Just a few pics of my trip to Vanuatu! Enjoy!
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
Meg in Vanuatu while I'm in Marong...
INIGO: Who are you?
MAN IN BLACK: I'm no one of consequence.
INIGO: I must know
MAN IN BLACK: Get used to disappointment.
The story of my life...get used to disappointment. Meg is of course, these days in Vanuatu, a Pacific Island remiscient of Fiji, Cooks Islands, Nauru...An All-expenses paid trip with the church to set up the Kids ministry over there. And from what I hear, she's doing it rough. She told of the 7 Island cruise they went on all day, the restaurants at which they eat, the views of what she's seen...the beaches, the markets. I'll show you a picture of Hideaway Island where she was going
And then Meg tells me that the heat is crazy...although it's only 30 degrees there, the humidity is like 80%. So, after seeing those pictures...hands up to all those who want to give her their sympathy...I thought so. When i look out my window now here at work, I see a dry paddock on an overcast day, with the dust blowing around, and the kangaroos hopping around. It just doesn't compare
But she is doing well, and from what i hear, the kids ministry stuff is going quite well. So that's good. It'll be good to have her back again. By the time the week is over, I'll have had enough of the house to myself.
Other than that, there is nothing to report. I was going to wait to blog when she had returned, but Mom pointed out that she couldn't wait to log on and see my "updated" blog...hint hint. Thanks Mom.
MAN IN BLACK: I'm no one of consequence.
INIGO: I must know
MAN IN BLACK: Get used to disappointment.
The story of my life...get used to disappointment. Meg is of course, these days in Vanuatu, a Pacific Island remiscient of Fiji, Cooks Islands, Nauru...An All-expenses paid trip with the church to set up the Kids ministry over there. And from what I hear, she's doing it rough. She told of the 7 Island cruise they went on all day, the restaurants at which they eat, the views of what she's seen...the beaches, the markets. I'll show you a picture of Hideaway Island where she was going
And then Meg tells me that the heat is crazy...although it's only 30 degrees there, the humidity is like 80%. So, after seeing those pictures...hands up to all those who want to give her their sympathy...I thought so. When i look out my window now here at work, I see a dry paddock on an overcast day, with the dust blowing around, and the kangaroos hopping around. It just doesn't compare
But she is doing well, and from what i hear, the kids ministry stuff is going quite well. So that's good. It'll be good to have her back again. By the time the week is over, I'll have had enough of the house to myself.
Other than that, there is nothing to report. I was going to wait to blog when she had returned, but Mom pointed out that she couldn't wait to log on and see my "updated" blog...hint hint. Thanks Mom.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
I love you Jeremy Dyck!
Hey Jezza,
I'm here at the Sydney Airport filling in time before PB and I catch our flight to Pt Vlia. We've been here like 2 hours already and I've looked in each shop here at the airport like 10 times and have been walking extremely slow to try and fill in time too. Been reading and chatting to PB. Will be great to get on our flight...Cant wait to get to Vanuatu will take some great happy snaps of EVERYTHING to bring home and show you. We'll have to post some on here so everyone can see!
Well, have a FANTASTIC week without me (I know that will be hard, but try your best!) watch all those movies I refuse to watch with you, read all those books without being interrupted and have fun sleeping in the middle of the bed! ha ha....
Love you so so much, hopefully I'll talk to you while I'm over there and I'll text ya anyways. Running out of time so I'll go...
Hi to everyone else that is reading this, I promise I'll take some great photos of my adventures!
LOVE YOU JEREMY!
Meg
xoxoxo
I'm here at the Sydney Airport filling in time before PB and I catch our flight to Pt Vlia. We've been here like 2 hours already and I've looked in each shop here at the airport like 10 times and have been walking extremely slow to try and fill in time too. Been reading and chatting to PB. Will be great to get on our flight...Cant wait to get to Vanuatu will take some great happy snaps of EVERYTHING to bring home and show you. We'll have to post some on here so everyone can see!
Well, have a FANTASTIC week without me (I know that will be hard, but try your best!) watch all those movies I refuse to watch with you, read all those books without being interrupted and have fun sleeping in the middle of the bed! ha ha....
Love you so so much, hopefully I'll talk to you while I'm over there and I'll text ya anyways. Running out of time so I'll go...
Hi to everyone else that is reading this, I promise I'll take some great photos of my adventures!
LOVE YOU JEREMY!
Meg
xoxoxo
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
When aussies say "Hockey"...there's no ice!
