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March 29th 2010 – my 365 – It’s official, we’re selling

So we signed off on the last documents tonight, our house is going up for sale.  The sign is in the lawn.

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March 21st 2010 – my 365 – Frypod

Went to Burger King tonight.  Yuck!  Nothing worse than fast food after the stomach flu.  Then again, I probably shouldn’t have eaten it either!  woops.  On the back of our fries was this!  Being the Mac nerd that I am, I had to grab a shot.

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March 20th 2010 – my 365 – sick day

So overnight we had round two of the stomach flu.  First it hit Maloreigh, then me in the middle of the night.  So today, I spent all day in bed or sitting on my big green chair.  My son, who normally only wants his mommy, decided to sit with me for about 3 hours.  We watched lots of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse together.  It was nice.

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March 19th 2010 – my 365 – Parkview

So I took the kids to the park today.  I’ve always seen this tree but never had my camera with me.  Well today I wanted to try and take my iphonography to a new level and actually try a few tricks.  I think it works.

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March 18th 2010 – my 365 – last room to reno

Ok folks, we are down to the last room to start renovating.  The rest all have just a few finishing touches, then we tackle the sub-basement and we are done.  1 week is our goal, so that we can list out house.  IMG 0201 web March 18th 2010   my 365   last room to reno


March 17th 2010 – my 365 – Mac Fail?

We tried to get into a pub for dinner.  Yeah right.  So we opted for the Rude Native.  We had a great meal.  On our way out, it looks like the impossible…a Mac Fail?  I didn’t know this could happen.

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March 16th 2010 – my 365 – missed

Oups I did it again.  I missed another day.  Well, I’m into heavy renovations right now.  I’m hoping to finally get some pictures up of the renovations, but first we have a few more rooms to take care of.


March 15th 2010 – my 365 – toothpicks

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March 14th 2010 – my 365 – Thekkat Family shoot

I spent the morning with a friend and fellow photographer shooting his 2 month old baby girl.  Here’s a sneak peek.

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March 13th 2010 – my 365 – Relaxing

Spent the day with my wife’s family.  Had brunch that was really Blunch because we didn’t get to eat until 11:00.  Good times all around.  Then had dinner with some friends.  I’m spent.

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March 12th 2010 – my 365 – Happy Birthday Hayden

My son turned 2 today.

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March 11th 2010 – my 365 – missed

oups..missed out yesterday.  Well, we were very tired and didn’t have a chance to do anything but renos.  So we went to bed pictureless.


March 10th 2010 – my 365 – light trails

My first attempt at some light trails.  I think  it turned out pretty cool.  This is also straight out of the camera.

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March 9th 2010 – my 365 – from my recent trip into space…

…here’s a view from the inside of my new dryer.

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March 8th 2010 – my 365 – the pen

Today was all about the pen.  Many signatures and initials were had….stay tuned.

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March 7th 2010 – my 365 – Disney on Ice

Took the whole family and one of Desiree’s friends to Disney on Ice today.

I had an awesome idea for a picture, which I would have used for the picture today, but Desiree just would not pose for me.  I wanted to grab a shot of the two little ones standing in front of the CN tower, with me laying on the ground aiming up at them.  It would have been so cool!  But that’s kids for ya.  So instead you get to see what we saw, which was equally cool.

I haven’t been to a Disney on Ice in about 7 years and let me tell ya.  If you have kids, you should take them again.  It’s a great show.  Fireworks, lighting, great skating by the skaters.  Well worth it.  Of course, we did purchase the cheap seats then showed the kids how to move down to the good seats at no cost!  lol

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March 6th 2010 – my 365 – Light & Lighting

The morning light came peering through the curtains, right onto this book.  I thought it was cool.

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March 5th 2010 – my 365 – I rolled up the rim and won

…a free coffee.  Woo hoo.

So I went to my regular Esso this morning to get my Tim Hortons coffee.  Now, I always use my own travel mug, so I got to roll up the rim right away.  Well, I won a free coffee!  Next up was the usual 40 minute drive into the office while listening to Howard Stern.  When I got into the office, someone had purchased another coffee for me.  So I again added it to my travel mug and rolled up the rim. Yup you guessed it.  I won another free coffee.

2 free coffees today!

So I bought a Lottery Ticket for tonights draw.

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March 4th 2010 – my 365 – Water drops again

This time I’m playing with water in a pot.  I’ve been inspired to try this after look at this photo and watching the Dean Collins DVDs.

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March 3rd 2010 – my 365 – Innocence

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March 2nd 2010 – my 365 – Cholula..does it get any better?

The answer is no.  Once again, I’m shooting hot sauces tonight.  This one is by far the best in the world.  I’ve tried a lot of them over the years and nothing beats it.  I used to be a Tabasco freak but once my buddy Thor from Winnipeg introduced me to this one, I was a changed man.  I used to buy this by the gallon.

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March 1st 2010 – my 365 – How much heat can you take?

I can take 85%.  Man do I love hot sauce.  Any fans out there that want to send me some hot sauce, please do.  If you have a local brand or found something special or cool, send it in.  I’ll try it out and post the video of me trying it out.  I’ll eat almost any of them…except Blairs 3AM.  However, if you do send me a bottle of that, I’ll send you back something equally cool.

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