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Monday, July 31, 2006
So Much For The Heatwave
Some cool, rainy weather put the kybosh on any holiday activities this weekend and even some housecleaning projects seemed to fizzle out before they were started. We were supposed to clean out the garage on Saturday, but with one thing and another we didn't get it accomplished. I have been trying to spend a little more time working on the video for Nikki's wedding and it usually ends up consuming more of my time than I'd like. But I got a fair amount done on the weekend thanks to the weather but I think I'd sooner be outside enjoying balmy weather for the last week of our holidays. No doubt I will be spending a few all-nighters trying to get the video completed. With Devon & Catherine's wedding coming up here this weekend we are gearing up for the arrival of the out of town guests from Dianne's side, most of whom will be staying here one or two nights. So tomorrow we are having the carpets cleaned and Dianne has been busy cleaning up the place. With everything going on I'm not sure we are going to be able to take our anticipated bike trip into the valley. That may have to wait for another time that we are both off together. I was just reading about Kyle McDonald, the blogger, who, on his blog one red paperclip, managed to barter his way from a paperclip up to a house and now is about to publish a book about his exploits as well as a movie deal. It's a pretty interesting story but it still makes me think that most people are amused by so little. Obviously the Chronicle does not draw that much attention---Thank goodness. Thursday, July 27, 2006
Great Biking Weather
The weather has a moderated a bit over the last couple of days making it not so unbearable to do anything outdoors. In fact it was so nice yesterday we packed a picnic lunch and headed off on our bikes to Fort Edmonton Park for the day. The ride there was very pleasant, about 16k and at 11:00 in the morning the wind was nice and fresh still. It only took us about an hour and the only really scary bit was heading down into the river valley towards the park as there were no sidewalks or trails and no shoulders on the road, so we were zooming down the road about 45 kph with massive trucks bearing down on us from all sides. But we made it OK and had a very pleasant day walking around the park and visiting with Sandi as she made bread in her wood stove in her "temporary" tent home. We were a bit tired at the end of the day and still had the ride back which proved a little challenging as we had a rather steep climb to get out of the valley and we eventually resorted to dismounting our bikes and huffing it up the hill on foot. We arrived home just as a sprinkle of rain started to fall and spent the rest of the evening relaxing with a couple of movies. I had lugged the video camera down to the park in my backpack but discovered that the battery was dead after the kids had last used it so I couldn't get any pictures or footage of Sandi and the goings on in the park. Today we putzed around the house doing some cleaning and deciding that the downstairs bathroom taps needed replacing and so with company coming next week we rushed of to Home Depot to get some supplies. I have the lovely job of replacing the taps tomorrow morning. In the afternoon I have an appointment for a physical and I was going to bike over until I realized that it would not be very pleasant for the doctor if I showed up all sweaty and stinky, not to mention what that would do to my blood pressure. I might be whisked off to emergency. We are still hoping to get down to the river valley trails while we are still on holidays but I'm not sure when that will be. We will have to go soon as members of Dianne's family will be arriving midweek for our nephew Devon's wedding. Plus we want to clean out the garage and both cars as well as sorting out my shop a bit, so we have lots to keep us busy. Sunday, July 23, 2006
Heat Wave
We've been having real hot summer weather for the past few days with the mercury reaching the high 30's. Makes doing anything outdoors a real chore. And inside the house it's not been much better. Yesterday we broke down and bought some blinds for our living room windows after having them bare for a few years. Hopefully it will cut down a bit of the radiant heat from the windows. And in a classic comedy of errors, we went looking for a portable fan this afternoon only to find everyone sold out...Duh! I finally took the plunge and biked to work for the three days I worked last week and found it very enjoyable. The crisp air at 7:30 am really wakes you up and the workout gets the blood moving. It's about a 10k ride to the office, not real strenuous, but a bit more challenging coming home in the afternoon heat. I look forward to doing it more after the holidays. Dianne are both having a couple of weeks off at the moment and plan to do a little biking in the river valley as well as some other activities. This morning we were awakened about 6:00 with a very close and intense thunder storm that dropped a bit of rain on us and then moved on. Not the most pleasant way of waking up. Thursday, July 13, 2006
Not much going on at the moment, I'm just grinding through the end of a midnight shift. One more night to go! Wahoo! Then I'm off for four, work three days and them I'm off for two weeks for our second summer holiday. I'm hoping to get some long awaited projects done during this time but we are also looking forward to some time together to go biking in the river valley and some all day excursions. The wedding planning is coming along. The invitations are done and will be going out in the next day or two. The bridesmaid dresses have been located and bought and Nikki and Chris are working on arranging the ceremony and reception down in Crestview. We just had a minor rain storm tonight which started while I was out riding and it gave me a little foul weather training, which is good as I am planning to bike to work next week and you never can tell what the weather will do in eight hours. The sky is still pretty dark right now but is starting to turn bright red and there is a tremendous full rainbow across the eastern sky. Saturday, July 08, 2006
Sign Of The Times
This article is another example of how modern technology has influenced our everyday lives including our language. Google is now an official word in the dictionary as a verb "to google". It's like a lot of other brand names like kleenex and zerox that have krept into everyday usage. Now go google that! Monday, July 03, 2006
Happy Canada Day!  We've been enjoying some really great weather here over the last few days, very hot and sunny although it's not that good for the lawn. Can't have everything I guess. Had a nice Canada day weekend although I had to work it but we got down to the local park on Saturday night to watch the fireworks. Sandy came back from Crestview last week and had a great time. She took some video of her visit with Nikki and Chris and I'll try and post a bit of it. I am now using googlepages as a web server which gives me an additional 100 megs of server space on top of what Telus provides so I can get a bit more content up at a time. Things are moving ahead with the wedding plans. We are about to get the invites made up and sent out and Nikki has her dress as I mentioned before. The girls seem to be doing a great job of organizing things and getting needed supplies.
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