Meg and I got the opportunity to head down to watch some of the Commonwealth games here in Melbourne. It's been such a hyped up event, we figured we'd see what all the fuss was about. It also gave me a chance to see some Canadians in action as we went to watch Australia and Canada play in the field hockey game. It was pretty fun, but the atmosphere was probably the coolest part of all, with all these Canadians, and South Africans and English, and Scots and Pakistanis...very fun. I loved seeing all the red and white there. It was too bad that Australia dominated the game and beat Canada 5-1. I might add a side note here and say that the one goal Canad scored was it's first of the whole tournament...that's alright. Another side note, Australia currently leads the medal tally with 85 medals, including 32 Gold....Second place is England with 41 Medals in total...so, its a bit one sided here. But I got the chance to go after the game and say "Hi" to a couple of the players...One from Vancouver, and the other from Edmonton...it's always good to say Hi to the home boys...I think they both went to UBC in Victoria, too. Did I mention that John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister was also in attendance? I went over and said Hi to him too...giving him my views on inter-departmental politics, and my thoughts on the Kyoto Accord, privitisation of health centres and international relations with under-developed countries...Just kidding! We actually just discussed the hockey...haha
Friday, March 17, 2006
A Good pun is its own re-word!
The other day I saw two people in Safeway, both dressed in a bar code. I walked up to them and said, "Are you two an item?"
There were two ships. One had red paint, one had blue paint. They collided. At last report, the survivors were marooned.
Why is Saudi Arabia free of mental illness? There are nomad people there.
I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him $50 that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, 'no, the steaks are too high.'
When she told me I was average, she was just being mean.
A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain, they name him "Juan". Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal
A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, "My dog's cross-eyed, is there any thing you can do for him?" "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him." So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down." "What? Because he's cross-eyed?" "No, because he's really heavy."
A lady wrote to an advice column in a newspaper: 'I have been engaged to a man for some time, but just before the wedding, I find he has a wooden leg. Do you think I should break it off?'
A guy walks into a bar with jumper cables. The bartender says, "You can come in, but don't start anything!"
A guy walks into a bar with a piece of Ashphalt under his arm. He says, "I'll have a beer and one for the road".
A termite walks into a bar and says, "Is the bar tender here?"
Have you heard about the pharmaceutical company that developed a new drug which, when administered to women, compels them to go join a convent? The FDA refused to license it, though. Seems it was habit-forming.
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I couldn't concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe. After that I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it. The job was only so-so anyhow. Next I tried working in a muffler factory, but that was exhausting. I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn't cut it.I attempted to be a deli worker, but any way I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard. My best job was being a musician, but eventually I found I wasn't note worthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patience. Next was a job in a shoe factory; I tried, but I just didn't fit in. I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.I thought about becoming a witch, so I tried that for a spell. I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining. My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit, because it was always the same old grind.After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a historian, until I realized there was no future in it.
Hope you enjoyed that!
There were two ships. One had red paint, one had blue paint. They collided. At last report, the survivors were marooned.
Why is Saudi Arabia free of mental illness? There are nomad people there.
I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him $50 that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, 'no, the steaks are too high.'
When she told me I was average, she was just being mean.
A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain, they name him "Juan". Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal
A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, "My dog's cross-eyed, is there any thing you can do for him?" "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him." So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down." "What? Because he's cross-eyed?" "No, because he's really heavy."
A lady wrote to an advice column in a newspaper: 'I have been engaged to a man for some time, but just before the wedding, I find he has a wooden leg. Do you think I should break it off?'
A guy walks into a bar with jumper cables. The bartender says, "You can come in, but don't start anything!"
A guy walks into a bar with a piece of Ashphalt under his arm. He says, "I'll have a beer and one for the road".
A termite walks into a bar and says, "Is the bar tender here?"
Have you heard about the pharmaceutical company that developed a new drug which, when administered to women, compels them to go join a convent? The FDA refused to license it, though. Seems it was habit-forming.
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I couldn't concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe. After that I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it. The job was only so-so anyhow. Next I tried working in a muffler factory, but that was exhausting. I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn't cut it.I attempted to be a deli worker, but any way I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard. My best job was being a musician, but eventually I found I wasn't note worthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patience. Next was a job in a shoe factory; I tried, but I just didn't fit in. I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.I thought about becoming a witch, so I tried that for a spell. I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining. My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit, because it was always the same old grind.After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a historian, until I realized there was no future in it.
Hope you enjoyed that!
Friday, March 10, 2006
Well, there is 5 days to go until the Commonwealth Games start. It's a very big deal here...everyone talks about it and Bendigo even has some of the events here. I think I've told you but I'm going to feild hockey event between Australia and Canada. Australia will win, no doubt...I think they're the gold medal champions from the Olympics...but our team needs a few Canucks cheering them on. But, Smiths Chips, a potato chip company has launched a new product offering some of the flavours from the countries represented...including England with Lamb and Mint, Australia's Sausage Sizzle and Canada's Bacon & Cheese. Which is absolutely amazing. We're actually thinking about taking $100 from our free shopping money to buy just these chips..I'm sure they're laced with heroin because they are so addictive...But I keep telling Meg, they're so good because they're Canadian. Eh?
Well, this weekend is supposed to be stinking hot, with tomorrow going up to 34 degrees and Sunday is going to be a roasting 39 degrees! OUCH. And we've got a long weekend this weekend, with Labour Day here in Victoria. I might even get a chance to do some golfing on Monday. Should be a good weekend. Well, I gotta get ready for church tonight. See you guys later. Don't forget to comment too!
