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Let’s try this again…

Post author By admin
Post date January 14, 2012

Let’s see if I can continue this blog where it left off three years ago. First of all I think I have all of the hacked stuff fixed… however a lot of links to pictures and my old gallery don’t work anymore. I’ve been working on it but with all the damage that was done by the hack I’ve pretty much given up on it now. Facebook has taken over the sharing duties that this blog once did for my family and friends so I don’t know how things will progress with this… I’ll give it a shot though.

Three years of missed blog entries… hmmmm… where to start….? The biggest thing that has happened in my life in the past three years has been the birth of our second son, Nathan. He’s about to celebrate his third Birthday in a month and he’s been a real nut to have in our family. We also have a nephew, Alexander, who was born a couple of months after Nathan.

I’ve done a bit of travel, to the Dominican Republic and Florida. I’ve seen the second last space shuttle launch.

Apple has entered our lives. Two iPhones, a couple of iPods and an AppleTV, with no end in sight. All of these devices have been hacked in some way of course. XBMC is how I watch most TV shows and Movies.

Work is the same, more or less.

And to top it all off, I’m still married to the best wife in the world, and no, she didn’t make me write this. 🙂

So that’s a quick rundown on the past three years. Hopefully I’ll keep on top of this again now!

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Hacked!

Post author By admin
Post date January 13, 2009

My sites were all hacked last week. I’ve been at it here and there trying to get things back up and running and slowly but surely I am managing to get some stuff sorted out. It could be a while before all is back to normal, but I will have fun trying to fix it all.

Wish me luck!

Rene

Update, May 13, 2020 - While spending lots of time at home due to COVID-19 distancing, I have finally resolved all the WordPress Issues with this site! Maybe I'll try and get the Gallery working again. :)

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It’s a boy!

Post author By admin
Post date December 5, 2008

Siobhan went to St. John’s a few weeks ago to do some Christmas shopping with her sister Dana. A couple days before she left we phoned U C Baby to see if they would do a sex determination on a Saturday. No prob. She just had to be there at 4:00pm.

Her and Dana had an amazing experience. The lady who did the ultrasound told us that it looked like a boy. The baby is a bit further along then they recommend and is bigger and more squat in the belly, but they were able to see enough to make a educated guess that it’ll be a boy!

Nicholas Weather

Nicholas enjoying the first bit of snow for the year

Post author By admin
Post date December 5, 2008

We had our first snowfall of the year a couple of weeks ago and Nicholas loved it.

Unfortunately, we haven’t seen much other then rain since. Oh well.

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See Ya Poppy Keeping

Post author By admin
Post date November 28, 2008

We received an early morning phone call a couple of weeks ago from Siobhan’s Uncle. It was to tell us that Siobhan’s Grandfather had passed away in the night. It was unexpected news and shocked everyone.

From there we packed up the next morning and left for Ramea to be with the rest of the family and to have his funeral.

Pop Keeping

You will be remembered Poppy.

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October 2008

Post author By admin
Post date October 31, 2008

Nicholas has had a very busy and exciting month of october.

Siobhan started putting up Halloween decorations around the house early in the month and we weren’t sure how Nicholas was going to react. The first time he came home from Daycare after most of the decorations were up he was asking questions like, “Are they happy pumpkins?” “Are they Smiling?” He was defintly unsure if he liked these new things. But with our reassurance he was fine and reallly started to love the idea of decorating and having spooky smiling decorations out!

We went to St. John’s for Thankgiving (a tradition we are hoping to continue for the years to come). His Godmom just got a Chocolate Lab puppy named Boone. This was their first time meeting, and Nicholas was scared to death. He cried at first and didn’t want the cute little fellow around. But once he got use to him he was ok. When Boone used to come around, Nicholas would curl up in a ball and say, “He’s kissing me, He’s kissing me,” and we would have to rescue him from all the kisses boone was giving. By the end of it he loved Boone and loved giving him his treats and wanted to be with him while he slept.

