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Santa came to town!
Nicholas had his first visit with Santa the other day at our Sanata Claus Parade. Despite being long overdue for his nap, Nicholas was quite happy to see ol’ Saint Nicholas! He got a little goodie bag with Apple Juice, Baby Cereal and, of course, a bag of Cheesies!
Thanks for the treats Santa! We can’t wait for you to visit next week!
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Danny, Danny, Danny…
This is the last time that I let Danny borrow my truck!
It’s bad enough he can’t drive his own, but when he slides off the road in my Dodge Ram… well that’s another issue all together!
No damage or anything, just had to back into the ditch to get the front to slide down the hill. Once the truck was back on the road we never had a problem getting up the hill the second try.
Later
Rene
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Nicholas got a package in the mail
Nicholas got his first gift for Christmas in the mail today! Thanks Leah and Carter, he’s pretty curious about what he’s supposed to do with this package. 🙂
Enjoy!
Rene
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Missing Man’s Body Found
The long series of events leading up to the discovery of James Kim’s body has finally ended. James Kim and his family went on a weekend trip and ended up getting stranded on some country roads in Oregon. After seven days of waiting, and hoping to be rescued James took matters into his own hands and decided to go looking for help for his family. He left his wife and two daughters (four years, and seven months) with the car and headed out on foot. Two days later his wife and daughters were found, alive and well. James was finally found a number of days later, just a half mile or so from where his family waited.
This story really hits home with me as my son is seven months old. I can’t imagine what must have gone through the parents minds as they melted snow for water and ate berries, while Kati breast-fed both children to keep them alive and healthy. I have read some stories on how people say he should have just stayed with his family and car and I can understand what must have been going through his head. After seven days of hoping to be rescued, looking at your wife and two little girls suffering in the cold, burning the tires off of your car to stay warm at night I would want to do something myself. Too bad things didn’t work out for James. I truly feel for the family and I wish them all the best. I know he loved his family and wanted to do what was the right thing. When he used to do segments on TechTV with digital cameras he always had pictures of his wife and daughter (before his second little girl was born) to show off.
I wish the best for the family. I also know of a quiet little place here in Newfoundland where the press won’t be likely to find you if you need to get away from everything.
Satellite image showing James’ path he took on foot.
Inofrmation site setup by friends of James and Kati
Finally – a memorial setup by his employer, cnet.
Rene
Just a day after my last post we had a bit of snow fall. We then had more start falling 4 days later. We ended up with about a foot of snow overnight. The roads didn’t appear to have been salted and vehicles were slipping all over the place. My CR-V got stuck trying to get up our driveway and almost ended up in a ditch. Danny got his truck stuck on a couple times trying to plow with poor tires.
More snow pictures can be found in the Gallery!
I have also uploaded some new pics of our little man. Nicholas is growing up quick and I could take pictures of him all day long! No crawling yet, but he now has two teeth. He hops around a little on his bum and turns around all the time. He holds his own weight when he stands by grabbing onto my pointer fingers and walks all around like it.
It’s neat to see how fast he picks up on doing things and to watch him play. He seems to love books like his cousin Brayden, and he also seems to have Braydens appetite for eating them.
More pictures of Nicholas can also be found in the Gallery!
Later
Rene
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Winter’s Coming
Since I am getting excited about the cold days that are starting to pop up I though I’d share this video I made a few years ago on a nice winter day.
Enjoy!
Rene
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A Christmas Tree for everyone
This just popped up in my inbox and I thought I’d share.
Print it off and decorate you office wall with it!
Later
Rene
After months of rambling on with ma ma ma ma da da da da I think we finally have an official first word from Nicholas.
Last night he was in his Mom’s arms playing with her hair and face and saying the usual ma ma ma ma ma ma da da da da da d ma ma ma ma na na na na na. I sat right on side of his Mom and asked him to say Daddy. He looked at me and said Da dy. 🙂 It gave his Mommy cold shivers and almost made tears come from my eyes.
Rene
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Time after time I get a phone call from these guys at “System Care” offering me LCD monitor wipes and laser printer cleaning sheets. It’s really starting to bug me. The phone call always starts the same, “Hi it’s Joe Schmoe from System Care, we’ve been referred to your company by HP (the last time they said HP and other manufacturers). yada yada. We have a Sony CD Clock Radio on the way to you, just don’t get mad if it wakes you too early… yada yada yada… is it the weather or the women… yada yada yada…”
I used to let them go a while before I would politely tell them I am not interested. Now the calls usually only last a minute before they hang up on me. I usually ask them who at HP referred us as we don’t have any HP equipment, they trip up in this one for a few seconds before hanging up. I ask them about their script and they get mad and hang up. I ask them why they are calling me for the third time today (the same person on their end!) and they get mad and hang up. I ask them to take this number off of their list and, you guessed it, they hang up on me. For some reason they keep hanging up on me. Don’t they want to make a sale?? 😉
If I had to guess, the first call was over a year ago. I am still awaiting the arrival of my many CD clock radios.
System Care, or Systemcare, or whoever you are, stop calling me!
Rene
P.S. I have a mic setup next to my phone, hopefully the next time they call I will be able to get a recording of their frustration before they hang up on me. 🙂