Well, this weekend is supposed to be stinking hot, with tomorrow going up to 34 degrees and Sunday is going to be a roasting 39 degrees! OUCH. And we've got a long weekend this weekend, with Labour Day here in Victoria. I might even get a chance to do some golfing on Monday. Should be a good weekend. Well, I gotta get ready for church tonight. See you guys later. Don't forget to comment too!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Can you do it???
Try and answer these 10 questions
What TV show is set in Summer Bay?
What is the name of the cub who grows up to be King in The Lion King?
What is 20 x 4?
Who is the Federal Immigration Minister for Australia?
When driving and approaching a roundabout, which way do you yield to?
Which company makes 747's?
What kind of animal is a mustang?
Curiosity killed the what?
Which movie won Best Picture this year at the Oscars?
First played in the 19th century, what is Canada's most popular winter sport?
If you can answer all those correctly, then you've just done what I did, except I just won $1000 for it!!!
That's right. This morning on the radio, I nailed all ten questions in less then 60 seconds...
As I said to Dad, I have to continue the family legacy...of winning lots of stuff!
and by the way, here are the answers
Home and Away
Simba
80
Amanda Vanstone
Right
Boeing
Horse
Cat
Crash
Ice hockey!
Yay me!!!
What TV show is set in Summer Bay?
What is the name of the cub who grows up to be King in The Lion King?
What is 20 x 4?
Who is the Federal Immigration Minister for Australia?
When driving and approaching a roundabout, which way do you yield to?
Which company makes 747's?
What kind of animal is a mustang?
Curiosity killed the what?
Which movie won Best Picture this year at the Oscars?
First played in the 19th century, what is Canada's most popular winter sport?
If you can answer all those correctly, then you've just done what I did, except I just won $1000 for it!!!
That's right. This morning on the radio, I nailed all ten questions in less then 60 seconds...
As I said to Dad, I have to continue the family legacy...of winning lots of stuff!
and by the way, here are the answers
Home and Away
Simba
80
Amanda Vanstone
Right
Boeing
Horse
Cat
Crash
Ice hockey!
Yay me!!!
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
We Have The Internet At Home FINALLY!
Well the day has arrived! The day that we can now keep in touch with people on a more regular basis seeing as we can write emails and send photos from home now.
Email us if you would like to find out our new home email address that will be checked on a daily basis.
Oh, for those of you who wanted to see what kinda spiders we catch in our house...here's a
picture of the latest :)
Thank God I have a husband that kills spiders for me! he he...
Email us if you would like to find out our new home email address that will be checked on a daily basis.
Oh, for those of you who wanted to see what kinda spiders we catch in our house...here's a
picture of the latest :)
Thank God I have a husband that kills spiders for me! he he...
Thursday, March 02, 2006
The Adventure Of The Car…
We were suppose to pick our new car up some time last week but there has been a drama going on that we were informed about at the beginning of this week. The financial company involved with the lease of our car has been placed into receivership so the car we ordered is actually sitting down in Melbourne at Toyota but can’t be delivered because it hasn’t been paid for. We don’t know how long the situation will take to be sorted out so ACS who we ordered the car through have been working very hard to find another car somewhere in Victoria. I received a call yesterday saying that they have located one that we can pick up tomorrow (Friday) from Wodonga, which is about a 3 hour drive from Bendigo right on the border of Victoria and New South Wales. So, it’s all worked out and we’re off on a little road trip tomorrow to pick up our new car!
Jeremy and I are off on a Buck’s Day and Hen’s Day this Saturday which will be a whole heap of fun! Russ and Alicia, our close friends, are getting married on the 18th of March. I’m pretty sure the boys are heading down the beach on Saturday to go surfing and then going on a jet boat ride and finishing back here in Bendigo for a BBQ while the girls are doing a Kitchen Tea for Alicia and are going out for dinner in Bendigo. So we’re really looking forward to a fun weekend!
The internet should be set up any day now on our computer at home so hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot of people online a lot more which will be great too!
Keep Smilin’
Jeremy and I are off on a Buck’s Day and Hen’s Day this Saturday which will be a whole heap of fun! Russ and Alicia, our close friends, are getting married on the 18th of March. I’m pretty sure the boys are heading down the beach on Saturday to go surfing and then going on a jet boat ride and finishing back here in Bendigo for a BBQ while the girls are doing a Kitchen Tea for Alicia and are going out for dinner in Bendigo. So we’re really looking forward to a fun weekend!
The internet should be set up any day now on our computer at home so hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot of people online a lot more which will be great too!
Keep Smilin’
Friday, February 24, 2006
My eulogy...
This is a dark day indeed. I should be wearing a black arm band today because I am in mourning. Yes, I mourn a death...the death of a dream that our country would rise up to defend its Hockey title. But that dream is dead. No medal, no honor, no glory. Just a quiet plane trip home and 4 years to contemplate what happened.
