quite distressed about this… Read More »
I’m so lazy…..or maybe it’s because we invested all our savings into finishing the basement. Well, almost finishing the basement. The flooring has been delayed for several weeks now due to the backorder dillemma that this ‘recession’ has caused. Once the floor’s in I’ll write up a nice post about the trials and tribulations of… Read More »
I’m sad: Olivia has such a great memory and can recall names that I give her toys and her imaginary friends that I have long forgotten. And she remembers them with ease. Names like “Tooth-o” for the rubber whale. I can’t even remember naming him. I fear that these names will someday fade into the… Read More »
I admit this, it’s true. I do watch AI (American Idol), and am always somewhat disappointed. That’s a direct result of the fact that I’m a dud and love Echo, James, Roxy Music and the other *greats* But tonight, there was this *Grand Ole Opry* night where the singers had to choose an *opry* like… Read More »
Years ago the basement started out as a place where we stored old furniture and had laid down the old shag from upstairs. Think of it as a student’s living room: mismatched junk. No finished walls, exposed sump, etc. etc. One studded load-bearing wall to give semblance to a future finish. Fast forward a couple… Read More »
OK people, please give Obama a chance to do ‘presidential’ stuff before anointing him God. I’ve got a massive headache from the press. Apparently everything Midas touches does turn to gold….even before he’s touched them. I have great optimism that Obama will be an influential president and that ‘change’ is coming. And that has the… Read More »
Oh, I forgot to mention one massively unforgettable item in my 20 words: The government has granted Canadians the privilege to open a tax-free savings account where we can deposit $5000 a year. interest earned is tax free AND no penalties for withdrawls. Now, if I read this correctly, if you grow your account above… Read More »