The day before Thanksgiving we went to Lester’s Farm. We visited the animals, ran through the corn maze, picked out our pumpkins and had a great day. Thanks again Godmom and Steve for letting us come visit.

Our most interesting experience of the trip to St. John’s was having Nicholas wake up one morning complaining about his ear. After a few minutes of trying to figure out what was wrong he proclaimed, “I got it” in a somewhat somber tone. When we turned on the light he had an earwig on his finger! Twenty minutes later we were at the Janeway and the doctor checked him out. There was a leg left in there, but nothing to worry about.

About a week ago Nicholas came down with this really nasty cold. We took him to see the nusrse but she said that he was being a trooper and that she didn’t want him to take any antibiotic, just keep doing what we were doing to help him feel better.

We carved our pumpkins and Nicholas choose the simplest one for his pumpkin. I choose the pirate’s skull and Siobhan did the Hershey Kiss one. It was fun. Nicholas wouldn’t touch the pumpkin guts but loving trying to help carve them up.

Yesterday was his first Daycare party. Nicholas was really excited to put on his GREEN SKELETON costume and Siobhan put on her Tweety costume and off we went.

Tonight is trick or treating and hopefully he will enjoy it. He seems to understand what it is all about and he knows that we have to knock on people’s doors and say Trick or Treat to get candies. Hopefully he will last and not get contrary or tired. Time will tell.

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat.

SystemCare WorldTech

SystemCare/WorldTech Systems Part 4

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Post date October 24, 2008
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WorldTech (SystemCare) called again. I missed the beginning of the conversation but as usual they don’t take to well to being turned down for a sale.

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There’s not too much to be said about this call, worth a listen, almost word for word the same as previous calls. I confused the poor guy when I try and explain the glossy lcds available on most new laptops, and then he really can’t take no for an answer. Hopefully the next time I will be on my toes and ready for the call!Rene

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Targa Newfoundland

Post author By admin
Post date October 8, 2008

A few weeks ago Nicholas and I went to Gander for a night. The main purpose of our trip was to catch some of the Targa Newfounfland action.We got to Gander just in time to see the cars racing through the streets. We found a great spot to park so we could stay in the truck and see over the heads of the other spectators while we stayed nice and warm in the truck. Nicholas loved it, every car he saw he would ask, “Is that a Ford?” or “Is that a Corvette?” He loved it. After we were done with the racing we went to the Arena and checked out the car show. The little man loved it all. We took his picture with a bunch of car and he made sure to examine a bunch of them very carefully.

Hopefully next year’s Targa will be just as much fun for us!

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Jeddore Baby Number 2!

Post author By admin
Post date October 7, 2008

We had a trip to Grand Falls-Windsor yesterday to take care of some business and to have our first ultrasound of our second child. The little one is due sometime in February and it was nice to finally get to see him or her. This time around we wanted to find out what we were having, but the hospital’s policy is to not disclose the sex of the baby.

Hopefully when we go for our second ultrasound in a few months I’ll be able to catch a glimpse and maybe see if it is a boy or a girl.

Rene

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Mommy’s gone away for the night!

Post author By admin
Post date August 13, 2008

This evening Nicholas and I had our Supper, a nice Prime Rib steak with some corn and a bread bun. After that we packed up our fishing rods and took the leftover corn and went fishing. A real man’s night!

We got to the little brook and Nicholas’ first interest was throwing rocks into the brook… undoubtedly the reason we never caught any fish. It wasn’t long after that he started watching his Dad fish and he grabbed up his rod and started “fishing”. We spent about fifteen minutes fishing together. I gave him some tips on how to cast his lure (with no hook) and then to reel it in. If there was a hook he would have lost it for sure with his slow reeling technique.

After this little bit of an adventure we went to hunt for a nearby Geocache. We found it without much problem (I was the one who hid it afterall) and we went through the contents. Nicholas was mainly interested in a pencil. I checked the logs to see who had signed it and then closed it all back up and we went on our way. Looks like I’ve got a real little buddy there!

Rene