-Given last weekend's 'storm' I am very pleasantly surprised to see that today is snow free and sunny. Also, it seems that almost all of the snow from the storm has since melted, which makes walking around a little easier than it was for a few days.
-For the third time this fall we will be having a turkey for dinner. Amazingly, it wasn't until several days after purchasing this turkey that I realized that we would be having it on American Thanksgiving weekend. Unlike the previous turkey, and like the first turkey, this one will be stuffed. Hopefully things go as smoothly as the previous two attempts, and are somewhat unlike my most recent roast chicken attempt (the chicken wasn't quite done when I thought it would be).
Possibly the best part of this meal is that I can use it as an excuse to prepare another sticky toffee pudding. I think I have been looking forward to another since before we finished the last one.
-Neil and I played our first game of winter Ultimate last night. Both of us were quite pleased with our team, which was a bit of an unknown as we didn't recognize any of the names of the team roster. The facility, which is part of the Stadacona military base, was also pretty good. The only problem is that the gym floor didn't allow for quite as much traction as any of us would have liked.
After an hour and twelve minutes of play we managed to pull out a 38-34 victory. Neil and I, and presumably the rest of the team, started to drag a little in the second half. Neil and I were hampered by colds, which were really slowing us down in the second half.
-Many of the plants I have been growing from seed have really taken turns for the worse in the past few days. My suspicion is that the reduced access to the sun is really starting to hamper growth and development. In the case of the corn and peppers I really hope that they can hold on until they develop fruit, which seems to be only days away (under normal growing conditions). Fortunately, though they have not gone unfazed, the plants in my bedroom seem to be faring a little better. It seems that the additional light they are getting in the bedroom is of a great degree of consequence.
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A Few Quick Notes 234
-Today was pretty beautiful. The sun was out in full force and the temperature quite nice for walking.
While I feel as though I keep indicating that it is superb weather we actually have had a little sub-par weather recently. Notably, on Thanksgiving we had some rain, and we might get some later in the week (meaning as early as tomorrow), not that I am looking for this to end or meaning to complain.
-On Monday evening we had three people over for Thanksgiving dinner. While I was somewhat apprehensive about this decision, mainly because I had a paper due on Tuesday, it turned out quite well. Actually, that I had something to take a break from may have made the evening more enjoyable.
We had what I consider a pretty standard Thanksgiving meal, meaning turkey, vegetables, potatoes, gravy, and stuffing. For my first turkey I was quite pleased with the results, especially considering that I did it without the ideal roasting equipment.
-As some of you may know, there was an election in Canada yesterday. After about four hours of library work and a notification that the building would soon be closing I decided to call it a night and head over to the Grad House and watch the election coverage with Neil and a few of his friends. By the time I arrived, which was at about midnight, most people had cleared out and the results of the election were largely known, though CBC held off on officially calling it a minority government win for the Conservatives for some time.
Unfortunately, the CBC coverage was pretty bad. Not only did they not provide us with the information we wanted (like how people were doing outside of Atlantic Canada) the broadcast was simply not well put together. At one point we watched in disbelief as one of the presenters stood in front of a screen and gave a very hastily prepared presentation on election related Twitter activity. This stood out because they didn't even use the normal technology that would have allowed them to directly broadcast the images, or green-screen technology that would have allowed the woman to stand in front of the image. Instead she stood in front of a TV screen and manually flipped through the pages of a presentation, all the while the guts of the program were available to views. I won't continue any further complaints as I don't think my complaints about the coverage will be particularly useful to anyone, nor will they be pleasant to read.
-Yesterday my American ballot finally arrived. While I was quite pleased to see that it had finally arrived, I was quite disappointed to learn that like in the Canadian case I have to provide my own stamp to return my completed ballot (though to be fair I didn't expect that this would work from Canada). I guess what I found particularly shocking about the return envelope is that there appear to be several spelling mistakes, though it is possible that I am just not reading things correctly. Anyway, if you can figure out why the spelling in the adjacent picture is I would be quite interested in hearing about it.
Anyway, I guess I will have to figure out how I am going to vote and then find an appropriate stamp and send it back before it is to late.
While I feel as though I keep indicating that it is superb weather we actually have had a little sub-par weather recently. Notably, on Thanksgiving we had some rain, and we might get some later in the week (meaning as early as tomorrow), not that I am looking for this to end or meaning to complain.
