I guess the presentation was interesting, but certainly a lot longer than I thought it needed to be. Oh well, them’s the breaks I guess. Not surprisingly, the women’s washroom had a huge lineup after the presentation was over. Also not surprisingly, there was quite a line to get out of the parking lot. Have to feel sorry for all the pregnant women who have a baby jumping on their bladders.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “We pay eight dollars for the night, and you can take two popsicles out of the freezer.” - Homer

Apparently the icemaker at the World Juniors put two dimes under the ice. “If I put a loonie in centre ice, maybe they would have won.” he said.

Tonight we get to go on a “slide” tour of the hospital - On the one hand, they show slides, so the pregnant women don’t have to walk a whole bunch, but on the other hand, I’m guessing the chairs in the lecture theatre aren’t any great shakes either. It should be interesting at any rate.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Curse you, magic beans!” - Homer

Sorry about the lack of post yesterday, I went out for lunch for someone’s 50th birthday.

The weekend was pretty good, though quite stressful for Erin. With all the company, she was quite happy to have the house to herself a bit after everybody left. Friday night I went to a friend’s place an played History of the World, which was ok, but a little too long, and a little too luck based (from dealing out cards, to rolling dice, to dealing out still more cards) Still, not a bad game if it were about half as long to play. That game ended at 1:30, and four of the six of us decided to play a game of Puerto Rico. Well, maybe it wasn’t my brightest idea to suggest it at 1:30 in the morning, since I didn’t get home until 4:00, and slept most of Saturday as a result.

Saturday night, Erin’s uncles helped me move the desk downstairs. After getting it through one door, we decided it would be easier to take it apart and put it back together than to get it downstairs (and through four more doors.) We managed to get it put back together, and didn’t have any parts left over (yay!) though more than one screw head was rounded out before we were done…It would have been much easier if we’d had the right size screwdriver bit I guess…

Sunday, everyone went home, and Jason and Amy (Don’t forget Mya) came over with a bunch of maternity/baby gear. It was good to see them, since it’s been a while, and Mya is growing at an astounding rate. Then Sunday night, I wound up going out to Brooklyn’s to watch the second and third period of the Junior Hockey finals. Kind of a sad way to end the tournament, but the Russians outclasses the Canadian team at every turn, and really deserved to win gold.

Yesterday, I got a raise, which is always nice, so I took Erin out for supper to David’s Restaurant. Erin was quite hungry, so we ordered a half order of potato skins - far more potato than either of us expected. Heck, it was a lot of food for a full order…Anyway, that gets you up to date on what’s been happening with Erin and I lately.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “This is incredible, God’s most wonderful miracle.” [your wife wants to hold the baby] “My wife! Where, where?” - Mayor Quimby

We’re getting more company today - specifically, Erin’s grandparents and two of her uncles are coming to town for a funeral on the weekend. It all leads to a very very full house.

A friend of mine sent me links for the Canadian equivalents for Netflix, which is an online DVD rental site. Davada, Movies For Me and DVD Hype all appear to offer basically the same service, they all have a free trial period available, and they all cost the same amount ($25/month for 3 DVD’s at a time) - the only difference I could see was that DVD Hype seems to have a $15 setup fee that the others don’t. Erin and I don’t rent enough dvd’s to make it worth our while, but I thought someone else out there might be interested.

World Junior semi finals are tonight - woo hoo! I’ve been really enjoying the hockey so far in the tournament, and am looking forward to tonight’s game, which should be a good one (Canada vs. USA) Assuming that some of our new guests are interested in watching, I’m sure we’ll be tuned in tonight.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Yarr… here you are: one ‘Critic’s Special.’ If anything appears to be moving… that’s just… freshness.” - Captain McAllister

Happy New Year everybody. Erin’s now officially off of work (up until yesterday, she was just on vacation) and getting ready for the coming of the baby. Her Dad is still in town, and the two of them are doing all kinds of work around the house. It’s been nice to come home and have supper cooking already.

All that crazy snow that got dumped on us is finally getting cleared from most of the streets in town, though there are still some pretty bad ruts in places. There’s not a whole lot else new though. ‘Tis the season for co-workers heading south for vacation. One guy just got back from his Disney Cruise, while another just left for Cuba (and another one is heading there next week) Me? I’m not taking any vacation until the baby is born.

I’m off to continue looking at the favorite photoshop story on Fark.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Beer. Now there’s a temporary solution.” - Homer