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.

Anniversary Number Four

December 28, 2006. We've been married for four whole years! And I still feel like a newlywed. Is it too mushy to say that I think Ken is the best husband ever?! Being married to my sweet Ken is the best - happy anniversary to me.

McCartney Family Christmas

Boxing Day was spent in Codrington at the homestead of Ken and Chris McCartney. How many Kens is too confusing? Don't ask! The cousins had so much fun playing with each other. Meagan delighted us with her flute playing, the boys played with their cars, Caitlin carried Anders around all night, the dog only ate one chicken finger and one piece of ham, the food was amazing (as always) and everyone enjoyed visiting. We missed Laura, Keenan and William who were unable to come down from North Bay. I also seem to have missed photographing my Ken and myself of course.


Eric and Konrad



















Caitlin and Sarah













Meagan and her flute













Jennifer and Brittany













Konrad



















Caitlin, Anders, Brenden













Dan and Ken

Anders and Molly















Kristen



















Chris and Lisa













Braden and Brenden













Maureen and Ken

December 25, 2006

Ken and I cooked our first turkey! We made Christmas Dinner for my brother Andrew, and my Mom and Dad. We had a traditional menu of turkey, mashed potatoes, squash, stuffing, gravy, cranberries, dilled carrots and waldorf salad. We finished the meal with Ken's awesome pie.