Oh, the good days, just a few weeks ago, when our hopes were high and our spirits soared with the thought of a team that could do no wrong. It was said that this was the year that Canada had such a long list of players that were worthy to play, we could've sent two teams to compete on an Olympic Stage. The Selection was a highly celebrated event which all of Canada eagerly anticipated. The Heroes would be chosen. The Team was assembled. And under the guidance of our very own Hockey Guru, Mr Gretzky, we sent the team off with the well-wishes of an entire nation. Oh, the good days...
It was with baited breath that we watched Canada skate out to their first game to pull off a 7-2 win. The goals came fast and hard, with Calgary's very own Jarome Iginla scoring Canada's first goal. It was a win, albeit, a jet-lagged win.
Then came Germany. Another win with 5-1 the end result. Canada's sights were set on a podium already. But then, the cracks formed in our concrete chimera. The Swiss pulled off an unbelievable win against the Czechs, and were next due to face up against Canada. No one doubted the Swiss were good, but did we underestimate? Canada struggled, and lost.
The next two games, Canada were visibly shaken, not posted a single goal in both games. If Hope floats, these were the needles in our liferaft.
One last effort was made and Canada looked breifly like it might pull it together again, posting a 3-2 win against the mighty Czechs. But not when it counted.
Canada could not manage to score a single goal in our last game against the Russians, losing not only the game, but the vision of once again coming home the Golden Boys.
What went wrong? Ours is not the right to ask that question, but to look to the future. If I could ask one thing out of this tragedy, it would be that we do not stoop to making excuses for our team, but display a graciousness that becomes us as Canadians. We will look to the future. We will train harder. We will not be shaken again.
So this is my eulogy. It is a dark day in Canada, but every dusk has its dawn. And I for one, will continue to cheer on our Canadian boys.
Oh, the good days, just a few weeks ago, when our hopes were high and our spirits soared with the thought of a team that could do no wrong. It was said that this was the year that Canada had such a long list of players that were worthy to play, we could've sent two teams to compete on an Olympic Stage. The Selection was a highly celebrated event which all of Canada eagerly anticipated. The Heroes would be chosen. The Team was assembled. And under the guidance of our very own Hockey Guru, Mr Gretzky, we sent the team off with the well-wishes of an entire nation. Oh, the good days...
It was with baited breath that we watched Canada skate out to their first game to pull off a 7-2 win. The goals came fast and hard, with Calgary's very own Jarome Iginla scoring Canada's first goal. It was a win, albeit, a jet-lagged win.
Then came Germany. Another win with 5-1 the end result. Canada's sights were set on a podium already. But then, the cracks formed in our concrete chimera. The Swiss pulled off an unbelievable win against the Czechs, and were next due to face up against Canada. No one doubted the Swiss were good, but did we underestimate? Canada struggled, and lost.
The next two games, Canada were visibly shaken, not posted a single goal in both games. If Hope floats, these were the needles in our liferaft.
One last effort was made and Canada looked breifly like it might pull it together again, posting a 3-2 win against the mighty Czechs. But not when it counted.
Canada could not manage to score a single goal in our last game against the Russians, losing not only the game, but the vision of once again coming home the Golden Boys.
What went wrong? Ours is not the right to ask that question, but to look to the future. If I could ask one thing out of this tragedy, it would be that we do not stoop to making excuses for our team, but display a graciousness that becomes us as Canadians. We will look to the future. We will train harder. We will not be shaken again.
So this is my eulogy. It is a dark day in Canada, but every dusk has its dawn. And I for one, will continue to cheer on our Canadian boys.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Great news, in about 10 days we will be having a new car delivered to our home! This is the link you can check out to see what kinda car we're gonna get. You need to go to the "Image Gallery" cause we have the Sedan not the Hatchback. We've ordered a nice black car and we're gonna be in heaven cause we've never had a car with power steering, air conditioning, CD player & central locking, so we're VERY excited!
http://corolla.toyota.com.au/toyota/vehicle/HomePage/0,4666,1661_562,00.html
Hope you are all well,
Love Meg & Jer
http://corolla.toyota.com.au/toyota/vehicle/HomePage/0,4666,1661_562,00.html
Hope you are all well,
Love Meg & Jer
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
3 days to go!!!
It seems I always start off my blogs with an apology...sorry I'm not able to update this more often.
Well, as my title has already informed you, it's only three days to go until the Winter Olympics of 2006 start up in Torino, Italy. I can't say my enthusiasm is shared by everyone here. Winter Olympics don't mean a lot to a country that has only 41 competeing atheletes, including one ex-Canadian. Its funny to hear him say, in a thick Canadian accent "I'm really proud to represent Australia at these games." I like to boo him. You know what he is? He is somebody who couldn't cut it in Canada, and so he moved to Australia because he looks amazing here. You know, if I go to a golf course with Tiger Woods, and play a round with him, I'd look ridiculous, but when I play golf with three year olds, I'm a legend! It's like the local hockey team here. They're all Canadians who flunked out of hockey school, so moved down here to make a career out of it...it's very funny. Nate, you could take any one of these guys on.
