Holding on... barely

Hey folks, it's been 3 days without internet and I'm holding on... barely. I just found that if I sit in the far corner of my new bedroom, i can connect reasonably to a friendly neighborhood linksys network, so here I sit. We're almost all moved, just small trinkets and garbage left in the ol abode. It's nice being closer to work, and oh, so much nicer to have air circulation. The best thing is that if we turn off music and tv, there is nothing... silence... SILENCE! Not part of the vocabulary at the ol' place...

Uhaul was a big frustration on moving day. The truck I was supposed to get was broken, so they scrounged up another which took 1/2 hour... The only truck available was a 24' truck, so we moved... took one load over, then went back for the rest, load up, and try to turn around. Lo, and Behold... reverse doesn't work anymore... Of all the stupid problems to have, considering I only needed to back up 40 feet or so, reverse doesn't work. I sit on hold with Uhaul hotline for 15 minutes and suggest that maybe my friends push. Matt and Tim tried, and surprisingly enough, it moved, so Dave and Mike thought it wasn't so stupid anymore and pushed too... We manage to get to the new place, and back to uhaul without having to reverse... That truck was a piece of crap.

Special thanks to Rich, Jim, Matt, Dave, Mike, Tim and of course Jebus for help on moving day. My washing machine will never be the same...

The Tribe Has Spoken

Survivor Palau is coming! And I couldn't be more happy! It starts February 17th on CBS and Global. There's a lot of funny names in this one, from Gregg, Ibrahem and Willard to Bobby Jon and Janu. Looks like there's 20 survivors to start with, so it should be a little different... One change I predict is Jeff Probst being sexy and clean cut as if chiselled from granite... he's so dreamy.

Ya, I know it's early, but I've made my pick for champion, her name is Wanda, and she looks like a funny looking man. Her bio stated that she is the "Chairman of the Potter County Planning Commission and secretary/fund-raising Chairman for the Tri-Town Fire Company Auxiliary." Currently she teaches English and ponders how to spend her recently earned $1,000,000. She's got to be the winner cause a shemale can play both sides naturally. She can be in the guys alliance and the girls alliance without being untruthful. Think about it.

What the CARP

What the crap is up with LOST taking breaks here and there. First there was 4 weeks off at Christmas time and now there's 2 weeks, coming back Sunday, Feb 6th at 4pm, then back to regular Wednesday evenings at 8. Last episode ended with such a big hook that I'm literally dying of suspense. Claire is back... is she still pregnant? What does she have to say? AAAARGH... Like the sucker I am, I will come back running once episodes come back, same with the NHL season... which still could be on. But I'm not counting on it, cause I'm not really that much of a chump. Just kinda.

Pieces of Jooje

I came across a site petitioning to stop Ashlee Simpson from singing. Jooje signed it, and she was signature #217473 on the list. I think she already stopped singing, and that's the main beef people have with her, but the main problem is Jessica Simpson. She looks as if she is throwing up while she sings and her talent is way overrated. Stop her before her little sister... please

Baa.. I'm a sheep... a musical sheep

Well, I'm pretty much like Matt... everybody's doing this test so you should too. Do it...

The Seven Intelligence Areas
Linguistic: 6
Logical-Mathematical: 9
Spatial: 10
Bodily-Kinesthetic: 11
Musical: 12
Interpersonal: 5
Intrapersonal: 3

A Short Definition of your Highest Score
Musical - the ability to understand and develop musical technique, to respond emotionally to music and to work together to use music to meet the needs of others, to interpret musical forms and ideas, and to create imaginative and expressive performances and compositions. Possible vocations that use the musical intelligence include technician, music teacher, instrument maker, choral, band, and orchestral performer or conductor, music critic, aficionado, music collector, composer, conductor, and individual or small group performer.

Another one bites the dust

We braved the stupid weather to go to Port Huron (pronounced Port Urine) for Mike Marshall and Mary Elston's wedding. It was very well choreographed, and surprisingly well attended by people from afar, despite the retarted snowy conditions. All went smoothe, and Mike is now hitched, and off to Hawaii for honeymoon. He's probably the last of the main group from EBC to get hitched, so we're real proud of him. It was pretty much the best wedding I've ever been to. GOSH...

We managed to get the most flattering pictures possible, so here they are.

Mary


and Mike...

Isn't it great when people find true love. Good times had by all, and not too many hassles at the border.

The Mighty Chicopee

Well, Faith and I have been going to chicopee regularly this year, and surprisingly despite the stupid weather, conditions have been pretty good.  I've been getting pretty steady, and haven't fallen real bad in quite some time.  I'm also tackling the steepest chicopee has to offer without even flinching.  i'm so good.  Maybe now I have to tackle the terrain park Pat...  I'll nail the 720 in no time.

Lost in the Move

Hey, we're preparing to move these days, hoping to get out of here on the 29th.  We've got a kick butt place across town for a lot less rent.  Went over today and I assembled my newly acquired hockey net, purchased with the remainder of my Canadian Tire gift cards from Christmas.  I think it will be nice in our new place. 

