Here are the pictures we took on our trip. There are currently no descriptions to go along with the pictures, I plan on adding those this week. We also took some with a submersible disposable camera but we haven't got those developed yet. I will add them to the gallery once we do.
Kodak Gallery.
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
The cat just puked...
...all over the floor. I hate it when they do that.
Anyway, Susan is in Montreal for the week. She's attending some sort of conference and giving a talk there. So I'm on my own which means I have more time on my hands, hence the updating. It also means I have to cook for myself! Susan and I have the household chores divided so that she does the groceries, cooking, and dishes where I do pretty much the rest. The reason for this is that she usually gets out of school at least an hour before I get out of work so it makes more sense that way. She usually does a pretty good job at keeping me well fed. On the other hand I'm sure she'd say that there are some improvements to be made on how well I keep the apartment tidy. Here's what a couple of days in the life of Jason. It's not very exciting. You've been warned.
Had a company BBQ on Sunday. Nothing too exciting. We were the first ones there.
Sat and chatted a bit. Then more people arrived. About 100 or so overall. Ate hot dogs and salad. Then they had games: Pie in the face, tug-o-war, water balloon toss. They were drawing a few prizes but I didn't win anything.
Got home around 5 or so. Sat on the balcony and read my book. I am currently reading Druid's Sword by Sarah Douglass, which is the final book in the Troy Game series. You might remember me mentioning this series last year. If you haven't read anything by Sara Douglass I would heavily recommend you do. She writes nice solid books. She does tonnes of historical research which makes it all the more interesting. The Troy Game is about Ariadne. You know, the girl who helped Perseus escape from the Labyrinth her brother the Minotaur? Well, if you know your Greek mythology, you'd know that Perseus thanked Ariadne by dumping her for her sister and then abandoning her on the first island they came by. The series deals with Ariadne's revenge and the consequences it has on future generations.
Anyway, back to the telling of my day. I had a few beers on the balcony while reading. I then came in to nap around 6. Slept until 9. Watched CTV and read until 12 then went to bed.
On Monday I did some groceries. Bought 1 kg of steak (enough for 4 days), broccoli, onions, chips, fries, mozza cheese, poutine sauce, 2 types of marinade, 4 cans of chunky soup. Got home around 7 or so. Put a load in the laundry. Tidied the kitchen a bit, cooked 1 steak 1/2 portion of Lipton Sidekick. Surprisingly enough, I ate a lot of steak last year when Susan was away as well. Steak was ok. I didn't marinade that one but put the rest in the fridge for the rest of the week. By the time I ate, showered, read a bit then went to bed. I stayed up late reading, probably went to sleep around 1am.
When I got home on Tuesday I cooked some steak and ate the other half of the
Lipton sidekick. The steak wasn't that good. It's too tough. I ate it anyway.
Put in a load of laundry. Spent a bit of time on the internet, then the rest of
the evening reading. I finished off tmy book. It was probably
12am by the time I was done and went to bed.
Today when I got home I did the dishes. I then cooked 2 more steaks and steamed the broccoli I had bought. This steak was tough as well. I ate one but didn't bother with the other and threw it out. It was REAL tough. I noticed that when I was marinating it, but I thought that maybe it would tenderize a bit while marinating. I guess not. I have 1 more steak left in the fridge and I'm debating whether I'm going to bother cooking it tomorrow. I probably shouldn't cheap out next time I buy steak. Anyway after I ate I cleaned up the dishes I had dirtied. Went on the internet, and here I am!
I'll probably do more groceries tomorrow even though I probably have enough food to last me until Susan get back. I want to do some real cooking. I think I'll make shepherd's pie. I'll get the groceries tomorrow but maybe I'll just make myself some poutine since it'll be late by the time I get home and then I'll save the good meal for Friday.
There you go. If you've been wondering what I've been up to in the past year, that's more or less how my days go. I usually watch more TV when Susan's around though. We also go to the movies every other week or so. Saw X-Men last week. I liked it but I'll save the discussion for another post. We'll most likely end up seeing LOTR: The Musical this summer. It didn't get that good of reviews but whatever.
Anyhow, time for bed.
Anyway, Susan is in Montreal for the week. She's attending some sort of conference and giving a talk there. So I'm on my own which means I have more time on my hands, hence the updating. It also means I have to cook for myself! Susan and I have the household chores divided so that she does the groceries, cooking, and dishes where I do pretty much the rest. The reason for this is that she usually gets out of school at least an hour before I get out of work so it makes more sense that way. She usually does a pretty good job at keeping me well fed. On the other hand I'm sure she'd say that there are some improvements to be made on how well I keep the apartment tidy. Here's what a couple of days in the life of Jason. It's not very exciting. You've been warned.
Had a company BBQ on Sunday. Nothing too exciting. We were the first ones there.
