As expected we got whopped last night. For our play there was really nothing outstanding to say. Other then we played our best, but they should really be in the top league but the beginner one. After the game the skip said he was playing beside Carol Bernard last week..
Archive for October, 2007
Round 1 – Game 3 Pre Game – Everingham vs Fisk
2007
10.17
10.17
Well this evening we are going to be in for a tough game. Were playing the Fisk rink that have about 30 years curling experience. When they were on the ice last, he heard them calling for “top eight”.
When we call it’s “if you could get it around here (insert 5 feet diameter) that would be awesome” I think were in for some trouble. Not only that, we will be playing them three times in this round… I think we’ll need a whole lot of luck to come out victors this evening.
Weekend News
2007
10.15
10.15
Well the weather was really nice this past weekend so we were able to get out and enjoy it!
On the weekend we went to the oval for our first skate of the year. When we arrived we were surprised to find that there were not a tonne of people there. Since usually it’s packed. However this made it really nice and we were able to skate around without being blocked by very many people.
Then on Sunday I headed to the track while my wife went to the Auction. At the track all my trucks ran awesome, and the few parts that I broke were ones that I was carrying spares for. The Auction also went well as when I returned home there was some new “accent pieces” in our living room.
Round 1 – Game 2 – Everingham vs Wilton
2007
10.11
10.11
Last night we had the late time slot on the sheet so where hoping to either kill or be killed. However we were not soo lucky. Or team played really well again and end after end we were able to “one” them. When we got to the second last end we were up by three. Unfortunately that’s when it fell apart. We ended up giving up three to put the game up for grabs.
In the last end we dropped three of our rocks right next to the button and they needed to somehow roll our closest rock away. However, it was so surrounded by our own rocks, when they did hit it, there was no where for it to go!
We squeaked out another win!
Round 1 – Game 2 – Pre Game – Everingham vs Wilton
2007
10.10
10.10
This evening we are scheduled to play another team that is new to the league. If we play as good as we did last week, I’m sure that we will do just fine.
Looking forward to having the whole team on the ice and seeing how things go!
Rock on!
New Home Progress- Oct 6, 2007
2007
10.08
10.08
This weekend our house is fully framed, including the roof! They have started the plumbing, and it looks like they plan to start shingling soon too.
Thanksgiving Feast (s)!
2007
10.08
10.08
Last night Nora and Sean invited us to join them for Thanksgiving dinner with their family. Nora’s parents, sister and her baby, cousin and husband, and their friends from work and their baby were in attendance. Nora and Sean prepared an amazing turkey in about 2 hours!…they have a convection oven and boy did it cook an amazing bird. We also enjoyed mashed potatoes and rice with cheese and a little corn…very Mexican and a tradition I think I’ll adopt. Nora’s friend made an amazing salad…it included slices of apples and pears, chopped walnuts, and I think it was slivers of parmesan cheese. The dressing was poppyseed…I think it was lemon juice, oil, poppy seeds…and another ingredient I have forgotten.
It is Nora’s birthday (30th!!!) on Oct 15, so Sean had an amazing cake made for her…it was chocolate fudge and it was to die for!
Nora’s cousin made a key lime pie…very yummy.
I made a couple pumpkin pies (should be a separate blog entry in itself)…needless to say it took me all day to make 4 of them.)The first was pretty much a trial…and Blaine came home and ate half of it! The second was ok. But the last 2 were hot out of the oven when we left for Sean and Nora’s house. Luckily, they turned out awesome, if I do say so myself.
I used the recipe on the back of the canned pumpkin to make the filling…I added about triple the spice amounts it called for, and I think it made it much tastier.
And the crust…oh the crust…this is why I needed 2 trial pies! I basically used the recipe from the shortening box, but instead used half butter and half Crisco, and added 2 tbsp of sugar! It was waaaaay better than any crust I’ve tasted. However, it was not near as flaky as my Nana can make.Oh well. It was really good. Even better with the huge globs of whipped cream that Nora had prepared!
We all had a taste of each desert after our meal, and we could barely make it up from the table we were so full!
After dinner we had a rousing game of Cranium with Sean, Nora, her parents, and 2 of her friends. We all had a lot of fun, but it’s kinda hard for her Mexican family to get some of the Canadian pop culture questions…even though they speak english very well, some of the words take a little bit of explaining.
For example, Nora’s dad had to use the playdough to sculpt something and his team had to guess what he was sculpting…the word was “plunger”. Kind of a strange word, so I whispered to him ” you know, for a toilet”. He proceeded to sculpt a handle for the toilet and made a flushing motion! LOL, it was so cute!
I motioned for him to come over behind the wall to show him what a plunger was…I made a plunging motion towards the floor and immediately he changed his putty to resemble the correct toilet tool and he began to “plunge” the sofa with his putty!!!!! Well done!
Here are a couple photos from the evening…
Final table preparations
Those who prepared something for the meal
Sean “practicing” with his niece
Now we get to do the turkey thing all over again with my parents tonight! How lucky are we?!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
New Home Progress- Sept 26, 2007
2007
10.08
10.08
Here is more framing completed on the upper floor (sometimes we have to do secret visits late at night so we’re not busted for trespassing…heehee).
