Wednesday, June 27, 2007

I Am Mostly Canadian

Here the results of a test I took online.

80% or 90% Canadian!!
Wow, you've got it all, kid! You've lived here all you're life, you know what hockey is, (and probably who every player on the Toronto Maple Leafs is), you've eaten a beaver tail, and you've seen "Talking to Americans"! There's not much more Canadian you can be!
Take the"How Canadian are YOU?" Quizby Daestwen

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

I Have A New Pet....Sort Of

I got to go to my future-in-laws place yesterday afternoon for a joint celebration as it was for me and my future father-in law's birthdays. Anyways, I had a great time and my finance got me a unique gift which I was not expecting at all. She got me an i-cat that groove with I-Pod and music in general. It also meows and purrs when you pet it and hiss when you touch it's tail. Anyways, too prove that I have a little too much time on my hands I named him Winston and have him on my lap as I write this. It is either I miss having a pet or I have been working a lot of hours lately. Maybe both who knows?

Saturday, June 23, 2007

A Year Older And... Maybe A Year Wiser?

Today I turned the great age of 32 years young. I didn't spend the day quite the way I wanted as I had to work most of day and my finace is out of town. But on the bright side bought myself a DVD set Volume One of The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein as kids show from the 1970's (but the humor can be over most kids heads at times) so I will check that out. Looking back I would like to believe that i have learned a lot over my 32 years and have gotten wiser. I hope if nothing else I will not repeat the mistakes of the past and can look forward to the future.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Goodbye Spring,Hello Summer

Today is the offical first day of summer however we seemed to get coolest day that we have had in a while. Anyways, it's nice to have the long days and warm weather. Bring it on!

Monday, June 18, 2007

Doing Nothing And Loving It

I have the day off today and am not doing a heck of a lot just surfing about the net here. I had planned to go out but the heavy rain has put a stop to it. Anyways, I think I will just chill here for now and rest.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

The Peace Of Wild Things

A poem from Wendell Berry

THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS

When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least souns
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water,
and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.
I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Maybe I Do Have A Report

I had a rather busy weekend. I worked both Saturday and Sunday and in between I attended my fiance's nephews birth party at my soon to be in-laws place. I also got to delieve a sermon on Sunday night on the subject of prayer using Luke 18:1-8 as my text. Maybe I did have something to report after all.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Not Much To Report

Not much to report just another busy week at work and finding time to work on a sermon I'm doing tomorrow. I will have more later ....hopefully.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

How Did We Survive?

My fiance sent me this the other day. It rings so true.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE1940's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking .As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a van , loose was always great fun.We drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem . We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,No cell phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet cha t rooms....WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents .We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out any eyes.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learnedHOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!PS -The BIG type is because your eyes are shot at your age

Friday, June 01, 2007

The Week Past and Weekend Ahead

As it turned out I picked up a couple of extra shifts this week which helped out a lot. I'm also going to be going home to celebrate my sister's birthday and have my finance show off her new ring. It looks like the weather will be nice so it should be good times ahead.