Sat and chatted a bit. Then more people arrived. About 100 or so overall. Ate hot dogs and salad. Then they had games: Pie in the face, tug-o-war, water balloon toss. They were drawing a few prizes but I didn't win anything.
Got home around 5 or so. Sat on the balcony and read my book. I am currently reading Druid's Sword by Sarah Douglass, which is the final book in the Troy Game series. You might remember me mentioning this series last year. If you haven't read anything by Sara Douglass I would heavily recommend you do. She writes nice solid books. She does tonnes of historical research which makes it all the more interesting. The Troy Game is about Ariadne. You know, the girl who helped Perseus escape from the Labyrinth her brother the Minotaur? Well, if you know your Greek mythology, you'd know that Perseus thanked Ariadne by dumping her for her sister and then abandoning her on the first island they came by. The series deals with Ariadne's revenge and the consequences it has on future generations.
Anyway, back to the telling of my day. I had a few beers on the balcony while reading. I then came in to nap around 6. Slept until 9. Watched CTV and read until 12 then went to bed.
On Monday I did some groceries. Bought 1 kg of steak (enough for 4 days), broccoli, onions, chips, fries, mozza cheese, poutine sauce, 2 types of marinade, 4 cans of chunky soup. Got home around 7 or so. Put a load in the laundry. Tidied the kitchen a bit, cooked 1 steak 1/2 portion of Lipton Sidekick. Surprisingly enough, I ate a lot of steak last year when Susan was away as well. Steak was ok. I didn't marinade that one but put the rest in the fridge for the rest of the week. By the time I ate, showered, read a bit then went to bed. I stayed up late reading, probably went to sleep around 1am.
When I got home on Tuesday I cooked some steak and ate the other half of the
Lipton sidekick. The steak wasn't that good. It's too tough. I ate it anyway.
Put in a load of laundry. Spent a bit of time on the internet, then the rest of
the evening reading. I finished off tmy book. It was probably
12am by the time I was done and went to bed.
Today when I got home I did the dishes. I then cooked 2 more steaks and steamed the broccoli I had bought. This steak was tough as well. I ate one but didn't bother with the other and threw it out. It was REAL tough. I noticed that when I was marinating it, but I thought that maybe it would tenderize a bit while marinating. I guess not. I have 1 more steak left in the fridge and I'm debating whether I'm going to bother cooking it tomorrow. I probably shouldn't cheap out next time I buy steak. Anyway after I ate I cleaned up the dishes I had dirtied. Went on the internet, and here I am!
I'll probably do more groceries tomorrow even though I probably have enough food to last me until Susan get back. I want to do some real cooking. I think I'll make shepherd's pie. I'll get the groceries tomorrow but maybe I'll just make myself some poutine since it'll be late by the time I get home and then I'll save the good meal for Friday.
There you go. If you've been wondering what I've been up to in the past year, that's more or less how my days go. I usually watch more TV when Susan's around though. We also go to the movies every other week or so. Saw X-Men last week. I liked it but I'll save the discussion for another post. We'll most likely end up seeing LOTR: The Musical this summer. It didn't get that good of reviews but whatever.
Anyhow, time for bed.
Update
Hey look at that. An update. And only a month after the last one too! Hrm. I should really update those sidebars...
Well, we're back from the DR obviously. It was fun. It's not really an exciting vacation, but it is fun and relaxing. It's one of those vacations that you don't feel more stressed coming back than you did leaving. Time didn't go by too fast and it was satisfying. I kept a travel log while away which I updated every day. I gave up on it half way through the vacation though. It was kind of time consuming to write all that stuff by hand and I was too lazy. I'll type it up at some point. Overall I enjoyed myself. I'd definitely go again. For variety's sake we probably won't do a resort for our next trip, but when we do I might try Mexico.
Well, we're back from the DR obviously. It was fun. It's not really an exciting vacation, but it is fun and relaxing. It's one of those vacations that you don't feel more stressed coming back than you did leaving. Time didn't go by too fast and it was satisfying. I kept a travel log while away which I updated every day. I gave up on it half way through the vacation though. It was kind of time consuming to write all that stuff by hand and I was too lazy. I'll type it up at some point. Overall I enjoyed myself. I'd definitely go again. For variety's sake we probably won't do a resort for our next trip, but when we do I might try Mexico.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
From the Caribbean
Hola from the Dominican Republic!
We've been here since last Sunday, but just getting around to using the internet now. We're actually leaving today around supper time.
We flew in last Sunday. The flight was nice and smooth. We had 2 inflight movies, Chronicles of Narnia and Nanny McPhee.
As soon as the plane doors opened we could feel the humidity and heat, despite it being late in the evening. We had a 45 minute bus ride to our resort, the Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro. Our hotel room is nice and big. The fridge is stocked with water, pop, and beer. Our room as a complimentary bootle of rum.
