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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Vacancy at the Crowbar Motel
Nikki had her third auditiion today before the "celebrity" judges but unfortunately does not move on. Still, it was a fabulous experience for her being picked out of 13,000 people to be one of 150 to go this round, but did not quite make it into the final 10. It remains to be seen whether she tries again next year but I think the Canadian Idol bug is out of her system...for now.
For those of you who havn't seen these yet, here is a good natured poke at the ill fated Martha Stewart and her upcoming doom. Thanks, Dad, for the images. Tuesday, April 20, 2004
A Star Is Born?
Well, Nikki has passed the first two rounds of judging for the Canadian Idol auditions and will go before the celebrity judges tomorrow morning. She says that if all goes well there it may mean a trip to Toronto at some point for the finals, however I am not holding my breath. The auditons went pretty well, she says, and both girls were exhausted after spending much of yesterday hanging around West Edmonton Mall waiting for her turn. Monday, April 19, 2004
Well no sooner did I get the bike back outside when winter reappeared and dumped a very large amount of snow on us. The temperatures went down to the point where I had to start wearing my winter coat again. So my daily ride had to go by the wayside for about a week until yesterday when it was nice enough again and the snow had finally melted so that I could make my usual trek to the shopping mall and back.
On Saturday night I had the honor of participating in a fund raising concert for a missions trip for a family in our church. The evening involved a mixture of Celtic music and the blues, but not at the same time. The blues part, in which I had been asked to participate was in the second half of the show and proved to be an extremley enjoyable event and judging by the response of the audience the music sounded pretty good too. Here's a picture: 
Today Nikki is auditioning along with about a zillion other kids for the Canadian Idol Show. She and Sandi were at West Edmonton Mall about 5:30 this morning to line up and I suspect they will be there for much of today. I'll report tomorrow on how things went. Sunday, April 11, 2004
"No Pain, No Gain"
As a sure sign of spring, we went for our first bike ride of the year "outside" last night, although by the time we got going it was getting dark and so our regular ride was somewhat truncated in the interest of visibility. Nonetheless, it was great to get out and feel that frigid air rushing by my face and the exhiliration as the muscles in my legs started to burn with pain. But now we look forward to future excursions further and farther afield.
Spent most of my day yesterday installing a new CD player and a couple of speakers in Dianne's Corolla, something I haven't done since I was a kid. It seems they are making trunks smaller these days or something cause they sure are a lot harder to climb in and out off. This evening we are sitting down with a few friends for our Easter meal and on that note I would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Friday, April 09, 2004
Romantic Getaway
After our hectic trip to Saskatchewan last week, Dianne and I decided to take it easy and spend some time together. So for most of this week we have been down in Radium Hot Springs enjoying the spring weather amidst the majestic rockies. We had a great time. We took a drive down to Invermere, Windermere and Fairmont Hot Springs as well as a four hour hike through the trails around Radium. Here we are pausing for a breather in a canyon on the trail.
The trip was capped off by a delicious steak and shrimp meal at a fancy restaurant. Then it was back home for the weekend before Dianne goes back to work on Monday. Saturday, April 03, 2004
It's Still There
Just back from visiting the Fam in Saskatchewan where we're all visited out. At least I am. Dianne could go on forever. Had a chance to check out the new and improved Wascana Lake as it fills up after being dug out all winter. Where else but in Saskatchewan do you find people who want to go boating so they dig their own lake and when they want to go skiing they build their own mountain. And the beautiful park is full of beautiful trees, all hand planted. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of the lake but the internet is full of them. We did get some shots of a few of the relatives including brother Roy's two young'ns, Graham and Emily who are seen here almost towering over Dianne. What are you feedin' these kids?
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