 

Anyone else see LOST last night... I mean, frig...  I haven't been so hooked on a fictional tv show in forever.  Polar bears, kidnappings...  it has it all.  Anyone catch if she was still prego when she showed up at the end?  Soo many directions the show could go with all the cans of worms they've opened up... I highly reccommend it to anyone who still hasn't seen it.  8pm wednesdays on CTV

I'm OK now...

Well, finally we have the information we needed regarding the shizzle at church. Turns out that this has been a culmination of years of unresolved issues with the Pastor and his job. He's a great man, very gifted in many areas, and not so much in others.

Anyways, I'm relieved that the church leadership was in the right, and it does make sense that the Pastor move on. I am also relieved that it's not anything too crazy and that it doesn't change my high opinion of Pastor Richard. We've all got our skills, and quirks.

We're not gonna leave the church, and are quite happy that things aren't too messy relatively speaking. It's been a whirlwind few days... But there's hope.

I'm Mad

This past week has been a doozie... Thursday, we got a phone call from the Church Board rep who read a statement about the pastor, taking a LOA until things could be sorted out. Out of the blue... long story shorter... today the Pastor announced through a statement prepared by the elders and him that he was resigning. The Elders then read a statement saying that the pastor had decided to resign when faced with some irreconcileable differences with some leaders, and realizing that this was the "best" for the church.

I'm furious right now.

It seems everyone knows what the "real" issues are, but couldn't tell us, and everyone seems to be telling us to "trust" them because it is the right thing. Everyone knows except us, and the Pastor.

He came to talk to us on thursday night, a broken man, shattered and blind-sided by this all, but not wanting to continue his ministry when approached and "asked" to resign. He seems to be clueless as much as us, but everyone else in the church seems to know what's up...

Faith and I were very close to Pastor Richard. I consider him a good friend. It pains me to see him treated like this. It's all happened so fast, it just seems too "fishy". We've been attending Breslau for the past 2 1/2 years, and this leaves us reconsidering our position there as members. I can understand that mistakes were probably made, but that is not reasonable cause for this. People are retarted, they screw up, but are we all so non confrontational that we need to let things stew long enough to boil over like this. The feeling I get from this is that the offences weren't as serious as abuse, but something less drastic, and not treated properly... Ugh

I'm Mad. Sometime this week we'll find out what the real issue is, but I'm not sure that will change anything I'm feeling. I'm mad!

Hmmm...

Interesting article, what do you think?

Waxaliscious

Hey, I went to Chicopee tonight, the first time since I got my snowboard waxed, and it was wonderful. A bit shaky doing up bindings the first few times, but overall, it was much smoother, and quite enjoyable. Now all I need to do is find a bigger hill to throw myself down. Hooah!

The other love of my life...

Some of you may know that I am quite the hockey stick enthusiast...  Well, now you have the opportunity to partake in my madness at my newly created hockey stick blog entitled Jooje's House of Hockey Sticks.  Feel free to wander on by and comment on my mental state etc...  I always love visitors.

-Jooje

Wanna make a quick buck?

Who ever thought collecting points at a store would be useful? I have collected optimum points for a few years at Shoppers Drug Mart. If you get to 34,000 points, you can redeem your points for $75 off your purchase. Cool, eh?

How can I, the consumer, make best use of this money.

Well, have I news for you. You can take your optimum points and put them towards something big such as a Home theatre set or Digital camera, something more than $75 and get a sweet deal.

But Shoppers has crap quality electronics etc. when it comes to price vs quality...

Would you just listen... Just return that item with reasonable cause, and get your money back so you can go elsewhere to purchase such an item.

But Wait... somehow they cannot re-instate my optimum points onto my card when processing my refund. What will I do? Well, they offer me the $75 back in cash, because of their inability to refund points, therefore converting my points into Cash. This worked last year when my purchased digital camera was not the one advertised on the box, so I took the cash and bought one elsewhere. This year, I bought the home theatre system, and got it home to find it didn't have the features I wanted... So I take the cash and put it towards a much better system for a cheap price. Merry Christmas Shoppers Drugmart.

28 Days

Today, we went to the Polar Bear rehab centre in Cochrane to check out the bears... They check in for various reasons, mostly addictions to salt-lick and heroine... It's quite the place, when the bears are active, but quite a waste of time when they're sleeping... Normally, we wouldn't have gone in due to the ridiculous $20 entrance fee per person, but today was half price. I got a few good videos of 2 of the bears wrestling, and one tried to attack me through the glass. All in all, a productive visit to the rehab centre. It really means alot to the bears during these trying times in their lives.

It has begun...

judging by recent world events, the fact that is was raining the other day in Cochrane and dropped to -30 that night, and the silly fact that my car wouldn't start today, I can only come to the conclusion that the World is Coming to an End...

My car has been impervious to cold weather in the past and today decided that a mere -24 was too much for it, and wouldn't start up. That was after noon today, perhaps it was just hung over from it's new year party... who knows...

We put a space heater under the hood for a while, and it worked, but who knows what will happen tonight... all things realative I guess...