Abuse of blog

Thought I would abuse my blog  in a more conventional (and thus trivial way) an inane status update about crap :)

Got a bunch of little tasks done around the house.  The TV is up on the wall, and I got some of the bathroom fixtures up.  Not that exciting I know... Worse, I'm going to tell you about my lunch, here I was going "hmm PB + Bacon" that would make a good sandwich, but then I found the tomato, and the roast chicken (real not that sliced stuff that is mostly "meat protein" and lettuce.  BOOM throw down some montray jack and you have yourself a bitching club sandwich.  I don't know what the fight was, or who my opponent was, by my sandwich won hands down.  To accompany my awesome sandwich was a fine episode of "The greatest tank battles" clearly, full of win!

In random news, apple finally did what I said they would do, they came out with a Mac Mini with HDMI, finally invalidating the Apple TV, and producing a device that I've been saying for years "all apple has to do is make this device and I will buy it."  Damn you Steve, damn you... This didn't even qualify as "key note" material for WWDC this was like an afterthought half way through WWDC, just like "By the way, we refreshed this."

Its a rough year for me and my apple fetish, between the iPhone 4, the iPad, the new Mini, and the laptop catastrophe I find myself being drawing to just get a direct withdrawal setup off my paycheck right into steve's pocket.

Ah well sammich eaten, tanks destroyed, time to get back to Mario.

"Garden"

Lacking an actual garden, or grass yet, Erin and I have carved out a niche on our balcony.  I'm actually sitting up here enjoying a fine draft, listening to some D&D podcasts, surfing the web, and relaxing.

It might not be a proper job of landscaping, but it makes it feel like home.  I also have some planter tomatoes, and some herbs up here, so my bruschetta needs will not go untended this season.

Need a few more baskets to fill it out (I have a basket for the far left but the hook broke)

Always cheerful fuscia

Hard at Work

Bryan had lots of work keeping him busy yesterday in the office, as I understand from his assistant there were a lot of 8's and 2's that needed doing.

Mmm hmm, yes, mmm hmmm

More 8's and 2's and b's

"Please send this up to head office right away."

Heart and Stroke Splash For Heart

Our bedraggled heroes have returned from their quest to ride 25 km for the Heart and Stroke Society.  In  actuality they traveled about 36 km because they snuck a few extra (ill-advised) km in there, and instead of cycling that distance, they swam.

Erin and I are still collecting donations until the 14th, you can donate to our individual links here: 

Erin's donation page is here
Geoff''s donation page is here

Now enjoy pictures of  our soaked, and heroic selves:

To quote a book of recent popularity "Blub, bluuub, bluuuuuuuuubbb"

The hose coming down the left is normally my water hose, but today it was a snorkle

Productive Day

It was a bit of a mad house here today, got a lot done, and am on my way up to bed to crash.

Dishwasher finally arrived, and got it installed, with no less then two hardware store visits, and a real oh duh moment.  So the builder roughed in the electrical for the dishwasher leaving a cable with the ends capped in the dishwasher opening in the kitchen, and the breaker for that circuit tripped in the box.  Okay no problem, just leave it off, wire the dishwasher, and flip the breaker and your solid right?  Wrong...  Why? Because the builder actually disconnected the live wire from the breaker in the box.  Easily fixed but had me worried.

Also finished hanging the pair of hanging baskets outside, and got a little bit of art up on the walls.

Finally, AC was installed, and its been going since ~7 and I haven't seen it stop draining water off the condenser, like not trickling water, but like pouring water out of the air.  It's just humid in here.

Last few days

Well it has been busy, very very busy these last few days, we have been in a week now, and I can't even say I noticed it all going by,  just been so crazy.

So here are some pictures of us moved in, I will try an annotate, as always the post title links to the album in full

Inviting Front Doors

Dinning room with table, D, and Chair Fabrics

Kitchen w/mess

Greatroom from above

Greatroom from balcony

Front Entranceway 

Low Clutter Table in Dinning Room

Moving night

Sorry for the delay, but we are just getting are legs under us here, so here we are the night before moving, everything is packed up tight, and every nook and cranny of the garage, third bedroom and basement is FULL

Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart

Hey all, I know we have been slacking, on the biking, and the fund raising, but Erin and I are both riding in the Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart this year.

Erin's Donation page is here

And my donation page is here

We would appreciate any donations, Heart and Stroke really is something that is meaningful to us, and I'm just not able to do it justice.

New Table & Counters

Bought a table by accident, the things you will do to avoid packing.
Not shown but it expands to seat 8, 10 squeezed.

Countertops installed

Exterior almost finished

We had our Pre Delivery Inspection on Friday, and everything is almost done.  We forgot the camera, and when we came back around later the door was locked, so I still can't show you the counter, but everything inside is pretty much perfect.  A few minor things, but they are being taken care of.  So here are the pictures I did get:

Exterior finally fully sided.

Railings added (deck still missing.)