Honda has a new truck coming out in March. I like everything about this machine except for the bed length. 6.5 feet with the tailgate down. No room there for my snowmobile. 🙁
This truck has some great features, 5000 pound towing capacity, 255 HP, in bed trunk! Loads of interior room (at least that’s what I read and how the pictures look). I can’t wait to check one out.
You can find a bunch of information on the Honda Ridgeline at hondanews.com
My first weather entry!
Something I thought I would do so I can look back at previous weather trends and to share our weather with others who might be curious.
This morning was the coldest I’ve seen yet this year. at about 8:00am our thermometer hit -20.0 C. COLD!!! No wind (fortunately) and clear skies. It is now becoming overcast as snow is due later this afternoon.
Me and Siobhan went out on the ice yesterday to check the thickness. Out of the four holes we drilled the thickness ranged from about 6 to 7 inches. Two holes just off from the boat launch and two holes just off from Bayview Groceteria. I wish we had a powered auger! Although the weight of a poweder auger might have hurt Siobhan a little more then the manual one did when it hit her in the head (Accidently!)
Theres only a couple of inches of snow on the ground. We had a foot or more before Jan 1st. Then it rained and we ended up seeing a lot of grass exposed. 🙁 The snow that was down had mostly melted away but then what was left froze solid and left a decent ice covering over the ground. We had a good 15 – 20 cms of snow on Friday (Jan. 7th) but it’s still not quite enough for snowmobiling.
Here’s to more snow!!! 🙂
Sure, I’m a little behind. But HAPPY NEW YEAR anyways! I been enjoying myself over the holidays and have returned to work earlier this week.
We had a great Christmas with many good laughs, fun times and some great toys from the big man in red.
Our truck had a small problem that ended up costing more then I would have thought. Apparently the window cables that control the up and down action on the GMC power windows has a common problem. The cable frays and jams the window. Some people are lucky and have this happen with their window up. Mine was stuck half open and I ended up driving around for a week and a half with a garbage bag and loads of masking tape keeping the snow and salt out of the cab. The part isn’t cheap either. Nobody sells the cable so you have to buy the entire power window setup. I’d guess this to be a $500 repair at the dealer. Fortunately my pal Rodger helped me out and got me a better price then this.
We also had a couple of rides on our new snowmobile (pics in the gallery). Not nearly through the break-in procedure but that’ll happen soon enough.
Gone now, hopefully I’ll be updating a little more in the next little while.
Rene
This is just a quick note to let you all know that I’ve uploaded some new pictures to the Gallery. I also added a section for special events like Christmas and Halloween.
There are also a bunch of new pictures of Brayden for those of you that are too far away to see him on a regular basis.
I have also added some more pictures under the automobiles section.
Later!
Rene
Lots going on these days with work and all. I been busy like crazy. I figured out why I couldn’t link to other urls easily using this site. I have switched to FireFox and it doesn’t seem to like my blogging software as much as IE. Oh well. At least now I know why it stopped working for me.
I got lots of new pics to upload and I will a.s.a.p. I have all kinds of Halloween pics, some snow pics and some Brayden pictures to upload for the grandparents and other friends.
I also received a pic of a toothbrush from someone who checks out this site from time to time. He modified his by adding a 12 volt AC adapter so he can plug it into the wall. Nuts! My 9 volt has turned out to be a failure. It sucks 9 volt batteries dry in about a minute.
Anyways, gonna run now, but on a final note… ONE MONTH ‘TIL CHRISTMAS!!!
Ren
It looks like G4TechTV has changed things again. If you haven’t seen the show The Screen Savers then this won’t make any difference to you. However if you were a fan then this is bad news. It looks like only Kevin and Sarah are left on screen. See more at:
www.alexalbrecht.com
www.kevinrose.com
www.sarahlane.com
Just got back from a long Thanksgiving weekend spent at Ramea. We headed out late last week to go to the wedding of Dellas and Chip Carmichael. It was a great weekend and everyone had a blast.
There are loads of pics in the gallery of the wedding and lots of pics of Ramea showing off the windmills and various views around town. I’d link directly to them but for some reason the button for me to do so is missing and I’m about to fall asleep at the keyboard so you’ll have to go and dig through the gallery yourselves.
Goodnight!
Not your standard cheap toothbrush!
Just thought I’d share some invites I have been given.
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d25cf07f3e-6ce5ee1c59-62ba784f72
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d25cf07f3e-79c80faa83-c1051e6576
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d25cf07f3e-c47be9702e-4d2f650b8c
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d25cf07f3e-808f326b45-57ee774e56
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d25cf07f3e-964cd976f1-779a330782
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-d25cf07f3e-1c45fbf70a-9c4dfbf51f
In case you don’t know what Gmail is, it’s a web based email system, much like Hotmail but a lot nicer to use. The only way to get an address is by getting an invite.
Rene
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There’s something that makes you feel good inside when you can go to a theater and see one of your best friends since childhood on the big screen.
My long time friend Joanne Kelly is finally on the big screen. She’s been in a few movies in the past (Mafia Doctor and The Bay of Joys and Sorrows) but this is the first time that I know of that she been in a movie that is being shown Nation Wide. Check out the website for more information on it at www.goingthedistancethemovie.com and be sure to download the trailer at www.goingthedistancethemovie.com/trailers/GTD.wmv |