...compared to Canada's 200+ atheletes..not including coaches, trainers, team managers, chaperones...But i heard some sad news this morning. they were going over all the games that would be shown or highlighted during these games...and unfortunately, not one mention of Hockey was heard. Can you believe it? Not one mention. I still am getting my hopes up that since no one would watch hockey during prime time, they'll show the games at early hours of the morning...I've already put the hockey schedule on my fridge...so I'll be up at 3AM if I have to.
Speaking of hockey, I don't think any team besides Canada is going to really be competing for the gold. The Czechs and the Finns aren't too bad, but the Americans are certainly NOT going to make it to the medal round. Out of the 27 players selected to the team, they have 12 players who have never been to the Olympics before. International rookies...including their three goalies, New York's Rick DiPietro, Tampa Bay's John Grahame and Philadelphia's Robert Esche.
WHO?!?!?! I ask that same question. When two of the netminders sit at the bottom of the goaltending list during shootouts, you look to the other goalie to do something for you. Now, I quote the coach of the US Olympic team when he commented on DiPietro,
"If there's one save to make a game, he'll make it"
Now, I'm pretty sure that during an average hockey game, a goalie would have to make between 25-40 saves...but don't worry, Ricky, if there's only one save to make, you'lll make it...the other 29 shots can go in though.
Ok, I have to concede that the American's Key Player is Chris Chelios, a man with some experience. Of course, you'd expect that from a 44 year-old. Did I mention that he made his Olympic debut in 1984? 1984!!! That's 22 years ago. He'll go down in the record books as not only the oldest Olympic hockey player, but the only hockey player who's using a modified hockey stick as his walker on the ice. He'll have a lot of fans though. I heard all the senior's homes are all geared up.
GO TEAM CANADA!
hehehe...I am funny.
Well, enjoy the games!
Well, as my title has already informed you, it's only three days to go until the Winter Olympics of 2006 start up in Torino, Italy. I can't say my enthusiasm is shared by everyone here. Winter Olympics don't mean a lot to a country that has only 41 competeing atheletes, including one ex-Canadian. Its funny to hear him say, in a thick Canadian accent "I'm really proud to represent Australia at these games." I like to boo him. You know what he is? He is somebody who couldn't cut it in Canada, and so he moved to Australia because he looks amazing here. You know, if I go to a golf course with Tiger Woods, and play a round with him, I'd look ridiculous, but when I play golf with three year olds, I'm a legend! It's like the local hockey team here. They're all Canadians who flunked out of hockey school, so moved down here to make a career out of it...it's very funny. Nate, you could take any one of these guys on.
...compared to Canada's 200+ atheletes..not including coaches, trainers, team managers, chaperones...But i heard some sad news this morning. they were going over all the games that would be shown or highlighted during these games...and unfortunately, not one mention of Hockey was heard. Can you believe it? Not one mention. I still am getting my hopes up that since no one would watch hockey during prime time, they'll show the games at early hours of the morning...I've already put the hockey schedule on my fridge...so I'll be up at 3AM if I have to.
Speaking of hockey, I don't think any team besides Canada is going to really be competing for the gold. The Czechs and the Finns aren't too bad, but the Americans are certainly NOT going to make it to the medal round. Out of the 27 players selected to the team, they have 12 players who have never been to the Olympics before. International rookies...including their three goalies, New York's Rick DiPietro, Tampa Bay's John Grahame and Philadelphia's Robert Esche.
WHO?!?!?! I ask that same question. When two of the netminders sit at the bottom of the goaltending list during shootouts, you look to the other goalie to do something for you. Now, I quote the coach of the US Olympic team when he commented on DiPietro,
"If there's one save to make a game, he'll make it"
Now, I'm pretty sure that during an average hockey game, a goalie would have to make between 25-40 saves...but don't worry, Ricky, if there's only one save to make, you'lll make it...the other 29 shots can go in though.
Ok, I have to concede that the American's Key Player is Chris Chelios, a man with some experience. Of course, you'd expect that from a 44 year-old. Did I mention that he made his Olympic debut in 1984? 1984!!! That's 22 years ago. He'll go down in the record books as not only the oldest Olympic hockey player, but the only hockey player who's using a modified hockey stick as his walker on the ice. He'll have a lot of fans though. I heard all the senior's homes are all geared up.
GO TEAM CANADA!
hehehe...I am funny.
Well, enjoy the games!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
I have a couple of spare minutes before I leave work, so I thought I'd write on here. Jeremy's just phoned me from his work to let me know that Dad's friend, Jeff, is going to Sydney for 3 weeks and he's lending us his car! Praise God! Jeff floats between here and Sydney so it was real nice of him to lend us his car....so we have wheels for 3 weeks....SO EXCITING! You never realise how much you rely on a car until you dont have one! But we're still believing for one. Need to get a computer at home too with the net so we can keep in touch with everyone more often!
Well I'm gonna sign off, thanks for your comments :)
Well I'm gonna sign off, thanks for your comments :)
Friday, January 27, 2006
stinking hot still!
I have to apologize.
