Golfing

I was able to get out for the first time this year to golf this morning.
It was not pretty. In fact, it was pretty ugly to be honest.

I will not tell you what I shot. Suffice to say that I will be working on getting used to these new clubs for a bit I think. At least that is my excuse.

I was able to get out with a fella from our church. Dr. Bill. Good times. We had some great conversation and were able to laugh at ourselves and repeat the mantra many times….

it’s the first time out this season, it’s the first time out this season….

quick updates

I have been remiss in not blogging much lately.
Here are a few highlights.
I will try better…. honest.

Will’s is making progress with walking better. The chiropractor is only seeing him every 2 weeks now and wants Nan and I to let him go and be a kid.. thank goodness.

My bike is in the shop having the front fork seals redone. I did not particularly want to do this until next year, but oh well. Such is life. Once it is done, I should be good to ride for the rest of the season I think.

We were able to get some new furniture this last week on trade. Lovely new black leather set for the family room. very nice.

Taffy the dog continues to grow into our family more and more. She is adorable and loves nothing more than to just be with the family.

I installed with the help of my good friend Rich, a Small Business Server with Blackberry Enterprise Server on it last week. For those of you who know what that is, rejoice with me…. I have shared calendars and am consistently getting my mail!

Nan and I are going away for our 15th anniversary for a weekend to Stratford in a couple of weeks.

My wife is the best.

Work has been crazy with thinking of new code and trying to drive more business through the door.

My dad is now retired! Actually, he is on vacation for the next 4 weeks technically and then he is retired, but he is lovin’ it.. I can’t say I blame him.

I am fighting a sinus infection. Most of the infection is gone I think but my left ear is still blocked and I have a hard time hearing out of it. So, if I twist around when I am talking to you, it is because I am just trying to hear you better.

Our annual meeting at the church is tonight.

I think that is it. It’s enough though.

New sidebar item

Funny, I have never added a flickr account sidebar widget to the blog.
I now see the benefit to having one as it is so easy to send things to flickr….

took me long enough..

you can see it on the side.

Go figure…

Nan and I were at the mall today and decided to get a coffee. As we were standing there, we noticed that they used the same type of coffee syrups that we use at home. Nan commented to me that we should ask if they sold them and how much would they be if they did indeed sell them. I asked and the reply was

Oh yes, we sell them. They retail for $10.25 each.

$10.25! Are you serious?! When we went to Toronto and bought a case from the supplier, I think we ended up paying $10.50!!!!

So, we bought 3. I cannot see myself going to Toronto for them anymore if I can just go to the local mall.
Go figure….

The course

I did my motorcycle safety course this weekend.
It was a lot of fun. The instructors for my group were in a word, incredible. They were fun, informative, firm and downright encouraging.

I was the first person to test this afternoon out of everyone for the weekend. I am happy to say that I did well and passed with flying colours! Now I need to get my bike out lots!

I cannot believe how much I learned this weekend about riding motorcyles… simply incredible.

Still Concerned…

Will went to the doctor the other day to see about what is going on with his heel.
The doctor was not really pleased with the progress that has been made and is referring Will to a Pediatric Orthopedist? I think that’s who it is. We are also going to look into having Will see a chiropractor.

I will post more as we hear.

Mr. Mechanic!

Nope, not me..
I had to change the battery in the motorbike today. Took me flippin’ long enough…
man, I hope that this is not an omen of things to come.

On a better note, I start my motorcycle safety course tomorrow night. Thursday night is 3 hours of in-class time and then Saturday and Sunday are 10 hours each of class and riding. So far, the weather forecast is looking good. Sunny and a high of 13 on Saturday and sunny and a high of 15 for Sunday. That would be really nice if it came to pass.

Hopefully, if all goes well, I will pass the course on Sunday and be eligible next Wednesday to get my M2 license, which would give me basically no restrictions that would matter to me anyways.

I sometimes wish that I had gotten my bike license when I was a teen. It would have been easy enough to do and I would not have to go through the whole graduated licensing process that I do now. Oh well, I suppose it is a good thing.

I was able to get out for a quick ride on the bike today as well. This is only my second spin on it, but I am beginning to get the feel of it I think. It is going to take a bit of time but I look forward to spending a good amount of time on it this season hopefully.
My buddy Bruce bought a bike last year and hopefully we will be able to get out a bit.

Grey days…

I do not like them Sam I am.
I wish it could be sunny… harummph.

Beginning of a very busy week.

Are weeks ever not busy anymore?
Nan and I have been lamenting about this a great deal lately. It would seem that we have put ourselves onto this perpetual wheel of motion that is life and sometimes we just want to yell…

Stop the ride! We want to get off and rest for a bit!

I am not sure that I can do much about this issue with everything that is required to be accomplished on a daily/weekly basis.
Anyhow, if anyone knows the secret, drop me an email will ya?
Thanks.

Concerned.

Will has been having a hard time with his foot. For about 2 months now, he has had a bad limp. Nan had him to the doctor and we were told that he had some “trauma to his heel”. I am not sure what that means.

Now we have the issue that Will has been walking on the side of his foot to favour his heel. He has gotten to the point where it is almost like he has forgotten how to walk correctly. It is really bizarre….

It tends to get a bit better and the regress very quickly. We are going to try to get him into the doctor again this week. I am not convinced that all is right with his foot. Who knows?
I am no doctor, I am just a concerned dad with a boy that is in pain. That sucks.

If you think of him, pray that we can get it sorted out. He is missing a lot of fun things that he cannot do right now like jump on the trampoline in the backyard and run around with his friends.