Morning folks,
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Hopefully everyone had a safe and happy weekend (what a weekend we had). This past weekend was a long weekend for those of us in Canada. Next weekend is the US long weekend. Summer is just around the bend!
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I wanted to make a quick post about a new experiment I'll be working on. I won't divulge the details just yet, but be warned this is something fairly big and not something I'll be able to wrap up in a week, or even a month. If it works out and the experiment is a success, it will be life changing for me and my family. For now, I'll create a link off my Experiments page and post vague details until I am ready to unload the full details to you.
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As I eluded to above in my opening paragraph, we had a very interesting weekend. My sister, her husband and my niece were in a bit of a car accident this weekend. Saturday they were taking a trip up to Northern New Brunswick when they hit a huge puddle in the middle of the highway (very raining day). The car hydroplaned and went into the ditch rolling over and landing on its roof. Thankfully everyone is OK and besides a few scratches on my niece from the shattered rear window, everyone was ok sans a few bumps and bruises. We received the phone call late Saturday night and went over to visit Sunday just to make sure everything was ok. Sadly, the Neon 2.0SX is most likely going to be a write off, but at least everyone survived. This would be a great testament for Dodge and how safe their cars really are.
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Anyway folks, must get back at it and begin my week of work. Keep watching this space for updates on my new Experiment :)
Cheers,
Al
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
All Moved In!
Good morning folks,
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What a weekend we had. All I can say is thank God it's finally over. We started moving Friday afternoon and didn't finish until Sunday late afternoon. Katie and I took on the brutal task by ourselves and we did the entire move casually over the weekend in our Minivan. Surprisingly, the only item that did not fit in the Minivan was our Queen sized box spring, everything else fit just fine.
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Of course, what would a weekend of moving be without any mishaps. To make matters a bit more unbearable, I was on-call for the weekend as well. Luckly enough there were no pages during the day while we moved, but during both Friday and Saturday night I received about 3 hours sleep total (in both nights). That made for a cranky Al but I tried not to let that show. Moving is stressful enough without the overtired being added into it.
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So now we are all in and everything is starting to unfold. The furnature is being organized, the boxes are being unpacked and we are starting to turn this once vacant townhouse into our future home. The kids have really been enjoying the new place as there are other families in the complex with children and we are letting the kids out of the house to play. This is a new thing for us because in our last place there was nowhere for the kids to go unless you wanted them to play in the parking lot. Now we can throw open the patio door and they're gone to a neighbours house or just to play on the patio together. It is a much different atmosphere.
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Today our Internet, Phone and Cable get transferred. I won't say I missed having Internet Sunday and yesterday, but I found it interesting how "lost" I felt without having a phone. Internet is something that I deal with daily, but as soon as you want to call home and realize there is no way to contact your family, you get a little edgy. Hopefully the Cable guy shows up at our new place sooner than later :)
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Well folks, I must go and get some work done. Today promises to be busy and I must get some work done.
Cheers,
Al
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What a weekend we had. All I can say is thank God it's finally over. We started moving Friday afternoon and didn't finish until Sunday late afternoon. Katie and I took on the brutal task by ourselves and we did the entire move casually over the weekend in our Minivan. Surprisingly, the only item that did not fit in the Minivan was our Queen sized box spring, everything else fit just fine.
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Of course, what would a weekend of moving be without any mishaps. To make matters a bit more unbearable, I was on-call for the weekend as well. Luckly enough there were no pages during the day while we moved, but during both Friday and Saturday night I received about 3 hours sleep total (in both nights). That made for a cranky Al but I tried not to let that show. Moving is stressful enough without the overtired being added into it.
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So now we are all in and everything is starting to unfold. The furnature is being organized, the boxes are being unpacked and we are starting to turn this once vacant townhouse into our future home. The kids have really been enjoying the new place as there are other families in the complex with children and we are letting the kids out of the house to play. This is a new thing for us because in our last place there was nowhere for the kids to go unless you wanted them to play in the parking lot. Now we can throw open the patio door and they're gone to a neighbours house or just to play on the patio together. It is a much different atmosphere.
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Today our Internet, Phone and Cable get transferred. I won't say I missed having Internet Sunday and yesterday, but I found it interesting how "lost" I felt without having a phone. Internet is something that I deal with daily, but as soon as you want to call home and realize there is no way to contact your family, you get a little edgy. Hopefully the Cable guy shows up at our new place sooner than later :)
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Well folks, I must go and get some work done. Today promises to be busy and I must get some work done.
Cheers,
Al
Friday, May 11, 2007
The Friday You'll Never Forget!
Good morning folks,
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That's right, I have a coffee this morning and I actually have a few moments to sit and write. First off, let's define the word Friday:
Friday is traditionally considered the sixth day of the week, falling between Thursday and Saturday, as it does in countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention. In countries adopting the Monday-first and in work-based conventions, it is the fifth day of the week.
Now hopefully, here is something you didn't already know :)
The name Friday comes from the Old English word frigedaeg, meaning the day of Frige the Anglo-Saxon form of Frigg, the Germanic goddess of Beauty.
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The word Friday in most Romance Languages is derived from the name of Venus such as vendredi in French,
Ahh Friday, how we love this day as it typically is symbolic of the end of our work week. Unfortunately for me, it is only the beginning :)
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We're Moving!