-On Monday evening we had three people over for Thanksgiving dinner. While I was somewhat apprehensive about this decision, mainly because I had a paper due on Tuesday, it turned out quite well. Actually, that I had something to take a break from may have made the evening more enjoyable.
We had what I consider a pretty standard Thanksgiving meal, meaning turkey, vegetables, potatoes, gravy, and stuffing. For my first turkey I was quite pleased with the results, especially considering that I did it without the ideal roasting equipment.
-As some of you may know, there was an election in Canada yesterday. After about four hours of library work and a notification that the building would soon be closing I decided to call it a night and head over to the Grad House and watch the election coverage with Neil and a few of his friends. By the time I arrived, which was at about midnight, most people had cleared out and the results of the election were largely known, though CBC held off on officially calling it a minority government win for the Conservatives for some time.
Unfortunately, the CBC coverage was pretty bad. Not only did they not provide us with the information we wanted (like how people were doing outside of Atlantic Canada) the broadcast was simply not well put together. At one point we watched in disbelief as one of the presenters stood in front of a screen and gave a very hastily prepared presentation on election related Twitter activity. This stood out because they didn't even use the normal technology that would have allowed them to directly broadcast the images, or green-screen technology that would have allowed the woman to stand in front of the image. Instead she stood in front of a TV screen and manually flipped through the pages of a presentation, all the while the guts of the program were available to views. I won't continue any further complaints as I don't think my complaints about the coverage will be particularly useful to anyone, nor will they be pleasant to read.
-Yesterday my American ballot finally arrived. While I was quite pleased to see that it had finally arrived, I was quite disappointed to learn that like in the Canadian case I have to provide my own stamp to return my completed ballot (though to be fair I didn't expect that this would work from Canada). I guess what I found particularly shocking about the return envelope is that there appear to be several spelling mistakes, though it is possible that I am just not reading things correctly. Anyway, if you can figure out why the spelling in the adjacent picture is I would be quite interested in hearing about it.
Anyway, I guess I will have to figure out how I am going to vote and then find an appropriate stamp and send it back before it is to late.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Competitive Charity
Today we received a notice from our superintendent about a Thanksgiving food drive. Apparently all of the buildings owned by the same company in this part of town will be competing against each other to see who can give the most food (by weight) in the next week. The winning building will receive a free (Autumnal) BBQ.
Soon after I finished skimming the flier Neil informed me that he was in it to win, he didn't even consider coming in second place.
We then started strategerizing about possible paths to victory. The obvious dollar/weight winner is a 5 gallon jug of water. Unfortunately, I would imagine that this would be both disqualified and beyond the spirit of the event. It seems that things such as flour and sugar might be in bounds ethically and according to the judges. The borderline move would be to try to slip a few bottles of pop in, but not so many that it would look as though the weight was being intentionally tweaked.
Already it seems as though there are more canned goods than dry goods, indicating that others in the building are also playing the game and in it to win.
I will let you know how it turns out. (I guess I could have said "I will let you know when we will be having our BBQ.")
Soon after I finished skimming the flier Neil informed me that he was in it to win, he didn't even consider coming in second place.
We then started strategerizing about possible paths to victory. The obvious dollar/weight winner is a 5 gallon jug of water. Unfortunately, I would imagine that this would be both disqualified and beyond the spirit of the event. It seems that things such as flour and sugar might be in bounds ethically and according to the judges. The borderline move would be to try to slip a few bottles of pop in, but not so many that it would look as though the weight was being intentionally tweaked.
Already it seems as though there are more canned goods than dry goods, indicating that others in the building are also playing the game and in it to win.
I will let you know how it turns out. (I guess I could have said "I will let you know when we will be having our BBQ.")
Monday, October 08, 2007
A Few Quick Notes 121
-Today has been another overcast and cool day. Though that does not mean it has been unpleasant. Hopefully the grey skies don’t mean that we are in for rain in the very near future.
-As many of you may know, today is the statutory Thanksgiving holiday. As some of you may also know, I generally have Mondays off. I guess what is surprising about today is that it really feels like a holiday weekend, even though it is basically the same as my typical weekend.
-While on a walk today I saw what might have been my first dog sled. The sled, without dogs, was strapped to a mini-van heading north on St. Laurent.
