Posts Tagged "fun and games"

 We’ve finally gotten 4 or 5 straight days of sub zero temps and some snow to go along with it so we actually have a bit of a winter here now (see pic). Whats the sad part? Well, I broke my lawn tractor a while back so I can’t use it to push the snow around and let me tell you, its a lot less fun to do so manually :/ Now I’m looking out for either another tractor or a tranny for mine. What would I REALLY like?? I’d REALLY like a cub cadet tractor with blade, and there IS one on usedpei right now! Almost my dream setup  Problem is its $1800. Now, I *could* sell my seadoo or something but I hate to do that I think I would regret it in the summer time! The one on usedpei is the ideal setup, with the mower deck and blade ready...

This year playing hockey I’ve noticed that I wasn’t as good as I used to be, though I was never a superstar or anything but I was fast. Now not so much. I realize I’m on the down side of the hill now. Most of it comes from my physical fitness which isn’t the best since I sit behind a desk 8 hours a day. I just don’t get the exercise anymore to stay in shape. I think 10 years ago, you didn’t really need to exercise much, you were just in shape.. No need to exercise, but as you grow older, you start getting into the 9 to 5 work week and such I think it just adds up to where you aren’t naturally full of energy and strength anymore and you aren’t exercising, cause you never did (me) so you just start getting slower. I...

So my new kick and plan for the new year is EXERCISE… No, jking… my 2012 kick is to get a roasting machine and attempt to roast our own coffee. WHy you say? Well, let me back up. Last year or so we decided to start grinding our own coffee. In sufficiently large quantities of roasted beans we were able to get a FAR fresher taste and better coffee AND save money over the little containers of ground coffee at the store.  Over the last year though, coffee has gotten more expensive making it more costly to get whole roasted beans now in what are the largest bags you can get at any of the grocery stores, the 2 pound bags. They are between $15 and $18 now :S. We WERE getting them for around $12. So I said to myself, I said ‘Self, this is crazy, there...

 This year we had a white Christmas which was excellent (see pic). We got it a few days before Christmas. I’ve had lots of opportunity to get out on my lawn tractor and push snow around. I love using my gas powered tools! I always enjoyed shoveling snow. Its a fresh experience every time, fresh cold air, different snow to move, different obstacles to get around, different types of snow, different times of day. Even better if its snowing out WHILE pushing the snow around. Its just a relaxing sort of thing yet it burns a few calories too. I’ve eaten SO much already, mostly sugar :/ Too much.   Today, Boxing day as I write this, is going to be a lazy day where I just stoke the fire – though I should do a load of firewood. Mostly for my...

Here is a short stop motion vid, made it with iMotion HD on ipad. Stop motion is a very cool style of movie making. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Good fun eh! Now… what else can I record via stop motion?? … I actually intend to do some star gazing stop motion captures once I get my A2 back (lent to friends who are without camera for the time being) Here is my list of items to shoot: stars Moon passing clouds rolling 12 hours in the life of Wheatley River Maybe a snow fall / accumulation vid, those are always interesting to see