Kraft Peanut Butter
Mmmmmm goodness. I love peanut butter and so do my kids. Tonight, Hayden had 2 PB sandwiches. My favourite is the triple decker, 3 slices of bread with lots of PB. You can’t go wrong. On special occasions I’ll have PB and Strawberry Jam. Now that’s a treat.
Exercise – ugh
Well, it’s time to get back on the bike. Today marked my first day of getting back in to exercising. It was a rough start, but I give it a few more mornings of hard work and I’ll be right back into it. My goal is to lose some weight around the “keg” section!
Broil King
yes I am! I love to BBQ. When we moved into our new house, we were not able to take the old BBQ with us as it had lived out it’s life. It was a good BBQ, but it had to go. So welcome the new BBQ, Mr. Broil King!
Desiree and Hayden at Bronte Creek
Today we spent the day at Bronte Creek. I didn’t bring any of my cameras as we were suppose to go swimming, but Mr. Thunderstorm put an end to that fun. So we spent a lot of time inside the play barn and looking at the animals.
Candy cigarettes
Wow, I guess I haven’t looked at the candy aisle for a while. It’s amazing what is still out there. I didn’t think they were allowed to make these anymore, but boy do they look authentic. I agree that these “Target” and “Round up” young smokers.
Cabo Wabo Tequila
Tequila! duh duh, duh duh duh duh duh duh.
I did some minor de-construction tonight when I got home from work. We finally got rid of our old washer, dryer and fridge. Our basement and kitchen seem so empty now without these extra appliances just hanging around. Once they left, I went right to work, in my work clothes, cutting away a piece of our cabinets so that we could fit the giant fridge into it’s new place. I tried to get the water line run as well, but that will require a little more drilling this weekend.
So back to why Tequila. Well, our booze was in said cupboard above the old fridge. Right now it’s all just sitting on our counter. We need to find a new home, not including my belly. So I found my old Cabo Wabo bottle that I’ve kept all these years with the full ones(I don’t really know why). I thought I’d flash it from the bottom of the bottle to light it up and keep the blue colour prevailing. I shot this hand held with a 1 second exposure, and I manually triggered the flash with my left hand. I didn’t want to take out my remotes tonight and I think this worked out really well.
Jenga fall
I tried to capture some motion of the game falling, but couldn’t get it to tip over while hand holding the camera. Also, you had to re-stack every time and I was growing tired of rebuilding my set every 30 seconds.
July 13th 2010 – my 365 – Rush Concert Review
Tuesday night was a great night! Thunderstorms held back, the temperature was just perfect and Rush was playing for nearly 3 hours. It just doesn’t get better than that. Yes, many people do not like them, but they have an amazing fan base. Lots of families were there to enjoy the show, even little babies. One could have called this a mini Rush-stock. A few points about our night:
- Neil Peart – You still have it. This guy is amazing. You could see so many air drummers during certain licks mimicking his every move.
- Geddy’s voice is still strong. He may not quite get the highest notes, but his voice hasn’t changed much in 30 years.
- Alex – Still strong. While I wish he’d write some crazy riffs like the olds days, he can still play the hell out of them.
- You can’t go wrong with the video segments. Finishing the concert was a 5 minute reprise of “I love you man“. This was a new segment made just for the tour and it rocks. I can’t wait to find it on youtube
- The Molson Amphitheater really needs to get another exit and a few more entrances. It’s just a nightmare trying to leave.
I wish I had a better image of my night, but I waited too long to take a shot, so you get my nice iphone blur.
July 12th 2010 – my 365 – dueling fridges
Out with the old and in with the new. It was a good fridge(not really) for the last 5 days. We won’t even be keeping the oldie as a beer fridge as the door doesn’t stay shut.
July 10th 2010 – my 365 – Henry Franc’s Darling House Charity BBQ
My dear friend Henry Franc had his annual Darling House Charity BBQ this weekend. You couldn’t have asked for a better day. The sun was out, not a cloud in the sky, great food and great friends. I’m attaching a picture of his smoker, as I was quite jealous.
July 9th 2010 – my 365 – The kids head out
We were ready to head out for our last day together this week! It was a great week with just me and the little ones. While we didn’t get to go to Bronte Creek as planned, we did lots of playing around the new house and little trips around Burlington. 
July 8th 2010 – my 365 – Chocolate Dip
Nothing says breakfast like a box of Chocolate Dip Donuts from Tim Hortons. The two little kids and I enjoyed them!
July 1st 2010 – my 365 – Happy Birthday Canada
Ahhh! I am finally back online today(July9th). So many things happened since my last post. First and foremost, we moved into our new house. I haven’t had the chance to pick up my camera in over a week, it’s been nuts. We finally got the internet back on Wednesday of this week, so I’m trying to make up for some lost time. Luckily, I had my iPhone with me so I have a few limited shots for my 365 from this past week.
After our amazing move, we had some dinner at my parents, then left the kids there to sleep so we could move some boxes around. We decided at 9:30pm to go downtown to watch the fireworks.
June 28th 2010 – my 365 – Hayden’s new haircut
We had to cut his hair again. It was just too long. He loves to twirl it in his fingers and kept getting knots. They’d be so bad we had to cut them out anyways. So here’s the new do:
June 27th 2010 – my 365 – Desiree, Hayden and the chipmunks
Another walkabout with the kids today. We went to find some more chipmunks to feed. This time we brought some soy nuts with us. Guess what, they animals don’t like them either! lol. We couldn’t get a single chipmunk to eat them out of our hands. They’d come up, sniff them, then run away. The kids had fun anyways.
June 26th 2010 – my 365 – Bouquet at the RBG
I had the pleasure to shoot with Andrea from AC Images again today. We shot an awesome couple. These guys, their family and friends really made us feel special as they welcomed us all day long. Here’s a sneak peak at their bouquet:
June 25th 2010 – my 365 – Desiree Graduated
A father only gets to say this a few times in his life: My Daughter Graduated today. Today was from J/K. She is so awesome. She was only 3 when she got into school and has progressed amazingly.
June 23rd 2010 – my 365 – argh my basement
Oh no…water. Well, they’re going to fix it from the outside. Stay tuned for a picture of them trenching the side of the house.
June 22nd 2010 – my 365 – Cohiba
Ahhh, one of my last Cohibas from Cuba last year. I didn’t smoke it, but just wanted to remember how great these are when they’re fresh.
June 21st 2010 – my 365 – Desiree’s Burger dilemma
She had 2 smiley face fries on one half and a burger and one smiley face fry on the other. Her plight was trying to get the two halves together to make one giant burger. She just couldn’t get it to work even though she tried for about 5 minutes.
June 20th 2010 – my 365 – Water’s Day for Father’s Day
Got to just hang out and do nothing today. No packing or cleaning. Just Loafing around the house. We went to Valley Ridge Park to play at the splash pad, it’s awesome, but don’t go there! Because now that I say that, everyone is gonna go there just to hang out with me. lol. I’m kidding. It’s a great place and it’s free. In the afternoon, we played in the backyard with our new little pools. Followed by a nice steak dinner and bedtime.
June 19th 2010 – my 365 – Smoked Ribs and Beer Can Chicken
Ahhh…it’s like Father’s Day came early this year. First Denmark won their game today, then I got to smoke some ribs and make beer can chicken.
