Christmas 2008

Well Christmas has come and gone for another year. A wow what weather. From knee deep snow the day before Christmas to heavy rain and almost nothing today, the day after boxing day. I had a good holiday. Santa brought me a new cordless drill and tickets to go see Trans Siberian Orchestra last night. The concert was amazing. These people are so talented. The lighting and pyrotechnics were out of this world. And the concert last 2 and half hours.... what stamina. I got promoted on on Christmas eve, so that finally puts to an end the goal I've been seeking for 26 years. But retirement is just around the corner, so it's a little late in coming.
Here's hoping 2009 will be a much better year than 2008 ever was !!!

Bill

So what now..... The government we voted for or the one we didn't ?

So whats with our Canadian politicians. They just can't seem to acted like grown ups. I think that the Conservatives tried to pull a stupid stunt by dropping tax payer funding for the parties and now the other parties are hell bent on taking them out of office.

Well lets see what happens !!!!


Bill

Pelican

While sitting on the beach in Sarasota a Pelican stop by for a visit. Picture taken by a Nikon D70 with a Nikon 55-200 lens. March 2007

Moms close call !!

On Friday July 25th 2008 my mother had a minor fire at her house. She put a pot on the stove and went outside to chat with a neighbour. Soon she heard the smoke detector go off and ran inside to a kitche filled with smoke. She manged to turn the stove off and open a few windows. She went out on the front porch and sat down. She realized that she was not well and called my sister. My sister who is a nurse called 911 for a fire truck and ambulance. When they took my mom to the hospital it was only then that my sister realized that mom was having a heart attack.
After some tests it was revealed that she needed double bypass surgery. This was done on Wednesday July 31st 2008. Which would have been her 54th wedding anniversary. My dad died of cancer at age 69 back on mothers day 2001. Everything went well and she is due to be released Wednesday August 6th 2008. Another close call.