Back on the Renovation Band Wagon

It's that time of year when I need to come out of my hibernation and get back onto my hobby of renovation projects. The first project of the year is removing carpet out of our laundry/family rooms and replacing it with wood floor. I got a start on it today and will spend the holiday weekend finishing up the project hopefully on time and budget! It will be great to be rid of this light colored carpet that was always being tracked over with food and dirt. Rule #1 with kids DO NOT have light colored carpets.

Rock, Paper, Scissor...Dynamite?

Here's a new twist on the game, my son asked me to play Rock Paper Scissor the other day and while we were playing he gave me a new move that blew me away...literaly. After a couple of losing rounds he was getting a little frustrated so I threw up the Rock and he countered with the ....Dynamite, yes he made this one up a fist with the thumb up and then down to detonate. Just so you know Dynamite beats Rock and Paper so it increases your odds, scissors beats Dynamite because it cuts off the fuse.

Tim's Rim Roller

Have you seen the new Rim Roller device to help you roll up your rim on your favorite Tim Horton Coffee Cup. I saw these today at the local Zellers Store and they are being sold for 2.49, this is an interesting marketing gimmic on one of the best marketing promotions in Canada. Everyone loves RRRRRoll up the RRRRRRim to win. This little divice goes down over the side of you cup and when you pull it up it cuts the sides and pull up the rim to reveal your play again (oops I mean prize). What do you think of this idea, I'd love to hear your opinion.

Real or Fake?

Got your attention now don't I...I am talking about plants, what preferance do you have? I would have to say I prefer the look of live plants with the exception of the maintance of them, sometimes the plants around here end up a little brown before we remember to water them,LOL. My favorite plants would be ones that remind me of my childhood, my Grandmother always had this great big Christmas Cactus that always bloomed beautiful pink flowers. My mother always had a collection of Spider Plants I always thought they were neat with the little baby spiders growing. It can bring back great memories when I see either of those plants, I had a Christmas cactus for years and I put it through a ton of punishment with many moves and eventually it died. I have never got a spider plant and one day maybe I'll get one of those in the house.

Dream Vacations

My wife and I are beginning to plan an exotic vacation for just the two of us, we have never even had our real honeymoon yet. We both decided that we would like to have an exciting vacation filled with romance, great food, beach, sunbathing and starlight nights. It was important for us to find an option that could find all these criteria. Karisma Hotels offer various vacation options to meet everyones desires and wants. One interesting option is that they also have a site dedicated to families with activites focusing on kids needs and interests while still having interesting things for the parents to do as well. We have begun to look into destination weddings for a wonderful exotic opportunity

Hands Free

Recently it was announced that our province of Nova Scotia will be going hands free as of April 1st this year. What's your opinion on this? I personally would have to admit to having used the cell phone while driving more than once and will certainly agree it is a distraction from the road. I think it is a great idea to eliminate the temptation to use the phone while driving. I got caller display on my phone so if it happens to ring while driving I can either pull over and call back or wait until I get to where I am going before answering. There are other great ideas to like the blue tooth that you can use so you can talk and still keep your hands where they need to be. Sometimes though even the conversation can be the distraction depending on what the situation is so that one is pretty hard to police how do you ban speaking in a vehicle. Give me your opinion on this topic, I would love to hear different views.

I'm going for a nap

How do you get exhausted, here is my scenerio, work for about 55 hours for the week while your wife is away and looking after the kids too. Thank God for school it allowed me to work at least as I couldn't take a vacation week. Things will hopefully get back to normal next week as my wife is supposed to be returning home today. Now she did take my daughter and youngest son with her. (He is the handful, doesn't go to school yet and has too much energy) I am sure she will be tired out when she get's home tonight. I am looking forward to celebrating the big dance competition wins my daughter is bringing home and once the kids are in bed for the night curling up with my missed wife for a great nights rest.