March 2005

Year number two in Forest Hills, New York.

March 2004

The first year of egg decorating in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The Storm in which I got stuck

Ken is waiting to use the computer - so a quick post. As is my tradition I went to visit my sister and her family over March Break. On the Friday before I was to come home Ken phoned to say that my flight had been canceled and I needed to phone the airline. Then began my phone battles with the airline - over the course of two days and approximately four hours I tried to figure out how to come home. I finally secured a flight home on Monday afternoon - so much for work on Monday! And of course this was after being scheduled to fly on Friday, then Sunday, and then Tuesday. I thought it would be amusing to see the storm pictures. These pictures were taken in front of my sister's house in New York the day after the storm. Judge for yourself... was it really a storm? I suppose if all the facts were in evidence you would also know that there was no snow on the ground before Friday and it came down in the form of slushy ice, okay mostly ice.

Two Birthdays and an Odometer

So, which should I explain first, the birthdays, or my obsession with my odometer? March 10th is my Dad's birthday and March 11th is the birthday of Ken's Dad. My parents were visiting my sister so I phoned to say happy happy.

On the 10th we went and visited Ken's parents in Codrington. We had a lovely time visiting and enjoyed a meal at the Red Bull Pub in Cobourg which is the site of the old Cobourg jail; as a funny coincidence a bunch of guards from a local prison were in the restaurant having a charity card game.

Last year as the drive to work along the 401 got increasingly difficult to bear I began to notice anything to distract me from the drive - just ask me about license plates! One of the fun distractions - does that make me a distracted driver? - was waiting for the next palindrome on the odometer. Unfortunately I've missed the last few palindromes and pathetically I was disappointed.

After enjoying dinner we got into the car, I turned the key and what did I behold? A PALINDROME! Did I take pictures of our dinner together, no. I really meant to and when I saw the camera bag in the back seat after Ken's parents drove away I was irritated with myself. And then I thought, how better to capture the fun of the day...

the green man that came to stay...

It's February, but not for much longer. It is a blah sort of time. In the midst of the blah we had overnight guests last weekend, but one of them didn't want to leave. Laura and Keenan were able to spend sometime in the temple and Ken was able to spend sometime with William. I spent time with the couch - unfortunately I'm still spending time with the couch as the sore throat has turned into a cough and a cold! However, we made an interesting discovery after the Radcliffe's left. We're not sure what to call him, or where to put him, perhaps he might enjoy life atop the cd stand with another plastic toy, or perhaps he would enjoy life as a character in a story for William.














The point of this ridiculous entry - I meant to get the camera out last weekend and take pictures of the visit but instead I'm left with a little green man.

Fleming College Here We Come!

Just before I was about to leave this morning Ken came out of the office and said "there's something you should read". I assumed it was some silly email forward. When I sat down in front of the computer there was an acceptance letter for Ken. He applied to the GIS (geographic information systems) post degree program at Fleming College in Lindsay and was accepted! The program starts in September and runs through August 2008. For more details about what GIS entails besides - maps and computers - you'll have to speak to Ken.

The pictures were taken at the college open house we went to on Saturday, November 18. I took them thinking that if this was where Ken was going to go to school they would be fun to post on the blog. (This is fun!) The Frost Campus is so tiny compared to the city university that the University of Toronto is. The pictures of Ken and the trees were taken in the parking lot - pine trees and a parking lot with free parking for the open house, what a concept.

So the next chapter of Ken and Wendy has a title heading. Now we just need to figure out the details!














This is the main building - well almost the only building.




















A new path - okay perhaps it's too obvious but I like it.

Happy Birthday Kenny - part two

It was -13 and they were wearing leotards! Can you say freezing? We arrived at Nathan Phillip's Square part way through the leotard extravaganza (Kitonb Extreme Theatre Company) so we were slightly confused by the dialogue. Something to do with nature and death and life and art. They used a crane - and there was fireworks.















Wendy with the Sloan stage in the background. Only my toes were cold.
















Can you tell how happy he was? How much does Ken love Sloan? Well, to the tune of it was really cold for three hours! Sloan performed a free concert at Nathan Phillip's Square on the 27th as part of the Winter City celebrations. It was actually really fun to be out with other hearty Canadians enjoying the tunes.

Happy Birthday Kenny - part one

Happy Birthday Ken, you're almost the same age as me!
















Action shot - blow out those candles!
















Thanks for the cake and the most excellent breadmaker.