This week has been a pretty crazy week
Actually, ever since we go back from Canada, we've been preety busy. From work to social gatherings (what can I say? People love us!) and having no internet at home, we can't get to this as often as we'd like. Oh well. There hasn't been a whole lot to report anyways. unless you want to hear about the cricket, a topic on which I could write a few more paragraphs. And my brother happened to mention to me that the Oilers lost again to Calgary. Nathan seems to be under the mis-guided impresssion that the Flames are the better team. I have only one word in response to that...Conklin. Ty "stinking" Conklin. You know what I'm talking about. If you're a Seinfeld fan, you'll know that whenever something went wrong, Jerry always said "Newman!". Kind of like the Seinfeld-ian swear word. Now if anything bad happens to me..."Conklin!"
Stubbed my toe? "Conklin!"
spilled my drink? "Conklin!"
Oilers lose? "Conklin!"
you get the idea.
Well, gotta get ready for church tonight!
This week has been a pretty crazy week
Actually, ever since we go back from Canada, we've been preety busy. From work to social gatherings (what can I say? People love us!) and having no internet at home, we can't get to this as often as we'd like. Oh well. There hasn't been a whole lot to report anyways. unless you want to hear about the cricket, a topic on which I could write a few more paragraphs. And my brother happened to mention to me that the Oilers lost again to Calgary. Nathan seems to be under the mis-guided impresssion that the Flames are the better team. I have only one word in response to that...Conklin. Ty "stinking" Conklin. You know what I'm talking about. If you're a Seinfeld fan, you'll know that whenever something went wrong, Jerry always said "Newman!". Kind of like the Seinfeld-ian swear word. Now if anything bad happens to me..."Conklin!"
Stubbed my toe? "Conklin!"
spilled my drink? "Conklin!"
Oilers lose? "Conklin!"
you get the idea.
Well, gotta get ready for church tonight!
Friday, January 20, 2006
a quick sentence or two
well, we've had a week to ease back into it, but the heat has hit us like a punch in the face.
For the last few days, we've been sitting at 34 each day...and this Sunday, it's supposed to climb up to 41. Can you believe it???? I can't...and i don't even have an air conditioner to lessen the load. ARGH!
I just thought I'd share that with you. Happy?
Good
See ya!
For the last few days, we've been sitting at 34 each day...and this Sunday, it's supposed to climb up to 41. Can you believe it???? I can't...and i don't even have an air conditioner to lessen the load. ARGH!
I just thought I'd share that with you. Happy?
Good
See ya!
Friday, January 13, 2006
We made it!
Well, we made it home safe. And our journey was not without dramas, let me tell you.
The last thing you want to have to deal with when you fly for hours on end is any sort of hiccup. When we landed in Singapore after about 20 hours of flying, we had a hotel room booked for the night because our flight to Melbourne wasn't going to take off until 10 AM the next day. Oh, Meg and I were looking forward to a nights rest in a bed, and a nice shower...well, we never quite got there. Once we arrived, we went to the Singapore Stopover counter to get our transfer to our hotel. But the guy told us that what we had booked was not with them and we would need to return to our luggage belt, because someone would be there with a sign saying "DYCK" to pick us up. The problem with this was that we had already left the security area of the airport, so we tried to get back in to where our luggage belt was. We were told at first to go upstairs, so we did that. Once we got there, we were told that we needed a boarding pass to get in and we needed to go back downstairs. We went back downstairs and pleaded with the security guards to let us back in so we could find this guy. They let us in but we found no one holding any sort of sign. We went back out again and called the hotel to see where this guy would be. At first, they told us they had no record of a booking for us that night, but then they found it but told us it was not their responsibility to arrange pick-ups from the airport. That was the responsibility of the flight agent. Newman! If you have been an avid reader of our blog, you'll know the flight agent and us haven't been getting along very well.
So, we were told we had to find a taxi, which would've ended up costing us $70 there and back. I don't think so! So, we had to stay the night at the airport. Now, I know that sleeping in an airport is supposed to be glamorous and exotic, but don't believe everything you read. After a couple hours on the ground we did manage to find these "napping" chairs which were fully reclined and had a vibrating alarm in your headrest.
But after all that, we managed to make it home safe and all our Kraft Dinner made it through customs. That's the most important part!
They say that if you have a good experience with a company you, on average, tell three people about that good experience who, in turn tell three other people...and so on. While, if you have a bad experience, you tend to tell at least ten people about the negative experience that you had. Well, I know for a fact that there is more than ten people reading this blog and our church has a few hundred people in it. I intend to let everyone know just how terrible our experience with Flight Centre was. Meg and I are still deciding on a course of action, but we intend to take this to the top. So, the next time you walk by a Flight Centre in a mall, or down the street, give them a dirty look for us...
Well, there you go, that's our Canada holiday all wrapped up. Now on with the real world, I guess...