-If anyone has any ideas for a costume that I can wear to Thomson House for the Halloween party I would be appreciative. So far all of my ideas haven’t really been that great.
-This morning for breakfast I had something that was approaching what my uncle would call a ‘Big American Breakfast.’ Unfortunately, as I did not have a fried potato product I did not meet the qualifications. I did have scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon, making a pretty unhealthy meal.
-Much to my surprise, I was able to get down to work and finish a variety of assignment for my business and government information classes. Typically when I set such schedules for myself I fall flat on my face and accomplish next to nothing. Hopefully this means I am turning a new leaf and will be able to maintain or improve upon this standard in the future.
-As many of you may know, today is the statutory Thanksgiving holiday. As some of you may also know, I generally have Mondays off. I guess what is surprising about today is that it really feels like a holiday weekend, even though it is basically the same as my typical weekend.
-While on a walk today I saw what might have been my first dog sled. The sled, without dogs, was strapped to a mini-van heading north on St. Laurent.
-If anyone has any ideas for a costume that I can wear to Thomson House for the Halloween party I would be appreciative. So far all of my ideas haven’t really been that great.
-This morning for breakfast I had something that was approaching what my uncle would call a ‘Big American Breakfast.’ Unfortunately, as I did not have a fried potato product I did not meet the qualifications. I did have scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon, making a pretty unhealthy meal.
-Much to my surprise, I was able to get down to work and finish a variety of assignment for my business and government information classes. Typically when I set such schedules for myself I fall flat on my face and accomplish next to nothing. Hopefully this means I am turning a new leaf and will be able to maintain or improve upon this standard in the future.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
My holiday weekend so far
My weekend started off on a high note by passing in my NSERC application. Rebecca and I then went to see Trailer Park Boys: The Move at Park Lane. It was well worth it, especially considering we used a 2 for 1 coupon. The two worst aspects of the movie were the rehashing of basic story lines (which I understand was necessary) and the new actor that played Trinity (but I guess you can't expect good acting from 10 year-olds in crude movies). Afterwards we went to the Thirsty Duck on Spring Garden Rd. I had the two-pattied lamb burger for $9 and Rebecca had the Spring Garden Salad with chicken. The service was very fast so we were only there for about 30 minutes, in which time Andrew and his girlfriend came in.
At 4:30 I got up to walk Rebecca up to the Lord Nelson to catch the Airporter. There were 5 people already waiting when we got there, many of whom turned out to be on Rebecca's flight. I then returned to Fenwick where I slept until 2:30. The afternoon filled itself up pretty well culminating in buttermilk pancakes for breakfast at 7:30. At this point I didn't have much time to get ready and visit the NSLC before going to Andrew's for a party, but I made it there (with my Carling Black Label) about the same time other people were showing up. The crowd was almost exclusively Newfoundlanders, some of which knew Cameron (e.g. Luke Gaulton says "Hi"). The party was good. Just about as good as the 12 hours of sleep I had after I got home.
I went to Dominion this afternoon to find that much more of their store is open on Sunday (compared to Sobeys). For those of you who don't know, half of Sobeys has plastic and caution tape over it (so that it is 'closed') for purposes of abiding by provincial Sunday shopping laws. I also found salsa that is low in sodium at reasonable price (President's Choice of course).
Now I'm off to get a jump on next week's assignments.
At 4:30 I got up to walk Rebecca up to the Lord Nelson to catch the Airporter. There were 5 people already waiting when we got there, many of whom turned out to be on Rebecca's flight. I then returned to Fenwick where I slept until 2:30. The afternoon filled itself up pretty well culminating in buttermilk pancakes for breakfast at 7:30. At this point I didn't have much time to get ready and visit the NSLC before going to Andrew's for a party, but I made it there (with my Carling Black Label) about the same time other people were showing up. The crowd was almost exclusively Newfoundlanders, some of which knew Cameron (e.g. Luke Gaulton says "Hi"). The party was good. Just about as good as the 12 hours of sleep I had after I got home.
I went to Dominion this afternoon to find that much more of their store is open on Sunday (compared to Sobeys). For those of you who don't know, half of Sobeys has plastic and caution tape over it (so that it is 'closed') for purposes of abiding by provincial Sunday shopping laws. I also found salsa that is low in sodium at reasonable price (President's Choice of course).
Now I'm off to get a jump on next week's assignments.
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