Yes, I realize this is very sudden, but we met with our Landlord yesterday and we went over the place briefly with him. We decided that we would like to move in ASAP and forego the paint job (which it didn't really need). As a result, theer are workers showing up there this morning to make a few repairs and touch up some needed paint spots and then we can go ahead and move in. Looks like we'll start by moving some minor stuff today and tomorrow and finish off the big move Sunday (Mother's Day). Looks like we're in for a fairly busy weekend.
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So why are we in such a rush to move? Well, this place became available and we went to take a look at it. I think the first thing that attracted us was the fact it was a 2 storey town house with 3 bedrooms. Not only that, the place reminds me a great deal of the Townhouse we had while living in Alberta and those were good memories. I won't say the place is perfect as it could some a few touch ups, but it is perfect for us right now and with it being a lot closer to the school, it will make life a little easier on the mind.
Of course, as luck would have it, I'm on-call this weekend. Not only that, but I need to work tonight from 10:30pm until shortly after 2:00am. Doesn't that sound like a lot of fun? :) Then while I'm moving stuff back and forth between our old place and new place (which is only a 1-2min drive lol) I may get paged and have to find a PC to login to work and... well.... work.
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It will all be good in the end though as we'll have this nice place to stay in for the same cost of our current place and a neighbourhood of kids all around us. I'm looking forward to some good times in this place.
Well folks, I must begin my day here at work. I imagine we'll be without Internet for a couple days during this move so I may not get a chance to post any pics or update the site for a few days. I do plan on uploading some pictures though so check back soon for that update.
Cheers,
Al
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That's right, I have a coffee this morning and I actually have a few moments to sit and write. First off, let's define the word Friday:
Friday is traditionally considered the sixth day of the week, falling between Thursday and Saturday, as it does in countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention. In countries adopting the Monday-first and in work-based conventions, it is the fifth day of the week.
Now hopefully, here is something you didn't already know :)
The name Friday comes from the Old English word frigedaeg, meaning the day of Frige the Anglo-Saxon form of Frigg, the Germanic goddess of Beauty.
{slurp}
The word Friday in most Romance Languages is derived from the name of Venus such as vendredi in French,
Ahh Friday, how we love this day as it typically is symbolic of the end of our work week. Unfortunately for me, it is only the beginning :)
{slurp}
We're Moving!
Yes, I realize this is very sudden, but we met with our Landlord yesterday and we went over the place briefly with him. We decided that we would like to move in ASAP and forego the paint job (which it didn't really need). As a result, theer are workers showing up there this morning to make a few repairs and touch up some needed paint spots and then we can go ahead and move in. Looks like we'll start by moving some minor stuff today and tomorrow and finish off the big move Sunday (Mother's Day). Looks like we're in for a fairly busy weekend.
{slurp}
So why are we in such a rush to move? Well, this place became available and we went to take a look at it. I think the first thing that attracted us was the fact it was a 2 storey town house with 3 bedrooms. Not only that, the place reminds me a great deal of the Townhouse we had while living in Alberta and those were good memories. I won't say the place is perfect as it could some a few touch ups, but it is perfect for us right now and with it being a lot closer to the school, it will make life a little easier on the mind.
Of course, as luck would have it, I'm on-call this weekend. Not only that, but I need to work tonight from 10:30pm until shortly after 2:00am. Doesn't that sound like a lot of fun? :) Then while I'm moving stuff back and forth between our old place and new place (which is only a 1-2min drive lol) I may get paged and have to find a PC to login to work and... well.... work.
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It will all be good in the end though as we'll have this nice place to stay in for the same cost of our current place and a neighbourhood of kids all around us. I'm looking forward to some good times in this place.
Well folks, I must begin my day here at work. I imagine we'll be without Internet for a couple days during this move so I may not get a chance to post any pics or update the site for a few days. I do plan on uploading some pictures though so check back soon for that update.
Cheers,
Al
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Lots of Stuff
Afternoon folks,
Apologies for the lack of recent updates. We've been having a lot of things going on in our life and there hasn't been a lot of time for my sensless ramblings. Of course, we are also preparing to move soon and are basically just waiting on our landlord to call letting us know when we can pick up the keys and start moving in. We went down last week and signed a year lease for the new place and are really looking forward to getting in there.
From dealing with the surplus of work (since 3 people on our team have left) to dealing with getting sued over a bad real estate deal last year, life has thrown its fair share of curve balls at us. Luckly I used to play baseball and know how to use my life bat. Everytime a new problem presents itself, I look for ways to overcome.
Again, apologies for the lack of updates recently. Once the move is done and things start to settle down, I'll be right back at it again :)
Cheers,
Al
Apologies for the lack of recent updates. We've been having a lot of things going on in our life and there hasn't been a lot of time for my sensless ramblings. Of course, we are also preparing to move soon and are basically just waiting on our landlord to call letting us know when we can pick up the keys and start moving in. We went down last week and signed a year lease for the new place and are really looking forward to getting in there.
From dealing with the surplus of work (since 3 people on our team have left) to dealing with getting sued over a bad real estate deal last year, life has thrown its fair share of curve balls at us. Luckly I used to play baseball and know how to use my life bat. Everytime a new problem presents itself, I look for ways to overcome.
Again, apologies for the lack of updates recently. Once the move is done and things start to settle down, I'll be right back at it again :)
Cheers,
Al
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