The last thing you want to have to deal with when you fly for hours on end is any sort of hiccup. When we landed in Singapore after about 20 hours of flying, we had a hotel room booked for the night because our flight to Melbourne wasn't going to take off until 10 AM the next day. Oh, Meg and I were looking forward to a nights rest in a bed, and a nice shower...well, we never quite got there. Once we arrived, we went to the Singapore Stopover counter to get our transfer to our hotel. But the guy told us that what we had booked was not with them and we would need to return to our luggage belt, because someone would be there with a sign saying "DYCK" to pick us up. The problem with this was that we had already left the security area of the airport, so we tried to get back in to where our luggage belt was. We were told at first to go upstairs, so we did that. Once we got there, we were told that we needed a boarding pass to get in and we needed to go back downstairs. We went back downstairs and pleaded with the security guards to let us back in so we could find this guy. They let us in but we found no one holding any sort of sign. We went back out again and called the hotel to see where this guy would be. At first, they told us they had no record of a booking for us that night, but then they found it but told us it was not their responsibility to arrange pick-ups from the airport. That was the responsibility of the flight agent. Newman! If you have been an avid reader of our blog, you'll know the flight agent and us haven't been getting along very well.
So, we were told we had to find a taxi, which would've ended up costing us $70 there and back. I don't think so! So, we had to stay the night at the airport. Now, I know that sleeping in an airport is supposed to be glamorous and exotic, but don't believe everything you read. After a couple hours on the ground we did manage to find these "napping" chairs which were fully reclined and had a vibrating alarm in your headrest.
But after all that, we managed to make it home safe and all our Kraft Dinner made it through customs. That's the most important part!
They say that if you have a good experience with a company you, on average, tell three people about that good experience who, in turn tell three other people...and so on. While, if you have a bad experience, you tend to tell at least ten people about the negative experience that you had. Well, I know for a fact that there is more than ten people reading this blog and our church has a few hundred people in it. I intend to let everyone know just how terrible our experience with Flight Centre was. Meg and I are still deciding on a course of action, but we intend to take this to the top. So, the next time you walk by a Flight Centre in a mall, or down the street, give them a dirty look for us...
Well, there you go, that's our Canada holiday all wrapped up. Now on with the real world, I guess...
Friday, January 06, 2006
CANADA WON GOLD!
Good news everybody!!!
Canada won Gold! Since Dec 26th, we've been watching the World Juniors Hockey championship. It started off with a round robin, playing Finland, Switzerland, Sweden and the US. Canada, of course, defeated all those teams. The USA were the favorites to win the game, and they funniest thing is that they didnt even get a medal! Canada ended up playing Russia and beat them 5-0. It was the second consecutive year that Canada has won Gold at the WJC.
What else has been going on? Not a great deal actually. After we came back from Toronto, Dale & Cathy (Jer's parents) had to go back to work. So Jeremy and I have just been hanging out at home, shopping and just starting to pack for the big trip home.
Poppa & Grandma took us to the Calgary Zoo on Monday which was pretty cool. We got to visit the "Australia" section at the zoo. It's soo funny to see Emus and Cockatoos in there and people standing and watching them in amazement.
Tomorrow is a big packing day before the weekend cause we'll be doing family stuff on the weekend seeing as we leave here early Monday morning. We fly from Calgary to San Francisco and stop there for about 2.5 hours then from San Francisco to Korea stop there for an hour and then from Korea to Singapore and we're there for just over 9 hours. And then the final stretch from Singapore to Melbourne. I'm so excited to get back home it seems like we've been away for so long but at the same time it will be sad to leave our family cause we dont know when we'll see them again. Maybe Jeremy and I could live in some country that's in the middle of both Australia and Canada that way we wont be so far away from one side of the family?!?! hehe....
We just wanted to say "thank you" so much to all our friends and family that have been emailing us and posting comments on our blog since we'ce been away. It's so nice to wake up in the morning and see who has written to us, it's nice to know we're being missed. And just to let you know we're missing EVERYONE so much too...
I'm excited to get back and see my little friend Azhia and her new pet fish "Frankie!"
I guess we'll be seeing all the Bendigonians next week. Have a great weekend :)
Canada won Gold! Since Dec 26th, we've been watching the World Juniors Hockey championship. It started off with a round robin, playing Finland, Switzerland, Sweden and the US. Canada, of course, defeated all those teams. The USA were the favorites to win the game, and they funniest thing is that they didnt even get a medal! Canada ended up playing Russia and beat them 5-0. It was the second consecutive year that Canada has won Gold at the WJC.
What else has been going on? Not a great deal actually. After we came back from Toronto, Dale & Cathy (Jer's parents) had to go back to work. So Jeremy and I have just been hanging out at home, shopping and just starting to pack for the big trip home.
Poppa & Grandma took us to the Calgary Zoo on Monday which was pretty cool. We got to visit the "Australia" section at the zoo. It's soo funny to see Emus and Cockatoos in there and people standing and watching them in amazement.
