Here comes Santa Claus!!

Everyone knows that Santa likes sugar cookies...


I just hope that he likes Christmas cows! I had a little helper choosing the shapes.


Nothing says Christmas like quite like cow shaped sugar cookies. Of course we still have the classic reindeer (or "boose" depending on who you are), Denali, kitty, stars, trees and lambs. We should be covered.

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The end is nearerer

2 days to go and school is out for Christmas... this is a call out to see if anyone is coming back for the holidays. We should be around and I'll be doing the final reno touches on our basement. With the exception of the bathroom, everything should be done. We might get the tile done over xmas but I'd take any distraction people have to offer!

I will hopefully be posting pics of the new and improved basement later this week or early next week.

M

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Mr. Bill lives again...

I don't know if you remember Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live, but he lives again.... sort of.

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Where's Waldo?

I've recently noticed that I haven't posted anything in..... forever! Nice to know no one noticed and panicked! Not to worry, I wasn't kidnapped by Somali pirates, been secretly campaigning for Obama or overwhelmed by the current recession.

Fact is I've just been dwelling in my own self pity since school has started this year. Seems I've been pretty busy, working on my Masters still and back teaching full time. I've been assigned two new courses this semester, Chemistry 20 & 30, which are fun, but a whole lot of work. As well... much to my chagrin, we've been renovating our basement with all my free time. With any luck we will have carpet in by the end of the week and baseboards, doors and trim by Christmas. The bathroom with be a stretch, but at the very least we should have a working toilet and running water.


So this will have to suffice for now.... back to the grind.

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Neil Patrick Harris

It must be said that Neil Patrick Harris has come into his own now that his M.D. days are over. I have found him to be quite the bonus in his cameo role in Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle and his more dominant role in Harold and Kumar escape Guantanamo Bay.
Recently, I was delighted to come across Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog where he plays a villain wth a PhD in Horrible. I thought I would pass along Act I Part I for your enjoyment. The rest can be found via the typical Youtube search.

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Happy Birthday to Me...

Well, it was my birthday today and I need to brag about Dora's cake. Such an awesome cake!!! Had to share the pics, so enjoy.... I sure did!


Yum, yum :)

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Just a Quickie

Just a note. Threadless is having their "2 cool 4 school sale" right now.

!!12 buck tees!!

Do tell what you bought if you do. Dora is getting Infinity MPG and I'm getting We Are Made of Carbon.

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Writing-on-Stone

We did a surprize/quick trip out to Writing-on-Stone when we called up some friends who were visiting from London and Singapore. Both of these lovely ladies are old alumni from the Regent Restaurant days. Tracy and Henry Liam Ward live in London while Pauline lives in Singapore now. It's pretty interesting how people who grow up in little old Deathbridge can get out and see the world.

Anyways here are a few pics from our trip.

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Rock and Roll

Well one of our projects that we undertook this summer was to finish the basement development of our house as well as some finishing up in the yard. We did some final concrete work around some of the rocks in the front and backyard. For those of you who noticed the funny white pipe sticking up in the front... it's gone now!

Dora put a second coat of stain on the deck this year and did an excellent job if I do say so myself!



In the basement, we had an easy time with the framing and electrical, pulling in a few favors from friends and family. We did however need to do some extensive... modification when it came to the plumbing. With an nice new hole in the basement, we're ready for the plumbing to begin!




With any luck, we'll have drywall in before September ends and maybe paint and carpet before Dora's birthday.

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Kyle Saskatchewan Pt. 2

Well after our stop in Cypress Hills and the Great Sand Hills, we finally made it to the cabin. Clearwater lake is a small spring fed lake with a very high density of Roughrider fans! We spent the first day golfing. Yeah I know, me golfing, but this place is extreme! Eco-friendly with the oiled sand greens and no watering on the fairway. Did I mention the rough looks like well.... rough?




I think this place could start a new trend with everyone trying to be environmentally conscious.

The Lake was pretty relaxing with a little boating with Logan and some relaxing time spent in a chair with a beverage. Life can be pretty sweet if you stop to smell the canola.





All in all it was a pretty good week with some good times spent with family. It was nice to see Dora's extended family again and her grandma as well. I sometimes wonder what is gained by living the life I live with my opportunities that I never seem to have time for. Perhaps less opportunities and more time to partake would be a better choice.

Well I'll leave you with this parting shot.

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Gear Shed II

Back in December, I posted about my " Gear Shed", my replica from this movie "The Big Hit" with Mark Walberg.

I've always wanted to have this hidden gear closet that stored all my outdoor gear.

Well it's basically done, just needed to varnish it and put some handles on it. But that has been taking longer than expected so I thought I would post the "semi-finished" product. The final shots will have a finished exterior.

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Kyle Saskatchewan Pt. 1

Well, we were off to Kyle, Saskatchewan to hang out with Dora's family and relax at the lake. Her family has a cabin out that way, and if it wasn't for the 5hr drive, we'd probably head out more often.

On the way we hit Cypress Hills (Saskatchewan side) to camp with my Bro for a bit. It was kind of funny to hang out with the "Camper boys" while we were still tenting it.






After Cypress we started to head out to the #1, and stopped in to "The Star" in Maple Creek.

IT HAD THE BEST SWEET POTATO FRIES!!. I've included an article from Western Living Magazine. This restaurant is worth the 5 min drive off the Trans Canada any day!

After that lovely meal, we headed to the Great Sand Hills of Saskatchewan. Unfortunately, they were doing some filming and the main section was closed. We found some smaller dunes and managed to have some fun of our own...



Next posting will be the lake!

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