Shaved my head...

Weekend Shopping...

Went downtown AGAIN to do some shopping with Amanda, got quite a lot of gifts done and hopefully won't need to leave anything down to the last second this year. Eaton Centre looks great decked out in decorations. Check out our pics.

Christmas November, Food Inc...

Christmas November

This weekend, spent Saturday with Amanda's sister. We went downtown to shop, went home to eat raclette and Red Tea Box $15 cakes, then to the late show to watch New Moon. The movie was corny as expected but it was still sooo good, the story and characters are amazing despite the poor acting. On Sunday, brought out Snowman Bob and Tatlim jumped right onto him. He's a gift from our aunt last year, he's absolutely as cool as Christmas.

Food Inc

Watching Food Inc for the first time, highly encourage everyone to check it out. Let's all start living smarter and think at least once before we put what we call food into our bodies. Living well doesn't end with humans, all animals deserve to live well too (needless to say die well). Stop relying on medicine to get well after the fact and let's start being well, living well and eating well. Even if you do eat meat, eat ethically. Go organic, go free range or at least try. Know your food and where it came from.

Nail in tire = cash out of pocket...

Damn it! Realized there was a nail in my tire and had to go get it fixed. Tried to see if it was fixable but the nail was way too close to the side wall of the tire. I actually felt the end of the nail when I pushed on the side wall. Took it back to the dealer and luckily didn't have to replace both back tires (so the tires are balanced) because the tires are relatively new. The down side was I still had to replace a tire instead of repairing it. Anyhow, at least the tire didn't blow and I didn't get stranded. Thanks to the CRV's tire pressure monitor. It had warned me that the tire was low and triggered me to check the tires out. Thanks Honda, I guess.

2012ing and Christmas Shopping...

Went to watch 2012 today. Amanda wasn't too crazy about it but I enjoyed it as I thought I would. I had been looking forward to this movie for a while now and it was the typical Hollywood disaster film. It was The Day After Tomorrow on steroids, filled with hundred foot waves and continuous explosions. It was an enjoyable 2 1/2 brainless hours. We then started our Christmas shopping and got a few of the kids done, the shops are starting to get busy and we are glad we're starting early. Picked up the third segment of Underworld [Rise of the Lycans], which indeed is a prequil to Underworld and Undeworld Evolution so we're watching the trilogy as I'm blogging and wining with another bottle of Vineland's Chenin Blanc. Gonna have to call Vineland to get a case to cellar before the vintage is sold out.

p.s. Keep an eye out for Amanda's dad's truck tomorrow at the Santa Claus Parade. He'll be driving the truck pulling the Star float in the world longest running Santa Claus Parade. Send me photos of the Hurley Bros. truck if you get hold of any.

Christmas season and OUCH!

Christmas starts in November...

Amanda and I put away all the summer stuff outside this weekend and put up our Christmas lights around the house. We had some nice weather on the weekend and decided to take advantage of it. Cleaned up the remainder of the leaves that were on the ground, took down the canopy in the back and put away the patio set. We found out when we got home tonight that our great neighbours even got matching lights and strung them up the same way we did so it looks symetrical. Will wait for a nice clear night and take a pic of the house with the lights on. We're gonna start our Christmas shopping this weekend before the shops start getting crazy, but of course there'll always be some last minute running around come December 24th.

OUCH!...Went out to play volleyball with the old team last night, they were short players so I figured I'd help out. It was fun to play again, I hadn't played since I'd injured my ankle in April. It was all good until I went up for a spike, hammered it straight down and got the point. The bad part came when I'd landed right on my heel and for some reason my knee and back were straight over the heel. Pain shot straight into my lower back like someone had twisted by vertebrae. Going to the chiro tomorrow, hope he can fix it but I'm walking like a 500 year old turtle now, hope I can actually get some sleep thru the pain tonight as opposed to last night. Until next time.

BOO!

Spent Halloween at Amanda's grandmother's. I went out as a fried egg on a teflon pan and Amanda went out as a bag of jelly belly. Amanda's little cousins Alexis and RJ got loads of candies, one house even gave out mini music boxes. Hope all your Halloweens were great.