Tomorrow is a big packing day before the weekend cause we'll be doing family stuff on the weekend seeing as we leave here early Monday morning. We fly from Calgary to San Francisco and stop there for about 2.5 hours then from San Francisco to Korea stop there for an hour and then from Korea to Singapore and we're there for just over 9 hours. And then the final stretch from Singapore to Melbourne. I'm so excited to get back home it seems like we've been away for so long but at the same time it will be sad to leave our family cause we dont know when we'll see them again. Maybe Jeremy and I could live in some country that's in the middle of both Australia and Canada that way we wont be so far away from one side of the family?!?! hehe....
We just wanted to say "thank you" so much to all our friends and family that have been emailing us and posting comments on our blog since we'ce been away. It's so nice to wake up in the morning and see who has written to us, it's nice to know we're being missed. And just to let you know we're missing EVERYONE so much too...
I'm excited to get back and see my little friend Azhia and her new pet fish "Frankie!"
I guess we'll be seeing all the Bendigonians next week. Have a great weekend :)
Monday, January 02, 2006
Happy New Year!
We're Back!
I think we almost died going a week without internet, but we made it...
Flying into Toronto, you could tell that the weather has been different over there from here. I think the entire time we were there, we saw the sun maybe once. The ground was covered in a good blanket of snow, and the weather was actually more winter-like and below 0 most days.
It was very busy week. Every day was taken up with going somewhere, meeting someone or doing something. On Tuesday night, we got all the family together for a big Christmas dinner. Mmm..Turkey! Meg got to meet the Lintons (Mom's side of the family), most of whom she hadn't ever met before. The cousins took an instant liking to her, which I guess comes naturally with a Kid's pastor. It was a fun night, and I think it was a little overwhelming, but fun none-the-less.
On Wednesday, we met up with Meg's friend Dan and his girlfriend Amanda, who drove up from Ohio to see us. We took him 5 pin bowling(that's right, 5 pin) just to do something Canadian. It was good to catch up with him, and we really appreciated him driving all the way from Ohio to see us.
The big highlight of Thursday was our chance to drive down to Niagara Falls. It was a rainy day, so weren't sure what the weather would be like, but we went for it anyway. As you can see by our gallery pictures, there wasn't much to see that day because it was so foggy and misty. And when it gets damp in winter it gets cold...really cold. We braved it out there for a few minutes, but not for too long. We also took a stroll around the nearby town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. The poor people live there...yeah right. I doubt if any houses there go for less than a million...
Friday, we took the epic journey to downtown Toronto and saw the Hockey Hall of Fame. It was absolutely amazing. There is so much stuff there. We even managed to find a jersey of an Australian team, I'll try and find the picture later.
New year's Eve. From what I hear, Bendigo was a very hot-spot, hovering around the 40 degree mark. UGH!
Meg and I went to the hockey game last night. It was very exciting game...but not a very good end. Calgary managed to score the go-ahead goal with only a minute and half remaining in the game. A bit of a fluke, if you ask me. To be honest though, it was a very good and exciting game. Meg was excited about it.
well, Feel free to check out our gallery pictures of our trip. And please write to us.
I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and New year
Jer and Meg!
I think we almost died going a week without internet, but we made it...
Flying into Toronto, you could tell that the weather has been different over there from here. I think the entire time we were there, we saw the sun maybe once. The ground was covered in a good blanket of snow, and the weather was actually more winter-like and below 0 most days.
It was very busy week. Every day was taken up with going somewhere, meeting someone or doing something. On Tuesday night, we got all the family together for a big Christmas dinner. Mmm..Turkey! Meg got to meet the Lintons (Mom's side of the family), most of whom she hadn't ever met before. The cousins took an instant liking to her, which I guess comes naturally with a Kid's pastor. It was a fun night, and I think it was a little overwhelming, but fun none-the-less.
On Wednesday, we met up with Meg's friend Dan and his girlfriend Amanda, who drove up from Ohio to see us. We took him 5 pin bowling(that's right, 5 pin) just to do something Canadian. It was good to catch up with him, and we really appreciated him driving all the way from Ohio to see us.
The big highlight of Thursday was our chance to drive down to Niagara Falls. It was a rainy day, so weren't sure what the weather would be like, but we went for it anyway. As you can see by our gallery pictures, there wasn't much to see that day because it was so foggy and misty. And when it gets damp in winter it gets cold...really cold. We braved it out there for a few minutes, but not for too long. We also took a stroll around the nearby town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. The poor people live there...yeah right. I doubt if any houses there go for less than a million...
Friday, we took the epic journey to downtown Toronto and saw the Hockey Hall of Fame. It was absolutely amazing. There is so much stuff there. We even managed to find a jersey of an Australian team, I'll try and find the picture later.
New year's Eve. From what I hear, Bendigo was a very hot-spot, hovering around the 40 degree mark. UGH!
Meg and I went to the hockey game last night. It was very exciting game...but not a very good end. Calgary managed to score the go-ahead goal with only a minute and half remaining in the game. A bit of a fluke, if you ask me. To be honest though, it was a very good and exciting game. Meg was excited about it.
well, Feel free to check out our gallery pictures of our trip. And please write to us.
I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and New year
Jer and Meg!
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