Last night, William and I put together a swag lamp for the livingroom, while Erin and Julia were at a meeting. William was a big help, and we got it done. The rest of the evening went by pretty quickly.

Beyond that, things have been really quiet around out place. I upgraded MythTV a while back, and it went fairly well, but then when I tried to upgrade the capture card drivers, I forgot to shut down for the required 30 seconds, and bad things started happening. Shutting down for 30 seconds seems to have resolved the situation, but it’ll likely be the weekend before I can really tell.

Simpson’s quote for the day: “Okay it’s over, get ‘em out of here. Andale! Andale!” - Moe

We spent some time looking for an entertainment armoire over the weekend, and managed to find one. Was it at The Brick? No. Uncle Ed’s? No. Furniture Outlet? No. Furniture World? No. We found it at Liquidation World. I’d never been in the store before, so it was a bit of a shock to me that they even had furniture. Even more shocking, we found pretty much exactly what we were looking for, and the price was right too.

It came in two pieces, the bottom part fit in the van just fine, but there was no way that the top was going anywhere with us. I wound up borrowing my cousin Jamie’s truck (he was in town for a visit) and picking up the top half. After Bryan helped us move it into the livingroom, we called it a night.

Sunday, we hit Rona to pick up some hardware - new knobs and latches for the armoire. After that, we wired up the TV and consoles, ran the network cable across the house and moved the furniture from the den into the livingroom. It was a lot of work, but I think when we’re finally settled in, it’ll be worth it.

The armoire is a big piece of furniture. Much bigger than it looked on the showroom floor. It’s pretty intimidating actually. It does hold all the stuff we need it to hold though, and it looks a lot neater than the mass/mess of wires we used to have dangling down behind the TV. Don’t get me wrong, the mass of wires is still dangling down, you just don’t see it anymore ;)

Simpson’s quote of the day: “I hereby declare this day to be Snow Day, the funnest day in the history of Springfield.” - Mayor Quimby

Just as the door closed this morning, I realized that I’d forgotten to put on my mitts. The door was locked, and I thought that if I spent the time to unlock it and get my mitts, I might miss the bus. So I went without. It was -22 or so this morning. Anyway, I got about a half block before I saw someone stuck in the snowbank and offered to help push them out. The passenger got out, and we rocked the car out in a hurry - maybe 30-45 seconds total. I didn’t miss my bus.

Sure would have appreciated wearing my mitts for the task though.

The fridge is still on the fritz, and it doesn’t sound likely that it’ll get fixed this week, with the statutory holiday and all. Next week I guess.

I’m hoping that it will warm up enough on the weekend for us to build some snow-people in the backyard. William wanted me to go out with him right after work, but I had to shovel the driveway instead. We got a lot of snow yesterday, and it looks like it’s here to stay. We don’t have any big plans for the long weekend, but we might do some furniture shopping tomorrow. The current plan is to move our “living” space into the “living” room from the den. We need lamps for that to be possible though.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Y’know, you look a little flushed. Maybe you should eat more vegetables and less people…” - Marge

The weekend was pretty quiet, we didn’t do much. I did manage to watch the football games yesterday, and the CFL didn’t disappoint. There were some huge plays in both games, and even though I went 0-2 for my picks, the teams that I wanted to win each game came out on top.

Our fridge continues it’s death spiral, but help is on the way. The problem has been diagnosed as a bad controller, and it should be replaced within the week. That’s the good news. The bad news is that until then, we’ve got a completely unreliable fridge on our hands.

We went out looking at Christmas ideas on Saturday, and spent some time at Toys R Us poking around. William played with a tonne of toys, but it’s tough to say what he really wants for Christmas. Julia loved the Backyardigans stuffed toys (particularly Uniqua) for some reason. Both kids have more than enough toys though - we really have to cull the herd at some point.

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

Halloween was lots of fun. Erin got William’s costume done, and it looked fantastic. I took the kids out and visited a few of our neighbours - though most houses on our street were dark. The last house we went to on our block was our own. As we waited for Erin to answer the door, 2 of the 7 total trick-or-treaters came up behind us. Erin opened the door, and William bolted inside and partway up the stairs. One of the other kids was pretty horrified until I explained that it was our house.

After that, I drove the kids to Mom & Dad’s street, and visited the neighbours. A pair of kids saw William’s costume and wondered what he was dressed as. I said “A video game character” which elicited a response of “Cool!”

After that, we went to David and Katriona’s, and picked up some chairs that we’d lent them a while back. Then to Darren and Jess’ place, then Jonathan and Deb’s, where we met Carmelita (the cat) Then we went to Jim & Judy’s, then straight home. Hopefully Erin will get a chance to put up pictures of the kids in costume soon.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.” - Homer