b’s blog

My brothers, Adam and I got invited to box seats to the Edmonton vs. Minnesota hockey game on Monday night by one of my customers. I think box seats are at just the right height for viewing the game.  It was really exciting because in the first 5 minutes the Oilers scored 3 goals. Then […]

I hope everyone has a nice break and good time with their family. This evening I had dinner with Adam’s dad and step-mom and step sister. Fran and Glen always make great food and I come away stuffed. Our appetizer was proscuttio with honeydew melon as well as a light salad. Tonight’s mains: lamb with mint sauce, pear and […]

Today, Adam and I went to see Charlene’s team play in the finals of their hockey season. She’s on the top team of that tier’s league and today’s game was very one-sided for final. The final score was 10-0 for Charlene’s team, the Ice Nomads. I planned to see one ever since she sent out a […]

Tonight I went to see the Avril Lavigne concert with Winnie who won box seat tickets from her work. (I wouldn’t normally go see Avril but I’ll go see her if the price is right.) I saw Avril Lavigne one other time in concert with another pair of free tickets. That time, summer 2005, she didn’t […]

I feel like I’ve got itchy feet. Itching to go somwhere but I am debating on what I should do this year. Should I take 2 weeks at once and travel to the Netherlands with a stopover in London or should I do more trips but shorter, like extending a long weekend or something? The […]

I hope! I agreed to sell the van to someone but failed to take a deposit. Adam told me they might flake if you don’t take one but I didn’t realize why I needed one before then.  oops.  End of an era! Now I can’t be the shuttle driver of the whole regular group of people […]

Yesterday afternoon Adam and I went to see Winnie perform in African Stroies with her choir. I generally doin’t go to choir performances, having gone to a few when I was younger and finding them boring but this one was more interactive and entertaining. Snapping, slapping on the knees and clapping from the choir creating […]

The other day, as I was driving to work, there was a tv crew and a bunch of people dressed in white handing out breakfast kits to the cars at the red light. Tasty! It was 104.9 EZRock advertising the Breakfast Clubs of Canada charity that provides a breakfast for children so that they can perform […]

This weekend I helped Adam refinish his hardwood flooring. He rented a large industrial sander while I used a palm sander to take off varnish near the edge of the walls where the large sander couldn’t reach. It’s very loud and dusty but neat to learn all about refinishing hardwood. He’s already popcorned the ceiling in both […]