NHL 2005

In light of Canada's sobering lost in the Olympics, I sometimes want to get away and plug in NHL 2005 to see if things would come out differently if I chose the team for Canada.

Anyway, that leads to one of my favourite pastimes - playing NHL on my Gamecube with my favourite hockey team, the Calgary Flames. I like the Flames not only because I was born and raised in Calgary, but the great players that have come out of Calgary.

So, I love playing Flames in NHL 2005 and currently enjoying a great 2005-2006 season. With great trades that has landed me Staal, Knuble, Bergeron, Draper and other great players, we have clinched the number 1 spot in the conference and in good shape for the playoffs. Go Flames Go! (plus they are doing great in real life)

Canadian Hockey

What is this? Canada, the powerhouse of all things hockey, is struggling through the round robin of the Olympics... okay, not struggling, they are being dominated! With two 2-0 shutout losses to Switzerland (???) and Finland and a truly sorry win over the Czechs, I wonder how we will do against Russia today. Maybe the Canadians will pull together since they are in the medal rounds now, but it was a scary round robin. Here is hoping for a turnaround!

Cyclops

So I found this quiz on a friend's blog and took it. I didn't know that Cyclops is the team leader of X-Men. Interesting... so I guess Deb is Jean Grey. lol....

You scored as Cyclops. Cyclops is the team leader of the X-Men, and a skilled one at that. He loves Jean Grey very much. He's a strict and sometimes uptight leader, but he believes in his cause and he knows what he's fighting for... Peace between Mutants and Humans. Powers: Optic blasts

Cyclops		70%
Storm		65%
Colossus		60%
Iceman		55%
Nightcrawler		55%
Wolverine		50%
Jean Grey		50%
Beast		50%
Gambit		35%
Rogue		30%
Emma Frost		15%

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New house = more work = enjoyment

I never thought that getting a new house meant that I would be more active - and enjoying it. It is amazing that I have new found energy to do house work. Maybe it is the thought that it is now yours and that there is value in doing work at home.

For example, while I was living in an apartment, I hardly wanted to vacuum the place partly because it will only get dirty later on and when we move out, I never have to deal with the consequences. But now, I am constantly thinking how to clean things and improve the house because the buck now stops with us (Deb and I).

So, when we had the Snow Day last Wednesday, it was no problem shoveling the driveway (even though it took two and a half hours to clear). I ordered a whole bunch of wood the other day and it has been back breaking hauling it to the shed (still some on our drive way). But, I enjoyed it - and it was a good work out. Maybe I was lazy when I didn't own the place where I lived. But now, I would like to think that I'm not that lazy...

Wood on our driveway that I have to move after our rainstorm over the weekend (Deb helped!)

Inside our shed - our wood storage area for now

New posting

Sorry I haven't posted anything yet, but with the move and with work, things can get quite busy! So with requests to post something (i.e. Ian Chik) - here it is! In the coming days I will post more pics of my new home and intruiging things going in the back of my mind. But to whet your appetite, here is a pic of the wood stove which I love and bought a whole bunch of wood for today!

(Gold plate and decorations are previous owner's - sadly, we don't own those anymore to put above the stove)

Go Vote!

If you are Canadian and you are reading this blog today, and you haven't voted yet, let me encourage you to go vote! Let your voice be heard and take the opportunity and privilage to vote. See you at the polls!

Casserole

I have known that men and women think differently, but a quote from a book my wife is reading (Fantasy) really helped illustrate it:

"If women are like a casserole, men are like a TV dinner (global verses compartmental)... Men and women think differently. For us (women), everything is thrown in one big pot. The flavour of one area of our life affects the flavour of every other area. Men, not so much. They can compartmentalize."

Now, my favourite saying when women (like my wife) seem to blend everything together is "Women are like casseroles". You think a topic has been addressed, but two conversations later, it is right there again. That is what I'll write for now... maybe more later.