We attended a birthday party at a bowling alley for one of the boys in our cohousing group. It was the first time our children have been bowling and it won’t be the last! Both kids loved it! The kids had the gutter guards put up so the adults had to bowl in a separate … [Read more…]
Over the last few weeks I had the great opportunity to catch up with some longtime very close friends. This is Alan. I first met him in a combined concert band in which we were the only two french horn players. I was in grade 6, he was in grade 5. Since we were reunited … [Read more…]
As a part of our Dragonfly Cohousing community development, we plan social events where members can interact outside of business meetings. Now that our group has grown to 60 people, the Social Team is planning more frequent smaller get togethers. Amber and hosted just such a gathering on New Year’s Eve: Beer Tasting. Every attendee … [Read more…]
The only store I would frequent the last 3 years is Roger’s Video, actually a rental store, but I would pick through their previously viewed DVDs and bring them home by the half dozen every month or so. With their reward points system and regular sales, I’d get the usually mint condition movies for about … [Read more…]
I’m a book collector. But I like reading my books too, albeit slowly and steadily. I finished three great non-fiction books this fall and if I did New Years Resolutions, I would determine to spend more time reading. These are the books I plan to read in the coming months. VIOLENCE by Slavoj Žižek Popular … [Read more…]
The kids got pyjamas for Christmas. An unnecessarily large tag had to be removed from the inside of the top so the kids could wear their new outfits comfortably. I don’t normally pay much attention to tags, but as I tore these out, I noticed the instructions to wash in English, French, & Spanish: wash … [Read more…]
Our family attended our church‘s Christmas Eve candle lighting service. It was packed and glorious. We had sat in the second to last row so I could get back to the camera for a minor role I contributed to the tech team. By the start of the service, so many rows of chairs were added … [Read more…]
Over on my Zaak Watches Movies by himself blog, I’ve reached the 700 movies milestone. I started the blog about four and a half years ago when I was living in Guatemala as a way to practice writing but also to write about the values I drew from film. The reviews were longer and far … [Read more…]
I heard this phrase twice yesterday with overdone Australian accents: “A dingo took my baby!” Both times, the comment was followed by laughter. This bothers me for two reasons. First, it is a statement that is copied from pop culture in order to elicit laughter; a “TMI” or “Oh no you di’n’t” kind of phrase … [Read more…]
I expressed this carnal dilemma on facebook last night: Zaak thinks an iPhone is terrific, found an ideal monthly plan, has his wife’s permission to get one, but still can’t list enough reasons why he “needs” one. He guesses he’ll just keep his money. Not surprisingly, I got 15 comments. I’ll get to those in … [Read more…]