Merry Christmas!

I hope the holidays treat(ed) everyone well!
Our family did our gift opening Christmas morning, with H1 opening nearly all the gifts.(his AND everyone elses!) We had a really nice day, and finished it at my parents for dinner with my oldest brother and his family. We had a short web-cam Christmas with C's parents and brother in Delisle, Sk. I think I speak for all of us here, we'd rather had been here for Christmas this year!
As for Boxing Day, I started work at 8:00. For 4 hours, I was painting hot water heat pipes. For two hours after lunch, I was framing with my brother J. I had to be home ASAP so C could go to work. She started at 5:00, which means she leaves by 4:15.

Tag, I'm it!

Baseball Anyone?

Cool Christmas Game!

Three days Away

I'm dreamin of a white Christmas.
Current temp: 8' Celcius
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I must be dreamin!

'Tis the Season

So I went to a local big box store for a great deal on cordless phones for around the house. After waiting patiently amid the throngs of holiday shoppers, I had the attention of a highschool kid who didn't seem to know what was going on. I finally pointed at the flyer, to which he said "sold-out." Of course by 1:30pm they were out of stock. No rain checks available, I went home empty handed. I was hoping to be able to cash-in seeing as today and tomorrow, any purchase over $40 gets you a $10 gift card.
I think I will call ahead early tomorrow morning.

Now What?

As of 12:01pm today, I am on temporary layoff for 3 weeks. The nursery that I work at shuts down over the X-mas/New Year holidays. Fortunately, I have a few connections around where I can make up a few hours. I will have to go in to work a few times to spot-check our propagation areas and greenhouse. Other than that, I will be helping a brother-in-law put steel on a big warehouse nearby. By the way, going in to check the nursery isn't so bad as I live about 3 minutes away by bicycle. My other options will be: work for a brother, installing benches for Gerbera production, or helping another brother who is starting his own cut flower wholesale company with his new straight-truck.
Obviously we don't live in a city! (thank goodness) With so little on my plate in the near future, I will undoubtedly be hanging out at home with the fam!

In the words of..

Being a father of two is a blast! Our eldest, H1, is 2 and a half. He is working on his vocabulary like mad. After dinner tonight, he was playing downstairs. Running and jumping like a mad-man, he states "my shoes are very jumpy!! I'm very runny!" Thank goodness I had a keen ear for his language. I decifered " I can jump very well in my shoes. I can run very well in my shoes!" His little sister, H2, one in January, just watches him, waiting to be able to walk more than 3 or 4 steps at a time. Soon she will be on his heels, taking all of his toys away! Sibling rivalry starts young!! Mom usually just shakes her head while I rough up the kids, but when we are done playing, they go to bed real well!

I am a "BLOGGER!!"

This is my first post.. EVER!!