The water here is really blue, and the sand really white! There are many pools on our resort and they have swim up bars which are really nice. All the food, drinks, and alcohol is 'free' since it's included in our resort fee. I don't think I've ever drank so many 'girly' drinks before. The beer is ok, but it's light. They have so many different mixed drinks here that it's be a crime to pass them up! There's nothing like getting up in the morning, having breakfast, then going to the beach and sip on a Pina Colada or a Blue Hawaiian at 9am.
The food is ok for the most part. It's all buffet food. There's quite a variety to pick from, although I'm looking forward to home food and snacks. They also have "a la carte" restaurants. We get to pick 3 suppers. We picked French, Mexican, and Japanese. They were all pretty good, but my favorite was the Japonese.
We also went on 2 tours. One was a 'Safari' in which we're in a jeep like vehicle and take a day long road trip through part of the DR. It was great fun! We also went on a snorkling tour. A boat takes us out to the reef where we get to swim with fishes, sharks and stingrays. Both tours served us drink all day.
I've been keeping a travel log and I might transcribe that into my blog at some point.
My internet time is up, 6$/30 mins.
See ya later!!
We've been here since last Sunday, but just getting around to using the internet now. We're actually leaving today around supper time.
We flew in last Sunday. The flight was nice and smooth. We had 2 inflight movies, Chronicles of Narnia and Nanny McPhee.
As soon as the plane doors opened we could feel the humidity and heat, despite it being late in the evening. We had a 45 minute bus ride to our resort, the Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro. Our hotel room is nice and big. The fridge is stocked with water, pop, and beer. Our room as a complimentary bootle of rum.
The water here is really blue, and the sand really white! There are many pools on our resort and they have swim up bars which are really nice. All the food, drinks, and alcohol is 'free' since it's included in our resort fee. I don't think I've ever drank so many 'girly' drinks before. The beer is ok, but it's light. They have so many different mixed drinks here that it's be a crime to pass them up! There's nothing like getting up in the morning, having breakfast, then going to the beach and sip on a Pina Colada or a Blue Hawaiian at 9am.
The food is ok for the most part. It's all buffet food. There's quite a variety to pick from, although I'm looking forward to home food and snacks. They also have "a la carte" restaurants. We get to pick 3 suppers. We picked French, Mexican, and Japanese. They were all pretty good, but my favorite was the Japonese.
We also went on 2 tours. One was a 'Safari' in which we're in a jeep like vehicle and take a day long road trip through part of the DR. It was great fun! We also went on a snorkling tour. A boat takes us out to the reef where we get to swim with fishes, sharks and stingrays. Both tours served us drink all day.
I've been keeping a travel log and I might transcribe that into my blog at some point.
My internet time is up, 6$/30 mins.
See ya later!!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Blog update?...Blog update!!!
It is currently May 28th. Here's a post I started writting in August that I never finished nor published.
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Well, not *quite* a month since I last updated.
I'm kinda hung over right now....Why are you hung over at 9:30 in the afternoon you ask? That's because I've been drinking since noon today. You see, Snowbear, which is the company I work for, has this annual golf "tournament". And by "tournament" I mean let's drink a shitload of bear since the company's paying for it and "try" to hit the ball. Considering that Susan and I have about oh, about ZERO experiencing in golfing, "try" is an over estimation. Anyway, the highlight of golfing is driving those golfing carts while being drunk. Personally, I like zigzagin between the trees as if they were pilons in a driving test. It's quite entertaining. They have this "refreshment" cart that goes around the course once in a while, so you're never short of drinks. At the end of the day, we even had a steak supper paid for by the company. I had mine medium rare. They had a well done left over and no one wanted it so I had that one as well. At the very end of the evening, they were drawing prizes. I won a $50 cash card for Rogers and Susan one 2 tickets for the Blue Jays / Indian Games. First row seats. I think we got pretty good prizes. Especially since we were being paid our regular salary during the afternoon. Here are some pictures...
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Well, not *quite* a month since I last updated.
I'm kinda hung over right now....Why are you hung over at 9:30 in the afternoon you ask? That's because I've been drinking since noon today. You see, Snowbear, which is the company I work for, has this annual golf "tournament". And by "tournament" I mean let's drink a shitload of bear since the company's paying for it and "try" to hit the ball. Considering that Susan and I have about oh, about ZERO experiencing in golfing, "try" is an over estimation. Anyway, the highlight of golfing is driving those golfing carts while being drunk. Personally, I like zigzagin between the trees as if they were pilons in a driving test. It's quite entertaining. They have this "refreshment" cart that goes around the course once in a while, so you're never short of drinks. At the end of the day, we even had a steak supper paid for by the company. I had mine medium rare. They had a well done left over and no one wanted it so I had that one as well. At the very end of the evening, they were drawing prizes. I won a $50 cash card for Rogers and Susan one 2 tickets for the Blue Jays / Indian Games. First row seats. I think we got pretty good prizes. Especially since we were being paid our regular salary during the afternoon. Here are some pictures...
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